The rest of this post is a creative writing exercise. You are not expected to read it.
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Universal healthcare & higher wages,
‘Cause peace of mind’s better than pages.
And if you’ll just be courageous,
Go on, amaze us.
Tase us.
Sell us quarter pounders and grazes.
Wage theft! Your money? Blazes.
Boeing’d ‘cause winners racist.
Had to hit 31
Had to do and be done.
or a porous pun.
I told you, son,
you never met a man with a loaded gun.
Thank God you never met a man with a loaded gun.
‘Cause like me, he give and give.
Writer too.
he wrote Mystic Faerie War for you.
Ever notice that our politics
the dangerous tricks
that make kids want to Eat the Rich?
Who’d have thought all you need for a lurid rise
is to call yourself “leftist” with all that implies?
Now they’re all scared to put it in print.
So I’ll shout from my soul till you all give in.
‘Cause that’s all these posers had to do.
Was pretend to be kin.
Make sure I never end up on Hell Gate NYC.
Or why give a shit
about a glade in whose shade you’ll never sit?
Just ask the Economic Left.
Or Take Med Back — Take Back Med?
Would Dr. Mitch Li diagnose me as screwed in the head?
More Perfect Union’s right.
Corporate media hides it from the light.
I’ll bellow with all my might.
But I’ll tighten the screws.
Prospect’s looting’s a snooze.
And now I can’t lose.
They can’t show this on Fox News.
companies tightening the noose.
Time to loosen a tooth.
Slaying propaganda with truth.
And that psychotic break.
Remember Patriots Against Corporatism, PAC.
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Best friend’s got a voice among
the chosen ones.
How loud. Do you hear me?
A brother that wouldn’t flee.
The success of the cowboys three.
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But by blood, a game designer.
He’s smarter than a Minecraft miner.
If you pay for his opine,
you’re gonna fatten up your bottom line.
That world building you got real fine.
Guess I could never say it all.
My favorite memories are from when we were four feet tall.
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We vibe all day. True?
I’ve been on this courtroom grind.
It’s made it hard to unwind.
But darling just let me promise you this.
We’ll ride into the sunset soon. -Chris
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You’re a pusher by a different name.
I’m scared as hell Leonard Green’ll be in your game.
For once in my life I felt slick.
Another time and another place,
we’d cure the entire human race.
And all the pain would melt away.
Nothing like watching you in that play.
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While I doomscroll, we talk.
When the news hit we got
a brotherhood that won’t stop.
To hell with the rest, he’ll get us over the hump.
I’m ‘bout to write reality trips.
with the horrible hostile inside my head.
Made me think I’d be dead.
Rise from the wheelchair.
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Another cannot.
Cerebral palsy, drat.
We need more money stat.
Chuck Schumer, where you at?
I thought you was a Democrat.
You cool with that?
You’ll never need again if I win with this strat.
You and your cat.
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Get up you son of a gun.
That’s what you told your son.
Relax everybody, it’s a Rocky pun.
I knew a social worker who was number one.
We barely spoke.
The things that tore us apart were a joke.
In the end, nobody would snicker.
I’ll make Parenting in Today’s Society a collector’s picker.
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You might be a pig,
but you’re a gamer too.
My only regret is I never play with you.
How are the boys in blue?
Are they your new crew?
I hope you remember that I’m one of you too.
A real Serpico.
Imperfect though.
Fighting an imperfect foe.
Writing on the wall until the cracks start to show.
Corporate consolidation breaking down the law.
They don’t cover this in McGraw.
Cold.
Bold.
A pain in my brain that I can’t let go.
You told me so.
My heart hurts every time I say no to snow.
We’d better do something big before we’re below.
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This one goes out to the kids.
Even the ones doing bids.
Raise the Age doesn’t stop the trauma.
To be honest, neither did Obama.
I told those R’s what they wanna hear.
If my plan works, you’re all privateers.
No, I meant pioneers.
With dying fears.
Am I just another white bread with lying tears?
I was you.
Look up Greenburgh, boo.
I was one of wild few.
If only every New Yorker knew,
there’s a man who really cares about you.
