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"addendum" poems
Shamans, in an attempt to find a word that all cultures could understand, to represent, universally, the subject; married the languages by root. Each attribute or thing that the beast is said to do, have or have power to do or over is found as a definition in a language of the individual roots. Take Sanskrit for instance. "Dra," is "water and combine it with Sumerian, "Gun, Gon," and you get a "water-born," beast who "writhes, twists or wraps around," which is the Ouroboros Serpent as shown in ancient images. The secret to all ancient myth or religion is in interpretation of language into foreign languages over time. And, yes, it is very creative, appears complex due to time but is just humans trying to describe observable nature. None of it is meant to be taken literally unless you literally live six thousand years ago and speak in an ancient tongue. Addendum * Keltic, "Con, Kon," makes the Dragon, "All-knowing." * And we know from Plato that Greeks stole their root words from the Celts. Plato's own words in, 'The Cratylus.'
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Feb 9, 2017
Feb 9, 2017 at 5:23 PM UTC
DRA KONdefɪɴed
In my mind, I raced against time I smoked peyote with the Apache I chased Kangaroos Through the bush with the Aborigine All the while ...I searched for the power within me In my mind, I outpaced time I drew cave art with the Neanderthal I climbed to the top of the mountain with the Sherpa I hunted seal out on the frozen tundra with the Inuit All the while ...I searched for the power within me In my mind, I eclipsed time I wrote poetry while under the tutelage of Langston Hughes And I created visual greatness while apprentice to Gordon Parks I even stood on the wall with Che' Guevara, like a Sentry standing watch All the while ...I continued searching for the power within me In my mind, I turned to face time I wrote an addendum to the Emancipation Proclamation And I saw the ugly truths Of freedom's farcical Declaration All the while ...I continued searching for the power within me In my mind, I embraced time I sought to free my nation from the pandemic perils of ******* And I prayed that we Americans would be free of The snares of racial and economic divide that still has us chained I did this while searching for truth, in this, our most tenuous hour ...then empyreally, God reached for me, touching me, and I finally found my power * Reprinted from 'Exegesis a Decade of Poetry by Mekael' © July 14, 2009 by Mekael Shane
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Jan 12, 2014
Jan 12, 2014 at 2:28 PM UTC
My Power
You-will-not-lie, -bed-chambers-long, For I, -am-coming-to-get, YOU! Clawed-through-the-dirt, -up-the-roots, I am here, -come-to-get, YOU! Followed-tree-roots, -that-sweet-smelling-Earth! Here now! -It's time-to-forget-YOUTH. *HALLOWEEN THIS! HALLOWEEN THAT! HALLOWEEN THIS! HALLOWEEN THAT! HALLOWEEN THIS! HALLOWEEN THAT! Aha Ha Ha Ha,  -The Goblins Attack!!* * *Grab-you-and-cover-those-murmuring-cries. Drag-you-away, I have got, YOU! Hungry-I, watering-mouth-glistening-eyes! Bundle-of-joy, I have got, YOU! Jump-down-tunnel-for-you-are-my-prize. Look-at-you-now, my-sweet-tasty-meat-PIE! *HALLOWEEN THIS! HALLOWEEN THAT! HALLOWEEN THIS! HALLOWEEN THAT! HALLOWEEN THIS! HALLOWEEN THAT! Aha Ha Ha Ha,  -The Goblins Attack!!* Addendum: The name appears to be an amalgamation etymologically of roots from Greek, Sanskrit and Sumerian. If, of course, you choose to translate it that way. I assume Plato to be an authority on the Ancient Greek's tendency to combine the words of multiple mythologies sharing similar characters linguistically. The purpose of the hyphenation is to suggest the tempo and speed of the rhyme's cadence. Kalikantzaroi 'The Demon's of Earth'
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Jun 19, 2018
Jun 19, 2018 at 10:09 PM UTC
Kalikantzaroi
. *And so he sits once more folding his life into an origami box. Paper walls, cellophane ceilings. Counting out syllables. Sequenced to twist-fuck the mind. And quietly he sits ghosting the room.* © Pagan Paul (04/03/19)
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Mar 8, 2019
Mar 8, 2019 at 5:55 AM UTC
Fool's Diary (addendum)
