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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 1m

Each day the gap between the haves and have-nots is
growing into an enormous abyss
and we’re on the edge sliding into the darkness
Think your money and pride
will hide that you’re already dead inside?
You let it slide again

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 19h

Shelved
dreams
have
expiration dates.

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 19h

Say we fight wars to be free.
Ignoring the pitfalls of history.

Don’t worry, be stupid.

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 19h

Hurricane washed my home away.
You said nothing you could do anyway.
Torture and kill in our name.
When things go wrong,
you never take the blame.

Don’t worry, be stupid.

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 19h

Tapping my phone lines.
Think I am some disloyal spy.
Say I got no rights.
Forgot about the constitution
and the bill of rights.

Don’t worry, be stupid.

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 19h

Sent my job overseas
later, I was replaced by an AI program.
Told me I need training.
My skills are obsolete.
So worried about stem cells,
forgotten about Russian cells.

Don’t worry, be stupid.

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 19h

Another terrorist attack is looming
on our shores.
Our country is heading toward civil war.
Deficits and inflation continue to rise.
The economy is in decline.

Don’t worry, be stupid.

#booksky #poetry #books #theHollywoodHomeless
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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 19h

Once you've tasted #freedom...
grown up breathing in freedom
you can't relinquish it to fascism so easily
fascism tastes bitter and rancid
burns in the throat
poisons the heart
as you choke on the implications
of lost dreams
a last gasp
furthest thing from your mind
will the price of eggs
#booksky

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 1h

Elections always matter and
will break your heart.
Now you know as
you lie in the dark at night
wondering if we are on a
nuclear brink,
if your family will be able
afford healthcare,
survive a deadly virus,
or be seized by ICE officers for deportation.

#Booksky #books #poetry #TheTrumpYears #poet

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 1h

Visions of borderlines.

Barbed wire
ripped through our hearts and
souls.

Young children
left
in cages,
in cold tents,
alone
at the Texas border.

Families
split up,
hearts shattered.
#poetry #TheTrumpYears #poets #booksky #books #ebooks

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 1h

The only
unity
Trump understands
is worship.

Everyone else—
political opponents,
media,
concerned citizens
—are the enemy.

All
hail the dictator.
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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 1h

Everything I ever wanted to say about my long-time #publicrelations career…
I hold nothing back
Find out more about my #LifeinPublicRelationsHell in my #indie #novel
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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 1h

Dictatorships start with
fearful whispers
and end with a boot on the throat
of freedom.

Media offices shuttered.
Dissent quashed
as voices silenced.

Hope barely a glimmer in the eyes
of those betrayed.

Lost in the shadows,
seeking light in lies
and in a privileged smile.

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 17h

Complaining about the cost of eggs and gas…
A bitter memory as they deport your family and send you to a concentration camp
ignorance won’t save you
in the face of fascism
as you clung so desperately to your racism
They said it couldn’t happen here
#poems #booksky

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 17h

They said it couldn’t happen here
now your future is a boot heel on your neck
choking off your dreams of freedom
they don’t keep their fascist dreams hidden, kid
making excuses for missing fascists in plain sight
smiling behind blue suits and lies as they steal your rights
#poems #poets #booksky

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 1h

Time travel is possible.
We do it every day,
ruminating about our pasts.
The trick is to return
to the present
with an open soul
and heart.
Some never return.

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 17h

Even when love
breaks your heart,
it never shatters you so
absolutely the way hatred does

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 17h

I have an L.A. ache.
I live my life just out of frame.
Private movie scenes
played out in heartbreak.
A paradise found and lost.

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 17h

Don’t bend the knee.
It won’t go as well as you believe.
Don’t bow down to the fascist clown,
who believes he’s wearing an anointed crown.

Don’t do the fascist dance.
Don’t obey in advance.
Remember, no kings do we heed
in the land of the free.

#booksky #poetry #poets

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 17h

Don’t lose your soul.
Break out of your trance.
Tyrants and dictators never last.
Don’t do the fascist dance.
Don’t obey in advance.

#booksky #poetry #poets

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 17h

Speak your mind.
Don’t believe the lies.
No need to run.
No need to hide.
You don’t have to leave democracy behind.

Don’t bow down.
Don’t do the fascist dance.
Don’t obey in advance.

#booksky #poetry #poets

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 17h

Don’t do the fascist dance.
Don’t obey in advance.

It’s an empty two-step leading
to only heartbreak and misery
as you forget the lessons of history.
Don’t heed fascism’s call.
Hold your head up and walk proudly.
No need to crawl.

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 17h

You think you’ll be spared,
but you’ll be the one they break again.
We elected a president,
not a king.
You don’t have to kiss the ring.
Lost in fear of what #fascism will bring.
Don’t forget to let freedom ring.

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 17h

Don’t do the #fascist dance.
Don’t bow down.
Don’t do the fascist dance.
Don’t obey in advance.
#booksky #poetry #poets

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Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · 16h

Each day the gap between the haves and have-nots is
growing into an enormous abyss
and we’re on the edge sliding into the darkness
Think your money and pride
will hide that you’re already dead inside?
You let it slide again

#booksky #poetry #books

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