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"abnormally" poems
I realized that your area code Was the same as one of my friends Did you know her? Or were you some stranger on the other side of a swiveling bar stool? Was it abnormally warm in Cincinnati when you ordered the second beer? I imagine you remarked about how fast the year was drawing to a close And pulled the knit cap tighter on your head And loosened your grip on the beer The cliché draft you order that doesn’t fit your eyeglasses or your astronomy career It would be nice if beer was cheaper than water But it isn’t And you’re still a stranger on the other side of a swiveling barstool
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Dec 19, 2018
Dec 19, 2018 at 9:45 PM UTC
The Professor
Quite admirable , awe-inspiring , a divine piece of manufacture It’s capriciousness is an equivalent of swooning of rapture This carpet conveys itself as flawless , the fragrance is pleasant The glossy finish generates a yearning to have it present The blissful texture is mesmerizing , subject to perfect knitting Not to mention it’s size is perfectly fitting ~ Though the alternative side seems worn and tattered And the fabric surrounding is scattered There are pockets and splits There are strewed fiber bits Along the edges are multicolored spots And the yarn had formed knots ~ At that point the onlooker would become flustered helplessly Were they to take it into their tenancy ? Sure it was depleted And maybe it was slightly untreated Though it was equally handsome Despite it’s opposing filthy expansion ~ Then the beholder would ponder a tad And realize the flaws weren't so bad They were to be contemplated abnormally Though as well stood out morbidly The allotment seemed now suitable And each side was mutable
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Feb 9, 2015
Feb 9, 2015 at 6:03 PM UTC
Perception
I find you the lappet moth like slug or bat with fuzzy ears stuck dead with nothing except the toxins of my fever abnormally high and boiling how perfect it is to be under your legs bugs or none my fingers will do the crawling for any insect camouflaged in the skin dig the nails now bits of flesh under tiny specks of blood gather and your net snags words I’ve never uttered
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Sep 5, 2017
Sep 5, 2017 at 2:49 PM UTC
the naked entomologist
My brother doesn't see what he is doing Only calling when he wants something So needy, when I need you more than as a convenience. I cannot give you more than I have. I gave you my support when you joined the military When they discharged you for hearing loss I held your head as you cried and told me that you had no worth. I remember when you were small before your growth spurt, when people picked on you--when I picked on you. I am truly sorry, maybe it is my fault you are this way.... You are a gentle giant some days, helping disabled children ride horses or help with large workloads. Yet you treat others so badly on most days You bully our mother Cuss the man that stepped in As our own father left us I hope this is simply a phase to grow out of. You act as though you are a freak, And you must fight anyone and everyone to prove your worth. You proved to me the night that I was ***** that you can be a man. You were only ten back then, but you slung your fist at him so hard I heard bones crack. I want that man as my brother, the man I know that you are capable of being. Why are you so arrogant? Why do your friends treat you as a god because you are abnormally tall? Does it make you feel good to put others down? I hope you see the error of your ways, before you look around at all the bridges you've burned, and you suddenly realize you are on an island completely alone.
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Oct 26, 2014
Oct 26, 2014 at 11:00 PM UTC
Bridge Burning Brother
The beginning of a new day, I want to be positive.  I don’t want to think about festering wounds that become overrun with infection due to a lack of self-care and bad hygiene. I want to change my thoughts. I want to recognize them for what they are, fleeting and neutral before I trap them within the musty wharf of my psyche. I want to believe in a god.  I want to believe that something is somewhere that can redeem the involuntary nature of existence. Something that balances the horror of ****** starvation, and **** or the parents of a missing child who are later asked to identify the only remains found – a decapitated body eerily preserved by the abnormally frigid temperatures lingering long after the advent of spring.   I want to know beauty as much as I know disgust.  What redeems the isolated ending of someone that no one will ever remember?  What justifies the lives of those who knew nothing but defeat, who weren’t heard, or who suffered the rejection of humanity in spite of the deep desire to feel accepted?  Save us from existing without ever knowing the victory of achieving an intended goal with self-will and perseverance. What about the countless numbers of lives that have been extinguished and buried in mass graves.  How many people die that will never be remembered…  What meaning does life have then?  Were they here to be recalled as an obscure number?  Their whole life of memories – hope, fear, love, hate, despair, dread, loneliness, doubt, guilt, shame, and unique personality traits - all to be remembered as one of the many who are not remembered.   Why must I fool myself to find contentment? Not everyone is able to see the silver lining. Must I only know the defeat of a man who could not overcome the prison of thoughts in his mind? Do not mourn me because of a lost familiarity.  If that is all I am then you will forget me soon enough.
