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"bagel" poems
The hood won't be the same, We're out standing in the rain, To encourage sprouts as we once did our children; For down the road you see it's as legal, As a Timmy's and a cream-cheese bagel, We're good to grow the free green grass at home. On this side of our border, Starting this October, We'll bake it, vape it, roll and bowl to take it; Down the road you see it's now legal, The price of home grown's dropped to zero, We're good to grow the free green grass at home. Yes we're all on board to greet it, Some inhale and some will eat it; We're good to grow the free green grass at home. I'm awake and it astounds me, My four plants that surround me; We've realized what we've long been dreaming; For there's a store where we can cop some, Come the fall fresh buds will blossom, We're good to grow our free green grass at home. Yes we're all on board to greet it, Some inhale, and some will eat it, We're good to grow our free green grass at home.
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Jun 25, 2018
Jun 25, 2018 at 6:09 AM UTC
The Free Green Grass At Home
open field, ***** hands, chewed-down nails I stood at my door and had a fine breakfast: warm breeze over-easy on a gravel-bagel, a side of spiced bird calls tasted envious, baked humidity that I ate with my feet, O, to be a head chef of intention.
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Jun 15, 2012
Jun 15, 2012 at 6:50 PM UTC
Head Chef of Intention
At the bus stop on Praed Street Just arrived on the train Awaiting the bus, in drizzly rain On the opposite side Outside Paddington station Is the evidence that we are a fast food nation Burger King, Le gourmet brasserie, Chelsea deli, KFC, Subway, La Taarza cafe, Bagel factory, Costa, Chicken cottage, Bonne Bouch, Victors cafe I can't see much more But there are further food stores We must be obsessed With coffee and food Can this be good? Our waist lines are growing Our pockets are empty Yet there's fast food a plenty There must be a market They are filling a need Is it our laziness or greed?
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Feb 20, 2015
Feb 20, 2015 at 12:39 PM UTC
Fast food nation
The hood won't be the same, We're out standing in the rain, To encourage sprouts as we once did our children; For down the road you see it's as legal, As a Timmy 'n cream-cheese bagel, We're good to grow the free green grass at home. On this side of our border, Starting this October, We'll bake it, vape it, roll and bowl to take it; Down the road you see it's now legal, The price of home grown's dropped to zero, We're good to grow the free green grass at home. Yes we're all on board to greet it, Some inhale and some will eat it; We're good to grow the free green grass at home. I'm awake and it astounds me, My four plants that surround me; We've realized what we've long been dreaming; For there's a store now where we can cop some, Come this fall fresh buds will blossom, We're good to grow our free green grass at home. Yes we're all on board to greet it, Some inhale, and some will eat it, We're good to grow our free green grass at home.
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Aug 18, 2018
Aug 18, 2018 at 1:38 PM UTC
The Free Green Grass At Home
I get genuinely psychotic in the morning when the sun creeps out to see If I slept last night I would want to put a gun in my mouth (breakfast with coffee, black) just you and me. I get depressed long and hard, and often feel like the cream cheese that you scrape off your bagel. As the hour goes on everyone's two dimensional (photo-copy of photo-copied, of photo-copy) and you are scraping your bagel of the unwanted (but served anyway) cream cheese, "You," (probably the plastic knife in this analogy) "drive me..." Spat! in the trash as your upturned nose tells me how much our days together are measured in inches, not yards.
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Nov 7, 2012
Nov 7, 2012 at 3:36 PM UTC
How I love our mourning talks
The poorest juggler ever seen Was clumsy Clara cleech, Who juggled a bean, a nectarine, A pumpkin, and a peach. She juggled a stone , a slide trombone, A celery stalk, a stick, A seeded roll, a salad bowl, A bagel, a boot, a brick. With relative ease she juggled a cheese , She juggled a lock, lime, Yes, clara juggled all of these . . . But just one at a time
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Mar 14, 2014
Mar 14, 2014 at 10:03 AM UTC
Clara cleech
Excuse me Sir, I'm ready to order. Can I please get some breakfast sandwiches and a couple of bagels? Uh, excuse me rudeness! What the hell was that look for? Can you believe this motherfucker?! One look at my nopal and he went straight into his skinhead manners brown paper bag and picked up a big ol' hand full of **** you" and put it all over his ******* face. I like how now racism has a new look. Indifference and side ways looks. I still ******* matter. I have a right to be where I please. As a matter of fact, I have a right to be. If I want a bagel I would like it without a side of Caucasian ******* Pinches gringos cabrones.
