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From Brooklyn by the way[br]of Palestine, Ms. Suheir Hammad.

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Thank you guys so much.

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I will not dance to your[br]war drum.

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I will not lend my soul[br]nor my bones to your war drum.

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I will not dance[br]to your beating.

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I know that beat.

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It is lifeless.

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I know intimately that[br]skin you are hitting.

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It was alive once hunted stolen[br]stretched.

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I will not dance to your[br]drummed up war.

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I will not pop spin break for[br]you.

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I will not hate for you[br]or even hate you.

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I will not kill for you.

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Especially I will not die for[br]you.

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I will not mourn the dead with[br]murder nor suicide.

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I will not side with you[br]or dance to bombs because

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everyone is dancing.

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Everyone can be wrong.

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Life is a right not collateral[br]or casual.

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I will not forget where[br]I come from.

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I will craft my own drum.

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Gather my beloved near and our[br]chanting will be dancing.

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Our humming will[br]be drumming.

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I will not be played.

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I will not lend my name[br]nor my rhythm to your beat.

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I will dance and resist[br]and dance and persist and dance.

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This heartbeat is louder than[br]death.

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Your war drum ain't louder than[br]this breath.