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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D*mn, this poem is on point.
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Word!
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Thank you for the comment. It makes me put it down harder!
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This is a great write coalhouse. Dug every line. Especially the last one.
Read LP45's poemsSassy
This is amazing - the last line hit so hard. I read it several times. Thank you :)
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This is as real as it gets. Tru ting this, , ! -Peace
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I like this poem.
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