dereliction
moonshine Autumn falls
Parachute looms
City lights dim to a glossy glow
Each fast pace step slows
to an uneven trudge through the unseen
Lovers' summer brawls
come to a misjudged halt
My affection forevermore last
unleashed, unveiled
lingers in staled
fragrant hollowed airs
Overrun by unsatisfaction
Recycled by wit..
By ways seemed morbidly
forgotten and tastelessly unfit
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oldephebe oldephebe just can't believe the beautiful things you people write.
(and why am i referring to myself in the third person? Schism of being perhaps. Anyway moon, really good stuff
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birdmad precursor of decrepitude

hold my skull up to your ears like a seashell and hear the sound of architecture crumbling slowly

hang ivy on me and call me a monument.

the marvel of obsolesence before it even leaves the drawing board
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oldephebe Brilliant! birdmad 030713
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ani difranco If my life were a movie
there would be a sunset
and the camera would pan away
but the sky is just a little sister
tagging along behind the buildings
trying to imitate their grey
the little boys are breaking bottles
along the sidewalk
the big boys, too
the girls are hanging out at the candy store
pumping quarters into the phone
'cause they don't want to go home

and I think,
what if no one's watching
what it when we're dead, we're just dead
what if it's just us down here
what if god ain't looking down
what if he's looking up instead

if my life were a movie
I would light a cigarette
and the smoke would curl around my face
everything I do would be interesting
I'd play the good guy
in every scene
but I always feel I have to
take a stand
and there's always someone on hand
to hate me for standing there
I always feel I have to open my mouth
and every time I do
I offend someone
somewhere

but what
what if no one's watching
what if when we're dead, we're just dead
what if there's no time to lose
what if there's things we gotta do
things that need to be said

you know I can't apologize
for everything I know
I mean you don't have to agree with me
but once you get me going
you better just let me go
we have to be able to criticize
what we love
say what we have to say
'cause if you're not trying to make something better
as far as I can tell
you're just in the way

I mean what
what if no one's watching
what if when we're dead
we're just dead
what if it's just us down here
what if god is just an idea
someone put in your head

I mean what
what if no one's watching
what if no one's watching...
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three words dereliction the_stars_come_out_at_claire_de_lune now_that_shes_alone 050309
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oldephebe tenement of death

yep

that's me.

tectonic shift and now i gotta split
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