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Ideolo-psycho (II)

Hand on the good book that I never read, I swore my loyalty though you know I like to fib, Even as your see the guilt gushing beneath my skin, I’ve been holding the prosecutor’s hand, with another on the switch, A spineless snitch waiting for the green light to fry you for what Benjamin did, So sorry this couldn’t have been different, But the chair only seats one according to our governance, And I’m not the victim with a scheme preached as providence So sorry for the inconvenience But I want to feel the pulse of the pompous cease, And watch the stillness of eyes that once blinked, When they found the oval throne of a tyrant Instead of the virtuous, The one who was to lead us, So who’s stopping me from strapping you to that seat? Since my crime caused the scene Since your fathers where the ones who put your sons to sleep Coming from the cranial cracks of the insane, Those that tried justified slavery while promising us all equality I am the reason they put price tags on humans And why this isn’t the land of the free I’m the governor forcing your loyalty Or I tell everyone you’re a traitor before finding you guilty, I’m Uncle Sam’s mistress, The thought process of social unrest, When the enemy was a homegrown threat, When Plymouth protest turned to disobedience, I was with the Protestant, I’m the crack in the Liberty Bell, The judge, jury, and judicial jezebel, The King, the colonial, the freedom fighter, the insurgent I’ve once facilitated your independence, I was your lust for a better existence Since the struggle against a parliament I’ve been dealing you an idealistic hand, Since the election of the forty-third, I am the notion that this isn’t the promise land Like a revolutionary remedy I am the idealistic psycho, The enemy of our mentalities The thought of defying the constraints this reality
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Written by
carmelo-antone
American
Published
Apr 6, 2012
Lines·Words
54·325
Notes

- This poem may also be found on mantone.net

- This poem is the second of one I wrote previously

- Reason for second version: I used this at a poetry reading on 4.6.2012 (so I updated the poem)

- I hope you enjoy

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