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Joe Houck
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0 posted 2002-01-06 04:30 PM



I think I’m insane...


Hack off my thumbs
make me a beast
so only to eat
never to feast
on life
on love
all things I can’t taste
ruin me quickly
take heed make haste
Cut off my tongue
make me a fire
only expressing
primitive desire
Burning for what I can never achieve
choking the air
of which I must breathe
Rip out my heart
make me a hole
never to fill
with the life you have stole
hate
envy
all things I can taste
Ruin me quickly
take heed make haste


Who am I talking to...
I think I’m insane...



© Copyright 2002 Joe B. Houck - All Rights Reserved
serenity blaze
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1 posted 2002-01-06 06:25 PM


Hey Joe--it takes a little bit of clarity and self-discernment to question the limits of sanity...(or so the voices tell me! )

Enjoyed.

Enchantress
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2 posted 2002-01-06 06:29 PM


Keep on talking Joe....I'm listening.
Good stuff!  ~Hugs, Nancy~

~* A dream is a wish your heart makes... *~

RosePetal
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3 posted 2002-01-06 06:48 PM


Hey Joe...I often think i'm insane! This reminded me of the poem I posted last night called "eternal damage" check it out if you have time dear.

RP

Mac Attack
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4 posted 2002-01-06 06:53 PM


If only it were so easy to crush our deceiving hearts and to never feel the pain of a love rejected again.  Alas, we foolishly fall into the same trap over and over again.  I fell into one 15 years ago and still love the big turkey (we even got married and everything!)  So I guess for me, I can forgive my thoughtless heart for not freezing over as I so greatly hoped once upon a time.  I hope things get better for you with time (trite as that may sound).

Mac

ps - a little punctuation would go a long way to making this piece a little clearer to read, but maybe that's the point of leaving it out?

Irish Rose
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5 posted 2002-01-06 06:55 PM


no, you  have nothing to worry about, Joe, if you were
you would never admit it to the world!

Kathleen--
Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul.
Only kindness can do that. ~Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire~

Midnitesun
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6 posted 2002-01-06 10:26 PM


Joe, do you ever listen to Jimmy Buffett?
"If we couldn't laugh,
we would all go insane."
I have this feeling you still know how to laugh. If not, just laugh anyway. It will help you clear your mind. And didn't anyone ever tell you what someone told me? Poets and writers are all a bit "off"  
Happy New Year, Joe. Welcome to the blue paged poetry asylum.

Enchantress
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Canada eh.
7 posted 2002-01-06 10:31 PM


Hey Joe! That you still talking up there?   LOL...Allow me to introduce you to myselves!   Your going to be just fine!!  More hugs....Nancy
Joe Houck
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8 posted 2002-01-06 10:45 PM


Thanks for all the comments about this poem.
I guess I'm not insane after all.  I'm just a little "off" as Midnitesun calls it =)


Kethry
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9 posted 2002-01-07 08:40 AM


You may be insane but you are also a thumbless, tongueless wonder.
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind.  Unknown



Duncan
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10 posted 2002-01-08 12:37 PM


In the South we call it eccentric...so sit back and enjoy!
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