YA  MUDZIL

                                                          (invoking The Tall Poppy Cutter)
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Our United State   (Ini Kita Serikat)

Rahman faces Zalim
in the tensions of song:
beats meet melody
feet scream “Get us free!”
but bombs drop non stop
in the lies war requires.

Rahman tells us “I don’t know
how far these crimes will go.”

Zalim busts back “Hit the road!
Stick with us or miss the show.”

But Rahman screams “I’ve still got dreams.
I feel how much your evil touch
hides your body count denial.
Your madness stunts us freaks who shout
the peace you will not think about:
no profit for your bullets
if trigger fingers cool it.”


& when these words are almost heard
the DJ goes to slow fade
& peace is laid away
       laid away
       laid away.
Peace is laid away.
                                                           Malang 2005