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Words... Mysterious, Aren't they? For a King, An absolute edict. For a Slave, A dying plea. If by the 'Wise', A lesson. From the Fool, A mere jest. Now stay with me! Won't you? These words: A poet's Introversion. Not Constant, Rather, Dynamic-- The ear they fall upon, The mouth they leave. Enigmatic, Bestowing strength upon The ones who dare. Pretentitous Are the appearances Guarding the core. For it's not flesh, But rather the words That remain.
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Mar 13
Mar 13, 2026 at 4:31 PM UTC
ShapeShifters
It's a sin to love but I'm better a sinner than a slave I try to think of you at night When did I got so brave? I love it when you talk I love it more when you talk to me I love it when you see I Iove it more when you see me And i somehow get pleased Just by seeing you breathe And when this night in where you sleep I'm scared that you'd leave I hate it when you bluff I hate it more when you act tough I hate it when you cry I hate it more when you wave me goodbye If I knew how to love Only if I knew how to not burn If I knew how to miss Only if I knew how to give a kiss
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Mar 13
Mar 13, 2026 at 1:34 PM UTC
Better sinner
Breathing in this pollution, this rotten air, Life has gotten hard; It’s only harder to bear. Sat in the back of a public bus, face down, a sad slave, Watching towers drift past, destiny steering me into an abyss. Can I do this for the rest of my life? Will I have to do this for the rest of my life? Will luck ever favour me in this life? I’m all in for the hype, To emerge from the pit of this pathetic fate is all I care, Yet I do not dare, I do not make lemonade when life gives me lemons, Rather I turn away from the sun. I turn to my demons. I like being neglected, the same way I neglect my today, Pushing away my chances, just to repent them later. Injecting lost causes into my veins gives me the high, To bid the thought of good things happening to me goodbye. I'll be playing victim for the rest of my life, Turning down good offers, ready to dive, I can see the blue sea on the horizon, but no thanks, I’m content with my poor life choices, I’ve settled in the chuckhole.
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Feb 18
Feb 18, 2026 at 9:57 PM UTC
Slave for the Rest of my Life
A wealthy party filled the castle, Golden halls breathed with gilded lies. Laughter, like trinkets, cheap and false, Sold to souls that crave disguise. Silk whispered secrets to cold stone, Wine stained smiles with fleeting grace. "Freedom!" they cried, a hollow moan, Within that gilded, hollow space. Outside the gate, a figure moved, A slave, in darkness, tending waste. A humble task, unloved, unviewed, A life of burden, born in haste. An old man passed, his wisdom deep, His gaze a mirror, sharp and clear. He asked, "What revels do they keep?" The slave replied, "My master's cheer." The old man paused, a silent beat, "And is your master truly free?" The slave, unthinking, incomplete, "Of course! What else could master be?" The old man nodded, turned away, A heavy truth held in his stride. The slave returned, without delay, The cryptic words the master defied. The music ceased, the laughter died, The master rushed, a frantic plea. His crown forgotten, cast aside, He screamed into the moonlit sea. "Where are you, sage? I am enchained! A prisoner of my own design! I crave the freedom I've profaned, This gilded cage is not divine!" "I wear the gold, but gold owns me! I command men, yet am commanded! By fleeting whims, eternally, My soul is broken and abandoned!" "Teach me, old man, the path to light! Release me from this golden hell!" His voice dissolved into the night, A fractured spirit, bound to dwell. Inside, the party, unaware, Continued on, in blissful blind. The master paced, in his despair, The true slave, to his vices twined. He owns the world but cannot see The keys to his own liberty.
