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I have news for you,
even when you think you're failing,
you're actually winning.
Because if you're failing,
that means that you're still in the game.
If you're still fighting,
they haven't won.
Whoever "they" are to you,
don't let them win.
Stay in the game.

-Rhia Clay
kevin 6d
Obstructionists budget journalism and democracy must hear free speech

How is my paper jam going in your assembly?

I'm not homeless
I live above you in democracy

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#elizabethwarren #aoc #barackobama #rbreich #mayorofla #cagovernor #mtaylor

I am finite math no = remains

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Obstructionists budget journalism and democracy must hear free speech

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I'm not homeless
I live above you in democracy

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Obstructionists budget journalism and democracy must hear free speech

How is my paper jam going in your assembly?

I'm not homeless
I live above you in democracy
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I am finite math no = remains
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Obstructionists budget journalism and democracy must hear free speech

How is my paper jam going in your assembly?

I'm not homeless
I live above you in democracy

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Obstructionists budget journalism and democracy must hear free speech

How is my paper jam going in your assembly?

I'm not homeless
I live above you in democracy
#elizabethwarren #aoc #barackobama #rbreich #mayorofla #cagovernor #mtaylor

I am finite math no = remains

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Obstructionists budget journalism and democracy must hear free speech

How is my paper jam going in your assembly?

I'm not homeless
I live above you in democracy

Percentage of 1
Obstructionists budget journalism and democracy must hear free speech

How is my paper jam going in your assembly?

I'm not homeless
I live above you in democracy
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I am finite math no = remains
#latimes #asmirwin #cagovernor
#washingtonpost
Manx May 23
It's ******* disturbing.

I wake up tired,
My body aching.
I just stop sleeping.

News, coffee.
Planet encyclopedia,
Thesaurus cigarettes
And dictionary breakfasts.
Slices of rhetoric
With some kind of spread of intellect -
For lunch?
Dissertative sandwiches.

Grains of perspectives
In something over-marinated.
I just stop eating.

It matters not.
They say April is a month of rebirth, a month of healing.
What a lie. April is a *****—a wolf in sheep’s clothing—giving you just enough hope that you can stop and smell the roses, only for it to unzip its outer skin, forcing a thorn to strike you in the eye.
They say death comes in threes, but they don’t tell you that April’s showers of misfortune come tenfold, never ceasing, leaving you gasping for air.
Eventually, the storm will stop, as it always does, and I’ll be there in fields of wildflowers, soaking up the sun. After all, I’m good—just a little tired.
neth jones Mar 12
untitled   we'd be better served
like the bulk of resting nature appears
with no obvious contortional vouch
or *******  of a species legend
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original21/01/25
untitled  we'd be better served
like resting nature appears
with no obvious self reference ]
They sell fear,
On the evening news,
So I don't watch it anymore.

They show you police brutality,
Mass murders,
And war.

But what they refuse to put on that screen,
Is the people fighting to do the right thing.
Because who would buy their fear,
If they could see the world changing.
I've noticed a sizable difference in the news showing violence and destruction compared to protests and reforms.
My baby reads the,
Newspaper while twirling,
Her beautiful hair.
The 400th poem I've posted on here.
Manx Feb 15
I don't know what you were doing,
But you look like a dog
That just stole the roast
From right off the table!
Actually, I know it,
I'm just giving it a better face.

In that mercy, is it grace?
Is it blessing? Are you saved?

Anchors like weights,
Writs from writers acting
Behind the curtains.
I fear they don't even know it's a play,
But they're aware there's stakes.
Whatever press representative
That today flirt nationally
Are riddled with stains.
Very few apart from the alternative,
Though they have well suffered
By those who are dependents.

Who is guilty? Who is judging?
About the news or the common mentality of the day?
Read the newspaper,
Read a book.

Scrolling through these videos,
Gives my soul a headache.

I'm just gonna make some chicken n' noodle soup,
And use a paper, or as a modern stance, pauper cook book.
I don't know exactly what's different here, but I like it. It just seems different from the rest of my poems.
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