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 <title>Heal the World</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is the destiny of a Nation?&lt;br /&gt;
One Nation, under…. What?&lt;br /&gt;
The people calling for change&lt;br /&gt;
United for a common voice.&lt;br /&gt;
It was thought by some that&lt;br /&gt;
Nothing could amend,&lt;br /&gt;
The world was set at one pace.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For opportunities ,&lt;br /&gt;
To the wounded mothers&lt;br /&gt;
of fallen soldiers.&lt;br /&gt;
To unsung veterans, left in hell.&lt;br /&gt;
And may the helm of a torn document&lt;br /&gt;
Glow.&lt;br /&gt;
May the bounties of a wealthy nation&lt;br /&gt;
Flow.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:14:25 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Exodus</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you’re gone&lt;br /&gt;
They’re still fighting with their bullets&lt;br /&gt;
Until another inch is stolen,&lt;br /&gt;
Stay.&lt;br /&gt;
With the peal of the radio&lt;br /&gt;
Telling us who’s winning.&lt;br /&gt;
And the crowd is silent -&lt;br /&gt;
But they’re screaming in your head.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So they say that they see&lt;br /&gt;
The endearing mental illness&lt;br /&gt;
Of the direction.&lt;br /&gt;
Still, they fall, still they die,&lt;br /&gt;
They are dying.&lt;br /&gt;
And the crowd is fighting -&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:02:26 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>He told me he loves me</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;And I love him back.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah, it seems too early in our relationship for that. We&#039;ve only been together for three months... but, I really do. I love him.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:27:19 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Erebus in the Outer Darkness</title>
 <link>http://www.oasisjournals.com/2008/06/erebus-in-the-outer-darkness</link>
 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;The shadow of night washed over me&lt;br /&gt;
and I realized I had never before looked properly at darkness.&lt;br /&gt;
Not with my eyes, in any case.&lt;br /&gt;
There is something cleaner in the darkness than in the light;&lt;br /&gt;
Something... unstained by the light of day.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The lights of the city, however, broke my conscious dream&lt;br /&gt;
as I glanced back towards it and wished it were gone.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:10:02 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Blue Collar Jesus</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wretched sinners,&lt;br /&gt;
give unto me.&lt;br /&gt;
For fags are aplenty&lt;br /&gt;
and drugs are for free.&lt;br /&gt;
The niggers are rising,&lt;br /&gt;
the “sheenies, green” fed.&lt;br /&gt;
The “chinks” coming over,&lt;br /&gt;
the “A-rabs” are dead.&lt;br /&gt;
The US is falling&lt;br /&gt;
to a moral unwell&lt;br /&gt;
Faggots fighting for freedom,&lt;br /&gt;
please don&#039;t ask, don&#039;t tell.&lt;br /&gt;
The “Christians” are arguing&lt;br /&gt;
divide of church and of state.&lt;br /&gt;
My God believes in free will&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:17:46 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Virginity is Over-rated!</title>
 <link>http://www.oasisjournals.com/2008/02/virginity-is-over-rated</link>
 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;So, it was my first time, right. It wasn&#039;t quite what I had expected it to be. It kind of sucked, come to think of it. No pun intended, of course. Hell, if I want to pun it up I&#039;ll do better than that.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:05:50 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Prayerful</title>
 <link>http://www.oasisjournals.com/2007/12/prayerful</link>
 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;Last night I&lt;br /&gt;
climbed to the seventh&lt;br /&gt;
storey,&lt;br /&gt;
being a noteworthy&lt;br /&gt;
number I figured I&lt;br /&gt;
may find something&lt;br /&gt;
motivating.&lt;br /&gt;
little else than a&lt;br /&gt;
flier and a&lt;br /&gt;
used condom,&lt;br /&gt;
hanging from the&lt;br /&gt;
handrail&lt;br /&gt;
waving in the wind&lt;br /&gt;
like the American&lt;br /&gt;
flag.&lt;br /&gt;
Ah…&lt;br /&gt;
the stimulus of it.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:52:22 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>I&#039;m in love! Erm... again!</title>
 <link>http://www.oasisjournals.com/2007/11/im-in-love-erm-again</link>
 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;I broke up with my last boyfriend right before coming to college. Mainly because he couldn&#039;t deal with me not wanting to sleep with him. I guess I&#039;m just not ready for that type of thing right now. I mean, hell, I had only been with him for a month before he wanted to have sex with me. Ahh. Well, love comes, love goes. That said...&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:32:45 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>It Has a Core</title>
 <link>http://www.oasisjournals.com/2007/10/it-has-a-core</link>
 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;Such a simple thing&lt;br /&gt;
