Intense Appetite
Posted: Fri May 31, 2002 12:03 pm
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<a name="#top">Table of Contents</a>
<a href="#one"> Intense Appetite </a>
<a href="#two"> Insecurity in the Modern World </a>
<a href="#three"> Wine </a>
<a href="#four"> Love </a>
<a href="#five"> Preoccupation </a>
<a href="#six"> Sis' </a>
<a href="#seven"> Cave, much? </a>
<a href="#eight"> Murder </a>
<a href="#nine"> 1/2 Zen </a>
<a href="#ten"> Blue Light Thoughts </a>
<a href="#eleven"> I Know You Now </a>
<a href="#twelve"> Goodnight, Dad </a>
<a href="#thirteen"> Shotgun Poet </a>
<a href="#fourteen"> Dignity </a>
<a href="#fifteen"> Shoot Me Now! (Tirade 187) </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... ixteen">[b] Fools, We Can Be [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... enteen">[b] Breaking The Chain [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... ghteen">[b] Vent [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... neteen">[b] The Baptist [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... twenty">[b] Sign O' the Times [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty one"> Denial </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty two"> Hindsight Is Torture For A Fool </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty three"> Timeless </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty four"> Her Lines </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty five"> Sartre's Jealousy</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty six"> Sunday Affirmation </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty seven"> More Blue Light </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty eight"> Pointless Gray Eyes </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty nine"> Boom </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... thirty">[b] An Unexpected Friend in the Midwest [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =30#thirty one"> I Want Insanity </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =30#thirty two"> Untitled </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =30#thirty three"> New Millennium </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =30#thirty four"> This is the End </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =30#thirty five"> She's Gotta Be... </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =30#thirty six"> Affirmation </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =30#thirty seven"> When is the New Sound? </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =30#thirty eight"> Small Circles </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =30#thirty nine"> Not Qualified to Die </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... #forty">[b] Modern Day Psych 101 [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#forty one"> The Blue Light </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#forty two"> It Lives </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#forty three"> Burroughs Was Right </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#forty four"> We Live to War </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#forty five"> Nurture (if offensive tell me and I'll move it) </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#forty six"> "LIAR!" </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#forty seven"> Mystery Lost </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#forty eight"> Alaska... </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#forty nine"> Unexpected Perfect Day </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... #fifty">[b] Friday Night [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#fifty one"> Hansel & Gretel </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#fifty two"> Destiny </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#fifty three"> The Rising Son </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#fifty four"> Sleep the Sleep.... </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#fifty five"> Keep Moving </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#fifty six"> Commercial Arguments </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#fifty seven"> No Control </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#fifty eight"> Washes Off Easier Than Blood </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#fifty nine"> Awaiting The Big Picture </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... #sixty">[b] Often Misconstrued [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=60#sixty one"> Knew Life </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=60#sixty two"> Found Wanting </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=60#sixty three"> Most Likely </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=60#sixty four"> I See, Salinger </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=60#sixty five"> 5:30 AM </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=60#sixty six"> Retraining </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=60#sixty seven"> Unexpected Simplicity </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=60#sixty eight"> Burn the Blues </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=60#sixty nine"> Stupid Mortal </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =60#001">A Full Life</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 60#002">If We Could...</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... ">Fourteen Irons</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 4">Someone Said</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =60#005">I Have a Great Disdain for Wearing Gray</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... ">What?</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 60#007">It Mather's Not</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =60#008">A Life Deserved</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... ">Escapism as a Lifestyle </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... #010">Feet First </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 1">Vincent </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 0#012">The Kiss </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =60#013">7 a.m.</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... #014">Best Feeling, Today</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... #015">This Dream</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... #016">Push & Pull </a>
________________________
<a name="#one"> Intense Appetite </a>
i've ingested the truth
and wisdom
of a hundred madmen
it tastes a lot like chicken
i've adorned myself
with the facade of ten great men
she simply smiled
and walked away
i've practiced at the altar
and drank double fisted
i'm not full
and when i'd found justice
it wasn't so sweet
the light shown on the wise
and turned them sour
i've distanced myself
from the hordes
to get a clear perspective
i relate to the young too well
and become annoyed by those
my age
i've developed
an intense appetite
for eating the angst
of the misled
it still tastes
a lot like chicken
