They came to where
the killing things are
as though they belonged there
they didn’t hear the gurgling
and the seething,
the boiling
and the waiting
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A penny for your flesh
humanity outsourced
on any given sidewalk
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While death and evil
hid out playing life
the ever dirty and jubilant
lined the streets in glee
like pigs to a roast
or crackers to a lynching
they finally had a reason
to gnash their terrible claws
to flash their funny flags
and unfurl their venomous hate