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there’s a barnacle scar deeply ingrained on the basalt stack at mark thirty two whispering summer winds scented oil cotton and roe drift as waves brush and shape the sandstone shore the briny air and lost erratic set a tone to this pollyanna portrait it's andrews undulations and gifted benches its concessions and traces of the barry burn its sculpted driftwood and sanko lines make this picture almost perfect children play as venom spews from the caterwaul pair those odd looking mates casting smiles with arrested despair settling shots swiping bugs dipping and darting as photo men and muscles and long neck seabirds make their turn the hunched hoody and his sorted sidekick get their fill (of moss and rubble ~ chubby and kelp) nice to meet your acquaintance the pho man would say an odd drop and ironic turn from those horrific corners of timeless desperation down by cannon bridge harbor seals and carriage horse are fronted by raven shade jolly tides pause in quiet bays (with curious looters and *** pickers) sand merchants and field totems all streamed by the light cirrus strands blanket the outer edge hovering craft and shimmering willows bolt the evening frame blood orange and tethered with a filtered glare bottle-nose dolphins and seabirds (and shifting tides) are all settling in for the long night stay
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Mar 9, 2017
Mar 9, 2017 at 11:21 PM UTC
Stanley Park
I saw the Maori Jesus Walking on Wellington Harbour. He wore blue dungarees, His beard and hair were long. His breath smelled of mussels and paraoa. When he smiled it looked like the dawn. When he broke wind the little fishes trembled. When he frowned the ground shook. When he laughed everybody got drunk. The Maori Jesus came on shore And picked out his twelve disciples. One cleaned toilets in the railway station; His hands were scrubbed red to get the **** out of the pores. One was a call-girl who turned it up for nothing. One was a housewife who had forgotten the Pill And stuck her TV set in the ******* can. One was a little office clerk Who'd tried to set fire to the Government Buldings. Yes, and there were several others; One was a sad old quean; One was an alcoholic priest Going slowly mad in a respectable parish. The Maori Jesus said, 'Man, From now on the sun will shine.' He did no miracles; He played the guitar sitting on the ground. The first day he was arrested For having no lawful means of support. The second day he was beaten up by the cops For telling a dee his house was not in order. The third day he was charged with being a Maori And given a month in Mt Crawford. The fourth day he was sent to Porirua For telling a ***** the sun would stop rising. The fifth day lasted seven years While he worked in the Asylum laundry Never out of the steam. The sixth day he told the head doctor, 'I am the Light in the Void; I am who I am.' The seventh day he was lobotomised; The brain of God was cut in half. On the eighth day the sun did not rise. It did not rise the day after. God was neither alive nor dead. The darkness of the Void, Mountainous, mile-deep, civilised darkness Sat on the earth from then till now.
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May 4, 2014
May 4, 2014 at 7:53 AM UTC
The Maori Jesus - James K. Baxter
I saw the Maori Jesus Walking on Wellington Harbour. He wore blue dungarees, His beard and hair were long. His breath smelled of mussels and paraoa. When he smiled it looked like the dawn. When he broke wind the little fishes trembled. When he frowned the ground shook. When he laughed everybody got drunk. The Maori Jesus came on shore And picked out his twelve disciples. One cleaned toilets in the railway station; His hands were scrubbed red to get the **** out of the pores. One was a call-girl who turned it up for nothing. One was a housewife who had forgotten the Pill And stuck her TV set in the ******* can. One was a little office clerk Who'd tried to set fire to the Government Buldings. Yes, and there were several others; One was a sad old quean; One was an alcoholic priest Going slowly mad in a respectable parish. The Maori Jesus said, 'Man, From now on the sun will shine.' He did no miracles; He played the guitar sitting on the ground. The first day he was arrested For having no lawful means of support. The second day he was beaten up by the cops For telling a dee his house was not in order. The third day he was charged with being a Maori And given a month in Mt Crawford. The fourth day he was sent to Porirua For telling a ***** the sun would stop rising. The fifth day lasted seven years While he worked in the Asylum laundry Never out of the steam. The sixth day he told the head doctor, 'I am the Light in the Void; I am who I am.' The seventh day he was lobotomised; The brain of God was cut in half. On the eighth day the sun did not rise. It did not rise the day after. God was neither alive nor dead. The darkness of the Void, Mountainous, mile-deep, civilised darkness Sat on the earth from then till now.
