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I WAS ONCE ATTACKED!

A poem By Ross E F Lombardi

By Ross E Fortune LombardiPublished 12 months ago Updated 7 months ago 1 min read

I WAS ONCE ATTACKED!

A poem

By Ross E F Lombardi

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I was attacked with a metal weapon,

By a DJ.

But I do not condemn all DJs.

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I was hit around the head with a metal weapon,

By a bald person.

But I do not condemn all bald people.

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My blood splattered across the floor,

Of a pub.

But I do not condemn all pubs.

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My attacker wore shoes.

But I do not think all people who wear shoes are violent.

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My attacker was also black,

But that will not turn me into a racist.

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The crimes of one does not,

- will not,

- can never,

- Define everyone else in some, pulled out of your arse, category.

Just because your little, easily led, mind wants it to, -

- Longs and aches for it too.

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An asylum seeker killed children.

BUT…

The crime of one asylum seeker

- will not,

- can never,

- Define the souls of all asylum seekers.

Just because your little, easily led, mind wants it to, -

- Longs and aches for it too.

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The unforgivable evil crimes of one white-led British empire,

Who ruthlessly crushed this world.

Does not,

- will not,

- can never,

- Define the souls of all future white men.

Just because your little, easily led, mind wants it to, -

- Longs and aches for it too.

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All people, including the bigots, are multi-faceted individuals.

People are fellow humans who feel the same things as you do.

Who each love and hate as much as you do.

They are not just mere things.

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Pause for a moment…

Ask yourself this…

Privately inside…

And be honest in the darkness as you look at your ceiling tonight…

Is it really victims you care about?

Or do you just long for an excuse to hate?

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Do you really feel so lowly?

So worthless within yourself?

That you need to stand on the corpses of others?

To feel a bit taller?

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YouTube Reading

https://youtu.be/Sa2t3WrT_AU?si=ym2qxVudVuR3LWYa

TikTok Reading

https://www.tiktok.com/@rat_lombot/video/7468135785611496737

Insta Reels Reading

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About the Creator

Ross E Fortune Lombardi

Writer and Artist.

A (Constantly Failing To Be Funny) satirist!

Mutare non est meum

Cantus moriar

EMAIL

[email protected]

BLOG:

http://lombot.co.uk

You Tube:

https://www.youtube.com/@Rat_Lombot/featured

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