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Martial Law

The lines have become blurred

between lawlessness and legal

Shot in mid-air, the American Eagle

the symbol of our freedom dismantled

Big Brother can't handle

the fury of Liberty within the mind

of the time

of those that rise

Neighborhoods are war zones

each house a prison, overhead are drones

So Uncle Sam can listen.

We give up our rights

for our house and lights

Forgetting those who fight the good fight.

Patiently we wait

at the government gate

with a rumbling stomach and an empty plate.

Our words are weapons

that are kept in line

with threats of a fine or prison time

Road blocks or baracades, they're both the same

So government control

can remain.

Shooting an American seems routine

and daily life,

a twisted dream.

War is on our doorstep, just outside

from Big Brother there is

nowhere to hide.

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terry-rucker
American
Published
Aug 24, 2012
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