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Rhythm (&Blues)

You’d better know how much I want you, how much I am willing to fight, how much I am willing to persevere and how much I need to be right, how much I can give up, how much I can … Continue reading

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Locked Away

Her smile can hide a wealth of lies and all of them in blood I hear his words behind his words not all of them are good the more I listen, listen hard the more he wants to play He … Continue reading

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Blank Verse Thing

There she stood with flag unfurling, watching o’er the battle’s ending– watching o’er the bloody ending– while the bodies piled below her. There he stood that misty morning, watching blood run from her country, watching hope run from her country, … Continue reading

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Broken

Bile and rage will at best destroy the life that has only glass for a heart. If you’re to survive, you must forge anew a vessel that cannot be hated apart.

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Nothing Like It Used To

They don’t write ’em like they used to, the epic songs, the twice-told tales; they don’t spin them like they used to, the stories you could stay up all night to listen to. They don’t play them like they used … Continue reading

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