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SAMARITAN

SAMARITAN

__________

 

Anyone else

Would've left that Far Right

Reactionary sprawled on the concrete

To bleed out, suffer in his

Paroxysms of serious hurt, receive

Disaster of the steel-toed kind.

 

But not you.

 

The Good Samaritan

Reflex kicked in,

Wouldn't let you

Abandon someone in need of help.

 

Distinctions such as

"Friend" and "foe" did...

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PASSENGER

North liverpool taxi ride 

It was a clear.. autumn... day outside 

But everyone was unaware

Of this special day on Merseyside

I spoke to the driver in the cab 

He asked what I thought about the stag 

The stag I asked what do you mean 

 

It's all over the news haven't you seen? 

 

There has been sightings in the North of the city 

An animal rare so sacred so pretty 

...

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MINNEAPOLIS WEEK

MINNEAPOLIS WEEK

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Most Black men

In the U.S.A. have

An oppressor's leather boot

Applied to their necks.

 

George Floyd

Died untimely

With the knee of

Police repression on his.

 

George Floyd

Complained of

The knee's pressure restricting his oxygen.

He couldn't breathe--we couldn't breathe.

 

Derek Chauvin

Never respected the li...

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"Armed Men"

Armed men"

In the middle of a cold night,
Hands clutched on our lovers
And our lovers on us
Birds in a distant singing gleeful songs,
Stars smiling down on us
Everything flowing in its own tranquility.
Then, we heard gun shots
and our heartbeat became still
We ran towards the window
Peeping cautiously so they don't see our eyes.
We saw them,
men in black with bloodshot eyes and a har...

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What Have You Got

TRIGGER WARNING: contains profanity and quoted use of racist language

 

What Have You Got?

 

What have you got

When you haven’t got a tweet

That will work on the masses

And keep them off the street

When your corrupt policies

Are all laid bare

And the people are as unruly

As your fake blonde hair

 

What have you got

When it all goes South

In pillow case ...

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