reflections

As you may well know
I have lusted savagely
For many things
In many ways

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I have suckled the barbed nipple of injustice
Looked fear in the eye
And kissed misfortune with an open mouth
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I have danced
With my face in the dirt
And felt the warmth of god’s sun

on my ass
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I have wonderded and wandered
Close to home
Closer to the heart
And in far off lands

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I have loved and been loved
Lived free
Given
Taken away
Cherished
Chastised
Remembered
Forgotten
Fallen down
Fallen up

and fallen apart

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I am sweet jimmy swinghammer

and i know what it's like