"Battle Chant"

Watch us writhe
Push us down
We won't fight
We won't move
To any truth
Night of glass
A crystal lake
Herd this mass
Herd livestock
On bare rock
Of Satan's throne
A socialist
Hear us groan
Hear us concede
Freedom isn't free
Words mean things
Comfort that
Believing brings
Believing me
Moderately

Garden

Today's been my first fully free day. The first exciting thing was going to the hardware store to get a replacement faucet knob for the bathroom because one shattered in my hand a few days ago. Replaced it and that's exciting stuff. The second exciting thing was going to the botanic gardens for this year's teacher shindig thingie. I'd say it was as nice as last year's at the zoo. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and perfect, especially in the shade (which there was a lot of). Mary Beth and I wandered around there a couple hours. Just enjoying the day. The fish frenzy and the turtles in the pond. I noticed a plaque on a bench dedicated to my elementary school best friend's dad (who was the director there or something). And this is it. I got a phone call from a coworker while there saying the EOC scores came back and they apparently weren't good. But I don't really know anything about that and I won't worry about any of that shit NOW.