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    Against The Man
    Against The Man
    Against The Man
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    Against The Man

    By Chris Bunton

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    A book of rebel poems that speaks out against those in authority. It shows the worker that they are not alone. It shows the citizen that what they see and feel is valid. It desires change.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChris Bunton
    Release dateJun 26, 2023
    ISBN9798223446446
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      Book preview

      Against The Man - Chris Bunton

      Against the Man

      Poems That Speak Against Authority.

      Table of Contents:

      Poems

      Introduction Poem: I Planned

      Against the Man

      Justice

      Why Do We Hate Work?

      Bring It Down

      Freedom of Speech

      Failure to Whom?

      House of Giants

      Conspiracy Theorist

      In Your Face

      I Call It Free Verse

      Success to Me

      Escape

      The Wall

      We Don’t Trust Them

      In My Life Time

      Church Nursery

      Entitled to Love

      Unholy Boss

      No Home

      The Clock Ticks

      The Rules

      My Plumber

      The Good Times

      I Support

      Me

      Free Bird

      Not Feelin it

      War Mongers

      Quietly Quit

      Essays and Prose

      The Ugly People

      Unofficial Bosses

      Stealing Our Rights

      Bio

      Introduction Poem:

      I Planned.

      I planned to originally write an essay explaining myself and telling the reader what I thought about this and how I felt about that.

      But, then I figured.....I’d let my poems do that.

      I planned to explain who They are. 

      I planned to explain what authority is.

      I planned to give a few insights and histories as to why things are the way they are.

      But then I realized that the people who will understand what I’m saying already know those things.

      They already know who keeps them down.

      They already know enough to understand.

      And if they don’t. Then, they will now that the light has shined.

      There will be arguments made, laying blame.

      Giving excuses and lame fallacies.

      And all I can say is that their way has failed for thousands of

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