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MIND OVER METAL
My imaginary punk rock band
Would play Weighty Metal
Where a dramatic front man
With powerful lungs and much enthusiasm
Would yell out passages from philosophy books
Like they were lyrics
While the band shreds the night
With Old School 80's style buzzsaw punk
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SHOPPING FOR A FUTURE
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It is Nature's way to phase out the old
And make way for the new
Because Constant Change is the name of the game
The Future will come for you
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Hang on to the Old Ways tried and true
What has worked successfully before
But also keep an open heart and mind
About what Change has in store
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Be prepared for what may come
Eat healthy, get sleep, save up what you can
The Future is not yet set in the Now
So being prepared is the Plan
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A MERRY BAND OF MAD SCIENTISTS
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Every life is an experiment
We learn by trial and error
Give and take, live and let live
Good fortune or misfortune
Difficult or easy
We try things that seem like a good idea
At the time
Thus we find out if an idea is a good idea or not
We can share the results of our experiments
Do some research before we begin
See what the experts have to say
But in the end we are our own science experiments
Explorers and alchemists
Hoping nothing blows up while we are
Inventing a life of meaning and purpose
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HEY EVERYONE
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I am thankful I found a place
To interface with the human race
Learn something new
Have a laugh or two
So thank you thank you thank you
For being here
Wishing you and yours a day of peace and cheer
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NO LADY IN THE LAKE
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The knight, imbued with chivalry
Went off to slay the dragon
He pinned a rose favor to his breast
Drank courage from a flagon
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He went through every trial and test
Spent every coin of treasure
Suffered bleak and endless days
Not seeking wealth or pleasure
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Only when his substance was spent
His spirit finally broken
He saw the rose was cheap and fake
A trite and useless token
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Beware, all ye noble Knights
Before venturing forth on a quest
You may not want the worthless prize
Though you nobly passed each test
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HURRY UP AND WAIT
I wish I was made of easily replaceable mechanical parts
That my brain could be downloaded onto a disk
And uploaded into a new brain grown in a lab
i wish we lived at least 900 years
So we had time to work through all our issues
I wish we had all our basic needs supplied
So we can use our earned assets on improvements
And that there were other planets for us to use
For groups who only want things exclusively one way
There would be prison planets to keep dangerous people
Away from the vulnerable
It would be great if we could download books directly to our brains
Oh so much of the suffering, worry, fear, and uncertainty of life
Could be greatly reduced or eliminated
If only we had the future right now.
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HIGHER AND HIGHER
There is an apple on the Tree of Life
I can not yet reach
The most perfect transcendental apple of them all
I hope through all my seeking and striving
To grasp that magical apple
And in that moment shuffle off
The mortal terror that haunts me
Opening up a vastness of possibilities
Through Understanding and past Understanding
To the wild blue infinity beyond
Where true freedom is my sword and shield
Where I can fly on wings of love
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