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22 December 2009
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Modified Myth

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Should I always be beautiful
and unshakable, easy to foretell like a myth ?
No, the world doesn’t love predictability.
Coupled only in rhymes, lines measured
by pulse rhythm, breath and pause.
Like poetry on the humanity scale
Open mouthed, starry eyed, at the passing of each word
From the ugly duckling to a swan.
If …

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15 November 2009
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boys and girls like us

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you loved me
being human
selfish
stupid
i let you down
too soon, as predicted
once was enough
for a girl like you
i loved you
the only way i knew how
quickly
proud like a peacock
and you fled the scene
in your head, in your heart
once was too much
for a guy like me
isn’t that just like us ?
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22 October 2009
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This Is A Test

This is a test of your emergency long lasting net worth.
For the next thirty days or so, your loyalty will be questioned.
Your honesty and integrity will be examined, and all the kindness,
generosity, compassion and romance you have offered will be reviewed
for sincerity and trustworthiness.
An inspection will be done,and recommendations made …

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19 October 2009
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Jax Rabbits (AUDIO)

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On the asphalt of the parking lot
the moon makes a quiet lake.
I remember other times.
Spontaneous encounter
used to be enough for me.
I no longer felt alone
at those times.
Looking at the moon,
with the rabbits
munching on the evenings first dew,
Me, breathing in the night,
the aroma of …

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14 October 2009
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Pretend You Are Dead

I must pretend you are dead to get away from your memory.
Your beauty burned its image into my brain.
Your power and your presence has marked me.
I obsess over them until I am insane.
I take trips and change jobs to get away from you.
I cant even listen to the music I …

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14 October 2009
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So Much Potential

Best Selling Book.
Great Film.
Tragic Accident.
Flamboyant demise.
Suicide.
Murder.
Accident.
Overdose.
Long and painful.
Short and sweet.
No one knows or really cares.
I have so  much potential
no matter what happens,
you will read about it in the newspapers.
I am writing the story.
The obituary.
Now.
But there is always more to the story.
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All Rights Reserved
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10 October 2009
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One Legged Man

These days I feel like a one legged man.
A man with a map.
A man with a mission,
and the wanderlust to get up and go.
There is a void in my plans.
A crucial part of me is missing.
My humanity is not complete.
The mission stalls because I cannot meet the goal.
Today, I cannot …

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7 October 2009
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Silkscreen Reality

You build a Silkscreen Reality
To create a Kodachrome Memory
About a Celluloid Hero who died.
But a Silkscreen Reality
Only discolors false memories
There are no more Heroes-Hollywood lied.
Celluloid is so passe
Ultra rich colors fade away
And a silkscreen when it’s wet is sure to run.
Run…
I suppose that’s what you’ve done.
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5 October 2009
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Life in the Land of Disappointment

No really its ok -
Its alright -
I’m used to it
No baby please-
I wouldn’t have you change a thing.
I’ve lived this life far too long now
I’ve been a bishop, a pawn, but never king.
You certainly owe no apologies
I willingly wear my heart on my sleeve
I knew it could be used to …

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5 October 2009
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It Takes Pictures To Remember The Good Times

It Takes Pictures To Remember The Good Times-
I lay there each night and I can’t sleep-
darkness is where my memories live.
I see the faces of all the loves lost.
I feel each and every pain I ever caused.
I freely give myself the blame.
Each mistake I’ve made, even trying to do right,
comes …

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