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[aid] => mick
[title] => Not Yet Among the Casualties
[time] => 2005-10-26 22:27:53
[hometext] => I wrote this after someone who I cared about just decided that she wasn't interested but didn't have the courage to tell me to my face. She then went on as though nothing ever happened.
[bodytext] => What adjectives can't describe When metaphors can't paint a picture Some turn to their liquid courage Others quote the scripture You insinuate that I'm not worth your time That I make you sick Know this! Your absolutely right Im a prick Made that way brick by brick By those who have no soul Those who only want control By those who only pump self serve I pity you I can honestly say that I meant every word How do I handle my demons you ask? I keep them on a choke chain out back Only to break loose, run free And be adopted by some other poor man Whose punishment doesn't fit his crime The point of this is to say that I wasn't defeated That you didn't win However, the odds are in my favor That this scenario will be repeated With another Just like clockwork Attachment, not love You are my brother [comments] => 2 [counter] => 167 [topic] => 6 [informant] => matlock82 [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => AngryPoetry )
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