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david badgerow Oct 2011
War
There is a war going on inside of me
the battleground is my brain
One part is the rational side of me
the background, "You're insane!"

There is more going on inside of me
two animals I cannot tame
One part roaring lion inside of me
the other just purrs your name

There is a door opening inside of me
these things I cannot change
One side looks like Nirvana to me
where everyone's dressed the same
The other room's also familiar to me
it resembles Poe's House of Pain
david badgerow Oct 2011
Today, today
I threw away
everything in my life
that was taking up space;
I dropped what I was doing
and I prepared a place
for you
now there's room enough
for two
you can be with me and
I'll be with you.

Tonight, tonight
I'll do everything right
call you cute pet names and
kiss you softly in moonlight
I will kiss
and I will hold you
and softly I will say,
"For you, my dear, for you
I threw everything away."
david badgerow Oct 2011
if it were a vaccuum,
i'd tell you to feed it things
-pennnies
-buttons
-engagement rings

if it were a bird,
i'd say to clip its' wings
-scissors
-tendons
-muscle strings

if it were a pull-out couch,
i'd ask to pull out its' springs
-bare hands
-cold metal
-chorus sings

if it were a bumblebee
i'd tell you that it stings
david badgerow Oct 2011
Never have I ever
stalled a fire,
But I have been
cheated on with friends
embarrassed and
called a ******* liar.

Never have I ever
installed a light switch,
But I have dated
a couple pychopaths
and most recently
a real *****.

Never have I ever
laid down with a ******,
But I have had
two pet fish once
until I drowned them both
in dish detergent.

Never have I ever
listened very well
But I have spent
a year in isolation,
living in a buried Hell.

Never have I ever
spoke a dishonest word
But I have been borne
up by an eagle and
I swear I scream just
like a bird.
david badgerow Oct 2011
I sat & smoked.

I watched lightning dance wicked metallic fingers across night sky.

I wondered if we'd give ourselves a chance; if we'd try.

I heard the thunder as he stomped out his only response,

Which was,

"Only time spent will tell."

--My cigarette went to Hell.
david badgerow Oct 2011
No one thinks I'm cute.
No one thinks I'm funny.

If I was really so astute,
I'd be in it for the money.
I need to be more rude,
I have to be less thoughtful,
I'll start calling everyone 'dude'
and I'll start drinking milk
straight from the bottle.

No one thinks I'm smart.
No one thinks I'm worth it.

If I really had a good heart,
I'd make everyone think I was perfect.
I need to be more greedy,
I have to be less austere,
I'll start taking food from the needy,
and I'll build a facade on every frontier.

No one thinks I'm special.
No one thinks I care.

If I could really deal with pressure,
I'd scream and throw things into the air.
I must be much less pensive,
I must try to be more gluttonous,
I'll start buying suits that are expensive,
and at least two more button-ups.

No one thinks I'm grand.
No one thinks I'm unique.

If I was really such a right-hand-man,
I'd reach down and scratch their oblique.
I must be much less generous and
substitute it with daring,
my handshakes will be venomous,
and I'll start littering without caring.

No one thinks I'm the best.
No one thinks I'll go higher.
I must do away with being honest, yes
and I'll practice becoming a good liar.
david badgerow Oct 2011
Listen! Oh, peasants! Be still and hear!
Must we live our whole lives frightened like deer?
Content to be tossed around like waves,
rolled over like dice,
wandering directionless through life's clever maze
like little white mice?

It is time to act and stand tall!
When Liberty cries for Mercy,
we must answer Her call.
They think us imbeciles,
fools one and all,
We must fight with tools,
this tyrant must fall.

It is time for revolution!
All ye students early rise,
stock up on Redbull and
take your fight to the skies.
We must strike from the top
to take Them by suprise, and
do not stop until
each one of Them dies.
We will no longer be fooled
by this government's guise.

To the skies, you mortal beings!
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