Forgotten Martyr

from Sigogglin by Swamp

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JOHN BROWN drew a mighty saw
Into the flesh of mangled law
The blade was lodged in bone

Morphine dulled the righteous pain
The years moved on but nothing’s changed
He molders in his grave

Now law’s arm is back again
Strangling the life within

He is rotting, forgotten
He’s not plotting, forgotten

Memory fading
His name a footnote
Fading out
Into the void
Legacy to be destroyed

Work as hard as you can stomach
Then work harder: life long spent
Be a soldier, small business owner
A self starter: there it all went
Consecrated, never sated
Blood in water, chum your scent
Howl and holler, be a father
Be a martyr forgotten

Father of a failure plan
That's outgrowth is a tangled land

Breaking down the pearly gates
Shattering the dinner plates

Food for fodder in the slaughter
Trampling police blotters

Gathering the grains of structures
With hammers drawn the poultice ruptures

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from Sigogglin, released December 30, 2023

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