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"aplomb" poems
a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities... *that's all any man wants, a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, who knows the when and why of differing cuddling styles... a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, who knows when to leave a man alone alone in his man-mourning time, distance needed, letting his ex-rage dissipate or watching his red and blue football redefine ignominy... a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, that when the man low whistles, eyes adrift, she heartily agrees and is reciprocity rewarded regularly with hunk alerts of "hey-check-him-out!" that's all any man wants, a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, a tigress in the bedroom she asking, try this, I'll love it, served with a desert demo of awkward afterward, his less-than-perfect cuddling abilities a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, who doesn't abhor partner silences, comforting they are, in their own ways, lying side by side, interrupted only by peccadillo body noises unexpected and sheepish apologies and loving arm stroking a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, who lets the man roar, top of voice, when imprisoned in car,   his voice, un enfant terrible, performs with Creedence Clearwater a sing-a-long in traffic, asking "Have you ever seen the rain" while amidst Israel-leaving-Egypt Sunday beach traffic on the L.I.E. a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, when it's pheromones  alternative mode day, he celebrates Carole King day, she demonstrates her cuddling abilities, par excellence, with kisses and tissues a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities... a woman, plain confident in her abilities no matter the situational status, when confronted by less-than-crazy-impetuous, she smiling says "why not," when he proposes, a movie and dinner in a fav haunt? "plenty excellent enough" her answer, spoke in a rising voice full of unfeigned delight a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, accepting the unexpected airport embrace on a moving sidewalk, unexpected delays with the aplomb of a well lived life's long term sustainability perspective when he kisses her hand for no reason, while driving 75 miles per hour, she only winces internally, the other hand vise-grasping the other door's handle, who brushes hair wisps in a dark movie, celebrating her Bathsheba Everdeen's duality of strength and tenderness a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, that when on second date he proposes a non-exclusive relationship, confident enough to high-five respond, and laugh about it, seven years on a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, that when she reads it, analyzing the oeuvre as "too **** personal and as usual too **** long"* that's all any man wants, a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities in everything... even a little occasional criticism
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May 17, 2015
May 17, 2015 at 10:45 AM UTC
a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities...
a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities... *that's all any man wants, a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, who knows the when and why of differing cuddling styles... a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, who knows when to leave a man alone alone in his man-mourning time, distance needed, letting his ex-rage dissipate or watching his red and blue football redefine ignominy... a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, that when the man low whistles, eyes adrift, she heartily agrees and is reciprocity rewarded regularly with hunk alerts of "hey-check-him-out!" that's all any man wants, a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, a tigress in the bedroom she asking, try this, I'll love it, served with a desert demo of awkward afterward, his less-than-perfect cuddling abilities a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, who doesn't abhor partner silences, comforting they are, in their own ways, lying side by side, interrupted only by peccadillo body noises unexpected and sheepish apologies and loving arm stroking a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, who lets the man roar, top of voice, when imprisoned in car,   his voice, un enfant terrible, performs with Creedence Clearwater a sing-a-long in traffic, asking "Have you ever seen the rain" while amidst Israel-leaving-Egypt Sunday beach traffic on the L.I.E. a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, when it's pheromones  alternative mode day, he celebrates Carole King day, she demonstrates her cuddling abilities, par excellence, with kisses and tissues a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities... a woman, plain confident in her abilities no matter the situational status, when confronted by less-than-crazy-impetuous, she smiling says "why not," when he proposes, a movie and dinner in a fav haunt? "plenty excellent enough" her answer, spoke in a rising voice full of unfeigned delight a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, accepting the unexpected airport embrace on a moving sidewalk, unexpected delays with the aplomb of a well lived life's long term sustainability perspective when he kisses her hand for no reason, while driving 75 miles per hour, she only winces internally, the other hand vise-grasping the other door's handle, who brushes hair wisps in a dark movie, celebrating her Bathsheba Everdeen's duality of strength and tenderness a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, that when on second date he proposes a non-exclusive relationship, confident enough to high-five respond, and laugh about it, seven years on a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities, that when she reads it, analyzing the oeuvre as "too **** personal and as usual too **** long"* that's all any man wants, a woman, confident in her cuddling abilities in everything... even a little occasional criticism
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behind velvet cloth I saw your quail's eggs, I saw your gentleman's relish too, protruding as it was, an Etonian slap to the face of the marmite jar which it was reluctantly sat next to. and although the relish would happily admit that to sit next to marmite was certainly preferable to finding oneself positioned next to Bovril or Cup-a-Soup, it certainly was a far cry from the delicatessen counter he was once accustomed to. oh the delicatessen! how the tear ducts performed with nostalgic aplomb as memories of stuffed vine leaves and caramelised baby shallots filtered back to the gentleman. what he'd have given to be back there now, to once again share the company of proper food, of handmade chutneys and pickles, not this common oafish tar. this brutish black gunk. 'You may not have been factory made' retorted Marmite, 'or contain E325,' 'but that isn't to say that your place on this shelf is any more valid than mine.'
