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Red Moon
  Lookout for the stars tonight
  You’ll see them rise and twinkle
  Watch out for those sleepin’ moons
  Waiting on death and hoping on you
  Help each other see the light
  Watch all those shining stars--keep a scream under your tongue for those sleepin’
  Moons
  Moons that wax blood against their façade and into the almighty night sky
  Pick up your things as they scatter across the floor
  Hurry, don’t wait, what are you waitin’ for?
  Because behind you there will be those nasty moons
  And beneath them may be you
  Hurry, please, don’t wait around
  Hope you won’t get stuck behind.
  Walk, walk, walk now.
  Wouldn’t want those moons to catch you standing tall
  ‘Cause once they see you atop the game, they snatch the shoes off your ankles
  Don’t run, run, but pace yourself
  That’s how you will hide
  Once you get home
  Forget you ever saw those red moons.
  Forget you ever heard their shouts, their moans, and their own vices
  Forget you ever dropped your life and let it scatter across the floor
  Look up, look up now, why, don’t you see?
  Here in this box of pitch there are the stars!
  Let their light pool onto your skin and fuel the embers of your eyes.
  But tomorrow, when those moons are full,
  Walk, don’t run--they’ll catch you out of step.
  Yet, remember, when the day is ‘Fin, you’ll be sure to look out your window to see       
  the twinkling spectacles of tonight’s sky. 

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This piece is about fitting in and how the world oppresses those who fall out of life's step, those who are different, those who may have a different outlook than the majority. This poem is for those people. March on.