April Fox
When she isn't writing for sites like livestrong and typef, April can usually be found with her head in a book, lying in the sun blowing bubbles, or perched near the stage listening to music and trying to avoid the crowd. Her first book, a collection of dark and twisted poetry, was published in 2010. Look for a brighter follow-up in 2011.
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SharpYou know those days when everything you say, feel and think seems wrong, and then something keeps you away from there for just a minute? That's what this is.
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Polaritymy states of mind tend toward the eclectic.
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A Little Bit of Lightnine short lines about light and dark.
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The Life and Times of Chicken DaveThe tragic tale of a boy and his chicken... rest in peace, Chicken Dave.
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Birdsit's been a long day. this is the result.
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Funhouseit's winter. you know what that means. the usual darkness, doubt, hibernation/contemplation/aggravation.
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Wish Listself-explanatory.
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For Anthony, in Winterfrom a dream i had when i was napping, feverish and sick.
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Chaotic5:11 pm, unintentional words about something i don't really understand.
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Jesus, Dean and Gene WeenHalloween started as a Christian holiday, but apparently it wasn't Christian enough. To that end, the world is being introduced to Jesus ween. Heaven help us.
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Arthropod Love Songit's a little twisted, maybe.
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Winter Againi hate winter, and it hates me more.
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Untitled, 10-04-2011i needed sleep, and couldn't.
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359to be continued.
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Lullabyethirty seconds of slow-motion, rapid-fire introspection.
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Un/imaginedon't take me too seriously.
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Lightsomething about getting through together.
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3 Am, Sometime Last Octoberanother little bit of a memory.
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The Further Adventures of Fly Vs. Writeri battled the flypaper and won, but they weren't enough to keep my house fly-free. i had to resort to more violent measures, and i discovered in the process that i like the smell of insect death.
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How to Wrestle a Flypaper Strip and Wini had to try to hang a flypaper strip. an altercation ensued. score thus far: flypaper-0, cranky writer-1.
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Atheist's Prayerjust a silly little thing about wanting to be able to keep my life together
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Learning to Breathesomething about commitment.
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How Not to Talk to Your Kids About Sex, Hormones and Reproductioni had to have the growing up/sex talk with my kid. what came out was something like dr. ruth meets bill and ted.
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Inadvertent Love Haikujust a silly bit that popped into my head as i was making ginger tea and thinking about taking a shower.
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Indefinitesitting in the house after the kids and beau have gone to their respective places for the evening, thinking of science and love, or something like that.
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Sleep/mundanea love story.
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Light Onjust wondering and working through.
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Cynical Love Poemread the title.
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Algorithmsomething about not being where i was before.
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Space and All that Jazzah, just some silly little love thing, logic-style.
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Batit's noisy in my house.
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Continuummelancholy, just a bit; remembering why it's ok.
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Spiti'd say i was in kind of a funk, but then that would defeat the purpose of this little blurb that's supposed to entice your curious mind and make you want to read.
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July Twenty-two, Thirteen Years Latermy twins are thirteen today. our life now is vastly different than the one they were born into. we're lucky.
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B12 and AutismThe research on B12 and autism is sparse. Here's a brief overview.
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Restless/can't Sleepinsomnia's a bitch
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Legality, Morality and Star Trek on the Tvi'm thinking too much today, and i'm not sure how to figure things out.
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Misunderstandingi'm missing that thing that makes you believe.
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Retrospective Memoryi know that's kind of redundant but that's not how i mean it.
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Remembering Fire Ants and Child-thieving Arachnidsa resolution of sorts, arrived at too late. i wish i could actually say these things, instead of writing them out abstract and hoping that they're heard.
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Nightmaresometimes reality is worse, and i'm grateful for the chance to rest for just a minute. it's amazing how different two members of the same species can be.
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Donethere is a situation that's been going on too long... i'm done dealing with it now.
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Sensory Avoidancesometimes it's too hard to feel, that's all.
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Black Holei can't keep the past away from me.
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Six Seventeen, One A.M.-ishanother late night trip into my head, scribbled in red sharpie on a piece of notebook paper and just discovered.
