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 Nov 2013 spacedrunk
Derek Yohn
Our republic died today;
i wonder who noticed?

Very few, i am certain,
since most were busy trying
to survive in this economy,
or feed their children,
or worried about healthcare (still),
or trying to escape this reality,
but something fundamental is
different now.

The Senate took away the
teeth of the filibuster today.
Simple majority rules now,
no more consensus building.

       So?  I don't care about politics or politicians.

That is a shame, because they
care about you.  In fact,
they are counting on you.

To stay distracted.
To think tyranny is only for distant lands.
To think that today's reform won't be
       tomorrow's crushing defeat.

Black America:
       What if tomorrow the House of Representatives
       passes a law to make you all slaves again?

LGBT Americans:
       What if tomorrow the House makes it a law that
       all of you be imprisoned for being who you are?

Women Americans:
       What if tomorrow the House takes away the
       abortion option, or worse?

All of you are outnumbered.

Remember...majority rules now.  The Senate won't slow it down.
Be careful who you *******.

Because debate and careful consideration
are no longer valued in this Democratic
pseudo-Utopia.
It interferes with their agenda.

Petty tyrants don't just rule in
Third World countries.
Not anymore.

They work on Capitol Hill and live in the White House.
Our nation whimpered as it died.  Democrats officially killed it.

Enjoy the bliss of Obama's promised transformation of America.  The Senate was intended by the founders of this nation to be the chamber of the legislature where tempers cooled down, debate slowed down, and the minority party or parties had a fighting chance to withstand annihilation.  But over 200 years of precedent was getting in the way of Obama and the Democrats getting their way, regardless of the rule of law.  They broke the law, to change the law, so that they can ignore/bypass the law.

Seriously, be careful who you ******* now.  If you saw this on the news happening somewhere else in the world, you would say to yourself that that country was now being ruled by a dictator.

But it just happened here, and that is exactly what they are trying to do to us.

So enjoy your hope and change.  I will almost certainly end up in a political re-education camp for posting **** like this, but I don't give a ****.  Somebody has to say it.

Good luck.
 Nov 2013 spacedrunk
Redshift
i am a ****** up clown girl
and i **** up the nice things around me
too
i am so very good at it
i don't even notice i'm doing it
it's
reflex
muscle memory
subconscious
i do that which is done to me
thank you,
mommy
genetics make you feel powerless
 Nov 2013 spacedrunk
UHG
We are so excited to
                COloR
OutSIDe
                                   THE
             LiNeS
That we forget
All of the people
We're
Hurting
When we do.
 Nov 2013 spacedrunk
Jon Tobias
It's on them nights I drink alone. Find myself thinking of home. These beers bottle bones empty and shatter. Liquor lung sigh. Chest heavy like a white trash wind chime. Like a six pack of bud ice hanging from some fishing line. Hear them low notes bouncing of the lips in the wind. And maybe you worry, but ****, I'm fine to drive. And on those days when my gut isn't a gas tank for beer refilling at a pity party pit stop, I drive on love. Write love poems on phones before the ***** knocks me out. And sure, maybe my love makes as much sense as the words I slurr. And maybe my love is as unique as the crackheads needle in the haystack, but I'll still love you serious as a heart attack. Like a stroke... of genius... an epiphany about the realness of God. That maybe the story is flawed, but you're welcome to believe. And maybe I'm drunk right now, but I never meant to deceive. So kiss me with your break lights, while a pray to the slow light that I can live life like an old man feeding birds on a bench in the park. Got nothing else on his mind... just love... you maybe. And whatever you might think. I promise. I'm fine to drive
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