my soul will not bleed you may tear away my flesh torture these old bones scream obscenities but i have learned of the truth and understand my self-worth so your words and deeds cannot penetrate my soul centuries of lies used as societal chains no longer bound my future to your perspective of life without breath or pulse i would rather be than forced to live as a slave to your will
everybody knows
there ain’t no equal justice
those with money
use the law for protection
those without serious cash
are who they’re protected from
the law is mostly
a contract with the wealthy
to protect and serve
their personal needs and wants
while offering to the poor
a convoluted promise
like the biblical ones
where heaven’s a real reward
so too is justice
set forth as attainable
though neither one of the two
has ever been proven true
was just suspected although no clear evidence but thought that freedom was never attainable even with the chains removed since shackles of laws were formed
buried beneath the rubble of political rhetoric children dying in the cancerous womb of ambition and greed let the record show as the children cried out for help and their bodies were ripped apart by assault weapons only self-serving words were heard from washington’s marble halls let the record show those who have sworn to serve the nation’s people selflessly no longer wear the nation’s flag upon their lapel but weapons used to kill our children proclaiming the nation is second to their quest for power let the record show their desire for power is so strong they are willing to devour the entrails of children born and unborn let the record show
the brown bag prophet
was busy writing
at a park bench
when i was
on my way home
when i inquired
as to
what he was writing
the prophet
said
i’m preparing
some questions
to replace
those removed
by
the college board
about
real
american history
regarding blacks
what do you
think about
this one
what does
the name
desantis
have in common
with the following words
racist
homophobic
fascist
apartheid
maybe this one
should also
be
included
how is
mussolini
to
hitler
as
desantis
is to
trump
oh hell
maybe we should
do away
with the whole
college board
since
it seems
just to be
another
political entity
and
god knows
we don’t need
another
one
of
those
the brown bag prophet
was reading
a book
about freedom
when
he stopped me
and said
freedom
is dependent
upon
wealth
the richer
you are
the
longer
the leash
you have
to wander
away from
the elected
police state’s
junkyard
hell
if you’ve
enough money
you
get to be
a range free individual
giving only
token
compliance
to
societal
and
governmental rules
but
most folks
ain’t got
that
kind of money
so
they stay
tethered
held in place
for
their entire life
oh
some people
get
to have
the equivalent
of
dog runs
letting them
think they’re enjoying
freedom
but
those dog runs
merely
simulate
freedom
cuz’
there’s a fine mesh
of
policies and procedures
to deter
their rights
deterrents
always
presented
as
for their protection
from
those vicious
colored
junkyard dogs
but
the fact is
freedom’s
an
illusion
for
most folks
a compromising
ignis fatuus
the old man’s heart
had sharp pains
and
he struggled
to
breathe
his eyes
glassed over
as
he stared
at
the bodies
for
it was
purely accidental
that
he had wandered
into
the tsa’s
nude
check in line
once dressed
he smiled
all the way
to
munich
but
his wife
swore
her revenge
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