<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427</id><updated>2012-02-16T06:42:51.286-08:00</updated><category term='Mexican-American'/><category term='media'/><category term='technology'/><category term='current affairs'/><category term='hip-hop'/><category term='news'/><category term='Sci-Fi'/><category term='teen violence'/><category term='community'/><category term='nature'/><category term='advertising'/><category term='relationships'/><category term='art'/><category term='inspiration'/><category term='same-sex'/><category term='lifestyle'/><category term='Gay'/><category term='creativity'/><category term='travel'/><category 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term='entertainment'/><category term='new years'/><category term='poetry'/><category term='america'/><category term='fun'/><category term='social media'/><category term='love'/><category term='writing'/><category term='fitness'/><title type='text'>noble bandit</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>76</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-6612958809070094041</id><published>2010-01-10T14:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T14:40:22.883-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='creativity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='entertainment'/><title type='text'>:twisted:</title><content type='html'>r u a cobra in coil&lt;br /&gt;Sheathed in smooth scales?&lt;br /&gt;Slithery creature&lt;br /&gt;Do u believe dat ur real?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hood half spread, u hiss and spit&lt;br /&gt;Usually shy and nonagressive&lt;br /&gt;Fearful under ur swaying glare&lt;br /&gt;Retract again in the hot clear air&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Crawl, climb, coil, crush&lt;br /&gt;u cant swallow me head first&lt;br /&gt;Slinking over the desert sand&lt;br /&gt;Save ur venom, im not ur man&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-6612958809070094041?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/6612958809070094041/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=6612958809070094041' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/6612958809070094041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/6612958809070094041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2010/01/twisted.html' title=':twisted:'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-1761044103946547347</id><published>2009-12-30T22:59:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T08:23:42.991-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pop culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='entertainment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new years'/><title type='text'>it's gonna be epic!</title><content type='html'>This time tomorrow life shall be grand&lt;br /&gt;Oh, we shall all be drunken friends!&lt;br /&gt;What will we do on this fateful eve?&lt;br /&gt;Exchange pleasantries? Go somewhere cheap?&lt;br /&gt;...Rocking out to whatever’s on&lt;br /&gt;80’s and 90’s metal/pop songs?&lt;br /&gt;Chilling out at a club...&lt;br /&gt;ZOMG you totally should!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or eat, drink and play Wii…&lt;br /&gt;Best way to celebrate anything!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looking forward to shenanigans?&lt;br /&gt;Seriously though, that’s a plan!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The city, the Valley will be packed&lt;br /&gt;We all know the party’s where you’re at!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-1761044103946547347?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/1761044103946547347/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=1761044103946547347' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/1761044103946547347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/1761044103946547347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/12/its-gonna-be-epic.html' title='it&apos;s gonna be epic!'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-3007155510865408155</id><published>2009-12-28T18:56:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-28T18:56:27.137-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teen violence'/><title type='text'>imitating TV</title><content type='html'>Murdered and killed. On the rise&lt;br /&gt;The blame. How many die?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speak out. Change of conduct&lt;br /&gt;Teen gangs. That’s ***ed up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hip Hop. Hidden signs.&lt;br /&gt;Advice. Hotlines&lt;br /&gt;Alarming images, pics&lt;br /&gt;Billboards, books&lt;br /&gt;Worldview, curfew&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This isn’t Cinemax&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-3007155510865408155?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/3007155510865408155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=3007155510865408155' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/3007155510865408155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/3007155510865408155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/12/imitating-tv.html' title='imitating TV'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-6771320318479777992</id><published>2009-12-25T21:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-25T21:08:05.239-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>amazes me...</title><content type='html'>Stuffed kitten from a crane machine&lt;br /&gt;A pair of knitted socks&lt;br /&gt;Crappy mini suitcase&lt;br /&gt;Full of crappy make-up&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Screen printed puppies&lt;br /&gt;On a yellow pullover&lt;br /&gt;ahem…noooooooooooo&lt;br /&gt;From a 99 cent store&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christmas parties suck for me&lt;br /&gt;My friends all get me chocolate&lt;br /&gt;One ‘gift set’ of toiletries&lt;br /&gt;Nasty and caustic&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Secret Santa Party&lt;br /&gt;Ho-ho-hold on one second&lt;br /&gt;Best part of December&lt;br /&gt;But books aren’t presents!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-6771320318479777992?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/6771320318479777992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=6771320318479777992' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/6771320318479777992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/6771320318479777992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/12/amazes-me.html' title='amazes me...'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-2433263242231136993</id><published>2009-12-19T19:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-25T12:10:25.969-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gay culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><title type='text'>no worries tutti-frutti</title><content type='html'>Hello anyone. hello are you?&lt;br /&gt;I don’t believe it, but it’s true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Young, cute and slightly mad&lt;br /&gt;Your portrait. Who painted that?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uber awesome and also fab&lt;br /&gt;Tends to be a total slack job&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Outside, went on a wee walk&lt;br /&gt;Hanging around legendary folk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Captive of tonight's celebration&lt;br /&gt;Go. There will be hours of fun!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Won’t work out for some reason&lt;br /&gt;Sudden change, as I perceive it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Disappeared just like magic&lt;br /&gt;Because you like to be inactive&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-2433263242231136993?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/2433263242231136993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=2433263242231136993' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2433263242231136993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2433263242231136993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/12/no-worries-tutti-frutti.html' title='no worries tutti-frutti'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-768650727312149362</id><published>2009-12-13T18:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-14T09:03:50.837-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='facebook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gay culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>My Fav Man</title><content type='html'>I’m not your normal teenager&lt;br /&gt;I’ve been thru quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;Looks left and right and whispers&lt;br /&gt;I post only in green font&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;neways, ppl seem to know me&lt;br /&gt;I have a winning smile&lt;br /&gt;On first glance look pretty good&lt;br /&gt;From fashion to hairstyle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So here I am and so r u&lt;br /&gt;…in a brill mood today&lt;br /&gt;I get compliments all the time&lt;br /&gt;Yes, Dear, Literally.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quiet and dark coz it’s midnight&lt;br /&gt;Getting late I see&lt;br /&gt;Come back take a nap&lt;br /&gt;How time flies away&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too awesome for adjectives&lt;br /&gt;It’s alright for me&lt;br /&gt;Did I mention I’m A Ladyboy&lt;br /&gt;*hug hug* I know you don’t believe.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-768650727312149362?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/768650727312149362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=768650727312149362' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/768650727312149362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/768650727312149362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-fav-man.html' title='My Fav Man'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-3225847353507105650</id><published>2009-12-12T20:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-12T20:53:44.496-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='youth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='WTF'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relationships'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lifestyle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pop culture'/><title type='text'>ya ya....</title><content type='html'>[Hey dude...Wassa?] &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i dont quite remember u&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[yeah....why not....ur sooo confused]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;m nt confused&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Belated happy burrdae man]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Plz dude...man...tell me you remember me man]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ok ok so i have a bad memory&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[yeah....i know that]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;……….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;den from dere……&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;……….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;shup jus shhuppp…dnt temme netin rite now n confuse me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[i was like, "ummm, ok"...no probs]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~ May all your dreams and wishes come true!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-3225847353507105650?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/3225847353507105650/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=3225847353507105650' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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longer&lt;br /&gt;no dreams to remember&lt;br /&gt;very few&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;finally got some rest&lt;br /&gt;don’t know how it ended&lt;br /&gt;nobody asked&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dark circles&lt;br /&gt;cudnt sleep after that&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-916941805218192030?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/916941805218192030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=916941805218192030' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/916941805218192030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/916941805218192030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/12/you-n-your-dreams.html' title='you n your dreams'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-6348875924539329242</id><published>2009-10-20T13:40:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-15T18:19:29.858-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fantasy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><title type='text'>La Luna di Miele</title><content type='html'>Bridge after bridge and naked hill&lt;br /&gt;Turn toward him I seem to tremble&lt;br /&gt;Loud waters finding myself more&lt;br /&gt;Together we search the tangled shore&lt;br /&gt;A mile or a little less he leaps aside&lt;br /&gt;Late in the afternoon an angry cry&lt;br /&gt;Poorly worded such things were said&lt;br /&gt;Thought and uttered, “Why should I beg?”