Scott Bradford: Off on a Tangent

Straight-Faced

Posted December 15, 1999 3:52pm ET

Lost moments, dreams
Things I’ll never have
But pass within mere
Inches of attaining
Have I lost the edge?
Is this how it’s to be?
I’ve got wild staring eyes
And a strong urge to fly

But there’s nowhere
Left to
Fly to
And I fear I now know
What it’s like
To stay straight-faced
While I cry

Elegance, hate
Things I fear I have
Passed within mere inches
Of control
Have I lost the light?
Is this how it is?
I’ve got wild burning eyes
And I need to fly

But there’s nowhere
Left to
Fly to
And I fear I now know
What it’s like
To stay straight-faced
While I cry

Can you stay
Straight-faced
While I cry?

Posted in American Ideal

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Scott Bradford has been building web sites and using them to say what he thinks since 1995, which tended to get him in trouble with power-tripping assistant principals at the time. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from George Mason University, but has spent most of his career (so far) working on public- and private-sector web sites. He is not a member of any political party, and brands himself an ‘independent constitutional conservative.’ In addition to holding down a day job and blogging about challenging subjects like politics, religion, and technology, Scott is also a devout Catholic, gun-owner, bike rider, and music lover with a wife and two cats.

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