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May 17, 2013
May 17, 2013 at 3:39 PM UTC
Mexicans In Santa Cruz
Well I don't know if you saw me and passed on Coffee Meets Bagel a few days ago or not, but you look pretty adorable and sound interesting too, so I wanted to say hi either way! 4 weeks in Ireland sounds pretty great too - was that for work, or some other opportunity? If you had to pick between only skiing or snowboarding for the rest of your life, which would you choose? Hey! I do web work too...what do you do for the sports coverage website? No workaholism here haha, but I do work hard. Where do you like to get ****** up on a Friday night? Love the uggs on the one male stripper. Gotta get myself a pair. Aww, you and your pup look like super good cuddle buddies. It's really hard to pick something to watch on Netflix...or Amazon Prime in my case. Watching anything good now? What is there to get butthurt about on your profile really? Except for short guys, maybe. Oh, and gamers. I play games sometimes, but not excessively. What's the cooper tires thing you did? 6 pounds is tiny! What kind of dog is he, a yorkie or something? Hey, hope you're having a good weekend. Kinda feels like a golf day today based on the way this last week has felt ha. Do you play a lot? Hey, how are you liking the city and school so far? I went to an engineering school not too far away, you might have heard of it - ... Sometimes it's hard to sum up our IT jobs in a few words, but nice job ha. A constant challenge and learning something new every day is what I like about mine!
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Jan 13, 2015
Jan 13, 2015 at 10:00 PM UTC
Non-Starters: 2015
I sat by the lake sipping coffee and feeding the ducks. In between breadcrumbs, I dialed his number. "Your call could not go through." I grinned; Could not, not would not. Long since the city summers, I finally found our stillwater space: a sense of security that felt as serene as my remote arcadia, disturbed only by the footstrokes of a hungry mallard passing by. No breadcrumbs for him. "Call failed." Call failed, not I failed, and I picked apart the stale bagel to dip in my coffee and feed to the ducks.
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Sep 25, 2013
Sep 25, 2013 at 4:50 AM UTC
"The Cottage"
you yes you, look up. just for a moment. notice me, hold my stare. every morning you're there same cup of orange juice same newspaper same half eaten muffin i'm here every morning too i have my usual drink my usual dog earred book my bagel why haven't you noticed me like i always seem to notice you. come on sugar look up for just a second and see the rest of your life quietly reading in the corner. come on baby come on look up.
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Aug 10, 2010
Aug 10, 2010 at 9:38 AM UTC
sunshine doughnuts
For me, these things don't seem to be matter of questionable choice If you understand my face, then there's no need to hear my voice Like a beautiful bird's everlasting melody it sings Never wasted, for all the joy that it's song brings Until the grim reaper's phone call eventually rings And I make an obvious decision on boneless wings Ride me like a horse, and return me to my stable Use me then divorce, just like you're stealing cable Oh no, I broke my leg, hole in my head like a bagel Is it chicken or the egg, either way life is a fable choices that we made, until we're no longer able No brainers weighed, don't ask me booth or a table? So don't come to me with questions wasting time If the winds blowing might as well hang a chime Karma will always cleanse even the perfect crime Deserted island, poetically just reached my prime So much to say, but just became a professional mime Always had two nickels but really wanted a dime Life's pointless questions, like should a poem rhyme? To me if you don't, you"re a mexican beer, w/out a lime
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Oct 3, 2012
Oct 3, 2012 at 3:32 PM UTC
Why?...Not!!
I saw the best behinds of my generation destroyed by muffins, strudel hydrolyzed aphids dragging themselves through Chicano streets at dawn for tickets to fix, bagel headed tipsters yearning for flagrant connection to the sorry dim sum macarena nights ... *apologies to Allen Ginsberg
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Dec 24, 2010
Dec 24, 2010 at 8:58 PM UTC
Howl too
You give me simple pleasure, As I bite into your inner layer. I love you in the morning In between a bagel, Sometimes with bacon. In the afternoon, By a salad’s side you sit, With my favorite edibles- Arugula, red peppers, fresh peas, Black and green olives, Topped with chicken, cheese, Sesame vinaigrette, and, A few croutons for crunch. You are an Egg, but so much more. The texture and depth of your yolk, Sublime and sumptuous; Your outside solid, yet undefined; Balancing textures with what’s inside. Egg, You are truly Divine.