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rumble; sorrowfully separate&lt;br /&gt;From paradise I never expected&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Long or short shooting death glares&lt;br /&gt;In furious heat it became clear…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Must. Not. Think.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, undisturbed we slept together&lt;br /&gt;White statues, anthromorphic figures&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The moon is on the water somewhere&lt;br /&gt;It must be over there&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-6348875924539329242?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/6348875924539329242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=6348875924539329242' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/6348875924539329242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/6348875924539329242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/10/honeymoon.html' title='La Luna di Miele'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-192543669057621755</id><published>2009-10-18T20:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-20T13:43:26.744-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='current affairs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>The Knight Unknown</title><content type='html'>Behind you hidden each new thing&lt;br /&gt;In these bright stars his words begin:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“From the first moment in my mind&lt;br /&gt;Destine to these unlucky times&lt;br /&gt;How hard so many anxious nights&lt;br /&gt;Angry cries on the path of life&lt;br /&gt;Street preacher in ragged apparel&lt;br /&gt;‘So where are we now?’ he bellows&lt;br /&gt;Lost! This Sunday afternoon&lt;br /&gt;Throughout the world a bad mood&lt;br /&gt;Hustled by a passer-by&lt;br /&gt;These same faces, half-closed eyes&lt;br /&gt;Preacher took his book and left&lt;br /&gt;The party of love and tolerance"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Such was the image in my mind&lt;br /&gt;When I awoke how daylight came&lt;br /&gt;Looking up my heart beating&lt;br /&gt;Everyone became a queen&lt;br /&gt;Love tatoo and flip flops&lt;br /&gt;Brazilian jeans and tank top&lt;br /&gt;Mystery and beauty if you allow it&lt;br /&gt;In my yellow-painted lobby&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-192543669057621755?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/192543669057621755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=192543669057621755' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/192543669057621755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/192543669057621755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/10/knight-unknown.html' title='The Knight Unknown'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-1076369417794222035</id><published>2009-10-17T09:14:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-17T09:14:43.668-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dreams'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poems'/><title type='text'>Nowhere Tonight</title><content type='html'>He walks past me in the street&lt;br /&gt;I hardly believe&lt;br /&gt;Blue eyes and a girls face&lt;br /&gt;In that long gaze&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I say this&lt;br /&gt;Pure awesomeness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This miracle alone&lt;br /&gt;The more the unknown&lt;br /&gt;Away from the light&lt;br /&gt;Ushering in the night&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Like pieces of a spiral&lt;br /&gt;He seemed to smile&lt;br /&gt;Autumn winds blown&lt;br /&gt;And vineyards slope&lt;br /&gt;I am the one you see&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-1076369417794222035?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/1076369417794222035/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=1076369417794222035' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/1076369417794222035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/1076369417794222035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/10/nowhere-tonight.html' title='Nowhere Tonight'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-2570947874614319924</id><published>2009-10-16T15:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-17T09:18:41.894-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fantasy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Tranquilize Me</title><content type='html'>Into the private room&lt;br /&gt;Painted as bright as the galaxy&lt;br /&gt;Hear the harmony&lt;br /&gt;Again it all began…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What lies in the waves?&lt;br /&gt;Of hearts that break?&lt;br /&gt;We avoided each others gaze&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After that outside with him in the yard&lt;br /&gt;In the flow of the story…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah, maybe&lt;br /&gt;Would last throughout eternity&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kissed him random on the lips&lt;br /&gt;In front of the moon a silhouette&lt;br /&gt;A slow arpeggio&lt;br /&gt;We lay in the shadow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Asking, who is it?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-2570947874614319924?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/2570947874614319924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=2570947874614319924' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2570947874614319924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2570947874614319924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/10/tranquilize-me.html' title='Tranquilize Me'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-3514439530371381937</id><published>2009-10-15T18:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T18:21:05.813-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dreams'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fantasy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>The Bad Beginning</title><content type='html'>Believe my tears…&lt;br /&gt;Half in light, half in shadow&lt;br /&gt;The morning was gray&lt;br /&gt;Hardened like clay, I hesitate…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the wildwoods&lt;br /&gt;Stawberries&lt;br /&gt;And fruit trees&lt;br /&gt;A more mystical plane&lt;br /&gt;Birds twittered and sang&lt;br /&gt;Read what is here&lt;br /&gt;Believe my tears&lt;br /&gt;Fade out&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-3514439530371381937?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/3514439530371381937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=3514439530371381937' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/3514439530371381937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/3514439530371381937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/10/bad-beginning.html' title='The Bad Beginning'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-4323297210511713259</id><published>2009-08-07T22:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-08T10:12:40.335-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='WTF'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Kolors in my Hood</title><content type='html'>we get the money and we run&lt;br /&gt;badass gang warz, drugz n gunz&lt;br /&gt;the trouble we get in everyday&lt;br /&gt;CRusin da street wit my blue FLAG&lt;br /&gt;awww, this aint no video game&lt;br /&gt;xXL shirts from different gangs&lt;br /&gt;hang around, shootin pool ,smokin weed&lt;br /&gt;17ys Old Botu Be 18&lt;br /&gt;all u foos dont know wats up&lt;br /&gt;gunbattles, illegal drugz&lt;br /&gt;two men shot a block away&lt;br /&gt;so dont worry about me, Ok?&lt;br /&gt;and dont worry where im frum&lt;br /&gt;if u white stay outta compton&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-4323297210511713259?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/4323297210511713259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=4323297210511713259' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/4323297210511713259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/4323297210511713259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/08/kolors-in-my-hood.html' title='Kolors in my Hood'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-5620009981893293017</id><published>2009-08-05T21:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-30T08:38:47.149-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poems'/><title type='text'>You're Invited</title><content type='html'>So I start here -&lt;br /&gt;L.A. County, LALALAND&lt;br /&gt;Petaluma, north of San Fran&lt;br /&gt;OC, Trabuco Canyon, to be exact&lt;br /&gt;I don’t even know where that’s at&lt;br /&gt;Trabuco Canyon, it’s by Mission Viejo&lt;br /&gt;yeAAAaaaHHH!! I’m from Compton 310&lt;br /&gt;In from Citrus Heights, all da way&lt;br /&gt;Hour north of Sac, Capay Valley&lt;br /&gt;Redcrest, small town close to Fortuna&lt;br /&gt;My family has a house in La Jolla&lt;br /&gt;Oakland bitches, but school’s in San Diego&lt;br /&gt;Woo! I live in shitty San Pedro&lt;br /&gt;sANTA cRuz, baby, near Monterey&lt;br /&gt;Somewhere in Santa Cruz County&lt;br /&gt;WEED California, NOR CAL for life&lt;br /&gt;Moorpark is east of Simi Valley, right?&lt;br /&gt;I’m in the Bay Area, San Lorenzo&lt;br /&gt;Hanford by fresno, it’s still koo out there tho&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Halfway between Heaven and earth&lt;br /&gt;Except in the Mojave Desert&lt;br /&gt;Majestic trees and cacti&lt;br /&gt;Gentle slopes and hillsides&lt;br /&gt;Distant horizon Douglas Fir&lt;br /&gt;Joshua tree and Juniper&lt;br /&gt;Natural and geographic boundaries&lt;br /&gt;Ideal expression of community&lt;br /&gt;Rocky mountains, water and blue sky&lt;br /&gt;Ordinary and pristine if you live nearby&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-5620009981893293017?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/5620009981893293017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=5620009981893293017' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5620009981893293017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5620009981893293017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/08/youre-invited.html' title='You&apos;re Invited'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-3091664505229150232</id><published>2009-07-31T12:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-20T18:42:52.855-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dreams'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gay culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fantasy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Brightened All Again</title><content type='html'>Shadow on asphalt a surging sea&lt;br /&gt;Sweet William he was on a journey&lt;br /&gt;Wearing his fnkay party pantz&lt;br /&gt;He spoke with trembling eloquence&lt;br /&gt;In quest for adventure, he said to me&lt;br /&gt;That is why I travel the streets&lt;br /&gt;Hand on hip he took a long breath&lt;br /&gt;And with a wink, let me think, he said:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“When, where fate tosses you about&lt;br /&gt;Lifes perils are they true or false?&lt;br /&gt;Even so your spirit on the sea&lt;br /&gt;Changes with no directionality&lt;br /&gt;We meet by accident here tonight&lt;br /&gt;Only to live forgotten lives”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So this journey was a short one&lt;br /&gt;Impossible to observe without emotion&lt;br /&gt;Rotting fish dotted with flies&lt;br /&gt;Mermaid solitary against the sky&lt;br /&gt;Clouds in mid-air and still I live&lt;br /&gt;Tale of a ficticious man, that’s it&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-3091664505229150232?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/3091664505229150232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=3091664505229150232' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/3091664505229150232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/3091664505229150232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/07/brightened-all-again.html' title='Brightened All Again'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-8102285525518533240</id><published>2009-07-28T22:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T22:50:53.158-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='youth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dreams'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fantasy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Young Keith</title><content type='html'>Grass and fallen stones&lt;br /&gt;I walk about as in a dream&lt;br /&gt;Talking to anything…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One cloudless night&lt;br /&gt;My eyes astrologized&lt;br /&gt;Two-headed dragonflies&lt;br /&gt;I can see straight down&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah…maybe I imagined&lt;br /&gt;Unconscious joy&lt;br /&gt;Hot emo boy&lt;br /&gt;Amazingly cute&lt;br /&gt;And future-proof&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Hey, where are you going?&lt;br /&gt;-Wait for me&lt;br /&gt;He eludes me&lt;br /&gt;mhm…giggly…and…flirty…he&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The randomness&lt;br /&gt;And loves progress&lt;br /&gt;Yeah…maybe I imagined&lt;br /&gt;Irises along the lake&lt;br /&gt;And hating twilight&lt;br /&gt;Shadow on the wall&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-8102285525518533240?