I called you out on your *******, and you called me out on mine. And now I think I know what Bukowski once knew.

It's all *******.

But I only want to live, and I only want you to live. I only want to live in you and all of your *******.

Every day we move through life. In my experience not many people pay attention to others. Being self centered and self obsessed. Not considering that each person has their own individual battles they are fighting through. Life is a rollercoaster. There is disappointment. There are fall outs or disagreements. There are glaringly happy situations. But what I find ******* is that some people can't respect others or their feelings. No respect for their personal endeavors. I refuse to conform and be someones foot stool for all of their possible petty issues. I will listen. I will love. I will give people the respect they deserve. But don't ask me to sacrifice myself for someones amusement. I don't deserve to be treated as if I am insignificant. I am a living, breathing, and vivacious person. I will not be dulled by the entitlement of others.

By Arcassin Burnham


Scabs fall into waters of the menitonka, everyone
imagined,
Pleasing the simple pleasures of the simple things
That are compatible with misery and pain,
I...
Was bamboozled by the performance you put on
For Your ignorant speech,
I find the spirit to oversee what you just made me
See,
And that was you...
Writing 4 page letters,
Everlasting endeavors,
Pleasing people that would hurt you,
So you don't feel forced to love forever whatever...
I could,
See your pain,
You could come out and stop hiding now,
I won't put up with your attitude though , we can not see,
Eye to eye...

I'm leaving all your ******* on the hood of your car,
So you can process that,
I gave you all my emotions and my love from afar,
do you remember that,
I had* , hopes and dreams for both us to share,
and you didn't even care,
I'm finding peace in my heart knowing that you are not there,

Pieces fall into proper arrangement to everything that
We imagined,
Giving you laughter when you needed it most in these days
Of being disguised slaves with shame and anger,
I...
Was appalled by the way you treated me when i gave
The love,
I see it's clear I'm really not the one that you're thinking
Of,
Of course it's you...
Writing 4 page letters,
Everlasting endeavors,
Pleasing people that would hurt you,
So you don't feel forced to love forever whatever...
I could,
See your pain,
You could come out and stop hiding now,
I won't put up with your attitude though , we can not see,
Eye to eye...

I'm leaving all your ******* on the hood of your car,
So you can process that,
I gave you all my emotions and my love from afar,
do you remember that,
I had* , hopes and dreams for both us to share,
and you didn't even care,
I'm finding peace in my heart knowing that you are not there.

reality television
doesn’t just sell a vision
it crawls & squirms like
disease-ridden worms
contracted through the eyes
to terrorize the temples
of self & hope, pushing us down
this precipitous ***** of
cannibalization feeding on
station after station & projecting
its virus to every nation
LOOK@ME
LOOK@ME

why?
what ever have you done
beyond sell your being to
the vultures circling the
stumbling corpse of dignity
cackling in the sunny waste
at our utter lack in taste
eroded by the steady stream
of soulless visions hellbent on
sowing never-ending divisions
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

but it’s never enough
because the machine is lubed
& cheap to boot, all the better
for the execs collecting loot
thus the only prescription
is to denounce this fiction
with the utmost conviction
and step back into
reality.

There are two sides to every story,
said the husband to the cop.
She annoyed me ’til I shot her;
how else could I get her to stop?

There are two sides to every story,
said the burglar at his trial.
They had the stuff I needed;
they’ll only cry a little while.

There are two sides to every argument,
said the person without facts.
I’ve a right to my opinion;
I’ve no need my brain to tax.

There are two sides to every story, but,
both may not be of merit.
If one side’s without value,
let’s not waste the time to air it.