If you had the opportunity to live a high-risk lifestyle, would you? I'm not asking this to be derogatory, nor to be accusatory I simply want you to think on what it is to live a high-risk lifestyle. As a mass, we seem to think of it as an undesirable thing. Now, isn't that just ******* quaint? Probability favors a percentile: That which is unique enough to leave it's mark on our realm. That includes us. Risk, unless done in ignorance, is the acceptance of probability More specifically, the pursuit of the more improbable chance. Perhaps when you think of high-risk, you think of constant parties perhaps of ***** needles, and/or STIs unprotected *** or doing psychedelics but I ask you to ponder just how high risk Life is to begin with: Some wish to claim that Life is a granted gift by some benevolent Father figure who has our back, (but not theirs) but I say that's just selfish, arrogant and, frankly, quite foolish to claim. This Universe was not made for us and us alone as if we were some sort of Sims for a bipolar teenage boy on ******* We were not molded after anything intelligent with the exception of the Universe and her Nature itself. The probability of the Universe existing is not %100. The probability of the particular combinations of atoms within the strands of DNA in your body are not "guaranteed" to occur. Ever. But they did. They. Did. They. ******* Did. As if the Universe were the soil to the roots of our existence and Her Energy is as the water to the roots and her Chemistry allows it all to happen. And her physical laws, for lack of a better term, allow that to happen. On top of that, you ******* exist! You! In particular! With your experiences, thoughts and feelings, insights and interests, passions and even DNA! You! Wonderful, temporary you! Mortal you. Ethereal you. Spiritual you. Intrinsic you. Extrinsic you. You exist, if nothing else,  in a relative way. There is no way to be certain. What are the friggin' odds on anything existing at all, let alone you? There is no way to be certain. If you could bet on your existence, would you? There is no way to be certain. Nothing is granted; everything is permitted by the brain. There is no way to be certain. Perhaps it is deeper than that. I hope and think so, yet, there is no way to be certain. ~Addendum!~ Statistically, about 93% of people accounted for by census information who have lived- have died. Statistically, that gives you a 7%ish chance of surviving this life!   That seems like a high-risk Life, to me.
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Dec 8, 2012
Dec 8, 2012 at 12:38 PM UTC
"High-risk Life"
If you had the opportunity to live a high-risk lifestyle, would you? I'm not asking this to be derogatory, nor to be accusatory I simply want you to think on what it is to live a high-risk lifestyle. As a mass, we seem to think of it as an undesirable thing. Now, isn't that just ******* quaint? Probability favors a percentile: That which is unique enough to leave it's mark on our realm. That includes us. Risk, unless done in ignorance, is the acceptance of probability More specifically, the pursuit of the more improbable chance. Perhaps when you think of high-risk, you think of constant parties perhaps of ***** needles, and/or STIs unprotected *** or doing psychedelics but I ask you to ponder just how high risk Life is to begin with: Some wish to claim that Life is a granted gift by some benevolent Father figure who has our back, (but not theirs) but I say that's just selfish, arrogant and, frankly, quite foolish to claim. This Universe was not made for us and us alone as if we were some sort of Sims for a bipolar teenage boy on ******* We were not molded after anything intelligent with the exception of the Universe and her Nature itself. The probability of the Universe existing is not %100. The probability of the particular combinations of atoms within the strands of DNA in your body are not "guaranteed" to occur. Ever. But they did. They. Did. They. ******* Did. As if the Universe were the soil to the roots of our existence and Her Energy is as the water to the roots and her Chemistry allows it all to happen. And her physical laws, for lack of a better term, allow that to happen. On top of that, you ******* exist! You! In particular! With your experiences, thoughts and feelings, insights and interests, passions and even DNA! You! Wonderful, temporary you! Mortal you. Ethereal you. Spiritual you. Intrinsic you. Extrinsic you. You exist, if nothing else,  in a relative way. There is no way to be certain. What are the friggin' odds on anything existing at all, let alone you? There is no way to be certain. If you could bet on your existence, would you? There is no way to be certain. Nothing is granted; everything is permitted by the brain. There is no way to be certain. Perhaps it is deeper than that. I hope and think so, yet, there is no way to be certain. ~Addendum!~ Statistically, about 93% of people accounted for by census information who have lived- have died. Statistically, that gives you a 7%ish chance of surviving this life!   That seems like a high-risk Life, to me.
