<?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-880317220462709319</id><updated>2011-11-27T19:02:57.492-05:00</updated><title type='text'>L y r i q   H u n t e r</title><subtitle type='html'>Please add me to your favorites &amp;amp; tell your friends to visit too.. this site will be updated weekly.. leave ur comments too and most importantly: Stay Tuned.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>30</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-5213754543402520850</id><published>2010-10-26T17:55:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-26T17:56:02.773-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Breaking Dawn</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/TMdNHAShzoI/AAAAAAAAAI0/ssmY8DXQ1uc/s1600/breakdawn.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" nx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/TMdNHAShzoI/AAAAAAAAAI0/ssmY8DXQ1uc/s1600/breakdawn.bmp" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This angel of mine...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Was sent from heaven up above&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To bring me the greatest gift – Love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe I’m psychic or&amp;nbsp;juss brilliant&amp;nbsp;but I knew right away&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That I’d wanna b witchu every day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not caring wat anyone has to say&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I no longer merely look into ur eyes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I see into ur soul and behold the sun rise&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I could never fuck you cuz I loved u&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The moment u kissed my lips&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just kept it to myself in case u’d think im ridiculous&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But look at us now!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’ve got u&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp; u’ve got me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So fuck the world&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’ll give u me freely&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And every time we get it on&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We break dawn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© Hassan Souto 2010&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; photo by Iris Valentine&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-5213754543402520850?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/5213754543402520850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2010/10/breaking-dawn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/5213754543402520850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/5213754543402520850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2010/10/breaking-dawn.html' title='Breaking Dawn'/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/TMdNHAShzoI/AAAAAAAAAI0/ssmY8DXQ1uc/s72-c/breakdawn.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-3280383267083150763</id><published>2010-10-07T09:16:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T21:59:04.605-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/TLUP93awVgI/AAAAAAAAAIs/pHEpb4F5AkM/s1600/danja.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/TLUP93awVgI/AAAAAAAAAIs/pHEpb4F5AkM/s320/danja.jpg" width="212" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ok its true, i'm obsessed with you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;everything about you sticks to me like superglue&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the way u move, the way u walk, the way ur lips move&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;when you talk i could stare and forget the world is there&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and don't get me started on that long sexy hair&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we've shared so many twilights cuz u keep me up all nite&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but just one kiss and u make all my wrongs right&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i tried to fight but it was luv at first sight&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i need you here, right next to me, so i can feel normal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cuz when we aren't together, my mind is cloudy like bad weather&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;wondering when i will see you again, wondering when we can be together&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and i don't need much just ur touch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;satiates me, this isn't like me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;to be this ... easy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;to please&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so please, tell me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;that you feel even a fraction the way i do. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© Hassan Souto 2010&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-3280383267083150763?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/3280383267083150763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2010/10/ok-its-true-im-obsessed-with-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/3280383267083150763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/3280383267083150763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2010/10/ok-its-true-im-obsessed-with-you.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/TLUP93awVgI/AAAAAAAAAIs/pHEpb4F5AkM/s72-c/danja.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-7954097491207342706</id><published>2010-09-17T04:04:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-17T04:25:24.111-04:00</updated><title type='text'>First, Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/TJMd2xj3_XI/AAAAAAAAAIk/_wh8SfJe4vI/s1600/sonesta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/TJMd2xj3_XI/AAAAAAAAAIk/_wh8SfJe4vI/s320/sonesta.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;There's nothing like your 1st love&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;something every poet should write of&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;There's nothing that'll ever compare&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;to the very 1st time I ran my fingers thru your hair&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;So, let me reminisce...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I remember the first time I laid eyes on you&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I wanted to lay my soul on you&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;while we gazed up at the blue&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;sky could be fallin' down but long as you were around&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;nothing mattered but ur gentle hand intwined with mine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;time? no, just moments sublime...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I remember the day I sat in the back seat&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;and stared at u in the rearview&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;the entire ride &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I glanced away when u looked back, I shied&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;because inside my emotions were at high tide&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;up until then I'd only felt lust and smug&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;and love? well,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;let's just say it intoxicated me like a designer drug&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;U were my&amp;nbsp;1st love, like santos&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;U were sent from heaven above&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;thank heaven I wasn't deprived of&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;and I know I couldn't stop trynna dick u down&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;but I was young and that's how I expressd being sprung&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;but if push came to shove, I woulda settled for a bear hug&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;but there was nothing like layin' u down on the shag rug&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;givin that hair a tug and overfilling ur mug&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;with this hot cafe au lait&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;okay okay, I'm being naughty&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;but damn how I adored each time I explored your body&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;mind AND soul &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;with every moment more love would grow&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;and together we'd glow&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;U see, I will never forget &lt;em&gt;my&lt;/em&gt; 1st love&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;u were experienced, I was naive&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;but you made a brother believe!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;and that feeling will never leave&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;like Adam's love for his Eve&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Like a fantasy romantics dream of&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;u never forget ur first love&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;the pieces fit like a suede glove&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;and til this very day&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;U r still someone I think of.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© Hassan Souto 2010&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-7954097491207342706?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/7954097491207342706/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2010/09/first-love.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/7954097491207342706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/7954097491207342706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2010/09/first-love.html' title='First, Love'/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/TJMd2xj3_XI/AAAAAAAAAIk/_wh8SfJe4vI/s72-c/sonesta.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-4671884364415849154</id><published>2010-03-06T21:20:00.021-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-06T23:39:55.796-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dusted Off</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/S5MtnQgj3bI/AAAAAAAAAH8/BH9_gzL19Ic/s1600-h/DustySpringfieldPic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 236px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445746526890745266" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/S5MtnQgj3bI/AAAAAAAAAH8/BH9_gzL19Ic/s320/DustySpringfieldPic.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/S5MqYnhZs7I/AAAAAAAAAHk/vQ5o9n3Mz0k/s1600-h/DustySpringfieldPic.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/S5MNstSZ7OI/AAAAAAAAAHc/IwEsA2AJ34I/s1600-h/DustySpringfieldPic.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Do not adjust your television set.