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Surely I am not The only one I remember Thousands I walked with For a non nuclear stance Now Silence Even before Those brave humans That took on apartheid An battled The Queensland government Silence And where's The freedom voice bus? Students r u Drones Or Thinkers and tinkerer's Slowly By surely Walling our self's in To a fake Normal A false Reality For a few Control nefariously That new brick Surveillance neo capital fascism And the masses Rejoice Behold Our new brick And don't the people wonder After the river floods And Chunder's Or The fire All scotched All burnt Their left Standing alone Pondering What's a government for? Cause Harvey an Woodside Ain't gonna come An help me But, no They accept it To not Is not To be normal So F@#k you all I am Not normal And I don't accept it If I write Just one word That provokes An act of kindness Or Spark of curiosity Just a small Twinge of the lips Heading for a smile I will have succeeded And I have Just as others Of my kind Have

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