hope is a word that gets badly used, and it can really fuck with your head, the way some people use it expressly to fuck with your head. it can be the most insipid and insidious propaganda in the cheap talk of politicians. yet i think we can rescue hope from the liars lexicon and bring it back to the people with heart. it doesn't have to be the thing with feathers that gets plucked. it can be a sunset with birds and a cat purring next to you. it can be the knowing like i felt today that they can't control our hope, and they can't control our minds unless we let them, and we won't.