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One Day We Will Stop Running

from The Workingtrans Blues by Tawni Marshall

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Goddamn, my darling. Is it still safe to dream?
The writing's on the wall, but the wall's too tall
and it's too far to read.
The engines are stalling and they are calling the police.
They are kissing the flag, and they are whistling for dogs
who are crawling with fleas.
They say "I'll put you to work, boy,
or I will put you to sleep.
I'll feed your family to the disease in the street.

He pays the taxes.
She dreams in defeat.
One day we will stop running,
once I get back on my feet.

Goddamn this summer. I can't get no relief
as I tumble into autumn a turned over leaf.
I didn't blossom like a flower.
No, I survived like a weed.
I get paid by the hour and I pay back just to be.
They say "I'll put you to work, boy,
or I will put you to sleep.
I'll feed your family to the disease in the street.

He pays the taxes.
She dreams in defeat.
One day we will stop running,
once I get back on my feet.

One day I will stop running.

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from The Workingtrans Blues, released February 2, 2021

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