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I have been proud I have considered myself wise I have thought that I was Far above The failures of others
Hope is so elusive It just won’t come near Hopelessness and foolishness Grasping to things that just aren’… I can’t seem to find freedom
2015-01-12-22-48-02 I’m on to something new Just trying to get over you What in the world am I thinking? Was it really that much?
Driven too long with out coolant With out lubricant, my wife Blew the head gasket on the old Buick century. Now lifeless on the flatbed. Wait…
All the spaces between. All the things left unsaid. They are like the air packed into a vanilla milkshake
The million incandescent bulbs that line Gibbs St from Barrett Place to Main go out just after midnight. Stragg… smokers sit or stand in the alley
The two of them sat face to face by the banks of the narrow stream smoking cigarettes, throwing stone… and dismantling
I never told you a lie I was honest from the start You knew about my wife You knew who I was You accepted the facts
I can no longer trust my mind not to betray me, and devour me To bury me with thoughts of insecu… Was it love was it something else
You made me young Took away all my excuses You brought me to life Demolished ever inhibition You taught me to love
A powerful master Frequently cloaked Obscured by half truths Demands masked as duty Though there is nothing lovely in…
Too long trapped Hopeless and caged Owned and enraged I saw a way out Extinguished my apathy
What are you selling Everybody is That thing that you have That’s icing and fizz Every encounter
Blessed to see Even momentarily To touch The greatest of heights reached by two people of one mind
I want to have it all A full meal with all the flavors Of the single morsel You fed me