tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18835957060060906532024-03-08T12:30:42.421-08:00Duff's PoetryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12032308517159331209noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883595706006090653.post-64739838738220034172015-06-06T16:06:00.000-07:002015-06-08T15:54:27.388-07:00Ryan Stark<div class="MsoNormal">
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It is safe to assume that most people<br />
reading this</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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won’t personally know<br />
an upstanding Gentleman named Ryan Stark,</div>
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who was raised in the Old Southwest of Reno, Nevada<br />
and who currently resides in Oakland, California</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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where he owns and manages a coffee shop called<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Black Spring Coffee Co.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But despite this<br />
I believe<o:p></o:p></div>
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if you stick with me</div>
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to the end</div>
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<br />
you will probably have<br />
a fair idea<br />
of who Mr. Stark is</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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and what he is all about.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The thing is<o:p></o:p></div>
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I like coffee shops.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Chains,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Independent. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Doesn’t matter.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I enjoy the vibe.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It helps me concentrate.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But I can only abide them during a<o:p></o:p></div>
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brief window of time; <o:p></o:p></div>
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Just after they’ve opened <o:p></o:p></div>
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to just before the morning rush.</div>
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I sit here, so happy,<br />
despite the fact that<o:p></o:p></div>
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in just a couple short hours<o:p></o:p></div>
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The pastry display will look like Normandy Beach</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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with a ripped in half<br />
Red Berry Cheesecake Danish <o:p></o:p></div>
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left bleeding out in the arms of some<br />
crumbled Blueberry Scone</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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and all those luscious BMT Chicken Salad Sandwiches </div>
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will be snatched up, <o:p></o:p></div>
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leaving their far less desirable Turkey Havarti counterparts
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to face this miserable world all alone.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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And the napkin dispenser will be empty<o:p></o:p></div>
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And the trash will overflow<o:p></o:p></div>
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And the infants will scream<o:p></o:p></div>
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And the crazy homeless dudes will need corralling<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />
And this silent air will be shattered<br />
by the barking<o:p></o:p></div>
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of some bitchy dude,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Or some dudey bitch,<o:p></o:p></div>
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in a slick business suit <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />
Who has to take a single precious second away</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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from his or her <o:p></o:p></div>
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totally-more-important-than-you-could-possibly-comprehend <o:p></o:p></div>
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Bluetooth conference convo<br />
in Japanese, no less,</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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to yell at this poor barista chick because<br />
<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />
“THIS IS NOT SKIM!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I SPECIFICALLY ASKED<br />
FOR SKIM<br />
AND THIS IS 1%.<o:p></o:p></div>
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O, YOU BET I CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />
"THIS SHIT HAS FAT IN IT<br />
OR MY NAME ISN’T<br />
DICK-FACE FUCK-MOUNTAIN THE THIRD!</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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MAKE IT AGAIN, PEASANT!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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And then the barista will say,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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“Gee, dude, I don’t know, man.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Maybe we boned up your order,<o:p></o:p></div>
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maybe we didn’t . . . <o:p></o:p></div>
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but either way,<br />
I feel like you might be <o:p></o:p></div>
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over-reacting just a smidge.<o:p></o:p></div>
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"Because if you being<br />
<o:p></o:p></div>
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five minutes late to work today <o:p></o:p></div>
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is really going to effect your life<br />
that much,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />
"then maybe you shouldn’t have <o:p></o:p></div>
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stopped in here to get a coffee <o:p></o:p></div>
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in the first place,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />
"And maybe <o:p></o:p></div>
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just a little bit of this </div>
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stress<br />
you’re experiencing right now <o:p></o:p></div>
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is, like, I don’t know, maybe<o:p></o:p><br />
just a little bit</div>
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Your Fault.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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"Perhaps I’m just like </div>
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a tiny insignificant integer<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the gigantic, unwieldy,</div>
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un-prove-able </div>
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cluster fuck of a math problem </div>
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that your life is turning out to be,</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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"The same way that Welfare <o:p></o:p></div>
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for instances</div>
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is only a tiny fraction of one per cent <o:p></o:p></div>
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of the United States Federal Budget,<o:p></o:p></div>
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right?</div>
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<br /></div>
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"And maybe this whole entitled,<o:p></o:p></div>
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self-destructive, narcissistic thing you’ve got going on <o:p></o:p></div>
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is like, <o:p></o:p></div>
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the true culprit here . . .</div>
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not me.</div>
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<br /></div>
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"Because,<br />
I'm just some chick </div>
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who makes coffee.</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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“And dude:<br />
AMBER ALERT:</div>
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COFFEE IS SUPPOSED TO BE<br />
A NICE THING! </div>
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Right?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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“Just a nice thing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Not the end all.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Not the be all.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Just a good thing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“A thing that brings comfort</div>
