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/16.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1xaBB5c13
I hate how everyone wants to pretend everything’s been all right all along861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSY5i1vjH6
Like a third of the country isn’t meeting the end of their lives in the wrong861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiYCVz6fJZ
How they can take a single, powerful “Matter”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofUK8WVAhr
And turn into a rug when it should be a banner!861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTfYeTyB0s
They just sweep up problems as if they never existed861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrygRLsR9lx
When the best we on the high ground can do is assist instead of861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6Id9LmkOt
Resisting and desisting,861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARcoNcEwfE
Meanwhile everyone else fights to simply live with everything they are–their whole might!861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYgcjIGmQy
And they still all fall on the wayside861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHri0hGiem
I hate how all these kids are going out to play861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkdeqICphc
While gunshots reign and dirty water sprays and everyone’s praying, but nobody saves–!861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00BYrJVnzG
But that’s a normal day for this neighborhood.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnSYCcwcVI
And that sentence right there is meant to sit well, be chewed, and understood.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQZ8q4D7Cd
Normalcy. Right. Well.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRh1pXawTlV
There was this "normal" idea at the beginning of this country’s life that “all men are equal"–except some of them.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdtCDakqzz
But we’ve come a long way since that time–861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvSIBOUGVw
I hope to God, anyway.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVcngwAcix
So when a third of this country is being swept under the rug861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdwNnr8ejF
I hope that doesn’t sit well with all, if not some.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiX2TVPey7
There are no exceptions. No exemptions. Everyone is included now.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EpleEcPLh
Natives. Blacks. Hispanics. Even the Black and Hispanic cops.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhr8mE4ViuM
Out there living their free lives–Everyone getting shot.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWBPSq9MEZ
–BAM BAM–For one reason or another861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXFImjlGDt
Brothers and sisters split. Mothers and fathers bereft of their children just quit.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqziXPSLm2
And people wonder why the city goes to shit.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdKKSWIO76
People like to pretend, “Oh nothing’s wrong. Look about!”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGY1c0qiIhN
While the house around them burns to the ground861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4Q1TmF4BT
But so help me God, if another one comes to my door with:861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEJQDdO6CC
“Not just Black people–All lives matter! Take down that sign–just move it!"861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CqJywmOGu
I’ll... (makes pounding fist motions, then restrains self)861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZG2q7Je4ns
ALL lives matter? 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaKkQ6IuaF
F*cking prove it.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseRKSytyzv
