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A lot of pundits Discuss the implications Lots of millennials Watch The Walking Dead Or vampire shows Some Fail to grasp The meaning The underlying causes But It makes perfect sense to me All the people I see At work or the grocery Have that empty stare That shuffling gait A sure sign Of the mostly dead dg 8/23/14

So much violence In the name of god So many names So many faces Onward Christian Soldiers Marching as to war Words I actually sang once Or twice The opposing team sings Allah hu akbar God is great Neither side sings Of conversions by the sword The chorus conveniently omits Raping and pillaging Probably since It's hard to make that rhyme With faith, hope and love dg 8/23/14 Sent from my iPad

The world is weeping Unexpected summer storms Maybe Mother Earth tears In St. Louis suburbs They are tear gas inspired Mothers cry for baby boys Once swaddled and carried Profiled now only Possible suspects Fathers cry in dead end jobs Poverty destined to darkened skin Martin begged us Look inside To heart inside of skin To praise character before trophies He is dead now A hollow dying How much death before we see How long before We care More than fear dg 8/21/14 Sent from my iPad