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Drexler_McStyles
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0 posted 2003-01-13 07:17 AM


we are busy either
polishing each others brass
or
tiptoeing across eggshells
when serious inquiries
are unholstered
every response or offering is a mixed drink
watered down
no one go for the shot glass solution
the sugarcoated pill
band-aids with purple dinosaurs on them
more the modern method
for all ages and wages
perhaps that’s why I fail
with the female populace
they don’t expect what I give
and I expect nothing less than what I offer
but asking for the truth
with a poker face
is calling your own bluff
the results end friendships, marriages
and other harmonious illusions
when someone you love
asks for the truth
be sure not to mistake it
for what they really want
and once you’ve settled on what that is
orchestrate it as gracefully as possible
the truth is a disfigurement
best kept beneath the robe



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Nan
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1 posted 2003-01-13 08:23 AM


... or at least offered with a box of chocolates?... Your words surely ring true, Sir Drexler...
Seymour Tabin
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2 posted 2003-01-13 08:30 AM


Drexler,
Well done, enjoyed the write.

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Gaia
3 posted 2003-01-16 12:56 PM


exactly
passing shadows
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4 posted 2003-01-16 05:03 AM


wow! I know exactly what you mean!
serenity blaze
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5 posted 2003-01-16 10:32 AM


I have failed with the female population m'self...grin.

and this rings true of the no b.s. quality of your work, which I happen to admire very much!

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