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**** poetry
i aim only to please
the garbage at the
closing gyre
in the center of the
verse
is
i
si
esrev
rrorim
the ultimatum is that
there i wordsi
yo tengo es tu vida
yo tengo mi vida differente
Manuel
on the Metro
said that
and he survived ******* and ******
15 years clean by AA
he humbly requests you invite him
to dine in the private hell
where poetry existed before
ecocide
was what we are doing
with words we must slay
swords we must raise
and guns we must humbly request
an exercise
in mightier than the bullet
the tip of the pen is also sharp
and rife with dawns
l
o
s
s
I can't take a full breath in, it feels like there's a weight on my chest.
A cinder block, with our initials inside a heart, etched onto the side.
Two years and it's still killing me.
What is a happy ending but a conclusion to every fairy tale ever told... to block out reality.. to keep us hidden from a dark truth... What is a prince but a disguised man, posing as the perfect thing... a princess as the ideal lady for a father, a queen... the ideal woman for a man who seeks a wife...  What is a fairy tale but the ideal fantasy for what we seek for in an escape from reality... why must it be an escape or just a fantasy... what has reality keeping our dreams from being out of reach... nothing... 'Work' they say.. how must one work for 'love'... a piece of desire, pleasure and an unidentifiable, undefinable kindness.. why must 'work' be the excuse we  use to gain a glimpse of 'happiness' why can't anyone just simply be... 'happy'..

because lies and deceptions are what this terrible reality holds for us all.
 Jan 2016 Sumina Thapaliya
Chris
Do you hold certain moments of your life
On the skin of thought, so they stick out-
Like tiny sores.
Do you want to itch them, and pick them?
And dig deeper to find where they came from,
What made them ugly?
Digging only makes them uglier.
And scratching leaves bigger scars.
But the night is a mirror
And with glassy doppelgängers closing in,
Plucking at thoughts with bits of skin,
You can't leave well enough alone.
 Jan 2016 Sumina Thapaliya
JP
Man riches invention
show anything
it has one…
writer’s block
writer’s block
pearl necklace
alarm clock
window one
window two
penny jar
cowgirl shoe
books on the left
books on the right
beside my bed
lamp for night
count the instruments
count all four
stuffed monkeys
creaky door
walls of yellow
walls of wood
trinkets from
childhood
frames here
frames there
flowers are
everywhere
red candle
orange candle
giant mirror
bronze handles
full closet
empty trash can
tie blanket
ceiling fan
writer’s block
writer’s block
time to go
for a walk
 Jan 2016 Sumina Thapaliya
susan
drifting upon
the waves of hypocrisy
being kept afloat
by the lies i've told
all it takes
is one proven truth
to puncture
the shell of my being
and leave me sinking
towards the bottom
to rest upon
the sands of my betrayal.
on a canvas gesso white full of wherevers and
whatever might be my palette and brushes try
to write naturally yet come out abstract now my sky
all blue and black so artfully crafted cry and rain
down surfaces into puddles of grey
 Dec 2015 Sumina Thapaliya
JP
a mistake
sees double
feel one…
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