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    Hooded Heartless Complying Thugs: A Poem

    I’m broken by the sound of weeping mothers as they’re dragged down by yet another hooded heartless complying thug dehumanizing people for a thousand bucks I don’t want the drums of war to sound, no more the battle, no more the bound of men and women torn apart, their hopes reduced to aching hearts Don’t want to hear the cries of children lost in pain as their lives are swept away like torrential rain I don’t want the skies filled with smoke and our ancient histories buried, our ties broke How dare I not want the world to burn? A world that still has so much left to learn I…