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Flitter and flutter

Flapping little leathery wings

Chittering and chattering

Chatting and chirping

Gathering and grooming

How did the flying horrors of the night

Become so misunderstood

They started as an omen

Due to pagan relations

The image warped further and grew claws

The darkness they live in helped fill the holes

Seen as scary and savage and out of control

When really they’re little babies

Just flying about

Trying to live their versatile lives out

If you utter a dog whistle

Don’t panic and try and blame it on a skin-walker

The words left your mouth

The consequences are yours alone

Just because we share a tone

Means I accept your hate

I can’t abide stupid

And that’s what you are

Ignorant

And 

Uneducated

Unwilling to adapt

Because that is

The side of progress

And inclusion

And you wouldn’t want

That 

Patriarchy and capitalism 

The biggest cancers 

We brought upon 

Ourselves

All rooted 

Within

White supremacy 

They suck the marrow

From our very bones

Only the chosen

Reap what we sow

Selected 

And picked

Based on blood lines

But the blame 

Gets shunted

Off to anyone else

Because if you look like

All the others

Why can you not see

The gates

Because 

Capitalism and patriarchy 

They crumble and break

And wither the soul

They aim to repress

And gain and grow more

Leaving us ALL

Penniless

And 

Broken