Walls Come Tumbling Down
I've driven around your block so many times
chasing myself in circles
lost, screaming, raving, raging like a crazy person
honking, endangering myself and others
did you hear me?
i cussed at an old lady
i refused to ask for directions
i flipped of a jerk with his
stereotypical loud stereo
he wanted attention,
so i gave it to him
it took me forever to find your house
it took me a while to remember
because i guess i'm just stupid
if you want me to drive around for
7 days and then honk my horn
i'd do it
i'd listen to you
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Sick and Tired
I'm sick and tired of
people being sick and tired
this country needs more exercise
definitely less 'self-help'
definitely more helping others
i don't season my life with
bitterness, thinking that
it'll taste better.
have they ever had candy?
or ice cream
or a nice warm prime rib?
(vegetarians, I am still
speaking metaphorically)
or is life a chef
hiding behind a door?
or a paper hat-wearing bitter teenager
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Der Ganzen Welt
I love the city
and all its connections
people laid out before you
hundreds of faces
like ads for people with needs
I love the streets
and all of its directions
people speeding to see one another
I love the net
and all of its connections
curious people
teaching people
laying their lives out
behind your computer screen
I love the net
and all of its directions
people's chaotic lives
messy humanity
all linked together
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Fake Freedom
stretching up to the sky
giants blocking out the sky
but i still love these twins
and their cool industrial bones
twins who have become two arms
open to the skies
or open to money,
imperfect.
wealth is not wings
and i still love the sky
it's true blue freedom
it's vast expanse which
boggles the mind to comprehend.
do we still have a sense of wonder?
i am torn between the two
but led to love them both
and the twins gave us money
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Bitterness and Others
this is your bitterness
that wants to be set free
that wants you to know, to seek
to have the freedom of curiosity
this is your enemy
that keeps love away
this is your loneliness
this is your bitterness
mixed together
weaving a cocoon, that would
rather be a colorful butterfly
a frail child that would rather be an adult
wondering what responsibility is like
wondering what love is like
this is your self loathing
tied to hundreds of memories
tied to thousands of images
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