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Jul 7, 2013
Jul 7, 2013 at 9:31 PM UTC
The Forgotten Silence of Remote Graves and Past Memories
The beginning of a new day, I want to be positive.  I don’t want to think about festering wounds that become overrun with infection due to a lack of self-care and bad hygiene. I want to change my thoughts. I want to recognize them for what they are, fleeting and neutral before I trap them within the musty wharf of my psyche. I want to believe in a god.  I want to believe that something is somewhere that can redeem the involuntary nature of existence. Something that balances the horror of ****** starvation, and **** or the parents of a missing child who are later asked to identify the only remains found – a decapitated body eerily preserved by the abnormally frigid temperatures lingering long after the advent of spring.   I want to know beauty as much as I know disgust.  What redeems the isolated ending of someone that no one will ever remember?  What justifies the lives of those who knew nothing but defeat, who weren’t heard, or who suffered the rejection of humanity in spite of the deep desire to feel accepted?  Save us from existing without ever knowing the victory of achieving an intended goal with self-will and perseverance. What about the countless numbers of lives that have been extinguished and buried in mass graves.  How many people die that will never be remembered…  What meaning does life have then?  Were they here to be recalled as an obscure number?  Their whole life of memories – hope, fear, love, hate, despair, dread, loneliness, doubt, guilt, shame, and unique personality traits - all to be remembered as one of the many who are not remembered.   Why must I fool myself to find contentment? Not everyone is able to see the silver lining. Must I only know the defeat of a man who could not overcome the prison of thoughts in his mind? Do not mourn me because of a lost familiarity.  If that is all I am then you will forget me soon enough.
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That Elephant needs to shed some pounds Said the Hippo to the Giraffe.   You’re right, and abnormally tall, indeed.     Did you hear that it bathes in mud? Interjected the Bullfrog while savoring a fly, What an absolute disgust. I hear you, Elephants these days lack class, incredible… Exclaimed the Hippo as gas bubbles suddenly Formed in the murky water behind it. Funny thing is, despite its staggering size, I hear it flinches at the mere sight of its shadow! The trio burst with laughter, but was cut short With a slight rustle of nearby grass. EVERYONE RUNNNNNNN! The trio fled for their lives. A tiny field mouse emerged, amused. Animals.
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Dec 13, 2015
Dec 13, 2015 at 12:52 PM UTC
Animal Talk
I love the way You love dancing in the rain Freely twirling with your arms outstretched And head tilted towards the sky Attempting to catch the rain Within your mouth Leaving all of your inhibitions   On the floor Where the rain carried them I love the way You allow loose strands of hair Wildly fall around your face As you have a mountain of hair Atop your beautiful head I love the way You always ponder questions And desire to know more Than what's been told Or what meets the eye I love the way You separate yourself from Every Other Girl I have met Without intentionally doing so I love the way You laugh embarrassingly loud At all of my jokes Terrible or not I love the way You chew your thumb When you're in deep thought Or the way you twist your lips To the side when you're confused I love the way You hype everyone around you Making them feel as special As you are to them I love the way You never strive to be the world's Depiction of "perfect" But your own version of it I love the way You're passionate about Well About anything really I love the way You write notes to yourself All over your left hand With a blue pen Which eventually gets smudged And smeared all over your right arm And chin I love the way Your fingers get abnormally cold And I always have a pair of gloves With me I love the way You treat everyone with love Regardless of what others have said Or of their known history I love the way You smile with your entire being So much so That your eyes disappear And I always have to zoom On the picture To see if you accidentally blinked While you punch my arm But The only thing I don't really love About you Is the way you love him
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Jan 14, 2019
Jan 14, 2019 at 12:53 AM UTC
The Unheard Proclamation of a Shy Boy's Love
I love the way You love dancing in the rain Freely twirling with your arms outstretched And head tilted towards the sky Attempting to catch the rain Within your mouth Leaving all of your inhibitions   On the floor Where the rain carried them I love the way You allow loose strands of hair Wildly fall around your face As you have a mountain of hair Atop your beautiful head I love the way You always ponder questions And desire to know more Than what's been told Or what meets the eye I love the way You separate yourself from Every Other Girl I have met Without intentionally doing so I love the way You laugh embarrassingly loud At all of my jokes Terrible or not I love the way You chew your thumb When you're in deep thought Or the way you twist your lips To the side when you're confused I love the way You hype everyone around you Making them feel as special As you are to them I love the way You never strive to be the world's Depiction of "perfect" But your own version of it I love the way You're passionate about Well About anything really I love the way You write notes to yourself All over your left hand With a blue pen Which eventually gets smudged And smeared all over your right arm And chin I love the way Your fingers get abnormally cold And I always have a pair of gloves With me I love the way You treat everyone with love Regardless of what others have said Or of their known history I love the way You smile with your entire being So much so That your eyes disappear And I always have to zoom On the picture To see if you accidentally blinked While you punch my arm But The only thing I don't really love About you Is the way you love him
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I have a best friend, a sister really, So I wrote her this poem, it's nothing silly, If you knew her you'd know, She's really pretty, I mean really, abnormally, But she doesn't believe it, She asks why doesn't that size fit, But I wish she could see, that she is perfect the way she was made to be.
