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A medley of sorts. Mostly the poetry and political scribbling of a collection of memories named Ben.

[nerdscloset-blog]

A friend once said

hell is either an endless loop at the DMV

or cyclical contract negotiations with lawyers

what a fuckwit.

hell is

living week to week

with no warmth beneath

decrepit and gaunt feet

toiling as those of your stock

but not of your flock

stare at screens, pattering

up a ladder made of calcified greed

acting as if your flesh

is a statue unseen.

carcasses of capitalism

swept street to street

help is a hole

where none of them

can hear the jarring weep

of those drowning to sleep.

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by Benjamin Michael

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In my six year hiatus from tumblr, a lot of beautiful things have happened. In the process, I’ve written quite a bit and will be sharing a lot of that on this little corner of the internet once again. :)

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I'm back from a long hiatus. I'll be posting poetry and political write-ups for the foreseeable future.

[theparisreview]

Humorous writers tend to be sad at heart.

Josef Skvorecky, The Art of Fiction No. 112 (via theparisreview)

[politicalprof]

Mordor is rising.

[nerdscloset-blog]

This place is older than America...lovely times with @double_the_k (at Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop)

[whitepaperquotes]

(I would like to state that this was a submission and does not necessarily represent the views of myself, or Maria.)

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by Benjamin Michael

[early-onset-of-night-blog]

Which is the bigger scam: home-ownership or college?

Either way they got you convinced that going into debt for 40 years is a good idea.

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Shellshocked Hesistation

Lazy eye blue dead apparent drifts nearly corrected to read the contact calling bewildered and stoned this veteran of a desert storm trembles, his voice shrinks at opportunity.

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Summer nears Autumn

Heat had it’s way with these stiff bodies. Like a fan whose warped blades wobble to a Latin rhythm we’ve done nothing with time but circles.

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Caesuras Not Calamity

by Benjamin Michael

You’re not a psychopath you’re American middle-class.

That online quiz only proved your gullibility, stop scrolling start reading, something painful.

[uutpoetry]

Gene Gallery Texas Fontanella

[humanrightswatch]

China: Ensure 2022 Olympics Won’t Fuel Abuse

The International Olympic Committee (IOC), in choosing China to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, faces massive challenges in fulfilling its expressed commitment to human rights. Beijing’s selection was announced on July 31, 2015, at the 128th IOC Congress in Kuala Lumpur. The only other contender – Kazakhstan – also has a dismal rights record.  

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Ahh yes let us relish once again in the atrocities of China. Perhaps the 2022 Winter Olympics will use the annexed and ever-beautiful Tibet as a wintery-wonderland for the international world.

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Liu Xiaobo by Steve.D.Hammond. on Flickr.