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It's still
Real to me,
Dammit!

          You're awesome.

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O,
The stunning
Allure
Of a ruined
Life.

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Can't ya
Just get
Physical
Like a human?

8-word poem: THE JOHNNY DAMON STORY

Shave and a haircut;
A caveman no more.

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A jillion times
Bitten;
Two jillion times
Shy.

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Look at yourself:
Tall shadow,
Shallow talent pool.

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Let's beat up
All the people
Who suck.

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Written by Reed Caratzas, 12/25/05 10:53 p.m.

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God rest
Ye merry
Gentlemen—

Who came in?

Another rare political blog entry.

Yuck-o-la! U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld serves Christmas dinner to soldiers in Mosul, Iraq (I guess you could say he was literally taking care of the mess he has helped make there).

That's the face you want to see before ingesting food? What a novel idea: the troops get their puking out of the way before eating, and thus no hurt feelings are engendered when the beef jerky croquettes go untouched.

I understand that George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were also on hand, taking care of dick-shaking and ass-wiping duties, respectively.

Oops! Where are my manners?

Merry Christmas!

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Subway loudspeaker:

...Apologies for
Any aggravation....

Fuck you.

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The kinds
Of thoughts
I shouldn't
be having.

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"Gee, it was fun
Walking to work!"

Assholes.

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Strike's over!
I can
Smell
The urine
Already!

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Strikers:
You can
Once again
Serve us
Poorly.

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Back to work,
You fucks—

Kiss my ass.

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Look what you've done:
You broke
My city.

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Unskilled labor +
No respect =
Strike?
Discuss.

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Didn't finish
High school?
Join the
MTA strike!

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Are you
In touch
With your
Inner
Pinkerton?

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Overheard on the 7:58 pm Metro-North Hudson Line local, 12/20/05.

A rare political blog entry.

To the workers at the MTA - who will garner zero sympathy from determined New Yorkers, the likes of which see the strike as an inconvenience not unlike gum on the bottom of one's shoe - I say with all due respect: Fuck yuz.

[If I hadn't needed to find alternate means to get to work, which put me in the office more than an hour early, I wouldn't have had time to post this.]

[Although it's quite possible I would need a break at some point during the work day, so actually I probably would have made the time somehow.]

[And since when do I let anything get in the way of me making an obnoxious statement - let alone this job?]

[Because, seriously, I am here late every night. I mean, come on, I deserve a little bit of a break every now and again, right?]

[Etc.]

[Maybe they deserve to strike, I dunno.]

[Whatever.]

[I'm here, didn't need your stinking subway anyway. So the "Fuck yuz" is still in effect, ultimately.]

To protect and serve beards everywhere.

Your Band Name is:

The Amish Police

Band Name Generator

* * *

Thanks to The Point of Babette for pointing me to this.

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Don't let
The cosmos
Catch you
Backing up.

iTuneage - recent baker's dozen

1. Jersey Girl - Tom Waits
2. Get It On (Bang a Gong) - Power Station
3. Death of a Nation - Ian Hunter
4. Village Ghetto Land - Stevie Wonder
5. However Much I Booze - The Who
6. Let Me Go - The Rolling Stones
7. At Home, At Work, At Play - Sparks
8. Discovering Japan - Graham Parker & The Rumour
9. Faith Healer - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
10. The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) - Cher
11. Incense and Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock
12. No One to Run With - The Allman Brothers Band
13. It Ain't Me Babe - The Turtles

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It's not
About logic;
It's rarely
About logic.

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Despair

As pried

Dear, sip

As pride

Praised.

8-word poem: THE STEVE MILLER BAND STORY

I wish
Some people
Would call me
Maurice.

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You could
Always just
Shut the fuck up.

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Careful
To mind
My words;
No other
Choice.

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Watching
You sleeping
And feeling
Something
Worth mentioning.

iTuneage - recent baker's dozen

1. "Transparent Day" - The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
2. "Joan" - Lene Lovich
3. "Take These Hands and Throw Them in the River" - A Silver Mt. Zion
4. "You're Only Lonely" - J.D. Souther
5. "Living in the U.S.A." - Steve Miller Band
6. "This Magic Moment" - Jay & the Americans
7. "Don't Lie" - Black Eyed Peas
8. "Havana Gang Brawl" - The Zutons
9. "Centerfield" - John Fogerty
10. "He Loved Him Madly" - Miles Davis
11. "Time" - Richard Hell & the Voidoids
12. "I Don't Want to Go Home" - Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
13. "The Whole World" - OutKast

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You can't
Spell despair
Without seeing
Is raped.

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Those people—
They say
"Right on"
Without irony.

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Tookie,
We hardly knew ye—

What's a Crip?

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Life is but
A brief candle,
Yadda yadda.

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Short eyes
Big ideas
High living
Long green

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No worries:
There will
Be other
Calamities,
Trials.

Varnishing Print

Discovered by Frank Sinatra; toured with The Beatles; Dean Martin's favorite singer: Trini Lopez.

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Dreams—
Breaking away,
Walking tall,
Coming home—

Dreams.

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It's
Psychedelic pandemonium!

(That's a good thing,
Right?)

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So little time,
So few words.
So what?

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Napoleon:
Flakey, layered
Dessert
Or crazed
Conqueror?

Yes.

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Uh oh:
There are
Fewer tomorrows
Than yesterdays.

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Fact:
We can't
Spend every
Day just
Fucking.

iTuneage - recent baker's dozen

1. Copped It - The Fall
2. Death May Be Your Santa Claus - Mott the Hoople
3. Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow) - The Birthday Party
4. Setting Sun - Chemical Brothers
5. I'm in Love With the System - Forgotten Rebels
6. Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - Traffic
7. The Greatest - Cat Power
8. So It Goes - Nick Lowe
9. Save Tonight - Eagle-Eye Cherry
10. Fullness of Time - Luther Grosvenor
11. Nothing a Little Love Won't Cure - The Rubinoos
12. Little Sister - Elvis Presley
13. El Que Siembra Su Maiz - Los Super Seven

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I was gentlemanly
To the point
Of homosexuality.

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Is there
Anything
A good
Blowjob
Can't cure?

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You poor thing—
You're in love
With me.

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Like one of
Those Japanese
Horror movies:

What?

8-word poem: THE EXECUTIONER'S STORY

They don't
Struggle;
I know
The real
Way.

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I take
Perverse pleasure
In these
Hideous campaigns.

Varnishing Print

Heart punch, sleeper, claw, figure four.

Being the signature moves of Stan "The Man" Staziak, Chief Jay Strongbow, Pak Song, and Ric Flair.