<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066</id><updated>2011-04-22T02:19:43.379+08:00</updated><category term='poetry'/><title type='text'>saikow verse</title><subtitle type='html'>the poetry of a bored and boring filipino failure...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>55</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-1691765062206152889</id><published>2008-05-20T00:31:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-20T00:31:47.684+08:00</updated><title type='text'>the dog</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;buries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; and forgets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; about bones&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-1691765062206152889?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/1691765062206152889/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=1691765062206152889' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/1691765062206152889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/1691765062206152889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/05/dog.html' title='the dog'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-8128175670596351633</id><published>2008-05-20T00:30:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-20T00:31:01.500+08:00</updated><title type='text'>sweet words shroud my murderous intent I</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;please cry more&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; i want to feel myself wrapped inside you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; as i move to the rhythm of your heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; faster and faster i dig in deeper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; to feel you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; to know you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; to taste you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-8128175670596351633?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/8128175670596351633/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=8128175670596351633' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/8128175670596351633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/8128175670596351633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/05/sweet-words-shroud-my-murderous-intent_20.html' title='sweet words shroud my murderous intent I'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-4239697379905701795</id><published>2008-05-20T00:29:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-20T00:29:38.140+08:00</updated><title type='text'>sweet words shroud my murderous intent II</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;kristina wont you come with us?&lt;br /&gt;well stay beneath the stars&lt;br /&gt;among the grass&lt;br /&gt;well make our feelings last&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the only witnesses are the stars&lt;br /&gt;mute and deaf&lt;br /&gt;dont be ashamed to scream&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;ill slip this blade inside you&lt;br /&gt;and let it taste your heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;so sweet in the start&lt;br /&gt;i never knew it would falter through time…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-4239697379905701795?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/4239697379905701795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=4239697379905701795' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/4239697379905701795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/4239697379905701795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/05/sweet-words-shroud-my-murderous-intent.html' title='sweet words shroud my murderous intent II'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-2152988231865641802</id><published>2008-05-20T00:21:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-20T00:24:33.350+08:00</updated><title type='text'>down south</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;.........................&lt;/span&gt;she was like  :  heaven is here in my heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;.... &lt;/span&gt;i was like  :  aim lower&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-2152988231865641802?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/2152988231865641802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=2152988231865641802' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/2152988231865641802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/2152988231865641802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/05/down-south.html' title='down south'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-3783328597535623483</id><published>2008-05-20T00:17:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-20T00:18:12.695+08:00</updated><title type='text'>marlboro taste</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="font-family: arial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;… stILL, YOUR KISS CLingS BETWEEN MY lips…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;“NO FILTER CAN TAKE AWAY ITS TASTE”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-3783328597535623483?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/3783328597535623483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=3783328597535623483' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/3783328597535623483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/3783328597535623483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/05/marlboro-taste.html' title='marlboro taste'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-3824851045707619011</id><published>2008-05-19T23:49:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-19T23:49:47.164+08:00</updated><title type='text'>lyris</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: arial;" class="snap_preview"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;nEver have,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;even One shred,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;a thought that i have&lt;br /&gt;Forgotten&lt;br /&gt;{with my bent ends that will NEVER stra i g ht en}&lt;br /&gt;what&lt;br /&gt;YOU&lt;br /&gt;did to me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;YOU,&lt;br /&gt;my DEAR,&lt;br /&gt;have Played me,&lt;br /&gt;along with other stringS,&lt;br /&gt;with such grace.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;but, both of Us know that&lt;br /&gt;YOU&lt;br /&gt;favored the stringS with higher notes&lt;br /&gt;over the strings like me -&lt;br /&gt;strings that only diffuse LOW pitches.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;YOU&lt;br /&gt;…tightened… me&lt;br /&gt;to sound like some other string.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;eventually,&lt;br /&gt;naturally,&lt;br /&gt;logically,&lt;br /&gt;i broke.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and with my last breath,&lt;br /&gt;i sang in my highest pitch,&lt;br /&gt;“it’s ok…”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;yes,&lt;br /&gt;in that one moment,&lt;br /&gt;it was…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;it is.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;BUT,&lt;br /&gt;nEver have,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;even One shred,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;a thought that i have&lt;br /&gt;Forgotten&lt;br /&gt;{with my bent ends that will NEVER stra i g ht en}&lt;br /&gt;what&lt;br /&gt;YOU&lt;br /&gt;did&lt;br /&gt;to&lt;br /&gt;me…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-3824851045707619011?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/3824851045707619011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=3824851045707619011' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/3824851045707619011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/3824851045707619011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/05/lyris.html' title='lyris'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-6339339798265148616</id><published>2008-05-19T23:43:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-19T23:44:15.935+08:00</updated><title type='text'>bacchus</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: arial;" class="snap_preview"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;c r a w l i n g&lt;br /&gt;into bed when ha-&lt;br /&gt;lf past drunk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;would be a lot like&lt;br /&gt;the cnofsuioin&lt;br /&gt;during adolescence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;its so damn HARD&lt;br /&gt;to keep balance,&lt;br /&gt;but once you stop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and just feel,&lt;br /&gt;then you’ll realize that it’s&lt;br /&gt;quite a nice ride.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the problem here&lt;br /&gt;is that the Bed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;keeps&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;     on&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;             running&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;                               away…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-6339339798265148616?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/6339339798265148616/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=6339339798265148616' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/6339339798265148616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/6339339798265148616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/05/bacchus.html' title='bacchus'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-67131754632742441</id><published>2008-05-19T23:42:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-19T23:42:55.846+08:00</updated><title type='text'>vitium</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: arial;" class="snap_preview"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the moment one is born,&lt;br /&gt;one falls in love with escape…&lt;br /&gt;falls in love with me,&lt;br /&gt;falls in love with me…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;with every breath&lt;br /&gt;i caress one’s throat,&lt;br /&gt;with every sip&lt;br /&gt;i drown one’s mind…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i enclose one&lt;br /&gt;in a stable cocoon&lt;br /&gt;to keep one sane,&lt;br /&gt;to keep one sane…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i…&lt;br /&gt;am…&lt;br /&gt;vice…&lt;br /&gt;personified!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I!&lt;br /&gt;AM!&lt;br /&gt;VICE!&lt;br /&gt;PERSONIFIED!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;choose me as your way&lt;br /&gt;to leave behind this mess,&lt;br /&gt;to fight against this mess…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;for death is only an escape,&lt;br /&gt;a weak being’s excuse…&lt;br /&gt;choose me and move forward,&lt;br /&gt;ill keep you intact…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;ill keep your mind&lt;br /&gt;in a stable cocoon&lt;br /&gt;to keep you sane,&lt;br /&gt;to keep you sane…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;ethanol and nicotine redefined…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-67131754632742441?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/67131754632742441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=67131754632742441' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/67131754632742441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/67131754632742441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/05/vitium.html' title='vitium'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-7460541888794678329</id><published>2008-05-19T23:35:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-19T23:37:11.643+08:00</updated><title type='text'>ovid</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;never to regret&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;     as&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;       falling&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;     leaves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;       cascade&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;         through&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;           their&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;        azure&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;           canvas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;dancing, even when burned to copper…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-7460541888794678329?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/7460541888794678329/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=7460541888794678329' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/7460541888794678329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/7460541888794678329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/05/ovid.html' title='ovid'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-8569309555770341632</id><published>2008-05-19T23:28:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-19T23:28:40.489+08:00</updated><title type='text'>hopefully, not with bea...