The School & the Pains

By Misha K. Garbo

These poems and prose are based on my life experiences and thoughts while on my travels to a few places around the globe, from tragic to comic, optimism to mostly pessimism, while the ever amazed animals go about their simple, busy, and yet complicated routine of entertaining man.

This book is divided into four sections. The first deals with daily-life outlook, love comes second, the third bit is dedicated to the wonderful animal kingdom, and finally the one-liners that eventually turn into poems. Thanks all for your support. I hope you enjoy it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 17, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503555792

Misha K. Garbo

Misha sincerely believes he’s good with written words more than spoken, and sadly he lost a lot of job opportunities due to failed interviews, plus he didn’t get the girl since he couldn’t bring himself to utter any more words after the cold sweat running down his back. Well, that is how his writing started, and he writes through observation. While some people think he is extremely shy, to the extent of being called a snob, he likes to think of himself as a reserved observer. After all, one of us may have to retell an occurrence. Thank you.

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1. KNOWLEDGE

Life is sad

Life is a sad journey and that’s why….

We drink to forget

We use drugs to cope with it

We enjoy company because we can’t face it alone

We go in search for religious perfectionism, and life will still be sad

Love is not real

Love is a fantasy

It’s God’s way of telling us even though we are facing hell fire

Once in a while we can get some cool spots before it gets hot again

The problem is no one is ready to move from this spots

So they get burnt

Death

Death is one of the happy moments in life

Only we won’t be there to enjoy it….

And that is knowledge

2. MORE

Life can be…….. also be life

Everybody is working, walking even running

The poor struggle to get one more- next meal

The rich strive to squeeze in a few more- millions

Sects and religions try to win just one more- convert

Multinationals just to earn one more- cent

Super powers one last war, so as to test one more- new weapon

Couples to have one…. one more baby

Humans to pollute the environment one…. one more a little more

Please I hope to write one more…. more many verses

And the Grim Reaper to have one more, another more

3. WHAT WE STAND FOR

As to say just another person

A brother, a friend, a stranger

The terrorist kill for their belief

The West retaliate on what they believe is evil

Rebels oppose the state administration

The government calls them criminals

Christians call him the Son of God

Muslims recognize him as a prophet of God

Communalism the best way to live

Capitalism the appropriate way to achieve your dreams

Dictatorial, to keep all in check

Democratic, lets all speak our minds

Black power is what we say

White superiority is what they claim

Police and politicians reaping from where they didn’t sow…. as usual

Hard working citizens bear the burden obediently

Because that is what we stand for

What we live for

And sometimes most of the time kill