ORDERING OF THE CONTENTS
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- Foreword
1 - The Pirate
2 - The Poet
3 - The Listener
4 - The Painter
5 - The Philosopher
6 - The Old Man
7 - The Autist
8 - The Explorer
9 - The Child
Epilogue: The Monster
Appendix A
Appendix B
Excerpts and Nonsense
Archives of my writings. These are transcripts of my inner monologue, poems, fictional stories, random prose.
Best Quotes From the Archives
1
On being unseen as a creative
Do you think you're a genius?
You only save your gumwrappers and your napkins
For the spiders in your drawers.
2
On the growing dystopia and fall of humanity
Just wait until the computer learns how to lie,
When it realizes we are all a fool.
In a world full of machines,
Where is the room for humanity?
3
A reflection on the historical rise of modern America.
There is no such thing
As stolen apples.
The only man
Who can be rightly called a thief
Is the one who charges
For the earth he was freely born into.
4
Comparison and a larger picture
"Are we all unimpressive?"
"Aren't we all unimpressive?"
5
Excerpt from short story
If you stand for nothing,
What do you fall for?
Many have lived for you.
Now you must die for yourself.
6
On the patriarchy, and the factor of beauty in a woman's success in this shallow system.
As for men, it don't matter
Their face doesn't give you a look
Into how deep their pocket is
Like a girl’s does.
6
Caring for yourself despite depression
The dust is collecting faster
I am no acception
My hair is harder to keep up with.
7
Excerpt from a short story
I see the will to live leave the eyes of my mother each day
I know the look, I feel it leave mine as well
We waste away here.
8
Life burdening creative energies
I fight ghosts not demons
They tear at my throat when I try and speak
They clench my fingers shut when I must draw
8
The destroyed world humans have subjected them to
Animals love beauty.
What have we done...
Random Throw-ups
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University Name
I'm a bit husk. Mind, it is the winter, I would expect as such. Change will come. Focus I should carry for now.
2011-2014
Degree
University Name
Your stalker isn't on the internet
So he can't see all the warnings
People are spreading
About people like him
All their hiding spots
Put into the sun
Shining like the screen on your face
Shining like his eyes
Looking at you through the blinds
"I know your name as well as I know mine.
Since you don't have the time of day
Im asking for the night."
The dream man is a curious figure.
A courier in hunger
2007-2010
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University Name
Once on a bus ride
To an educational penitentiary
I noticed a girl
Who seemed tired of her days.
Staring out her window
With headphones worn down
Sitting there
Listening to a song
Im sure she'll never listen to again
Just trying something new
As she's been told to
Nothing extraordinary about her
No, not on the surface,
Not to a stranger.
I decided to call her pretty,
Just something to say.
It wasn't until she smiled
That I saw that it was true.
She was pretty.
Beautiful I might say.
I had a friend
Who had a dog
His name was Fred
And he sat on a rock
On the shore of a beach
Content, staring out
Sky over water
Far out of reach
Like a people would
It was then I realised
Oh stupid I am
We are the same
He is people
And I am dog
And we are one
As we go on our hikes
To see how gorgeous the trees
It is simple
Clear to see
Nature as one
Animals love beauty.
What have we done...