Song for the Hypocrites



You all preach hypocrisy
You preach to end violence,
to call off harassment,
To make peace,
When you all wage a war against those who do not.
Do you not see that you're putting cheese down without setting a trap?
You only feed the rats
Instead of winning a war
you so desperately want to be fighting
It's like preaching
acceptance in a church
How it flies so far over heads
How acceptance only means
Loving your estranged brother

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This poem, written in 2021, reflects on the political unrest of that year and the one previous.

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Written on 2021

Submitted by KellenLou on February 14, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFGHIIJKLM
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 430
Words 84
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

Kellen Anderson

Kellen Anderson is an American poet and artist who draws inspiration from the world around her, as well as the English Romantic Era and other parts of history. more…

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