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Depravity

Tinker, tailor, soldier, ****

Still on the wrong end of a gun, and

I feel like a walking phallus-y, spelled with a "ph"

A balancing act on a ballast beam

 

I'm sick of splitting pills

Like splitting hairs

Over an equal piece of the same share

I'm sick of playing fair

 

Like alliteration taught to an illiterate

In a post-biblical nation

I’m trying on your patience

 

And the monstrosity that is my social viscosity

Is borne consciously

Proceed cautiously

 

But who would I be without the depravity?

The sick and sadder me?

Another puzzle piece probably

Resigned to believe his beliefs aren't faulty

Fuckin' salty, and

Steeped in a brine of designer beef and corn feed

Too yellow to bleed

 

No

 

When I speak, I beg you to see

Suffering is a similarity, synonymous with life

So proudly riddled with strife, I spit

This wisdom demands sacrifice

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robert-ueda
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Nov 22, 2013
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