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Mark Rohlf Mar 2019
a medley of mange
this group of misfits
laughing dancing
and grazing the strange

unconventional freaks
outlandish and odd
parroting our priests
and glib of our gods

mocking our trials
poking fun of our kings
curating our flaws
as they jump and sing

bent and dimented
indignant to drones
lippy and pert
these rolling stones

theater people
I'm working on a painting of the title, Theater People. This collection of words will accompany the painting.

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RyanMJenkins Sep 2014
Disconnected, dimented
In a dimension
With no mirror to be reflective.
Thinking ourselves outside of the collective
Using abusive excuses as justification for the sedative

Flick of the stick, and the ash scatters
Serving pesticide on a ***** platter
In this scene it's easy to see we don't matter -
Never relinquished from the mind's ghastly chatter.
Just a solitary paint splatter,
In a basement of a home that holds no life
Blended into everything unless otherwise stricken by sunlight.
Rocks rain on our soft spot
Mental blocks stain those I wished would "forget me not"
Almost immobile, breathing in disease, watching the body rot, wash me clean

It's hard to stop
When the pain is adorable.
Ingested my finances,
I was too broke to afford your whole.
Your happiness I stole,
but I swear I don't have it.
My frown is right-side-up until I've found a way to mask it.

Gonna grasp this vessel by the foundation and collapse it,
with a relapse hit, staring at the flame as it burns the fabric.
Waiting for magic in a sea full of plastic -
Setting the stage on fire,
only to create something - *tragic
words burn, flames hurt

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Summer Jackson May 2015
dark, dimented, and twisted
i watch you walk past my door
you ignore my cries for help
you see me lying on the floor
stabbed through the heart
my blood spreading fast
pulse slowing, barely alive
not much longer shall i last
you tried to tell me i'd be fine
that i'd survive without you
and like the fool i am
i fell for all your lies
there once was a time
when we were in love
you were my everything
my soul mate from above
all i wanted was to be in your arms
just to feel warm and safe
your kiss was my drug
and how your tongue would always trace
every line and imperfection
so soft but so sure
the way you'd whisper in my ear
with words so beautiful and pure
but none of that matters now
as i lay here and cry
because you broke me unexpectedly
and left me stuck here
just waiting to die
Summer Jackson May 2015
lonely, depressed, and dark
love has left its mark
it's all just one big lie
and it left her there to die
her hearts been torn to shreds
barely attached by a single thread
a sick, dimented place
until she saw your face
your existence changed her world
even though she's just a girl
promising to stay around forever
to play her you would never
then one day you disappeared
and suddenly it was all too clear
the one she needed all along
was always close but far too gone
the perfect person to treat her right
was the beautiful being inside her mind
originally wrote 12-14-14

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