Thank you both, and anyone else who read in silence. I actually was meant to put this in the poetry thread but somehow got confused and registered it as a new topic, typical of me, and I’m learning to use the board with Jaws my screen reader, [the synthetic voice that reads all the information on the screen, well, in theory.] Going through my stuff I realized just how much I over used the word "freak." I’m promising myself from this moment on to omit this from any further writing, just seemed the appropriate word at the time. I guess poems like "buying Pop Corn" and "The Ugly me" give more away than I’d likebut this writing is my one true passion, people suck, no, I just don’t do so well at that whole people thing, people are cool. Next time I’ll post poetry in the right place, but it was a good topic title I guess. If you are my long lost twin, hi, I always wanted one of those and it wouldn’t surprise me if my mother kept that kind of thing secret just to spite me. I keep thinking I’ve discovered that certain musicians have got to be at least cousins of the soul, alass I’ve never been able to prove this fact, but there is time, I mean I’ve already found a fellow freak, and honestly in all seriousness what I’ve already seen of the sincerity and dedication of the people here has really surprised me, it just feels right to be a part of this place,

Ash.