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Open And On Exhibit

The obtaining of success,
Has always been made to look too easy.
Especially by those,
Assessing others right under their noses.
And having no clue what they do to get done.
Or what it has taken for them to get the attention.
And without soliciting to get any from them at all.

'I didn't know that about you? '

~You didn't?
I thought everything I did was open and on exhibit? ~

'Me too.
That goes to show,
We don't know people like we think we do.'

~No.
That goes to show...
Gossip you listen to has nothing to do with truth.~

To hear them say with expressions made,
How lucky someone is...
To get something finally achieved.
When that achievement accomplished,
Had always been there without their awareness.
And in a place they least likely to suspect,
With a doing right in front of their faces.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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It Isn't With Ease

It isn't with ease,
A success accomplished is achieved.
Nor is one 'lucky'...
To experience with initiative AND sacrifice,
With a doing what one does...
Day and night.
And continue to do,
Whatever it takes for most of one's life.

While witnessing others doing what they like...
To then decide they have changed appetites,
For something someone else has done.
With beliefs their requests should be prioritized,
By the one who has sacrificed most of their life...
To finally see after years realized.
It isn't with ease,
A success accomplished is achieved.

'How long did it take you to do what you've done? '

~I would say...
Maybe fifty or more years.~

'Seriously?
And you can't show me,
In a few minutes how you did it?
I aint got that kind of time to waste.'

~Time, patience and tears.
And criticism from peers.
That's what it takes,
My friend.~

'Well...
Like I said.
I aint got time for all that.
I gotta get my groove on.'

~Until it's gone,
Huh? ~

'Whatever.'

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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song performed by by 10 Cc
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Nothing

i didn't do anything today
lazyhead
i didn't do anything today
stay in bed
i'm finally doing what i said i'd never do
i'm doing nothing
i'm doing it for you
and you will admire the ultimate courage
when i throw everything right in the garbage for you
i didn't say anything today
nothing said
i didn't think anything today
emptyhead
i'm finally doing what i said i'd never do
i'm saying nothing
i'm saying it at you
and i will get helpers i'm recruiting them now
i'll show them nothing to do i will show them how
and we will do nothing
we'll do it together
i don't care when we get through
we'll do it forever for you

song performed by by Nada Surf
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Let Me Show You The Way

uhh, yeah, uhh, yeah, check it
didn't I make a good lady
didn't I have your baby
maybe I should have known you were crazy
when you was caught playin it shady
didn't I keep your kids when you were out smokin and drinking
why did I treat you like my king when you were out doing the wrong thing
[Pre-Chorus]
tell you what I think about you(you)
tired and confused(fused)
and I will not think to be with you
sayin' what you think about me(me)
think that I'm crazy(zy)
think that Ill end up without you
[Chorus]
let me show you the way
let me break it down
let me show you how
Im gonna put you out
watch me show and prove
watch me make my moves
to get rid of you
you can pack your thangs
you can take a swang
it want be no thang
to the front door, cause
I cant take no more
I cant take no more
let me show you the way
(yeah, to the door
let me show you the way)
didn't I show you this good love
didn't I do it just because
tell me why you went and did me wrong
I heard you saying you loved her on the phone
but I doubted you when, even when you put me through it
why didn't I listen to me girlfriend(girlfriend)
when they said you were not worth it, no
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
uhh, ooh, yeah, haha, ooh
since you went and broke the rules(ooh)
this is what I got for you(ooh)
take your jacket and your shoes
you never play me for a fool
[Pre-Chorus]
tell you what I think about you(you)
tired and confused(fused)
and I will not think to be with you
sayin what you think about me(me)
think that I'm crazy(zy)
think that Ill end up without you
[Chorus (2x)]
let me show you the way
let me break it down
let me show you how
I'm gonna put you out
watch me show and prove
watch me make my moves
to get rid of you
you can pack your thangs
you can take a swang
it want be no thang
to the front door, cause
I cant take no more
I cant take no more
let me show you the way
uhh, who's laughin now?
wa, wa, wa, [3x]
yeah. wa, wa, wa [3x]
let me show you the way.

