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[title] => A COFFIN FOR THE PRESIDENT
[time] => 2008-10-02 04:17:45
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[bodytext] => I have a coffin for the President Ready to be placed at the front door Of the White House As a token from the dying and poor To let the President know That we are angry and refuse to furthermore Let him get away with denying our human rights Nor continuously trying to keep us victims of war While he lives in luxury Keeping the rich more richer And the poor more stricken and poor. My people are dying Many died for this land with their bloodsweat and tears I will no longer be stuck in that cycle for any more years That’s why I have a coffin for the President Mr. President, you sent my father to war and he died You sent my little brother and he died You sent one of my sisters and she died You sent three of my closet friends and they died All of them have died for your cause because you lied And said that they would get a piece of the pie But before they could get a piece they died You sent them to kill for oil You sent them over there to kill for land You sent them believing that they had to take out the head Then cut off the right hand But instead their blood was your libation on foreign land And for that, I have become the voice of the voiceless Exposing your artificial religion and unethical boundaries Feeling like I want to do to you what you have done to other families That why I have a coffin for the President We will no longer cry, cry, cry And keep asking you why, why, why When we already know that you’re going to lie, lie, lie That why I have a coffin for the President copyright (c) 2007 Baba Olutunde Olufemi [comments] => 0 [counter] => 231 [topic] => 57 [informant] => BabaOlutunde [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => war )
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