tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45895432752652032502023-11-15T08:37:57.206-08:00New York Didn't Make MeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-56235574459701052392016-04-01T07:00:00.000-07:002016-04-01T07:00:24.632-07:001/30 A Dilla Piece<div style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.5749px; widows: auto;">
<br />Diligent</div>
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Break Beat Benevolen,</div>
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If you don't know why you're here, it's to hear a story everyone has heard</div>
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James Brown's "King Heron"</div>
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Told from the view of Rosenkats and Gilidenster</div>
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See, that's the way Dilla made music</div>
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Much like the passing of oral tradition</div>
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The arrangement is changed around but the moral of the story is never missin</div>
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Dilla was inspirational, got Hollywood tryin to walk that walk</div>
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Redoing Hansel and Gretle, Jack and the Beanstok</div>
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What he did on the MP(C) you can't describe with verbs</div>
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What he did with music you can't really do with words</div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5749px; widows: auto;">Whom so ever can recreate the Funky Drummer...</span></div>
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To most people, it was just another Friday</div>
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To a few, it was the day J Dilla died</div>
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To fewer still, it was the day the music stopped at an gut wrenching point</div>
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You can still hear his voice even though you'll never hear it again </div>
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Heavenly</div>
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Make a cage bird sing</div>
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Do you think they'll defy me, I who am king? </div>
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Nah...if anything</div>
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That would bring gold like flows wisemen bring.</div>
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It was Dope </div>
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Sky High, Hanging without a rope</div>
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No first class glass, just put me coach</div>
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In honor of those we cherish, we recite songs and hymns</div>
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Even the dead pay homage to him</div>
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seduced by the melody, see what it did to (Mi, Re, Do)</div>
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What he did on the MP(C) you can't describe with verbs/ What he did with music you can't really do with words</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-10267931492575900982013-06-21T14:29:00.003-07:002013-06-21T14:29:58.260-07:00Audition Pieces<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">I remember the last night of the last performance</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Starring up at the lights like it would be the last time</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">I shouldn't have done that</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">I should've closed my eyes and refuse to look</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">In hopes THAT would fuel my progression</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Up at 5am to donate plasma to pay for voice lessons</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Dumpster hop for bottles and cans</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">For dance shoes, dance class payment plans</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Stand at the corner of "Can't & Hack-it" taking handouts for headshots</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">I should've NEVER looked at those lights</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Starred at those angels so long I learned their names</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Burned into my retina, I'll see ya in my dreams when I sleep</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">I didn't develop the "need" to see them anywhere else</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Forgetting that I shouldn't have been in a position to see them at all</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Wore that privilege on my shoulders as if I truly earned it</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Ironic</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">How I pranced around professionals like I was one of them</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">A true testament to my acting ability</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Those lights, those angels</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Have become a memory</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Scar</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Picking at the scab after I got cut</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Use those songs/</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Bang my head against those audition pieces</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Broken into a collage of "almost got it"s</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Sung for different directors and assistants</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">An accompanist </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Who is familiar with the music but never seen it infront of them</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Spark a fire in my chest and let GO</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">BEHOLD!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">This is Benny</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">In this room</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Almost performed on that stage</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">In my life</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Left only to reminisce over the story as if suffering from dementia</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Things that never happened</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">I'm slowly remembering</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The pieces</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Puzzled </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">By the picture I see</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">These aren't like angels I see in my dreams</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-53981768115340432712013-05-26T11:54:00.001-07:002013-05-26T11:54:19.320-07:00Dancing With The Devil"The devil you know is better than the devil you don't"<br />
