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/16.638Please respect copyright.PENANAvKvm5OXw8Y
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along638Please respect copyright.PENANADrggQdJifS
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong638Please respect copyright.PENANAumXR8RQ3Cy
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”638Please respect copyright.PENANAYaQJW64Mvt
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!638Please respect copyright.PENANAKo1R92TbFN
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed638Please respect copyright.PENANAE01zG0Gvtn
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of638Please respect copyright.PENANA5bvrLzIw7x
Resisting and desisting,638Please respect copyright.PENANAakH0kbFPcg
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!638Please respect copyright.PENANAzgHvTD0yso
And they still all fall on the wayside638Please respect copyright.PENANAkJrG2HC13z
I hate how all these kids are going out to play638Please respect copyright.PENANADsmixv3Jun
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!638Please respect copyright.PENANA1oy5QyHSb0
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.638Please respect copyright.PENANAGrlE4drw0y
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.638Please respect copyright.PENANAItBEnHn9x3
Normalcy. Right. Well.638Please respect copyright.PENANASXa6rJBFhA
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.638Please respect copyright.PENANA0fDeRTLcxN
But we’ve come a long way since that time–638Please respect copyright.PENANA6SJ2jwpZ5j
I hope to God, anyway.638Please respect copyright.PENANAV0s1RVMmuJ
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug638Please respect copyright.PENANAqGg1q8S0sO
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.638Please respect copyright.PENANA6xHrvCD5IJ
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.638Please respect copyright.PENANAiVO0CEXHIY
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.638Please respect copyright.PENANAxRBpT64U46
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.638Please respect copyright.PENANAsGhbbHkmcZ
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another638Please respect copyright.PENANAS2FthV6RPg
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.638Please respect copyright.PENANAUF010OvPqp
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.638Please respect copyright.PENANA2SMf8aOZXX
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”638Please respect copyright.PENANAjurm9Kureh
While the house around them burns to the ground638Please respect copyright.PENANALxUulPM9fZ
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:638Please respect copyright.PENANAVIMB1v4Jz4
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"638Please respect copyright.PENANA87wXbJKZQc
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)638Please respect copyright.PENANAI29RiZOzhD
ALL lives matter? 638Please respect copyright.PENANAEGaZaGLmiz
F*cking prove it.638Please respect copyright.PENANAuPdH0SEsSH