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Oct 14, 2012
Oct 14, 2012 at 10:38 AM UTC
The Gentleman
On a New Year's Day in Reykjavik I stood at the very top of that old city, intending to visit the Cathedral there. All at once, there it was. And it was in charge. A gust of wind so strong that it grabbed and   slid me, speeding across several metres of ice, only to slam, face first, into the broad chest of a resident British Embassy staffer. Genially, he smiled down and introduced himself with gentlemanly aplomb. No wonder they had an empire. At least for a while. Oh, that wind! Ever seen snow moving horizontally? Or felt a hole being drilled, in one ear, almost out the other? Deep in the ancient countryside, on the way to the sea, is a lonely valley, held captive by the power of a brutal Gigantic troll. There, this wind has its greatest rival. Even if you can't see them, just tell me you don't feel them... In Reykholt now, that bullying wind buffets a cozy house, but to no avail, for angels watch over a newborn baby girl. Her mother, just a girl when we first met,   now sings tenderly to her own new daughter. Both are princesses of this beautiful island country. Finding kindness, that tough old wind has sent Halldora's lullaby across the open ocean,   over wide blue skies, and onto this snowy prairie where I hear it and cradle it softly, and so gently, to my heart.
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Jan 10, 2016
Jan 10, 2016 at 7:10 PM UTC
Song for the Icelandic Wind
I have seen couples, So far from each— Other, on a platform, Waiting for the next train, Never touching, yet how They ****** their mobile Devices, how softly, sweet, Without guile nor agenda They swipe the glass— As it swoons back in return With blue lights and alerts, So dearly needed and answers, In way words for the machines Of flesh and the ghost within, With such personal aplomb In real notifications of text And instant message.
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Dec 3, 2014
Dec 3, 2014 at 4:33 PM UTC
Way Words
No parenthetical this time in my rhyme, I'll lie flat the baseline like, Here are my cards, bro. Take a look at them all, bro. Get started with just the light kinds of gospel like, Bro, did you know I got a **** down there? Taken aback you say, What? Bro, did you know I'm packing a tackle, though so modest in stature, bro, instead of a package I joke split/second to cope and still manage to crack a satanic smile as I call my most modest hose a gigantic, titanic **** Word. You got nice lips, still, though, how bout you look up and get down on me, yo? Word is that I handle it with alarming aplomb considering how I present myself to the world. So what I got a culturally appropriated slab of ink tattoo yo. Just a guy trying to get along with the little he's got, and then on top of that I like to slide my **** n stuff. How about me too? Cause I can get down on you if we both repeat **** like we believe it. You got ***** bam, and plump curved fat just as all the girls growing up had, fashionable hair and even a soft face. You, girl, I can bend you over. Sure, be glad to bend you over. Rough riding baring face to the wind on highways I never thought I would be here deciding Do I believe in others' abilities enough to believe that they know me as If they would know a human? Get close, pry in, to my life, you'll find a lion, lonely, dragging coats of molted skin with wire stolen from her other lives, the desperate lioness devours the food she can.
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Dec 30, 2014
Dec 30, 2014 at 6:29 AM UTC
ClamJam: "No Parenthetical"
With mighty aplomb You drop your vitreous 'view bomb' With unorthodox precision You squander my decision You have one filter And that is to kilter The views that don't come from a stranger The views that echo in your echo chamber Fair pity to those who reach out with an olive branch To give you another chance A chance to move away from grief A chance to turn over another leaf
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Jan 6, 2021
Jan 6, 2021 at 7:21 AM UTC
Echo chamber
Many of them often think of me quirky, Poor!!! Poor people as they fail to make, Make out new found aplomb in my life. Maybe I should accept the accusations, Please them with all my sugary words, Much of them will mould their opinion. Myself changing is unnecessary really, Plus she loves the original defacto me, My darling you make me feel carefree.
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Nov 13, 2013
Nov 13, 2013 at 8:01 AM UTC
Quirky? Nope!
