I am human, i consider myself a person. All other labels, are nil, like everything, they change, even our foremost. They can be peeled off and written over. Labels fall off our clothes, our naked bodies into the mud, the grass, pools, oceans, sand, the bottom of an unclean car, into a couch in the middle of sweaty-fish-smellin sex with someone you met just five minutes ago, but swear you've know all your soul's life, or while clinging to the side of Mt. Everest with 81% chance of death nearby.

Labels can end up in the sewers, trash compactors, recycle bins, piles of refuse at a dump or lawn clippings. Labels can be put on other animals including ourselves. They wear and tear and eventually fade back into Mother Earth. Labels are separators, dividers, they serve a purpose. Their existence should NEVER rule over their initial service; to define, and help others recognize the differences in all things, as unique and unto their own!1

After that put them somewhere else, the tip of condom, the back of your brain, the indentation of a mother's mark to a child above the pelvis after birth, a family recipe, in the forgotten place behind the ear. Add to a collection of toe jam, scabs, scars, tampons, salt-n-pepper shakers, piercing, brandings, hair colours, tattoos, old cars, newspapers, barbie dolls, National Geographic, license plates, stolen goods, handkerchiefs, rings, furs, CD's, tools, junk drawers. Use them to fix leaky pipes, start a fire for warmth in a blizzard or entertainment for your compadres. Labels are talk over coffee, tea, latt�s, soda pop, floats, or dinner. Bring them along for a quick-bite at Mc-E-DEES.

Aim them at your favorite movie/political/sport star, artist, photographer, spiritual teacher, singer. Pour labels as dressing over Cher, Richard Gere, Madonna, Jimmie Dean, Tina Turner, Frank Sinatra, Beastie Boys, Rolling Stones, Beattles, Rush Limbaugh, Clinton, Bush, the Kennedys, the Goldsteins, Mrs. Clinton and her daughter, NIN, Pearl Jam, Paula Cole, Jewel, Tracy Chapman, Tori Amos, the Smiths, the Flinstones, the Jetsons, neighbors, cloves, clothing, fashion, trend-setters, allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon, pepper, salt, sugar, flour, eggs, egg-beaters, wife beaters, cumin, tortilla, rice, fruits, fruitcakes, or the kooky.

Stick a finger madly with a label at the end towards Elvis, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, the Doors, Barbra Walters, Barbra Streisand, Oprah, Michael Jordan, Alex Rodriguez, Donahue, Ricki Lake, the english, the french, the germans, the swiss, all europeans, the Nazi's, the skinheads, the Raiders, the Yankees, the south, the Christian Coalition, the Right wing, the Wigs, the gansta-wannabes, the conservative liberals, the Republicans, the Democrats, the Independents, Madaline Albright, the entrepreneurs, Ben Franklin, George Washington, Princess Di, Mother Theresa, Thomas Jefferson, the whites, the blacks, the queers, women, men, hermaphrodites, diabetics, late-night shows, late-late-night shows, children, dogs, cats, survivors or the Titanic, veterans, haters-of-war, the disabled, mentally challenged, farmers, bureaucrats, activists, ecologists, gynecologists, an evil teacher, your favorite teacher, dentists, federal employees, a boss, an uncaring aunt, a parent, an adopted family member, a dead sea creature, the X-generation, Led Zeppelin, soap operas, radio stations that have bad frequencies, Mr. Rodgers, the Cosbys, Ben Crosby, philanthropists, anthropologists, or humanitarians.

Strike a match, and see labels in the backdrop towards Whoopi Goldgerg, Bill Gates, Elton John, ABBA, Einstein, Hawking, Newton, the Gideons, the Mores, the spanish, the french, the english, the Reds, american indians, dead people, uprooted graves, dying rain forests, a broken spoon, an empty house, vegans, vegetarians who eat meat, monks, bali hai, spiritual leaders, prophets, spirits, ghosts, trolls, elves, alcoholics, drunk drivers, jalopies, 4x4s, jeeps, sports cars, old money, new money, the innocent, Patsy Kline, Roy Orbison, Ghandi, Mohammed the prophet, Mohammed Ali, Sedum Hussein, arabs, Israel, palestinians, the Cranberries, Sarejevo, the germans, the south africans, the pakistani, indians, mexicans, the poor, smokers, fruit stand owners, the homeless, the meek, China, Oppenheimer, nuclear weapons, former USSR, the portuguse, the Asian Tigers, drugs, sex, music, rock n' roll, the United States, the Bloods, the Krypts, trucks, the military, Cuba, Jamaica, the aussies, the aboriginees, calypso, steel drums, tribal, techno, electronica, r&b, rap, grunge, gothic, celtic, jungle, acid, oldies, 80's, 70's, 60's right on down to the 20's or classical.

Labels are mirrored upon the irish, the scottish, the anglos, the IRA, the FBI, the CIA, IRA's, Al Gore, stock brokers, politicians, whores, dancers, actors, the grey-ones, E.T.s, Will Smith, the MIB, black helicopters, photographers, Bach, Mozart, Canon, IBM, Macintosh, the inventer of the microwave, masochists, sadists, fatalists, pagans, Camels, Marborol, alcohol, the abused, pregnant women, road kill, suicidal people, the insane, the "normal", the writer of this whole shebang, monsters, the butch, the fems, transsexuals, drag queens, after-school specials, saturday cartoons, the Smurfs, Snorkles, Microsoft, Disney, phone companies, telemarketers, door-to-door salesmen, the bully, the intellectual, the deaf, the blind, pricks, snobs, GAPpsters, the police, the mafia, rednecks, scrubs, shy people, boisterous people, blunt people, honesty, liars, dirty people, murderers, rapists, nudists, Halloween, Independence Day, Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Jehovah Witness', Joseph Barr Joshua, the antichrist, evolution, creation, the Mediterranean, the Pope, jews, John Paul the Baptist, christians, catholics, atheists, agnostics, the ignorant, the blind, wicca, the people who just dont give a damn one way or the other, mad cow disease, or tacky music used in old movies.

The bad the good and the indifferent slashing labels on, AIDS, peace givers, care givers, givers of life, the immune system, cancer, hurt, pain anguish, sorrow, happiness, laughter, rebirth, new life, extinction, those who die suffering, Nickelodeon, Merlin, King Arthur, the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, the Tooth F�rie, scientists, the New Age Movement, bad directors, horrible movies, Rodney King, Bud Lite, Corona, imported beer, Miller, technology, microwave dinners, the broken home, psychic hotlines, phone sex, cyber sex, dysfunctional families, escorts, fads, trends, personal appearance, Sangria, Chardonnay, Cabaret, Champagne, tonic water, Pepsi, Coke-a-cola, Minute Maid, 60 Minutes, juice, aromatherapy, the five'o'clock news, psychology, back pains, banks, the government, food poisoning, soy ink, tofu, beef, pork, muslims, buddists, hindus, Date Line, American Online, Martin Luther King Jr, strangers, Star, E, the letter Z, the alphabet, your hands, your face, your breast, your penis, your vagina, your eyes, your body altogether, Candice Bergman, George Michael, Ellen, white trash, Mother Earth, the Almighty, the Cosmological Force which unites ALL as ONE.

Labels are food for a goat, crazy cat, insane dog, two-year-old child or an i'm-as-young-as-i-was-twenty-years-ago adult. TAKE OFF YOUR FORKIN LABELS!

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