Surely

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
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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