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Apr 30, 2014
Apr 30, 2014 at 10:54 PM UTC
My Best Friend
I had the most scary, awful, horrifying, sickening dream last night. It was a dream that my grandmother had passed away. Died. She was gone. And I wasn't even there for her. I was told, no, informed, through the most insensitive, impersonal means possible. A simple, three worded, text message. I don't remember how much I cried in the dream. Or if I really even shed a single tear. All I know now, as I scribble down these scattered thoughts in a handwriting almost illegible, an attempt to rid them from my mind, is how I feel with my mind racing through the possibility of such an event. My stomach hurts, every muscle in my being clenched in a sudden stress, a tactic to hold back that urge to purge myself of all contents and feeling whatsoever. Both hands are cramped as one braces me against this abnormally warm and now uncomfortable bed, the other struggling to write while my forearm throbs with discomfort. My breathing is off. There is no normal steady rhythm to it; rather a scattered pattern of inhales and exhales both long and short, often separated by uncharacteristic pauses. I've dealt with death before. More than once, many years ago. (I'm still dealing with it.) I understand that it is very much a part of life, and the rest of us must continue on, void of voice or choice. It is the cruel awakening. And my relief at waking to the most normal of texts from dear old Dad and the realization that my fear had only occurred in the depth of that unconscious realm ruled by sleep... I just cannot ever explain. I can only remain horrified that I would dare endure such a pain, even in imagination. And yet, as the day's busy agenda begins to take over all else and I am only too eager to push the dream away and let it disappear into nothingness as I mentally prepare for today and this week, I've already decided... I think I'll call Grandma today.
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Sep 8, 2013
Sep 8, 2013 at 10:30 AM UTC
A Nontraditional Nightmare
I had the most scary, awful, horrifying, sickening dream last night. It was a dream that my grandmother had passed away. Died. She was gone. And I wasn't even there for her. I was told, no, informed, through the most insensitive, impersonal means possible. A simple, three worded, text message. I don't remember how much I cried in the dream. Or if I really even shed a single tear. All I know now, as I scribble down these scattered thoughts in a handwriting almost illegible, an attempt to rid them from my mind, is how I feel with my mind racing through the possibility of such an event. My stomach hurts, every muscle in my being clenched in a sudden stress, a tactic to hold back that urge to purge myself of all contents and feeling whatsoever. Both hands are cramped as one braces me against this abnormally warm and now uncomfortable bed, the other struggling to write while my forearm throbs with discomfort. My breathing is off. There is no normal steady rhythm to it; rather a scattered pattern of inhales and exhales both long and short, often separated by uncharacteristic pauses. I've dealt with death before. More than once, many years ago. (I'm still dealing with it.) I understand that it is very much a part of life, and the rest of us must continue on, void of voice or choice. It is the cruel awakening. And my relief at waking to the most normal of texts from dear old Dad and the realization that my fear had only occurred in the depth of that unconscious realm ruled by sleep... I just cannot ever explain. I can only remain horrified that I would dare endure such a pain, even in imagination. And yet, as the day's busy agenda begins to take over all else and I am only too eager to push the dream away and let it disappear into nothingness as I mentally prepare for today and this week, I've already decided... I think I'll call Grandma today.
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You were like the abnormally warm days of winter that make me wish for spring before its time. Self-assuredly you spoke with a confidence that was beyond your years, yet without an air of pretension. Your words painted dreams of a future just beyond your grasp, while I was still attempting to sketch the bare outlines of mine. You knew what you wanted from life, and you pursued it. For a while I thought that was me, but I was wrong. The way you looked at me seemed completely different. It was as if I was the first sunset or flower or snowflake you had ever seen. I felt intimately precious, and that terrified me. I tried to hide my feelings with a heavy coating of indifference. But you saw right through my façade; you always did. Because you were too old for me, too experienced, too wise. And I was too much for you. Though you were never mine, you will remain my sonnet of mistakes.
