Wednesday, October 23, 2013

The Lies They Fed Us – v6


The brass ring,
wealth, position
the corner office
an American dream
based on housing

Those in power
conjuring a dream,
nightmare, shackles,
the lies they fed us
finding nothing really there

We were never attaining
going, shouting, striving
seeking our real freedom
lies they fed us, tinny
ringing in our ears

Hope in the streets
true freedom from oppression
bound in the chains
prisons of their making
chasing a pipe dream


Edited October 22, 2013
The Lies They Fed Us – v6
Edited October 14, 2013
The Lies They Fed Us – v3
Edited October 14, 2013
The Lies They Fed Us – v2
October 7, 2011
The Lies They Fed Us
Wall Street protests
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March 17, 2011
calling on President Obama and the world
to act in the Middle East, especially in Libya and Bahrain,
to stand with the people
yearning to breathe free
and not worrying about the results,
that it is always right to stand for basic human rights
&
on the transformations since the beginning of January -
all the protests in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Oman,
Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Palestinian Territories, Djibouti, Mauritania, Senegal, Saudi Arabia, etc.

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