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“I think I could turn and live with animals,”

I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain’d,
I stand and look at them long and long.

They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. 

— Whitman 

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  • ghostsniper August 12, 2022, 8:34 AM

    yub’z um

  • jwm August 12, 2022, 9:13 AM

    I’d rather hang out with my cats than my friends.
    Misanthropic?
    Yeah.
    So?

    JWM

    • Mike Austin August 12, 2022, 3:40 PM

      In today’s USA misanthropy has become a survival mechanism for all thinking adults.

  • Jack August 12, 2022, 10:50 AM

    I’ll take my dogs over most people I know any day of the week, especially my old man who is a little beyond 14 and really beginning to slow down. Dogs and horses will bless you in ways that you’ll have to experience to understand.

    • Mike Austin August 13, 2022, 3:58 AM

      My dog Joysie loved me unconditionally. Her only purpose in life was to love me. I have never known of heard of any human who could love in that way.

  • Lance de Boyle August 12, 2022, 2:38 PM

    “So, they raided President Trump’s home, did they? Welp, that’s it! I’m not going to school. I’ll just rest up a while here…. Ahhhh.”

    https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1534564404943106056

    “That’s it, Nick! They raided President Tump’s home. His HOME! We’re outa here… Let’s head for Granny’s house. I could use a slab of pie. And she’ll have a bone for you…. But first, I gotta check this puddle….. No need for concern…. I got on my high tops….. Thanks for waiting…. ”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN-MjUC4f9k

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMqgxbsXWqo

    • ghostsniper August 12, 2022, 5:48 PM

      The dog one, and the song, was great!