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Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rollin' high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
"We'll
meet on edges, soon," said I
Proud 'neath heated brow.
Ah, but I was
so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.
Half-wracked
prejudice leaped forth
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
Lies that
life is black and white
Spoke from my skull. I dreamed
Romantic
facts of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow.
Ah, but I was so
much older then,
I'm younger than that now.
Girls' faces
formed the forward path
From phony jealousy
To memorizing
politics
Of ancient history
Flung down by corpse evangelists
Unthought of, though, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.
A self-ordained professor's
tongue
Too serious to fool
Spouted out that liberty
Is just
equality in school
"Equality," I spoke the word
As if a wedding
vow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that
now.
In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongrel
dogs who teach
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy
In the instant
that I preach
My pathway led by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern
to bow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that
now.
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too
noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to
protect
Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt,
somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that
now.
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