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Is there anything left to learn from the news cycle anymore? You’re either pro-totalitarianism or you’re not. periodt. True, Trump is erratic, anti-life and anti-meaning – but it’s never a good time to drop a piano on someone. I was born in Paris, I enjoy dual citizenship, but I consider myself American. As a child we lived a few years (like 5th and 6th grades) in Paris and I’m living there now, attending Université Paris Cité. My French is flawless, I dress French and act French but when Trump crazy comes up, I get looks (how do they know?), like he’s my fault or problem and for heaven’s sake I should step in and stop him. Americans used to be looked up to - those days are over people - we **** It's subtle, but I get the arithmetic, there’s a calculation where my American ‘ethnicity’ (shall we say) subtracts from my opportunities, relationships and respect. Oh, my, poor me. Peter (my bf) fake-gasps, “There’s a dent in your “pretty privilege?” (he’s so funny) “Oh, turn it on me,” I groaned, “I’m just saying..” That’s when he admitted that he’d sensed it too, as an American in Paris - and normally guys aren’t usually that sensitive - are they? (sorry guys) . . Songs for this: Deal With the Devil by The Speakeasies' Swing Band! Soda Pop Confusion by Variety Lab & Kidsaredead
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Feb 18
Feb 18, 2026 at 10:38 AM UTC
Americans in Paris
“The Cold Line” Verse 1 It was a Tuesday in Minnesota, Grey snow piled along the curb, The kind of cold that gets inside you Even when you don’t say a word. A siren cracked the quiet morning, Coffee steamed and radios spoke, They said another name was added To the long list nobody wrote. Verse 2 There was a kid late for the school bus, A nurse just getting off her shift, A man who’d crossed three borders With everything he couldn’t lift. They all stood there at the counter Where the lottery tickets lay, When fear came in wearing a badge And nobody knew what to say. Chorus And the ice don’t care who you are, It just freezes what it finds, Turns a neighbor into a number, Turns a heartbeat into a line. And they say it’s just an order, Say it’s written, signed, and true— But the cold line keeps on moving Right through me, right through you. Verse 3 They talked about “procedure,” Used words like “secure” and “clean,” Said it’s safer when the lines are drawn Between the “us” and the “them.” But I watched a mother shaking As they read her something fast, And I wondered who decides which life Gets to stay and which is past. Verse 4 Now there’s a cross by the bus stop, Just a scarf tied to a pole, Flowers freezing in the twilight Like a question with no goal. The news moved on by Wednesday, Found another fire to chase, But the snow remembers everything That disappears from a place. Chorus Yeah the ice don’t care who you are, Or the promises you keep, It don’t hear your kid say “Daddy” In the middle of their sleep. They say it’s not about hatred, Say it’s just what must be done— But you don’t need to pull a trigger For a life to come undone. Verse 5 I heard a vet down at the diner Say, “That’s not what I fought for, son,” And a preacher fold his hands and say “We’ve forgotten we’re all someone.” There’s a line in every winter Where the river starts to break, And it sounds just like a country Making one more small mistake. Verse 6 So if you’re reading from a paper, If you’re knocking on a door, If you’re just doing what they told you Like a hundred times before— Remember every order’s written By a human hand somewhere, And the cold is just a choice we make When we stop pretending care. Final Chorus ’Cause the ice don’t care who you are, But I swear to God we should, We can thaw a little mercy In the hardest neighborhood. There’s a warmth that’s still called justice, There’s a line we don’t have to cross— And it’s colder than Minnesota When we tally up the loss. Outro Yeah it was Tuesday in Minnesota, Snow still whitening the ground, And somewhere a name is waiting To be more than just a sound.