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The film is black and white, and the quality is a bit grainy. It's instantly clear this is a clip from one of those TV variety shows from another time, the type that sadly declined along with the attention spans of millions who once made them a staple of prime-time viewing. A figure appears in the spotlight, casting a dramatic shadow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"When I said...I needed you..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To say she commands the stage is an understatement. The dramatic arm gestures- either reaching forward in desperation, or being defiantly thrown back with each declaration of despair- constantly threaten to upstage the voice, but never do. The song progresses toward a sweeping modulation. She clutches her chest as she pleads once again with her wayward lover, "you don't have to say you love me". And after taking the audience on one of the most harrowing emotional roller-coaster rides pop music has ever produced, she bows graciously. And the moment fades to black...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have not mentioned the voice. It's unlike any I've heard before. It's a sturdy, reedy-type instrument, remarkably capable of being both heartily robust and tremendously fragile at the same time. Yet what she has revealed in this moment is only a glimpse of what that voice was actually capable of, the intensity of the joy and sorrow it so deftly could convey. This voice would cross genres, generations and musical tastes. It would change with time and tribulation, but it would ultimately never lose the intangible quality that makes it so mesmerizing in this brief, grainy, black and white moment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her name is Dusty Springfield.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was her precise ear, and that unrelenting desire to produce great music that produced some of modern history’s greatest pop symphonies- and in a decade crowded with them. The opening bars of “I Only Want to Be With You”- her first hit and still one of her best loved- heralded not only the arrival of a new era, but of a voice that would storm through radios and across the landscape of the tumultuous 1960’s culture. Her first album, titled simply A Girl Called Dusty, succinctly heralded for audiences the force that had been unleashed. It also subtlety hinted at the complexities that simmered just below the surface. But a force in Pop Music was born, and for the first five years of her solo career, the titles jump out in such quick succession, it’s a mere mortal’s forgivable sin to overlook more than one or two. There were so many classics. Hits on both sides of the pond. And so many hidden treasures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s the most horrible of ironies that during a period of true revelation of her strengths as an artist, her commercial fortunes would decline. Perhaps it was inevitable. The 1970’s were the decade of the singer/songwriter, where puffed-with-pride critics would dismiss the luminous adventures of a vocal interpreter as fluff. Utter nonsense in retrospect. It’s just a shame that critics chose to adjust their posturing decades later, and welcome deserving pieces of art as A Brand New Me and Cameo as the superior slices of mastery that they were. In their time, they were appallingly neglected.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some may argue that she shortchanged herself as a person, being lost in (as the mesmerizing “Soft Core”, the closing track of White Heat puts it) a maze “of drugs and alibis”. Discussion of her activities and of her sexuality seems to permeate this period. Another injustice. It’s pointless to over-analyze, and simply wrong to judge. Perhaps it’s at this juncture where Mary O’Brien and Dusty Springfield, in the darkest of days, bumped into each other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fortunately, Dusty Springfield’s life and career were not to remain tied ominously to tragedy or failure. In the early months of 1988, radios around the world carried that unmistakable voice again. The Pet Shop Boys provided Dusty with what she so deserved, a vehicle to exhibit that voice to its best advantage. That moment remains crystallized in pop history:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“…Since you went away, I’ve been hanging around…I’ve been wondering why, I’m feeling down. You went away, it should make me feel better. But I don’t know…”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dusty Springfield was back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wonder if Dusty was aware that she had been a prophet of the new female vocalist in popular music. That she became a revolutionary figure to so many men and women searching for their own sexual freedom. That the voice- that same sturdy, reedy-like instrument that blazed against some of the most magical music ever created, will continue to be heard, and studied, and appreciated…long after we have all completed our time in this world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe she would’ve been amused. Perhaps she wouldn’t have noticed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After all, underneath all the physical detail, the makeup and hair, and behind that unforgettable voice, she was, after all, just a girl…a girl called Dusty…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Markus C. Medeiros&lt;br /&gt;Photography by Deanna Staffo&lt;br /&gt;--------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Markus has been my friend, colleague and confidant for almost eighteen years, introducing me to genre's of art, music and film I would've otherwise overlooked. Together we co-wrote "Tru Love", a track featured on my demo which gained airplay and spawned the interest of both Jive and Motown Records. I look forward to posting more of his work here soon.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-4671884364415849154?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/4671884364415849154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2010/03/dusted-off.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/4671884364415849154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/4671884364415849154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2010/03/dusted-off.html' title='Dusted Off'/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/S5MtnQgj3bI/AAAAAAAAAH8/BH9_gzL19Ic/s72-c/DustySpringfieldPic.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-881729533362720908</id><published>2009-12-30T23:15:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T14:33:46.385-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Szz8ZJgVCLI/AAAAAAAAAHU/CdOZgVu9i5c/s1600-h/MilkyWay.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421485560425679026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Szz8ZJgVCLI/AAAAAAAAAHU/CdOZgVu9i5c/s320/MilkyWay.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#ff0000;"&gt;THE &lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;LOVE &lt;/span&gt;THAT YOU WITHOLD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#ff0000;"&gt;IS THE &lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;PAIN&lt;/span&gt; THAT YOU CARRY.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-881729533362720908?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/881729533362720908/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/12/love-that-you-withold-is-pain-that-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/881729533362720908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/881729533362720908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/12/love-that-you-withold-is-pain-that-you.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Szz8ZJgVCLI/AAAAAAAAAHU/CdOZgVu9i5c/s72-c/MilkyWay.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-3020423224726034727</id><published>2009-09-03T19:47:00.012-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T23:46:01.627-04:00</updated><title type='text'>TakeMeAway</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SqCr24ciwFI/AAAAAAAAAHM/FuO4qSc_LbE/s1600-h/takemeaway.bmp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377486914433761362" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SqCr24ciwFI/AAAAAAAAAHM/FuO4qSc_LbE/s320/takemeaway.bmp" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 256px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SqBZDrd6BHI/AAAAAAAAAHE/2PjDIjbdN0U/s1600-h/takemeaway.bmp"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;take me away from all this death&lt;br /&gt;i have no strength to thank every breath&lt;br /&gt;take me away from all this pain&lt;br /&gt;it beats down on my spirit like acid rain&lt;br /&gt;take me away from wolves disguised as friends&lt;br /&gt;who take and take &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;and take from me with no end&lt;br /&gt;take me away from my thirsts &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;that never get quenched&lt;br /&gt;sometimes i feel so dead i can smell &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;my own stench&lt;br /&gt;take me away from the memories &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;that haunt me&lt;br /&gt;from the nightmares that terrorize me&lt;br /&gt;from the fears that paralyze me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;but&lt;/em&gt;before you take me anywhere&lt;br /&gt;take me away&lt;br /&gt;from myself. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;© Hassan Souto 2009&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-3020423224726034727?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/3020423224726034727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/09/takemeaway-take-me-away-from-all-this.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/3020423224726034727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/3020423224726034727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/09/takemeaway-take-me-away-from-all-this.html' title='TakeMeAway'/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SqCr24ciwFI/AAAAAAAAAHM/FuO4qSc_LbE/s72-c/takemeaway.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-8086176369350553774</id><published>2009-07-30T17:49:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-06T23:20:48.922-05:00</updated><title type='text'>RUNIGGA!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SnIYMGShpFI/AAAAAAAAAG8/YLtb11MdBK0/s1600-h/runigga.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 239px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364376702277493842" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SnIYMGShpFI/AAAAAAAAAG8/YLtb11MdBK0/s320/runigga.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;run nigga, RUN!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;run from&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;being a bum&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bummin' cigs, bummin money&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bummin unsafe sex&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;from &lt;em&gt;over&lt;/em&gt;sexed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;under&lt;/em&gt;age&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hood rats&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;keep actin' a clown, get BEAT DOWN!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;run nigga, run!