"To Lionel Engers-Kennedy: to the memory of Hargrave Jennings: and to A. C. W. G. and H. E. H." Beneath the vine tree and the fig Where mortal cares may not intrude, On melon and on ******* pig Although their brains are bright and big Banquet the Great White Brotherhood. Among the fountains and the trees That fringed his garden's glowing border, At sunset walked, and, in the breeze With his disciples, took his ease An Adept of the Holy Order. "My children," Said the holy man, "Once more I'm willing to unmask me. This is my birthday; and my plan Is to bestow on you (I can) Whatever favour you may ask me." Nor curiosity nor greed Brought these disciples to disaster; For, being very wise indeed, The adolescents all agreed To ask His Secret of the Master. With the "aplomb" and "savoir faire" Peculiar to Eastern races, He took the secret then and there (What, is not lawful to declare), And ****** it rudely in their faces. "A filthy insult!" screamed the first; The second smiled, "Ingenious blind!" The youngest neither blessed nor cursed, Contented to believe the worst - That He had spoken all his mind! The second earned the name of **** The first the epithet of ***** The third, as merry as a grig, On melon and on ******* pig Feasts with the Great White Brotherhood.
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The Disciples
"What are toxic time bombs? I wonder, with no aplomb, Old garbage and refuse tips, Legacy landfills, full of blip, Damaging environmentally, So much for sustainability, All the overflow of society, How do we correct such wrongs? All these toxic time bombs..........
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May 22, 2016
May 22, 2016 at 5:25 PM UTC
TOXIC TIME BOMBS....
Wisconsin, fine-- We sit on state lines. Across the street, Rodeo Drive. Move a little bit and East L.A. makes you feel alive. Go to the diner where the mermaids wear aprons and hold out menus like personal stock. Where the surfer-rama drama in the diner deep allows them to let go of those they keep. And you and me and those we love, keep us finite, because why not. I could tell you how to eat your waffles if you will be the spoon that stirs my coffee. Listen to me, "Rachel, there's no one, right now, that I'd rather sit and eat breakfast with than you. And if it doesn't work out, and we choke on our meals, that's fine. I just want to try when I'm with you." We exchange glances and I'm sure, then, that I adore the aplomb, for your smile leads myself into believing and being more.
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Mar 8, 2015
Mar 8, 2015 at 1:27 PM UTC
Breakfast Blend
The regions’ magic carpets are a-beckoning The brassware in the back bazaars aglow, Exotic spice is nice For a very reasonable price And the camel market’s just the place to go. But… Afghanistan’s dark Muslims are scheming The women folk are sharpening their knives, When foreign troops depart The bloodletting will start With collaborators screaming for their lives. The children of the Ottoman are smarting For their neighbours are showing them disdain By peppering with bombs Along with Syria’s pogroms And I wonder why the local folk complain? Oh the sun comes up with glory in old Egypt As another national leader meets demise And old Nasser’s bile will burn As from his grave he will return To try to rectify his children’s Holy lies. There are whispers of  a strike at the reactor. There are reactionary reactions from Iran With annulment of the bomb The region should resume aplomb But I have my doubts this mixture really can. And it never rains on dear old dusty Cairo, Here, you never feel the chill of falling snow, You may stalk the back bazaars For the rare blue water jars But you should really buy protection when you go. And they whinge that all the tourists here are dwindling That the middle Eastern charm is all but spent, When the red blood flows like wine In the good old Bhyzantine As the peace of night, with gunfire, is wrent. But… The dates are really sweet And the carpetry so neat And the music is exotic in the night, And with the flash of Asian eyes I can guarantee surprise As you flee for very life…with ****** fright! Marshalg From the dark Bazaar 23 October 2012 © 2012 Marshal Gebbie
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Oct 22, 2012
Oct 22, 2012 at 11:06 PM UTC
Magical Carpet Tour of the Mysterious Bhyzantine
