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Assumption is a curious thing Of people, places and of other things You must be old, I think you´re young Don't go there, its not much fun I think its bad, I think its good I wouldn´t if I were you, I think you should He never comes, He's always here I think that they all live in fear The world is bad, and sometimes good So many rich and not enough food I think of you, you think of me Assuming that which we cannot see And when at last the truth comes out And banishes all of the doubts We find that our assumptions Are just cerebral malfunctions
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Jan 6
Jan 6, 2026 at 5:56 AM UTC
Assumptions
The attacking bear is not evil, he is merely hungry. There is no such thing as evil! Nope, just a lot of hungry demons out there, looking for a meal. Don’t take it personally and for god’s sake don’t assume evil is after you.
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Jan 4, 2025
Jan 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM UTC
Bear Necessities
you ask me who the "you" is in my poetry. you want to know who I'm referring to. you're assuming that the identity matters. oh honey, you have it all wrong. I don't write these for you. I write these for me.
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Nov 5, 2020
Nov 5, 2020 at 7:26 AM UTC
anonymity
I am diversity, 
I think on many levels at once. 
I live on many levels. 
I can relate on many levels. 

I can see you. 
I can see your rationalizations. 
Trying to justify your beliefs about me. 
I see you feeling that your assumptions are right. 
I see you assume wrongly, 
You don’t really know me. 

I have learned many things from observation and experience. 
I know you. 
You think you know me, 
But I have known many like you before. 
Always feeling correct in your assumptions. 
You assume wrongly. 

Take away your misguided assumptions. 
Leave me alone and do not try, 
To make me fit into your view of me. 
You do not see me. 
You see what I want you to see. 

In the process, my dreams and aspirations are often mistaken for ambition, 
Thought of as a desire for fame and fortune as a measure of my success in life. 
Wrong thinking again, 
My success comes from the doing, 
Not the material things by which society measures success. 


That is not me, 
But only what I let you see. 
I am more complicated than you will ever know. 

And yet I am really very simple, 
I still naively expect the best from people. 
Something I always try to give others, 
Honesty, caring, mindful of feelings, doing what I can. 

If I make someone smile, 
If I help someone understand something, 
If I make a difference, 
I am successful. 

I want to inspire people to be themselves, 
And find happiness not in wealth or power, 
But the simple accomplishments we all have daily. 
Helping make life better for all with wisdom, 
Gleaned from observation and experience. 

I live and think on many levels, 
I am happy with who I am. 
Understood or not. 
It makes no difference 
To me, you see. 
'Cause Ya just don’t, 
Really know me.
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Aug 11, 2020
Aug 11, 2020 at 3:44 AM UTC
You Don’t Know Me
I am diversity, 
I think on many levels at once. 
I live on many levels. 
I can relate on many levels. 

I can see you. 
I can see your rationalizations. 
Trying to justify your beliefs about me. 
I see you feeling that your assumptions are right. 
I see you assume wrongly, 
You don’t really know me. 

I have learned many things from observation and experience. 
I know you. 
You think you know me, 
But I have known many like you before. 
Always feeling correct in your assumptions. 
You assume wrongly. 

Take away your misguided assumptions. 
Leave me alone and do not try, 
To make me fit into your view of me. 
You do not see me. 
You see what I want you to see. 

In the process, my dreams and aspirations are often mistaken for ambition, 
Thought of as a desire for fame and fortune as a measure of my success in life. 
Wrong thinking again, 
My success comes from the doing, 
Not the material things by which society measures success. 


That is not me, 
But only what I let you see. 
I am more complicated than you will ever know. 

And yet I am really very simple, 
I still naively expect the best from people. 
Something I always try to give others, 
Honesty, caring, mindful of feelings, doing what I can. 

If I make someone smile, 
If I help someone understand something, 
If I make a difference, 
I am successful. 

I want to inspire people to be themselves, 
And find happiness not in wealth or power, 
But the simple accomplishments we all have daily. 
Helping make life better for all with wisdom, 
Gleaned from observation and experience. 