... Looking over my shoulder<br />
Eyes reminiscing over foot prints<br />
The grappling that took place<br />
...laughing and crying<br />
Bleeding and sweating<br />
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Eyes<br />
Dancing along the foot prints on the ground<br />
Teaching the steps<br />
How you got from there<br />
To here<br />
The wrong decisions<br />
Balled up and littered along the way<br />
I stand<br />
Barefoot<br />
Covered in dirt and cuts<br />
Looking just as cherished as your childhood<br />
That wasn't an ideal<br />
But was still YOUR childhood<br />
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Claiming it as yourself, careful not to hold on too tight<br />
Oils, sweat, tears, blood on your hands distorting it<br />
Changing it for fear of being known<br />
Not for the better<br />
You tuck it into your backpack<br />
Give me one final look<br />
One final smile<br />
One final tear<br />
Then continue down the way<br />
Walking to the rhythm of our song<br />
I sing<br />
With youAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-31375103699853516702013-05-10T12:39:00.001-07:002013-05-10T12:39:06.312-07:00By The Power Of Cracked Skulls...<br />
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Give me strength/</div>
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Give me freedom or death or both/</div>
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Give me land labored on, labored for hope, fertilized with my blood, sweat, and tears/</div>
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Give me a chance/</div>
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Give me a hand/</div>
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From an untampered deck/</div>
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Give life, liberty/</div>
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Just us/</div>
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Not them/</div>
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Give me a blind fold/</div>
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Give me a .45/ Give me a taser/ </div>
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Let me see which one is heavier/</div>
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Deadlier/</div>
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Let me see if I mistake one for the other/</div>
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Give me a gun, place it next to my body/</div>
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Place it at the crime scene/</div>
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Place it in the report to justify a coviction/</div>
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Justify no parol/</div>
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Justify the chair/</div>
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Justifty not overturning the death penalty/</div>
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Give me a flag/</div>
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Give me a ballot/</div>
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Give me a candidate without a "team"/</div>
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Without a logo/</div>
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Without colors or a American Flag pinned to their jacket</div>
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Give me a smile/</div>
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Keep it there, on your face/</div>
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Keep your pockets empty/</div>
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It's not a place to keep your hands/</div>
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Your dreams/ Your I.D./ Your Gun/</div>
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Your smile/</div>
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Keep it on your face/</div>
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Quick!/ Give me some money, I want to buy that smile from you/</div>
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Keep it with me always/ Wear it around my neck/</div>
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No...smiles are not accessories/</div>
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Keep it, I need to find my own/</div>
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Give me hope/</div>
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Give me a mirror/</div>
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Show me what you see so I can see it too/</div>
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So I can fix it/</div>
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So I can enhance it/</div>
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So I know how to describe it to the cops rather than say "He was black"/</div>
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"He was suspicious"/</div>
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"He was wearing a hoodie..."/</div>
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Give...me... a reason/</div>
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Give me my brothers so I can give them hug without the phrase "no homo" being involved/</div>
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Give me a (straight) answer/</div>
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Don't duck and dodge my questions/</div>
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They won't hurt you....just your career/</div>
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Your title/</div>
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Your image that you portray/</div>
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NOT THE ONE YOU SEE IN THE MIRROR/</div>
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IT'S THE ONE THAT YOU FIXED/</div>
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THE ONE THAT YOU ENHANCED/</div>
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THE ONE YOU CAN DESCRIBE TO THE PUBLIC RATHER THAN SAY/</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">
"VOTE FOR ME, I'M HUMAN. I MAKE MISTAKES JUST LIKE THE PERSON IN OFFICE BEFORE ME AND BEFORE HIM AND BEFORE HIM AND BEFORE HIM/</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">
<br /></div>
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...give me...a fucking break/</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">
"Get me a iced tea and a pack of Skittles since you're making a run."/</div>
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Give me a smile...so I can put it on my face and keep it there. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-84342032375591093282013-05-03T15:09:00.001-07:002013-05-03T15:14:03.748-07:00Don't SpeakI hold in my hands<br />
Palms pressed together in prayer<br />
<div>
They are not mine</div>
<div>
Found in the lap of another</div>
<div>
Carelessly placed in my care</div>
<div>
