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 Dec 2013 Olivia
Joshua Dougan
I can't think,
Poems lack a certain tragedy.
My black ink
Blots while the person laughs at me.
The masks seize
As this gets worse and saddens me.
And lastly,
A Trance bleeds the curse so magically.

It's trapping me.
 Dec 2013 Olivia
brooke
I should worry less
about the talent in
your fingers and
take pride in my
own
(c) Brooke Otto 2013
I walked in the coffee shop down the street
The clouds were dark as the rain poured down
I went into the coffee shop and took my seat
I look through the window a view of the town
The place was filled with noise of chattering
People get about and just making conversation
Fresh brewed coffee filled the air with its aroma
A girl walked in which caught my attention
She sat down on a table right next to mine
Hold onto a cup of coffee with a tear in her eye
I went over to her table and asked her why
" Just another bad day" was her reply
That was the start of our conversation
Drinking coffee and sharing our stories
Trading our secrets with no hesitation
Who knew all of the broken pieces
Could be fix with coffee and conversations
 Dec 2013 Olivia
Maxx G
Crowded trains
And busy streets
Will they ever
Let our worlds meet?

Drifting thoughts
And long walks
Will they ever
Lead your steps to mine?

If it were up to me
I'd turn a thousand miles
Into a thousand ways
To make you smile

But maybe not now
Or tomorrow
But hopefully, one day
Someday.
 Jun 2013 Olivia
Hannah McC
Torn
 Jun 2013 Olivia
Hannah McC
Torn between conflict of facing the truth,
and the urge to ignore such predictions.
Outside perspective, an internal sleuth,
will avoid any sudden afflictions.

"But what," says my mind "if wrong is the right-"
"- and you brush off your soul's obligations?"
Should ignorance fail to conquer the fight,
and instinct: that of keen observation.

New, sharpened blade severs guilt between guilt,
bitter shame sitting right in the center .
If you must know me, then know to the hilt,
that my mind is a crevice you'll enter.

Shed light on masquerade, faces of doubt,
Faces of nothing, if light were without.
 Jun 2013 Olivia
Kim-Nam Le
Black tidal waves encompassed by the wall of lipstick,
releasing steam becoming inhaled from the mouth that sleeps.
Black curvatures sped along the ghostly lines to ease the tick,
relapsing legs touching to the web that weeps.

No winged-beast, no unpredictable mind,
to lullaby the creator of both the invisible and the translucent.
Slowly suffocated to the echo of the riled up rhyme,
slowly spitting out the guts of red paint.

Freedom flown, fists formed,
molding white pieces into scattered clouds.
Head hung, heart hummed,
wailing teary notes into ripped wedding gowns.

Cycle of the eaten, and the uneaten,
all must gallantly fall; however births ripples.
Sanctions of the needed, and the unneeded,
all must dauntingly call; however pictures simple.
 May 2013 Olivia
Joshua Dougan
A night as quaint as this has no place for the bravest kids.

It teeter totters right on faith and sin
As a creature falters inside made of pins and needles eager to fray the wit.

A leader fathers the right to slay and bleed away at the sane and sick.
And there you are, tamed and whipped.

A night as quaint as this has no need to embrace these kids
 May 2013 Olivia
Joshua Dougan
I want to go back home.
we live in boxes.
We stare at boxes.
We exit boxes get into moving boxes that deliver us to a different box.
Where we ship boxes.
We look through windows as if they were paintings.
I've been in a box whose windows literally were paintings.
We **** ourselves over pieces of paper.
Even the precious metals are overlooked for this paper.
My body hurts,
I'm confused.
It's like I'm lost in my own box
And I want to go back home.
Ever wonder why they say think outside the box?
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