(Adoption) trauma ain’t that pretty at all

The pus, blood, piss, jizz, and shit of it all.

Mar 19, 2024

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A four-panel comic strip in black and white with hints of yellow, blue, and green. It shows a man getting kicked, falling to his death, getting punched, and being bludgeoned with a bat, with each panel having the word “trauma!”

In 1982, the incredible Warren Zevon released his completely misunderstood masterpiece of an album, “The Envoy.” Besides the eponymous song, it included “The Overdraft,” the always fun “Hula Hula Boys,” “Charlie’s Medicine,” and, our topic for today, “Ain’t That Pretty At All.”

I don’t agree with the old men and women who complain that trauma shouldn’t b…

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