Warning:

[If you are easily offended by words, please skip today’s post…    —    kmab]
the surgeon general has determined
that I am a hazard to my own health
so they took away my razor blades
knives & forks
turned off my gas
electricity
water
(even drained the toilet)
emptied my medicine chest
carried off every scrap of rope
twine
cord
not to mention my bedsheets
handkerchiefs
locked every window and door
now the surgeon general is unable to determine
whether I died from hunger
thirst
exposure
asphyxiation
nasal congestion
or the stench of my own shit
—    Ray Toy
[I don’t know where I found this quote back in my teens, but despite the dystopian imagery, the writing made me laugh out loud.  I don’t laugh at it now, but it still makes me smile (grimly) to think any government could protect us from ourselves.
To be honest, my handwriting is so bad, I may even have the author’s name incorrect.  If anyone knows where this came from or who Ray Toy is, let me know.  I’d love to know more about him.    —    kmab]
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2021	Surrender With Hope
	A Little Grace (La Bamba)
2020	Two Midway
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2019	Speaking Of #45
2018	A Higher Loyalty
	RIP – Our Silver Lady
2017	Slowly Cutting Their Own Throats
2016	Man’s Advantage Over God
2015	Deeply
2014	Hi-Yo Silver, Away!
2013	Warning:
2012	Thinking About Beauty
2011	A Founding Father’s Argument Against Public Funding Of Religious Education
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