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07/09/09

Round Deuce!!

04/21/09

Job Opportunity

04/08/09

Devil's Advocate

03/24/09

Summation

03/24/09

Diamond in the Rough

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  Gspot Opportunities

  Do you live in the Tampa, FL area? OR Have you ever wanted to visit the sunny Florida beach skyline? The Grape Spot is now auditioning Artsts for performances in downtown, beach, and city park OUTDOOR venues. Looking for professional and skilled people in ANY GE...

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  Frontin'

  Got my game face Reeboks laced lights in the crowd flashin' like Daddy, but before the P. before diddy back when MTV was Music TV .. "back in the day, when i was young, im not a kid anymore" .. Who got the skills to Rock the VJ any...

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  I gamble

  i gamble not for the winnings not for the rush i gamble not to meet people not to get drunk i gamble to fill the void in my life i gamble so my dreams can take flight i gamble its what i was meant to do i gamble because its t...

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  the Hallmark

  the holidays bring familiar faces snow white lawns and licorice laces deck out the tree with light bulb mazes that flicker and sparkle like warm fire places Aromas of peppermint cocoa, and caroling faces march through the street strengthening bonds and r...

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  "A Juvenile Way Out"

  Peter huddled in the corner, frantically trying to coil into a protective position. "Stupid, good for nothing, ungrateful lil Bastard!!! It's all your fault," his mother yelled from across the room. Empty beer bottles and forks hurled past Peter's head, smashing into the wall....

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  "An Accident"

  Elle is late again her dinners getting cold. Eggplant lasagna, its her favorite and tiramisu to top. A last ditch effort to make amends for the day's dark events. It wasn't my fault. I didn't think her dog was going to c...

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  "Head Butt"

  dont tell me what to do. i was there when you heard it the first time. remember... *silence* ...ill take the lack of response as a no. or maybe thats just what you like to do. chump. doesn't it feel good to be the boss. ha. you can't even relegate yourself. hiding behind your ...

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  "Miscommunication"

  see my mouth moving see syllables float and dip from my mouth to your hips, Ascending. vocabulary beware, guarding his drums are the hairs a 1st line of defense. impenetrable to sense. If somehow Lexicon breaks through a yellow cave of wax ensues engulfing...

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  St. Petersburg, Florida

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  "Stages"

  3 am driving back home, these lights caught my eye so i snapped one

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  "Prophecy"

  HIP and its weights more than described. Justice hasn't prevailed yet, give it time foreshadowed by ancient scribes to scrolls passed through the ages. crash landed in the cement jungle, with stories and ...

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  potential logo...

  hey all, just trying to get feedback on some logo ideas... Please tell me which pic stands out to you the most and why...

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  untitled

  i can only hope that the wind doesn't carry away the sand. ive spent too much time laying foundation watching my nursery for it grows and continues to grow. even after i have gone

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  Kick & Snare

  couldn't sleep... insomniac driven pictures of my kit.

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  Soon to come

  name the race from clearwater lone gate to miami plays we're here to stay slinging grapes all day sun shinin' while we pedal away sunrise to sunset ain't no better time yet we havin good times while pant saggin' shimmy down the boardwalk with yo...

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  "Feel the Air"

  Feel the air, it is the voice of reason - the Wind speaks, whether she is noticed or not. Accept this feeling, for this feeling is your freedom.

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  "Heir"

  Who are you? i have no clue. Even to this day i try to figure out who. But more importantly why, i see your reflection mirrored and not mine. I never wanted this to be, its the truth; you're a part of me. and I'm a part of you. Whether you like it or no...

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  "Man on Fire"

  Its a hunger that lurks inside It waits to be woken It has an unquenchable thirst, engulfing the unspoken. It seems all too familiar, yet its filled with mystery. Danger is its forte, destruction is its history. It unveils what is unknown. enligh...

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  "Badump"

  Stable in darkness. A senseless direction looms - What is this? Badump Badump Noise faint as an echo, acoustic - How one grows, it comes Thud! it goes, warm drum. Badump Badump Aegis sounds, naturally open Si...

