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since: 10-16-03, id: 378736, Profile Updated: 05-19-08
country: United States
Author has written 49 stories for General, Fantasy, Life, Love, Song, General, Essay, Politics, Biography, Romance, and Humor.

The girls on the streets all look sad in this gold-encrusted little town
Why is that?
Isn’t this the town of dreams?
Yeah, but it comes with a price.

It’s a town that never does anything and yet takes all the credit
A place that promises so much
But never has a thing to say
Or a care in the world

There is no memory here
No dream for itself but the dreams of others
And all over the world you talk about a place you’ve only seen in re-runs
Immortalized by its vice and deified for its carnage
There’s money in the air there
All you have to do is reach up and grab it.

In basements, garages, parking lots, empty lots, school yards, town cars, back rooms and more…
Diamonds are fashioned from expectations and fortified on a steady diet
Of simple lives and red carpets
The ejaculating zeitgeist in night vision

Culture is a punch line and emotion is blood in the water
The sharks here play games you can’t fathom.

But you flock here anyway
On college money and credit cards
Spend a week bullshitting yourself that it was all true,
All of it

Just to watch in horror as it all falls into pieces into the gravity of reality
The starry eyes fade as it dawns on you,
Nothing is guaranteed
You are a part of the great divide, the chosen,
Or the frozen
Now your miles away without a net,
Your college money is a collage of debt
And your credit cards are all snapped in fucking half.

Time to wander a landscape bereft of mercy
This is now the back lot of your failed movie
A waking dream re-written without your permission
The real luster, the soft focus, the
Soap opera vision
Is just the hindsight of a world who’s been lied to
Of sad surfs
And untouchable lords.

You took a chance didn’t you?
The chance didn’t have a par for you this time around,
Maybe next life

And you can’t even walk home...

The girls on the street all look sad in this cardboard cut-out little town
No wonder, that’s the only thing here that’s real
The gold is for fools and paradise is lost
But the hungry have never bothered with the cost
Day by day they fall away like rose petals
Like ink that won’t dry or fade
It just runs wild down cracks and crevices, grooves and folds
So I hope someone saves you before you get cold,
I really do

Because the girls are all sad in this little black book
If you don’t believe me take a closer look

If you can...

