Mason Maestro Poems

They disembarked the tactics trucks
And no one spoke
And no one smiled
There were no spaces in the line
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Overhead the Albatross hangs silently upon the stream
And far beyond the rolling waves
And the depth of mounthain caves
The creaping of a nearing tide
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Can you perceive it, the day it made headlines
It took the form of a trampled flag on a city street
shouldn't want it, the digits offering we
Embedded bar code, quick ID, complete
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You were blockading your trade in distraint
You were caught in a cauldron of bans
You felt paralyzed and victimized
You countered your sanctions with demands
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The wire that holds the cork
That keeps the anger in
Gives way and its day again
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Shootin’ again,
Not thinkin' ahead
Got that withering feeling
That only grows stronger
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Hey Brother doctor with your high and mighty stance,
Your actions speak so bloody loud, I can't hear a word you say
Hey Sister needing a heart with all of your compassion
Your soft spell lights the day but can't assuage the pain
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There are flags on the street
Red, white and blue
Crowds stomping their feet
People pressing on for truth
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Stiff neck police and a Freddie coma
Transport beating homicide
Gray passed the following morning
One dead in Baltimore
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Thresholds, isolated and destroyed
Hear the rich guns, pigs employed
Media mill, they mill around
Around the gear, hear the incite fear
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