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Status: Single
City: Brooklyn
State: New York
Country: US
Signup Date: 6/23/2005

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Monday, April 02, 2007 
I know how to fast
But I know how to party
I know how to party
But I know how to fast

If yer a motherfuckin coke head chain smoking nightmare grifter on bourbon rivers canooing on a raft made of refer
But you'd rather be
A buddah belly
Meditating the sun to rise
In electric minds
Of the third dimensional third eye
Which sees in and beyond
The mystry of darkness

Then I've got a story fer you

Give yerself a couple of days
To break the cold turkey neck
Let them eat cake
Get on yer mattress and pray
Blockbuster is yer best friend
Movies and positive thoughts
And do the big thing
Pray
Talk to God like a friend
He's hard to offend
He invented all the seedy stuff too
Its like soil
From which we grow

Then after a couple of days
Go hardcore
Mastercleanse
Lemonade diet
Ten day fast
You trick yer addiction
You don't think twice about cigarettes or the other gnarly poisons
Food
Is the only thing you think about
And days in
You think back
And it seems truly like a whole different state of being
When you were
Truly
A different being
And you realize
The traps you fall into
Are only illusions
Sadly
Illusions
That trap many over the course of their entire life
When infact
Its as simple as a turn of a key
Or bait and switch
To get yerself free
But when yer in it
And I mean really in it
It seems
Entirely
Impossible
And bigger
Than you

Prayer is the answer
Whether you believe it or not
Ask for help
Help will come
Say
Hey
God
Please help me
Deal
With (insert whatever hang up you have)
Then
Say something like
Thanks a lot
And throw in
I love you
(If you can stomach it)
And then give it a day or so
And see
What happens

I'd give you a money back guarantee
But you'd have to pay me something first

Oh yeah
And make surE
Ya say

Amen
Athena

 

Amen!

This was wonderful!   I believe in the power of God and prayer.  They brought me out of my darkness and into the light.  Broke several cold turkey necks.  Still one or two to work on, but it's coming.  I've decided.  And when that happens; it HAPPENS!  Today makes 30 DAYS of freedom!!

Thank you, God.

 
Posted by Athena on Monday, April 02, 2007 - 6:04 AM
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**Leo & Independent13Sûnday!**

 

 ------>> I don't pray, I act!;) Action is more effective than praying, because I don't believe in God, & if you wait for help from God, something I don't believe in, I think that help can't be materialised in anything real. It may give you strength, but the strongest strength is the one that comes from inside you -like will power-, not something that you think it comes from God or from praying.

                                   Love from Bárbara:)!XXO 


 
Posted by **Leo & Independent13Sûnday!** on Monday, April 02, 2007 - 12:56 PM
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Cindy

 
ah, but i think willpower is an impossible bird. one that won't fly on & on & on. i believe in building & working to maintain a spiritual infrastructure (i'll call it). mine was built by a jewish carpenter. i go to him for supplies to keep my roof from leaking, know what i mean? but certainly, definitely, to each his own. peace
 
Posted by Cindy on Monday, April 02, 2007 - 6:26 PM
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EXILE CHILD

 
Nice! Reminds me of redemption's son days. 'Come up to my place'. Which reminds me of 'come to where I'm from'... thats something I like about your style- what can seem like a steady stream of thought-emotion-energy-discovery-aggresive-soft-back and forth rhyme and rhythm, is somehow also very invitational. You know how to let people in, and you're good at it.
 
Posted by EXILE CHILD on Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 6:37 AM
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