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[title] => Contemplating Jumping
[time] => 2005-04-27 09:32:53
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[bodytext] => Contemplating jumping Come down from that ledge Save yourself the trouble This sword is double-edged You can become humble Or remain trapped and wedged -------- A lonely and beaten Rat Sits alone on in the dark In the sewers of the city In tenements homes and public parks Sleeping on benches made of steal Dug deep in the trenches Always taking caution to conceal The mask he wears, he never reveals The misfortune he incurred that night Eating his last crummy meal A most wanted man On both sides of the track Convicted and sentenced He was never going back His prison was his hell And there was no turning back He’s stolen the darkness from the depleting black A guilty conscious Weighed heavily this night On this cracked paved ledge He would take his flight The Rat would sail And make things right Bystanders would go pale At this ghostly sight A contagious spectacle In the corner of his eye The Rat became susceptible He saw me kneel and cry Humanity and its compassion Acrophobic in disguise Clarity and passion Sympathetic minds realized The jumper never jumped The Rat lives deep inside The writer never gives up The Rat still searching for his pride [comments] => 1 [counter] => 147 [topic] => 43 [informant] => jyssvw [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => oops )
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