People of the Bookend

from Depraved Indifference by John XII

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Splattered by the melting pot of state. Holes in the mosaic – ascertain before you're mummified in red tape. Abhor the ropeburn smearing the napes of their 'radicalized' necks. Witnesses to their listlessness. A mistress on the side. Suppressing spray, a weakened flank. A weekend fling to thank for pranking their battalions with pseudo-friendly fire. You crank the strings of valiance 'till out springs deadly ire. Oppression in the service of impressionists that paint with slugs, rendering each measured stroke with ease, indifferent to the larger canvasses pleas. Nourishing a flame only to waft the scent of sulphur down the roads that once transcended borders. One people's birthright paves the way for another's pallbearers, and as an onlooker, I'm ashamed. Fall back from your settlements. Settle this.

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from Depraved Indifference, released May 10, 2016

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