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Politics

Elina Pugacheva (writer), Vertigo (graphics)

<p>Politics is a dirty Word Mind frame Existence But remember: If you’re not interested in politics, Politics will be interested in you Imprisonment in death? Inevitable Imprisonment in politics? Avoidable I will never ever Lie Others will never ever Stop Why? Life is unfair Hold up my sign at the parade   Careful!   The […]</p>

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Politics is a dirty

Word
Mind frame
Existence

But remember:

If you’re not interested in politics,
Politics will be interested in you

Imprisonment in death?
Inevitable

Imprisonment in politics?
Avoidable

I will never ever
Lie

Others will never ever
Stop

Why?

Life is unfair

Hold up my sign at the parade