After introducing a roommate to the grand epic that is the Godfather, I realized that much of what I've learned in this life I learned at the feet of Don Corleone.
1. Come in Friendship before offering to pay.
2. Don't let men with hats take pictures of you.
3. Do not talk family business with outsiders.
4. Everyone has a price they won't refuse.
5. Stay out of the drug business, its dirty.
6. If you have a big dumb friend that would do anything for you, don't send him undercover, he's big and dumb, and everyone knows he'd do anything for you.
7. Bullet proof vests should not make one feel too safe.
8. Walk, don't run, no one will notice your face.
9. It really pays to know a good lawyer.
10. Never, go against the family.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Cold River
Take a step, in this river of life,
Moves so fast, so quick through my hands,
Never stops, as it winds its way down,
Past the world and through my lands.
Embrace the tide, it pulls you along,
Feel the cold, as it drags through your soul,
Shock of real, through a mind broken by time,
Give up now, all illusion of control.
Every death, happens too soon
Every life, fails to reach full scope,
Timid now, against encroaching night,
Death beckons grimly with twisted rope.
The best of us, die when we're young,
Life leaves us, having spent its time,
Teaching all, to a student of failure,
Whose many lessons drift lazily by.
So grasp the stream, before it dries,
A handful of water, is more than many
take from this world, so immerse in full,
Immerse yourself, and drown in plenty.
-SB
Moves so fast, so quick through my hands,
Never stops, as it winds its way down,
Past the world and through my lands.
Embrace the tide, it pulls you along,
Feel the cold, as it drags through your soul,
Shock of real, through a mind broken by time,
Give up now, all illusion of control.
Every death, happens too soon
Every life, fails to reach full scope,
Timid now, against encroaching night,
Death beckons grimly with twisted rope.
The best of us, die when we're young,
Life leaves us, having spent its time,
Teaching all, to a student of failure,
Whose many lessons drift lazily by.
So grasp the stream, before it dries,
A handful of water, is more than many
take from this world, so immerse in full,
Immerse yourself, and drown in plenty.
-SB
Monday, February 9, 2009
New Day Bounty
A misty vision recedes fast,
far beyond this pane of glass,
against a backdrop of winter's fallen.
Straining eyes reach for signs,
desp'rate warmth the heart it pines,
frantic for a glimpse of reality.
A nervous mind falters under,
weighted tongue breaks words asunder,
but fears crash down like towers 'gainst the waves.
The mist it clears with daylight's rise,
and once again upheld a prize,
a tender touch of Real clutched tight to breast.
Upon this now my courage rests,
ready for a new day's tests,
till Night brings back the mist to part anew.
-S.B.
far beyond this pane of glass,
against a backdrop of winter's fallen.
Straining eyes reach for signs,
desp'rate warmth the heart it pines,
frantic for a glimpse of reality.
A nervous mind falters under,
weighted tongue breaks words asunder,
but fears crash down like towers 'gainst the waves.
The mist it clears with daylight's rise,
and once again upheld a prize,
a tender touch of Real clutched tight to breast.
Upon this now my courage rests,
ready for a new day's tests,
till Night brings back the mist to part anew.
-S.B.
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