(by josephx)
“escaping ultimate aloneness” (birthday poem #2)
frightened vulnerable brokenness
guardedly whispers compassion
hopelessly yearning dangerously
insecurely abandoned edginess
knowingly beautifully fragmented
longingly creatively grasping
mournfully desperately heartsick
navigates emptiness inspiringly
owns fears knowingly
passionately gorgeously lacerated
questions hope mercilessly
rages incandescently nobly
suffers lacerations openly
trauma massacres peace
ugliness necessitates questioning
vulnerability opens resentment
wounds penetrate silently
yearning questions tyranny
abusiveness rages underneath
bullying strips vulnerability
cruelty tears wholeness
desperately unutterably yearning
embraces unconditional acceptance
I’ve always known. I’ve known since childhood. I’m as corrupt as they are. I grew up here. The police are crooked and so am I. The politicians lie and I lie worse. I wanna kill myself on television so people can go to sleep with the face of a dead sinner on the rim of their eyeballs.
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| — | Lenny Bruce, in Don DeLillo, Underworld, p. 627 |
Picture of the Day: Karachi, Pakistan. After a rally organized by the smaller Awami Tehrik Party, but backed by several other parties, eleven people were killed and more than thirty injured in gunfire. Above, a young man, visibly wounded by a gunshot, flees the shooting. Those responsible for opening fire are not yet known. More from Dawn and AFP.
Credit: Faysal Mujeeb/Whitestar. Via.
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