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Bed Prowlers by modestmouse12, literature

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Bed Prowlers

In the turbulence of the night When the sleep won't come We look in our closets stupidly Trying to maintain tradition and optimism Knowing that the monsters no longer reside there But on our back Heavy as the world and violent as humanity These creatures have faces The faces of ex-girlfriends, family, work And your regrets play on its skin Like cinematic timebombs burning you in their wake This is why your pets will insistently sleep with you Not because they like the feel of your feather pillows Or your Egyptian cotton sheets that you got a good deal on But because they are loyal and would step in front of a bullet It also doe

Tiger on the Loose by modestmouse12, literature

Lafayette by modestmouse12, literature

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Lafayette

Sand on the shores of the Wabash Belong like flies in my rice Lining the boundaries of the Twin Cities And up the hill, you'll find all the adolescents Drinking their way to a social status Downtown there are businesses and bars And businessman and bums Too many coffeshops with scensters And struggling business-owners Twenty-six is the vein And fifty-two the artery This was home when I was little And now just the place I reside

Doctor Told Me So by modestmouse12, literature

Wagered by modestmouse12, literature

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Wagered

We sink the drinks to sleep Between the coasts of sacred seas And drop our mind to find The way back to civilization and signs Haven’t I seen you here before? Bleeding faith and begging for more? Yes, you’re desperate for answers With lime and salt you’ll find nothing Nothing here but more of you Multiplied and in single lines You’ve committed no crime Walk away and see another day Walk away and pray for the way The sheep are willing and ready Keep your wolf suit and your aim steady It’ll be over before you know it

Strange but True by modestmouse12, literature

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Strange but True

When I leave and come back again They’ll ask who is standing there With something so different in here Oh, we’re lost So lost inside ourselves How did we end up this way? Strangers becoming stranger Isolated and capsizing Orion’s Belt isn’t coming back again With the sun white dwarfing And the moon landing on our shoulders We’ll dig in ten fingers at a time With ten toes keeping this body of mine dry Where did you go? Oh, where have you been? Not here Not again

Winter's Coming Again by modestmouse12, literature

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Winter's Coming Again

I awoke barefoot in the snow Sleepwalked to the shadows like before Footprints back to god only knows To where the criminals are no longer hardened And the women’s skins are as pale as the moon I would not live there – I would become there Now my hardwood floors are wet The end of my pajamas soggy And my house as cold as the snow on the tree limbs The funny thing is that I never even slept at all I just lost my mind at midnight

Perdition by modestmouse12, literature

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Perdition

Three ways from nowhere And these white spaces are maddening Red between the lines Got caught up on all the signs I see this place growing to be forgotten With the roots so deeply tangled underground Got lost digging through the mess he left Now you follow me with your eyes walking through your walls It’s ten after midnight, but that never stopped me at all The heat is on and you’re back playing in the fire That glint in your eye is screaming S.O.S. again But still feeling sorry for yourself With the bottle half-way down your throat Well, I feel sorry for you too Because it’s like every other day So maybe you c

Alleyway Pt. II by modestmouse12, literature

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Bed Prowlers by modestmouse12, literature

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Bed Prowlers

Tiger on the Loose by modestmouse12, literature

Lafayette by modestmouse12, literature

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Lafayette

Didn't See It Coming by modestmouse12, literature

Literature

Didn't See It Coming

this heavy load is crushing me drowning beneath turbulent seas sucker punched with the news this is what i get, i'm paying my dues and i didn't want to believe it now everywhere i go, i see it old friend, we used to be so close i'm still trying to make the most with. what. you. left. me. but now our time has passed my dreams shattered like broken glass left in a state of disrepair and you don't even care fuck what's wrong and right i won't make it through the night i fucked myself over no four leaf clover i stare at the ceiling in my bed the words resonate in my head my imagination runs wild i can't get over the fact that

Mistakes by modestmouse12, literature

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Mistakes

Tell me is there a way to get back in time For what I want I cannot find Not in the present fore it lives only in the past And the time has gone way too fast Mistakes are made everyday And I cannot find my way Did you see where my conscience went When I said sorry, did you understand what I meant? Did I not say I love you enough? Am I the reason you act so tough? You can't let your defenses down But you're not fooling me It's the little girl inside I see Your parents might have fucked you up But you'll be just fine Everything else falls in line And I'll be waiting

