a poster that says " is free " with a fist in the foreground ALT: a poster that says " is free " with a fist in the foreground

🗓 September 22, 1862
Lincoln raised his pen like a blade
and cut the myth of bondage in two.

He didn’t free them all, not yet.
But he lit the fuse.
He made the war about freedom.
He named the lie out loud.

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