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Jan 28
Jan 28, 2026 at 5:53 PM UTC
The cold line
“The Cold Line” Verse 1 It was a Tuesday in Minnesota, Grey snow piled along the curb, The kind of cold that gets inside you Even when you don’t say a word. A siren cracked the quiet morning, Coffee steamed and radios spoke, They said another name was added To the long list nobody wrote. Verse 2 There was a kid late for the school bus, A nurse just getting off her shift, A man who’d crossed three borders With everything he couldn’t lift. They all stood there at the counter Where the lottery tickets lay, When fear came in wearing a badge And nobody knew what to say. Chorus And the ice don’t care who you are, It just freezes what it finds, Turns a neighbor into a number, Turns a heartbeat into a line. And they say it’s just an order, Say it’s written, signed, and true— But the cold line keeps on moving Right through me, right through you. Verse 3 They talked about “procedure,” Used words like “secure” and “clean,” Said it’s safer when the lines are drawn Between the “us” and the “them.” But I watched a mother shaking As they read her something fast, And I wondered who decides which life Gets to stay and which is past. Verse 4 Now there’s a cross by the bus stop, Just a scarf tied to a pole, Flowers freezing in the twilight Like a question with no goal. The news moved on by Wednesday, Found another fire to chase, But the snow remembers everything That disappears from a place. Chorus Yeah the ice don’t care who you are, Or the promises you keep, It don’t hear your kid say “Daddy” In the middle of their sleep. They say it’s not about hatred, Say it’s just what must be done— But you don’t need to pull a trigger For a life to come undone. Verse 5 I heard a vet down at the diner Say, “That’s not what I fought for, son,” And a preacher fold his hands and say “We’ve forgotten we’re all someone.” There’s a line in every winter Where the river starts to break, And it sounds just like a country Making one more small mistake. Verse 6 So if you’re reading from a paper, If you’re knocking on a door, If you’re just doing what they told you Like a hundred times before— Remember every order’s written By a human hand somewhere, And the cold is just a choice we make When we stop pretending care. Final Chorus ’Cause the ice don’t care who you are, But I swear to God we should, We can thaw a little mercy In the hardest neighborhood. There’s a warmth that’s still called justice, There’s a line we don’t have to cross— And it’s colder than Minnesota When we tally up the loss. Outro Yeah it was Tuesday in Minnesota, Snow still whitening the ground, And somewhere a name is waiting To be more than just a sound.
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It is not my people who want war, It is these dogs Who want to play us like pawns. To their own ends, They are corrupt. They do not respect us, Their leaders lead our politicians on. It is not our fight, but our weapons Off of our backs, the funds. More money gone away to war, which Shall never return in excess, if at all
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Mar 5, 2024
Mar 5, 2024 at 9:30 PM UTC
America
It is the virtue signalers, Any person who does not do Exactly as they said they will It is people who will show you a smile Only to backtrack a mile, the very next hour You know authentic You know the genuine. You know who are greedy businessmen, Only out to fill their pockets. You know who are too old to remain, Any career politician. Stack the circuits, flush the house and courts So much blackmail and cash You hear about it in the nightly news
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Mar 5, 2024
Mar 5, 2024 at 9:35 PM UTC
Peppers
Pretenden que todo está bien. Sonríen y actúan como si no fuéramos sus esclavos. Tienen un cuchillo, todo mientras esperan que cumplamos con sus demandas. Pedimos cambio. se niegan No quieren perder el control pero estamos cansados de los límites que nos imponen. ya no queremos ser controlados. ¿Qué es lo que no pueden entender?
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Mar 25, 2022
Mar 25, 2022 at 12:15 PM UTC
Los Criollos
Fall in to where it can begin. Moon phase, Orchid days. Sweet bliss, Wanting nothing more than to try your American kiss. Heatwave. Scorching skies, White clouds in my love disguise. I lay wanting to heal my pain. Moon phase. You cry, Tears drowning flowers that lay nearby. You stay, Most don’t know why. You live a lilac lie. You take my Moon phase, And I want to know why. My tides, My waves, Reach my shoreline. My sand was empty, Completely still. Now, The grains of sand stand by me, Pulling me at the knees. Moon phase, This night. Emptying myself solemnly to the dark starlit night.
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Feb 13, 2020
Feb 13, 2020 at 7:40 AM UTC
Poet’s Moon Phase
You can call us all, including our dog, your hero men So when you need help quickly call 9/11 Rescue we try and save you we hope, from Gods sun filled heaven but sometimes we lose out to the devil in this ash scattered hell Climbing the steps and spraying the fire, that nobody's skin should've felt Bringing you out, one by one, just hold on tight to my safety belt. We are there to protect you, not to distress you Dressed in blue, pistol and taser at side, all in full view We arrest the speedsters, traffickers and all the gangsters Let the judges decide if the sentence should incur extra time for visitors Your lawyers, barristers and familiar jailbird friends Will testify, use false alibi to get you off and to make amends. We're racing to the scene with the medicine in the back Inside bed, needles and portable CPR machine, just in case of a heart attack We will revive the dead, patch up a sore head and even help mother with newborn So let us through with ease and don't for a second put your hand on the horn For one day, it might be you or your family or even a long lost friend That is waiting for the moving medical miracle machine in the end. We dress in disguise, mainly in tree green and dirt black On the back of tanks, falling from the sky and we won't take any flak We're here with orders from the guy at the top So don't get upset at us, when we come back with a hop We fight to protect the freedom of all mankind Just doing our job and hoping not to leave, anybody behind.
