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Down it came

An avenging God

Seeking redress

For imagined slights



His altar the World

His sacrifice a child

Bereft of Hope



I saw the victims one happy Christmas



Eviscerated

Vaporized

Disassembled and pierced like cigarette smoke

Swirling confused in a seedy bar



It blazed electric

Crimson



Like shed pain



It did not give



It took



Dreams



And



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The Census bureau defines poverty for a family of four to be $21200.00, This, of course, means if you make $21201.00 you better not cry poor because you will get your ass kicked. Add or subtract about $3500.00 per child and you can figure the rest out yourself.



How did they come up with this ridiculous calculation? Civil servants! They assigned two guys to figure it out and they… Continue