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John Dewberry May 2019
Knife in the Back

Do you feel alone
Disenfranchised
Destitute and defeated
I don’t have the answers you seek
But I do have a voice
And At the end of the day
You do possess
Freedom of  choice
Made by the self
Not by partisan parties
Vying for your vote
Or media
Reenforcing their doctrine and stances

Pre chorus
So raise your voice up
Against all odds
Be the individual
Be a beacon for others
Be your guiding light
Tonight, fight groupthink
Donkeys and elephants

Chorus 1

The world’s what you make it
My friends
It doesn’t have to be paved
With unanswered ends
With swelling lungs as jagged pills
Life’s a screensaver of rolling hills

Chorus 2
I’m not implying  that utopias real
bur peace could exist
Without  demo reels
Or a knife in the back
Of your free-thinking mind



Verse 2

Just close your eyes
Imagine possessing
Lenses to sift through the ****
See yourself
As a human
Of equal standing
And not as  a yes-man
Nor slave master or captain of a ship

Chorus 3


Today you’re an individual
Redeemed  of your sin
Of conformity
You don’t need to have power
To know you have a voice
And a choice
That you’ve no need
To apologize for


Bridge 2

The worlds a confusing place
But it is what we make  it
So let’s make it right
By doing right
And not just being Right

End

Don’t succumb
And be brain dead
As they wish
Trying something a bit different with this one. I’m growing more reluctant and outright critical of politics and political systems as a whole. You can put a price on power— you can’t put a price on people— this is where I’m coming from here
John Dewberry May 2019
Selective Extortion/Moralities Abortion
God isn't wrong
But that doesn't make you right
And if I'm "wrong"
Surely there will be a smite tonight
Purely insolent
You're another desolated sycophant
Destitute and reprobate
But that doesn't mean you have to
Hate me by spewing diatribe
To resonate with your own cries
That my ethos is fallacy
Fake to you but real to me
Reel to real
Can't you see
It's immaculate perception
Miscarried contraception
Selective extortion
Moralities abortion
This is an old poem from the 2013-14 era of my writing. Hope you enjoy.
May 2019 · 451
Loose Clothing and Mascara
John Dewberry May 2019
A man shouldn’t write a poem like this?
Why?
Is it sexiest?
To alienate human nature
By denying sexuality
Is a sin
Than again
Why not grin through it
After all— we’re only human
____________

Loose lips
Sink ships
Moving hips
Seize the night

Red makeup
Long dress
No duress
Just drinks and conversation
Elimination of worry
Seductions the ******
That fuels  lust
Connection— her personalities no bust

Her blue eyes
Red makeup and skirt
Her eyeshadow brings
Her Into the light of my eye
Asks me for a dance
I ponder why

But the decisions already been made
and I can’t say no
After all, women want what they can get
And they always win

I realize
Mesmerized
As she takes me to the bed
That my thought of a dance
Was a miscalculated motion
In my head

She’s full of surprises
she likes surprises
She surprised me

— The End —