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Department
Of really bad
Ideas:
Save the date.

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Scanning
The subway car
For facial
Hair tips.

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Equilibrium
Comes before
Momentum
Even in
The dictionary.

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When you're
Not making
Decisions,
You're losing
Ground.

iTuneage - recent baker's dozen

1. "Just Can't Wait" - The J. Geils Band
2. "2006" - Hello Saferide
3. "Red Sails" - David Bowie
4. "The Envoy" - Warren Zevon
5. "Bell Boy" - The Who
6. "Die When You Die" - GG Allin
7. "Driftin' Man" - Nils Lofgren
8. "D'yer Mak'er" - Led Zeppelin
9. "New Age" - Lou Reed (with Robert Quine, Fernando Saunders and Fred Maher)
10. "Far Post" - Robert Plant
11. "Sugar Sugar" - The Archies
12. "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" - The Jordanaires
13. "Summertime" - Albert Ayler

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Very dreadfully
Nervous
I had been
And am.

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Beyond
The beyond
Lies
All that other
Stuff.

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Thanksgiving Day TV:
I saw
Steakbellie
Eathing turkey!

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A dime
Is a terrible
Thing
To waste.

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There's nothing
Like the cold
Slap of
Failure.

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I'm getting
My act together,
And embalming
It.

8-word poem: THE YEESH VARIATIONS

There was
An old lady
Who swallowed...

Yeesh.

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O.J. Simpson,
Author:
"If I Did It."

If?!

8-word poem: THE STEAKBELLIE STORY

Food is his
Enemy
And his friend—
Simultaneously!

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There's a place
For us,
Somewhere...

Wait—what?

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Ask me how
I lost
Weight—
And years!

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Doing all
Right,
But you
Gotta get
Smart.

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I almost used
An exclamation point
In this.

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I'm sorry
I used
So much
Pimple cream.

Dept. of Go Fuck Yourself

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Scandal.
Meth.
Gay massage.
It's finally
Election Day!

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Satellite radio:
Only your favorite
Songs!

(Uhm, iPod.)

What would life be like if it never changed? Installment 2

More thoughts on my Top Ten Life-Changing Albums. Thanks to Eek for beginning the thread that led me to this list.

(Note: Italics indicate my initial response to Eek's challenge; the rest constitutes my further thoughts on the subject).

2. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, The Flaming Lips. Hearing “Do You Realize” for the first time was a devastating moment in time for me, nearly religious in its significance. Then “Fight Test” took me one step further. The entire album still amazes.

I first encountered The Flaming Lips on Jimmy Kimmel Live. My hypnagogic state was exacerbated by the oddity of their performance: balloons and beachballs bouncing on the stage, the drummer (I believe) dressed in a rabbit costume, and a song with utterly arresting and genuinely profound lyrics:

Do you realize that you have the most beautiful face?
Do you realize we're floating in space?
Do you realize that happiness makes you cry?
Do you realize that everyone you know someday will die?

After my world-class panic attack subsided (Holy shit! We're all gonna die!), I was enthralled by the sheer beauty of the tune. I downloaded the album from whence "Do You Realize" originated, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, and was delighted to discover it is one of those increasingly rare gems, an entire suite of great songs.

The opener "Fight Test", may actually eclipse "Do You Realize" on the profundity scale:

And I don't know how a man decides
What's right for his own life
It's all a mystery

Is it a song about lacking the courage to fight for your convictions, or the girl of your dreams?

Yes.

The beauty part of the whole situation? This all happened just a couple of years ago. I haven't quite ossified, contrary to all outward appearances!

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Is it this
Or
Is it that?
Yes!

* * *

Collaboration with MsAPhillips.

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The funny thing
Is:
It's not that
Funny.

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What about
The story
That always
Ends well?