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Family dinners are more often than not an ordeal of nervous indigestion, preceded by hidden resentment and ennui and accompanied by psychosomatic jitters.

quote by M.F.K. Fisher
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TV Dinners

TV dinners there's nothin' else to eat
TV dinners they really can't be beat
I like 'em frozen but you understand
I throw 'em in and wave 'em and I'm a brand new man oh yeah!

TV dinners they're goin' to my head
TV dinners my skin is turnin' red
Twenty year old turkey in a thirty year old tin
I can't wait until tomorrow.... and thaw one out again oh yeah!

TV dinners I'm feelin' kinda rough
TV dinners this one's kinda tough
I like the enchiladas and the teriaki too
I even like the chicken if.... the sauce is not too blue.

And they're mine

song performed by by ZZ Top from Eliminator
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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I feel a lot healthier when I'm having sex. Physically. I feel all these jitters when I wake up in the morning. Just energy jitters. I take vitamins, I work out every day. When I'm having sex, I don't have that.

quote by Alyssa Milano
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Hiding From The Family

He is hiding from me when I see him loving our family,
This hiding results in laughing, to find me, and the family.

It is busy in this hour of dreams, full of sleep I become,
When the lover of my dreams comes to bury the family.

The burial of a man is hidden from me, the chieftain,
Burying him is against all odds, a mere calamity, but the family?

You are hiding from me, laughing at me as lover hates,
Butter shall creep from my limbs attracting calligraphy of the family.

The whole episode is a farce of impossibility, my love
Has been extinguished now that you have been cavalry on the family.

This Lord I trust is not hidden from me, who sees everything,
He is omnipresent, and you are an absent being of the gentry, no longer of the family.

poem by Naveed Akram
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Good Advice

Open the window I need some air
So many people and theres such disorder here
Familiar faces found out lies
Turn to the street now I watch the passers by
I wonder what they recognize
And what theyd recommend to fill my days
Possessions start to wear me down
I need some good advice some good advice to wear me down
Im nervous can you help me
Im nervous can you help me
Im nervous can you help me
Im nervous can you help me
Instead they harbor secret thoughts
They break through windows that have twice been locked
I have to walk to wear me out
I need some good advice some good advice to wear me down
Im nervous can you help me
Im nervous can you help me
Im nervous can you help me
Im nervous can you help me
I throw my arms and pray to leave
I gotta head for love like is inside me
My lips press tight so not to drown
I need some good advice some good advice to wear me down
Im nervous can you help me
Im nervous can you help me
Im nervous can you help me
Im nervous can you help me
Give me some good advice to help me along
If I know its true
Give me some good advice to help me along
If I know its true
Give me some good advice to help me along
If I know its true
Im nervous
Give me some good advice to wear me down

song performed by by Texas
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Resentment?

Resentment?
I have never met anyone,
With abilities and skills...
That expressed a resentment,
Towards anyone seeking to be convinced...
Talents they possess,
Could be used at someone else's benefit.
And there to easily access.
But had been ignored,
For another sought to address...
That left them with an impression to express.

Resentment?
How many people do you know,
Would give up their expertise freely?
To confess to anyone,
That a giving up of their unpaid time...
Had been rejected,
Without a compensation of payment done.
To allow a continuance of their peace of mind?
And this they kept protected.
Acknowledging how this was difficult to find.

Resentment?
I doubt very seriously if they had that feeling.
Perhaps relieved...
What they brought to offer to others,
Had not been dissected or scrutinized.
With a diluting done of their freely given abilities.

Resentment?
Would not be the word I'd use,
To define their state of mind.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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I May Still Wait

The ennui covers me,
Like a black cloud.
With darkness all around,
And utter low visibility.

There are no hands,
To reassure me,
As I dive deep into,
The sea of Emptiness.

The delusion is crushing,
As of yet and when,
A hand on my head,
Brings me to this world.

A real, vibrant world,
Full of life and character,
I discover myself,
Out of the ennui.

I may still wait,
For her to return;
And envelope me,
Again inside the ennui.

poem by Sanjeev Kumar
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Physiology seeks to derive the processes in our own nervous system from general physical forces, without considering whether these processes are or are not accompanied by processes of consciousness.

quote by Wilhelm Wundt
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The Hypnotist

Mesmerize my senses with a nonsense
That brings the nervous sleep, the anxious trance,
By the snap of your fingers. If, perchance,
You can navigate past my mind's defense,
Destroy it. Let resolution commence
In a pendulous, therapeutic stance.
Suggest my movements, make me sing and dance
As your marionette. My strings are tense.

Be my hypnotist and then captivate
My oscillating moods and behaviors.
Swing my will to the magnetic orbit
Of your swooping watch, so I'll gravitate
To you, my psychosomatic savior,
As I tread through the unconscious gauntlet.

poem by Tim Stensloff
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The divorce was rough on all of us. I don't blame Hollywood for my family's problems. But having all of it reported in the press made it more of an ordeal.

quote by Kieran Culkin
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Society is composed of two great classes those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.

quote by Nicolas De Chamfort
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A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by mother, who sees that the others get it.

quote by Marcelene Cox
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A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by a mother who sees that the others get it.

quote by Marcelene Cox
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Another Psychosomatic Night

Vague like your poise
Sundry times of captured soldiers
Days that circle like sand storms
Our center is camouflage
Central nervous system of drips
Wisps in the hallway
Going to far into the future
Ripping flesh of the past
All this circling introspection

Why doesn't he make love to me anymore?