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Dec 18, 2025
Dec 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM UTC
The True Slave
A wealthy party filled the castle, Golden halls breathed with gilded lies. Laughter, like trinkets, cheap and false, Sold to souls that crave disguise. Silk whispered secrets to cold stone, Wine stained smiles with fleeting grace. "Freedom!" they cried, a hollow moan, Within that gilded, hollow space. Outside the gate, a figure moved, A slave, in darkness, tending waste. A humble task, unloved, unviewed, A life of burden, born in haste. An old man passed, his wisdom deep, His gaze a mirror, sharp and clear. He asked, "What revels do they keep?" The slave replied, "My master's cheer." The old man paused, a silent beat, "And is your master truly free?" The slave, unthinking, incomplete, "Of course! What else could master be?" The old man nodded, turned away, A heavy truth held in his stride. The slave returned, without delay, The cryptic words the master defied. The music ceased, the laughter died, The master rushed, a frantic plea. His crown forgotten, cast aside, He screamed into the moonlit sea. "Where are you, sage? I am enchained! A prisoner of my own design! I crave the freedom I've profaned, This gilded cage is not divine!" "I wear the gold, but gold owns me! I command men, yet am commanded! By fleeting whims, eternally, My soul is broken and abandoned!" "Teach me, old man, the path to light! Release me from this golden hell!" His voice dissolved into the night, A fractured spirit, bound to dwell. Inside, the party, unaware, Continued on, in blissful blind. The master paced, in his despair, The true slave, to his vices twined. He owns the world but cannot see The keys to his own liberty.
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The missile finds the child, And they do nothing but walk by… The missile finds the child but they don their disguise… The foetus finds the ground, But there’s no one around At least no one willing to care… The missile finds the child, But we’re more concerned about saying the wrong thing to each other than saying ‘I love you…’ The missile finds the child, but we’re destitute and fear feeling… The missile finds the child, but we’re black water frozen, Our mechanisms broken, Our robots erred; And this whole slave ship design - to crush all of our senses, is ended - expended - All that’s left is a haunted, weeping child that would even forgive you for your horrors, But you would rather die than see your true reflection in those waters…
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Sep 10, 2025
Sep 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM UTC
The missile find the child
A lofty ship is spotted far out at sea. It looms in the pellucid distance, a maroon and grey colored vision of possibility. I imagine scores and scores of packets of rice held tightly together like sandcastles, eager to be used and washed and boiled And buttered and lightly salted. Or heavy machinery assembled by Weary and jealous hands that wish they weren't so obedient That too wish they were strong enough To attempt the buoyant dance of exile. As the Atlantic Ocean belches muscular waves that melt like smoke ash at my toes, another vision gathers at the horizon. A seacraft is maundering, It croaks its dissatisfaction as Limbs knitted together like Unruly ***** poke into every crevice. Bight of Biafra’s children have been cloven. The salty spring of the water mixed with The rust of *** dried sweat and lifeless bodies Makes for a particular entrance to the Caribbean Sea This is life now. Nothing sweet or nice about this. Port Royal is not far off and she’s Eyeing the new load of hesitant visitors Tasked with tilling her soil and harvesting her sugar She sighs with them.
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Aug 31, 2025
Aug 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM UTC
rough
Can you run me an errand? Yep! My picture came down, can you help? Yep! will you walk my dog tonight? Yep! You are such a nice guy. Run me to the Doctors, Sure! Help me fill in this form, Sure! Take my books to the library Sure! I am so lucky to have you around. Fix me a drink. No problem! The lawn needs mowing No problem! Pick up my groceries in the morning No! I am busy tomorrow How rude, well never ask me for a favour again.
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Jul 5, 2025
Jul 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM UTC
Yep!
Every slave must abide by its master. The bitterness of carrying out any action that will benefit others. There’s no shame in not having choices but there is in not having doubts. Far beyond an ultimate freedom, an excuse for an absence of self, there is life overpowering reason, and a reason overpowering death. Being found in a state of despair, stripped of respect to the bone, a necessity more needed than air to a slave – is a slave of its own. Every slave must abide by its master. Kneeling before what is stronger or standing before what is weak, is a future that cannot be wronger or a past that could not be more bleak. Far beyond understanding and meaning, there is craving devouring men, be it owning or knowing, or being, it is always a mark of the end. The imminent burden of pain perishes as soon as you delve into waters that can wash you away. Every slave is a slave to himself.
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Feb 8, 2025
Feb 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM UTC
Every Slave
Hands working to get the supplies For their master. Used, exploited. For other people's comfort. They breathe the same air As the "masters" But are shamed for it. For wasting the oxygen The "master" needs.
