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Political Twenty-Seven

Fighting Back

By Kendall Defoe Published 4 months ago 1 min read
27 Victims? Not any longer...

When a light shines bright,

Fear takes itself steps back...

Victims no longer.

They cannot shut this one down.

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Kendall Defoe

Teacher, reader, writer, dreamer... I am a college instructor who cannot stop letting his thoughts end up on the page. No AI. No Fake Work. It's all me...

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  • Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin4 months ago

    Aye, aye, Kendall.

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