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Sep 10, 2019
Sep 10, 2019 at 5:16 PM UTC
US Heroes
You can call us all, including our dog, your hero men So when you need help quickly call 9/11 Rescue we try and save you we hope, from Gods sun filled heaven but sometimes we lose out to the devil in this ash scattered hell Climbing the steps and spraying the fire, that nobody's skin should've felt Bringing you out, one by one, just hold on tight to my safety belt. We are there to protect you, not to distress you Dressed in blue, pistol and taser at side, all in full view We arrest the speedsters, traffickers and all the gangsters Let the judges decide if the sentence should incur extra time for visitors Your lawyers, barristers and familiar jailbird friends Will testify, use false alibi to get you off and to make amends. We're racing to the scene with the medicine in the back Inside bed, needles and portable CPR machine, just in case of a heart attack We will revive the dead, patch up a sore head and even help mother with newborn So let us through with ease and don't for a second put your hand on the horn For one day, it might be you or your family or even a long lost friend That is waiting for the moving medical miracle machine in the end. We dress in disguise, mainly in tree green and dirt black On the back of tanks, falling from the sky and we won't take any flak We're here with orders from the guy at the top So don't get upset at us, when we come back with a hop We fight to protect the freedom of all mankind Just doing our job and hoping not to leave, anybody behind.
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I listened for an error but could not find Anything to tell me that you'd erred. The human voices were left behind Among the dead, the long interred. I wondered at the worry of a bard, Whose penchant for making mosaics Of dead and living shards, Might wax a bit prosaic. But 'tis nothing too commonplace for me! I live in such a new land. And look back where my roots might be, Standing on a sunlit strand And strain my eyes for thee. And my ancestors who, distant, pass, Clouded with poetry and pride. The latter mean nothing, not even my last, Grandparents who came here and tried. Shoemakers, firemen and their wives, Learned to dwell in a sprawling place. But huddled like old Celts, converted, shrived, As Saxon fires round them paced. But all of that ended or so we thought, One April day on a Lexington span, Declared was freedom and dearly bought, And a ****** new history began. August 7, 2012
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Jul 31, 2018
Jul 31, 2018 at 1:54 PM UTC
Commonplace (Musings of an American on English History)
The institutionalized Racism in America and inequality is not something by chance. When there can be persecution for Something as Spiritual Dance. There is a bit of unspoken truth, one that I don't expect you to understand. There's all evidence, there's all proof. But no mater the devastation, we stand. Let me take you back to a time, to a land where proud Nations stood. The loss of our land, Culture is nothing short of a crime. Our Grief and our passion is often... Misunderstood. Walking on a trail of broken treaties our feet bled and our hearts cried. As they march on indifferently while our Women and Children died. We break away from the systems that we're mean to divide, reawaken the truth we all keep inside. But no matter the destruction and devastation, from the ashes, like a Phoenix we rise. So my friend, regardless of the poverty within the reservation It still will not silence our Strong Warrior's cries. - S. Busick, R. Kayton, B. Powell, E. Sibley, 119
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Jan 25, 2018
Jan 25, 2018 at 1:48 PM UTC
We Stand
Water around rocks. Sun melting the morning dew, A bear wets his feet. ~M. Pierce
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Mar 23, 2016
Mar 23, 2016 at 5:28 PM UTC
Early Hunt
*Sad clueless victims Slaves in love with their masters All dignity *******
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Dec 14, 2015
Dec 14, 2015 at 10:06 PM UTC
Zx Republicans
The convinced and the stupid: too alike to be accidental. ~mce
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Apr 11, 2015
Apr 11, 2015 at 12:24 PM UTC
Electorate
This is the here and now Dog eat dog push and shove Get out of my way Its my way or the highway! Too bad if you no like it fella Pow zoom to the moon Alice! Jealous? I will **** your **** up cries the illiterate fool Steal from me? It's ok I forgive karma is the law for the thieving pig! I'm third eye open rise above it all I laugh at it all Been run over by fast motorcylcles Poisened to death busted up jailed Beaten cheated by creeps Disowned by family Tossed in the streets Deception in USA More than one can say Avoid propaganda Miranda rights? We all are in the same boat The great escape awaits us all Headed for a humpty dumpty fall Wall street crash smash and grab that cash Get shot get stabbed in a crowd alone Welcome to the xenophobic new war zone D. Clare
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Feb 11, 2015
Feb 11, 2015 at 12:36 PM UTC
The New War Zone
My culture betrayed me at birth, Abandoned me on the West Coast And stripped the heritage from my Rosy red tongue the Cali sun Kissing my ****** skin, carefully, softly, Wrapping me in her white bed sheets Calling me one of her own.
