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I'M Sorry

To the city of gold It brings me great pleasure To inform you that your application to grab hold Of my attention has been successful. Your name is self explanatory Your status is unquestionable Your record speaks for itself You are remarkable indeed. You have made the dreams of the dreamers come true You moreover led promising men from the rural astray In the hopes of hitting the jackpot Your beauty is of course a bonus However , I owe you an apology dear great white For being prejudice I believe the name is heavy And the expectations heavier You too were wronged by us We named you "the city of gold " to make sucking you dry excusable We used you and are still for Our own personal gain You were beautiful now your beauty is limited You were free now violence and barriers surround you You were clean Now your trees bear drugs You were a God fairy Now you're a dream crusher People resent you You were fair Now you only favour all those that are on the right side Those that have the right connections You used to be home Now you're shelter to the highest bidder We made you like this We interfered with mother nature We we we We are to blame We are to be prosecuted We divided you And gave the other half capital punishment We demonised you We made ourselves God to you And our sin is bigger than you And our apology is as tiny as Satan's mercy From a sorry and regretful being

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Date: 8/1/2018 6:52:00 PM
wonderful piece of art, welcome to poetry-soup, where gifts like yours are what we dwell on to embrace adn enjoy day and night... Space-Poet
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