Should You Wish To Continue Living

Do so for yourself, do so freely, do so well.

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Perhaps there was a time,
a time long before you or I,
when it was acceptable —
possible —
to shoulder the load of another;

to carry the beings that would not carry themselves
without greater consequence.

That time was long ago —
if ever.

Those who will not carry themselves,
those who will not think,
are no longer passive weight.

They’ve been utilized,
rewarded,
made busy —
converted into fuel,
generating energy for an ever-more capable —
and contrary —
machine.

All but the minuscule minority,
no longer impactful,
generate enough productive work
to warrant their mass.

Freedom.

Should you wish to continue living,
for what time is left,
for any reason —
or none at all —