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Michael G
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0 posted 2005-08-20 01:14 AM


the constant babble from the radio,
the television, the computer, white
noise excess, drowning out the thoughts
we cannot give ample time to conjur up.
in search of america on the streets of
anywhere, gives me pause to see the
raping of our minds and our conscience,
speeding us to oblivion so we may never think.
the lights lost to itself, the dream
made simple with cash, few clues  are
left over, just the vanishing tides
of hope we may never really see.
in search of america in the eyes of those
serving and those served, for the truth
sucks and perhaps we need to blame anyone,
as long as we stay numb to what was.
they joined, and in that was thier purpose
for this life, as is thier death, not simple
not casual, nor comforting to the endless
crying, just the truth and be proud.
in search of america in the dim light of
the bars, where the smell of bad beer and
stale breath comfort you, its all so familiar
being lost in its perfume of sorrow.
tonight we sleep, dreams enter and flourish,
the stars fall to the sea, and we wake
in wonder of it all, to live one day
without the pain of searching for america.

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passing shadows
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1 posted 2005-08-20 07:33 AM


yeah, the truth does suck sometimes, for sure
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2 posted 2005-08-20 09:54 PM


and in searching for the reality that is America, when we get away from the media hype, we sometimes stumble over kernels of truth

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