We’ll All Pay With Our Lives, by Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

We’ll All Pay With Our Lives

Yes, humans suck–

that’s a universal

The reason we haven’t

been able to fix it is that

being a human doesn’t suck for everyone–

it’s not a universal;

call it an anti-universal

And thus far

all efforts to neutralize

the anti-universal

have led to a new universal–

being a human sucks for everyone

But times change

and what was previously

the second choice on a menu of two

(being a human doesn’t suck for everyone

being a human sucks for everyone)

will soon be the only option

Note also that

being a human sucks for everyone

will be a prix fixe meal

so at least we’ll all

be paying the same price

which is shaping up to be

the closest we’ll ever get

to that other dreamed of universal–

We’re all in this together

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We’ll All Pay With Our Lives

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