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Shriveled & shrunken. Intoxicated & drunken. Hung over & agitated. Mild to moderate brain activity. Common sense & basic reason lacks mental ability. Bad with money & squanders financial stability. Passing a psychological mental health evaluation not quite. Kept in a straight jacket & sedated in isolation they do spit & bite. They go through everyone's trash day & night. They panhandle at the street lights. They have tempers & pick fights. Nothing they do is legal or right. Slobs with no jobs. They lack work ethics. The sight & stench of them is sick. They're sad story is lies & tricks. Not a truth that sticks. They cuss & their pocked face oozes **** Their frontal lobe is filled with dust. About telling your teacher the truth they get homicidal & make a fuss. They drive a piece of **** car consisting of smog & rust. Getting arrested for 365 × 3 + 2 counts of child **** is never a bust. Keep your children away from drunks. Some drunks get violent, beat you & lock you on a trunk. Most pedofiles & rapists are drinkers. Not religious or moral thinkers. With shingles, hpv virus, ****** & boyles. Zero morals as hideous as an ugly *** gargoyle. Enjoy arguing,  screams & shouts. Daily drunk driving & behind the wheel blackouts.
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Feb 8, 2015
Feb 8, 2015 at 10:51 PM UTC
Innocence Unattended
Many believe they know the law Because they were arrested; Others know how to teach Because they too were tested. If you have a religious question, They attended church; Mention you've an ache or pain, They diagnose your hurt. Should you bring up politics, Republican or worse, They'll explain Democracy Cause they've been free since birth. Admit your car is pinging, Your faucets aren't behaving, The oven isn't cooking right, Your fridge is warm and shaking, The air conditioner's out of whack, Your furnace has turned blue, They'll tell you what to do: Change the thermo-coupler. It's always their one answer. Say you like this stock or bond, An investment that's appealing, They'll  discourse that all agents Are cunning conniving stealing. On Monday mention the big game, They'll re-play, play by play, As if you slept right through it. If you hear a rousing band, Attend a movie or a play, Know-its are informed critics, Once they were stagehands. They pose as friends and family, Waiting for an opening, To disrupt with diatribe, To display how much they know. I know what I'm on about, So let me advise you, I'm a Know-It-All poet, All I write is true. So, *Never miss the opportunity To keep your mouth shut too*.
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Apr 19, 2017
Apr 19, 2017 at 10:54 AM UTC
Know-It-Alls
i miss you so much it hurts my whole body. do you remember when we talked about going to seattle? you said you liked the rain and the fact that no one there would know you, i just wanted to be wherever you were. i was never afraid of the dark when you talked about yours. i still don't have words for what i felt when you told me the only other number you had saved in your phone apart from your mother's was mine. i keep telling myself you're not allowed to just exit and re-enter my life as you please, but i leave the door unlocked, so what does that make me? the last "i love you" from the last time we spoke, is still stuck to the roof of my mouth. other lovers have tried to pry it out of me, but the memory of you is like lockjaw. i miss you so much it hurts my whole body. do you remember the lizard you caught last summer? you let me name him forrest. if life is a box of chocolates, there are pieces missing, and whatever is left has gone stale. i can't smoke cigarettes in my backyard anymore without wondering where you are or if you're smoking too. i hope you're not drinking, i know you hate what it does to you. your secrets are still tucked between my ribs, i will hold them safe and repeat them back to you if you ever lose your way home. i miss you so much it hurts my whole body. do you remember when you told me about the person you were afraid of becoming, i said i wasn't scared, and i told you i was proud of you? i'm still proud of you. i hope you're in school or at least keeping busy. i hope you still make yourself laugh. i miss you so much it hurts my whole body. do you remember what movie we were watching the night you got arrested? i still can't finish it. i am holding the place. can we pick up where we left off? can we stand up and wipe the dust off? i never got to tell you why i only write in pen, or why i can't sleep with socks on, or about the day i caught god with his hands in a public fountain fishing for change. i'm not mad at you for disappearing, but i'm lonely. the only reason i haven't called is because i'm afraid of being sent straight to voicemail, but if i ever find myself in indiana again, you'll be the first to know. - m.f.
