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i saw fight club again last night, thought i'd repost
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i saw fight club again last night, thought i'd repost |
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Ethan Halo Senior Member
since 2000-04-28
Posts 793on the roof again 
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*special thanks to edward, brad, "underground boxing clubs", project mayhem, but most sincerely to Tyler Durden. couldn't have done this without your inspiration.* who is Jack? a portrait of Jack as told by his 2000 parts inspired by Tyler Durden i am Jack's wasted life. i am Jack's gray and cloudy cataract. the sights i filter in are not happy and proud. But they are so much brighter than the darkness i writhe in. i am Jack's tired feet. i am tired of running to the end of a tunnel that runs faster than me. i am Jack's raging hate. i pound frustrated knuckles against a stubborn doorframe. i am Jack's shallow breathing. i am conditioned to know that i can not go deeper because of the weight there on my chest. i've screwed up again.i've done something wrong. i am a failure. i am Jack's complete lack of surprise. i am Jack's weary ear drums. i bleed from the ranting that has grown into a ceaseless drone. i am Jack's bruised knees. i buckle and chatter not in Fear, but in Anticipation. i am Jack's wondering hope of a better place with good smiles. i glimmer in Jack's eye beyond the cataract. i am Jack's bleeding knowledge. i bleed because that sensation is Real. like what i know. like what i am told. like Life. i am Jack's wasted life. because i can only be what i am told i am. |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
Ethan I loved Fight Club, an excellent dark satire but anyway that is not the point your poem is. the concept great idea and humourous, but some very interesting points. "i am Jack's wasted life. because i can only be what i am told i am." the last two lines KO you, straight from no where. I walk away from this poem bruised and limping and with a greater understanding of things. WOnderful poem Ethan. I am Jack's inflammed colon. ------------------------ "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time". Baltimore Grotto "To be nobody-but-yourself-in a world which is doing its best night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." E.E Cummings. "Art is a lie which makes us realise the truth." Pablo Picasso "We Irish are too poetical to be poets, we are a nation of brilliant failures" Oscar Wilde ----- |
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Ethan Halo Senior Member
since 2000-04-28
Posts 793on the roof again |
brian, thanks. i'm glad you liked it. inflamed colon indeed. =) *LOL* "you are not special. you are not a brilliant and unique snowflake. you are part of the same decaying organic matter as everyone else. we are all part of the same compost heap. we are the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world."< !signature--> We all got somethin' we need to atone for. [This message has been edited by Ethan_Halo (edited 06-18-2000).] |
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SpitFire Member Elite
since 2000-04-19
Posts 2396 |
~Hey there Ethan Halo,...I am back again to say RIGHT ON!!! haha. Love this. This poem and the movie are so interesting and it's insane how much they make you think. haha...*Peace. |
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