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Student #1
Hey Bettie is coming back
Student #2
The kid who had a panic attack
Student #3/Student #2
Don't spread rumors/No it's a fact
Student #4
It's been a month since I've seen him in class
There's no way he's going to pass
Student #5
I wonder if Fred's going to kick his ass
Student #4
Why would Fred want to do that for?
Student #5
He got Fred detention for calling Mrs. Abbott a whore
Student #6
That snitch is fighting on the wrong side of the war
Student #7
Bettie better hide
If he doesn't abide
By our side
Narrator
So they discreetly shoulder nudged him in the hall
Just enough to make him lose his balance and fall
And they'd disappear in the crowd before he'd noticed at all
Bettie could never make it to class before the bell would ring
Tardiness is an automatic detention the teachers couldn't do a thing
And waiting with the bullies he'd wondered what hell they'll bring

Poetry Post 222

Pharisees
Pharisees better change your ways
Look back to what the Good Book says
Before you're in the Darker Days
Pharisees better pick up that light
Before the strike of midnight
Cause in the end Right Makes Might

Fear No Mortal Man
Fear no mortal man
Not even Satan
Can censure or ban
Anything you know you can
No mortal man can kill
Another man's will
Fear lets haters intimidate tranquil
But be cautious yet calm as the sea is still
It's just for show be brave or at least put on a front
Don't hide or beat around the bush be blunt
Never be violent but never fear to confront
The violent boastful hater will die on his stunt

Devil's Mark
In darkness the world follows blind hatred
They preach love as they wish their fellowman dead
In dark madness the mad men control our fate
As they seek our blood in the name of hate
In this world so dark
The Devil leaves his mark

Mama's Song

Mrs. Kaczynski:
Son I know school is hard but if you work pass the strife
You can move on and get started on a better life
Hiding alone commiserating won't get you a wife
Maybe you should volunteer or apply for a part time job
Learn the art of small talk, connections and hobnob
Just make a few friends and try not to be a slob
I know getting out of your own world ain't easy
But the longer the isolation the greater the difficulty
If you just try you can fit in and not sacrifice your identity

Poetry Post 221

Big Brother Vs Religious Pacifist
Big Brother cannot destroy a religious pacifist
Because a power greater than yourself shows you how to resist
Flesh can be conquered or sell itself out
But the spirit with faith holds its ideals without doubt
Flesh cannot defile spirit with violence
But the truth it bears speaks through death's silence
Those who witness truth are eternally in truth's memory
Outliving, in principle, the oppressor and the enemy

Possessed
Sorry I didn't hear a word you said
Because of the voices screaming in my head
Telling me I'd be better off dead
I can't get rid of the demons from under my bed

How
Oh how do I find a wife who will love with devotion
"Just hide your true emotion"
Oh how will I find a lasting friend
"Just keep up with the trend"
Can't I find love by being me
"Not outside the family"
Well then I'm going to quit ahead
Since my identity must be dead

Pop Music

Bettie Kaczynski:
I can't stand pop music
It's just a stupid mental trick
Happiness isn't something you just pick
I can't just ignore the issues and avoid the topic
The solution may never come if it don't come quick
I got no time to fake merriment when I'm sick
If you want me to be simply sedated
Give me lyrics melancholy related
Because its the closest I'll ever feel to elated
When my failures leave my psyche debated
Between being pitied and hated
On all the mistakes I ever contemplated

Poetry Post 220

Political Hypocrisy
Get up it's time for a new revolution
No more establishments no more institutions
Until we get our priorities straight
We must pry down the authority to investigate
The only way we can liberate ourselves from political hypocrisy
Is to eliminate hate, greed and apathy

Social Deceit
I am not as I appear
Because what I am is sincere
In a world of deceitful tact blunt honesty seems unclear
Building life on lies then facts feed you fear
To believe the lies that give you security
Values have to change their priority
Changing the recipe tampering the purity
Lies and opinions become facts backed by majority

Young But Innocent Love
As friends the minutes we spend together are sublime
But I can never seem to say "I love you" at just the right time
You give me your love but I want your heart
To safeguard us from breaking apart
I treasure it too much to forget or lose it
You already have mine but you never seem to use it
I'm not asking for your innocence or virginity
I just want to start with your heart so we can have eternity

Hermit

Bettie Kaczynski:
Just another day no reason to get out of bed
With technology I can have more fun at home instead
I can be my own escape even if they say the troubles in my head
Don't try to reach me by email or telephone
I can handle it on my own
Just enjoying the opportunity of being alone
They say alone you can't find true pleasure
But you don't have to worry about peer pressure
Living up to some stranger's measure
Social interactions are all in vain
When all relations end in pain
And false friends are all you have to gain