song performed by by Toni Braxton
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Let Me Show You The Way (Out)

uhh, yeah, uhh, yeah, check it
didn't I make a good lady
didn't I have your baby
maybe I should have known you were crazy
when you was caught playin it shady
didn't I keep your kids when you were out smokin and drinking
why did I treat you like my king when you were out doing the wrong thing
[Pre-Chorus]
tell you what I think about you(you)
tired and confused(fused)
and I will not think to be with you
sayin' what you think about me(me)
think that I'm crazy(zy)
think that Ill end up without you
[Chorus]
let me show you the way
let me break it down
let me show you how
Im gonna put you out
watch me show and prove
watch me make my moves
to get rid of you
you can pack your thangs
you can take a swang
it want be no thang
to the front door, cause
I cant take no more
I cant take no more
let me show you the way
(yeah, to the door
let me show you the way)
didn't I show you this good love
didn't I do it just because
tell me why you went and did me wrong
I heard you saying you loved her on the phone
but I doubted you when, even when you put me through it
why didn't I listen to me girlfriend(girlfriend)
when they said you were not worth it, no
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
uhh, ooh, yeah, haha, ooh
since you went and broke the rules(ooh)
this is what I got for you(ooh)
take your jacket and your shoes
you never play me for a fool
[Pre-Chorus]
tell you what I think about you(you)
tired and confused(fused)
and I will not think to be with you
sayin what you think about me(me)
think that I'm crazy(zy)
think that Ill end up without you
[Chorus (2x)]
let me show you the way
let me break it down
let me show you how
I'm gonna put you out
watch me show and prove
watch me make my moves
to get rid of you
you can pack your thangs
you can take a swang
it want be no thang
to the front door, cause
I cant take no more
I cant take no more
let me show you the way
uhh, who's laughin now?
wa, wa, wa, [3x]
yeah. wa, wa, wa [3x]
let me show you the way.
[Thanks to [email protected] for these lyrics]

song performed by by Toni Braxton
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Reluctant To Be Reviewed

I love it when I hear,
Others can do what I do.
And show a better quality,
In the doing of it too.
And like others who listen to this lip,
They have nothing to show to prove any of it.

And I hear those comments made,
From decade to decade...
As I continue to present my own evidence.
To leave them with the same,
Voices of critique.
With nothing concrete from them at all.
Or a doing to apply a witnessed technique.

People are quick to correct others' flaws.
Or what they suspect is a blemish to inspect.
And yet are reluctant to be reviewed as they do.
To expose a doing from themselves...
Any offerings to deliver,
What they believe is better than one's best substance.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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I Am Made For You

I came a long way
From out of nowhere
I stand before you
All alone
Like a wolf's cry in the distance
I heard the calling
Of your soul
Oh...I hear you cryin'

CHORUS
With your love
Show me how to live
'Cause you are made of me
And I am made of you
With your life
Show me how to give
You are made of me
And I am made of you

We'll walk together
Though the fire
Though the darkness
To the sun
Like two raging rivers full of passion
At the ocean
We are one
Oh...I hear you cryin'

REPEAT CHORUS

I am made of you
You are made of me
And everything you are
Is what I'm meant to be
I am made of you
You are made of me
And everything I am
Is what you made of me
Oh...I hear you crying
Oh...Through the darkness
To the light

With your love
Show me how to live
'Cause you are made of me
And I am made of you
With your life
Show me how to give
You are made of me
With your heart
Show me what is true
'Cause you are made of me
And I am made of you
With your soul
Walk my spirit through
You are made of me
And I am made of you
Oh...I hear you crying
Through the darkness
To the light...

song performed by by Ricky Martin from Ricky Martin
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I Am Made Of You

I came a long way
From out of nowhere
I stand before you
All alone
Like a wolfs cry in the distance
I heard the calling
Of your soul
Oh...i hear you cryin
Chorus
With your love
Show me how to live
cause you are made of me
And I am made of you
With your life
Show me how to give
You are made of me
And I am made of you
Well walk together
Though the fire
Though the darkness
To the sun
Like two raging rivers full of passion
At the ocean
We are one
Oh...i hear you cryin
Repeat chorus
I am made of you
You are made of me
And everything you are
Is what Im meant to be
I am made of you
You are made of me
And everything I am
Is what you made of me
Oh...i hear you crying
Oh...through the darkness
To the light
With your love
Show me how to live
cause you are made of me
And I am made of you
With your life
Show me how to give
You are made of me
With your heart
Show me what is true
cause you are made of me
And I am made of you
With your soul
Walk my spirit through
You are made of me
And I am made of you
Oh...i hear you crying
Through the darkness
To the light...

song performed by by Ricky Martin
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Father Boy

Oh Father Boy, Oh Father Boy
You didn’t see the signs
You didn’t hear a thing did you
Oh Father Boy, my dear
You didn’t see, you didn’t look, you didn’t listen either
You didn’t try to understand
You didn’t take the time
You weren’t a Father, Father Boy, you weren’t a Father, Father.

