Tim caffery (02/09/1978 / San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, CA)
All Hail, GITMO
I'm writing this sh! # like a Greek myth
But I'm not taking it as far as the Sith
Bringing it to the now and land giving Law Giver
Watch the wheat fields whither
Make a serpent zombie to watch Life slither
See within the maze of the Empire
The ancient passages still lit with fire
We can hide it as best we can
The abomination of our land
The Debt for which our children stand
Trapped in the labyrinth of our making
Someone's children are destined for Taking
A Law Giver tells us what needs breaking
Vietnam saw youth was meant for forsaking
And into our bellows we sent our young men
The Minotaur will devour all he can
And spit their bone and blood on his hooved feet
He will dance for joy and quake the streets
He will rape rhythm and smoother beats
The spawn of our orgy with Rome and Crete
Their Minotaur was nameless to know
Our's we loving hail 'Gitmo'
Most sacred cite Guantanamo Bay
The Arch in which our Empire lay
7/18/12
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