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If You Should Curse Me: a dirum

Posted on December 17, 2012 by John

May you get just what you deserve; may your means drive your ends; may all your enemies disguise themselves among your friends. May morning bring you no new light; may evening bring no ease; may your each action bring no … Continue reading →

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Let Loose Your Weapons: a dirge

Posted on December 14, 2012 by John

Let loose your weapons, guns and swords! Forget your sovereign gods and lords! The old ways must be left behind for us to learn how to survive. Forget rigid philosophy that separates your me from thee, those ancient and quite … Continue reading →

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Don’t You Cry: a chanson

Posted on December 17, 2010 by John

Don’t you cry, if there ain’t no happy ending. Don’t ask why, if it’s on truth that you’re depending. Sometimes it seems it’s just time wasted if you dream; but keeping on dreaming, just the same. Don’t you cry; the … Continue reading →

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Better Your Dream Dies Young

Posted on November 27, 2007 by John

Better that your dream dies young, its promise as yet unfulfilled, a youthful willow Juliet to your enamored Romeo, than that it live until old age, when riddled through with cancer scars, its cracked voice jaded with regret, it makes … Continue reading →

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Sometimes in Fits of Restless Pique

Posted on December 6, 2004 by John

Sometimes in fits of restless pique I lose the will to even speak; and listening to voices lie reduces me to tears. I cry not for their souls in peril; no, but for a world that makes it so worthwhile … Continue reading →

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