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/8102285525518533240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=8102285525518533240' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/8102285525518533240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/8102285525518533240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/07/young-keith.html' title='Young Keith'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-2025844974848478441</id><published>2009-07-26T20:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-30T08:38:23.543-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pop culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='entertainment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Believe it!</title><content type='html'>People with cellphones, city sophisticates&lt;br /&gt;Activists, rednecks and the skeptics&lt;br /&gt;People who drive fast and tailgaters&lt;br /&gt;And those who stop walking on escalators&lt;br /&gt;You who rev engines at red lights&lt;br /&gt;Then squeal off for a wild night&lt;br /&gt;With stereos so loud my car vibrates&lt;br /&gt;Playin’ shyt won’t stop, hip-hop, aight?&lt;br /&gt;Motorbike guys they give me a fright&lt;br /&gt;Vegetarians, homophobics I despise&lt;br /&gt;Trendy people, obnoxious store owners&lt;br /&gt;And ugly babies, would you do me a favor?&lt;br /&gt;Bling bling “what’s your problem” yobbos&lt;br /&gt;Prima donna, anarchists and Bono&lt;br /&gt;Those who say they’re out of cigarettes&lt;br /&gt;And worst of all it brings success&lt;br /&gt;People who like little wayne&lt;br /&gt;Cosplayers dressed like a video game&lt;br /&gt;Are you the person of whom I think?&lt;br /&gt;Little angels turned out to be deviants&lt;br /&gt;Gucci belt, Fendi scarf, Obama t? Check&lt;br /&gt;Possessed by a spirit c’est fantastique&lt;br /&gt;…If you shop at Woodbury Commons&lt;br /&gt;I hate everyone tbh&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-2025844974848478441?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/2025844974848478441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=2025844974848478441' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2025844974848478441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2025844974848478441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/07/believe-it.html' title='Believe it!'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-5162559654078925266</id><published>2009-07-19T15:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-19T15:25:37.909-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='community'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='barack obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AAHHE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='america'/><title type='text'>Dear Nation</title><content type='html'>National team on an international stage&lt;br /&gt;Flying up on the right full stretch&lt;br /&gt;Undocumented worker, immigrant, newcomer&lt;br /&gt;Continue the winning streak together&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plan the next decade Hispanic community&lt;br /&gt;We need serious discussion about diversity&lt;br /&gt;A sensible and humane immigration policy&lt;br /&gt;So you can compete in the global economy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We’ll move away from naive thinking&lt;br /&gt;And bring you into the mainstream&lt;br /&gt;It will open the doors for opportunity&lt;br /&gt;All can be leaders in this community&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Growing up in the barrios of Houston&lt;br /&gt;You’ll make a different kind of contribution&lt;br /&gt;You’ve already learned to be bicultural&lt;br /&gt;Keep your head up, you have potential&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unleash all the talent this country can&lt;br /&gt;For that, Mr. President, we need a program&lt;br /&gt;Students need to feel connected in school&lt;br /&gt;With no limitations on what you can do&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Different skin color, different accents&lt;br /&gt;Everyone helping out, recognize your assets&lt;br /&gt;You’re industrious, not permanent underclass&lt;br /&gt;Whatever you do, you do with excellence&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now every player has joined the fray&lt;br /&gt;The orchestrated goal was just amazing&lt;br /&gt;The final minute, what a show&lt;br /&gt;Just kick the opponent and score a goal&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-5162559654078925266?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/5162559654078925266/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=5162559654078925266' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5162559654078925266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5162559654078925266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/07/dear-nation.html' title='Dear Nation'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-3458659602161044569</id><published>2009-07-18T22:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-18T22:02:36.745-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hip-hop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pop culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='entertainment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Dominican Bred</title><content type='html'>im broke dis all dat&lt;br /&gt;began to laugh&lt;br /&gt;half draped in black&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;…i also lost my hat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-damn breh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sprawled on the grass&lt;br /&gt;ever so laid back&lt;br /&gt;long white cloud&lt;br /&gt;age for coming out&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-yo fo real?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hardly the final word&lt;br /&gt;that kush was good&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-smh you gai&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-3458659602161044569?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/3458659602161044569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=3458659602161044569' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/3458659602161044569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/3458659602161044569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/07/dominican-bred.html' title='Dominican Bred'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-2285718183832727392</id><published>2009-07-11T16:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-11T19:39:06.797-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Under a Spell</title><content type='html'>Trying to kill my boredom&lt;br /&gt;I can’t sleep today&lt;br /&gt;Posting from my iPhone&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow’s like yesterday&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s not fair, is it?&lt;br /&gt;Web spells and poison darts&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow’s like yesterday&lt;br /&gt;From there my trouble starts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why am I unfortunate?&lt;br /&gt;I leave you happy land&lt;br /&gt;Totally feeling awkward&lt;br /&gt;And want to understand&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trying to kill my boredom&lt;br /&gt;*sighs* I can’t sleep today&lt;br /&gt;Cups and glasses in a row&lt;br /&gt;Steak, cake and turkey&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Laying on a lawn chair&lt;br /&gt;I draw in black and blue&lt;br /&gt;*yawning* I just want to fly&lt;br /&gt;Like the pigeons on the roof&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To sink in rest, my wish&lt;br /&gt;Blood and bones along the ground&lt;br /&gt;Into the ethereal plane&lt;br /&gt;I came crashing down&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, well, it’s Saturday night&lt;br /&gt;Asleep in my lawn chair&lt;br /&gt;Insanity mist, spell casters&lt;br /&gt;I’m dancing in the air&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Listening to Tubular Bells&lt;br /&gt;I feel renewed, ascend&lt;br /&gt;A single bird, then replies&lt;br /&gt;Let’s go to the outer fringe&lt;br /&gt;______________________________&lt;br /&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYmIKcP7Nbc&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-2285718183832727392?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/2285718183832727392/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=2285718183832727392' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2285718183832727392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2285718183832727392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/07/under-spell.html' title='Under a Spell'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-117588714839879651</id><published>2009-06-08T21:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-08T21:34:21.590-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='news'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relationships'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Along the Banks of the Passion River</title><content type='html'>It is mid-day&lt;br /&gt;But all is silent&lt;br /&gt;One tree rustles above me&lt;br /&gt;The lofty palm&lt;br /&gt;Forgotten in the breeze&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unsuspecting, the sweetness of his words&lt;br /&gt;Rushes on my mind&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scenes of men and gods&lt;br /&gt;Sounds of flutes and beating drums&lt;br /&gt;Cymbals clash&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Devine King of the Rainforest&lt;br /&gt;With furs and feathers&lt;br /&gt;You rest alone&lt;br /&gt;In a timeless sweet land&lt;br /&gt;Only to sleep&lt;br /&gt;Only to dream&lt;br /&gt;You are a sacred bird&lt;br /&gt;Against the mountainside&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was on this day&lt;br /&gt;That the sun’s rays&lt;br /&gt;Cleared his eyes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And my thoughts are only of him&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-117588714839879651?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/117588714839879651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=117588714839879651' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/117588714839879651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/117588714839879651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/06/along-banks-of-passion-river.html' title='Along the Banks of the Passion River'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-2920739787946548791</id><published>2009-06-06T19:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-10T07:10:52.152-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='media'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Flora Y Pomona</title><content type='html'>In the garden of blossoming flowers&lt;br /&gt;I think I hear Safir&lt;br /&gt;Against the climbing shrubs that seize the wall&lt;br /&gt;He stands complacent&lt;br /&gt;Two steps to the flowers, waterfalls and&lt;br /&gt;Tiles of Talavera&lt;br /&gt;Aztec Prince&lt;br /&gt;Desert Flower&lt;br /&gt;Que mas quieres?&lt;br /&gt;He trims a dense, round shrub&lt;br /&gt;And rakes a gravel covered slope&lt;br /&gt;Perfect place for a complete Spanish immersion&lt;br /&gt;My brown-skinned virgin&lt;br /&gt;_________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 6, 2009...Third Collection begins.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-2920739787946548791?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/2920739787946548791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=2920739787946548791' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2920739787946548791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2920739787946548791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/06/flora-and-pomona.html' title='Flora Y Pomona'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-3566827717434398152</id><published>2009-05-07T09:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-07T09:22:50.151-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teaching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='philosophy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>My Backyard</title><content type='html'>Sitting in a meadow&lt;br /&gt;Bright yellow&lt;br /&gt;Field of desire&lt;br /&gt;Runs everywhere&lt;br /&gt;Straight and sideways&lt;br /&gt;Like angry waves&lt;br /&gt;I lose the road&lt;br /&gt;The wind alone&lt;br /&gt;From near-by beamed&lt;br /&gt;See fifty things&lt;br /&gt;My world debut&lt;br /&gt;The moon is full&lt;br /&gt;You can call me S T A R&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-3566827717434398152?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/3566827717434398152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=3566827717434398152' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/3566827717434398152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/3566827717434398152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-backyard.html' title='My Backyard'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-7013873233652373080</id><published>2009-04-30T13:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T15:51:57.029-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='United States'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='current events'/><title type='text'>Vagabonds of the Sea</title><content type='html'>Rebels, murderers, cutthroats, thieves&lt;br /&gt;Modern marauders of the high seas&lt;br /&gt;Enemies of mankind the risks are great&lt;br /&gt;Carving a crimson career magnifique&lt;br /&gt;Sea-going wealth sails unprotected&lt;br /&gt;Lying in wait. It’s ours for the taking&lt;br /&gt;Opportunity or disaster alone at sea&lt;br /&gt;Alight. Desperate slice of society&lt;br /&gt;Most vulnerable ships a potential victim&lt;br /&gt;Wait, lads wait. Can't you swim?