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apucontilde
26/Costa Rican Writing helps, sometimes.
Anger at who defends language as something holy Fury at the ease with which cruelty is inflicted Rage at the inescapability of money and society Chafing and aching against self awareness **** the stoics for teaching manly indifference **** the christians for preaching fake empathy **** the evolutionary drive, the cultural roles and all who allow oppression to thrive Broken systems are all we have, after all. Il try and keep avoiding looking at the cracks
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Nov 8, 2023
Nov 8, 2023 at 10:08 PM UTC
mad
It came back. After all my attempts against, and all my fiercely believed immunity, it came back Surrounded me with instinct-clear, instant-clear physiological reaction that told me in the wordless way the body talks to the concious mind: this is true. Aristotelian resilience against a story with no winners or happy endings. And then it left again, as it always does. As It should be. A wake of hardly remembered pain, and some fuzzy ideals holding me together, barely worth the name.
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Jul 22, 2022
Jul 22, 2022 at 9:48 AM UTC
hope
I miss her a little sometimes We didn't say goodbye with words We didn't say it at all. In my dreams i've died a hundred times she must've died a thousand or more. We saw life through same shades ***** dark pink, scratched allover. She learned so much from so many kinds of pain and blood. forever teen spirit ***** crazy dark bright pink eyes shinning with delight and pain her head high, tears dry she told me she'd do it one day there was no place for her here she was at least half right i ******* miss her a lot sometimes.
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Apr 21, 2020
Apr 21, 2020 at 7:28 PM UTC
Amy
From a vessel arise Both feelings and farts One from the stomach And one from the heart They must follow a path Both sentiments and **** One goes to the mouth And one goes to the pit They’re sometimes restrained Both crap and emotion One for no reason at all And one for bad time notion But in neither of cases Will closing the exit Will make them not be. I hope you'll forgive me For comparing feelings to scatology.
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Dec 26, 2015
Dec 26, 2015 at 11:41 PM UTC
Feeling ****
I keep trying to write it. To make it happen. Moving little pieces, bit by bit or shoving them around. Either Disturbing and mixing To see if something will Arrise from the mess or Staying still, inanimate, maybe my actions are not letting things happen. Maybe it thinks and evades me. Maybe you're not supposed To look for love at all.
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Nov 26, 2015
Nov 26, 2015 at 11:50 AM UTC
Untitled
by Leslie Thomson One night late after midnight, A poet sat with pen in hand, Surrounded by crumpled up paper, No words came to his command. In his house there crept a poem, Full of smarm and beguiling; Just out of reach of the poet, It stood there, sardonically smiling. “Do I elude you, poet?” Said the poem with mocking tone, “Do I keep you awake at night, And won’t ever leave you alone?” The poet snatched at the poem, Which stayed outwith his grasp. He cursed at the elusive creature, Who laughed with a throaty rasp. “Poem how did you get in here? And why won’t you give me peace?” Asked the poet of the poem, “I am tired and need release.” “Why do you evade my clutches? And keep me awake so very disturbed? After all, I am a poet; I am King of the written word.” “Oh such grand conceit,” mocked the poem, “To think this is your life to choose. You are the king of NOTHING; You are but servant to the muse.” “You know your mind is not your own, And words are beyond your control. You merely scribble what is dictated; You will write what you are told.” “It is true,” bemoaned the poet, “I asked not to be entranced. To spend time with words evading me, And leading me in merry dance.” “Yet I would never want to escape it, For I love the written word so. The muse has me in her clutches, And I never want her to let go.” “So you tell me poem,” said the poet, Just what is a poor poet to do, When I’m distracted day and night, And haunted by creatures like you?” “You try too hard at times,” said the poem, “That is why we lead you on this chase. Each poem is like a lover; We must be ready to embrace.” And the poem slipped into the poet’s clutch, And only then did he understand, That he would never be king or master, The muse is always in command. His mind at once was inspired And he continued the work he planned; Contented and filled with love, For the poem in his hand. So when you look for inspiring verse, To enlighten your life or fulfil, Remember a poem will not be forced; It must come of its own free will.