I wish only to return them</div>
<div>
A burden of closure</div>
<div>
Drawing me closer</div>
<div>
To the caricature of who I was</div>
<div>
Rather than who I am</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Out dated programming</div>
<div>
Needing human input</div>
<div>
My reaction is unexpected</div>
<div>
Yet understood</div>
<div>
Receiving kudos under the table</div>
<div>
Disrupted by fist pounding the top</div>
<div>
Labeled a villain </div>
<div>
Status Quo keeps turning on the spindle</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Say nothing</div>
<div>
Don't make it weird</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Use this time to smell fruit</div>
<div>
Flowers and the like</div>
<div>
Don't look for peace</div>
<div>
It will find you</div>
<div>
Just hold still</div>
<div>
Close your eyes</div>
<div>
Say "Ahh"</div>
<div>
But not with your mouth</div>
<div>
Kiss as passionate as you'd like</div>
<div>
But not with your lips</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Use only the palms of your hands</div>
<div>
Pressed together in prayer</div>
<div>
Til they are take from you</div>
<div>
As you have taken</div>
<div>
Thief</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-77091014747447341452013-04-30T09:34:00.001-07:002013-04-30T09:34:18.233-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 27/30I can create a scene<br />
A moment that's captured<br />
With an old oranges box<br />
Propped up by a stick<br />
Triggered by a string<br />
Trickery<br />
Maybe<br />
But all the more real<br />
If you believe it is<br />
<br />
I can summon an environment<br />
Made up of the air you breathe<br />
Engineer it to connect the mind<br />
With the present<br />
Have them speak in two different languages<br />
Understanding one another<br />
Perfectly<br />
<br />
I can<br />
I shall<br />
I will<br />
In time<br />
Create Rome<br />
When ever<br />
Where ever<br />
Just say so<br />
Say<br />
AnythingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-50868205733280467292013-04-27T10:43:00.002-07:002013-04-27T10:43:19.097-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 26/30It's like working with Mercury<br />
It's high science<br />
It's an art form<br />
<br />
It's mathematics<br />
<br />
Character + History + Plot = "Scene"<br />
<br />
Tradition + Situation + Evolution = "Conflict"<br />
<br />
Absence + Love + Weakness = "Desire"<br />
<br />
To understand the meaning of life, you must live it<br />
Over and over<br />
Filter out the bad<br />
And the good<br />
Keep what's alluring<br />
Compelling<br />
Art<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-90232145048707301832013-04-27T10:37:00.002-07:002013-04-27T10:37:35.436-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 24/30<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Haiku</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">From the "Greater than Numbers" collection</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is no Legend</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Only the palm of your hand</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">My fist are prophets</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-45618170996715741892013-04-26T10:19:00.001-07:002013-04-26T10:20:14.554-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 25/30The eye contact was weird<br />
A little crazy<br />
Please<br />
Let me start over<br />
Past the cusp<br />
Where<br />
We have already exchanged pleasantries<br />
Simply catching up since it's been so long<br />
That I forgot your name<br />
You've forgot my profession<br />
<br />
The questions are all out of order<br />
Sorting by systems selected at random<br />
How they roll off the tongue<br />
Trying to keep things<br />
Interesting<br />
The carrot of conversations<br />
Keep it moving<br />
It should be rewarding<br />
But the unknown "X"s<br />
And other variables aren't helping<br />
We'll cross that bridge<br />
Not know "if"or "when" we'll get to it<br />
Thinking too far into it<br />
Let's start over<br />
<br />
Where we're curled up like a question marks<br />
The irony not lost on us<br />
Snickering at the silence<br />
Geeked over the possibilities we could fill it with<br />
It's comedic<br />
It's sexy<br />
It's innocent<br />
It's comforting<br />
Even in conflict<br />
Damn artist<br />
Always gotta create shit\<br />
I don't like that<br />
Scrap it<br />
Let's start over<br />
<br />
When I ask for whatever you're selling<br />
Hoping it's understood I'm not interested in the product<br />
Segue from features to character<br />
Warranty to "Whacha doin after this?"<br />
Depart with digits on paper<br />
Hanging on to it as if life depended on it<br />
Cause I'm bring this thing back tomorrow<br />
Citing it wasn't a good fit<br />
Try again<br />
New Store<br />
New Product<br />
Starting over<br />
<br />
Hello<br />
My name is Nigel<br />
I just wanted to let you know<br />
You walked passed me and didn't say "Hi"<br />
You wanna start over?<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-43870736327642431582013-04-26T09:12:00.001-07:002013-04-26T09:12:24.594-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 23/30My imagination is at it's best<div>
When I make assumptions</div>
<div>
Creative conclusions</div>
<div>
Made from nothing more than</div>
<div>
Fabric</div>
<div>
Samples</div>
<div>
Scent</div>
<div>
The rest is processed</div>
<div>
With a human evolution type</div>
<div>
"YOU GOTTA BELIEVE ME"</div>
<div>
Science</div>
<div>
Thinking "Me"</div>
<div>
Accurate</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
MacGyver mind</div>
<div>
Common characteristics</div>
<div>
Used to complete circuits</div>
<div>
Create connections</div>
<div>
Make "Believe"</div>
<div>
Me</div>
<div>
Eyes know these things</div>
<div>
Seen them many times before</div>
<div>
Through gossip</div>
<div>
I can picture it</div>
<div>
Share it</div>
<div>
Instagram rustic</div>
<div>
So it looks authentic</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
True to life </div>
<div>
Flashing before your eyes</div>
<div>
Don't focus</div>
<div>
Live in the moment</div>
<div>
You have only a second</div>
<div>
Make your decision</div>
<div>
Move on</div>
<div>
If you're wrong, you were right</div>
<div>
At the time</div>
<div>
When confronted with this moment</div>
<div>
And asked if it was </div>
<div>
If it is</div>
<div>
All they said it would be</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-18536869454596029122013-04-24T21:28:00.004-07:002013-04-24T21:33:27.014-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 22/30What is the look of...<br />
It's got somethin to do with<br />
Uh...<br />
Being in the right place<br />
Wrong timeline<br />
Stayed silent<br />
When you should've spoke up<br />
Blurted the obvious<br />
Instead of staying choked up<br />
What is the look of...<br />
<br />
Sounds like (object)<br />
Feels like (concept)<br />
Slippery when caught<br />
Finger pointing at the obvious<br />
Still needing to be taught<br />
Coached<br />
This is how it's suppose to be<br />
According to the look of...<br />
<br />
A happy balanced smedium<br />
A collage of colors<br />
