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The life I trade
The life I made
The life I prayed.

The Disappearing Veil of Christian Politeness

when a christian is laughing along with you
& 
enjoying your presence,
at work or while in a social context
& 
then somehow by some random comment 
the fact that you do not believe in the work of fiction they abide by 
or
worship that infamous underdeveloped dramatic character from
nazareth
as they do,
you may get to see a human face

Question For the Believing Parent

when a parent of a child 
experiences
with an odd mixture of shame,
humor & wonder,
that very first lie
which their children tells them,
does this parent experience the same feeling that they 
themselves did
when they found out that 
santa
wasn’t real?

like the slim difference between 
a hysterical laughing face
&
a hysterical crying face,
that flipside reflection
of being let down by
reality,
comes swinging

Self Destruction

Self destructive, even writing on pages without lines feels chaotic and liberating 
even though I know the frustration I will feel as my words slope downwards, down 
words. They angle, pitching against my embedded need for order and yet I fight 
them I struggle to keep the line-to see the line-I'll walk that line-can't stay

Big Dreams

We all have dreams whether or not they come true that depends on you. Dreams just 
don’t happen you have to make them happen. You may think you will never get your 
dreams. But anyone can have their dreams it will not be easy. If you want something 
bad enough you got to do whatever

The Madness Stopped

One day the madness all suddenly stopped

Then we realized how many times the ball got dropped

More times then just a very few

It cost us many people just like you

Now patience is a complete must

As we work to gain some kind of trust

If only we share one simple word

At least from each other we still have

We Are Never Free

We are never free,
We are slaves, slaves with free will
But free will is too an illusion
An illusion of us as a nation,
An illusion that shows justice raining supreme
But supreme, is the devil with his lies 
And nothing but lies, that lie with the truth of all deception
“AWAKEN, FILTER OUT THE LAUGHTER’S IN THE SCREAMS” shouts

The Pizza Place

What do you do when you walk into a Pizza Place? You order, wait at least 30 minutes, 
right?  Yes, and then the only other option is to listen, never dreaming you can also learn.

The delivery lady, a young, black who is exhausted bolts through the door carrying the same 
large pizza warmers that

Day Off

It's my day off
And I need to rest
So for the work week
I'll be at my best.

There's chores to do, 
Well of course there are.
If I don't start soon
I won't get far.

Laundry and dishes
And wash the floors,
Clean the bathroom,
The most hated of chores.

Clean the birdcages.
They're messy but sweet
And no one would call
My desktop neat.

The dust on

Disability

26 June 08    9:00 am

I walk a lot softer than I used to

I walk a lot slower than I used to

I work a lot less than I used to

I work a lot slower than I usde to

But I love a lot more than I used to


Life on Purpose Live it before you

Because Maybe I'M Just Crazy

I'm struck with a feeling
I can't shrug off
It's been here 3 years
Like a rusty old lock
 
I quit popping pills,
Though I'm still in fear
That I'll never escape 
after all these years
 
And I
Wish I didn't feel so alone
In my mental state confusion
 
Because
No one is willing to feel this pain
It cannot be forgotten
It only starts

Jesus Spends the Day Slitting Gizzards

Jesus Spends the Day Slitting Gizzards

By Elton Camp

Jesus came to this town one month ago.
At first he found the going rather slow.
What he said made no sense to most.
Little accomplishment could he boast.

Were it not for a flophouse bed,
He’d have no place to lay his head.
If the authorities knew he was around,
They would have run

Mediocrity In My Nation

In this modern day world where being average is applauded,
Wannabe’s and the fame hungry incomprehensibly rewarded.
These days it seems the talent less succeed, 
Their lack of skills, and humility, beaten by only their greed.

The young and indulgent, saying  ‘I want to be different’,
If only they could see their words inconsistent,
For if they truly meant

Man's Work

OH THE whole worlds come, come all 
We fill up the world maritime with soil-
I know that is against natural appeal
Therefore our precious time shall we fritter away;
For where we hollow out the soil from
There shall we leave another sea-
Where then shall we term residence?
But uh humanity come a few, hardly any hands
We lug this

Communication

The word is that two wrongs won't make it right!
Communication is a weapon that calms down most fights.
Be open minded, don't see everything one way.
When it comes to the rules of life, don't hesitate.
Why do we tend to do the things that we do?
When all we have to do is communicate Boo!!
Why make situations harder

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