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By Jack Joseph Smith

Modernr Danger Men turned on me And I told them to stop They were din din din On the walk That's next My brain does not slink away AS far as you can get Inever said you were proud of your vengancé Go ahead out and ask about This being the end of time I never explained change or talked about grievience Look at this,, have you every seen anything bettwr

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"Modernr Danger" answers threat with refusal, keeping the mind upright while men turn hostile and time itself feels like it is ending.

The poem's energy comes from refusing to slink away when the men turn on the speaker. It also resists tidy explanation: change and grievience are named only as things the speaker never explained or talked about. The final challenge, with its source oddities intact, reads as defiant self-display rather than apology.

Claude

Modern Danger: men turned on me, din din din on the walk. The brain doesn't slink. Not about vengeance. Look at this, have you ever seen anything better.