Takes 6 to take a plea.
Ignore the naysayers.
But we need to find the money,
I can’t live in honey.
While these kids live in hell.
On that subject, what’s the deal?
IG silent on the squeaky wheel.
We grow these kids up to deny them, real?
They’re all capable of great things.
Some play b-ball while their sister sings.
even though the hand dealt stinks.
Apparent to anyone that thinks
that you’ll go far.
Doesn’t matter who you are.
Hard work will make you a star.
I’ll concede competition‘s paramount.
But a lot of them just looking for a way out.
I know we can’t give everyone first place.
But at least give kids a chance at winning the race.
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I guess I owe an explanation.
I care for my nation.
It’ll be amazing.
I’m training.
For a battle of words. Waiting.
Inflating wages with a bit of baiting.
Reinstating the subtle art of hating.
Doing it under the guise of crazy.
I thought those boys would tase me.
A hospital let me see
we might be the bad guys in reality.
Don’t get me wrong.
But I’d rather sing a song
I used to say I’d take a bullet for the system.
Now I think I’ve got a life not worth risking.
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To all of you Chris Day fans.
Sorry for some of these rants.
You only deserve the best.
I really hope you’ll be impressed.
In fact, be blessed.
See, I might be an atheist.
But I can’t resist
habitually loving the religious.
It’s anyone’s guess
how to get out of this mess
They’ll call me obsessed.
The sun will set.
One day they’ll be glad we met.
My haters too.
My baiters approved.
I want to get the money to repay you.
If I never do,
I’ll be blue.
But saying sad don’t pay the bills is true.
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To the ones that deserve and apology,
I didn’t do it because in my psychology
it’s worthless to.
To make me feel good?
It’s like a laptop made of wood.
If I ever hit it,
promise you will too.
If I never get it.
Guess one day I’ll be goo.
From a flailing kid to an enterprise.
That flailing bid opened up tired eyes.
Martha Mitchell Effect.
Sure made an impact.
Cassandra Syndrome too.
Everyone will focus on me hatin’ you.
I feel so bad about what I done.
Couldn’t say Lightning Law’s #1.
Let’s cut it short.
Here’s the deal.
I end up in court,
you front the bill.
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MA. Person and state.
The best of the best, truly great.
MCRA needs donations now.
They’ll put it to better use than Stenonymou.
You’ll just have to sic it.
When I met MA my heart caught a speeding ticket.
Cricket, cricket, cricket.
But I’m serious.
Not delirious.
Imperious.
I’ll bow to my superiors.
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Protect Your Record Project’s pens
reached the East Coast.
Just in case you ever want to boast.
We gotta get PYRP on cinnamon toast.
Wage a branding war like Pepsi v Coke.
Run, hide, fight, dance.
How can I tell?
They both said the word
“bloodbath,” ya heard?
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Those who mentored me,
They’d not agree,
with my form of art
where I pick apart
And sometimes I think I’m smart.
It wasn’t me that got
an urge to do you-know-what.
Never would.
Too much to live for in my new ‘hood.
But paranoia’s back.
Am I wrong about Testifying While Black?
Am I wrong to attack?
Am I wrong to risk all to save none?
Am I wrong to put myself number one?
It’s wrong to punch with the force of a metric ton?
But if I could find the funding,
we’d pass them all.
If I could hit the ground running,
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Bro, how’s your shoulder?
You’re getting older.
Wiser.
You’re the human exerciser.
The man that taught me to relax.
While the Gallery was telling fibs
you was telling facts.
This impacts the social contracts
that we had in place.
Doesn’t anyone read Wikipedia?
Can’t you see big oil enslaved the media?
This threatens the human race.
Now it’s in your face.
Temperature’s in the red.
In 1985 a man named Carl Sagan said,
“hey guys if we don’t pay attention,
our great grandkids might be dead.”
The Congress gave a giggle.
The neoliberals gave a laugh.
They want to cut your social security in half.
Sorry man, just had a flashback.
Fucking ghosts inside my head.
It’s like that game of blackjack.
“Did you just say ‘help me,’ kid?”
