To punish me for my contempt to authority, fate made me an authority myself. ~Albert Einstein~
27.2023.08
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I see them in the shadows day after day. Waiting for me to close my eyes so they can take me away. They keep me safe through the nigh…
Icicles for nickels. Down where the children play. Grants a wish or a tasty dish. More nickels are coming to stay. Dance on a dime
Surround me in all of your greed. Waves already whispered Or in the cards that I read. Eels twinkle in pools of the night… Telling your secrets
In a world that never stops talkin… Where do you go for solitude... How do you make it where The walls are thin and they wear a… To disguise their true wretched mo…
Seeing the paths yet my heels dug… Messages received waking and sleep… In her arms– my heart has weeped. And in my darkness– my soul she’d… Woken slumber– new framed eyes.
Out of everyone I meet They’ve never met an introvert. Proding at the sleeping bear Who can wake the Monster first. Rude right from the hip.
While they were busy scheming We have all been dreaming of ways to make this work. Phone a friend Close to the end
Temper temper temper Don’t let the viper strike. Take your time and watch your step It wields a gnarly bite. Taunt the beast and prod the monst…
Is it really that easy to turn the… Is it too much– to stand up for th… Walking over the homeless– asleep… On your way to a bar hop or fancy… Can I say bleak?
The longer I sit the deeper I get. Move the mountain sure no sweat. Ration turned down
Public enemy number one. Everywhere I go someone tries to… Sit here, do this, don’t do that,… Critque how I live, my choices an… But sit and line up to watch me ev…
Let me see you Let me feel you Let me know the way you think. If only you knew how these simple… can bring me to the brink.
I believe in cool breezes in the m… Gently waking us with the fragrance of the garden s… The birds singing in play. Enjoying the fresh food and bird b…
When you think that you know that… you definitely do not tell anyone… you only know what you know you don’t know what they know just like they don’t know what you…
Close to the top then fall back do… Hit every stop then kiss the groun… Ready to yell– can’t make a sound. Darkness sending clouds to my town… Fools shriek where cowards play.