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AnUrbanNomadAn Anatomy Lesson
Published: 2010-12-13 06:50:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 7120; Favourites: 395; Downloads: 49
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Description        If I collected the lies I've been told I could make myself a skeleton. 206 hollow bones made of hollow words. The bigger lies are structural support, holding up the rest of me. 33 dishonest "I love yous" could be 33 intersecting vertebrae, composing my curving spine.

       I could gather shards of my 10 favorite broken promises to be my long, sharp finger nails. The 10 runner ups fit on the tips of my toes.

        Spiderweb truths, theirs and mine, will weave my new skin. An average of 20 feet of sticky substance, easily torn and easily rewoven.

        Words will circulate like blood through the 100,000 miles of my veins. Cynicism creates phagocytes, attacking all foreign bodies of hope.

        2 hazel eyes are formed from memories. Green from springs come and gone. Brown from Autumns just the same. Rods and cones of years gone by interpret the way I see things now.

        My heart is love, beating on and on. 72 times 24, beating, beating, beating, never stopping till death. My soul, however, is borrowed from nothing else. It is always my own.
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AnUrbanNomad In reply to ??? [2011-04-07 22:42:11 +0000 UTC]

Everything hurts at some point or another.

But this:I feel the dark, horrible parts inside my soul and realize how easily, simply I could give up and let them take over, and it scares me. I want to push them out but I can't, they're beautiful....
Yeah… I know exactly what you mean. That is me every night in the darkest, earliest hours when everything else sleeps. It's terrifying.

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sillycanadianwriter In reply to AnUrbanNomad [2011-04-09 18:38:24 +0000 UTC]

Yes, yes exactly.... I believe it is simply part of being a writer / artist. To create you have to appreciate everything- good and bad, evil and angelic, beautiful and horrible, terrifying and comforting....

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AnUrbanNomad In reply to sillycanadianwriter [2011-04-11 04:55:09 +0000 UTC]

This is is so true!

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Do-You-Remember-Me In reply to ??? [2011-03-14 07:26:36 +0000 UTC]

This is an awesome piece both in the 'scientific' sense with the anatomy and in the 'written' sense... combining two of my favourite subjects together

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AnUrbanNomad In reply to Do-You-Remember-Me [2011-03-30 18:18:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. They're my two favorites as well.

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Do-You-Remember-Me In reply to AnUrbanNomad [2011-04-01 05:59:53 +0000 UTC]

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anieke In reply to ??? [2010-12-18 04:46:19 +0000 UTC]

Very clever

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AnUrbanNomad In reply to anieke [2010-12-20 02:12:42 +0000 UTC]

Thank you kindly.

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fallenidle In reply to ??? [2010-12-18 00:08:35 +0000 UTC]

You are awesome.

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AnUrbanNomad In reply to fallenidle [2010-12-18 02:36:08 +0000 UTC]

Aww thanks! *blushes*

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Peppermint--Twist In reply to ??? [2010-12-13 19:57:56 +0000 UTC]

I love it when people blend science and literary art. It's a sort of beautiful hybrid that you've captured wonderfully.

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AnUrbanNomad In reply to Peppermint--Twist [2010-12-13 20:27:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I love it too. You should check out the Science Song by Josh Ritter. It's a bonus track so you can't download it but you can watch it on youtube. [link] This guy's parents were physicists so he uses a bunch of science in his lyrics.

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Peppermint--Twist In reply to AnUrbanNomad [2010-12-13 21:43:53 +0000 UTC]

Thats the one of the best things I've ever seen! He's a man after my heart.

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AnUrbanNomad In reply to Peppermint--Twist [2010-12-13 22:24:06 +0000 UTC]

His other stuff is incredible as well. You should listen to his other stuff. He will change your life.

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Peppermint--Twist In reply to AnUrbanNomad [2010-12-14 04:52:42 +0000 UTC]

Most likely, haha. I will look him up as soon as finals are over. Thanks so much for the tip

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AnUrbanNomad In reply to Peppermint--Twist [2010-12-14 04:57:21 +0000 UTC]

No problem. I'm eternally indebted to my friend who introduced me and I'm just doing the pay it forward thing.

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