So yeah. SmellTheAshes is back.
Did ya miss me?


Still, TogetherWith greedy eyes, they sat Still, and together And drank in the scene before them The colors of the day folding down into grey And eventually, into darkness They had come there, together On a whim, and stayed Out of necessity Once they sat, they were still Paralyzed, and together Until the kaleidescope of day Melted into the blackness of night Like some supernatural fluid A fuel for the day, burned out and consumedStill, Together
It started off brilliant Vibrant and attractive Bright and vast and complex And as the sun sank lower, and lower still &nb


I Stand on a LineI stand on a line above Light and Dark I stand on the edge of a knife, afraid to move for fear of falling Afraid of joining either side Afraid of forsaking one or the otherI Stand on a Line
For the Darkness, it is far from bleak And the Light is far from perfect Joy I find in either side And Pain in either fall
Nothing is clear Nothing is certain Nothing is perfect So I do Nothing I choose Nothing And I make Nothing mine And everything calls to me And tries to take my Nothing away
Time will tell, I tell myself, time a


StillWith greedy eyes, they sat Still, and together And drank in the scene before them The colors of the day folding down into grey And eventually, into darkness They had come there, together On a whim, and stayed Out of necessity Once they sat, they were still Paralyzed, and together Until the kaleidescope of day Melted into the blackness of night Like some supernatural fluid A fuel for the day, burned out and consumedStill
It started off brilliant Vibrant and attractive Bright and vast and complex And as the sun sank lower, and lower still &nb


The Last Renaissance ManHe sits there, in his armchair His final work complete A poet's dream, though it would seem Of irony, his life repleteThe Last Renaissance Man
A saxophone and writer's mind Were his most prized possessions But even these could not protect From mankind's cruel transgressions
Respect he earned from people learned In ways of art and science But those unswayed were those repaid With quiet, mute defiance
His favourite game was playing dumb To their insults implied He showed the world aught but a smile But deep inside, he cried
He took Frost's road,
Karma Bender
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~ Jason Litzau
Thanks much for all the nice comments
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"If the economy fails, don't worry. I have guns and we wont starve. If people weren't made to be eaten then they wouldn't be made of meat!" -Mr. Chaos
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If Ignorance is bliss, you must be orgasmic.
My mind wandered and never came back.
~Amy~
~)O(~
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"God is in the details." - Mies Van Der Rohe
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go explore those other women
the geography of their bodies
but there's just one map you need
you're a boomerang you'll see
you will return to me.
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