[bane]
By Six-Out
and I drank the poison like water-
said Romeo to his .brokenhearted. Juliette
as she wept.
and we're built on lies.
she said- as he lay at her feet
and she walked away.
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[pleasant] sighted. said I to the night
as the stars faded away- and I cursed society
for stealing them from the sky
and throwing them on a silver screen
this isn't how it was meant to be.
and her voice- it was thunderous
they told me. after the fact. and after the dreams
when nothing. means a thing
but we always try. try. try- to break it down
and piece it back together for the sick pleasure of knowing
that.we.can
and we're nowhere-nearer the stars now.
we've just stolen the magic from them-
.to put them on our level.
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Copyright 2005 Jon Rodgers
Published on Wednesday, May 4, 2005.
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A former member wrote:
Indeed it was a colossal read
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On Saturday, July 9, 2005, TheBardOfBlasphemy
(357) wrote:
Awesome write. Captures the jaded feeling that we have reduced every feeling, vision (etc) to fake-hollywood-sold out crap.
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On Monday, June 6, 2005, Dei
(663) wrote:
OH my god jon. This was terrific. Different from your others.
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A former member wrote:
"as the stars faded away- and I cursed society
for stealing them from the sky
and throwing them on a silver screen
this isn't how it was meant to be." ---- amazing. you're words are spoken so beautifully. ....-samone
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A former member wrote:
I've so missed reading your poetry, love. The way your works always convey breath-taking emotion, however bleak it may be. . glimmering with imagery and a touch of .. influential magic, in some way.
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On Thursday, May 5, 2005, shadowsinthelight
(146) wrote:
and we're nowhere-nearer the stars now. we've just stolen the magic from them- How cool, but there is still magic, somewhere. S.
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On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, AniDayz
(812) wrote:
you rock my dirty socks clean.
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On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, Kinkypoptart
(555) wrote:
great write. ~*~TarT~*~
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A former member wrote:
Jon... that was pretty great. Yup. ;) And where is my phone call eh?
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On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, Liz
(265) wrote:
I like how short it is. Not that less is more with you, but I like that it's just a clip, just a segment of something bigger we don't quite get to see fully. Just an idea, an observation, to mull over...
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On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, Liz
(265) wrote:
And the tiny details don't so much matter anyway, and that's clear. You only have to know a little to know it all, and you only have to describe a little for us
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On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, serotonin lost
(140) wrote:
this is absolutly brilliant, i can't believe someone can say this without tears in there eyes!
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On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, elisa
(1595) wrote:
ugly with envy they spit at the stars and close the world at night [even the bars] because only vampires can penetrate darkness......as gravity threads the puppet string through the third eye - blinding the stargazer with [lesser dream] lies...
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On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, elisa
(1595) wrote:
...no matter how you arrange the words -i- know the meaning is blindingly beautiful~love elisa
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On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, Northstar
(374) wrote:
this leaves me with a neauseated emptiness--the way you phrase everything in this piece is just perfect to express the sickening destruction of anything other than mediocrity
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On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, Six-Out
(1423) wrote:
Inspired by late night chats, and posted out of curiosity. Enjoy.