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[aid] => Mick
[title] => COSTA RICA
[time] => 2002-10-23 12:45:00
[hometext] => I WROTE THIS AFTER GOING TO VISIT MY GIRLFRIEND IN COSTA RICA. IT WAS MY FIRST TIME OUT OF THE UNITED STATES. IT WAS AN EYE-OPENER. HOPE YOU ENJOY.
[bodytext] => 6/02-9/02
WHERE IN THE WORLD AM I BACK BACK WAY BACK WHEN I HAD NO YARD IT MATTERED AND IT DIDN’T BACK WHEN I HAD THAT IMMEASUREABLE FORSIGHT FOR SUCCESS AND ROADS NEVER TRAVELED FOR DREAMS AND LOVE UNFULFILLED INNOCENT AS THIS VIRGIN RAIN FOREST AM I REALLY SITTING IN THIS PLACE OR AM I SEEING WITH THAT IMAGINATION THE ONE THAT TOOK ME OUT OF THE CLEAR CUT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY LUSH ONCE UNTOUCHED SKIN I WAS SOFTER THAN A CLOUD NOT BURNED BY THE SMOG AT SUNSET SWEETER THAN MY GRANDFATHERS SMILE I HAD ENDLESS DREAMS LONGER THAN MY MOTHERS WORK DAY IT WENT FARTHER THAN THE MILES I FLEW TO BE HERE IN THIS PLACE WITH YOU WHAT IN THE WORLD COULD I POSSIBLY DO TO CONTRIBUTE TO A PERFECT PLACE WITHOUT TIME WHAT CAN I GIVE TO YOU IT WOULD BE A GIFT I WOULD MOST GRACIOUSLY GIVE IN RETURN FOR THE CHANCE TO LIVE IN THIS MOMENT TO BREATHE THIS AIR TO BEND WITH THE TREES THAT ARE SWAYING SWEATING INTO THE HUMIDITY THAT’S COOLED BY THE CARRIBEAN BREEZE MY MIND BEGS TO BE AT EASE TO GIVE INTO THIS INTOXICATING WORLD AND FORGET ABOUT EVERYTHING SAVE FOR THE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN I FINALLY GET TO HOLD BUT THE GLUE THAT HOLDS THIS DELICATE PLACE TOGETHER IS COMING UNDONE I CAN SMELL THE LIGHTER FLUID BURNING HIGH ON THE COALS IN THE PIT SO TELL ME HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR OZONE MEDIUM ISN’T WELL I’D PREFER IT RAW WE DON’T HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD TO GAMBLE WE’RE PICKING FROM THE LAST STRAW I REMEMBER THOSE HANDS THAT CAME AND SOOTHED ME WHEN I WAS SICK HER WATERS HAVE QUENCHED ALL OF OUR DROUGHTS OUR DOUBTS AND OUR FEARS WITH A SIP WHAT IN THE WORLD CAN I DO TO THANK HER FOR THE TEARS SHED FOR JOY AND PAIN WHEN ALL WE DO IS TORCH AND CUT HER TREES EXCAVATE HER SOUL AND WONDER WHY THERE’S NO RAIN TO SOAK UP IN THE EVER GROWING DUST BOWLS THIS EARTH YOUR EARTH MY EARTH OUR EARTH SHE’S DROWNING IN THE BATH OF OUR TRASH OUR SEWAGE AND OUR CONVIENIENCE SHE’S BEING STRANGLED BY THE DISCOUNTS AND THE EXTRA PLASTIC BAGS AT THE CHECK OUT COUNTER DIDN’T YOU HEAR THE DAMN THING BEEPING REMINDING US THAT WE’RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME AND CLEAN SPACE RUNNING INTO LINES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO DESTRUCTION WHILE WE PAY THE HUMBLE PRICE FOR ALL THAT’S FAST AND A WASTE INSTEAD OF SPENDING OUR EXPENSIVE TIME ON THINGS THAT LAST DISCERNING WITH GREEN TASTE WE CAN DROP C NOTES INTO BIG BAD ASS TRUCKS BY THE TON BUT WE HAVE NO CLEAN WATER WELLS IN CALIFORNIA TO DRINK FROM THEY’RE ALL LOADED UP WITH MTBE FOR OUR CLEANER BURNING BUCK DRANO FOR A CLOG SO THAT WE CAN