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Movei don't know, i'm tired. reflecting conversations that tripped my heart and made me nervous, but at ease more than anything else ever did.
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Lost Wordsi wrote this months ago, when we were just beginning. i found it again today, and coincidentally, it ended up being just what i needed to say.
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Better Thanthree in the morning. i can't sleep. this is what's in my head.
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Solenopsis Invictasomething small that came to me this morning, scribbled on the back of an envelope.
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Love Trip, Early Morning-stylemy version of a love-type thing, sleep-deprived and stressed and happy.
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On Sleepless Nights and Words that Should Have Stayedthe opposite of passive-aggressive, i guess. i'm sorry.
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Waking Upi wrote this in my head this morning, before i was quite awake. just a little bit of a sweet thing, is all.
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Waiting for Sleepjust a little reminiscence, waiting on my love to come talk me to sleep. -
Safesomething about work and life and not being where i need to be
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On Motherssomething sappy about mothers -
Some Insomniac, Waitingrestless and can't sleep
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Gulfsomething about survival, maybe. i don't know.
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Stayedgratitude.
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Closet Spacesomething about feeling alone, and finding that you're not.
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First Memorya little bit of happy reminiscence.
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On Saturday in Springtimepalm/hand/blisters
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Reminderlove poems are stupid and i don't ever write them.
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Toward Sleepi've developed some kind of patience, knowing things are good.
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Strippedinsecurity.
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Apocalypse/beautifulmy world is changing softly, for the better
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Faith/healeranother one about believing in things i can't see
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Burnmore late-night nonsense
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Meteorsomething about god and love and why the former is illogical in the face of the latter.
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Antisepticwinter's back, with a vengeance
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Crossman/martyr
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Religion After Darkkind of a rant about religion and the hypocrisy therein, i guess. -
Fleursometimes insecurity catches me at night. in the morning, it's nice to remember what really exists.
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2011 A.Dabout realizing what's real and coming to terms with it... maybe a little dark, but it means well. also, there's an apology in there somewhere.
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Quietsometimes i say too much.
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Waitsometimes things remind me of things that happened a long time ago, and the difference between my life then and now is extraordinary.
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Foursomething like reminiscing
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Grown Upjust a little bit of dreaming. -
Night Visionsomething about struggling to comprehend the world and the connections that occur alongside it... or something.
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Science and Mythi'm not sure what this is, really. something about reality, maybe?
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Snow Eats Earthsomething about winter
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On Mornings in Wintermy indirect, abstract way of saying something i have a hard time saying directly.
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One of the Few Things I'm Not Afraid to Promisejust a little one for the babies, for when things are hard
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Soldier Missing from Hawthorne, NJEric Mahaffey disappeared on the way to his army base on January 18. -
Humani don't know, i'm contemplative or something tonight.
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Breath and Dry Icei'm terrified of stretching out this life too long.
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Like Icicles on a Churchabout two minutes' worth of what amounts to manic stream-of-consciousness writing. welcome to my head.
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Filth and January's Lostwinter is always hard to get through. -
Wishmore things i can't say, but need to.
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January Two, Seven Oh One Pma little piece of light in the dark
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Some December Time-lapse Tripsomething about winter and the gaps therein -
A Little Bit of Winteri have a hard time in winter... this year, it's just different enough to make me notice. -
Reality, Maybeit's dark. i don't know what else to say.
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Stars, Burningi don't even know what to say about this-it's some kind of truth, i guess. life is so goddamn subjective.
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Thoughts on Time and Nightmaresi don't understand the concept of time, but sometimes it's relevant
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Scribbled on a Sheet of Printer Paper in the Middle of My Lunchi'm feeling like an ass today, that's about it.
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Treasurethere are things i wish my grandmother could see.
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Some Kind of Magicalit's about, i think, having lived through something and finding something good on the other side. -
Aliensomething about living with the reality of cruelty and something new and beautiful at the same time.
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Restsomething about sleep and security, i think.
