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For the love of fiction
2007-05-14 13:00:00
that's why i love fictionwe re-invented the wheelwe created heroes to save usand villains to excite usworlds were formedand minds were broadenedwe took possibilitiesand made them endlessour dreams went from our mindsto papers and screenseven our nightmares made itto this place of fantasywe gave history color and lightand opened up glimpses to the futuretriumphs were overcomewhilst authorities lost their powersbut most of all we fell in loveand not just once like in real lifebut over and over againIn Love with things we've seenthings we've yet to seeand things that don't even exist
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The sound of silent ipods
2007-05-01 19:28:00
My ipod just broke and the noisesAre freely moving out of my mindNo room for imaginationThumbs circle songsAnd different ones stem upAnd swallow meBut the music ceases to playAnd I?m left with my mindSinging along softlyTrying to rememberHaven?t used it for a whileSince last SeptemberLog onto FacebookSeeing what?s newI?m not bored I just don?t have stuff to doEveryone?s life at the click of my fingerBut nothing new has happened so I?m left to lingerSwitch on the plasmaMy sheet thin flat screenBut I?ve seen this beforeSo I?m starting to dreamCoz I?ve used all my toys nowAnd nothing quite gets meAnd they are all I?ve gotWhich kind of upsets meI?m left here to try and do stuff on my ownWith none of my gadgets including my phone.It?s really quite dull, unnatural and boringI?m much more interested in technologies whoring.Running out of options I go to my carBut the battery is dead and my work is too farSo I sit outside on the edge of the streetAnd I close my eyes and listen to the beatI?...
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Switch Me
2007-04-23 17:41:00
Do what you?re going to doBut don?t think we?re coolYou made your mind up alreadyI won?t play the fool.Use all of your own logicTo make you feel rightBut I think we both knowAt the end of the night.Make me the villainAnd yourself not to blameClaim those who think otherwiseAre clearly insane.Push me you bullyThinking you won?t get caughtThinking no one will believe meBecause I am too short.Maybe for now you won?t get exposedBecause of your age and my lips being closedBeware that I?m waiting until the right dayTo show the world of your evil in a powerful way.
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my oxfam appeal
2007-04-15 23:26:00
I find my appealing to the opposite sexTo be like an Oxfam appealThere?s a picture of a skinny guy with an afro and no futureAnd it?s meant to make you feel like you want to give him a chance.Except I?m not asking for donationsJust for a dateI?m even willing to pay!To donate to my own charity.
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Movie desires
2007-03-26 22:46:00
If I didn’t want a body like BradAnd for Sandy Cohen to be my dadIf I didn’t want drugs like the ones in TrafficAnd to have a zoo like the one in Jurassic.If I didn’t want to be a pimp like in Cruel IntentionsAnd for the Breakfast Club to be my detentionsIf I didn’t want a house like Richie RichAnd for Natalie Portman to be my bitchIf I didn’t want honor like Saving Private RyanAnd for the Deathstar to be the way I’m flyingIf I didn’t want to race like in Days of ThunderAnd want the humor of Dumb and dumber.If I didn’t want to gamble like in CasinoAnd the Mafia life of Al PacinoIf I didn’t want the team talks in Any Given SundayAnd for Ferres Buel to be my fun dayIf I didn’t want an ending where cripples can walkOr a role like Travolta where babies can talkIf I didn’t want Old School to be my school fratAnd didn’t want an outfit that looks like a bat.If I didn’t want a wife like in A Beautiful MindWith Terri Hatchers smile and Rachel Bilsons behindIf I didn...
