It's Never Too Late to Think Like an Idiot

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We are the champions 

at convincing ourselves

that what we feel

is also real --- provided we

haven't hardened our hearts.

Hardening of hearts 

requires the Old Testament

or butter. I'm low on both types

of hardening material.

I'll have to go to the grocer's

or the bookstore, but prices

are so high it will require

a third mortgage. Things are awful --- 

and I know why. I feel it deep

in my bones. The blame for everything

wrong with the world right now

falls squarely in the lap 

of that black guy who used to be president.

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