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I'm a major movie fiend

Mostly horror, animation

And lots of comedy, the story of my life!

Occasionally I dare the romantic ones

Like the one featuring Reese Witherspoon & Mark Ruffalo

‘Just Like...'

We all have our perceptions of what it would be like I guess

As a kid, I'd often asked my gran to elaborate on the concept

She was a wise woman, a very wise woman indeed...

She would answer, with no hesitation,

‘It's a place where everything is reversed'

That was her explanation and it satisfied my infantile mind...

Today, it's the only one I hold dear, the only one that makes sense

A ripened mind!

So when you picture it, what do you see?

Do you see yourself amongst those you did not get along with?

Those you ill-treated? Those beneath you?

No! You probably see yourself surrounded by those you favoured, and favoured you!

The ones always in agreement and the ones you cannot be without...

All the nice candy-coated things, that's the picture!

Smile, it's a once-off capture and it will be like this forever and ever and ever...

Tell you what I see:

I see myself amidst the ones who cared for me, the ones I cared for

The ones who shared with me,

A moment

A laugh

A memory

The ones who cried with me,

For a moment

In sadness, happiness

All the memories

The ones who took the punches with me,

Difficult moments

The shouts, the songs

Others blocked, lost in memory

The ones who loved me,

Momentarily, long-term

Through all trials and tribulations, morning and night

Constant replay of memories...

And if these people are not there, I don't think I wanna be there either!

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As a nation once deprived

only but a few pulled through

and survived...

You are one of that few

received a more than average education

became so well versed

got everything you deserve

built a verbal arsenal

yes, you are more than just marginal

but instead of putting your advantages to good use

you thrive on being a destroyer of optimism and abuse

the right so many others have fought for

now don't get me wrong, i don't want you to go away

by all means please stay

even though the words you utter

cut through me like a knife

through soft butter

you somehow bring out the best in me

and make me stronger (and I decide to stay longer)

It came true, most of your wishes

the wishes you wished for whilst doing the dishes

you get flooded with compliments on all your accomplishments

well maybe you got bored along the way

I don't know you... only you can say

some advice:

as die duiwel jou sy oorkussing aanbied

try to positively change someone's life

anders is all your talents mos verniet

Those people on the dusty planes

are not hoping for someone to bring earth-shattering change

they are looking for someone to look up to

and right now that is not you

Good news!

It is still up to you!

EVERYTHING IS NOTHING IF YOU DON'T PUT IT TO GOOD USE!

To be modest

I am no psychologist

I just have this burning question:

when the nights are filled with doubt

and we are preparing for battle and ready to fight for the right

WILL YOU ACTUALLY HELP US OUT? 

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Slow coffee

     not the rushed cup

to start a morning

or the cups you make

     the other cups in between

to keep you awake

or the last cup you take

to end a busy day

No, I take mine

when I get home

and unwind.... unstress.... undress...

slow

I guess i'm trying to say I like your 'machiatto'

something hot, warmer

that last a bit longer

sip after sip

until you can't believe it's all up

but

you get up

and offer me anohter cup

I can say no and go

then I think of mine, theirs

and compare it to yours

of course

sure

I'll have another... 3 in a row

I'll get mine and theirs again tomorrow

oh yes, tomorrow I'm brining my own cup :-)

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Dear Mr Obama (US Plesident-Elect)

Please plomise me you'll use your real HEAD...

when i wrote this piece ;-) over a year ago i could not forsee light at the end of the tunnel. suddenly i'm filled with all this new hope, and faith restored.

guess i'm trying to say that you are definately not part of the elite group (Kennedy, Clinton, Bush, Zuma, etc) who inspired the following words of thought:

IT RULES US,

WE RULED BY SOME,

...BRING THE RULER! (that's the measure)

It's happening right next door...

Was it a crime? Passion?

Does it matter?

It's an old fashion!

A new regime... the Power!

Hands washed in a shower

What a cure...

There was a siren...

A blind eye on deafening silence!

Nothing new, it happened before!

Was not the result of a heart...

You must've used your head!

Yeah! You used your head!

I know you used your head!

And often occurs abroad!

Was it a crime? Passion?

The beginning of the fashion!

Not in heaven,

A most powerful man in the world

Weak to the appeal

Of a seductive silver-screen girl!

One last time, she took the stage

The final act, the last scene...

Cold on the floor - the end of a dream!

This is not a result of a heart...

You must've used your head!

Yeah! You used your head!

I know you used your head!

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or just listen even if you don't want to!

 when you plan not to f_ck Up

you end Up f_cking Up

real real bad

and of course

you don't f_ck Up something

somebody

already

f_cked Up

no, you do something

infantile

unique

brand-spankin' new

and you don't know what to do

since this it's not suppose to happen to you

right?

it's hard to compare it to something already f_cked Up

'cause there just is no benchmark

the real hard part

you don't know what to do

thus i feel it's my duty

to try and warn you

you might end Up doing the same sh*t

DO LIFE

live it to the full

and damn the fear

sweep all your courage near

or

end Up saying

flip! that was my idea

again and again and again

take it from me

it's much better making mistakes

than the royal f_ck Ups i do

this may not apply to you (right?)

but

it's true

and i know what you thinking, it's friday night and i'm on BO.

believe me i need a friday all to myself for a change ;-)

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On Friday night (many moons ago)

          I was alone in that bed

changing postions

getting up

going back

body covered in sweat

on my side

legs lifted up high

gripping the headboard poles real tight

clenching my teeth

pulling on my hair

arching my feet

on the edge

against the wall

hitting my HEAD

On Saturday morning (this Saturday)

           I was alone in that bed....

staying CLEAN is a life-long battle... and i'm fighting everyday....

