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In the midst of a world of light and love, of song and feast and dance, he could find nothing more interesting to think of than his own prestige.                         -C. S. Lewis, A Preface to Paradise Lost Just look into the mirror, and there you are Could lose a little weight, but there you are You comb your hair, you brush your teeth, and then You should always remember to make a face And laugh For you are not a sloganed comrade-hat Nor yet a shadow in a marching mob A noise, a post, a bumper-stickered oaf An obedient tool being pushed about Because You are not a tagged and labeled identity But a true child of God: brave, loving, and free
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Oct 27, 2018
Oct 27, 2018 at 12:16 PM UTC
On Refusing to MAGAbomb the Self
In the midst of a world of light and love, of song and feast and dance, he could find nothing more interesting to think of than his own prestige.                         -C. S. Lewis, A Preface to Paradise Lost Just look into the mirror, and there you are Could lose a little weight, but there you are You comb your hair, you brush your teeth, and then You should always remember to make a face And laugh For you are not a sloganed comrade-hat Nor yet a shadow in a marching mob A noise, a post, a bumper-stickered oaf An obedient tool being pushed about Because You are not a tagged and labeled identity But a true child of God: brave, loving, and free
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Oct 27, 2018
Oct 27, 2018 at 12:16 PM UTC
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