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Edward Grim
Senior Member
since 2005-12-18
Posts 1154
Greenville, South Carolina

0 posted 2006-01-06 11:49 PM


Freedom Now!

As I walk along side this parapet,
Visions of brutality
Haunt my steps.
Through their slogans of the infamous,
“Freedom Now!”
My people upon my land
Fall dead to the ground.

The Star Spangled Propagandist,
Sings me a rhyme.
With her draping dress of copper,
She holds up her torch
That is lit with lies.

“Freedom Now!” They would sing,
As they were beat off by the police,
Madness.

Slipping through the grips of modern humanity,
Is the crippling clutch of devastation.
That roams these streets of this quiet world.
This quiet world?

Freedom Now?
No, why bother?
I am content with blinders upon my face.
It lets me see enough,
But not enough to be free.

We don’t need to know destruction.
Though as good as it as,
They are still
Raping our intelligence with needless sadness.

This is the story of romantic feelings.
The story of fear stricken dejection
Like the noxious injection that pierced my vein
To rid my mind of all memoirs.
This is…
Well, I think we have a problem.
Yes.
We definitely have a problem.

Freedom Now! They would chant in the streets.
As the authority would continue their beats,
I am not one.
I am comrade.
I am affiliate.
I am gladly enough to be a pawn.
Freedom Now?
Why bother?
I like totalitarianism.
At least that’s what I’ve been told…

Some Monkeys never learn!

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iliana
Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434
USA
1 posted 2006-01-07 02:49 AM


Mr. Grim, you get your point across well in this piece.  Very strong write.  jo
Edward Grim
Senior Member
since 2005-12-18
Posts 1154
Greenville, South Carolina
2 posted 2006-01-07 12:27 PM


Thanks jo. This piece is a little hardcore for me but I figured I would try it. Oh, and you can call me Ed.     - Ed

Some Monkeys never learn!

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