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: arial;" class="snap_preview"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;it is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;NOT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;be-cause&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;MiXeD up&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;with the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;wrong girls;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;it is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;be-cause&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;mEsSeD up&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;with the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;right&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;ones...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-8569309555770341632?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/8569309555770341632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=8569309555770341632' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/8569309555770341632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/8569309555770341632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/05/hopefully-not-with-bea.html' title='hopefully, not with bea...'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-70058573736377855</id><published>2008-05-19T23:23:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-19T23:26:36.844+08:00</updated><title type='text'>and words are never enough...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;...like twilight -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;    a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" &gt;..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;            fleeting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" &gt;...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;                       moment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;...inside...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;ones perception.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;the Physiological world holds so much secrets,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;secrets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;which are Realities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;only when one&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;o     p     e     n     s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;ones heart...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-70058573736377855?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/70058573736377855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=70058573736377855' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/70058573736377855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/70058573736377855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/05/and-words-are-never-enough.html' title='and words are never enough...'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-7223810805651317030</id><published>2008-05-19T23:22:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-19T23:22:40.112+08:00</updated><title type='text'>the agony of the metalhead</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: arial;" class="snap_preview"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;it’s hard when you’re dumb enough to let the pain sink in,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;it’s harder when you’re smart enough to know that suicide is a moronic option.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-7223810805651317030?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/7223810805651317030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=7223810805651317030' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/7223810805651317030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/7223810805651317030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/05/agony-of-metalhead.html' title='the agony of the metalhead'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-4914392757727280123</id><published>2008-05-19T22:48:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-19T22:48:30.611+08:00</updated><title type='text'>the recollecting</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;“i miss you”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;words drip from his tongue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;as he thumbs across memories...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;his friends,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;the sweetest of his past,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;as unseen tears overflow...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;names flood in,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;unspoken but never forgotten,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;the solemn lyrics of his life...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;his heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;beating to the rhythm of his soul,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a song of divinity, friendship...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;treasures,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;they will remain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;locked in a vault of security...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;no hands,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;not even those of the wind,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;can ever take them away...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a silent tear falls&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;“i miss you”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;another drop of emotion...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-4914392757727280123?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/4914392757727280123/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=4914392757727280123' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/4914392757727280123'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/4914392757727280123'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/05/recollecting.html' title='the recollecting'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-5871756611009230129</id><published>2008-05-19T22:46:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-19T22:47:01.757+08:00</updated><title type='text'>the sky</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a cloudless midnight sky&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;with stars paved across&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;no moon shines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a dark horizon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;without yellow bulbs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;only stars in their dark dome&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;no shame to find&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;only the invisible night&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;surrounding&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;beyond the sky&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;another eye is watching&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;in a distant land&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;paint the clouds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;with what comes out of me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;as a glowing stick&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;burns between fingers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;no shame to find&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;only the invisible night&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;surrounding&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;wish to have someone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;lying beside&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;to cast wishes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;and pray for their return&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;drop the spark&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;start a fire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;soon another star will appear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;soon someone else will see...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-5871756611009230129?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/5871756611009230129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=5871756611009230129' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/5871756611009230129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/5871756611009230129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/05/sky.html' title='the sky'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-4106841409966256331</id><published>2008-05-19T22:44:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-19T22:45:19.729+08:00</updated><title type='text'>the dying</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: arial;" class="snap_preview"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;her heart is thumping through her breast,&lt;br /&gt;the warmth of her soul radiates through her pores,&lt;br /&gt;her eyes burn bright amidst the mist of december,&lt;br /&gt;her lips are wet with every breath,&lt;br /&gt;as my fingers run through and entice her senses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;let me die in your arms, beautiful one....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-4106841409966256331?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/4106841409966256331/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=4106841409966256331' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/4106841409966256331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/4106841409966256331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/05/dying.html' title='the dying'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-5748493618396999875</id><published>2008-05-19T22:41:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-19T22:42:41.024+08:00</updated><title type='text'>the giving</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;i, a child, once woke up from a dream&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;of a beautiful angel in the clouds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;i, a child, went outside to see the sky&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;but i only saw rain clouds hanging&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;i, a child, spoke to the forest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;to teach me the ways the clouds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;i, a child, heard the chirping of birds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;but never did i listen to the words of the wind&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;i, a child, stood in the meadow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;as the grey skies turned to black&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;i, a child, stood ’til the heavens cried&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;and soaked me with false hopes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;i, a child, was found three days later&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;embraced in the edge of a river&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;i, a child, was cold and numb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;pale and breathless&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;i, a child, will forever be&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;as fate will never bring me age&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;i, a child, will forever be&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;and not the tree that i dream to be...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-5748493618396999875?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/5748493618396999875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=5748493618396999875' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/5748493618396999875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/5748493618396999875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/05/giving.html' title='the giving'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-2079652747175348992</id><published>2008-05-19T22:35:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-19T22:37:43.129+08:00</updated><title type='text'>towards kanluran</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;as i walk this valley to a place beneath the stars,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;i see children walking hand in hand with disregard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;of their skin, their faith, their sex, and view upon this life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;they see the heart, the mind, the soul, what matters inside.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;the things i see,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;so far from what they call “ignorance”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;as i walk in the valley to a landscape called “kanluran”...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-2079652747175348992?