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Khaliban
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I am on the outside looking in
I vote my own existence to the masses but lose the election
I feel the hidden voice that shouts only to itself
I run a thousand ways at people that do not see me
And hold conversations with their shadows
I burn bright music against my flesh
I die a thousand times when I ask to be seen
I touch my fears, and they keep me company
I do not hear the smiles or taste the laughter
I run my fingers through plastic and build statues to my emotions
I see the eyes that cannot feel me
I hear the whispers that cannot be a friend to me
I break open my flesh and touch the raw sorrow
I am not here
I am at home
I am not with you
I have not done this
I must tell myself that
Or I will not survive
"This is the sort of bloody nonsense up with which I will not put."


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Post by The Laughing Man »

Khaliban, please get out of my head. :o
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nice work Khal
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies



i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio



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I quite like it Khaliban. Reminds me of a piece or two of my own, in fact.

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