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Paper, Ink & Patience

from Posterity Measures (2018) by Brian Dickens

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Wealth inflation, righteous indignation, done unto my friends and their parents all the same. A fickle forecast trusted nonetheless, foregone conclusions are the day to day. No ski mask guarding their complexion, no randomness in their selection. But I’ve got paper, ink and patience, proper time to finally start relating on what’s killing us.

    Suffocated spending eliminates investing in anything that keeps the soul awake, the hardened vision listens for the future, the loudest minds all sit and quietly wait to get the news of who’s who, what’s in and what’s out. Anything to keep the people from talking about what’s killing us.

    I’m getting worried of what’s gunna happen to my folks, when they can’t work and all their memories start to go. Will they be able to afford their medication or will they suffer underneath administrations who think health is for the rich and sickness for the poor? Begging the question- should we be paying for what’s killing us?

    Why keep your faith in what has to ask for it? Why keep their garbage all inside of you. Spit it out, spit it out if it makes you sick, don’t bend, don’t call it an acquired taste. It ain’t enough to question the cooks, to wrinkle your nose or to boycott the stores. You must build your own world and never get tired of digging around for the source of what’s killing us.

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from Posterity Measures (2018), released November 7, 2018

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Brian Dickens South Hadley, Massachusetts

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