Black<br />
Reaching the shallow depths<br />
Of "Thanks. But no yes."<br />
It's not you<br />
It's me<br />
Giving you "The eyes"<br />
It's the look of...<br />
<br />
It's got something to do with<br />
Uh...<br />
A pat on the back<br />
And uh...<br />
"God has a woman out there for you."<br />
I don't doubt it<br />
But I wonder if she knows<br />
That she's with the wrong cat<br />
Now<br />
How would she?<br />
No one knows the look of...<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-27762494124074567702013-04-23T10:56:00.002-07:002013-04-23T11:12:58.711-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 21/30Let me start by saying<br />
"You're welcome"<br />
Not everyone gets such an invite<br />
In person<br />
To join us<br />
Wake up<br />
It's a beautiful day<br />
<br />
And when I say<br />
"Good Morning"<br />
It means<br />
"I know you have dreams that haven't come true."<br />
"But you don't have to be sleep to realize them."<br />
Open your eyes, friend<br />
This suburban cul de sac of cubicles ain't us<br />
Was never meant to be "us"<br />
But "we" still exist<br />
Dreamers<br />
Not zombies<br />
Wake up<br />
It's a beautiful day<br />
<br />
I've always wanted to have a neighbor<br />
Just<br />
Like<br />
You<br />
I always wanted someone to say "Good Morning"<br />
Too<br />
So<br />
Let's make the most of this<br />
*Grabs you by the collar, jams you into the wall*<br />
Beautiful day<br />
Since we both would rather be pursing our dreams<br />
We might as well say<br />
Wake up<br />
You fucking prick<br />
It's a beautiful day<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-54168313967674154122013-04-22T13:44:00.001-07:002013-04-22T13:54:32.064-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 20/30I remember seeing them<br />
<div>
Take over subway cars</div>
<div>
Covering the doors</div>
<div>
Holding the passengers hostage</div>
<div>
Force feeding the clones</div>
<div>
Culture</div>
<div>
"Excuse Me, Ladies and Gentlemen"</div>
<div>
This is a takeover</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
I remember a man playing mariachi music</div>
<div>
To bowed heads and closed eyes</div>
<div>
The car</div>
<div>
Bucking and Shaking</div>
<div>
Screaming as if possessed</div>
<div>
He walked up and down the aisle</div>
<div>
As steady as his guitar</div>
<div>
His song</div>
<div>
Calmed the car to it's final destination</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
I remember the two of them</div>
<div>
Shoving onto the 4 at 6</div>
<div>
Packed to the third rail</div>
<div>
I heard nothing but the "Click Clack" of tap</div>
<div>
Over power the "Sha-Clack-Clack" from the track</div>
<div>
I could see their feet without seeing them move</div>
<div>
My Koss Headphones couldn't keep out their groove</div>
<div>
Their Stomp</div>
<div>
Their Moves</div>
<div>
Took me from Borough Hall to 23rd st.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Artist in NYC aren't in subways for money</div>
<div>
They're an army</div>
<div>
Battling clones for the good of humanity</div>
<div>
Breaking the monotony</div>
<div>
With a sledgehammer</div>
<div>
Holding passengers for ransom</div>
<div>
A Smile</div>
<div>
On the face of Washington</div>
<div>
"God Bless"</div>
<div>
Have a nice day</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-4383734700631049662013-04-22T10:02:00.003-07:002013-04-22T10:02:44.750-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 19/30Diamond girl<br />
Spoken for in silence<br />
Stars sparkle in applause<br />
Congrats<br />
Welcome to the heavens<br />
The benevolence of your presence<br />
Breath taking<br />
<br />
Let the wind be the peanut gallery<br />
Speculating what you're doing now<br />
What's it like to be<br />
Wanting be<br />
With you<br />
<br />
Wearing white<br />
With bright eyes and smile<br />
The scent of joy dancing for miles<br />
Bells signaling the next chapter<br />
Captured on the script<br />
Written in joyful tears<br />
<br />
The boos of a black hoodie<br />
Over powered by white noise<br />
The train of your dress pulling out of the station<br />
Blow off vapors for dreamers<br />
Steam powered romantic<br />
Welcome to the heavens<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-11077734081095768392013-04-19T14:47:00.001-07:002013-04-20T11:36:15.526-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 18/30<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">There's that one bass kick</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Kind of sounds like a hiccup</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Pop Lock with purpose</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">*snapping fingers*</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-32900737905046966402013-04-19T10:51:00.005-07:002013-04-19T10:51:57.557-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 17/30<br />
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
It was a summer snow fall</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
The tree still budding with inexperience</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
The sky was sea green</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
I saw myself talking to a women I've never met</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
The volume of her voice carried a level of intimacy</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
That suggest we shared a constilation</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
But</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
That's not the case</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
<br /></div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
Her lips were pierced 20 minutes past the hour</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
Bells in my head ringing like usual</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
Warning me of the approaching dawn</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
Wanting to wrap this up</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
Take this time with me</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
I may want to see it later</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
<br /></div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
It's been forever since I slept through an alarm</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
Deep sleep sentences </div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
Handed down </div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
From below</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
Don't judge me</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
You're aware of all the things that's going on </div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
While you're still daydreaming</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
Still thinking</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
"That would..."</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
Be</div>
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">
Nice</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-66149491327711237072013-04-17T16:47:00.000-07:002013-04-17T16:47:20.178-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 16/30No one has every met my father<br />
