the world is full
of the definite
the tv sits across the room
if I go to it, hit the power
button, it will turn off
if I stay seated, bother with
the remote, it can change
channels or turn off as
well
or if I do nothing,
nothing will
happen
this is how the universe is
no tricks
no secrets
no conspiracies
even humans aren’t
that complex
they do the same things
over and over and over
and over and over and
over and over again
like stock characters out
of the text book, everyone-
everyone- does things in
a predictable and easily-
understood way
the **** will always **** the ********
guy, the lawyer will **** the innocent,
and our role-models will always let us
down
it’s not new and it never
has been
so I have no sympathy
for those of you who
are surprised
and neither for those
of you determined to
change what the world
is
I’ve already told you:
this is a definite world,
of concrete, unalienable
facts
there is no place for liars
or those convinced there’s
something else going on
than what they can see
there is little place for the deceived
and the blinded
(especially when their eyes
are gouged out by their own
knife)
Oct 13, 2011
Oct 13, 2011 at 9:06 PM UTC
the world is full
of the definite
the tv sits across the room
if I go to it, hit the power
button, it will turn off
if I stay seated, bother with
the remote, it can change
channels or turn off as
well
or if I do nothing,
nothing will
happen
this is how the universe is
no tricks
no secrets
no conspiracies
even humans aren’t
that complex
they do the same things
over and over and over
and over and over and
over and over again
like stock characters out
of the text book, everyone-
everyone- does things in
a predictable and easily-
understood way
the **** will always **** the ********
guy, the lawyer will **** the innocent,
and our role-models will always let us
down
it’s not new and it never
has been
so I have no sympathy
for those of you who
are surprised
and neither for those
of you determined to
change what the world
is
I’ve already told you:
this is a definite world,
of concrete, unalienable
facts
there is no place for liars
or those convinced there’s
something else going on
than what they can see
there is little place for the deceived
and the blinded
(especially when their eyes
are gouged out by their own
knife)
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