Tools of Rhetoric

from Under the Shelter of Violence by plaguestate

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I’ve got a suggestion for you
unfurl the red white and blue
glorified blood-soaked rag
consider your “stars and stripes”

they symbolize ethnocide
erased indigenous lives
at the behest of avarice men
we can’t sit by for it to happen again

we're on borrowed time
bad luck is infinite, we thought
we had a great moment, we bought
ignorance ruined it, we lost

these are the consequences
a fever in the blood
they'll make the children witness
the horrors they construct

we’ll take the power back
with every death our needs will be met
discovered salt to cure
to cure the kill, by force of will

don’t confess don’t repress don’t repent for wanting to exist
we know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death

with a riot right outside your door
will you still be obsessed with domination over all around you
as fascists rise up like a sore we’ll disinfect their hate
your silence will not will not protect you

here’s a list of demands
take the power out of old hands
discuss the ramifications of 400 years
of enslavement and murder
recognize that women’s rights are a human right
recognize that trans rights are a human right

your silence will not protect you
your silence will not protect you
your silence will not protect you
your silence will not protect you

Trans Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter

your silence will not protect you
your silence will not protect you

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from Under the Shelter of Violence, released March 5, 2021

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