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 <title>red wine on my mind...</title>
 <link>http://www.oasisjournals.com/2006/10/red-wine-on-my-mind</link>
 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;Psychological souvernirs are all I bear,&lt;br /&gt;
The veins of old passions left desiccated&lt;br /&gt;
And slack as I pace slowly through the kitchen&lt;br /&gt;
Collecting dry artifacts of love&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Etch-n-sketch images of you&lt;br /&gt;
Scratched into these walls&lt;br /&gt;
Empty portraits, stale half-empty&lt;br /&gt;
wine glasses&lt;br /&gt;
Whose grapes were born raisins,&lt;br /&gt;
but I never noticed-&lt;br /&gt;
I had long drunk a case of you.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:15:55 +0400</pubDate>
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 <title>apples and oranges</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;They say if you eat enough,&lt;br /&gt;
You&#039;ll never get sick,&lt;br /&gt;
a fruit-basket remedy for my pains&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I lie on my back, staring up at my &#039;cure&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
this green, apple whose skin&#039;s&lt;br /&gt;
red taint&#039;s like smeared blood&lt;br /&gt;
a citrus sacrifice&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To save me&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But my core is sick,&lt;br /&gt;
pips rotting and vanishing into this malady&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Or this orange orb,&lt;br /&gt;
starkly staring at me, and my dull grey-&lt;br /&gt;
paint, shirt stained with apple gore,&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:04:41 +0400</pubDate>
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 <title>White water sex</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;Untamed current swept me&lt;br /&gt;
In its wake, Zambezi river white waves&lt;br /&gt;
Crashing me deep against myself,&lt;br /&gt;
Tossing my bold heart from one high to the next&lt;br /&gt;
As I kicked, screamed and clutched&lt;br /&gt;
At straw… sand&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The tide tugging me torn&lt;br /&gt;
Body bruised, by the water’s force&lt;br /&gt;
-hurt me in a flood&lt;br /&gt;
and healed me in a single ebb,&lt;br /&gt;
plunging me deeper&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I begged for reprieve from this&lt;br /&gt;
Ambivalent mess-&lt;br /&gt;
That pushed my thresholds&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 11:58:31 +0400</pubDate>
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 <title> junkie</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lately&lt;br /&gt;
I’ve been addicted&lt;br /&gt;
to you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I need…&lt;br /&gt;
I needle my longing through&lt;br /&gt;
With memories of your skin&lt;br /&gt;
Smell&lt;br /&gt;
Taste&lt;br /&gt;
Laugh&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I sow them together&lt;br /&gt;
forming an imagined tapestry&lt;br /&gt;
-Pieces of you&lt;br /&gt;
Strung&lt;br /&gt;
together like beads&lt;br /&gt;
whose colours tell tales of&lt;br /&gt;
joy and love&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All these buildings&lt;br /&gt;
Remind me of days when you&lt;br /&gt;
Pushed me against a wall&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And teased me&lt;br /&gt;
Kissed me&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Like&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;it was the first&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2006 19:23:54 +0400</pubDate>
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 <title>like whispered gossip</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;( also titled :desperate housewives...)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“hurt me,&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2006 21:02:23 +0400</pubDate>
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 <title>re...entrance.</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;geeee eeee eee wiz this site has changed since the last time I used to post frequently.. then again so have I...&lt;br /&gt;
well i suppose thats a good thing, in any case&lt;br /&gt;
today is the day ..well right now its a couple of hours before my birthday...and wow I&#039;m older now&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I hate birthdays, i dont know why,but I always get depressed when the day apporaches- its not because I&#039;m tortured or anything, just an irrational dislike I have. oh well.. this is me.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:52:44 +0400</pubDate>
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 <title>balance sheets</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;As alarmingly dreary as Accounting may be,&lt;br /&gt;
Upon flipping and cringing through pages&lt;br /&gt;
Of painful debit and credit&lt;br /&gt;
I realize&lt;br /&gt;
That before-&lt;br /&gt;
I never truly understood what these systems meant&lt;br /&gt;
and the dichotomy of life …&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Because it’s everywhere,&lt;br /&gt;
this double entry&lt;br /&gt;
and one seldom sees that which is lewdly&lt;br /&gt;
Close to us,&lt;br /&gt;
pornographically&lt;br /&gt;
Forcing itself upon us,&lt;br /&gt;
Planning tests and trials&lt;br /&gt;
trying to trap us in a web of failure and self-contempt-&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 00:27:36 +0400</pubDate>
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 <title>dear homophobe</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;“A chemical imbalance&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 23:10:08 +0400</pubDate>
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 <title>the love songs of sysiphus...</title>
 <link>http://www.oasisjournals.com/2006/05/the-love-songs-of-sysiphus</link>