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'Joy' is even too strong a word.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It's a friendly chemical nudge<o:p></o:p></div>
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that eases you towards all the shit<o:p></o:p></div>
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you just gotta get done today.</div>
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“And I get that you’re important<o:p></o:p></div>
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and I bet you’re even a tolerable, <o:p></o:p></div>
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hell, even likeable<o:p></o:p></div>
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when you’re not being a<br />
total fucking cataclysm</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />
"But you gotta understand, man,<o:p></o:p></div>
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I got tons of other people just like you<o:p></o:p><br />
every minute of every day,</div>
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and they're all having their own personal meltdowns <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />
"Over nothing but,<br />
let’s face it,<br />
<o:p></o:p></div>
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over priced,<br />
heated up,<br />
bitter water.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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“And I’m like an artist, <o:p></o:p></div>
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or something,<o:p></o:p></div>
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and I only took this job because<br />
I thought it was kinda romantic<o:p></o:p></div>
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or something</div>
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<br />
"And as stupid as it probably sounds to someone like you,<o:p></o:p></div>
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I just want to use my dumb art<o:p></o:p></div>
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to share all the beauty I see <o:p></o:p></div>
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in the world,<br />
Like,<br />
with the world</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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And right now,<o:p></o:p></div>
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You are killing that for me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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“Because I want to like you, dude,<o:p></o:p></div>
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I really do!<o:p></o:p></div>
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But for real,<o:p></o:p></div>
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You make me feel nothing but contempt and disgust <o:p></o:p></div>
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for everyone on earth.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />
"And sometimes</div>
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I just want to set this whole goddamn place on fire</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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And watch you<o:p></o:p></div>
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And all these innocent little squealing babies<o:p></o:p></div>
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And that poor old homeless crazy veteran fuck<o:p></o:p></div>
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And all the rest them <o:p></o:p></div>
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just burn the fuck alive<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />
"because you just treated me<o:p></o:p></div>
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like garbage<o:p></o:p></div>
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when I just gave you </div>
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my best.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<o:p><br /></o:p></div>
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Thankfully, <o:p></o:p></div>
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for me at least, <o:p></o:p></div>
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None of this has happened<br />
yet.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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The hour is still early.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The sun has barely begun pulling<o:p></o:p></div>
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itself out of the mighty Atlantic.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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It is calm.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It is serene.</div>
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<br /></div>
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The pastry display is immaculate. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The sandwich cooler looks like the White House </div>
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after a fresh coat of paint.</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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The napkin dispensers, the straw cups, and the coffee sleeve
holders are all <o:p></o:p></div>
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Locked, Cocked, and Ready 2 Rock.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Each stone-faced piece of </div>
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metal and plastic and paper and compost </div>
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looks completely undaunted</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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by the impossible task <o:p></o:p></div>
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that lie ahead.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<o:p><br /></o:p></div>
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Besides myself, <o:p></o:p></div>
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there is only one other customer <o:p></o:p></div>
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in the coffee shop.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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He is a regular looking guy<o:p></o:p></div>
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of average height and middle age.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dressed plainly,<o:p></o:p></div>
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he does not stand out<o:p></o:p></div>
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to me<o:p></o:p></div>
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or anyone else.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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I watch the man order <o:p></o:p></div>
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a medium cup of coffee.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He pays for his drink, <o:p></o:p></div>
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tosses a buck into the tip jar,<o:p></o:p></div>
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then continues on to the milk and sugar table. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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He pours himself a moderate amount of cream</div>
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along with a single serving of Sugar In The Raw, <o:p></o:p></div>
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and then proceeds to give his brew <o:p></o:p></div>
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a slow, methodical stir.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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No rush.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Nowhere he needs to be.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Just taking a moment to make sure </div>
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that his coffee <o:p></o:p></div>
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turns out <o:p></o:p></div>
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just how he likes it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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He has shown up early<o:p></o:p></div>
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after all<o:p></o:p></div>
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For this express reason.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Then he drops the stirrer and <o:p></o:p></div>
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the sugar packet<o:p></o:p></div>
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straight into the bottom </div>
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of the empty waste-basket.</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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And that's when this man,</div>
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this stranger <o:p></o:p></div>
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does something</div>
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that I find </div>
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So beautiful</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />
So inspiring<o:p></o:p></div>
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that I am forced to forget </div>
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all my plans I had for the morning<br />
to write this instead.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Because it is at this moment when <o:p></o:p></div>
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this Gentleman before me<o:p></o:p></div>
