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This World Revolves in Cycles
The ball player soured into the sky like a mountain lion chasing it’s dinner
He pranced around with the ball and dunked it for all of America to see
The crowd went wild and the score was 100-75
The Bulls won
Meanwhile in the filthy streets of Chicago, his younger brother
Was juggling a smooth dotted cube for a payments
Like a clown would for a circus show
He needed to pay the rent one way or the other
After gaining enough money for his next meal,
the younger brother watched his older brother score the finishing point on a diner's television,
while eating a slice of some greasy peppered pie
On the other side of the diner,
there was a kid who was playing with 3x3 gridded block
The colors switched back and forth like traffic lights
After the kid finished,
he picked up a comic book with a rocky orange character on the cover
The character was bending a molten rock like bar to create a frisbee
After he finished reading,
the kid placed the comic back into the wooden case with the other books in the diner
The younger brother walked out of the diner to go home
Until he saw a cat licking the rainy water with its pinkish, greyish taste buds
The cat reminded him of himself,
Having to taste filth off the ground in order to survive on this wretched planet
But suddenly,
A huge creature with obsidian black hooves and barbie blond hair
Chased the man around like a game of Pac Man
And the farm animal was winning
The rabid creature struck the man with a force
Stronger than his older brother’s slam dunk
The man seldom got up from his depressed mindset
But looked up and saw a poster
Of kids holding hands on top of a sphere with lime green land and sky blue waters
And it made him hate his life even more
Later days came with suicidal tendencies and anxiety
To the point that he didn't want
To leave his own house
Meanwhile, the ball player
Was signing autographs
And getting record deals
He came home to a nice family
Of 3 kids and a glamorous wife
But he was distant from his family
Instantaneously, the man got a phone call from his mother
"Your brother has passed," she exclaimed tearfully

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This piece is meant to show how inconsiderate a human being can be when he is living lavishly. On this side of the spectrum, a man is pursuing his dreams and living an amazing life, while his brother is struggling to eat and can barely provide for himself. When you have fame, you tend to look to your fame and riches instead of seeing how your family is doing, or if they're even alive.