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/2079652747175348992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=2079652747175348992' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/2079652747175348992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/2079652747175348992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/05/towards-kanluran.html' title='towards kanluran'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-3119409091197024535</id><published>2008-05-15T07:13:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-19T22:38:12.395+08:00</updated><title type='text'>insecure</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" &gt;my heart is&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;beating like&lt;br /&gt;im fucking high on heroine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my body stoned&lt;br /&gt;as if i choked on dro&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;say hello&lt;br /&gt;i am the masturbator&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so unfit&lt;br /&gt;to turn my girlfriend on&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-3119409091197024535?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/3119409091197024535/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=3119409091197024535' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/3119409091197024535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/3119409091197024535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/05/insecure.html' title='insecure'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-8365853559970580311</id><published>2008-04-07T04:09:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-07T04:10:46.642+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>a college freshman talks to his final exam paper</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;whatever&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;happened&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;to the concept&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;of multiple choice?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-8365853559970580311?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/8365853559970580311/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=8365853559970580311' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/8365853559970580311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/8365853559970580311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/college-freshman-talks-to-his-final.html' title='a college freshman talks to his final exam paper'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-7267684405694892285</id><published>2008-04-07T04:07:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-07T04:09:04.885+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>a girl who grew up in the smokey mountains talks to her boyfriend who suffers halitosis</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;your breath&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;reminds me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;of my childhood...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-7267684405694892285?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/7267684405694892285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=7267684405694892285' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/7267684405694892285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/7267684405694892285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/girl-who-grew-up-in-smokey-mountains.html' title='a girl who grew up in the smokey mountains talks to her boyfriend who suffers halitosis'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-3022645988909447348</id><published>2008-04-06T02:53:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T02:54:14.056+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the mingaw</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;"&gt;paminawa ang gibati sa akuang kasingkasing, GIMINGAW NA KO NIMO… kada gabii, wala nay lain musulod sa utok nako panay nalang mga mata nimo, unsa kalami puhon mutanaw ka sa akua; baba nimo, unsa kalami puhon mungisi ka tungod sa akua; mga kamot nimo, unsa kalami puhon magunitan nako sila… usahay man sad, lain sad maisip nako… kanang mga kanta nako, apan panay na sila LAB songs, ambot ngano… kantahon nako, kaw nasad musulod sa utok nako… usahay sad, musulat ko, apan IKAW nasad ang sabjek matter sa masulat nako… ambot gani nganu naingani ang utok nako… wara ba ko gareklamo? dili man… ganahan gani ko kay naa jud ka sa utok nako… dili jud mawala… maayo nalang…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;"&gt; pero, gimingaw na jud ko nimo… pataka ra kog binisaya diri, kabalo ko daghan kog grammatical errors dira… bahala na, di bitaw sad ka hawod kaau magbinisaya… heehe… gimingaw na jud ko nimo…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-3022645988909447348?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/3022645988909447348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=3022645988909447348' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/3022645988909447348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/3022645988909447348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/mingaw.html' title='the mingaw'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-6096995914890852381</id><published>2008-04-06T02:50:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T02:51:38.500+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the deciding</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;live and let her die...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;your muscles were made&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;to bury her...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-6096995914890852381?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/6096995914890852381/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=6096995914890852381' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/6096995914890852381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/6096995914890852381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/deciding.html' title='the deciding'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-7893173210629317590</id><published>2008-04-06T02:37:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T02:50:08.247+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Module II.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div  class="snap_preview" style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;[Receiving Transmission]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Receiving transmission…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;/*The SAIKOW_08 unit receives transmission from the Asthenia Corporation’s telecommunications tower. The signal being conducted switches the unit’s mind ON. The following excerpt is a poem that describes how the unit receives the initial transmissions from the environment and how it ATTEMPTS to recollect its disrupted dream.*/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;lines separate the scene:&lt;br /&gt;white and black and all they greys between.&lt;br /&gt;flowing currents from left to right,&lt;br /&gt;the sound of a river flowing beneath glass.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;she was a girl,&lt;br /&gt;that much, i can recall.&lt;br /&gt;nothing else, aside from that fact,&lt;br /&gt;is coagulated in my waking eyes…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;from the lines, the ceiling comes to form&lt;br /&gt;upon the fleeting image of the girl.&lt;br /&gt;from her hair come the shadows of the room.&lt;br /&gt;from her skin, the peeling paint.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;unlike an addiction&lt;br /&gt;that’s more real when it’s not there.&lt;br /&gt;just when i was focusing my sight&lt;br /&gt;lines separated the scene…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-7893173210629317590?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/7893173210629317590/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=7893173210629317590' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/7893173210629317590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/7893173210629317590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/module-ii.html' title='Module II.'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-8803805461562626310</id><published>2008-04-06T02:34:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T02:49:14.111+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Module IV.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div  class="snap_preview" style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;[Post-defecation Reflex]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Redialling…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Unit found…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Establishing connection…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Verifying username and password…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Connection established…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;*a scene emerges from the monitor, everything is moving. a door is nearing*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;/*The unit proceeds to the washroom. The CPU reminds the unit that a meeting is about to begin in 30 minutes. The unit quickens its movements, not minding the involuntary churning of its digestive system. The unit opens the door, gets in the other side, closes, and locks it. It undresses, sits on the septic bowl, and empties itself while the “Revisioning” program runs in its CPU.*/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;post defecation micturition reflex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;A stream&lt;br /&gt;to wash away&lt;br /&gt;the stain&lt;br /&gt;on porcelain...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;how convenient...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-8803805461562626310?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/8803805461562626310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=8803805461562626310' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/8803805461562626310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/8803805461562626310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/module-iv.html' title='Module IV.'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-8209303517597492481</id><published>2008-04-06T02:33:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T02:48:33.807+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Module V.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div  class="snap_preview" style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;[Auto-defragmentation]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;/*The unit wipes the external opening of its rectum, flushes the bowl, and proceeds to the shower area. It turns on the shower and a mantra automatically plays in its CPU.*/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Opening .wav folder…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Connecting to media…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Playing Auto-defragmentation.wav…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Showering results in a few phases,&lt;br /&gt;in which the skin and also the hair are wet with water,&lt;br /&gt;then the cleansing products are applied,&lt;br /&gt;allowed to work,&lt;br /&gt;and subsequently rinsed out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;If necessary,&lt;br /&gt;a new soaping and rinsing is performed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;/*taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shower*/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-8209303517597492481?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/8209303517597492481/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=8209303517597492481' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/8209303517597492481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/8209303517597492481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/module-v.html' title='Module V.'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-5117871915492089990</id><published>2008-04-06T02:24:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T02:48:04.824+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Module IX.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div  class="snap_preview" style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;[Returning transmission&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;/*The unit travels back to its shelter after 5 hours of conversing with the other unit. It notices that the current monetary balance it possesses is inadequate for a fare. SAIKOW_80 decides to walk.*/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Returning transmission…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Walking…&lt;br /&gt;Walking…&lt;br /&gt;Walking…&lt;br /&gt;The world is walking towards my direction,&lt;br /&gt;lights come and go…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Walking…&lt;br /&gt;Walking…&lt;br /&gt;Walking…&lt;br /&gt;My feet race each other, only to tire each other,&lt;br /&gt;only to tire me…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-5117871915492089990?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/5117871915492089990/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=5117871915492089990' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/5117871915492089990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/5117871915492089990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/module-ix.html' title='Module IX.'