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wildeyed

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13. It is exhausting to always be the one who is willing to go to the mat for an issue.

Fri Aug 22, 2014, 03:36 PM

Aug 2014

you can die for people—
even for people whose faces you’ve never seen,
even though you know living
is the most real, the most beautiful thing.

That speaks to me about so many people I look up to, about what make a person great.

I will look up more of Hikmet's work. I have not read it before.

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Where do I go from here? [View all] wildeyed Aug 2014 OP

time for this grasswire Aug 2014 #1

Or for this: VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #3

It is exhausting to always be the one who is willing to go to the mat for an issue. wildeyed Aug 2014 #13

I was introduced to him through a recent Chris Hedges masterpiece: VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #14

Chris Hedges is one of those people who makes me feel really, really stupid, but in a good way. wildeyed Aug 2014 #15

Poems are always a balm. wildeyed Aug 2014 #12

Where do we go from here? seveneyes Aug 2014 #2

Look, it's damage control. malthaussen Aug 2014 #4

. deaniac21 Aug 2014 #5

Bad things can and do bring good results. IsItJustMe Aug 2014 #6

Take a break PasadenaTrudy Aug 2014 #7

I think I need an internet break. wildeyed Aug 2014 #10

Stop reading. Start doing. jeff47 Aug 2014 #8

Can you go local? politicat Aug 2014 #9

I get what you are saying about the local. wildeyed Aug 2014 #11

Yup on uninspiring candidates. And on the national campaigns not handling local levels well. politicat Aug 2014 #16