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fooled

By Tracy CooperPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
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after four years

our hearts catapulted

we smiled happy

we felt we had won

yeah the reign ended

but no concession ever came

but the unthinkable happened

there were some erroneous calculations

we were noy prepared for this

optimism after all had not returned

our hearts had sunk to the floor

it seemed what was ours

hope beyond the stars

was suddenly gone

the judge ruled there was fraud

and the victory should not have been called

and the thought that entered our collective mind

four more years of this

it seemed democracy to us had been under served

to us off course it had swerved

we were thrown a curve

we were disturbed by what we heard

freedom was not ours to choose

we got the news

we were fooled into thinking

victory was ours

four more years of this

hope beyond the stars

fact or fiction
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