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;run from the "nigga"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you're so Proud to be&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;run from the opposite&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;direction of Free&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;run nigga, run?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;run from the &lt;em&gt;true&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you have no other place&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;to run to...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;dedicated to: he knows&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#999999;"&gt;© Hassan Souto 1995, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-8086176369350553774?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/8086176369350553774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/07/runigga.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/8086176369350553774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/8086176369350553774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/07/runigga.html' title='RUNIGGA!!!'/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SnIYMGShpFI/AAAAAAAAAG8/YLtb11MdBK0/s72-c/runigga.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-9131824843322074854</id><published>2009-07-23T22:02:00.032-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-31T00:21:35.883-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Smk2HB2-fTI/AAAAAAAAAG0/XaJm9Hx4gJY/s1600-h/missing.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361876325747293490" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Smk2HB2-fTI/AAAAAAAAAG0/XaJm9Hx4gJY/s320/missing.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Smkzv6ruo8I/AAAAAAAAAGs/8m9zCh7dW84/s1600-h/missing.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;eri&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;can&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Sc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;re&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;ams&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;i am &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;the man i imagined i would be&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;i'm aversion of me i never wanted to see&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;the seeds i planted.. the paradise i envisioned&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;never came to fruition&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;the mission:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;failed&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;the promises: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;bailed&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;heaven&lt;/span&gt; turned into &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;hell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;my bright light is now a shell&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;i was sooo high...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;i died slowly as i fell&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;short of my american dreams&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;now i awake from nightmares in screams&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;pseudo smiles stop me from bursting at the seams&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;i could cry a river&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;and deliver my pain like a drought begs for rain&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;im slowly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;slowly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;going&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;in&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;sane.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;© Hassan Souto 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-9131824843322074854?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/9131824843322074854/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-am-i-am-not-man-i-imagined-i-would-be.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/9131824843322074854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/9131824843322074854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-am-i-am-not-man-i-imagined-i-would-be.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Smk2HB2-fTI/AAAAAAAAAG0/XaJm9Hx4gJY/s72-c/missing.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-1433243792498278766</id><published>2009-07-23T19:00:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-30T19:21:06.825-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SmjxIHxamSI/AAAAAAAAAGk/0uX23kO8CLs/s1600-h/souls.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361800478212135202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 201px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SmjxIHxamSI/AAAAAAAAAGk/0uX23kO8CLs/s320/souls.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;(&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;this is a connection&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;between you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;between me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;is a thin space&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;where we can be &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;totally free&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;totally you&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;totally me&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;i wanna connect&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;the dots&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;not missing ur favorite&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;spots&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;connect dont reject &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;ur bodys my favorite&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;object to inspect&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;(this is a connection)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;so let us connect&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;together&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;we can be perfect&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#33ccff;"&gt;© Hassan Souto 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-1433243792498278766?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/1433243792498278766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/07/this-is-connection-between-you-between.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/1433243792498278766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/1433243792498278766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/07/this-is-connection-between-you-between.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SmjxIHxamSI/AAAAAAAAAGk/0uX23kO8CLs/s72-c/souls.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-6137015544530702832</id><published>2009-07-13T20:35:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-26T00:18:24.874-04:00</updated><title type='text'>kEep yA hEad uP</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SlvTQ2X1vMI/AAAAAAAAAGE/I1I2eG9mr-0/s1600-h/thelight.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358108468114209986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SlvTQ2X1vMI/AAAAAAAAAGE/I1I2eG9mr-0/s320/thelight.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SlvS8Gnd9WI/AAAAAAAAAF8/9uj-U7uithU/s1600-h/alteregos.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-6137015544530702832?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/6137015544530702832/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/07/hassan-souto-2009.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/6137015544530702832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/6137015544530702832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/07/hassan-souto-2009.html' title='kEep yA hEad uP'/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SlvTQ2X1vMI/AAAAAAAAAGE/I1I2eG9mr-0/s72-c/thelight.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-8032887744203793541</id><published>2009-06-12T02:28:00.014-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-30T22:56:10.438-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SlQDctzcDuI/AAAAAAAAAFk/IysxYKp0aKs/s1600-h/4RotatingHips.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355909648716926690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SlQDctzcDuI/AAAAAAAAAFk/IysxYKp0aKs/s320/4RotatingHips.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4:&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Rotating&lt;/span&gt;:Hips&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;ur &lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;reflection&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;in my erection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;lost in contemplation of unprotected&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;animalistic&lt;/span&gt; penetration&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;untamed ejaculation: beyond &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;expectation &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;upon the futon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;we migrate into satiation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;full arousal upon culmination&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;of sweet sweat gold slager saliva&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;pouring down from above: &lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;liquid love&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;panting and ranting (yes)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;moaning then groaning (mmhhmmn)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;drunk with lust (yes...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;scent of tantric &lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;sex&lt;/span&gt; replaces the aroma of incense&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;smoothly move &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;bumping and grinding &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;slipping into sliding&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;standing, riding&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;passion fruit lips&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;electric finger tips ...languid savoring sips&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;moist warmthness to no end!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;we EXPL&lt;strong&gt;O&lt;/strong&gt;DE. exhausted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;yet READY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;to do it &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;again&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;_________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;© Hassan Souto 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-8032887744203793541?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/8032887744203793541/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/06/4rotatinghips-ur-reflection-in-my.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/8032887744203793541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/8032887744203793541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/06/4rotatinghips-ur-reflection-in-my.