gimmee

gimmee

A Poem by delapruch
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gimmee truth instead of lies

gimmee reality instead of fantasy

gimmee evidence instead of religion

gimmee freedom instead of government

gimmee justice instead of “compassion”

gimmee passion instead of convention

gimmee anger instead of acceptance

gimmee change instead of complacence

gimmee the unique instead of the majority

gimmee the thoughtful instead of the sheep

gimmee strange instead of normality

gimmee determination instead of envy

gimmee tolerance instead of hate

gimmee excitement instead of the mundane

gimmee sanity instead of war

gimmee medical treatment & therapy instead of imprisonment

gimmee health instead of sickness

 

 

this is a stick-up.

© 2011 delapruch


Author's Note

delapruch
“I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth.”

-attributed to Christopher McCandless, taken from the film, Into The Wild

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Added on September 4, 2011
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delapruch
delapruch

nothingville, NY



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Bio: The writer we call delapruch has been writing since infancy. His first piece was scrawled on the inside of his mother’s womb. Long since published, the rights now reside in the hands o.. more..