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Dec 8, 2018
Dec 8, 2018 at 11:56 PM UTC
Egg
When the walls started closing in and my brain turned to syrup I slid down into a stupor My mother makes me strawberry/mango Italian soda the sluggishness liquefies my brain becomes active the bubbles floating my thoughts to the top. When my vision is narrowed and the fire is lit within burning the inside's out pass me some of that pop and its the little things that matter Observant servant to the soul Not even owning your own body glitch glitch glitch all over my face can't say a word without a fight stuck in my head, can't get out Maybe if I keep talking the words will sometimes maybe came come from my mouth My thoughts suffocating me My head aches Please please no more I want to step out looking outside the bagel shop calmed my mind
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Dec 14, 2014
Dec 14, 2014 at 3:28 AM UTC
Posh Bagels and Strawberry/Mango Italian Sodas
I need to whisper sweet somethings to nothing of importance, Spell out rose petal kisses up the arms of Morticia Adams, I need to take a romantic walk through a graveyard, Sit in the dark and think of white, I could always fall up a hill and roll to the top, The elevator down eventually hits the basement and that’s what I’m counting on, Pinky finger through thumb, I’m counting. Other thumb through pinky finger, I’m counting. Sometimes you have to eat your Johnny Walker and drink your dinner. Today, cigarettes… tomorrow, the world. The convenient thing about tomorrow is it still can occur 2 years after yesterday. Don’t count on it. Tomorrow, the world… Friday, a whole wheat bagel and coffee. I think I might garner a relationship with vampires, built on trust. Turn off the t.v. Love is a nightlight. Love is a nightlight…
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May 28, 2013
May 28, 2013 at 5:34 PM UTC
Nightlight.
Like sugar from a shaker, snow falls on Saul the baker delivering steamy biscuits from the shop he calls his home to a drafty run down mansion where the princess on her pension can be testy with her tension, hence she's living on her own. Today he took her order, "One fresh bagel, for a quarter 'cause I haven't seen the likes of one since I left my childhood home". Well he'd never baked a bagel, but he's not one to finagle and wanting just to please her, finds a recipe from Rome. And he's thinking to himself, "I must be way out of mind~ no woman's gonna want a baker's life" but he carries deep inside his heart, the will to be a friend hoping someday she will come around and one day be his wife. So to win her deep affection he packs up his best confection takes his chances on the back roads, now iced over in the storm. Finds her waiting in the foyer with her thrifty 5 cent lawyer complaining 'bout the day old bread and... "this bagel isn't warm!" So..... he heats it on the fire, 'cause her heart is his desire but she won't accept the bagel for it's not quite the right form And he's thinking to himself, "I must be way out of mind no woman gonna want a baker's life" but he carries deep inside his heart, the will to be a friend hoping someday she will come around and one day be his wife. So he runs back to his bagel board and pounds the dough and rolls a cord and shapes the perfect circle to a bagel lovers dream, He boils and then he bakes it and to her mansion then he takes it piping hot but now she wants it with churned butter from fresh cream! Well he's starting to get antsy but he knows the farmer, Clancy whose butter is fresh-churned and known by counties far and wide. He heads out to the pasture and he buys what he is after and returns to find, 'tis so unkind, the princess, she had died. The baker in his stricken state swallows the bagel off the plate he calls the cops, pulls out the stops and serves the day old bread. He gives the details more than once of how he ate the evidence and though he thought his story bought, they arrested him instead. "Tis a likely story", was the only thing he heard although they'd bought his baked goods, they could not buy his word. "The Baker is a Butcher", is what the tabloid said, "better to take your bagel cold than take it in the head." But all was not as it appears, she owed the butcher in arrears and when they went to check her craw they found a hunk of mutton. It ended all without a trial, the butcher he did reconcile and posted "Pay the butcher now and do not to be a glutton." And Saul was thinking to himself, " I must be way out of mind", no woman's gonna want a baker's life", but he carried deep inside his heart the will to be a friend and it turned rather nicely as she willed him in the end.