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Jan 26, 2015
Jan 26, 2015 at 3:02 PM UTC
The Poet and the Poem
by Leslie Thomson One night late after midnight, A poet sat with pen in hand, Surrounded by crumpled up paper, No words came to his command. In his house there crept a poem, Full of smarm and beguiling; Just out of reach of the poet, It stood there, sardonically smiling. “Do I elude you, poet?” Said the poem with mocking tone, “Do I keep you awake at night, And won’t ever leave you alone?” The poet snatched at the poem, Which stayed outwith his grasp. He cursed at the elusive creature, Who laughed with a throaty rasp. “Poem how did you get in here? And why won’t you give me peace?” Asked the poet of the poem, “I am tired and need release.” “Why do you evade my clutches? And keep me awake so very disturbed? After all, I am a poet; I am King of the written word.” “Oh such grand conceit,” mocked the poem, “To think this is your life to choose. You are the king of NOTHING; You are but servant to the muse.” “You know your mind is not your own, And words are beyond your control. You merely scribble what is dictated; You will write what you are told.” “It is true,” bemoaned the poet, “I asked not to be entranced. To spend time with words evading me, And leading me in merry dance.” “Yet I would never want to escape it, For I love the written word so. The muse has me in her clutches, And I never want her to let go.” “So you tell me poem,” said the poet, Just what is a poor poet to do, When I’m distracted day and night, And haunted by creatures like you?” “You try too hard at times,” said the poem, “That is why we lead you on this chase. Each poem is like a lover; We must be ready to embrace.” And the poem slipped into the poet’s clutch, And only then did he understand, That he would never be king or master, The muse is always in command. His mind at once was inspired And he continued the work he planned; Contented and filled with love, For the poem in his hand. So when you look for inspiring verse, To enlighten your life or fulfil, Remember a poem will not be forced; It must come of its own free will.
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Gather around and hear me preach. Open your eyes and see me teach 'bout a guy and girl about fifty each who to each other the life they leech Of so called love they built a life two chidlren a home barely a strife. But a silent intruder an unseen knife would come in between this man and wife The love they shared was nowhere to see when distractions ran out and pride ran free, not even their child's heartbroken plea could melt the ice between he and she Some years passed of this icecold fight they started to move avoiding their sight no talking or sharing less turn on their spite their children ignoring it all out of fright But they stayed together in good times and bad even though in most of them someone got mad their children learned how to be  good lads but also found out that love's really sad The message here is that where love starts it wont grow and continue without work from its parts Learn form this couple and their hatred darts In the end they left four broken  hearts In the end they left four broken hearts.
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Jul 6, 2014
Jul 6, 2014 at 11:59 AM UTC
Four Broken Hearts
I do not mourn a dead shell Nor grieve for lost words I mourn something that lived that now lives in our thoughts I do not mourn a lost soul Nor one that's in "the other side" I grieve for the living memories The ones that still live inside I do not mourn a dead shell Nor something left behind 'Cuz what lived can go on In the stillness of my mind
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Aug 4, 2012
Aug 4, 2012 at 11:54 AM UTC
Rest In Peace
But sometimes those images Don't stay for long They can last ages Still, they're gone There's always a seed That fastly dies Sometimes a tree Suddenly dries Music in your head Slowly fades away Those tunes you hear Don't always stay
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Apr 4, 2012
Apr 4, 2012 at 12:57 AM UTC
Thinking About You...Conclusion
Inside my eyelids I see you smile Smiling meanwhile I'm thinking about you A seed sprouting Is what I feel Feeling so real I'm thinking about you Like catchy music In my mind you lay Laying all day I'm thinkig about you
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Nov 30, 2011
Nov 30, 2011 at 3:36 PM UTC
Thinking about you.