IN MEMORIAM


There is no laughter in those critters
No joy in their summer's day
They crawled and we uttered not a word
Often we cowered just to breathe another day

Let it be written by all the scribes that are known
It has been resolved here and nowhere else
The value of property is greater than the sanctity of life

Musa is dead because he broke a windowpane
For a mangled box Falieu was properly felled
Poor Fatou lost her life because the police chief lost his hat

There is no reprieve for Isaac from the Mountain
Let his blood run the slopes and drape the innocence below
We all sleep well tonight!

Raze their swings and bury their toys
Discard their Forlumas and burn their shoes
Dismantle and dismantle the children!
Quarantine their mothers and crate-up their fathers
Yahya reigns, so does seven yards of cotton and rain

Sleep well tonight everyone, sleep well the eternal sleep


****Long Spear****

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