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$Zero

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Jan 10, 2009, 6:12:44 PM1/10/09
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we needed x, they gave us y


we needed peace, they gave us war.

we needed war, they gave us truces.

we needed space, they gave us evictions.

we needed time and patience, they gave us shoves and pushes.

we needed medicine, they gave us poison.

we needed food, they gave us candy.

we needed rest, they banged on cymbals.

we needed a laugh, they gave us something to cry about.

we needed love, they gave us hatred.

and now, when we don't need them at all, they demand leniency.

we needed truth, they gave us lies.


-$Zero...

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Mark

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Jan 10, 2009, 6:22:55 PM1/10/09
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On Jan 10, 6:12 pm, "$Zero" <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:

> we needed food, they gave us candy.

> -$Zero...

I like candy.

Your poem was ok too.

--
Mark

Bill Penrose

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Jan 11, 2009, 2:59:28 PM1/11/09
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On Jan 10, 4:12 pm, "$Zero" <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> we needed x, they gave us y

Almost.

We 'wanted' x, but they 'knew' we needed y, so they gave us y.

They did get re-elected in 2004, so they must have been making someone
happy.

DB

Sylvia

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Jan 15, 2009, 2:03:41 PM1/15/09
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Mr. $Zero wrote:

<...>


> we needed food, they gave us candy.

<...>

How rude! Allow me to help you with that. Here--

<handing Mr. Zero two (2) cans of English peas>

<swiping Mr. Zero's dark chocolate and scampering off>

--
Sylvia <-- A *Most* Beneficent and Supreme Ruler

"She was not quite what you would call refined.
She was not quite what you would call unrefined.
She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot."

- Mark Twain

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