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Sep 17, 2013
Sep 17, 2013 at 8:55 PM UTC
An Unlikely Story
Like sugar from a shaker, snow falls on Saul the baker delivering steamy biscuits from the shop he calls his home to a drafty run down mansion where the princess on her pension can be testy with her tension, hence she's living on her own. Today he took her order, "One fresh bagel, for a quarter 'cause I haven't seen the likes of one since I left my childhood home". Well he'd never baked a bagel, but he's not one to finagle and wanting just to please her, finds a recipe from Rome. And he's thinking to himself, "I must be way out of mind~ no woman's gonna want a baker's life" but he carries deep inside his heart, the will to be a friend hoping someday she will come around and one day be his wife. So to win her deep affection he packs up his best confection takes his chances on the back roads, now iced over in the storm. Finds her waiting in the foyer with her thrifty 5 cent lawyer complaining 'bout the day old bread and... "this bagel isn't warm!" So..... he heats it on the fire, 'cause her heart is his desire but she won't accept the bagel for it's not quite the right form And he's thinking to himself, "I must be way out of mind no woman gonna want a baker's life" but he carries deep inside his heart, the will to be a friend hoping someday she will come around and one day be his wife. So he runs back to his bagel board and pounds the dough and rolls a cord and shapes the perfect circle to a bagel lovers dream, He boils and then he bakes it and to her mansion then he takes it piping hot but now she wants it with churned butter from fresh cream! Well he's starting to get antsy but he knows the farmer, Clancy whose butter is fresh-churned and known by counties far and wide. He heads out to the pasture and he buys what he is after and returns to find, 'tis so unkind, the princess, she had died. The baker in his stricken state swallows the bagel off the plate he calls the cops, pulls out the stops and serves the day old bread. He gives the details more than once of how he ate the evidence and though he thought his story bought, they arrested him instead. "Tis a likely story", was the only thing he heard although they'd bought his baked goods, they could not buy his word. "The Baker is a Butcher", is what the tabloid said, "better to take your bagel cold than take it in the head." But all was not as it appears, she owed the butcher in arrears and when they went to check her craw they found a hunk of mutton. It ended all without a trial, the butcher he did reconcile and posted "Pay the butcher now and do not to be a glutton." And Saul was thinking to himself, " I must be way out of mind", no woman's gonna want a baker's life", but he carried deep inside his heart the will to be a friend and it turned rather nicely as she willed him in the end.
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The main theme of this poem is um, triumph So uh the secondary theme of this poem is defeat? How could that be? Is that even what a poem is? Is my life a song? Is this the ******* chorus? Something crawls up from the drain through the ***** dishes and out of the sink. It grips me! It’s got me! [This is the part I want to hide] I saw a man so beautiful Rarely is there ever a beautiful man-- a man so beautiful you want to kneel and scream “You’re so beautiful!” But instead I’ll worship him in the ways he insists: by stepping aside on the sidewalk, by laughing at the jokes he steals from me, by squandering the money he pays me to do his job. Is my life a song? Is this the ******* chorus? It took me three to four years to learn the difference between worshiping and begging, between faith and belief And now I have neither and engage in both and yet My life feels like a free coffee and bagel My life feels like an unwrapped candy bar My life feels like a compliment from a stranger My life feels like a birthday card with cash in it Is my life a song? Is this the ******* chorus? This is my once-yearly poem. It’s like a broken perfume bottle at the bottom of my bag. Look at it-- read it. Smell it.  Literal swill.  Most things make me feel sad, even more things make me feel threatened, especially this poem. What is there to do but put my head in my hands? What is there to say if not sorry?
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May 21, 2023
May 21, 2023 at 11:49 PM UTC
Can you come up with 50 titles for this poem?