&lt;br /&gt;Wild frontier out at sea&lt;br /&gt;Modern high seas piracy&lt;br /&gt;Ahoy! Every ship in uncharted waters&lt;br /&gt;Beyond laws reach confident mariners&lt;br /&gt;The sea is vast and unforgiving&lt;br /&gt;Free to plunder. Men are drawn to it&lt;br /&gt;Unregulated waters a million miles&lt;br /&gt;A fine big ship once darkness falls&lt;br /&gt;Mon Capitan!  Hoist skull and crossbones&lt;br /&gt;With homemade grenades and pistols&lt;br /&gt;Slip aboard aggressive and violent&lt;br /&gt;Crew surrenders without a fight&lt;br /&gt;Bloodied and frightened flee over the side&lt;br /&gt;No defense against cargo crime&lt;br /&gt;What’s this? A private vigilante?&lt;br /&gt;Anyone this channel. May Day! May Day!&lt;br /&gt;Waiting for me with a knife&lt;br /&gt;Abandon the raid. Unlucky strife&lt;br /&gt;He’s out to get me. Hit in the neck&lt;br /&gt;In trouble now. Dropped to the deck&lt;br /&gt;Very well sail on little ship&lt;br /&gt;To hell with them! Died a pirates death&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-7013873233652373080?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/7013873233652373080/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=7013873233652373080' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/7013873233652373080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/7013873233652373080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/04/vagabonds-of-sea.html' title='Vagabonds of the Sea'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-4430170281059609557</id><published>2009-04-07T20:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T21:25:17.986-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sci-Fi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Extraterrestrial Expressions</title><content type='html'>No ordinary guy most loved and despised&lt;br /&gt;Bordered on weird skewed paradise&lt;br /&gt;Million dollar home to work and live in&lt;br /&gt;Nothing in this symphony is hidden&lt;br /&gt;Co-existing spaces maddening and inspiring&lt;br /&gt;His crazed obsession seemed to be flowering&lt;br /&gt;A circus act mixed styles and periods&lt;br /&gt;Skittle-hued hard to find pair of mirrors&lt;br /&gt;Fanciful pieces elegant and good taste&lt;br /&gt;And straight ahead unidentifiable shapes&lt;br /&gt;Oil-painted finish ten foot tall clock&lt;br /&gt;Cast on a green wall, objets ‘d art&lt;br /&gt;Entire wall a collected reflection&lt;br /&gt;Something that looks sane means nothing&lt;br /&gt;Stared at the floor searching for meaning&lt;br /&gt;Uninspired. Couldn’t conclude anything&lt;br /&gt;Visionary artist feeling his space?&lt;br /&gt;Or clues left behind by aliens&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-4430170281059609557?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/4430170281059609557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=4430170281059609557' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/4430170281059609557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/4430170281059609557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/04/extraterrestrial-expressions.html' title='Extraterrestrial Expressions'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-7987319964849438657</id><published>2009-04-03T12:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-09T18:34:58.408-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='news'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='barack obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G-20 summit'/><title type='text'>Hi Hero</title><content type='html'>Tangled up zombie dance Penniless Prince&lt;br /&gt;Passionate rave-up fell down in a trance&lt;br /&gt;Friends in America how this feeling flows&lt;br /&gt;Dangerously close interruption overload&lt;br /&gt;Still an optimist haunted by daydreams&lt;br /&gt;Mass hysteria seeing strange things&lt;br /&gt;Cling to roof tops with regal splendor&lt;br /&gt;Such short notice seasoned observer&lt;br /&gt;It’s early as he scans the horizon&lt;br /&gt;New world order in your garden&lt;br /&gt;Destiny unknown exhausted faces&lt;br /&gt;Stand up for higher minimum wages&lt;br /&gt;Booby-trapped. In need of rescue&lt;br /&gt;Delve more deeply into the issue&lt;br /&gt;Cities social problems, it’s not the end&lt;br /&gt;Good morning. Ten minutes to seven&lt;br /&gt;Out of work and out of luck&lt;br /&gt;Lopsided battle filled with blood lust&lt;br /&gt;Resplendent in red, exposed and ramshackle&lt;br /&gt;Promises alone I know no answer&lt;br /&gt;Spread across town pushing and shoving&lt;br /&gt;Now up, now down, the oddest thing&lt;br /&gt;Top-heavy and with a head wind&lt;br /&gt;Our hate, our curse rotting within&lt;br /&gt;Mass of shards a final farewell&lt;br /&gt;In the back of my mind a warning bell&lt;br /&gt;A make or break event, I hear&lt;br /&gt;This is the day the world came together&lt;br /&gt;_______________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRvvHjlOkts&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-7987319964849438657?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/7987319964849438657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=7987319964849438657' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/7987319964849438657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/7987319964849438657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/04/hi-hero.html' title='Hi Hero'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-3838825832081165199</id><published>2009-03-31T15:40:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-09T18:35:16.033-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Frozen River</title><content type='html'>Is this the place you dreamed about? &lt;br /&gt;Come on in.  Winters not gone yet&lt;br /&gt;Just like last season.  I swear&lt;br /&gt;To me you will say, 'Laugh away!'&lt;br /&gt;Weather and time on opposite walls&lt;br /&gt;Entirely recycled&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the base of a snow bank&lt;br /&gt;Five-carat diamonds with winking eyes&lt;br /&gt;Surrounded by  a platinum filigree&lt;br /&gt;Most rare&lt;br /&gt;At the rickrack edge of the river&lt;br /&gt;Whimsical magpies making a mockery&lt;br /&gt;In and of nature&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beyond, rose-cut diamonds unopened&lt;br /&gt;Does not shine.  In patches grow&lt;br /&gt;Like the fallen sun&lt;br /&gt;This strange arrangement&lt;br /&gt;A form of protest&lt;br /&gt;Winters not gone yet&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-3838825832081165199?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/3838825832081165199/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=3838825832081165199' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/3838825832081165199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/3838825832081165199'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/03/frozen-river_31.html' title='Frozen River'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-610145405817961770</id><published>2009-03-26T22:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T20:16:10.434-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Portrait of a Lie</title><content type='html'>He's coming. I hear him&lt;br /&gt;The light is in his eyes&lt;br /&gt;And yet his own decision&lt;br /&gt;I stood off to the side&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clearly all the things you say&lt;br /&gt;A shame: Vain and coward cries&lt;br /&gt;What else concealed? Plenty&lt;br /&gt;Ultimately, I must decide&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And purpose no clear goal&lt;br /&gt;But even so, you know the answer&lt;br /&gt;In the same breath keep control&lt;br /&gt;Time and motion seem suspended&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Day after day and so typically&lt;br /&gt;Finds its outer limit that kind of vanity&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-610145405817961770?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/610145405817961770/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=610145405817961770' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/610145405817961770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/610145405817961770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/03/portrait-of-lie.html' title='Portrait of a Lie'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-8884536098260722166</id><published>2009-03-23T23:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-20T19:00:09.306-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crime'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>DCJ</title><content type='html'>Could not resist exchange of words&lt;br /&gt;Pajama pants and white loafers&lt;br /&gt;High pressure situation&lt;br /&gt;System of incarceration&lt;br /&gt;Come on boys, keep moving here&lt;br /&gt;Nowhere else to disappear&lt;br /&gt;Single night or decade&lt;br /&gt;Everyone awaits his fate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uncontrollable alter-ego&lt;br /&gt;21st Century villian or hero&lt;br /&gt;The only virtue he possessed&lt;br /&gt;Here, seemed out of focus&lt;br /&gt;Crumbling wall and fading paint&lt;br /&gt;Missteps. An endless parade&lt;br /&gt;Keep your guard up. Post your bail&lt;br /&gt;Holding tank. Dade County Jail&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-8884536098260722166?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/8884536098260722166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=8884536098260722166' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/8884536098260722166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/8884536098260722166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/03/dcj_23.html' title='DCJ'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-1472899844595056857</id><published>2009-03-14T23:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-14T23:53:21.591-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Brand New Day</title><content type='html'>I sensed a change was on the way&lt;br /&gt;When you visited me yesterday&lt;br /&gt;Fair-haired Super Hero version&lt;br /&gt;Boundless on the ocean barren&lt;br /&gt;…Hm…yes, supernatural&lt;br /&gt;The whole of him so visible&lt;br /&gt;- Tell me, Sir...&lt;br /&gt;Without a word&lt;br /&gt;In any incarnation&lt;br /&gt;Completely away from anyone&lt;br /&gt;- Don’t try to keep me&lt;br /&gt;To put it more strongly&lt;br /&gt;A certain unease&lt;br /&gt;Such lines as these&lt;br /&gt;I didn’t object&lt;br /&gt;Broken gasps, and yet&lt;br /&gt;What else could I do?&lt;br /&gt;Heavenly vision&lt;br /&gt;That was it, it seems&lt;br /&gt;He walked along the beach&lt;br /&gt;By the setting sun&lt;br /&gt;He stared back again&lt;br /&gt;‘Till only a shaft of light&lt;br /&gt;Keep thinking all night&lt;br /&gt;Oh perfect creature, gallant lad&lt;br /&gt;That’s all. He had been a God&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-1472899844595056857?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/1472899844595056857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=1472899844595056857' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/1472899844595056857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/1472899844595056857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/03/brand-new-day.html' title='Brand New Day'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-5916711151207187504</id><published>2009-03-09T22:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T22:29:28.002-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Going on at the Park</title><content type='html'>Rise and fall of a being&lt;br /&gt;Somewhere in-between&lt;br /&gt;A new mood&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boundary lines collide&lt;br /&gt;Form line and light&lt;br /&gt;Awesome&lt;br /&gt;Seriously amazing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pants that don’t fit&lt;br /&gt;Switch heelflip&lt;br /&gt;Sixteen stairs&lt;br /&gt;Mobs of skaters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fluid interplay&lt;br /&gt;Dominated by gray&lt;br /&gt;Carbonation&lt;br /&gt;Non-stop&lt;br /&gt;Bubble to the top&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another stiff test&lt;br /&gt;Alabaster and flesh&lt;br /&gt;More deeply entrenched&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Round and round and up and down&lt;br /&gt;With X’ed-out eyes&lt;br /&gt;Not good time&lt;br /&gt;They just disappear&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-5916711151207187504?