I RACK or I RAN - Through a Glass Darkly
Much damage has been done! No fire brigade
Is trained to snuff fluff-puff disinformation.
Suffering unforeseen spells consternation.
Terror terror h[a]unts, lies on parade.
Yesterday's errors cannot be unmade.
Misread on purpose cause/effect relation
Errors surface on examination,
Links to resentment justified, afraid
Of outrage, tumbled towers. But this page
Describes, observes, without an explanation.
Youth’s disarray may feed next year’s frustration.
Much damage has been done to Sunni, Kurd,
In Desert Storm, to Shia too - but less by far
Surely than that collateral called up to bar
Trust, freedom for the citizen unheard.
Yonder turmoil hornet's nest has stirred,
Mocking truth, roadmap’s infected scar -
Ends in agenda hidden whose pale star
Leaves chains around our children. Motives erred
On terror tags where tail wags war dog heard.
Denial, self-inflicted misuse of power, -
Yet chickens home to roost have come this hour.
Much damage has been done, mistakes which shroud
Ideals throughout the spectrum - time-bomb prime,
Short fuse attached, now threatens scope sublime
That through rendition, prison abuse, aloud
Yearn for revenge, spurn western values proud.
Mistakes (repeated) impact add to rhyme
Evidence that there is little time
Left to think through new options which, uncowed,
Offer ways to compensate the crowd.
Defence used as attack full circle spins
Years tears will bring, new challenge here begins!
Much damage has been done, surveillance chips
In Western countries open up the threat
Some governments will seek control, forget
The high ideals democracy met - whips
Youth tears apart - anonymous some tips
May silence truth, - we haste to waste, upset
Each check and balance, - evidence, hedged bet.
Loss of freedom mirrors bad, bad trips
Open is closed. Grim torture stalks, its lips
Dread rumors spread, b[l]ack blindness, and abet
Yon quandary’s lies with rocky road ahead.
poem by Jonathan Robin
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Character assassination
It is ghastly and worse than murder,
It strikes you from within even harder,
It’s effect very loud and clear,
Always you feel campaign sinister and smear,
Nothing can hurt you more than abuse,
Your life is at stake and you can’t refuse,
No amount of confidence you can infuse,
Once you are subjected then no one can defuse,
It will be hidden propaganda to put you on trial,
No room is left for explanation or denial,
Less you clarify damage intensity is more?
Leaving you in dilemma and shame in store,
No one can regain an old position,
Disturbs balance and spoils the composition,
Damage control exercise can lessen situation,
Credit restoration may take time for persuasion,
Accusations, hurling abuses all lethal weapons,
Assassination bid involve distribution of coupons,
Rumors may travel faster than speedy wind,
No trace or proof can ever be found and mind,
Every one is naked behind cloth,
Image damage is combination of both,
No one can stand without prestige and pride,
Almost to go in oblivion and face to hide,
It is not only lethal but deadly too,
Aim at one but targets two,
No proof, no attempts or money needed,
Only the propaganda and plan succeeded
poem by Hasmukh Amathalal
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The Damage Is Done
Is there a reason
For things that you say?
The way youre treating me
All the games I wont play
Well its too late, no longer one
Dont want you, the damage is done
Will you miss me
When I leave you behind?
Will you tell your friends
I treated you unkind?
Well its over now, and Im on the run
I dont want you, the damage is done
There have been rumors
That my sense of humor is lacking in some ways
To me thats no reason, its tantamount to treason
See what the judge has to say
You need to find someone half as blind
As I am to your games
And maybe youll find out what its all about
And it can drive you insane
Ooh the damage is done
And now I feel its too late
The damage is done
Its over
Now Im on the run
And baby you and I know
The damage is done
I feel its too late
The damage is done
song performed by by Foreigner
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Browsing Internet
Do you know continuously browsing Internet
can damage your brain?
It can damage your health,
It can damage concentration of your study?
Do you know,
Browsing social network can damage your married life?
Do you know, it can damage your brain?
So, can we control our self of using internet?
poem by Hassan Tanvir Mansur
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Damage Is Done
(1st verse) "Is there a reason...
For things that you say?"
"The way you're treating me...
All the games I won't play?"
(Chorus 1) "Well it's too late -- we're no longer one...
I don't want you --the damage is done."
(2nd verse) " Will you miss me...
When I leave you behind?"
" Will you tell your friends...
I treated you un-kind?"
(Chorus 2) " Well it's over now...
And I'm on the run!"
" I don't want you -- the damage is done!"
(Refrain/Bridge) " There have been rumors,
That my sense of humor,
Is lacking in some ways."
" To me that's no reason --
It's tantamount to treason!"
" Let's see what the Judge
Has to say!"
" You need to find,
someone half as blind... "
" As I am to your games!"