- Corey Taylor

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1. Our State of Nature reviews
It could happen.
Humor - Fiction Rated: M - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 419 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-12-09 - Published: 2-12-09
2. If Only for a Moment reviews
Read it out loud to yourself and see if you like it.
General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 407 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 1-28-09 - Published: 1-28-09
3. Listen to Your Own Advice
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General - Fiction Rated: M - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 542 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 1-25-09 - Published: 1-25-09
4. Her Pure Eyes Haunt Me reviews
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Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 101 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 1-24-09 - Published: 1-24-09
5. To Evolve reviews
Educational Product.
Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 169 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 1-14-09 - Published: 1-14-09
6. All I Know is
That I don't.
Complete - Romance - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 443 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 1-7-09 - Published: 1-7-09
7. To Our Fathers reviews
I would really like to know what people think of this. Any review will be returned. Thank you.
Complete - Essay - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,245 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 7-14-08 - Published: 7-14-08
8. Thanatos reviews
Ever seen fight club?
Complete - General - Fiction Rated: M - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 391 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 6-16-08 - Published: 6-16-08
9. The Unforgiven
Dark, thought provoking story based on real life.
Complete - Biography - Fiction Rated: M - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 862 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 5-29-08 - Published: 5-29-08
10. Sunday Night Conversation »
This is a story based on a long conversation with a friend I had. It was so interesting and thought provoking, I decided to turn it into a story. The intro sets the tone for a deeper discussion that I will post at a later date. Enjoy.
Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 11 - Words: 6,985 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 5-6-08 - Published: 3-19-08
11. Bloody Hands » reviews
This is a dark, revealing commentary on society that is not fact in action, but was conceptualized based on real world issues as well as personal observations. You'll find very few stories like it, and this is probably the first chapter of three or four.
Politics - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 2 - Words: 909 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 4-13-08 - Published: 4-12-08
12. Requiem reviews
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Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 104 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-11-08 - Published: 4-11-08
13. Prey reviews
Are you my prey?
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 336 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-11-08 - Published: 4-11-08
14. The Root was Planted reviews
Yep.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 43 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-10-08 - Published: 4-10-08
15. Lost Since reviews
Simple poem built from the past.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 119 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 3-18-08 - Published: 3-18-08
16. The Heretic Anthem reviews
If you've ever read political philosophy, you will enjoy this work. Critique invited.
Essay - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,859 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 3-4-08 - Published: 3-4-08
17. Release reviews
About a happy little boy.
Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,386 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 3-5-07 - Published: 3-5-07
18. Meaningless reviews
Dirty
Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 99 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 9-30-06 - Published: 9-30-06
19. Within Me reviews
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Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 96 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 5-4-06 - Published: 5-4-06
20. Dark Girl reviews
Poem
Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 39 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 4-15-06 - Published: 4-15-06
21. Survival Process reviews
Being truly happy sure is tough... the only consistant thing is the trying part.
Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 156 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 1-18-06 - Published: 1-18-06
22. I hope you cry reviews
Wrote this last night right after "get out". Both I was blacked out writing. I hope being drunk doesn't reveal something about yourself... but I might.
Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 71 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 1-18-06 - Published: 1-18-06
23. Underneath reviews
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Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 9-21-05 - Published: 9-21-05
24. Revelation reviews
Happiness- The emotion experiencd when, and only when, one escapes reality
Life - Fiction Rated: M - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 45 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 9-20-05 - Published: 9-20-05
25. Visions reviews
General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 89 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 5-28-05 - Published: 5-28-05
26. If I Could Be reviews
Does not pertain to real life situations.
Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 152 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-27-05 - Published: 2-27-05
27. Controlled Anger reviews
Yawn
Life - Fiction Rated: M - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 237 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 2-15-05 - Published: 2-15-05
28. Clarity reviews
Do not read this poem.
Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 193 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-13-05 - Published: 2-13-05
29. Felt reviews
Fuck you, I will not write summary.
Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 271 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 2-6-05 - Published: 2-6-05
30. Under a Cloudless Sky reviews
Was written a long time ago. It's about time I put this up.
Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 119 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 1-3-05 - Published: 1-3-05
31. Last Goodbye reviews
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Life - Fiction Rated: M - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 130 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 10-19-04 - Published: 10-19-04
32. Vicious Cycle
Things are what they are. We can change them if the benefits outweight the costs.
Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 187 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 9-29-04 - Published: 9-29-04
33. Like A Feather reviews
If you know me, you will realize this was written fairly recently...
Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 136 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 8-26-04 - Published: 8-26-04
34. I Remember reviews
Something of mine I found, so decided to post. Written awhile ago...
General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 72 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 8-26-04 - Published: 8-26-04
35. As I Lie My Head reviews
Just a poem.
Song - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 243 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 8-26-04 - Published: 8-26-04
36. Reasonless reviews
Come on. You know you wonder.
Song - Fiction Rated: M - English - Angst/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 335 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 6-29-04 - Published: 6-29-04
37. All Life Is reviews
This truly is all life is...
Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 865 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 5-8-04 - Published: 5-8-04
38. Hollow reviews
Empty inside, I hide
Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 194 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-13-04 - Published: 4-13-04
39. Fading reviews
Written when I was in an interesting mood. Don't expect to understand. Nothing really translates to real life in this poem with how I'm feeling or anything.
Life - Fiction Rated: M - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 285 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 3-6-04 - Published: 3-6-04
40. What You Do For Me reviews
. . .
Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 353 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-28-04 - Published: 2-28-04
41. Redemption reviews
Mistakes corrected and self purified. Now I make things right.
Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 259 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 2-10-04 - Published: 2-10-04
42. Selfempowered reviews
Reflects my inner soul. Feel free to read and review.
Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 362 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 2-2-04 - Published: 2-2-04
43. Cold Justice reviews
Read it if you are angry or like violence, but not if you are trying to be a nicer person, or are a recovering knifeaholic
General - Fiction Rated: M - English - Angst/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 243 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 1-28-04 - Published: 1-28-04
44. Falling reviews
Just read it.
Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 151 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 1-22-04 - Published: 1-22-04
45. What You do to Me reviews
How I feel.
Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 245 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 1-9-04 - Published: 1-9-04
46. The Deslin Chronicals: Power of Emotion » reviews
This story follows two gladiators as they live their lives. The two are quite different from each other in many ways, and conflict, followed by trajedy is in the near future. When a strange guild wants their services, it brings up only more questions.
Fantasy - Fiction Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 3 - Words: 5,922 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 1-4-04 - Published: 10-17-03
47. Not So Secret reviews
How things change... this is false
Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 238 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 12-24-03 - Published: 12-24-03
48. Uncertainty reviews
I wonder if anyone will understand.
Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 175 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 12-21-03 - Published: 12-21-03
49. Moods and Effects reviews
A poem that may make you think/feel empowered.
General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 169 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 10-16-03 - Published: 10-16-03
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