The Last Drag (677 hits)
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Submitted by Andrew <downerSTAIN.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2005-01-09 21:35:06 EST
Take a drag off of the cigarette, put it out and start all over again.
Write those words that have been written a million times by a million hands.
Try to sleep, you know you won't get there. You'll lay awake all night, thinking about what could have been, what will be, what never was.
I know it's all been done before, but I want to find that out for myself, damnit.
We're all addicts in our own little way if you think about it. We're addicted to air. Addicted to living. Addicted to love. Might as well face it.
We're all high. High on ego. High on pride. High on loneliness. High on sorrow.
Want another rail? Come on, you know you love that feeling you get. Invincibility is there if you can just roll up that bill fast enough. Bravery is just waiting for you in a little white pile. You know you love it.
Where'd the expression "happy as a clam" come from? Why are clams so god damned happy? They live at the bottom of the ocean, they can't move. I'd be pretty pissed off if I were a clam.
Tune it out. Tune out the droning. Tune out the teacher telling you to straighten up and fly right. Tune out the boss telling you if you fuck up one more time, it's your ass. Tune out the buzzing, pounding from the night before.
If I fall asleep now, I'll get just enough sleep to feel like shit in the morning.
Why do we do it? I mean, really, why do we do it? What's the point in getting up at the ass crack of dawn, going to some place you hate with people you wish you could just put out of their misery.
You look at the middle and lower classes. We're clearly in the majority. You don't see thousands of rich people on the freeway every morning. Think about it. There are thousands of people there, yet it's the epitome of loneliness. Sitting there in your metal prison, wishing you were anywhere but in that exact moment.
We're clearly in the majority. Yet time and time again, we're dicked over, fucked by the man in the name of commerce. Any other country in the world where the middle and lower classes were in the majority, but the rich controlled them, there would be revolution like you've never seen. Heads would roll, buildings would crumble, and the voiceless would be heard.
But that's not the American way. The American way is to just stay low. Stay off the radar and there's no way you'll get fucked over again. But you do. Every single day, you bend over and take it like the bitch they want you to be.
Why are we so willing to take it up the ass in return for "comfort"? Since when is the easy way the right way? Since when is the majority so relentlessly silenced and ignored by the few with power?
Since when do I give a fuck? Why should I care about these people around me? Why should I give a shit? I've got my own ass to worry about!
Since when has that attitude been considered acceptable? Of course we have to look out for each other.
Take that last drag off of the cigarette and start all over again.
User Reviews
Submitted by sg11588 (user info) at 2005-01-22 13:26:55 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Those god damned clams...always so....smiley....and.....jolly.
DAMN YOU!
Submitted by Pentameter (user info) at 2005-01-10 08:55:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I really really enjoyed this post, but especially this line:
"If I fall asleep now, I'll get just enough sleep to feel like shit in the morning."
Spot on.
Submitted by Ed_0150 (user info) at 2005-01-10 03:09:44 EST (#)
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Socialist
Submitted by Divinity (user info) at 2005-01-10 00:42:33 EST (#)
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Because I'm euphoric right now.
Submitted by LadyPlural (user info) at 2005-01-10 00:29:30 EST (#)
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"....'cause I'm addicted to love"
Interesting post.
RISE UP, HUDDLED MASSES, AND REBEL!
Submitted by klebe (user info) at 2005-01-09 23:43:50 EST (#)
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Wow.
Submitted by kochier (user info) at 2005-01-09 22:28:17 EST (#)
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Submitted by downerSTAIN (user info) at 2005-01-09 22:26:37 (#)
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Submitted by algermetiphist (user info) at 2005-01-09 22:22:05 (#)
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Made an excellent point. I hate my addiction to life.
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Yeah, where the hell is the rehab for that one?
People go to rehab when they lose this paticular addiction
Submitted by downerSTAIN (user info) at 2005-01-09 22:26:37 EST (#)
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Submitted by algermetiphist (user info) at 2005-01-09 22:22:05 (#)
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Made an excellent point. I hate my addiction to life.
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Yeah, where the hell is the rehab for that one?
Submitted by downerSTAIN (user info) at 2005-01-09 22:26:00 EST (#)
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Submitted by darko (user info) at 2005-01-09 22:15:23 (#)
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Actually, this seems strangely familiar to Trainspotting.
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Really? Thanks.
Submitted by algermetiphist (user info) at 2005-01-09 22:22:05 EST (#)
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Made an excellent point. I hate my addiction to life.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2005-01-09 22:15:23 EST (#)
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Actually, this seems strangely familiar to Trainspotting.
Submitted by kochier (user info) at 2005-01-09 22:10:41 EST (#)
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" Addicted to living"
some not as much as others :(
this reply goes out to you Sherry
Submitted by spedmonkey (user info) at 2005-01-09 22:03:35 EST (#)
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Submitted by darko (user info) at 2005-01-09 21:43:04 EST (#)
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Veeeeery interesting.