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This Weakened State

The common man, bruised by his empathy, has strayed far beyond his capacities. Only the cunning survive the test. The greedy, the vile and the violent have prevailed and the wrath of indulgence has followed with them. The meek shall not inherit the earth, the lamb shall be led to its slaughter and the wolf shall eat its fill. Naive proletariat give rise to the refugees, who become the damned, too weak to stand beyond the crawl and easy targets for the 'Super Class' to covet. The lens of the Oligarchy owned media keep the masses occupied and hair-trigged for foreign invaders, backed up by strong bigot-flavoured treatise. While barely fledged democracy is pounced upon by the New World Order, controlled through stock markets and national debt intrigue. Rothschild owned think tanks telling us what to think, whilst education systems are designed to execute the middle classes. And Orwellian prophecies are nailed to our foreheads by false prophets.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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Date: 11/15/2016 10:13:00 AM
Stunning work. So many good lines and I like the cuts. The second to last stanza has a holding power. If I were to make any suggestions, it would be to test using that stanza (Rothchild owned think tanks) as your last one and read it out loud. Also, by simply changing telling us to tell us, strengthens the line. "And Orewellian//prophesy nailed to our foreheads." is pure genius. Glad I stopped by to read this. It disturbed me as it should...
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Terry Robinson
Date: 11/15/2016 11:16:00 AM
Upon reflection I have taken your advice and removed the final stanza. However, I did add a final stab at tge false prophets that lead us all into the valley of ruin. Thank you for your comments, they were encouraging. Regards Terry

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