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I tried to seal the wound within
But it just wouldn’t heal
The stitches at seams
Are worn and frayed
Touched by the gentle wind
Tender still
The pain numbed deep within
If you don’t know who’s side you’re on,
Come stand by me, it’s mine.
If you don’t know who’s right or wrong
We’ll sort it out in time.

If you don’t know what choice to make
For none of them look good
Come join me for convenience sake
It’s something that you should.

If you don’t know what you should do
Come sit by me and learn
I’ll tutor you the whole way through -
Teach you which way to turn.

If you don’t know who I might be
Come here and take my hand
We’ll help this country to be free
And once again the promised land.
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Soft pillows and a warm throw on my sofa .
I too had a heart.

I gave it to you.

Even though you broke it,

it still belongs to you.
The Dream was promised, / written down
in flame —
yet forfeiture now stalks / the open hand.
The rich lie laughing, / nameless, safe
in stone,
while strivers lose their wages, / marked
with shame —
the state collects / the pieces it has planned.

A hustler saves, / his dollars seen as crime,
the sirens flare, / the badge becomes
the judge.
The ladder snaps / for those who climb
in time,
and hope runs out / like pennies through
the grime,
the dream reduced / to ashes in the sludge.

The rich are born / with armor thick
as night,
the poor are branded / guilty when
they rise.
The law defends the throne, / condemns
the fight,
and every flash of freedom / sparks
its spite,
a dream recast / as fraud before our eyes.

No mob could scheme / a shakedown quite this wide,
no outlaw holds / such brazen, sacred claim.
The Dream’s been flipped, / its golden core denied,
a crown of ruin / dressed in holy pride,
the state itself / the thief who killed the Dream.
 Sep 15 Agnes de Lods
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Oh, Almighty!
Maker of Joy!
Evils exorcist!
Lord of the fried rings!
Exquisite gold eclipses
Tongue Domain!
Truth Behold!
Ever shall you reign, My Lord!

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Sep 15
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your poem read,
awoken by lightening flashes of
morning notifications arriving,
postmarked from
"I liked it"

but it does not
end there,
continues,
to a new ending

who and why,
who and why,
did this one find
their own
worthy in it
that was writ unknowingly
just for them

and
you look them up,
guessing
who and why,
rereading your hand's work,
which verse was it,
was it for a blessing or a
curse,
that touched them,
that made them
touch
you

each "like,"
a work in itself

re examined,
re searched,
re imagined
in the
light of
who they are
and
why they are
liking words I wrote

a single poem
bring hours of imagination,
each "like"
individually gift wrapped,
each human liking rapt,
each imagine a rapture,

each "like"
a new poem
about the who and why
each name a disguise to unravel,
each name a title
of a new different,
imagined poem,
who and why,
we
like
each other

~~~
6:53am
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