Long Turnkey Poems

The Lifer
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Staring down the dark empty halls of loneliness
Left devastated, vulnerable and absolutely helpless
Will we ever walk out into the light to find happiness
My intuition feeds my terrifying pain and agony
Don’t mistake these words for please...

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Life is a journey that is anything but turnkey
Full of many doors that we must open 
As we find our way through another day
There are so many doors to choose from 
Before all the opportunities
Will...

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getting up and getting away
no coin toss or real reason
you have a tasted for some buttercream cake squares
i have a taste for a butterscotch mikshake
afterwards we drive to different areas and check out some houses...

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The monitor beeps,
      With each caged breath,
      And labored heartbeat.

Snow piles in drifts, cars crawl with fear,
      December outside,
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I sit on this floor 
and look at this same 
six-sided room,
a die that I continue 
in a trundle manner 
for fortune's fate.

I search for a turnkey, 
which I will not encounter, 
for I am...

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Take my guns?
It’s too late 
Way too late
I’ve already dipped my head in the well of hell 
And sucked the knowledge of devastation
Your attempts to curb my mental masturbation 
Have only further fueled my fascination...

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Locked in this prison, still doing time,
No escape no matter how high I climb,
Solitary confinement in a deep dark cell,
Far from Heaven, too close to hell.

All by myself, a slave to sin,
Trying to please God...

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No-one sees this but me ,im slowly falling apart 
Seem im always losing the things that are dearest to my heart
Its nothing strange I know i should have seen it from the start
yet  somehow...

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The turnkey to my heart? A skeleton;
It’s understanding the rhythm and more 
importantly? The rhyme;

It’s hearing my past and calming 
every thought of the future,
listening as I reveal my soul;

Shattered or in one piece 
I...

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There is no appointment necessary,
you are free to saunter right in;
Just be sure to read the sign on the door,
mind the subterfuge of fine print; 

Results are built out of high maintenance,
don’t mistake turnkey for...

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