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I could've sworn
I saw the same old man earlier
Carrying his crutches begging
To an entrepreneur for bread
Or money
Now his face is on the front of the newspaper
As one of the "unfortunate" hit & run victims
Or the same prostitute I saw downtown
Who looked at me in such envy
Like I've all the privileges in the world
Including my own body and she don't
Or the immigrant fighting for his rights to stay
Legally
Coz his kid can stay but the rest the family couldn't
Now he's on the news causing riot just coz of
One measly entry visa
In my world
I wake up seeing the same things everyday
Listening to the same complains
Like there's nothing on TV but more shits
ANd the radio has more newscast bitchings than music but
We have presidents
WE have our governments
We have the fucking SWAT team
To protect and attend to our needs
But where are all those people
When you need them badly?
So I cast my vote on last year's elections
(I see that it was such a waste of time)
Coz none of the promises they made really came true
Nothing was done and the stench of shits kept accumulated
But the tax income increased the returns were lower
There were more officials and civilian workers wearing Gucci's
I was angry
I took a pen and pad
And wrote: LIARS
AND sent it to the nearest editor's column
Coz I knew no one was really doing anything about it
Except me
And it came back as a threat on my back
Nobody gives a damn at the shits they see
But everybody comes back right at you
When they know you've a pen in your hand
As you talk for the better half of les miserables
Coz talk is cheap
NO one even listens anymore
(As these days you need to SCREAM
To get your message across)
But writing sends a destructive impulse
That when people read your thoughts on surfaces
It pierces through their hearts w/ a rusty katana
Leaving an open wound for their conscience to bleed
"This is too much!"
"She's one w/ too many bumps on the head"
"God, I can't read this!"
I know you can't coz reality bites
And you can't handle the scandal that's shoved right up your
Ass
Or the log that's blocking your eyesight
Because they made us believe that everything's in control
And we just have to sleep around and be merry
Bullshit
So I assume it's alright to play mute and witness
To a killing in the neighboring country
It's OK for one religious extremist to rape & beat
Another religious minority to a bloody pulp
Or ignore the huge diversification amongst the rich and the poor
And breathe the usual excuse of talk is cheap
NO one even listens anymore and
Why the world would one tiny voice be any different?
Damn right
It does make a big difference
Sticks and stones may break the bones
But WORDS will come and haunt You
In
Your
DREAMS
If you can't speak your thoughts
then you can always WRITE it down
If all the voices are accumulated into ONE
I know there'd be a loud explosion of words
Much powerful than any bombs, any arsenal, any Marxisms
As these days you need, the need to SCREAM
Loud enough when you hurt like HELL
But everyone continues to play DEAD mute
So I was pissed
I went to the nearest cyber cafe
And typed: FUCK YOU
AND emailed this to everyone on my list
They might as well pass it on coz
I certainly will not stop until I'm heard
But it never came back on my behalf
When the bomb went off
Not many people heard the cries
No one was aware of the signs
WHY?
Everyone was asleep
Figures.
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