The regions’ magic carpets are a-beckoning The brassware in the back bazaars aglow, Exotic spice is nice For a very reasonable price And the camel market’s just the place to go. But… Afghanistan’s dark Muslims are scheming The women folk are sharpening their knives, When foreign troops depart The bloodletting will start With collaborators screaming for their lives. The children of the Ottoman are smarting For their neighbours are showing them disdain By peppering with bombs Along with Syria’s pogroms And I wonder why the local folk complain? Oh the sun comes up with glory in old Egypt As another national leader meets demise And old Nasser’s bile will burn As from his grave he will return To try to rectify his children’s Holy lies. There are whispers of  a strike at the reactor. There are reactionary reactions from Iran With annulment of the bomb The region should resume aplomb But I have my doubts this mixture really can. And it never rains on dear old dusty Cairo, Here, you never feel the chill of falling snow, You may stalk the back bazaars For the rare blue water jars But you should really buy protection when you go. And they whinge that all the tourists here are dwindling That the middle Eastern charm is all but spent, When the red blood flows like wine In the good old Bhyzantine As the peace of night, with gunfire, is wrent. But… The dates are really sweet And the carpetry so neat And the music is exotic in the night, And with the flash of Asian eyes I can guarantee surprise As you flee for very life…with ****** fright! Marshalg From the dark Bazaar 23 October 2012 © 2012 Marshal Gebbie
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I noticed the System on how we relate For every Plus a Minus you return Yet this Gnawing Event nailed to your Gate Were your Foe's Doomed Plagues; Yet left me unspurned Which made me wonder why you chose to mum Yet for this Announcer a spite you blew Why? Was it to boost your Public Aplomb And cheat your way with the people you knew? Like your First Partner. Whose Rabbit Remark Asked for Improvements whilst stuck on his phone Then came Black Letters asking for his bark When all he did was to leave you alone. Diver! Enough with your Cosmic Abuse Don't wait for the Witch to cast her Spell loose.
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Mar 11, 2013
Mar 11, 2013 at 2:49 AM UTC
SONNET TRIBUTE SUNDRY - FOURTY - TOM DALEY
It was at the party that you would see, the nonconformist spirit of Ernest Hokum was alive and well. He would not strive for mademoiselles Since that would be dishonest, and Ernest was a honest man. Not Iago honest for his desires did not lay doggo. However, Hokum was known to succumb to a glass of *** resulting in Hokum to become squiffy. And any iffy encounters, he would shake them of with his usual aplomb remaining so calm they thought he was just bored. Or dead. And then they would leave poor Hokum to his horde of  *** "Lord, old chum, thank you for this *** Hokum proclaimed. And he drank til he was famed for his *** drinking. Thinking they saw him and thought "That's Hokum for you!" Hokum knew this to be wishful thinking, and listen to some blues. Full of innuendos and nonsense. Hokum's favourite combinations. He ignored his conscience and allowed the blues to occupy his mind Dwelling on such twaddle until he finds another distraction. Probable *** if he was being honest, which, as previously stated he is. Hokum didn't take life too serious for that would be to make life into work Any work is tedious at best, so why be so serious? Hokum enjoyed the simple pleasures of strong alcohol and humorous inappropriate songs, And such that was the hundum life of Ernest Hokum. A man with a charming smile that spoke blarney with such conviction turning fiction into facts you would believe it, just for a little while. Why wouldn't you? That's Hokum for you, afterall.
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Jan 1, 2015
Jan 1, 2015 at 7:26 PM UTC
A Poem For Ernest Hokum
It was at the party that you would see, the nonconformist spirit of Ernest Hokum was alive and well. He would not strive for mademoiselles Since that would be dishonest, and Ernest was a honest man. Not Iago honest for his desires did not lay doggo. However, Hokum was known to succumb to a glass of *** resulting in Hokum to become squiffy. And any iffy encounters, he would shake them of with his usual aplomb remaining so calm they thought he was just bored. Or dead. And then they would leave poor Hokum to his horde of  *** "Lord, old chum, thank you for this *** Hokum proclaimed. And he drank til he was famed for his *** drinking. Thinking they saw him and thought "That's Hokum for you!" Hokum knew this to be wishful thinking, and listen to some blues. Full of innuendos and nonsense. Hokum's favourite combinations. He ignored his conscience and allowed the blues to occupy his mind Dwelling on such twaddle until he finds another distraction. Probable *** if he was being honest, which, as previously stated he is. Hokum didn't take life too serious for that would be to make life into work Any work is tedious at best, so why be so serious? Hokum enjoyed the simple pleasures of strong alcohol and humorous inappropriate songs, And such that was the hundum life of Ernest Hokum. A man with a charming smile that spoke blarney with such conviction turning fiction into facts you would believe it, just for a little while. Why wouldn't you? That's Hokum for you, afterall.
