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What Frightens Me

It’s not that one man alone hates to these extremes
Many have, who lived and died over the centuries
But when misguided majorities share this dangerous belief
The poles attract Death as their Commander in Chief
Pushing antipathy’s walls beyond radical philosophies
So that hatred in moderation feeds palatable animosities
I see through the bluff concealed beneath your fine-leather glove
Your hand full of aces raising the stakes with unAmerican love
Stacking the deck with one-eyed cards exposing two faces
Declaring a religious decree replacing Constitutional lines it erases
If you’re not one of U.S. well then you must be one of them
If you don’t stand with U.S. you must fall with all we condemn
Laying down standards in the land of army ants and the home of Earth worms
Surrendering your freedom is only the first of a long list of terms
Along with your passport and visa you must unbelieve your unholy faith
Or we’ll trump-up some charges and hand your soul over to the ultimate wraith
Repeating the failings of unethical cleansing by minds prejudized
Reborn in the home of Hypocrisy where “Thou shalt not kill” is delegalized  
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