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Michael Louviere

Michael Louviere was a man of the people, Who held in his hand a book of the law, And outside his belt a gun for his safety, But never would he have used it for murder, I'm told he helped many but never killed any, But Sylvester Holt did not believe it, He said the actions of one create a whole guilty people, And he took the matters into his own  hands, And killed poor young Michael for serving his people. So I'm sorry young man, you been born with white skin, In a world with the permissions to murder and to maim, But just to have freedom depends on your name, But if you think its good I suppose ill let you, Work for a cause that is just out to get you, And keeping in line with the others before him, Sylvester took the bait and the hook nearly gored him, But the worm could've lived it was just his misfortune. Sylvester laid down with a bullet in his chest, And the gun in his hand had a burning hot barrel, He assumed death was better than life and life only, But in his last second he pulled out a small knife, And cut in his gun small violent furrow, It was then that he realized this all wasn't worth it, He saw those two notches and handed himself in, To a lifetime of no pain and and unwoken rest.
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Scottie
22 / M
Published
Jan 23, 2017
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#peace#gun#hate#kill#murder#racism#blacklivesmatter#alllivesmatter#makeamericagreatagain#bluelivesmatter
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