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...You, dearest vagary, aplomb--were brought to bear. Vicissitude of memory which is the dispersion of identity. Of a time, and of a place--you, a mellifluous bronze dusk poured upon a meadow, a solitary immersion, a moment that harnesses the whole of the earth, as you are...dearest vagary. You were afforded as by the citizenry of the air, lent by an intercontinental wind. An undying eloquence featured for all time--the swaying bud blown to bloom. You...the beautification of possibility, its matrices never left in want. As in withstanding place the round is made, and remade about you, the whole of the earth. Thus, you've no confounding words... have you? Thus, this sidelong expenditure that you may-- shall breach the earth you shall.
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Feb 23, 2015
Feb 23, 2015 at 11:09 AM UTC
Dearest Vagary
Alone in a snowy field, Branches plead, Moans lost in the wind while flurries dance, Heavy with fruit long since spoiled, Mutinous apples cling, Their coppery smirks defy Persephone's call to plunge, They hold tight, Swelled with spongy pride, Winter's swirling display fuels rebellion, Their snowy caps worn with aplomb, Parisian pommes de neige usurp nature's order, Flexing branches like Diana's bow, A heart-shaped shadow in the wood, Threatening to break, While robins bide their time.
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Jan 2, 2014
Jan 2, 2014 at 8:09 PM UTC
Defiance
My butte shall pry wood today That she's barely enchanted by egress and Will grant a peaceful way. As veracity comes so nigh in her ancients That now convenes with her in paradise But her love is banally tragic Round haunts she's claimed forthright Yet she is newly aplomb in nature And her love is a dement today That cast a circle upon the great day.
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Jul 10, 2016
Jul 10, 2016 at 11:20 AM UTC
Veracity
Sometimes I feel like I'm just frozen in space, Stuck in the fabric of time Without a purpose, simply static Not quite floating, Not actively moving but not stopping either Hurtling through the stars, Simply dancing in the dark. I don't act, I don't try; I just find myself in the sky Waiting for you to come, though you never do. Give me a reason to stay, to leave, Something to hint that we should be complete I just want to stop being alone, Stuck here, Dancing in the dark. It's such a shame to be alone Here among this beauty that I can't appreciate My mind won't stop focusing on you, And your inability to reciprocate So I will remain, Swirling in this nebula of stars, Dancing alone in the dark. You don't want me here But you can do nothing to stop me So we're at an impasse, love-- Unable to continue, unable to desist I just want you to end up in my arms, But you know this will never work So I'm frozen here Forever in love, forever broken Simply listening to your voice as it shatters the silence, While we're dancing in the dark. The sky is lit with a million stars The void is painted with their light Space screams with everything left unsaid For I will, here, remain, Crying into the nothingness as I am spent I don't want to keep dancing in the dark. Stop shutting me out. You may think you hide it so well, But I see you, love. I may be blind in the daylight, But I hear you loud and clear You think you wear that mask with such aplomb But I know you're really a ticking bomb You're just like me, love We may hear different tunes, we may not feel the same drums But you are here too, dancing in the dark. We're not so different after all. I don't wanna cry after you, But I know I will. Here among the dying stars, As the sun begins to overtake the sky I'll keep dancing in the dark until the very end, Until there's nothing, of me, that's left. For, after all, It was you that sent me spiraling into the night, Awaiting death, As I danced in the dark for you.
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Nov 5, 2018
Nov 5, 2018 at 1:11 AM UTC
Dancing in the Dark
Sometimes I feel like I'm just frozen in space, Stuck in the fabric of time Without a purpose, simply static Not quite floating, Not actively moving but not stopping either Hurtling through the stars, Simply dancing in the dark. I don't act, I don't try; I just find myself in the sky Waiting for you to come, though you never do. Give me a reason to stay, to leave, Something to hint that we should be complete I just want to stop being alone, Stuck here, Dancing in the dark. It's such a shame to be alone Here among this beauty that I can't appreciate My mind won't stop focusing on you, And your inability to reciprocate So I will remain, Swirling in this nebula of stars, Dancing alone in the dark. You don't want me here But you can do nothing to stop me So we're at an impasse, love-- Unable to continue, unable to desist I just want you to end up in my arms, But you know this will never work So I'm frozen here Forever in love, forever broken Simply listening to your voice as it shatters the silence, While we're dancing in the dark. The sky is lit with a million stars The void is painted with their light Space screams with everything left unsaid For I will, here, remain, Crying into the nothingness as I am spent I don't want to keep dancing in the dark. Stop shutting me out. You may think you hide it so well, But I see you, love. I may be blind in the daylight, But I hear you loud and clear You think you wear that mask with such aplomb But I know you're really a ticking bomb You're just like me, love We may hear different tunes, we may not feel the same drums But you are here too, dancing in the dark. We're not so different after all. I don't wanna cry after you, But I know I will. Here among the dying stars, As the sun begins to overtake the sky I'll keep dancing in the dark until the very end, Until there's nothing, of me, that's left. For, after all, It was you that sent me spiraling into the night, Awaiting death, As I danced in the dark for you.
