All I really needed was a friend like you
Help me through and together we can change, but
If I was to stay, it wasn't for too long
People sing the same song everywhere I'm going
Closer to the sun and far from the moon
People screaming out, they going to see me real soon
They had been defected and excommunicated
and all the pulses were subverted
and they made sure the obituaries
showed pictures of smoke stacks
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I'm not what you think
I'm not what you think
I'm not what you think
Or am I?
Or am I what you think?
Or am I what you think?
You could never ever know
You could never ever know
Please keep far away
Far away
Please keep far away
Keep far away
Far away
I won't let you walk away
Without hearing what I have to say
Man, you want to put me in jail?
Man, I‘m already in jail
Don‘t they know that my life‘s just one big cell?
Sound Familiar? Don‘t say you‘re not because we know what you are.
#ThewholethingIthinkitssick
#Gobacktosleep
#Dontsayyouarentbecausewekbowwhatyouare
You never said sorry.
You said nothing at all.
Just cracked another can
I learned young that some men
bleed through other people,
that a child can be a mirror
for someone else‘s war.
You weren‘t cruel
in the way villains are drawn.
You were just tired,
unfinished,
too hollow to hold the weight of a son.
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“I am not who you think I am; I am not who I think I am; I am who I think you think I am”
Hi people,
Are there any Litsy non-fiction reading groups? Thanks. Remember never trust a sock after it‘s been in a dryer alone
Hello, don‘t you know me?
I‘m the dirt beneath your feet
The most important fool
You will never meet
I notice that grin
We notice that grin
They catch that grin upon your cheeks
Young ones weep
Young ones howl
We notice that grin on your cheeks
We watch your joy
We hear your praise
Taking them away every day
You watch them sob
You look away
Soon, they‘ll strike your cheek
Match their steps
Hold your tongue
Just to live your life
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#ThewholethingIthinkitssick
Some of us remember
And some of us forget
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“Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored—it is a shadow over all of us, and the shadow is darkest over those who feel it least and allow its evil effects to go on“
#ThewholethingIthinkitssick
#gobacktosleep
I wonder if you would remember me.
Hope consists in asserting that despair is not the last word.
— Gabriel Marcel, Homo Viator
pickReading this book was painful, but in the right way. It gave language to things I‘ve felt but couldn‘t explain. It helped me realize I wasn‘t broken or alone. There are stories in it that made me cry—because I saw myself in them. Jamison writes with such care and respect for every life, even the ones lost.
I think this book might have saved me a little, or at least made me feel like I was worth saving.
@BookmarkTavern #SundayFunday
Don't say you're not because you are
History tells us that you are
#ThewholethingIthinkitssick
#Maga
“I hate and fear the human race, I loathe people who have never done me any wrong, I see them always hating each other.”
#humanity
#ThewholethingIthinkitssick
Can I stand in your light just for a while?
I need someone
I needed someone
It‘s been awhile since I‘ve been this depressed. It‘s such a recognizable feeling. I‘ve fought hard and I‘ve wanted so much for things to change for the better. Suicidal thoughts are never pleasant. But there‘s a comfort in being sad, that Id be lying if I said didn‘t feel warmly familiar and inviting. The difference is I now know that better days can be ahead, and that they‘re worth fighting for.
“When Christianity is used as a means to an end — especially a political end — it ceases to be Christianity. It becomes just another badge for tribal identity“
#ThewholethingIthinkitssick
You can‘t reason someone out of a position they didn‘t reason themselves into.
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Hang on, son of mine
A storm is blowing up your horizon
Changes come
Keep your dignity
Take the high road
Take it like a man
This book is absolutely fascinating. The ocean is wondrous. My son is a marine biology major (he‘s currently double majoring) and he recommended this read. Hope you have a good day. About as good as possible in the hellscape we live in.
It was nice to be around people fighting fascism, oligarchy, and for basic human decency. Solidarity with all those who went out today.