You're a ghost town
You're cruel in your patience
Your relationship is a sham
You rationalize while you die inside
Your psychiatric couch is another excuse
You hide behind things
Sleeping pills
Displacement
A rash, a stomachache

Another psychosomatic night

poem by Joseph Narusiewicz
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What if Don’t Nobody Come?

What if Don’t Nobody Come?
A Poem for the Pre-Show Jitters

You think all the theatrical heavy hitters
never had the jitters?
Think twice.

If don’t nobody come to see you perform tonight
It’s all right.
Your words will not change
You will not lose resonance
The stage will not cave in and fall to the earth’s core
Burning you alive until you die
In a moratorium of simile and prose
You will not fail
Unless you fail yourself

If no one shows
It’s OK
I promise
The show must go on.

You have covered your venue
Taken care of the sound man
Run yourself a rehearsal,3 times
In anticipation of this night

If no one shows.
it will be all right
you’ll see

Just remember,
to get yourself a camera man
so you can sell the DVD

Jessica Holter

poem by Jessica Holter
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I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good show.

quote by Beyonce Knowles
Submitted by Veronica Serbanoiu
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The Clicking Of The Camera

you are the guest here cousin
and we do not wish to disappoint you
and show you some pains

and so we had dinners with you
together we are one family with
sweeter concerns for each little
futures: no sutures, no vultures

on the last day that you are with us
yes, this vacation of yours
we will be at the porch sending you off
with your bags and some of our goods

we pose as a family, we all smile and
there you go with your clicking again:

smile! we all smile as you have instructed.
and then you go with our sweet memories.

if you have only seen the nearby mountain
laden with gray clouds, on top of our roofs
these gray clouds shall start to pour its rain

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Real Gone Lover

Im a real gone lover
Im hip, Im in the know
Im a real gone lover
Im hip, Im in the know
And if ya love me one time
Youll soon come back for more
Come over to my pad
Come over to my pad and play
Come over to my pad
Come over to my pad and play
Like the old saying goes
When sunshines, lets make hay
Well, Im a nervous fella (hes a nervous fella)
Im a nervous fella (hes a nervous fella)
Im a little-little nervous fella
(hes a nervous fella)
Im a little-little nervous fella
(hes a nervous fella)
Im a nervous fella
Dont make me wait all night
Im a real gone lover
Im hip, Im in the know
(sing it with me)
Im a real gone lover
Im hip, Im in the know
And if ya love me one time
Youll soon come back for more
(come on over babe)
Come over to my pad
Come over to my pad and play
(come on over)
Come over to my pad
Come over to my pad and play
(come over baby) (ooo, Im comin)
Like the old saying goes
When the sun shines, lets make hay, ha
Im a nervous fella (Im a real gone lover)
Im a nervous fella (ho, Im a real gone lover)
Im a n-n-n-nervous fella (and Im a real gone lover)
Im-m-m a n-n-n-nervous fella (and Im a real gone lover)
Im a nervous fella
So dont make me wait all night
(sing one more time)
Im a nervous fella
(hes a nervous fella)
Im a nervous fella
(and Im a real gone lover)
Im a n-n-n nervous fella
(ooo, hes a nervous fella)
Im a n-n-n nervous fella
(and Im a real gone lover)
Im a nervous fella
So, dont make me wait all night

song performed by by Van Morrison
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“My Family”

My family is very strong like me
My family is actually very sweet
My family can be a little strict
My family always acts like this
My family is not always boring
When my family has things to do their flying and soaring
My family is actually sometimes crazy
Their even sometimes very lazy
Me trying to think about the facts of my family
Makes me laugh because I know I have a great family highly

poem by Va Rockeya Foy
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Nothing Has Been Proved (Demo For Dusty)

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A nervous boy in several ways
I never knew the world could operate this way
I was nervous when we stopped to speak
And the world came crashing around my feet
We don't talk of love
We're much too shy
But nervously we wonder when and why
A nervous boy, in spite of which
I never thought I could tremble as much as this
Your flashing eyes and sudden smiles
Are never quite at ease, and neither am I
Oh, we'll talk about it all some night
But nervously we never get it
Right
From the start I approved of you
Right from the moment you turned to face me
A nervous boy from another town
With a nervous laugh and a concentrated frown
I spoke too fast with watchful eyes
Of a recent past and some nostalgic surprise
We don't talk of love
We're much too shy
But nervously we wonder when and
Smile
Knowing why I approved of you
Right from the moment you turned to face me
A nervous boy

song performed by by Pet Shop Boys
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No One Knows Who With This Sits

How can anyone suspect,
An undetected resentment.
If one in secret keeps this protected.
Until those moments come to expose it.
To inflict and leave,
A venomous deed.

Deceit has been bred to feed,
Too long.
No one knows who slithers with it.
Before bitten.

No one knows who with this sits.
Keeping it hidden.
This should be forbidden,
But isn't!