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Dec 21, 2014
Dec 21, 2014 at 11:04 AM UTC
the crow
i miss you so much it hurts my whole body. do you remember when we talked about going to seattle? you said you liked the rain and the fact that no one there would know you, i just wanted to be wherever you were. i was never afraid of the dark when you talked about yours. i still don't have words for what i felt when you told me the only other number you had saved in your phone apart from your mother's was mine. i keep telling myself you're not allowed to just exit and re-enter my life as you please, but i leave the door unlocked, so what does that make me? the last "i love you" from the last time we spoke, is still stuck to the roof of my mouth. other lovers have tried to pry it out of me, but the memory of you is like lockjaw. i miss you so much it hurts my whole body. do you remember the lizard you caught last summer? you let me name him forrest. if life is a box of chocolates, there are pieces missing, and whatever is left has gone stale. i can't smoke cigarettes in my backyard anymore without wondering where you are or if you're smoking too. i hope you're not drinking, i know you hate what it does to you. your secrets are still tucked between my ribs, i will hold them safe and repeat them back to you if you ever lose your way home. i miss you so much it hurts my whole body. do you remember when you told me about the person you were afraid of becoming, i said i wasn't scared, and i told you i was proud of you? i'm still proud of you. i hope you're in school or at least keeping busy. i hope you still make yourself laugh. i miss you so much it hurts my whole body. do you remember what movie we were watching the night you got arrested? i still can't finish it. i am holding the place. can we pick up where we left off? can we stand up and wipe the dust off? i never got to tell you why i only write in pen, or why i can't sleep with socks on, or about the day i caught god with his hands in a public fountain fishing for change. i'm not mad at you for disappearing, but i'm lonely. the only reason i haven't called is because i'm afraid of being sent straight to voicemail, but if i ever find myself in indiana again, you'll be the first to know. - m.f.
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This isn't Rome I'm standing still because of statutes Stone grill: I a carved marble statue not a muscle dares, Near frozen by the fear, let it go I hear over shoulder: perfect pass if I get shot over a penalty Is it clear? my arms are arms? a load chopper; in his shades, do those aviators make me even darker? (if I studied aviation I could take off I can hover, I can…) Wait. he's moving closer, every hair strand an antenna, I can feel him, The smell of disdain on his glare, stained blood on his hands, another brother, my brother Guiltier with every pace so --  show your hands, foot mixed with concrete I take this order serious, my motions are motive and mistaken for resist, Wait. Is it his stare or am I ****** (Why did I decide to go my friends wouldn't believe this…) limitations to the thoughts; am I arrested or caught? I'm cold on the surface, Erode so slow is my sediment evidence, A blue god so I'm pacified, I'm hesitant, he calls and I say that I'm innocent, I'm witnessing the transitioning from eruption to ocean -- volcanic Blue Medusa, can you only sculpt destruction? (I'm not 3 dimensional, I'm real and I matter, I'm real and I matter) I'm real, But I shatter, Gravel if determined that I'm rude so I can't breath, Gravel if My license plate removed I don't leave, I don't speak, I don't flee, I'm not free, I believe, That this happen to my mothers, mother mothers' brother, Brother from another was granite and granted he's valuable but only in a home -- of course I'm quartz in the making A corpse still shaking Cause a wallet was mistaken Or I.D. was misplaced So, I'm on the rocks since the bar says that I'm a criminal, velvet rope divider marks my life and a vigil, a wake, or a hashtag, you choose, glass house, Cold Stone’s, rocky road, Medusa licks his finger tips same finger which petrified me in the first place, Reminded I'm in Rome as I'm standing there motionless a statue for display or a trophy for the kitchen, this art is not for sale there will be no shipping, With solidarity through our solidification, It won't matter if I look back, I Matter and I’m Black.
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Aug 20, 2016
Aug 20, 2016 at 10:56 AM UTC
Blue Medusa
This isn't Rome I'm standing still because of statutes Stone grill: I a carved marble statue not a muscle dares, Near frozen by the fear, let it go I hear over shoulder: perfect pass if I get shot over a penalty Is it clear? my arms are arms? a load chopper; in his shades, do those aviators make me even darker? (if I studied aviation I could take off I can hover, I can…) Wait. he's moving closer, every hair strand an antenna, I can feel him, The smell of disdain on his glare, stained blood on his hands, another brother, my brother Guiltier with every pace so --  show your hands, foot mixed with concrete I take this order serious, my motions are motive and mistaken for resist, Wait. Is it his stare or am I ****** (Why did I decide to go my friends wouldn't believe this…) limitations to the thoughts; am I arrested or caught? I'm cold on the surface, Erode so slow is my sediment evidence, A blue god so I'm pacified, I'm hesitant, he calls and I say that I'm innocent, I'm witnessing the transitioning from eruption to ocean -- volcanic Blue Medusa, can you only sculpt destruction? (I'm not 3 dimensional, I'm real and I matter, I'm real and I matter) I'm real, But I shatter, Gravel if determined that I'm rude so I can't breath, Gravel if My license plate removed I don't leave, I don't speak, I don't flee, I'm not free, I believe, That this happen to my mothers, mother mothers' brother, Brother from another was granite and granted he's valuable but only in a home -- of course I'm quartz in the making A corpse still shaking Cause a wallet was mistaken Or I.D. was misplaced So, I'm on the rocks since the bar says that I'm a criminal, velvet rope divider marks my life and a vigil, a wake, or a hashtag, you choose, glass house, Cold Stone’s, rocky road, Medusa licks his finger tips same finger which petrified me in the first place, Reminded I'm in Rome as I'm standing there motionless a statue for display or a trophy for the kitchen, this art is not for sale there will be no shipping, With solidarity through our solidification, It won't matter if I look back, I Matter and I’m Black.
