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(jUSt) TRYiNG TO SAY…

🎰🦬🐜.🔭🌌...🔬⚛️.🧠❤️🫁

By jAKE RiCHARDSONPublished 5 months ago • Updated 5 months ago • 1 min read
Top Story - June 2026

🎰🦬🐜

(jUSt) TRYiNG TO SAY…

THE HOUSE ONLY HAS TWO PENNiES TO RUB TOGETHER; NOT EVEN A BUFFALO NiCKEL.

BUT, THE REAL QUESTiON iS…

WHAT ARE YOU WiLLiNG TO BET AGAiNST A WORLD THAT HAS NOTHiNG LEFT TO DRAW...FROM?

FORGET WiNNiNG OR LOSiNG…

WE SHOULD BE iN THE BUSiNESS OF: TRUANCY, FLUENCY, BUOYANCY...TASTE & SEE...

FLUENT iN FREQUENCY.

FREQUENT iN FLUENCY. LiKE PANGOLiNS...ARMADiLLOS... ANTEATERS...(UN)LiKE HUMANS…WE DEAL iN ANTS.

WHiLE GOD ALONE GOT US BY OUR...ATOMS...

WELL, AND GRAViTY.

🔭🌌 ... 🔬⚛️

GUESS, (jUSt) TRYiNG TO...

WRAP MY WORDS AROUND MY MiND, NOT MY MiND AROUND YOUR EARS.

(jUSt) TRYiNG TO SAY...

"MEN DON'T FOLLOW TiTLES;

THEY FOLLOW COURAGE."

FACE...CARDS...SELFLESS, SPACED CELEBRATiON?

WE WiLL NEVER WiN ON NAME OR RACE ALONE (OR GRAViTY).

AN ANT iN THE SHOWER TWiN OF TiLE AND TiN; SALUTiNG STARS...TAKE AiM YOU'RE LUCKiER THAN YOU THiNK OR MAYBE HAVE NEVER BEEN…

(jUSt) TRYiNG TO SAY…

BREATHE...🧠❤️🫁

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    Written by jAKE RiCHARDSON