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A Rebuttal

Say it Plainly challenge entry

By Paul StewartPublished a day ago 1 min read
A Rebuttal
Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash

Fuck it all

Fuck it now

Violence

Fuck your austerity, austerity

Fuck your institutional racism, racism

as policy, as policy

Pain

Fuck your polluted minds, polluted minds

Poisoned water world, water world

The sweet milk of Madonna, no milk for our young

Aphids bloom, fester and consume

Where dust and rot dance with mould

Our mould

Our mould

Violence

Fuck your pointless posturing, pointless posturing

framed as principled wars, principled wars

Fuck your hatred, hatred

Fuck your faux faux altruism, faux faux altruism

Fuck your… your…

Fuck your celebrity glazing, celebrity glazing

Pain

Fuck it all, all

Fuck it now, now

Fuck it all, all

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  • Mark Grahamabout 7 hours ago

    That's one way to let your feelings out.

  • Tim Carmichaelabout 10 hours ago

    Well, this captures that raw, pure frustration with the way things are going. Sometimes you just have to scream it all out to keep from going under.

  • Katherine D. Grahamabout 11 hours ago

    rebuttal indeed...the repetition is clever -- gosh it vaguely reminds me of someone- it hold tthe same acid that creates an esophageal burn in reflux..

  • Tanya Leiabout 11 hours ago

    Well fuck.

  • Rebekah Conardabout 13 hours ago

    Fuck yeah, man.

  • A. J. Schoenfeldabout 16 hours ago

    Only Paul could turn a strongly worded rant into a poem with such eloquence.

  • Ruth Elizabeth Stiffabout 17 hours ago

    'Colourful' language but --- we're all thinking the same. Well done for posting xx

  • Kendall Defoe about 17 hours ago

    I feel you have something you'd like to say...

  • Mariann Carrollabout 22 hours ago

    I hear you, the tone is very powerful !

  • Calvin Londona day ago

    Now we know how you feel today, Paul. You should have just called it "Fuck it." 😁😁

  • The repetition made it seem like an intense, angry song. Loved this!

  • Harper Lewisa day ago

    Don’t candy coat it, tell me how you really feel. Does it meet the word count for Say it Plainly? If not, take it further and enter this belter!

  • Amen my brother across the pond.

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