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Cages They say they’re not cages But they’re cages People wrapped in shiny blankets They look like they’re getting ready to get cooked Anything but It’s **** cold in there No sleep Only cold and concrete Shivering so much I wouldn’t be surprised if their teeth shot out of their mouth These lives These stories These people treated like dogs Separated at the border A child cries “Mama, mama!” But the machine can’t hear you The industrial capital neo liberal machine It can’t hear you It says to you, “you’re not human, little thing” But I can hear this child I can feel in body the wrongs being done to it I just don’t understand it But I want to I want to understand how people can separate a child from its Father Brother Sister mother Don’t you know we’re humans? Don’t you know we hurt We cry We laugh We love
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Mar 30, 2020
Mar 30, 2020 at 2:01 PM UTC
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Cages They say they’re not cages But they’re cages People wrapped in shiny blankets They look like they’re getting ready to get cooked Anything but It’s **** cold in there No sleep Only cold and concrete Shivering so much I wouldn’t be surprised if their teeth shot out of their mouth These lives These stories These people treated like dogs Separated at the border A child cries “Mama, mama!” But the machine can’t hear you The industrial capital neo liberal machine It can’t hear you It says to you, “you’re not human, little thing” But I can hear this child I can feel in body the wrongs being done to it I just don’t understand it But I want to I want to understand how people can separate a child from its Father Brother Sister mother Don’t you know we’re humans? Don’t you know we hurt We cry We laugh We love
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Mar 30, 2020
Mar 30, 2020 at 2:01 PM UTC
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