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A part of me lives miles and minutes and moments away in an indefinite, dreamy place where clocks are not my enemy and I associate the word “distance" with travel, not longing My heart has sailed across the Atlantic, moved eagerly through the Indian Ocean, navigated using an atlas inked with butterflies and stars that gleam ardently (just as your rosemary eyes do, every once in a blue moon, when you’re able to sew together the disarrayed thoughts that dwell in your messy head) You are so, so far away However, if I avoid calendars and geography, it feels like you’re right here beside me In the afternoon, when the sun shines through my bedroom window and paints the world map on my wall with light, I shut my eyelids and run my thumb along the string that stretches across the parchment, connecting me to you I pretend that when I open my eyes, you will be here and that my aching fingers that are so desperately grasping the paper will be intertwined with yours
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Aug 3, 2013
Aug 3, 2013 at 1:35 PM UTC
Australia
LGBT. You may have never heard of this acronym before, Or maybe you associate it with liberals, or Obama, Or hippies. LGBT stands for: Lesbian: I was approached by a straight man At a gay bar, who asked me if I wanted to 'have a good time'. I told him no. I could see something in his eyes Flicker, and he asked me why I told him I only liked women In that regard He stood up angrily, And told me that I was an Ugly d*ke anyway. LGBT stands for Gay: I was holding hands with My boyfriend while We were walking in the park. We watched an older woman Walk up to us and say, "You're going to hell." I said, "I'll see you there," She glared at me before Storming off in a rage, mumbling, "Disgusting f*g." On her way. LGBT stands for Bisexual: I came out to my family today. My cousin said, "You're just confused." My father said, "Don't you dare walk in My house with a f*ggot." My mother said, "Pick a side." My supposed "friends" said, "You're just desperate and greedy." I've been dating an amazing person That I can never share if I want to Stay on good terms with "family". LGBT stands for Transgender: I binded my chest today With Ace bandages even though I know it's extremely unsafe Because I didn't want to be Seen as a girl again. I finally cut my own hair And when I told my mom why She told me, "Leave before your father gets home." I am sleeping on my friend's couch tonight Because my parents couldn't accept me As their son. You might associate the acronym LGBT With liberals. Liberals that don't use their religion as an Excuse when they're really just scared. Or Obama who said, "No one in America Should be scared to walk down the street Holding the hand of the person they love." Or hippies who refuse to conform to Heteronormativity, because it only matters That you love, the who or when or where or why or How Doesn't matter nearly as much. People are more than their secondary *** Characteristics. "Love thy neighbor as thyself", right?
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Apr 4, 2019
Apr 4, 2019 at 10:02 PM UTC
LGBT (Slam Poem #2)
LGBT. You may have never heard of this acronym before, Or maybe you associate it with liberals, or Obama, Or hippies. LGBT stands for: Lesbian: I was approached by a straight man At a gay bar, who asked me if I wanted to 'have a good time'. I told him no. I could see something in his eyes Flicker, and he asked me why I told him I only liked women In that regard He stood up angrily, And told me that I was an Ugly d*ke anyway. LGBT stands for Gay: I was holding hands with My boyfriend while We were walking in the park. We watched an older woman Walk up to us and say, "You're going to hell." I said, "I'll see you there," She glared at me before Storming off in a rage, mumbling, "Disgusting f*g." On her way. LGBT stands for Bisexual: I came out to my family today. My cousin said, "You're just confused." My father said, "Don't you dare walk in My house with a f*ggot." My mother said, "Pick a side." My supposed "friends" said, "You're just desperate and greedy." I've been dating an amazing person That I can never share if I want to Stay on good terms with "family". LGBT stands for Transgender: I binded my chest today With Ace bandages even though I know it's extremely unsafe Because I didn't want to be Seen as a girl again. I finally cut my own hair And when I told my mom why She told me, "Leave before your father gets home." I am sleeping on my friend's couch tonight Because my parents couldn't accept me As their son. You might associate the acronym LGBT With liberals. Liberals that don't use their religion as an Excuse when they're really just scared. Or Obama who said, "No one in America Should be scared to walk down the street Holding the hand of the person they love." Or hippies who refuse to conform to Heteronormativity, because it only matters That you love, the who or when or where or why or How Doesn't matter nearly as much. People are more than their secondary *** Characteristics. "Love thy neighbor as thyself", right?
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Cleanliness is something that you learn when your mom washes your hair and reminds you to brush your teeth before bed. It isn't something you think about, it's something you do out of habit. Cleanliness is something you memorize, you don't associate it with someone's ****** history until their history writes itself into your present and future. It receives a new meaning once you wash your hair and brush your teeth and you somehow still don't feel clean.
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Dec 15, 2015
Dec 15, 2015 at 10:35 PM UTC
Clean
With a body wrapped in a crimson dress, she bears a violent temper. Shining daylight, raging bewitching, captivating cunning. You arrive with starry eyes and cheeks flushed like a ****** In her curly hair, autumn curtains hang—roaming rays hot. She glows in the night like a pictorial wall with hieroglyphics concealing madness. You step elegantly, but you're a dangerously stealthy predator. Grassy hills in floating flames burn beneath a voluminous haze. Her look describes fabulous waterfalls, endlessly flowing and shining in the coming dawn. You associate with robbers and kings, but they do not understand, and no one will save you. Lovely eyes sprinkle enchanting rays, her lips intertwined like a rose petal. Her heart enticingly calls with her fruit to be drunk. You hide in the nightlife, dress up, and do your love magic. Neck fashioned in autumnal garments, wearing scarlet ruby earrings. Her pink skin smells of perfume, inviting like a grape on a vine. You invite visitors with your charm to carelessness, forever forced. Her lips are flowing bewitching rivers—intersecting strokes of crimson. They bring a dream to taste her deep soils and her artfully carved forms. You are determined to captivate without marrying— you stay lost in rebellion.
