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#indulgence
I’ve forgotten what real rain feels like. How did it feel again? So I went outside and felt the rain. I felt it fall and let it trickle upon my crown. So my neighbor joined in on the fun. Let’s wet our hair like we used to back then. So let’s drink from that cloud and let the water run. Let’s fill our bellies until we drown. It seems everyone has forgotten what real rain feels like. How did it feel again?
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May 12
May 12, 2026 at 9:46 PM UTC
Real Rain
Alone and sad at home, too lazy to dress up, but not too much to drink. Gulp. One glass, then two. Then a bottle, then two. Just drink. Gulp. The liquid heats you up, conquers sadness and kills it. That's why you drink. Gulp. Happy, excited, enjoying your life. Not sad anymore, not even bored. Why not drink a bit more? Gulp.
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Feb 16
Feb 16, 2026 at 6:10 AM UTC
Kalsarikanni
I have pasta trauma That’s the joke I tell But it isn’t funny It’s shorthand for the sickness That never leaves It’s why hunger feels safer than indulgence Why I can starve myself with ease But stumble over a plate of something rich I am fluent in the language of deprivation Fullness has always felt like arrogance Nobody talks about the way shame Ferments in the stomach How it sits heavier than food ever could Shame teaches you to apologize for existing Before you even open your mouth Shame teaches you to rehearse obedience Until it becomes instinct Hunger became my first addiction The only sensation I could control I didn’t know then that choosing not to eat Was the closest thing to rebellion I had
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Sep 2, 2025
Sep 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM UTC
Chagrin
Set a house on fire And don’t turn back, Take a drag of smoke, Hear a ribcage crack, Let an ***** fall And a lone soul fail, Watch as a star drops like hail. Bite a rotting body With no distaste, Fill an esophagus With dirt and clay, Swallow sandy water That’s been washed away, Pretend that when the moon comes up, it’s day. Pour a glass of gasoline And say it’s wine, Light a bomb inside And say it’s fine, Throw away a million dollars With a smile, Peel the value of a property, Tile by tile. Desperate people Do Desperate Things. There’s no convincing Someone Who’s not in the mind to Think.
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Aug 13, 2025
Aug 13, 2025 at 4:20 AM UTC
Desperate People Do Desperate Things
I the lie that keeps on giving twice denied life and the living we sacrifice our palms and bury our feet with smiles disarm with smiles we eat a feast a deluge all is devoured our sensibilities overpowered why rest upon a tattered bed when you can sleep with sin instead and waste away your weary hours building castles, steeples, towers all will crumble in the end and so to you my dearest friend let’s raise a toast to that which haunts the holy ghost and spirit it taunts that knows not good or evil a land of lost forgotten people but may we tread a righteous path for who knows which will have the final laugh.
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Apr 13, 2025
Apr 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM UTC
the Final Laugh
_Drizzle me in honeyed gold, let caramel ribbons lace my skin, warm and slow as they trickle down— a river of molten sugar, pooling in bliss. The air is thick with vanilla hush, soft as sifted powdered snow, melting on my tongue like a whispered dream, light as spun sugar caught in the breeze. Bite into the velvet hush of chocolate— dark as midnight, rich as sin, a decadent flood that lingers and sighs, coating lips in satin warmth. Strawberries glisten, ruby-bright, dipped in white chocolate sighs, their **** kiss softened by cream’s embrace, blushing beneath the moon’s silver glow. Golden crusts crack beneath the fork, pastry flaking into a buttery hush, as custard spills in silken waves, folding sweetly into waiting hands. A swirl of cinnamon dances in air, twisting in clouds of sugar and spice, as soft dough blooms in golden spirals, cradled in the warmth of the oven’s arms. And in this feast of sugared dreams, where every taste is a lullaby, let me drown in the amber glow of honeyed nights and caramel skies._
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Mar 29, 2025
Mar 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM UTC
Sweet Reverie
I seat in dread, It's the corpses, It's the tension, And foul stench. The way the blood drips, Gently onto my skin, From my head, I'm sleepy though. I want to rest, I'm convinced, I need it, But lately I've been too convinced. And trouble follows, It's attracted to me, It loves my impulses, My irrational decisions. That dance with danger, With no care in the world, Just pure self indulgence, They love my destructive self. By:Jn
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Feb 7, 2025
Feb 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM UTC
That "I".
split it anyway - countenance of grief leaves back a scar, forever.
