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Downtown Drudgery

Not even the bright lights could lighten you up.

By savage writerPublished 5 years ago 2 min read
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i could probably move a seabed with my ideas

or control the pull of the moon

defy gravity or something

i don’t really know

maybe i left my heart in a rusted metal box

must have forgotten it because i don’t remember sealing it away

however, i know why i’ve done so

it was so nobody could pick it up

because it would easily become mishandled

dropped onto a wooden floor and shattered into puny bits of pieces

unable to be pieced back together

even with the strongest adhesive known to man

maybe i wanted to play it safe for once

i mean, opening up to someone is pretty risky, right?

why take the risk

if it fails then you will have some huge shoes to fill

though it will take more than just concrete

to put your shortcomings six feet under for eternity

please don’t suppress those insecurities

they will chew you out and make you explode

here is another rumor i am gonna debunk

money won’t make you invincible

it won’t solve your problems

it’ll only create more of them

money won’t make anyone adore you

once that paper runs thin, then so do they

that’s right, yeah

out of your life, fool

money won’t change the fact you come from the ghetto

or the fact that you’re black

nigga, you gone let them rob you of your identity

you gone force them to keep your mouth shut on issues

plaguing the lives of colored people in America

just so you can keep your endorsements and business partners?

i bet the dividends from those stockholders are rolling in the dough real good, huh nigger

they’re making a fine use of your niggardly ass, boy

man you gettin’ flossed like a tooth

they’re picking at your existence like a toothpick

they got you in a state of embargo

either you keep your mouth shut or you will not see another check in the mail again

huh boy

i know you gots to feed Keisha and them five kids—

i know you gotta keep them hoes happy

i know you gotta pay child support

i know you gotta pay yo momma’s mortgages

is that what’s being done 2 u?

are you being extorted?

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