Period of the Dark Ages


IT’S THE PERIOD OF THE DARK AGES WITH STREETS WITHOUT FACES 
BOOKS WITHOUT PRINTINGS AND PRINTS WITHOUT PAGES 
IMPRISONED WITHOUT CAGES AND PAID THE PRICE WITHOUT WAGES
IT’S THE PERIOD OF THE DARK

SO LET ME TAKE THE STAGE AND LET MY WORDS BE ENRAGED 
THAT BABYLON, STAGGER ON ONE FOOT, IS TRIPPING
ON ITS OWN IMMORALITY, PRACTICALLY EVIL
KILLING ITS OWN PEOPLE, MAKING THEM THINK 
AS IF, THEY WERE NOT EQUAL. THIS IS NO SEQUEL 
AS ACID RAIN KILLS THE NATURAL TERRAIN 
CAUSING SANITY TO GO DOWN THE DRAIN 
MENTAL PAIN TRAINING THE BRAIN TO WITH STAIN 
THIS OPEN BOOK PHILOSOPHY, CONSCIOUSLY AND MENTALLY 
BEING A MINORITY TO LIFE. L. I. F. E.: 
LIVING IN FEAR ETERNALLY
I HOPE YOU ARE HEARING ME
SOON BREATHING WILL BE AN ACCESSORY OR A COMMODITY 
PAID FINANCIALLY BEING DEATH TO THE ECONOMY

THE TRUTH IS NOW BEING TELEVISED
AS THE IGNORANT TURNING WISE
CHILDREN ARE TELLING PARENTS THEIR DEMISE
 PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE 
WHAT THEY’RE WORTH OR OTHERWISE
OR HAS MAN’S EGO, GONE MAMMOTH SIZE?
FIND THE LOGICAL TIES:
THAT THE DEF COULD ALWAYS HEAR 
WHAT THE BLIND CAN ENVISION
READING PAGES WITHOUT PRINTING 
LIKE RELIGION:
THE BLIND TEACHING THE BLIND IN HOPE THEY WILL SEE
BUT THIS DOES NOT GO DOWN LOGICALLY 
BECAUSE WE LIVE IN TIMES OF DEMONSTRATION 
BUT NOTHING IS PERFORMED 
IN TIMES OF RECREATION BUT WE’VE NEVER REFORMED 
IN TIMES OF INFORMATION BUT WE ARE NEVER INFORMED
THAT THESE ARE THE LAST STAGES 
WHERE OUR MINDS ARE PRISON CAGES 
AND DEATH’S RAGE IS ARE PAID IN WAGES
THAT IS WHY I SAY:


IT’S THE PERIOD OF THE DARK AGES WITH STREETS WITHOUT FACES 
BOOKS WITHOUT PRINTINGS AND PRINTS WITHOUT PAGES 
IMPRISONED WITHOUT CAGES AND PAID THE PRICE WITHOUT WAGES
IT’S THE PERIOD OF THE TRUE DARK AGES
 

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July 11, 2013 at 10:33 PM
Siza.. Congratulations, in the MELTDOWN contest... take care-- always~ Linda
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July 15, 2013 at 8:29 AM
Thank you
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July 9, 2013 at 10:22 AM
Nervier so well expressed Siza. Congratulations on your fine win. Connie
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July 10, 2013 at 10:14 AM
Thanks
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