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Jeremy Betts Feb 6
I'm pleading with the operator all in vain
There's no one there
Could be operator error
It's only ringing, no one answer for my pain
Lies tend to be faster
Not everyone's a good actor
See what I see, a monster with my same name
A new breed creature
Science doesn't get it either
Sanity fleeing and impostor steps into reign
A hostile takeover
Over 'n over but over in short order

©2024
Drithena Sep 2022
It took one 'Hi.'
It took one smile
To think 'Okay, let's try.'
Said to myself 'It's been a while.'

I've been afraid,
What if my feelings will fade again?
Don't know where this might lead
I'll just wing it, I'll count one to ten

Realized, that life is about trial and error
The harder you fall, the higher you soar
It can be the other way, but it'll harden your core
You can be another nightmare or someone I adore
Shannon Soeganda Aug 2022
Never in my life would I ever want to come back to a mistake like you—

Never once,

Never was,

Never am,

Never will.

You might have all the forever within grasp,

because you’re a ghost,

and ghosts have forever.

But not everyone is you,

not everyone is privileged with any next lifetime.

Time with you is a time wasted,
wasted with all of your over-glorified ghost—

that the devil himself is scared of you,

even your only shadow leaves you in the dark.

And there you are,
there you always will be;

Cast out alone in the void of darkness for eternity—

bequeathed with eternal guilt;

for you are nothing much,

but a mere shadow;

a ghost of the lingering past

(not) worth reminiscing.
What kind of person is stupid enough to come back to a mistake in a form of a human being?
The world's a farce and false, and You
Alone, good God, are Truth and true.
Anais Vionet Feb 2022
(a billet-doux to HP)

4 minutes til (virtual) class
“Dang”, I think. I need to post today's poem!
I paste the poem, the title, the tags.
I have the sense that once the page says “saving draft” I’m *******.
So I quickly press save.. and..
502 bad gateway
“Argh,” I say under my breath, glancing at my clock.
I press refresh.
Do you want to submit the form?
Of **** course I want to resubmit - I press submit.. and..
502 bad gateway
“Oh my f-king GOD!” I yell at my iPad
I press refresh.
Do you want to resubmit?
Yes, yes, YES- I resubmit, I submit, I supplicate, I grovel.. and..
502 bad gateway
2 minutes
I scream a line of obscenity that would **** the Pope if he were here.
I refresh
One of my roommates inquired, “Are you ok?” from her room.
I resubmit and.. and.. and..
“Yes!” I yell, to reassure my roommate, “Website issues,”
it finally, finally posts.
A “Whoom” sound announces the start of my virtual class.
BLT word of the day challenge: billet-doux: is a love letter.
Please don’t tell me this has never happened to you.
Alpha Jan 2022
502
Bad Gateway
Error Five Zero Two
Bad gateway,
I hate you.
UwU Don't ask.

Edit: As I wanted to publish this, bad gateway struck again, by the way...
̶̷̷̷̷̷̡̙͕̥͚͔̝̪̮͔̺̖͖̟̠͔̝̪̮͔̺̖͖̟̠̔̌́̽̽͗̈̊̉̾̉̾̚͝͝͝𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 ...𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴..


