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Are You Afraid?

Social commentary, respect and social profiling.

By AJ RyanPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
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I don't care.

Are you afraid yet?

I wonder sometimes if things,

like words,

are just the demons we set free

when we don't know the right answers.

You don't matter.

Word bullets- dancers in a ballet-

Aston in the valet but you don't feel rich

you feel cancerous...

Are you afraid yet?

Relationships - bad bets-

it isn't fear it's RESPECT said the sheeple.

A dead dialect says the herder

as they murder the flock and demand

RESPECT

from the people.

Are you afraid yet?

Unbelievable-

at least , if I hadn't seen it for myself-

Ammo boxes on shelves full of trophies...

Is it fear you were looking for? Or respect?

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About the Creator

AJ Ryan

Poet. Thinker. Artist.

Born in the midwest, raised in the southwest, rooted in the shadows of the Rocky Mountains. I am autistic, chronically ill, and only occasionally an optimist. I'm here to scream into something other than a void.

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