For all the ghosts and corpses that shall never know the breath of our childrenso longfor the sacrifice and endurance of our mothers and the sustained breath of our fatherswe live

Saul Williams
For all the ghosts and corpses that shall never know...
For all the ghosts and corpses that shall never know...
For all the ghosts and corpses that shall never know...
For all the ghosts and corpses that shall never know...
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The line, “for all the ghosts and corpses that shall never know the breath of our children so long” is one of the most powerful lines from a poem. In it, the speaker is acknowledging the sacrifices made by their parents. It's a way to show how vastly their lives have been transformed by them.

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