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Jul 8, 2013
Jul 8, 2013 at 11:17 PM UTC
My sonnet of mistakes.
you feel pianos speaking to your fingers and i'm afraid to let you slip through mine.. unbearably bare in slow motion, first our center and then the edges, your lips soften mine. warmth: inside, and out, the energy that travels from the first kiss through my body, through my abnormally beating heart, my sensitive stomach. i hear words in my mind and you, melodies, and this is so scary i'm ready to cry. precious as we, here, are, now, i manage to think how i'm thinking all the wrong things, how i always manage to feel so insecure at times like these, how i can so easily f a l l in love with you, how i shouldn't because i n e e d w a l l s , because mine are missing, how it's too soon to show you these words of mine, how god laughs at me so, now, here, how am I always so crazy, so swept so easily? i greatly wish my words were great because in describing us here, now, i am losing my senses, i am losing my thought patterns, i am afraid of my strong intimacy, i miss you! (do you allow me to exaggerate so?) how Strange how this all came about, how mystical the world is, how wonderful that you, too, believe, that we, together, naïve, i wait for wiser words, b r e a t h e (my worried thoughts pierce such calm, calculate the ways i fear of letting such beautiful precious moment: your lips in slow motion, your eyes with truthful intensity – slips through my fingers: sand so delicate i'm not worthy at all..).. wiser words do not arrive. it is me and you, here, now, and my heart which breathes as if it's drowned, and melodies i wish i could hear from your soul, because this irrational pain from such unbelievable joy makes no clear sense in my mind, my eyes, my body, my mind surrender to sleep, surrounded by your body, your arms, your breath on my neck, (this for the first time in a while i let one get so close), i sleep softly, safely, i must have cried in such dreams that night, and when i (frequently) awoke (momentarily), i felt myself smiling although the words were climbing and i, silly, now i think, i did not stir to write them down, for fear of your disturbance, and please, when i read you these words at some later moment of ours, if this is too much for you to grasp, please, dismiss my thoughts as exaggerations, as no reason to slip through my longing fingers, because they want to be with your piano'd ones and they are most afraid of: losing (again) because they were once told (when they left a love): it is only once you've lost all, that one may truly be free [and they are tired of such empty freedom]
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Jan 12, 2014
Jan 12, 2014 at 10:06 AM UTC
keys
you feel pianos speaking to your fingers and i'm afraid to let you slip through mine.. unbearably bare in slow motion, first our center and then the edges, your lips soften mine. warmth: inside, and out, the energy that travels from the first kiss through my body, through my abnormally beating heart, my sensitive stomach. i hear words in my mind and you, melodies, and this is so scary i'm ready to cry. precious as we, here, are, now, i manage to think how i'm thinking all the wrong things, how i always manage to feel so insecure at times like these, how i can so easily f a l l in love with you, how i shouldn't because i n e e d w a l l s , because mine are missing, how it's too soon to show you these words of mine, how god laughs at me so, now, here, how am I always so crazy, so swept so easily? i greatly wish my words were great because in describing us here, now, i am losing my senses, i am losing my thought patterns, i am afraid of my strong intimacy, i miss you! (do you allow me to exaggerate so?) how Strange how this all came about, how mystical the world is, how wonderful that you, too, believe, that we, together, naïve, i wait for wiser words, b r e a t h e (my worried thoughts pierce such calm, calculate the ways i fear of letting such beautiful precious moment: your lips in slow motion, your eyes with truthful intensity – slips through my fingers: sand so delicate i'm not worthy at all..).. wiser words do not arrive. it is me and you, here, now, and my heart which breathes as if it's drowned, and melodies i wish i could hear from your soul, because this irrational pain from such unbelievable joy makes no clear sense in my mind, my eyes, my body, my mind surrender to sleep, surrounded by your body, your arms, your breath on my neck, (this for the first time in a while i let one get so close), i sleep softly, safely, i must have cried in such dreams that night, and when i (frequently) awoke (momentarily), i felt myself smiling although the words were climbing and i, silly, now i think, i did not stir to write them down, for fear of your disturbance, and please, when i read you these words at some later moment of ours, if this is too much for you to grasp, please, dismiss my thoughts as exaggerations, as no reason to slip through my longing fingers, because they want to be with your piano'd ones and they are most afraid of: losing (again) because they were once told (when they left a love): it is only once you've lost all, that one may truly be free [and they are tired of such empty freedom]
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First footing towards what could be bridge or precipice, hard to tell in the usual mists of another spin round the sun The groundhog sting has left us wary of what’s to come: with an alphabet begun how many masks need to be worn before omega calls? But the sun is shining and it’s abnormally warm, so that’s good, isn’t it?