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Right now, my mind... Is the proverbial popcorn machine. Every little thing that bothers me is likened to a kernel. And to make popcorn, you need lots... Bucketloads of kernels. Dump them all in the machine. Let them whirl. They sit layered on top of each other undisturbed, on the hot bed until... The spindly metal arms begin to rotate... Whose sole purpose is to agitate. Buttered with debilitating insecurities. Sprinkled with irrational fears. Heated with erratic temperament. And here come the arms again. Rotating, churning, inciting. No one knows when the kernels are going to cave and rupture. Then... "Pop!" would go one. Then another... And another... Soon they would all start to explode. When that happens, I do too. •••••••••••••••••••••• Addendum •••••••••••••••••••••• I love popcorn. And I don't like to share.
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Apr 25, 2016
Apr 25, 2016 at 11:22 AM UTC
Popcorn
The blind Parisian has never seen the tower, or the lights that illuminate his city of birth The deaf Italian never heard the opera, or Core 'ngrato from a Tuscany street corner I never looked into your eyes and saw the cosmos I am distracted by the power of corporate America The unflinching pacifist still stands atop a suit of armour with his arms outstretched and Syria rejoices as the stench of liberty matches gun powder and familial genocide Oh western world, have you forgotten your past so soon? Explain to the deaf man how her voice sounds or Explain the colour spectrum to a blind child and then deny the tears that water your cheek Tell the dyslexic that words are meaningless for it gives him comfort and turn your back on the monetary religion of which we are indoctrinated Take your ******* industry and bring it to it's submissive knees Your weapons too, they are a disgrace Empathy is universal Love is blind [Cliche] [Cliche] End. A return, or a refrain, addendum to the ideas thenceforth It's enough to leave a man crying in his coffee, Starbucks specialty **** your poets, burn your books and gouge your eyes This world is not broken, we are.
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Mar 27, 2013
Mar 27, 2013 at 12:45 PM UTC
Before the Dawn, Adorned, We Are Still Standing Here but Existence is No Longer Relevant
The *** stood stars on end, so to, whispered, “play with me,” and in haste we fled. We explored, discovered, and devised something bright, half something else sinister, notarized – black roots pinned a pink-scorched Mohawk, and reciprocated, my wild “Mao-Mao,” or so she’d named the hair on my arms. The moon endured whilst we knifed each other with each and every gasp and sutured wounds left prior lovers. I’d only come across her name near the end, “Xiaolian,” though the tattoo ‘top her leg, told me, “Lola.” Come what mothers christen us innocent would be a poems in and of themselves, addendum, the delirium aged and the dance of neon atop our waterfall soaked bodies - epic.
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Aug 17, 2015
Aug 17, 2015 at 8:22 AM UTC
"Xiaolian"
#As the first drop fell on me I looked up at the black canvas gathering and rumbling ominously. But there was supposed to be another not far but right over my head to defend me against the weather pattering insane between me and the rain. *Did I by any chance leave my umbrella here, sir?* I ran to the shopkeeper. We all suffer this predicament was his smiling statement *losing grip over our mind letting things be left behind* and then came the mischievous addendum as if my trouble had inspired his mood *go for good once you let them go woman and umbrella they never again show.*#
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Jun 30, 2017
Jun 30, 2017 at 11:35 AM UTC
Black Canvas
I wish I was strong I wish I was strong enough to get out from under the comfort of my sheets Or the warm water washing over my body in the shower I wish I was strong enough to open my books, Instead of listening to the same five songs again I wish I was strong enough to get over a loss, Be it a failed exam or a boss I can’t beat in a video game I wish I was strong enough to help my friends Because that's the person I strive to be I wish I was strong enough to keep that job … I wish I was strong enough to like my own works But it’s hard to when they look like this No rhyme scheme or metaphors Only thing this poem has got going for itself is that repeating stanza Real clever or whatever You call it slam poetry But you might as well call it sham poetry Slam poetry Because you need to be slammed drunk to enjoy your poems And don’t even pretend like you didn’t notice How no one seems to give a **** about this This series of ‘works’ that you’ve been putting out Where all you do is ******* swear and shout At yourself ******* hell I bet your last line would have been “I wish I was strong enough to love myself.” Boo ******* hoo Too ******* bad Because you’ll only love me the moment you realize That what I say is true I’m not gonna say that I’m only rude Because I love you I hate your guts too much for something so… Sappy You’re a bit of a sentimental, right, boo? If sentimental meant pushover Criticism! Sorry, didn’t mean to scare Oh wait, no, I don’t really care Because even you’re aware How you’ve locked yourself in an echo room And the moment someone tries to break through… “Don’t worry, I can take it.” And then you write something edgy like this You can’t take advice for **** Because that’s your ******* deal You’ve got tonnes of people giving you the advice that you need to heal And you ignore every single one of them Acquaintances, friends, family And what about me? DO I REALLY NEED TO ******* YELL TO GET THROUGH TO YOU But It’s pointless anyway You’re on auto-pilot already Just cut the act and write your cringy addendum poem We’re done here
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Mar 18, 2018
Mar 18, 2018 at 3:55 AM UTC
Are you even trying?
