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life 1 min read 763 views Jun 20, 2016

Aching Phantom limb Syndrome

Feel the pain of missing platitudes, promises broken to ourselves, believers of truthful prevarications transmitted to those deemed surplus. Banished across tracks inside redlined areas. Bled dry, supply side economics feed a mechanized appetite for the war on thugs, throwing rocks from conquered territories. Gardens made of smashed green glass. Post industrial relics of riots and picket lines stuck on pause. Mannish boys struggle to be a carbon copy....

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love_supreme

D*mn, this poem is on point.

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RonnieL

Word!

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Coalhouse

Thank you for the comment. It makes me put it down harder!

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LP45

This is a great write coalhouse. Dug every line. Especially the last one.

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Sassy

This is amazing - the last line hit so hard. I read it several times. Thank you :)

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Mingoao

This is as real as it gets. Tru ting this, , ! -Peace

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love_supreme

I like this poem.

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