Everybody knows that the dice are loaded

Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed

Everybody knows the war is over

Everybody knows the good guys lost

Everybody knows the fight was fixed

The poor stay poor, the rich get rich

That’s how it goes

Everybody knows

• Everybody Knows, Leonard Cohen, I’m Your Man, 1988

1. “Blam, blam, stop!, blam, police!, blam”…

I’ve always been partial to “sticks and stones may break my bones but words can really hurt me”.

Also why life on earth is dying off as well…