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Radio Free Kleptocracy

A Poem

By Atomic HistorianPublished 8 months ago Updated 8 months ago 1 min read
Radio Free Kleptocracy
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I got ghosts in my blood

And demons in my bones

People think the worm in my brain makes me insane

But I say vaccines are to blame

Register and lock them up

They’re unproductive economic batteries

In our matrices of exploitation

Nose diving to the bottom of morality

Sucking on the neck of humanity

Work will set you free

So long as you believe

Gangsters of capitalism sheath their knives in our back once more

Automatons will ensure we’re gone

Nothing has changed from the beginning

The dragon’s hoard is built on a mountain of lies and lives

As we all struggle to survive

Great man theory is nothing more than a fallacy

To keep a knee on you and me

The dukes and suits are the same

They are the ones we blame

To keep us from realizing it’s a pyramid scheme

As they fiend for more

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Atomic Historian

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  • Mother Combs8 months ago

    People think the worm in my brain makes me insane I really like this line, all in all, great poem, Eric

  • And the gifted juniors, born to the platinum spoon, believe themselves entitled to all they would deny to the rest.

  • Kendall Defoe 8 months ago

    Powerful work here!

  • Luna8 months ago

    good

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