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The Fire Right Now

John Gillen
Resistance Poetry
Published in
Dec 15, 2020

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Here the demons outnumbered the angels in every corner of the acropolis

Here the temperance of contrite dignity had never shown its face

Here there were castles of indolence and rivers of jealousy

Canons filled with boiling greed and the hungriest cannibals that ever lived

The bottom was unknown and the ancient barriers were all broken

It was only a matter of time before we elected him King

And only a matter of time

Before smoldering ashes

Hit gasoline

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