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Shame
09:15
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Bright lights and sounds
Face smiles so wide
Let’s see whose frown
Is not in sight
I will bet you
It was made by
John Smith, white man
To his mom’s tears
“You know, Pete’s black,
Clare’s good old man.
When in my house
You should show love.”
On the big screen
John casts “Big Tom,”
So strong but dim
Staunch to a fault
In such a role
Left for the low
They may now choose
To live or grow
Sad, I must say
It can not be
That most can feel
Truth’s what they play
Life in this box
Shines more than real
I now just wish
It weren’t a steal
In such a way
Real glyphs do not
Show up with ease,
Flow with the breeze
This can be
Left for none
If we can
Throw out “fun”
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2. |
Bright
07:25
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None shines the sun
Back white as sheet
No eyes for growth
Must be the best
Think you are bright
Pass well the test
Gift makes you right
Joy found in null
Have far too much
Hate is a crutch
Life now a lull
Wealth can cause this
When eyes are shut
Mind closed, a rut
You’re not so fair
Sad you can’t feel
Sheath on your eyes
It can be tough
Means to the end
I will now wait
For just your ear
Words meant for you
I hope you hear
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Wall
11:18
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Build your own world
Line it with gems
Think is is just so fine
You shine the light
Fill up the room
Time here stands still like ice
Think it is warm
You feel at home
Your life has not one fault
View you as good
Strong and so kind
Nice and sweet on the out
Deep down you search
Caused by friend’s tears
You see words can cause pain
What was it said
That made eyes moist?
Oh, yes, a word you’ve writ
When said in jest
It can’t be proved
That it was meant in truth
Fact of the beast
One word at least
You must now scratch from sheets
Let it sink in
This time you’re wrong
You can’t say, “was a joke”
All of these years
Since words made free
Those in chains to the world
Few will own up
To their own height
Now you see it’s in you
You’ve seen the pain
Caused by your words
Now you may make this right
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4. |
Feel
10:56
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Words fly like birds to your ears
As strange as a bug in fire
What makes you think you could know?
This is pain that runs deep
Shows signs not so clear
Of course you can’t see it
You live
In your
Own world
It’s soft
And warm
Will you
Reach out?
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5. |
Die
09:58
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If you live life with ease
There’s much for you to thank
No one lives on earth lone
You will have to share
What have you done for all
Of those who live with you?
How have you helped them live?
Look at more than just you
Do you think that if you
Died now you would feel you
Lived the best life that you
Could have lived?
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More
08:52
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This will be hard
Less so for me
Than those who hurt
Lend me your mind
I and a lot
Don’t have to feel
Pains and the words
Heaped on the few
Those who don’t look blank
Those whose shade’s not white
Whose lives get the brunt
Of those with most sway
Time has long since passed
When we should sit by,
Let these harms be done
To save our own skin
We will fall
On our own
If we stand
We can rise
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Nyentek Chicago, Illinois
An “adventurer in electronic sounds-poetry” whose music is “mind-bending, at times blissfully bizarre.”
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