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Dec 31, 2021
Dec 31, 2021 at 7:26 AM UTC
Auld
"This is not normal." That's what I said when I felt the sudden jolt in my heart. You're making my heart beat abnormally. "This is not normal." What my mind speaks whenever I'm smiling for no reason. I know. I look stupid that time. "This is not normal." I muttered when I caught myself staring at you. My eyes saw what perfection means. "This is not normal." When I wanted to have you even in my dreams. I wanted to be with you all the time. I couldn't last a day without your presence. "This is not normal." When all this time I'm hiding something from you. I'm afraid. I'm scared that you're going to leave me after that. I don't want to lose you. "This is not normal." You're the only person I'm not afraid to tell everything. Not afraid to tell everything except for one. "This is not normal." This is no longer me. I'm so in love that it changed everything. "This is not normal." I had to stop. Because I know what we have now. Is all temporary.
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Sep 19, 2015
Sep 19, 2015 at 12:24 PM UTC
This is not normal
She was like a broken mirror Anything beautiful, she would reflect A reflection abnormally distorted Her perspective could not connect She could not see the sparkle Of the sunset sprinkled on the waves She couldn't share the happiness of others Because her feelings weren't quite the same People's smiles were always crooked Compliments were always misheard Acts of kindness were disappointments Expressions of love were just words She was tired of being broken Constantly blinded to beauty She gave up holding her pieces together Loosening her grip more than slightly Her broken pieces then fell apart Into a pile of shattered looking glass She laid there with her hollow frame As she could finally rest at last Her self destruction symbolized Her innermost desire for rebirth Her lack of knowing what was beauty Did not take away her worth She realize her vision's distortion Only showcased her perception Her definition of beauty Was different beyond interpretation She arranged her shattered pieces In a way her beauty befits On the ground where she laid Was a beautiful mosaic
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Dec 23, 2018
Dec 23, 2018 at 11:20 PM UTC
Through The Looking Glass
It was like looking at the sun Not that she was abnormally bright Or beautiful She was gorgeous like so many others but she was different like none I had seen before Her eyes told me how strong she was She knew pain and heartbreak Embraced by galaxies and milky ways Swirling on cloud of cream In her morning coffee Her nose told stories of adventure She knew the rush of wind too fast Hurricanes in beating hearts Faster, stronger, higher Than cloud nine where she stored her smile I read poetry in her hair Left undone with such care Flannel sheets at Christmas time Seeing her is all I need It was not like looking at the sun She was brilliant like twinkling lights Only I could see As the world looked mindlessly Beyond
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Dec 19, 2013
Dec 19, 2013 at 10:10 AM UTC
What Does Happy Look Like?
Numb Yet reactive to everything That's how I feel today Music doesn't touch my abnormally cold soul Like it does most other days People, however, Anger Sadden Frustrate Me to no end today It's a weird day...
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Jul 16, 2014
Jul 16, 2014 at 2:52 PM UTC
Untitled
A Game of superior gametes, My 46ers in the race to conceive A business/economic Theory of Warfare To guarantee/certify myn own survival For my 23ers --> The Olympic Swimmers! If the potentiality of Life in the Multi-verse Is obviously a sure thing, Then it's Intelligent Life-forms That are the abnormally; an abomination To an empty Entity interested only in Inflicting pain and suffering and misery to the Masses; Perhaps justifiably, perhaps not...who cares? It's not Nature's way --> She is indifferent, But not unaware of One species Destroying essential habitat for no lasting reward. She is here now - be careful! We need To re:think our primary endeavours; Let's try to ameliorate the damage; Conserve what little's left whilst Not foreclosing the whole kit and caboodle: Sustainable resourcing without guilt. A Quadruple bottom line, with a different foci --> People and Environment over Time and Wherewithal.
