Ode to our rites
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Hilary Nevis, Grade 8
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Poetry
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2003
ARE WE HELD BACK,
BY THE OTHER SIDE?
WHAT DO WE LACK,
AND WHY DO WE HIDE?
WE ARN'T INFERIOR,
LIKE THE WEAKEST LINK.
NOR SUPERIOR,
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE THINK.
WE ARE AS EQUALS,
IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS,
BUT THOUGHT AS PREQUALS,
OR LESSER BEINGS.
WE WILL ADVANCE TO A HIGHER RANK
AND WHEN WE DO, IT IS TO US WE WILL THANK.