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	<title>Thicke Poetry</title>
	
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	<description>Through high school and my early adult life, I tried to put my feelings into words. Here\'s some of those words. Hopefully the scarcity of these poems will inspire me to write something new.</description>
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		<copyright>2007 Marc Smith</copyright>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Just some words that came to my mind</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Through high school and my early adult life, I tried to put my feelings into words. Here's some of those words. Hopefully the scarcity of these poems will inspire me to write something new.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Marc Smith</itunes:author>
		
		
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		<title>Merry Christmas!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>poetry@thicke.org (Marc Smith)</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas everyone!
]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Merry Christmas everyone! </itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Merry Christmas everyone!</itunes:summary>
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		<itunes:author>poetry@thicke.org</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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		<title>TPP #5 - Untitled</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>poetry@thicke.org (Marc Smith)</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[These wretched arms embrace the day
This taking
This giving
Leaves me sore
It shocks me the way you take so much more
My guilt is heavy
My guilt is heavy
It pulls my face down onto the floor
The simple reason that I long for your soul
Are also the ways I feel like a fool
It’s so sacred
and Righteous
And your tightness
Makes you appear [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These wretched arms embrace the day</p>
<p>This taking</p>
<p>This giving</p>
<p>Leaves me sore</p>
<p>It shocks me the way you take so much more</p>
<p>My guilt is heavy</p>
<p>My guilt is heavy</p>
<p>It pulls my face down onto the floor</p>
<p>The simple reason that I long for your soul</p>
<p>Are also the ways I feel like a fool</p>
<p>It’s so sacred</p>
<p>and Righteous</p>
<p>And your tightness</p>
<p>Makes you appear too cruel</p>
<p>The last time I saw your face</p>
<p>You trusted me</p>
<p>Even less</p>
<p>It burns</p>
<p>So deep</p>
<p>October harvest we never reaped</p>
<p>And it’s over</p>
<p>Forever over</p>
<p>Your image runs like an hourglass</p>
<p>And it’s over</p>
<p>It was over fast</p>
<p>I wish I could forget your kaleidoscope lies</p>
<p>And I wish I could stop sucking in my pride</p>
<p>The loss of face that I have suffered</p>
<p>Makes my world crumble</p>
<p>My world is crumbling</p>
<p>My world is crumbling</p>
<p>And now I long for the strength to recover</p>
<p>And moreover</p>
<p>There’s dissension among the cells of my brain</p>
<p>Making me wonder if I am quite sane</p>
<p>retain</p>
<p>insane</p>
<p>I had an episode today</p>
<p>That reminded me of something in the way</p>
<p>You move</p>
<p>and that proves</p>
<p>That I must escape from you</p>
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		<itunes:subtitle>These wretched arms embrace the day

This taking

This giving

Leaves me sore

It shocks me the way you take so much more

My guilt is heavy

My guilt is heavy

It ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>These wretched arms embrace the day

This taking

This giving

Leaves me sore

It shocks me the way you take so much more

My guilt is heavy

My guilt is heavy

It pulls my face down onto the floor

The simple reason that I long for your soul

Are also the ways I feel like a fool

Itrsquo;s so sacred

and Righteous

And your tightness

Makes you appear too cruel

The last time I saw your face

You trusted me

Even less

It burns

So deep

October harvest we never reaped

And itrsquo;s over

Forever over

Your image runs like an hourglass

And itrsquo;s over

It was over fast

I wish I could forget your kaleidoscope lies

And I wish I could stop sucking in my pride

The loss of face that I have suffered

Makes my world crumble

My world is crumbling

My world is crumbling

And now I long for the strength to recover

And moreover

Therersquo;s dissension among the cells of my brain

Making me wonder if I am quite sane

retain

insane

I had an episode today

That reminded me of something in the way

You move

and that proves

That I must escape from you</itunes:summary>
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		<itunes:author>poetry@thicke.org</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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		<title>TPP #4 - Once I was a sane man</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>poetry@thicke.org (Marc Smith)</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Once I was a sane man
Before I saw the beast
Once I was a sane man
Until I ate the feast
Once I was a sane man
Until the coming of the bug
Once I was a sane man
But next week there came slugs
Once I was a sane man
Til I met the thing
Once I was a sane man
Til It started [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once I was a sane man</p>
<p>Before I saw the beast</p>
<p>Once I was a sane man</p>
<p>Until I ate the feast</p>
<p>Once I was a sane man</p>
<p>Until the coming of the bug</p>
<p>Once I was a sane man</p>
<p>But next week there came slugs</p>
<p>Once I was a sane man</p>
<p>Til I met the thing</p>
<p>Once I was a sane man</p>
<p>Til It started to sing</p>
<p>Once I was a sane man</p>
<p>But now the sky pours red</p>
<p>Once I was a sane man</p>
<p>But now I’ve lost my head</p>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Once I was a sane man

Before I saw the beast

Once I was a sane man

Until I ate the feast

Once I was a sane man

Until the ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Once I was a sane man

