Sympathetic Character

I was afraid you’d hit me if i’d spoken up I wasafraid of your physical strength I was afraidyou’d hit below the belt I was afraid of yoursucker punch I was afraid of you reducing meI was afraid of your alocohol breath I was afraidof your complete disregard for me I was afraidof your temper […]


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Narcissus

Dear momma’s boy I know you’ve had your butt licked by your motherI know you’ve enjoyed all that attention from herAnd every woman graced with your presence afterDear narcissus boy I know you’ve never really apologized for anythingI know you’ve never really taken responsibilityI know you’ve never really listened to a woman Dear me-show boy […]


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I Was Hoping

as we were taking outside it was cold we were shivering yet warmed by the subject mattermy wife is in the next room we’ve been having troubles you know please don’t tell her or anyonebut I need to talk to somebodyyou said "wouldn’t it be a shame if I knew how great I was five […]


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Oh Yeah!

My name is Alanis. I’m a white chick singerthe drums are a-smokin’ and so’s the bassShake your thingWhen you singjust sixteenno disco queen I’m a white chick singer I’ve seen the world I’ve gota lession 4u I’m your teacher girlTwo words you’ll be hearin’ willshake the earth so repeat after meNo need to be rehearsed […]


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Front Row

do you go to the dungeon to find out how to make peace with your days in the dungeon writing a letterto you didn’t make me feel any more peaceful then how I felt when we weren’t speaking because Ididn’t cop to what I did. I can’t love you because we’re supposed to have professional […]


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Right Through You

Wait a minute manYou mispronounced my nameYou didn’t wait for all the informationBefore you turned me awayWait a minute sirYou kind of hurt my feelingsYou see me as a sweet back-loaded puppetAnd you’ve got meal ticket taste I see right through youI know right through youI feel right through youI walk right through you You […]


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Perfect

Sometimes is never quite enoughIf you’re flawless, then you’ll win my loveDon’t forget to win first placeDon’t forget to keep that smile on your face Be a good boyTry a little harderYou’ve got to measure upAnd make me prouder How long before you screw it upHow many times do I have to tell you to […]


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Pollyanna Flower

(Through me I see I)Between a broken nose and a fake smilebetween the piety and gunpowderbetween the fighting and fleeing the scenebetween murder and diplomacybetween aggression and end of the oddbetween the brutal and realistically well behavedbetween slaving and pulling in the reinsbetween tiptoeing and ambleingWhat am I to do with all these fire?(I’d like […]


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Hands Clean

If it weren’t for your maturity none of this would have happenedIf you weren’t so wise beyond your years I would’ve been able to control myselfIf it weren’t for my attention you wouldn’t have been successful andIf it weren’t for me you would never have amounted to very much Ooh this could be messyBut you […]


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Still

I am the harm which you inflict.I am your brilliance and frustration.I’m the nuclear bombs if they’re to hit.I am your immaturity and your indignance.I am your misfits and your praised.I am your doubt and your conviction.I am your charity and your rape.I am your grasping and expectation. I see you averting your glances.I see […]


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