 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;I know not what this means,&lt;br /&gt;
this cryptic union&lt;br /&gt;
This intricate labyrinth we staggered into&lt;br /&gt;
While rashly sipping the sweetness&lt;br /&gt;
Of punch-drunk love.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’m neither there&lt;br /&gt;
nor here,&lt;br /&gt;
merely lost in a darkness&lt;br /&gt;
that promises light,&lt;br /&gt;
yet yields years of dashed hopes&lt;br /&gt;
that yoke our every thought.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am suspended in the memory&lt;br /&gt;
Of a utopian dream&lt;br /&gt;
we used to live,&lt;br /&gt;
the beautiful mirage we shared.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2006 04:08:17 +0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Sticks and stones can break my bones…</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;But words can never hurt me,&lt;br /&gt;
Oh no, they will crawl down&lt;br /&gt;
To the deepest pits,&lt;br /&gt;
 softest pelts,&lt;br /&gt;
and darkest crevices,&lt;br /&gt;
of my core-&lt;br /&gt;
where they will plant&lt;br /&gt;
and sink themselves in&lt;br /&gt;
my tenderness.&lt;br /&gt;
and as the years progress,&lt;br /&gt;
their roots will sprout&lt;br /&gt;
and branch out,&lt;br /&gt;
like a web-&lt;br /&gt;
they’ll wrap&lt;br /&gt;
and trap me.&lt;br /&gt;
Until I’m spun&lt;br /&gt;
Too tightly&lt;br /&gt;
To trace the&lt;br /&gt;
Roots of&lt;br /&gt;
My favorite lie-&lt;br /&gt;
“I’m okay.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2006 04:02:42 +0400</pubDate>
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 <title>eyes wide open</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’m trapped&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My pillow&lt;br /&gt;
Has thorns in it,&lt;br /&gt;
And though I toss&lt;br /&gt;
And turn,&lt;br /&gt;
Trying to force my eyes shut,&lt;br /&gt;
My face can&lt;br /&gt;
Stand neither the sting&lt;br /&gt;
Nor the burn..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So here I am&lt;br /&gt;
Tired&lt;br /&gt;
And desperate-&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I can hardly breathe,&lt;br /&gt;
The air is still pungent&lt;br /&gt;
With memories&lt;br /&gt;
Setting my mind&lt;br /&gt;
Into the abyss,&lt;br /&gt;
And my heart afire,&lt;br /&gt;
Razing down&lt;br /&gt;
All the progress&lt;br /&gt;
I thought I had made-&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So here I am&lt;br /&gt;
Confused&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 03:39:58 +0300</pubDate>
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 <title>she drives me ...</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;crazy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I dont know what this means.&lt;br /&gt;
this relationship- i dont understand it any more.&lt;br /&gt;
i&#039;m not there anymore&lt;br /&gt;
in that special place we used to be together-&lt;br /&gt;
but now its just you and the lie..s&lt;br /&gt;
in fact, f that i dont lie i just ... dont tell what i&#039;m thinking&lt;br /&gt;
dont ask me what i&#039;m thinking&lt;br /&gt;
dont ask who i&#039;m texting&lt;br /&gt;
dont ask me why i have to go..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;coz then you tempt me to lie ...but i just want...&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 01:48:09 +0300</pubDate>
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 <title>I never know what she&#039;s thinking.</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;Something in me loves it,&lt;br /&gt;
it sends a warm chill down my...spine&lt;br /&gt;
like when she touches me,&lt;br /&gt;
or does so much as brushes by me&lt;br /&gt;
as she hurries off away from me.&lt;br /&gt;
i never know where she&#039;s going&lt;br /&gt;
what she&#039;s saying&lt;br /&gt;
what she&#039;s thinking&lt;br /&gt;
what she&#039;s doing&lt;br /&gt;
or why...&lt;br /&gt;
it doesnt matter to me anymore&lt;br /&gt;
i just want to be what she wants.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;
damn its been a while since i posted&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:13:27 +0300</pubDate>
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 <title>maybe we need a breather?-is that rude??</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;something tells me i made a potentially big mistake.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;just told my girlfriend that we talked too much to each other and i started going off on a tangent about all this &#039;over exposure&#039; stuff.i guess i just felt backed into a corner... and she was a victim??&lt;br /&gt;
no...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;maybe its all in my head.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;but we did talk too often. yeah we talked EVERYday for like about 3hrs or more and when  i was at school with her.. duh i&#039;d hang out with her- which was cool i guess- then i&#039;d get home n she&#039;d wanna talk more...&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2005 02:13:49 +0400</pubDate>
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 <title>lies lies lies</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;its what people want to hear.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#039;ll tell you about lies. There are white lies and black lies... and many shades of grey lies. But some lies are justified. Lies told out of kindness. Lies that preserve dignity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lies that spare pain.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Everybody&#039;s a liar, dear. Look at that.&lt;br /&gt;
She&#039;s about to tell her lover something patently untrue.&lt;br /&gt;
Look at their gestures. See how they touch each other too intimately.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2005 07:37:17 +0400</pubDate>
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