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herbice
herbice
Perhaps I’m spending too much time looking for something that isn’t there Listening to the voices while sitting in my underwear And sipping on coffee, smoking cheap tobacco Perhaps I’m ignoring the things I already know   Accusing me blatantly of robbing your youth But you gave it freely… Don’t you remember? Instead I sit like a parasite suckling on the blood of your childhood And use it to fuel my own childlike lust forever   The bitter taste of it matches my brew So much that I sugar coat it with fantasy Of whom I am and what I’ve done to deserve this Instead of opening my eyes to see what I haven’t done to avoid it…   You’re so perfect in your very being That I have no hope in it making sense You show me each and every one of my flaws Through the super-powers of your very existence   I’m withering inside with your expectations of me Your property, your servant, your trophy Sitting on the shelf with the rest of your glories A supporting actor in your very own life story
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Apr 10, 2014
Apr 10, 2014 at 9:31 PM UTC
Pensive
T’was an overcast day in the month of October And you made bad decisions over and over You weaseled your way in my life A bad girl, promiscuous… Yet full of much promise And swore you had conquered your strife You had more than one chance Future still in the balance My love unknowest to me was lust Your beauty and charm Ignored the needle in your arm That milk was more important than us Blinded by elation And soul excavation Heart and head filled with white noise “Don’t try to change me” said my sweet Pixie “You’ll always be my favorite poor choice”
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Apr 7, 2014
Apr 7, 2014 at 4:18 PM UTC
Untitled
Maaaan, I ain’t got nothin… ‘cept 3 li’l buns that came outta her oven Just when ya think everything’s going to be alright Yer served with papers and sleepin’ in a van at night Lookin up at the nighttime sky Sounds in the background of future DWI’s rollin’ by They ain’t got nothin’ either ‘cept empty promises and broken dreams No clear direction of what their life means To a corporate fat cat, they’re just an asset A tax base, bleeds green, a budget offset Sombody PAH-LEASE turn off this ****** faucet They say I make a decent living and STILL I’m living out of boxes And okay, I’ll be positive, I have a couple nice things But I paid the price in meals for the joy that they bring So I sit my broke *** in a corner by the lake And center my mind, lotus position, atoning mistakes And I realize there aren’t any, and I retain my ego Cause when I think about it, we’re all just stuck at a different level of zero Confused mice in a maze looking for the moved cheese Moving purpose to purpose like a band of gypsies Seeking out the lie that is the American Dream Relax the frustration with pleasure in my bloodstream I practice my art of being happy for what I’ve received Instead of the hopes and dreams that from us have been thieved Yet some other mouse with a weapon demands what I’ve got Yelling, spittle in my face, from a man that fate forgot I scream back, fire like a cannon, with pride, with passion Looking straight in his eye, I laugh, say it with me… Maaaan, I ain’t got nothin
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Apr 4, 2014
Apr 4, 2014 at 9:31 AM UTC
Linty Pockets
Maaaan, I ain’t got nothin… ‘cept 3 li’l buns that came outta her oven Just when ya think everything’s going to be alright Yer served with papers and sleepin’ in a van at night Lookin up at the nighttime sky Sounds in the background of future DWI’s rollin’ by They ain’t got nothin’ either ‘cept empty promises and broken dreams No clear direction of what their life means To a corporate fat cat, they’re just an asset A tax base, bleeds green, a budget offset Sombody PAH-LEASE turn off this ****** faucet They say I make a decent living and STILL I’m living out of boxes And okay, I’ll be positive, I have a couple nice things But I paid the price in meals for the joy that they bring So I sit my broke *** in a corner by the lake And center my mind, lotus position, atoning mistakes And I realize there aren’t any, and I retain my ego Cause when I think about it, we’re all just stuck at a different level of zero Confused mice in a maze looking for the moved cheese Moving purpose to purpose like a band of gypsies Seeking out the lie that is the American Dream Relax the frustration with pleasure in my bloodstream I practice my art of being happy for what I’ve received Instead of the hopes and dreams that from us have been thieved Yet some other mouse with a weapon demands what I’ve got Yelling, spittle in my face, from a man that fate forgot I scream back, fire like a cannon, with pride, with passion Looking straight in his eye, I laugh, say it with me… Maaaan, I ain’t got nothin