The Forgotten by modestmouse12, literature

Literature

The Forgotten

The sun sets on another wasted day And the sun will rise but be blocked by gray And I'm okay with throwing today away I waste time held up in my room It's been four days since I've looked up at the sun or the moon I read novel after novel and think how they relate to me Talking to a person or leaving this confinement would be quite the novelty There is a quiet comfort in my solitude Being by myself leaves me in a tranquil mood So I lie in my bed thinking of my friends As I think of the past, my mouth forms a grin I've had my share of ups and down with those whom I love And I say I'm sorry everytime when push comes to shove But I'

Inner Storm by modestmouse12, literature

Literature

Inner Storm

I feel like the sky When the dark clouds crowd And it begins to rain And it's hard to swallow the pain Somehow I know this is my fault But I can't begin to explain it all And again I've hit the wall And I'm calling but no ones picking up I'm at your door again Because I can't take it anymore In the middle of the downpour But no one's home tonight When there's no one left to run to I'm not surprised because I knew That I've cut all my ties to you And that was my biggest mistake

Love and Hate by modestmouse12, literature

Literature

Love and Hate

i don't want to die with regrets and some things are too hard to forget summer nights take us where we let them on top of parking garages and in empty buildings but with all the love, i can get rid of this feeling you have to take that extra step to set things right and say you're sorry when you screm and fight swallow your pride and stop trying to hide what makes you human, flesh and blood you bleed just like the rest from the comments made in jest to the spear of jealousy that you get from me we can't run from everything all the time and climb from the grave you dug yourself and grow out of your personal hell that you create

Eye for an Eye is Bullshit by modestmouse12, literature

Literature

Eye for an Eye is Bullshit

i wonder if you know these songs are about you because i sit and write until the night sky turns blue but i don't think my point's getting across i've never been the one with a loss of words but i know it's true and i'm one of the few who ever made you feel that way inside and even though you try to hide it we both know it's true and there's nothing you can do when will you admit that you're just as wrong as me so we can both live healthy and a little bit more free we can't live like this forever and keep coming up with clever ways to hurt each other and whether or not you want to admit this you still miss me the same way i miss

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Keepers of the Dolphins by modestmouse12, visual art

Keepers of the Dolphins

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Deviant for 19 years
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Current Residence: Lafayette, Indiana
Favourite genre of music: I don't really like to label things.
Favourite style of art: Surreal
Favourite cartoon character: Calvin & Hobbes
Personal Quote: I look at you like a rabid dog. I pity you, but I wouldn't hesitate to put you down.

Favourite Movies

Narc

Favourite Bands / Musical Artists

Third Eye Blind

Favourite Writers

I'm my favorite poet.

Favourite Games

Starcraft & Warcraft

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My cunning wit.

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Females and music

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modestmouse12

May 15, 2009

My urine tastes like champagne.

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I haven't updated in awhile, and even more so, have an actual journal entry that sports any reflection whatsoever on my day-to-day life. The semester is over. The week of finals were stressful. I never really worry about finals, the grade in my classes are generally locked in so much as that as long as I don't skip the final, my final grade is  the grade I was already paddling on. This semester was different because in all of my classes, I was teetering between two grades. My dedication towards the final made all the difference. I felt that I made out like a bandit due to how the semester was playing out...or playing me out. I received one A

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modestmouse12

Feb 17, 2009

so you want to be a writer

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if it doesn't come bursting out of you    in spite of everything,    don't do it.    unless it comes unasked out of your    heart and your mind and your mouth    and your gut,    don't do it.    if you have to sit for hours    staring at your computer screen    or hunched over your    typewriter    searching for words,    don't do it.    if you're doing it for money or    fame,    don't do it.    if you're doing it because you want    women in your bed,    don't do it.    if you have to sit there and    rewrite it again and again,    don't do it.    if it's hard work just thinking about doing it,