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Plexiglassmy half-assed attempt at explanation
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Ramblingtrying to sort through what's happening, what isn't, and what might be. there's no sense in this at all.
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Parasitemore in the same anti-human vein. i don't do well with being semi-public, i don't think.
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Rearviewlooking back at something that hasn't passed yet, sort of... i think... i'm not sure what this is, really.
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Stopstill struggling with people who think they know me when they don't, and grateful for the few who do, and want to still.
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Wordstime can go to hell. (not an original quote.)
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Leonard Cohen Never Made Me Smile Beforetrying to put together thoughts that i can't quite make sense of, yet.
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Grandmothersone of my closest friends is hurting, and it's hard to say what i want to her... this comes close, i think. i love you, s.
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On Angst and Annoyance and Being Unknownsometimes i get tired of people thinking they know me... i've been here before, and here we are again.
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It Isn't like it Soundsinsomnia, and the opposite of regret.
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Jack White: Beyond the StripesA look at Jack White's bands The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, and a list of songs to get you started on your journey to enlightenment
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Smaller Nowa little bit about lost time, nostalgia, something like that. -
Halloween Drink for Kids: Swamp WaterFlavored drink mix and gummy candies come together to make a simple punch that kids will love.
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Spiraloverthinking.
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Hidei wasn't sure what this was about before i started. now i know it's about someone i wanted to know the truth, but i let him believe the worst so he'd feel better about going. -
Some Kind of God Tripon getting back some kind of life, and what it was before
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Tripsomething about tori amos, dead bunnies and fog. -
Skit-zoid Image in Nationa bit of madness, i don't know.
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Ifone-thirty in the morning, thinking. questions we all ask, but don't.
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Halloween Food Kids Can Make: Yummy MummiesA can of refrigerated bread sticks turns ordinary hot dogs into something fun and spooky for a Halloween dinner.
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Activity for Kids: Hoop Jam in Asheville, North CarolinaHoop Jam gets kids in Asheville, North Carolina up and moving once a week through the summer and into fall. -
Too Young, Too Fat, Too Ambitious, and Other Reasons Mothers Hate Each OtherMoms are the meanest people on earth when it comes to judging each other.
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Loss, and the Refusal to Accepti saw my grandma's slippers the other day. she's been gone almost six months. i still can't make myself believe it. -
Child Missing from Fort Myers, Florida14-year-old Joshua Streno is missing from Fort Myers, Florida. -
Better Left Unsaidjust one of those things you want to say, but can't.
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Autumnsomething vaguely seasonal, but not at all like that. -
Exhaustjust a few words about not finding them
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Asheville Music Spotlight: Silver MachineHighlighting the unique musical sound of Asheville, NC band Silver Machine. -
Two-way Mirroranother bit of memory, wrapped perhaps in metaphor.
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Raggedi have no idea where this thought-or the dialect-came from, but here it is and i believe i'll let it stay.
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Dirtanother bit of reminiscence, mixed with something else i can't define tonight.
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Light and Glassthe usual self-reflection, tempered with a little bit of looking out at you.
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Perceptioni have no idea where this came from; bits of remembered conversation, maybe, thoughts of things that are gone...
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Zoey, Shiningmy baby girl was quite determined to get here. she is bright, beautiful, a joy like nothing else. -
Useful Baby Gifts for Real MomsForget the cutesy diaper bags and wipe warmers. These gifts will get you started in your journey through motherhood. -
Invalid/invalidmore social commentary from my poisoned little head
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Happy Happyjust a little bit of lightness and joy on a sweet summer day
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The Tragic Dysfunction of Memoryyou know me by now. faith, reality, remembering. the usual. -
Down the Road, with Glue and Skysomething about what the world looks like in the dark... i'm not sure exactly.
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Rabid, Rapidtired and rambling; nothing new there.
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Back Whenthere are days, still, when i just want my grandma back.
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Passed (out)just a little wisp of a memory. -
Recruitera refusal to accept. -
Jesus on the Mountainsomewhere between religion and faith there are people who will believe in anything.
