Long Hard as hell Poems

Someone please help me please call the doctor 911 it’s an emergency please
come save me
Because I'm going crazy a lot of people think I'm insane in the classroom
talking to myself as if someone is really...

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a force for good
(for john coltrane and ahmed obafemi
based on ‘trane’s treatment of ‘nature boy’)

“…I wanna be a force for good…”
		-John Coltrane
 
…there was a man…
a very brave, enchanted man…
and he spoke of many things…
peace...

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When it all came down I lost my mind
Bit by bit I became hard to find
But like a phoenix from the ashes I rise
I'm proud to say I survived

These past 8 months were trying times
I...

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I'm watching everything slipping away
And I'm just tip toeing around as the dust fades
Hard to display
The things of affection and I'm erecting 
A design that'll leave the mind 
Wide open and thirsting for wine
Just to...

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My broker sent me a letter
Saying my insurance was over due
So I looked around on the internet
To see what I could do
I came across a web site
That really caught my eye
It’s called drive like a...

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The things I feel inside of me,
I doubt anyone will ever know.
The things I feel inside of me,
I try so hard not to let them show.
The things I feel inside of me, 
Sometimes makes me...

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Altho I'm highly criticized for the mistakes I've made.
I hope I never go unloved for the mistakes I've made.
To the ordinary man my "blessings" are catastrophies.
No one loves a loser, who waddles in his losses.
Yet...

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Every Moment

We are not here to live the tiny life of our egos', 
which is merely pride, indeed.

We are here to fulfill the purpose of our soul,
with happiness,
that's intended from inside, so you see?

Yes, I'm...

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I have a story
A story to tell
About how life
Is hard as hell
It didn't come
With whistle or bells
It sure ain't no ***ing fairy tail
The life they live
Is fake as hell
Nothing but lies
They try to sell
The glory
The...

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The past is over. Let it go
And welcome in tomorrow.
Our days on earth are measured out
And more we cannot borrow.

Such sage advice, for sure, and yet
Instruction I can’t follow.
The letting go part is, to me,
A...

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The world passes you  by 
Looking through a window with no way out.
Watching and staring but never does it help.
Wishing someone would figure it out.
I know who I am 
Why do people see differently?...

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