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Mindless
walking
fools.
Always having to enlighten the world with their “wisdom”
Until they dictate everything

Robots
Who can’t think for themselves.
Always seeking the opinion of those greater than them in the pyramid of society.
Doing what they say is right.

Trying
To break us down
to our bare bones.
Craving that rush of power,
To see us sweat.

Wanting
the satisfaction of our pain
and knowing that they caused it.
Demolishing the walls of our spirit,
and letting us collapse.

Yelling,
Persistently trying to lodge their views into our minds.
When we deny them
they start to shove words down our throats,
wishing for us to drown in their ocean of supremacy

Must we walk in fear
Thinking that we will be silenced?
That we will become nothing?

All because of these
mindless
walking
fools.

This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. This piece has been published in Teen Ink’s monthly print magazine.




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HannSawyer15This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Apr. 29, 2011 at 11:51 pm:
Simply amazing. Loved it!
 
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BlueInk94 said...
Apr. 21, 2011 at 10:14 am:
mindless walking fools....when i imagined someone saying this as i read it was in a tried and low voice. yet the words resonate with the message. Its good!
 
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BoosflashThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Apr. 10, 2010 at 7:34 pm:
finally, somebody gets it.  :)
 
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blingblang4eva said...
Mar. 4, 2009 at 3:41 am:
very good. liek the mindless folls thing. is the fool liek a television ro juss society in general?
 
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Yuna said...
Oct. 20, 2008 at 12:17 am:
I liked it was like they were tortured, kept there to see miserey very impessive
 
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Sophie C said...
Sept. 4, 2008 at 3:09 am:
good, it made me think deep thoughts. very depressing. i'm sorta confused about the mindless walking fools, like who are they? but i get the picture, pretty good. =]
 
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