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Sep 25, 2023
Sep 25, 2023 at 6:19 AM UTC
Scarlet
Growing ever so fearful Afraid of who lives next door Why do they talk funny? Do not associate with their kind They are the spawn of evil Away with our jobs we deem unfitting Why are they here This is our home But did we not steal it from natives Who are we to judge Why do we judge Why do we preserve our way When there is nothing to preserve Lies! Filth and vermin you say I call friends and family Nothing more Nothing less
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Oct 8, 2010
Oct 8, 2010 at 10:44 AM UTC
Xenophobia
I. Your touch is like bones breaking; unforgettable, and breathtaking.    I know that normally people don't associate love with broken bones   but even when you cause me pain, I am still so effortlessly in love. II. On the day that you made me yours,      you rekindled a fire in me that I thought     had long since died. III. And in those eyes that resemble speckled emeralds,       I see a future brighter than I could have made for myself.      The feeling is treacherous, to love someone more than yourself. IV. The thought of you lingers in my bone marrow,       and it doesn't leave, not even in sleep,         you live within my bloodstream. V. You ignite a fire inside me,      hotter than I knew was possible in relative existence,     and every day I burn for you, slow and consistent. VI. Sometimes I wish you would strip me down       and love me like a limited resource,       like I'm a priceless medal, or gem of iridescent hue. VII. You're the type of guy that gets me to put my phone down         and that's an accomplishment in itself.         you're more interesting than the internet, and that's romanticism. VIII. Your kiss is like electricity, but instead of electrocution,          you send shivers down my spine,         and put the sparkle in my eyes. IX. They say that home is where the heart is,       and before I met you, I'd never been home before,       you are my home. X. I've run out of words to tell you how much I love you     so now my next mission is to transcribe a new language,     to do just that.
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Oct 3, 2016
Oct 3, 2016 at 10:16 PM UTC
10 Three Line Love Letters for the Love of my Life
I. Your touch is like bones breaking; unforgettable, and breathtaking.    I know that normally people don't associate love with broken bones   but even when you cause me pain, I am still so effortlessly in love. II. On the day that you made me yours,      you rekindled a fire in me that I thought     had long since died. III. And in those eyes that resemble speckled emeralds,       I see a future brighter than I could have made for myself.      The feeling is treacherous, to love someone more than yourself. IV. The thought of you lingers in my bone marrow,       and it doesn't leave, not even in sleep,         you live within my bloodstream. V. You ignite a fire inside me,      hotter than I knew was possible in relative existence,     and every day I burn for you, slow and consistent. VI. Sometimes I wish you would strip me down       and love me like a limited resource,       like I'm a priceless medal, or gem of iridescent hue. VII. You're the type of guy that gets me to put my phone down         and that's an accomplishment in itself.         you're more interesting than the internet, and that's romanticism. VIII. Your kiss is like electricity, but instead of electrocution,          you send shivers down my spine,         and put the sparkle in my eyes. IX. They say that home is where the heart is,       and before I met you, I'd never been home before,       you are my home. X. I've run out of words to tell you how much I love you     so now my next mission is to transcribe a new language,     to do just that.
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The sensation I miss most about childhood is the blissful freedom We could have left this town and ran forever I had my first kiss in a bowling alley snack bar Within a Christmas morning star I associate you with the winter: your shining black hair and cold words We were both numb and it felt so strong Could I return to the frozen bridge we would walk over every morning to school? Making our way back to my house in the bleak afternoon The best memory I had with you was when we tried to install a ceiling fan but it broke and destroyed the floor Reminders of words, sharp tongues, and broken nails on trial I go back to the feeling of my head split in two I love the winter but I love you more
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Nov 20, 2017
Nov 20, 2017 at 6:19 PM UTC
Nostalgic Pain
So often we associate love directly with pain. We accuse it of causing us Anguish Damage Misery. Irrationally deciding To never engage With another being On this deeper level again. Convinced We must avoid such harm. But wait— Is this merely a way To justify the ways in which We allow our feelings to hold the power? Consume us Confuse us and Take complete control? Strip down your hurt Your anger and Your bitterness.   You may see clearer Recognizing It is not the presence of love that is hurtful. Rather The absence of love The loss of love The misidentification of love Igniting these feelings within. Truth is, When love is open Honest Pure and Present It is truly an invaluable treasure.
