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They say attention sells
Are you paying?
Good buy
Watching as the sales
Catch wind
In the distance
The omnipotent lurks
It hurts from afar
The closer it gets
Sedated the pain drifts
Internet viral infection
Your subjective objections
Nets more views
They say attention sells
Are you paying?
Opinions gumbo
A snowball effect
What's erected briefly
Affects the aura
Dispersed in seconds
Long lasting knots
Tied in infinite temporaries
Life of
is short like Februaries
Long cold and quick
They say attention sails
Are you paying?
To stay afloat
Drowning in free money
Purchased for nothing
Flailing
sinking from the
Whole within
Anchored
In the middle
Of an ocean of sand
With water on top
They say attention sells
Did you pay yet?
Overbite underfed 15 seconds
took 15 years overnight
A short flight
not plain
A small percentage of forever is infinity
Therefor it’s not much you have to give to me
Pay attention
Thoughts are in-sight
It’s NOT not tangible
It’s not applicable
It doesn’t check out
outside the box
perception is depth
You see it’s out of reach for you
So the questions come next
What finally ensues
An unearthing text from the moon
While cloud gazing clout chasing
**** remunerating
Chasing cash I’m chasing ratings
Another idiot made famous
I’ll work for you to know me
Opposed to your normal occupations
Since my bodies my temple
This is Gentrification
I’m braking ground tomorrow
Stomping flawed information
Constructing a knew build
A mind shield a timed skill
Protecting mine
Perfecting design
don’t tread on me
Imma minefield
Intellectual property is vacant
Up for sale a boat load of air
Ear head air bnb for the staycation
Never ending wasteland
I just purchased my own head
From a real estate agent
John hancocked blank papers
Words have it
I’m in debt for ages...
Sole my soul
The shoe didn’t fit

Lifetimes of negotiations
Powerful how’d I get...

Anxious for a glimpse
These grounds
Consecrated

Weary of the next step
To be taken
Looking back

path of the created
Unadulterated or stipulations?

Plundering through books
Slumbering as it looks
Calm under palms
Psalms poems or songs?

Metaphoric
in that it sits
In all Beauty
amidst

Eye of the storm
Surrounded by chaos
sim·i·lar·ly
a simile
As me
under this tree

Devastation all about
All While reading aloud
Destruct
as the world Plummets

from skyward
To ground

Hell on earth
Satin saying
I’ve cursed
To Jehovah he’s raging

It didn’t work
he’s complaining
I control his soul
Yet now
he reads a verse

Demanding a refund
Nuh Uh neither wants

Sole my soul
Now I’m the Soul
That nobody wants
There is an extended story to this. Its just a poem though chill out!
THE
THE
Check Please frustrated one man yells in a dinner
he's wound up/

Over there one guy stands in the entrance seems eccentric/

A quick flash of brightness followed by thunder
closes and shakes the umbrella A young fella/

