The Prize

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CONTESTANTS: IF THIS IS THE WORLD YOU'RE GIVING ME IF THIS IS THE BEST YOU COULD DO I ACCEPT YOUR GIFT GRACIOUSLY AS LONG THE SKIES ARE STILL BLUE AND I WILL BEGIN THE RITES OF ABSOLUTION AND PURIFICATION IN THE MORNING WHEN I'M READY THE PRIZE SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PRIZE THE PRIZE IS THE ONE THING THAT YOU WANT MOST OF ALL THE PRIZE IS THE ONE THING THAT WOULD GET US TO SOMETHING SO LAME AS A HIGH SCHOOL DANCE SAMSON: IT'S MONEY GRACE: IT'S LOVE SAMSON: IT'S FAME ROGER: IT'S A PERFECT SAT SCORE TYE, CYRUS: IT'S FULL FINANCIAL AID ROGER: OR AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOLARSHIP MO: AND IT'S A VENTURE CAPITALIST INVESTMENT ON MY FIRST STARTUP AND MY FIRST APP JANELLE: IT'S MY OWN YOUTUBE CHANNEL JANELLE, HARPER, MO, SAMSON: WITH 5 MILLION FOLLOWERS ALL: WITH 5 BILLION FOLLOWERS ROGER: IT'S MY BIG BREAK HARPER, GRACE: IT'S I MAKE PERFECT ART AND EVERYONE CRIES CUZ IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL JAYNIE: IT'S PERFECT PROGRAMMING GUYS: A CATHEDRAL OF LOGIC AND ORDER AND NUMBERS ON MY SCREEN ROGER: IT'S MY WEDDING AND CHILDREN AND A HOUSE TYE: NO IT'S THE PEACE CORPS ALL: NO IT'S I DO WHATEVER THE HELL I WANT A LOST SUMMER IN BRAZIL GUYS: IT'S THE TEXT THAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR ALL: IT'S AN IMAC PAD PHONE WATCH WALLET CAR BRAIN LOVER ITS AN ILOVER ITS AN ILOVER IT'S AN IGOD CYRUS: AND NO MORE NIGHTMARES OR DISAPPOINTMENTS GRACE: I DON'T DISAPPOINT THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE ME MO: AND MY PARENTS ARE BACK TOGETHER HARPER: OR MY PARENTS MO, HARPER: MY PARENTS ARE FINALLY APART MO: AND THEY'RE HAPPY AGAIN JAYNIE: AND MY YOUTH IS RECLAIMED A CLEAN SLATE EVERY TRAUMA WIPED AWAY DAKOTA: IT'S PERFECT FIRST SEX TYE: AND "I LOVE YOU" REALLY LASTS AND I FEEL WANTED ROGER: AND I'M SKINNY MO: AND I'M PLUMP AND I'M CONFIDENT AND FUNNY CYRUS: AND I WALK IN AND EVERYONE SMILES ALL: AND NO MORE HEARTBREAK AND NO MORE DATERAPE AND NO MORE PREDATORS OR PEDOPHILES JAYNIE, TYE: AND I UNDERSTAND MY SEXUALITY AND MY GENDER GROUP: IT'S PERFECT PRONOUNS AND EVERYONE IS MIXED RACE AND EVERYONE'S IN LOVE SAMSON: OH BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE TOTALLY HAPPY ALONE TOO JANELLE, GRACE: IT'S HAPPINESS IN SOLITUDE A CUP OF TEA AND A GOOD BOOK MO: AND THE SONG OF ICE AND FIRE GETS FINISHED GIRLS: AND BEYONCE NEVER DIES ALL: AND I DREAM OF A WORLD WHERE I DON'T HAVE TO DANCE AND MY FEET DON'T FAIL BEFORE I'VE HAD MY CHANCE IF THIS IS THE WORLD YOU'RE GIVING ME IF THIS IS THE BEST YOU COULD DO I ACCEPT YOUR GIFT GRACIOUSLY AS LONG THE SKIES ARE STILL BLUE AND I WILL BEGIN THE RITES OF ABSOLUTION AND PURIFICATION IN THE MORNING WHEN I'M READY GUYS: PHILANTHROPY, SERVICE, AND