I wish I was strong I wish I was strong enough to get out from under the comfort of my sheets Or the warm water washing over my body in the shower I wish I was strong enough to open my books, Instead of listening to the same five songs again I wish I was strong enough to get over a loss, Be it a failed exam or a boss I can’t beat in a video game I wish I was strong enough to help my friends Because that's the person I strive to be I wish I was strong enough to keep that job … I wish I was strong enough to like my own works But it’s hard to when they look like this No rhyme scheme or metaphors Only thing this poem has got going for itself is that repeating stanza Real clever or whatever You call it slam poetry But you might as well call it sham poetry Slam poetry Because you need to be slammed drunk to enjoy your poems And don’t even pretend like you didn’t notice How no one seems to give a **** about this This series of ‘works’ that you’ve been putting out Where all you do is ******* swear and shout At yourself ******* hell I bet your last line would have been “I wish I was strong enough to love myself.” Boo ******* hoo Too ******* bad Because you’ll only love me the moment you realize That what I say is true I’m not gonna say that I’m only rude Because I love you I hate your guts too much for something so… Sappy You’re a bit of a sentimental, right, boo? If sentimental meant pushover Criticism! Sorry, didn’t mean to scare Oh wait, no, I don’t really care Because even you’re aware How you’ve locked yourself in an echo room And the moment someone tries to break through… “Don’t worry, I can take it.” And then you write something edgy like this You can’t take advice for **** Because that’s your ******* deal You’ve got tonnes of people giving you the advice that you need to heal And you ignore every single one of them Acquaintances, friends, family And what about me? DO I REALLY NEED TO ******* YELL TO GET THROUGH TO YOU But It’s pointless anyway You’re on auto-pilot already Just cut the act and write your cringy addendum poem We’re done here
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This title, this challenge, Has rested uncomfortably in IPad memory, Storage unit for Poems Needing Composition, Unwritten, unanswered, needy for resolution. Today is a good day to answer. You are the pause between my breaths, A ledge to rest on, a stepping stone, Without you, there is no next one. You are audience faithful, Scribbles, wordplay, jokes horrible, Official Storer/Inspiration Sorcerer of my unending script. You are shy critic, unwavering, Deft, with feminine oversight, Knowledgable proven, when silence, best. You overfill my AM coffee cup, The mug that advises sagely, Be calm in you heart. You overfill my PM  cup nightly, Knowing that even tho, can't sing or dance, I need to, can do, can't do w/o you. So lest, mistaken grievous, You think, highly erroneous, This poem is NOT about me babe, This poem is entitled, You, How Much, Owed, You. Lest the answer be poetically muddled, On this day, perfect weather, perfect clarity, Unashamedly Everything. Sept. 15th 2012 In bed, 8:22 am NYC --------------- Addendum June 29th 2012 This old soul loves you more. He cannot believe his good fortune, This June, this one more perfect afternoon, my heart importunes, Love my poetry like I love thee, and we will have the most Perfect Union
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Jun 29, 2013
Jun 29, 2013 at 5:56 PM UTC
How Much Do I Owe You?
My friend calls me and tells me that this time around we need to re apply for our jobs after quarantine. I tell her ******** You see, I am not joking. I mean it. I got tired of people treating me the way the want. Now I will get treated the way I want. My work place sends me an addendum. They want to cut salaries despite the fact that we've been working full time despite the pandemic. I hear it is up to 50% You see I am a teacher. When a pandemic happens I still follow my timetable. I show up and teach, and call or email those that aren't showing up. And tell them to show up..... So I say ******** I cannot sign something I do not agree with. This guy I used to date started texting me. He says he hasn't been with anyone because of the pandemic. He says I am his best option 'right now' I say ******** I turn off my data and go to bed. You see I am no longer available for your entertainment. I once 'dated' this American white male who told me I wasn't supposed to have an opinion.... I text people I like now..... that really really like me back When my boss calls me. She doesn't say hello or check if I am well. She goes straight off to yelling and screaming. I say ******** I turn off my phone and move on with my life. Because despite falling apart and feeling so lost most days in this pandemic. I did show up and do my job So when she learns to communicate, I will talk to her. I applied for a job, no jobs where they told me.. the problem is my nationality. Not my papers, experience or inability to perform... In fact before I told them where I am from, they told I could make a good addition to the team. Until I turned out African. So I say ******** when your online course says it will open global opportunities for me. Because the world is 'woke' now. African Americans can chant 'Black lives matter' Their voices are heard and the world chants with them in solidarity. So this is me whispering That my Black life matters too.... My voice, my thoughts and opinions matter too.... And hoping the world will hear me too one day And stand with me in solidarity..... I'm not angry, I am just fighting for my rights.