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Sep 17, 2018
Sep 17, 2018 at 10:05 PM UTC
A Misunderstanding
** A new poetry posting site from God's own country, Kerala in India Poetry dates all the way back to the beginnings of Humanity. People have always been questioning nature, and the day-to-day existence of themselves and other humans love, death, survival, war, injustice, and the universe are all examples of things that have been questioned by men and woman since the roots of human existence. Whether in nursery rhyme, ballad, jingle, rhyme, anthem, or music, people have found poetry to be an outlet for expressing these questions, sensations, and experiences People often associate it with strict rhyming patterns, complicated vocabulary, hidden iconic meanings, and difficult rhythmical conventions. Poetry is even taught in school to be an intricate, complicated, inexplicable puzzle. True, poetry is difficult. Sure, it can be harder to understand than prose. However, that is only because sometimes it is involved with your inescapable complexities and uncertainties of your existence. In this era when the soul wants to go on a spree, imagination and creativity are all merged to serve and let you fulfill your wish to express. The pen, mightier than the sword, is free and can conquer hearts all over the world. So here is a site which allows unity in diversity and considers not cultural and racial barriers. It welcomes professionals and amateurs equally as poetry believe not in prejudice. Human beings are free to write their feelings and emotions. We therefore invite here people from all over the world to celebrate under the ipoetree. Feel at home here under the shade of this tree which pines to have as fruits your poems. Williamsji Maveli (Williams George Maveli) is an enthusiastic and solid writer. He is a sincere, resourceful and diligent in his poetic work. He is very well connected and networked within the literary community and is willing to take up projects even in his tight schedules. His writings reflect the amount of research on the current events that has gone into it along with his knowledge and expertise in the field. However, Williamsji’s many poems are simple to read, interpret, and understand. His latest book, titled “ARAMVIRALTHUMBATHU…” (On the tip of the sixth finger), is now published and released by H & C Books,Trichur, Kerala in India, which is a collection of lyrics. If anyone is interested, please email to [email protected] or write to WILLIAMSJI MAVELI PO BOX 3 ANGAMALY ERNAKULAM DISTRICT, KERALA - INDIA **
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Nov 22, 2013
Nov 22, 2013 at 2:23 AM UTC
ipoetree - a new poetry site from Williamsji Maveli
** A new poetry posting site from God's own country, Kerala in India Poetry dates all the way back to the beginnings of Humanity. People have always been questioning nature, and the day-to-day existence of themselves and other humans love, death, survival, war, injustice, and the universe are all examples of things that have been questioned by men and woman since the roots of human existence. Whether in nursery rhyme, ballad, jingle, rhyme, anthem, or music, people have found poetry to be an outlet for expressing these questions, sensations, and experiences People often associate it with strict rhyming patterns, complicated vocabulary, hidden iconic meanings, and difficult rhythmical conventions. Poetry is even taught in school to be an intricate, complicated, inexplicable puzzle. True, poetry is difficult. Sure, it can be harder to understand than prose. However, that is only because sometimes it is involved with your inescapable complexities and uncertainties of your existence. In this era when the soul wants to go on a spree, imagination and creativity are all merged to serve and let you fulfill your wish to express. The pen, mightier than the sword, is free and can conquer hearts all over the world. So here is a site which allows unity in diversity and considers not cultural and racial barriers. It welcomes professionals and amateurs equally as poetry believe not in prejudice. Human beings are free to write their feelings and emotions. We therefore invite here people from all over the world to celebrate under the ipoetree. Feel at home here under the shade of this tree which pines to have as fruits your poems. Williamsji Maveli (Williams George Maveli) is an enthusiastic and solid writer. He is a sincere, resourceful and diligent in his poetic work. He is very well connected and networked within the literary community and is willing to take up projects even in his tight schedules. His writings reflect the amount of research on the current events that has gone into it along with his knowledge and expertise in the field. However, Williamsji’s many poems are simple to read, interpret, and understand. His latest book, titled “ARAMVIRALTHUMBATHU…” (On the tip of the sixth finger), is now published and released by H & C Books,Trichur, Kerala in India, which is a collection of lyrics. If anyone is interested, please email to [email protected] or write to WILLIAMSJI MAVELI PO BOX 3 ANGAMALY ERNAKULAM DISTRICT, KERALA - INDIA **
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I had a gf that used to get called a feminazi, but no one ever called me a feminanarchist; I think what we really were is Feminihilists. FFP opposed *********** defined as the sexualized degradation, ********** humiliation, objectification, subjugation, violation,       psychological annihilation, exploitation,  & violence against women as distinguished from erotica based on the mutuality       of power and pleasure. According to FFP's pioneering founder Page Mellish, *********** provides the training for ****** assault & **** results in the objectification of women; affects women's ability to get equal rights & equal pay, & encourages men to associate *** with violence;  Page ultimately claimed that _all_ feminist issues | [    ,      ], [          ] are rooted in *********** &   in a 1986 letter to the editor of The Wall Street Journal, she asserted that FFP is "not against love & not against *** Page held that all men or women who did not fight against *********** were accountable for the violence against women, claiming that women who enjoy *********** or rough *** had internalized the male [gaze] & | male definitions of power Page's positions on *********** have been debated outside FFP, including with respect to porn's agency on crime & feminist & gay definitions of **** Legislation alone was not a solution, according to Page; it was also necessary to remove _"the need for **** vehemently anti-censorship & pro-sex, Page taught me to show everything from all sides; my other feminista professors were pro-monogamy [patriarchy] while Page was a combat boot wearing girly-girl; she had these cute little doe-eyed Q's following her around carrying the placards [        ] for her spontaneous demonstrations against underwear
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Aug 21, 2018
Aug 21, 2018 at 5:54 AM UTC
ode on page, feminist & mentor
I had a gf that used to get called a feminazi, but no one ever called me a feminanarchist; I think what we really were is Feminihilists. FFP opposed *********** defined as the sexualized degradation, ********** humiliation, objectification, subjugation, violation,       psychological annihilation, exploitation,  & violence against women as distinguished from erotica based on the mutuality       of power and pleasure. According to FFP's pioneering founder Page Mellish, *********** provides the training for ****** assault & **** results in the objectification of women; affects women's ability to get equal rights & equal pay, & encourages men to associate *** with violence;  Page ultimately claimed that _all_ feminist issues | [    ,      ], [          ] are rooted in *********** &   in a 1986 letter to the editor of The Wall Street Journal, she asserted that FFP is "not against love & not against *** Page held that all men or women who did not fight against *********** were accountable for the violence against women, claiming that women who enjoy *********** or rough *** had internalized the male [gaze] & | male definitions of power Page's positions on *********** have been debated outside FFP, including with respect to porn's agency on crime & feminist & gay definitions of **** Legislation alone was not a solution, according to Page; it was also necessary to remove _"the need for **** vehemently anti-censorship & pro-sex, Page taught me to show everything from all sides; my other feminista professors were pro-monogamy [patriarchy] while Page was a combat boot wearing girly-girl; she had these cute little doe-eyed Q's following her around carrying the placards [        ] for her spontaneous demonstrations against underwear
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The problem, One that I keep coming back to, In America, Is one of Identity. It's a thing that ebbs and flows, With the coming and going, Of whatever agenda is pushed. Now, if I'm pulled over, or looked over by name, or dare I associate with color. Then they'll **** me and my blackness. Now, should I take it personally, or empathize within the box they put me. Then they'll curse me for denying the whiteness. In this tug of war, I write my own story. Two races, One mind, But the spirit of millions. I am my ancestors, black and white. This is my perspective. I'm taking it back.