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I only loved you when it was Convenient I'm really sorry that I  didn't think of you ( When it really mattered.) What's the matter with my soul? It isn't correct but nothing feels wrong. I feel something , I don't know if it's "sorry". Looking into the void. I think I seen you. Reached out. We met again. For the first time. It was love Possibly maybe. holding on to right now. Frozen. your face perfection. Eyes closed. Waiting so anxiously for you to open them. You don't.    My heart arrested by your beauty.    Shatters when you chose not    to look at me. I don't feel any signs of growing.
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Apr 27, 2018
Apr 27, 2018 at 9:40 AM UTC
I missed you.
what is this mind that was given to me that is able to see things i print on screen with my digital zip drive of a brain that is stuck inside a laptop main frame, ******* server uploading and crashing sending pings and things to hackers who perform doss attacks and web cracks and serial cracks while eating cereal going over javascript material program landslide juno got bit by emails and other technical software jargin computer guy got the blue screen of death corruption on the web the spider metacrawling and setting it on angelfire i google the facebook twitter and hot wire my car on the trader the wall street journal and the white house, **** sites and white owls, getting arrested and being hired by the government, the money's spent, criminal punishment, in cells locked up no breakfast but lunch under the crack of a door inside ur naked *** on irc chat, the warez rat, pirates on bays and whispers from kittens, brown paper packages exploding a smidgeon, binary, metamorphosis, code program gold, warning anti virus and spywares, baghdad to china, spy on private, eyes on cameras, cell phones like trackers, global position mappers, predator drones, video games, nfl madden, mad men, and happy wal marts, hacking wal mart, with social engineers, traveling the silk road with a cloak ip address revoked
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May 26, 2013
May 26, 2013 at 4:15 AM UTC
The Silk Engineer
A ball player and a thief Will likely be pregnant by age 16. Lives in the ghetto and is poor, Often identified as a ***** Runs fast and does drugs, Hangs around with gangsters and thugs. Has a gun or a friend with one. Speaks in slang, must be part of a gang. Mess with her, she'll pull a Sharkeisha on you. If you were to picture a person of any race, That fits the description that just took place. A baller and **** hmm... what race matches that? Yeah you're right, that person is probably black. Is fast, does drugs, and speaks with slang? Lemme guess, is he also in a gang? A young mother who is also poor? Bet she doesn't know who the dad is, what a ***** All these negative stereotypes associated with being black. Its disheartening, sicking and its really sad. And whats sadder is that if you are the opposite of all of that, You are often told that you're not really black. Does your skin colour change for going to Harvard? Will it change for speaking like an English scholar? Because I play hockey and not ball, does that make me white? So what if I'm the type of person to run away from a fight? You don't have to be irresponsible and rude to be considered black. It's your ethnic background that determines that. And to some people, all we are is the complexion of our face. Light, dark, somewhere in the middle, to some, the bad of a few defines our whole race. Does running away from a cop, and being black give someone grounds to shoot? Why is it that my skin color is what is most important to you? Is asking a question when getting arrested for no visible reason really resisting arrest? Does struggling to break free from restraints to catch my breath, give someone a reason to grab on tighter to strangle me to death? The actions of a few don't define the actions of a whole group. And this assumption that all black are thugs, thieves and liars has done clear damage to, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin and so many more. They didn't know it, but just by being black, they put their lives at risk when they stepped out their door. Don't you think it's gotten too far when we have to prove Black Lives Matter, or when we the saying of a movement is Hands Up, Don't Shoot. Should people have to be reminded that blacks are real people and that our lives matter  too? We are athletes and musicians. Lawyers and physicians. The leader of a nation. An anchorman of a news station. We don't all fit into that mold that is preset for us. You can and should expect great things of us. Because we don't have to be a **** or a baller to be considered black. We define what type of black person we are, we determine that.