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Dec 24, 2024
Dec 24, 2024 at 12:34 PM UTC
split it anyway
i will build a yurt            it will satisfy my soul i will make a short film i will learn polite society's manner these things   will satisfy my soul i will become genuine and plant a bright garden    and satisfy my soul i will employ better personal hygiene    become sexually activated         and roam the streets aggravated will i satisfy my soul there ? raise a flag, have a care ? i could eat a meal slowly  you know  as an experience      using mouthfeel skills and detecting it's notes don’t pay the bill  start a riot  and register to vote i will - i won't ; do the things     and rattle my pelt til i am soul sated
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Dec 4, 2024
Dec 4, 2024 at 10:33 AM UTC
until sated . . .
indulgence and bliss two sides of the same coin and a wish once listless now released— she hums.
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Sep 22, 2022
Sep 22, 2022 at 7:10 PM UTC
the well.
I’m hanging off a building that I’d decided not to jump now I’m wishing I was thinner not so heavy or as plump for the weight in my belly is now heavier than in my head yet it’s hard to hold on, I know for a man whose well fed this change of heart in me has me cursing on the edge a change of mind, I fear is too late on the ledge sure, the worlds a little heavy now thinking of all the food all the meals and the delicacy I wish I’d never chewed If a little had I to nibble I’d be much lighter now yes, I’d have cheated death and still hold on somehow but now these greasy fat fingers which held once a burger or two are hardly hanging on and now are slipping through oh the life I’d give to live a chance to change my mind to find some strength, to weave to push up and to climb with only one hope now in sweets, thats kept me alive just to hang in there or let go maybe bounce back and survive
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Aug 4, 2021
Aug 4, 2021 at 5:12 PM UTC
Holding on for my dear life
Modern Appetite by Michael R. Burch It grumbled low, insisting it would feast on blood and flesh, etcetera, at least three times a day. With soft lubricious grease and pale salacious oils, it would ease its way through life. Each day—an aperitif. Each night—a frothy bromide, for relief. It lived on TV fare, wore pinafores, slurped sugar-coated gumballs, gobbled S’mores. When gas ensued, it burped and farted. ’Course, it thought aloud, my wife will leave me. ****** are not so **** particular. Divorce is certainly a settlement, toujours! A Tums a day will keep the shrink away, recalcify old bones, keep gas at bay. If Simon says, etcetera, Mother, may I have my hit of calcium today? Keywords/Tags: modern, appetite, supersize, me, indulgence, gluttony, bromide, seltzer, gas, Tums, calcium, quick, cure, tonic, overeating
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Apr 8, 2020
Apr 8, 2020 at 3:33 AM UTC
Modern Appetite
Modern Appetite by Michael R. Burch It grumbled low, insisting it would feast on blood and flesh, etcetera, at least three times a day. With soft lubricious grease and pale salacious oils, it would ease its way through life. Each day—an aperitif. Each night—a frothy bromide, for relief. It lived on TV fare, wore pinafores, slurped sugar-coated gumballs, gobbled S’mores. When gas ensued, it burped and farted. ’Course, it thought aloud, my wife will leave me. ****** are not so **** particular. Divorce is certainly a settlement, toujours! A Tums a day will keep the shrink away, recalcify old bones, keep gas at bay. If Simon says, etcetera, Mother, may I have my hit of calcium today? Keywords/Tags: modern, appetite, supersize, me, indulgence, gluttony, bromide, seltzer, gas, Tums, calcium, quick, cure, tonic, overeating
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Apr 11, 2020
Apr 11, 2020 at 1:55 AM UTC
Modern Appetite
