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If much of taste is olfactory And smell my strongest sense Then I am only remembering the bad taste in my mouth Whenever I smell your cologne. Or were those pheromones? Which someone once told me were a pop science myth As far as humans are concerned. But from what I've learned, there's a reason I remember when your birthday rolls around, Curse the fact that your phone number's still memorized, Wonder how we all grew out of our awkwardness but somehow We never stopped being weird kids who dream about taking over the world without Wanting anything to do with it, Convinced somehow we wouldn't know what to do but Planning every step of development Developing bad habits to have something to break later Breaking up frustration with a long handled axe Asking questions of the ceiling and being ambidextrous Dexterously clumsy, bursting from cicada skins Skinning cats and giving catty answers cause we can Canning ideas, blasting truths, getting reaction shots Shooting *** and pounding drums and whatever ***** comes along A long , long way from home. If there's a method to my madness then my sanity is rhymeless And sleep gives no more stability than sadness. Awareness is a legendary goal, but I'd rather be blind than forgetful, rather Anxious than regretful, never Seek salvage from judgment, shelter from justice, Which someone once told me was a pop culture myth. And if it's mythology then please, call yourself the hero. You deserve it after all, you deserve the fall, To stall till last call, shoot to brawl It takes all strands of our silk, when you consider it. Done are the days of self righteous ******** Gone are the messages you seek, Long are the nights and low is the sun now Sunning like lizards in the light from a flare gun Gunning for a desert road that exists only in memory Memorizing lines and making them glide smooth like glaciers Glacial glances but loving deeply every pulse felt or heard Herding the sheep you count before your childhood sweethearts close their eyes Eyeing the dreams that glow in a summer sky like faraway missile tests Testing cold waters, and debunking theological fallacies, ******* fantasies or secrets, slowly losing steam for longing A long, long way from home.
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Jan 22, 2014
Jan 22, 2014 at 3:58 PM UTC
Pop Mythology
If much of taste is olfactory And smell my strongest sense Then I am only remembering the bad taste in my mouth Whenever I smell your cologne. Or were those pheromones? Which someone once told me were a pop science myth As far as humans are concerned. But from what I've learned, there's a reason I remember when your birthday rolls around, Curse the fact that your phone number's still memorized, Wonder how we all grew out of our awkwardness but somehow We never stopped being weird kids who dream about taking over the world without Wanting anything to do with it, Convinced somehow we wouldn't know what to do but Planning every step of development Developing bad habits to have something to break later Breaking up frustration with a long handled axe Asking questions of the ceiling and being ambidextrous Dexterously clumsy, bursting from cicada skins Skinning cats and giving catty answers cause we can Canning ideas, blasting truths, getting reaction shots Shooting *** and pounding drums and whatever ***** comes along A long , long way from home. If there's a method to my madness then my sanity is rhymeless And sleep gives no more stability than sadness. Awareness is a legendary goal, but I'd rather be blind than forgetful, rather Anxious than regretful, never Seek salvage from judgment, shelter from justice, Which someone once told me was a pop culture myth. And if it's mythology then please, call yourself the hero. You deserve it after all, you deserve the fall, To stall till last call, shoot to brawl It takes all strands of our silk, when you consider it. Done are the days of self righteous ******** Gone are the messages you seek, Long are the nights and low is the sun now Sunning like lizards in the light from a flare gun Gunning for a desert road that exists only in memory Memorizing lines and making them glide smooth like glaciers Glacial glances but loving deeply every pulse felt or heard Herding the sheep you count before your childhood sweethearts close their eyes Eyeing the dreams that glow in a summer sky like faraway missile tests Testing cold waters, and debunking theological fallacies, ******* fantasies or secrets, slowly losing steam for longing A long, long way from home.
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Jan 22, 2014
Jan 22, 2014 at 3:58 PM UTC
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