“Cataclysms” (A poem in Diamante form)

“Cataclysms”
(A poem in Diamante form)
by Don Hamrick

© 2005 Don Hamrick

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Freedom
Independence, autonomy
Speaking, associating, traveling
Action, responsibility, permission, dependence
Obedience, submission, oppression
Laws, regulations
Slavery
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Speech
Dialog, lecture
Learning, questioning, teaching
Research, email, government, investigate
Harassing, intimidating, threatening
Coercive, abusive
Silence

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Association,
Mingle, join
Participating, discriminating, voting
Society, congress, estrangement, alienation
Disassembling, segregating, dividing
Suppression, stealth
Isolation

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Judges
Constitutional, law
Deliberating, theorizing, concluding
Adjudicator, marshal, partisan, crony
Corrupting, lying, betraying
Biased, prejudiced
Criminals

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Government
Guidance, balance
Regulating, administrating, delegating
Republic, commonwealth, nihilistic, despotic
Racketeering, marauding, transgressing
Indiscriminate, desultory
Anarchy