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  Articulately Dumbing it Down

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  They’ve told me before, To dumb it down some, And one day, I’ll be famous. Even I, suburban kid I, Will get the chance To sell my soul to consumerism. So I guess I’ll keep this Short— Kinda like a tweet: Fu—oh yea, censorship, censorship. What I meant to say, Was: Forge...
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  Waldo le Rev

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  Waldo the revolutionary Hides amongst the crowd. He tries to rally, tries to scream, But he can only yell so loud. Waldo le Rev Hides between the streets. He whispers words of warning To everyone he meets. Waldo, Waldo, Where is Waldo? Where is a revolutionary, When we truly need one?...
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  Lonely Rain

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  Loneliness, loneliness, go away, Come again another day. Come on day when the sun is shining, For you and the rain, Bear far too much pain, For a soul that longs for company....
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  Hellish Descent

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  Get the s*** out of me, Somehow fix me, Help me see, That somewhere, There may be grace to be seen. I’m sick of the sin, The God-awful sin, But it’s stuck deep within, Somewhere that is Awfully hard to reach. My soul’s on a bad trip, My heart’s beginning to trip, While upon s...
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  Gawking at Damnation

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  Waterboard me with my tears, Smother me with my fears, Watch the children pass their beers That aren’t quite enough. They want to get high, Too high to see reality, Too far in the sky, To see the imperfections of humanity. But they can’t— So they want more, Which is what turned J...
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  The Zebra's Gray II

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  The world isn’t black and white, The world isn’t wrong and right. The world isn’t lose or win, The world isn’t grace or sin. The zebra isn’t black. The zebra isn’t white. There’re two stories to be told, And neither have it right. Gray, which composes A whole swath of pigmen...
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  The Disease of Mediocrity

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  Mediocrity, mediocrity— I can ALMOST taste the irony— of your ALMOST-rhyme with debauchery. For debauchery, debauchery, is what takes you and makes you an illness. For mediocrity, mediocrity, you are the kid in the third row of that generic classroom in that generic public school who ...
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  Our Lesser World

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  Blacken out my constellations, Shrink my hazy skies, Cover it up with your propaganda and lies. Map the whole entire world, Starve the poor—fatten the rich, Then define which is which. Keep lessening my world, Keep killing all my dreams, But one of these days, I’ll find something hi...
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  Mary'd-Go-Round

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  Once upon a time, I knew of a girl named Mary, And oh how Mary’d go round, Go round the town, Trying to see, Where someone had hidden, America’s democracy....
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  Kissing Phantoms

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  Hugging ghosts, Kissing phantoms, Holding hands with memories, And giving everything for dreams, I trip on emotions, Tied to me by you, And I wonder, If I’ll be damned For never getting over you....
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  It Isn't the Guns

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  They paint murals with bloodstains; Bloodstains brought to pass by bullets. As plaster erupts so does the panic. Innocent lay dying and bleeding Next to the killers, who have hellish grins. This isn’t a warzone, It simply has the same décor. The world’s burning from the heat of ammuni...
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  America

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  Land of the free, home of the brave, The lens we look through’s just a little bit concave. Be you black or be you white, We pledge to sometimes treat you right, As long as you can read and write, And can stimulate our economy, By selling Americans mediocrity. Strolling down the trail of t...
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  Words, Walls, Cars, and Feet

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  Words words words On the walls walls walls Accompany footsteps in the halls As I stare out the window, Down at the street, Filled with cars cars cars And feet feet feet All these people, Passing by, And I noticed not one Stole a glance at the sky, I could not tell you why The masses lo...
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  The Zebra's Gray

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  The zebra’s black- The zebra’s white- We aren’t sure, But we’re still willing to fight. We could be wrong, But we know we’re right, So we debate through the day, And all through the night, Until we learn to hate each other, Because of the other’s opinion, When maybe, All alon...
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  Uncivilization

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  We’re leaning over a rusted railing High up on a ghetto apartment building landing. Swallowing up the din of the city, Wishing for the noises of nature, Yet all we can hear is the sounds of human nature, As sirens mingle with car alarms, Created by cars not worth stealing, And I can’t hel...
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  The Medicated Minds of the Creative

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  It makes perfect sense to them, If maybe not to me, To medicate all the creative minds, Instead of letting them be. The creative minds would think too much, And of course they’d try to feel, In a world without emotion, That only cares for what is real....
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  That Poor OId Fool

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  He plays sax on the corner, Because he could never get into the studio. He plays for nickels and dimes, Because he never got that lucky break. His Hail Mary’s never brought it, And his hard work earned him nothing, Because the world doesn’t give a damn About determination. But that poor ...
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  Our Generation is Dead

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  This ain’t the end of the road kids, This is the end of all we know, Because we’re the generation That’s been killed by the over-active imagination Of those who walked this path before us. This world isn’t ours anymore, It’s the scraps of their imagination’s playground, And we ...
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  Mr. Opportunity

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  He knew that he got only one shot. He took his turn, stepped up to open the door for Mr. Opportunity. Turns out Mr. Opportunity is a tricky devil. He doorbell ditched that poor kid’s door, And now that poor kid doesn’t have a chance anymore. But what can you do when you’re best’s only m...
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  Wisdom's Words

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  Hey lil’ man, come sit here, Come sit here and don’t be afraid to sit near, Listen kid, In this life you only get one shot, It’s your choice if you capitalize on it or not. Lil’ man, remember, This world we livin’ in sure as hell ain’t perfect, But it’s the only world the two of...
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  Shoebox Heart

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  I’ve hidden 54 photos in a shoebox under my bed, And 54 of those photos are of us, Yet there seems to be 54 images that I can’t get out of my head. I close my eyes and do my best to sleep the tears away, But somehow my ears are still hearing you say, Goodnight, my love, Sleep tight, Let m...
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  Explosions of Soul

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  We’re all just explosions of soul tryin’ to turn ourselves into somethin’. And we’re all just tryin’ to find our own little piece of heaven. In fact, we’re all tryin’ so hard, we often lose sight of the big picture. We’ve all seen it though, in the night sky, it’s all those star...
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  A Father's Prayer

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  Throughout this life, I’ll pray for you, That you may always remember, That your heart was made for leading, And your passions and love, Not other people, you should follow. Never, I pray, confuse your instincts with your brain, For it was your gut that was made for thinking. Throughout you...
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  Strange Borders

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  It’s strange how we draw imaginary lines on the ground, then make soldiers patrol them. We don’t seem to realize that we’re all just human. On this side, on that side, we’re all still people, things just get wild when someone starts shootin’. So put your weapons down, there’s no nee...
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  Wishes and Dreams

  

  By thezebrasgray, Taylorsville, UT

  Whisper that wish, As that star shoots by in the midnight sky. Let a dream be carried, By dandelion seeds for what your soul pleads Blow out the candles, Imagine what you hope for and into it, let your soul pour Toss that penny into the fountain, Cheap is the cost to allow your imag...