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Oh! To Be A Dude
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Oh! To Be A Dude |
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soul drifter Senior Member
since 2004-09-08
Posts 711Colorado |
Oh! To Be A Dude Godspeed you emotionless men "fellas" and "guys" that take a woman and fill her up with excitement so that she'll never want again (this is a faux feeling all around; pass 'er around like a doobie see if she appreciates this) Touchdown! Voila, I'm 12 yards away from my hands all over her (High Five!) Yes, right on, you little-heart men take all you need for the female frame and build yourself a statue out of phone numbers crumpled in the ashtrays you've got it right (...to be so wrong) I need this tonight so I deposit my soul into girlfriends I haven't seen in years take the bus to the streets of giggling redheads and flashy blondes and menacing brunettes there I am needed, I think there I am not wanted, I figure I figure I know 'cause oh to be a dude to walk the line 'tween love and lust and fall at the end on the side of neither of the above eventually a laugh with the "fellas" and I'm couning up my Y chromosones 1,2,3,4...gimme s'more I lie to myself every night it seems I lie awake and scream in my mind, DAMMIT why's it such an awful thing to worship the shadow of a footstep she left behind Seems I'm always here on the ground with a magnifying glass looking for traces of her graces to take home and decorate my fantasies come on now, is this romantic recklessness so unhealthy for me after all? ah, but the fairer sex is the center to my hurricane being twsting 'round the bend automatically single but looking for fragile smiles making eyes at pretty actresses and talented singers what the hell is my problem? Honestly! OH! To be a dude so much easier to shrivel my heart and dive into the cliche "maleness" complete with Tim Allen grunts and a strange love & dislike for women yeah, such a boring Sunday afternoon to be leering at plastic women and pound my chest like an ape before the monolith in 2001 now it's 2006: A Male Oddity I freely admit and hide my sensitive Jackson Browne albums under my matress a sketch of a nice romantic guy I've not the guts to completely abandon it's got to make sense someday right? Please, right? Oh to remain a matured man hard-won luck of the draw to listen to every word she says and sing songs to her and see this is where I belong damn hard but I'm lonelier than I'll ever admit so I figure I'll postpone my trip to dudesville and devote myself to the woman (never) coming up the road to be with me (after all, this is why I write shattering songs such as these, right? for the chicks...oh, and for the health of my soul, but like that matters) aw poor little me... aw poor little male... he's lost himself in cries of Viva La Femme! Godspeed you emotional man. "I'm the soul drifter, and I'm out of this town, ain't no use hangin' round, you see" -- Lindsey Buckingham, 'Soul Drifter' |
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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan |
In “ The Snows of Kilimanjaro” the main character reflects, as he’s dying, on the fact that he had had more success with women once he no longer meant what he said. John |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
I'm not sure what to say to this one, so I guess I will just process with my mouth open! The fairer sex can certainly be just as shallow, so I hope like attracts like to some degree. At least that way, water will seek it's own level and we draw what we deserve. I understood the lament in this thought...like the old adage, 'nice guys finish last.' Even that can be read two ways, however. Maybe finishing last is best. To worship the ground she walks on, tho, with a magnifying glass to the shadow of a footprint, you're gonna have to be half bloodhound. Sooner or later, you'll find out the shadows left were still made by feet of clay, but I hope you find the heart of an angel! You have me thinking! (like I know anything!)  Klassy Oh yeah! Maybe you should put those Jackson Browne recordings on display! |
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Musicmaker1969 
since 2000-06-25
Posts 589Peterborough, Ontario Canada |
Well, I'm not really sure where you are going with this poem. At the beginning, being a lady, I took offense to the way you were talking about passing her around. Then at the end you talk about being in love with one woman. So I am not sure what meaning you are trying to get across. Definitely a thought provoking poem, just not sure what it means. Sheri Adams Jesus lives in my heart! He can in yours too!!! |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
This is GREAT! ...but I think you have forgotten the first lesson in "The Dude's Handbook," "The fair sex is never fair, so never share your feelings; keep 'em guessing." When my youngest son was about four years old, he came up to me with a serious face and explained to me in hushed tones that there are two kinds of people: huggers and dudes. The interesting thing (to me) was the lines between these two groups in his reflections were not strictly drawn by gender. He categorized some males as huggers and some females as dudes...and with a more adult perspective (and access to more private information) I have to say he was gifted with an uncanny accuracy.  |
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