Here it is – they double down on half pay. Here it is – they
double down on double cross. They lie and hold for commercial.
Another lie and pause for laughs. We understand but will not speak
the language of monsters and masters.
Words spoken over our heads, words aimed at our life, our liberty,
our peace. Threats and intimidation. Believe and submit. A chill in
the mind. Cold wind. Cruel words. A silence of voice. A bound mouth.
Submit and disperse. Unarmed agitators and sidewalk citizens will be
shot. You saw nothing. You believe what you’re told. Break down
your obedience.
Or face the hose. Or we let slip the imperial dogs. Flick the baton,
snap the whip. Burn the city down – we will rule the ash.
If
you see the oppression of the poor and record the denial of justice
in the province, in the state, in the city – do not be shocked at
the sight. One official watches over another. Checks and balances and
regulating authority. There are higher officials over them all –
and none of them care.
The words of the preacher are wrenched from the word. Wretched now.
Worthless vanity. Worthless and void. “Blessed are the Peacemakers”
becomes the recruitment campaign for the Department of War.
Propaganda is truth.
We are watching not waiting. Wanting not wasting.
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