The Nation. The Nation. The Nation.

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The Nation. The Nation. The Nation.

A new poem and video for an Easter Sunday and a new regime

James O'Brien

Apr 20, 2025

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At dawn the nation is empty
Its vast swaths of emptiness expanding
Expanses of nothingness, echoing and unfilled spaces

Nightly, the same void dotted with different islands
Collected archipelegos, never empty but always choking
Wholly clogged; beaver-dammed arteries; three-hundred million hearts beating 

Even in the emptiest places the soul tries to i…

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