Living the good life...paid for with plastic,
Faux castle full of luxurious things,
Store-bought happiness, fake and fantastic.
NASCAR dad kings and their soccer-mom queens.
Drive a red Hummer to show their support,
Dollar store magnet of red, white and blue.
For soldiers who fight a televised war,
Watch it unfold on a plasma screen tube.
Breast augmentation and a Botox smile,
Endless erections - Viagra induced,
Mammary loss and libido denial,
Synthetic sex life so far from the truth.
Plasticine people who never get wet,
Sailing the seas on an ocean of debt.
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Two of me
Sometimes I feel there are two of me
One thats good and true to thee
Then there's that other side of me
That loves
How can you see how people truly feel,
When they all wear their mask to hide what is real?
The mask of a love that will
A Closer Look
When riddled by behavior
You don't understand
When you're reaching out
To give someone a hand
When someone says
Women
what color are your eyes today
the windows to your soul
more brown, or green, or blue, or gray
what secrets to unfold
what
Vengeance for my slain self,
A "me" that passed on.
Pools of blood about the altar call,
"Look at what you've done!"
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