The Illusion of Fame and Glory   (in The Confusion                   of Joy and Pain)*                                                                                                                …

The Illusion

of Fame and Glory
  (in The Confusion

                  of Joy and Pain)*
                                                                                                                                                                                              *For Dennis

BOUNCED      MY HEART      A CHECK/..
FEARED          MY BROKEN NECK/..
DREAM MYSELF AWAY          IN A MESS
OF MY OWN MAKING..//..FANTASIZING SLEEK
ELEGANT DECEITS/..
LIES FOR ALL OCCASIONS, ILLUSIONS
OF EMOTION//REVERIE SO SWEET/..
ELEGANT DECEITS/..
LIES FOR ALL OCCASIONS, ILLUSIONS
OF RELATION//WISH TO HAVE A LIFE/..
JEALOUSLY DESPISED/..
DREAMS        OF MY SURVIVAL,         MY SAD
IMAGINATION//DREAMED I HAD      A LIFE
EVERYONE DENIED/...
ATE ME FROM THE INSIDE, BLED ME FROM THE OUTSIDE/DREAMED
I WON THE LIFE
EVERYONE’S DENIED/
STABBED ME FROM THE OUTSIDE, BLED ME FROM THE INSIDE/DREAMED
I WAS         THE LIGHT
THAT ALL       IN FLESH     DESPISED/ALL WHO DREAM
WHO HIDE         FROM THEIR SOULS’        REGENERATION/DREAMED MYSELF A LIE
JEALOUSLY DESPISED/DREAMS      OF MY REPRISAL,      MY SICK
IMAGINATION/THOUGHT        I COULD ESCAPE
EVERYTHING I     HATE../WRAP YOURSELF IN DEATH
AND DARKNESS     TO RE-USE ME/DREAMED        I COULD RELATE
ALL MY SICKENED HATE
TO ALL THE THINGS       THAT FRIGHTENED
DISGUSTED AND        CONFUSED ME/..WRITE MYSELF A CHECK/..
SAVE MY PRETTY NECK/..THROW MY LIFE AWAY
TO A PETTY SLAVE’S
EXISTENCE/...IF YOU LEAVE       TODAY/
THROW      MY LIFE AWAY/AND LIVE A
LIFE A SLAVE
TO                          DESIRE’S MAD INSISTENCE/...

 

21, August 2005
Amsterdam, Holland

 


Nasty Little Creatures # 4 copyright 2005

 

 

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