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nostalgia
I want to go back to that simpler time,
Where we ran through fields and played in dirt,
When we had an abundance of freedom, a million open moments,
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a choice of color
When you were a kid,
When you were still learning animal names,
And awed by the world around you,
What did it mean when you looked up,
At other kids, at adults,
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burning
Burned at the stake for all to see.
Boo! Scream the crowds, words full of glee.
Smiles lit up the kids faces as they stared at me,
While the witches cried out for a flicker of mercy.
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Inevitable
So monarchies fell,
And tyrants too,
Whether democracy does,
Is not up to you.
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dissected
You might want to be a fly on the wall,
Discover what people really think,
What people say when you’re not around.
You don’t want to be a bug on the windshield,
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the hole where we stood
A story you're told about once every year,
Details increase as you're judged old enough.
Then one year it stops, the story as sparse as it can be,
Loves
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Numb
I find it absurd that the President is doing so much bad I no longer have the capacity to feel any more.
I have become
numb
numb to the fact that this man has broken so many laws you can't even count them.
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anti-fascist frogs
let me tell you what i saw today
when i was downtown with 200k others
in the heart of the city of the nation,
a swamp raised to stand above the world. with
flags &
signs &
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Panic Attack in the School Bathroom
I can't breathe
My heads against the
Stall wall
The coldness keeping me
From passing out
My feet are on the
Gross ground
Trembling
I can barely tell
That the floor is solid
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Cheerios
I am
The
perfect
student
Aren't I?
I turn my work in on time
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insomnia's embrace
Lie awake tired, won’t go to sleep, regret it in the morning,
repeat.
I try to break the cycle,
but then something stops me.
Oh wait, it was just myself, again,
like always,
but I'm stuck and
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Blind Justice
Close your eyes
Spin around
And point
Choose the felon
Choose the victim
Watch the tears fall
In joy
Gratefullness
Or
In sadness
Pain
Shrug
Because to you