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Feb 11, 2014
Feb 11, 2014 at 2:04 PM UTC
Abolishing Stereotypes
A ball player and a thief Will likely be pregnant by age 16. Lives in the ghetto and is poor, Often identified as a ***** Runs fast and does drugs, Hangs around with gangsters and thugs. Has a gun or a friend with one. Speaks in slang, must be part of a gang. Mess with her, she'll pull a Sharkeisha on you. If you were to picture a person of any race, That fits the description that just took place. A baller and **** hmm... what race matches that? Yeah you're right, that person is probably black. Is fast, does drugs, and speaks with slang? Lemme guess, is he also in a gang? A young mother who is also poor? Bet she doesn't know who the dad is, what a ***** All these negative stereotypes associated with being black. Its disheartening, sicking and its really sad. And whats sadder is that if you are the opposite of all of that, You are often told that you're not really black. Does your skin colour change for going to Harvard? Will it change for speaking like an English scholar? Because I play hockey and not ball, does that make me white? So what if I'm the type of person to run away from a fight? You don't have to be irresponsible and rude to be considered black. It's your ethnic background that determines that. And to some people, all we are is the complexion of our face. Light, dark, somewhere in the middle, to some, the bad of a few defines our whole race. Does running away from a cop, and being black give someone grounds to shoot? Why is it that my skin color is what is most important to you? Is asking a question when getting arrested for no visible reason really resisting arrest? Does struggling to break free from restraints to catch my breath, give someone a reason to grab on tighter to strangle me to death? The actions of a few don't define the actions of a whole group. And this assumption that all black are thugs, thieves and liars has done clear damage to, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin and so many more. They didn't know it, but just by being black, they put their lives at risk when they stepped out their door. Don't you think it's gotten too far when we have to prove Black Lives Matter, or when we the saying of a movement is Hands Up, Don't Shoot. Should people have to be reminded that blacks are real people and that our lives matter  too? We are athletes and musicians. Lawyers and physicians. The leader of a nation. An anchorman of a news station. We don't all fit into that mold that is preset for us. You can and should expect great things of us. Because we don't have to be a **** or a baller to be considered black. We define what type of black person we are, we determine that.
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The human mind is an interesting thing Mine is very As it tends to wander I mean Explore I have been told by an authority My wife That she's never seen one like it Although how she can see a mind I don't know She has seen a lot in her life Both with and before me She was a Travel Agent She's been to Turkey I like turkey I made an interesting stuffing for turkey once It was during my time in the seafood retail business In a fish market It, the stuffing I mean, had shrimp, scallops and crayfish in it My wife didn't like it much, she's of Irish heritage She's been to Ireland too Twice Once in college and once with her family Ireland is where Delorian made his cars in the 1980s Before he was arrested for trafficking in ******* I have not been to Ireland I have been to France, Belgium and England I stayed in Waterloo Belgium for two weeks In the 80's When I was 25 Waterloo is where Napoleon was finally vanquished Beaten by an Englishman They have a monument, the lion, on top of a big hill there I had to climb it twice The first time I forgot my camera I got a new camera recently A Pentax I have had several since Waterloo The camera hasn't been anywhere interesting Just my back yard I use it to take pictures of birds At our feeder In the big maple tree On the ground There is even a turkey that comes in our yard My wife's been to Turkey She was a Travel Agent
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Jul 28, 2012
Jul 28, 2012 at 11:11 AM UTC
A Human Mind
Bravery I thought I was brave with the scars to prove it. My legacy - broken bones, split knuckles, black eyes and loose teeth. Adulation and respect. I fought both man and isms Never backed down. But a black man, driving an Uber taught me the truth of true bravery. Harassed, insulted, threatened by a low-life passenger, white racism covered in a cheap suit and tie, he refused to take the bait. He denied himself the pleasure of justified violence. He told me his story - and anger for him, righteous indignation, crashed over me in furious waves. I admonished him for not confronting that mans ignorance with a closed and determined fist. Never back down, right? Gently, he spoke the truth of black men in America. His eyes caught mine in the rearview mirror. You, he said, are innocent until proven guilty. Protected by a system that oppresses me. I am guilty - period - and would be lucky to be arrested, not killed, in a confrontation with that bigot. So he did nothing, let the swine in a tie off at his destination, and drove on - leaving that pig to wallow in his hate. His bravery earned him nothing. No adulation. No respect. No recognition. Nothing except another day of life. Another day with his family. In contrast - my lifetime of bravery. A pale reflection, when set beside his truth. He was brave, not I. My self-styled bravery, forever tainted by my privilege.
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Jan 1, 2019
Jan 1, 2019 at 11:53 AM UTC
Bravery
You share your words, I cup my ears. You shed your shell, I catch your tears. When life goes awry, wisdom gives bliss. I hold your face, forehead graced with kiss. My words are calm, warm, and tranquil. I'm gentle, understanding; tell me how you feel. You're unburdened, cumbersome no more. Uplifted you thank me and say your peace. I'm alone again, but it's better now. I'm sure. Wings flap; I close my eyes and feel the breeze. Their once storms, now but a gust. Shepard their dragons, I must. Their dragons are slain, the fire is gone. I shoulder their pain, my words drawn. As they sleep, I sit and gaze at the stars. I'm arrested, their beauty. Oh, how they glisten. Frankly, I weep as I'm fighting their wars. As dark as the night may fall, I'll always listen. To whose ears may I profess? Am I not too, simply a mess? No one to be me, for the father. Everyday, the man seems closer yet farther. Who is there when it all seems so bad? I know who I am, the man, my own dad.
