Day and Dawnthe time is hereBegone, go away, bye-bye,please disappear Cages and liespromoted by hatewhen it came to powerlike greed—a refusal to abdicate Neglect and diminishthe toll they wroughtwe never endorsedto take away our shot Tropes and traditionshopes and truthswe live in those momentsthat’s never, ever been smooth We plan, we play,we love and hatebut in the darkwe congregate Rise and beholdfacts and choices do figurein every sense, every cityconsequences, like votes, do deliver. By Pamela MullinsCopyright © 2021 Pamela […]

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wilt and ooze, the sore it seepsthey abandon the masses and slaughter us like sheeps rank the rot and deem them fraudsunveil the famine, expose the facades amass the ailing, expel the bloatedfoster the hope and revive the corroded bestow the cash and champion the aidauthorize the payments, reward the unpaid shelter the powerless, protect the commondemand the virtuous, honor the forgotten exposed and vast, we hunger—we riotriled and ravaged, a collective defiance plunder the fuckers and reduce them to […]

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whispers whence the needs to beshallow hearts heed not want—unbare of theewhy no more, no less those thoughts unshownwhen tempt with fray and fates overthrown thy cruel contempt and faults well-knownvalidate the truths and lore and lights disownedfervor and flame and fancy beholdsan endless night of hunger—an ache unfolds squander the hope and lead the scorndismiss the courage and battle the normchallenge thy role and assert that tonebelay and muse and explore all the unknowns crave the faults, attest many […]

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