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Drexler_McStyles
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since 2002-11-18
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0 posted 2003-06-17 12:09 PM


when the castoffs arrive
I ask for a little leg
and they usually oblige
otherwise
the wine wouldn’t be so forthcoming
I feel no shame
exploiting these seedy characters
to my own purposes
if it wasnt I
that was doing it
it would be someone else
who has less imagination
than myself
sometimes we break furniture
just for a laugh
or for a prelude
to the real damage
which not even our livers
can bear to witness
my belly folds over itself
in the diverse arrangements it takes on
but none of them
seem to mind
they have their own faults
which I don’t call witness to
it is something of a
mutual agreement
that doesn’t get much press
or airtime
and that is how we like it
here in the basement
where the lower levels of the gene pool
swim comfortably
in the pond scum
and the man who controls the light switch
levels it all
a curt dismissal
that he reserves
for when the past
comes calling
from the floodgates
despite the self destruction
inflicted
that was supposed to annihilate
those memories
of brighter times
forever


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passing shadows
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1 posted 2003-06-17 02:05 AM


cool!
Artic Wind
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since 2007-09-16
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2 posted 2008-02-06 06:20 PM


Enjoyed

ARCTIC WIND

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