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Jun 8, 2020
Jun 8, 2020 at 8:37 AM UTC
I FELL IN LOVE WITH MY RIGHTS
My friend calls me and tells me that this time around we need to re apply for our jobs after quarantine. I tell her ******** You see, I am not joking. I mean it. I got tired of people treating me the way the want. Now I will get treated the way I want. My work place sends me an addendum. They want to cut salaries despite the fact that we've been working full time despite the pandemic. I hear it is up to 50% You see I am a teacher. When a pandemic happens I still follow my timetable. I show up and teach, and call or email those that aren't showing up. And tell them to show up..... So I say ******** I cannot sign something I do not agree with. This guy I used to date started texting me. He says he hasn't been with anyone because of the pandemic. He says I am his best option 'right now' I say ******** I turn off my data and go to bed. You see I am no longer available for your entertainment. I once 'dated' this American white male who told me I wasn't supposed to have an opinion.... I text people I like now..... that really really like me back When my boss calls me. She doesn't say hello or check if I am well. She goes straight off to yelling and screaming. I say ******** I turn off my phone and move on with my life. Because despite falling apart and feeling so lost most days in this pandemic. I did show up and do my job So when she learns to communicate, I will talk to her. I applied for a job, no jobs where they told me.. the problem is my nationality. Not my papers, experience or inability to perform... In fact before I told them where I am from, they told I could make a good addition to the team. Until I turned out African. So I say ******** when your online course says it will open global opportunities for me. Because the world is 'woke' now. African Americans can chant 'Black lives matter' Their voices are heard and the world chants with them in solidarity. So this is me whispering That my Black life matters too.... My voice, my thoughts and opinions matter too.... And hoping the world will hear me too one day And stand with me in solidarity..... I'm not angry, I am just fighting for my rights.
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Wasp addendum More than out of and Quote the finality, well to avoid... A sting that churched a brassy man Wasp substantial Adding the heed, of couth and comparison Does a reach for time, understand arousal? Quiet time searching for youth, that knows the question... Wasp divine Kiss and kindred, the tools of solemn tone? Enchastened with a host, too cursory to be orders vision We hear the spoil of the wind, become a new loan Wasp merciful Craving a thought, to tell a tale kept By the unity we foresaw, a heard bliss still... Was a chance meeting with a yearning fate, bereft? Wasp earthen Where souls intertwine, the taste of home Is a careful wish, foreseen in the earning? Or should might, take the time to intend guidance as done? Wasp witnesses The tow of commonness, in the voice of salutations Memory served, the break of justice in a winds shade Here to fore, timidity is a challenge, for a truer intuition...
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May 9, 2023
May 9, 2023 at 9:29 PM UTC
Marvel With Speed, And Patiences Will Come...
