Tom Wagner's Writings
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Poem
Sep.29.2010
Exquisite pain, relentlessly raw, Plague in my psyche knows no silence, Wracking my soiled, guilty heart, Tormenting me to achieve something.
Left to myself, I am undone, Personal ability hopelessly wanting, Empower me to triumph, I beg, Slay the feral critics in my head.
Oppressed, I fight the onslaught, An unmerited pride surges to the fore, Battle...
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Poem
Sep.29.2010
Just remember where you got it from, You often hear them proudly say, as if it’s Something of which to indeed be proud. Otherwise, nothing is mentioned at all.
Nothing’s more gratifying, you hear, than Returning to a school reunion where Once popular, coveted people are quite Fat, bald and haggard in appearance.
Are you so shallow, that you cannot be Happy for...
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Poem
Sep.29.2010
Childhood dreams labeled childish, Masses march relentlessly northward, Passion bitten by power’s deceit, Venom festers beneath scaly flesh.
Sand dusts the carcasses of life, Polishes the shells, reflecting all light, Grinding along streets slated for gold, Cobblers cobble no more.
Today’s forgers add no value, The craft once common now corrupt, Miller no...
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Poem
Sep.29.2010
The world I want’s not on this side, Here, Pompeii’s embrace crumbles in a fresh breeze, Last I looked, and I always look, Ruinous canyons speak of ghostly joy, Apparitions resigned to lore.
At a glance, all looks green and lush, Cultivated from Charon’s lurid black seed, Arid, grainy, brotherly blood, Share heroin through tainted needlepoint pricks, Shining...
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About Tom
Since the age of 11, I wanted to be a writer. I went on to obtain my BA in English - Creative Writing from Knox College and ultimately became a marketing communications professional. However, principally as a writer in executives' clothing, as I write to...
Causes Tom Wagner Supports
AMFA Foundation, Affordable Medicines For Africa-South Africa, World Vision
Tom’s Favorite Books
Great Expectations, Heart of Darkness, Catch 22, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, I Am Third, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise...
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