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Mar 5, 2014
Mar 5, 2014 at 3:43 PM UTC
Olympians - One and All
I have a tattoo of Oregon on the back of my neck so when your attachment issue physically manifests itself on my bed and you flip me over so you can "hit it from the back" you'll see the sharp contrast of the black outline against my skin I hope it reminds you that I have a home a mother, a brother, and two dogs that are more excited about me than you are despite the height difference I need you to know that I am in control that you are a pawn in my game of recklessness and if I was closer to the edge (my edge) I would stop reading Descartes on Mondays I would stop forgetting my name on Saturdays I would take out the last 15 dollars and 75 cents on my debit card to buy a one-way ticket to the city but until then I will try to fill the abnormally large abyss inside of me with your average-sized **** while wondering, if tomorrow I will be able to distinguish the hangover from the self pity (perhaps I'll get out of bed before one)
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Feb 5, 2013
Feb 5, 2013 at 9:15 AM UTC
reckless
in the arms of a stranger, it's so long to 'how long,' the ending-writ being composed in the arms of a stranger, the surprise, the uncomplicated simplicity of a "yes, why not" the normalcy of the out of the ordinary has a finery that's abnormally kind in a peculiar way & a comfortable shiny finish of  a cry and a 'whew,' a laugh, a pause, a kiss on the nose, that's familiar from a who knows me, who knows where, a silence, a kindness to pass the collection plate of stored memory genes now kickstarted hot and then a transition to the here and now of hysterically funny bad jokes, a beer and a wine, and a Samuel Barber adagio that seals some of the open wounds and one can't stop thinking, thank god for the little things, the big ones never get resolved anyway, so the arms of a stranger, the long neck, tan shoulders, the eyes culling a list of unasked questions, looking for the crease in the pauses and an entry point to the decision of crossing the river of no return from the security of being strangers, whose bodies sang a two part harmony coming to a closing, last call from the barkeep lady tossing you your pants with an awshit and the widest Mississippi River grin you've ever seen and she asks do you like steak and laughs when the response is "with extra sizzle and Heinz ketchup" and the answer means the other questions will keep, at least for now and until the violin weeping of a chest breathing hard but slow on the device has played thrice, and the arms of easy are now fraught with the scent of risk, when the next the line is crossed with a followup of "fries or baked potato?" and it's too late, the memory machine has started recording and what is truly strange is that you can't recall what the day of the week tomorrow will be and if you have any plans that must be kept and that doesn't seem to be of any concern of anybody in the immediate vicinity of the her who's unconsciously humming the wholly appropriate, interesting choice, best love song, that  Dolly Parton ever wrote^
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Jun 12, 2017
Jun 12, 2017 at 5:51 PM UTC
in the arms of a stranger
in the arms of a stranger, it's so long to 'how long,' the ending-writ being composed in the arms of a stranger, the surprise, the uncomplicated simplicity of a "yes, why not" the normalcy of the out of the ordinary has a finery that's abnormally kind in a peculiar way & a comfortable shiny finish of  a cry and a 'whew,' a laugh, a pause, a kiss on the nose, that's familiar from a who knows me, who knows where, a silence, a kindness to pass the collection plate of stored memory genes now kickstarted hot and then a transition to the here and now of hysterically funny bad jokes, a beer and a wine, and a Samuel Barber adagio that seals some of the open wounds and one can't stop thinking, thank god for the little things, the big ones never get resolved anyway, so the arms of a stranger, the long neck, tan shoulders, the eyes culling a list of unasked questions, looking for the crease in the pauses and an entry point to the decision of crossing the river of no return from the security of being strangers, whose bodies sang a two part harmony coming to a closing, last call from the barkeep lady tossing you your pants with an awshit and the widest Mississippi River grin you've ever seen and she asks do you like steak and laughs when the response is "with extra sizzle and Heinz ketchup" and the answer means the other questions will keep, at least for now and until the violin weeping of a chest breathing hard but slow on the device has played thrice, and the arms of easy are now fraught with the scent of risk, when the next the line is crossed with a followup of "fries or baked potato?" and it's too late, the memory machine has started recording and what is truly strange is that you can't recall what the day of the week tomorrow will be and if you have any plans that must be kept and that doesn't seem to be of any concern of anybody in the immediate vicinity of the her who's unconsciously humming the wholly appropriate, interesting choice, best love song, that  Dolly Parton ever wrote^