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Feb 26, 2018
Feb 26, 2018 at 2:51 PM UTC
In the Spirit of being Honest
* Black and Dark are not necessary bad things Many people associate negativity to it All our African people are dark and black Night is dark - and that is not bad too Thinking, speaking, writing of Black, Dark, & Night As negative, pessimistic and bad Only shows our ignorance in how we all are Brain-washed by those who think & believe White and light is superior to every thing Please remove this ignorance While reading this poem Where LOVE is hopefully represented As a Black Dark spot on white light life Black and Dark are as good as Or even better than white and light Here Black and Dark is used positively Read it so that way XXXXXXX *How can I remove The Black spot of LOVE From my life? How can I hide The Dark spot of LOVE From my being? How can I not find A job that will give me work A place to go and stay A friend who would understand me A family who would accept me A BELOVEDz who will hold my hand My life is considered useless By everyone in this city Because of this Black Dark spot of LOVE I carry around my heart's kitty With such accusations Falling on me from everywhere How can I go in front Of my BELOVEDz to Show how much I LOVE her I've forgotten everything in life I'm lost everything in the process of Adoring this... Black and Dark spot of LOVE People say I've gone mad & crazy In seeking positivist within Black and Dark How am I suppose to find The ways of life again for The journey to my BELOVEDz heart On the dark night path  of fate? This life without A  Black Dark spot of LOVE Was nothing but waste Life was just a maze of chase For greed, success, wealth & fame Till my BELOVEDz painted my soul Black Dark with her LOVE SOUL illuminate Now how am I suppose to Remove the Black Dark liquid of LOVE That runs within my veins And why should I? When my Black Truth is Much better than world's white lies When my Dark LOVE is Much better than world's light life Black Dark Spot of LOVE Is the only positive I carry So why should I even try to Remove the Black Dark spot of LOVE* *
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Aug 22, 2019
Aug 22, 2019 at 9:50 AM UTC
Black Dark Spot
* Black and Dark are not necessary bad things Many people associate negativity to it All our African people are dark and black Night is dark - and that is not bad too Thinking, speaking, writing of Black, Dark, & Night As negative, pessimistic and bad Only shows our ignorance in how we all are Brain-washed by those who think & believe White and light is superior to every thing Please remove this ignorance While reading this poem Where LOVE is hopefully represented As a Black Dark spot on white light life Black and Dark are as good as Or even better than white and light Here Black and Dark is used positively Read it so that way XXXXXXX *How can I remove The Black spot of LOVE From my life? How can I hide The Dark spot of LOVE From my being? How can I not find A job that will give me work A place to go and stay A friend who would understand me A family who would accept me A BELOVEDz who will hold my hand My life is considered useless By everyone in this city Because of this Black Dark spot of LOVE I carry around my heart's kitty With such accusations Falling on me from everywhere How can I go in front Of my BELOVEDz to Show how much I LOVE her I've forgotten everything in life I'm lost everything in the process of Adoring this... Black and Dark spot of LOVE People say I've gone mad & crazy In seeking positivist within Black and Dark How am I suppose to find The ways of life again for The journey to my BELOVEDz heart On the dark night path  of fate? This life without A  Black Dark spot of LOVE Was nothing but waste Life was just a maze of chase For greed, success, wealth & fame Till my BELOVEDz painted my soul Black Dark with her LOVE SOUL illuminate Now how am I suppose to Remove the Black Dark liquid of LOVE That runs within my veins And why should I? When my Black Truth is Much better than world's white lies When my Dark LOVE is Much better than world's light life Black Dark Spot of LOVE Is the only positive I carry So why should I even try to Remove the Black Dark spot of LOVE* *
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I asked the question but may never know But let’s give it a go I ask the question again, how does Mary Poppins angle her umbrella? It seems precise Maybe Magic is the advice It seems the winds are always in Mary Poppins favor But too some of use with ordinary conventional umbrella’s that’s hard to savor Mary Poppins seems to just glide through the air and her umbrella stays in tact Actually, could be more than fact With these so called conventional umbrella’s, people would be lucky if our umbrella’s didn’t turn inside out and became stems of its former self But Mary Poppins umbrella is not like everybody else When a breeze comes along, the ordinary conventional umbrellas simply bend What was an umbrella always comes to an end They just can’t seem to take the wind I guess Mary Poppins can Magic controls the umbrella on when But we really don’t know how Mary Poppins umbrella stays straight However, it’s Mary Poppins story of fate Yet that is something only Mary Poppins can appreciate As for us ordinary people can associate It’s definitely a magical thing The Mary Poppins name having a bling She’s like a Queen who masters her own sling.
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Nov 17, 2018
Nov 17, 2018 at 2:23 PM UTC
HOW DOES MARY POPPINS KEEP HER UMBRELLA ANGLED?
