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A Tired Tone
I won’t pick up Won’t hear the messages Won’t read the signs left for my interpretation Excused too much Now I realized Took it all from me What left do I have to compromise With Lifted is the burden Loosened is the confines That left no room for undying love I gave it I found…
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Summer Love
Is it worth a shining moment, For a place in the sun? Coming together, But only to depart, And end what we’ve begun. We can come together in shadows, Escaping under trees, the heat That fills long days of sun and sky Upon which me meet. But when the sun sets Or in blows the…
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I Would Prefer Not to
We took up residencies On cushions in the corner, As the time circled in our cups And was swallowed, I noticed the fan talking in a murmur, The ground becoming firmer, The moon getting brighter, The walls feeling lighter, The moon making its debut, The eyes darting through, The table stretching out, The cushions slipping…
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Correctness
You should always have One conservative friend, A political cardiologist Who will stop the bleeding. If you have a conservative friend, You’ll need a liberal one too, Because someone will Have to get you beating again, And if you have both, You need a friend who doesn’t care, So you can figure out Why you…
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Summer Carnival
Breathing life into life The carnival invades a small town Lighting up the sky from afar Cheap thrills Dirty folded dollar bills Rides spin circles in the Tattooed operators eye Grinding wheels upon the axis Merciless kewpie dolls Shameless and tactless All filling the night with odorous sound Screams pleading stop-but keep on going Bleeding…
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Living Logo of Status
You shop status You the affluent mall goer You who stores pop up for You brandish logos across your breasts and butts You So much responsible for the paper chase You Are not me You The affluent mall goer You The living logo of status…
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He was like the night
he was like the night beginning and ending with complete perfection with no detection of any repose like the summer rain that doesn’t know the relief it brings in and out of transparent things the sun hides waiting to rise after he and the night are through she remembers the hazy dance and rides the…
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Broken
Love Fool’s Gold Petty Pity Heavy Jealousy Heart holds pain like Sponge in rain like Memories of sane days that Won’t go way cause Different now it is but Better than it was Now falls down since You’re living just because
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Bound
Everything Years of the good overshadowing the malice which was Plentiful No hugs at a time that my only solace was in rhymes Credit Is due to the few who convinced me that drugs, may be in the future But as of right now, shouldn’t be my substance in use Eye to eye We saw…
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So Much Learned
When dreams are kites floating in the sky You grab the line and run to fly As long as you try to catch the wind And love yourself from deep within Dreamers dream Lovers sigh Artists paint a picture of high Singers sing Players play The world turns on everyday We hardly know the questions…