I live and think on many levels, 
I am happy with who I am. 
Understood or not. 
It makes no difference 
To me, you see. 
'Cause Ya just don’t, 
Really know me.
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Merry, merry— thou filled a hummingbird's tone Funny, funny— how sottish thy head on stone. Amazed by blue lights, I swoon and stretch my arms Looking back, my cottons on grass— ditched my charms. To assume a side of a well-known— she greets Received in one sight,— slowly, she falsely meets.
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May 23, 2020
May 23, 2020 at 5:13 AM UTC
Odd Times
I’m not who you think No, not who you see Now that there’s your problem You assume who is me Though you don’t understand You could at least try Try and reach your hand Across this large divide I’ll reach my hand out too To make you understand Me and my goals, Exactly who I am
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Apr 22, 2020
Apr 22, 2020 at 10:30 AM UTC
Ass-u-me
You can't see behind the picture, you can't hear all the noise.
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Mar 3, 2020
Mar 3, 2020 at 7:31 PM UTC
Picture Perfect
if you are always right why did you even ask?
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Dec 15, 2019
Dec 15, 2019 at 2:38 AM UTC
confident in your confidence
Thought I knew this well. every step I had to take, every lie--delivered smiling--I had to sell, every mindless task, no breaks. Thought you knew of my own created, designer hell. watching me falter towards an imaginary goal, watching my fibs for tells, watching my to-do list quadruple. I thought I knew how to quit, how to snap out of it. I thought you knew about it, and how to deal with this **** Turns out that neither of us knows jack-squat. And that's alright, I swear I got this, yeah I'm good, I can do it. I hoped for you to say something, I thought you knew I was talkin' ******** Yet, without a word, you left me to rot.
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Sep 25, 2019
Sep 25, 2019 at 10:01 PM UTC
Assuming
i suppose that supposing is assuming to presume an estimation.
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May 31, 2019
May 31, 2019 at 11:45 PM UTC
supposing
in my paradigm, a word to define from now on such words, we presume you can lookitup. Yacoulda in 2019. if you don't assume you knew what that word meant when phirst poured into me, the idea in the word, actedly as you act ually allow true, in the dom whence thy will is done, yknow? presumptible words hold whole preconceptual assumption of the neccessary fiction Migration outa hell, the myth ic map. That'll only getcha yea far. Once a good idea has a man, History sets the rules for maintaining our living culture, (lest we forget, some animals is more equal) but once manifested, the awaited ones, groaned for in labour like, the twentieth century here we come the good idea posse, plague on userers and slavers and oppressors, and professors confessing greed is the engine of onward, as we were, we shall become they say to the we we ain't. We are robbers of noble wisdom occluded behind tonsored and tenured guild rules for heresy pre vention. Imps, good imps, impulses to do, right, sativa in fluency, we take hold in mortal minds and lift the blinds on things hidden from the foundations of the world, now, all ye need is -- a login and password, All the public lies unbelieved -- from word one to right just now, -- we un done 'em. You gotta know how to phrase ---a quest request. -----is that a problem, are you offended that keywords -----and key phrases, ----can open doors on no map of meaning you drew, ---- as magi were said to do? ah, a door in y' back wall, o'yerown persian guarded den, a glance o'er y'shoulder, duck, crawl, through the wall we chipped away some old mortar around stones who can testify our right to interupt re ality, as you will --- AH, I live in a Archetrope, as a sorta hippy hermit former farmer, relative of the Outlaw-Lawman Archtype Classes, decended from Tubalcain, through Na'amah, ancient mitochondrial genes pre valent in general hill folk who tend to bake probiotic home-made bread starter. I'm the idea. The idea that goes with certain old recipes and those smells, ****** gluonic pro tonic action, but I am a recent roll-out, 5G. We be given leave for quarkish tricks with words, if you can believe that. Note to self: this is only funny if you presume to know meaning's meaning as related by JBP. And then, you laugh a liar