Dearest Reader, My name is Margot Dylan, and I'm a pariah. On the 16th of April, I told my mother that I was gay. She threw the clay mug that I made for her before she found out I was gay, against the floral, peeling wallpaper mess of a wall, in our kitchen. The decaffeinated peppermint green tea left a wonderful aroma that almost cleansed the room of the stench of 'lesbian'. I met Dylan Dunham a few days after that, and, a few days later, she was the first girl that I ever loved. Dylan wore a red flannel jacket, and was a butch and sometimes a bitch-but I loved her even at her tomboy cruelest. Dylan smoked a cigarette that smelled like lonerism, and she looked at me like she didn't care. My heart skipped a beat, as cliche as it sounds, whenever she would remove the cigarette from her mouth, exhale, and look at me as smoke traveled up her face. I looked at her and knew that she was everything that I wasn't, and everything that I wanted. Dylan was Dianne, before and after school. Dylan was Dianne, who wore floral dresses and lipstick and who ditched her butch clothing in her locker before leaving. Dylan was Dianne, who was straight and who thought Tyler Wesson, from church, was cute. Dylan was Dianne, who had a short hair cut because of track and field, because she explained that she ran a faster time with less hair. Dylan was Dianne, who didn't associate with me before or after school because her parents knew that I was gay. During school hours, the only thing Dylan did keep from Dianne was the lipstick. I was envious of the cigarette because of it's burgundy stains. We would stand in a stall, as she looked across from me, after each drag. She frequently offered her cigarettes, but I refused because I only let love **** me. If she ever brought alcohol, sometimes she'd kiss me. I told her that I loved her and she said, "I know." The only thing that Dylan kept from me was my heart, before she started to smoke cigarettes in the bathroom with Annie Way. I wish you the best moments so they can overcome the worst, Margot Dylan
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Jul 31, 2014
Jul 31, 2014 at 1:50 PM UTC
July 31st, 2014
Dearest Reader, My name is Margot Dylan, and I'm a pariah. On the 16th of April, I told my mother that I was gay. She threw the clay mug that I made for her before she found out I was gay, against the floral, peeling wallpaper mess of a wall, in our kitchen. The decaffeinated peppermint green tea left a wonderful aroma that almost cleansed the room of the stench of 'lesbian'. I met Dylan Dunham a few days after that, and, a few days later, she was the first girl that I ever loved. Dylan wore a red flannel jacket, and was a butch and sometimes a bitch-but I loved her even at her tomboy cruelest. Dylan smoked a cigarette that smelled like lonerism, and she looked at me like she didn't care. My heart skipped a beat, as cliche as it sounds, whenever she would remove the cigarette from her mouth, exhale, and look at me as smoke traveled up her face. I looked at her and knew that she was everything that I wasn't, and everything that I wanted. Dylan was Dianne, before and after school. Dylan was Dianne, who wore floral dresses and lipstick and who ditched her butch clothing in her locker before leaving. Dylan was Dianne, who was straight and who thought Tyler Wesson, from church, was cute. Dylan was Dianne, who had a short hair cut because of track and field, because she explained that she ran a faster time with less hair. Dylan was Dianne, who didn't associate with me before or after school because her parents knew that I was gay. During school hours, the only thing Dylan did keep from Dianne was the lipstick. I was envious of the cigarette because of it's burgundy stains. We would stand in a stall, as she looked across from me, after each drag. She frequently offered her cigarettes, but I refused because I only let love **** me. If she ever brought alcohol, sometimes she'd kiss me. I told her that I loved her and she said, "I know." The only thing that Dylan kept from me was my heart, before she started to smoke cigarettes in the bathroom with Annie Way. I wish you the best moments so they can overcome the worst, Margot Dylan
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I think most people associate creative people, especially writers with the middle of the night. Getting a great idea at 1AM and working until 7AM and a masterpiece is made I'm not like that. I tend to get ideas at about 2 in the afternoon. I have a great idea for my friends birthday. That's a great outfit to wear to Fridays dance! Hmm....that could be an amazing book... What if everyone in the whole world did this? Oh! I could totally make money doing that! These things happen at 2 in the afternoon.
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May 13, 2014
May 13, 2014 at 4:51 PM UTC
2PM
Dysphoria, what does it feel like? They sigh, trying to find a single sentence for years of caged silence. Identity: Female Stuck in the wrong way To me it’s a sense of nothing will ever be right The feeling of being in extreme danger Like you’re about to die Identity: Male All I can say is This isn’t me The feeling is a long and windy explanation of Disassociation There are things about me that I don’t associate with myself And it’s weird and confusing When I become aware of them Identity: **** A drag queen? Trans fluid. Dysphoria... It's a lot like, Anger, Betrayal, An itch Like a really itchy sweater, You can’t take it off And the longer you have to wear it the worse it gets You start to hate yourself because You’re the one that put the sweater on in the first place They say we are ill Broken ****** *** “Butch” It’s not correct When they say it’s their right to say those That’s when I get mad If there is no way to make the mind conform to the body You must make the body conform to the mind If they think it’s their right to tell other people that their identity is wrong, Then they are ill and broken They have no f**king clue And I know, I can’t tell them they’re wrong Without telling them why But I realize Explaining this is futile With closed minded people Bathrooms need to change, Health care needs to change, Identification needs to change People are forced to “pick one” Trans-phobia shouldn’t be tolerated Mental health care shouldn’t be because it’s a “defect” Social pressure, Internalized oppression, Abuse, Shouldn’t Be Tolerated Politicians have got it the wrong way around One in two transgender persons have experienced ****** assault One. In. Two. They say, “We don’t want men undercover spying on our women and children” You think they are in there to spy or **** Name more than two cases in the last 25 years Where a transgender person has sexually abused a woman in the ladies bathroom You can’t But give me five minutes, and I can come up with five to eight names of transgender people That have been assaulted in bathrooms since 2019 started But our Pride cannot be destroyed It’s our strength A feeling of belonging A belief that we can change this We are not alone. We Are Not Alone. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
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Mar 7, 2019
Mar 7, 2019 at 5:27 PM UTC
Listen To Their Voice
