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The sweet ice cream lady said no, It would then have to be, A sad day, raspberryless. The kid couldn't understand, How could this happen? It seems the grey skies didn't want To favour him on this special day. So he ran away on muddy paths, Tears running down his cheeks, Asking why the world was so cruel. He arrived at a pristine lake Mirroring artfully the puffy clouds, Bathing in its solitude, A delightful sight, Though plainly still, Unexciting. The kid wiped his tears And sat for a minute Trying to calm down, Enjoy a sweet view, That felt lifeless. Tears kept running, Anger still too high, So he stood up, Picked up a nice rock, And threw it into the lake, Wishing to skip it across, Hoping to bring life, To this disgusting stillness. Splash splash ploof! A deceptive, wavering throw, So he went again With a nicer rock, Splash, ploof! His cheeks reddened, He had to try again, A bigger, shinier rock, He went for the throw, Splash! Shorts and shoes wet, He knew mom would not like that. The disheartened child went back, And walked up the muddy paths, Wet, resigned and quiet, Accepting that the world Is not a fairy tale. The sweet ice cream lady Noticed the numb kid walking, And rushed to comfort him, Offering with kindness A scoop of strawberry, And a waffle ******* To sweetly ease the pain. He nodded in appreciation And went further to sit On the wet green grass. He took a bite of the ice cream, Sweet, fruity and tasty, Good, but slightly off, It's just not enough, Not what the kid wanted, Not what he desired. He sighed and lay down, Ojitos gazing at mild skies, Witnessing pretty birds Dancing from tree to tree. So he thought, might as well, He melted the ice cream, Perhaps a cool doggo would enjoy it, He tore the waffle into crumbs, Maybe lovely birds would appreciate it. He lay down again, Watching hopeful skies, And closed his ojitos, Only to be lulled By the sweet birds, Chirping on his shoulder, Feasting on the tasty waffle, And a sweet smile finally Lit up on his red cheeks.
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Mar 23
Mar 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM UTC
Raspberryless
The sweet ice cream lady said no, It would then have to be, A sad day, raspberryless. The kid couldn't understand, How could this happen? It seems the grey skies didn't want To favour him on this special day. So he ran away on muddy paths, Tears running down his cheeks, Asking why the world was so cruel. He arrived at a pristine lake Mirroring artfully the puffy clouds, Bathing in its solitude, A delightful sight, Though plainly still, Unexciting. The kid wiped his tears And sat for a minute Trying to calm down, Enjoy a sweet view, That felt lifeless. Tears kept running, Anger still too high, So he stood up, Picked up a nice rock, And threw it into the lake, Wishing to skip it across, Hoping to bring life, To this disgusting stillness. Splash splash ploof! A deceptive, wavering throw, So he went again With a nicer rock, Splash, ploof! His cheeks reddened, He had to try again, A bigger, shinier rock, He went for the throw, Splash! Shorts and shoes wet, He knew mom would not like that. The disheartened child went back, And walked up the muddy paths, Wet, resigned and quiet, Accepting that the world Is not a fairy tale. The sweet ice cream lady Noticed the numb kid walking, And rushed to comfort him, Offering with kindness A scoop of strawberry, And a waffle ******* To sweetly ease the pain. He nodded in appreciation And went further to sit On the wet green grass. He took a bite of the ice cream, Sweet, fruity and tasty, Good, but slightly off, It's just not enough, Not what the kid wanted, Not what he desired. He sighed and lay down, Ojitos gazing at mild skies, Witnessing pretty birds Dancing from tree to tree. So he thought, might as well, He melted the ice cream, Perhaps a cool doggo would enjoy it, He tore the waffle into crumbs, Maybe lovely birds would appreciate it. He lay down again, Watching hopeful skies, And closed his ojitos, Only to be lulled By the sweet birds, Chirping on his shoulder, Feasting on the tasty waffle, And a sweet smile finally Lit up on his red cheeks.