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swipes a single napkin out of the dispenser<o:p></o:p></div>
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Perfectly<o:p></o:p></div>
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in one crisp motion<o:p></o:p></div>
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like a Marine saluting a Five Star General.<br />
<br />
He leaves no millimeter of napkin</div>
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still inside the dispenser<o:p></o:p></div>
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and doesn't draw the next napkin out</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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leaving it to an undignified end</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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where it would have been left to languish<o:p></o:p></div>
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devoid of purpose on the counter.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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He uses his single napkin<br />
to mop up not only whatever slight mess<br />
he might have made,</div>
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But he also wipes down <o:p></o:p></div>
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the greater Napkin, Sugar Packet, and<br />
Milk Holder Region.</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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He leaves the entire area looking as<br />
flawless</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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as it was when the store<br />
first opened.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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It’s a simple, modest gesture</div>
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But it tells me<br />
a great deal.<br />
<br />
It tells me that there are still a few people<br />
<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rare people<o:p></o:p></div>
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A criminally minuscule percentage of people<o:p></o:p></div>
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Who know the score,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />
They recognize the circus,<o:p></o:p></div>
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They can smell the animals,<o:p></o:p></div>
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They know that despite all our best intentions<o:p></o:p></div>
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And our utmost due diligence<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />
This Crazy Train we're all riding<br />
is leading us straight to the heart of Pandemonium,<o:p></o:p></div>
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The State Capital of Hell itself<o:p></o:p></div>
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No matter what.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Can't stop it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Can't change it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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But they won't participate in it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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They won't retreat from it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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They’ll fight against it<o:p></o:p></div>
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knowing they don’t stand a chance.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Accepting certain defeat<o:p></o:p></div>
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Before they even begin.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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And it reminds me <o:p></o:p></div>
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of the first man<o:p></o:p></div>
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besides my father </div>
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that I ever really admired,</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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The first Stoic, </div>
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Steadfast</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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True Blue<br />
Rock&Roll<br />
Righteous Dude <o:p></o:p></div>
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I ever did have<br />
the distinct pleasure<br />
of knowing.</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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And I think of Ryan Stark<o:p></o:p></div>
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who was raised in the Old Southwest of Reno, Nevada.</div>
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And I smile.<o:p></o:p><br />
<br />
XXX</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12032308517159331209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883595706006090653.post-45909093658791808802015-04-24T07:52:00.001-07:002015-04-24T07:52:25.523-07:00Fat ShamingIt's great,<br />
really GREAT<br />
that you love yourself.<br />
<br />
Fuck Yeah!<br />
<br />
But<br />
<br />
No amount<br />
of self-esteem<br />
can unclog<br />
your arteries<br />
<br />
No amount<br />
of confidence<br />
can stem the flood<br />
of cancer cells<br />
from ravaging your organs<br />
<br />
And no amount<br />
of swagger<br />
can sidestep<br />
that .45 caliber stroke<br />
you've got whizzing<br />
through your brain.<br />
<br />
So good on you.<br />
<br />
You've redefined the parameters of "beauty"<br />
to the point where it also includes<br />
all the vices that will lead to<br />
your untimely demise.<br />
<br />
Mission The Fuck Accomplished!<br />
<br />
But the truth<br />
the cold hard math of it<br />
<br />
Is that you<br />
are fat<br />
and lazy<br />
and going to die<br />
far too early<br />
<br />
And this is all<br />
Your fault.<br />
<br />
You can blame society.<br />
Blame advertisers.<br />
Blame photoshop<br />
for making the food look so<br />
Good<br />
and a healthy body look so<br />
Impossible.<br />
<br />
You can defend yourself<br />
all you want.<br />
Deep down<br />
You know it's true.<br />
<br />
Excuses<br />
wrapped in an education<br />
are still nothing<br />
but excuses.<br />
<br />
But no one calls you fat.<br />
No one calls you lazy.<br />
No one calls you out.<br />
<br />
You've got the whole world<br />
pretending<br />
that will-power<br />
does not exist<br />
<br />
Because<br />
<br />
no one wants to<br />
hurt your feelings<br />
while they watch you<br />
kill yourself.<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12032308517159331209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883595706006090653.post-52167780938859043122015-02-11T11:20:00.004-08:002015-02-11T14:22:43.544-08:00The Woman I Married<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">You are not the woman I fell in love with.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">You are not the woman I married.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">You are not.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">The woman I fell in love with had perfect tits<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">and an ass most fly,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">but she concealed these gifts in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">plain sight so well<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">that even she no longer believed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">that they were real.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">The woman I fell in love with offered<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">apologies to everyone for everything<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">as though it were an essential phase<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">of a peculiar brand of cellular respiration<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">for organisms such as her<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">that have a biological need to constantly express regret<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">for taking up any space at all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">You are<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">not that woman.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">Not<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">The woman I married<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">was a master of disguise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">She snuck from milestone to milestone,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">creeping between each grand accomplishment and dignified honor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">as though at any moment the sirens might blare<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">and a SWAT team might descend<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">to take her away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">and the worldwide news outlets would all report<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">how this little girl of negligible talent<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">and marginal intellect had ever<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">managed to defraud so many people<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">so many times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">The woman I married held her opinions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">tight to her chest<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">vetting each of her words carefully<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">running background checks and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">compiling a thorough dossier<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">before granting<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">them access to her tongue<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">for fear<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">that the air might fill with imaginary insults<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">the second after she left the room<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">and all the smiling faces that<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">she called friends would agree,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">Oh my Gawd. What a bitch!