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Stream of Consciousness Walking out of the building Into the overgrowth littered with debris A polluted stream flows wildly And there I just sit and breathe But the shill voice cuts through me A serrated blade through bread And in an instant I’m reminded again Of all the things just said Like… Why are you crazy? How do you feel? How can you hope to possibly know What is false and real? Where is my joy? Where is my life? What have you done to me? are you doing this just out of spite? (Scream…  Scream…) Get out of my head Get out of my mind Don’t think I know Which thoughts are theirs and which are mine Scream, Scream I’m daring to dream Nor me nor them But somewhere between The life I want And the life I’ve been given Not sure anymore What I can believe in (And I scream once more…) Finally silence Alone in my bed But the thoughts of the chaos Just swim in my head Like a fish Or a flipper Cinderella’s Broken glass slipper Finally trails off My conscious like a cowboy in the sunset And I dream all the dreams That I was trying to forget And I wake To the overbrush The polluted stream Chemical dust And I do it all over again
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Apr 4, 2014
Apr 4, 2014 at 9:27 AM UTC
Stream of Consciousness
Dim Print… Left side to right side… “Where’s the error?” Right side to left… “What was right?” And the back and forth and back and forth and back and forth continues until the conversation fades into nothingness… A black void of pointless banter like a debate where there’s no winner Rhetoricals like a tennis ball or ping-pong match that never ends Background chatter… eyelids close… slumber… BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP snooze BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP snooze BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP Fine… I open my eyes and the dialog continues Slurping down the dark sweet brew hoping the bitterness will bring relief, but it does not. Substance whittled down like an old kook’s dead branch The shavings fall to the earth and rot into insignificance Such is life… Getting on with the day, with dreams that the work will now still the mind Clackity Clackity Clack on the keyboard… the rhythmic sound provides beats for MC Left side and Right side to lay their rhymes down Left side to right side… “Where’s the error?” Right side to left… “What was right?” And the back and forth and back and forth and back and forth continues Until the tête-à-tête makes its way onto the screen itself Frustrated, a third voice intervenes… Why is there a right? Why is there a wrong? Why do we continue this chat all day long? For the love of all that is free, let’s just agree to disagree. raise the roof in the veracity of the things that will be silence… still psyche… embark on a mindtrip blissfully
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Apr 4, 2014
Apr 4, 2014 at 9:25 AM UTC
Dim Print
Dim Print… Left side to right side… “Where’s the error?” Right side to left… “What was right?” And the back and forth and back and forth and back and forth continues until the conversation fades into nothingness… A black void of pointless banter like a debate where there’s no winner Rhetoricals like a tennis ball or ping-pong match that never ends Background chatter… eyelids close… slumber… BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP snooze BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP snooze BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP Fine… I open my eyes and the dialog continues Slurping down the dark sweet brew hoping the bitterness will bring relief, but it does not. Substance whittled down like an old kook’s dead branch The shavings fall to the earth and rot into insignificance Such is life… Getting on with the day, with dreams that the work will now still the mind Clackity Clackity Clack on the keyboard… the rhythmic sound provides beats for MC Left side and Right side to lay their rhymes down Left side to right side… “Where’s the error?” Right side to left… “What was right?” And the back and forth and back and forth and back and forth continues Until the tête-à-tête makes its way onto the screen itself Frustrated, a third voice intervenes… Why is there a right? Why is there a wrong? Why do we continue this chat all day long? For the love of all that is free, let’s just agree to disagree. raise the roof in the veracity of the things that will be silence… still psyche… embark on a mindtrip blissfully
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BAM! Like a camera flash you were there Now... all see is a black spot A silhouette of a person a mystery momentarily lit with glee like a flash it was gone BAM!
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Apr 4, 2014
Apr 4, 2014 at 9:14 AM UTC
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