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ITS REAL FACE!

By Ross E F Lombardi

By Ross E Fortune LombardiPublished 6 months ago 1 min read

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ITS REAL FACE!

By

Ross E F Lombardi

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Dissent is often pictured as a raised fist of defiance.

But that is not its real face.

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Dissent is often heard as a passionate rebel yell at midnight

But that is not its real voice.

Not its real whimper in the dark.

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Hand washing my duvet cover in a washing up bowl, in my rented flats - shower.

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This is what being a total, loser, a total failure, as an over 50-year-old looks like!

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Consider my life a warning to others!

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If you don't want to end up an undatable mess like me.

If you want to avoid my sad sack fate!?

Then you must -

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CONFORM!

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CONSUME!

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OBEY!

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Chase that dollar!

Or slowly go down the drain,

Like the filthy scummy laundry water, that I am, - slowly going down this shower drain of life.

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THIS is what Dissent looks like!

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THIS is its Real cost!

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About the Creator

Ross E Fortune Lombardi

Writer and Artist.

A (Constantly Failing To Be Funny) satirist!

Mutare non est meum

Cantus moriar

EMAIL

[email protected]

BLOG:

http://lombot.co.uk

You Tube:

https://www.youtube.com/@Rat_Lombot/featured

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