Poetry
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Darkness descending impending self doubt I scream and I shout but it won’t let out Run but can’t hide from my mind Bide for time payback is in kind Running in circles frantic finds Memories locked semantic rewinds Bed sheet skies whispering lies Daily retries weakening goodbyes
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Sleep an elusive bedfellow It is stalking me at sunrise These haunting shadows of despair Chanting hymns of desperation A cacophony of frantic cries Drowning all hope and aspiration
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Losing interest in your interests It’s a warning sign you no longer feel fine Empty and numb got you feeling dumb Depression may have you under the thumb Self hating continually cries out in the night Dabble in drink and drugs with silent shrugs Self medicating trying to keep it out of sight Struggles the
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My tax cuts bring all the boys to the yard And my button, it’s bigger than yours Damn right it’s better than yours We can build a wall, but I have to charge My tax cuts bring all the boys to the yard And my button, it’s bigger than yours Damn right it’s better than
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Hello Brothers Hello Sisters Hello Comrades Words with meaning uttered without thought Thoughts without words resembling nought What is a Brother? What is a Sister? What is a Comrade? When we say brother does it have meaning Or do we say it without feeling? When we say sister does it have meaning Or do we
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Never again we said As we bled red white and blue Bodies barely going cold Before more weapons are sold No money for the old, infirm or sick Who needs bread when we have bombs These politicians think we’re so thick Just look what good it did to Homs! Red button bashing bullshitters Puffing their
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Creed of Capitalism Is the greed of capitalism Bringing about the fall of capitalism There is no hope of reforming capitalism We can only settle for abolishing capitalism Solely because of the crimes of capitalism Forget about the lies of capitalism Focus on the destruction of capitalism Socialism the only cure for capitalism
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The righteous riot when we have nothing left The righteous riot because property is theft The righteous riot give us our daily bread The righteous riot because we end up dead The righteous riot rulers never listen The righteous riot unlawfully in prison The righteous riot for the oppressed The righteous riot society depressed The
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Cry out in despair as our futures reduced to ash Prosperity for the powerful, poverty for all The absurdity goes right to the core of the system Obscurity of the button pushing power plays Jack out remove your social programming Subservient like a Victorian servant It’s not prim and proper to make demands Your betters
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On benefits struggling to pay bills We stand with you! Single mother working two jobs We stand with you! Grieving over the austerity kills We stand with you! Victim of the callous cuts We stand with you! Home made cell We stand with you! Freezing to death We stand with you! Empty cupboards We stand
Solidarity Steve 