Confession of a Realist
A realist about other people’s lack
of toasty winter coats,
I expect them
to be realistic about my 401k;
of toasty winter coats,
I expect them
to be realistic about my 401k;
in the context of which
I’m realistic about Lockheed Martin’s
need to add to their stockpile of
Dollars by finding more
brown people to liberate
by setting their countries
on fire.
I’m realistic about Lockheed Martin’s
need to add to their stockpile of
Dollars by finding more
brown people to liberate
by setting their countries
on fire.
I expect the brown community
both internally and out foreign –
with the absolute exception of those
on the Democratic National Committee –
to be realistic about the limits of
my love for them.
both internally and out foreign –
with the absolute exception of those
on the Democratic National Committee –
to be realistic about the limits of
my love for them.
Realistic about low-end people
with terrible teeth
and the need for political candidates
with impossibly white smiles;
with terrible teeth
and the need for political candidates
with impossibly white smiles;
like everyone else here
I’m wildly for, in theory,
hospital beds for everyone
but realistic about a certain per cent of relatives
going to DNA stained motel rooms to end things,
when the chemotherapy bills come in.
I’m wildly for, in theory,
hospital beds for everyone
but realistic about a certain per cent of relatives
going to DNA stained motel rooms to end things,
when the chemotherapy bills come in.
I beg of you, put Bernie Sanders aside
or, if necessary, to death
and be realistic about the need
for a certain per cent starvation
to oil loose the markets.
or, if necessary, to death
and be realistic about the need
for a certain per cent starvation
to oil loose the markets.
When I think of all I sacrificed to sit
behind quadruple glazed windows
trying to watch a film:
‘Mephisto’ or ‘The Discreet
Charm of the Bourgeoisie’,
my phone being pinged all evening
by messages from work;
I grow more and more realistic
about how difficult it is
for the electricity company
to have to switch
other people’s lights off;
but know some people are
just better off in the dark.
Kevin Higgins
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