Submissions by knifesalesmen
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
The Snake
This couch has become my bedroom
And I'm feeling like I've been outfoxed
The snake killed the bear by poisoning his hand while he slept
And waited weeks for him to sneeze.
And I'm feeling like I've been outfoxed
The snake killed the bear by poisoning his hand while he slept
And waited weeks for him to sneeze.
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The Shake
Kids ain't kids until their parents split
And these nights have become something I do not want to miss
As I pace the streets with double barrel fists
Hardened by defeat and swallowed by an eternal abyss
The end doesn't seem like it's coming fast enough.
I'd rather be dead than sorry ever again.
And these nights have become something I do not want to miss
As I pace the streets with double barrel fists
Hardened by defeat and swallowed by an eternal abyss
The end doesn't seem like it's coming fast enough.
I'd rather be dead than sorry ever again.
615 reads
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Hurricane
Ice in my veins keeps me on edge
While sitting in the backseat keeps me
Feeling worthless
Degraded and depressed
And straight up cowardice
Fuels me to continue running in the night
Disgraced and misplaced
Like a wet candles wick
Feeding myself lines
Of other people's success
Money never liked me
Because I'm always trying to get rid of it
While sitting in the backseat keeps me
Feeling worthless
Degraded and depressed
And straight up cowardice
Fuels me to continue running in the night
Disgraced and misplaced
Like a wet candles wick
Feeding myself lines
Of other people's success
Money never liked me
Because I'm always trying to get rid of it
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Nature Vs. Civility
Hypnotized to attack on sight
Blinded from seeing wrong and right
My head spins and my enemies win
And I swim with some sharks 'cause I lost my rights
I'm forced into a corner and things get feral
And poachers come looking for my hide
Fishing and hunting and running and hiding
Repeat each morning and then die each night
I have grown fins and I'm gonna swim forever
Lost in a black ocean that gets darker all the time.
Blinded from seeing wrong and right
My head spins and my enemies win
And I swim with some sharks 'cause I lost my rights
I'm forced into a corner and things get feral
And poachers come looking for my hide
Fishing and hunting and running and hiding
Repeat each morning and then die each night
I have grown fins and I'm gonna swim forever
Lost in a black ocean that gets darker all the time.
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Jumping the Gun

694 reads
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Pariah

612 reads
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One-Sided War

600 reads
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Organic God, Made of Plastic
How many leaders wanna fall for their people?
How many followers leaving their country in fear?
See the entire ocean drowning the good ones in salt water
While the heretics will change the whole course of their bible
It's a constantly moving paradox,
this rap battle should have sharpened them box cutters
and kept on running down the street with their monsters
and now the wolves have resorted to sleeping in closets
this revolving door coming back to prove to God that God has changed tactics
These rebel leaders naming themselves after the Gods of death,...
How many followers leaving their country in fear?
See the entire ocean drowning the good ones in salt water
While the heretics will change the whole course of their bible
It's a constantly moving paradox,
this rap battle should have sharpened them box cutters
and kept on running down the street with their monsters
and now the wolves have resorted to sleeping in closets
this revolving door coming back to prove to God that God has changed tactics
These rebel leaders naming themselves after the Gods of death,...
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Vandal
Destroy the structure and deface it's paintings
We've rebuilt worse with almost nothing
This year marks a lifetime of dissatisfaction
Crawl on your stomach and walk with crooked feet
Blend in with the crowd when they've been searching for me
It matters not what I think of it
The following year will be the ultimate test
Logic and skill mean nothing now
We've been raised by wolves,
And we act like such sheep
Weak men wear weaker armor
And their swords are dull with failure
We've rebuilt worse with almost nothing
This year marks a lifetime of dissatisfaction
Crawl on your stomach and walk with crooked feet
Blend in with the crowd when they've been searching for me
It matters not what I think of it
The following year will be the ultimate test
Logic and skill mean nothing now
We've been raised by wolves,
And we act like such sheep
Weak men wear weaker armor
And their swords are dull with failure
595 reads
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The Gravewalker; The Craziest Woman in the West
Church bells gather the attention of men
Who seek to rejoice in blood
This desert is more like a pail of sand
that is suffocating those who live in it.
Heat lingers on the backs of those who have wandered too far to the sun
Poison is in our skin and yet we try to keep walking even then
These bastards drink our blood as we sleep,
they underestimate the ferocity of a cornered prey.
Clawing your way through a field of glass
Just to prove a point to a dying friend
That yes it will hurt,
And though you will bleed,
There will come a way
For you...
Who seek to rejoice in blood
This desert is more like a pail of sand
that is suffocating those who live in it.
Heat lingers on the backs of those who have wandered too far to the sun
Poison is in our skin and yet we try to keep walking even then
These bastards drink our blood as we sleep,
they underestimate the ferocity of a cornered prey.
Clawing your way through a field of glass
Just to prove a point to a dying friend
That yes it will hurt,
And though you will bleed,
There will come a way
For you...
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Bloody Books
A book of secrets belonging to the dead
Has opened and it calls for new blood
We dance around these thoughts of woe
And bitter resentment for ourselves
Because we ain't got a family
And I don't have friends
And who's going to be there
When we bury our parents?
These lies of love and success stink
And the idea of being fake has started to make some sense
Tell me a lullaby so I'm blinded again
Sing me a war song to make me feel like it makes a difference
Has opened and it calls for new blood
We dance around these thoughts of woe
And bitter resentment for ourselves
Because we ain't got a family
And I don't have friends
And who's going to be there
When we bury our parents?
These lies of love and success stink
And the idea of being fake has started to make some sense
Tell me a lullaby so I'm blinded again
Sing me a war song to make me feel like it makes a difference
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Rejoice! Denounce! Repent! Renew!
The deep end nearly caught up with me again
Pulling me back in like a tractor beam magnet
Pushing away from the darkness, hearing a scream from afar
It was my own name, they cursed,
My own name, they called
Marching into blind destruction
Hands of creation dropping me into a hole
Creation and decimation
Are absolutely the same
We float like vampires and we sing like crows
Our throats can't hold a note for too long
Now, we've lost it all to the ones who seek power beyond control
Give it up now while you still have a choice
Pulling me back in like a tractor beam magnet
Pushing away from the darkness, hearing a scream from afar
It was my own name, they cursed,
My own name, they called
Marching into blind destruction
Hands of creation dropping me into a hole
Creation and decimation
Are absolutely the same
We float like vampires and we sing like crows
Our throats can't hold a note for too long
Now, we've lost it all to the ones who seek power beyond control
Give it up now while you still have a choice
550 reads
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