if anger was all there was to motivate someone to action

there would surely be nothing left of this world to love

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fantasy is so dangerous because it is real--an existing condition

like any other--but one that--by our focus--replaces our connections to

humanity's agreed-upon reality--all of it real--all of it false--

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drugs as manna--porn stars as angels--

poor Charlie--his death will be so much more bitchin' than ours--

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ecstasy in the realization of love--

despair in the waste and loss revealed in this blessed reality--

and between the two--the balance of grace in the only embrace

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I do not know if what I do will amount to anything worthwhile--

but I am given to understand that --regardless--I am not

to desist from doing it--

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I confront the inevitable--inevitably--

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the world is far too big to scold

incorrigible to the point of compulsiveness--

I've become content to let it kill itself

slowly so it may be reborn--

another ridiculous way to live

but the alleged wisdom of God mandates it--

and as long as no one can teach it to pray--

then fine--at least no useless trying nor any scolding

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