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Indoctrinate

Indoctrinate

By Mark Stigers Published 9 months ago 1 min read

Indoctrinate indoctrinate

Fill our truth into children’s heads

Use their playtime as a chance

To think about what we said

They must know what we want

We must implant it in their minds

We must make them feel

It is a sign of our times

Convince them we are right

Make them see the way

This is a fight we must win

Teach them what to say

Get to them when they are young

We can shape their very thoughts

Stuff them full of our doctrine

So they know what they ought

Make them remember

Etch it on their soul

And when they are adults

They will be under our control

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About the Creator

Mark Stigers

One year after my birth sputnik was launched, making me a space child. I did a hitch in the Navy as a electronics tech. I worked for Hughes Aircraft Company for quite a while. I currently live in the Saguaro forest in Tucson Arizona

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