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[In]Visible Junior Member
since 2003-06-04
Posts 11 |
Where people come for ‘a rest’. Take a break from the world, check your troubles at the door. Three square meals a day. Treatments? We got treatments! Prozac, Effexor, Cipramil. Pick n mix your happy pills. And if none of those work there’s always ECT. We’re renowned for our hospitality (no pun intended). It’s a five star hotel for the mentally unwell. Not like the other place where the too far gone just rot and waste. Mike was there for four years. Look into his face, no trace of tears. Desensitised. Institutionalised. This place is his life now. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
sad, it is |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
This struck me silent for quite sometime. It reminded me of Joni Mitchell, in her "Rose" period--troubled child... "Up in some sterilized room where they let you be...spacey.. Knowing your attitudes are wrong, y'gotta change and that's not...easy..." Which of course, led me in thought to my little anthem, which may be the only song I can play to my satisfaction on the guitar, providing of course, I have a roadie to tune me to my proper key (me so helpless at times) but? for what it's worth? My reply would be summed in this: People's Parties (J.Mitchell) Originally performed by Joni Mitchell. Jeff performed it live at Sin-é, New York, late in the night on December 31 1995. All the people at this party They've got a lot of style They've got stamps of many countries They've got passport smiles Some are friendly Some are cutting Some are watching it from the wings Some are standing in the centre Giving to get something Photo beauty gets attention Then her eye paint's running down She's got a rose in her teeth And a lampshade crown One minute she's so happy Then she's crying on someone's knee Saying laughing and crying You know it's the same release I told you when i met you I was crazy Cry for us all beauty Cry for Eddie in the corner Thinking he's nobody And Jack behind his joker And stone-cold grace behind her fan And me in my frightened silence Thinking i don't understand I feel like i'm sleeping Can you wake me You seem to have a broader sensibility I'm just living on nerves and feelings With a weak and a lazy mind And coming to peoples parties Fumbling deaf dumb and blind I wish i had more sense of humor Keeping the sadness at bay Throwing the lightness on these things Laughing it all away Laughing it all away Laughing it all away * * * Smile. Guess who I am? Love your work. I DO look forward to more. You go brave places m'friend.  |
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Ishmael Member
since 2003-06-01
Posts 51 |
I like your work...enjoyed |
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