Lines (PM)

lines

lines divide

lines redefine

what it means to be

one side be the difference between right and wrong

the stories of genocide all singing the same song

reinforcing what we knew all along

nationalism be damned

he knows she knows what’s best for the nation

lines divide

lines collide

lines redefine

lines split africa to and fro

railroad track made from negro skin and bone

the same man who tried to end the black nation

the same ones who claim democracy the revelation

the ones who are the goodest and everyone evil

the ones who’s the civilized no one else equal

lines divide

lines collide

lines redefine

lines decide

who’s legal, who’s passable

who’s feeble and laughable

they choose the civil to uncivil

the discrepancy between a patriot and a deviant

the difference between the aggressive and the lenient

round em up and cage should they be disobedient

lines divide

lines collide

lines redefine

lines decide

lines tell lies

we’re the good guys, the allies

you the terrorists, the bad guys

we the oppressed, look at the children’s cries

while the other side has loss 10 times the size

fed them propaganda, fed them lies

while countries watch from front row seats and do nothing to subsidize or minimize the tragedy

rulers of our nation who are half asleep

insulate to the terror, loiters to the accident

lines make us forget humanity

lines make us forget our sanity

lines make us feel vanity

for foolish things

lines

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