Leaning against that wall, dispassionately sipping a beer, … - Saeed Jones

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Leaning against that wall, dispassionately sipping a beer, he was the kind of quiet I've noticed in certain men and long hungered for: the silence of men who have it all and thus find it all boring, who don't exert the energy necessary to flirt, persuade, or convince because they know America will come crawling to them on hands and knees.

Saeed Jones

How We Fight For Our Lives · October 8, 2019 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

american-dream power arrogance confidence

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Saeed Jones (born November 26, 1985) is an American poet.

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...and because you’re young and don’t know the difference between abandoned and alone just like your mother’s heart won’t know the difference between beat and attack.

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Who are you the morning after the most beautiful man you have ever kissed tries to kill you? And the morning after that? How about the following week?

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