Dearest Patty m., we admire, admit to raw nailed jealousy when we read the works superior with the greatest worn scruffy complementary compliment a poet can give to another scribe *How I wish I had written that, those very words!* confessing before the world with our own humility at the daily dawning of realization that morning brings freshness and insights needy for release and aborning and the trace of humiliation that we’ve all  ready been breached bested by others, once again… BUT we do not bow! no courtly arm sweeping, back bent, at best a nod of a head then privately we gasp, rent our clothes, throw the body flat to the floor, observing seven days of mourning reserved for when we morning moan, daylight groan and loan out our croissant moon mooing cries to bemused muses in the clouds supervising, as tears of, an admixture of, an elixir of joy, compassion and thus refreshed by someone’s new infant’d christening we ***** we resurrect, gamble, throwing ourselves complete like dice, in to a roll of stunned stupor of high inspiration and then make out best work ever yet but never do we bow, scrape, bend the knee, maybe the head, we mourn our lesser failings and smile as we flash words from our eyes, stored in our mindsets, our, my best, will always be yielded up next —— addendum ——— seven years ago in a separate guise, he ssid it differently maybe better? :<•> epilogue read my face incapable of, deprivation but how now silent bow my head to Will for teaching the way of words traced upon a fool or a king's tongue, two too human, so that poet may ken his senses keener, all for the better, for the betterment of all
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Feb 23, 2025
Feb 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM UTC
Poets never bow
Dearest Patty m., we admire, admit to raw nailed jealousy when we read the works superior with the greatest worn scruffy complementary compliment a poet can give to another scribe *How I wish I had written that, those very words!* confessing before the world with our own humility at the daily dawning of realization that morning brings freshness and insights needy for release and aborning and the trace of humiliation that we’ve all  ready been breached bested by others, once again… BUT we do not bow! no courtly arm sweeping, back bent, at best a nod of a head then privately we gasp, rent our clothes, throw the body flat to the floor, observing seven days of mourning reserved for when we morning moan, daylight groan and loan out our croissant moon mooing cries to bemused muses in the clouds supervising, as tears of, an admixture of, an elixir of joy, compassion and thus refreshed by someone’s new infant’d christening we ***** we resurrect, gamble, throwing ourselves complete like dice, in to a roll of stunned stupor of high inspiration and then make out best work ever yet but never do we bow, scrape, bend the knee, maybe the head, we mourn our lesser failings and smile as we flash words from our eyes, stored in our mindsets, our, my best, will always be yielded up next —— addendum ——— seven years ago in a separate guise, he ssid it differently maybe better? :<•> epilogue read my face incapable of, deprivation but how now silent bow my head to Will for teaching the way of words traced upon a fool or a king's tongue, two too human, so that poet may ken his senses keener, all for the better, for the betterment of all
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It's only been one year, five months, twenty-three days since we met; I know I must have sounded crazy. Maybe if I wrote that now, it wouldn’t seem so odd. I could have made a mistake, looked back and felt my face flush. I could have been exaggerating. We could have been long gone. But I know that it’s not hyperbole. I know that I was right. I wasn’t just the crazy girl – I was so precise. That was before we’d fought, and I’d cried, and everything felt terrible; that’s only made me love you more. I cannot always express myself. I can be so uncouth. But I know what I feel, and what I feel is devotion. See? I’ve always felt this way. I always will.
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Feb 12, 2013
Feb 12, 2013 at 1:25 PM UTC
evergreen addendum
I. She waits in the shade Of a best-loved oak, Where he once carved their names inside a heart: "This means forever." II. The heart needs tending --she visits from year-to-year. Her security, a vow. His constraint, a contract. She made to open the door but he detained her, A perjury. Pruning stems, branching --cognitively speaking-- Dead or alive. III. The landscape has changed: This place no longer holds water. Listen now for love's addendum, Measured in the signal-to-noise ratio. (You'll hear it all the time). IV. Oh, painfully leafless gray meadow. Sufferance is a viable timekeeper, When it storms the weak run for shelter.
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Oct 21, 2019
Oct 21, 2019 at 6:36 PM UTC
The Promise Tree
My loss is my burden alone to bear In sacrosanct equanimity But sympathy does come calling In drips and drabs to attenuate my pain Great talk shows seen Some lend me their eyes to weep and wail But vanish fast like a ghost seen at noon Cos none knows as I do the depth of the pain That I bear The pain of sympathizers is on their flesh As water poured on rock Mine embedded in my bone And feeds on my marrow Family won't invite us, My pain and I together, To a breakfast meeting My peers won't Invite us to a business lunch Friends won't invite us to a dinner Cos the world stops not for anyone's Tragic loss and accompanying grief It is like an aircraft in flight That ought to land for its passengers to alight And one passenger I am Swathed in the turbulence of this jet Being baptised by unruly weather Sympathizers are like car owners On pleasure trips who could pull up At every turn to attend to their fancies My loss is my burden alone to bear Not yours whose feeling stands Aloof akimbo as I howl, 'My brother, oh my brother, Why leave me so early Heaping in my heart monumental pain? '
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Nov 2, 2010
Nov 2, 2010 at 6:40 AM UTC
My Burden (Addendum to Foul Blow)
i'm simply very honest * with everything & literally say whatever's on my mind poems are actually what happen when i think about what words to put where
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Dec 7, 2012
Dec 7, 2012 at 12:42 PM UTC
About Me (w/ Addendum)
I carry wind with addendum as though a seed has thought only such food she'll shine again with a shore repository as a companion in foot massage deeper inside if mistaken identity may press her soul that spice up this time does visit one bellwether chore of making love yet still time those players melt their ardor and repose their splatter in a kingdom yet found in traces of love those denizens wild cat demands so taboo again that heat with detraction of Liberty.
