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22/F Sometimes I'm the Great Pretender, sometimes I'm not pretending at all.
O bartender, It has been a while You slinging drinks with a casual smile Cocktails you throw and stir and shake And at closing time my heart does break. O bartender, What to say, you always know Crafted words and my excitement grows Tequila, beer or simply rather "I'm glad you enjoyed, would you like another?" O bartender, You always look after me Especially when you find me on a spending spree Thank you bartender for all the great times For this cocktail now which you call mine.
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Jan 20, 2021
Jan 20, 2021 at 5:47 AM UTC
Ode To The Bartender
You ever sit? You have that itch? So you scratch. Scratch. Scratch that ******* itch. It just won't go away. It keeps gnawing away. At your neck. Down your spine. Down your arms. Your ******* face. That ******* itch. And you scratch. You just keep scratching. It just keeps itching. Then. You realize. You. You are the itch. The itch you can't scratch.
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Mar 29, 2020
Mar 29, 2020 at 2:37 PM UTC
The Itch.
Baby, its you vs. them. They only see The things that don't fit in That don't make sense To their enquiring They don't get There is so much more Than corporate and company And a good credit score They invest in you **** that, You're not an asset They wait to see What will you return Company car? Clinical depression? Written on your walls You quote to yourself "Money can't buy happiness" Written on their walls The days penciled in Numbers like a prison sentence They throw you their doubts All the reasons you'll fail They tell you're stupid For believing in yourself They tell you to find some Purpose, some meaning They tell you to do this From the list they have aproven   **** that **** you **** that **** They keep making you do **** that **** **** all your doubts **** your hypocrisy Of praying to God Praying that Life won't knock you down too hard Maybe you're right Maybe I'm wrong You're naive too though If you believe That this little construction Is all that you need That if you look just like Act just like Pretend just like The rest God won't pick up on your Unhappiness If you smile just right Eat just right Get paid just right Then who will know you You can't sleep at night. Surely not me, I sleep just fine.
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Jun 9, 2019
Jun 9, 2019 at 9:05 AM UTC
You vs. them
I breathe But forget to breathe out I blink But forget to open my eyes I shout But forget to say something I step forward But forget where I'm landing I chew But forget that I'm eating I love But forget who I'm loving Again.
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Apr 22, 2018
Apr 22, 2018 at 3:25 PM UTC
Forget
Undirected. Redirected. Rerouted. New direction. Same destination? How far to Nirvana?
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Sep 30, 2017
Sep 30, 2017 at 4:13 PM UTC
Untitled
Soft Voice, Loud Thoughts Like the drip, drip, drip Of a tap that won't, No, can't get fixed. And those words otherwise Left unheard drip, drip, drip With the broken tap Allowong those Loud Thoughts, With those Soft Voices Their means to their end; To shout... Drip, drip, drip And the shouting is not that Shrieking, screaming Of a child left unfed Or a mother left mourning But rather of those few words Drip, drip, drip That make their way past A vocal cord which feels as though It has already been ripped out A vocal cord ripped out by those Loud Voices with Soft Thoughts, With rough hands and rougher tongue Who use and abuse their words Like everything else they've thrown away. Drip. Drip. Drip. And so Loud Thoughts with Soft Voices Are made to feel obsolete In a world of shrieking, screaming, shouting! Drip! Drip! Drip! But Loud Voices with Soft Thoughts Would rather shout at brick walls Than... Breathe... And then so ... what's the point? Those Loud Thoughts with Soft Voices Sooner or later begin to deafen themselves With the Soft Thoughts of Loud Voices And that drip, drip, drip Of Soft Voices with Loud Thoughts Rushes and Gushes with the shrieking, Screaming and shouting At brick walls. Can you still feel your vocal cords?
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Sep 5, 2017
Sep 5, 2017 at 6:11 PM UTC
Soft Voice, Loud Thoughts
It almost seems like The **** of people Is there For me to deal with But I feel like I couldn't care Any less any more Because once you've Dealt with one It seems like You've dealt with them all From that **** at table 22 Who seems to want you To stop by every Two minutes In case he might not Be fine; He's mostly fine But then he forgets to tip **** you, you **** And then the ******* On the road In front of me             Who decides not to                         Indicate that he wants to turn left lane! But hey thats ok Coz this feels like The **** I deal with Everyday. And then theres that **** where I Walk into my mothers House And it isn't warm Or cosy The way it was Growing up. And mom is a slave To pills and other Drugs And now I gotta deal With this **** But she feels once You've been in one Rehab You've been in them all, So she feels like **** Trying, Coz doing hard things Is something that people do Only if they Seriously Want something That they're aching for. But I'm aching for Something that I know I gotta work for And this dealing with **** Its part of the campaign That I'm running for. So that one day I can find myself Not just achieving Everything     But to feel proud Coz I did some hard things To know I ****** up **** up Instead of just giving in So I'll deal with the **** Of the **** At table 22 And the ******* in Traffic And my mother Too.
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Jun 21, 2017
Jun 21, 2017 at 11:38 AM UTC
The **** of People.
I'll be sitting on this ******* wall Waiting for the next ******* fall There aint any kings horses There aint any kings men Who'll come to my ******* rescue And put me together again So humpty ******* dumpty, saved by kings A story that forever has me wondering If I stumble and fall and no favor saves me What kind of favors saved little humpty? So before I do fall Let me get off This ******* high wall
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Jun 16, 2017
Jun 16, 2017 at 5:08 PM UTC
Humpty
You wake in the morning Make sure you eat healthy Gotta rush off to work Before the boss gets all grumpy Then go through your bills Make sure all that shit's paid Gotta get a good nights rest Reset. Repeat. Tomorrow's another day.
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Jun 16, 2017
Jun 16, 2017 at 2:50 PM UTC
Eat. Work. Pay. Sleep. Repeat.
My skin the coffin to my decaying insides The knots in my stomach where anxiety resides The chewed off fingernails The bruises on my arm The wondering who will feed the cats if tomorrow I'm gone
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Jun 16, 2017
Jun 16, 2017 at 2:46 PM UTC
The Cats