Walking, Running Free

By Henrik Eger
For Kevin Irizarry and his crew with thanks

Walking, running free, away from recycled memes and conspiracies, becoming aware, perhaps for the first time, of the symmetry of petals on flowers and weeds in rough areas, and moving forward, in spite of the soreness in his shins, while discovering things unseen in his own neighborhood on the morning after, having carried the pedestal of the statue of Liberty, like an American Atlas, to a much safer ground


before it gets destroyed by mad men and power hungry presidents who, instead of milk and love, were fed potent power drinks and drugs during their infancy that made lifelong monsters out of them by billionaire parents and crooks who trained their brood to stomp over everyone who ever dares to get in their way, leading to daily hallucinations and a contempt for anyone who believes in equality and space for all.

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Walking, running free, not in New York, not in Florida, and certainly not in Washington, DC, but in a blue collar neighborhood in North Philadelphia, having rescued the pedestal of the statue of Liberty from further erosion and eventual destruction and collapse in the land of the free.
 
Walking, running, running—running free.

Henrik Eger
 
Art work: The tree walker by Josh Sommers

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