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Late Hours
2007-03-22 21:51:00
It’s those late hoursEverything is quiteOutside the roads are emptyAnd inside the room is silentThoughts start moving throughFrustrated ideas hit the surfaceAnd with no way to express themA night of sadness startsIt’s not even the thoughtsIt’s that empty feelingThat feeling of being aloneThat is magnified by the silent darknessIt’s a dangerous place for the mindIt’s designated for ex girlfriendsAnd people no longer with us.But mainly it’s designated to send the soul melancholyBright colors lose their lightAnd comedy turns sourThe clock is stuck in timeHolding you there in this painful spaceA cigarette might cure itBut several cigarettes later you’re not so sureSo the light stays on despite the timeAs you try and exit the feelingBut eventually you submitYou give in to the thoughtsYou accept your lack of futureOr your bad luckYou accept many thingsBut most of all you accept that it will never changeAnd any glimmer of dreams and hopeExit your very beingLeaving you immerse...
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1982
2007-03-21 20:53:00
Five minutes before I’m bornWhat is the world likeNo pictures of me on the fridgeNo toys for meJust an empty cribAnd a screaming woman in hospitalAn unseen faceWith unseen eyesI’m a mystery with an unknown futureLying in the screaming womanSoon my body will be seenI will enter the worldAnd have a name and a familyBut for now I’m just an object of curiosityAn image in an ultra soundA child of a RabbiAll one has to go onIs the color of my descendantsAnd the attributes of the familyBut my personality, my wisdomHas five more minutes to waitBefore showing itself.In a hospital every minuteAn element is introduced into the world.All elements different and uniqueFuture heroes future villainsAnd all in all future people.At eleven minutes past elevenOn may sixth 1982I was the elementAnd only time will tellWhat element I will be.

reflecting on the paper of the endless journal
2007-03-19 22:00:00
I let you fallOut of my mindAnd through my handYou touch the pageI couldn’t hold you anymoreYou made me sadAnd I had to throw you with inkAnd place you away from meYou kept me awakeYou put tears on my faceI wanted to free youI wanted to lose youEven from the paperYou haunt meMy heart held onEven though my hand let goHow many poems and storiesWill it take to makeGrey clouds blue sky’sWill there be a chronicleOf sadness and madnessBefore I feel peaceOr will I be sparedAnd be cured with a single pageLooking over my journalI can’t help but wonderAre my emotions reallyA series of allegories and metaphors?Does my reality rhymeBefore it leaves my hand?What do I change more,The stories I tell othersOr the stories I tell myself!If I throw fire at the pageWill my soul calmThese answersI may never knowAll I do know isSomething leaves me every timeI open and write my journalAnd I will keep on writing tillI find itOr it finds me
More About: Journal , The Paper , Paper , Less , Endless

Searching
2007-03-15 17:05:00
What she is looking forWhere will she find it.Is there the answer she wantsIs there the answer she needsShe searches deserts for itLand and seaBut cannot see even a glimpse ofWhat she desires.She tries every which way to open her soulTo the point of risking it spillingBut it cannot be accessedAnd her journeys frustration shows onHer aching face.Different clothes and namesAre all triedIf I will not find it as myselfMaybe I will find it as someone else!But she is greeted with the same strifeOnly as a different personShe tries to channel it through other peopleMentors and spiritual alikeBut they are unable to share their glowAnd she is forced to watch their light with envyHer destiny becomes uncertainYears of searchingLeave her aged past livingAnd empty handed she fears leaving aloneAnd desolate.She is given a glimmer of hope byThe music and colors that enchant her daily.But as her senses fade the blurs and murmursThe last stand of the search fail to bring joyOn her last day aliveShe l...
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In the Absence of Fathers
2007-03-11 22:15:00
Being boysIn the absence of fathersMy friends and I learnedOf a cold worldOf lonely mothersAnd absent fathersWe see tearsAs part of lifeSmiles have become lostWe want to be strongTo change everythingBut are always remindedOf our weaknessOutside in the darkWe handle things our own wayWe escape and we runFirst cigarettes and then drugsWe’re angry we’re let downThe adult world has forgotten about usThey remember us only to blameAnd punish usWe’re watching boys from happy familiesWatching them be nurtured and lovedInsane jealousy fills usAs we remember our empty fridgesAnd cold housesExpectation of loveIs replaced by expectation to look after our motherswe receive no help in our strugglewe build up our absent fatherswe build them up as heroesas villainswe miss them but we hate themand our confusion never clearswe forged our own manhoodtried to teach ourselves valuestoughness and confidencebut if you look at usreally look at usyou will see our fearour mothers see us as failuresthey...