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/5916711151207187504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=5916711151207187504' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5916711151207187504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5916711151207187504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/03/going-on-at-park.html' title='Going on at the Park'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-5451132499528623000</id><published>2009-02-27T09:28:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T15:55:34.660-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>The Party Rages</title><content type='html'>Pandemonium&lt;br /&gt;Under a sky-blue dome&lt;br /&gt;Annoying, second-rate&lt;br /&gt;Crescendo of quakes&lt;br /&gt;Shimmering chandeliers&lt;br /&gt;Unwelcome strangers&lt;br /&gt;Step into the fray&lt;br /&gt;Green drapery&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where it comes from&lt;br /&gt;Where it goes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With grim acceptance&lt;br /&gt;Approaching the entrance&lt;br /&gt;Smoking police&lt;br /&gt;NEED HELP PLZ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doves and rainbows&lt;br /&gt;Heightened tempo&lt;br /&gt;Now being expressed&lt;br /&gt;Vow of silence&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Naturally as breathing&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-5451132499528623000?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/5451132499528623000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=5451132499528623000' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5451132499528623000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5451132499528623000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/02/party-rages.html' title='The Party Rages'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-8095352644950775855</id><published>2009-02-23T20:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-26T12:06:45.175-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Hold Your Applause</title><content type='html'>Interrupted in mid-flow&lt;br /&gt;Behind the velvet rope&lt;br /&gt;Thrilling modern twist&lt;br /&gt;Fractured surface&lt;br /&gt;Day-to-day life&lt;br /&gt;Streaks of light&lt;br /&gt;A sparkling scarf&lt;br /&gt;Because it was dark&lt;br /&gt;Unbeknown to some&lt;br /&gt;A good luck charm&lt;br /&gt;A classical dancer&lt;br /&gt;So don’t go there&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unmanly decadence&lt;br /&gt;Disheveled elegance&lt;br /&gt;And that’s him&lt;br /&gt;Limited edition&lt;br /&gt;Glorified version&lt;br /&gt;Is slyly urban&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Standing still&lt;br /&gt;On street level&lt;br /&gt;He went his own way&lt;br /&gt;Unexpectedly&lt;br /&gt;His own neighborhood&lt;br /&gt;Doors opened inward&lt;br /&gt;Charm and lightness&lt;br /&gt;Total silence&lt;br /&gt;Out of the spotlight&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-8095352644950775855?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/8095352644950775855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=8095352644950775855' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Unemployed'/><title type='text'>Broke</title><content type='html'>Out-of-work men&lt;br /&gt;Living near poverty&lt;br /&gt;Detour ahead&lt;br /&gt;Adds to the urgency&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flash forward&lt;br /&gt;The ticking of a clock&lt;br /&gt;All kinds of things&lt;br /&gt;Blasted apart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In deep shadow&lt;br /&gt;Hard and wild life&lt;br /&gt;Total lack of fun&lt;br /&gt;Later.  Alright?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ramblings of a homeless man&lt;br /&gt;Not easily broken.  And so it began&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Straight up&lt;br /&gt;Washed up&lt;br /&gt;Dots of sun&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adrift&lt;br /&gt;After all&lt;br /&gt;Surreal Captain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No dress requirement&lt;br /&gt;Street couture&lt;br /&gt;And that’s him&lt;br /&gt;More and more&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the edge of a cliff&lt;br /&gt;Unsubtle illusion&lt;br /&gt;Hurry up&lt;br /&gt;Global solution&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hail the overthrow&lt;br /&gt;The misconception&lt;br /&gt;That won’t be easy&lt;br /&gt;A different direction&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-8369840377945349396?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/8369840377945349396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Painting Poeticized</title><content type='html'>Moving through the crowded roads&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A raw immediacy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of feeling besieged&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come and go however so&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cirque Nouveau&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hence the unease&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The critics try to say&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quietly but forcefully&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Step out of that spiral&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Untangle Dismantle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Subtle palette imperfection&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In drawing this picture&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pink Carnation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moving through the crowded roads&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come and go however so&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watered and diluted&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-6303929446582392461?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/6303929446582392461/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=6303929446582392461' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/6303929446582392461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/6303929446582392461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/02/painting-poeticized.html' title='Painting 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Zap'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-7925975400035737371</id><published>2009-01-29T20:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-29T20:32:59.589-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='community'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><title type='text'>Changing Paradigm</title><content type='html'>Dinner table conversation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Odd conclusion drawn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Print and floral decoration&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Branch of a tall palm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voices of a new generation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fronds of emerald green&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;W…T…F personal observation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Intriguing evening&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let’s be candid even blunt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tumult of the times&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has yet to be judged&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not out loud but in my mind&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-7925975400035737371?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/7925975400035737371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=7925975400035737371' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/7925975400035737371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/7925975400035737371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/01/changing-paradigms.html' title='Changing Paradigm'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-5008006938006968709</id><published>2009-01-27T19:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-27T19:19:22.041-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dreams'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='identity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mexican-American'/><title type='text'>Great Walls</title><content type='html'>Slashed weathered tapestries&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An artistic whole&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Worn surface memories&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fantasy for all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Muted bright tones&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A dying rainbow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Their burial gowns&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only hypershadows&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every once in a while&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A turf-minded youth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shades a sundial&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A minor-key mood&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Strikes a chord in an Angelenos  heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A tribute to you.  It’s public art&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-5008006938006968709?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/5008006938006968709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=5008006938006968709' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5008006938006968709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5008006938006968709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/01/great-walls.html' title='Great Walls'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-2532510872842586072</id><published>2009-01-26T19:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-27T12:55:23.907-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='technology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advertising'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social media'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commentary'/><title type='text'>Chromatic Wonders</title><content type='html'>Cafeteria employee&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a food stamp budget&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Neighborhood under siege&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let’s think about it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Industrial landscape&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Warehouses, refinery&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pollution headaches&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How can this be?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diesel truck traffic&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Four-lane expressway&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diversionary tactic&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Causing whiplash per se&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Billboards spring up along the streets&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who’s to blame?  First Ammendment Free Speech&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-2532510872842586072?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/2532510872842586072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=2532510872842586072' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2532510872842586072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2532510872842586072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/01/chromatic-wonders.html' title='Chromatic Wonders'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-6561182420920159953</id><published>2009-01-22T18:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-10-30T08:46:25.206-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sangre en la Via</title><content type='html'>Troubled-teen pot dealer&lt;br /&gt;No direction in life&lt;br /&gt;Comped like a high roller&lt;br /&gt;City street gang fight&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shrewd bizzare performance&lt;br /&gt;As the need arose &lt;br /&gt;Really dope velvet pants&lt;br /&gt;The power of clothes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stripped naked in the O.R.&lt;br /&gt;Soft yellow lights&lt;br /&gt;Another point to wonder&lt;br /&gt;Elapsed before night&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ex-gangbangers.  No one cares&lt;br /&gt;Males in their 20's in the cross hairs&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-6561182420920159953?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/6561182420920159953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=6561182420920159953' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/6561182420920159953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/6561182420920159953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2009/01/oh-did-i-tell-you.html' title='Sangre en la Via'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-5310245709731734070</id><published>2009-01-18T08:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-18T10:19:33.081-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Challenge</title><content type='html'>Comedy or tragedy&lt;br /&gt; Riot of sharp contrasts&lt;br /&gt;Wild inequality&lt;br /&gt;Dressed in dark black&lt;br /&gt;Brink of extinction&lt;br /&gt;Barely blinked&lt;br /&gt;Fact or fiction &lt;br /&gt;Not yet convinced&lt;br /&gt;Anxiety in the world today&lt;br /&gt;Cascading effect&lt;br /&gt;What price would you pay?