Nothing Dies Harder Than a Bad Idea

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    Nothing Dies Harder Than a Bad Idea

    Everybody's got a love song.

    Everybody's got their own sad story.

    And, for 15 minutes in time,

    everybody gets a little bit of glory

    ... and love ... sometimes


    When I was a young man,

    I thought that time was never ending.

    I was searching for my home at the end of the world.

    Now, all I really know ...

    Lovers come and go.

    I spent my life trying

    to burn the fat off my soul,

    trying to remember all the lies that I've told.

    Now I finally realize that nothing really dies

    harder than a bad idea.


    I had a friend down in Key West.

    He didn't have much, but never settled for less.

    If he couldn't find true love,

    he could always rent it for a while.

    He took a trip down to Panama ...

    ended up back in Florida ...

    He closed his eyes in the winter of a dying soul.


    Now, all I really know ...

    Seasons come and go.

    You can spend your life trying

    to burn the fat off your soul.

    You can try to forgive all the lies you've been told.

    Until you realize that nothing really dies ...

    harder than a bad idea.

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    Tempy commented on Nothing Dies Harder Than a Bad Idea

    04-09-2010

    I was searching for my home at the end of the world. Now, all I really know ... Lovers come and go. I spent my life trying to burn the fat off my soul, trying to remember all the lies that I've told. Now I finally realize that nothing really dies harder than a bad idea. your such a talented writer. I love your work
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    HarverTomsson commented on Nothing Dies Harder Than a Bad Idea

    07-20-2009

    Complementing the title is the line, "Trying to burn the fat off your soul" I'm just rying to figure out, inlight of how hard a job it is, is this one of those bad ideas that die hard, or a good idea that is also hard? Great paradox. And from your comment, I know what you would say.
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    DiStefano

    07/20/2009

    Thank you for taking the time to read and comment my work. I truly appreciate it. Looking forward to yours. Thanks again.

    wheelsal commented on Nothing Dies Harder Than a Bad Idea

    07-20-2009

    Another great read. You know how to say it well. Sally
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    DiStefano

    07/20/2009

    Thank you! Glad you liked it!

    mlea commented on Nothing Dies Harder Than a Bad Idea

    06-11-2009

    the purpose of one's life is not the destination, but the roads traveled to get there. I have so much to say, I really like works of yours but my comments would be on the content and not the work itself....good piece, thanks mlea
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    DiStefano commented on Nothing Dies Harder Than a Bad Idea

    06-05-2009

    Hopefully ... the older we get, more wise .. we become. I d'unno. I lost a very dear friend who lived his life burning his candle at both ends with reckless abandon. I don't think he wanted to die, but he knew that he lived by the very sword that was doing him in. I keep a small container with his ashes on my mantle, and if I could figure a way to "re -materialize" him and bring him back, I would say to him .." ok, dude .. you have one more chance at this ... only y'gotta do it right this time" ... But I know he would only tell me to go fuck myself. And that's exactly why I loved him so much. I miss you, my friend .. see ya on the other side.
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    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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