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Photo
2007-03-08 09:02:00
I just captured a momentI put it in a squareAll the light and energyNow placed on paperWhen I look at the pictureI relive the momentI enter the squareReliving where I wasAt the time of the flashIn a world where the prospect of the futureDeletes the beauty of the pastI cling to my picturesIn order to cling to myself
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Lost in Concrete
2007-03-08 08:57:00
The party at the beachThe lady by the riverThe old wise manThe bamboo hutsThey are all crushedBy skyscrapers coffee shopsAnd officesLost tribesAnd rainforestsAre replacedBy stocks and sharesCrafted paperTurns to financial paperMy backpack becomes a briefcaseMy exotic cocktailsBecome overpriced beersThe journey for my soulHas been replacedBy journeys on the SubwayI’ve gone from reading philosophyTo reading contractsI left beautiful simple landsFor hostile complicated concrete
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The End
2007-03-06 16:05:00
We only really know at the endThe beginning and the middleThey helpBut the end gives us what we needTo know everything.What else is a funeralBut clarity in front of stonesAnd what else are creditsBut lists, that signify us knowing a filmAn old mans smile confirms thisWhilst babies are crying from not knowing anythingOld men recline in their full knowledge of everythingWisely smiling with whatever teeth they may have leftHow powerful is the endThat people who weren’t recognized in their lifeCan end up making their mark on history.Why do peoples last days alive always have significanceWhy not their first or middleI’m no priestBut if I had to guessI’d say it was because of the endAnd all its glory.

Middle East Beauty
2007-02-22 18:47:00
Middle east beautyEnchant me with your mystical eyesWith dark coffee skinAnd multi colored clothSitting casually on a bean bagYou smoke your water pipeIndian vibes of musicGently filling your presenceSipping your sweet teaAnd smiling at all that passLetting your beauty spill out of your veilWars have been fought for your beautyNations rise and fall for youAnd as the sun beats downYou just smile and laughAs none of them will ever truly haveYour middle eastern Beau ty .
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Shiva
2007-02-16 09:31:00
Seven days loweredLowered to the groundRipped shirts and tired facesMark the feel of shockNo room to breatheStraight from the groundsTo the houseWhich now is a shrinePeople come and goFriends family and strangersEven though there are no wordsA lot gets saidLast week and next week don’t existAnd this week is a dreamTo soon for memoriesTo late for goodbyesBonds have been lostAnd brokenAnd all that remainsIs lowered chairsWhere mourners grieve
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Victim
2007-02-16 09:19:00
When we think we are the victimOthers are abusedAnd when blame is sent our wayWe can’t help but feel confusedWe think the worlds against usAnd forces us to lieAnd don’t care about the outcomeDon’t care if people cryWe’ve gone on an offensiveIn the name of our defenseAnd do all of thisEven though none of it makes senseSympathy is our middle nameAnd bully is our firstWe don’t care how we come outIf others come out worseWe could change our philosophyBut it would mean a lot of repentingAnd listening to others problemsInstead of always ventingHow we stick with this mentalityNever ceases to amaze meEven though everyone around usIs judging us as crazy
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Crush Syndrome
2007-02-12 22:02:00
Girl likes boyBoy ignores girlGirl likes boy moreBoy is mean to girlGirl likes boy moreBoy dates girlGirl likes boy moreBoy dumps girlGirl likes boy moreBoy finds someone newGirl likes boy moreGirl meets another boyGirl likes boyEct ect.
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The Mind
2007-02-12 22:00:00
Mind makes decisionsDecisions cause stressStress causes heart attacksHeart attacks cause deathDeath causes sadnessSadness involves thinkingTo think we need our mindMind makes decisionsEct. Ect.
