vacuum cleaners, light rock and caffiene
4:15 AM
"studying for a test?" she asks.
"yep," they reply.
"good, then you won't end up here, like me," she shares.
it's the third time mopping the floor that shift as total eclipse of the heart, free fallin' and dido's surrender have all play over head. dying for conversation, opportunity but that's all she says and that's what she does. why? some say its her fault--ignorant. it's what she deserves for not working hard enough--liars.
"if you work hard, you will rise to the top."-- i hear the cymbal ring now; we all do. it drowns out facts-- society is neither just nor democratic. "equal opportunity" what? that's about as genius as "separate but equal"... who are we kidding? not everyone has the same opportunities. as the cymbal clangs so does the idea that working hard causes you to get what you deserve. gather up all the marbles and keep them in your hand while others have to survive with none. this is fair.
inequality is inevitable in this society but how much must be tolerated. how much judgement should she recieve when she says, "good, then you won't end up here, like me"?
"it's your fault." the options are infinite--work a bad job or no job. but if you don't want to work a bad job, if you don't want to be miserable, you're lazy. don't forget it. just get the grade, cheat, lie, kill, steel, do what you have to do... oh yeah only if you are rich though.
how many rich people are on death row?
"studying for a test?" she asks.
"yep," they reply.
"good, then you won't end up here, like me," she shares.
it's the third time mopping the floor that shift as total eclipse of the heart, free fallin' and dido's surrender have all play over head. dying for conversation, opportunity but that's all she says and that's what she does. why? some say its her fault--ignorant. it's what she deserves for not working hard enough--liars.
"if you work hard, you will rise to the top."-- i hear the cymbal ring now; we all do. it drowns out facts-- society is neither just nor democratic. "equal opportunity" what? that's about as genius as "separate but equal"... who are we kidding? not everyone has the same opportunities. as the cymbal clangs so does the idea that working hard causes you to get what you deserve. gather up all the marbles and keep them in your hand while others have to survive with none. this is fair.
inequality is inevitable in this society but how much must be tolerated. how much judgement should she recieve when she says, "good, then you won't end up here, like me"?
"it's your fault." the options are infinite--work a bad job or no job. but if you don't want to work a bad job, if you don't want to be miserable, you're lazy. don't forget it. just get the grade, cheat, lie, kill, steel, do what you have to do... oh yeah only if you are rich though.
how many rich people are on death row?
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