the end of the soulless
the end of the corporate
end of the bureaucratic time bomb death by waking every day to do it again
the end of lawsuit threats
of accusations
The End of Unhappiness and Tears
September 20th, 2009 · Written by Trent Reker · No Comments
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Monkey Don’t
December 9th, 2007 · Written by David Blaine · 1 Comment
The quadrennial quandary,
choosing between
the lesser of two lechers
as they bisect bilateral boundaries,
splitting atoms and Adams,
exporting Middle America
in the making of little Americas. [...]
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A Toast to Modern Beauty
September 3rd, 2007 · Written by Rachael St. John · 1 Comment
Lies, Deceit, Shame in defeat
Trading lives for moments of glory
One by one the morals diminish
Eating themselves alive
Intimidated by the impending doom.
The human race is left with
Only pieces of its broken word and
The horrors that penetrated the useless defenses
Because nobody was valiant enough to
Believe in the darkness, in the cold [...]
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To Know it Young
September 3rd, 2007 · Written by Derrick Mund · No Comments
Rusted globs roll boorishly from the roof,
collect,
glimmer,
and fall seven flights
to pulse squandered rhythm onto the alley.
But oh, to know it young
like a Beat ideal.
To speak in the loosened voice
of nowhere glances.
To say,
“Typhoon
with nothing short of screams for all this beautiful young life
that drowns in cirrhosis like cheap wine.” [...]
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The Red, White, and Blue
July 4th, 2007 · Written by Melissa Dey Hasbrook · No Comments
In the U.S.A., we ignore our reflection on the TV screen while we grit thirty minutes of sound bites each night,
Scraps of stories served between drug ads from a buffet of Rx’s to help us
EAT SLEEP SHIT PISS [...]
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