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Dec 22, 2016
Dec 22, 2016 at 2:18 PM UTC
Lake Michigan
I have never met someone as beautiful as you. I can’t believe you are going back to China. I can’t believe that I will never see that face again. I can’t believe I didn’t at least try, at some point. You are leaving forever. Every day I stared at you in awe. But that was the problem - I just stared.
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Mar 5, 2017
Mar 5, 2017 at 2:09 PM UTC
Summer (Addendum)
_'Actually, my friend in Taranaki makes the stars. I combine them with my own elements and string them into garlands,' wrote Makery. There was an element of apology about her words. As if she’d been rumbled. As if someone had confirmed the voice of self-doubt that whispered in her ear, 'Who do you think you are, calling yourself an artisan?' Stringing things together is applied artistry - whether it be words, Scandi-style stars, or fairytale mushrooms threaded on candy coloured twine. We are all hunter-gatherers who construct our creations from discovered elements. Some transmute received knowledge into constructed knowledge. Others beachcomb lexica for found syncretic treasures. All aspire to contribute to the infinite compendium of human self-expression, to create something which says, 'This is who I am.' With the silent addendum, 'I hope you like it.'_
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May 19, 2020
May 19, 2020 at 2:07 AM UTC
The Hilltop Makery
Why do you seem to hate me? Is self hatred not enough? I do not need your feelings towards me too I can handle it on my own One’s worth of bitter swirls Of sharp and pointed words Are way past enough The daily equivalent Of an unbalanced diet Maybe you do not realize What passes through my head The part of me that sometimes Thinks it would be easier if I was no more That denies the selfishness of the act Despite the fact No matter how much hate I know there are some That love and care for me And my death would tear apart But it hurts so much to think You are only using me I am good enough to do this and that But never good enough To make you prideful That I am your born from your ***** Instead one-hundred and ten Is never enough You want every last morsel Of my attempts and efforts Why am I never good enough? I want to get along But I can not simply watch As your missiles pelt my skin all over And break my heart Or fill my mind With an addendum of scorching lies Like you it is in my nature To fight back when I am fired at You must call the battle off Because I can not back down Every time I have tried to drop my shield To let us be on good terms for once You have taken advantage Of the opening in my armor What does it matter though? I have been fighting the bullets for so long More than you know has gotten through I am more broken than you realize A surrender is not on the horizon I will not give up the fight Instead the bullets fired By both outside and inside threats Will have to bring me to my end So stop the war now If you love me in the least Stop pretending you are like the other’s And be what your title says you are I need you to build me up Even though it is you That assisted in tearing me down Because no matter what It is your approval That I seek Every single night in my dreams And in the day So pretty please Show me that you love me Before I give up all hope And you are embarrassed That your only female offspring Has been destroyed And you held one piece of the key To lock the new armor And start her over anew
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Feb 4, 2012
Feb 4, 2012 at 10:06 PM UTC
ENDLESS WAR?
Why do you seem to hate me? Is self hatred not enough? I do not need your feelings towards me too I can handle it on my own One’s worth of bitter swirls Of sharp and pointed words Are way past enough The daily equivalent Of an unbalanced diet Maybe you do not realize What passes through my head The part of me that sometimes Thinks it would be easier if I was no more That denies the selfishness of the act Despite the fact No matter how much hate I know there are some That love and care for me And my death would tear apart But it hurts so much to think You are only using me I am good enough to do this and that But never good enough To make you prideful That I am your born from your ***** Instead one-hundred and ten Is never enough You want every last morsel Of my attempts and efforts Why am I never good enough? I want to get along But I can not simply watch As your missiles pelt my skin all over And break my heart Or fill my mind With an addendum of scorching lies Like you it is in my nature To fight back when I am fired at You must call the battle off Because I can not back down Every time I have tried to drop my shield To let us be on good terms for once You have taken advantage Of the opening in my armor What does it matter though? I have been fighting the bullets for so long More than you know has gotten through I am more broken than you realize A surrender is not on the horizon I will not give up the fight Instead the bullets fired By both outside and inside threats Will have to bring me to my end So stop the war now If you love me in the least Stop pretending you are like the other’s And be what your title says you are I need you to build me up Even though it is you That assisted in tearing me down Because no matter what It is your approval That I seek Every single night in my dreams And in the day So pretty please Show me that you love me Before I give up all hope And you are embarrassed That your only female offspring Has been destroyed And you held one piece of the key To lock the new armor And start her over anew
