{"id":1472,"date":"2018-03-27T22:11:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T02:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2018-03-27T22:11:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T02:11:29","slug":"slam-secret-of-the-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/27\/slam-secret-of-the-word\/","title":{"rendered":"slam, secret of the word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>inside<br \/>\nscreaming<br \/>\noutside<br \/>\ndreaming<\/p>\n<p>new face<br \/>\nsame shit<br \/>\nhard case<br \/>\nhypocrite<\/p>\n<p>no faith<br \/>\nhomeless<br \/>\nlone wraith<br \/>\nboneless<\/p>\n<p>one word<br \/>\nlove all<br \/>\nawkward<br \/>\nthen fall<\/p>\n<p>fabricate<br \/>\nand deprecate<br \/>\ncomplicate<br \/>\nthen illuminate<\/p>\n<p>shattered at the base<br \/>\nwe stand waiting<br \/>\nin a collective mood<br \/>\nfor the cosmic punchline<br \/>\non time in mind<br \/>\ncreeping sleeping<br \/>\nweeping and reaping<br \/>\nlike there\u2019s no tomorrow<\/p>\n<p>eyes drip<br \/>\nfirst class<br \/>\nhearts flip<br \/>\nhourglass<\/p>\n<p>epic duel<br \/>\nuptight<br \/>\nconstant fool<br \/>\nappetite<\/p>\n<p>tangled hair<br \/>\nunderwear<br \/>\nlying still<br \/>\nunaware<\/p>\n<p>sunset<br \/>\nsunrise<br \/>\nseeking the hustler<br \/>\nantagonize<\/p>\n<p>drinking wine<br \/>\ntrapped in time<br \/>\nsick verse<br \/>\nslick rhyme<\/p>\n<p>standing with a lyrical beast<br \/>\nand sharpening swords<br \/>\nwe await magical feasts<br \/>\nwhile severing chords<br \/>\nit\u2019s an open ended dream<br \/>\none we thought we\u2019d hold<br \/>\nfor infinity<\/p>\n<p>held up<br \/>\nbeat down<br \/>\nreading poetry<br \/>\nsad clown<\/p>\n<p>meditate<br \/>\nstreet fight<br \/>\nalleviate<br \/>\nstage fright<\/p>\n<p>microphones<br \/>\nand pheromones<br \/>\ndancing through<br \/>\ncyclones<\/p>\n<p>peacetime<br \/>\npart-time<br \/>\ncommon thief<br \/>\novertime<\/p>\n<p>unending war<br \/>\nwith ego\u2019s fill<br \/>\nshut the door<br \/>\nthen stand still<\/p>\n<p>two souls connected<br \/>\nbut lost in the search for meaning<br \/>\nthe world revolves around<br \/>\nseparate fates careening<br \/>\nend upon end<br \/>\nand the songs\u2019 never complete<br \/>\nbut still we bend<br \/>\nwaiting, almost obsolete<\/p>\n<p>upside<br \/>\ndownhill<br \/>\nprophesied<br \/>\nset to kill<\/p>\n<p>new age<br \/>\nwalking on<br \/>\nold rage<br \/>\nmagnetron<\/p>\n<p>sex games<br \/>\nand totem blues<br \/>\ncounterclaims<br \/>\nand hidden clues<\/p>\n<p>soft lips caress<br \/>\nrandom connection<br \/>\nsecrets to confess<br \/>\nsacred resurrection<\/p>\n<p>wandering medication<br \/>\nsymbols in seclusion<br \/>\nopen vindication<br \/>\ndiscreet illusion<\/p>\n<p>to all once and forever<br \/>\njourney\u2019s past and present<br \/>\ni hand you this gift<br \/>\nlight in the absence of love<br \/>\nmay your wings never falter<\/p>\n<p><a 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