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What steps he took, after losing his edge Cocky **** running wild in days, never slept Took drugs, took women, took men Never slept again What cliffs she admired, after seeing the edge Tormented in fuzzy daydream childhood afternoons She came down and stayed for days An obsession with time to the point of stasis I think I'm losing my edge He thinks he's dead again She lost the bed again A faceless man was sat on a bench by the seafront Hood high, said goodbye Told me his missed the old style, wants more Told him I was tired and this is whorish What vines are these, that bound my ankles and I was screaming into vacuums, grand clocks, strange houses Safe houses that become embers Magic men, shaman, shaggy hair, danced there To use words in multiple places, placing clues A whole story, absolute, read it backwards, forewords iTunes shuffle function, on the poetry of the soul (if it exists) But he lost his edge again Yes he went to Africa, saw the face of God and the Devil, unification Iboga, uneasy stomach, vomited and killed them all Watched the world burn, and children dance Bluebell Lucy on arrival, back home Taunted the skies, saved the proletariat Grew wild roots and sang, some seraph Admittedly not an architect, or a poet or ********** How many people have made these allusions Sold drugs, killed men, ran home, all there, ghost of government Hedgerows grew wild, were noticed and cut down Still praise beatitude, Ginsberg, love-made, Kerouac, still plays She was Hannah and she was Malcolm, also Marvin He was them too, all the same, transcendental self-infatuation Peach trees, coloured blinds, ashy scattered floorboards Burnt home, music playing, popular culture All free-form even with formality A stream of conscious way of life Outlook unsure He thought he lost his edge Turns out s/he never had it
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Dec 26, 2013
Dec 26, 2013 at 12:26 PM UTC
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What steps he took, after losing his edge Cocky **** running wild in days, never slept Took drugs, took women, took men Never slept again What cliffs she admired, after seeing the edge Tormented in fuzzy daydream childhood afternoons She came down and stayed for days An obsession with time to the point of stasis I think I'm losing my edge He thinks he's dead again She lost the bed again A faceless man was sat on a bench by the seafront Hood high, said goodbye Told me his missed the old style, wants more Told him I was tired and this is whorish What vines are these, that bound my ankles and I was screaming into vacuums, grand clocks, strange houses Safe houses that become embers Magic men, shaman, shaggy hair, danced there To use words in multiple places, placing clues A whole story, absolute, read it backwards, forewords iTunes shuffle function, on the poetry of the soul (if it exists) But he lost his edge again Yes he went to Africa, saw the face of God and the Devil, unification Iboga, uneasy stomach, vomited and killed them all Watched the world burn, and children dance Bluebell Lucy on arrival, back home Taunted the skies, saved the proletariat Grew wild roots and sang, some seraph Admittedly not an architect, or a poet or ********** How many people have made these allusions Sold drugs, killed men, ran home, all there, ghost of government Hedgerows grew wild, were noticed and cut down Still praise beatitude, Ginsberg, love-made, Kerouac, still plays She was Hannah and she was Malcolm, also Marvin He was them too, all the same, transcendental self-infatuation Peach trees, coloured blinds, ashy scattered floorboards Burnt home, music playing, popular culture All free-form even with formality A stream of conscious way of life Outlook unsure He thought he lost his edge Turns out s/he never had it
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Dec 26, 2013
Dec 26, 2013 at 12:26 PM UTC
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