&lt;br /&gt;Shrinking paycheck&lt;br /&gt;Making a living on the street&lt;br /&gt;No way out of this&lt;br /&gt;Purposely blocked and released&lt;br /&gt;Community consciousness&lt;br /&gt;Like squatters in your own home&lt;br /&gt;Paying down the CC&lt;br /&gt;But somehow you just don’t&lt;br /&gt;Without friends or money&lt;br /&gt;Loosen up work differently&lt;br /&gt;Critical that we stabilize&lt;br /&gt;Restore a sense of humanity&lt;br /&gt;Mindfully open your eyes&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-5310245709731734070?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/5310245709731734070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=5310245709731734070' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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/&gt;Our civil liberties gaining freedom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Declare to my partner bond of union&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Waiting for justice a dream of ours&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unrest, social change shattered and charged&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love, devotion and responsibility&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peacefully protest the end of history&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-8537141595786553680?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/8537141595786553680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=8537141595786553680' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-4809317862904271556</id><published>2008-07-03T21:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-24T11:03:10.830-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Born in 1984</title><content type='html'>Belated e-card black balloons&lt;br /&gt;Sacrifrice I am not a magician&lt;br /&gt;Tranquil tropical region&lt;br /&gt;Don't ask foolish questions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so must depart every word&lt;br /&gt;On my ass long story short&lt;br /&gt;In opera beauty of the void&lt;br /&gt;Half moon and all that&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Into the room mythical&lt;br /&gt;Crystal concrete experience&lt;br /&gt;Daydreaming voice is musical&lt;br /&gt;Vowels and consonants&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Double lights a conga line&lt;br /&gt;Private party of mine&lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;('Born in 1984' is the final poem in my First Collection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everything after this point is The Second Collection)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-4809317862904271556?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/4809317862904271556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=4809317862904271556' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/4809317862904271556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/4809317862904271556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/07/born-in-1982.html' title='Born in 1984'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-417650868620255556</id><published>2008-07-03T17:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-04T07:42:19.431-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Men Crazier</title><content type='html'>His behavior is outrageous&lt;br /&gt;He has become such a man whore&lt;br /&gt;One-of-a-kind kick ass&lt;br /&gt;A true man I adore&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He pulls it out like a weapon&lt;br /&gt;Express yourself physically&lt;br /&gt;Revamped rebellion&lt;br /&gt;Blue and white linen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Horns of wild animals&lt;br /&gt;A billion-fold dogs barking&lt;br /&gt;Why is his sex so violent?&lt;br /&gt;I should ask Graham Norton&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-417650868620255556?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/417650868620255556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=417650868620255556' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/417650868620255556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/417650868620255556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/07/men-crazier.html' title='Men Crazier'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-5611199917388480797</id><published>2008-06-29T14:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-29T19:34:49.125-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Optimist</title><content type='html'>Special access at one with the sun&lt;br /&gt;Solar eclipse a giant eye&lt;br /&gt;Auspicious occasion short duration&lt;br /&gt;Night orchard of raw white&lt;br /&gt;In a daze in thousands of ways&lt;br /&gt;Inanimate targets path of doom&lt;br /&gt;Sunless afternoon fades gradually&lt;br /&gt;Death of two brothers really random&lt;br /&gt;Restless heart third world Middle Eastern&lt;br /&gt;Unconsolable lovers fill this room&lt;br /&gt;Vain lunatic constantly outre&lt;br /&gt;Fire up make them all go boom&lt;br /&gt;He who desires simply to survive&lt;br /&gt;Who knows twelve imams miracles arise&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-5611199917388480797?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/5611199917388480797/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=5611199917388480797' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5611199917388480797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5611199917388480797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/06/optimist.html' title='The Optimist'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-7941589119459996598</id><published>2008-06-25T19:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-25T19:20:59.017-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Broken Thoughts</title><content type='html'>A bouquet of cigarette butts&lt;br /&gt;Detained for one night let it rain&lt;br /&gt;A dive hotel room, it’s not much&lt;br /&gt;Obscurity in the night scene&lt;br /&gt;Hostile people will appear to me&lt;br /&gt;Obstacles to anonymous bliss&lt;br /&gt;Breaking vases in the doorway&lt;br /&gt;Action suspended, best wishes&lt;br /&gt;No one has noticed ’till finally&lt;br /&gt;Architectural fragments of dust&lt;br /&gt;I really want minds in harmony&lt;br /&gt;No oasis of ungratefulness&lt;br /&gt;Vanishing point straight or obliquely&lt;br /&gt;Such a dense city, to put it briefly&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-7941589119459996598?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/7941589119459996598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=7941589119459996598' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/7941589119459996598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/7941589119459996598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/06/broken-thoughts.html' title='Broken Thoughts'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-7166842485077833673</id><published>2008-06-19T15:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-19T18:23:05.954-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mega Collection</title><content type='html'>Sophisticated passion I strive alone&lt;br /&gt;A cause and effect echoing sound&lt;br /&gt;Beautiful night, isn't it?&lt;br /&gt;Romanticized images that now exist&lt;br /&gt;No human beings for miles around&lt;br /&gt;Living La Dolce Vita upside down&lt;br /&gt;Entering a ravine the trees blowing&lt;br /&gt;Repeat occurances a showpiece&lt;br /&gt;Orbiting each other the planets whirled&lt;br /&gt;Like epic proportions of an Horatian Ode&lt;br /&gt;No man can comprehend this galactic giant&lt;br /&gt;Through the centuries rip 'round the planet&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-7166842485077833673?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/7166842485077833673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=7166842485077833673' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/7166842485077833673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/7166842485077833673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/06/mega-collection.html' title='Mega Collection'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-1372779434362329082</id><published>2008-06-17T10:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T10:55:51.621-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Simply Because</title><content type='html'>A high-pitched man's voice softer in tone&lt;br /&gt;Not so loud this can't go on&lt;br /&gt;An effeminate walk in the meantime&lt;br /&gt;My boy Brendon views the skyline&lt;br /&gt;Back to your desk that's right, run&lt;br /&gt;Indelicate comments and more to come&lt;br /&gt;Chambray shirt he stands erect&lt;br /&gt;Deluding himself gaining their respect&lt;br /&gt;How to evolve it wearing tinted lenses&lt;br /&gt;Subtle sabotage happy ending&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-1372779434362329082?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/1372779434362329082/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=1372779434362329082' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/1372779434362329082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/1372779434362329082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/06/simply-because.html' title='Simply Because'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-1430977732525818342</id><published>2008-06-16T09:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-18T09:59:40.441-08:00</updated><title type='text'>With/Without</title><content type='html'>An awkward silence a dead doorbell&lt;br /&gt;Visionary hustler a picture of himself&lt;br /&gt;Click click click and when I looked again&lt;br /&gt;Devine impression sucks you right in&lt;br /&gt;The undraped benefit of male anatomy&lt;br /&gt;Alleviates suffering with a flavor of parody&lt;br /&gt;52, stache, a hairy chest&lt;br /&gt;Too vivid a thing in the flesh&lt;br /&gt;What would put stars in your eyes?&lt;br /&gt;Sterile pleasures I now realize&lt;br /&gt;Significant setback.  I'm talking to you&lt;br /&gt;Just beyond the backyard a dark view&lt;br /&gt;Tranquil the monument on his tomb&lt;br /&gt;Artificial flowers chromatically subdued&lt;br /&gt;No sense of drama Nothing spectacular&lt;br /&gt;He didn't deny it.  He was an amateur&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-1430977732525818342?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/1430977732525818342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=1430977732525818342' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/1430977732525818342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/1430977732525818342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/06/before-and-after.html' title='With/Without'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-6207076034503502719</id><published>2008-06-15T22:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-15T22:05:43.526-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Test Pilot</title><content type='html'>At night moving under water&lt;br /&gt;The rocks keep orbiting each other&lt;br /&gt;Lifeless colors a constant flicker&lt;br /&gt;But really wasn't a clear picture&lt;br /&gt;Fasten your seat belts a change of course&lt;br /&gt;Having no option but bravely explore&lt;br /&gt;Lovely thoughts they don't exist&lt;br /&gt;An addict in bondage in essence&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-6207076034503502719?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/6207076034503502719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=6207076034503502719' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/6207076034503502719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/6207076034503502719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/06/test-pilot.html' title='Test Pilot'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-7638288112918290630</id><published>2008-06-12T18:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T08:43:16.687-08:00</updated><title type='text'>And Tomorrow</title><content type='html'>Danger is part of the sexual excitement&lt;br /&gt;Sounds like static thunder and lightning&lt;br /&gt;Drowning supreme simply because&lt;br /&gt;An enigma How closeted he was&lt;br /&gt;Looking at a landscape three dimension&lt;br /&gt;Rebalancing his orientation&lt;br /&gt;Let us escape never again&lt;br /&gt;Ejected back to our origin&lt;br /&gt;Force field What else can explain it?&lt;br /&gt;Who knew what he's really dealing with&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-7638288112918290630?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/7638288112918290630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=7638288112918290630' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/7638288112918290630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/7638288112918290630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/06/and-tomorrow.html' title='And Tomorrow'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-1124741432795476643</id><published>2008-04-24T16:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-18T04:46:50.364-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fight Club</title><content type='html'>It's only a game he's a killer alright&lt;br /&gt;Fiery muchacho finds expression tonight&lt;br /&gt;Out-of-bounds on this brigade&lt;br /&gt;React! In the middle of war invade&lt;br /&gt;Friendly fire all it takes to survive&lt;br /&gt;Enthralled and entertained you feel alive&lt;br /&gt;Blunt force trauma perfectly legal&lt;br /&gt;The extent of my pride, the thrill it's real&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel pain and pleasure, I might add&lt;br /&gt;I love you, I hate you, I adore you, Comrade&lt;br /&gt;Express yourself all things being equal&lt;br /&gt;Trapped! Dangerous, dangerous move sequel&lt;br /&gt;Recon armor, a manly existence&lt;br /&gt;Missed his mark from a distance&lt;br /&gt;For a moment let's be kind&lt;br /&gt;Depth of pain dominates the mind&lt;br /&gt;Rite of manhood easy comradery&lt;br /&gt;No Bro, listen my friend, I was lucky&lt;br /&gt;Smashing chairs mastering the technique&lt;br /&gt;It's not a walk in the park for the weak!