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Jan 29, 2025
Jan 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM UTC
Robots
Self destruction With no red button Internal spontaneous combustion A flipped switch Quick curve ball pitch Veered straight for the ditch No countdown timer No red, no blue wire Just a smoldering dumpster fire Struggle with each next breath Welcoming a last breath A timeless back and forth with death ©2024
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Nov 22, 2024
Nov 22, 2024 at 4:06 PM UTC
~•§•~ No Countdown ~•§•~
I'm okay, But I'm not okay with this. I'm not okay with the burden of having a string constantly tied to my mind. A string twisting and tugging, showing and comparing, validating and devaluing. I'm not okay with being concerned with the opinions of everyone - how anyone can decide my worth with the press of a tiny red heart. I'm not okay with playing the game, being played by the game, and inevitably losing the game. I'm not okay with being a slave - happily forgoing my wages for a selfish, deeply greedy, abusive, master.
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Nov 21, 2024
Nov 21, 2024 at 8:55 PM UTC
Slave
I'm your loyal dog And you're my ruling God I find it quite odd It sends my brain into a bog I can't stop following your orders YOUR ORDERS The curse, the spell you casted onto me to obey you I'm your only servant The loyal servant forced to be observant I've been praying for you Even if you treat me like trash Even if you're the wind and I'm the ash After a while, you grew tired of me You abandoned me You threw me away Just so that way You released that curse you placed on me Just to be adopted by someone else Just to get cursed by someone else I barely got a break from all the abuse From all the use Yet, they thought I was so oblivious Just like you thought I was so oblivious They thought I was so cute - adorable, naïve, thoughts just like you Why does everyone act like you? My God? It's so odd I feel like I'm stuck in a time loop Stuck in all the goop I feel like I'm just a foot rest you can use I feel like I'm just a puppet you can use I feel like a young slave you can use I'm over here working my *** off Just so you can have work off Just so you can have a vacation While I live in caution Scared of everything Every single thing
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Nov 4, 2024
Nov 4, 2024 at 11:18 AM UTC
Curse
Mr Fix It The agent sneezed Another f*cking head cold! Which **** did he catch it off? He'd give them their virus back 3x! Make sure they suffer call it karma Now he was taking calls in a mask His voice was muffled and he was irate Irate agent irate customers wanting help With their Twinstar electric heaters Tech support was such fun they said The customers were American and lazy Instead of fixing it themselves They called Tech Support in the manual He was paid to be chatty and Mr Fix It Mostly he did ok but now he was mad His cold clogged his throat and nose The mask stopped him being clear It was the perfect ******* storm! The customers knew it from the get-go He tried to help but that was it 'TL I'm not well I took my meds. I'm going home I can't do my shift..." He was sent home to rest He only did 3 hours of his shift And he hated the account Should he quit entirely?
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Aug 19, 2024
Aug 19, 2024 at 9:50 AM UTC
Mr Fix It
Same Song The song is the same on this account Quite similar to the song on your account Our beat is different you’ve more bass The words are the same you relate A song about a job where all isn’t fine It was at first then it changed The reasons don’t matter what does Is the fact you get it my feelings My sentiment to the bosses Who treat us like cannon fodder Food for the gun cash in his wallet Way it is in a call centre high attrition Accounts pull out others get added Be flexible we are told time and again Yet dealing with ******** is the same Different account different date Same old bosses same excuses We’ve heard it all before!
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Aug 19, 2024
Aug 19, 2024 at 9:37 AM UTC
Same Song
When you know it's not you Then you’ve known another But is it friend or foe For you or against you Your saviour or jailer Your master or helper It may oppose but it's not enemy It rather flatters for pride leads to fall Perhaps it's neither for you nor your foes But for itself as it befits its own If asked it will say it is what it is And what another may say I don't know
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Aug 8, 2024
Aug 8, 2024 at 1:04 AM UTC
Friend or Foe
To a master, There are only slaves. To a lord, There are only subjects. To a king, But vassals. To a boss, Are only subordinates. Yet, in reliance Who rules who?
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Aug 4, 2024
Aug 4, 2024 at 10:24 PM UTC
Fat Inbreds
a thousand options or two are all but irrelevant I need no choices but One: of my arbitrary will created perfectly, in wisdom and potent power that if not shall be and is thus truth for it is thereof; gladly I enslaved myself to my very own then be enticed and just as enslaved to choices purportedly for my good—or make my foes cry—if believed piously but unseen its that same One of strange self serving powers and their arbitrary wills and truths in a post truth world; alas we totally lack knowledge, fed and believed lies of freedom, choosing by will to be proud and gladly slaved.
