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Dog Days of Podcasting #6: Listen

28 August 2013 by Melissa

– Originally posted and shared via SoundCloud on 15 August 2013
– Includes my reading of a vignette called “Listen”

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@melysse

@BrentSpiner I was 17 when a classmate was gunned down on my high school campus because the shooter didn’t want him dating his sister. I’m 52, and I still have nightmares about it. That was one kid. But it doesn’t matter if it’s one or 18 or 300. It’s still beyond wrong.

h J R

@melysse

- 1 day ago

“Thoughts and prayers” are lovely lip service. We must demand that our elected officials take responsibility and take action. This isn’t about party or politics. It’s about people. #enoughisenough #votevotevote https://t.co/8llOb7W38l https://t.co/P14tNzTsNI

h J R

@melysse

- 1 day ago

@JimJournalist: Bodies are piling up at the altar. At some point, honesty requires us to classify these dead children and shoppers as ritual sacrifices to a fetishized Second Amendment that allows 18-year-old boys and failed men to become unstoppable gods of destruction and acolytes of death.

h J R

@melysse

- 1 day ago

@claramaedavies: HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FORCE CHILDREN TO BE BORN AND NOT DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT THEIR PRECIOUS LITTLE LIVES

h J R

@melysse

- 3 days ago

Dinner outside, even in a storm. #lazylizardhb #floridalife https://t.co/caWCDWnyLD https://t.co/yuybltJjGH

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