It's a bad day when you can't get Celene Dion out of your head Titanic was good It was not that good I found a dried flower Buried in Leviticus of my sort of grandma's bible She must have liked that part The only quote about Leviticus I've read on the internet is about stoning gay people I hope she didn't like it that much I saw a bagel get made No one has the job of eating the middles out I'm 23, this was a let down I still like bagels a lot I tacked the dry flower on my wall Above the reminder that it's $3 a day to swim at the public pool in the mornings I hope it's not a homophobic flower I hid the bible behind Lauren Conrad's book Lauren Conrad's book embarrasses me less My sort of grandma Is only sort of alive I often feel that way I feel most alive while dreaming of the impossible Realistic dreams lead to disappointment Outlandish dreams leave little 'remember when’s’' No one hates themselves for not becoming an astronaut A lot of people hate themselves for not losing 20lbs Friendships are often measured in favors That is all That was not all Favors are measured in sacrifices Favors are not measured in reward Today is a reflection of not dying yesterday There is a one in seven chance that today is Friday And it is imperative that we get down on Friday Because the anticipation for this weekend is very high If today is Monday all of that is no longer relevant to our conversation I am losing weight As I lose weight more and more fat girls hit on me I do not like this as much as what I was imagining would happen I have learned that being funny **** cool Like I am becoming Does not mean hot girls will hit on me It means they will actually think about it before saying no To supplement my soon to be chiseled physic I am learning a Jack Johnson song on guitar This worked for an acquaintance in 2006 Maybe I should learn Colbie Callait instead The world would be better if schools had better teachers The world would also be better if high school seniors paid attention to the teachers they already have I don't know which one is easier to fix My past seems rosier than my future Except in the case of February 16th 2007 And now February 16th 2012 Corner buildings and modern light fixtures are my favorite aesthetics My favorite building has neither of those features Those features are not that awesome Dead flowers smell like dead things To combat this I spray cologne on my grandma's flower I have never been to a funeral I wonder if they febreeze the dead people Or maybe they use Chanel No. 5 This is something I would like to learn more about
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Feb 27, 2012
Feb 27, 2012 at 3:38 AM UTC
Dead Flowers
It's a bad day when you can't get Celene Dion out of your head Titanic was good It was not that good I found a dried flower Buried in Leviticus of my sort of grandma's bible She must have liked that part The only quote about Leviticus I've read on the internet is about stoning gay people I hope she didn't like it that much I saw a bagel get made No one has the job of eating the middles out I'm 23, this was a let down I still like bagels a lot I tacked the dry flower on my wall Above the reminder that it's $3 a day to swim at the public pool in the mornings I hope it's not a homophobic flower I hid the bible behind Lauren Conrad's book Lauren Conrad's book embarrasses me less My sort of grandma Is only sort of alive I often feel that way I feel most alive while dreaming of the impossible Realistic dreams lead to disappointment Outlandish dreams leave little 'remember when’s’' No one hates themselves for not becoming an astronaut A lot of people hate themselves for not losing 20lbs Friendships are often measured in favors That is all That was not all Favors are measured in sacrifices Favors are not measured in reward Today is a reflection of not dying yesterday There is a one in seven chance that today is Friday And it is imperative that we get down on Friday Because the anticipation for this weekend is very high If today is Monday all of that is no longer relevant to our conversation I am losing weight As I lose weight more and more fat girls hit on me I do not like this as much as what I was imagining would happen I have learned that being funny **** cool Like I am becoming Does not mean hot girls will hit on me It means they will actually think about it before saying no To supplement my soon to be chiseled physic I am learning a Jack Johnson song on guitar This worked for an acquaintance in 2006 Maybe I should learn Colbie Callait instead The world would be better if schools had better teachers The world would also be better if high school seniors paid attention to the teachers they already have I don't know which one is easier to fix My past seems rosier than my future Except in the case of February 16th 2007 And now February 16th 2012 Corner buildings and modern light fixtures are my favorite aesthetics My favorite building has neither of those features Those features are not that awesome Dead flowers smell like dead things To combat this I spray cologne on my grandma's flower I have never been to a funeral I wonder if they febreeze the dead people Or maybe they use Chanel No. 5 This is something I would like to learn more about
