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TheProle

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5. panem et circenses

Reply to Bread and Circuses (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 07:06 PM

Nov 2024

feed the belly
dazzle the eye

quell the anger
snuff the cry

make the people
forget they die

hide the truth
and spread the lie

take the land
and sell the sky

tell them how
but never why

feed the belly
dazzle the eye

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