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Free Box ( Smiles and Logic )


by Darryl Price



They've tricked and treated you with institutionalized 
fear, lured you in with the pledge  
of unlimited golden sticks of gum.  
Nothing new. As far as they're concerned, you've 
already been bought and sold. It's a done 
deal. But I'm here to offer you this song 
instead, it can easily be turned like 
a skeleton key. Try it out. Once you've 
chosen to unlock your freedom over 
heavy commercial slavery, the rest 
is left up to you. You've got to walk out  
of the programmed lack that surrounds you, like 

welded tick tock bars, on your own juice. You've 
got to turn away from the lust for things 
that don't really matter. They are only 
pretty painted illusions of tables 
and chairs, beds and porches meant to mask your 
own deepest feelings about what's honest 
and important to you. If you don't feel 
some joy in what you say yes to, then you 
are not making the best choices with or 
for yourself. They are going to drop their 
truly nasty bombs on innocent school 
children whether you like it or not. They're

going to gouge and raise the prices on 
everything needed to survive today 
whether you agree to it or not. They 
just don't care if you live or die. They care 
about making more hate and money out 
of self-righteous lies. They are pointing their 
always safety-off weapons at your hung 
weary heads whether you are peacefully 
protesting or not. They're not interested 
in talking because they don't care what you 
might have to say. They arrogantly use 
proof of arguments for target practice. 

That's what we're up against. They divide men 
from women, children from families, and 
deny human kindness can exist at 
all because it is lacking in taking 
non feeling advantage and using the 
basic killer instincts to control a 
situation. But, they, themselves, insist 
on living in secret luxury and 
eating and drinking greedily every 
meal while they starve the workers of the world 
around them with empty rhetoric and 
false promises of lending a helping 

hand. It's all done with smiles and logic and 
many floppy open handed gestures.  
There are other paths to be had here that
have nothing to do with being taught how 
to kill without mercy. It's time to make 
something better come true. It's time to find 
the center again. Give what you would want 
to be given. Put your attention where 
your heart can be glad for a little love 
magic. Be fierce and ready when you are
needed. Celebrate your life in every 
instant, and flow with every sacred breath.

That should be enough to get you started.
Still, if you've got to rest for a moment, 
I'm your poet. I know it's been hard on 
everyone since leaving the garden. I'm 
still going to be your poet, believe 
me, but I'm no saint. All I'm saying is, 
this world, it's ours, take your share, get it as 
far away from hate as you dare, as humanly 
possible, because we belong 
together. The blue planet as seen from 
outer space makes that point very clear each 
and every day. You're alive. Act like it. 

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