Mr._Monroe’s_Ski_Mask

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Mr. Monroe got a ski mask. Nothing
but a smokescreen for plunder, for

pillage, for rape, for robbery, for
exploitation, for OIL, for global theft

in the WEST. Indigenous lands don’t
stand a chance (don’t stand a chance).

US imperialism is the boogeyman,
the boogeyman, the boogeyman,

is the language of beasts in a three
piece suit, finding a loophole around

manual labor. I LABOR and RISK. I pull
on daddy’s fatigues, momma’s brand

of hope, and tuck a cigarette above
my ear, like Tupac in ’96. Death Around

the Corner is no reason to sidestep
the bag man’s kin–predators, cosplaying

as agents of change. Regime change–
a fattening of the pockets. Mr. Monroe

got them trained–sheep with infected
DNA. Neocolonialism runs through their 

VEINS, grifters shifting, scamming, feeding,
and starting again; operating beneath

the stealth of night, balancing broken
lives on cracked trotters, using military

might to enforce lies, deception, and
more LIES. He might put a bounty on your

head. He might steal your MAN. Up jump
Mr. Monroe, like a clown in sinister make

up and a power TIE. WAKE UP. WAKE UP.
REFUSE TO OBEY. REFUSE TO CONFORM.

REFUSE TO EAT HIS CHERRY PIES.

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