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Tokhang

With bolt-cutter they destroyed the gate And they rammed their way through the door The ones that dictate the fate Like those religious wars before "Please,that's my papa, I love him!"Cried the child While hugging the leg of the man of doom The man in bonnet ice-cold wild Locked the child in the bathroom "Please sir give him a chance,a chance to change, Cried the wife, in Jesus name sir, in Jesus name!" Hugging her husband tight, yet it is strange That a conscience is incapable of shame The man with a gun swiped her head sideways instead To keep her away from harm Pressed the muzzle to her husband's head Two shots, and he died in her arms.. *Tokhang- is a current popular slang word in the Phillipines which means killed by a policeman's visit.

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