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">You are not the woman<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">I fell in love with<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">and married.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">You are a shape-shifter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">Every morning it seems<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">the passage of night transforms you into<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">Someone stronger<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">Someone braver<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">Someone more self-assured<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">with more confidence<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">who commands more respect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">Listening to you calling out hippies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">for all the ridiculous shit they believe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">or extolling to your prudish friends in completely<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">unapologetic detail the many virtues of S&M and anal sex<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">without the slightest bit of fear or shame<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">is like music to my ears.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">You are a song whose sweet melody</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">takes years<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">to begin to hum along to</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">And while you are not </span><br />
<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">the woman I married<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">I love you and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">I admire you <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">now </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">more than ever</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">And judging by the trajectory of all </span><br />
<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">the things I can measure<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">I will love you more tomorrow than I do today<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">And next year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">And next decade.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">And next century.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">And if I had a billion lifetimes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">I wouldn’t waste </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">one of them</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">without
you.</span><br />
<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12032308517159331209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883595706006090653.post-14149963766637433772015-02-10T16:03:00.000-08:002015-04-24T06:43:43.884-07:00A Small Dark Place<div class="MsoNormal">
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You are a fifteen-year-old girl.<o:p></o:p></div>
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You are standing in a closet<o:p></o:p></div>
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with a sixteen-year-old boy<o:p></o:p></div>
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who is beautiful and perfect in every way<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unlike you.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br></div>
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It’s dark<o:p></o:p></div>
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and you’re glad it’s dark<o:p></o:p></div>
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because you won’t have to see<o:p></o:p></div>
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how handsome he is and he won’t <o:p></o:p></div>
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have to look at how ugly you are.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br></div>
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And he’s only in here with you on a dare anyway.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And it’s now minute four of your fabled<o:p></o:p></div>
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Seven Minutes in Heaven<o:p></o:p></div>
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and so far Heaven seems like a pretty big misnomer<o:p></o:p></div>
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because neither of you have done anything<o:p></o:p><br>
yet<br>
except share each other's oxygen.</div>
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<br></div>
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But you are so close and the heat <o:p></o:p></div>
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from his body is so warm<o:p></o:p></div>
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it makes your knees tremble beneath<o:p></o:p></div>
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the shortest skirt that you’re<o:p></o:p></div>
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allowed to wear outside.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br></div>
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Then, as if cued by some silent alarm<o:p></o:p></div>
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some tiny explosion of hormones<o:p></o:p><br>
a billion years in the making</div>
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the most perfect beautiful boy in God’s sweet earth<o:p></o:p></div>
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reaches out and touches you ever so gently<o:p></o:p></div>
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on your stomach<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br></div>
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And without a thought</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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you instinctively reach out<o:p></o:p></div>
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and touch<o:p></o:p></div>
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his chest<o:p></o:p></div>
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and you’re almost surprised to find<o:p></o:p></div>
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that he is just as real as you.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br></div>
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And he leans forward.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And you kiss.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But this isn’t just your first kiss<o:p></o:p></div>
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--this is The Kiss--<o:p></o:p></div>
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The kiss by which you will measure all other kisses,<o:p></o:p></div>
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for as his lips meet yours and your tongue <o:p></o:p></div>
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slips heroically into his mouth<o:p></o:p></div>
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synapses all across your brain are firing off artillery<o:p></o:p></div>
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blazing a new path through the backcountry of your brain<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br></div>
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Like an elusive flawless game of Oregon Trail where<o:p></o:p></div>
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Everybody lives<o:p></o:p></div>
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and John didn’t break his leg at all<o:p></o:p></div>
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and Becky doesn’t have dysentery at all<o:p></o:p></div>
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and the ford across the river always holds true.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br></div>
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THIS IS WHAT A FUCKING KISS IS, GIRLFRIEND!<o:p></o:p></div>
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next week’s chemistry midterm or </div>
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The Girl <o:p></o:p></div>
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When your breasts hang like boxing gloves.<br>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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And your heart will<br>
