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Atomic Rainbows

An acid raindrop

Burning the last of the crop

Dusty barren soil

Marks the end of the millenial toil

 

Work until your hands are cracked

And you're crippled and broken backed

You work to pay to be free

The new whips of slavery

 

Mr Taxman comes to your door

His theft I do deplore

All I have to spare is change

And he acts as if deranged

 

A continent fractured for greed

A little more ivory is what we need

While sickly babies wail and perish

Without a moment of life to cherish

 

But do you shed a single tear

No, only hate and fear

You are an enemy

To my country and to me

 

As atomic rainbows cross the sky

In warring peace, we all shall die

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Written by
jacobo-raymundo
American
Published
Jan 10, 2014
Lines·Words
22·128
Notes

This is a piece I feel strongly about and have tried to get out for a few weeks now amd just have been able to do

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