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SlQDctzcDuI/AAAAAAAAAFk/IysxYKp0aKs/s72-c/4RotatingHips.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-468133715361970880</id><published>2009-05-30T02:09:00.011-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-31T00:32:11.417-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sixqur-a3HI/AAAAAAAAAFM/0Ae8nyAlT5Y/s1600-h/marsinsfoto.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344764208092994674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sixqur-a3HI/AAAAAAAAAFM/0Ae8nyAlT5Y/s320/marsinsfoto.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(A&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;Veiled)&lt;/span&gt;Heart&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;My Godfather taught me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;that men d&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;o&lt;/span&gt;n't cry&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;it's femin&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;e, weak, pathetic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;I remember that day like yesterday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;my grandparents, w&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;ho &lt;/span&gt;were my &lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;parents&lt;/span&gt;, were fighting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;my rapacity for them to not &lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;hurt &lt;/span&gt;eachother&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;expressed itself in tears&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;my uncle looked straight into my eyes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;and with a dominant, &lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;masculine&lt;/span&gt;, disgusted voice &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;he condescendingly commanded:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Hassan! STOP &lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;cry&lt;/span&gt;ing!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;and I haven't cried&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;since.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#663366;"&gt;© Hassan Souto 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-468133715361970880?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/468133715361970880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/veiled-heart-my-godfather-taught-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/468133715361970880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/468133715361970880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/veiled-heart-my-godfather-taught-me.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sixqur-a3HI/AAAAAAAAAFM/0Ae8nyAlT5Y/s72-c/marsinsfoto.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-1919041904135715967</id><published>2009-05-18T17:22:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-30T19:22:07.893-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/ShYQV2fBvkI/AAAAAAAAAFE/lbJ41xPSqpk/s1600-h/ma%26dad.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338472375883251266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/ShYQV2fBvkI/AAAAAAAAAFE/lbJ41xPSqpk/s320/ma%26dad.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;GROWING UP I didn't have male role models to model myself after. Most ridiculed me for being unique, rather than embracing me or taking me under their wing. My father always played a role in my life but it was my grandfather, &lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Nathaniel Souto&lt;/span&gt;, who took on the full responsibility. He was a "man's man" and the definition of a man from the 1960's; strong, stoic, resilient, protective, an earner and provider. He never had to beg, borrow or steal. He was a man of few words but when those few words were spoken &lt;strong&gt;you listened&lt;/strong&gt;. My grandfather is the real reason I went to college and devoted my life to educating myself, making a name for myself, continuously challenging myself and never allowing anyone to run my life or make my decisions. I remember being young and comparing other fathers to him. They failed in comparison. One need only visit the formidible 3 Morgan Terrace to witness his beautiful house, healthy well-cared for children and his wife, the most beautiful woman to walk the face of the earth, my grandmother, &lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Mary Souto&lt;/span&gt;. In my eyes he had everything.. everything worth having. I've spent my life trying to achieve something similiar to what he achieved. I thank him for inspiring me. And today, I still thank him.. For reminding me that I've still got a long way to go.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;My GrandParents.. 2gether 4ever.. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;RIP "Daddy" 5/11/9&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;© Hassan Souto 2009&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-1919041904135715967?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/1919041904135715967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/eulogy-5119-rip-dad.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/1919041904135715967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/1919041904135715967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/eulogy-5119-rip-dad.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/ShYQV2fBvkI/AAAAAAAAAFE/lbJ41xPSqpk/s72-c/ma%26dad.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-6495951729182401350</id><published>2009-05-07T22:10:00.015-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-31T00:16:46.202-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgOaXtkFREI/AAAAAAAAAE8/dRQPFp9Bxck/s1600-h/design.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333276115895403586" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgOaXtkFREI/AAAAAAAAAE8/dRQPFp9Bxck/s320/design.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgOaQF-zOtI/AAAAAAAAAE0/L4GoqOVp6YE/s1600-h/design.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;"U are my drug! And I refuse to go to rehab!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;VICODEN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;Jesus Christ I &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; u&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;to know u, grow with u, to show u&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;all the immaculate bright&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;concealed light has in store for us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;this mid-summer twilight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;i want us to vent then get deliciously decadent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;ur blessing is surely heavensent! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;...so why repent?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;u could be my cure, my guiltiest pleasure&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;for sure...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;for surely its the calmest ocean &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;resting in ur hungry eyes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;maybe its my unyielding yearning for ur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcccc;"&gt;pink&lt;/span&gt; plump lips on my pulsating paradise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;u make my sunrise, u make &lt;em&gt;me&lt;/em&gt; ...rise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;only Jehovah can smother my cries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;Life is packed with panic &amp;amp; lies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;2gether we can vaporize! G-D&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;damn! I hunger for ur kiss!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;just the fantasy imbues me with blessed bliss&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;u could be my favorite dish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;I'm too impatient to wait&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;for fate to let our souls mate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I've&lt;/em&gt; been here forever, where've &lt;em&gt;u&lt;/em&gt; been?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;join me in euphoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;Like vicoden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;I don't believe in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;sin!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;I said, I do not &lt;em&gt;believe&lt;/em&gt; in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;sin!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;this circle will never ever &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;ceasetospin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;the &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;ecstasy&lt;/span&gt; begins beneath the velvet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;then works its way within illuminating our skin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;till the spaces between our face's thin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;surely! u could be &lt;em&gt;my&lt;/em&gt; heaven?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;surely! u could replace my vicoden?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;take me there... I wanna go&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;take me away... I &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; to know&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;take me there.. it's time...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;to go.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;© Hassan Souto 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-6495951729182401350?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/6495951729182401350/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/vicoden-jesus-christ-i-need-u-to-know-u.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/6495951729182401350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/6495951729182401350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/vicoden-jesus-christ-i-need-u-to-know-u.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgOaXtkFREI/AAAAAAAAAE8/dRQPFp9Bxck/s72-c/design.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-5584361488301189953</id><published>2009-05-07T21:11:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-30T19:22:43.512-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SixtwQSWaMI/AAAAAAAAAFc/0NqEOhKXI1o/s1600-h/marsins.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344767533555017922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SixtwQSWaMI/AAAAAAAAAFc/0NqEOhKXI1o/s320/marsins.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgOPiaTSQnI/AAAAAAAAAEs/B9EX6JwPyv8/s1600-h/greenz.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;I n c e s s a n t l y&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;IN THE ABSENCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;romance feeling &lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/span&gt; passion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;my love for you thrives &lt;em&gt;incessantly &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;it's a never ending fire of desire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;as well as a bottomless sea of ethereal ecstasy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;our bodies don't mate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;our souls do! