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matthew-albert-perry
American I'm a singer and a guitar player. I mainly write poetry, and stories without a defined character. I've been writing for well over ten years now.
Solemn hour Yonder year, Take the latter second, A car in the distance of the road, Fertilized with the scent of life A light reflecting him, and a crow Perched atop his shoulder. He ventured toward the chateau, Cars passing him blanked by countless efforts Tripped inside, a maid approaches the door She appears to be one-hundred, The crow fell off the shoulder and dust remained Where the maid cleaned up and left.
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May 8, 2011
May 8, 2011 at 3:52 PM UTC
Solemn Hour
I sit inside a poets mind, And mess with the machine, Their stories pour and print on paper, And it's not always clean. A gear there and engine here, Their clicking engines work. The pen falls and fills the bottle Of ink while it spills. The story is done, His work is gone, But never is forgotten. He resets the typewriter And starts to write again.
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Apr 23, 2011
Apr 23, 2011 at 7:53 PM UTC
Inside a Poet's Mind
As the windows roll down, The wind blows in, The cold crawls up my arm, And spreads like butter, Engulfing the surface of my being. The wind blows in and freezes the car, The time stops and the moment stands still, The night is young, but eager The moon and stars frown As I tuck myself to bed at night, It’s still young, and hungry for life.
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Apr 14, 2011
Apr 14, 2011 at 7:26 PM UTC
Cold, like Butter
It’s like standing on the edge of a cliff - and looking down a downward spiral into a whirlpool, that drains your dreams delicately into a sealed bowl. it’s like staring into the sky, and falling that feeling you get when you know what’s coming a nauseous feeling in your stomach, the tingling of your feet and the absence of feeling in your arm it’s like a clock going backwards as everything moves forwards like a gesture made often but frequently forgotten it’s like sitting on the train tracks waiting for it to come to wake up and ride away to steal pain and numb the sadness it’s like waking up from a bad dream into a nightmare - that sudden feeling of worry that washes over and drowns it’s like falling off the cliff watching that whirlpool wait to consume knowing what awaits and accepting.
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Mar 26, 2011
Mar 26, 2011 at 6:19 AM UTC
On the Edge, and back again
I walk around with my label-gun and stab you with your permanent mark. You belong here, with them. Sulking and alone. Or you belong with them, Rich and stuck up. Or with them, synthetic beings with synthetic organs. Or with yourself, secluded and different. Maybe you need no label, Maybe just an escape
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Mar 22, 2011
Mar 22, 2011 at 1:15 PM UTC
Escape
It’s funny, how we laugh. A crippled man with a cane, We laugh. As he struggles, we laugh. We laugh in the face of his trouble, His struggle to survive, and we laugh. We chuckle at the mis-matched student. Camouflage pants and corduroy jacket, An orange hunting hat and tan shirt. We chuckle at him, in his highest fashion. As he walks proud at his creation. We boo the gay couple, and shun them away. We laugh and call them names. They search for oasis and fall short often, Their acceptance here will never be forgotten. We laugh at the difference, The ones on their own, We do not like the change, From our norm society. We laugh in their face, in their struggle their grace, Instead of giving them the hand they deserve. We walk away and laugh with friends, As they struggle with their crippled acceptance.
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Mar 20, 2011
Mar 20, 2011 at 7:09 PM UTC
We Laugh
Here I am, I stand for one thing I stand tall and proud and shrink - It's like a magnifying class being pulled away from an ant as it grasps for its life Here I am, falling A simple hole in the ground where I stomped angrily the world spins with me, the colors bedazzle and amaze everything seems slow, why is the clock broke? Here I am, on the ground now grasping for my life here I am, an ant under a magnifying class gasping for air begging for life the world spun with me like a top that wont stop and now it's fallen, and I am lifeless
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Mar 19, 2011
Mar 19, 2011 at 8:08 AM UTC
The world spins with me
In dreams, I create infinity. I walk down Escher’s infinite stairs and trip – as a board breaks. In dreams, I fall. I fall and land in the sand. In dreams, I build buildings Eight miles high. Each floor a mirror of different sights. In dreams, I create life. I satisfy that which is not satisfied. They breathe, they live and die. In dreams, I cancel reality, I find my escape, and break the ladder down. In dreams, I create infinity. I manipulate time. In dreams, I live forever.
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Mar 8, 2011
Mar 8, 2011 at 3:51 PM UTC
In Dreams
A mark of mastery, a degree of high status, Atop a tall throne, spectre in hand. Waving and yelling like the fools in grey. This ink, which poisons his blood, Paints profound pictures posing A small threat to mind.
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Feb 23, 2011
Feb 23, 2011 at 12:31 PM UTC
High status
I stood there with open words, A blank mind and colorful slate. Free of prejudice, the glass seems clear. A cheer here and there, a successful move forward, A journey almost satisfied, A night out alone ol' Luna in the sky, A trip into roses, of all different kinds. Recovery and some blood, the journey has just begun. With birds on heavy watch, guarding their sacred forest. Closed words and filled mind, A grayscale slate was left.
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Feb 23, 2011
Feb 23, 2011 at 12:20 PM UTC
Open words