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Frowning Man
01:40
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Spark plugs
Riveter
Labrador
Hot-dog stand
Where did the hate in your heart come from?
Such a tragedy is modern living
Tangential boulevards
Memorize the map
Cross over the same path
Move the margins so slightly
Enough to keep you from boredom suicide
Never forget that you are better than them
Let a wanton piece of trash fall from your door
Too weak to chase after it
Blame the wind
Let it fall on someone else
Cash machine
Coin clattering change escalating into a charging storm
Picked up other people’s crumbs
Everything they lost made you into something
Some thing
Not a man
Byproduct of other people’s dreams
Waste left behind when they weren’t realized
Hope denied is hate
Aperture
Fast as a guillotine
Captures no trace of a smile
Crystallized ire of a narrow mind
Erase the margins of a world too wide
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Real Cottage
01:40
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Have you ever really looked inside yourself,
looked at all of the parts,
and wondered how they work together,
if any are missing,
if any are broken,
and taken an inventory?
Some of these parts don’t seem to fit in.
Many of them say,
“Made is U.S.A."
like the one that looks vicious,
chomping at the but for more violence,
and another,
grinning and oblivious,
inflating itself,
overtaking the more vulnerable parts.
They look intact,
but they must be broken.
You are not a machine,
as much as your leaders may desire you to be.
For you, this means many things.
Most advantageously,
you can swap out your given parts for anything you’d like.
You can adapt each piece of yourself to a changing reality.
Your are not a machine.
You cannot keep going forever.
You will break down,
decay,
and you will have to decide if you are going to work yourself to death,
for the will of the few,
or if you will rest, resist, dismantle, and rebuild,
because unlike a machine,
you have the option to enrich yourself,
rebuild yourself,
and serve someone other than your overlords.
You will feel so much better with those old parts gone.
Have you ever really looked inside yourself?
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Thee Effluvium Seattle, Washington
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