Oh Father Boy, Father Boy
When a Father has a Boy
To be a Father, Father see
You have to see the Boy
The Boy inside the Father
And the Father in the Boy
But Father Boy, Oh Father Boy
You just didn’t pay attention
For a Boy to be a Father, Father
He cannot be a Father Boy.

(Previously published in Megaera, #4, Fall 2000)

poem by Laurence Overmire
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I Couldn't Understand You

I'm sorry I wasn't good enough.
I'm sorry I couldn't make you care.
I'm sorry I didn't no what else to do.
I'm sorry I am no longer there.

I'm sorry I couldn't open your eyes.
I'm sorry I let it come this far.
I'm sorry I made you so mad.
I'm sorry I for whatever you said I did.

I'm sorry I couldn't see the truth.
I'm sorry I didn't want to listen.
I'm sorry I helped you when no one else would.
I'm sorry for always being there.

I'm sorry for so many things,
but I'm most sorry that I'm not sorry anymore.

poem by Emily Straka
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Didnt Know

Didn't know what you had
Until you lost it
Didn't know what you own
Until you got it
Didn't know of your sins
Until you fought it.
Didn't know what you needed
Until you sought it.

Didn't know your lies
Until someone spoke them
Didn't know of the truth
Until someone wrote them
Didn't remembered your dreams
Until someone awoke them
Didn't know they died
Until someone chocked them.

Didn't know you had guilt
Until you cried
Didn't know you felt sadness
Until you tried to hide
Didn't know you felt shame
Until you lied
Didn't know you believed in GOD
Until you asked him why.

Didn't know you felt sorrow
Until you shed a tear
Didn't know that you were scared
Until I saw your fear
Didn't know that you hated
Until you were near
Didn't know that you were unhappy
Until you looked in a mirror.

Didn't know who you truly were
Until your ways you sewed
Didn't know that you were evil
Until the truth was showed
Didn't know you did this before
Until I saw all of your woe
Didn't know who you really were
Though I wished then I did know.

Randy L. McClave

poem by Randy McClave
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You are changing into a person i just don't like

you act like we are together,
but you don't just say it,
i liked you playful teasing,
but it seem like you are no longer playing,
your demands have became strong,
and something seem to change,
when i looked you dead in the eye and said,
that i listen to no man,
when it comes to telling me what to do,
or what i should be doing,
it was something i ment,
and it seems like you were going to break me,
i may be a bit unsure of myself at times,
but i know what i want,
and for a man to control me,
that will never happen,
i feel like i'm to blame in some way,
like i made you become this way,
but all i have did,
was be myself,
you always seem to say,
that you are so awesome,
but it seems to me like you are a bit unsure yourself,
you do things to make me laugh,
but at times it seem like it is force,
force just so i will laugh and give you attention,
when you going to learn,
that i like you just the way you are,
sensitive, honested and real,
but you treating me like i'm a dog,
throwing paper at me,
it's a bit rude,
demanding me to sit down or to clean up,
your mess you made,
i am not your mother,
nor your dog,
i missed who i use to know,
the guy who didn't put on a show,
just to show that he was the man,
i liked that side that i got to know,
the one who was not shy to be himself around me,
where did that guy go?
because right now,
that guy is slowly fading,
behind a guy,
i'm starting not to like.

poem by Mona Martinez
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Show Yourself