" And maybe you'll find out,
What it's all about... "
" And it can drive you INSANE !!!"
(Chorus 3) " Ohh - OHH - oh --
The damage is done."
" And now I feel it's too late --
The damage is done."
" It's ohh -- oh -- oh -- oh 'ver...
" Now I'm on the run!"
" Baby, you and I know --
The damage is done!"
(lead guitar)
" I feel it's too late...
The Damage Is Done !!!"
***END***
song performed by by Foreigner
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Aspirin Damage
I get these killer headaches
I get one everyday
I wake up with a migraine
Since you ran away
Got a load of tension
Burnin' up my neck
Something is wrong with my suspension
So pass those tablets to this wreck
Aspirin damage, Aspirin damage
Kills the pain, destroys the brain
No one told me 'bout Aspirin damage
Sometimes I find myself shakin'
From the medication taken
Oh yeah.
I balance my Excedrin
And Anacins in stacks
I'm a pain reliever junkie
I got a Bayer on my back.
I went to see the doctor
He walked me down the hall
Said "Strip down 'til you're naked
Your suit, your tie and all."
Aspirin damage, Aspirin damage
Kills the pain, destroys the brain
Aspirin damage, my disadvantage
Sometimes I find myself shakin'
From the medication taken
Oh yeah.
Aspirin damage, Aspirin damage
Kills the pain, destroys the brain
No one told me 'bout Aspirin damage
Sometimes I find myself shakin'
From the medication taken
Oh yeah
song performed by by Alice Cooper
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You Will Damage It
Don't push it in! !
Rather leave it like that;
If not, you will damage it.
Don't push it in! !
Rather leave it like that;
If not, you will destroy it.
Image, age, page, sage, wage, cage, damage! !
So, be careful not to damage it;
For, the muse of love on this item needs a special care.
poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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Needle And The Damage Done
Caught you knockin at my cellar door
love you baby can I have some more?
oh damage done
I hit the city and I lost my band
watched the needle take another man
gone gone the damage done
Ow, oh my my my
Sing the song because I love the man
know that some of you don't understanf
milk blood to keep from running out
I've seen the needle and the damage done
oh a little part of us in everyone
I've seen the needle and the damage done
a little part a little part
I've seen the needle
Oh I
I've seen the needle
seen the needle and the damage done
a little part of us in everyone
every junkie's like a setting sun.
song performed by by Our Lady Peace
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Mr William Mortality
Come time to test the truth and the fear
here comes the point to push you severe
you knew it was coming an now here you go
all that i have, all that i know
spread the pain- push the purpose
spread the pain- accross the surface
have you ever been in a battle beyond
the power of your punch,
now its time you respond
to the bullshit behaviour
and the brutal force
with the power of your mind
to determine the course
self control- no break today
the power to choose- is the power i crave
Mr William Mortality
Torso debouchery
into the fire, to the fire, to the flames
into the fire, to the burning flames
We live in the brain drain, see the price rise again!
We die in the brain drain, where the cost is so high!
We live in the brain drain, see the price rise again!
We die in the brain drain, where the predators feed!
big waves crash down on me,
under cold black skies in the icey sea
Im the prospect of the damage done
and attacked by the feeling that we all die young,
poem by Bradley John Downs
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The real damage from terrorist attacks doesn't come from the explosion. The real damage is done after the explosion, by the victims, who repeatedly and determinedly attack themselves, giving over reason in favor of terror. Every London cop who stops someone from taking a picture of a public building, every TSA agent who takes away your kid's toothpaste, every NSA spook who wiretaps your email, does the terrorist's job for him. Terrorism is about magnifying one mediagenic act of violence into one hundred billion acts of terrorized authoritarian idiocy.
quote by Cory Doctorow
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Magnitude Of Silence
Why so quite
Cat gotcha tongue
Being silent isn't going to rectify the situation
In pain everyday
Accepting less than the full worth
Speak up
Come on now
SPEAK UP
In your own home
Violence reign
And silence hold fast
It has weaken the foundation of the relation
And yet no voice
In the streets
The ying yang
The bling bling
Talk loud and proud
Making one desire the flash and achievement
Some make it the right way
Others
Come full force with demise in view if anyone
Stands in their way…
Where is the power coming from
To be so bold
The stick em up kids
Hide behind the armor of destruction
Just to satisfy their lazy inclinations
Threats of death if silence is broken about their
Unskilled vocation
Come on now
Someone has to speak up
Getting tired of doing without
Bedroom satisfaction becomes compromised when
One has a displeasing performance
So instead of
Speaking out…rectify…show and tell by practice
Silence once again stands strong
Constantly giving false praise for disappointing deed
Causing agitation and ill hearted contemplation…
There it begins
Silence of infidelity
Silence of deceit
Pretty soon silence will be broken and all will
Witness the judgment of the irreparable damage in what
The Magnitude of Silence has caused.