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-1124741432795476643?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/1124741432795476643/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=1124741432795476643' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/1124741432795476643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/1124741432795476643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/fight-club.html' title='Fight Club'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-7626657201933128190</id><published>2008-04-17T18:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T15:59:49.018-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Team Slayer</title><content type='html'>Paintball shot to the groin&lt;br /&gt;Fallen warrior not for prime time&lt;br /&gt;Get out of my face watch your aim&lt;br /&gt;Kiss my ass it's part of the game&lt;br /&gt;Take off your mask rampage uproar&lt;br /&gt;Protect me from this provocateur&lt;br /&gt;Like BLAM! Double jab rein supreme&lt;br /&gt;Nice one, wake up from your dream&lt;br /&gt;In real life let's just be friends&lt;br /&gt;Later mate, horseplay weekends&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-7626657201933128190?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/7626657201933128190/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=7626657201933128190' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/7626657201933128190'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/7626657201933128190'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/2ftw.html' title='Team Slayer'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-4684655916294075342</id><published>2008-04-16T15:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-18T09:58:08.448-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2Xtremes</title><content type='html'>Well, so we meet again in this wild place&lt;br /&gt;Invitation only galactic air space&lt;br /&gt;Hola! Hola! Don't try to deny&lt;br /&gt;Your far-out promises spawned nearby&lt;br /&gt;Faithlessness beyond the dark sky here&lt;br /&gt;Endwise with other guys out of his sphere&lt;br /&gt;Optical confusion.  Man-to-man vice&lt;br /&gt;Keep out the rif-raf. Oh, how nice!&lt;br /&gt;Emissions of light strangely similar&lt;br /&gt;Sweet sound of thunder evokes pleasure&lt;br /&gt;All of a sudden it's silent. Apostrophe!&lt;br /&gt;I give in.  I surrender.  midnight orgy&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-4684655916294075342?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/4684655916294075342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=4684655916294075342' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/4684655916294075342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/4684655916294075342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/2xtremes.html' title='2Xtremes'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-6851290300822983226</id><published>2008-04-13T10:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T10:10:54.151-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Space Traveller</title><content type='html'>We got ringside seats of epic proportions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Total dominion magnetic forces&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sit back and wait expelled into space&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Completely contradicts time and place&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Move off into a distant dream&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trapped inside a jet stream&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s possible to envision star formations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Illuminating everlasting constellations&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-6851290300822983226?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/6851290300822983226/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=6851290300822983226' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/6851290300822983226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/6851290300822983226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/space-traveller.html' title='Space Traveller'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-427106793283523842</id><published>2008-04-13T10:09:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-18T04:45:24.431-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Fair Play Entree</title><content type='html'>Hanging outside a pizzaria&lt;br /&gt;Employees entrance between me and him&lt;br /&gt;How could I sleep with all your hints and accusations&lt;br /&gt;Triangle of humiliation&lt;br /&gt;-You are incurable. Keep out&lt;br /&gt;-I’ll think about it. Sit down&lt;br /&gt;Medium cheese pizza two liter bottle of Pepsi&lt;br /&gt;Into his mouth&lt;br /&gt;Pink clouds hopeful dreams&lt;br /&gt;I’m wrapped up in a blanket as the night wore on&lt;br /&gt;Waiting to understand&lt;br /&gt;The sight of him his naked legs&lt;br /&gt;Consciousness arrives&lt;br /&gt;In a somewhat less satisfying way&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-427106793283523842?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/427106793283523842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=427106793283523842' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/427106793283523842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/427106793283523842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/fair-play-entree.html' title='Fair Play Entree'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-5548215432724630478</id><published>2008-04-13T10:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T10:15:40.881-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>"I Christen Thee Slumping Economy"</title><content type='html'>Mr. Fed Chairman don’t drift away&lt;br /&gt;The U.S. Armada begs to convey&lt;br /&gt;Submerged the bow credit capsized&lt;br /&gt;Orders for thought liberation implied&lt;br /&gt;Heroic assumptions already sombre&lt;br /&gt;Collided with berths why lower the anchor&lt;br /&gt;You appear surprised by the predictions&lt;br /&gt;Break the shackles of this crisis dear seaman&lt;br /&gt;Extraordinary steps to build new solutions&lt;br /&gt;How nature could have contrived the oceans&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-5548215432724630478?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/5548215432724630478/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=5548215432724630478' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5548215432724630478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5548215432724630478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-christen-thee-slumping-economy.html' title='&quot;I Christen Thee Slumping Economy&quot;'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-785606121676197231</id><published>2008-04-13T10:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T10:13:53.316-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Rose Garden</title><content type='html'>Peering into your life  North and South collide&lt;br /&gt;Beads around the neck  elegantly he steps&lt;br /&gt;It was tropical fruit  strawberry passion&lt;br /&gt;Anything you do is cool&lt;br /&gt;With that in mind&lt;br /&gt;Straight from his hand to mine&lt;br /&gt;Blunt cigar&lt;br /&gt;Glowing blue constellations Dark Knight&lt;br /&gt;Once again pursuing you&lt;br /&gt;No simple task as it were&lt;br /&gt;Elite geeks, nerds&lt;br /&gt;To the depths of forever&lt;br /&gt;Painted words&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-785606121676197231?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/785606121676197231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=785606121676197231' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/785606121676197231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/785606121676197231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/rose-garden.html' title='Rose Garden'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-5014183335577089822</id><published>2008-04-13T10:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T10:13:43.565-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Ode to Uncertainty</title><content type='html'>Useless dreams console me&lt;br /&gt;Valorize Battle cries&lt;br /&gt;Covered in blood&lt;br /&gt;Your love is killing me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gazing at my masculinity&lt;br /&gt;In a naked state&lt;br /&gt;This stroke of fate&lt;br /&gt;Drawn in I entered&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Urbane tone You must have known&lt;br /&gt;To be brave&lt;br /&gt;I’m achieving my own destiny&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-5014183335577089822?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/5014183335577089822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=5014183335577089822' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5014183335577089822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5014183335577089822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/ode-to-uncertainty.html' title='Ode to Uncertainty'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-2674184094856962782</id><published>2008-04-13T10:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T10:13:17.428-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Unspeakable Trio</title><content type='html'>Men in the shadows&lt;br /&gt;Hung like curtains&lt;br /&gt;Show their egos&lt;br /&gt;From aggressive to benign&lt;br /&gt;No line&lt;br /&gt;Fear for my virtue&lt;br /&gt;Wind in my hair&lt;br /&gt;Blank slate&lt;br /&gt;Let them wait&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-2674184094856962782?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/2674184094856962782/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=2674184094856962782' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2674184094856962782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2674184094856962782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/unspeakable-trio.html' title='Unspeakable Trio'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-2946433266917822404</id><published>2008-04-13T10:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T10:39:43.829-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Peripheries</title><content type='html'>I paused to inquire&lt;br /&gt;Waited a whole hour&lt;br /&gt;Avoiding the masculine gaze&lt;br /&gt;Un-known un-seen&lt;br /&gt;Nipple ring Xing&lt;br /&gt;It was clear&lt;br /&gt;One by one disappear&lt;br /&gt;Erasing you from my mind &lt;br /&gt;Beau Ideal&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-2946433266917822404?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/2946433266917822404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=2946433266917822404' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2946433266917822404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2946433266917822404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/peripheries.html' title='Peripheries'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-6809444642815380155</id><published>2008-04-13T10:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T10:40:14.323-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Boys Like Girls</title><content type='html'>Hopelessly hustling outside the spectrum&lt;br /&gt;In subtle ways self portrait&lt;br /&gt;It’s just a pose&lt;br /&gt;Total reversal abstract piece&lt;br /&gt;What I wear from my heart&lt;br /&gt;Departed for awhile &lt;br /&gt;Please,  no police &lt;br /&gt;Lie to me&lt;br /&gt;Instead &lt;br /&gt;Irrational image&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-6809444642815380155?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/6809444642815380155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=6809444642815380155' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/6809444642815380155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/6809444642815380155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/boys-like-girls.html' title='Boys Like Girls'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-5712585502952413440</id><published>2008-04-13T10:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-18T04:46:04.955-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Half-Cocked Cafe</title><content type='html'>Trading images black, white and grey&lt;br /&gt;Fast crowd floating in silence away&lt;br /&gt;Summer shade you stayed where you were&lt;br /&gt;Easily disturbed manipulator&lt;br /&gt;A fraught, sensuous duet ensued&lt;br /&gt;Paranoid mindset transparent ruse&lt;br /&gt;You decided the fate of the game&lt;br /&gt;-They’re after me &lt;br /&gt;-Well, what if I am?