We did it looking for correct change he dismissed it/

I've seen through the fabric when others would have missed it/

Been looking for you all day to review the linguistics/

My dear we've eloped the veil has been lifted/

My apprentice no more when I start you finish my sentence/

My life's work when I begin who knew you would end it/

Tremendous young fellas on the terrace feeling esoteric/

This is life altering he cautioned him/

As they contemplate their next move/

I'm just waiting for everything we know to not be true!
Look around what do you see?/
No matter what endeavor
Visually/
was dream up by an artist
Realistically/
They create the world
Which we live
imagery/
aesthetic visions/
Precisely
entice thee
kitchen/
television shoes clothes
Cars and homes/
Think about it?
it's an artistic scheme/
optimistic exquisite
An articulate scene/
Step back take a view
Coppistetic articles/
clothed What ensues /
Open your eyes
enclosed in false truths/
Artesian the currency
Naturally Flows through/
artery
Eyelids down/
an optical torrent/
I've been drowned/
in surround sound torment/
cinematic pictures that
Visually pour in/
Articulate with in particulars
Such a beautiful song/
The rhythm of the words
Guide me and carry on/
Music to my ears
The universal art-form/
In a cold world storms
Keeping our hearts warm/
Auxiliaries the art of war
Artilleries
silly me/
Addicted to creativeness
Soliloquies/
abstract attract
In fact an artist
Artistically
Art of Art artifact/
Some one gave a gift a present/neatly wrapped light to the touch/
Some what empty when elevated up/
hesitant to breach the parcel wrapped so neat/
All the while swirling
What could it be/
Ripped it open wouldn't you know/
It was some haphazard
ugly hand crafted/
Box made of poplar not stained or painted/
glue residue on the corners uneven the lid won't sit/
Suspense had to be something good inside of it/
finally took the top off
emptiness
was a present gift knock off/
If the present is a gift
Then I'll just keep it,
Past reveals secrets,
The future doesn't cease it,
Exist in an infinite abyss,
Tomorrow is myth amidst a mist,
A barrage of nothingness,
A mirage A persuasive oasis,
A collage of plans that never pan out,
Tunnel vision the peripherals stand out,
Ousted   It's a miracle hands down,
How we prepare for the next day
Its always right now,
Like now or never,
In retrospect now is never,
Understand that forever never arrives,
So make best of the moment,
The real money is time,
So spend to own it!!
As I embark/
that spark
within me
pushed to part/

ways
there's a game
of world to see
I had played my part/
and roll
ride the waves/

put I could not stay/
if respect out of order
Or in disarray/

It's ok life's a jour-ney/
From date of birth to gur-ney/
It's what's done in between
Which concerns me/
It's never a matter of
had The skill arrived/
It's only ever a matter of

increments in time/

When I implement my mind/
A new form would've been born

An intricate design/
Simplistically simplified
So that I can convert, traverse
and
Converse between you and I/

This is special
Being here for a limited
Of time/

Even if we no longer talk
Your imprints in mine/
Your DNA my design/
Some where they've aligned/
I've created a monster
A modern day Frankenstein/

It's a live!!!

All In any way

Journeys in mind/
When it's all said and done
They would've done said
He put it all on the line/

Got rich and died trying/
Liken to a shrine/
words Etched instilled
And still willing me/
Willingly although

They tried to bewilder me/
But I'm a wil-der beast/

I was raised via the streets/
Taught by scholars/
Millionaires told me I
Could never touch they dollars/
Untold access to knowledge
To create my wealth/
Fitness gurus helped me
Maintain my health/
Motivated or else/
Elsewhere they didn't help/
Ingredients tools
I didn't know
I could just do it myself/


So I started with Less
With every thing left
to gain/
Literary tales
prevail through the firey flames.
#poetryhopvisualsonnets
#PHVS

I write poetry yes in many forms
Hop comes from hip-hop which influenced and kept me grounded
Visual because if I spoke it you could not see some of what I'm saying
Sonnets because that's the main structure.