Before I saw the beast

Once I was a sane man

Until I ate the feast

Once I was a sane man

Until the coming of the bug

Once I was a sane man

But next week there came slugs

Once I was a sane man

Til I met the thing

Once I was a sane man

Til It started to sing

Once I was a sane man

But now the sky pours red

Once I was a sane man

But now Irsquo;ve lost my head</itunes:summary>
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		<itunes:author>poetry@thicke.org</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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		<title>TPP # 3 - Wrong Holiday</title>
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		<comments>http://poetry.thicke.org/2007/08/13/tpp-3-wrong-holiday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>poetry@thicke.org (Marc Smith)</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I See Banana bits in my milkshake
Flushing through my sore throat worsening my headache
Down to my stomach, shiver up my back
Since I’m thinking of you, my words must lack
Most anyone else would say, “No big deal”
Why is it that I have to be bad to feel
The way I do when I think of you
]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I See Banana bits in my milkshake</p>
<p>Flushing through my sore throat worsening my headache</p>
<p>Down to my stomach, shiver up my back</p>
<p>Since I’m thinking of you, my words must lack</p>
<p>Most anyone else would say, “No big deal”</p>
<p>Why is it that I have to be bad to feel</p>
<p>The way I do when I think of you</p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ThickePoetry/~4/143900624" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<itunes:subtitle>I See Banana bits in my milkshake

Flushing through my sore throat worsening my headache

Down to my stomach, shiver up my back

Since Irsquo;m thinking of you, ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>I See Banana bits in my milkshake

Flushing through my sore throat worsening my headache

Down to my stomach, shiver up my back

Since Irsquo;m thinking of you, my words must lack

Most anyone else would say, ldquo;No big dealrdquo;

Why is it that I have to be bad to feel

The way I do when I think of you</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:keywords>podcast</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:author>poetry@thicke.org</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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		<title>Episode #2 - Strive</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ThickePoetry/~3/138668232/</link>
		<comments>http://poetry.thicke.org/2007/07/29/episode-2-strive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>poetry@thicke.org (Marc Smith)</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[podcast]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Repeating inputs inspire in vain
words mesh together in tired refrain
Blue sounds repeat with high decibels
return from a lifesong as a force of will
Take that last steptoward the light
move forever
upwards
reaching
extreme heights
murdered heart beats in excited pain
overpowered by love lost to disdain
dreams reel on from beginning to end
as time starts to warp and reality bends
all emotions are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Repeating inputs inspire in vain</p>
<p>words mesh together in tired refrain</p>
<p>Blue sounds repeat with high decibels</p>
<p>return from a lifesong as a force of will<br />
Take that last steptoward the light</p>
<p>move forever</p>
<p>upwards</p>
<p>reaching</p>
<p>extreme heights</p>
<p>murdered heart beats in excited pain</p>
<p>overpowered by love lost to disdain</p>
<p>dreams reel on from beginning to end</p>
<p>as time starts to warp and reality bends</p>
<p>all emotions are reversed to the hilt</p>
<p>and foundations of hatred begin to be built<br />
Take that last steptoward the light</p>
<p>move forever</p>
<p>upwards</p>
<p>reaching</p>
<p>extreme heights</p>
<p>An ugly duckling is waiting to blossom</p>
<p>but first the swan must fall some</p>
<p>while breaking away from the beasts of dispair</p>
<p>the dream child must repent for actions unfair<br />
Take that last steptoward the light</p>
<p>move forever</p>
<p>upwards</p>
<p>reaching</p>
<p>extreme heights</p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ThickePoetry/~4/138668232" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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<itunes:duration>00:01:01</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:subtitle>Repeating inputs inspire in vain

words mesh together in tired refrain

Blue sounds repeat with high decibels

return from a lifesong as a force of will
Take that last ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Repeating inputs inspire in vain

words mesh together in tired refrain

Blue sounds repeat with high decibels

return from a lifesong as a force of will
Take that last steptoward the light

move forever

upwards

reaching

extreme heights

murdered heart beats in excited pain

overpowered by love lost to disdain

dreams reel on from beginning to end

as time starts to warp and reality bends

all emotions are reversed to the hilt

and foundations of hatred begin to be built
Take that last steptoward the light

move forever

upwards

reaching

extreme heights

An ugly duckling is waiting to blossom

but first the swan must fall some

while breaking away from the beasts of dispair

the dream child must repent for actions unfair
Take that last steptoward the light

move forever

upwards

reaching

extreme heights</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:keywords>podcast</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:author>poetry@thicke.org</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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		<item>
		<title>Episode #1 - Gina Gina Gina</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ThickePoetry/~3/136107825/</link>
		<comments>http://poetry.thicke.org/2007/07/21/episode-1-gina-gina-gina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>poetry@thicke.org (Marc Smith)</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[podcast]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gina Gina Gina
is the one that’s on my mind
’cause Ginas face and Ginas hands
are things just so divine.
So every day and every night
I’ve thought of Gina many times
til now I think that Gina’s
not the girl I usually find.
]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gina Gina Gina<br />
is the one that’s on my mind<br />
’cause Ginas face and Ginas hands<br />
are things just so divine.<br />
So every day and every night<br />
I’ve thought of Gina many times<br />
til now I think that Gina’s<br />
not the girl I usually find.</p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ThickePoetry/~4/136107825" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Gina Gina Gina
is the one thatrsquo;s on my mind
rsquo;cause Ginas face and Ginas hands
are things just so divine.
So every day and every night
Irsquo;ve thought of ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Gina Gina Gina
is the one thatrsquo;s on my mind
rsquo;cause Ginas face and Ginas hands
are things just so divine.
So every day and every night
Irsquo;ve thought of Gina many times
til now I think that Ginarsquo;s
not the girl I usually find.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:keywords>podcast</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:author>poetry@thicke.org</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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