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air colder than it is heavy heaviness attached to memories of shinny games played with friends playing like stars players of the day. The names changed but the friends didn't, the rivalries, were more than East to West, but who was seen as the best on ice or roadway on that day in our surreal play. Ball, sticks and net, the best game yet, on suburb roads, icy or clear, competition was intense, no fear, like losing once, to win again another time, the next night. It wasn't about victory or loss, it took skill and staring across, at your opponent, to make him look away and maybe give in, before the game began. street lights and stars lit our arena found on Silivia or Olivia framed in two curbs of concrete the game was never called on account of rain or snow or ice, we only paused for when some one called, "Car!", a goal or to chase the ball shot out of bounds,                                                        (you shot or touched it                                                                         last it was only fair,                                                                         you chased it down...                                                                        all the way down the street) Of course we lost our stars when the parents called them in for dinner... but even then we stayed late knowing in the cold our plate of food would be warm, as these memories, wet jeans and socks, flushed face, fingers and toes were sometimes colder than the frosty distance, the empty streets, the orange ball frozen so it did not bounce, but always either made a mark, or made its mark, with the echo over our heads in the frosty air "Ggoooaaaalllll" or not so subtle, "he scores!" and the run back to your team of friends and celebrate the celebration seen on TV on Saturday nights. addendum:the cracks in the street where the tar repair didn't take, holds my memories where I can see and touch and reach into them once again. ©DWE092013
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Sep 27, 2013
Sep 27, 2013 at 9:33 PM UTC
On a street, far far away in a memory
air colder than it is heavy heaviness attached to memories of shinny games played with friends playing like stars players of the day. The names changed but the friends didn't, the rivalries, were more than East to West, but who was seen as the best on ice or roadway on that day in our surreal play. Ball, sticks and net, the best game yet, on suburb roads, icy or clear, competition was intense, no fear, like losing once, to win again another time, the next night. It wasn't about victory or loss, it took skill and staring across, at your opponent, to make him look away and maybe give in, before the game began. street lights and stars lit our arena found on Silivia or Olivia framed in two curbs of concrete the game was never called on account of rain or snow or ice, we only paused for when some one called, "Car!", a goal or to chase the ball shot out of bounds,                                                        (you shot or touched it                                                                         last it was only fair,                                                                         you chased it down...                                                                        all the way down the street) Of course we lost our stars when the parents called them in for dinner... but even then we stayed late knowing in the cold our plate of food would be warm, as these memories, wet jeans and socks, flushed face, fingers and toes were sometimes colder than the frosty distance, the empty streets, the orange ball frozen so it did not bounce, but always either made a mark, or made its mark, with the echo over our heads in the frosty air "Ggoooaaaalllll" or not so subtle, "he scores!" and the run back to your team of friends and celebrate the celebration seen on TV on Saturday nights. addendum:the cracks in the street where the tar repair didn't take, holds my memories where I can see and touch and reach into them once again. ©DWE092013
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1.) 8/12/14 11:48 Pm
 Breath in the smell
 The smell of your smoking wrist
 Burnt with the last razor not stained with blood 
Smoke the demons out of the red blood cells 
As if you lost the white in the sea of your own tears 2.) 8/14/14 4:59 Pm
 I might as well been on the Great Wall of China 
 As you pushed me away
 Because I’ve never fallen so hard, so fast
 And I feel dead 3.) 8/14/14 6:23 Pm
 I begged, I kept begging. 
For what?
 I have forgotten what I wanted. 
 I’m ashamed of crying. Not for the tears 
But the bruises left not by anyone but myself. 
I can point you to self afflicted scars 
I can point you to the burns left inside my throat by a numbing agent Aka ***** 
 I can show you the way my fist curls when I beat the pain out. 
 I’ll show you how ****** I am, eventually. 4.) 8/14/14 7:15 Pm
 A sharpened knife & a pitch black room
 Such a lovely couple 
Just light a candle & watch in the dim flickering light as they make red passionate love. 
It’s hard to miss, you can taste it in the air. 
 It’s almost like a bullet in the mouth ready to be unloaded. Addendum, plot-twist; the passionate love is my blood.
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Aug 23, 2014
Aug 23, 2014 at 11:33 PM UTC
What's the point of a title? It just makes you from your own opinion and focus less on the words that come from the dark part of my head