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rascalx
Senior Member
since 1999-08-25
Posts 590
Florence, SC, USA

0 posted 1999-10-10 09:39 PM


The disease is universal
we're all just feeding the need
Our morality is supposed to cover up
the anxiety that we bleed
Marriages made for money
we've got dollar $ign$ in our eyes
divorce courts handle the details
and cover up the lies

Stick around for the power play
they're going to even up the score
Preachers are so concerned with titheing
they've forgotten what they're preaching for
Politicians push the bills that
pad their wallets the most
And dying has become a business that
pays everyone except the ghost

We're taking goodie powders for our headaches
don't worry, the pain will go away soon
And if we can't get enough in our nostrils
We can always use a flame and a spoon
And if you're mate isn't good enough
play with the one next door
Monogamy is such a rarity
because our bodies always want more

Who said we were more intelligent
than the animals we own?
We're all just looking for
a different type of bone
Anything to keep us
from being alone
We're just feeding the need

How does thought make us better
if we only think of ourselves?

© Copyright 1999 Jeff Osborne - All Rights Reserved
Severn
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704

1 posted 1999-10-10 09:52 PM


Very searching - I like its rhythm and matter-of-factness. Well done!
Dragoness
Senior Member
since 1999-08-07
Posts 513

2 posted 1999-10-10 10:39 PM


Well done,thought provoking!

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Set you heart free and your mind will follow.


Tara Simms
Senior Member
since 1999-08-12
Posts 1244
Honea Path, SC USA
3 posted 1999-10-10 10:45 PM


I'm glad you posted this one! There's a lot of truth in this.

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It matters not how strait the gate;
How charged with punishments the scroll;
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
--W.E. Henley
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hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA
4 posted 1999-10-10 10:50 PM


Wow, great read and oh so true
rascalx
Senior Member
since 1999-08-25
Posts 590
Florence, SC, USA
5 posted 1999-10-11 01:41 AM


thank you Tara..Dragoness..Hoot..Severn...every now and then I have to let the cynic in me have a voice..glad you enjoyed it! :-)
passing shadows
Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577
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6 posted 2004-05-04 03:52 AM


you're quite a talent
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