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I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably...
– William Carlos Williams from This Is Just to Say
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I’m so tired of doing what other people tell me to do. I’m always told what to do. My parents tell me to sleep early, study hard, and behave myself like a lady that I do not want to be. Society tells me I must be a beautiful, wasteful, philandering fool if I am to be accepted. Consumer culture tells me to buy and spend lots of money on useless things I don’t need. I feel like a...
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People are people.
People are neither above nor below other people. They share an equal need for food, water, and shelter and a natural propensity for love and reason. Differences in appearance or personality should not be a major factor in discernment or segregation between individuals. Whatever differences such people exhibit, he or she should be entitled to equal treatment and respect.
If...
January 2012
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