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In a tiny allotment right next to the zoo A miniature jungle was planted and grew The flora was dense and the air became hot But confined to a tidy rectangular plot An unthinkable duo of creatures converged And it's said that a spanking new species emerged For a curious beast was reportedly seen Roaming and munching on anything green Make haste! Away! It's the Buffagorilla! A shredder of lettuce and cereal killer With hooves at the front and hands at the rear The Buffagorilla is near! It shambles about at the darkest of hours On hedges it crunches and bunches of flowers On daffolil bulbs and petunia petals With hearty aplomb on a cluster of nettles Covertly perusing with maximum hush It can wander through gardens disguised as a bush No carrot or parsnip is safe in its bed And the marrows are quaking in vegetable dread Depart! Retreat! It's the Buffagorilla! The broccoli butcher and vegetable killer With ape like features and horns of a steer The Buffagorilla is near! So if you hear a mention of butternut theft Or notice a garden, all bare and bereft Insure your potatoes for damage and loss Give the salad a purely precautionary toss For a creature is roaming the byway and track With its legs at the front and its arms at the back And it might be your gooseberries or chervil he spies So I beg you take heed as I once more advise Be gone! Take flight! It's the Buffagorilla! The strawberry napper and cucumber killer Just hide in your cellar and steer well clear The Buffagorilla is near!
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Nov 20, 2013
Nov 20, 2013 at 7:07 PM UTC
The Buffagorilla
In a tiny allotment right next to the zoo A miniature jungle was planted and grew The flora was dense and the air became hot But confined to a tidy rectangular plot An unthinkable duo of creatures converged And it's said that a spanking new species emerged For a curious beast was reportedly seen Roaming and munching on anything green Make haste! Away! It's the Buffagorilla! A shredder of lettuce and cereal killer With hooves at the front and hands at the rear The Buffagorilla is near! It shambles about at the darkest of hours On hedges it crunches and bunches of flowers On daffolil bulbs and petunia petals With hearty aplomb on a cluster of nettles Covertly perusing with maximum hush It can wander through gardens disguised as a bush No carrot or parsnip is safe in its bed And the marrows are quaking in vegetable dread Depart! Retreat! It's the Buffagorilla! The broccoli butcher and vegetable killer With ape like features and horns of a steer The Buffagorilla is near! So if you hear a mention of butternut theft Or notice a garden, all bare and bereft Insure your potatoes for damage and loss Give the salad a purely precautionary toss For a creature is roaming the byway and track With its legs at the front and its arms at the back And it might be your gooseberries or chervil he spies So I beg you take heed as I once more advise Be gone! Take flight! It's the Buffagorilla! The strawberry napper and cucumber killer Just hide in your cellar and steer well clear The Buffagorilla is near!
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A bright lad called Alistair Cook Did enjoy the occasional book, He went out to bat, NO - don't play at that, They did him; line, sinker and hook. On him I'd bet my whole house, More like a lion than a mouse, He bats with aplomb, Both dainty and strong, It can only be Andrew Strauss. From the pavilion did Jonathan Trott, Nervous and anxious he is not, He'll be there for a while, All England will smile, And South Africa know he is hot. Next in is the feisty KP, His batting, the top of the tree, Sixes so great, They should be worth eight, Now just stay IN for a hundred or three! A chap from ooop north who is good, Goes by the name of Paul Collingwood, Gritty and tough, We just can't get enough, Fight as hard as him, we all should. No more will the fear he smell, He's been down to the gym as well, His batting is slick, Number six does the trick, The crowd cheers for Ian Bell. Swinging his bat, it's Matt Prior, Born with iron grit, steel and fire, If he holds each catch, We'll win the match, And his ranking will go much higher. Our spinner is next, Mr Swann, His bowling is coming on strong, His batting is great, Which the opposition hate, Not to pick him much sooner was wrong. Our tall quickie is young Stuart Broad, His bat is a rapier like sword, He can oft' bowl too short, Yet the batters get caught, And Of wicket-taking we never are bored. James Anderson is our king of swing, Late movement his favourite thing, Please bowl nice and full, Offer nothing to pull, And just hear those stumps go 'ping'. Graeme Onions comes in at long last, Cannot bat but, he can bowl fast, He makes them play, While others may stray, Durham long-hops a thing of the past.
