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"Fear" ... A Poem written by Big Virge 29/7/05


It Seems That FEAR Is groWING Here ... !!! Because Some People Have Shed TEARS ... !!! TEARS Because A Loved One's GONE ......................................... This OF COURSE Is CLEARLY WRONG ... !!!! Cos' Fear Right Now Does NOT Belong On London's Streets ... WHY Wage WAR When We NEED Peace ... !?! PEACE and LOVE And UNITY ... DON'T PRESUME That I'm GUILTY ... !!!!! You DON'T KNOW What Type I BE ... I Just Write TRUE Poetry ... POETRY That's REAL To ME ... !!! These Are Words To WAKE The HERDS ... !!! What You See Are Visions BlUrrRrRRREeedd ... !!!!! Visions BLURRED By FALLACIES ... !!! Visions BLURRED By TRAGEDIES ... !!! Do You See The Things I SEE ... ? Judgements Made By ... " Met' Police " ... RAIDING Homes Like Forty Thieves ... What I SEE Is Met' Police ... Pointing GUNS Needlessly ... At Young Men Who Look Like Me ... !!! Asians TOO Are Now DISPLEASED ... By ABUSE They SEE On Streets ... !!!! Meantime ALL We're Hearing Is ..... "We NEED HELP from Young Muslims !" WHY ... ??? If They Know EVERYTHING ... ?!? Those INVOLVED In Bus BOMBINGS ... !!! That's Why NOW Police WILL STING ... !!! Now Isn't THIS A ... " Funny Thing " ... ?!? IF They KNOW About THIS STUFF ... ? Why KEEP Making Such A FUSS ... ?!?!? Putting FEAR In Those Who TRUST ... Riding On A London Bus ... NOW It's FEAR That They Hold DEAR ... !!! It's A STRAIN On MANY Brains ... !!!!!!!!!!! Riding On London's Tube Trains ... !!! It's THE SAME Time and AGAIN ... Asians NOW Can Get TWO SEATS ... !!!! Cos of This A TRUE Story ... A Friend of Mine A Young ... " Asian " ... Was On A Train With .... " Caucasians " ... When They SAW The Bag He Had ... They STEERED .............................................. CLEAR ........ Now AIN'T That Sad ... ?!? This is WHY It Made Him MAD ... !!!!! He's Born and BRED In THIS HERE Land ... And He Is A CLEVER Man ... !!! English Wife And Two Children ... He Is NOT A ... " TERROR Man " ... !!!!! But He's Suffered RACISM ... From Guess Who YES Englishman ... !!! Who BELIEVE What's On NEWSSTANDS ... ?!? This Stuff NEEDS To .......................................................... Disappear ............. !!!!!! News Stories CREATING Fear ... WHO In England REALLY Gains ... From BLOWING UP A London Train ... ?!!!? OF COURSE It's MUSLIMS Who Will Gain ... ?!? From These Acts ....... Take A Sec' And ..... Think On THAT ..................................................... Do You Get What I'm Saying ... ??? NO Well Let Me TRY AGAIN ... !!! OF COURSE It's MUSLIMS Who Will GAIN ... From These Acts ........ Take A Sec' And ... THINK ON That .................................................... !!!!!! It's Muslims NOW That Face REAL PAIN ... !!! From Londoners Who FEEL THIS Way ... !!! HATRED IS A HORRID Thing ... !!!!!! What You See AIN'T EVERYTHING ... !!! Check Through The Past ....................................... They've LIED BEFORE ... !!! From Watergate To Clintons' WHORE ... !!! This Is TRUTH It AIN'T ... " Folklore " ... !!! Hatred YES I Do ABHOR ... !!!!! Check The STATS And DON'T ............................. ignore ......... Why WE'RE HERE ... We AREN'T Here To Shed FALSE Tears ... !!! Use Your Eyes Man Steer WELL CLEAR .................. of This Thing That We Call ........ ...... " FEAR " ......
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Big Virge

Spoken Word Artist and writer, whose verse covers a multitude of social issues, that reflect on, this ever changing modern world. You can find spoken word recordings here : https://soundcloud.com/user-16569179 My website : www.bigvirge.com Album Releases : https://music.apple.com/us/artist/big-virge/1189779209

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