Steady if your soul hurts, oh your on it Dive in but don't drown on your verbal ***** You were caught up in a shitstorm Ready to reform It's time Giving it up If I could fight through the worst Dice with devil 'cause the silence hurts Go on have another hit to see Let it set you free Please. Silently screaming Giving it up Like you used too Like you always do Just Like you Instead she’s made it all worse, calm to chronic Pipe up but don't choke Maverick or moronic Never to anticipate pain Pay to bleed again It's time Giving it up Like you used too Like you always do Firing your old thoughts, over shot it Clear cut but still dirt on you have you forgot it You were coasting in a slipstream Never to be seen Its time If I could fight through the worst Dice with devil 'cause the silence hurts Go on have another hit to see Let it set you free Please. Silently screaming Giving it up Like you used too Like you always do Like you used to Like you always do Like you used too Like you always do
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Dec 14, 2019
Dec 14, 2019 at 2:34 PM UTC
Breakthrough
Liberty is the highest decree. Independence and opportunity - the finest, paramount glee. Certainly indeed! But are we really moving towards being free? Or is it brazen entitlement that we blatantly feed? # You ask of the next catastrophe. Mass irresponsibility: that is sadly what it will be ...smh That is sadly what it will be.
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Nov 12, 2019
Nov 12, 2019 at 8:35 AM UTC
The Next Catastrophe
Woke up and a feel rough Lord knows that a drank enough In way past midnight Looking out to the day light Need to rebuild my energy Cuppa t is the remedy When a man's from Yorkshire No milk is torture Wanna go back to bed Have a nap like im dead Had too much whisky Scotch is always risky Then was drinking red wine Deffo not fee ling fine "Goes to my heaaaaad" Is an under statement My head fell off on the pavement Never wanna drink again tell me what you think again now I wanna start again shoulda smoked the reef instead Now I really need hydration Or maybe migration Did i say something bad Did I make someone mad Woke up and I feel rough Lord knows that I drank enough
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Aug 31, 2019
Aug 31, 2019 at 7:09 AM UTC
Rough
Everybody whom you come across in your life are able to plant seeds thus the indulgence. A seed which only reveals through a conscious state of mind and shall only come out at our full potential, deep contentment. A miraculous progress fed on our consciousness, a triumph to self exploration and development towards the inner peace we want. It is a purer form of self growth through self reflection upon actions, thoughts, feelings and experiences of ourselves and others. So do not drift into shadows after a mistake, change or loss in life. Rather create an inner dialogue, explore your experiences and surround yourself with consciousness, a purer form of salvation shall be met.
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May 7, 2019
May 7, 2019 at 2:15 PM UTC
Seed towards salvation.
Harry was the best friend of Henrietta. Harry cared about Henrietta, So much so that he loved her. One day Harry prepared to propose her, Before he did, Henrietta told him something. She told him that she loves Henry, However, Henry was seeing Lisa. Harry was determined to get Henry for Henrietta. Harry wanted happiness for Henrietta, As if she's his daughter, his alter ego. One day Harry charmed Lisa & lured her into a room, And all this while, he made a video of them making love together. Lisa was not aware of the video he made, Harry beamed the video to Henry. When Henry ditched Lisa, He accused her being a cheater. Yet with Henrietta he did not indulge, And Lisa tried to woo him back. Lisa apologized and felt it too, Bad for Henrietta, Henry forgave Lisa. This left Harry helpless & hapless. Finally he loudly spoke up an ode to her, Harry to Henrietta that be, ***"Can't you tell that I love you, Oh how much I love you?" I slept with Lisa to make sure Henry, The guy you want so badly, Broke up with her. She apologized and he accepted her back, Their love is flexible and true. Yet you don't see me seething with resentment and pain, How I wish for you to see that I love you so much!"*** Henrietta's eyes brimmed with tears, Tears of realization and happiness. Harry & Henrietta stared at each other, In a moment that was so pregnant, All the ambience was so stagnant. Then both Harry and Henrietta lunged for dear life, And they jumped towards each other to let the lips lock. They kissed each other and caressed the partner's neck, As if life is forever here to stay and they can play the leisurely fife. Stupid Cupid Indulgence.
