{"sf1_id":1704960,"sf2_id":"GnDNblPe","title":"\"Give Up The Love: A Conversation In Which We Have Already Heard Your Part\"","author":"Dwale","words":337,"posted_at":"2021-04-10T04:36:00.000Z","tags":["Gay","Love","Poem","Poetry","bigotry","intolerance","peace","racism"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1704960-give-up-the-love-a-conversation-in-which-we-have-already-heard-your-part","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/GnDNblPe","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/b8/7c/b87ca883-264b-4c19-a544-112fa28de059","description":"A song began to play in my head while I was in the shower. It was a fully formed arrangement with lyrics. By the time I got out, I had already lost most of it, but I wrote down the parts I remembered and attempted to reconstruct it from there. This is the result.","content":"\"Give Up The Love: A Conversation In Which We Have Already Heard Your Part\"  \n  \nYou've said your peace, my brother,  \nNow it's time to listen up:  \nIf we want to see tomorrow  \nThen you'd best give up the love  \n  \nWhile I don't know what Heaven holds,  \nI know for sure it isn't hate,  \nSo y'all can stop pretending now  \nYou're guarding Heaven's gate  \n  \nI don't know where you got it,  \nBut it wasn't from up above,  \nSo when you do the things you do,  \nI wonder what it is you love  \n  \nI'm gonna let you in on this,  \nA truth you need to know:  \nIf Heaven's not for everyone,  \nThen I don't wanna go!  \n  \nWe're standing on the precipice,  \nThe blood of Judgment Day,  \nAnd if you won't give up the love,  \nWe'll both get blown away  \n  \n'Cause you blocked your eyes with blinders  \nAnd you plugged your ears with glue,  \nNow the devil's got your scripture  \nAnd the devil's got you, too  \n  \nSo let me let you in on this,  \nA fact you need to know:  \nIf Heaven's just for fakes like you,  \nThen we don't wanna go!  \n  \n'Cause the gay people are fine, man,  \nBut there's something wrong with you,  \nAnd if you won't give up the love, man,  \nWhat the fuck we supposed to do?\n\n\u0026nbsp;Now we've had it with your shit,  \nAnd we've been tired of things this way!  \nYou can't be asked to listen,  \nWhat the fuck we supposed to say?  \n  \n'Cause the P.O.C. are fine, man,  \nOr they would be, without you.  \nWe've only got one planet, man,  \nWe're on the same damn crew  \n  \nThe trans folks, the disabled,  \nThe unhoused, the prison-cursed,  \nThe autistic, the indigenous,  \nThe neurologically diverse  \n  \nWe're standing on the precipice,  \nThere's nothing else to say.  \nAnd if you won't give up the love, man,  \nThen we'll both get blown away  \n  \nThere's a virus in your heart, man,  \nYou spread it day by day.  \nThe time has come: give up the love,  \nOr else get blown away.\n\n  \n  \n\n"}