Dysphoria, what does it feel like? They sigh, trying to find a single sentence for years of caged silence. Identity: Female Stuck in the wrong way To me it’s a sense of nothing will ever be right The feeling of being in extreme danger Like you’re about to die Identity: Male All I can say is This isn’t me The feeling is a long and windy explanation of Disassociation There are things about me that I don’t associate with myself And it’s weird and confusing When I become aware of them Identity: **** A drag queen? Trans fluid. Dysphoria... It's a lot like, Anger, Betrayal, An itch Like a really itchy sweater, You can’t take it off And the longer you have to wear it the worse it gets You start to hate yourself because You’re the one that put the sweater on in the first place They say we are ill Broken ****** *** “Butch” It’s not correct When they say it’s their right to say those That’s when I get mad If there is no way to make the mind conform to the body You must make the body conform to the mind If they think it’s their right to tell other people that their identity is wrong, Then they are ill and broken They have no f**king clue And I know, I can’t tell them they’re wrong Without telling them why But I realize Explaining this is futile With closed minded people Bathrooms need to change, Health care needs to change, Identification needs to change People are forced to “pick one” Trans-phobia shouldn’t be tolerated Mental health care shouldn’t be because it’s a “defect” Social pressure, Internalized oppression, Abuse, Shouldn’t Be Tolerated Politicians have got it the wrong way around One in two transgender persons have experienced ****** assault One. In. Two. They say, “We don’t want men undercover spying on our women and children” You think they are in there to spy or **** Name more than two cases in the last 25 years Where a transgender person has sexually abused a woman in the ladies bathroom You can’t But give me five minutes, and I can come up with five to eight names of transgender people That have been assaulted in bathrooms since 2019 started But our Pride cannot be destroyed It’s our strength A feeling of belonging A belief that we can change this We are not alone. We Are Not Alone. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
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There is never nothing new Just rearrange things I don’t write poems I just remove the extra words that are in the way Hold on to the words like whispers and shadows and wings Recklessly insert adjectives Tie it all to your delusions of profundity Dig down deep for pain no matter how senseless Pick at your emotional scabs Bleed No one likes poetry Constantly remind people of that Tell them that you make it sound good to you and **** them (Even though their ovation means everything) Slip, dip and weave With ambiguous wet dreams Full lips and thick tongue Mouthing… Come to an understanding ***** is much better than clean Make it filthy Soil it Make it nostalgic People need to be reassured that you were really ******* up as a kid and that this poetry **** doesn’t just happen to people overnight Make it esoteric That way, when no one knows what the hell you are talking about, you will have a good word to explain why Say things that are so ill mannered that they are weighty I will give you an example “I’m not looking for a girl that is beautiful I'm looking for one just barely ugly enough to **** me” Incite large groups of people to ***** Get so personal that it gives people headaches Expose yourself until everyone is embarrassed for you Spew it all over the bar In a drunken stupor flaunt it lasciviously with your genitals Pour yourself into reckless collisions Drink from your soul until it rots your liver Write until you want to **** yourself then write about that Make it as bitter as a Wal-mart associate Make it so sweet she will swallow it all before looking up at you with eyes like tiny puddles To say, “that was beautiful” (even though it was disgusting) It should be raw It should make you itch It should be like rubbing up against it spreads it It should be like VD Make really long Like it’s your ***** No, Make it really, really long Like its my ***** Make it rhyme I mean don’t Don’t Don’t ever write another ******* poem because I assure you if I did not write it than it must **** and that is how poetry works Michael L Sutter
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Oct 16, 2011
Oct 16, 2011 at 12:31 PM UTC
How to Write a Poem
There is never nothing new Just rearrange things I don’t write poems I just remove the extra words that are in the way Hold on to the words like whispers and shadows and wings Recklessly insert adjectives Tie it all to your delusions of profundity Dig down deep for pain no matter how senseless Pick at your emotional scabs Bleed No one likes poetry Constantly remind people of that Tell them that you make it sound good to you and **** them (Even though their ovation means everything) Slip, dip and weave With ambiguous wet dreams Full lips and thick tongue Mouthing… Come to an understanding ***** is much better than clean Make it filthy Soil it Make it nostalgic People need to be reassured that you were really ******* up as a kid and that this poetry **** doesn’t just happen to people overnight Make it esoteric That way, when no one knows what the hell you are talking about, you will have a good word to explain why Say things that are so ill mannered that they are weighty I will give you an example “I’m not looking for a girl that is beautiful I'm looking for one just barely ugly enough to **** me” Incite large groups of people to ***** Get so personal that it gives people headaches Expose yourself until everyone is embarrassed for you Spew it all over the bar In a drunken stupor flaunt it lasciviously with your genitals Pour yourself into reckless collisions Drink from your soul until it rots your liver Write until you want to **** yourself then write about that Make it as bitter as a Wal-mart associate Make it so sweet she will swallow it all before looking up at you with eyes like tiny puddles To say, “that was beautiful” (even though it was disgusting) It should be raw It should make you itch It should be like rubbing up against it spreads it It should be like VD Make really long Like it’s your ***** No, Make it really, really long Like its my ***** Make it rhyme I mean don’t Don’t Don’t ever write another ******* poem because I assure you if I did not write it than it must **** and that is how poetry works Michael L Sutter
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Some days I think I could love you If the grass was green enough If I didn't associate your musk with the flannel I search for at every goodwill At every thrift store Trying them on relentlessly Button up, button down As if each little plaid square could shrink my ******* smaller Stretch my back vertically Aesthetically speaking. Some days I think I could love you If was smaller and wiser If I could believe in nothing Rather than the absence of something Every time I close my eyes and pray once more Beneath the shadow of the hospital-tainted shower curtain. Some days I think I could love you If I remember the piercing blanch Of whiskey burning in the back of my throat If I recall the tears in your eyes on a mid-May afternoon Standing closely in a gravel parking lot Telling me "See ya later" instead of goodbye Kissing my forehead, nose, and eyes. Some days I think I could love you If you told me it didn't matter how prominent my collar bones are Or that it didn't take the catalyst of pickling my insides ******* a lonely man while you were away To make you want for me. Some days I think I could love you When you trace the lines of my waist Asking me not to lose any more weight When you tell me I'm beautiful That you envy my heaven When you ask to see me simply to hear my thoughts. Some days I think I could love you If you told me you loved me If that alone didn't set you apart from the rest Aligning yourself a whole in one with the others Only greater. Some days I think I could love you If I couldn't recall the misshapen line Between a large vocabulary and eloquencey Between a man and a frightened boy Between an eating disorder and self-motivation. Some days, I think I might love you If I could silence my mind of all the fragrances of adultery If I could leap elegantly past the fear of such a concept Without wondering how I appear to you compared to the rest. Some days I think I could love you If I could forget that you can't If I could remember how to open my own hatch Without fear, as the key If I could remember to love myself. Some days, I think I could love you Some days, I believe it. Some days, I don't.
