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Deep Breaths Now, And Chill

therevolutionwillbemonetised!just breathe!

By Paul StewartPublished 10 months ago 1 min read
Deep Breaths Now, And Chill
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fromthemomentofarrivalonthisplanetwehavechanceswehaveopportunitiestomakesomethingofourlivessomethinggoodsomethingindelible

breathe so as to catch the air in your mouth in your throat in your lungs

beweevilorbewegoodgreyohthegreyisneverfullyunderstoodasweworkhardtofindthelinetostandon

drink the water so as to hydrate and refresh, give peace to a trouble urinary tract

atrocitiesatrocitiestheycallformoredepravitytheycallfromtheirwatchpointscheckpointsborderpatroleexpungetheunwantedforeigners

eat a healthy and balanced diet, over the course of at least three meals a day, to maintain bodily function

we grapple and grapple we grapple and grapple, tango and tangle ourselves in disputes about everything but also of nothing

ofgreatimportance

heartbeatfalters

whatisjusticeotherthanwhatthosewhowieldallthepowerwantittobedecreeittobemakesureitisjusticeisjustaconstruct

breathingspikes

as freedom is justapropaganda

when graham cracked the savoury, he did so in full knowledge that his neighbours were struggling to get by, but after all, that was his crackers, his cheese, his livelihood, not his problem, he thought, as his neighbours knocked at his door and asked for the bare minimum, the milk of human kindness, "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" said Blanche. whydowedismissandshamethosewhoneedhelp?

ohwell, said those in power, with great power comes great respect and authority, after all, and with great power, respect and authority, comes decisions, the hard ones, to make. For those who look on at those in power, it is easy, to criticise, debate and satirise, for they not know the weighty responsibility that lies on the shoulders of Napoleon. Snowball, the cursed rejected and traitor. He sought to make things harder for his lesser, by responding in kind. There is no kindness in government.

SOstandupTALLandfightTHEMallbutknowthisknowthismyfriendsandanyonegivingthisearoreyesofanopenmindthatwhenyouchoosetofightthecorruptthecorruptwillfightwithdebasedandputrifiedtacticslepersyouwillbecomeifyoubutsurvive

-lepers

doyouwanttofightorsitwithgrahamcrackersandcheesethatyouhadtostealfromyourneighbourtoensureyourchildrensawanotherdayinoursourmilkanddiseasedhoneyparadise

-diseased

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deep breaths now

and chill.

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Paul Stewart

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

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  • Matthew J. Fromm10 months ago

    Amazingly, I think you captured a snapshot of my brain at a 3:48 yesterday lol

  • J. R. Lowe10 months ago

    Always doing something a bit different to everyone else, Paul, and that's why I love your writing. Interesting piece!

  • Mother Combs10 months ago

    I'm breathing! I'm breathing!

  • Mark Graham10 months ago

    One had to read frenetically as it was written this way. One had to read it quickly to understand what you were trying to do and to me is that we all must take a breath once in a while or I totally misinterpreted. Good job.

  • Deep breaths &..., chilling. Loved the frenetic nature of the formatting, so much like my mind when I think of what he/they/we are doing.

  • 365poetry10 months ago

    lol..... okay, I did have fun reading!! A bit of a headache, but fun to try!! Great writing - creative as well!!

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