Melissa Dori Dye

Swindlers

Melissa Dori Dye


cradle to the graves 
all the women were slaves 
they worked hard to earn money and the men took it away 

shot them in their heads or left them lifeless in their beds 
blamed the innocent while they said it was the innocent man instead 

why because they are swindlers 
wasted time all over swindlers 
raped our minds because you're swindlers 
nothing more nothing less 
what money pile do you love best 
take all we've got, there's nothing left 

I am too poor to deserve your time 
my bloody wounds will be just fine 
if you take this knife out of my spine 
I will slowly fall and unwind 

time is so unkind 
now pretend that you are blind 
you will train your children just fine 
they'll be rich, having lived the life of a swindler 

walk by those wounded bodies 
laugh and smile at the gaping wounds 
you call our neighbors ugly apes but you were the real baboons 

eat your dinner while I starve 
sing MY SONGS while my arms fall off 
the winds and sand will carry this song 
you destroyed the world because you're all swindlers