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-4988156007436464247</id><published>2008-04-06T02:19:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T02:47:09.090+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Module XI.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div  class="snap_preview" style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;[Establishing New Connection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;/*The SAIKOW_80 unit decides to lie down in its bed. It enters its shelter and activates the security mechanisms. It proceeds to its quarters and laid itself down. For a moment it is silent.*/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Receiving feed from unit umber 65886…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Establishing new connection…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Receiving data…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;clear&gt;&lt;/clear&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Source,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;How does it feel to hear constant whispers&lt;br /&gt;of forgiveness,&lt;br /&gt;of need,&lt;br /&gt;of thanks,&lt;br /&gt;of praise?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;When was the last time&lt;br /&gt;someone talked to you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I’d hate to be you…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;clear&gt;&lt;/clear&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-4988156007436464247?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/4988156007436464247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=4988156007436464247' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/4988156007436464247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/4988156007436464247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/module-xi.html' title='Module XI.'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-1680169267123107382</id><published>2008-04-06T02:17:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T02:46:40.457+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Module XII.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div  class="snap_preview" style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;[Automatic shut-down…]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;/*The Asthenia Corporation’s telecommunications tower disconnects the transmission to SAIKOW_08 unit. The lack of signal being conducted switches the unit’s mind OFF. The following excerpt is a poem that describes what the unit analyzes before the final transmissions from the environment occur.*/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;ten thousand nails&lt;br /&gt;can’t be detected by my eyes,&lt;br /&gt;but their weight pulls beneath my skin...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;locking me to the earth&lt;br /&gt;like a hand that holds me,&lt;br /&gt;cradles me...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the bedsheets are whispering her name…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;my sight fades to black…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;a small spot is in the middle of everything…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;…end of transmission…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-1680169267123107382?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/1680169267123107382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=1680169267123107382' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/1680169267123107382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/1680169267123107382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/module-xii.html' title='Module XII.'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-2119765715405560172</id><published>2008-04-06T02:12:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T02:13:09.368+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the autoneurophagism</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: arial;" class="snap_preview"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;mirrors whisper verses-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;that paint the canvesses that are blank-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;of invisible blades&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;that penetrate my spine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;moving lips&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;inaudible dialogues&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the bored winds speak&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;of unseen portraits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;unread letters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;unheard songs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;whispers beneath the moonlight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;miles away from me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the mirror paints a wicked picture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;but te picture is in canvass…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;taken away from reality…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-2119765715405560172?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/2119765715405560172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=2119765715405560172' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/2119765715405560172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/2119765715405560172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/autoneurophagism.html' title='the autoneurophagism'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-5694596367319313193</id><published>2008-04-06T02:11:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T02:13:35.847+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the shadowing</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" &gt;[an excerpt from the iokan chapters]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;if only you could feel my chest, being crushed by unseen waves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;at dawn, how much i try to look back at a dream and search for you in it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;but dreams are never loyal, when you try to focus on them,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;they fade away…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;at night, when im all alone and i tink of the things that i failed to do&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;to make you smile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the things i did&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;to make you lose a smile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;be they for stupid reasons that i only realize hours after…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and ill change&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;if it is for the better…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i cant seem to understand you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and whats more is that&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i cant seem to understand why i feel this way for you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i just do&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i like many girls, but after a few weeks, they look so ordinary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;no matter their smile, their eyes, their talents, their kindness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;all become dissolved and placed in a place between my head and my heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;you seem to have jumped inside this so called heart and anchored yourself&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;firmly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i cant even let you go…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-5694596367319313193?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/5694596367319313193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=5694596367319313193' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/5694596367319313193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/5694596367319313193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/shadowing.html' title='the shadowing'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-4264964123864685297</id><published>2008-04-06T02:09:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T02:13:55.341+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the copulation</title><content type='html'>&lt;p  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;my death in the eye of a suicide - blood spilt -&lt;br /&gt;for an intercourse with your fallen god.&lt;br /&gt;raging beacons flare for fate - surrendered -&lt;br /&gt;for a sundered cunt-fingering whore…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;time can mend a heart, but it cant sew back together&lt;br /&gt;two hearts that be torn apart&lt;br /&gt;distance serves as the tip of the iceberg&lt;br /&gt;the frozen tears of a concubine!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-4264964123864685297?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/4264964123864685297/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=4264964123864685297' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/4264964123864685297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/4264964123864685297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/copulation.html' title='the copulation'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-6254592121729490769</id><published>2008-04-06T02:08:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T02:08:49.112+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the paranoid</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: arial;" class="snap_preview"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;it comes when im all alone at the corner of my room,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;it silences the hum of the CPU and the hush of the air-conditioner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;it’s a steady whisper, chanting things that i dont want to hear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;things with no clear basis - hypotheses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;it quickens the beating of my heart ’til it hurts my chest,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;my stomach feels empty but i want to vomit,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;take a piss, take a crap all at once,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;my skin feels a sweat drip at my cheek,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i wipe it, but the back of my hand doesnt feel anything wet,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;my sight is dimming -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i cant trust anybody.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-6254592121729490769?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/6254592121729490769/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=6254592121729490769' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/6254592121729490769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/6254592121729490769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/paranoid.html' title='the paranoid'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-9101815746535042790</id><published>2008-04-06T02:07:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T02:08:02.870+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the wetting</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: arial;" class="snap_preview"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i just want to come&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;my brain out&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and leave a white pool&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;of consciousness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;beneath the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;shimmering stars&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;between the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;flaccid air&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and the numb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;concrete&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-9101815746535042790?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/9101815746535042790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=9101815746535042790' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/9101815746535042790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/9101815746535042790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/wetting.html' title='the wetting'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-1403552049755417831</id><published>2008-04-06T02:05:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T02:06:52.188+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the celestine</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;[an excerpt from the celene chapters]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div  class="snap_preview" style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i call upon the horned one, baphomet&lt;br /&gt;speak to me of riddles of this divine heart&lt;br /&gt;of how thine milk raised the great god zeus&lt;br /&gt;and how his men fought to tear you apart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;in darkness’ embrace, in lakes of bitter enchantment&lt;br /&gt;is this mine genesis to the shadow lands enticement?