Lord,
Save us from the insufferable
Do-gooders who do more harm than good,
Who preach at us ad-nauseum
Stamping on our carbon footprint
As they run us over on their bikes,
The arrogant and self-righteous
Whose sole word replace the word of God,
The judgmental asses, who burn down our cities
In order to save us from grace,
The masked men (and women) in black
Who act exactly like those white-hooded
KKK people they always accuse us of being,
The misguided children of Howard Zinn
Who are utterly convinced they will save the world
Blaming us for destroying it as they ravage our cities,
Save us from the wicked who call us wicked
And the thieves who steal to keep us honest
Who shout for us to get out of houses
Because they want to move in,
Save us from those who profess to be color blind,
Who decorate our windows with slogans and flames
Who hit us with bricks, stab us with knives
Spit in our faces – all to save us.
Oh, Lord, save us from these messengers of righteousness
Who tear down our statues and flags,
Who accuse us of crimes our grandfathers
Or even their grandfathers
Never imagined they had commit,
But for which we must pay reparations,
Save us from the well-meaning white folks
Who felt guilty about not being black,
Thick with guilt for having hardworking parents
Who loved them and careful them,
Who they now reject as racists,
Save us from the true believers, the wholesome souls
Who curse us, beat us,
All in the name of justice,
Who loot, burn, stab, cheat, lie, curse, abuse
All in the name of justice,
The sinners who pretend to be saints,
The murderers, thieves, scoundrels
Who hire in sheep’s clothing,
Demanding ransom to keep our businesses safe
All in the name of justice,
Save us from those haunted by
400 years of suffering they never suffered
From the imaginary racists they never experienced
From the hunger they never felt,
Save us from the greed we see
Glinting in their eyes
As they tear us down and destroy all we have worked for
All in the name of justice.
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