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Hunger Pangs

America unlocked Is the monster under stairs stirring? The bottom class wondered as upper class called them higher. Master like playing games stoking darkened fears enjoyed teasing emancipated Kept them second guessing what step would be their undoing The sharp fangs of illiteracy overtly ruling Liked them tamed and their feet grabbers vicious Had to be there quick but punished using a sprint. America, your ignorance is yawning. The same viciousness you fed, now hungers for you. Your appetite for power Now, eats at you You created a hole It now devours you. You gave a man with a God complex the keys to spiritual kingdoms. Even sinners are scared to go higher with Cerberus growling It's no coincidence our world became what it is So many of us willing to trade for more imbalance instead of addressing the fears that rule us. The monster under the stairs was abused too The masters above affects all of us the same Whether by timidity or through aggression we're locked in this cycle of giving and giving so only a few receive the getting Starving for change are the worst kind of hunger pangs

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Date: 1/11/2020 9:31:00 PM
Cerberus was mistreated, I always thought, to become what It became. It needs to be fed with LOVE, but even then, It probably has forgotten the taste, having been starved of the stuff, chained and bound by leash.
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