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Detainee

Detainee For Guthrie, Ginsberg, Lincoln, and King. For the Freedom Makers. Present and past. It is to thee I sing. Please. Washington, Paine, Jefferson and Hale From the first who died, Praise God, until the very last! In your honor we must now liberty bring Live in our hearts, let not your gifts pale. Shine brightly now, be not small. Your memory we burnish, how it does glisten. You spoke out, lived and gave your all. Wake up. It is time. Time to listen. Towers of power the red-tape profit makers Speak the bureaucrats and politicians, and media fat-cats How we are hypnotized by these 21st century Fakirs. Grim is the dance of these drunken subway rats. Be ye not deceived by these soul takers. Millions piled high, their ill gotten loot. Others write their words so they can appear hip, and funny. Bo-tox and surgical makeovers help them stay High-Def cute. Nothing hides their lust for blood, their lust for more honey and money. Fie! Those Teflon scoundrels, They got some nerve! After brea