This poem hits me hard because I seriously, unironically believe that the realtor in this poem is a scammer who should go to jail, and so are the parents they stand in forhttps://twitter.com/drvolts/status/1322263909743484928 …
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A lot of people talk to me like "Oh, you're a fighter, you're a warrior in your own way" and personally I reject that I tweet and shit as a way of distracting myself In every way that really matters, I have given up and I'm committed to surrender
I think keeping on can be part of a collective effort at incremental advance. If oppressed people all give up I kinda see who keeps winning and I don’t much like that picture.
I think there is a utility in believing that, as MLK said, "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice". Having that hope certainly makes life more palatable. I envy that sort of hope, because I do not possess it
What is the practical difference between cynically half-assing ones way thru life and cynically declaring the pointlessness of it all while never actually ceasing to take up space/exist?
People who actually give up give up on a few important things, like giving up having kids or giving up seeking bylines in major publications
I still remember being a kid and hearing other people's stories about how "my dad ran out on me" and wishing my dad would run out on me I was jealous of Will Smith on Fresh Prince
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