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;I feel like you're my destiny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;in your eyes.. my future&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;in your soul.. my home&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;7 seconds after we part&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;I miss/yearn/crave you &lt;em&gt;so &lt;/em&gt;bad it hurts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;my love for you t r a n s c e n d s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;time space &amp;amp; all cognitive boundaries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;You are my &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;sunlight&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; my &lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;moonlight&lt;/span&gt; too&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;of everything I've &lt;em&gt;ever&lt;/em&gt; fantasized &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;I've found even more in you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Sweet lullabies, spontaneous thoughts,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;inegmatical affection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;I'm beyond obsession and infatuation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;In the absense of &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;romance feeling&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;passion&lt;/span&gt;, even intimacy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;my love for you&lt;em&gt; thrives&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;incessantly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#666666;"&gt;© Hassan Souto 2001, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-5584361488301189953?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/5584361488301189953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/incessantly-in-absense-of-romance.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/5584361488301189953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/5584361488301189953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/incessantly-in-absense-of-romance.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SixtwQSWaMI/AAAAAAAAAFc/0NqEOhKXI1o/s72-c/marsins.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-6509807282857087856</id><published>2009-05-06T17:48:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-06T23:42:58.359-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgIKeJuvmrI/AAAAAAAAAEU/AIkGaoFQqRo/s1600-h/FortTabor.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332836421884418738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgIKeJuvmrI/AAAAAAAAAEU/AIkGaoFQqRo/s320/FortTabor.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgIF1HFRvzI/AAAAAAAAAEM/u1GytWJc6EY/s1600-h/FortTabor.bmp"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Just got home from the beach.. &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Loving&lt;/span&gt; the weather! Feeling very inspired ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-6509807282857087856?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/6509807282857087856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/just-got-home-from-beach.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/6509807282857087856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/6509807282857087856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/just-got-home-from-beach.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgIKeJuvmrI/AAAAAAAAAEU/AIkGaoFQqRo/s72-c/FortTabor.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-4886822888322079776</id><published>2009-05-06T14:08:00.016-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-30T19:23:39.138-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cabo Verde</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgHVdTnDRdI/AAAAAAAAAEE/34bx7Lq4MRw/s1600-h/CV.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332778133240366546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgHVdTnDRdI/AAAAAAAAAEE/34bx7Lq4MRw/s320/CV.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgHVdf0ddwI/AAAAAAAAAD8/0CSDBl8d7o4/s1600-h/CapeVerde.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332778136517834498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 260px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgHVdf0ddwI/AAAAAAAAAD8/0CSDBl8d7o4/s320/CapeVerde.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;Pictures of The &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Cape Verde&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Islands from my friend's recent trip there.. Jealous I couldn't make it to the land my great grandmother left in 1908 for the United States... one day...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;FYI: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Cape Verde&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (Cabo Verde) is 10 volcanic islands 500 miles off the west coast of Africa. Inhabitated by approximately 500 thousand beautiful souls.. we obtained our independece from Portugal on July 5,1975 (thankyajesus!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;::brown::as::dirt::&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;And Jehovah formed man from the dirt of the ground, and blew into&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;his nostrils the berath of life; and man became a living soul&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;brown is my skin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;and it won't wash away&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;no matter how hard you scrub&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;open your eyes! unlock your mind!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;I witnessed the conception of time&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;dark brown skin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;darker than the warmest night&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;on the coast of Brava in Cabo Verde&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;serenading a ballad of soul&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;loudest you've ever heard!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;this brown skin is the "fire" in Fogo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;the "wild" in Brava&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;the "salt" in Sal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;and the "good view" in Boa Vista&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;brown skin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;reflecting my nine lives&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;my&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;nine moods&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;my&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;ten islands&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;separtated by the north Atlantic ocean&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;United&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;by our different shades of brown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;brown skin!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;brown as dirty ground&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;beneath your foot steps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;dark as the dust that rises with each step&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;brown as it was&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;in the beginning of time&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;when GOD reached down his divine hand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;and composed: MAN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#663300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#663300;"&gt;(c) Hassan Souto 1997, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-4886822888322079776?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/4886822888322079776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/cabo-verde.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/4886822888322079776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/4886822888322079776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/cabo-verde.html' title='Cabo Verde'/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgHVdTnDRdI/AAAAAAAAAEE/34bx7Lq4MRw/s72-c/CV.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-7980117729997094687</id><published>2009-05-05T21:38:00.015-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T20:50:50.541-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgDvnMxZfXI/AAAAAAAAAD0/li9SwznWZkg/s1600-h/specialk.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332525415529020786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 107px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 131px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgDvnMxZfXI/AAAAAAAAAD0/li9SwznWZkg/s320/specialk.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgDu5jRUuKI/AAAAAAAAADs/1dfMpEbWv5s/s1600-h/specialk.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgDtivhtVuI/AAAAAAAAADk/AiefhS_gWkw/s1600-h/specialk.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Breaking Dawn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I was so wrong &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;to treat you like we don't belong&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;I'm not so strong.. when we don't get along&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Foolish pride kept me from crying&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;A cocky smile outside &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;while inside I'm slowly dying&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;I'd rather be "the man" than &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;give you the upper hand&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;but now I watch time blow away like sand&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;No one can know me like you know me&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;How can anyone see the side you showed me?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;You don't know what you've got till its gone&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;and I realize it now all nite.. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;until the break of dawn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;© Hassan Souto 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-7980117729997094687?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/7980117729997094687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/breaking-dawn-i-was-so-wrong-to-treat.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/7980117729997094687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/7980117729997094687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/breaking-dawn-i-was-so-wrong-to-treat.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgDvnMxZfXI/AAAAAAAAAD0/li9SwznWZkg/s72-c/specialk.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-2435428103341026347</id><published>2009-05-05T21:30:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-06T23:33:11.772-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgDpA5Mhu4I/AAAAAAAAADc/URVD73XaYaQ/s1600-h/thelight.