{"id":272019,"date":"2024-08-26T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=272019"},"modified":"2024-08-23T04:50:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T03:50:38","slug":"weep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/08\/weep\/","title":{"rendered":"Weep"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Caitlin Johnstone<\/p><\/div>\n

Weep, sisters, for the child with the blown-out skull,
\nfor the other child burned alive,
\nfor the limp, lifeless, tiny bodies
\nand the piles of unrecognizable carnage.<\/p>\n

Weep, brothers, for the cackling politicians,
\nfor the apathetic westoids,
\nfor the human drones chanting \u201cWe love Joe\u201d
\nand the DNC attendees covering their ears
\nto avoid hearing the names of murdered children in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Weep for this fraud-faced civilization,
\nthis microplastics civilization,
\nthis OnlyFans civilization,
\nthis Moloch civilization Ginsberg wrote about in Howl,
\nthis civilization with enormous forced grins
\nover plates full of shredded children
\nin selfies with AOC and Tim Walz.<\/p>\n

Weep with careless abandon.
\nWeep til the sobbing wrings you out like a sponge.
\nWeep with head back, screaming sloppy and snot-nosed,
\nribcage splayed open to the heavens
\nand human heart beating unguarded and unhidden.<\/p>\n

There are no answers in the weeping.
\nThere are no solutions in the tears.
\nThere is only the release of something that needs release,
\nand an act of sacred solidarity,
\nand an act of unauthorized humanity,
\nand the small, private victory
\nof having gone one more breath
\nwithout being assimilated
\nby the machine.<\/p>\n

22 Aug 2024<\/em><\/p>\n

________________________________<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n

Caitlin Johnstone is a rogue journalist, poet, and utopia prepper<\/em>. Contact: <\/em>admin@caitlinjohnstone.com<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 caitlinjohnstone.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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