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Nov 1, 2012
Nov 1, 2012 at 2:58 AM UTC
Some Days
Some days I think I could love you If the grass was green enough If I didn't associate your musk with the flannel I search for at every goodwill At every thrift store Trying them on relentlessly Button up, button down As if each little plaid square could shrink my ******* smaller Stretch my back vertically Aesthetically speaking. Some days I think I could love you If was smaller and wiser If I could believe in nothing Rather than the absence of something Every time I close my eyes and pray once more Beneath the shadow of the hospital-tainted shower curtain. Some days I think I could love you If I remember the piercing blanch Of whiskey burning in the back of my throat If I recall the tears in your eyes on a mid-May afternoon Standing closely in a gravel parking lot Telling me "See ya later" instead of goodbye Kissing my forehead, nose, and eyes. Some days I think I could love you If you told me it didn't matter how prominent my collar bones are Or that it didn't take the catalyst of pickling my insides ******* a lonely man while you were away To make you want for me. Some days I think I could love you When you trace the lines of my waist Asking me not to lose any more weight When you tell me I'm beautiful That you envy my heaven When you ask to see me simply to hear my thoughts. Some days I think I could love you If you told me you loved me If that alone didn't set you apart from the rest Aligning yourself a whole in one with the others Only greater. Some days I think I could love you If I couldn't recall the misshapen line Between a large vocabulary and eloquencey Between a man and a frightened boy Between an eating disorder and self-motivation. Some days, I think I might love you If I could silence my mind of all the fragrances of adultery If I could leap elegantly past the fear of such a concept Without wondering how I appear to you compared to the rest. Some days I think I could love you If I could forget that you can't If I could remember how to open my own hatch Without fear, as the key If I could remember to love myself. Some days, I think I could love you Some days, I believe it. Some days, I don't.
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Growing up, my grandmother always tried to hold me back from the girl I thought was my best friend. Her name was Society. My grandmother made it very clear that I was not to associate with Society and so that is what I did for a while. By the age of 7 I had an impressively large entourage of friends, whose parents also steered clear from Society. We watched movies, made hot chocolate and talked about our hopes and dreams. However just because the light burns bright, doesn't mean it's going to burn forever. By the time I was 11 our coterie had fallen through. The more we grew, the less we would hear our parents. 11 years young, and completely detached. All my friends were now strangers. Society was the only one I had left. I always desired to be equals with her. I tried so hard until there wasn't any ME anymore. I was caught in between fitting in with the world and becoming estranged from myself Society dug up every last seed that all sane adults plant into their children. Mum raised me to believe that every inch, every atom and every molecule inside of me was worthy of love. Society had taught me to pinch and pull at my body, accusing every bump, every scar and every imperfection for being some of the many reasons I was alone. Society led me to rip every mirror off of the walls of my life. "You don't wanna see that" She would whisper. She was wrong until she was right. For every 1 thing I found to love in the reflection, Society would find 3 things to hate. Society had taken the sparkle from my eyes because the other girls couldn't see past the glare. Society silenced the protest in my gut because there weren't enough people on my side but as I moved on to better people I realized she was all a sham
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Apr 9, 2018
Apr 9, 2018 at 5:44 PM UTC
Growing Up With Society
Growing up, my grandmother always tried to hold me back from the girl I thought was my best friend. Her name was Society. My grandmother made it very clear that I was not to associate with Society and so that is what I did for a while. By the age of 7 I had an impressively large entourage of friends, whose parents also steered clear from Society. We watched movies, made hot chocolate and talked about our hopes and dreams. However just because the light burns bright, doesn't mean it's going to burn forever. By the time I was 11 our coterie had fallen through. The more we grew, the less we would hear our parents. 11 years young, and completely detached. All my friends were now strangers. Society was the only one I had left. I always desired to be equals with her. I tried so hard until there wasn't any ME anymore. I was caught in between fitting in with the world and becoming estranged from myself Society dug up every last seed that all sane adults plant into their children. Mum raised me to believe that every inch, every atom and every molecule inside of me was worthy of love. Society had taught me to pinch and pull at my body, accusing every bump, every scar and every imperfection for being some of the many reasons I was alone. Society led me to rip every mirror off of the walls of my life. "You don't wanna see that" She would whisper. She was wrong until she was right. For every 1 thing I found to love in the reflection, Society would find 3 things to hate. Society had taken the sparkle from my eyes because the other girls couldn't see past the glare. Society silenced the protest in my gut because there weren't enough people on my side but as I moved on to better people I realized she was all a sham
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I am not my body I am not the freckles scattered across my face like mismatched constellations I am not the extra cupcakes that find their way to my thighs I am not the shade of my eyes nor the hue of my skin I am not the dark circles that come from lack of sleep I am not the imperfections that appear on my forehead I am my soul I am a sad song on a lonely Saturday night I am cute movies at midday and romantic comedies at midnight I am the moon and the sun and the stars and the trees dancing in the wind I am love and heartbreak, art and music I am the clothes I wear and the people I associate with I am the eye of a hurricane My body is just a fragile house for the memories and dreams that live inside me. And I refuse to be defined by that in which I reside.