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332518160369302402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgDpA5Mhu4I/AAAAAAAAADc/URVD73XaYaQ/s320/thelight.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;P&lt;/strong&gt;ersonal affection is a luxury you can have only after&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#666666;"&gt;all your enemies are eliminated. Until then, everyone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#666666;"&gt;you love is a hostage, sapping your courage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#666666;"&gt;and corrupting your judgement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;Orson Scott Card&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;Empire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-2435428103341026347?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/2435428103341026347/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/hassan-souto-2009.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/2435428103341026347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/2435428103341026347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/hassan-souto-2009.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgDpA5Mhu4I/AAAAAAAAADc/URVD73XaYaQ/s72-c/thelight.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-7840598576908116039</id><published>2009-05-05T20:55:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-06T23:48:52.569-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgDiB6EVCWI/AAAAAAAAAC4/X22rF_7LPs4/s1600-h/andy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332510481201826146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgDiB6EVCWI/AAAAAAAAAC4/X22rF_7LPs4/s320/andy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;I CHASED MY HEART UNTIL LIFE IMITATED ART&lt;br /&gt;To paint the mundane grind&lt;br /&gt;Into something vivid for my anguished mind&lt;br /&gt;If I could mend the universe &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;and the essence of time&lt;br /&gt;I would erase your dis ease&lt;br /&gt;And set ur body, mind and soul&lt;br /&gt;In &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;perpetual peace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And you would challenge Neptune&lt;br /&gt;Just like you used to…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;But I cannot do these things&lt;br /&gt;For I am only a human being&lt;br /&gt;Being in a state of sadness&lt;br /&gt;I can hear the angels weep&lt;br /&gt;They cry so loud&lt;br /&gt;At night&lt;br /&gt;I cannot&lt;br /&gt;Sleep…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rest In Perpetual Peace &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Andy&lt;/span&gt;.. U were more than a stepfather...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#330099;"&gt;© Hassan Souto 2008, 2009&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-7840598576908116039?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/7840598576908116039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-chased-my-heart-until-life-imitated.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/7840598576908116039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/7840598576908116039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-chased-my-heart-until-life-imitated.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgDiB6EVCWI/AAAAAAAAAC4/X22rF_7LPs4/s72-c/andy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-5504630578282735763</id><published>2009-05-05T20:42:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T23:18:30.846-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgDemNeh1RI/AAAAAAAAACw/1gBG7m9lu0k/s1600-h/dark.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332506706840769810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgDemNeh1RI/AAAAAAAAACw/1gBG7m9lu0k/s320/dark.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Allow me to introduce myself.&lt;br /&gt;I am the disease of addiction---&lt;br /&gt;Alcoholism - drugs - eating - sex&lt;br /&gt;I am cunning, baffling and powerful. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;That's me!!!!&lt;br /&gt;I have killed millions, and I am &lt;em&gt;pleased&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;I &lt;em&gt;love &lt;/em&gt;to catch you &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;with the element of surprise.&lt;br /&gt;I love pretending I am your friend and lover.&lt;br /&gt;I have given you comforted, have I not?&lt;br /&gt;Wasn't I there when you were lonely?&lt;br /&gt;When you wanted to die, didn't you call me?&lt;br /&gt;Wasn't I always there?&lt;br /&gt;I love it when I make you so numb&lt;br /&gt;you can neither hurt nor cry--&lt;br /&gt;you can't feel &lt;em&gt;anything&lt;/em&gt; at all.&lt;br /&gt;This is true Glory.&lt;br /&gt;I give you instant gratification.&lt;br /&gt;I've always been there for you!&lt;br /&gt;When things were going right in your life,&lt;br /&gt;you invited me.&lt;br /&gt;You said you didn't deserve these good things.&lt;br /&gt;I was the only one who would agree with you.&lt;br /&gt;Together we were able to destroy&lt;br /&gt;all things good in your life&lt;br /&gt;all I asked of you was long-term suffering.&lt;br /&gt;People don't take me seriously.&lt;br /&gt;They take strokes seriously,&lt;br /&gt;heart attacks seriously,&lt;br /&gt;even diabetes they take seriously.&lt;br /&gt;Fools that they are, they don't know&lt;br /&gt;that without my help these things&lt;br /&gt;would not be made possible.&lt;br /&gt;I am such a hated disease,&lt;br /&gt;and yet I do not come uninvited.&lt;br /&gt;You &lt;em&gt;choose&lt;/em&gt; to have me!&lt;br /&gt;So many have chosen me over&lt;br /&gt;reality, peace and serenity.&lt;br /&gt;You don't see me, but I am growing bigger than ever.&lt;br /&gt;When you allow me to control you,&lt;br /&gt;I LIVE.&lt;br /&gt;When you live&lt;br /&gt;I CAN'T.&lt;br /&gt;But I am here.... and until we meet again,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; we meet again - - - -&lt;br /&gt;I WISH YOU DEATH AND SUFFERING.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Anonymous&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-5504630578282735763?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/5504630578282735763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/allow-me-to-introduce-myself.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/5504630578282735763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/5504630578282735763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/allow-me-to-introduce-myself.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgDemNeh1RI/AAAAAAAAACw/1gBG7m9lu0k/s72-c/dark.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-6414240858046850283</id><published>2009-05-03T21:01:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-31T00:26:20.507-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sf5AshkxHWI/AAAAAAAAACg/jHjY-Y5NG4Y/s1600-h/alter+ego.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331770142524251490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sf5AshkxHWI/AAAAAAAAACg/jHjY-Y5NG4Y/s320/alter+ego.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I was happy to find my poem "&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;SoulKiss&lt;/span&gt;" featured on a popular poetry site.. I was irate to see that the webdesigner decided to promote &lt;em&gt;himself&lt;/em&gt; as the author. I was more than happy to firmly inform him that &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; hold the copyright and gave him twenty four hours to make the change or delete it entirely... or face my rath. He decided to keep the poem and give credit to its true author.. Me. So, please enjoy &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;SoulKiss&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;SoulKiss &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;...A passionate kiss that provokes a blush when one attempts to tame the rush of two lovers locked in the exotic bliss of a sweet sensual soul kiss... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;The moment our lips met I learned&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;that there is more to &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Love&lt;/span&gt; than making love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Your kiss is as natural as a river returning home to the sea...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Sweet &amp;amp; intoxicating like wine &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;yet agonizing, because your heart is not mine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;I'm cool, I'm sexy &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;but I will never know love &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;until you make it with me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;I imagine making love to you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;is like swimming in an aqua sea of erotic bliss &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;as our bodies mix like Tropicana as we soul kiss&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;I don't want your caress! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;unless there's emotion behind it, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;you don't have to say "I Love You" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;to prove you do !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;instead, place your soul against mine &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;with all your heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Take your soul and kiss, why resist?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;I can't describe this vibe, but its vital to me, like tears to pain &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;so blast "Rush Rush" and shall we slowdance naked? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;In the &lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;purple&lt;/span&gt; rain? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;The closer I get to you &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;the more I feel at home &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;no more do I stand in crowded rooms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;feeling so alone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;I've had many lovers, but no others made me feel &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;the way you make me feel, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;that's how I know your kiss has soul and its for real...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;As we indulge in this vicarious pleasure I vow to follow the Kama Sutra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;so you'll never crave another lover &amp;amp; it all starts with this...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;a soul &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&amp;amp; a kiss...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;© Hassan Souto 1998, 2009&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-6414240858046850283?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/6414240858046850283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-was-happy-to-find-my-poem-soulkiss.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/6414240858046850283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/6414240858046850283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-was-happy-to-find-my-poem-soulkiss.