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anomaly187
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0 posted 2000-06-15 05:30 PM


We are all in the dumps with jack and guy
i think i see a shadow drifting by
I am a prisoner without a name
And i live in a cell that likes to play games.
the unimportance of being me
makes me feel so vividly free
The last voyage of somebody the sailor
just reminded me to find a tailor
These bugs on my skin, they make me so thin
and i think i might be loosing my chin

I see projections on the wall
they come from my inner deeper call
Does love exist?
Can it be bliss?
or maybe i'm thinking of a tall

There is a man that makes me try
we both like to get high and die
I think of him and think of me
but i don't think we were meant to be

We are all in the dumps with jack and guy
but now there are no shadows drifting by
only a body that's empty of pie
and no longer has the will to survive.
Can i educate the wandering man?
or shall i die living a lie?
an eye for an eye
the way we die
these bugs are so big yet i can fly.
So when you think of something insane
You'll think of me but wonder
wasn't he plain?

© Copyright 2000 Alexei - All Rights Reserved
Snickers
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1 posted 2000-06-15 09:28 PM


This is very different.  I don't really understand what your trying to say.  Would you mind clarifying it for little ol me??

~<3 Alwayz~
  **Nikki**

Kandi
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2 posted 2000-06-15 10:01 PM


wow.  hmmmm.... lol I'm kind of speechless! I definitely get the feeling that there is something very deep and meaningful hidden beneath those strange words. I'm not quite sure what it means though, or maybe I'm just to tired to try and figure it out. Anywho, like Snickers said, could u please explain it a little, because I would really like to know what your saying here. I have the impression that its something I would really love if I saw the meaning behind it.
Thanx bunches!

~~~Kris~~~


 ~*All that I have found in reason is reason just to not believe *~

~*Things you see the way you see them will never be seen again*~

anomaly187
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3 posted 2000-06-16 12:23 PM


i think i will list the subjects this poem deals with..ok it has to do with being a child and being overlooked and underestimated...feeling like a prisoner to the world in which it does what it likes to me..self-portrayal...questioning the meaningness of my own existence...and it also expresses hope..being able to fly away from your troubles.. a sense of better things that might come. well i hope that helps you understand this poem more.
anomaly187
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4 posted 2000-06-16 12:26 PM


...and please get back to me on your thoughts about it now. thanks
Angel
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5 posted 2000-06-16 02:57 PM


Welcome to Passions  . This was...interesting. I didn't exactly get it at first, but the explanation helped a whole lot. I think it was really unique and you have a great way of expressing yourself. I liked it a lot...even if I didn't completely get it  

~Susie


 "If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility."
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "Driftwood"


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6 posted 2000-10-03 09:00 PM


To tell you the truth, I'm alittle lost here.  I read your explanation to the other people who replied, but I am still in the dark.  I do understand the part where the world tries to dictate what they see in us. But, I would love to have you explain this poem more to me.  Specially, the bugs...they must signify something which I can't point out.

You have a very deep way of expressing yourself.  That is really good.  Your way with word is brilliant...

hope to hear from you  

I see no changes, wake up in the morning I ask myself, "Is life worth living or should I blast myself" TUPAC SHAKUR


Lakewalker
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7 posted 2000-10-04 03:01 PM


I think I get the general idea behind this one, but I wouldn't be able to explain my thoughts easily.  I like this a lot!
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8 posted 2000-10-04 03:55 PM


Anomaly i think this poem really kicked ass, I saw some ryhme and i hardly ever see that in your poetry. believe it or not, i think you're pretty damn good at ryhme and stuff. GREAT!



I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.


Jenn Cirrincione
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9 posted 2000-10-04 04:02 PM


Well, maybe your explanation helped a little, but I couldn't explain this one to somebody if I was at gunpoint. I understand there are good points behind this, and I'm sure it's chockful of symbolism (i.e. the bugs, the body with no pie, a playful prison cell) I'm sorry I just don't understand the piece.   But that's probably just me!< !signature-->

"He's mastered the art, of looking sincere, his eyes have a way, of making you stay, don't look in the mirror"- Chely Wright


[This message has been edited by Jenn Cirrincione (edited 10-04-2000).]

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