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Disappearing Act
Is there anyone left Anyone at all Who gives a damn for anything Or wont gladly tread on others to break their very fall.
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Thoroughly Modern Man
They come Petticoats of lace Moulded to their bodies A sculpture of deceit The artist; everywhere you look Sipping from teacups Of poison Their gossip a drone to the ears Gazes sharp as...
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Pay for views
Pay-per-view Gone through the roof Everybody tunes on to see the abuse Of a man and a woman that could be you Everybody sin Everybody cover up what they're doing Spying, cheating, lying to...
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Personality
We each have a soul, inside of us. A personality, you could say. Our personality depends on how we act, how we think, and how we treat others.
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The Unknown
With my hair undid, a black coffee pressed up against my lips and a life of mischief behind me I did truly look like a mad man but not a mad man that meant any man madness just mad man not a man mad,...
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40.Yelling
Hello again, today is Thursday, October 25, 2012. It seems that in the news, and in real life, people don't want to talk anymore. They just want to yell at each other.
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Conformity
Infinite nothingness Complete obscurity We pale in significance When choosing conformity Following trends A fashion obsession Afraid to be different Of change or invention We watch the same tv We...
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JustWords
Capital crime and visions of a mordern life hypocrisy, Friends of mine, children from the side lines, Guidlines of blood high life and ScienceFiction, Political blunders weighing down on the weak, ...
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Cave People
#rant What happened to the simplicity of living in caves. When man hunted to share his prey When women cooked over a fire in the pouring rain.
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Six For Four
Hey smile lady you may just reignite the embers of love in your soul that you try to disguise Take designer shades off to reveal the contacts in your eyes Your golden shades of flesh loosely covered...
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Daily Grind
We are all insignificant in our daily grind. Trying to survive what we just can't find. Finding the lost who run around blind. Providing for the youth who are out of their minds.
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Trends And Hipsters
Cookie-cutter people have never appealed to me. Fads come and go, and barely anybody truly sits back and watches as they pass, ignoring the deluge of their companions rushing to see what's new.
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Bound But Free.
*another long nonsensical rant. I don't usually post quotes. But here's one of my favourite and most thought about quotes from John Donne and a bit about what it means to me.
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Versions Of Truth
In these days of spin, message optimisation and controlled communication, Whose version of the truth can be trusted.
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Sometimes I Wish
We were more like animals, like we were when we lived in caves and had to hunt for our survival.
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Concrete Jungle
Let's go down to the concrete jungle today, There's so much to see and so many games to play, Ever played shot em' up. Shoot drugs, shoot thugs, Might even find someone to mug.
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Communication
Communication...
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Moetry
Hole in the wall. A hole in the wall and not much else. Except that inside it the world goes round. The right combination of digits and card. It'll let you in and give out your heart.
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No Actions!
Words never describe the true dept of what you mean, that's why we have actions.
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World Of The Thick
I just saw a sign on some obvious steps that said 'steps' and had a diagonal arrow to show you that the steps would facilitate an 'upward and forward' journey. Do we really need this.
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