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It’s a song by The Kinks
It’s a tube train that stinks
by Maninblack
43 lines, 2 comments,
on Mar 31 10:04 AM
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Don’t think I’m ungrateful for this family entertainment
I thank you for the ride of my life
by Maninblack
15 lines, 2 comments,
on Mar 25 6:32 AM
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Joyful as unchained stars
Disney reality on a twilight screen
by Maninblack
3 lines, 2 comments,
on Feb 24 6:27 AM
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Pharmaceutical cowboys grin knowingly with explicit smiles
They gather round the drug store and talk with tongues on fire
by Maninblack
20 lines, 2 comments,
on Feb 16 9:34 AM
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There’s money and fame for a man with a name
But a price on his head and a grave for a bed
by Maninblack
24 lines, 5 comments,
on Feb 10 9:07 AM
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Like a ghost from a midnight cemetary.
Like a cloud full of calm and storm.
by Maninblack
7 lines, 2 comments,
on Feb 5 9:04 AM
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Just two friends relaxing Chasing's much too taxing
by Maninblack
30 lines, 2 comments,
on Jan 23 5:24 AM
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Time is striped in ticking bands
Hazy striations in a shadow land
by Maninblack
8 lines, 2 comments,
on Jan 21 9:37 AM
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Crimson grow the roses
Blood against the sun.
by Maninblack
23 lines, 7 comments,
on Jan 15 9:17 AM
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Remember as outlaws we needed an edge
So we were keeping our backs to the sun.
by Maninblack
23 lines, 6 comments,
on Jan 2 6:59 AM
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Fate is a demon, Hell born and crimson As the devil's own red dancing shoes.
by Maninblack
4 lines, 1 comment,
on Jan 2 6:06 AM
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Walk away from today
Walk away from tomorrow
by Maninblack
32 lines, 3 comments,
on Nov 14 5:47 AM 2008
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Oh my brothers, the streets are ours.
Let the rulers rest in their ivory towers.
by Maninblack
14 lines, 4 comments,
on Nov 7 10:10 AM 2008
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November mud churns round our feet
At 11 that morning the gunfire ceased
by Maninblack
25 lines, 8 comments,
on Nov 6 7:23 AM 2008
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The clown machine is laughing along the frozen pier.
It might just as well be silent; there’s no one here to hear
by Maninblack
29 lines, 11 comments,
on Oct 31 9:42 AM 2008
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Her stones are steeped in history as deep as the sweet mystery in your eyes. Her ghosts drift lonely in mists of morning as gentle as the memory of your sigh.
by Maninblack
8 lines, 3 comments,
on Oct 31 6:03 AM 2008
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There's a howling down the canyons of the city. The cry of urban wolves evoke no pity.
by Maninblack
15 lines, 2 comments,
on Oct 23 5:32 AM 2008
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I've walked these fields of mourning
Through lost years of yearning
by Maninblack
14 lines, 4 comments,
on Oct 15 7:58 AM 2008
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Angels dance in the wind whipped night
Tapping on my window in leaf dappled light
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Listen to the sea's lost refrain
Singing lonely in its chains
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Life force uncontained by earth
Awash in endless sunset’s birth.
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Across the land in silent thunder,
Speeds the pack over the tundra.
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Wind whips the robes of the raven black priest
As he waves from the grave through asphalt sleet
by Maninblack
34 lines, 15 comments,
on Jul 22 5:22 AM 2008
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Reds, browns and golds of autumn carpet the street.
Orange fire under a wet street lamp where the children meet.
by Maninblack
7 lines, 3 comments,
on Jul 16 6:33 AM 2008
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The first one didn’t touch the sides,
So I’ll have another beer.
by Maninblack
20 lines, 2 comments,
on Jul 16 5:16 AM 2008
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There’s no base thumping through the bedroom floor.
And we never have to shout “Don’t slam the door.”
by Maninblack
24 lines, 3 comments,
on Jul 15 9:20 AM 2008
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On the day I was born my wings were purest white; the colour of no memory.
At five years old they took on the rainbow facets of new learni
by Maninblack
16 lines, 3 comments,
on Jul 12 8:38 AM 2008
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Heaven’s tears through streetlight streaming.
People rushing, heads down, dreaming
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Purple plastic pandas eating chocolates in a cave.
Investigating sailors dancing to a hornpipe.
by Maninblack
44 lines, 5 comments,
on Jun 4 9:28 AM 2008
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I’m the Walrus, he’s the carpenter and we talk of many things,
Of times gone by, of loves we’ve lost, of cabbages and kings.
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AFTER
After the white petals of joy lie browning on the green.
by Maninblack
9 lines, 2 comments,
on Mar 19 7:32 AM 2008
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NIGHTFALLING
Dark streets are empty and the fear is high.
by Maninblack
37 lines, 16 comments,
on Feb 25 10:05 AM 2008
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Redundant
Working here I’d say my life has been
by Maninblack
23 lines, 2 comments,
on Jan 23 8:57 AM 2008
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ODE TO A MOP
Oh long, slim elegant useful implement
by Maninblack
16 lines, 3 comments,
on Jan 22 10:12 AM 2008
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