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Acme Feb 2020
I'm selling you peace of mind.
Free. Just go outside and put
one foot in front of the other
again and again and walk
your way to serenity. I swear
It's that easy and true.
Acme Feb 2020
I'm almost 71 years old.
I'm lost in a changing world.
I still have hope for progeny.
I still believe in True Love,
Santa Claus and happy endings.
I don't think I'll ever really die.
Acme Feb 2020
We're at war, you and me.
The damage has been severe.
We hate the enemy!
We've forgotten why.
Both sides are even.
Can we call a truce?
When there's a truce, the two sides stop attacking each other, catch their breath, and try to work out a peace deal.
Acme Feb 2020
I'm tilting at windmills tonight.
   I will slay dragons and broken hearts
   and bring dogs of hell to heel after all.
   I still sleep with her ghost tonight.
   We find small comfort living and dead.
   Cervantes'  certainty keeps our faith.
Acme Feb 2020
I want pleasure. Don't hate me.
Feeling good feels so good if
it's done right, but be careful.
Tread gently in this minefield.
Don't become a slave to desires.
Never get addicted. Just hold
the devil's tail loose and let go.
Abstain for a month to make
**** sure you haven't been
swallowed by his hell on earth.
Acme Feb 2020
The whole world is out tonight.
Dancing and celebrating and seducing
one another over drinks and  taxi rides
to his bed and a disappointing ****.
She wakes early and dresses and flees.
She hopes he'll call sometime today.
That's the sad part of it all.
Acme Feb 2020
Everybody is screaming into
microphones over each other.
Nothing makes sense anymore.
We're left ignorant wanting more.
Poets used to speak the truth for
us but now they've gone mute.
We need to go to war with words
lead the charge for change to it.
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