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Jul 15, 2020
Jul 15, 2020 at 6:43 PM UTC
Uneasy
I was reading a dating profile... "I wish I could find someone normal" She says I'm normal I'm heternormal Heterosexual Young, Male, Middle class, White, Just normal Not a minority - too normal No label - just normal People see me and just think "normal" Too normal I don't stand out - Abnormally normal "Someone fun but normal" She says I'm fun I'm funny I'm a fun guy With a toe covered in fungi Your clothes would get flung high While I passed on my fungi I jest I'm not just fun like a normal guy I'm the best I don't think or act like every guy I'm a bit different I guess, to other guys But I'm normal "Why are there so many freaks?" She says I'm not a freak I'm unique I'm kind of a geek I like antiques I'm confident - I'm just meek I'm slim, but I'm not weak I draw and paint every week I over critique I go to this group where we speak So, I'm different, but I'm normal... If you know what I mean. "There must be one guy out there who hasn't got any problems??" She says I've not got a problem I tend to overcome 'em I take them down; I hobble 'em Until it's not a problem Give me risks and I gobble 'em Solutions - I can cobble 'em Unless I'm hurt - That can be a problem It throws me off my thread It gets stuck in my head It throws me off my thread I lose track of what I was thinking "Why did she say that?" It throws me off my thread "That's not me is it?" It gets stuck in my head "Why do they think that?" It throws me off my thread "Am I meant to change?!" It gets stuck in my head "I don't want to be that anyway!!" It throws me off my thread "Why are we all meant to act the same?!" It gets stuck in my head "What's wrong with discussing it?" It throws me off my thread "I don't understand!" It gets stuck in my head "I want to know why you think that!" It throws me off my thread "Just **** off!" Next profile reads "I'm looking for someone different. Let's take time and get to know each other." I need to stop over thinking stuff.
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Apr 14, 2016
Apr 14, 2016 at 6:17 PM UTC
Heterabnormal
I was reading a dating profile... "I wish I could find someone normal" She says I'm normal I'm heternormal Heterosexual Young, Male, Middle class, White, Just normal Not a minority - too normal No label - just normal People see me and just think "normal" Too normal I don't stand out - Abnormally normal "Someone fun but normal" She says I'm fun I'm funny I'm a fun guy With a toe covered in fungi Your clothes would get flung high While I passed on my fungi I jest I'm not just fun like a normal guy I'm the best I don't think or act like every guy I'm a bit different I guess, to other guys But I'm normal "Why are there so many freaks?" She says I'm not a freak I'm unique I'm kind of a geek I like antiques I'm confident - I'm just meek I'm slim, but I'm not weak I draw and paint every week I over critique I go to this group where we speak So, I'm different, but I'm normal... If you know what I mean. "There must be one guy out there who hasn't got any problems??" She says I've not got a problem I tend to overcome 'em I take them down; I hobble 'em Until it's not a problem Give me risks and I gobble 'em Solutions - I can cobble 'em Unless I'm hurt - That can be a problem It throws me off my thread It gets stuck in my head It throws me off my thread I lose track of what I was thinking "Why did she say that?" It throws me off my thread "That's not me is it?" It gets stuck in my head "Why do they think that?" It throws me off my thread "Am I meant to change?!" It gets stuck in my head "I don't want to be that anyway!!" It throws me off my thread "Why are we all meant to act the same?!" It gets stuck in my head "What's wrong with discussing it?" It throws me off my thread "I don't understand!" It gets stuck in my head "I want to know why you think that!" It throws me off my thread "Just **** off!" Next profile reads "I'm looking for someone different. Let's take time and get to know each other." I need to stop over thinking stuff.
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the rich man sits on the abnormally small black couch between his twin sons who, having never been separated, begin to sob. he touches their heads together and worries their emotional immaturity will awaken his old want to have breasts. he tries to think happier thoughts but cannot keep them from arriving in pairs. a baby left in a cloud. a cotton ball pregnant with a dot of blood. states away, his wife regains consciousness in a spacious kitchen and rubs her forehead with a hand wearing a dish glove. her mouth moves to the words of an old poem of his wherein the leg of a preserved grasshopper was used to replace a burn victim’s eyebrow.
