lust for democracy

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     “Sheeeeeeeit,” said Ruthie.  “Your name’s not Eternity, is it?”

     “Hell no!  I just told you that to keep you going.  My name’s Chance.  Slim Chance.”  He smiled idiotically.

     Ruthie’s pert nose wrinkled-up into a knot of disdain.  “Slim Chance?”

     “That’s the truth.”

     She rolled her eyeballs ~ and sipped at the delicious hot coffee (in a cup) that the waitress had snuck onto the table while they’d been conversing.  “I don’t know what to believe anymore,” said she.

     “Just believe what you see,” said he ~ and he raised both hands in supplication.  “Do I look like Eternity?”

     “No,” she admitted.  “You look like Slim Chance.”

excerpt

from a short novel entitled

The Road Princess & Eternity

by Rawclyde!

Wall St. Occupiers visit Washingtion DC

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To rebuild a ghost town…

Anti-Wall Street protesters stand inside a wooden structure they built in their encampment at McPherson Square in Washington DC on December 4, 2011… (AFP Photo / Nicholas Kamm)

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Or just go camping…

 Here we have a view of the Occupy DC campers at Freedom Plaza within view of the Capitol. (Michael Reynolds / EPA)

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Parading…

Hundreds of demonstrators from 46 states arrived in Washington DC in December, 2011.  They marched and staged demonstrations, including occupying the offices of their senators and representatives, in a brave attempt to take the goverment back from big corporations & the filthy rich… (UPI / Kevin Deitsch)

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 Office sitting… 

A staff member steps lightly as activists wait in U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling’s (R-TX) office for an unscheduled meeting with the congressman ~ part of the “Take Back the Capitol” demonstrations in Washingtion DC, December, 2011.  (Photo by Alex Trumbone)

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Lounging in the halls of congress…

Protesters from the Occupy Wall Street movement & union ativists relax disdainfully in the hallway outside the office of U.S. Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) (not pictured), in Washington DC, December 2011… (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernest)

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Alas!

   And some of them got arrested…

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