So many influences my style is a bit different as a result hope you have enjoyed!
The laws of average ironically most follow this/
the old adage/
the mundane norm regular basic/ conform original most are not/they're just tracing out line to a knot/
complying to a form I'm not
well done be in rare form/
I need a piece of peace belief/transform scorn to scorching
with out endorsement
become unique/
the laws of average face it
most chase this/
in tune with the masses
fallowing the stringed carrot/
a bunch of jack assess/
when you have the capability to grab it/
become a savage
for your goals instead it's tragic/
you break every other law except the law of average/
why?
you wanna be cool?/
susceptible to the oooo's/
out here making a spectacle for whom?/
Confused skeptical to who/
we choose
to love but we hate
Consumed/
so we follow
innate
Is not what we do/
Relate? I didn't think so
******  I've had it/
Not for the faint of heart
This is a state of art
An escape artist
To escape the madness/
Everyone else is doing it
So I'm asking/
In this state of passion/
do you still want to
follow the laws of average?
What gives this is something I just can't take finally looked in the mirror and recognized  I'm apart of the most hated race/ black lives matter when a white cop shoots a black man in face/ It never matters when we do it to each other it's rather ok/ I'm just saying what I see you can say what you say/ we can agree to disagree the decree we still slaves/ to a system we victims to the transatlantic trade/ To a degree no one to blame now, we're  blocking our own way/ opportunity knocks but we stuck in that ol maze/ it's not like back in the day yet still in the same phase/ I tried not to write this it's been lingering for days/ why'd  Harriet walk so far how come Fredrick said hey!/ that's not how it should be/ we know Martin had dreamed/ Malcolm by any means/ 400 years you see/  they just wanted to be free/ What they fought for at that time is promptly  upon us/ I oppose riots protest and violence to fight back seek knowledge/ Relay that to the kids so they can understand the science/ as to acclimate any climate/ alliance to survive this/ Visually loud a silence/ we hate each other we are the misguided/
It cost nothing to make your presence felt/
I put my money where my mouth is, speak from the heart
and this.....
I present my wealth/
theoretically imagine fashion/
into existence fathom/
for if not envisioned  it never happens/
what's being realistic I'm asking/
answer boundaries limits fasten/ yourself to belief forever lasting/ identify pursue conquest grasp it/
although the outlook bleak  defeat it doesn't matter/
you can whine or climb I suggest  choose the ladder/
or the latest/
I forbid you shall not forsake this/
it's evident they need evidence exhibit A your greatness/
you give everything you got tell them here take this/
they give negative feedback relax be come e·va·sive/
maneuver manipulate shift originate anticipate twist/
their views until they see as you do prove/
by the graces/
zoom to the moon with the stars just like spaceship/
Spoken word theoretically except I didn't say shhhhh!
I woke up today wondering why everything hurts
I took the road never traveled
I happen to be the first
Through the door in light chasing shadows in the dark it was worse
The path of most resistance  the distance drive that's how it works
ambition determination and commitment employ your worth
in my search
arguably no dispute
been refute and disdained
abhorred because I contra the ordinary contrary
to what's been saying
I took the road never traveled
the high road the freeway
the path most resistant which consist of no leeway
No leaders of consistence
no reference  refer too
reverence from virtuous
virtuosity  a virtue
virtually reality unreal
what I'm close to
I see it before it happens
with know I told you's
true? who told who as I trot through      the babbles my foibles chatter
that's what's the matter
It's the path of most resistance the road never traveled.
The unspoken word
is sometimes the
best word spoken,
Each word a Job depends on how you work em,
or work it in,
Combined with gestures obscene,
Otherwise pleasure, angry, happy, mean,
or annoyed,
You yourself can chose
to leave these words unemployed,
A career of no meanings
what you see and what you hear,
Use your minds eye
let them fall on deaf ears,
Puzzled by the truth
of this this alphabet soup,
Coordinated and framed arranged to change moods,
when you get to the root,
It's dirt  soil to contemplate,
Wrong seed planted harvest to vegetate,
Vibrations of the voice box can turn one Irate,
Bliss does it matter?
A matter of  ones taste,
you don't say,
Why, Who made up speech
and language anyway?
WHEN WHAT YOU DO
COMMUNICATES MORE THAN
WHAT YOU SAY!!!
Just as a filament
Lights up the center of the room/
But on this day, today,
her pillows wet/
Soaked as she wept
Dry spot silhouette/
Profiled a-side
The Valentine's Day mascara
Smeared eye, Liner/
Cast shadows dark
No remarks yet
Her face puzzled
When he suggested ways to mend her broken heart,
She laid down the law
Don't start was her rebuttal/
Him Attracted to her angry face
silly ways
Her movements of grace/
Even those subtle/

