Eric James

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  • The Outsiders

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    They come to our streets in air conditioned tanks, spinning hours around the block finding the right spot to place their tank into park. And they spill out, at first with trepidation and fear but eventually curiosity and amazement bewilder their senses. “How can this be! A real city!” The colors, the smells, the shapes,…

  • I have become the bougie people

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    I once sipped a then expensive $3 chai to watch a man pull up in an already five year old BMW.  Oh the swagger he had and how I envied him. He unbuttoned his shirt just enough to show how proud his chest hair poked out to complete the advertised vision of an extra-ordinary man…

  • I don’t know

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    I don’t know I don’t know I sayThis is for Seth at Chino LatinoHe gave me a dollar folded into a bootAnd then he pulled me closeAnd kissed me on the cheek I went over afterwards to say hiHe said BYE I don’t know I don’t know  So I try harderAnd I build myself up…

  • Hazy Night

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    A quiet night Street lamps reflect off glass bottles In the distance a city of light In this space, a side-stepping dance With hands intertwined And heads close Snow falls gently onto the Earth Paths carved by cars and a chimney stack beyond Inhale the sweet smoke Deprive the chaos of thoughts Clear the mind…

  • Let’s Have This Once

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    Be it gentle rhythms of your breathThey cull my head into dissonanceA reverberating soundWhich warms the inside of my faceAnd calms the melody of the past Be your hands holding mineWith strong need and no hesitationPulling me aroundThrowing energy into my heartAnd pushing toward greater distances Let’s have this onceA moment too realLet’s have this…

  • Jamie’s Place

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    He’s giving me a hard timeI’m not where I want to beBut here I could takeWhat I can see I said maybe this isn’t all that I thought it wasBecauseI’m scared and the action’s just too much I crawl on my kneesTo my doorAnd listen hardTo the floor Jamie’s place Beating in my headSo many thingsI…

  • Get Away

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    Later, I’ll see you laterI’ll call you another timeIn my memoryIn a moment he’s dead So move onLIke these feelings can endLet the decisionsBe left unsaid In the car ride back to the apartmentYou said to protect meHold onto the friendshipIs that important So I run Under the summer sunAlong the riverAgainst concrete These matters don’t…

  • The Beautiful Singer

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    He’s got one guitar slinged on his shoulderOver a finely cut shirt in bright blueHe smiles a youthful innocenceWith a panting desire for truth The beautiful singerBringing me back to my heartThe beautiful singerBrings us back home The road he takes winds its way to the eastAnd boys to men fall under his spellDoes he…

  • Beyond

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    I thought you might be someone Who could take me on a ride Show me toward the path of everlasting Hope for a new day to arrive And I trust you that I could walk through The thoughts which take me down This is where I belong Future years Future tears This is where I…

  • Swell

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    Instigate Each footstep misplaced marching towardsUnknown and unnecessary conflictEnraging others whose business ought to be avoided. RespondTo emotions drawn like shining silver swordsHearts burn with clouded eyes and external influenceHaving been wrought with a touchy subject too fragile to bear. ConflictWith all the natures of human interactionFor only one churns from the guts of a…