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12/17/2024 for Manifesto Poetry Contest sponsored by Hilo Poet

Government, corporations, military, Healthcare, and the insurance you carry - if you fight them in court, you have my respect. Mega-systems don't care about lives they've wrecked, and the b******ds always win. In the personal life of your own creation, you can tune into a loving vibration. You can change this sad saying to a bad cliche, or if it's true, you can make it easier anyway, when the b******ds always win. Fighting the machine is enough to overwhelm, but it's not right to knock out the man at the helm. If you can cause change, you're a better man than I. After the struggles I've had, I don't even try, and the b******ds always win. The almighty dollar is all that matters, without consideration for lives it shatters. People in the system, ain't more than a cog. To get someone to care, you must buy a dog, and the b******ds always win.

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Date: 1/6/2025 10:36:00 AM
Congratulations, David! Yes, it all boils down to money, profit for the corporation and bonus for the higher ranks.
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David Crandall
Date: 1/6/2025 8:28:00 PM
Thanks, Mariline! That seems to be how things go - discouraging.
Date: 1/5/2025 7:19:00 AM
Congratulations on your win dear poet. Cheers!!!
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David Crandall
Date: 1/5/2025 8:11:00 AM
Thanks Thriveni!
Date: 1/5/2025 5:58:00 AM
Well, I ain't a gettin' a dog anyhoo anyway. So there! Nice placement Dave
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Tom Woody
Date: 1/5/2025 11:04:00 AM
It happens
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David Crandall
Date: 1/5/2025 8:11:00 AM
Thanks Tom! My poetic dog license aside, you don't need a dog to care! I won't be getting one, because last time I got one, he told me things weren't working out between us.
Date: 1/4/2025 11:28:00 PM
Mahalo, David, for your participation with your undeniable rhyming format style, and my compliments for your winning entry. Aloha~William
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David Crandall
Date: 1/5/2025 8:09:00 AM
Aloha William, good luck in what you're going through!
Date: 12/18/2024 9:15:00 PM
They don't always win. But they do get retribution. Money creates monsters, yet we all need it.
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David Crandall
Date: 12/18/2024 9:55:00 PM
This was a hard one. I have to admit that I really don't understand the world, but I thought I'd take a stab at it. I do know that money is pretty danged important in everything though.

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