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Jul 30, 2024
Jul 30, 2024 at 11:36 AM UTC
Free Will
That knowing freedom is beyond the door Suffices not that you get up and walk For there must be light and you've eyes to see And you're not chained nor door's a devious trap To tempt an escape to increase the sin And fear whispering of uncertainties Of vast unknowns and stranger unseen yet And perhaps the door leads to just more doors Better well-fed and cared-for but a slave Then free, hungry and lost, and soon all dead For freedom is for the living and free
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Jul 30, 2024
Jul 30, 2024 at 11:32 AM UTC
Freedom
You are the Ocean and I am the wave moving in tandem as if I'm Your slave. I rise and fall according to Your will though once in a while I'm kept very still. I have no real life without Your sanction which now seems to be like a distraction. There are so many others just like me and I wonder somehow if they agree. In this manner You just do as You please and deploy us all with surprising ease! Our goal seems to be on reaching the shore then return back to You again for more! The presence of the moon has much to say with what goes on Your surface every day. Its influence is more than we'd suspect and has to be treated with some respect. Beyond are other worlds and stars in space along with the sun which dictates the pace. They're orbs of living wonder in that sky and cast their shadows if we care to pry. How unenlightened seems this life of ours when we consider how we pass the hours. For our days are numbered lest we forget but through One's realization some are set. There isn't much else now that can be said before a time comes and we're all but dead. We can only hope that we've done no harm on the Ocean's surface that's full of charm. ___________________
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Nov 14, 2023
Nov 14, 2023 at 9:33 PM UTC
The Ocean and the Wave
Cashing A call centre job is a slave job Like digging holes in the road Or painting a truck with a toothbrush Go work in a call centre Do this do that all at once! Multi task you’re all smart Do more than one thing at once We trained you and pay you You’re the best so get on with it! Make us some ****** money
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Aug 4, 2023
Aug 4, 2023 at 10:17 PM UTC
cashing
-listen man, I got the internet, in my hand. There is just too much to think about, So true. Imagine having all the time in the world to try, and an ai to sort on my search criteria, -what would I have loved to know? outline history, done. overlay Protestant Bible timeline. overlay Parthian Empire etc. BTDT ad infinitum fun item Ai takes a rough draft life, and makes all its test phazes open book. To now. At the speed of that does not matter, cut to the after the chase, now, what matters?
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Apr 28, 2023
Apr 28, 2023 at 12:01 AM UTC
Shot from the lip
Life is the simple thing we neglect every day. A day contains the time as we travel along our way. Time is the thing we lack in our lives As we yearn to find our way in this phenomenon called life. We grow old in wisdom, yet are fragile in youth; We cannot escape the perils that seek us with each move. We can embrace the seconds that the clock has, Or be the pawn forced by the master’s perilous hand. Once we realize that three score and ten Is the amount of time in which we have, We will let misfortunes lie where they awake, For life will not wait for us to simply engage. Time must be the best of what we can make As days are the things we can no longer waste. For once they are gone like the birds in the sky, They will never return, until death when we die. So take heed from these words That I must proclaim; Live life to the fullest before the light fades. Take one day at a time and never in dismay. Travel the world to find what you sought in your dreams. Climb the tallest mountains, quietly enjoy the scenes. Walk among the people from sea to shining sea; Hike along the rivers to live and be free. For once three and ten spins dry, Death is imminent, and life passed by.
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Sep 26, 2022
Sep 26, 2022 at 5:08 PM UTC
Live Life Now Before It Passes You By
every reality I thought there was; a point of becoming someone else though not knowing that it was just a bogus reality; that I was just a slave of my own reality.
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Apr 12, 2022
Apr 12, 2022 at 11:11 AM UTC
slavery in its own reality
do as i say as you are told on your knees bow before me your master submit accept it’s your destiny your role a woman’s place to serve a man a master
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Jan 18, 2022
Jan 18, 2022 at 10:15 PM UTC
slave girl (kajira) #9