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Empty Walls

We paved roads By walls Such empty walls Humanity goes out Inhumanity breeds A starving mother A lost wedding ring Beneath a wrestling ring Of the mind We paved roads By walls Such empty walls Humanity goes out Inhumanity breeds Taunt the trends With lost and silly grins A party hat Covered in confetti smiles A wicked motive Hidden in shadow Party time in America Throw your voice in a hat Shake it all around Like vomit Get back to square one We paved roads By walls Such empty walls Humanity goes out Inhumanity breeds Apocalypse looms Hidden dangers in diversity Sell a song to the ambidextrous We're leaving out to come back in We paved roads By walls Such empty walls Humanity goes out Inhumanity breeds Settle the score with your neighbor Remembering when he scored on your wife The strife was clearly worth a life Or perhaps two when you take your own Family fabrics sewn together by adversity And the hidden dangers in diversity Another soul lost to this cursed city Taunt the trends We paved roads Party time in America By walls A starving mother Such empty walls Get back to square one

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Date: 12/1/2015 2:47:00 PM
Simply BRILLIANT my friend! Effective repetition of your first verse and some powerful phrasing. I especially liked your verse beginning 'settle the score with your neighbor.' Best wishes, Keith
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Christopher Goss
Date: 12/2/2015 1:30:00 PM
Thank you.

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