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Drexler_McStyles
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0 posted 2002-12-23 08:35 PM


high noon

battered images of the future I allude to
grow fuzzier with each sunrise I reject,
crouching by the shore side
waiting patiently for this day to fall behind the mirror
and the moonlight to fill my glass

I am not one of those geniuses who need to be shown
that applying scotch guard to a crumbling brick
doesn’t stop the rain from falling on it
I am already familiar with erosion, the inevitable
and the futility of resistance
history is a broken record
and there is little in the way of
a shoulder to lean on
out here in the hands free zone
people mustn’t be expected to listen
when they cant even put a finger on
they’re own primal scream
or a smile on
the faces of their children

I feel the sun beating upon my neck
and realize
I have a while yet
to wait



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1 posted 2002-12-23 08:59 PM


"that applying scotch guard to a crumbling brick
doesn’t stop the rain from falling on it
I am already familiar with erosion, the inevitable
and the futility of resistance
history is a broken record
"

wow, and the part about the smile on our children's faces, my sister in law should read that!

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2 posted 2002-12-24 12:59 PM


Steven, I really liked this:
"people mustn’t be expected to listen
when they cant even put a finger on
they’re own primal scream
or a smile on
the faces of their children"

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3 posted 2002-12-24 03:02 AM


nice ending....you're good at those.
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