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life 1 min read 604 views Jun 19, 2020

Let it all Fall

Let it all fall

Let it all burn

Smoke and mirrors

Break in places with old fractures

Streets seek storefront justice

Shatter plate glass barriers

Steal away

Steal a TV. so you can see

What your eyes can't touch

Put wealth on a shelf

Make tip toe ballerinas reach for the sky

Let it all fall

Pieces of apple pie

Lie in the rubble of the present

Charcoal corpses make kindling

For the fire started in 1619

Pilgrims Patriots and Partisans

Become knights in white satin

Terrorize the night with bombs bursting in air

Stirring up spirits that swing from trees

Forever felons

Stuck in racist stasis

Hate hard as diamonds

Mined from the graves of slaves

Good ol' boys long for the good ol' days

When ni*ggers knew their place

Placed in plantations

Placed in projects

Place-ism

Placed in uncomfortable positions

Paying rent 401 years

Living dangerously

Dying anonymously

In season leaves yellow and fall

Let it all fall

Let it burn.....

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mlowe5

ONE! The Fire This Time...Like Thunderstorm Rain Falling. Write on, Brother Coalhouse. Another Great Share. Peace and Love, M. Lowe.

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Sassy

Amazing

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2b2b2

Word Up....Burn, baby Burn.....ONE

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Charles2

Powerful imagery.the coal bins, within, burn with the fires.of hell... Needs, love... Divine ...intervention... Not bullets, trumpet charges ...and war songs..

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Coalhouse

Thank you poets stayin down and dirty!

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blakmista

Impressively strong my brother Coalhouse. Stay grounded. OneLove....

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