<a href="#top">Back to Index </a>
<a name="#top">Table of Contents</a>
<a href="#one"> Intense Appetite </a>
<a href="#two"> Insecurity in the Modern World </a>
<a href="#three"> Wine </a>
<a href="#four"> Love </a>
<a href="#five"> Preoccupation </a>
<a href="#six"> Sis' </a>
<a href="#seven"> Cave, much? </a>
<a href="#eight"> Murder </a>
<a href="#nine"> 1/2 Zen </a>
<a href="#ten"> Blue Light Thoughts </a>
<a href="#eleven"> I Know You Now </a>
<a href="#twelve"> Goodnight, Dad </a>
<a href="#thirteen"> Shotgun Poet </a>
<a href="#fourteen"> Dignity </a>
<a href="#fifteen"> Shoot Me Now! (Tirade 187) </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... ixteen">[b] Fools, We Can Be [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... enteen">[b] Breaking The Chain [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... ghteen">[b] Vent [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... neteen">[b] The Baptist [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... twenty">[b] Sign O' the Times [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty one"> Denial </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty two"> Hindsight Is Torture For A Fool </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty three"> Timeless </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty four"> Her Lines </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty five"> Sartre's Jealousy</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty six"> Sunday Affirmation </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty seven"> More Blue Light </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty eight"> Pointless Gray Eyes </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =15#twenty nine"> Boom </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... thirty">[b] An Unexpected Friend in the Midwest [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =30#thirty one"> I Want Insanity </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =30#thirty two"> Untitled </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =30#thirty three"> New Millennium </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =30#thirty four"> This is the End </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =30#thirty five"> She's Gotta Be... </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =30#thirty six"> Affirmation </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =30#thirty seven"> When is the New Sound? </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =30#thirty eight"> Small Circles </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =30#thirty nine"> Not Qualified to Die </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... #forty">[b] Modern Day Psych 101 [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#forty one"> The Blue Light </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#forty two"> It Lives </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#forty three"> Burroughs Was Right </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#forty four"> We Live to War </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=30#forty five"> Nurture (if offensive tell me and I'll move it) </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#forty six"> "LIAR!" </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#forty seven"> Mystery Lost </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#forty eight"> Alaska... </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#forty nine"> Unexpected Perfect Day </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... #fifty">[b] Friday Night [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#fifty one"> Hansel & Gretel </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#fifty two"> Destiny </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#fifty three"> The Rising Son </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#fifty four"> Sleep the Sleep.... </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#fifty five"> Keep Moving </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#fifty six"> Commercial Arguments </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#fifty seven"> No Control </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#fifty eight"> Washes Off Easier Than Blood </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=45#fifty nine"> Awaiting The Big Picture </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... #sixty">[b] Often Misconstrued [/b]</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=60#sixty one"> Knew Life </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=60#sixty two"> Found Wanting </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=60#sixty three"> Most Likely </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=60#sixty four"> I See, Salinger </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=60#sixty five"> 5:30 AM </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=60#sixty six"> Retraining </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=60#sixty seven"> Unexpected Simplicity </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=60#sixty eight"> Burn the Blues </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=60#sixty nine"> Stupid Mortal </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =60#001">A Full Life</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 60#002">If We Could...</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... ">Fourteen Irons</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 4">Someone Said</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =60#005">I Have a Great Disdain for Wearing Gray</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... ">What?</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 60#007">It Mather's Not</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =60#008">A Life Deserved</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... ">Escapism as a Lifestyle </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... #010">Feet First </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 1">Vincent </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 0#012">The Kiss </a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =60#013">7 a.m.</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... #014">Best Feeling, Today</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... #015">This Dream</a>
<a href="http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/viewt ... #016">Push & Pull </a>
________________________
<a name="#one"> Intense Appetite </a>
i've ingested the truth
and wisdom
of a hundred madmen
it tastes a lot like chicken
i've adorned myself
with the facade of ten great men
she simply smiled
and walked away
i've practiced at the altar
and drank double fisted
i'm not full
and when i'd found justice
it wasn't so sweet
the light shown on the wise
and turned them sour
i've distanced myself
from the hordes
to get a clear perspective
i relate to the young too well
and become annoyed by those
my age
i've developed
an intense appetite
for eating the angst
of the misled
it still tastes
a lot like chicken
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