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FLAMETHROWER

FLAMETHROWER

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My internal spirit of rebellion

Is far from calm--

Incendiary

 

Anger builds

Single spark ignites

Observing injustice

 

From figures of authority,

Power moves, prejudice--

Inferno in the making

 

Refusing to be

The next victim, the next pawn,

I know these sensations well--

 

Long ago, I marched on California's streets

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