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an oldie for the newbies...

'n Bok wie Blêr!

F*k!

Bring die skaap skêr...

Okay,

I take it you don't like me

Ek's nie die original vannie species nie

Maa face it;

Was dit nie vir jou aankoms,

Sou ek nie nou hie staan nie!

Ja, ek het dit gesê

En ek sê dit vi

Al die majimbos innie kassie

Die outies by die Civic met die harde maa'zie

En die girlas in die club, loud en proud, doing it for TV!

Jy's net naar ons sê nie wee ‘BAAS' nie!

You send me away

Doer vêr by die as tiepe en myn hiepe

At night as ek slaap

Droom ek van planes, ek hoor die treine

Van kleins af ge-train

Come to accept -

Ek's nes jy... net bruin!

Ja, ek het dit gesê

En ek sê dit vi

My auntie met die sool kous, busy with washing

My toppie, dis payday, in die queue vi Kentucky

My ouma... die undefeated champ in roti ! (ek mis jou verskriklik, my anne Mammie...)

Ja, en jy's net naar ons sê nie mee ‘BAAS' nie!

Ek sê dit vi al die ‘Bushies'

Kroes of nie kroes nie!

Woes of nie woes nie!

Imagine: ‘n boer wie saad plant, en nie wil oes nie!

Check hie:

As jy dit nie like nie,

Vat jou goet en trek Ferreira,

Vat jou goet en trek vererig!

Daa was al ‘n Groot een, daai was history

Nie ‘n walk innie park nie

So word groot, want ek gaan nêrens sanie

Aanvaar dit... Ons sê nie mee, nie wee ‘BAAS' nie!

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It is the expression on your face that gave you away...

That affirmative expression!

The thing is I know you will never

know anybody like me

again!

you said and I obliged

even if I had said no

you'd know I'd be lying next

to me you will never know anybody like me

ever thought you'd feel

like this?

I know even if you had said no

I'd know you'd be lying next

to you I'll never know another

ever thought I'd feel like this?

Me?

Never!

Forget weak in the knees

I'm stumped whenever I see you

Melt away don't even come close

To what I feel whenever I see you

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Why do you have a problem?

It is my

Will

We go here, we go there

Don't bother me much

But obviously you care

Making puny remarks and such

We kiss here, hold hands as we stroll

It's a form of affection

You throw sticks, you throw stones

And publicly voice your rejection

But why do you have a problem

It is my

Will

You and me, we split the bill

You and me, run to the top of the hill

You and me

You and me

We

Do not need Jill

So why do you have a problem

It is my

Will

Yes I'm conscious, of sane mind as well

Freedom of choice, free to be

With whom I choose, how I look

And how I feel, it's all real to me

You shouldn't, You wouldn't

Is what we drink, is what we eat

This is me, and that's you

You've found yours, and this person is for me

So why do you have a problem

It is my

Will

You and me, we have our world

You and me, push-back and curls

You and me

We

Don't search for pearls

So

Will

will you stay with me?

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I heard harsh words

was the victim of very bad things

'cause I was far from it (beauty that is)

so I prayed

wished

for it

 and look at what it has done... Oh my word!

now

beauty's pretty think I'm beautiful

some look once, twice and even a third

others give it a whirl

i never aimed for the world

no pearls

still

beauty's pretty think i'm beautiful

beauty is a rose

so i've been told

and by growing old(er)

i started feelin' down below

a hand full of thorns

and the scars it left....

regardless

most look and look real close

beauty's pretty think i'm beautiful

still

i don't want the pearls

nor the world

so, some gave it a whirl

some looked a thousand times

as beauty's pretty think i'm beautiful

and look what it has done

of all the things i could've

prayed and

wished

for under the sun

i was far from it (beauty that is)

victim of bad things

ear to harsh words....

all the birds of this world

still

beauty's pretty think i'm beautiful!

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|Monday 29 September 2009 17H53

 Everyday I try to forget about you... like today, it's all invane....

 As she sings: 'When I'm looking in your eyes, it feels like the first time...'

I remember the first time I saw yours for the first time

reddish-brown

like a sweltering summer sun at the end of a day

your toasted caramel skin

so clear so clean

at that moment I put everything on trade

even my mental well-being

the mere nearness of you

your curious, tentative touch

                                            enough

to have a domino effect on my emotions

and only you and I left standing

up, up and up it everything went

dangerously high, I could only hope for a softing landing

right there, at that moment, I started falling

you explored my deepest

uncovered my weakness

and I let you

I had to

give everything, all at once

to you

no! you didn't have to

lie

promise me the moon

for in your eyes

those reddish-brown eyes

I could see mine

filled with desire

an all to familiar hunger

me wanting

you giving and giving

rivers running rapidly

from your head

streaming sensuously

down your forhead

my chest it's sea

supplying me

with everything I didn't know I need

and it felt so right

'til

your eyes

those reddish-brown eyes

met mine

and I couldn't see a life

with you by my side

for you already lay beside another life

so I had to say good bye

but I'll always remember

your eyes

those reddish-brown eyes...

F#ck! will I ever get over you?

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