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  "Anti-Hero"

  Anti-Hero ponders sentience: Mirrored image of longing insight - transcending existence Wrinkled and intertwined, palms do part - daisies grow, no need to push Sir Will spoke of stages, we are all actors. The Advocate does not know - Death's fate awa...

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  "Empire Building"

  "Empire Building" Squash the nay-sayers, pests pessimistic. Too narrow-minded to realize the mystics. Who entertain the simple thought, that real men create their own luck. Not in vain but true to self, true wealth. True to st...

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  "Danger Danger"

  Danger Danger Yours is the blood that shall spill whenever you ipod text behind the wheel. Listen to me when I say: I am that sense, I am that perception I am common, I am lame man's weapon Danger Danger I beckon you to come down this alley ...

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  "I left my Heart in Hawaii"

  It was everything to be expected plus more. A rush of sea air grazes the cheeks, leaving me intoxicated, concoctions of the shore: Sea salt, tanning lotion, and birds of paradise. I pictured a postcard, lain before my eyes. Fascination hits while...

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  "Touch the Sky"

  "Touch the sky" Hook up with this chic on the left her friends to the right hooking up next, throw back that bottle of Dom grab two girls on both ya arms You're rockstar living and on the road Courtn...

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  "Tree"

  pencil & paper

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  "Mother Says"

  Mother says: Faith is your salvation, it delivers you from sin, convey as water engulfs your crown. Entice your inner strife, keep yourself in His image convict yourself: you can do anything. People will disappoint you to fail is mortal's nature. How beau...

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  "Tribute"

  Play music. support your element It resonates bars of 12 hear it speak to you kind of blue, changing desires. Its a juncture of expression either pass is more than welcome for its the best of that tick-tock time-...

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  "Gecko"

  colored pencils, drawn in the car en route to Miami

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  "S"

  "S" everything comes so easy to her never lifting an eye or a finger I wonder if she's even noticed how people glance, then stop, and glare, transfixed its not her hair, her style, or demeanor there's something else that shines it gleams greener ...

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  "Don't Speak"

  SSHHHH! Don't Speak... its more fun for them to assume, its unchallenging, to presume, rather than pose questions they pass judgement they cause aggression SSHHHH! Don't Speak... put on your mask a literal paperback glance at the cover opt it ano...

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  "the Simple Life"

  acryclic on 2' x 3' canvas

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  "Ugly Man"

  The other drunkards could tell that something was off as the stranger hobbled into the bar. A slight hump in his back made his movement awkward, coupled with a bum left leg that he dragged along with each cumbersome step. The stranger didn’t look up to acknowledge the mob of...

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  "Being Alive"

  Being Alive is: Taking it day by day. Waking up and not wanting to go back to sleep. Taking the time out to enjoy your ice cream. Moving away from your friends and security to test the unknown. Still keeping in touch. Asking yourself, “Why tip-to...

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  "Lack of Memory"

  "Lack of Memory" Planes, trains, and automobiles my heads in the clouds doing cartwheels one way stops until the chop shop drops my bag, my sack, my puff n pass to the left or to the right circular motions are out of sight. sanity envisio...

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  "Cub"

  colored pencils, paper

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  "Free Word"

  "Free Word" Vocal images and illustrations of thought are soulful expressions that I have forgot like one, two, and three simple elements of the ABC's regress to baby, or maybe, mini me it contradicts my actions to a certain degree how inner mirr...

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  "Life in Time"

  "Life in Time" I wish we had more time time enough to live out our lives for time wasted should be a crime in the blackness we wait only for cries blindly we wait for nothing and everything like a bomb ready to explode time spent think...

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  "Lion of God"

  paint markers on wood table. Rastafarians and Jews (Hebrew Bible) alike both believe that an Angel was sent to purge the city of Judah (near Jerusalem) killing 180,000 men with a sword. This Angel's name was Ariel: Lion of God.