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fozzyozzy
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0 posted 2001-04-24 10:04 PM


Shallow Souls

Unable to grasp
What is through the next wall
Trying to grasp
Anything at all
Shallow souls bring their tears in four saucers
Not too deep
Ready to drink
Disgusting shallow souls
We are shallow souls
Tied beneath our shoes

Not as the ocean but as the shore
Not a painting, but a sketch nothing more
You are shallow souls one, two, three, and four

Crossed staves comprehend
To save the shallow souls
It will take more than sticks
To rescue four shallow souls

Not as the ocean but as the shore
Not a painting, but a sketch nothing more
You are shallow souls one, two, three, and four

"It's a name we love
Beauty with a label
Understand we not
History's greatest fable"

Shallow souls maybe four
Shallowed souls nothing more
Their right to appease
Exempt from miseries

Not as the ocean but as the shore
Not a painting, but a sketch nothing more
You are shallow souls one, two, three, and four

Expansion expansion expansion expansion
Evil to grow
You're safe
In this saucer
Never to know
Never to know
Shallow souls
But deep hatred
Hatred for what's wrong
They know what's not right
Take up their arms beside them
For their lord they're ready to fight

"Burn the enemy!"
"Let their souls boil!"
"Dip them in tar
And scald them with oil!"
"Crusade for the holy war
We can't let them win
We can't let them win! No we can't let them win
Anymore!!"
"BURN BURN BURN BURN! Heathens four!"


Shallow souls                      shallow souls
Empty souls                         empty souls
Fade away                            away
Dilute the souls                      shallow souls
To mask them
For another day                  

"The heart can think of no devotion
Greater than being shore to ocean
Holding the curve of one position
Counting an endless repetition"
Robert Fr

© Copyright 2001 Sean Michael DeFlora - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2001-04-24 11:21 PM


VERY long   *faints*
Great job on it!

fozzyozzy
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2 posted 2001-04-24 11:35 PM


Can't help it.  Sorry for the length, but I wanted that epic feel sort of like "The Hollow Men" by T.S. Eliot I guess I failed.

But who cares

"The heart can think of no devotion
Greater than being shore to ocean
Holding the curve of one position
Counting an endless repetition"
Robert Fr

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3 posted 2001-04-25 01:07 AM


loooooooong poem
but a very interestin one
great job on this
keep writing...

...?

death is not the greatest loss in life. the greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. -norman cousins

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4 posted 2001-04-25 03:16 AM


ok wow idk i might be crazy but i really liked this poem it was super good i hope to read more fo your stuff now that i know you rock so keep posting *hugs* i love you
ben redshaw the great

i am what i am and that is all that i am and all that i shall ever be......so deal with it

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5 posted 2001-04-25 05:39 PM


Awesome, Ozz!  Very awesome!  I was very impressed with how you had such a diversity of stanza styles in here, it was all over the place.  Very creative, and very well done!  
~Allan

Build a man a fire, and he's warm for a day.  Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.  
~Unknown

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6 posted 2001-04-26 08:08 PM


I REALLY like the last stanza!  WOWWW.. very powerful!  I really enjoyed this.. VERY nice, fozzy.. very nice indeed!
Beautiful work    And the epic-style poem was acheived.  I enjoyed this quite a lot!

--Marie

subconsciously, i think i can eat so much to make my stomach hurt, instead of my heart.

vixengrl04
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7 posted 2001-04-27 02:02 PM


This is really good.  I like the message your trying to give and it flowed really well and had pretty good rythm.  I especially liked the way you set up the last stanza, it was powerful.  Good work.  

~*Nikki*~

~*Of all the millions of people in the world, I'm just me.*~

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8 posted 2001-04-28 04:09 PM


The last stanza was definetely my favorite part of this piece, but it was very well done throughout.  great job on this, keep posting your work.

Sometimes, the things that go unsaid are the only things worth hearing.

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9 posted 2001-04-29 05:19 PM


I NEVER said you failed....so blah to you on that. You did well!


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10 posted 2001-05-21 01:34 PM


That ws a really long one, but still a delightful read.  keep it up and keep sharing.  Man, was that good  

"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this give life to thee."  W.S.

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11 posted 2001-05-21 03:04 PM


love the imagery..and how you elaborated on the theme using the 'four saucers' thing..
well done..and keep posting  

''I'll TAKE a QUIET life..a HANDSHAKE of CARBON monoxide with NO alarms AND no SURPRISES..''
'LaniDarkone'..underwent a change of name.

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12 posted 2001-05-21 03:46 PM


WOW  omg ozz...that has got to be one of the most awsome poems (or songs???) hat ive seen in quite a while..i really like the whole message, and even the diveristy of the stanzas...gotta give ya your props  

    *to the library we go*
         *KiMMiE

i wanted to kill the sexiest person alive, but then i realized suicide is a crime!! :)

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