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Jul 23, 2014
Jul 23, 2014 at 9:20 PM UTC
White Washed
Aren't they supposed to be people, too? Pigment is really that important? They are not ***** A separate restaurant, Drinking fountain, Theater, Bench, Everything! Because you can deal with "different" people. They had "rights," But if they were considered people, the segregation would not have happened. They had no choice. The conditions were worse. How is that fair? Hardly any jobs were open to them. And I know you know exactly what I am Talking about, but I never said once That almost everyone called them that one despicable word: ******
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Jun 10, 2014
Jun 10, 2014 at 10:24 PM UTC
"Separate but Equal"
I'm sorry but fact is fact. Self absorbed, ignorant and arrogant products of a corrupt and manipulative administration that promotes racism on a level unseen before. I speak, of course, of the "greatest" nation on the planet. Don't get me wrong, there are so many among you who are truly diamonds in coal or, rather I would say, **** And if reading this makes you angry then know I am speaking to you, specifically. So Asians are Arabs huh? I guess the Russians, the Europeans, South Americans, and even the Japanese are Arabs if that's the case. Stereotyping has always been an American past time, but to grow ***** big enough to **** on the world? That's new. A **** stain on your own flag, yeah, that's you. Open that gutter you call a mouth and show us all just how civilized and cultured you can be. Enlighten me with the values your wonderful tyrannical government has embodied in you. Do they have a special 'how to be a professional racist' period in American schools? Did you even go to school? Were the teachers racial ***** just like you? If you killed a foreigner would POTUS give you a medal? I'm surprised nobody ever commended you for your behavior, until now. You can call me an Arab too. I'm pitying you because you don't know better. Cause if you did, you'd think before you compete for the crown of Mr/Ms RACIST. Catch my drift? ******** have ear holes too. Isn't that what's going through your mind right now? Okay okay, lets chill the **** out and be straight. The next time you take a trip to a foreign country (*which you won't since, you think the world is full of Arabs and, you're the ******* child of a nation that employed slaves longer than the British ruled you while still claiming to be the land of the free*) I hope some local feels the same way you do, about you, and beats the ******* derogation out of you while he's planting his uncircumcised dank in your rear end. I pray you remember my words AND YOUR OWN. Reflect aptly while you're taking his dunk, on how you one day decided to **** on a world full of diverse races who are a million times worth the person you are. The next time you fail to recognize propaganda, or conveniently forget to think for yourself, ask your commander-in-chief to do a press conference. Bet you'll join the army simply to **** anyone who's not American. This is a cordial 'fuck you' to every condescending ******* out there. You don't know the world, but the world clearly knows you now.
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Apr 14, 2014
Apr 14, 2014 at 4:33 AM UTC
Land of the Free, Home of the Racists
I'm sorry but fact is fact. Self absorbed, ignorant and arrogant products of a corrupt and manipulative administration that promotes racism on a level unseen before. I speak, of course, of the "greatest" nation on the planet. Don't get me wrong, there are so many among you who are truly diamonds in coal or, rather I would say, **** And if reading this makes you angry then know I am speaking to you, specifically. So Asians are Arabs huh? I guess the Russians, the Europeans, South Americans, and even the Japanese are Arabs if that's the case. Stereotyping has always been an American past time, but to grow ***** big enough to **** on the world? That's new. A **** stain on your own flag, yeah, that's you. Open that gutter you call a mouth and show us all just how civilized and cultured you can be. Enlighten me with the values your wonderful tyrannical government has embodied in you. Do they have a special 'how to be a professional racist' period in American schools? Did you even go to school? Were the teachers racial ***** just like you? If you killed a foreigner would POTUS give you a medal? I'm surprised nobody ever commended you for your behavior, until now. You can call me an Arab too. I'm pitying you because you don't know better. Cause if you did, you'd think before you compete for the crown of Mr/Ms RACIST. Catch my drift? ******** have ear holes too. Isn't that what's going through your mind right now? Okay okay, lets chill the **** out and be straight. The next time you take a trip to a foreign country (*which you won't since, you think the world is full of Arabs and, you're the ******* child of a nation that employed slaves longer than the British ruled you while still claiming to be the land of the free*) I hope some local feels the same way you do, about you, and beats the ******* derogation out of you while he's planting his uncircumcised dank in your rear end. I pray you remember my words AND YOUR OWN. Reflect aptly while you're taking his dunk, on how you one day decided to **** on a world full of diverse races who are a million times worth the person you are. The next time you fail to recognize propaganda, or conveniently forget to think for yourself, ask your commander-in-chief to do a press conference. Bet you'll join the army simply to **** anyone who's not American. This is a cordial 'fuck you' to every condescending ******* out there. You don't know the world, but the world clearly knows you now.
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