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sf5AshkxHWI/AAAAAAAAACg/jHjY-Y5NG4Y/s72-c/alter+ego.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-7178361318250972027</id><published>2009-05-03T20:07:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-04T11:59:39.518-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sf4z0daWa3I/AAAAAAAAACY/FjOulPP4XLM/s1600-h/PaulRevere.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331755985194609522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sf4z0daWa3I/AAAAAAAAACY/FjOulPP4XLM/s320/PaulRevere.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Nothing takes the past away.. Like the future! This weekend was the beginning of a new chapter in my life and my creative juices are already bursting.. so stay tuned! I eased my mind of my tribulations by spending the day in Boston with people who reminded me who I am. Between stops at the infamous Cheers and Starbucks, I took this picture of a monument dedicated to the legendary Paul Revere who was glorified after his death for his role as a messenger in the battles of Lexington and Concord, his name and his "midnight ride" are well-known in the United States as a patriotic symbol. In his lifetime, Revere was a prosperous and prominent Boston craftsman, who helped organize an intelligence and alarm system to keep watch on the British military.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;© Hassan Souto 2009&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-7178361318250972027?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/7178361318250972027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/nothing-takes-past-away.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/7178361318250972027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/7178361318250972027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/nothing-takes-past-away.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sf4z0daWa3I/AAAAAAAAACY/FjOulPP4XLM/s72-c/PaulRevere.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-4015509487661925319</id><published>2009-05-01T16:44:00.015-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-02T20:21:49.386-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfzdHcx6EfI/AAAAAAAAACQ/UkrFrJ6L5qI/s1600-h/skyhand.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331379178954166770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfzdHcx6EfI/AAAAAAAAACQ/UkrFrJ6L5qI/s320/skyhand.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SftjMM21XiI/AAAAAAAAABo/DMF1NGbIYK4/s1600-h/skindeep.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;C&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;l&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;r&lt;/span&gt;blind&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;...look into my eyes and tell me what u see...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;When u look into my eyes, who do u see?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;If u can't see beyond the horizon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;U'll never fathom the mysteries of the universe, or me&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;People too often ask: Are u Black? Latino? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Middle Eastern? What &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; u? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;(as if being myself is not enough)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;So I tell them:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I AM the personification &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;of God's greatest creation&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Hand-crafted, in His image and likness.. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;just like U&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Cuz if ur human and I'm human&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;How come we can't comprehend&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;the petty differences upon which we depend&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;to avoid a peson who could've been &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;another friend?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;When's this shit gonna end...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its no wonder we can't move forward&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;with all this baggage we're draggin'&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I mean, we should never forget &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;where we've been&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;but when will we begin&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;to see beyond the hue of skin?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;What is race? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;What are we running to? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;or from...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;let's reserve the competition for track &amp;amp; field&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;let's clench our fists for &lt;em&gt;human&lt;/em&gt; power&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;instead of &lt;em&gt;segregated&lt;/em&gt; power&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;U can rationalize with ur heart.. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;not just ur mind&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;it's a privilege to see&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;but a gift to be&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Colorblind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;(C) 1995, 2009 Hassan Souto&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-4015509487661925319?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/4015509487661925319/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/colorblind.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/4015509487661925319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/4015509487661925319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/colorblind.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfzdHcx6EfI/AAAAAAAAACQ/UkrFrJ6L5qI/s72-c/skyhand.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-8557513270226493001</id><published>2009-05-01T16:39:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-06T23:34:37.263-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SftosoC165I/AAAAAAAAACA/qxx7FkUCIBA/s1600-h/skindeep.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330969699795987346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SftosoC165I/AAAAAAAAACA/qxx7FkUCIBA/s320/skindeep.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;I want to live my life&lt;br /&gt;simply unconventionally&lt;br /&gt;I don't want to talk about &lt;em&gt;if's&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and &lt;em&gt;should'ves&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;could'ves&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to see the picture&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; its taken&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#666666;"&gt;(C) 1995, 2009 Hassan Souto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-8557513270226493001?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/8557513270226493001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-want-to-live-my-life-simply.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/8557513270226493001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/8557513270226493001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-want-to-live-my-life-simply.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SftosoC165I/AAAAAAAAACA/qxx7FkUCIBA/s72-c/skindeep.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-8897937466375834366</id><published>2009-05-01T00:29:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-06T14:39:13.304-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sfp7O9v6dbI/AAAAAAAAAA0/PUaKoi1axYs/s1600-h/tune.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330708605970314674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sfp7O9v6dbI/AAAAAAAAAA0/PUaKoi1axYs/s320/tune.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;You love me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;You love me so much&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;You love me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;You love me more than yourself&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;You love me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;You love me more than &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; thing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;You love me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;You &lt;em&gt;love&lt;/em&gt; loving me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;You love me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;You love me more than I love me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;You love me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;You love me more&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;You love me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;So much that I can't leave the door.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#336666;"&gt;________________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#336666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#336666;"&gt;© Hassan Souto 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-8897937466375834366?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/8897937466375834366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/04/you-love-me-you-love-me-so-much-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/8897937466375834366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/8897937466375834366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/04/you-love-me-you-love-me-so-much-you.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sfp7O9v6dbI/AAAAAAAAAA0/PUaKoi1axYs/s72-c/tune.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-8691307265177370605</id><published>2009-05-01T00:20:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-26T00:38:07.262-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sfp5vUsOwgI/AAAAAAAAAAs/GRGm7I9H9zw/s1600-h/crevice.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330706962861441538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sfp5vUsOwgI/AAAAAAAAAAs/GRGm7I9H9zw/s320/crevice.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sfp5hNAnZUI/AAAAAAAAAAk/A7zSEjZOtUU/s1600-h/crevice.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rosalie&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;butterscotch liquid eyes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I gaze into you&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;instantly hypnotized&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;who am I to scrutinize?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;intoxicated with &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;explicit&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;fantasies&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;of you suckin' me&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;unabashedly naked &amp;amp; freakishly free&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;you read my mind...