He states we can escape
A place just us two/
She replied i'm unable to love
and would love too/
No longer black and white
Nor night and day/
From four play
To fifty shades of grey
area in my life/
Despite, he's lustful beyond the physical/
Her scent leaves em in a trance pheromones/
Her flagrant fragrance Goes without saying/
A kinetic ******* Neurotic erotica/
Waves in the air like melodies
Humming stuck in your head like an harmonica/
She so attracted by his attraction, he leads on
She couldn't help but give him..........?
I mean what I say/
I say what I mean/
A pro with these nouns
My verbs so keen/
A word Smith at your service
A shop Steward Indeed/
My adjectives are objective
Some would say Im a thief/
The way I pocketed these words
I guess it's in my Genes/
Down ***** verbally
a factory
Like a sub machine/
Magazine Illustrated with
Pragmatics and morphemes/
Soiled the seed cultivated
To rise like submarines/
Over-Alls
That fabric
is tailored made
Its all me/
No cut
the whole cloth
Endless from seem to seem/
Seem less
One of the toughest dungarees!
This Time       It's unbelievable
Seeming   So      Solely when     Inconceivable/
I can't  imagine  take that in account/
No concept of time      A chasm
You cash in    I'll take time it's the only thing that counts/
Insipid  as risk it    sit in/
   just watch
On my wrist   for minutes  ******* time/
Ticking/             analog               digits/
First off         Can I   Get         Second on
                   In a-bout/
Fighting time but it won't counter clock/
Wise               Attrition             Man
Once upon a time         young fool/
             Wouldn't say I'm obsessed
But stuck    On time             Consumed/
With no further delay shall I say ado/
Tardiness nah    Not  first  but the latest
Big Time    You can   Assume/
As far  as I'm concerned     Not a near worry
I presume/  
It's assign   Denoted  was it an era?
Pondering  for ever  
  Focused/
I took time/  For  myself    Deep  down  In the   Depths/    Of my mind        Searching
For  lost time  the results? /   Circles
Therefore I'll be a round
The world in 24 flat      One day renowned/
Reverberate or verbally permeate resound/
Internally propagate populace the underground/
Then surface/    
  This Time what I found
Perfect /
you've payed time for worthless/
It is worth less this time
A designated  Design/
Trying to understand what   It    Is
Because     It    Takes    Time/
I may need   rest  Up  but I decline/
I could go on forever but I'm over-Time.
No response/
similar to team DuPont/
thoughts racing in,

out            nonchalant/

not a nervousness
more like a idiot servant/
thoughts materialized from font/

in front of my face/
nothing in all matters
I had to confront space/

to be determined/

they say

it wasn't  working/
but I was working
At least it seems
for the moment/

give me your time
guaranteed to own it/

loan it

you'll get interest back
on the growth end/
un expect the unexpected/
on further inspection
Couldn't understand
how it was not detected/

perplex when
I didn't get what I didn't get
happy to know now
ignorance is bliss/
From a uncertain doubted mess
To a confident arrogance/
Wondering how could they miss/
So I  carry on
Like the one baggage you get/

When boarding a flight/
I'm about to take off/
I've payed the cost/
Y'all taking it lightly
But I'm the dark horse!
In a House filled with happiness,
I feel bummed,
With all these cape ability I should be super,
Man
Landlord Reservoir dogs last stand,
#hashtag Mr. unsung underdog underscore #hashtag
Average  the laws we defied,
A design, my Brain inside it's inscribed,
It reads, If you steal anything take time,
Explode on the world with, I built up mine,
The cup half full even when empty,
I see it full, of air,
we're,
On cloud nine,
Sky art From the project stare,
Sat talked had meals with million airs,
Shock the world that feeling, that feelings in the ear!
Compounded these thoughts,
Now Im a visionare, A visionary,
It's all rudimentary essentially dated,
The agnostic process has been vindicated,
Waited, Now I have to assimilate it,
My patients, is wearing well suited,
Guess it's back to the basics.
Anxiously sitting about
waiting on the future
To come around
could it be late
did it past
out
come on NOW!!!
how can the future be tardy?
patient hardly
doctored up
Benefit of doubts
Stuck in traffic probably
Did the future call out?
Needed a day off
Accrued time
A prisoner of the mind
Or moment?
Future habitually postponing
Although it's in my
Hands can't condone it
Presence of mine
Is a present
The futures presence
If ever felt in essence
No matter how it's presented
Its unobtainable
What it represents is
An un-huggable angel
Depending on your angle
Whenever the future
gets here
I'll be thankful
Raise Hell Until Its heaven,
Take a walk In the sky,
The forrest, the desert, the ocean my mind,
Is a space full of money with no sense inside,
Im just killing time   poetry   def  by design,
Rewind  Play  Fast   Forward  and  Pause
Weighing  out  my  options  to scale  the great wall,
Perfect  Imperfections A ceiling  with no flaws
If  Im mis-taking  Then I'll give it my all,
Take it or leave it I guess I'll do both,
As the Roots dig deeper,
you won’t you wouldn’t understand growth.
Who built the ocean?
Its just a whole bunch of water,
No fingers but man can it wave,
No online block ****'s it will stream,
bi polar It's calm and mean at the same time
This thing has no eyes,
wait look it can sea!