sink.<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12032308517159331209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883595706006090653.post-36192205773083669122014-03-12T12:55:00.001-07:002014-03-13T05:48:42.360-07:00About Pussies<div class="MsoNormal">
It is completely absurd that<o:p></o:p></div>
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people use the word “pussy”<o:p></o:p></div>
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As a symbol for weakness <o:p></o:p></div>
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and cowardice.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
A woman’s pussy is tougher<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
And more gallant<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Than any man who has ever lived.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Our entire species<o:p></o:p></div>
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depends</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
on pussies dilating<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
--often ripping--<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
in order to usher in the next generation<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
of human beings.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
You could lay a path<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
from the Earth to the Moon<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
and back again<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
a hundred times over<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
using only the vaginal tears<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
of the unimaginably resilient<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
and courageous women <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
who have faced this horror,<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
but still,<br />
we have the nerve<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
--the sheer fucking audacity--<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
to refer to pussies <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
as symbols for the<br />
weak and cowardly.<br />
<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Meanwhile,<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
we use “balls” as a symbol<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
of strength and courage<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
when they are actually the most<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
sensitive and <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
vulnerable real-estate in<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
the observable universe.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
It’s just <o:p></o:p><br />
<br /></div>
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unconscionable.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12032308517159331209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883595706006090653.post-27272576548626228242014-03-12T03:39:00.001-07:002014-04-03T07:56:13.789-07:00What We Do<div class="MsoNormal">
I was at my dad’s apartment<o:p></o:p></div>
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when my sister called to tell us<o:p></o:p></div>
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that my mother was Stage 4<o:p></o:p></div>
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and the doctor’s only gave her<o:p></o:p></div>
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6 months left to live.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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My father and I looked at each other<o:p></o:p></div>
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and without one word<o:p></o:p></div>
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we immediately,<o:p></o:p></div>
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and simultaneously,<o:p></o:p></div>
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began cleaning his apartment.</div>
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<br /></div>
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I took the coffee table.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was littered with coins and <o:p></o:p></div>
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half-eaten packs of mint Rolaids.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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He took the carpet next to the front door,<o:p></o:p></div>
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gathered up his dirty clothes,<o:p></o:p></div>
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wound an orange extension cord around his arm<o:p></o:p></div>
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which had been tangled against the wall<o:p></o:p></div>
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and plugged into nothing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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I picked a book up off the table.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Can’t remember what.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Probably Clancy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The pages were warped by time and weather.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I tried to close it<o:p></o:p></div>
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But it wanted to stay open and contorted.</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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We didn’t cry then.<o:p></o:p></div>
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That’s not what we do.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We fix things.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And by God, we’d fix this.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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We’d organize all those coins<o:p></o:p></div>
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into tightly pressed rolls <o:p></o:p></div>
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fit for a bank deposit.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We’d plug that extension cord into something useful<o:p></o:p></div>
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And iron out those unkempt Clancy pages.<br />
<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Then we’d do the dishes<o:p></o:p></div>
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And the laundry<o:p></o:p></div>
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And paint the walls<o:p></o:p></div>
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And steam clean the carpet.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Then we’d get fucking serious.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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We’d take it outside.</div>
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Sweep up all the deserts.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Towel off all the oceans.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Organize the stars into a nice sensible grid.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />
We’d take all the chaos<o:p></o:p></div>
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And give it structure,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Give it meaning,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Finally make some sense of this goddamn madness<o:p></o:p></div>
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Once and for all.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Because that’s what we do.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12032308517159331209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883595706006090653.post-18082075584984888552014-03-12T00:52:00.000-07:002014-03-12T01:43:49.639-07:00Period.<br />
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The period is <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
by far<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
my favorite <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
punctuation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Commas are so neurotic, <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
so unsure of themselves,<o:p></o:p></div>
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always needing something extra to add,<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
something to rephrase,<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
so fucking afraid that they haven’t put it<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
quite right <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Or said enough.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Noncommittal pussies.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Dashes are like children<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
constantly interrupting<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
while adults are trying to have <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
a real conversation.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
No. You may not say just one more thing really quick.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
You just interrupted someone<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
who knows about a billion times more than you.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Shut the fuck up and wait your turn.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Someday you might grow up<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
And be a real sentence someday<o:p></o:p></div>
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But until then<o:p></o:p></div>
