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The jig is up for us who know each dawn delivers A renewed sense of dread, despair, disillusionment; another day in, Day out slog, the persistent, insistent fear of, fill in the blank, An absolute knowing in the end, nothing really matters. A tranced-out going through the motions at a meaningless job, The mechanical everything's fine exchange, the pasted on smiles, The inevitable, "How ya doing, how's it going?", Muttered absent mindedly on the work-a-day-rat-wheel. One thought that saves the day; the ride home, the solace of The burn of the ***** the quick numb out effect straight into the  Blood brain barrier without a hitch, the fear lifting, down into the dark Chamber of no real care and slowly, surely, relief arrives. And deep inside this numb town, a desperado appears, calls the shots, Schmoozes slyly, "Hey compadre, give me your fear, and I give you my self-righteous willfulness in return, and best of all, I’ll deliver you your very own smothering mother of oblivion." Awakened, head pound, brain fog, dry as a desert, need water now, And Like clockwork, a barely audible patient inner voice asks, “Is this the really the life you want?” and without hesitation, The regular repetitive retort, “Yup, one more day at a time.”
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Aug 21, 2011
Aug 21, 2011 at 4:00 PM UTC
One More Day at a Time
The jig is up for us who know each dawn delivers A renewed sense of dread, despair, disillusionment; another day in, Day out slog, the persistent, insistent fear of, fill in the blank, An absolute knowing in the end, nothing really matters. A tranced-out going through the motions at a meaningless job, The mechanical everything's fine exchange, the pasted on smiles, The inevitable, "How ya doing, how's it going?", Muttered absent mindedly on the work-a-day-rat-wheel. One thought that saves the day; the ride home, the solace of The burn of the ***** the quick numb out effect straight into the  Blood brain barrier without a hitch, the fear lifting, down into the dark Chamber of no real care and slowly, surely, relief arrives. And deep inside this numb town, a desperado appears, calls the shots, Schmoozes slyly, "Hey compadre, give me your fear, and I give you my self-righteous willfulness in return, and best of all, I’ll deliver you your very own smothering mother of oblivion." Awakened, head pound, brain fog, dry as a desert, need water now, And Like clockwork, a barely audible patient inner voice asks, “Is this the really the life you want?” and without hesitation, The regular repetitive retort, “Yup, one more day at a time.”
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Aug 21, 2011
Aug 21, 2011 at 4:00 PM UTC
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