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Feb 9, 2010
Feb 9, 2010 at 10:59 PM UTC
Upbeat England XI
A bright lad called Alistair Cook Did enjoy the occasional book, He went out to bat, NO - don't play at that, They did him; line, sinker and hook. On him I'd bet my whole house, More like a lion than a mouse, He bats with aplomb, Both dainty and strong, It can only be Andrew Strauss. From the pavilion did Jonathan Trott, Nervous and anxious he is not, He'll be there for a while, All England will smile, And South Africa know he is hot. Next in is the feisty KP, His batting, the top of the tree, Sixes so great, They should be worth eight, Now just stay IN for a hundred or three! A chap from ooop north who is good, Goes by the name of Paul Collingwood, Gritty and tough, We just can't get enough, Fight as hard as him, we all should. No more will the fear he smell, He's been down to the gym as well, His batting is slick, Number six does the trick, The crowd cheers for Ian Bell. Swinging his bat, it's Matt Prior, Born with iron grit, steel and fire, If he holds each catch, We'll win the match, And his ranking will go much higher. Our spinner is next, Mr Swann, His bowling is coming on strong, His batting is great, Which the opposition hate, Not to pick him much sooner was wrong. Our tall quickie is young Stuart Broad, His bat is a rapier like sword, He can oft' bowl too short, Yet the batters get caught, And Of wicket-taking we never are bored. James Anderson is our king of swing, Late movement his favourite thing, Please bowl nice and full, Offer nothing to pull, And just hear those stumps go 'ping'. Graeme Onions comes in at long last, Cannot bat but, he can bowl fast, He makes them play, While others may stray, Durham long-hops a thing of the past.
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“One of the truest, one of the few. Your essence is pure, no need to subvert. Nothing but goodness, joy and happiness exude from your core. It may be said of many, but your smile has watts that illuminate the truth, lighting up a room as only you, Elizabeth Young, can do. That hair so lush, like it breathes on its own, to catch but a whiff is to know that I belong. Belong in that embrace, welcomed into your orbit, the feeling so special, so genuine, so joyous, that I’ll never forget it. That heart, your great big heart, encompassing every room, but never wanting the spotlight to shine down on you. Your gift as a giver, showering love with aplomb, yet always looking out for others, mindful of those with less, makes you a special human who always wants the best. Your laugh like no other, a kinship have we, sometimes those seeking silence, don’t appreciate the unique harmonies between you and me. 😂 Your essence is a gift that I will forever cherish, I am blessed to call you my friend, to love you is an honor. You’re the other half of my sunshine and that can never be taken away. Your radiance is immortal, your legacy unmatched, Yesterday, today and forever you will always shine bright and show me the way.” Todd Carter 7/29/2022
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Aug 7, 2022
Aug 7, 2022 at 11:59 AM UTC
Radiant You
Insouciance If I could get into your insouciance, I'd be aplomb, Without a care, Unconcerned. I'd be a veritable dancer Of nonchalance, Cool, Collected, Harmoniously tempered, A picture of self control. Perhaps calm contentment Would measure my equanimity, If I could keep my equilibrium After getting into your insouciance. I propose to repose like a rose.
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Aug 26, 2010
Aug 26, 2010 at 7:50 AM UTC
Insouciance
There was a flower, blossoming on the shoreline. Beholding the serenity of the seas and criticising the rise and fall of the indomitable tides. It swayed in the balmy air and loathed the dusty storms. It adored the sun's radiance and mourned the moon's norms. It extolled the aesthetics and execrated the wrongs. It denied the nectar but appreciated the honeycomb. There was a peyote, living in the dreary sands. Mesmerized by the great dunes, standing like a tomb. Relishing the scanty rains with much aplomb. It grows its roots in the search of water,  many call it a coxcomb. Such is the folk, unaware of the real beauty for so long!                                     - Swasti Jain
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Feb 27, 2017
Feb 27, 2017 at 11:02 AM UTC
The real beauty
In the midweek of twelves months I torched blunts and choked on wet smoke and chamomile tea. Fretting the niggling giblets of a queasy disrememberance of a sober stroll through your tossed hair salad. I managed to mangle  the marvelous gross lust of our impending delirium. i farmed bok choy to annoy our local siege. our muskets were polished with misdeeds. our demons barked, all coy and ravenous in the sweet diffuse of our useless aplomb. ginger rockets in our thespian numb. you Dis-Oriental surrogate Mom. You.... flame folding cranes, like a Japanese cancer with opposable thumbs. Unstoppable in the dead wink of an awkward eye upon your heaving ******* You burn regardless.
