The Settlers

I was watching something on T.V. a couple of days ago and they referred to the first white inhabitants of a certain part of America as "settlers", meaning they decided to stay and add "civilization" to that particular piece of real estate.

Of course it's not the first time that I've heard that term used, but for the first time I processed it differently that I have before.

I started to feel sorry for the "settlers". I saw them as settlers, people settling for what life gave them. I began seeing the folks in Satan's Anus as settlers, hoping that I wasn't becoming one.

I hope I'm an "aspirant", but if you're surrounded by "settlers" I think that shit's contagious.

I listen to people, young people, around here discuss their goals and it's so low level. Thinking as if you want to be a high achiever is easy. It's the work that's hard! How much of a slack ass do you have to be to think so low level?

Here's to the settlers. I hope I'm looking at them in the rear view mirror.