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Poetry: Escaping the trap

by B.L. McKIN

Created on: December 27, 2008

Hidden in plain sight with no intent to conceal

You wouldn't believe , even when told that the trap was real

You said I'm a man now , and I've seen it all

Take heed young man, there's no writing no wall

Its there to entangle , but it looks so cool

It whispers sell dope, or drop out of school

The cash was like leaves, of a tree with no root

You now thirst for life cause you settled for loot

Hind sight twenty twenty , I look back and see me

Advice flows like water , get wet and be free

It's never to late , just insert this mental key

Unlock your potential , turn. click, twist and flee

Education provided the knife, that sliced the noose

A repeatable equation , repeat it , get loose

Hidden in plain sight , with no intent to conceal

The key is in school, that's the truth , and its real

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