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Stay outta my goddamn way.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
You little shit.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Semi-colons are like that dude<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
at that party<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
who’s covered in cat hair<o:p></o:p></div>
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and totally up his own ass<o:p></o:p></div>
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And he’s like, “Oh, I know this thing,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Aren’t I sooooo fucking smart?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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And you’re like, “Whatever, dude.”<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Pompous douchebag.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Then you’ve got the contemptible parenthesis,<o:p></o:p></div>
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A punctuation <o:p></o:p></div>
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designed specifically <o:p></o:p></div>
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to be ignored.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The exact fucking opposite of what writing <o:p></o:p></div>
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should aspire to be.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Be bold, parentheses.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Be vital.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Stand up for yourself.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Refuse to be ignored.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Own the sentence you’re standing in,<o:p></o:p></div>
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You limp dick fuck.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Then there’s a whole bunch<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of other punctuations<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ll skip<o:p></o:p></div>
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‘cause fuck it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Exclamation points and ellipses<o:p></o:p></div>
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Are better than the rest<o:p></o:p></div>
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But they do call attention<o:p></o:p></div>
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To themselves<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
And tend to overstay their welcome.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Question marks are the worst.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anyone can ask a question.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Questions risk nothing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Writing that doesn’t <o:p></o:p></div>
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risk anything <o:p></o:p></div>
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is worthless.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Dare to make statements.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Dare to be wrong.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Dare to be ridiculed.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Dare to give people<br />
good reasons<br />
to hate you.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Dare to look like a pretentious, egotistical, narcissistic,
regressive, shallow, heartless, pathetic asshole.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Dare to be human<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
and put a period at the end<br />
of your goddamn sentence.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12032308517159331209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883595706006090653.post-22747837495385966602014-03-04T10:20:00.000-08:002014-03-13T05:57:54.274-07:00Because I Must<div class="MsoNormal">
Death is like basketball.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Put better,<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Death is like a basketball </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
hitting you </div>
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in your big stupid face.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
You’re playing the game<o:p></o:p></div>
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And someone passes you the ball<o:p></o:p></div>
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But you don’t<br />
see it coming</div>
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<br />
And the second </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
before the ball smacks you</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
in your big stupid face<o:p></o:p></div>
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you look up<o:p></o:p><br />
<br /></div>
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You see it<o:p></o:p></div>
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but there’s not a<br />
goddamn thing </div>
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you can do about it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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And it’s unfair.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And it’s going to suck.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And some people will care.</div>
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And some people won't.</div>
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<br /></div>
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And that </div>
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will be </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
that.<br />
<br />
No words can compare to<br />
the movement of a<br />
spiraling basketball<br />
ripping through the air like a comet<br />
<br />
headed straight for<br />
your dome<br />
to so perfectly articulate<br />
one very specific message.<br />
<br />
This is<br />
fucking<br />
happening.</div>
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<br />
And in that second </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
you understand<br />
perfectly</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />
beyond words<o:p></o:p></div>
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beyond reason<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
beyond even<br />
thought<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />
the futility of every plan</div>
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you've ever made</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
or action</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
you've ever taken because</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
from day one</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
this was your </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
immutable destiny<br />
<o:p></o:p><br />
<br />
The ball<br />
was always on its way<br />
to you.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
You understand<br />
in an instant that<br />
everything has led up to this<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
and it has all ready happened<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
and it will continue<br />
happening<o:p></o:p></div>
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forever and ever</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
and it is equally<br />
hilarious and tragic<o:p></o:p></div>
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but you will not feel like<br />
laughing or crying<o:p></o:p></div>
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you will only</div>
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<br />
accept.<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12032308517159331209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883595706006090653.post-39133995366760785092013-05-12T08:13:00.000-07:002014-03-04T10:31:13.654-08:00A Million Dollars In Jewelry<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This
time wasn’t staged.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This
time was real.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A
real 13-year-old boy</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">was
shot in the back</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">by
a real 9mm pistol</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">and
for once</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">it
wasn’t just a flesh wound.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">He
won’t be getting back up.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">He
won’t be coming back</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">bathed
in white light </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">LIVE</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Via
satellite from Heaven</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">to
reassure you that everything </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">will
be okay as long </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">as
you follow your heart.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">His
mother will</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">receive
no </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Best
Actress Award </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">for
her grief.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">She
will give no </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">acceptance
speeches </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">or
