missanthropic

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
-Arthur Schopenhauer



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Some keep the Sabbath going to church;
I keep it staying at home,
With a bobolink for a chorister,
And an orchard for a dome.

Some keep the Sabbath in surplice;
I just wear my wings,
And instead of tolling the bell for church,
Our little sexton sings.

God preaches, a noted clergyman,
And the sermon is never long;
So instead of getting to heaven at last,
I'm going all along!
- Emily Dickinson


If wild my breast and sore my pride,
I bask in dreams of suicide;
If cool my heart and high my head,
I think, "How lucky are the dead!"
- Dorothy Parker (Rhyme Against Living)




the best often die by their own hand
just to get away,
and those left behind
can never quite understand
why anybody
would ever want to
get away
from
them
- Charles Bukowski (Cause And Effect)

missanthropic's Works

Poetry	2012-06-18	becoming
Poetry	2007-10-06	some times
Poetry	2007-09-12	does your cup runeth over?
Poetry	2007-09-12	the nature of us
Poetry	2007-06-18	communion
Poetry	2006-12-20	gravid
Poetry	2006-08-22	non-point
Poetry	2006-08-04	fucked
Poetry	2006-07-07	parasite
Poetry	2006-05-17	speechless
Poetry	2006-04-28	cusp
Poetry	2006-04-27	the self-conceited woman
Poetry	2006-03-10	note
Poetry	2006-02-24	exactly what i can live with
Poetry	2006-01-28	nascent
Poetry	2006-01-28	moment of surrender
Poetry	2006-01-28	Untitled
Poetry	2005-11-23	the 27 withouts
Poetry	2005-11-23	burnt out
Poetry	2005-03-31	fire starter
Poetry	2004-10-29	hari-kari and the burning bush
Poetry	2004-08-19	kaleidoscope
Poetry	2004-08-13	not like the others
Poetry	2004-08-12	this day
Poetry	2004-07-27	lamb chops
Poetry	2004-07-20	inaugural season
Poetry	2004-07-15	forty winks
Poetry	2004-07-09	the grand canyon
Poetry	2004-06-28	i forget
Poetry	2004-06-28	my sincerest apologies
Poetry	2004-06-28	martyrdom
Poetry	2004-06-27	emancipation
Poetry	2004-06-21	antivenom
Poetry	2004-06-16	unchartered
Poetry	2004-06-09	the old in out
Poetry	2004-06-02	the trinity of self
Poetry	2004-05-27	lost souls
Poetry	2004-05-25	duplicitous intentions
Poetry	2004-05-23	the fragile untamed
Poetry	2004-05-23	passion
Poetry	2004-05-22	three a's
Poetry	2004-05-22	the crush-ed
Poetry	2004-05-22	articles of contentment
Poetry	2004-05-22	a breath of fresh air
Poetry	2004-05-17	forever
Poetry	2004-05-16	bad fish
Poetry	2004-05-16	on when we might have been
Poetry	2004-05-16	lunar jaunt

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