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Am I Still Here? (Lyric) by Ranger
I am approaching what is known as the end It's quite bizarre, these strange twists and bends And desert cities under brimstone skies Watch thousands of men give up, while one man tries It's a winter game, with a night-shaped board To win means double the silver dragon's hoard There's a ruleless book with pages that thrill The iron hand for which the ages are still It's a rainbow, translucent as a pixie's dream From light reflected in the desert stream Wonderous words claim slowly hyperspeed grief Floating from the jewelled tongue of the golden thief It's a song that starts in the middle verse While the dead man's sorcery hurls its little curse Corroded answers ignore wandering muse Which burden themselves with a sparkling fuse Of a one-side square, decidedly odd Pointedly the seeds of time glitter from their pod Like a spaceship flying through the purple sea That drips its sweet tears from an ancient tree Seen by the little giant all dressed up in red Who's moved into the space inside of your head While we must consider the point that I missed Do any of you lot actually exist?


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Arithmetic Mean: 5.7647057
Weighted score: 5.764705
Overall Rank: 1774
Posted: December 16, 2002 4:36 AM PST; Last modified: December 16, 2002 4:36 AM PST
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[9] Caducus @ 62.105.88.10 | 16-Dec-02/4:56 AM | Reply
This is a seminal work from you, And i my friend have something secret I have learned from this -congrats. ( I think the last 3 lines deserve more impact) I will think of it, scrambled thoughts at the moment =9=

PS i might write something happy
[10] Bachus @ 24.126.113.154 | 16-Dec-02/12:31 PM | Reply
very, very, clever.inventive, amusing. it left me smiling, but still in truth..i hate you. very much..every fiber of your midget with a bum leg demeanor..may your finger nails explode, and your tonsils grow back unevenly.
[9] Bill Z Bub @ 24.112.224.232 | 16-Dec-02/4:01 PM | Reply
great!

and remember, the owls are not what they seem!
[n/a] Ranger @ 212.219.142.161 > Bill Z Bub | 17-Dec-02/1:11 AM | Reply
Wow, thanks! I was considering giving this poem a subtitle-"The Importance of Sleep", but I was too tired.
Oh, and how is it possible for my tonsils to grow back unevenly? It sounds mighty amusing!
[10] Fetylum @ 64.172.150.210 | 17-Dec-02/1:57 AM | Reply
Very beautiful indeed. I love your form of poetry.
[n/a] Ranger @ 212.219.142.161 > Fetylum | 17-Dec-02/2:03 AM | Reply
Thank you! I enjoyed writing this immensely. It came to me after listening to my Ozric Tentacles album (they're a psychedelic group, and totally instrumental, so I haven't taken any lyrics from them)
[0] deleted user @ 212.219.142.161 | 20-Dec-02/4:03 AM | Reply
hehehehe quite insane, thats why i like it, a bit solpcistic though deserves a 9 but ill give you a 10
[0] poetandknowit @ 65.101.210.195 | 29-Dec-02/6:45 PM | Reply
good god that was a most painful read. Inventive? Are you insane?
[4] <~> @ 67.84.171.238 > poetandknowit | 29-Dec-02/6:52 PM | Reply
ahem?
[0] poetandknowit @ 65.101.210.195 > <~> | 29-Dec-02/6:53 PM | Reply
What?
[0] poetandknowit @ 65.101.210.195 > poetandknowit | 29-Dec-02/6:54 PM | Reply
Did you read this? It made my pinky hurt from laughing so hard!!!!
[4] <~> @ 67.84.171.238 > poetandknowit | 29-Dec-02/6:57 PM | Reply
well, it made my eyes roll. but i am not a gamer. never have been. and because i don't really exist. except for settle, because, to him, i am a stuck up bitch, and he needs a fantasy like that. go on, tell him how stuck-up i am! make his day!

also, i said 'ahem' because of who you were asking that of.
[0] poetandknowit @ 65.101.210.195 > <~> | 29-Dec-02/7:03 PM | Reply
Oh yes, Bachus did not take his meds today and went nuts gorging on leftovers the sweetie brought home from the big BC.He is off on the casting couch with the Tar Heel. what is a Tar Heel. Are you a Tar Heel? I am not sure what the mascots of my alums even are. I do not think they even had football teams. The Pioneers (where I teach and received the final token) have a hockey team.
[4] <~> @ 67.84.171.238 > poetandknowit | 29-Dec-02/7:07 PM | Reply
no, not on the casting couch. at least not both of them. she likes to blow him, remember? and he likes her lips. i wonder if she likes BC too?

i don't think i'm a tar heel. i wear shoes in the winter, but one time, when i was at band camp, uh, i mean, in the summer, i stepped in tar at the boat yard, and i guess that technically, i was one for a few hours or so, until i scrubbed it off.

what is the final token of which you speak?