But they know OF my father<br />
They have shook his hand<br />
Reading the story of his palm<br />
Grooves<br />
A record read<br />
Remixed<br />
<br />
Never seen his smile<br />
But know his laugh<br />
As a baby's cry<br />
Not everyone hears<br />
Life<br />
And thinks<br />
Joy<br />
<br />
Never seen his heart<br />
Kept in his jacket<br />
Or wrapped around his fingers<br />
Shoulder to the wheel<br />
Heels dug in<br />
Tough love<br />
Secured<br />
Careful not to crush hope<br />
<br />
Never seen his emotion<br />
It's written in mathematics<br />
<br />
10 Wades<br />
4 Girls<br />
3 Boys<br />
2 Lovers<br />
1 Clan<br />
<br />
A legacy that legions are made of<br />
Made from<br />
The ever present existence<br />
Of my fatherAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-82527347839030868682013-04-15T17:17:00.001-07:002013-04-15T17:22:08.807-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 15/30<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like to listen</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Receiving hand outs from strangers</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sharing their souls</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even when reciting code</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They share pieces of their soul</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like Marbles</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some are eager to share</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Showoff</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Present spheres of self</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spilling over into other circles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Close by</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carried away by physics</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By philosophy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bouncing down stairwells</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Skipping steps</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To arrive at the ground floor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For someone else to find</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To share</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't share</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just listen</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marvel at the souls</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spheres</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Passed around in circles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spilling over boundaries</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Colorful and Chaotic</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frantic to collect </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To Share</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To Collect</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To Share</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spheres</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't share</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I listen</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For "Materia"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That way </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't lose my Marbles</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-15681202317984811982013-04-14T17:19:00.000-07:002013-04-14T17:19:06.201-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 14/30<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If he ever DID wake up in a new Bugatti</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It would be a miracle</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Raising from the leather</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cool</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not cold</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like Fresh</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Made, Daily</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You're in no position to "dis"</span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or "give props"</span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or whatever your MTV Real World sense of fuckin' decorum tells you to do!</span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone's suit game starts in the amateurs</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In P's league</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">You cant help but g</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">et inspired </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like "Word?"</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Catch fire</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like Marley</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yet Smooth</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a Tip Toe</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A manduro</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saved for an "Aye, YO" </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Smoke signal</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hopefully</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was picking up on the energy</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nathan P</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A New York original</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-24146289577980731852013-04-12T16:09:00.001-07:002013-04-12T16:09:55.643-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 12/30<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Erase the previous</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is "Us" we're talking about</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now</span><div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dance with me</span></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With all the "As if..." in their respected places</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I want you to talk to me</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My body telling a story</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Your body becoming my memory</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sweeping you off your feet</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You're okay</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just breathe</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dance with me</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Following your body by reading your face</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Place your hand on my cheek</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'll give chase</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Run, keep pace</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Heart beat bass</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Love beats so hard</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That beat