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  1. Sixteen Tons by

    Fandoms: Snowpiercer (2013)  

    19 Jul 2023

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    Not every bloom in a mother’s garden grows right. Some grow thorns, prick themselves and their siblings, lash out at cultivating hands and pruning sheers, turn the Gift of their Green — an unwanted Gift — into a curse in their blood, roil with rage and scream into the uncaring sky, “I am the monster you made me.” The world melts away, rots into dirt and decay, and as a garden grows untended, you find your gifts crowding out the rest of your life.

    We all know that the only light in the deep dark is a paycheck. So hush. Count your blessings, boy. Roof over your head, food on the table, diesel and grease, work boots on the porch, crippled back, crumbling joints, and silence. Company and even union, tuck you in, shut you up, and leave you to rot. And God damn it, you’d better be grateful.
    - Old Gods of Appalachia Episode 3: Covenant

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