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The Simplicity of Life

The simplicity of life Transparent as black glass Bordering my ever contemplating mind And the annoyingly optimistic High pitched And easily recognizable Music of the Beatles Struggles to overcome my black soul And forces the image of Paul and John As they point in my direction And shout for all to hear And all to know That I'm the real nowhere man Making all my nowhere plans For nobody Just me Alone in this place No signs To tell me where i am No direction To show me where to go All of the houses Match No cars No people Just a dog Barking in the distance constantly Every second Of every day Every night Of every year And nothing I can do To silence the painful Racking And never ending noise As it slowly drives me Out of my mind Every second Of every day Every night Of every year No sleep exists No thought is clear And when the lights go out The grunting starts Coming from under the bridge But when I go To inspect There's nobody there Just the growling Of a disgruntled homeless man Who's house I picture Is now floating down This never ending river Of noise As the snoring The water And the barking harmonize To form an overwhelming lullaby Dulling my mind As it goes on forever Woof Snore Whoosh Woof Snore Whoosh Pounding my ears Constantly Every second Of every day Every night Of every year

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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Date: 3/19/2009 9:43:00 PM
Wow man, this is something else. I think it's your tone that really does it for me. That kind of hushed low key simple yet elegant concept. I can almost picture you writing this from underneath a bridge with a tarp over your head. Thanks for giving the world your thoughts. - Yoni
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Date: 3/19/2009 9:19:00 AM
This is quite a write. Congratulations on it being featured. Vince
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Date: 3/16/2009 11:01:00 PM
Congratulations on being featured this week. Peace Fathima
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Date: 3/16/2009 5:23:00 PM
Congratulations on your wonderful poetry being featured this week! Love, Shar
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Date: 3/16/2009 3:59:00 PM
Congratulations on being featured this week! Smiles from Lolita
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Date: 3/16/2009 9:26:00 AM
Wonderful poem! Nice use of repetition. Congratulations on being featured! ~Trudy~
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Date: 3/15/2009 1:48:00 PM
Time for a new tune, Matt ... smile ... very poignant write here and congratulations on having it be a feature this week at the Soup!!
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Date: 12/5/2008 9:59:00 AM
Funny how the bouncy music of the Beatles escapes our enjoyment when we are feeling detached... A true litany of sadness here. If true I wish you all the best. There IS light at the end of the tunnel. God bless, Keith
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