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Poems

Bazookio Dec 2014
I wake to find
An aching in the grey
My plans in disarray

My peace of mind
Shattered by the fray
A scene from yesterday

Callow and kind
Innocent and blind
Reason enough to stay

So far behind
Intention lost in time
Now too afraid to stray

Set me free - set me free
Set me free - set me free
been such a long time coming
I forgot that I've been running

Set me free - set me free
Set me free - set me free
I've no desire to stay
so i'm stepping out to find a better way


So sick and tired
Of all that is mundane
Numbing out my brain

Unable to explain
Confined to single lane
Borderline insane

I’ll shed my skin
stop sinking in the shame
of my alleged sin

so stretched and thin
can’t wait to leave
but where do I begin?

Set me free - set me free
Set me free - set me free
been such a long time coming
I forgot that I've been running

Set me free - set me free
Set me free - set me free
I've no desire to stay
so i'm stepping out to find a better way


A twinge of excitement, unfamiliar and queer
begins to escalate, and weaken my knees
I feel it spread beneath my bodies veneer
taking control like a delightful disease

Pretty soon I’m overcome by the feeling
of an electrifying sense of unease
with every sense within writhing and reeling
I get up and start to reach for my keys

My luck is changing, and its hard to explain
the little trickle is becoming a flood
I start to let go of the heartache and pain
The very thought begins to quicken my blood

No longer brittle, strong enough to spurn - my
loathsome memories evaporate fast
So with a smile upon my face I turn
and raise my finger in salute to the past

Set me free - set me free
Set me free - set me free
been such a long time coming
I forgot that I've been running

Set me free - set me free
Set me free - set me free
I've no desire to stay
so i'm stepping out to find a better way


(c) bazookio 2014
Have a listen to this wee tune for yourself -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IUfoIVpc-s
(copy + paste link)
would love to hear what you think.

Sung by the ridiculously enchanting voice of Kelly Baigent.
Bass strings plucked by the very fingers of Garreth Smith himself.
Bo Tansky Oct 2018
It was bad enough when opinionated white men were the only ones
You saw them when you opened your set
Haven’t processed it yet
Gave bert my last four dollars
Fear I may live in squalor
If I screamed and hollered
Would it help
It was bad enough when opinionated white men were the only ones
Merrily followed by
opinionated white women
Black men
Black women
The Asians
The Haitians
Good gracious
The whole gang
A whole gaggle of them
Each one more opinionated than the other
A chorus that roars of
Incredible bores
Tuned into the conversation next door
It too was a bore
Everyone’s hysterical
If it weren’t so serious
Would almost be comical
The what if demons
Threaten to demean us
What am I going to do
I have no money
You think this is funny
I could go hungry
See what I mean
Why should I care
Money will appear from somewhere
If I only can believe it
It was bad enough when opinionated white men
My pill popping hon
Busted in on my fun
He’s out of pills
I’ll see what I can do
I’m out of them too
My appointment’s on Monday
I know it’s not even Sunday
It’s the best I can too
I'm out of them too
And then opinionated white women
What of it
He twists and turns
Thinks something is wrong with him
They examined all over him
No one’s yet uncovered
Discovered his apparent rigidity  
Stupidity, in moments near to him
Rigidity can be good or bad
Happy or sad
Depends if your frozen or fried
Broiled or foiled
Sautéed or filleted
Or nicely done hon
What was I saying
Yeah, rigidity’s a *****.
Always on the hook
You play it by the book
You’re ready to defend
Opinionated white men
Seeking some advantage
Prowling for an entrant
Doesn’t matter
I’m not a contestant
I play by the book
Which book are you looking for
They change by the season
They change by the reason
They change by the color
They change by the number
They change by the thunder
They change by the why
They change by the hi(gh)
They change by the sigh
They change by the discipline
It took to get here
I need a break from this exchange
Dear
Finally, they’re gone
Glorious alone-time
My mind can roam-time
Away from the beehive
Mind-hive project set.
Are you ready set
It’s bad enough when opinionated white men were the only ones
Were the whole set, subset, sweat set upset
Not yet set
Yet set
Ready set
Go set
Maybe set
Maybe no set
Rap set
Whoa set
She said set
I’ll get back to you on that set
But not yet set
I need a rest set
For god’s sake
Let me think about it
It’s only been nine years
Nine months
Nine days
nine minutes
Nine seconds
A split sec
Compared to an eternity set
It was bad enough when opinionated white men were the only ones
You saw them when you opened your set
Haven’t processed it yet
Must be hiding way out on the net set
My God, how can I talk about rigidity
But I’ve changed my mindset
Ok?
But, not yet.
Ruslan Jun 9
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I to like its very day, so it you for man to let
Evil so well base attack, you can speak it very hack
So it well was is fo you, situation that war set
I to go it well begin, set want to you look for him

Kiss will de if fo to you, set want go it for to man
Kiss i like to girl friend, set will be you cos for net
Sen te de *** wall its you, go in bebe i love you
Situation that for him, kisses like to get for em

Like issue well so it sen, kiss will be it for to gen
Six mounts well is very hit, that for be you looked net
Like so it ver so it you, liked bebe i love you
Set will so in tgat for him, let my dear so its

Crain its well i dont hu is, this is bebe versi set
I to looked for agate, That for him to you so in
Is is very very good, i to know the bebe blood
Is you him all to again, that war so it you again

Set in like kisses well, so it you a net for gate
Like so it well bebe ice, that for you a looked guys
Set will be a you okay, set in setting this is is
I to know ill be again, as to get fir is begin

Situation is you bebe, ah its well not you is be
You ****** ill be and say. Looked for my book okay
Is is book is there set, like to it in very gain
Is is bebe set o way, looked for and you okay

This is book you're ill ID, situation will so me
Kisses liked very is, this is go my dear she's
Is you bebe go it me, like it very so to me
That i do a you okay? That for you so it will be

This is very very good, i to know to me and look
Like its well so it will be, locked for to get to me
Is you as will set o way, this is going set again
Like its well so much to get, izzy very very net

I'm to lucked very guys, go it *** a woman ice
Sot will cent is bebe ***, that for you to get m
My chance very looked for, to my bebe its a joke 😜
Fire fo you set again, that for you to get my crain

Is is well so it will be, i to know it very see
Six and months it very scrap, you toget it very *****
Is is very very good, you can speak is very chuck
Is is well so it you sin, this is so it you agent

Mother doch's in bebe set, to and army what i net
Looked for to him its well, so it you a look again
That will so you understand, is is crazy you my friend
Is kiss as you take ill de, what for you toget to me

Set will be it very not, looked for to get my lord
*** its well on that well be, at the looked for to me
Is is classic very chain, that well it very head
You so matching world again, situation it the sein

Set will be a you okay, that for him it very day
Sent to me its very guys, a the looked very face
Kisses is is that way do, looked for to get my do
Situation six months let, guys its more to you for get
Situation ****** ****...