Italicized Change Sandwiched by Fear of Repercussion
it had to fail
otherwise
it had to fail
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String Theory
i voted for
never-ending war
a murdered environment
for-profit prisons
and a god in your pants
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Johnny Depp say Relax
chinese fireworks
purchased on a reservation
nearby
it’s the 6th of hypocritical irony
and july
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Dental Carefree 4th
pondering freedom
while
stuck in traffic
hopefully this year
my cousins won’t blow any more of their fingers off
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Depression Era Conversation During an Art Walk
This free wine tastes like Franzia.
OMFG can you imagine?
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Different Party Same Ditch
i made that first million dollars
a thousand times over
laboring…
at the bottom of
a ditch
i made non-union laborer wages
two, maybe three times over
photographing…
the neocon takeover of
the bottom
of our ditch
i made less-than dishwasher money
fewer than two, maybe three times over
photographing…
the neoliberal takeover of
the bottom
of our ditch
funny
how empire works
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Despite All My Rage
“The world is a vampire, set to drain”
~ The Smashing Pumpkins
give up
let it be
submit
go with the flow
shut up, shut your mouth
stand over there
vote for the party
give up
let it be
submit
go with the flow
shut up, shut your mouth
stand over there
vote for the party
give up
give up
give
up
i will not.
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The Vigilant Lens 