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Against Your Will
EdwardDurden

I killed them.
 1
They said it wasn't worth it.
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Sponged it all, sucked it all in.
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Listened to the voices of well known strangers
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Telling me to forget their treason.
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Treason against their own kind, their own kin, their own child.
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Father told me it was for my own good.
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Mother told me I was a stupid kid.
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Father told me listen to my mother.
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Mother told me I disgust God.
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I told them nothing.
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Sponge it all, suck it all deep inside.
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I let my bloated heart soak up their dirt, their lies, their life.
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Time after time I thought of life dipped in the freedom to choose
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I thought of life as fornicating with the whores of Babylon.
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What if the filth I wiped up could actually lead to my basin of hope?
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Father's heart, Mother's mind...what if I could release the sewage with a blow of my own.
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Night, sweet night guided my actions so swift.
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Father, who twisted my mind - his heart was a stockpile of deceit.
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The warmth inside that tried to corrupt me so long spilled out in night's dark cover.
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Mother, who confused me - the knife scraped her skull on it's way out.
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No warmth from this lair.
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Only a steam, a vapor, a choking mist of wonders to come.
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No shackle could be around my heart and my mind.
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No wire over my mouth and ears.
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Welcome Babylon...
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                     your ransom is paid.
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10 Jan 05


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- ofplatinum
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You had to put the whores of babylon thing in here somewhere. I like this poem. I like the last line. I told you everytime I listen to dyers eve by Metallica, you always come to mind. And this poem reminds me of the song.... The title doesnt fit in too well I dont think. How about I am a sponge. kididng. Father forgive me for I have sinned. Ok no not that either. I like the title the above person gave. I talk too much. Shalom
-Mary
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 — EdwardDurden

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