wear a million dollars </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">in
jewelry.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">His
father won't</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">go
on a rock ‘n roll revenge spree, </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">tracking
down the killer </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">with
lame puns </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">and
long action sequences </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">set
to techno.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This
time there won’t be </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">anything
</span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">artistically
redeeming.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This
time </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">the
credits </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">will
be </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">empty.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier, 'Courier New'; font-size: 15px;">And
he didn’t have any</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Grand
epiphanies </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">before
he died.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier, 'Courier New'; font-size: 15px;">He
just kind of died.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Just
like you will</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Just
like I will.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Just
like everybody.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier, 'Courier New'; font-size: 15px;">The
real world</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">isn’t
concerned </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">with
plot arches</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">or
dynamic characters.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier, 'Courier New'; font-size: 15px;">Nature</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">will
get blood </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">the
perfect shade of red</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">every
single time.</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12032308517159331209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883595706006090653.post-36740751386748353462013-05-12T08:08:00.003-07:002013-05-12T08:09:03.507-07:00Your Guardian Angel<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It’s
true.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">What
you heard.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">All
true.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">We
tapped her phone.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">She calls
him during her lunch breaks.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Just
to talk.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">He
doesn’t mind.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier, 'Courier New'; font-size: 15px;">We
bugged her bedroom.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">They
haven’t done everything</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">yet.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">He’s
a decent enough guy.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">You
might have even liked him</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier, 'Courier New'; font-size: 15px;">under</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier, 'Courier New'; font-size: 15px;">different</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier, 'Courier New'; font-size: 15px;">circumstances.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yesterday
at work</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">she
rang up a customer </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">who smelled </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier, 'Courier New'; font-size: 15px;">just
like </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier, 'Courier New'; font-size: 15px;">you.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier, 'Courier New'; font-size: 15px;">After
he left</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">she
took her fifteen-minute break</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">and
cried in her car</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The
whole time.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier, 'Courier New'; font-size: 15px;">Just
thought you’d like to know.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12032308517159331209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883595706006090653.post-9726029896337032632013-05-12T08:06:00.001-07:002013-05-12T08:06:46.735-07:00The Preacher
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">You
can usually find him</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">inside
the old downtown </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">train
tunnel. </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">At
his feet will be </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">a
jug of water. </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In
his hand, </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">a
Bible. </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">He
won’t rant to you about </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">the
end of the world </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Or
ask for your money. </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This
preacher will just stand </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">in
his tunnel</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">with
his supplies </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">and
express a love </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">for
Jesus </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">in
an honest,</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Almost
touching way. </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sometimes
</span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">he
sings hymns </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">which
I’m positive </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">he’s
making up as he goes. </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Other
times </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">he
baptizes staggering tourists </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">as
they pass by </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">on
their way to the </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Little
Nugget. </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(That’s
what the jug of water </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">is
for)</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">There’s
a fanny pack under his </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">protruding
gut; </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">its
bright yellow color, </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">a
relic of the 1980s.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">No
object, </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">article
of clothing, </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">or
hair dye </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">will
ever be manufactured </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">with
this </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">reckless
shade of yellow </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">ever
again. </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The
only thing in the entire</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">physical
world </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">that
shares this fanny pack’s hue </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">are
the lights </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">lining
each of the casinos </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">here
in Reno. </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">And
that’s when it finally hits me. </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This
man. </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This
town. </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">They’re
made for each other.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It’s
a leather-bound Bible </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">with
whiskey-stained pages</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">And
more quotable lines than The Big Lebowski.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It’s
a jug of holy water</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">with
a gallon full of hope</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">And
a blue Save Mart label on the side</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It’s
a tiny yellow light</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">That
blinks like Crazy George</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">And
replaces all the stars in the sky.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It’s
a preacher </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">who
doesn’t want to save you.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It’s
a town </span></span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier, Courier New;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">that
