O.D.'d
major retrospective, devoted to his life's work
was he ordinary man, or something of a quirk
looking back at pale-lit gallery resumé
was he prophetic genius or just overworked
Obsessive destructive, objective destiny,
some type of truth, some sense of decay
Obvious or oblivious - epiphany or enemy
needling the hurt - holding the dismay
the doubt, the scag, the arm on the john
the heart-stopping truth of addiction upon
the famous, the obscure, the horse ride unsure
the only way to go is up - or down forgone
there's a line, a long one, from way past
of human souls searching to take away pain
hookah'd, needled, and bottled to outlast
and escape life's sorrows to live again
© Goode Guy 2014-02-04
http://www.npr.org/2014/02/03/270874316/police-investigate-death-of-actor-philip-seymour-hoffman
http://www.npr.org/2014/02/03/271064728/on-philip-seymour-hoffman-and-his-many-appearances
Standing on the street corners with nothing to do,
Spitting, shouting, smoking whilst drinking taboo,
No money but wishing and pouncing fags,
People assume they the sporn of the council estate hags,
Crack heads, Scag heads everyones opinion,
People know nothing they only just seen them,
But what lies within the true soul you ask,
Many dreams and ambition but scarred of rejection under their dark mask,
Lots kids who speak out in blasphomy to saviour attention,
Tried it at school, ended in dismissal or suspension,
Everything costs money and these kids are so bored,
Retailers brought out computers not something these kids can afford,
But now people moan about this technology being sold,
Kids play too much? The arguments are getting old!
You mock these kids, does it make you feel better?
Explain it to parliament and put it in your snobby little letter,
How can they learn morals when you have opinionated them?
How can they respect society when society don't respect them?
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