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Apr 14, 2014
Apr 14, 2014 at 1:08 PM UTC
I am not my body, I am my soul
Look behind, a shadow follows, morning till night, at sun down, it transforms and waits, no curtains needed, look around at night, see that mysterious bushfire, some happened beyond time, heaven is your imagination speaking, I stand on a flow that never stops and put all my hopes in love, there is nothing that doesn't change, I stand where many others before me stood, I forget that, but events repeat, I stand naked on a rock with prehistoric markings, my shrink will associate it with my desire to go back, my loved ones whisper in to my ear, "Hallucinations all, will be alright after a deep sleep, you're tired, mind a dark forest" why overburden oneself with memories beyond time? Reasons are fading darkness, when looking beyond the mind, all you now pass through is a dream, seen in sleep, one sleep to the next, How many galaxies are to be hopped in this intergalactic travel?
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Aug 19, 2013
Aug 19, 2013 at 1:00 PM UTC
Dreaming intergalactic being
It might not be the thing You’ve come to associate me with This elegant display As I steadily move forward Do not mistake my slowness For laziness or worse I take my time for things I like As I enjoy the things that slowly pass by Life’s too short and too fast alike And I’m just a helpless little pawn But do not mistake my slowness For laziness or worse As you come to see me As someone who values life And takes things as they come Slowly and gently Like the turtle’s steps
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Nov 10, 2015
Nov 10, 2015 at 12:36 PM UTC
Le Carnaval des Animaux #4: Slowness
Becoming... hmmm... what am I... becoming... is this the enlightenment of my trip? hmm... journeying through the seasons of inner time and place... therein which lies... a space.... not that sort.... not the sort of the spicky icky spacky... space... it's the... hmmm... sleepy space... I sit and wonder... this place is where I... ponder... fabric... the fabric of this life... I AM FLOATING INTO THIS CHAIR CONCEPT BANDS CONCEPT ALBUMS THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE I AM JUST LIKE TIMOTHY LEARY ... but that... that is only a character.. the outlook I assume in..certain moods... that state of worry... that's what I mean. I am the wind the sea ... speak friend, enter... speak... speak to me. 'I see we meet again... hmmmm...' The music keeps changing my moods, you see... Subconscious... I must be more mindful... 'Increase mindfulness' I must bring the feelings... out don't shove them away... don't shove me away... on this normal squashy day Love your dark shadow love the wolves streams of consciousness I must cut up all of these streams I worry too much about the future... am I crazy? or just afraid of being... telepathy Here's this concept that I have that represents all of these feelings that I have that I tell to you and you receive as whatever feelings you associate with said concept and hope they match up I only write when I have something to preach... a sermon, you see.. yet I write every day... to preach a sermon to me 'Does it make me bad?' this way I am? does it make you.. mad? mushy swampy bog filled mushrooms I sag into the soppy plants in me this world is my swamp and this swamp is me into the swampy swamp I romp All day I ravage roam I stomp jive my vibe... Exotic exodus execution into the deep reeds paddling the little cellophane canoe Must... move... Must... go...
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Jan 13, 2014
Jan 13, 2014 at 1:21 PM UTC
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Becoming... hmmm... what am I... becoming... is this the enlightenment of my trip? hmm... journeying through the seasons of inner time and place... therein which lies... a space.... not that sort.... not the sort of the spicky icky spacky... space... it's the... hmmm... sleepy space... I sit and wonder... this place is where I... ponder... fabric... the fabric of this life... I AM FLOATING INTO THIS CHAIR CONCEPT BANDS CONCEPT ALBUMS THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE I AM JUST LIKE TIMOTHY LEARY ... but that... that is only a character.. the outlook I assume in..certain moods... that state of worry... that's what I mean. I am the wind the sea ... speak friend, enter... speak... speak to me. 'I see we meet again... hmmmm...' The music keeps changing my moods, you see... Subconscious... I must be more mindful... 'Increase mindfulness' I must bring the feelings... out don't shove them away... don't shove me away... on this normal squashy day Love your dark shadow love the wolves streams of consciousness I must cut up all of these streams I worry too much about the future... am I crazy? or just afraid of being... telepathy Here's this concept that I have that represents all of these feelings that I have that I tell to you and you receive as whatever feelings you associate with said concept and hope they match up I only write when I have something to preach... a sermon, you see.. yet I write every day... to preach a sermon to me 'Does it make me bad?' this way I am? does it make you.. mad? mushy swampy bog filled mushrooms I sag into the soppy plants in me this world is my swamp and this swamp is me into the swampy swamp I romp All day I ravage roam I stomp jive my vibe... Exotic exodus execution into the deep reeds paddling the little cellophane canoe Must... move... Must... go...
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I think often Of breastfeeding The tip of my ****** tickling his skin-thin upper gum. In my imagination It is many minutes of calm I cup his head Which fits into a palm and a half My body is full With his quiet innocence. I imagine trying to imagine How much he doesn’t know All the ***** things This action may mean one day How he doesn’t know What a kitchen is Or a mortgage or an income His fears are not boring. Mine are of finances and guilt His involve teethed creatures and deaf silences. He does not know what it means For the time to be 3:15 Nor can he comprehend The recentness of his existence. I and the cat are nocturnal He lives in intervals. We associate babies With a soft pink I imagine Looking into his eyes Two wrinkly slits Wondering how to Confirm this.
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Nov 27, 2013
Nov 27, 2013 at 1:18 AM UTC
Breast-Fed Musings