24 July 2005 | Vol. 5, No. 2

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by NATE PRITTS

Sometimes my friends & I, we get to feeling persecuted.

You see, we have a strong sense of entitlement

& deep stores of confidence that we are, individually

& collectively, the most awesomest thing of all time.

You can see us holding signs on street corners

demanding equal rights, better treatment, final aesthetic control.

We deal with the overwhelming apathy