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Mar 7, 2019
Mar 7, 2019 at 5:01 PM UTC
A Fatherless Father Figure 30-12-2018
When the dice are thrown one can only hope for a chance I was sad, almost dead inside when you suddenly came in, I raised my head, in the darkness still in disbelief, and saw your eyes sparkling do I imagine , or has this gleam been hidden from my pining heart  by some strange design? I was about to grab my things and vanish in the cold darkness you wouldn't have seen me ever after; life could be heartless, cold, even when it seems to be smiling like full moon, I had learned this, in my days of love lessons But through the corner of my open window I saw the sky was so blue and smiling the fluffy white clouds, like sheep in a pasture were playful, they did their best, to cheer me a bit, brought me hope that something will change everything, you would even decide to see me one last time before everything go up in smoke. Then, you walked in, the scent of a freshly bloomed flower sought  my hand to dance with her I still wasn't sure what it did signify but the sparkle of your eyes, said it all they arrested me, I did surrender wasn't that what I yearned all this while ?
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Jul 18, 2014
Jul 18, 2014 at 9:22 AM UTC
When the dices are cast
Civil disobedience is not a moral obligation. Moral obligation is an act of belief and self values. So if you feel the need to break a little law to fight for what you believe in , then yes, go for it, but obeying the laws may also be part of your morals. After all the police brutality that we have heard about on the news, some people decided to stand up and protest. Even I wanted to protest downtown because I found it absolutely ridiculous that people were being killed without extreme cause by police and they only got a slap on the wrist. There are always two sides to a story. So am I obligated to rally because of inequality displayed on the media? No, not really but due to my values I would love to. "But through the other method of combating injustice, we alone suffer the consequences of our mistakes" which was said by Ghandi. It can be applied to the protests, to me it means we can scream our opinions and we can make an impact, but some will be damaged and some will be arrested in the process. Sadly, the thing we were fighting for in the first place will be served and protected. So what is justice? What is civil obedience when our enforcement can't even comply? I guess we aren't obligated to anything.
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Jan 9, 2015
Jan 9, 2015 at 3:44 PM UTC
Civil Obedience?
AS GAEILGE ( In Irish ) Dún do shúile (Close your eyes)                 Codail go lá...mo ghrá séimh. (Sleep until day...my gentle love) . Codail go sámh go sámh. (Sleep peacefully...peacefully) . Éirdeoidh an ghealach seo... ...is rachaidh an ghrian seo faoi (This moon will rise... ...this sun will set)                 aire 'gus grá i gconaí (care and love always)                 gach oíche 's gach lá gach lá 's gach oíche. (every night every day every day ever night) . Mo phlúirín! Mo stóirín! Mo mhuirnín! (My little flower! My little treasure! My little darling!)                 Ach anois... (But now...)                 codail go sámh go séimh (sleep peacefully...gently)                 go fáinne an lae (until the break of day)                 le mise ar do taobh. (with me by your side) . Losing our baby late into the night holding this    little thing that only attempted to be human unable to let go I clasped the foetus tightly in my hand & buried it in the dawn of our local park under a recently planted red rose bush. In my grief flower & baby became one and night after night I climbed over high railings & even higher stars to talk to her in the dark      in Irish. Or sing: My Love is like a Red Red Rose. Or cry...or...cry. Almost got arrested one night by an Irish cop drawn to the sound of Irish emerging from darkness. Guess he let me go because -  it wouldn’t look good on a charge sheet: “The defendant was talking & crying to...a flower.” - in Irish. Eist...eist (listen...listen)       duinne eagin ag caoineadh (someone is crying)       in a dorchasan (in his darkness) . Fill...fill...a run o! Fill a run o is  na imigh uaim. Fill orm a chuisle a stor agus chifeadh tu an gloire... ma fhillean tu!
