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Compliance

They’re going to strip you naked;

They’ll strip you of your clothes

And strip away your dignity

Down to your freezing toes.

 

They’ll strip apart your honour,

Diminishing your worth;

You’ll be among the cheapest

Of those who dwell on Earth.

 

The last dregs of your self-esteem

Will be dissolved in bile;

They’ll show you off inside a cage,

So you’ll live on a ...

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Beneath A Tyrant's Boot

 

They dragged him from his rightful place, With chains of lies, they bind his grace. A mayor strong, a people's voice, Now silenced by a tyrant's choice. His crime? To win where one might fail, To show that change could still prevail. But truth is crushed beneath the weight Of he who rules with fear and hate. The streets are filled with muffled cries, Yet protests fall where...

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