breaks</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I need space"</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Love can wait</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just breathe</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Til it's time to leave</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dance with me</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"If Only..." in our mind</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Love you" in our hearts</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My arms at your sides</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Step closer</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spin this time in my arms</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Promise it will always be this</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sway</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-33608204941480914162013-04-12T11:31:00.003-07:002013-04-12T11:40:45.846-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 11/30<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In a perfect world</span></span><br />
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I would be judged as one</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First time product of</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A through B</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My conclusion viewed as isolated</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Results</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Less than flattering</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There will never be a "Next Time"</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In a perfect world</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am "Me"</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not "Them"</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"They"</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Those types" or "Their kind"</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am "Nigel H. Wade"</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don't dress me with fears</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With Assumptions</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Masks or Hats that fit someone</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Non-Nigel H. Wade</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In a perfect world</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have a story</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stretching as far back as that gavel</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As far back as that hammer</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As far back as </span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Place your hands behind your back </span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As far back as you can"</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As far back as you can stand</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Before you have to take a break</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Change topics</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Check Facebook</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In a perfect world</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Innocence is never questioned</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Life is not a privileged</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Death is not a destination</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Freedom is</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Free</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As far back as the Sun setting</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Sky closes it's eyes</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Good Day...</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-66306586188573910402013-04-11T18:43:00.002-07:002013-04-11T18:45:13.630-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 10/30<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How do you kill a man?</span></span><br />
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's easy</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Use fire and burn him</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Use water and drown him</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They're sons of Icarus</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Trying to be fly</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Weighed down by perception</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Get Big</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Posture up, Peacock</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fan out wings</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Imposter flight</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stay</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fly</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Posse Up Penguins</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">No Tuxedos tap dancin</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just "Suit and Tie" Swag-Jackin'</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pretending through emulating</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The "self" you saw in another</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Insist on calling him "Nigga"</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Instead of "Brother"</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Birds of a feather</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Faking </span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On wax</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On tracks</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On TV Screen</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Dancer</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Prancer</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Vixen</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dear me</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rudolph with the infrared beam</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Run and take flight</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fire</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For fame and fortune</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let it Rain</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Water</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How do you kill a man</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's simple</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They're sons of Icarus</span></div>
