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Video Boy


Write my whole life, every page.

Paint my world, land and sky.

Script my lines, every word.

Hold my heart until I die.

I’ll be your James Dean.

I’ll be your hero.

My life became the screen.

I live through video.

Your puppet on a string, 

your perfect wind up toy.

You can have everything

I'll be your video boy.

Life becomes art

We’re all canvases from the start.

The real world is just a metaphor.

Don’t fight it anymore.

I’ll be your James dean.

I’ll be your hero.

My life became the screen.

I live through video.

Your puppet on a string, 

your perfect wind up toy.

You can have everything

I'll be your video boy.

Living in a world of imitation

Where reality is imagination.

I had my pride, now I’m just a windup toy.

I’ll read my lines and be your video boy.

I’ll be your James dean.

I’ll be your hero.

My life became the screen.

I live through video.

Your puppet on a string, 

your perfect wind up toy.

You can have everything

I'll be your video boy.

 

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Frankie B.

My name is Joseph Benitez, I often use the name Frankie Benitez as a writing alias. I love to write about the world around me and how the world and the people and experiences in it have shaped me as a writer and an artist. I am a singer/songwriter so many of my poems are written in a verse/chorus/verse type of format.

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