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Oct 22, 2015
Oct 22, 2015 at 1:41 PM UTC
AS GAEILGE ( In Irish )
AS GAEILGE ( In Irish ) Dún do shúile (Close your eyes)                 Codail go lá...mo ghrá séimh. (Sleep until day...my gentle love) . Codail go sámh go sámh. (Sleep peacefully...peacefully) . Éirdeoidh an ghealach seo... ...is rachaidh an ghrian seo faoi (This moon will rise... ...this sun will set)                 aire 'gus grá i gconaí (care and love always)                 gach oíche 's gach lá gach lá 's gach oíche. (every night every day every day ever night) . Mo phlúirín! Mo stóirín! Mo mhuirnín! (My little flower! My little treasure! My little darling!)                 Ach anois... (But now...)                 codail go sámh go séimh (sleep peacefully...gently)                 go fáinne an lae (until the break of day)                 le mise ar do taobh. (with me by your side) . Losing our baby late into the night holding this    little thing that only attempted to be human unable to let go I clasped the foetus tightly in my hand & buried it in the dawn of our local park under a recently planted red rose bush. In my grief flower & baby became one and night after night I climbed over high railings & even higher stars to talk to her in the dark      in Irish. Or sing: My Love is like a Red Red Rose. Or cry...or...cry. Almost got arrested one night by an Irish cop drawn to the sound of Irish emerging from darkness. Guess he let me go because -  it wouldn’t look good on a charge sheet: “The defendant was talking & crying to...a flower.” - in Irish. Eist...eist (listen...listen)       duinne eagin ag caoineadh (someone is crying)       in a dorchasan (in his darkness) . Fill...fill...a run o! Fill a run o is  na imigh uaim. Fill orm a chuisle a stor agus chifeadh tu an gloire... ma fhillean tu!
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Glazed eyes Tired sighs Lost interest Leave the room Question that guy smells like **** you high? No officer with a sigh Detained and searched Reasonably Booked and Printed All I was doing was eating popcorn and playing videogames
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Jan 18, 2013
Jan 18, 2013 at 5:28 AM UTC
Arrested
****** does that to you... Phone rings, It's 1 a.m. Private number. I know what that means. "Hello" I say. His voice is shakey, He chokes out the words. "Mom, I just got arrested, I'm going to jail." I took a deep breath, Giving me time to think Of the right words to say. "Ok, I love you. Don't forget to tell them That your gonna be sick." ****** does that to you... "Mom, I should of listened to you. I'm sorry. Next time I will." How many next times, Thinking to myself. I can't count how many times he's been arrested, And sent to juvie or jail. We both knew this time it would be prison. ****** does that to you... "That's what you said last time. But you just keep running back to it. I know your sorry. No matter what, I will always love you. I am holding you right now baby boy." He cries even harder. "Mom I'm scared of getting sick. I really want a cigarette." 21 years old but he sounds like a 3 year old, With a high pitched whine. ****** does that to you... Last time I saw him he looked 35 And probably only weighed 110. Arms scarred with needle marks Infected sores throughout his body. Smelled of sweat and dumpsters Where he had been digging for food. I barely recognized him. Where had my son gone? He couldn't look me in the eye. ****** does that to you... L. Mack 6/17/18
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Sep 20, 2018
Sep 20, 2018 at 5:22 PM UTC
****** does that to you...
wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer the aussie thing to do then they go off to the pub and say wanna beer to you i didn’t know what to say at first these people do like me, yeah they think i am cool very very cool yeah they enjoy my company a lot wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer ya see the aussie thing wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer and a hamburger with the lot ya see ya go to the footy and the first thing you hear is wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer the aussie thing to do then you go off to the city to a nightclub, a man blows his cigarette smoke right in your face you say what, are you doing, then you say wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer the aussie thing to do you see you think your a man but you look like a hooligan yeah, your aussie mate true blue you look rough and ready to punch the guy next to you and then you say wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer the aussie thing to do wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer better being a true blue you see they look ***** and very very rude as they say wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer the aussie thing to do you go to the footy and then the cricket and then off to the pub and park illegally and you get yourself a ticket the police have arrested you, then they let you go and the first thing you say is wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer the aussie thing to do you see there is nothing wrong with the australian way of life as long as they just leave me to do my own thing i would love to have a packet of crisps but i hear this wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer the aussie the aussie the aussie thing to do, MATE
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Apr 13, 2016
Apr 13, 2016 at 12:10 AM UTC
wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer etc aussies
wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer the aussie thing to do then they go off to the pub and say wanna beer to you i didn’t know what to say at first these people do like me, yeah they think i am cool very very cool yeah they enjoy my company a lot wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer ya see the aussie thing wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer and a hamburger with the lot ya see ya go to the footy and the first thing you hear is wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer the aussie thing to do then you go off to the city to a nightclub, a man blows his cigarette smoke right in your face you say what, are you doing, then you say wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer the aussie thing to do you see you think your a man but you look like a hooligan yeah, your aussie mate true blue you look rough and ready to punch the guy next to you and then you say wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer the aussie thing to do wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer better being a true blue you see they look ***** and very very rude as they say wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer the aussie thing to do you go to the footy and then the cricket and then off to the pub and park illegally and you get yourself a ticket the police have arrested you, then they let you go and the first thing you say is wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer the aussie thing to do you see there is nothing wrong with the australian way of life as long as they just leave me to do my own thing i would love to have a packet of crisps but i hear this wanna beer wanna beer wanna beer the aussie the aussie the aussie thing to do, MATE
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So he texted you again We thought he wouldn't I know he wouldn't have If you had let me text him But we decided it would be better If I didn't get arrested For texting violent death threats From an overprotective friend To the guy Who hurt you Now he is back And I know you aren't planning On getting ****** in You tell me you are just waiting For the moment to hurt him Back, the way he hurt you But It could still happen I'm worried it will happen I don't want to see you hurt again I will always be here to pick up your pieces But I would rather see you whole So please Be careful Don't let him **** you in
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Dec 4, 2014
Dec 4, 2014 at 11:57 PM UTC
He's Back
You see My skin My face My size My hair My legs You judge by My color My cleft lip My larger than life style My single leg You single me out You spread rumors That I steal That I'm ugly That I eat 6 meals a day That I'm pathetic You judge me by my appearance MLK had a dream A dream that his four children Would not be judged by the color of their skin But the content of their character That dream hasn't been lived I am labeled I am judged He gets arrested She kills herself She's anorexic He. He writes this poem He brings a voice to this world He says you don't want to be judged As much as you judge You don't want to face the end of that stick It is laced with poisons He is still here Talk to me if you need it
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Sep 12, 2014
Sep 12, 2014 at 9:40 PM UTC
Judged
Alexander K  Opicho (Eldoret, Kenya;[email protected]) let me begin my salutation to you by expressing my angst  about your ghastly night experience that you go through when in the hands of the policemen who often walk around in the name of security patrols while in truth they bettle terror in the show of evil mighty they swop you down and arrest you spreadeagled asking for bribes substantially the money of your proceeds from the ware of your trade your body the temple of christian God, Wherever  your lack money your beauty saves you as they go on to  **** you  in circles among themselves as they glorify the power of your bossom in their policeman's slang, where beauty , tyranny of bossom and your bribe is absent you are forlornly arrested from the streets of Nairobi and Lagos or Johannesburg then rounded down to a dingy police cell to be charged with  heinous crimes of prostitution and vagrancy, when the true origin of your fortune's tomfoolery is powers that be as they glorify anti woman crude cultures beseeching a girl child into despair and depravement, they are these men who refused to  see you as a beacon of glory they always link you to the filthy bedrooms from which you ennoble not.
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Jan 27, 2014
Jan 27, 2014 at 8:52 AM UTC
Ode to African *** workers
Me again yes you guessed it hold this pen can't get arrested
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Sep 9, 2014
Sep 9, 2014 at 8:17 PM UTC
Rhyming Central
NY Hip Hop Gold Express Bling Shop Afro Brothers proprietorship buyin and sellin filthy lucre of down hard Gat packin Gangstas on the down low throwin down fallin hook line and stinker just a bunch of lil fishies wigglin at the end of golden chains its all about the bling baby all about the bling "I pity the fool" saith Mr. T the potentate of soul and gold who ain't down with the cool jewels of righteous B Teamers arrested by the silk rope of glitzy discos bribing bouncers with an earnest Jackson to *** rush the vanity faire of bumping A Listers Or was it Def Jam Buddhas minting coin on MTV? exploiting misogyny and ghost face killas NWAs slugging cases of Kristol blowing fat spliff smoke up the *** of Phat Farm kids in the hood shooting silver bullets at the man takin baths in tubs of fifties lighting up with crisp C Notes rollin through life in black Escalades its silver spinners twisting fast round corners where being cool went blind and Coolie High homies still tip a sip for the brothers who ain't there Today its all about the raised fist of power to the P Diddy fighting the power of the people as leggy Beyonce warbles songs for the posse of a Libyan Dictator whose blood money pays a cool mil cover for a New Years Eve tune Its all about the bling baby All about the bling baby, all about the bling. NY Hip Hop Gold Express Best Prices in Trenton Since 1997 You Tube Video: Gil Scott Heron Ain't No Such Thing As Superman Trenton 2/25/11 jbm
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Mar 20, 2013
Mar 20, 2013 at 9:19 AM UTC
NY Hip Hop Gold Express
She cooks her dishes with such panache and zest, as if both are  two new  dishes for me to taste, her dainty waist, arrested my eyes, then the mind ****** thunder thighs, all I want is to stick to her all over like curry paste.
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Mar 15, 2016
Mar 15, 2016 at 10:10 AM UTC
This cook is more dainty than the dish