When I was small I used to stand
With my hand on my heart
And I would sing to you
You were my son and my lover
My father and my brother
I beleived in you
It was so easy then
It was so easy then
But where are you now
It seems like you cant hear me anymore
Maybe youre just getting too old
But do you remember
201 years ago
When you were young
How strong you had become
Promising every one you sweet gift of freedom,
Now you know exactly who I am
I seem to tell you all the time
Now tell me some kind of truth about yourself
Your life should be as opena s mine
There are children dying for you
That doesnt sound like freedom to me
You keep lyin about why theyre dyin
When they should be concieved in liberty
Show yourself
Show yourself to me
Youre the one that told me
Remember
You told me I was born to be free
Open all your doors I want to see
All your doors and your keys
I want to see I want to hear you
All 88 keys yeah
Oh give it to me
Show yourself
Show yourself to me
I want to see tha stars and the stripes
That can make those things scream
Show yourself
Show yourself to me
Expose yourself I wanna see your face
Come on give it to me
Show yourself
Show yourself to me
Are you rca
Are you standard oil
Are you a.t.&t. I wanna see
Give it to me if you got one
I wanna see come on and show yourself
Who runs this? who runs this country?
Show me
Show yourself
Give it to me
Show yourself to me
I want to know I wanna see
Give it to me show yourself
Show yourself to me
I want you know I wanna see
Give it to me show yourself
Show yourself to me
Who runs it? who runs it around?
Show me show me show your face to me

song performed by by Jefferson Starship
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Gimme Some Lovin'

Well, my temperature's risin'
Got my feet on the floor
Got twenty people rockin' singin' 'more more more'
Come on, pretty baby, I don't know what you've got
But you'd better take it easy
This place is hot
And I'm so glad you made it
So glad you made it
Won't you come on
Gimme some lovin'
Gimme some lovin'
Gimme some lovin'
Gimme some lovin'
Gimme some lovin' every day
Well I feel so good, everybody's gettin' hot
I'm gonna take it easy
'Cause the place is on fire
Come on, pretty baby, I don't know what you've got
But you'd better take it easy
And I'm So glad you made it
So glad you made it
Won't you come on
Gimme some lovin'
Gimme some lovin'
Gimme some lovin'
Gimme some lovin'
Gimme some lovin' every day
Well I heard about the fella you've been dancing with all over the neighborhood. So why didn't you ask me baby, didn't you think I could...
Well I know that the Boogaloo is out of sight
And the shangalang is down tonight
But if it had been just me and you baby
I'd come to show you how to do right
Do it right, uh-huh do it right
Do me right, do me right, do me right
Ah twistin. shake-it
Shake-it shake it shake it baby
Twistin, shake-it shake-it shake-it
Shake-it baby
Here we go loop-dee-loop, uh-huh
Shake it up baby
Oh, here we go loop-dee-lie
Bend over and let me see you shake your tail feather
Bend over and let me see you shake your tail feather
Come on let me see you shake your tail feather
Come on let me see you shake your tail feather
Twistin, shake-it

song performed by by Hanson
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Make It All Okay

You threw away the ballast and you rowed your boat ashore
Didn't you, now? Didn't you?
You made your ultimatum too big to ignore
Didn't you, now? Didn't you?
So you worked out your excuses,
turned away and shut the door.
The world's too vast for us now,
and you wanted to explore
It's a long, long long road
And I don't know which way to go
If you offered me your hand again I'd have to walk away.
When I saw you at the street fair, you called out my name
Didn't you, now? Didn't you?
You said we could start over, try and make it all okay.
Didn't you, now? Didn't you?
So our past has been rewritten
and you threw away the pen.
You'd said that I was useless,
but now you'll take me in again
Well Jesus loves me fine.
And your words fall flat this time.
Was it my imagination, or did I hear you say,
"We don't have a prayer between us."
Didn't you believe that I have finally turned away?
Didn't you, now? Didn't you?
Anything to hold onto to help me through my day.
Didn't you, now? Didn't you?
Jesus loves me fine.
But his words fall flat this time.
It's a long, long long road
And I don't know which way to go
If you offered me your world, did you think I'd really stay?
If you offered me the heavens, I would have to turn away.
Was it my imagination, or did I hear you say,
"We don't have a prayer between us."
Didn't you, now? Didn't you, now?
Didn't you?

song performed by by REM
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Make It All OK

