MANIFESTO

It all started a year ago. It was my daughter's birthday. I did not have enough money to get her a toy so I thought I would try the claw machine by the bodega. I thought long and hard about what toy she would want and put in my fifty cents. I moved the claw towards the pink heart bear and let it drop. It dropped right on the bear then started to go up. It went all the way to the top before it even grabbed. I thought it was just a mistake so I put in another fifty cents and tried again but the same thing happened again. I got so mad I smashed the machine with a brick. When the brick broke the plastic glass I felt a power. It felt like all the times I had been ripped off by other machines were gone. It felt like I was doing something for other people who have been ripped off. We are all getting ripped off all the time by companies and the government but no one ever does anything. Well that night I did something. I took a brick and I smashed it. And the power was so great I made a plan. I would walk through the neighborhood by day and look for the machines. When I saw them I would write where they were on a map. Then at night I would go out with my brick and flashlight and map and break one machine at night. Soon I could not stop. I left my neighborhood and got on the train. I went to different places and smashed their machines. Some people have called me a Robin Hood but I am not that. I am just a regular guy who has been ripped off too many times and took it into his own hands to make it right. This is not a confession. This is a way to explain so that people know I am doing it for them and not for me. And I will keep doing it until I get caught. But after me there will be more. Because people are tired of the claw machines and the ripoffs and they will fight back. I am not the best I am just the first. So watch out machines because I am coming with my bricks and map and I will get you every time. Signed WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW???