by shaun armando lawton
F!E!A!R! fear fear fear fear fear fear
fear fear it's what we breath eat shit
and what we die for now right here
Republican sponsored FEAR
Conservative engendered FEAR
Politically motivated FEAR
Profiteering YEAR AFTER FEAR
FEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER FEAR
at war with our soul it happens
year after year FEAR's what all
the road hog trucks are being filled
with at the gasoline stations FEAR's
what all o' y'all's pretty silly tattoos
are promulgating FEAR's what
we're made of when we stock
our pantry with guns FEAR's
what replaced our heart so long
ago by now it must weight tons
FEAR's our middle name, our way
of life, what we're advocating
FEAR's our God and our sustenance
and our legacy and strategy UNLESS
we turn it around on a dime, and reclaim
our civic duty, if we cared enough
to get our youth to stop being AFRAID
if we could only dare to call out its bluff
and put a STOP to the endless cycle
that FEAR generates, right here, right now
let's put our FEAR in the ground
and grow a new crop this year, how
does that sound? Aren't we sick of FEAR
circulating round YEAR after YEAR?
Another year of FEAR I can't stand it
I won't take it anymore not now or here
besides it's not fair to have to fake it
SHOVE OUR FEAR where the sun
don't shine and if they can't hear what
I'm saying then they're the ones
that are playing with a lit match in
their own dried up back yards, go ahead
and let them vote to lower the price
of the gasoline we may as well just pour
it over our own heads, unaware of the
routes we chose to end up in the same
old place good and dead, hey now let's
not reflect our own hate off that mirror
visor we've come to wear for a face plate,
let's just be aware what hypocrites we are,
or are we so weak we can't even show
kindness to anyone who's not in agreement?
I don't know any more, so I must remove
myself from both sides, but I won't be
caught in the middle of y'all's fire, so
that leaves me with no other option
but to keep on moving, with my head
bent down low, watching my periphery
wherever I may go, keeping my Spidey
sense sharpened and in tune, because
no one escapes from this prison of the moon.