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Grey
2007-02-08 09:07:00
Held down in darknessNo glimmer of lightThe sky a stale greyWith sad water falling from aboveLight and warmth have goneThey’ve left no memoriesOnly cold and damp remainsForcing me further to the groundI’m staring blankly out the glassThe world outside, it’s stoppedIt’s silentAll that is left is my bedAnd I lie there in my own funeral everydayI’ve stopped cryingI’ve stopped remembering things not darkI bury my soul in my pillowHoping to never awake
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15
2007-02-06 23:37:00
We're just busy rebellingWeed blowing party going kidsNo future just today and lots of todayGot gadgets popping out everywhereAnd cashflow like there’s no tomorrowAnd there is no tomorrowMeeting girls left right and centerGood girls bad girls but mainly confused girlsAnd they’re weed blowing and house partying wherever we go.No one gives a fuck about their parents.Only see them at breakfastSchool is just a bunch of cigarettes one after the otherCrazy kids chill in the parkWe’re all skipping school and they’re chatting about tabletsTablets that make you go wild and tablets that knock you outMost of them are chatting shitAnd even the ones who aren’t lying are accused of chatting shit.Weekends consist of hanging out wherever there’s an alcohol cabinetPreferably a big one so our sips won’t get noticed.There’s one porn film between thirty of us, hardly blockbusters!Skinny jimmy has had it for three weeks nowIf he doesn’t bring it back soonSomeone is gonna kick his arse...

Her Madness
2007-02-04 22:30:00
She grips me with her madnessThreatening to never let goThe screams of her painShatter my earsAnd her cries soak my soul.She has demands and scratches for themLeaving marks and blood wherever she goes.She lets out her madness everywhereAll over the phone and all over the streets.She doesn’t stopShe can’t stopAnd in her blindness she reaches out to grab meTo pull into her bottomless misery.I wish to break freeBut can’t get awayLike a spider her web has caught me.There is no end to the angerIt has everlasting fire behind itOnly medicine can extinguish itAnd there’s no medicine in sight.She covers the whole universeThere is no distance from herFor she imprints herself on your very existenceFollowing you wherever you go.She makes her lies become truthsAnd shines a light of guilt on me.Despite her maniaYou manage to be illuminated as evilYou hear memories of how she used to be an angelBut living in hell with herYou fail to believe them
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Night Out
2007-02-04 11:39:00
Those first rounds of drinks hit the tableEveryone after shaved up, cigarettes in mouthsClean shaved and ready to goChecking out the ladies as they enterEveryone arguing over who they checked back.Next comes the shots in two’s or three’sVision now moving to two’s and three’sRunning out of cigarettes and peanutsThe call for the next bar is being madeNext bar is where it all beginsEveryone is loud and boastful nowWe don’t even care if the women are interested or notWere getting battered left right and centerIt’s been several beers nowAnd we’re all off to take a piss every two minutesHaving random conversations on the way thereAnd random conversations on the way backWe’re even having random conversations when we’re pissingWe meet a couple of girls who want to hit a clubWe argue over whether there fit or not.By the time we are finished arguing we can’t even find the girlsBut we hit the club anyways.A few of us are getting sick on the way thereAnd we are all stumbling...
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Divorce
2007-01-31 22:28:00
Kids need parentsBoth of themWhere there’s oneThe problems stemKids need loveNot to see hateBefore you leaveStop and waitKids need stabilityNot inabilityThey don’t like surprises(Unless there presents)
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The Return
2007-01-28 23:40:00
I ran away from youFrom all of your lawsAnd claimed that your rulesAll had their flawsI forgot about ShabbosAbout Challah and WineI forgot about everythingThat came from divineI forgot all your teachingsAn how to learnI forgot about lightingHoly candles to burnI ate on your fast daysEven foods that are forbiddenI made my sins publicLeaving none of them hiddenI met a lot of peopleAnd did interesting thingsAnd had all the pleasureThat physical bringsBy the time I had remembered youI had changed my nameAnd placed on my soula permanent stainI returned for your loveThat I had missed all those yearsI returned to repentWith all of my tears.When I was without youI felt all aloneAnd yearned for the dayOf a spiritual homeAll of the time thinkingThat life wasn’t fairAnd feeling a sadnessAs you weren’t thereI hope you forgive meFor the sins that I’ve doneFor the drugs that I’ve takenAnd for behaving like scumPlease give me the strengthTo be honest and loyalTo behave like a JewTo be humb...