i am sure my school had no mascot; only 22 graduated with BFAs. there were no teams or sports, except maybe competetive tequila slamming. i was a champion, for a brief but shining moment. then, well, another time, perhaps...
[0] poetandknowit @ 65.101.210.195 > <~> | 29-Dec-02/7:17 PM | Reply
The pfffffd. Yes, that would be a tar heel in my mind. She does have pretty lips. Only 22 graduated......oh yes, you are a bumpkin in the country. Did you have to walk one mile each way in two feet of snow to get to class?
[0] poetandknowit @ 65.101.210.195 > poetandknowit | 29-Dec-02/7:25 PM | Reply
I just went to the websites of the two other colleges and still do not know what I am. I am not a tar heel, so I will be a pioneer! I cannot believe I spent 4 and 3 years at these places and never found that out. I feel so small.
[0] poetandknowit @ 65.101.210.195 > poetandknowit | 29-Dec-02/7:27 PM | Reply
duh....I AM A BEAR!!!!!!!! Go BEARS!!!!!!!!!
[4] <~> @ 67.84.171.238 > poetandknowit | 29-Dec-02/7:32 PM | Reply
how un-spirited of you. you must have been drunk for all those team-spirit meetings. (i was)
[0] poetandknowit @ 65.101.210.195 > <~> | 29-Dec-02/7:35 PM | Reply
Or paid attention in the bookstore to those little triangle things that specifically appeal to the sports fan.
[4] <~> @ 67.84.171.238 > poetandknowit | 29-Dec-02/7:29 PM | Reply
no, but i had to commute 22 miles each way and was blest with a series of bad used cars, the most memorable of which were the ford fiesta (that caught on fire 3 times before my dad agreed to let me sell it), the rambler (which got 11 mpg--a fortune in gas money for a starving art student who'd rather have paint than gas any day), and the 67 volvo 242dl ('nuff said).

it hardly ever snows in CT. but i did get stuck about 10 yards shy of a scary metal bridge near sikorsky (helicopter factory) the second time my car caught fire. except it was freezing rain at the time. and i had to call school and explain why i wouldn't be there to take my exams that morning. i think 'the dog ate my...car keys' would have been more believable...

we're not big on public transport here in ct. at least we weren't then. it has gotten better. but so has the quality of my used cars.
[0] poetandknowit @ 65.101.210.195 > <~> | 29-Dec-02/7:32 PM | Reply
Buy a bike! Are you a Bear. I am a Bear. Go Bears!!!!!!!
[4] <~> @ 67.84.171.238 > poetandknowit | 29-Dec-02/7:33 PM | Reply
GO BEARS!!!
santa was supposed to bring me one for christmas. fat bastard.
[10] Bobjim @ 81.132.42.59 | 31-Dec-02/7:12 PM | Reply
An appropriate title, as the anon voters haven't banished you from the top. Yet. Excellent, 10!
[10] scitz @ 62.105.88.10 | 2-Jan-03/10:32 AM | Reply
Ahh the vote manipulation is in full swing again 7 tens and 4 zeros it makes about as much sense as Bill Clinton smoking a ciger from his mouth ! well my ranger friend of young inspired genius, you are a gifted whippersnapper and i pledge thee a 10 and you have entered the top 15 (probably for about 5 mins until someone sas gets all his sexually redundant, handsomely challenged, buttfucking friends in his circle to vote you to the abyss os poemranker.

Hey who gives a fuck dude this is good everyone knows it
[n/a] Ranger @ 212.67.97.68 > scitz | 2-Jan-03/12:25 PM | Reply
Cheers dude, nice to see there are people on here who aren't twats!
[n/a] ==Doylum @ 62.64.208.2 > Ranger | 2-Jan-03/5:41 PM | Reply
twats being those who don't like your drafts?

I think i mustn't be a twat because i love you poem.

translucent as a pixie's dream
[n/a] Ranger @ 81.132.42.59 > ==Doylum | 4-Jan-03/4:57 AM | Reply
Thanks! A few people have told me they like that line.
[10] -=SeTTle=- @ 63.214.114.113 | 3-Jan-03/6:01 PM | Reply
Not only are you still here, but you still suck shit at everything because you're a complete fucking retard (seriously). Zero.??
[10] -=SeTTle=- @ 140.186.47.226 | 4-Jan-03/1:10 PM | Reply
It's not as bad as I first thot. 10.
[10] e1ementfire @ 129.137.173.199 | 8-Jan-03/5:51 AM | Reply
perfection and to say the least, an interesting question...the answer lies on which dimension....4th perhaps???
[10] MuDvAyNe @ 213.122.159.38 | 9-Jan-03/2:05 PM | Reply
*stands up and applauds* well done craig my dear
[0] deleted user @ 212.219.142.161 | 13-Jan-03/5:03 AM | Reply
errr, wheres the dleted button?
[n/a] Ranger @ 212.219.142.161 > deleted user | 14-Jan-03/1:52 AM | Reply
Whert?
[7] LilMsLadyPoet @ 205.188.116.134 | 3-Mar-06/9:06 AM | Reply
Some good images...made me smile...rather disjointed, but consistantly so! I like alot of the lines, the last 8, particularly, sit well.
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