i refuse

by Ron Whitehead


part 1:

i refuse

i refuse to wear a seatbelt
i refuse to take a breathalyzer
i refuse to take a mandatory drug test
i refuse to take a mandatory polygraph
i refuse to take a mandatory anything

i refuse

i refuse to cut my hair
i refuse to shave my beard
i refuse to wear underwear
i refuse to go to the derby

i refuse


i refuse background credit checks in order to get a job
i refuse background medical checks in order to get a job
i refuse medical exams in order to get a job

i refuse

i refuse to bow down to any government
i refuse to bow down to any religion
i refuse to bow down to any corporation
i refuse to bow down to any military
i refuse to bow down to any secret court

i refuse to bow down to any dogma

i refuse

i refuse to accept or adhere to meaningless laws
i refuse to fight wars for despots for tyrants for powermongers
i refuse to fight wars

i refuse

i refuse to hurt anyone

i refuse

i refuse to stop drinking red wine
i refuse to stop smoking marijuana
i refuse to stop taking mescaline and peyote

i refuse

i refuse to stop living my non-violent warrior life on my own terms
i refuse to bow down to anyone or anything

i refuse
i refuse
i refuse

i refuse to kiss anybody’s ass except Sarah’s
i refuse to kiss ass
i refuse to do anything big brother asks me to do
i refuse big brother

i refuse

i refuse to be spanked by anyone but Sarah

i refuse

i refuse to wear pink tights or panties or any other women’s clothes
  cept maybe a woman’s cowboy hat every now and then
  but you go ahead and wear whatever you want to wear
i refuse to tell anyone what to do
  unless they’re hurting someone
  then i’ll do all i can to stop them
i refuse to be a disciplinarian or an authoritarian

i refuse

i refuse to be a member of the status quo
i refuse to live in the suburbs
i refuse to sleep too much
i refuse to be a zombie
i refuse to submit to anyone or anything

i refuse

i refuse to go to church
i refuse to have anything to do with a church or an undertaker
i refuse to believe anything you ask or tell me to believe
i refuse to tell a lie
i refuse to allow you to bring me down

i refuse marriage
i refuse divorce
i refuse

i refuse
i refuse
i refuse

i refuse to hurt anyone or anything
i refuse to hurt Mother Earth
i refuse to hurt my family friends allies guides angels
i refuse to hurt my enemies

i refuse

i refuse to be angry
i refuse to hate
i refuse to follow any path but the path of love

i refuse

i refuse
i refuse
i refuse


ron whitehead

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