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Do You Feel Safe Yet?Janet Kuypers6/25/25
“I like the idea of being a megalomaniac, resembling a god. —
When we look up to the stars, and we reach out and pray *
baby blankets & stuffed animals & childhood fantasies
‘Wait a minute... our government is supposed to help us.’
so that we can go about our daily lives & not think of the
And we look up to the tee vee screens, or the tablets, or
and we hear from the party we’ve always voted for, so we
heads — not pundits but politicians, carefully orchestrate
statements into inferred “facts”, & keep their talking points
so everyone can be a part of the group, a part of something
But every time we vote someone in, be damned the side,
own side should be let down too, when the ones voted in
“I’ll save money for the middle class.” Then prices go
Then you see the bombers flying in formation to attack
Because the thing is, this is what happens when these
have you not read your history books? This is what
pesky term limit stuff for leaders, and as long as they
then it doesn’t matter if you think that this all shatters**.
* Slow Emotion Replay, The The
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