a standard response

Whilst waging war bodily against the false but deeply entrenched Baltimorean idea that pedestrians do not enjoy the right-of-way while crossing a road using a crosswalk, I have had this standard response hurled frequently my way:

“Get the fuck out of the road, dumbass.”

Regardless of his apparent social or economic class, these tend to be the first words from a driver’s lips when forced (by nothing but my raised hand) to abide by the laws of the state of Maryland and bring his gasoline-powered steel battering-ram to a halt using slight pressure applied to a hinged pedal by one of his feet so as to avoid running headlong into a foot-mobile fellow citizen who is seeking to gain lawfully the other side of a roadway. To protect myself in the event of someone violently violating my pedestrian rights in a premeditated fashion, I have taken to using my cellphone to capture video of oncoming vehicles while negotiating a crosswalk, which seems to have the desired effect of forcing drivers to stop. Otherwise, few people operating automobiles appear to find anything wrong with driving in such a manner as to barely miss hitting me as they race toward the next group of cars stopped at the next red light.

Among the worst offenders are Baltimore city police officers, who as a whole don’t seem to mind breaking state law §21-502, which is but one among many of the laws they swore a sacred oath to uphold.

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haiku 13 Sep 2017

Talking does nothing:
The system must be destroyed
To rebalance it

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haiku 11 Sep 2017

Corporations claim
That they fix problems better
Harvey proves them wrong

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haiku 08 Sep 2017

In a fascist state
The first ones to be silenced
Are Truth’s own vanguards

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haiku 06 Sep 2017

When it’s gloomy out
Ignite the fires inside;
Fiddle as world burns.

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haiku 4 Sep. 2017

Upon receiving
Love from an external source
The heart tends to glow.

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haiku 1 September 2017

He stepped on some gum
Then, upset, trod in some shit
Before calming down

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