May 2013
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That One
O, to be that one The singular focus That eclipses the moon In your sky My timid heart Pauses Until emboldened By hopeful promise Fierce desire Frightens Yet I want nothing more A singular focus Eclipses the moon In your sky O, to be that one
May 25th
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They Might Be Giants appear on Jimmy Fallon...
tmbgareok: We are performing TWO songs—one for air and one for their site! TUNE IN!
May 24th
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May 24th
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May 24th
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May 23rd
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May 23rd
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Scars
Scars are not all outside Not all scars can be seen Books not always written on the pages between Scars show that you have healed Scars show that you are strong They are the beautiful grace notes of your life’s song Heaven’s full of sinners And Hell is full of saints Portraits are not just made of canvases and paint Scars show that you have lived Scars show you’re still alive...
May 23rd
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May 23rd
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May 23rd
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May 23rd
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May 23rd
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The Tail Wags The Dog
Seems it’s the tail wagging the dog these days With minority-rule the latest craze People are no longer speaking their mind Lest any person might think them unkind And if just one person screams, “Objection!” Bandwagons rally to their protection And crush our Free Speech right under their wheels Or, to me at least, that’s sure how it feels
May 23rd
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May 22nd
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May 22nd
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May 22nd
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May 22nd
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No Better Nor Worse
Each person we meet On any old street Is fraught with imperfection Though maybe unclear To the eye or ear ‘Tis naught cause for rejection Sitting on a seat Or walking on feet There ought to be reflection So hoist up your beer And toast without fear We’re taught to seek connection
May 21st
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May 21st
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But For The Grace Of God
The wheels of justice turn painfully slow Seemingly unnecessarily so Terms like supposedly, allegedly Just used to avoid liability Lives on the balance of reasonable doubt Make us ponder what justice is about A crook on video, plain as can be Claims plausible deniability It’s good to remember, wise to take stock We’d all change minds with our heads on the block
May 21st
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May 21st
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May 20th
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May 20th
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May 19th
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May 19th
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"You need to chill the fuck out." - some dipshit
No, I don’t. YOU need to step up your game and your whole attitude, slacker. The world would be in a lot of trouble if everybody adopted your “Eh, whatever’ lackadaisical approach to life. We don’t need any more people just draining resources and not contributing anything to society. We have too many of those already. Give your life some meaning. Do something...
May 19th
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May 19th
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May 19th
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May 19th
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May 19th
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May 19th
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For Rest
Standing fifty feet tall Head in the clouds Feet rooted Deep in the earth Whisperings Soft and low Though thunderous voice Once bellowed Calm and gentle hand Mighty destroyer of worlds Lays at rest This supine divinity Though rumbling hunger Shall soon be met Yet another Torn asunder
May 18th
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May 17th
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I Wanna Be The One
I wanna be the one Who makes you stop and stare I wanna be the one Who feels you start to care I wanna be the one Who puts you in a bind I wanna be the one Who helps you change your mind I wanna be the one Who gets your flag unfurled I wanna be the one Who lets you see the world
May 17th
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The Way They Run
……….R ….s……..a ….t……….b …….i….b ………..S …………..q …………….u ………………i …………….r ………….r …………e ……………l...
May 16th
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Vicarious
Laziness is nature’s way The path of least resistance ‘Cause nobody has all day For something like persistence To fail, then try, try again Sounds much like insanity Better to try once, and then Resort to profanity Hope is always hanging there But we can’t always hang on Many fall into despair Before their race has been run There’s no need to sacrifice ...
May 16th
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May 15th
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See The Bigger Picture
See the bigger picture. Take a step outside yourself. See yourself and those near you. Take a step outside your door. See the neighbors all around you. Take a step outside your neighborhood. See the people sharing your hometown. Take a step outside your hometown. See who lives in the next town, and the next. Take a step outside the next places. See other regions, people living...
May 15th
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Autosoliloquy
I cut my vein and bled a red rose My last breath a sweet, sad song If I’d known the beauty… … of this path that I chose I would never have waited so long
May 14th
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May 11th
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Life Is Rough
Always too hot or too cold Always too shy or too bold Always too soft or too tough Always it’s not quite enough
May 11th
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Stop Gap
There’s a feeling I can’t describe This sensation I feel inside Time suspended in warm humming The whole world beneath me spinning There’s a sense it’s been there forever This place between always and never Time stretching out in all directions The Gods revealed as projections There’s everything around me still This central point I move at will Time then ceases to exist ...
May 10th
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May 9th
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The Day's Accounting
Our day has just begun We’re always on the run Whether it’s work or fun We go from here to there To the job or to a fair Sometimes we know not where We do what must be done Sometimes under the gun Sometimes never begun Work can wait another day But fun must be done today Lest the chance go away We always race the sun Though we’ve never won And now our day is...
May 9th
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Sensibility
While you’re so busy Feeding your mouth tastes Feeding your eyes sights Feeding your nose scents Feeding your ears sounds And feeding your skin touches Don’t forget to also, occasionally Feed your mind thoughts and ideas And feed your heart love every day
May 8th
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Memory Lane
Driving through old memories “Has it really been twenty years?” Passing buildings, rivers, trees “Remember that time” inspirations Places of laughter and of tears “I’ll never forget when” meditations The road winds and curves all around Each turn another memory comes back First climbing up, then speeding down Some of the paths dead-end in sorrow We stop a bit, then get...
May 7th
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May 5th
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Old Poems
I like how the old poems speak Abstract images of love and death Smoldering black stallions So furiously galloping Rising, rain-swollen rivers Running over their banks Soaring swallows calling Suddenly diving earthward Fast chariots crashing Throwing out pharaohs Tall stone walls crumbling Into wide piles of rubble Frothing surges of Blue ocean swells ...
May 5th
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partybarackisinthehousetonight: *christopher columbus arrives in america* “lol first” he writes in the sand Later, a native American sees the strange writing and wipes it away with his foot. Which is only fitting, since his people had been there a thousand moons before the white man.
May 3rd
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May 3rd
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Haiku Koo-Koo
Snowing through sunshine Nature playing April Fools Sunglasses and coat Daydream doodling Robot contemplates a man Attention is drawn A dark cabinet One morning ray peeks inside Someone looking out A once-cheerful sight Changed by a woeful event Flower suicide The colors so loud Echoes swirling have a name It’s spelled “L.S.D.” Flags barely flutter An...
May 3rd
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