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May 8, 2013
May 8, 2013 at 11:53 PM UTC
The Arcanaeum Of Drudgery And The Unspoken
" Poltroon " she cried, While her knuckles were white with rage. Perturbed,  she was while her father passed away. Solitude, she chose while earthlings left her dejected, like a stray. Erratic, were those times when she decided to unravel the intricate stories of life and not get bewrayed. Lost, she was in the absolute beauty of the cosmos waiting for someone at the bay. Soon, she realized that a lifeboat would never come her way. " You're a stalwart , get up and find your own way ". Much did she know, rest she deciphered. And found herself flying in the sky of aplomb,  like a mockinjay!                                         - Swasti Jain
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Feb 18, 2017
Feb 18, 2017 at 1:05 PM UTC
Intricacies of life
I flew over to his land With a rifle in my hand. They told me who to shoot I shot him, that’s the truth. They said he threatened me So, I responded violently Now the foreigner I found Is resting under the ground. From thousands of miles away Our leaders raised us all this way To either invade or just pillage Every hamlet and village Where an enemy might hide, To crush them with our stride. If they had children in the street To stomp them with our feet. The child might carry bombs So, ****** them with aplomb Because anybody there I see Might be a sneaky enemy. That they are fighting for freedom Fails to be seen as wisdom. After all, we are sparkly white And that means we are right. Besides, the rich people at home Especially in the Capitol Dome Have us to understand the fact That no matter how weak they act They are a threat to all we own So, we can’t just leave them alone As we demand others do to us. We can destroy them with no fuss. We are the right and perfect children Of a God that in His perfect wisdom That sees fit to have leaders destroy Each animal, man, woman, girl and boy. The same as that God told King Saul We must continue to do over all. Even if we don’t understand the book We worry about how it would look. Can we, a righteous Christian land Let things get so out of hand That they might prosper and we fail? No, we **** ****** or put into jail Anyone who does not fully agree. Thus we can behave unilaterally To force others to do our will Even if it’s innocents we have to **** So I came here with many others To shoot, bomb and burn out mothers And fathers and children and crops And decimate this country without stop. Because we are the righteous ones And that is why this war was begun. Not because some leader needed war. They told us this is not was it is for. The accountants can show us numbers For materiel like fuel, cars and lumber And how the industrial industry profits Then insist protests are to scoff at. They insist only our leaders have the wisdom To decide who will end up with freedom They were the ones choose at will Who they sent me here to ****
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Dec 3, 2017
Dec 3, 2017 at 8:46 PM UTC
I KILLED HIM
I flew over to his land With a rifle in my hand. They told me who to shoot I shot him, that’s the truth. They said he threatened me So, I responded violently Now the foreigner I found Is resting under the ground. From thousands of miles away Our leaders raised us all this way To either invade or just pillage Every hamlet and village Where an enemy might hide, To crush them with our stride. If they had children in the street To stomp them with our feet. The child might carry bombs So, ****** them with aplomb Because anybody there I see Might be a sneaky enemy. That they are fighting for freedom Fails to be seen as wisdom. After all, we are sparkly white And that means we are right. Besides, the rich people at home Especially in the Capitol Dome Have us to understand the fact That no matter how weak they act They are a threat to all we own So, we can’t just leave them alone As we demand others do to us. We can destroy them with no fuss. We are the right and perfect children Of a God that in His perfect wisdom That sees fit to have leaders destroy Each animal, man, woman, girl and boy. The same as that God told King Saul We must continue to do over all. Even if we don’t understand the book We worry about how it would look. Can we, a righteous Christian land Let things get so out of hand That they might prosper and we fail? No, we **** ****** or put into jail Anyone who does not fully agree. Thus we can behave unilaterally To force others to do our will Even if it’s innocents we have to **** So I came here with many others To shoot, bomb and burn out mothers And fathers and children and crops And decimate this country without stop. Because we are the righteous ones And that is why this war was begun. Not because some leader needed war. They told us this is not was it is for. The accountants can show us numbers For materiel like fuel, cars and lumber And how the industrial industry profits Then insist protests are to scoff at. They insist only our leaders have the wisdom To decide who will end up with freedom They were the ones choose at will Who they sent me here to ****
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