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"I miss my favourite bird", I wrote, tired, in my little book. Happy chirps of feathered friends, Echoing through my gardens, Brightening the atmosphere, As they hunt berries in the cold. They say there's plenty of fish, In the vast immensity of the sea, That is probably true, but water, Has never really been my element. I prefer the air, as the skies, Offer tender lightness, unlike the abysses. Then you blabbered those words, "Plenty of birds are flying in the skies". I won't contradict you there, Mister "know it all" seems, To be on point this morning, Ten points for Gryffindor. I'm still a stubborn kid at heart, Saddened by the doomed day, When the sweet ice cream lady, Informed me all too lightly, that no, I couldn't have my raspberry ice cream, And proposed instead vanilla or chocolate. The skies felt dark and heavy that day, The kid ran away on the rainy paths, Pouting at the mean world, screaming, To finally find shelter at the foot of a tree, Home to many birds, singing gracefully, And spent hours witnessing them dance. Time might have passed, evolved, But the kid didn't and still wants, His scoops of raspberry sorbet. Who likes chocolate anyway...
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Jan 17
Jan 17, 2026 at 9:39 AM UTC
Raspberry
A tangy taste coats my tongue I wish yours would too The kind that makes me bite my lips Rattles my heart And brings upon me An inescapable smile Like lemonade I can rely on you To be on every menu I imagine you sweet but with a strong, sour kick refreshing not only my buds but my battered soul
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Nov 5, 2025
Nov 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM UTC
LEMONADE
I don't normally dress this way "I shouldn't be wearing this" "express yourself and be fearless" being perceived nowhere yet everywhere not matching raspberry and green sometimes wishing ears instead of eyes I don't have many secrets but i know what I am
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Aug 15, 2025
Aug 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM UTC
#1 the power of no
my healing mimics my raspberry bush a seed in the beginning the wind could’ve took there were sunny days, flooding rains frozen glazes that took months to melt away still in summer the saturated berries cling to their green roof fruits of my labour, i can never return to that pain that little boy knew strengthened, concentrated bleed all the frustration, swaying to the wind’s tune my healing mimics my raspberry bush
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Jun 30, 2023
Jun 30, 2023 at 9:56 AM UTC
raspberry
“Your mouth tastes like raspberry”. And yours tasted like everything I needed, that I wanted. Every time I kiss you, I feel the same energy and power that lights up cities. It’s pure f***ing joy and excitement. It’s what feeds my existence. What keeps me alive and hungry for more.
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Oct 18, 2020
Oct 18, 2020 at 9:43 AM UTC
Raspberry
Like a purple gem Found deep within the Earths dark layers Smooth as sandstone beneath rivers running Warm as blackened pavement beneath summers sun So this drink is to me Most teasing of every sense and self Which is why this cup cannot be Most tasteful or worth She made for me The Best Raspberry Mocha On Earth
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Nov 24, 2019
Nov 24, 2019 at 2:45 PM UTC
Hers Was The Best Raspberry Mocha On Earth
O! I went to the loo to do a number     two Only one cubicle was vacant, the rest     they were all taken "Looks like a full house today" I      thought to myself Man! I was bustin' to go As I sat there on my throne in my     cockpit all alone There came this funny rumbling     sound from down below And then, this fearsome volley.... a       fantastic farting And then, a great release As finally I dropped my bombs with     studious aplomb O! what a relief ! "Man! ", I said to myself, " I must       lay off that Aloe Vera juice That stuff it goes right through you " But then, something strange, from the     cubicle right next to me Came this other big thunderous ****     explosion A big fat blubbery balloony one It sounded like a tuba gone wrong And then! And then, another one! this     one further down the line This time a big bubble and squeaky     one And then! yet another! a funny little     flute-ey one Like it just squirreled out in the nick     of  time And then finally, another!!! a big Big     Bellow like from some wonky         trumpet A real rasper, he must have thought he     was doin' the solo Man! It was so funny, one right after     the other, you had to laugh It was.... well, it was Gas !!! Lucky no one struck a match Or else it might have been... yea!     