Voltaire’s band

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LIFE AIN’T FOR COWARDS.

GRIEF, LOSS, TRAUMAS AND
TRAGEDIES.
DISAPPOINTMENT AND ANGST.

SCAB OVER AND NOT FEEL?
OR
PICKED AT AND BLOODY?

ME? I CHOOSE

VOLTAIRE’S LIFEBOAT
VOLUNTARY BAND.

“COMPTEZ QUE LE MONDE EST UN GRAND NAUFRAGE, ET QUE LA DEVISE DES HOMMES EST, SAUVE QUI PEUT,” HE WROTE.

LIFE IS A SHIPWRECK,
SAVE YOURSELF IF YOU CAN.
DO NOT FORGET TO SING IN THE LIFEBOATS.

WHILE WE MOURN OUR UTOPIAN DREAMS,
I’VE SIGNED-UP TO PLAY FRENCH HORN.

NEVER PLAYED BEFORE.

YOU?

 

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