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Sometimes this false hope is all they are offered. (Remove filter)

The Shameless Liars

Slithering out from the ruins of once happy homes

A promised land is sold to the highest bidder.

 

With false stories of a much better life ahead

Vulnerable refuges give every penny to these greedy parasites.

 

Praying for a safe journey from a barren existence

Packed into a cramped crowded transporter, a gamble taken.

 

Caged exhausted hungry thirsty, lack of air to bre...

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Sometimes this false hope is all they are offered.

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