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LAO SUE AND OTHER POEMS IBD

CAITLIN JOHNSTONE
11 / 2022
9780645022148
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Sinopsis

Collected poems harvested from the fertile soil of decaying illusions.áFrom the book:CrazyTheyâÇÖll make you poor,then shame you for being poor,then push you into a job that keeps you pooráat a billionaire megacorporation.áTheyâÇÖll make you crazy,then shame you for being crazy,áthen sell you the cure for crazyáat eighty bucks a pill.áYouâÇÖre a failure if you canâÇÖt make ends meeton impossible wages at an impossible cost of livingáwith a worthless degree you will never pay off no matter how hard you workwhile advertisers blare at you about your insufficiencies,while the news man tells you war is normal,while Hollywood tells you the system is working perfectly,while armed police guard grocery store dumpsters full of food from the hungry,while executives go on five billion-dollar space rides for fun,while you live surrounded by screens that tell you you are crazyif you think any of this is not sane.Take OligarchizacTM for your depression,take PlutocracipamTM for your anxiety,just ninety bucks a pill.Side effects may include compliance,acquiescence, subservience, docility, menticidal ideation,áa marked lack of interest in guillotines,a dystopian society and a dying biosphere.áAnd the pundit says'A new study by a Raytheon-funded think tank says war is good for the environment,but first hereâÇÖs a millionaire to explain the benefits of urinating on the homeless.'áAnd Hollywood says'HereâÇÖs a movie about well-dressed attractive people with nice housesengaging in amusing antics youâÇÖre too poor and stressed out to experience yourself.'áAnd the news man says'HereâÇÖs a rags-to-riches story which proves capitalism works fineand you should hate yourself if you canâÇÖt hack it here.'áAnd the advertisement says'Do you feel like youâÇÖre losing your mind due to your sense of inadequacybecause you canâÇÖt afford GoogleâÇÖs latest NSA surveillance device?Ask your doctor about EmpiradolTM,just a hundred bucks a pill.'áThey lock us in a roomand fill the room with waterand then shame us for drowningand then charge us for tiny gasps of airfrom a hose that leads to an ecosystemthat they are destroying as quickly as they can.áAnd hey IâÇÖve invented a new antidepressant anti-anxiety antipsychoticthat IâÇÖm getting to market as quickly as I can.ItâÇÖs not a pill or a jab or an electrical shock treatment,áitâÇÖs just a big wad of cash taken by force from thieving megacorporations.áSide effects may include peace and relaxation,áan ability to buy food and think clearly,a fondness for red flags,and a hysterical corporate media.áAnd hey I think we just might make it,past the veil of madness and cutthroat cruelty.áAnd hey I think thereâÇÖs something deep within us as yet untapped andáas yet unrealized.áAnd hey I think an earthquakeâÇÖs comingthat just might topple the towers of madness once and for all.á

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