Lane Taylor
2 min readOct 18, 2020

Take your Poison and Leave Us

'There are many self-absorbed Gollums obsessed with various precious's and not enough selfless Samwise Gamgees. But watch the news. Scroll through social media. The US and UK are infested with snivelers. Calculating ass-kissers. The White House is home to men who softly beg a brutish president for favors while kneeling on monogrammed pillows. From their knees, they make kissy-faces. ' This is good stuff. Finally, someone brings it home where it belongs. Men,who have forsaken all sense of masculinity and shoulder their big guns and camo clothes,tactical weapons with no need. We have children,wives ,friends,mothers,fathers,sons,daughters on and on.. Do we not all bleed the same? Fear implanted through the quiet desperation of drugged and numb male minds. Bold talk about Civil war and Liberty . Wormtongue whispers through Conspiracy Theories. Men are prey to fear and pettiness. I recognize the slithering ,insidious sound of his flicking forked tongue,whispering. Mad Conspiracies. I recognize the smirking, vengeful meanness of his Master's will. Many Men in this country self mutilate but want to blame others. Life for many men seems to be 1 Dimensional. Like the characters in the Bible. No background,just show up and make up shit. No intellectual curiosity,no tenderness,no kindness,no honest self criticism.Some off the mark so far, they become disqualified to give even their own spawn sound advice. Wormtongue exists in every man. Wormtongue is the online snake and devil threatening ,bullying, cajoling, whispering "We destroy " We don't care" I am sickened by the depth of our anesthetized, delusional sense of ourselves. We cannot handle the truth. To be honorable is to give a shit. Millions of American men do not give a shit.Millions of American women practice the snide, sideways look of one who is trapped but, believes in the trap.

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