A Word from the Editor
Fear and Loathing on Broad St.
Thursday, November 5th, a young college student was caught up in a violent situation and ended up dead by Friday. Violence begets Violence. You see this could have been prevented. There were some warning signs that violence would occur. Angry young men and Alcohol. The two most deadly items to start a dangerous act. Let me start by saying that I wasn't there personally and I was not a witness to the event, but I've had my share of a good time gone bad many a time and I know the symtoms first hand. When even the best of friends turn into ugly enemies right before your eyes. I'm talking about the states of mind in which things are never what they seem and even the simpliest of problems turn into all out war to see who is right. The end results are the same except this time there is no I'm sorry. What I'm trying to say is that when you do drink please know when to quit. Know when you are out of your peaceful element and know when to leave. That is the most important thing you can do. Know when your time to have fun is ending. Know when you start to feel lost in your emotions, your anger, and then say I'm done and leave.
Fighting is no solution. Now, someone today is regreting the punch he threw and the issues surrounding the chain of events that lead to an unfortunate death. I'm telling you to just let it go if you should find yourself the agressor or the defender. Let it go and learn to live another day. Because your never know how it might end if you stick around to stick up for something to prove. You might end up proving that you can't live forever or you are just too bad as can be to be allowed to live on the streets. Another thing, I heard the term friends don't let friend drive drunk and I think this should extend to behavior as well. Friends don't let friends get into fights. If you see your pal in a hostile situation, be the better person and help them let it go. Drag them away if need be. Don't let them go into a situation that could prove deadly. Be a friend, not a tag team partner. It might seem stupid at the time to others, but you are saving a life or trouble for your buddy. Do the right thing and live to see another day for you and your friends.
The gift of life once given
shall never be forgotten
you could always return it
yet it's not worth the pain
it's not the pain of living
nor the pain of dying
it's just the pain of loving
yet it's also satisfying
how it hurts to watch the gift go
yet loving makes it seem harder
Who was the inventor of a cruel pleasure
not life, but love - for one another
it's worth the risk of losing it all
except the gift of life, for that
is the only true love.
"The Gift of Life" - Heather Grass (03/18/97)
Each Night as i Lay
down to correct myself
for sleep.
i set the time to signal
a call to pull me from my dream
in between i wrestle with
soda pop & sun try
to repeat the question until
my time is done.
each time : give New reasons
And each time : spell the wrong
# 3, # 3,... # 3, # 3,... 3 #, # 3
So leave the grammer be
& focus.. just be sure!! the
letters are important & correct the
spelling is the cure
"Soda-pop Wrestler II" - I am cool
Life
A series of ups and downs
A Roller coaster of Insanity
That takes forever to get to
- the Platform
who's at the controls?
who cares any way?
Damned be us all
God is surely watching
But si he helpless to help us?
I don't really know
But why lose sleep over?
- e. s. Hollis
In the Hidden Center of
INFINITY - THE FIRES BEGINING
SOUL - IS WATER - AWAKEN'D FROM
DEEP SLEEP - THE EYE OF DEATH -TWISTING FOG - LIGHT FLICKERS
THROUGH PRISMS - LAUGHTER
ASSEMBLES WITHIN COLORS - MOVES
THE WILD STORM - BUTTERFLYS
UNFOLDING - TURNING IN THE
SPIDER WEBS LIKE TWITCHING
ELECTRIC DREAMS - NAKED IN MY
EYES: I AM A CHILD WHO SAW THROUGH
A DEAD MANS MOUTH - ALL WORDS
WORSHIP DEATH FOR DESIRES
TO DRINK OF THE BELIEFS - GIVING
US FORM FOR THE FEAST OF LIFE.
"0.33" - STEVEN MINISH
I have been watching the Heavens Unfastened
I stood here waiting for your return
How my heart still burns - burning for you
I thought you were the only one for me
that's what I felt , that's what I believe
Everytime I 'm close to you
I lose myself in yesterday
I hold on so close to yesterday
Even as you walk away
you leave me catching my tears in the rain
remembering cozy nights
talking to morning light
I pray to God - for courage to ENDURE
as you pray for the courage to let it all go
I grieve for what I lock inside my heart
the hoplessess I must endure when we're apart
I have found the worlds to say - but is it too late
ghost of the girl - I loved the most
I wish I could feel - but I don't feel anything
I f I only could just believe
that you were the only one for me
I f I could say the right worlds
you would be here
and I wouldn't be watching the Heaven's Unfastened
My love's so perfected
longing of love to be true
so riddled with everything I desire
so hungry to be loved by you
I wish you knew i was deep in you heart
as you are in mine - looking for the words to be true
but the Heavens are breaking apart
"Unfastened Heavens" - Zare (08/22/98)
I'm watching it spill onto the streets
spilling of life and blood and spirit.
I'm watching the Men shake their heads.
I'm watching the Women cover their faces.
I'm seeing the souls float away.
The damned if you do damned if I will's
smiles licking like a well feed cat playing
With it's own food. Too content to eat
another bite. Just willing to play. Sorry days.
Don't cry another tear. Just carry me away
in the waves of revelry. Across the Highway
to the gas station and let me thumb a ride.
- Huff