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One Childs Smile
2007-01-27 22:50:00
In the middle of fireYou walk unawareYou smile and waveYou smile and wave at soldiersThen you smile and wave at meWhen I see your older brotherOr your fatherI see the enemyBut looking into your eyesI can see no hateAnd I can’t feel any warYou’re making little footstepstowards checkpointsI’m watching you drift awayinto the sea of the cityI wish life was simpleThen I would show your smileTo our politiciansAnd our leaders.And we would make peace with you.But life is not simpleAnd if one child smiles or criesthe situation doesn’t changeIt stays the sameOnly with more emotion
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Men are from Bars women are from Venus
2007-01-21 22:36:00
The first thing one needs to know about menIs that they make a mistake every now and againLike not doing the washing and turning up lateAlways taking so long and making you wait.They don’t remember anniversaries they don’t really careAnd they never notice when you change your hair.They will never understand why you need so many shoesWhen there’s only a few pairs you ever use.They don’t listen to you when you need to ventBut all of a sudden can hear when you say what you’ve spentThey don’t show affection unless you’re in bedAnd seem to spend all there spare time in the shedThey think they can fix things like cars and chairsAnd all think they are experts in stocks and shares.They expect their dinner served in front of the TeleAnd teach their kids school isn’t as important as Pele.They don’t care that your best friend had a fight with her manAnd don’t see why you always have to visit your Gran.They expect you to understand that they live in the pubAnd expect the hou...
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Midnight Sadness
2007-01-19 00:38:00
You know that coldSort of empty feelingLying awake at nightAlmost dreamingBut not,Just thinkingThinking thinkingEverything seems clearAnd cold.And you’re askingAll sorts of questionsQuestions which don’t haveAnswers.It’s almost like a tranquil sadnessSurrounds you.It holds on to youIt covers you like a duvet.In several hours it will be lightBut for now it’s darkDark and silent.
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I guess i just miss you
2007-01-17 21:43:00
I guess I just miss youMiss youAnd I guess if I had a chanceOne more chance I’d kiss youAnd if I dream one more timeWhilst dreamingI’ll see youAnd if I breathe one timethe air that I breathe inwill come from youand from always believingand if I see your eyesI’ll lose myself in themand when you see me backyou’ll be what’s within themand if my heart slows downand looks like its endingyou’ll be there savingwith love never-endingand if my face won’t smileand loses emotionyou’ll be right thereto put it in motionif my soul loses spiritand needs some revivingyou’ll be the only thingkeeping it survivingthere’s a place on my pillowwhere you used to be lyingbut now that space is filledwith all of my cryingyou took your music awayand all of your candlesall of your shoesand all of your sandalsyou left me with nothingall sad and aloneno letters, no visitsyou don’t even phoneI’m taking time back tillbefore when I met youit’s the only waymy soul will ever forget you.
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One Day Boo
2007-01-16 21:53:00
I see you with your boy chilling in the streetsHe’s checking out the bodies of all the girls he meetsHe ain’t appreciating he’s making you look stupidSo I’m out scheming thinking about Cupid.No necklace on your neck I think that’s kind of recklessBut the way that he treats you, you must come to expect this.If I was your man you’d always be getting presentsI’d have you up in VIP not clubbing with the peasantsEvery day would be Christmas I’d shower you with moneyCoz you’d be my boo, my love and my honeyWe’d be off to Paris almost every single weekAnd I know in the bedroom you’d be like my freakYou’d have all you want babe all Louis Ve TonAnd you’d always be up there as my number oneI know that he’s cheating he creeps whilst your sleepingThat’s not what your for girl, your made for the keepingYou probably won’t read this it’s kept in my pocketAlong with some cash for a Tiffany locketI’m planning the day when you will be mineI know that it’s coming ...