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-5712585502952413440?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/5712585502952413440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=5712585502952413440' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5712585502952413440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5712585502952413440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/half-cocked-cafe.html' title='Half-Cocked Cafe'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-2594540036118837324</id><published>2008-04-13T09:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T10:40:55.491-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Father Figure</title><content type='html'>Thirty dollar proposition he follows me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shirtless then came the rain on the contrary&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Water fantasy carnal assault&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Double effects of illusion exalt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With half-closed eyes I hear and obey&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is this your reality I ceased to say&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-2594540036118837324?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/2594540036118837324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=2594540036118837324' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2594540036118837324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2594540036118837324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/father-figure.html' title='Father Figure'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-2410949009682181967</id><published>2008-04-13T09:58:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T10:14:02.206-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Virtually Normal</title><content type='html'>I get constant dreams at night&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My taste in men odd world ignite&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anime guy your smiling lips release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nights entertainment yaoi I cry cease&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Neon courtyard of spray-painted decor &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here in the desert winds weave gay leisure&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-2410949009682181967?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/2410949009682181967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=2410949009682181967' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2410949009682181967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/2410949009682181967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/virtually-normal.html' title='Virtually Normal'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-3575083162249453528</id><published>2008-04-13T09:57:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T10:41:20.824-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Feel No Rain</title><content type='html'>I do not fear the Prince of Dust &lt;br /&gt;A sombre portrait on the bluff&lt;br /&gt;A flash  from the eyes of a thunderbird&lt;br /&gt;Nothing remains the sight of him blurred&lt;br /&gt;Hiding in the dunes from my heart&lt;br /&gt;Blank white sky let go depart&lt;br /&gt;It’s not my dream therefore&lt;br /&gt;Lifeless objects are no more&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-3575083162249453528?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/3575083162249453528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=3575083162249453528' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/3575083162249453528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/3575083162249453528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/feel-no-rain.html' title='Feel No Rain'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-3613688161731893343</id><published>2008-04-13T09:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T10:41:43.230-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Men in the Sun</title><content type='html'>Smooth bodies shine thru well-defined&lt;br /&gt;So they seem leave the wave behind&lt;br /&gt;Cali boys admiring eyes on shore&lt;br /&gt;Having not a care and brave adore&lt;br /&gt;Adrenaline rush I listen now commands&lt;br /&gt;Purple sea swept into the sands&lt;br /&gt;A gentle bird I look away airborne&lt;br /&gt;An open secret of the deep unworn&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-3613688161731893343?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/3613688161731893343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=3613688161731893343' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/3613688161731893343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/3613688161731893343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/men-in-sun.html' title='Men in the Sun'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-7898263716717172180</id><published>2008-04-13T09:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T09:55:25.204-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Seattle Romeo</title><content type='html'>Past participant of gay porn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deviation from the norm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trump up the power of suggestion&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Naked truth elaborate deception&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will remember it’s not real&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cult of beauty implied ideal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Out of nowhere across his chest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just another day undressed&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-7898263716717172180?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/7898263716717172180/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=7898263716717172180' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/7898263716717172180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/7898263716717172180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/seattle-romeo.html' title='Seattle Romeo'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-8518434842120042844</id><published>2008-04-13T09:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T10:42:15.993-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Macho Hotel</title><content type='html'>Part-time carpenter full-time felon&lt;br /&gt;Premiere tourist destination&lt;br /&gt;Endless summer beach umbrellas&lt;br /&gt;Prowling controversial fella&lt;br /&gt;A key in the lock at the hotel&lt;br /&gt;He called the shots in the stairwell&lt;br /&gt;All the elements of prison marriage&lt;br /&gt;To an insane degree ambushed savage&lt;br /&gt;No shame to my game he said simply&lt;br /&gt;Inexpressive inaudible clemency plea&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-8518434842120042844?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/8518434842120042844/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=8518434842120042844' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/8518434842120042844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/8518434842120042844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/macho-hotel.html' title='Macho Hotel'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-3913841327766971718</id><published>2008-04-13T09:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-20T08:08:51.422-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Oh So Obvious</title><content type='html'>This used to be my boyfriend Thomas&lt;br /&gt;He changed his mind  a broken promise&lt;br /&gt;Unrequited on-line lust&lt;br /&gt;E-form  image collecting dust&lt;br /&gt;Deeply clueless in my opinion&lt;br /&gt;Repeat exposure fatal vision&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Slingshot the spears piercing thrust&lt;br /&gt;Unrequited on-line crush&lt;br /&gt;Engaged looking in near vision&lt;br /&gt;Thinking new thoughts a new opinion&lt;br /&gt;Push yourself seeking a new game&lt;br /&gt;No such zone forget the old flame&lt;br /&gt;No longer beset by mainstream fellas&lt;br /&gt;Asking,  Hello! what I had for breakfast&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-3913841327766971718?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/3913841327766971718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=3913841327766971718' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/3913841327766971718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/3913841327766971718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/oh-so-obvious.html' title='Oh So Obvious'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-5565819532389975393</id><published>2008-04-13T09:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T09:48:10.796-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Cyborg</title><content type='html'>Net compulsion cyber user&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rude shocks hands-free abuser&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Modern day siren winged eros&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Impersonal sex in public pathos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Live sex spy cams his torso&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Japanese BL at the bagno&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Access to pleasure totally hawt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heavenly constriction out in orbit&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-5565819532389975393?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/5565819532389975393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=5565819532389975393' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5565819532389975393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5565819532389975393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/cyborg.html' title='Cyborg'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-5350993120232455289</id><published>2008-04-13T09:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T10:43:41.408-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Age of Consent</title><content type='html'>Indelibly publicly seen from afar&lt;br /&gt;Eighteen fraught with problems bizarre&lt;br /&gt;Two fruitless attempts to initiate him&lt;br /&gt;Captive festive rose-colored whim&lt;br /&gt;Lose of balance internally displaced&lt;br /&gt;Anxious the ravages of the chase&lt;br /&gt;Sailors Ahoy! crimson sea view&lt;br /&gt;I could love no other but you&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-5350993120232455289?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/5350993120232455289/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=5350993120232455289' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5350993120232455289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5350993120232455289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/age-of-consent.html' title='Age of Consent'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-5260885244357934811</id><published>2008-04-13T09:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T14:29:53.499-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Shirt Off</title><content type='html'>Naturally neat white sheets jus bcuz&lt;br /&gt;It’s in your 501’s wardrobe applause&lt;br /&gt;Watching me yo who’s the hero&lt;br /&gt;Making a splash with the trash&lt;br /&gt;Drop everything Cutie&lt;br /&gt;Vive la difference Beauty&lt;br /&gt;Male nude paintings sculptures fainting&lt;br /&gt;Love me all over Carlos&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-5260885244357934811?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/5260885244357934811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=5260885244357934811' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5260885244357934811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4628307108064085427/posts/default/5260885244357934811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/2008/04/shirt-off.html' title='Shirt Off'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16335214190286140263</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628307108064085427.post-2760267809759278168</id><published>2008-04-13T09:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T10:43:28.163-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Closer Apart</title><content type='html'>Only freaks come out at night&lt;br /&gt;No regrets of course you’re right&lt;br /&gt;Your gentle voice in sync resides&lt;br /&gt;Uncommon truths can never lie&lt;br /&gt;Orange yellow a purple hue&lt;br /&gt;Beyond what is enough for you&lt;br /&gt;Melting glances hide my face&lt;br /&gt;Even rapture can’t replace&lt;br /&gt;Letting go the one I choose&lt;br /&gt;Crowded garden of statues &lt;br /&gt;Prisoner of tender bliss &lt;br /&gt;OMG Are you serious?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4628307108064085427-2760267809759278168?l=noblebandit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://noblebandit.blogspot.com/feeds/2760267809759278168/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4628307108064085427&amp;postID=2760267809759278168' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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