Lotus Gait

Failed States, Propagandhi

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I have this recurring nightmare: flailing pigeon, her broken feet frozen solid to the freezing pavement. I turn away as if I do not see. I have this childhood memory of my old man screaming from the driver’s seat to turn away from an unfolding horror, but he could not undo what I had seen. We never spoke of it again. Two more hapless citizens of the new post-traumatic stress worldwide disorder. A stockholm syndrome fifth estate, desperate to batten down the mounting horrors and shuffle on in a global lotus gait. Content to marinate in the plasma glow of the home entertainment prisons we commune before like dime-store shrines. Are these but votive lives? It’s a strangled, twisted truss that shores-up each of us. So anything to dull the pain of a splintered lotus gait. As for me a filigree of psychic police tape tends to cordon-off off the darker scenes. But the wandering mind stumbles through it and relives them all eventually. Pries open wide your eyes and shines a painful light on the guilt, the fear, the shame. The courage never came from the plasma glow of the home entertainment prisons we cling to like dime-store shrines. Are these but votive lives? Conservative at heart. A conformist from the start. A stockholm syndrome fifth estate. A staggering lotus gait. It’s a strangled, twisted truss that shores-up each of us. So anything to dull the pain of a self-inflicted, crippling lotus gait.

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I hope Trump dies his hair

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you remember how War of The Worlds ends?

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A civil war with nukes should be interesting

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it’s not too late to take that firearms safety course you’ve always been meaning to take https://t.co/SVo3ut9pr8

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@propagandhi

I had this picture pinned on my bedroom wall as a kid and every time I woke up I would look at it and think to myse… https://t.co/9K4y2msf2f

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@propagandhi

I hope Trump dies his hair

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@propagandhi

you remember how War of The Worlds ends?

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@propagandhi

A civil war with nukes should be interesting

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@propagandhi

it’s not too late to take that firearms safety course you’ve always been meaning to take https://t.co/SVo3ut9pr8

See Original

@propagandhi

Hey Winnipeg, go to https://t.co/IFAW4J5Xh4 and call/email your trustees and councillors before the September 30th vote.

See Original

@propagandhi

There’s also an hour long version streaming for free on CBC Gem https://t.co/v5587AkwCE

See Original

@propagandhi

American Reverb listings: literally every high end/ vintage piece of gear imaginable for sale 24/7

Canadian Reverb… https://t.co/XZbguCQXPs

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Now that I’ve successfully crowdsourced an answer for an 80’s RPG manual, let’s try another one: has anyone done an… https://t.co/FnGjQLZgJK

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