Damage

Ignorance and hatred

Jun 12, 2026

A Hard Rock Blues Lyric

A pic of an oragee politician with the title The Felon by MO Bilbeisi — The Felon — 15 in x 20 in watercolor pigment on watercolor paper.- Copyright © 2025, MO Bilbeisi, Collaborator

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Damage,
when does it stop,
do we make the changes,
bring its abrupt end,
or try to pretend
that nothing matters.

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Damage
started at the top,
trickled its way down,
worked its way through
all the way to me and you,
leaves us all in tatters.

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Tell me, if you please
why do we tolerate
this drive to insanity,
travesty and hate?
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Tell me, if you please,
how we became so second-rate,
full of fake and inane things,
while claiming to be great?

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Damage,
our honor now is spent,
grow accustomed to the lies,
trade the truth for ignorance,
turn the love that we once knew
to a diatribe of hate.

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Damage
has led to our demise,
emancipation captured,
no sensible nor wise
message we can send
to young, innocent eyes.

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Tell me, if you please
why do we tolerate
this drive to insanity,
travesty and hate?
Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published
Tell me, if you please,
how we became so second-rate,
full of fake and inane things,
while claiming to be great?

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