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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Prey Is Both Verb and Noun, i.e. It’s All-consuming

The biggest change in my lifetime
Has been the change in the meaning of
They don’t have a prayer
 
It used to mean
They don’t have a chance
 
Then something funny happened–
Since on the internet
You don’t have to mean what you say
Words lost all their power
And now words just mean what they say:
They really don’t have a prayer

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