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I’M LIVING IN A WARZONE, CONFINED TO MY FOUR WALLS, NOT A JAIL CELL OR THE FRONTLINE,
BUT THE CITY STREETS I ROAM…MY HOME IS NOT SAFE ANYMORE, NOT EVEN YOURS!
THE MEDIA SHOWS IT EVERYDAY, THE DISMAY LAID ACROSS THIS LAND….FAMINE,
HOMELESS ON THE RISE, UNEMPLOYMENT IS THE NEW NORM, THE HAND THAT ONCE HELPED IS
NOW TAKING MORE FROM THE POOR…I’M LIVING IN A WARZONE…
WHERE THE YOUNG ARE LEFT ASTRAY DO TO THE LACK OF EDUCATION, YET THIS NATION STILL
BELIEVES WE ARE FREE….YOUNG MINDS BECAME IGNORANT WITHOUT SUPPORT TO EDUCATE
SO THEY DEDICATE THEIR LIFE TO THE STREETS….BECOMING THE NEXT VICTIMS OF SOCIETY!
I’M LIVING IN A WARZONE CALLED EVERYDAY LIFE, NEWS PAPER HEADLINES READ,
“A 13 YR OLD GUNNED DOWN IN SOUTHWEST FRESNO.” NOTHING NEW;
I REMEMBER WHEN MY COUSIN WAS KILLED 5 YRS AGO, ON THE CORNER OF MAPLE/SIERRA VISTA,
THREE BLOCKS FROM MY HOME, I’M TELLING YOU I’M LIVING IN A WARZONE…
THE GOVT WON’T HELP THOSE IN NEED ANY MORE, MANY BURGLARIZE TO FEED THEIR OWN!
IF YOU WORK FOR THE FEDS YOU’RE PROBABLY ON FURLOUGH, TAX HIKES TO PAY A DEBT WE
DON’T OWE! PEOPLE SO BROKE THEY ZYPHON GAS OUT OF MY TANK, NO LIE! MONEY IS THE
THAT WON’T SAVE YOU…BUT SLOWLY KILL YOU!!!
(3 TEENS ARRESTED FOR A STRING OF VANDALISIM IN THE TARPEY VILLAGE AREA)
THE WARZONE IS RIGHT OUTSIDE YOUR FRONT DOOR. HUMAN ANNIHALATION REST UPON NUCLEAR
SUPREMACY …YET, THIS COUNTRY GOES TO WAR PREACHING DEMOCRACY….I CALL IT HYPOCRICY!
WE’RE LIVING IN WARZONE FAR FROM THE BATTLE FIELDS IN THE EAST!
I’M LIVING IN A WARZONE WHERE CASULTIES ARE THE INNOCENT AND WEAK! RACIAL PROFILING
ARE BECOMING LAWS IN MANY STATES, THEY SPEAK OF EQUALITY, YET MANY DENY PROP 8;
SHOUTING PROPAGANDAS OF HATE, CREATING HATE CRIMES AGAINST RACE, COLOR, SEX, AND
PREFERENCE, IN SOME CASES THE COLOR OF THE RAINBOW IN A BLOODY RED!! THIS IS THE
WARZONE NOWADAYS. I STAND BEFORE YOU AS SOLDIER OF TIME, FIGHTING FOR THE CAUSES THAT
ARE RIGHT! WHILE OTHER’S TURN THEIR HEAD OR TAKE A FLIGHT! I STAND TALL WITH MIGHT!
I’M LIVING IN WARZONE WITH WORDS FOR AMMUNITION, I’M NOT HERE TO ‘KILL A MAN’—
BUT I AM HERE TO ‘KILL IGNORANCE’ WITH ONE POEM AT A TIME….HOPING YOU UNDERSTAND,
THAT YOU AND I ARE LIVING IN A WARZONE….
