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 Nov 2013 J R
Kagami
Ink Poison
 Nov 2013 J R
Kagami
We are not pens, ourselves, red ink is not inside of us.
But we do have sensitive blood that is discolored, same as that utensil.
Difference is: it poisons us, gives us rashes and thoughts that we are not worthy to have. It wrecks our minds with ancient tools that were once unaccepted. Silly poppies can not
Ruin us like that. I know what can.
The things that worry us, teenagers and babies, parents and pedophiles;
Cease your worries. I pity you, teens.
"It is fun, it is fun." I know I know. But is it worth the risk?
Cease your worries parents. You don't need to stalk your own children.
They learn from their mistakes. They cry for a while and then get stronger.
Like I did, why I kept my mouth shut for so long,
I was better. Until you began to read. I couldn't go to you specifically for that reason,
Tightening your hold on me, mother. I am already a prisoner in my own mind.
I don't need another warden.
A century long breakthrough gave me something,an understanding that not all children accept
Their parents. I don't feel at home there.
It is not one. Just a house that I stay in, people I live with. They are family, by blood only.
****** ink: my savior. My hero, love, is you. You inspired me to digitalize, write with graphite.
But I am still contaminated, mind wandering,

History repeating, sounds piercing, a test is too much when I did not study.
Help me. The trials this has put me through are unfair. Give me my pen to sign a contract, but I
Poison myself instead. Only okay after after a needle enters my streams and takes it out.
A mechanical vampire, I prefer you to bit me instead of metal fangs.
And now I dream.
.
.
.
.
.

Or maybe I am not. We have lived as such long enough. But, still,
Write about it. Tell me how you feel. But be careful not to poison yourself.

I have experience with that. The pen has a hidden blade. It cuts you with every word you
Lay in front of you. May I be a word? Scratch my love into your skin?
I will not intoxicate you as it would. I will give you something else entirely.

But my dream ends. Reality steps on me and takes my breath from me, I am suffocating in this Hellhole. Give me a firehouse so I can put it out and drink away my parched lips.
They need to be soft so I can speak, but first... I need to
Sew my lips shut. If they are dry, they will rip and open. We don't want that.
Keep them shut, don't tear open and bleed; you would give ink poison to
Mockingbirds if you do. They mock me, copy me. They tell me they are jealous.

But why? They don't know they've been poisoned.
It is a cycle. Everyone will die of it in the end.
 Nov 2013 J R
Marge Redelicia
in my heart there is

a herd of deer prancing
a flight of butterflies fluttering
a flock of eagles soaring
a volcano erupting
a thunderstorm brewing
a forest fire blazing
a tornado whirling
a tsunami crashing
a river rushing
a garden blooming
a fleet sailing
a city shining
a band marching
a party blasting
a concert blaring
an orchestra playing
a thousand feathers floating
a million suns exploding

in my heart there is
You
Actually a group of eagles is called a convocation but I'll call it a flock right now for poetry's sake :)
 Nov 2013 J R
Elizabeth Squires
counting
counting
the hours
one
two
three

counting
the hours
till you are with me

counting
at first light of day
counting
when the daylight
fades away

counting
is all I ever do
counting
for our love to ensue

counting
counting
the counting
will soon be up
then we'll sip
from love's
elated cup
 Nov 2013 J R
Elizabeth Squires
a great ingredient
I've discovered for cookery
in the past it was never
added to my recipes
for I wasn't aware
of its tasty properties

recently a friend
introduced me to it
now all my meat and vegetable dishes
are super hits

those bland old recipes
of an era gone by
no longer in my kitchen
do they apply

garlic is now my favorite
cooking additive
and on my crockery plates
long shall it live
 Nov 2013 J R
Molly Hughes
Zombie
 Nov 2013 J R
Molly Hughes
I can feel myself shrinking in this dressing gown.
As every day goes by,
as every hour
after hour
after hour
ticks by,
I feel myself getting smaller.
I'm rotting away.
I'm the living dead.
A corpse in pyjamas and a pair of slippers.
Where's the crazy life I see in films,
the whirlwind teenage happenings?
Stuck inside the constant buzz of my television set.
Yet am I really wasting my time,
am I really decomposing,
if I'm spending these ever passing hours
writing these?
Reading,
writing,
learning,
and dare I say,
growing?
But how can somebody shrinking be growing?
Maybe I'll be found one day,
just a dressing gown, a skeleton and a handful of flowers where my brain should be.
I'd be happy with that.
Not sure about this.
 Nov 2013 J R
Emily Tyler
Apologize
 Nov 2013 J R
Emily Tyler
I'm sorry
That I text you
At four a.m.
When
I
Can't
Breathe
Because of
Anxiety attacks.

I'm sorry that
I can't make serious phone calls
Or order at Subway
Around the corner,
Even though I know
I like thinly sliced turkey
And chipotle dressing.

I'm sorry that
I forget things like
Birthdays and middle names
And I'm sorry
That I don't know how to
Kiss.

I'm sorry
That you think
When I don't take a compliment
I'm fishing for you
To keep going,
Because in my rotting skull
That option
Isn't even possible.

I'm sorry.
So sorry.
That if you're
Nice to me
I will never
Ever
Believe you
Actually like me.
 Nov 2013 J R
Jay
Beautiful Values
 Nov 2013 J R
Jay
How we value
the legs
and the hands
and the lips
of human design.
How we love
the tight clothes
and the items
that are cut way too
short.
How we love the guilt
of watching something
attractive go by
as our eyes
navigate the curves
and patterns of
bipedal making.
How we want to be:
Horizontal.
Tangled.
Destroyed.
Fused.
One.
How we value
steel eyes
and button noses-
a sharp face.
How we try to
stay occupied with
hobbies and keeping up
with work but oh lord,
how we always go back
to chasing phantoms and
dreams;
burning secrets and harsh desires.
How we fantasize the form
in every art humans embrace
painting,
sculpting,
language.
How we let our minds
wander in the dark
along with our hands
and our hearts.
How we love to love
something o' so beautiful.
And how those mediums
enter our being
and make sweet, daring,
and perfect love
to our aging and aching souls;
because we love to love
something o' so beautiful.
How we love
the human nature,
the spirit,
that comes from another.
The one that makes us laugh
and cry and
lie restless at night-
filling us with questions
and animalistic returns.
How we value
ourselves.
 Nov 2013 J R
Yamabe no Akahito
The mists rise over
The waters at Asuka;
Memory does not
Pass away so easily.

~~
Asuka gawa
Kawa yodo sarazu
Tatsu kiri no
Omoi sugu beki
Koi ni aranuku ni
 Nov 2013 J R
cozy april
I never understood
The idea of love
How you could be so invested in each other
So persistent to one another

Then I met you.

a.s.
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