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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 breathe

Desperate lungs collapse suffocating men, women, children and babies.

 

Sheer horror as falling limbs drop when doors open

Frail helpless bodies one by one all carried away.

 

To abandon then betray this vital contract of freedom

Shameless liars crawl back to their no conscience hole.

 

Sometimes this false hope is all they are offered.

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Tommy Carroll

Thu 17th Sep 2015 14:29

'Vital contract' :-)
'betraying freedom's vital contract'
'abandoning freedom's vital contract' so good you could play around with the line and it still has resonance.

Very good lines #21 +#22

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Andy N

Thu 17th Sep 2015 10:24

great piece nigel but the last two lines are particularly brill

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Stu Buck

Mon 14th Sep 2015 10:29

powerful stuff especially the last lines.

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