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;bringing your perfect plump lips closer to mine&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;your breath's scent is so sweet&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I brush my nervous fingers across your cheek&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;your skin.. so cool&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;your skin.. so smooth&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I can barely breath, I can barely move&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;you bypass my eager lips for my neck&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;aha, I close my eyes, you have found my weakness-&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I open my eyes:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;To immortality.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-8691307265177370605?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/8691307265177370605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/04/rosalie.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/8691307265177370605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/8691307265177370605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/04/rosalie.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sfp5vUsOwgI/AAAAAAAAAAs/GRGm7I9H9zw/s72-c/crevice.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-8375373425679641358</id><published>2009-05-01T00:16:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-31T00:28:19.160-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgJbqfUcyII/AAAAAAAAAEc/khBJUux10sI/s1600-h/grime.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332925694279993474" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgJbqfUcyII/AAAAAAAAAEc/khBJUux10sI/s320/grime.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sfp395g116I/AAAAAAAAAAc/EwrV7C9msi4/s1600-h/grime.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Suffer &lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;This sting..&lt;br /&gt;this suffer ring&lt;br /&gt;aching for it to melt away&lt;br /&gt;and take me with it&lt;br /&gt;life's not beauty full anymore, anyway&lt;br /&gt;How could I lose my &lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;faith&lt;/span&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;how do I bereave the death of my &lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;savior&lt;/span&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;your adorable smile&lt;br /&gt;your flirtatious ways&lt;br /&gt;the &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;lust&lt;/span&gt;-filled nights &amp;amp; days&lt;br /&gt;How do I move on when there's no where to go?&lt;br /&gt;you left me naked in the snow&lt;br /&gt;now I know&lt;br /&gt;I'll be alone&lt;br /&gt;For ever&lt;br /&gt;How come we can't be together?&lt;br /&gt;While in side you&lt;br /&gt;I vowed to offer you &lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;happiness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I guess you weren't convinced&lt;br /&gt;You finished it before it started&lt;br /&gt;now what do I do with the memories we made?&lt;br /&gt;the sentiments we shared?&lt;br /&gt;the truths we bared?&lt;br /&gt;only thing I had to look forward to&lt;br /&gt;was you!&lt;br /&gt;now what the fuck do I do?&lt;br /&gt;I've never felt so… &lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;empty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and its killing me to see&lt;br /&gt;you're back in that &lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;motherfucker'&lt;/span&gt;s arms instead of mine!&lt;br /&gt;I thought he was a disgrace?&lt;br /&gt;I was here to take his place&lt;br /&gt;and shower you with affectionate&lt;br /&gt;kisses on your stunning face&lt;br /&gt;Don't be surprised&lt;br /&gt;If you never see me again&lt;br /&gt;I can't be your friend!&lt;br /&gt;I saw my future in your seductive eyes&lt;br /&gt;When this world was hideous&lt;br /&gt;You made everyday a pulsating &lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;paradise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I asked for nothing …except your hand&lt;br /&gt;Now I'm br oken&lt;br /&gt;like an expired token&lt;br /&gt;I collect dust&lt;br /&gt;snub lust&lt;br /&gt;waiting for the day&lt;br /&gt;when I may&lt;br /&gt;make &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;love&lt;/span&gt; again&lt;br /&gt;waiting for a day&lt;br /&gt;to convince myself hope is here to stay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;Waiting for a day&lt;br /&gt;That just may&lt;br /&gt;Never&lt;br /&gt;Come&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;© Hassan Souto 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-8375373425679641358?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/8375373425679641358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/04/suffer-ring.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/8375373425679641358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/8375373425679641358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/04/suffer-ring.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SgJbqfUcyII/AAAAAAAAAEc/khBJUux10sI/s72-c/grime.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-5469681022778616068</id><published>2009-05-01T00:00:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-30T19:29:51.641-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sfp2XVXIC9I/AAAAAAAAAAU/0zFBu3fu30M/s1600-h/phone.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330703252189613010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sfp2XVXIC9I/AAAAAAAAAAU/0zFBu3fu30M/s320/phone.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;u gOt mE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;WatZ poPPiN,&lt;br /&gt;iM droPPin deeZ feelins like dealins&lt;br /&gt;Y do eYe feel Dis way? Y must eye rePress&lt;br /&gt;Wat my SOUL is burNin' -n- yearNin' 2 say&lt;br /&gt;I fantasiZe aboutchU every fuCKin daY, constantLay&lt;br /&gt;FucK work, fuCK bills, FUck life, let'S fuck till Armageddon deVours Us&lt;br /&gt;Eye've been wit bodaCious beauTies from aLL around the spHere&lt;br /&gt;But thEir images disAppear wheneVer U r neAr&lt;br /&gt;My heArt raceS like stallioNs my mInd shiNes liKe medAllions&lt;br /&gt;And eYe cant RepRess the fAct that eYe am beYond impreSSed&lt;br /&gt;ObSSeSED I feeL a mEss&lt;br /&gt;cuz I Need u 2 blesS the beaTing heArt beneaTh mY cheSt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Touch&lt;/strong&gt;Me&lt;strong&gt;Tease&lt;/strong&gt;Me&lt;strong&gt;Please&lt;/strong&gt;MeButPlease&lt;strong&gt;Don't&lt;/strong&gt;LeaveMe&lt;br /&gt;waNting mOre the mOment U mArch ouT my dooR&lt;br /&gt;I preTend 2 be Kool but I'd disOwn my faMily&lt;br /&gt;2 cr8 a KingDom U and eye ruLe&lt;br /&gt;U maKe me loOSe my swAg but chu gOt it iN the bAg&lt;br /&gt;TouchMeTeaseMe&lt;em&gt;Never&lt;/em&gt;ReleaseMe&lt;br /&gt;I'll tAke whaT I caN get juSS 2 mAke ur eroGenous Zones weTT&lt;br /&gt;I stilL taSte U on my banGin' BraZilian lipS&lt;br /&gt;U got ME from my creOle eyeZ 2 my PoetiK finGer tipZ&lt;br /&gt;U R so FLY eYe couLd gag on ur swAg&lt;br /&gt;U R so doPe Fresh liKe soaP&lt;br /&gt;U R suPerseXy I fEel miniScule whEn ur neXXXt 2 mE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Touch&lt;/strong&gt;Me&lt;strong&gt;Tease&lt;/strong&gt;Me&lt;strong&gt;Please&lt;/strong&gt;Me&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;EyeKnow&lt;strong&gt;U&lt;/strong&gt;don't&lt;strong&gt;Need&lt;/strong&gt;Me&lt;br /&gt;BUT&lt;strong&gt;U&lt;/strong&gt;GOT&lt;strong&gt;ME&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;© Hassan Souto 2008, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-5469681022778616068?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/5469681022778616068/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/04/u-got-me-watz-poppin-im-droppin-deez.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/5469681022778616068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/5469681022778616068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/04/u-got-me-watz-poppin-im-droppin-deez.html' title=''/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/Sfp2XVXIC9I/AAAAAAAAAAU/0zFBu3fu30M/s72-c/phone.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880317220462709319.post-1484591716129190210</id><published>2009-04-30T23:36:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-28T03:59:31.151-04:00</updated><title type='text'>GOD/SEX</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfpxvWFFN9I/AAAAAAAAAAM/nZIGBEEm0L4/s1600-h/bw.bmp"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330698167141087186" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfpxvWFFN9I/AAAAAAAAAAM/nZIGBEEm0L4/s320/bw.bmp" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 240px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff6666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;May my soft voice rest in the nest of your ear drum, humming a hymn, lulling you into serene sleep where erotic dreams creep, I gently kiss your forehead, you slowly close your eyes, You just may have to sacrifice&lt;br /&gt;to inherit paradise…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Ignite the wick/ gonna lick/ till we stick/ before I bless you/ with a thick/ diction/ longing to be unleashed/ released/ reading your palms/ with my palms/ all over your satin skin/ pulsating within&lt;/span&gt;/ why is it a sin to love/ &lt;strong&gt;G0D &amp;amp; SEX&lt;/strong&gt;/ who do you think invented ecstasy/ when you’re next to me/ time stands still/ as our souls kiss/ metaphysical bliss/ &lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;never mind 3/ I need but one/ wish/ you might, wish you may, use your body to say/ I Love You/ like leaves love trees/ gonna hella/ fuck/ your mind/ while holding back the hands of time/ passion climbs/ ethereal chimes/ our bodies rhyme&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt; a bohemian brother of few words/ many actions/ equate fractions/ with sexual contractions/ beneath the velvet/ slippery when wet/ love to swim/ hittin skins/ working hips with a samba beat/&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt; yea… I hate doin’ dishes/ but I love to eat/ with your feet/ pointed toward heaven&lt;/span&gt;/ just when/ you moaned my Arabic name/ a lethal thrust came/ liquid candy rain/ extinguishing desires burning flame/ 3 shots of mental jism/ sensual wisdom/ magical rod/ in the crevice of a moment/ 2 become 1/ we end with an &lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;Amen&lt;/span&gt;/ now we’re both closer/ to heaven/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: 78%;"&gt;© Hassan Souto 2004, 2009&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880317220462709319-1484591716129190210?l=hassansouto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/feeds/1484591716129190210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/04/god.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/1484591716129190210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880317220462709319/posts/default/1484591716129190210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hassansouto.blogspot.com/2009/04/god.html' title='GOD/SEX'/><author><name>Hassan Souto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14007717289368393586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfqAuZ6T0CI/AAAAAAAAABA/JCcujBT3yjw/S220/sunami.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ys0BRsiStBs/SfpxvWFFN9I/AAAAAAAAAAM/nZIGBEEm0L4/s72-c/bw.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
