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"Broken Heart [10W] The broken heart becomes volcanic, forever rumbling anddispersing ash."

"I live my life in widening circleThat reach out across the world. I may not ever complete the last one,But I give myself to it. I circle around God, that primordial tower.I have been circling for thousands of years,And I still don't know: am I a falcon,A storm, or a great song? [I, 2]"

"How awfully convenient for you, regardless. And for him. He won't have to worry about you spilling his secrets.""Yeah,"Jace said. "He's terrified I'll tell everyone that he's always wanted to be a ballerina."

"The fact that you are still alive assures you that God has something for you to accomplish."

"The Road to Poetry Hell [10w] The road to poetry hell is likepaved with similes."

"Fulfillment [10w] Sometime fulfillment goes beyond the date Amazon delivers your order."

"I think that we're all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better - and maybe not all that much better after all."

"Enemies [10w] I prefer my enemies death than apologeticfor closure's sake"

"Life is difficult."

"The purpose of life is a life of purpose."

"We live in a world where bad stories are told, stories that teach us life doesn't mean anything and that humanity has no great purpose. It's a good calling, then, to speak a better story. How brightly a better story shines. How easily the world looks to it in wonder. How grateful we are to hear these stories, and how happy it makes us to repeat them."

"If You Can't Think, You've No Right to Speak [10w] Our Constitution's guarantee of free speech specifically excludes fucking idiots."

"Athens, Texas Haiku Blackeyed Pea Capital of the World.Yup, just another shithole."

"Epic vs. Great Poetry [10w] Epic poetry's about the extraordinary;Great poetry is about the commonplace."

"Poetry Site vs. Social Networking Site [10w] Hello Poetry is whatever you want Hello Poetry to be."

"My Brooklyn Childhood [10w] "Motherfucker! I gotta put more goddamn change in the swear-jar."

"Hypocrisy [10w] Religion without hypocrisy doesn't exist;that's man's imperfection, not God's."

"Hidden [10w] God hides enough happiness in sadness to light the world."

"Ruminating Poetry A poem should be eaten in one sittingbut regurgitated often like a ruminant's food."

"The question of how to spend my life, of what my life is for, is a question posed only to me, and I can no more delegate the responsibility for answering it than I can delegate the task of dying."