whispering behind the screams
heard
but never
countenanced
talking head shots, spilling lies
where
people
slumber thinking
bleeding
cabaret
stiletto
mockery of thieve's plenary
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I don’t think one is supposed to ask a poet what some verse means or to whom it alludes, but dictator’d parts of Africa come to mind.