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i invoke thine arrows, bitter cupid&lt;br /&gt;did their tips intoxicate this heart&lt;br /&gt;did they leave this stench so putrid&lt;br /&gt;did they see that we were to part&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;inside this life’s madness, inside this rotting heart&lt;br /&gt;where is my goddess, pleasuring thineself, worlds apart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;gods, lend me the tongue you raped from me&lt;br /&gt;and give me back the reason for my sins&lt;br /&gt;her beguiling stare, alone seduces me&lt;br /&gt;hear me scream the name of my celestine!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;in a bloodbathe coffin tub, i lie staring blankly&lt;br /&gt;at cobwebs of yesterday, sewn by spiders aplenty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;my veins cry out their crimson tears&lt;br /&gt;and medusa knows what stoned hearts hold&lt;br /&gt;my celene, you brought back my fears&lt;br /&gt;and these songs i sing til i grow old&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;baby girl, are you still awake?&lt;br /&gt;the stakes are burning for the seasoned witch&lt;br /&gt;baby girl, you know im awake&lt;br /&gt;watching and praying for another easy b*tch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the notes from a long forgotten piece&lt;br /&gt;resound in every drop of tear&lt;br /&gt;to the mediteranean seas&lt;br /&gt;the voice of celene i hear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;curse this world and its divine comedy&lt;br /&gt;of rippling inertia, my skin to her vulva&lt;br /&gt;the rose blooms blackened in this tragedy&lt;br /&gt;of heaving together the angel’s aroma&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the night grew wild with revelation&lt;br /&gt;tauren gods m*sturbating the zodiac&lt;br /&gt;planets aligned and blocked constellations&lt;br /&gt;pisces dances ontop of a silver-back&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;roses were lain, thier fragrace filled thine room&lt;br /&gt;aphrodite, salivating at the sound of our moans&lt;br /&gt;drowning pleasure, sinking in her bosom&lt;br /&gt;for mine satyric desires, and thine nymphet groans&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;did the fates know that those be our requiem&lt;br /&gt;the end of a midsummers fantasy&lt;br /&gt;my heaving left you c*mming to the heavens&lt;br /&gt;and so ends our filthy story…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-1403552049755417831?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/1403552049755417831/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=1403552049755417831' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/1403552049755417831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/1403552049755417831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/celestine.html' title='the celestine'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-5080288377440455385</id><published>2008-04-06T02:03:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T02:05:29.814+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the [re]collection</title><content type='html'>&lt;div  class="snap_preview" style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;div class="snap_preview"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;“i miss you”&lt;br /&gt;words bleed off his tongue&lt;br /&gt;as he witnesses memories passing by…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;his friends&lt;br /&gt;are the sweetest of his past&lt;br /&gt;and unseen tears overflow…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;names flood in&lt;br /&gt;unspoken but never forgotten&lt;br /&gt;the solemn lyrics of his life…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;his heart&lt;br /&gt;beating in the rhythm of his soul&lt;br /&gt;a song, divinity, friendship…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;treasures&lt;br /&gt;they will forever remain within&lt;br /&gt;locked in a vault of security…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;no hands&lt;br /&gt;not even those of the wind&lt;br /&gt;can ever take them away…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;a silent tear falls&lt;br /&gt;“i miss you”&lt;br /&gt;another drop of emotion…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-5080288377440455385?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/5080288377440455385/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=5080288377440455385' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/5080288377440455385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/5080288377440455385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/recollection.html' title='the [re]collection'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-2010959642244445886</id><published>2008-04-06T02:02:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T02:05:01.039+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the asthenia</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="snap_preview" &gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;[an excerpt from the drean chapters]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="snap_preview"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;it crashes down, all around…&lt;br /&gt;questioning crystal clear…&lt;br /&gt;broken glass, mirrored fate…&lt;br /&gt;questioning, blurred by fear…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;shall the martyr rise&lt;br /&gt;never, fated to die&lt;br /&gt;shall i hold on&lt;br /&gt;let go?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;future, an isle in the horizon&lt;br /&gt;shall waves bring me there&lt;br /&gt;or shall i swim?&lt;br /&gt;fear paralyzes me…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;for what good is a man&lt;br /&gt;when he gains the whole world&lt;br /&gt;and loses&lt;br /&gt;his soul?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i wont let her slip away&lt;br /&gt;i wont let my words be bastardized…&lt;br /&gt;my heart shall rise&lt;br /&gt;my music shall transcend…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;we never choose friendship&lt;br /&gt;its the other way around…&lt;br /&gt;we choose opportunities&lt;br /&gt;not the other way around…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;we choose our fate&lt;br /&gt;not the other way around…&lt;br /&gt;we never choose love&lt;br /&gt;we strive for it…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;dear…&lt;br /&gt;dear…&lt;br /&gt;dear……&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i know that this world makes no space for compensation…&lt;br /&gt;it’s all about the self..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-2010959642244445886?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/2010959642244445886/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=2010959642244445886' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/2010959642244445886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/2010959642244445886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/asthenia.html' title='the asthenia'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-3199005287452274489</id><published>2008-04-06T02:01:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T02:02:08.646+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the wailing</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: arial;" class="snap_preview"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;petty words from the tongue of myn&lt;br /&gt;seep though the walls of stone, earth, mud&lt;br /&gt;keeping the whispers, the mute eavesdropper&lt;br /&gt;listens without hearing the silent reverie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;as dew trickles from each crease&lt;br /&gt;kept in the bosom of bitter secrecy&lt;br /&gt;silver drops of an untold story&lt;br /&gt;the dream of a star through the eye of a brick&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the sands of time cover the fissures&lt;br /&gt;and lay there unseen to the cosmic titans&lt;br /&gt;yet the hands of the north wind sweep&lt;br /&gt;the sands fly off to the heavens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;left naked, cold, and deeper than before&lt;br /&gt;crevices moan along the songs of midnight&lt;br /&gt;silent verses of an untold story&lt;br /&gt;the dream of a star through the eye of a brick&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and there written, in the blood of a child,&lt;br /&gt;“it is as it is, as child is a child.&lt;br /&gt;sacrifice is sacrifice, as yesterday is today.”&lt;br /&gt;it clots for tommorow, through the eyes of today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-3199005287452274489?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/3199005287452274489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=3199005287452274489' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/3199005287452274489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/3199005287452274489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/wailing.html' title='the wailing'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-2095956215049613052</id><published>2008-04-06T02:00:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T02:00:42.937+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the mirror</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;[an excerpt from the celene chapters]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: arial;" class="snap_preview"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;halfway across the page of my own words,&lt;br /&gt;i read those that i have written,&lt;br /&gt;so familiar when they dripped from my tongue&lt;br /&gt;yet, so foreign to my eyes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i flip a page back, two, three…&lt;br /&gt;im not yet finished with the chapter&lt;br /&gt;i ended a season ago,&lt;br /&gt;im still within it’s pages.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i drowned myself within myself&lt;br /&gt;one’s greatest lie is one’s self&lt;br /&gt;i believed it to be true&lt;br /&gt;so true that it became somewhat like it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;but a child will forever be a child&lt;br /&gt;as a sacrifice will forever be one&lt;br /&gt;the past will never be today&lt;br /&gt;and today will never be tomorrow.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the mirror lies&lt;br /&gt;as i realize that i lie to myself&lt;br /&gt;break it, break it…&lt;br /&gt;let me bleed to feel…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-2095956215049613052?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/2095956215049613052/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=2095956215049613052' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/2095956215049613052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/2095956215049613052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/mirror.html' title='the mirror'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-742814645530996705</id><published>2008-04-06T01:56:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T01:59:23.548+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the disillusion pt.2</title><content type='html'>&lt;p  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;[an excerpt from the celene chapters]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;cupid, thine lips hath deceived what thine arrows wish&lt;br /&gt;perceived as mere injections to a soul long forgot.&lt;br /&gt;rape, the angels shalt burn within the regions of mine mind&lt;br /&gt;and in mine hands, their severed heads rot.&lt;br /&gt;i yearn to hold her, to feel her, to make her cum&lt;br /&gt;in mine finger will her nectar flow and i shalt drink it.&lt;br /&gt;in mine lips shall her moans echo with pleasure unimagined&lt;br /&gt;speaketh be mine mind, and lest you not forget…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i lay her down in crimson petals of rose and blood&lt;br /&gt;and taste her lips of citrus oranges&lt;br /&gt;my tongue shall roam the regions of her lips&lt;br /&gt;and bathe in shores of pure bliss&lt;br /&gt;her hair flows down on her alabaster skin&lt;br /&gt;and i brush it off to gaze into her eyes -closed.&lt;br /&gt;feeling her curves from her shoulders to her back&lt;br /&gt;lower and lower my hands shall travel into stygian&lt;br /&gt;kissing the shadows cast into her nape&lt;br /&gt;tasting her soft, white throat.&lt;br /&gt;her laces shall fall down and drop to the earth&lt;br /&gt;and the northern wind be her dress&lt;br /&gt;i shall embrace her and offer&lt;br /&gt;the warmth of a midsummer&lt;br /&gt;fingers shall play with the curiosity of a child&lt;br /&gt;playing in the feiry rings of lust&lt;br /&gt;and in the gardens shall flow ever abundantly&lt;br /&gt;the waters of eternal youth&lt;br /&gt;sweetest be the milk of a forbidden fruit&lt;br /&gt;and sourest be its after taste&lt;br /&gt;a play of sensations an a script of tongue&lt;br /&gt;that ripples in inertia&lt;br /&gt;let the stars burn brighter with her every moan&lt;br /&gt;let the moon shine sweeterwith her every breath&lt;br /&gt;she arches and reaches for God&lt;br /&gt;but i bind her to the reaches of reality&lt;br /&gt;in that cosmic moment, a grain of sand in the desert of time&lt;br /&gt;the holy intercourse of heaven and earth has been&lt;br /&gt;in that cosmic moment, a grain of sand in the desert of time&lt;br /&gt;she loved me… she loved me…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-742814645530996705?