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I woke up very early this morning, restless and bothered, itchy for the day to happen. As dawn broke orange, the city was revealed. I’ll never get tired of watching that. The snow was gone but a gloss over the city streets indicated ice. I scanned the landscape for movement - for life - like a predator. Lisa and I are headed back to school today, at 11am, by air, which our parents feel is the best way to avoid our old, holiday nemesis omicron (doesn’t that make us sound like secret agents?). Once everyone was finally up, Lisa and I got our busy-on, doing the last load of laundry and final packing. Lisa, packs a suitcase, by throwing clothes in without bothering to fold them, while I meticulously fold and roll my clothes, like a marine headed for deployment. As Lisa and I worked, Leeza (12) was lying on Lisa’s bed, on her back with her head hanging over the edge - watching us pack upside down. Her red hair looked like a thrown plate of spaghetti. Leeza was talk, talk, talking and gnawing on a toasted bagel at the same time. “How do you feel about going back to school?” she asked us. “OH, feelings!” I gasped, “A free therapy session!” “No, really,” she said, grown serious and rolling right side up. Leeza is cute as a button and vulnerable - I could almost feel her anxiety. As the youngest sibling I’d been left behind too - you don’t want the holiday to end and your big sister to leave - it’s a singularly lonesome feeling. I wanted to grab her, like a puppy, wrestle her and tell her I love her and I’d miss her - like my sister used to do with me. I decided that as soon as we were done packing, I would. “My GOD,” Lisa said to Leeza, “will you PLEASE shut up! I have to think.” Leeza blushed and shrugged “I’m just making conversation, grump-face, you’ve packed a million times before haven’t you?” “Does counting to 10 make ****** premeditated?” Lisa asked the ceiling. Suddenly, Lisa dropped the blouse she’d been holding and pounced on Leeza, tickling her as she squealed with delight. In a second they’d become a ball of flailing arms, legs, hair and playful noise. I slunk out of the room to give them their sister’s goodbye. Besides, I smelled bacon.
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Jan 14, 2022
Jan 14, 2022 at 9:19 AM UTC
going, going...
I woke up very early this morning, restless and bothered, itchy for the day to happen. As dawn broke orange, the city was revealed. I’ll never get tired of watching that. The snow was gone but a gloss over the city streets indicated ice. I scanned the landscape for movement - for life - like a predator. Lisa and I are headed back to school today, at 11am, by air, which our parents feel is the best way to avoid our old, holiday nemesis omicron (doesn’t that make us sound like secret agents?). Once everyone was finally up, Lisa and I got our busy-on, doing the last load of laundry and final packing. Lisa, packs a suitcase, by throwing clothes in without bothering to fold them, while I meticulously fold and roll my clothes, like a marine headed for deployment. As Lisa and I worked, Leeza (12) was lying on Lisa’s bed, on her back with her head hanging over the edge - watching us pack upside down. Her red hair looked like a thrown plate of spaghetti. Leeza was talk, talk, talking and gnawing on a toasted bagel at the same time. “How do you feel about going back to school?” she asked us. “OH, feelings!” I gasped, “A free therapy session!” “No, really,” she said, grown serious and rolling right side up. Leeza is cute as a button and vulnerable - I could almost feel her anxiety. As the youngest sibling I’d been left behind too - you don’t want the holiday to end and your big sister to leave - it’s a singularly lonesome feeling. I wanted to grab her, like a puppy, wrestle her and tell her I love her and I’d miss her - like my sister used to do with me. I decided that as soon as we were done packing, I would. “My GOD,” Lisa said to Leeza, “will you PLEASE shut up! I have to think.” Leeza blushed and shrugged “I’m just making conversation, grump-face, you’ve packed a million times before haven’t you?” “Does counting to 10 make ****** premeditated?” Lisa asked the ceiling. Suddenly, Lisa dropped the blouse she’d been holding and pounced on Leeza, tickling her as she squealed with delight. In a second they’d become a ball of flailing arms, legs, hair and playful noise. I slunk out of the room to give them their sister’s goodbye. Besides, I smelled bacon.
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if i am a puddle, then you are the rain. if i am a scar, then you are the pain. if i am a wave, then you are the hurricane. if i am a bagel, then you are the grain. in the cheesiest way, i'm trying to say, i needed you to become myself.