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Apr 6, 2019
Apr 6, 2019 at 3:10 PM UTC
Stupid Cupid Indulgence
Harry was the best friend of Henrietta. Harry cared about Henrietta, So much so that he loved her. One day Harry prepared to propose her, Before he did, Henrietta told him something. She told him that she loves Henry, However, Henry was seeing Lisa. Harry was determined to get Henry for Henrietta. Harry wanted happiness for Henrietta, As if she's his daughter, his alter ego. One day Harry charmed Lisa & lured her into a room, And all this while, he made a video of them making love together. Lisa was not aware of the video he made, Harry beamed the video to Henry. When Henry ditched Lisa, He accused her being a cheater. Yet with Henrietta he did not indulge, And Lisa tried to woo him back. Lisa apologized and felt it too, Bad for Henrietta, Henry forgave Lisa. This left Harry helpless & hapless. Finally he loudly spoke up an ode to her, Harry to Henrietta that be, ***"Can't you tell that I love you, Oh how much I love you?" I slept with Lisa to make sure Henry, The guy you want so badly, Broke up with her. She apologized and he accepted her back, Their love is flexible and true. Yet you don't see me seething with resentment and pain, How I wish for you to see that I love you so much!"*** Henrietta's eyes brimmed with tears, Tears of realization and happiness. Harry & Henrietta stared at each other, In a moment that was so pregnant, All the ambience was so stagnant. Then both Harry and Henrietta lunged for dear life, And they jumped towards each other to let the lips lock. They kissed each other and caressed the partner's neck, As if life is forever here to stay and they can play the leisurely fife. Stupid Cupid Indulgence.
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Hello.. Hi.. Not you, the witch I need a hug.         came a long way. tired. From? She knows, she does She is not here never mind ' be outside that bench there in cold Till she comes? .
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Feb 16, 2019
Feb 16, 2019 at 3:45 AM UTC
if I can sleep tonight
in the light, the mirror was never as kind to me as my mind's eye when the shadows swept in when my pupils expanded and the blackness spidered in my veins and i painted vines atop them so the light might smile on me again instead it pierced my sordid skin showing its squalid, shameful state it broke my bones and tore my tongue i scorned its heat and stumbled into the cool, black night to feel my nerves numb once again to cover my new unholy scars slapping self-indulgence to my skin as it stung, i ignored my muscles and continued to do what i do best — run
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Nov 12, 2019
Nov 12, 2019 at 5:31 PM UTC
self-reflection
Everyone says I'm a sweetheart I am always making others smile They don't know that I need to make someone else smile Before I am allowed to wear my own
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Jan 10, 2019
Jan 10, 2019 at 11:16 AM UTC
Co-Dependent Of Happiness
In 2019, I want more. Want more sunrises More rolling out of bed with a purpose More afternoons curled in a love seat I want a garden inside me and in my backyard More friends More nuzzles from dogs More oceans More allowance to make mistakes After all, you were brave enough to try. More stillness More belly laughs More love letters More sway in my hips Cool breeze on my lips More looking in the mirror to see my smile not the width of my thighs More finding shapes in the clouds More moments that leave me breathless More life All the painfully messy beautifully chaotic morsels dripping from my chin In 2019, I want more.
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Jan 1, 2019
Jan 1, 2019 at 11:00 AM UTC
2019
When man meets nature, It reminded me of how you met me...
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Dec 23, 2018
Dec 23, 2018 at 2:56 AM UTC
Man meets nature