Empty Gestures

from The Don by Nyentek

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Stand tall, look tough, pose by a flag
Craft an image of support
But when the chips are down
You just squint your eyes and frown

These are empty gestures
We play into your hand

You say you support them
But you just deceive us
Pretend that you’ve served us
You care only for wealth

These are empty gestures
We play into your hand

It’s all a farce, this sham you call real
I don’t expect you can even feel
Pretend you’ve worked your whole life honest
But we all know that you only steal
Twisting the rules and breaking the norms
Look down on those who have less than you
Take us for fools while burning with scorn
All of your hatred brews poisonous through

These are empty gestures
We play into your hand

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from The Don, released February 15, 2019

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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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