Now that's RE-writing...!
Loved it Jon.
Doug
On 31-Aug-08, at 9:17 PM, Jon Corelis wrote:
> So, hang around or not? The bottom line
> is whether there's more cojones in putting up
> with all this shit, or to start blasting away
> and go out in a blaze of glory. OK, croak:
> like going to sleep, that's all; when you're asleep
> you can't remember who's fucked you up the ass,
> and so what's not to like? So go to sleep,
> just go to sleep and have sweet dreams -- aw, shit,
> there's what fucks it up. Sure, sleep forever,
> but what if you have bad dreams after you've said
> the hell with everything, makes you think twice
> about it. If it weren't for that, who'd want
> to have another birthday? Why waste your life
> working at some dumb job until you drop,
> trying to get laid and only getting laughed at,
> kissing the asses of people who kick yours,
> working your fingers to the bone for assholes
> who never had to work a day in their life
> and look down their quivering trust-fund nostrils at you,
> when you could just say, "Fuck it: I'm out of here."
> I mean, come on, wouldn't we all check out,
> if we weren't all scared shitless of what happens
> after we cross that line? since no one's ever
> come back and said, "Hey, dig it: it's like this."
> So we don't know just what the fuck to do;
> we tell ourselves, however bad things get,
> they could be even worse on the other side,
> and when push comes to shove, we're all afraid,
> and dream big dreams while sitting on our asses.
> Oh wow: and now here comes Ophelia.
> What a babe, but she's too good for me.
>
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