Where is the truth....
The truth is sometimes obscured by clouds....
Lies masquerade as truth....
See the devil's smile....
Who is there to capture...
The tears of an innocent child....
Innocence is lost....
As their world is turned upside down...
Who protects a child....
When closed minds and closed hearts reign....
Unmentionable travesties go unseen....
In the closed hands of dark intentions...
Evil deeds caught in suspension....
The weight of silence burdens my soul....
Only God can decipher the mysteries untold...
Keeping a secret
Can water hold in your vessel
Sitting back watching how other
Convey their ways
Will a comment spill from the lips
Will silence consume blocking the verbiage
Health can become cumbersome
Keeping quiet about the condition
Help is needed… too strong to ask
Silence sews up the avenue of concern
No one is able to drive in
Personal hidden passages in life
Only you know
Will silence posse and walk the grave with you
Sacrificing freedom for another
Harboring a life just to risk your life
Can you
Will you
Preserve the silence
In my times of trouble I have kept quiet....
In the hush of silence I have found peace....
When the beast of lies tried to take my heart...
The security of silence my only defense....
You think you want to know me...
But I'm a fearful of what you might think...
The things I have seen and heard....
You might not like what you see....
So I will keep quiet.....
And safe within my own self....
Because to let anyone in my world...
Subjects me to pain...
And leaves me vulnerable with no gain....
All that is sweet is not sugar....
To be pressed through the ringer...
Dismembered and reconstructed....
I am rising... but still reluctant...
To tell my story...
But in due time.....
The quiet of past pain...
Will be revealed...
Until that day...
I am protected by the silent shield...
The magnificence of silence is a double edge sword...
It can convict or rewards....
But all that has been done in the mystery of darkness....
God knows it all...
And in him silence dissipates and fall
How many ways can silence control the aspects of life
When is the right time to speak
When is the right time to hold silence close
There is a Magnitude of negativity of retaining
Silence
Witness the Magnitude of positivity of maintaining
Silence
Collaboration by-
Venoyd McCalister III & JenOfPoetry™
©Jan 12.2012
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Mama Said Knock You Out
[ll]
Cmon man
[news report]
And with the local dbt news ll cool j with a triumphant comeback
[mumbling]
But tonite...
[ll]
Dont call it a comeback
I been here for years
Rockin my peers and puttin suckas in fear
Makin the tears rain down like a mon soon
Listen to the bass go boom
Explosion overpowerin
Over the competition Im towerin
Wreckin shop when I drop these lyrics thatll make you call the cops
Dont you dare stare, you betta move
Dont ever compare
Me to the rest thatll all get sliced and diced
Competitions payin the price
Chorus:
Im gonna knock you out [huuuh!!!]
Mama said knock you out [huuuh!!!]
(repeat 4x)
Dont u call this a regular jam
Im gonna rock this land
Im gonna take this itty bitty world by storm
And Im just gettin warm
Just like muhummad ali they called him cassius
Watch me bash this beat like a skull
Cuz u know I had beef wit
Why do u riff with me, the maniac psycho
And when I pull out my jammy get ready cuz it might go
Blaaaaw, how ya like me now?
The river will not allow
U to get with, mr. smith, dont riff
Listen to my gear shift
Im blastin, outlastin
Kinda like shaft, so u could say Im shaftin
Old english filled my mind
And I came up with a funky rhyme
Chorus
[ll]
Breakdown!!!
Shadow boxin when I heard you on the radio [huuuh!!!]
I just dont know
What made you forget that I was raw?
But now I got a new tour
Im goin insane, startin the hurricane, releasin pain
Lettin you know that you cant gain, I maintain
Unless ya say my name
Rippin, killin
Diggin and drillin a hole
Pass the ol gold
Chorus
Shotgun blasts are heard
When I rip and kill, at will
The man of the hour, tower of power, Ill devour
Im gonna tie you up and let you understand
That Im not your average man
When I got a jammy in my hand
Daaaaam!!!!! oooooohh!!
Listen to the way I slaaaaay, your crew
Damage [uhh] damage[uhh] damage [uhh] damage
Destruction, terror, and mayhem
Pass me a sissy so suckas Ill slay him
Farmers [what!!!] farmers [what!!!]
Im ready [were ready!!!]
I think Im gonna bomb a town [get down!!]
