Ted Sheridan Poems

I am beyond the help of prayer...I am in the abyss of a double life
One which I brought upon myself and another Fate has dealt me
I was preyed upon and cast into the belly of the Beast
Its lies and deceit washed me in a digestive saliva
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We will all be good niggers.....to the chaos in the world
just as long as we believe that taxing the rich
will clothe and feed the poor___
or by aborting an unwanted fetus
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Quite mad.....
he is like a dog that never barks
his voice is silent yet he always underlines
each of his many shouted words
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Gorilla Survival Tactics are required
in a world where the left battles the right
and the right excommunicates the left
while the center eats its own.....
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He is obsessive if not compulsive too...
He can't sleep because he has to clean his sheets
As he dirties them with just the slightest nap...
Compelled by voices unheard by you and me
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I was a liar.....
When as a young man I first said I loved you
Back then I didn't know what it meant to Love
in the real sense...
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The niceties of life are primarily to be found
in one's close friendships and long term love relationships
and not in the tumultuous unquiet examinations of self
For self examination..... however required or desired
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i want to experience
the sensation of death
before the drugs
take effect
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For the past five miserable nights
I have been without electricity
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I say to you.....
Sheep, weep not because you are weak
but lie down in those sweet green pastures
of false contentment and rejoice
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