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In The Line of Duty


Financial terrorism reigns supreme
bootleg bounty bolsters bourgeois-scheme
fraudulent living beyond the dream


Privatized war, winning death as a Gift
mutilated aspirations set adrift
on seamy seas seemingly seared
oceans of blood as collateral appeared


In The Line of Duty
The Booty is the Beauty


Honor and glory emaciated
Honor and glory decapitated
Honor and glory decimated


Commandeering life to sanction a land deal
glorifying rape has marshal appeal
militant lies maliciously steal
the life in innocent blood refuses to congeal


In The Line of Duty
The Booty is the Beauty


Galaxies of innocent blood define
middleclass in the welfare line
financiers wine and dine
the innocent dead on the chopping block shrine


In The Line of Duty
The Booty is the Beauty

Written by Josephine Dixon Banks

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