Fish and hot oil in a frying pan
Interfering in my plan for a tan
Suddenly splattered across my arm
And I’m thinking what happened to my charm
Night before I leave on vacation
Is my luck just a simulation
I think it is time to look inside me
Look real hard and see
My pain is not inexhaustible
I’m not really combustible
My life has not changed
Maybe I’m a little deranged
But I was not in a nightclub in Rhode Island
Set ablaze by those morons the Great White band
I was not one of the 97 patrons who died
Or the 40 who barely survived
So how dare I think I have a right
To try and shed some light
On my strife
For a perfect little life
A perfect husband, to be a perfect wife
And when I foolishly forget
And my eyes get wet
Cause I’m whining
Hey look at my life declining
Slap, whack on the wrist
You selfish bitch
Please try to reflect
How much more perfect
Does life need to be
I get to be me
I get to live
And hopefully one day give
What I have learned
So no one else has to get burned
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Reviews of "Art of Being Selfish"
Reviewed by Adrienne Dominici (Reader)
Reviewed on March 1, 2003
Too add my comments seems very trite,
For you have done such a JOB with this write
At the risk of sounding old and moundane,
My comments reflect the other just the same.
You better never considered quitting,
So I be on your doorstep waiting and sitting.
To bring you back to your gentiel senses
And it will all be at my own expenses.
You are soooooo good girl, or rather super super girl.
Reviewed by Bye Cya (Reader)
Reviewed on February 28, 2003
I read this and it came across to me as rap song lyrics. That's not a bad thing as a lot of rap lyrics are honest and true expressions, no matter if the music in selected raps are bad. You pulled it off in a great lost art of writing - language. Excellent!
Hey look at my life declining
Slap, whack on the wrist
You selfish bitch
Please try to reflect
How much more perfect
Does life need to be
I get to be me
I get to live
And hopefully one day give
What I have learned
So no one else has to get burned
Don't you worry I am still burning inside too
It will be better hopefully someday soon love
Your Friend Tinka
Reviewed by Allen Filius (Reader)
Reviewed on February 26, 2003
Excellent write... I agree with what everyone else has said. Great work!
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For you have done such a JOB with this write
At the risk of sounding old and moundane,
My comments reflect the other just the same.
You better never considered quitting,
So I be on your doorstep waiting and sitting.
To bring you back to your gentiel senses
And it will all be at my own expenses.
You are soooooo good girl, or rather super super girl.
Slap, whack on the wrist
You selfish bitch
Please try to reflect
How much more perfect
Does life need to be
I get to be me
I get to live
And hopefully one day give
What I have learned
So no one else has to get burned
Don't you worry I am still burning inside too
It will be better hopefully someday soon love
Your Friend Tinka
Thanks for visiting my den,
Allen
Excellent!
As Evil Exists, Satan Does,As Great White Did His(Satan's) Dirty Work Even Burnig One Of His Own Kind...
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