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/742814645530996705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=742814645530996705' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/742814645530996705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/742814645530996705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/disillusion-pt-2.html' title='the disillusion pt.2'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-9149946574021838028</id><published>2008-04-06T01:55:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T01:57:33.358+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the disillusion pt.1</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;[an excerpt from the celene chapters]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;he stared at the pictures&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;as if it were the only things sustaining him,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;binding him to life itself,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;as the cold wind pressed on his skin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;her face has always been&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;in the center of his memory,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;yet seeing the photographs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;still burn his chest into an autumn nights feeling.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;he gazed in her eyes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;-pixelated, indifferent-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;as were her words in the screen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;when she opened up herself&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;as cold tears trickled down his cheeks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;her smile was pleasing,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;much to the utter content of every boy,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;filling him to the brink of his own dissolution&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;-his own winter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;disillusioned?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;he wishes to be.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;the truth has been lain in front of him&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;-putrid, evident-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;love does not exist.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-9149946574021838028?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/9149946574021838028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=9149946574021838028' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/9149946574021838028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/9149946574021838028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/disillusion.html' title='the disillusion pt.1'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-1457546245144914158</id><published>2008-04-06T01:53:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T01:54:34.691+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the guilty</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: arial;" class="snap_preview"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;porcelain figurine lays on the floor,&lt;br /&gt;crimson cracks appear on her face,&lt;br /&gt;perfect, otherwise...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;silent screams of a broken mind&lt;br /&gt;and a soul that pierces with the burning&lt;br /&gt;of a thousand evils&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;this body cant be trusted&lt;br /&gt;this body can never be trusted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;as the scent of her shedding skin&lt;br /&gt;merges with the wind&lt;br /&gt;i lock the door&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;not tonight, i pray&lt;br /&gt;not tonight…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;as she whispers things done&lt;br /&gt;and screams with the chorus of those&lt;br /&gt;left undone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;-this fucking buzz in my head-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;not tonight, i pray&lt;br /&gt;NOT TONIGHT!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the clock speaks&lt;br /&gt;…&lt;br /&gt;three a.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-1457546245144914158?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/1457546245144914158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=1457546245144914158' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/1457546245144914158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/1457546245144914158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/guilty.html' title='the guilty'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-1559557696516006952</id><published>2008-04-06T01:38:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T01:42:20.267+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the wishing</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: arial;" class="snap_preview"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;girl and boy,&lt;br /&gt;both in love,&lt;br /&gt;or so thought boy...&lt;br /&gt;but, she had enough…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;she told boy, “oh, boy, im tired...&lt;br /&gt;i need to find another mind,&lt;br /&gt;another one that wouldnt tire&lt;br /&gt;my need for someone to admire...&lt;br /&gt;you’ve given me the best you could&lt;br /&gt;and i appreciate it with whole heart and soul...&lt;br /&gt;but, you should have known that im the kind&lt;br /&gt;of girl who would easily get tired...”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and so, she left...&lt;br /&gt;and so, he cried&lt;br /&gt;and walked and walked&lt;br /&gt;without a care,&lt;br /&gt;until he saw a shining lamp,&lt;br /&gt;like the one in that little disney crap...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;blinded by the tears so warm&lt;br /&gt;and a dream that she would return,&lt;br /&gt;he rubbed and rubbed as tears fell down&lt;br /&gt;like the falling leaves when summer ends...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;poof!&lt;br /&gt;to his surprise, a genie came.&lt;br /&gt;“why that face? you called me here!”&lt;br /&gt;“im sorry, sir...&lt;br /&gt;i did not know&lt;br /&gt;that a genie would really appear!”&lt;br /&gt;“as you can see, im as real as you,&lt;br /&gt;you know the drill: 3 wishes from you…”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;“uhm, ok… here’s how they go,&lt;br /&gt;my first would be for my soul…&lt;br /&gt;when i die, please make this true,&lt;br /&gt;that my soul, unseen, be with hers, too…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;“my second one is for anyone&lt;br /&gt;who knows my face, who knows my name...&lt;br /&gt;may he or she forget me when&lt;br /&gt;i finally get to leave this place...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and in his final wish, the genie asks,&lt;br /&gt;“who the hell rubbed me out?&lt;br /&gt;and what the hell’s this body here?&lt;br /&gt;lying beside my shiny lamp!?”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-1559557696516006952?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/1559557696516006952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=1559557696516006952' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/1559557696516006952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/1559557696516006952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/wishing.html' title='the wishing'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-345380996796190061</id><published>2008-04-06T01:36:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T01:38:11.412+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the danse</title><content type='html'>&lt;div  class="snap_preview" style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;[an excerpt from the iokan chapters]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;within the reaches of what flickers between blue, black, and indigo&lt;br /&gt;lost between the twenty-second and the thirtieth of the eleventh step&lt;br /&gt;lies a mutable daughter - honest, generous, and gifted with vision…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;laying dormant between black soil, kept secret by the sands&lt;br /&gt;is the son of the seventeenth sun and the fifth moon&lt;br /&gt;fixed - loyal, stable, patient, and able to endure…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;both of different origins, both of different views&lt;br /&gt;cross each other in the backdrops of strings and chords,&lt;br /&gt;of melodies and harmonies, of rhythm and rhyme&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;one caught the others eye, and forced him to dream…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;but the fates have no blood pacts as to how this could be&lt;br /&gt;tauren and hunter lost in the forest&lt;br /&gt;are sure to drown where mortal hearts go blind…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;but the son was born of the proud sun&lt;br /&gt;and his weakness shall be his strength&lt;br /&gt;tilt the zodiac to reflect and deflect&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;he is slave to no one - to fates, or gods, or flames of hell&lt;br /&gt;compatibility and incompatibility have no say on this&lt;br /&gt;one does not rape a dream from a tauren, specially if it is one of a kind…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-345380996796190061?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/345380996796190061/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=345380996796190061' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/345380996796190061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/345380996796190061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/danse.html' title='the danse'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-3542735199078080348</id><published>2008-04-06T01:24:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T01:30:15.908+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the smoke</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: arial;" class="snap_preview"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i can’t imagine how to finish a day without you,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;sipping you from the bitter filter:&lt;br /&gt;your white air jumps out from both the yellow tip&lt;br /&gt;and the red spot at the end of the stick...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; my index and middle fingers touch my chapping lips&lt;br /&gt;as i hear the cackling of the fiery tip -&lt;br /&gt;only audible at those moments&lt;br /&gt;when i cant help but light up a stick...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;inhaling, missing the way you glide down to my lungs:&lt;br /&gt;caressing the walls of my throat,&lt;br /&gt;taking its shape,&lt;br /&gt;suffocating me for one warm moment,&lt;br /&gt;from the inside,&lt;br /&gt;filling up my lungs...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and when i can no longer inhale:&lt;br /&gt;the cold, damp breeze&lt;br /&gt;-be it at dawn,&lt;br /&gt;in the middle of the day,&lt;br /&gt;at night-&lt;br /&gt;tinges the tip of my tongue&lt;br /&gt;and i exhale you...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;most of the time,&lt;br /&gt;id take you in again&lt;br /&gt;when you escape my mouth:&lt;br /&gt;up my nose,&lt;br /&gt;i can smell my tainted chest,&lt;br /&gt;my burning throat,&lt;br /&gt;my rotting gums,&lt;br /&gt;my blackening teeth...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;that one moment -&lt;br /&gt;taking you in,&lt;br /&gt;breathing you out -&lt;br /&gt;you reach into my chest;&lt;br /&gt;yet, you and i know you reach more places...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;when i feel the filter burning,&lt;br /&gt;when i throw it away:&lt;br /&gt;my brain melts&lt;br /&gt;and it drips from my ears and eyes...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; then, you fill up the cavity,&lt;br /&gt;pressing what little is left of my brain&lt;br /&gt;to the walls inside my skull...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;oh, youre such a sweet disease that takes my thoughts away from him and her...&lt;br /&gt;its such a shame that im giving you up for the same reason i started using you again…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-3542735199078080348?