Bloody Broke (Trigger Warning)

Part I

Fear of sickness in the lungs

creates illness of the eyes, 

ears, and tongue.

Widespread pandemic

of lies and exaggerations

infiltrates your mind

with punchy headlines

and propoganda.

Take a gander

at the real sickness

among us.

Protests for peace[M+J]

still have yet to see justice

as the bodies continue piling,

now they're hanging from trees[M+J]

like it's 1943.

Public executions

disguised as suicide.[M+J]

Suicide disguised as years of depression,

discounting expiration

due to this global oppression.

Mass media control

-bell ringers

yelling disproportionate[C+D] death tolls.[A]

Quasimodo to the people

with their twisted facade

indebted public servants

to their elitest gods,

barking

loyal lap dogs[C+D]

"Only a mask can protect you and others,"

"don't forget gloves,"

"sanitize all you see,"

kill every germ,

even the ones that protect us.

You see 

There's always gonna be

some "bad apples"

so you might as well be sure.

Kill everything.

Burn it down and start over.

Let it burn

Let it burn[M+C]

LET IT BURN[A].

The real sickness starts at ground level.

Starts before birth.

Starts with captialism

-dollar sign determined worth.[A]

It's wild how our wallets seem to wear us.

Wear our faces, wear our names,

wear us down.

Where the money at? [A]

Awaiting mythological [D] legends

like stimulus  checks[M+J],

non-profit organizations

breaking[M] their backs[C], their necks

to help us circumvent

the onslaught of[D] perpetuated poverty[A],

[finding loopholes[D] to dodge[J] collection of debt,

while the rich continue to profit

from the crash [M] of our economy.[A]]

Eliminating the poor class[D] seems to be[M]

the highest of concerns..[J]

If Covid don't kill us first,[A]

slow financial decay will for sure.[M]

It's like they hunger for our blood.[M]

Blood from every already broke neighborhood [C]

suffering daily dose reminders

of our birth-right demons [ALL]

embedded into the millions 

below the line of impoverishment. [J]

Part I/Part II

I look and I see blood. [Pt1: D] [Pt2: J]

I see the blood of the poor,

I hear the bloodline ballads of our day-to-day lives.

We are capable of being so much more.

More than

bloody broken vessels under thick skin, [D+J]

black eyes and bust lips

imprisonment within

violently domestic secrets

disguised as codependent relationships, [D]

predators posing as house pets.[D+J]

Poor girl's too poor to escape her abuser

into the summer heat.

Does she choose to die by dehydration

or to die inside slowly?[J]

We are more than 

the bloody batons batting us away [C+M]

-another thuggish gang,[M]

I mean, a bunch of unarmed civilians

peacefully objecting

our brothers and sisters being slain.[C]

[Even teens and women beaten

for taking a stance for our freedom. [M]]

We are more than

the blood in these streets

shed at the hands of racist police,

trying to bend us into submission,

until we believe we cannot beat them. [M]

We are more than

rewarded frequent visits

to the blood collection clinics,

trading our plasma for that last bit of rent. [C]

We are more than

the choice of where the rest of the cash is spent,

between feminine products or vitamins

since neither are covered

by our governmecnt's assistance. [J]

[I am more than

the plight of bloody panties

from having to use table napkins. [D]]

We are more than [ALL]

the bloody syringe

I found in the garage

by my son's favorite playground spot. [M]

More than [ALL]

the blood in my sink

after I brush my teeth,

due to lack of dental coverage

since my last lay off. [C]

More than [ALL]

faded days

bleeding into sultry nights, [J]

More than [ALL]

The bloodshed

we've already invested into this fight. [D]

America united in sickness,

overdue to bear witness.  [ALL]

Take off the blinders the next time you unmask

and ask yourself [D]

when will we demand that they fix this? [M]

The proverbial "they"

should be [C]

the inevitable "we."[J]

We can be

the cure we have been waiting for. [ALL]