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anmod - a sentence about tyranny lyrics

where tiranny exists
that tyranny exists
not only in the barrel of the gun
not only in the cells of a prison
not just in the interrogation block
or the small hours of the clock
the guard’s bark and his fists
the tyranny exists
not just in the billowing black fetor
of the closing speech of the prosecutor, in the ‘justified use of force’
the prisoners’ dull morse
not merely in the cool postscript of the expected verdict
there’s tyranny
not just in the crisp military
order to ‘stand!’ and the numb instruction ‘fire!’
thе roll of the drum, in the last twitch of the corpsе in the ditch

not just in the door half open and the fearful omen
the whispered tremor of the secret rumour
the hand that grips the finger before the lips
tyranny is in place in the iron mask of the face
in the clench of the jaw the wordless o

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