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/3542735199078080348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=3542735199078080348' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/3542735199078080348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/3542735199078080348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/smoke.html' title='the smoke'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-3445559639094651742</id><published>2008-04-06T01:13:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T01:22:20.270+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the inquisition</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;i need to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;let loose:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;choke a priest;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;hit a nun;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;run around&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;and writhe &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;the collars &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;of those &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;god damned socialites...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;think you’re better?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;really now?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;holy dog,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;zealous shit?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;fuck &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;the morals &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;that you feed &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;to your herding sheep...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;“herd is here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;ready, sir&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;stakes are burning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;hot as hell...”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;“yeah, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;this is the way &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;you do the fucking &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;power struggle...”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;church and state&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;separate?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;“father, we cant have this...”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;“i know what we must do,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;we must burn our brethren down!”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;burn them down...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;see the steps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;that they do?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;find the poor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;and throw the stick,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;run around&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;screaming this, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;“THESE ARE HERETICS!”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;“heretics?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;heretics?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;what was it i did?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;i was just herding cattle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;when the women disappeared!”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;“LIAR!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;LIAR!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;you served them to your god,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a black horned figure named &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;lu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;ci&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;fer!”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;“what is this you’re speaking of?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;implying to my cow?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;her name’s jennifer, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;just a heffer, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;father!”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;“here’s a bag of silver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;and i guarantee your life,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;just tell the folks around me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;the you serve the foulest god!”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;“tis true,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;tis true,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;i killed all the women&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;no mercy did i slaughter them,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;the next be your children!”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;“you have heard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;what he said,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;and we know what we should do&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;we must burn our brethren down!”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;burn them down...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;see the steps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;that they do?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;find the poor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;and throw the stick,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;run around&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;screaming this, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;“THESE ARE HERETICS!”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;confidence boosted to accord&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;strawmen burn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;they know they cant afford their fall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;“herd is here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;ready, sir&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;stakes are burning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;hot as hell...”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;“yeah, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;this is the way &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;you do the fucking &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;power struggle...”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;power struggle...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;burn them down...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-3445559639094651742?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/3445559639094651742/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=3445559639094651742' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/3445559639094651742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/3445559639094651742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/inquisition.html' title='the inquisition'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-8451744012421263357</id><published>2008-04-06T01:09:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T01:12:35.463+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the sign</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a young boy is smoking &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;underneath a billboard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;with an image of burnt lungs… &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;he is looking at a couple&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;across the street...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a police officer approaches him and asks if he sees the sign,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;he looks at the officer and says:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;"&gt;i see, i dont mind…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-8451744012421263357?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/8451744012421263357/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=8451744012421263357' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/8451744012421263357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/8451744012421263357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/sign.html' title='the sign'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-4513453328230843885</id><published>2008-04-06T01:00:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T01:08:21.361+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the [com]promise</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: arial;" class="snap_preview"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;beneath the stars,&lt;br /&gt;amid the cold breeze,&lt;br /&gt;and the constant stare of yellow street lamps...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; your scent&lt;br /&gt;makes my eyes want to shut out from the world&lt;br /&gt;and my body longing to lie beside yours...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; you wrap your arms around me,&lt;br /&gt;and i can’t get out,&lt;br /&gt;but then again,&lt;br /&gt;why would I want to?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;you whisper words&lt;br /&gt;to make me happy -&lt;br /&gt;happier than any man&lt;br /&gt;has ever made me...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;you kiss my nape;&lt;br /&gt;your lips -&lt;br /&gt;warm,&lt;br /&gt;soft,&lt;br /&gt;wet -&lt;br /&gt;glide to my ears&lt;br /&gt;where you tell me,&lt;br /&gt;“i promise…”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;then, you lead me&lt;br /&gt;inside your car,&lt;br /&gt;parked amidst the shadows&lt;br /&gt;of old acacia trees...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; you hold me&lt;br /&gt;close&lt;br /&gt;and the last thing I want&lt;br /&gt;is for you to let go...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;you undress me&lt;br /&gt;as you undress yourself;&lt;br /&gt;you kiss my lips&lt;br /&gt;and i kiss back...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; you enter me&lt;br /&gt;and tears flow out of my eyes...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;you promised to make me happy,&lt;br /&gt;why do I feel so much pain?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-4513453328230843885?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/4513453328230843885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=4513453328230843885' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/4513453328230843885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/4513453328230843885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/compromise.html' title='the [com]promise'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-4179171377668278061</id><published>2008-04-05T23:50:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-06T01:08:57.494+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the dusk</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="snap_preview" face="arial"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;[an excerpt from the celene chapters]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;on seeing the girl that once gave her heart&lt;br /&gt;to him, with her wishes to be not torn apart&lt;br /&gt;from him - the lover who forever remains true&lt;br /&gt;to her, a goddess in deep shades of blue…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;on seeing the girl who still holds his heart&lt;br /&gt;in strings of thoughts and in surrenders part&lt;br /&gt;of sweet dreams that forever remain true&lt;br /&gt;forever to his goddess in deepest shades of blue…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;azure colors bleed off the sky&lt;br /&gt;as her colors bleed off his eye&lt;br /&gt;azure colors bleed off…&lt;br /&gt;deep colors bleed…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;she turned a blind eye…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-4179171377668278061?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/4179171377668278061/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=4179171377668278061' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/4179171377668278061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/4179171377668278061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/dusk.html' title='the dusk'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-6024595256911956505</id><published>2008-04-05T23:11:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-05T23:49:51.434+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the incubus</title><content type='html'>&lt;div  class="snap_preview" style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;[an excerpt from the celene chapters]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;*to be edited*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;oh, sweet artemis, dost thou wish to press thy lips&lt;br /&gt;upon mine which long hungered for thine enchanting kiss?