Jumpin' Jack Flash !!! It was like listening to a whole scale of     *** notes Such a strange symphony, these     wondrous excursions in Sound For a moment there, it reminded me a      bit of Beethoven, It was no celestial choir that's for sure It was something altogether more dire, Like something you'd hear in a     farmyard byre The animals all gathered at the trough It was like all the bottoms were     conversing with one another,         having a chat Plotting a rebellion even, an uprising,     a coup d'etat Against that other much more     celebrated Opening That much vaunted Hole in the Face,     the Mouth! That puffed up preening Prima Donna     with his preposterous outpourings His Monstrous, pompous inflated Self-    importance Sitting up there stuffing himself and     forever spouting nonsense "Sure, we do all the work down here",   the Bottoms were saying, " and we     talk a lot more sense as well" They posed the question "Can a Bottom speak more Truth than a     Mouth ?" These defiant derrieres, these proud     posteriors With their proud exultations Sticking a firm two fingers up at that so-called world of respectability up      there That world of petrified good manners Suffocating! Oppressing! with its     stifling mores and traditions Yea!....for sure, the rebel Masses, they     were just a bunch of Bad ***** O! the air it was blue just like Pepe Le     Pew I could have sworn I seen a big blue     gaseous cloud ascending Heading up toward the ceiling Like a great Cloud of Unknowing     except with a bit more foreboding Reminded me of William Wordsworth     & his lonely cloud a-wandering But then I thought, did Wordsworth,     Shelley or Keats ever write An Ode to His **** ? Was it too dark a side to show, too     dark a place to go The Dark Side of the Back Side The Dark Side... of the Moon. Pepe! Pepe Le Pew, that old Don Juan,     Casanova of the old cartoons It was then, my Love, it was then I     thought of you I smiled and said to myself"I know     what I'll do I'll blow out another sweet blue     raspberry one just for you.... Oh yea!....that one was lovely, that one     was true I think that one had your name     written on it O!  I do". And now as Pepe might say " Adieu! adieu!.....Sweet, sweet Adieu! ".                        Ende
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Aug 8, 2019
Aug 8, 2019 at 5:20 PM UTC
Music a la Toilette (The Big Stink)
O! I went to the loo to do a number     two Only one cubicle was vacant, the rest     they were all taken "Looks like a full house today" I      thought to myself Man! I was bustin' to go As I sat there on my throne in my     cockpit all alone There came this funny rumbling     sound from down below And then, this fearsome volley.... a       fantastic farting And then, a great release As finally I dropped my bombs with     studious aplomb O! what a relief ! "Man! ", I said to myself, " I must       lay off that Aloe Vera juice That stuff it goes right through you " But then, something strange, from the     cubicle right next to me Came this other big thunderous ****     explosion A big fat blubbery balloony one It sounded like a tuba gone wrong And then! And then, another one! this     one further down the line This time a big bubble and squeaky     one And then! yet another! a funny little     flute-ey one Like it just squirreled out in the nick     of  time And then finally, another!!! a big Big     Bellow like from some wonky         trumpet A real rasper, he must have thought he     was doin' the solo Man! It was so funny, one right after     the other, you had to laugh It was.... well, it was Gas !!! Lucky no one struck a match Or else it might have been... yea!     Jumpin' Jack Flash !!! It was like listening to a whole scale of     *** notes Such a strange symphony, these     wondrous excursions in Sound For a moment there, it reminded me a      bit of Beethoven, It was no celestial choir that's for sure It was something altogether more dire, Like something you'd hear in a     farmyard byre The animals all gathered at the trough It was like all the bottoms were     conversing with one another,         having a chat Plotting a rebellion even, an uprising,     a coup d'etat Against that other much more     celebrated Opening That much vaunted Hole in the Face,     the Mouth! That puffed up preening Prima Donna     with his preposterous outpourings His Monstrous, pompous inflated Self-    importance Sitting up there stuffing himself and     forever spouting nonsense "Sure, we do all the work down here",   the Bottoms were saying, " and we     talk a lot more sense as well" They posed the question "Can a Bottom speak more Truth than a     Mouth ?" These defiant derrieres, these proud     posteriors With their proud exultations Sticking a firm two fingers up at that so-called world of respectability up      there That world