laugh, as if, a little levity leavened ye, f'crysoutloud, and yewerekewl, you knew. Yeah, y'knew all them Jordan B. Peterson polysyllabic synchronic ex-plain words, You did read the whole reading list, right? How childish a question have you lied to answer, because, aitia, you did not know? New values. Junk yard values. What good's this thang? That's a crankshaft, the piston rod connects down from the piston, down to that. Crankshaft. That one's for a chivvysix. SO, what good's it? Not much. The car it was in won't work no more. ----- on the border twixt known and un the future scented in the past, orange blossum special, borego super bloom golden valley full o' poppies, in re al life, already already, alright. If you get the drift, blown in the wind back when poppies conspired to sow seed in abundance beyond the possibility of that now winter then to sustain or even wake 2 in twenty, back then when rain did not come until Febru ary, and then, but a pittance. Poppies and Bluebelles whispered into pollen on the way west, sea, see us from our wind, next winter, we have sown our hearts out, so send some clouds to start the spell, the smell, desert bloomin' pollen way, so easy to see, intagiios of life laughing in color for such as find now enough, enough to see and let be true, look up and fly to learn to see as a silver raven could with your eye, your POV in sus pected un belief. Pop. --- the current or pre existant state next. AH HA this is not one of those mytheries mystery fectory confections one may buy hand-dipped in many wee wide spots in the road, where enough was enough a good while ago. A previous and probable future stable horizon of delight no walls. The idea twisted into paradice is from when the hearts of men had never been re deemed worth the effort to fill them with you know, good and evil, plus why and how not, you know, you know how, but you know how not to, too. And any fool can learn in life's most dangerous univers ity ified as lived, breathed in'n'out exper ience. Winning and being may not be mistook past here. Find that which has been lost since birth. Find the old way, where good is. Walk it. Find the message in the old words. Talk it. Compliance or complexity. Not my job or ... come to think... Mentioning winning, maybe, yeah, ya'll'll gitit My job, as a good gob of complexity eating juices, fermented from trodden grapes o' wrath, way back, when... I was sung once, just once... in an orange orchard, I was the the ****** or dwarf who caught the idea from the wanderer walking in the orchard to smell the sweat and sing at the top of his lungs Operetic otic baritone Faith is the evidence Faith! is the evidence evidence evidence dense dense, ( william tell) Jim Dee was Tonto and he, con sidereal authority wise, considered us fools, who said in their hearts, here is where all truth dwells. (they were children, then) the dwarf in me caught the idea and went Chuck Berry duckwalk air guitar singing high tenor, Woe to the soul, what don't believe, Woe, Sisyphus, roll it up'n' let'erole evolve, little ****** beasty idea virus, roll out, role on. That's the trick.Just be good for goodness, that feeling, y'know. You got it.
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Apr 2, 2019
Apr 2, 2019 at 8:08 PM UTC
A little think on how wisdom is found
in my paradigm, a word to define from now on such words, we presume you can lookitup. Yacoulda in 2019. if you don't assume you knew what that word meant when phirst poured into me, the idea in the word, actedly as you act ually allow true, in the dom whence thy will is done, yknow? presumptible words hold whole preconceptual assumption of the neccessary fiction Migration outa hell, the myth ic map. That'll only getcha yea far. Once a good idea has a man, History sets the rules for maintaining our living culture, (lest we forget, some animals is more equal) but once manifested, the awaited ones, groaned for in labour like, the twentieth century here we come the good idea posse, plague on userers and slavers and oppressors, and professors confessing greed is the engine of onward, as we were, we shall become they say to the we we ain't. We are robbers of noble wisdom occluded behind tonsored and tenured guild rules for heresy pre vention. Imps, good imps, impulses to do, right, sativa in fluency, we take hold in mortal minds and lift the blinds on things hidden from the foundations of the world, now, all ye need is -- a login and password, All the public lies unbelieved -- from word