&lt;br /&gt;mine eyes have been long awake to the truth long left behind -&lt;br /&gt;mine goddess is lost the forest where mortal heart go blind…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i have offered sweet crimson in thine pulpit for moons;&lt;br /&gt;red are mine rivers and silted my shores,&lt;br /&gt;wishing sweet luna for sweet, fragrant whores;&lt;br /&gt;her sweetness is but a tear, to the devil she swoons&lt;br /&gt;water, mine eyes, and melted mine lids&lt;br /&gt;sewn shut for an eon, snow-capped, well-hid&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;oh, black sukkubi, dost thou wish to take my soul&lt;br /&gt;in thine dark sepulcher where libidos lose control&lt;br /&gt;serpentine madness, kiss mine wounds and sip mine seeds&lt;br /&gt;for this filthy little desire is her dirty little deed…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i stand empty-hearted awaiting sweet luna&lt;br /&gt;nostalgic her eyes, seductive her lips&lt;br /&gt;i offer this moment to her naked eclipse&lt;br /&gt;i lie in distant shores for bitter asthenia&lt;br /&gt;id take over her body and ransack every inch&lt;br /&gt;leaving nothing innocent, leaving a sick perverted stitch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;ah, zeus, give me the power to fly to her now&lt;br /&gt;and watch her heave between sheets as she plays with her fingers&lt;br /&gt;ill watch in nocturna, patient as the dead&lt;br /&gt;and when timing is mine, slip to her bed and there, linger&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;for if my fingers cant own her, they can writhe the hilt&lt;br /&gt;of the knife as i raise it to heaven, and her throat it shall slit&lt;br /&gt;and the phantoms bare witness to this murderous man&lt;br /&gt;“if i cant have you, no one ever fucking can…”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i look down at mine goddess, bloodied yet beautiful&lt;br /&gt;venus would turn jealous if she saw this mural of mine love&lt;br /&gt;no joy and no sadness, murderous yet faithful&lt;br /&gt;im forever loyal, no concubines hidden underneath these wings of the dove&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;did the winds blow her hair, let every strand dance?&lt;br /&gt;to the beats of sweet longing, to lust’s orgasmic trance?&lt;br /&gt;did she look for another, in those distant unseen shores?&lt;br /&gt;for another finger to be lead inside the lips of the whore?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;if so, sweet cupid, shall i look for another mouth&lt;br /&gt;to bring me oral pleasures, and kiss my rot away?&lt;br /&gt;shall i search for a far sweeter caress, a gentler touch&lt;br /&gt;to hold me in nights of the abyss, to never let me slip away?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;no, i shall never c*m for any other girl&lt;br /&gt;but for her face, she can milk mine soul dry&lt;br /&gt;no, nothing else matters to me in this world&lt;br /&gt;none but her face, to no one else shall i cry&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;oh, if i could touch her cheeks as i stare at her eyes&lt;br /&gt;deceitful and devious, hold nothing but lies&lt;br /&gt;if i could lick her lips and hear her moan&lt;br /&gt;id slip medusa's snake in her cunt and watch her turn to stone…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;im afraid…&lt;br /&gt;so afraid…&lt;br /&gt;and i kiss…&lt;br /&gt;her forehead, goodbye…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;til our eyes meet again in a haunted nights dream&lt;br /&gt;i shall taste her again and drink her nectar&lt;br /&gt;but for now, she sleeps well in death’s embrace&lt;br /&gt;as i search for another constellation, another star…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-6024595256911956505?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/6024595256911956505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=6024595256911956505' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/6024595256911956505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/6024595256911956505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/incubus-excerpt-from-celene-chapters.html' title='the incubus'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-4205823800493596136</id><published>2008-04-05T22:55:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-05T22:56:13.319+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the misleading</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: arial;" class="snap_preview"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;morality blindfolded the bastards in the bench,&lt;br /&gt;wearing a gown lacking the shades of grey...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-4205823800493596136?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link 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src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-7449749783859866653</id><published>2008-04-05T22:49:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-05T22:57:17.296+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the plea</title><content type='html'>&lt;div  class="snap_preview" style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;if i could melt every fiber in me,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i’d mold it into his own…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-7449749783859866653?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/7449749783859866653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=7449749783859866653' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/7449749783859866653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/7449749783859866653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/plea.html' title='the plea'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-50576182165993501</id><published>2008-04-05T22:02:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-05T22:57:02.312+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the sociobiology</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="snap_preview"&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the queen ant&lt;br /&gt;comes&lt;br /&gt;out of her nest&lt;br /&gt;and mingles&lt;br /&gt;with the worker ants...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;she is looking for a suitable mate,&lt;br /&gt;one with strong&lt;br /&gt;wings&lt;br /&gt;to carry her&lt;br /&gt;to the skies...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;she finds him...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;he sends her to the clouds,&lt;br /&gt;and there, they mate...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;at the height of climax,&lt;br /&gt;the queen&lt;br /&gt;gains her wings&lt;br /&gt;as the worker ant&lt;br /&gt;sheds off his...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the queen lands safely&lt;br /&gt;on the ground&lt;br /&gt;and goes directly&lt;br /&gt;back to her nest...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; no one sees the worker ant...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-50576182165993501?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/50576182165993501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=50576182165993501' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/50576182165993501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/50576182165993501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/sociobiology.html' title='the sociobiology'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-472391705226161244</id><published>2008-04-05T21:57:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-05T22:56:47.653+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the catalyst</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="snap_preview"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i’m trapped inside a room of mirrors:&lt;br /&gt;six of them are surrounding me...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i guess&lt;br /&gt;i’ll be staying here for a while,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;waiting…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i take out&lt;br /&gt;a cigarette&lt;br /&gt;and the reflections&lt;br /&gt;follow...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i place the filter&lt;br /&gt;between my lips&lt;br /&gt;and light&lt;br /&gt;the edge&lt;br /&gt;with a match...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i sip the white air&lt;br /&gt;out of the stick&lt;br /&gt;and take&lt;br /&gt;a deep&lt;br /&gt;breath -&lt;br /&gt;bitter air sends a flame down my throat...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and we all&lt;br /&gt;exhale&lt;br /&gt;smoke...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;so much smoke&lt;br /&gt;from so many images&lt;br /&gt;all coming from&lt;br /&gt;one matchstick...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-472391705226161244?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/472391705226161244/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=472391705226161244' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/472391705226161244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/472391705226161244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/catalyst.html' title='the catalyst'/><author><name>saikow</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_4MdjIecghpQ/R_0C-wlfAaI/AAAAAAAAAAM/UuQBtYKMIhA/S220/Image(405).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003102930416524066.post-3338366788711897806</id><published>2008-04-05T21:37:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-05T21:55:54.982+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>the slowness</title><content type='html'>&lt;div  class="snap_preview" style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;a naked man is thrown into a well:&lt;br /&gt;his mouth is covered with duct tape;&lt;br /&gt;both his hands are bound by nylon strings;&lt;br /&gt;both his feet, by motorcycle chains,&lt;br /&gt;covered with cement...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;total weight: half a ton...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the fall sends his legs,&lt;br /&gt;torso,&lt;br /&gt;and head to the center stage:&lt;br /&gt;muscles stretch like rubber bands,&lt;br /&gt;refusing to snap;&lt;br /&gt;sinews unwind&lt;br /&gt;as bones hold firm...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;a massive wave&lt;br /&gt;from his stomach&lt;br /&gt;pushes its way&lt;br /&gt;to the walls of his head,&lt;br /&gt;trying to spurt out of his eyes...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;a faint splash echoes&lt;br /&gt;between the walls of the well...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the water, running cold as ice, caresses his skin...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the bitter taste of his last cigarette is trying to escape his mouth...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; his screams are muffled by the tape&lt;br /&gt;and the static hush of the dark water...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; he looks above as the rays of white light&lt;br /&gt;dwindle&lt;br /&gt;into one&lt;br /&gt;faint&lt;br /&gt;spot...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; now, between the complete darkness&lt;br /&gt;he waits...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-3338366788711897806?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/3338366788711897806/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=3338366788711897806' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/3338366788711897806'/><link rel='self' 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looking?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;gather all the strands of her hair&lt;br /&gt;and just use the bundle to drag her closer to me?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;clench her arms&lt;br /&gt;until it burns a mark?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;tear her cocoon apart&lt;br /&gt;and see what she hides:&lt;br /&gt;her insecurities,&lt;br /&gt;behind her seemingly divine stare?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;strike below her bosom?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;grab her by the throat,&lt;br /&gt;slam her to the wall&lt;br /&gt;and watch as she falls to her knees?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;can i?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and just ask her:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;where’s your smile now? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;finally,&lt;br /&gt;no pretentions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;pull her feet&lt;br /&gt;and turn her around?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;…a taste of what you’ve done to me!?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;hear screams of pain&lt;br /&gt;between her inaudible tears&lt;br /&gt;of release...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;blood,&lt;br /&gt;shit,&lt;br /&gt;and come&lt;br /&gt;all over the floor…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and throw her away...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;can i?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;can i say&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;finally, we’re even!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5003102930416524066-7228861049518719394?l=saikowpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/7228861049518719394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5003102930416524066&amp;postID=7228861049518719394' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/7228861049518719394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5003102930416524066/posts/default/7228861049518719394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saikowpoems.blogspot.com/2008/04/fulcrum.html' 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