#ThewholethingIthinkitssick
Now that the smoke's gone
And the air is all clear
Those who were right there
Got a new kind of fear
You fight and you were right
But they were just too strong
They stick it in your face
And let you smell what they consider wrong
#Thewholethingithinkitssick
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
#findingjoy
Pay no mind what other voices say
They don't care about you, like I do
Safe from pain & truth & choice & other poison devils
See, they don't give a fuck about you, like I do
Just stay with me, safe and ignorant
Go back to sleep, go back to sleep
Lay your head down child
I won't let the boogeyman come
Count the bodies like sheep
To the rhythm of the war drums
Go back to sleep
Maynard K.
#poetrymatters
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Starting the tagged book today. My gods, they‘re such an inspiration for the ways that I will never choose to be.
#ThewholethingIthinkitssick
Happy International Workers day! Unions made the labor market better for all workers. They helped to stop the exploitation of laborers. 8 hour work day, child labor laws and much more. The tagged book is a good read on the subject. Be safe out there. Remember the Haymarket Affair.
#Internationalworkersday
#livebetterworkunion
#IBEWlocal11
#Eattherich
1) Yes, 483 books. Mostly curated. I don‘t have a lot of space plus I‘m old and the font from an e-reader is often easier on the eyes.
2) The Magnetic Fields.
#Two4Tuesdays @TheSpineView
#Theyarescreaming
#wereallscreaming
#Dontscreamalone
Picked this book up today. Looked really interesting. Have a good Sunday folks.
I went to Hey Books in San Diego honestly not knowing that today was independent bookstore day. I thought there was a book signing because the line was way out the door. I managed to survive the crowd pharmaceutical free! I bought the tagged book and an “Eat the Rich” sticker. I Hope you all are having a great day.
This one‘s up next. It‘s a reread. Being lost in the hush of an endless dusk these days makes book like this comforting.
#findingjoy
1) Not usually. I need to start carrying some so when the revolution begins I can use it to buy stuff before the whole system collapses and it becomes tissue paper.
2)Miss Havisham is rich and she‘s FN nuts! But not rich enough for me to spend the remaining minutes of my life rereading the god awful book she‘s in.
#Two4Tuesday
Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView
#FriendsdontletfriendsreadDickens
@Leftcoastzen @TheBookgeekFrau @5feet.of.fury
And we all went to heaven in a little row boat
And there was nothing to fear
Nothing to doubt
T.Y
“The sensation that the world is slowly dying feels good.”
Reread time. Society is collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions—economic, social, and environmental. Individuals should begin organizing outside the state. This a blueprint for revolutionary action. Yesterday protest went well. We need to keep at it. We need to do more.
Who else fucks with Choose Your Own Adventure books? I can never find the one I enjoyed most as a kid. Hell I don‘t even remember its title but it has to do with a ranch hand during the Wild West. Happy whatever you celebrate day.
I hate night time.
1) My 20th wedding anniversary was on Tuesday
2) I was paid a nice compliment that made my day
3) I had more good days than bad
4) It‘s a short week. I love 9/80 schedules.
5) I‘m watching The Price is Right as I type this. I hope someone plays Plinko
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
Isn‘t it strange how so many words in a conversation can say so little? gods how I long for a meaningful conversation. I‘m surrounded by people but feel so lonely. I feel as I‘ve been sad so long that I‘m addicted to feeling that way. There‘s a comfort in it. But fuck Im trying, and I‘ll keep on trying.
#findingjoy
#pillfreenopsychotropicsforme
Next read.
#ThewholethingIthinkitssick
#Breadandcircuses
1) Last night I did. I pay every year. I paid more in taxes than Nike, AT&T, Charter, Duke Energy,Kinder Morgan and the list goes on. But the single mom on food stamps is the problem.
2)illuminating.
@TheSpineView
#ThewholethingIthinkitssick
#Two4tuesday
1) Not well. Tomorrow can be better though.
2) They‘re as phony as the orange Cheeto.
#ThewholethingIthinkitssick @Kerrbearlib
#Mentalhealthmonday
Abridged books!!! Who the fuck buys these? It‘s literary vandalism!!! People say it‘s for kids, let kids read the whole thing. Abridged books feel like someone chewed your meal for you and handed it back — it might technically be “digestible,” but the soul of it is gone. They‘re like fucking cliff notes in my opinion. Only one authors work should be abridged and thats Dickens.
@BookmarkTavern #SundayFunday #friendsdontletfriendsreadDickens
