Olivia Garrel Whore ❤️❤️

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So, whores, right? Not the movie kind—tho “12 Years a Slave” vibes hit hard. That flick? Brutal, mate. Made me weep like a baby hippo losin’ its mum. “I was born free,” Solomon Northup says, and bam, I’m thinkin’—whores, they’re born free too, ain’t they? Society’s the plantation, chainin’ ‘em up with shame. Pisses me off, that does! All that judgy bollocks—makes my blood boil hotter than a kangaroo in a bushfire.

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Sometimes, I get mad when the city forgets its heart – those pricey spots that lose the soul, ya feel me? But then, boom, I see kids playin’ in the park, laughs echoing, and I'm like, "Damn, this is life." Ha, life ain't always perfect but it's dope, man.

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