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Aug 7, 2014
Aug 7, 2014 at 12:13 AM UTC
Untitled
I'm not going to the pizzeria today Hell no, I'm not going to that pizzeria today To go in and scrub the dishes The bleach is burning my skin And insect crawling on the food While my time is just wasting I refuse to wash another bin or tray I'm not going to the pizzeria today I'm not going on that sinking ship today Forget that, I'n not getting on that sinking ship today We have a sushi place across the street Another pizzeria two doors down They also own the bagel shop between us And when bakery opens, I won't be around I'm sorry, but I certainly can't stay I'm abandoning this sinking ship today I'm resigning from this bad business today That it, I'm done with this bad business today The boss ignored the IRS for months They came, emptied the registers and shut us down Sometimes there's no money in the bank So every now and then all our checks bounce I work for six ours for $8.25, I expect to get paid That's it I've had it with this bad business today I'm giving up on this lost cause today Yes, I'm giving up on this lost cause today It fell apart when they switched hands Two parents bought it for their sons And they plowed it into the ground One's on coke and the others just dumb When they're parents come in they have nothing to say I'm giving up on this lost cause today I'm not going into work today I can not go into work today Where the employees could care less but still try their best And the boss act like two year old Where we get bi weekly pay and everyday is slow And the pizza in the case is cold I'm giving in my two weeks notice and going on my way There is nothing that can make me go to that godforsaken pizzeria today
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Apr 23, 2014
Apr 23, 2014 at 11:55 PM UTC
Dishwasher/Prep Blues
I'm not going to the pizzeria today Hell no, I'm not going to that pizzeria today To go in and scrub the dishes The bleach is burning my skin And insect crawling on the food While my time is just wasting I refuse to wash another bin or tray I'm not going to the pizzeria today I'm not going on that sinking ship today Forget that, I'n not getting on that sinking ship today We have a sushi place across the street Another pizzeria two doors down They also own the bagel shop between us And when bakery opens, I won't be around I'm sorry, but I certainly can't stay I'm abandoning this sinking ship today I'm resigning from this bad business today That it, I'm done with this bad business today The boss ignored the IRS for months They came, emptied the registers and shut us down Sometimes there's no money in the bank So every now and then all our checks bounce I work for six ours for $8.25, I expect to get paid That's it I've had it with this bad business today I'm giving up on this lost cause today Yes, I'm giving up on this lost cause today It fell apart when they switched hands Two parents bought it for their sons And they plowed it into the ground One's on coke and the others just dumb When they're parents come in they have nothing to say I'm giving up on this lost cause today I'm not going into work today I can not go into work today Where the employees could care less but still try their best And the boss act like two year old Where we get bi weekly pay and everyday is slow And the pizza in the case is cold I'm giving in my two weeks notice and going on my way There is nothing that can make me go to that godforsaken pizzeria today
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Well let’s just jump right into it. Everyone knows, the question right, “Which came first?” So let’s suppose, just for argument’s sake, in this specific case that is, that which came first was the egg. It’s also really the end of it in this case as well because there’s no chicken to follow. Just really it’s followed with the warm lettuce and the recooked bacon, the unripe tomato on a freshly baked bagel, which for argument’s sake is really the only part of the whole she-bang that’s actually any good. But if that’s true then why even include the egg. Why abolish the chance for a chicken to exist? Why not just get a plain bagel? Well it’s about protein, you know. Does anyone really even like eggs or do we just eat them for protein? Does anyone like them, for argument’s sake let’s call it Tim Horton’s, does anyone really like them, eggs that is, when they’re cooked at Tim Horton’s? Are they even really eggs or just that powder, you know what I mean, that eggy powder like the powder milk that they have in the military? And if it is right, that eggy powder stuff, would anyone even care? Morally I mean, you have to assume people (which people I don’t know, some people I guess) stand behind eggy powder. But others right, you know the ones, who are disgusted by the idea of eggy powder. I’m one of those, not ashamed of it either and you know what, let’s just assume that it is eggy powder that they use at Tim Horton’s in their bagel BELTs. Would I have bought it if I thought it was eggy powder, probably not but here we are and I did and for argument’s sake let’s just say I already ate the whole thing. I mean morally I’ve just saved a chicken’s life but now I’m revolted by my having just consumed powdered eggs (right that’s what they’re called). Let’s assume also that now I feel as though I’m figuratively standing on a moral high-ground but I’m also more or less disgusted by what I’ve just eaten even though I’m proud of myself for having eaten it, or rather not eaten a genuine egg. I’m ashamed of my disgust right and this has now proliferated into a casual nexus of disgust, shame and pride. Q: Is it better to eat the powdered egg and simultaneously feel pride and revulsion or is it better to eat a real egg and **** a potential chicken?