GOODNESS JAYNIE: NO ONE STARVES TYE: NO ONE FALLS SHAKING TO THE GROUND HARPER: NO ONE REEKS OF FILTH AND DESPAIR GROUP: THERE'S A HOME AND A HOT MEAL FOR EVERYONE GUYS: THERE'S NO ADDICTIONS AND DRUGS ARE JUST THE RIGHT DEGREE OF LEGAL HARPER: MENTAL ILLNESS IS GONE WOMEN: OCD GONE BIPOLAR GONE SCHIZOPHRENIA GONE DEPRESSION GONE AND SUICIDE GONE MO: THE END OF CANCER AND HIV GROUP: DEMENTIA, PARKINSON'S, MS, ALZHEIMERS ALL THE SCREAMING MADNESSES NO MORE LIFE SUPPORT NO ONE CUT SHORT DAKOTA: AND WE EAT REAL FOOD GROUP: LOCAL AND ORGANIC GIRLS: AND THE ROBOT SLAUGHTERHOUSES ARE SHUTTERED UP HARPER, JAYNIE, DAKOTA: AND THERE'S FREE BIRTH CONTROL GRACE, TYE AND ABORTION IS UNAMBIGUOUS ROGER: AND THE END OF RACISM GROUP: THE END OF MICROAGGRESSIONS CYRUS: AND POLICE BRUTALITY JAYNIE: REPARATIONS MEN: AND THE TABOO WORDS ARE NEUTERED HARPER AND HUMOR IS PERFECT AND NO ONE GETS OFFENDED ALL: AND CLIMATE CHANGE IS STOPPED AND THE WHALES AND THE EAGLES AND THE PANDAS ARE THRIVING WE RETURN THE LAND TO THE STEWARDS OF ECOLOGY OBLITERATE THE RAPES OF CAPITALIST IDEOLOGY JAYNIE: AND THE FALL OF THE 1% SAMSON, HARPER: NO IT'S ME IN THE 1% ALL: NO IT'S EVERYBODY HAS ONE 7-BILLIONTH DAKOTA, JANELLE: OF 100 PERCENT ALL: THE FALL OF INTERNATIONAL BORDERS JAYNIE: AND THE END OF TERRORISM JIHAD AND ORTHODOXY ALL: AND THE MIDDLE EAST IS FINE AND AFRICA IS FINE AND TEXAS IS FINE SOUTH AMERICA FINE CHINA IRELAND ISRAEL PALESTINE INDONESIA NORTH KOREA AND THE NUKES ARE GONE AND THE GUNS ARE GONE AND THE SCHOOLS ARE SAFE AND EVERYBODY IS KIND AND SMART NO MURDER NO INJUSTICE AND AN END TO THE MIDNIGHT EXECUTIONS OF THE INNOCENTS AND ALL THE PRISONERS SHALL BE RELEASED AND THEIR TIME GIVEN BACK AND ALL THE GHOSTS RETURN EVERYONE WE EVER LOVED COMES BACK AND WE'RE AT THE BEACH IN GORGEOUS SWIMSUITS AND THE SUN IS MAGNIFICENT AND WE CAN ALL FINALLY SEE WE LOOK UP FROM OUR SCREENS FROM THE ENDLESS SUCKING CLICKBAIT LOBOTOMY WE WAKE UP AND LOOK INTO EACH OTHERS EYES INTO THE STARS AND BLACK HOLES INTO THE QUARKS AND SECRET SOULS WE BREAK THE SPEED OF LIGHT AND WE FINALLY KNOW WE KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AND WE KNOW AND WE KNOW THAT EVERYTHING'LL BE OK AND THAT EVERY MOMENT COUNTS EVERY DAY EVERY HOUR EVERY MINUTE EVERY SECOND WE KNOW THAT EVERY SECOND COUNTS IF THIS IS THE WORLD YOU'RE GIVING ME IF THIS IS THE BEST YOU COULD DO I ACCEPT YOUR GIFT GRACIOUSLY AS LONG THE SKIES ARE STILL BLUE AND I WILL BEGIN THE RITES OF ABSOLUTION AND PURIFICATION IN THE MORNING WHEN I'M READY IF THIS IS THE WORLD YOU'RE GIVING ME IF THIS IS THE BEST YOU COULD DO I ACCEPT YOUR GIFT GRACIOUSLY AS LONG THE SKIES ARE STILL BLUE AND I WILL BEGIN THE RITES OF ABSOLUTION AND PURIFICATION IN THE MORNING WHEN I'M READY IN THE MORNING WHEN I'M READY IN THE MORNING WHEN I'M READY