Jeffrey T. Bender Biography
Jeffrey T. Bender has been an avid reader since before the age of 5, boasting a 10th grade reading level in the 4th grade, and a College grade reading level by the 6th. He has been writing fiction stories since the age of 10. He wrote his first poem, a 14 line sonnet entitled 'Mind Decay' at the age of 15. Many of his early fictitious poetic works were inspired by the likes of Edgar Allen Poe, Stephen King, and Robert Jordan, as well as the lyrics and themes of various Pink Floyd songs. He has since then written upwards of 26 poems including another 14 line sonnet, and is in the process of writing his first novel, 'Of Kings and Rings and Shiny Things'; a novel influenced by the collective works and general style of the late great Douglas Adams.
For freedom she awoke
And for freedom she broke
Her spell of silence and spoke.
And when freedom never came
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Take this time now my child
And learn to find the wild,
Spirit that grows within you.
Let it burst through the seams
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From a dark room came destruction
A twisted plot to kill the world
To show the power of one mind's corruption
From a dark room his plan unfurled.
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Set out upon a path
A journey, to overcome wrath.
With funds, and guns, and musical math
'Til the springtime or hell and high water comes.
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Behold the vision that I tell
And recall the day that Tower fell.
An angry mob took arms that day
And attacked the place where power lay,
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