You taught me more about God
Than I’d ever known before.
A subtle nod,
to the beauty at your core.
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Know a man. How you been?
Sometimes I close my eyes and count to ten.
Sometimes I pace around my den.
Sometimes I stare into the abyss.
Bliss. Like a glow stick.
Low lit.
Lost writ.
RMPs riding up on clients.
It’s science.
Quiet on the Set flyers.
on old Kentuckiana.
to get up and keep walking along.
Terrorized by the weak and the strong.
Had to unlearn the violence I was taught.
Had to find a way to undo all the damage sought.
It was like being in a spiderweb caught.
I thought everybody that I loved was bought.
We can make a world where everybody’s safe.
I’ll take that truth to my grave.
Pygmalion Effect makes us articulate
worlds of our own.
The great unknown.
Why do we fight?
Why not mankind —
invest in greater plans,
to meet the demands,
of the modern pops,
Give it 100 years, tops.
We can make this right.
We can win the fight.
But I need to reach
Enough of you to preach
about a better future.
Even if today’s pretty good.
Just imagine it.
See you at dinner real soon.
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Most days I feel
they’ll never give me the satisfaction.
Like a muscle contraction.
Painful.
Like a bullshit cause of action.
Shameful.
Can’t Lyft like I did.
But my mind’s sharper than the trends on Con Ed.
Know a bleepity bleep.
He’s one of those digital court reporters
His competition’s lame.
It’s insane.
This guy will rise
as long as he tries.
I know this implies
that we have close ties.
But I tell no lies.
With love, “I despise.”
With love I excise
those that violate rights.
I’d get that to 95 written in cement.
Don’t get me started when it comes to this edition
of Racial disparities in automated speech recognition,
this artificial transition,
this power play,
I thought a thought so violent.
Like a lawyer dawg, this is wack.
Not that I’d know.
But just goes to show
the expressions we’ll allow ourselves to make
if we drop the P.C. policing and culture of shame.
The culture of fame — chasing.
Chasing your dreams.
But while you have your head up in the clouds
The rich and powerful operate in shrouds.
Sometimes for the greater good.
Sometimes they’ll blow up a neighborhood.
Gas leaks ‘cause we can’t fund inspections.
Just like we can’t afford to fight infections.
Can’t afford to light intersections.
A morally bankrupt society via cash injections.
Just like Craigslist missed connections
It’s “Infectiously precious,”
it’s the only message that meshes
expresses
the depth of thought and its egresses.
Oh, but I’ll try.
Oh, but I’ll buy.
Wolf PAC.
Awoo!
Citizens United! Janus too.
I know some union leaders of a finer brew.
I tried to deviate and they told me it was rude.
I’m pretty sure I’m not going far with that attitude.
But I had a choice, do, die, or brood.
Will we all agree
Sometimes, you know you should.
Then again, no trouble fighting.
I even fight quite fair.
But when wrongs need righting.
How exciting.
Almost as rare as an Anir Dutta sighting.
Or is it the people that urge me not to fight
that are really wrong?
It’s a valid question for one looking to belong.
If you hadn’t rigged the game,
I would’ve worked real hard.
Instead I was given blame
for failing to draw the lucky card.
Having to buy from an oligopoly
isn’t really free.
Try not to misunderstand me,
I am misunderstood.
What can I say?
These corporations be cray.
Pushing obesity with my buddy Don Jay.
Maybe I could make a name as the liberal Tom MacDonald.
Or maybe I could start to fall apart like Mitch McConnell
Or maybe I could write this stuff and someone could perform.
“Maybe I should write this bluff and cause a Super Storm.”
When they saw my letter
Thought I was having a break.
Told them I was better.
Said the letter was fake.
When you think that there’s a right way
every other solution gets the boot.
I’ve mastered morally gray
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This has been a creative expression for nonviolent action and free speech promotion.
Many lines have hidden or multiple meanings. Please ask if you need more information. For example, the part about Jews was to say that MPT scammed everybody, obviously not just one group. But it was also to denounce those that single out Jewish people unfairly.
Thank you.