Daniel Hooks Poems

All words become me
They reflect what I feel
Sometimes I want to hide from them
and stem the tide of words
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I love you beyond the life I lead
Beyond the daydreams I had as a child
Beyond this cage of bone
Beyond the words I pray.
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I am a nightmare in blue pants.
I do my little dance.
Then beat you.
On cue.
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Every time I shuffle a pack of cards I change the outcome of the game.
What if I do the same in life?
A girl I meet for the first time might end up as a friend, an enemy, or my wife!
The random things you say or do
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The love in my heart
Makes me feel sick as I read the pages of you
You haven't even got an inclining or a clue of what you put me through.
But I can read you like a book
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We are free to be free
To make our own destiny
To shine like the sun
To become one
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I am bananas in bunches
I’ve been out to several lunches
I am nuts coconuts and peanuts
A man living alone in mud huts
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I am going to smoke fags till I get cancer
Then wait till scientists find a cure or answer
Drink beer and spirits till my liver gives out
Then moan about waiting lists and shout
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Rise from the darkness
Walk into the light
Soldiers bleed in rhythm
To the quiet night
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They’ll put you into boxes when you’re living!
They’ll put you into a box when you’re dead!

We live in houses (brick boxes)
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