{"sf1_id":1355841,"sf2_id":"5nzKKlj1","title":"Strife","author":"Mantrid_Brizon","words":256,"posted_at":"2018-07-31T06:12:00.000Z","tags":["Anthro","Battle","Blood","Fight","Fighting","Poem","Poetry","Rebellion","Rhyme","Story"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1355841-strife","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/5nzKKlj1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/ae/11/ae11b5e2-b44c-48e6-beab-bce150025450","description":"#4 of Poetry\n\nA little poem I wrote about a riot between police/soldiers and rebels, in the vein of the movie No Escape, except they're all anthros.","content":"Strife\n\n(12/4/17)\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nFighters for freedom,\n\nStand in front of their homes,\n\nEager to greet them,\n\nGovernment army of drones,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThey stand in a line,\n\nA few cowards will run,\n\nLives redefined,\n\nIt is time for the fun,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGlass bottles will break,\n\nFires burn in the street,\n\nYour freedom they take,\n\nBodies litter concrete,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nTear gas in the crowd,\n\nWith batons do they hack,\n\nEveryone screaming loud,\n\nMasked faces strike back,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBlood and fur fly,\n\nWhile they clash in the street,\n\nRazor blade in the sky,\n\nDragging claw through the meat,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nFangs have been honed,\n\nGleaming bright in the light,\n\nTearing flesh from the bone,\n\nTails sway as they fight,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThey won't be denied,\n\nWhat is rightfully theirs,\n\nIt is worth it to try,\n\nEnemies held by the hair,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nChildren running in fear,\n\nGunshots rip through the horde,\n\nHands pressed down on their ears,\n\nEyes shut tight from the gore,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut they cannot stop now,\n\nHaving clashed with the beast,\n\nSweat beads on the brow,\n\nThey're acknowledged at least,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nNo word of a lie,\n\nThe struggle is hard,\n\nIt's a good day to die,\n\nHands played every card,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nEven if they don't win,\n\nThe battle at hand,\n\nBloody maws grin,\n\nThey'll soon conquer the land,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nFor they won't be chained down,\n\nTired of living in fear,\n\nOn freedom's burial mound,\n\nIt's the tip of the spear,\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nSo they fight for their lives,\n\nAnd their children's too,\n\nInto lion's den dive,\n\nFor a world anew.\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1355840-cait-girl.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1355844-sky.json"}}