What Then Have They Seen
IT MAKES A POINT TO BE VERY EDGY
SORT OF DIFFICULT
AND HARD TO UNDERSTAND
IT STANDS TO SOUND OUT PHRASES
AND SPEAKS AT SUBJECTS
I REFUSE TO EMBRACE
IT PRETENDS TO LOVE ME AND
SLEEPS WITH MY ENEMY
TO WORSEN THE WAY PEOPLE
WILL TREAT ME
THEY LAUGH AT ME TO SPEAK OF
ME AND UNDERMINE MY ENDEAVORS
THEY STAND TO LISTEN TO THOSE
WHO FIND OUT THINGS
THEY HOLD THESE WORDS AS TREASURES
THEY ACT OUT SONGS TO MAKE SENSE OF
THE THINGS THEY HAVE BOUGHT
SHE MOCKS YOU BENEATH OTHER MEN
THAT THEY MIGHT SPEAK OF YOU IN
TERMS AND WORDS USED TO
DESCRIBE THOSE OF LESSER FAVOR
WHAT HAVE THEY SEEN AS THEY
HAVE HAD PEOPLE WHO DESPISE YOU
TO EAT FROM YOUR PLATES
THEY SLEEP WITH YOUR WOMEN
AND ARE FRIENDS TO YOUR FRIENDS
AND THOSE WHO BEFRIEND YOU WISH TO
MAKE SECRETS WITH YOUR LOVERS
THAT YOU MAY NEVER KNOW
THOSE WHO HAVE NURTURED YOU INTO
EXISTENCE HAVE CREATED THE TRAP
THAT SHALL HAVE YOU OLD BEFORE
YOUR FATHER SO THAT YOU MAY NEVER
INHERIT HIS WEALTH
WHORES SHALL BE THIEVES AS YOU SLEEP
THAT THEY SHALL BECOME SICKEN TO BE LAZY
AND ACCUSE OTHERS OF SUCH WELL PLANNED
TREACHERY
Copyright © Allan Terry | Year Posted 2019
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