one to right just now, -- we un done 'em. You gotta know how to phrase ---a quest request. -----is that a problem, are you offended that keywords -----and key phrases, ----can open doors on no map of meaning you drew, ---- as magi were said to do? ah, a door in y' back wall, o'yerown persian guarded den, a glance o'er y'shoulder, duck, crawl, through the wall we chipped away some old mortar around stones who can testify our right to interupt re ality, as you will --- AH, I live in a Archetrope, as a sorta hippy hermit former farmer, relative of the Outlaw-Lawman Archtype Classes, decended from Tubalcain, through Na'amah, ancient mitochondrial genes pre valent in general hill folk who tend to bake probiotic home-made bread starter. I'm the idea. The idea that goes with certain old recipes and those smells, ****** gluonic pro tonic action, but I am a recent roll-out, 5G. We be given leave for quarkish tricks with words, if you can believe that. Note to self: this is only funny if you presume to know meaning's meaning as related by JBP. And then, you laugh a liar laugh, as if, a little levity leavened ye, f'crysoutloud, and yewerekewl, you knew. Yeah, y'knew all them Jordan B. Peterson polysyllabic synchronic ex-plain words, You did read the whole reading list, right? How childish a question have you lied to answer, because, aitia, you did not know? New values. Junk yard values. What good's this thang? That's a crankshaft, the piston rod connects down from the piston, down to that. Crankshaft. That one's for a chivvysix. SO, what good's it? Not much. The car it was in won't work no more. ----- on the border twixt known and un the future scented in the past, orange blossum special, borego super bloom golden valley full o' poppies, in re al life, already already, alright. If you get the drift, blown in the wind back when poppies conspired to sow seed in abundance beyond the possibility of that now winter then to sustain or even wake 2 in twenty, back then when rain did not come until Febru ary, and then, but a pittance. Poppies and Bluebelles whispered into pollen on the way west, sea, see us from our wind, next winter, we have sown our hearts out, so send some clouds to start the spell, the smell, desert bloomin' pollen way, so easy to see, intagiios of life laughing in color for such as find now enough, enough to see and let be true, look up and fly to learn to see as a silver raven could with your eye, your POV in sus pected un belief. Pop. --- the current or pre existant state next. AH HA this is not one of those mytheries mystery fectory confections one may buy hand-dipped in many wee wide spots in the road, where enough was enough a good while ago. A previous and probable future stable horizon of delight no walls. The idea twisted into paradice is from when the hearts of men had never been re deemed worth the effort to fill them with you know, good and evil, plus why and how not, you know, you know how, but you know how not to, too. And any fool can learn in life's most dangerous univers ity ified as lived, breathed in'n'out exper ience. Winning and being may not be mistook past here. Find that which has been lost since birth. Find the old way, where good is. Walk it. Find the message in the old words. Talk it. Compliance or complexity. Not my job or ... come to think... Mentioning winning, maybe, yeah, ya'll'll gitit My job, as a good gob of complexity eating juices, fermented from trodden grapes o' wrath, way back, when... I was sung once, just once... in an orange orchard, I was the the ****** or dwarf who caught the idea from the wanderer walking in the orchard to smell the sweat and sing at the top of his lungs Operetic otic baritone Faith is the evidence Faith! is the evidence evidence evidence dense dense, ( william tell) Jim Dee was Tonto and he, con sidereal authority wise, considered us fools, who said in their hearts, here is where all truth dwells. (they were children, then) the dwarf in me caught the idea and went Chuck Berry duckwalk air guitar singing high tenor, Woe to the soul, what don't believe, Woe, Sisyphus, roll it up'n' let'erole evolve, little ****** beasty idea virus, roll out, role on. That's the trick.Just be good for goodness, that feeling, y'know. You got it.