Dont u neva, eva, pull my lever
Cuz I explode
And my nine is easy to load
I gotta thank god
Cuz he gave me the strength to rock
Hard!! knock you out, mama said knock you out
Chorus
song performed by by LL Cool J
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Counterfeit Faker
Call out the undertaker
Call out the police
Counterfeit faker
Is coming after me
Yes, I loved him like my brother
I loved him ambiguously
Theres no way to measure the damage he has done
Counterfeit faker
Carries a grudge
Nervous, I walk through windows
I walk through a plate glass door
Silent, his presence mocks me
And draws me on some more
Counterfeit faker
The damage has been done
The damage has been done
The damage has been done
Counterfeit faker
Bring him on
song performed by by They Might Be Giants
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Countdown
Countdown begun, one way, no leeway where
One can reverse time’s wave to save the day.
Useless to look for aid. Hopes fade, links fray.
No energy remains, there’s none to spare
To challenge fate, anticipate, prepare
Dynamic options, open interplay.
Only stray souvenirs of heyday far away
Which weigh - nostalgia validates despair.
No space to trace another future where,
Bets placed win race, no need to piper pay.
Errors, time squandered come to roost today.
Grey before, behind, mind unaware.
Uneasy lies the frown that bares barred head
No light, no flight, and no delight ahead...
poem by Jonathan Robin
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The Damage In Your Heart
One more time I have crossed the line.
Now you wont be mine anymore.
One more dream vanished up in smoke.
Now I have no hope anymore.
Let it go.
The damage in your heart
Let it go.
The damage in your heart
I cant tell you how the words will make me feel.
I cant tell you how the words will make me feel.
One more tear falling down your face
Doesnt mean that much to the world
One more loss in a losing life
Doesnt hurt so bad anymore.
Let it go.
The damage in your heart
Let it go.
The damage in your heart
I cant tell you how the words will make me feel.
I cant tell you how the words will make me feel.
One more tear falling down your face
Doesnt mean that much to the world
Let it go.
The damage in your heart
Let it go.
The damage in your heart
I cant tell you how the words will make me feel.
I cant tell you how the words will make me feel.
song performed by by Weezer
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The Truth About Lying
A lie and the truth are one in the same, both are necessary allow me to explain.
Some say the truth will set you free, but that “some” is no part of me.
My truth in your eyes is blasphemy, the truth being that I even lie to me.
Mistakes are errors left uncorrected, also known as opportunities neglected.
The truth is always the first expected. A lie is born from the truth rejected.
Truth is a word so infected by the mouths of those who so diligently protect it.
The very people who refuse to accept it.
My truth is mine and it changes all of the time, thus I protect it by lying.
Not to myself but to everyone else and never with any bad intentions
Never out of disparity for attention, only to avoid a preconceived misconception
poem by Tessa Hanson
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A Tender Lie
As you walk away
As we say goodbye
What I wouldn't give
For a tender lie
Say you'll never stop loving me
Just as if it were true
How much more damage, now honestly
Could one tender lie do
When we fall so far
Are we wrong to try
To keep out the truth
With a tender lie
Say you're gonna come back to me
And I'll believe that it's true
How much more damage, now honestly
Could one tender lie do
Say you're gonna come back to me
And I'll believe that it's true
How much more damage, now honestly
Could one tender lie do
How much more damage, now honestly
Could one tender lie do
song performed by by Dolly Parton
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The Needle & The Damage Done
2,3,4..
I caught you knocking on my celler door
I love you baby can I have some more
Oh, oh, the damage done
I hit the city and I lost my pen
I watch the needle take another man
Gone, gone,the damage done
Oh, oh, oh
I sing this song because I love the man
I know some of you dont undertand
Miller, to keep from running out
I seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie is like the setting sun
song performed by by Duran Duran
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No Evidence At All
You can find reasons,
To qualify or disqualify my abilities.
With the best of your changing ideals,
To appeal to a selected demographic.
However,
It is your incompetence...
I would still have to face.
And then waste 'my' time...
Correcting the mistakes,
You believe you are entitled to take credit.
And...
You have all of my background information,
And I have no evidence at all...
If you are who you say you are.
Or have a right to question my credentials.
So don't mention to me about 'your' freedom,
Of getting MY information at my expense.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Burma
My father fought in Burma
At the time of World War Two
He didn’t hate the Japanese
He just hated what they’d do
When they went into a village
That the Japanese had left
They'd find children wrapped upon barbed wire
Bayonet wounds in their chests
He rarely spoke about it
Like others of that time
He left the army as a sergeant
With damage to one eye
But the damage was far deeper
And was not easily discerned
For what lived on inside of him
Was the horror that he’d learned.
poem by David Keig
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Needle & The Damage Done
I caught you knockin' at my cellar door
I love you, baby, can i have some more
Ooh, ooh, the damage done.
I hit the city and i lost my band
I watched the needle take another man
Gone, gone, the damage done.
I sing the song because i love the man
I know that some of you don't understand
Milk-blood to keep from running out.
I've seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie's like a settin' sun.
song performed by by Neil Young
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