̶̴̸̡̧̢̭̟͖̦̹̺͙͍̳̠͕͍̬͙̩̖͔̘͛́͊̀̎͊̓͌̿̑͋͛̀͂͗̚͘̚͜͜͝͠͠/̴͚͙̞͚̖̫̫͚͐̏́͗̿̇̀͘̕\̴͓͓̖̩̦̘͚̄͆̉̀͜͠.̶͉̤̭͓̀͗̌͐̄̒̈́͋̚͘ ̷̨̠̻̝͓̯̩̘̈́̈́́͐̇̑ ̴̹̆̋͂ ̴̧͔̺̜̪͍̰͈̄̏̕͝͠ͅ ̴̨̩̆̀̌̐͋ ̶̧̛̤̳̮̱̦̒̓̾̏́͊̉̀́ ̴̛̘̯̬̺̣́̉̉͋̏̅͑͝ ̵̜͚̭̜̻͑͗̋͆̚ ̸͖̗̫̻̟̌̉̌̓ͅ ̴̞̫̜̟̞̯̯̗̥̓͆̌̀̃ ̷̺͋̂́̊̀ ̷̙̗̗͖̎ ̷̪̰̤̥͚̍́̆̾̀̚͜ͅ ̸̝̆̏͌̒̊͆̌̌͝\̵̯̈́̿́̉͐́͆̒͊̚/̶͕͓͇̻̪͙̬̓́̂̌ ̶̢̬̭͙̼̯͔͕̝͇̾̔̈́͝ ̷̮͇͌̐̆̎̑̂̒͝͝/̶̧̧̹̜̲̰̓̈́̽͜\̷̶̷̷̷̡̙̙͕̥͚͔̝̪̮͔̺̖͖̟̠̉̏̒̔̌́̽̽͗̈̊̉̾̚͝͝͝.̶̡̬̪̻͔̺̰͋ͅ­̟.̶̧͇̟͇͒.̵͈̱̉̑̈͆̃͑̉̾́̐.̶͎̮͙̥̼͉̭̌̔̋̓̀̕̕͝.̸͓̖͎̋͆.̵̜̜̣̑͛̿͑̍̀̋͆̽ͅ.̵̏͘­̧̲̎̑̒̎̽̋̇͜.̷̛̥̫̥͍͕̰͉̏͝.̶̧̟̗̭̱͈̻̙̜͑͒̾͑́̏̅͛͝͝ͅ.̷͖̀̈̐͋̔̎̚̚͜.̸̛́̋̉̓͘͠­̳͙̟̜͍̠̰̳̏̀ͅ/̷̥̣͊̆̈́́̽̂͆ͅ\̷͇̖͙̦͖̺̥̮̽̚/̷̬̝̦̦̙͈̗̃̓̀̕͠\̴̖̗̮̦͙͉̍̃͐͜͝/̵̵̵̵͓̰͓̰͓̰͓̰͊͛̐̿̏͋͑͂̂͊͛̐̿̏͋͑͂̂͊͛̐̿̏͋͑͂̂͊͛̐̿̏͋͑͂̂. _̶̷̷̡̙͕̥͚͔̝̪̮͔̺̔̌́̽̽͗̈̊̉̚͝͝͝.              <-----my brain right now
̶̷̷̡̙͕̥͚͔̝̪̮͔̺̔̌́̽̽͗̈̊̉̚͝͝͝_̷̖͖̟̠̾ ̴̹̆̋͂ ̴̧͔̺̜̪͍̰͈̄̏̕͝͠ͅ ̴̨̩̆̀̌̐͋ ̶̧̛̤̳̮̱̦̒̓̾̏́͊̉̀́ ̴̛̘̯̬̺̣́̉̉͋̏̅͑͝ ̵̜͚̭̜̻͑͗̋͆̚ ̸͖̗̫̻̟̌̉̌̓ͅ ̴̞̫̜̟̞̯̯̗̥̓͆̌̀̃ ̷̺͋̂́̊̀ ̷̙̗̗͖̎ ̷̪̰̤̥͚̍́̆̾̀̚͜ͅ ̸̝̆̏͌̒̊͆̌̌͝\̵̯̈́̿́̉͐́͆̒͊̚/̶͕͓͇̻̪͙̬̓́̂̌
A glitch in me..
Steve Page Dec 2021
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Do Not Remind Me Again
(You know the feeling.)
Ziploc Bag Oct 2021
And yes, I am Someone.
By default, I have a few names,
Like:
Someone Is Knocking At The Door,
Someone will do that, or
Old People Need Someone To Talk To.  
But really I’m just Someone Else.
Who is Someone?
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