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Shell McIntyre's avatar

People become the wildlife, trapped in gilded cages.

Kayen's avatar

I was so immersed in your writing that I didn’t hear the bank teller trying to get my attention- thank you for this welcomed distraction

Irene's avatar

"They are the tongueless mindless no-ones"

This is 90% of social Media people...

Helen's avatar

Such beautiful anger. Thanks for sharing this.

Karina Lafayette's avatar

You pretty much summed up why I never wanted to move to LA even though I've always been an artist. Thank you 👌

Raven Simone E.'s avatar

Life is the peanut gallery of everyone thinking they got it together, pointing out the flaws of everyone else except their own. Took me a long time to realize that our idolization of celebrity is toxic and that we have so much envy, which turns to jealousy and then of course giving unsolicited opinions. People are humans, and we forget that all the time. Its at least what i am trying to teach to my students.

-A's avatar

i feel like ive just experienced the world through your eyes. i hope sometimes it is filled with beautiful things instead of beautifully angering ones

observer's avatar

“they love to hate” yet we hate to love. the fear of love at it purest form. the mindless gaping apes, their mean meaningless words with their “meaningful lives,” the intoxicated media with the mediocre lies they feed these deluded apes, filled our plates with such shallow lies. but when will the lies be recognised, when the truth is something so riddled by all.

beachymoon's avatar

the real LA, the real angelenos, are so full of love and culture and genuineness. unfortunately though it is also a gathering place for people with their head up their asses and who have no other goals than to be more known than the next person.

Brittian West's avatar

I am leaving LA too for a year -to take a break from the madness and distractions -after being here for 4. It's an odd culture in it's own bubble. Thank you for sharing!

Josephine Okujeni's avatar

….you should return to LA. Perhaps if there were more gods like you weaving threads of magic…emanating from your enchanting poems, beauty and seductive songs…it truly would be a dream within a dream.

HARKEN's avatar

As you grow older, the anger somehow changes to laughter. Laughter of how true the adage is: Youth is wasted on the young.

ari i guess's avatar

….man you kinda. summed up all my feelings in one go. really nice work here, thanks for putting out something that really touches on that rawness and anger and rage against the whole rat-race put-upon la vibe. seeing it expressed and vocalized helps lessen the feeling of it, in a way. i’m glad i found this site