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Evangelismlike all the other -isms, this is suspect at best. it started out as something different, as often happens, and-predictable as always-turned into something like the truth.
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In Somnia in Delicatemore late night thoughts that probably don't make sense.
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Raid, Interrupteda snapshot of life outside my window on a balmy thursday evening in early june
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Memorial Dayit's raining.
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Scatterants, of course, can be burned to a crisp by the sun and a curved piece of glass. -
Filthwhat happens when you play too long in the dirt. -
Capturea few words that someone is sure to take personally. you shouldn't. they're not about you.
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Dancesomething about dancing your way out of a hole.
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Sun, and the Return of Something Brilliantanother one about surviving the funk and coming back brighter than before. if i keep this up, i'll burn your eyes out someday. -
Auto/biographywhere i was and wasn't
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Zombiei'm sort of on a roll with the anger this evening. it'll pass, i'm sure, with time.
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Eviscerateda little bit of anger falling out of my head
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Crushthe end of the metaphorical day; have i resorted to this?
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Before Dinner We Will Feast on Cliches and Tartsa bit of drivel about living.
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Six, Asleeplife gets stressful... this is where i am at the end of the day, and there is nowhere i would rather be.
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Garden, at Nightsomething about people being toxic and not knowing till too late, i think, but i'm not entirely sure.
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Breathi had a friend a long time ago. he was the only person who really got my head. then he killed himself; this is him.
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Black/holefighting my head
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Light/darkfinding something.
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Spidersthinking about things left behind -
A Love Letter to Stephen Hawkingit's exactly what it says it is. a love letter, of sorts, to stephen hawking.
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Piecesbeing put back together
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Rageanger and something else.
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Road Songlistening to the night
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Barbie: Taking Our Daughters to the Dark SideSome parents see Barbie as a negative influence on their daughters. Is she really, or is she getting a bad rap?
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Second Sighttoday is thursday, and my mind is cluttered.
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Tiredjust a little novocaine.
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Candylittle bit of self-loathing. it'll pass. -
It's Hard Being Fluff when You're Notthis started as something entirely different... turned into a sort of tirade against people who think they know you through your public persona.
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Couldreflections.
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Love Songs for People Who Hate Love SongsThe third installment in the series: Love songs for people who would rather let rabid rats chew off their fingers than listen to lite radio.
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Madtravels through the dark
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Headachei write when i can't sleep. awake, i look back and can't remember. here's another for that pile of things that should have been tossed.
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Sunrisethe april version of hope. it's in here. look for it.
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Scatterthoughts on waking up. trite, no?
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Floodanother one about being in a funk. forgive my cliches.
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Sparklesomething about not living up to what the world wants out of you.
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A Brief Statement of Intenti don't think i'll go down easily, this time.
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Un-deadnight of the living, right?
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Downit's a cycle, i suppose, exacerbated by life and the turn of the air. falling is the fun part.
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Funk(tional) Disturbanceon being in a funk, insulated from the worst of it.
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World/stopmy daughter is the strongest person i know. she is incredible, and this is for her.
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The Old Juxtapositionlight, dark, fear, the usual. -
Thoughts from the Back Deck, After a Funeralmissing my grandma... -
Nothingthere's something about stages of grief. i forget how they go. i don't much care.
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Theo(logic)ali can't believe in anything.
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February 25, 2010: 7:53 Pmmy grandmother is gone.
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February 20, 12:41 A.Msleep deprivation
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Collectorit might be about putting things right, or about starting over, or it might just be that i need sleep. -
Light, and the Persistence Thereofgetting over the darkness
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Bye, Polarwords, falling apart.
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Sleepwhy i can't -
Crawling Out of Blueabout as hopeful as you'll get out of me...
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Fairy Talesthen and ever, and possibly never
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Fadedjust a bit of nostalgia wandering by
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Narcissistic Mothers: Perfect Facade, Damaged InsideUnfortunately, not all mothers are sweetness and light. Some suffer from a personality disorder that makes them unable to appreciate their own children.
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Beginningfor someone i knew, once, and have long since forgotten.