You threw away the ballast and you rowed your boat ashore
Didn't you, now? Didn't you?
You made your ultimatum too big to ignore
Didn't you, now? Didn't you?
So you worked out your excuses,
turned away and shut the door.
The world's too vast for us now,
and you wanted to explore
It's a long, long long road
And I don't know which way to go
If you offered me your hand again I'd have to walk away.
When I saw you at the street fair, you called out my name
Didn't you, now? Didn't you?
You said we could start over, try and make it all okay.
Didn't you, now? Didn't you?
So our past has been rewritten
and you threw away the pen.
You'd said that I was useless,
but now you'll take me in again
Well Jesus loves me fine.
And your words fall flat this time.
Was it my imagination, or did I hear you say,
"We don't have a prayer between us."
Didn't you believe that I have finally turned away?
Didn't you, now? Didn't you?
Anything to hold onto to help me through my day.
Didn't you, now? Didn't you?
Jesus loves me fine.
But his words fall flat this time.
It's a long, long long road
And I don't know which way to go
If you offered me your world, did you think I'd really stay?
If you offered me the heavens, I would have to turn away.
Was it my imagination, or did I hear you say,
"We don't have a prayer between us."
Didn't you, now? Didn't you, now?
Didn't you?

song performed by by REM
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Wish I Didn't Know Now

I've never ask you where you're goin'
I've never ask you where you've been
I've never called and checked your story
You stayed out with all your freinds
I've never tried to catch you lyin'
I didn't want to know the truth
I'd rather go on lovin' blind girl
Than go on lovin' without you

I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then
I wish I could start this whole thing over again
I'm not sayin' it's you could never be true
I just don't wanna know how it ends
You'd still have my heart in the palm of your hands
I'd still look like a fool in front of your friends
Yeah I wish somehow I didn't know now what I didn't know then

I've always said what I don't know
Couldn't hurt as bad as leavin' you
Turns out I knew what I was thinkin'
It ain't an easy thing to do
Well I guess I should be goin'
I sure found out too much to stay
Please don't say your sorry
I might wait another day

I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then
I wish I could start this whole thing over again
I'm not sayin' it's you could never be true
I just don't wanna know how it ends
You'd still have my heart in the palm of your hands
I'd still look like a fool in front of your friends
Yeah I wish somehow I didn't know now what I didn't know then

You'd still have my heart in the palm of your hand
I'd still look like a fool in front of your freinds
Yeah I wish somehow I didn't know now what I didn't know then
Yeah I wish somehow I didn't know now what I didn't know then

song performed by by Toby Keith from Toby Keith
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Edna Frau

to cross the ocean and to look down
this pipe (?) love is rushing to a city(?) bed
then wires (?) stream into an open (....)
take hold of Jude, she's coming down
i made like i didn't tell you
don't tell it
when will you wash the bodies
two seven numbers (?) with the happy (....)
take a leave and join me on the water's (?) edge
i let you (......) i could assist your death
i made like i didn't tell you
when they call me
i made like i didn't tell you
when they call me
but cry, oh, your life
don't go blind (?)
cry... go blind (?)
to get out
now my sister, you didn't know how
everyone needs (..............)
all my children are acting out
crawling to bed with Edna Frau

song performed by by Jeff Buckley
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Show Tune

I never guessed it would be like this
You seemed so, so, so,
aloof.
so Blond and blue
so ivy, so Vassar,
or thought you'd go, go, go,
But kid you did
You made it easy, oh, so easy, oh,
it's the truth.

chorus

I never guessed it would be like this
Remember I, I, I
am just a coof
am just a caddy
So it was so, so, so,
amazing you
So la-de-da, so chin-in-air
so debonaire
Would let me be your daddy.

chorus

I never guessed it would be like this
You never know, no, no
do You?
Needing no reproof
A relative truth
In a world of grim reality
you didn't even mind
a laddie for a daddy
Did you blond and blue?

chorus

Just who do you
think you are-
frickin' Jordan Baker?
Now I know
You're a pretty show
Another lovely faker
Oh!

poem by Morgan Michaels
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Comprehending Your Success

Can you accept and believe it...
The air allows a breathing to be achieved?

I am glad you do agree.
Because if you didn't,
I would suspect your thoughts...
As being an experimental accident.
And not an intention given!

And those wishes to fulfill dreams you have,
Are coincidences of good timing.
But you expect bad luck to receive.
And your acknowledgement of it,
Is on call in your mind.
Confirmed in a constant rewinding.
The kind that could be left behind.
To attract an absence.
But losing it is a fear you can not bear.

Although each breath you take...
You think nothing to rid of.
To inhale is a thing done you do.
To exhale is what one tosses away...
To insignificantly float.
To fade from a once over bloated gloatness.

But since you accept and believe,
The air allows a breathing to be achieved...
A possibility of comprehending your success,
Is something you should not waste time to connect!
To flaunt something you did...
In an awareness of it!

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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