Deep Breaths Now, And Chill
therevolutionwillbemonetised!just breathe!
fromthemomentofarrivalonthisplanetwehavechanceswehaveopportunitiestomakesomethingofourlivessomethinggoodsomethingindelible
breathe so as to catch the air in your mouth in your throat in your lungs
beweevilorbewegoodgreyohthegreyisneverfullyunderstoodasweworkhardtofindthelinetostandon
drink the water so as to hydrate and refresh, give peace to a trouble urinary tract
atrocitiesatrocitiestheycallformoredepravitytheycallfromtheirwatchpointscheckpointsborderpatroleexpungetheunwantedforeigners
eat a healthy and balanced diet, over the course of at least three meals a day, to maintain bodily function
we grapple and grapple we grapple and grapple, tango and tangle ourselves in disputes about everything but also of nothing
ofgreatimportance
heartbeatfalters
whatisjusticeotherthanwhatthosewhowieldallthepowerwantittobedecreeittobemakesureitisjusticeisjustaconstruct
breathingspikes
as freedom is justapropaganda
when graham cracked the savoury, he did so in full knowledge that his neighbours were struggling to get by, but after all, that was his crackers, his cheese, his livelihood, not his problem, he thought, as his neighbours knocked at his door and asked for the bare minimum, the milk of human kindness, "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" said Blanche. whydowedismissandshamethosewhoneedhelp?
ohwell, said those in power, with great power comes great respect and authority, after all, and with great power, respect and authority, comes decisions, the hard ones, to make. For those who look on at those in power, it is easy, to criticise, debate and satirise, for they not know the weighty responsibility that lies on the shoulders of Napoleon. Snowball, the cursed rejected and traitor. He sought to make things harder for his lesser, by responding in kind. There is no kindness in government.
SOstandupTALLandfightTHEMallbutknowthisknowthismyfriendsandanyonegivingthisearoreyesofanopenmindthatwhenyouchoosetofightthecorruptthecorruptwillfightwithdebasedandputrifiedtacticslepersyouwillbecomeifyoubutsurvive
-lepers
doyouwanttofightorsitwithgrahamcrackersandcheesethatyouhadtostealfromyourneighbourtoensureyourchildrensawanotherdayinoursourmilkanddiseasedhoneyparadise
-diseased
therevolutionwillbemonetisedandcommoditisedbutifyoulookawaythereissomethingonFoxrightnowyoucanenjoySomethingontheBBCyoucanfocusyourattentiononSomethingonDisney+AppleTVYouTubeTikTokAmazonNetflix
deep breaths now
and chill.
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Paul Stewart
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