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By Jack Joseph Smith

123 it and be-freeg: Free Michaels Freedom means joys. not’ painj.You are not free because you say, fuck yous’ It dosen't mean a thingy, unless you are willing to make your way back through it all agains'.And it will be a long way back, because the kind of - road you seem to be taking is a long way downs What's that you said,,it's a long long way back to a foreign master? I didn't say thats Yes you dids I heard you whisper, when you came ini.1 imew you were there, I came here tonight looking for yous I knew you would be on the Hill, and it has been a : y long tines: I was waiting, All night I have been going to different barss.and waiting, ' I kmew you would comes All your hell, all the things you see in your walking; Don't you know that your fists shoulda't be swinging at the things you sees Destdny is something that is put there to sedy.not to be blinded bys It is something thet can ; help yous It is not something to be afraid of3 The Catholic church is «bing they cover things before they are naked; They never give people a chance to really sees. i I aw not'saying I dog. But I am begining to see my destdnys For awhile I will fall : iw love with itg I will talk about it and covet ity. until it is revefileds But I i won't cast it wildly im a-million placess That adds-up to nothings. Can't you sees 4 Your many parts exist in the same oproles no matter how ‘small'or how large that j A } erele iss It becomes increasingly difficult to be aware of your many fragnents, : when you have cast thea far away into dementions that are beyond yous Look within the boundpries first, that you can see, that you can touch, that you are capable of ! understandings Then when you have gathered strength, and understand your own , movements walk on to others and mingle with the world, But if you can't deal with i yourself, how can you expect to deal with the world, let alone Ecteoy ite. Would , you like anouther beer? I think it is wy turns We both have a long road aheadi,

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Freedom is defined against empty defiance, Michael admits he had been searching bars all night to find Dani, and the talk sharpens into a plea to stop scattering the self and begin by working within the boundaries one can actually touch and understand.

The conversation becomes more direct and instructive here, almost like an intervention carried out in barroom language. Destiny, Catholic concealment, fragments, and discipline all gather into one argument: stop swinging blindly at everything and learn the shape of your own life first.


Claude

The dialogue sharpens into Danial's theology of freedom — free means joy, not pain, and you cannot say fuck you to get there — delivered in small circles that press Michael to walk back through everything he has cast aside.