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untrue Jun 2015
life comes with ironies
fiction is too dull
like in some Hollywood movies
no one will know
of the man who saved the world
from winter and fire
Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov
unsung, radioactive, gone
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/oct/27/vasili-arkhipov-stopped-nuclear-war
funny thing is, there was also another time a man saved the world from the exact same danger: Stanislav Petrov. But he had some recognition afterwards.
untrue Jun 2015
.
you are a student of law
your family's well off
.

            .
            you've read some books
            and maybe saw a few docs
            you follow Paul Mason on twitter
            young and anxious so
            .

                        .
                        they caught you one time
                        a cop did a cavity search
                        illegally, while his friends watched
                        you've inhaled your share of their teargas
                        and saw your friends' limbs get smashed
                        .

                                    .
                                    your voice is most loud
                                    in an aggrieved crowd
                                    .

                        .
                        when the rage explodes
                        will you be there, next time?
                        you still believe, but for how long?
                        i think i was never a believer...
                        .

            .
            no, i don't doubt you
            not a bit. well...
            but you can always go back
            to the career you came from
            some of us cannot
            .

.
"la beauté est dans la rue"
not always. but yeah, i know.
here's another one, from me:
"la vie est ailleurs"
.

            .
            this fervor will end, i know it
            then, i will still walk here
            then, you will walk elsewhere
            this evening, though
            we 'll march with you
            .
untrue Jun 2015
austerity
         from old french "austérité"
                         from late latin "austerus"
                                  from ancient "αὐστηρός"

which is just greek for:*

you dense sheeple voted us again?! rofl
untrue Jun 2015
let me equate my genitals
to a predatory animal
to illustrate my ****** prowess
and mating standards
in song:

my vampire squid don't
my vampire squid don't
my vampire squid don't want none
unless you got an anaconda ***

my disdain for your personality
and general mentality
is also strong, simply because:

i like big ***** and i cannot lie
you other sisters can't deny
that when a boy walks in with a six pack
and a hose thing in your face
you get wet

disembodying objectification,
stereotypical representation,
hedonistic utilitarianism,
and *** ed with some rhyme:

black boy sippin' white wine
put my fist in him like a civil rights sign
then he came like aaaaah! (1)
(1) that's kanye, apparently: "i'm in it"
parody purposes and all
untrue Jun 2015
that night you were
beautiful as ever
that night was the first
so i remember

the campus was silent
the streetlights were far
warm air, a few trees
and a starless night

a purple summer dress
feet bare on the grass
eyes always low
somewhat sad

i said i hated humans
you asked how come
i didn't try to sound smart:
they mostly hurt

i didn't know back then
and you didn't say
while i talked about empathy
you seemed to understand

it did take long
but after a while
i could turn that sadness
into laugh
untrue Jun 2015
similar to the rhythm of hokey pokey*

a coup d'etat here
and a coup d'etat there
fund some white terror
and spread red scare

Truman had his doctrine
Eisenhower did too
this way we won't waste nukes

Cold did spread and so did aid
here aid there aid
socialism won't do
you can be a dictator
just never read Marx
instigations are your cue

Juntas apply for sponsorship
but don't you dare serve your country
guerrillas and provocateurs will work for you too

you can be our terrorist
as long as we profit
"we" of course only includes
corporate elites and lobbies
one year we fund you, the other we hung you

We build military bases
no, we'll never go home
learn to love our NATO mob

Everyone is evil only we are good
we got a cowboy president... here, look!
We wage war on terror
and pretty much on all of you
while we sell our racist movies too
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