of petrified good manners Suffocating! Oppressing! with its     stifling mores and traditions Yea!....for sure, the rebel Masses, they     were just a bunch of Bad ***** O! the air it was blue just like Pepe Le     Pew I could have sworn I seen a big blue     gaseous cloud ascending Heading up toward the ceiling Like a great Cloud of Unknowing     except with a bit more foreboding Reminded me of William Wordsworth     & his lonely cloud a-wandering But then I thought, did Wordsworth,     Shelley or Keats ever write An Ode to His **** ? Was it too dark a side to show, too     dark a place to go The Dark Side of the Back Side The Dark Side... of the Moon. Pepe! Pepe Le Pew, that old Don Juan,     Casanova of the old cartoons It was then, my Love, it was then I     thought of you I smiled and said to myself"I know     what I'll do I'll blow out another sweet blue     raspberry one just for you.... Oh yea!....that one was lovely, that one     was true I think that one had your name     written on it O!  I do". And now as Pepe might say " Adieu! adieu!.....Sweet, sweet Adieu! ".                        Ende
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You looked outside the window and smiled "Can you make some jam for us?" Obliging, you did so You didn't know what flavor they wanted So you did every single one Blueberry, raspberry, banana A plethora of colors comes into view You always wanted to be an artist To embrace the colors you see A chance to be happy But you're stuck making jam for them Forever and always At least it tastes good
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Dec 9, 2018
Dec 9, 2018 at 9:31 AM UTC
Jam
Garden of flowers A creamy raspberry sorbet It's good to be home
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Dec 8, 2018
Dec 8, 2018 at 6:41 PM UTC
Home
I gaze upon the beauty Of the orchid, And nibble at the sweet, succulent, Raspberry drupelets. I breath deep the scent Of your roses As your nectar, my skin, Overuns. With every sensation You Take me through Eden. And our travels have just Begun.
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Jan 11, 2017
Jan 11, 2017 at 11:52 PM UTC
Eden
Criminal O Criminal This deceit you leak reeks Of sour lemons and urination. Criminal O Criminal This pride you flood smells Of blueberries and broken dreams Criminal O Criminal These miracles you bring leave a miasma Of grape Faygo and suffering souls Criminal O Criminal The peace I bring leaves an aroma Of blue raspberry popsicles and lonely depression
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Mar 15, 2016
Mar 15, 2016 at 9:02 AM UTC
Criminal
Raspberry pip boy lingered and hung around, He was sweet, but with a tartness that juiced up your mouth, He flowered in Spring, and swelled my heart up through Summer, And I plucked him, and I ate him, and I begged for another, But as I chewed up, my heart slid down my back, As I was gulping down raspberries my tooth had cracked, The raspberry pips had sunk deep and rooted In between my poor teeth, how I hollered and hooted "RASPBERRY PIP BOY ISN'T AS SWEET AS YOU THINK, HE STAYS FAR TOO LONG, I'M STAINED BY HIS INK. I CAN'T WASH HIM OUT, BELIEVE ME I'VE TRIED, THAT RASPBERRY PIP BOY HAS JUST RUINED MY LIFE!!" A former tooth model, my contract was lost, To that Raspberry Pip Boy, his seeds, and tooth rot.
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Dec 9, 2015
Dec 9, 2015 at 9:39 AM UTC
Raspberry Boy
You love me in intervals of the short beats Hidden in the blue ribbons beneath the skin, With a spiral breath you envelope my lost sorrows In cascades of soft desires. You dream of me. Maybe. You lean your cheek on the purple shadows Of curved petals of saffron in the frost Not knowing that In every line of my heart I seek a part of you. I stop in the mists of endless contours Imagining the smell of your hair And lips of raspberry Crushed under the fingertips. Wanting you is like walking on the wire In another universe drowned in darkness, Like touching a hot cup Left on the edge of the table And like melting the honey under the tongue. And you, You love me with a look, gesture, With every lash that pops into your palm. Sometimes. Maybe.
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Jun 3, 2015
Jun 3, 2015 at 5:34 AM UTC
Love No. 25
spark of life touches earth leaves crackle and explode into breath in deep romance, my lungs kiss smoke and Spirit expands within sinking and soaking through skin deep into my roots dripping into channels of rivers flowing freely to my brain crackling with neurons ever grasping dendritically to reach nutritious extrapolations stormy interpretations and interpolations crackling branches of white birch lightning
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Oct 27, 2014
Oct 27, 2014 at 6:33 PM UTC
Spirit Smoke, an Ode to the Marijuana Spirit