<div style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They'll kill themselves</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-67735263264554363392013-04-08T10:58:00.000-07:002013-04-08T10:58:04.516-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 7/30Film By: Kendale Wade a.k.a "Trinidad Bwaims"<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-18856049856920514042013-04-07T10:30:00.002-07:002013-04-11T18:48:55.875-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 6/30<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I don't know who she is</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Just know she exists outside of my fantasy of "perfect"</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I see her like most would see a mountain in the distance</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Visible but...waaaay over there</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Still</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Not animated as water</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">With all it's metaphor properties</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Not spiritual like the wind</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">She is just part of the scenery til you're standing at her feet</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Each smile, nod, "hello" is a step toward something greater</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Heavenward</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Testing my strength, gradually</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Inclined to think bigger</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Better</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">All that time building </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Being a muscle head</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">My thoughts were never trained for this</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Her polite words are genuine</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I'm not use to that</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">"Is she flirting with me?"</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">No</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">There is not a breath of sex anywhere in her stride </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Towards me</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">As welcoming as it is</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I over train when I think of what shes thinking</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Worried about "what if"s</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Am I crazy?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Is this a fair</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">What if she's trying to trick me?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">What if I can't remember the tricks of this trade</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Because I'm just a silly rabbit </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">And tricks are for kids?!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I'm not making any sense</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">She tells me money isn't everything</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Everything is free</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">So I shouldn't pay her any mind</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589543275265203250.post-7361731995898190762013-04-07T10:15:00.002-07:002013-04-07T10:16:19.691-07:00That Thing Poets Do In April: 5/30<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">They came in like a parade</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Throwing the corpes of those before him</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Singing songs of victory</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Surely there will be brighter days like this</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">As if the world had 2 suns</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Idiots</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Singing </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">"That's my boy" and "Make us proud'</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Forgiven them, hermano...</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">They know not what they say</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">As the dancers passed by with horns blazing</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Leading the float carrying him by</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">We locked eyes</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">He gave me a head up</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">I head nod</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">That exchange would reply sooner or later</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">He got his scholarship</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Someone thought him so wise and above the curve,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">They are going to pay him to see if he can advance the way we think</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Be something more than what was thought</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">It's a time to celebrate </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">And I thought otherwise</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">People are always talking about the Rose that rose from concrete</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">But, never talk about how it is plucked all too soon</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Placed in a vase</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Left to wither a long, agonizing death</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Perhaps left at it's roots</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Crucified by the stares of non-believers</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">"You don't belong here"</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Crucified by those higher achievers</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">"You don't belong there"</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">A rose up for auction </span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Cast your opinion</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Win an "I told you so"</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Lose nothing</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Except a rose</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Who's glory is shoved under envy</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Faded</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Just like...</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">*snaps fingers trying to remember*</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">...that one rose that almost made it.</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">"I believe things will only get better"...You're a liar/ I wish the words of your mouth weren't such a contradiction to your image</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Keep your head to the sky with this yoke on your back/ Can't see it/ All you have are memories of when you could lift your head and the faith that it's still there...still blue/</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426708737592957445noreply@blogger.com0