Got a message in a bottle
\nWritten in gas, helplessness and a lit rag
\nLabled with an inverted cross
\nAnd an upside down flag<\/p>\n
Thrown by a Zoomer
\nAt the Amerikkkan Dream
\nFor propping up a vision
\nThat is nothing that it claims to be<\/p>\n
For every politician’s pandering
\nFor every lawmaker’s lethargy
\nOn passing policies requiring police department accountability<\/p>\n
Riots for the unheard,
\nThe marginalized<\/p>\n
By the masked youth
\nWith fire in their eyes<\/p>\n
For every armchair activist
\nDecrying what happens in the streets<\/p>\n
For every opportunist
\nStarting fires just to feel the heat<\/p>\n
For the apathetic staring transfixed into the flames
\nFor a world that’s getting increasingly strange…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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