How can it be still and still move things?
Shift tons,    pirated the pirates,
Mirror for the stars, moon, and sun,
The secret to success you could
bottle it up and sell it,

Or You can faucet ,
make it move in a multitude of directions,
The 3rd rock central nervous system,
If your stare is cold enough it will freeze,
Its 32 it might need a filter,
get it hot enough it will create a head of steam,

when..............sorry thats just the first pint,
you'll have to wait for the gallon....
Love it0
I want to go away forever
just for a second without leaving
A small percentage of infinity is permanent
I want to inhale deeply without breathing
I would love to have never existed
To understand loves linguistics
I’m bias towards the living
Sense is the lords present
Gods gift is death
Life is *** dressed in lingerie
A ***** you came home to after a long day
A seductive entree
conniving
What comes with that meal
Poison inside it
the root of evil
A wave of emotion
Poseidon
Some people have it
Some don't
some chase it
some embrace it
some hide from it
others excited by it
what is it?
some need it it's a drug
others see it and catch the bug
you can't isolate  it
but you know who has it
some fake it
others try and take it
envy jealous of it
overwhelmed by it
consumed by it
few want nothing to do with it
mentors groom to it
the world moves to it
everybody grooves to it
the worthy prove it
the complacent lose it
some inspired by it
others tired of it
those that don't understand it
curse it belligerent ones obsessed immersed in
insidious
Some live for it
others die for it
Most look for it will never find it
What is it anyway?
can anyone define it?
Young dumb: there is no hope

Wise old: Expansion      growth/
it's demanding    volts/
obstacles/
in view
somewhat a few/
of course
perhaps an obstacle course/
the whole gamut gauntlet
at times seems damning
daunting lost/
learn to manage take advantage of those hauntings/

Young: I'm exhausted...

Wise old: I won't/
let you fail when you feel like giving up, don't/
when you feel like you can't get up do/
when you feel like you stuck that's when you move/

Young dumb: people keep saying things
They should be helping me/

Wise old: Ha Ha the road to success is no A to B/
It's more like A-Z many unexpected stops in between/
It's your dream people can't see
Your goals you must achieve/
You want the good news first or the bad news?

Young Dumb: Bad news

Wise old: The bad news is ain't no one going to help/
Good news I just told you now you can prepare yourself/

\Sounds of theDoor opens slow/

Wife: Honey who you talking too?

Wise old: A question online what would a conversation sound between me now and the younger you.
Voice vibrations Keep them together fasten/
transcending trends fashion/wear on you ever lasting birthday suit/
if the boot fits suit yourself Cinderella/
if you lose it
the truth reflects in the mirror/
full of suspense save the dramatics/
chasing after the light a foreshadow/
all the hype ain't write anticlimactic/
ring around the Rosie/
plagued million ways to die hyperbole?/
a watershed moment
pivotal talk is affordable/
But those that inscribe
the inside of ones mind/
from pictures form designs which illicit and describe/
can alter mankind/
priceless

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