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Robert William Gruhn
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since 2001-11-06
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California, USA

0 posted 2001-11-13 02:24 AM


Just stood there grinning
Watching fools pass by
Being what they pretend
Hiding from own reality

Lost in false impressions
More valued than dignity
Laughing for sake's effect
Happy yet truly sad

Wrapped in plastic surroundings
Slipping up drooling slopes
Talking to hear themselves
Deaf to any answer

Hair blowing in breeze
More concerned with style
Than what lies beneath
Brain wasted by conceit

Compassion an after thought
Centered only on self
Grasping for golden rings
Worth nothing in eternity

Love just a word
Seeing loyalty as obscene
Old fashioned a joke
Material things most valued

Sneering at the elderly
Pathetically so boldly unaware
They were their past
Faces revealing mortal future



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WindWalker
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1 posted 2001-11-13 02:46 AM


Robert this was very well written!
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