These days are not like the agony in Chen,*
But often I suffer from bitter reproaches.
Then let me remember, to calm my distress,
That the sages of old suffered from the same melancholy.
Where Confucius nearly starved to death*
Tu Fu, Tang Dynasty, or Su Tung Po, Sung Dynasty; I can't remember and nobody gives a s**t because I've always had to work low status jobs to avoid cold, hunger, and the rain.
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They murdered boys in Mississippi. They shot Medgar in the back.
Did you say that wasn't proper? Did you march out on the track?
You were quiet, just like mice. And now you say that we're not nice.
Well thank you buddy for your advice...
-Malvina