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Created on: July 11, 2010 Last Updated: May 31, 2012
"Why Do We Want What We Know We Can't Have"...
Why do we want what we know we can't have?
Just throw away what's in the palm of our hand,
Always looking for what's out of our grasp...
Why do we want what we know we can't have?
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Poetry: Want
Chrome glittered,
in the evening sun.
like sparks from
a machine gun!
It was going 150
when standing still.
I drooled drops
behind
by Sven Whorror
Walking around this empty town
Crammed with nothing but blank faces
Going in circles round and round
I see her, but not clearly
I
by Trace Ramsey
The personal endeavor,
always looks selfish when flashed about.
The goal that is more frightening
in terms of humanity
than
by Noga Ambar
The Lost Hat of a Wonderer
I want to walk on a Moroccan sand dune
with a wooden stick in my hand
and a camel by my side.
I want
"Why Do We Want What We Know We Can't Have"...
Why do we want what we know we can't have?
Just throw away what's in the palm
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