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Entries from June 2008

Inside the Bubble

June 24th, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: Art

Redemption

June 8th, 2008 · No Comments

He says you need to pay
for this passage. He says
the debt was already paid
twice.
She says the boat will sink
anyway, but remember to keep
those copper coins in your
pocket.
When I looked back
You had already gone
nothing left but mounds of bone
dust
He said no pay no
play, but she couldn’t
believe she’d missed the
boat.

– 6/8/2008
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Tags: Lyric

off the market

June 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Do not buy in to love
It’s not a transaction
Do not speculate in love
It’s not a commodity
Do not trade your soul for love
It’s not that kind of exchange
Do not expect a controlling interest
It’s not that kind of merger
Do not exchange love
It’s not that kind of currency
Do not corner love
It’s not that kind of monopoly
Markets deal in [...]

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Tags: Lyric

symbology

June 4th, 2008 · No Comments

breathe in darkness
rely on your eyes
for nothing, now
feel your way
merge meaning
with sensation
a touch - a word
a caress - a phrase
entwined in sentences
connection and desire
sigils traced, fingered
figures erased after
the deathdance
was done.
you say
this isn’t my scene
you say
it’s not what I want
feeling the whole hand
embarrassed and confused
the voice whispers in your head
“now you’ve been marked”
still feeling the warmth
after [...]

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Tags: Lyric