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Aug 6, 2013
Aug 6, 2013 at 5:29 PM UTC
sincerity module
Wry is one of many things you do well.... ~~~~~~ dedicated to, inspired by Paul Anthony Hutchinson, who wrote those words to me but two hours ago *Wry - produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the ****** features: a wry grin. - abnormally bent or turned to one side; twisted; crooked: a wry mouth. - devious in course or purpose; misdirected. - contrary; perverse. - distorted or perverted, as in meaning. - bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing: a wry remark.* It is bitter, It is amusing, the distorting that gives a shape and thereby meaning to a misdirected life, the ****** muscles perused, all reversed, all per-versed t'is not just the smile that is loopy, or simplistically turned upside down, twisted but not dubious, nor devious, twisted but straight, I say, wry is not a seething something I do well, wry is in every nuclei I ever split, every line etch-a-sketched in every poem worn down, physically inscribed on my face. so much to reveal, but not here not now not, ever on and ever in, explicit but blurred, burred, and buried within them is the ironic of a man that laughed through the better part of his life, for in that period, there was no better, just worse I was born wry. the last of three, I was nameless till I was twenty one, they called me just brother, or the brother. at twenty five, I married the wrong woman, though we both wanted not too, thirty five years of wry, the lawyers rejoiced, the judges celebrated, the poets went mad, swear it true, the family counselors said beyond hopeless, and with wry smiles at the spectacle of years wasted, spent like there was no tomorrow, for there was none in the titanic disaster of more, new lives corrupted I lived life wry. now, in the final fourth quaternary, see how he, the master of the unceremonious, in on bent knee, hands clasped, on bed, rested, when he seeks comfort and guidance for the upcoming finality following a two minute warning, warning that even now, the future wry, turned to one side, when all he wanted, was to live quiet in the straight and narrow and not write poems asking himself with trepidation, from where will come the courage to make this last passage.... oh yes, I do wry so well, and all things that wryhme with hell, you will be spared, for wryly he exclaims "Enough, enough" wry why! for in all the days of his disheveled life, there have been but a few, when it has been simply, enough
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Feb 4, 2014
Feb 4, 2014 at 11:05 PM UTC
wry is one of many things you do well....
Wry is one of many things you do well.... ~~~~~~ dedicated to, inspired by Paul Anthony Hutchinson, who wrote those words to me but two hours ago *Wry - produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the ****** features: a wry grin. - abnormally bent or turned to one side; twisted; crooked: a wry mouth. - devious in course or purpose; misdirected. - contrary; perverse. - distorted or perverted, as in meaning. - bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing: a wry remark.* It is bitter, It is amusing, the distorting that gives a shape and thereby meaning to a misdirected life, the ****** muscles perused, all reversed, all per-versed t'is not just the smile that is loopy, or simplistically turned upside down, twisted but not dubious, nor devious, twisted but straight, I say, wry is not a seething something I do well, wry is in every nuclei I ever split, every line etch-a-sketched in every poem worn down, physically inscribed on my face. so much to reveal, but not here not now not, ever on and ever in, explicit but blurred, burred, and buried within them is the ironic of a man that laughed through the better part of his life, for in that period, there was no better, just worse I was born wry. the last of three, I was nameless till I was twenty one, they called me just brother, or the brother. at twenty five, I married the wrong woman, though we both wanted not too, thirty five years of wry, the lawyers rejoiced, the judges celebrated, the poets went mad, swear it true, the family counselors said beyond hopeless, and with wry smiles at the spectacle of years wasted, spent like there was no tomorrow, for there was none in the titanic disaster of more, new lives corrupted I lived life wry. now, in the final fourth quaternary, see how he, the master of the unceremonious, in on bent knee, hands clasped, on bed, rested, when he seeks comfort and guidance for the upcoming finality following a two minute warning, warning that even now, the future wry, turned to one side, when all he wanted, was to live quiet in the straight and narrow and not write poems asking himself with trepidation, from where will come the courage to make this last passage.... oh yes, I do wry so well, and all things that wryhme with hell, you will be spared, for wryly he exclaims "Enough, enough" wry why! for in all the days of his disheveled life, there have been but a few, when it has been simply, enough
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Please assume the assumption I might possess poor word choices. Clichés and Redundancies A must while Buzzing Metaphors Echo around your head Reverberating nouns Excuse me While I replay my loves Like Romeo and Juliet, How It Should Have Been’s, Turned Tragic Ending. Two cups Darjeeling Makes a meal With untouched coffee The likes of which drain My sanity at this hour Is maybe abnormally Low leveled or flat lined Just below that one place, You know the one, On the way out of town If you cross the Bridge of Hope You’ve gone too far And if and when The memories turn Rolling through the lost Darkened corridors Remember that tonight You will not fear the dark Or it’s all encompassing Lack of glow I wonder off the deep end To lie by your smell Swirling shower steam Kaleidoscopes neurons Twisting just enough to ache In that small pocket spot My soul saved for you Before the time Of any rational thought Warping paragraphs In a most pitiful attempt To explain the unseen All dances out Across pages Cryptically bound By poetry
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Jul 1, 2012
Jul 1, 2012 at 3:08 AM UTC
Poet