poems
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Silent struggle you can see it in the eyes The silent sorrow of one hiding lies Wishing away tomorrow day after day A scream without any sound Closemouthed cry heaven bound A whisper that makes a murmur The voice devoid of any fight A whimper barely audible through the night The pain of shattered glass
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Brexit blues we’ve got new shoes these won’t take you back to Kansas No you’re stuck living in Oz Brexit blues give me some courage hide behind a three lion crest get that racism off your chest Brexit blues where is the heart lost our humanity forgot our humility lost touch with reality Brexit blues
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Stalking self doubt The stuff of nightmares Asleep at the helm A lucid dream Reality a cruel joke Sinister tale twisters Plot holes and pit falls Folks are fools Folks are fools Hearts of stone Hearths of ice Forfeit a soul Forgo your mind Pleasures of the flesh Are too easy to find No escape
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Welcome to the synthetic world A symposium of deceit Duplicity in our own demise Whirled the heads of authenticity Illusionary truths of conformity Missionary espousing philistines Hidden philosophic emission minds Conformity imagery compulsory A cremated Ideological heretic Prodigal propaganda of prophecy Sympathetic plight decimated Helotry decoded symmetry
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Stuck in the fast lane And going in reverse Try put the breaks on It just makes things worse On the outside looking in At the end of my journey When will it begin I thought I saw an angel Yet I’m living in sin Curtains begin to close We take our final bow We
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We are living in dangerous times With dangerous swines So don’t go falling into line We are living with hate filled lies With hate filled cries Watch the lord of the flies We are living without hope Being passed a rope Many cannot cope We are not living only surviving No chance of thriving Evil
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A policy of poverty Reinforcing racist realities Brim filled hateful debates They’re undercutting our rates A misdirecting narrative Controlling the flow of debate Breaking the flood gates Prepare to drown in our hate A policy of poverty Depriving the majority Driving the desperate death Starvation with no salvation Safety net is no safe bet Food
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You can’t kill an idea Even if they kill our man We have power They can never understand The labour betrayers Have it in for the Tory slayers Undermining our legacy Wilfully spitting on our history It’s time to finish the war That started with the miners And you, Brutus? Labour betrayers Coming for the
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The knives are out before the votes are in Appease those demons if you wanna win They tell us its just not electable Water it down make it more palatable Choose the lesser of two evils Who cares if they’re both devils He who pays the party Calls for the policies Grassroots is a plucky
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Peace isn’t profitable Our protest is too suitable Need to grow the movement Bring it back to the local Reclaim our communities The people have the power The power of the rich Is the power to deceive Steal, rob and thieve Sleepwalking society My school teachers lied to me It wasn’t about my education It
Solidarity Steve 