seems so&lt;br /&gt;
attractive.&lt;br /&gt;
It takes a sort of&lt;br /&gt;
deliberation;&lt;br /&gt;
a contemplation&lt;br /&gt;
of the fixation.&lt;br /&gt;
It eats at you,&lt;br /&gt;
effectively,&lt;br /&gt;
working into your&lt;br /&gt;
mind.&lt;br /&gt;
There is nothing else&lt;br /&gt;
while all else&lt;br /&gt;
continues.&lt;br /&gt;
It does not fear&lt;br /&gt;
this thing called&lt;br /&gt;
loss,&lt;br /&gt;
nor does it&lt;br /&gt;
embrace it.&lt;br /&gt;
It isn’t hard to&lt;br /&gt;
glorify the&lt;br /&gt;
act.&lt;br /&gt;
Rather easy to&lt;br /&gt;
abridge the&lt;br /&gt;
act;&lt;br /&gt;
to make it&lt;br /&gt;
mindless.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:47:34 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>How I Despise Thee</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;I tried writing a meaningful poem and came up with this instead&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I hate you&lt;br /&gt;
Red squiggly line.&lt;br /&gt;
You make me realize&lt;br /&gt;
I’m wrong,&lt;br /&gt;
Even when&lt;br /&gt;
I’m not.&lt;br /&gt;
I stand firm to the idea&lt;br /&gt;
That ‘Strategery’&lt;br /&gt;
Is a word.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I especially hate you&lt;br /&gt;
Green squiggly line.&lt;br /&gt;
You are always wrong&lt;br /&gt;
And yet,&lt;br /&gt;
You try to correct me.&lt;br /&gt;
Fragmented thoughts are&lt;br /&gt;
Intriguing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I want to perforate you,&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:55:37 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Redeemer</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;Baron of Light,&lt;br /&gt;
	King of Slay,&lt;br /&gt;
Forever to guide.&lt;br /&gt;
Your face,&lt;br /&gt;
hidden&lt;br /&gt;
	under mask,&lt;br /&gt;
Such a rare and secret jewel.&lt;br /&gt;
As all are trained before&lt;br /&gt;
	we know,&lt;br /&gt;
The light will always settle.&lt;br /&gt;
Just call upon,&lt;br /&gt;
if class is right,&lt;br /&gt;
Unless you’re lead astray.&lt;br /&gt;
A silhouette is seen&lt;br /&gt;
	in radiance.&lt;br /&gt;
Forget the crowd,&lt;br /&gt;
for they’ll not care,&lt;br /&gt;
And gawk at true life’s troubles.&lt;br /&gt;
None remain,&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:49:23 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Enigmatic, as you are</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;Masks of you&lt;br /&gt;
Are finding their way into my&lt;br /&gt;
character.&lt;br /&gt;
I can’t&lt;br /&gt;
break&lt;br /&gt;
away from the way I feel about you.&lt;br /&gt;
I tried.&lt;br /&gt;
There’s just something&lt;br /&gt;
in that smile,&lt;br /&gt;
In your useless information,&lt;br /&gt;
In the way you&lt;br /&gt;
view the world.&lt;br /&gt;
It’s more…&lt;br /&gt;
It’s this feeling that I can’t&lt;br /&gt;
break.&lt;br /&gt;
It’s in your blatant&lt;br /&gt;
honesty,&lt;br /&gt;
The way you make me feel&lt;br /&gt;
When you’re around.&lt;br /&gt;
With you I feel better,&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:21:40 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Obsession</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;Vagueness is key.&lt;br /&gt;
That is, of course&lt;br /&gt;
if you dream to be comprehensible.&lt;br /&gt;
Organic in fashion&lt;br /&gt;
Wrought of old&lt;br /&gt;
and new.&lt;br /&gt;
Customs binding,&lt;br /&gt;
lacking subtlety.&lt;br /&gt;
Fearless,&lt;br /&gt;
if nothing else.&lt;br /&gt;
Maddeningly simple.&lt;br /&gt;
Tastefully erotic.&lt;br /&gt;
The undulating agitation,&lt;br /&gt;
Taboo, such as all pleasures seem.&lt;br /&gt;
Sinister inequality.&lt;br /&gt;
Undeniably barbarian.&lt;br /&gt;
It creates a facet&lt;br /&gt;
of society –&lt;br /&gt;
a “Bohemian”&lt;br /&gt;
Society.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:11:44 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Tirade of Oblivion</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;Salvation, my comrade&lt;br /&gt;
Is but form in the function of a word,&lt;br /&gt;
Which may be,&lt;br /&gt;
Or may not be,&lt;br /&gt;
Vague and unperceivable.&lt;br /&gt;
Raving, it’s explicable.&lt;br /&gt;
If you have reason to be unhappy,&lt;br /&gt;
It’s understandable.&lt;br /&gt;
If you have no reason to be unhappy,&lt;br /&gt;
It’s curable.&lt;br /&gt;
How we perceive happiness&lt;br /&gt;
Greatly affects our own,&lt;br /&gt;
Whether medicated or otherwise.&lt;br /&gt;
And yet it’s obligatory.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:17:46 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>I love being gay.</title>
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 <description>&lt;!--paging_filter--&gt;&lt;p&gt;After reading GayNow&#039;s journal entry, I had to write this in return&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I love being gay because...&lt;br /&gt;
 - It has made me more socially accepting&lt;br /&gt;
 - I am truly a more enlightened person because of it&lt;br /&gt;
 - It gives me a reason to avoid stupid people&lt;br /&gt;
 - It makes me part of the new civil rights movement&lt;br /&gt;
 - It has given me a perspective that most people don&#039;t have&lt;br /&gt;
 - Gay sex is totally hot&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:25:15 -0400</pubDate>
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