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Inverted Values

If movies are reflections of our world, Then why does violence play a leading role? Consenting sex, whose scenes are wrapped and furled, Is cut in line so gore can score its goal. The act that violence plays in life is minor Compared to sex and love, who reign supreme, And by degrees are viewed as widely finer Than wrath and hate’s unnatural extremes. But we inherited from Puritans Our backwards views on sexual liberation. While gung-ho guns parade like charlatans, I’ll forwards choose to duel and match my nation. When sex and love get demonized, assaulted, Then fear and hate are glorified, exalted.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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