Posted by Brad Osborne on October 22, 2020 · 16 Comments
It is like drowning in the night,
Ebony shades pulled against right…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 17, 2020 · 14 Comments
The red ink of history written,
Drips long from the blades of man…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 12, 2020 · 11 Comments
As swords are beaten into ploughshares,
So is man wrought by the hammer of cares…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 23, 2020 · 18 Comments
Since the dawn of time we have fought,
Millions of lives have been paid, nothing bought…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 29, 2020 · 16 Comments
Born heavy the locust wood
A hewn heart bleeds no longer
There within a tragic good…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 24, 2020 · 19 Comments
Of course, there is still great bigotry,
We have hated throughout our history.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 23, 2020 · 17 Comments
It seems nothing requires proof,
And all we ever do is fight…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 22, 2020 · 17 Comments
Were wrapped in greedy wishes,
And fingers crossed on hands…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 13, 2020 · 20 Comments
We hand them a world in which little has changed.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 3, 2020 · 17 Comments
The pain in their stomachs never more or less, sated by nothing, why do we not that protest.
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