The stepford wives who cast no shadow
Perfectly manicured lawns
Picture perfect children
Picket fences
Platitudes fluently worded
Look down on trailer trash
The Crystals with their bad dye jobs
Munching chewing-gum
Messy yards
Mucky kids
Mighty land of twinkies
Right or wrong side of town
Same people, same desires, frustration, same shit going down
Same tortured souls, weaknesses, frailties, same sins
Same miasma of despair and unspeakable things
A fresh lick of paint only covers up so much
A thin veneer so easily scratched away to reveal the core of human nature
Right or wrong side of town, the thing is:
there’s only the goddam human race – being what it is.
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“A fresh lick of paint only covers up so much” love this line. love the entire poem.
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Thank you! Your words mean a lot to me 🙂
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As do yours to me. Thank you😊
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Love it. And I love the pic from True Detective. Great stuff, my friend.
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Thank you dear friend! I was inspired to write this by the first season of True Detective so I had to get that pic in there 😉
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I own that season on bluray. LOVE it!!!
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It was utterly awesome! So cerebral and well-written and acted and…EVERYTHING! I absolutely loved it!!
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Haven’t seen any of season 2. Heard it isn’t quite as good. Season 1 is a hard act to follow. Have you seen Mud with Matthew McC? It’s great.
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I was really apprehensive about Season 2, I finally decided to give it a go today…I watched one episode and was predictably disappointed. Season 1 *is* a hard act to follow tough, Woody Harrelson and Matthew McC were SO good!
I haven’t seen Mud yet, but if you’re recommending it, I’m going to make time for it next week 🙂
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Oh, I HIGHLY recommend it. It’s a modern retelling of Huckleberry Finn, and Matthew McC ROCKS in it. It’s one of my favorite films of the last 5 years or so. Extremely well written, acted, and directed. And I agree. A second season of True Detective would be almost impossible to match that first one. Oh, I have X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Rogue Cut coming soon. Can’t wait, as I loved the first cut and LOVE Anna Paquin, so her addition to this new cut only makes me giddy with lustful joy. BTW, I LOVE True Blood. Not only is Anna Paquin naked in it a lot, it’s a great show. 🙂 $Amen$
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I’ll watch it this week then, and will let you know what I thought when I’ve seen it.
I’ve never watched True Blood, I missed the start of it and by the time I was ready to catch up (seasons later) I heard that it had gone off the rails a bit…
I’m not especially a fan of Anna Paquin either, you randy dog! Haha
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Hi you are part of my nominees for this award
http://yesterdayafter.com/2015/07/05/the-fire-of-a-dragon/
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That is so good.
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Thank you!
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Nathalie, terrific poem! Wonderful commentary, great writing, all so very true!
Take good care,
Peppeanne
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Thank you so much Pepperanne, you have brightened my Monday morning with your words!
Take care – Nathalie
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well said
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Thank you!
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Same shit, same human race
On a collision course
To reach home base
No matter the score
Giving it up like a whore
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I love it when you go into “poet mode” while writing a simple comment – I love this, you should use it Jay!
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Thank you very much! 🙂
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Buona Giornata 🙂
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Grazie 🙂
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Heroes and zeroes all bleed the same. Reading through your other comments…don’t give up on season 2 of True Detective yet…it gets weirder. The story is told differently than it was in the first season. The actors sure are not Matt and Woody though…
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No, the actors are no Matt and Woody, that’s for sure. Season 2 just has so much to live up to…I can’t help but expect too much from it I guess 🙂
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Get it but there are some odd moments. Nothing can ever compare to season 1. You just have to accept the changes… I did see that both Matt and Woody are involved at least.
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