Transcribed from a spoken word improv night at O’Lounge, Song-tan, Republic of Korea. First performed by Blondemaverick, a.k.a Bloodjay 26/OCT/16.844Please respect copyright.PENANAluYhufewij
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along844Please respect copyright.PENANAHn0jXCv7DX
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong844Please respect copyright.PENANAzbPzIngukZ
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”844Please respect copyright.PENANAYuCRYTvxOP
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!844Please respect copyright.PENANAmO4A0ANmYV
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed844Please respect copyright.PENANASLH1hARatC
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of844Please respect copyright.PENANApn2vgFZrf5
Resisting and desisting,844Please respect copyright.PENANALXwrbXIPFw
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!844Please respect copyright.PENANAFj1USimlT5
And they still all fall on the wayside844Please respect copyright.PENANACIRXdTEmM7
I hate how all these kids are going out to play844Please respect copyright.PENANAPyorAyH4lm
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!844Please respect copyright.PENANAfueSIffKeH
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.844Please respect copyright.PENANA7wrC2P0V7f
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.844Please respect copyright.PENANAgyjevQt6I2
Normalcy. Right. Well.844Please respect copyright.PENANAEMatUAjZ7p
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.844Please respect copyright.PENANAXcsgPYgYHa
But we’ve come a long way since that time–844Please respect copyright.PENANAS9iDYD11ut
I hope to God, anyway.844Please respect copyright.PENANA7c63s9cGCQ
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug844Please respect copyright.PENANACClm5Fuhox
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.844Please respect copyright.PENANA6vAM6z9DaW
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.844Please respect copyright.PENANAx4xcrcBYIz
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.844Please respect copyright.PENANAXIOMCek0Dg
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.844Please respect copyright.PENANAveJqHYVgL9
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another844Please respect copyright.PENANARsBbYLEd5G
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.844Please respect copyright.PENANAPjLcaVSF41
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.844Please respect copyright.PENANAmHdw9bajr6
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”844Please respect copyright.PENANAjMWrFJdZW6
While the house around them burns to the ground844Please respect copyright.PENANA2P6U4Mv3Sf
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:844Please respect copyright.PENANAzPxDsNUzC9
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"844Please respect copyright.PENANAkNFEjT8E9x
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)844Please respect copyright.PENANAoS0QkTvOEH
ALL lives matter? 844Please respect copyright.PENANA5WJhUu2hv3
F*cking prove it.844Please respect copyright.PENANAAqPj3BKsyn