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Icarus Had Wax Wings

About Me

"Say to yourself in the early morning: I shall meet today ungrateful, violent, treacherous, envious, uncharitable men. All of these things have come upon them through ignorance of real good and ill... I can neither be harmed by any of them, for no man will involve me in wrong, nor can I be angry with my kinsman or hate him; for we have come into the world to work together..." ~Marcus Aurelius

My Interests

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My Blog

Brooklyn

it's a song i wrote for no oneand no one's gonna hear, 'cause i'd sooner die than sing it there aint nobody here.followed her from brooklyn, from brooklyn where she ran.breading hearts, stealing cars,...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:14:00 GMT

Lily of the West

When first I came to louisville, some pleasure there to findA damsel there from lexington was pleasing to my mindHer rosy cheeks, her ruby lips, like arrows pierced my breastAnd the name she bore was ...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:35:00 GMT

Flashing Blue Light

Saturday eveningSaturday eveningA quarter to fiveOh we see him arrive at the doorPushed you aside as he staggered insideSpitting alcohol over the floorA storm is abrewAnd it's sure to fall soonAs I lo...
Posted by on Sun, 25 May 2008 07:17:00 GMT

If Winter Ends

I dreamt of a fever,one that would cure me of this cold, winter set heart.with heat to melt these frozen tears burned with reasons as to carry on.into these twisted months i plunge without a lig...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:58:00 GMT

The Trees All Get Wheeled Away

Anchormen spike their bloodwear masks of mudcucumbers cut to fit their eyesand so no one would know how tired they've grownof talking and telling their lieswhile your TVs change stationsscroll message...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:23:00 GMT

The Fool on the Hill

Day after day,Alone on the hill,The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still,But nobody wants to know him,They can see that he's just a fool, And he never gives an answer,But the fool on t...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:45:00 GMT

Eleanor Rigby

Ah, look at all the lonely peopleAh, look at all the lonely peopleEleanor rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has beenLives in a dreamWaits at the window, wearing the face that she k...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:01:00 GMT

Memory Lane

Seemed somewhat right, considering my PDX situation right now.this is the place you'll end up when you lose the chasewhere you're dragged against your willfrom a basement on the hilland all anybody kn...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:02:00 GMT

Westfall

I'm surrounded, each doorway covered by at least twenty men. They're going to take me and throw me in prison. I ain't coming back again. When I was younger, handsomer, and stronger, I felt like I coul...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:32:00 GMT

For Real

"Some nights I thirst for real blood, for real knives, for real cries. And then the flash of steel from real guns in real life really fills my mind. Then I really miss what really did exist when I hel...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:31:00 GMT