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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
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South Louisiana

0 posted 2015-07-16 04:53 PM


. . . AN OLDIE . . .


a cobweb in the back of
my psyche
is claiming my attention
somewhere I hear phony laughter
so I lit up
smoked it with a huge amount of sin

light 'em up dope
you have no hope

I might be shallow
as I've been told
one thing I'm not buster
coward's the word
won't find me cowering in the corner
when the fight starts

I can't help it
I pitch a fit

the hound of fear
abounds
gotta brush that cobweb away
hate cobwebs
their touch
sticky and personal

what did I say
before I strayed

life kicks you in the gut
bloodies and breaks bones
it can kick your ass ninety ways to one
but
it can't break your spirit
unless you let it

I'm telling you
what you can do

as you are abused
jerked around
punked out
don't let 'em get to your mind
you need that
for badass revenge|

you’ll make them pay
some cold, gray day

not trying to be bad
a superdude I ain't
but I know one thing
been down some roads
take crap if you have to
but keep your mind free

with thought you can
make new game plans

©August 7, 2010 / Jerry Pat Bolton


~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

© Copyright 2015 Jerry Pat Bolton - All Rights Reserved
jjote
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since 2002-12-25
Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada
1 posted 2015-07-17 01:48 AM


"with thought you can make new game plans"

hurray, you won't let them cower or badass you..that's the fighting spirit, man..

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
2 posted 2015-07-17 06:33 AM


My, what a difference the last 5 years has made in your writing. This guy sounds like he has a chip on his shoulder. However, the message about don't let them get into your head is still valid. Thanks for the compare and contrast.  I'm sure you are still as badass as you need to be when the situation calls for it.   ~L
JerryPat2
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3 posted 2015-07-17 07:36 AM


Yeah, sometimes I wonder where that guy of five years ago went, Lori. Thank you for your all-seeing comment.

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

JerryPat2
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4 posted 2015-07-17 07:38 AM


Thank you jjote, for your excellent comment and observation.

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

devina
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since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539
Cali
5 posted 2015-07-17 12:30 PM


You, sir.. have balmed my soul today..
unknowingly & yet I thank you, Jerry.

"smoked it with a huge amount of sin"
~excellent mindpic

"hate cobwebs
their touch
sticky and personal"
~this one 'sticks' in mind, long after the read.

"it can't break your spirit
unless you let it"
a-freakin-men to this!..& I'm off to dark Hallelujah's.. lmao

great post m'dears, shinies on ur day!
~T

"..But a tyrant spell has bound me,
And I cannot, cannot go.."
~Emily Bronte
'The Night is Darkening Around Me'

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
6 posted 2015-07-17 12:56 PM



So happy to hear about the balm of the soul, and all the rest of your fine comments, Tanya! You weave your comments like great wine taste when it crosses your tongue. Thank you so much . . .

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

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