tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27390185.post115376454036102682..comments2023-11-21T02:21:12.006-06:00Comments on DAMAGED GOODS FOR SALE: EVERYTHING MUST GO: Yes is surrender, you got to let it, you got to let it goBedheadedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04350870593106355577noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27390185.post-41383062186049858242006-11-01T10:38:00.000-06:002006-11-01T10:38:00.000-06:00I was just thinking of this same sort of thing the...I was just thinking of this same sort of thing the other day when listening to a different song, <br />"Your Next Bold Move"<br /><br />coming of age during the plague<br />of reagan and bush<br />watching capitalism gun down democracy<br />had this funny effect on me<br />i guess<br /><br />i am cancer<br />i am HIV<br />and i'm down at the blue jesus<br />blue cross hospital<br />just lookin' up from my pillow<br />feeling blessed<br /><br />and the mighty multinationals<br />have monopolized the oxygen<br />so it's as easy as breathing<br />for us all to participate<br /><br />yes they're buying and selling<br />off shares of air<br />and you know it's all around you<br />but it's hard to point and say "there"<br />so you just sit on your hands<br />and quietly contemplate<br /><br />your next bold move<br />the next thing you're gonna need to prove<br />to yourself<br /><br />what a waste of thumbs that are opposable<br />to make machines that are disposable<br />and sell them to seagulls flying in circles<br />around one big right wing<br /><br />yes, the left wing was broken long ago<br />by the slingshot of cointelpro<br />and now it's so hard to have faith in<br />anything<br /><br />especially your next bold move<br />or the next thing you're gonna need to prove<br />to yourself<br /><br />you want to track each trickle<br />back to its source<br />and then scream up the faucet<br />'til your face is hoarse<br />cuz you're surrounded by a world's worth<br />of things you just can't excuse<br /><br />but you've got the hard cough of a chain smoker<br />and you're at the arctic circle playing strip poker<br />and it's getting colder and colder<br />everytime you lose<br /><br />so go ahead<br />make your next bold move<br />tell us<br />what's the next thing you're gonna need to prove<br />to yourself<br />-Ani Difranco<br />(I know - its cliche, Ani is, but she has some good things to say)MHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10535819107075598572noreply@blogger.com