PASS OUR SMOG AND FAIL THE REST OF THE TEST IT’S GETTING SO THICK I CAN HARDLY BREATHE BUT I CAN DRIVE THROUGH IT LIKE THE REST JUST ROLL UP THE WINDOW AND CRANK UP THE AC THE POLLUTION IS THICK AND THIN LACED IN THE GROUND ATMOSPHERE AND OUR SKIN LIKE COCAINE LIKE AN AWFUL STAIN LIKE A DRUG THAT WE CAN’T KICK IT DOESN’T MAKE IT ANY EASIER THAT OUR POLITICIANS ARE SUCKING ON BIG MONEY’S DICK I SEE IT NOW THAT I’M NOT IN KANSAS IS IT SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST BUT THOSE THAT AFFORD THE BEST ARE NEVER THE ONE’S TO PAY THE BURDEN IS RESTING ON THE BACKS OF THOSE THAT LIVE AND WORK IN THE REAL WORLD DAY TO DAY HERE’S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY TO ALL OF THOSE BIGWIGS THAT HAVE US BURNING OIL LIKE CASH IN THEIR POCKET THAT CUT DOWN OUR TEES LIKE THEY DO THE COMMON MAN THEY SIT IN MEETINGS CONDEMNING TREE HUGGERS ANDCAN’T POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND WHY WE’D WANT TO CONSERVE A COMMODITY WHY WE’D TAKE A STAND WHY WE’D WANT TO SAVE A FOREST FROM BEING GRASSLAND TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAN’T BRING THEMSELVES TO RECYCLE OR BE BOTHERED TO SIFT THROUGH THEIR OWN FILTHY TRASH TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE WATCHING SPECIES DISSAPEAR ON ANIMAL PLANET AND DISCOVERY IT MAKES THEM SAD AND SAY “OH THAT’S TOO BAD” UNTIL THEY CAN CHANGE THE CHANNEL ON THE TV TO ALL OF THE KIDS OUT THERE THAT HAVE BEEN SPARED THE TRUTH UNTIL THEY CAN’T LEARN TO SEE SO THEY CAN BE GOOD LITTLE CONSUMERS LIKE THEY LEARNED FROM THE BOOMERS SO THEY CAN PAY FOR THEIR PARENTS RETIREMENT WITH THEIR LIVES AND THEIR FUTURE TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES AND WALK BAREFOOT ON THE LAND DON’T BE AFRAID TO HEAR WITH YOUR SKIN THE STORIES THAT HAVE BEEN ON GAG SHRUGGED AWAY FROM LIKE SIN YOU’RE NEVER AS BIG OR AS BOLD AS WHEN YOU’RE LIVING FOR SOMETHING GREATER THAN YOURSELF YOU’LL NEVER FEEL HAPPINESS LIKE KNOWING THAT YOUR WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF THE ACTIONS YOU TAKE EVERYDAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT A COUPLE OF WRONGS SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS WALKING TO THE STORE THAT’S FOUR BLOCKS AWAY TO ELIMINATE A LITTLE SMOG AND KEEP THE BLUE FROM TURNING GRAY YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO DO THE GUILT IS ALWAYS THERE TRYING TO REMIND YOU DON’T GIVE IT THE CHANCE JUST SO YOU CAN DO YOUR LITTLE SONG AND DANCE WHILE THE SHOWER IS RUNNING FOR KARAOKES SAKE GIVE TO THE FUTURE TO YOUR KIDS AND OTHER LIVES MAKE SURE THERE’S SOME BEAUTY LEFT IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD NOT JUST IN SOME BOOK YOU READ TO YOUR BOYS AND GIRLS BEFORE YOU TURN OUT THE LIGHTS SAY GOOD NIGHT AND SINK INTO THIS DREAM ONE WORLD WITH A PEOPLE LIVING TO KEEP IT ALIVE FOURISHING AND CLEAN [comments] => 3 [counter] => 176 [topic] => 13 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