there’s a reckoning coming
birthed by the hand of man
that will shatter the brittle
foundation on which
we stand, foretold
by false, celluloid
prophets, driven by
the profits of division
eradication of what we once
held as true, we fall
as one, death, the great
equalizer, equity found
in the ashes and rotting
flesh of all colors and beliefs
I think you may’ve just pioneered a new genre, River: horror hip-hop! Well done.
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Thanks for reading!
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‘We fall
as one’
Amazing poetry.
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Thank you, Kritika
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Welcome 🙂
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Really lovely, River.
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Thanks, Samantha.
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The reckoning will be formidable.
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I agree.
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Like nothing we have seen before.
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Well written✊
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Thank you.
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I love the ending…
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I’ll see you there.
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‘eradication of what we once held as true, we fall as one’. Yes!
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Thanks a lot for reading.
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Nice River.
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Thanks!
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Oh River this is very, very well done
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Thank you very much.
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Death as the equalizer, what and unfortunate consequence. Why couldn’t we realize our commonality a little bit before it became ‘too late’?
Meh, this seems to be the human way
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Human…that answers your question right there.
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I love the pace. 🙂
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Thank you.
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Wonderful.
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Thank you.
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Bread and Circus is the perfect title for this. Excellent piece.
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Thank you, Tara.
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You’re welcome. Always a pleasure to read your work.
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That’s for sure – the Reckoning is coming! And about time.
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For sure, Mich.
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I could sense a multilayered message behind this…it sounds like an omen, the apocalypse, the great war, divisiveness, of falsehood triumphing over humanity.
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We reap what we sow, right?
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Yes.
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Have you been playing Resident Evil 8 by any chance?
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No. I think the last video game I played was on an Atari when I was a kid.
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Oh wow, that’s a long time! Good post, btw
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Thank you.
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Very nice. Well done.
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Thank you.
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well written
and everyone thinks it’s about everyone else
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Yup. It’s always easier to blame someone else for our problems.
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Wow. Ominously powerful. Love it!
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Thank you, Isha.
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“Celluloid prophets”—such an excellent phrase and so true.
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Thank you.
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Eerily relevant. I really appreciate the flow, it builds a sense of foreboding that is hard to get rid off.
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Thank you very much for reading!
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My absolute pleasure!
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Oh, River! I love this for the beauty of your composition and the flow of the words. Horror hip-hop as the first commenter said is a perfect description. But I have to say, may it NOT be. =) ♥.
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Thank you very much, Niki.
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River, thank you. I love your poetry and I have to restrain myself from being overly effusive when I comment. Oops. Too late ^^ ♥.
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Thank you very much, Niki.
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You bet! =) *hugs* ♥.
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Very grim and very beautiful. I loved the truth in this poem River! I wish I could scream it from the roof tops! Thanks for sharing.
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I appreciate that. Thank you for reading.
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Thanks for sharing River!
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