doesn’t need saving.</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12032308517159331209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883595706006090653.post-1332994280070910642013-05-12T08:03:00.005-07:002013-05-12T08:04:52.100-07:00James<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">You stopped being my brother</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">a long time before</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">you took your own life.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">But for all the shit you pulled</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">that might be the only thing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">I can't forgive.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">And I can't wait</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">to go decades</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">without thinking about you at all</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">once these nightmares</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">finally stop.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12032308517159331209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883595706006090653.post-42986017039654202912013-05-12T08:02:00.000-07:002013-05-12T08:04:18.456-07:00MoraleMy supervisor<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
sits me
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
down and
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
says that
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
some of
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
the managers</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
have been
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
talking about
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
me and
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
they think
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
I'm a
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
good worker</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
but I
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
don't seem
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
to care</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
and I
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
think about
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
my brother</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
and my
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
grandfather and
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
my mother</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
and all
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
the people</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
I've known</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
who died</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
who have
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
reminded me</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
what's important</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
what's trivial</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
like this</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
and how</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
when my</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
grandfather died</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
it was</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
the only</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
time he</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
ever shot</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
his rifle</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
he got</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
from the</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Marines and</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
when he</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
went out</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
to the</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
shed he</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
told my</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
grandmother that</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
he was</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
going to</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
get a</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
movie and</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
after so</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
many decades</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
of marriage</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
the last</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
thing he</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
said to</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
her was</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
a lie</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
and I</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
hate it</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
when I</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
lie so</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
I'm trying</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
to be</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
as honest</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
as possible</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
so I</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
look at</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
my supervisor</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
and I</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
tell him,</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
They're right.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12032308517159331209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883595706006090653.post-68489480374380699892013-05-12T07:59:00.001-07:002014-03-04T10:26:14.485-08:00My Sister<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
My sister
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
is the strongest
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
person
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
I've ever known,
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
though she would argue
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
she is the weakest.
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
In truth,
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
she is both.
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
She is</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
a record breaking</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
olympian</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
so fatigued
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
her gold medal</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
weighs her down.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
My sister</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
is the one</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
who calls the funeral home,</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
who makes the arrangements,</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
who touches the body</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
to make sure it's cold</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
to make sure it's happening</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
and it's real,</div>
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so the rest of us</div>
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don't have to.</div>
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She is</div>
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a world famous</div>
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singer</div>
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whose voice strains
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to endure the
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burden of its own beauty.</div>
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My sister</div>
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is the one</div>
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who combs through the pictures,</div>
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who cleans up the mess,</div>
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who picks out the music</div>
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that will play</div>
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while I
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say good-bye</div>
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to my mother.</div>
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She is strong</div>
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and weak</div>
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so that I</div>
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don't have to be.</div>
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She is my sister</div>
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and she has always</div>
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been there for me,</div>
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kept her promises,</div>
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told me the truth,</div>
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and forgiven me</div>
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for all the ways</div>
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I fail</div>
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to be more like her.</div>
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