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Tremor of the Liver

definitely we are to live in constitutional harmony 
to the liver 
i have spoken 
forgive me 
i whisper 
and you care not 

for you are shaken 
and quiver 
and rock with volition
as to dance in death 
dieing in a to-and-fro
prejudice of majority 

what poisons are mixed in air so sick 
that shove particles of matter
from one place to another 
passing from pipe to pipe
internally bruising the lungs of African-American me
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                              Tremor of the Liver 

definitely we should live 
in constitutional harmony 
to the liver
 
i have spoken 
forgive me 
i whisper and you (the liver) care not 

for you are shaken and quiver 
and rock with volition
as to dance in death 
dieting in a to-and-fro
with prejudice of majority 

what poisons are mixed in the air 
so sick 
that shove particles of matter
from one place to another 
passing from pipe to pipe
internally bruising the lungs of African-American me

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