Excerpt from A Martian Sends a Postcard Home (1979) by Craig Raine
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Only the young are allowed to suffer
openly. Adults go to a punishment room
with water but nothing to eat.
They lock the door and suffer the noises
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alone. No one is exempt and everyone’s pain has a different smell. At night, when all the colours die, they hide in pairs and read about themselves – in colour, with their eyelids shut.
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He doesn’t know what to do with his life? You see all of us die. But what the hurry? When we will gone we will gone for ever. So what the hurry?
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B R A V O ! This is the spirit that makes a Man out of man.
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you can do other things like go to a move. go get a drink with some buddies
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True, fear only exists in the mind. Once one steps out the journey is actually quite enjoyable. You meet the most interesting people with fascinating background.
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Bullshit. Most have some of lifes obstacles- not all can be hurdled...and then play international explorer. He doesn't know suffering if it fell on him.
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This is an amazing article...hopefully some day a book. Wow! Really well written, too
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this dude is a fucking badass! Well done man
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Brilliant! Life is not about the accumulation of things but experiences.
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this guy got same motivation as me and my man
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More to the point, why would Santa Clause do it?
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To prove a point they can and will
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I didn’t read this, but he’s probably dumb or depressed and thinks this is a cool way to die.
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