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To: HG who wrote (7789)7/19/2001 9:02:17 PM
From: mr.mark  Respond to of 13020
 
they said, "listen boy
you're just a pup"
they sent him to a napalm health spa
to shape up

they gave him dope to smoke
drinks and pills
a jeep to drive
blood to spill

they said "congratulations
you got what it takes"
they sent him back into the rat race
without any brakes

they took a clean-cut kid
and they made a killer out of him
that's what they did

he could've sold insurance
owned a restaurant or bar
could've been an accountant
or a tennis star

he was wearing boxing gloves
he took a dive one day
off the golden gate bridge
into china bay

his mama walks the floor
his daddy weeps and moans
they gotta sleep together
in a home they don't own

they took a clean-cut kid
and they made a killer out of him
that's what they did

- bob dylan



To: HG who wrote (7789)7/20/2001 12:19:56 PM
From: HG  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 13020
 
I want to say words that flame
as i say them, but I keep quiet and don't try
to make both worlds fit in one mouthful.

In your light i learn how to love.
In your beauty, how to make poems.

You dance inside my chest,
where no one sees you,

but sometimes i do,
and that sight becomes this art.

Drumsound rises on the air,
its throb, my heart.

A voice inside the beat says,
"I know you're tired,
but come. This is the way."

Who makes these changes?
I shoot an arrow right.
It lands left.
I ride after a deer and find myself
chased by a hog.
I plot to get what I want
and end up in prison.
I dig pits to trap others
and fall in.

Who makes these changes ?

I should be suspicious
of what I want.

I want to hold you close like a flute
so we can cry out with love

You would rather throw stones at a mirror?
I am your mirror, and here are the stones!

- Rumi