Thank you, Will
You inspired it.;))

Beautifully penned, Fia. This is an incredible write and I also dig your narrating voice my friend. Appreciate you.

Damian

Everything here is perfect. Well said and your voice is silky smooth. xo

Always have to rise from the hardships. It helps when you have somebody to motivate you.

Great ink

I like the way they kept going. Like just because they lost a deal.they kept going. Nice.

I remember reading this one on DUP. I never knew anything about them until you introduced them. I will say a couple things here. You brought such an infectious enthusiasm to the tellingvof theor story that it roused my curiosity. So well the fuck done there! Also, completely unrelated to the story, I have complete hair envy looking at their photo. Sigh… Another fascinating episode, my friend

EXCELLENT! Seen Overkill live 2 times in the 90’s and once in the 2000’s. Great live act. Horroscope was a mature, progressive thrash album. That release, they gained a wider audience. Atlantic Records wanted them to polish their sound even more with the followup, I Hear Black. That’s why that album sounds much different then others. They were trying to go mainstream. The album did ok, reaching the charts. WFO was solid, but the sales weren’t great. That was their last release on a major label. Overkill will never be as huge as Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth or Anthrax but they left their mark on Metal and Thrash Metal. Great job Damian.

I actually don’t think I know this band unless I’m just not recalling. But heck, any band with a ‘Fuck You” EP is worth a listen.

I have some YouTubing to do.

Meant to comment on this on DUP but the shutdown happened before I got around to it!

I never even thought of calling them the Motorhead of thrash but that is an apt description for them. When Hello From the Gutter came to Headbanger’s Ball on MTV they suddenly became one of my top-tier favorite bands. I even had an Under the Influence t-shirt I found at a mall in the city (they didn’t sell Overkill merch out in the sticks where I was from lol). 90-95 period is significant for me as those were very formative years (age 17-22)

I always felt that Overkill had a gritty realness to them, actually (imo) superior to Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer or Anthrax (the so-called “big four”). I grew up with those bands and went to the concerts and wore the t-shirts and cranked the tapes in my muscle cars but now, in my 50’s, I find that I never listen to any songs by the Big Four anymore, but I still listen to Overkill. The music has truly aged like a fine wine. A very streetwise kind of metal. Developed under harsh conditions. This is a band with a lot of moxie, and you can hear it in the music.

The Years of Decay is probably my sentimental favorite, but Horrorscope really showed how they had matured as songwriters. “Time to Kill” and “Who Tends the Fire?” are the 2 tracks I seem to drift back to the most.

Keep moving forward my friend. There’s always a light at the end of the tunnel. Great poem.

It’s a lot to carry. I’ve only been in the support role for people struggling, my daughter for one. But I see how heavy it can get to keep up the mask & maintain a facade of functionality. You’re right, it changes people. Im glad you’re no longer that person, my friend

I think sometimes we get shackled by our passed. I was thinking about that while going through some of my old DUP post. It’s nice to see the creativity, but they were wrote from pain.

Great ink

The poems written from our pain, are probably my favorite. Not because they are from pain, but because something so raw, and so beautiful can come of it. This was a beautiful ode to your former self, and I’m proud of you, Damian. It’s not an easy feat, but you beat the odds and became a better version of yourself.
I wish you all the best for the future my friend.
xx

~P.G💋

Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Angel. So glad you connected with the write my friend. That’s an interesting story, sometimes anything can throw the switch, to obtain that moment of clarity. I still have like 4 beers in the fridge, that have set there for over two years. So I can relate, I keep meaning to throw them out, I just forget they are there sometimes. At first it was motivation to see them, and ignore the temptation. But I’m past that now. I’m glad you got to know your grandfather, the better version of himself. I’m a better version now as well. Thanks so much for sharing. Appreciate you.

Damian

Nice challenge, Fia. May have to see what I can come up with. lol. Seriously, though this place is more than erotica. Appreciate you.

Damian

I think erotica may be the dominant force here but there are some great poems here that aren’t XXX.

You are making this very hard Fia .. come on… not even one S. ?!?!

If the front page had various categories including erotica that visitors or members could select….problem solved.
If you don’t like erotica don’t click it.

I am up for the challenge beautiful Fia ❤️

Yes it will be. 🫠

I’m here for all of it, the beautiful, the ugly, the suspenseful, the romantic, erotic and everything within.
Great spill Fia.

Hi Adira,
Sam and I will be modifying the home page so it will be easier for the readers and the writers to access the type of writing they wish to read. ;))

Okay then

Excellent piece of writing Damian. Nicely written with some great rhymes.

Well penned, Damian! Thought provoking write. “) <3

I stopped on the line “it’s pride that needs to conquer the beast.” And read it again. Now I got questions…is pride the beast? Conquering self? Can pride conquer? See what I mean? Ya stirred up the hornets in my mind & now they’re buzzing! Very thought provoking piece, my friend