Red, White and Bruised

from Waylaid in the Melée by Parlour Bells

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RED, WHITE AND BRUISED

"We shall in the comment threads.
We shall fight on Twitter and Reddit and Facebook.
We shall fight with the trolls and with the bots.
We shall fight with each other.
We shall fight in the streets and on the Common
HASHTAG!"

In the dust, in the dirt
drop the needle if it hurts
on the vinyl not the tourniquet…

Do my stars match the stripes?
I'll be wearing them all night
I’ll be right here sharpening my knife

On the eve of the first
Time to bring my very worst
Blow a bubble, live in it, and burst!

When the news solidifies
Into brick and mortar heights
Should we take the stairs or take a dive?

When the stars make the stripes
As they're falling from the sky
Would you rather run and hide or fight?
COME WITH ME, IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN BY REVOLUTIONARY
COME WITH ME, AND NEVER PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE ON YOUR KNEES

Acronyms and trinity
Have you learned your ABCs?
Who is counting when they die in threes?

Patriarchy, KGB,
FBI and Wikileaks
Are you listening? Hello...it’s me.

Chop the silicon up fine
You’d think there’d be a less divide
thought we had actually struck gold this time

COME WITH ME, IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN BY REVOLUTIONARY
COME WITH ME, AND NEVER PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE ON YOUR KNEES

When the stars make the stripes
As they're falling from the sky
Would you rather run and hide or fight?

In the dust, in the dirt.

Written by Glenn di Benedetto

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from Waylaid in the Melée, released November 18, 2017

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