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I don't like people who assume things too much. I am your bestfriend, I am always here for you because, That's a role of a bestfriend. There are lots of times that you were immature that you can hurt, I get mad but keep it to myself. I accept you and listen to everything you say. But now you avoid me, Because you think I like you. That is not true, You assuming pig. You are a great friend of mine, We went through a lot and you are just gonna ruin that because of what you assume. For your information, My Bunny is the only one in my heart.
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Feb 4, 2019
Feb 4, 2019 at 11:06 PM UTC
bestfriEND
How clean is clean when the cleaning began from the floor of a sunken ship? Barnacles grace the walls in the place of family, or a familiar face. When filth is a given, and given in projection to the overtly empathetic as a matter of course, why implore? Because you don't implore, you explore as an entity reaching for a meaning. The question becomes, do you fight, or do you invite the coming cessation? Even with a gun, and a view to **** the power the bullet affords would surely fail to thrill you. The best charlatans paint your hands red, as you're sleeping in bed, preemptively. Let the liars lie, let the builders connive. Uninterrupted access to their own confines. To Narcissus, the cool nod is colder than the knife. Let the liars lie, let the builders connive. When the company you keep requires the sacrifice of your authenticity and your reality, just leave. It'll never get good. It'll never get great. It'll never be worth the investment.
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Jan 19, 2019
Jan 19, 2019 at 8:29 PM UTC
Place of Power: Assume the Position
Assume assume to always presume makes me feel just awful - SkullsNBones
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Sep 17, 2018
Sep 17, 2018 at 6:17 PM UTC
Assume
Mahirap ikalimot mahirap tigilin mahirap pigilin ang pagiging hangal ang taong tulad mo ay ang dahilan ng paghila ko sa tali ng pag-asa subalit ako lamang ang dakilang tagahila sa sobrang kapal ako'y nakabitaw
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Jul 25, 2018
Jul 25, 2018 at 10:08 AM UTC
Dangal
The bridge between what I feel and how is far more brittle than one would assume
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Jun 5, 2018
Jun 5, 2018 at 3:00 PM UTC
Brittle
Eyes darting and drifting, The bushy lights of tails, Grins as wide as the world itself, Not a care, happy as can be. Sadly, no one cares to stop, and Realize what lies in simplicity. When my mind goes out For a stroll it won’t be coming Back anytime soon because quite Usually it’ll take a detour Before it has time to fully bloom. My mind is made in phases of Endless galaxies and constellations, That you couldn’t comprehend, So please, I’m begging you, Stop trying to assume.
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Apr 1, 2018
Apr 1, 2018 at 9:44 PM UTC
Untitled.
I had a dream. An imaginary scene. Unconsciously playing Of what I may have seen. But it was not what I had seemed. In which he sat behind me, smiling. Then tears rolled down on my cheeks. Felt stopping him from leaving. I looked down from where we are. And found us walking in opposites. He wrapped his hands around me, Closer than ever at where he sits. Comforted me with warm voice. Realization came at last. Half asleep-  half awake. Stared at his eyes- indeed t'was him. The guy I shouldn't have loved. The guy who can't even be mine Well, I've got no choice left now. Should I stop hoping for the sign?
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Feb 23, 2018
Feb 23, 2018 at 7:01 AM UTC
Dreamt
Do not assume Because I stay quiet When you are angry That I am weak It takes far more strength To stay silent Than it does to say All the hurtful things on my tongue Do not assume Because I love you With every fiber of my being That I can’t live without you I have lived After having my heart Ripped straight out of my chest Multiple times
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Dec 12, 2017
Dec 12, 2017 at 1:16 AM UTC
Do Not Assume
I fell for my own assumptions of you
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Nov 10, 2017
Nov 10, 2017 at 3:31 AM UTC
Short Love Story
When things are falling apart, They're actually falling apart. Don't assume them to be falling into place.
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Jun 20, 2017
Jun 20, 2017 at 3:56 PM UTC
The truth.
Great things come to those who don't assume for the mind races to conclusions that reality has failed to yet embody
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Jun 8, 2017
Jun 8, 2017 at 3:21 AM UTC
Don't