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Mar 11, 2014
Mar 11, 2014 at 11:33 PM UTC
Eggs, Posed as a Moral Question
Well let’s just jump right into it. Everyone knows, the question right, “Which came first?” So let’s suppose, just for argument’s sake, in this specific case that is, that which came first was the egg. It’s also really the end of it in this case as well because there’s no chicken to follow. Just really it’s followed with the warm lettuce and the recooked bacon, the unripe tomato on a freshly baked bagel, which for argument’s sake is really the only part of the whole she-bang that’s actually any good. But if that’s true then why even include the egg. Why abolish the chance for a chicken to exist? Why not just get a plain bagel? Well it’s about protein, you know. Does anyone really even like eggs or do we just eat them for protein? Does anyone like them, for argument’s sake let’s call it Tim Horton’s, does anyone really like them, eggs that is, when they’re cooked at Tim Horton’s? Are they even really eggs or just that powder, you know what I mean, that eggy powder like the powder milk that they have in the military? And if it is right, that eggy powder stuff, would anyone even care? Morally I mean, you have to assume people (which people I don’t know, some people I guess) stand behind eggy powder. But others right, you know the ones, who are disgusted by the idea of eggy powder. I’m one of those, not ashamed of it either and you know what, let’s just assume that it is eggy powder that they use at Tim Horton’s in their bagel BELTs. Would I have bought it if I thought it was eggy powder, probably not but here we are and I did and for argument’s sake let’s just say I already ate the whole thing. I mean morally I’ve just saved a chicken’s life but now I’m revolted by my having just consumed powdered eggs (right that’s what they’re called). Let’s assume also that now I feel as though I’m figuratively standing on a moral high-ground but I’m also more or less disgusted by what I’ve just eaten even though I’m proud of myself for having eaten it, or rather not eaten a genuine egg. I’m ashamed of my disgust right and this has now proliferated into a casual nexus of disgust, shame and pride. Q: Is it better to eat the powdered egg and simultaneously feel pride and revulsion or is it better to eat a real egg and **** a potential chicken?
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how lonely sits the city says lamentations guess this mouse has what you americans call post traumatic stress disorder, think of it more like a path for the eyes. one where eyes are finally forced away from the works of hands by the knock knock knocking on heaven's door, everybody's saying, hodi hapa? something's wrong if no one's answering; tonight. my neighbor whose name is eej (for real) came to the hut with his friend. i said do you have siblings he said i did oh said i you are living my worst nightmare one thing about an african childhood, they say fatalism, you say you would think about death too and who knows what you'd look like tonight by the bagel van i said bunkle i gotta problem what's your problem said he well i think i'm not wearing enough colors no said he you're missing a bright splash in the orange red family who knows what we all look like inside the infinite space of our souls wonder if blue means purity or green means beauty or red means strength or love or love well we all look pretty much the same asleep hatred doesn't look different in one eye or another but why does it have to be in the eyes of anyone this mouse has been asking since child hood why why why. the cruelty but yet still and for ever (you always did care for me yeah you always did share with me yeah) you always make me laugh, still the book of jonah makes me think of sea legs and just everything, you know all the palm trees huts, nonvoices of our lives the blessings rain down an ocean sunsetting on an Ocean sky. siblings be strong the good kind of dangerous is the fire
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May 22, 2013
May 22, 2013 at 2:06 AM UTC
mice and fire manifesto
how lonely sits the city says lamentations guess this mouse has what you americans call post traumatic stress disorder, think of it more like a path for the eyes. one where eyes are finally forced away from the works of hands by the knock knock knocking on heaven's door, everybody's saying, hodi hapa? something's wrong if no one's answering; tonight. my neighbor whose name is eej (for real) came to the hut with his friend. i said do you have siblings he said i did oh said i you are living my worst nightmare one thing about an african childhood, they say fatalism, you say you would think about death too and who knows what you'd look like tonight by the bagel van i said bunkle i gotta problem what's your problem said he well i think i'm not wearing enough colors no said he you're missing a bright splash in the orange red family who knows what we all look like inside the infinite space of our souls wonder if blue means purity or green means beauty or red means strength or love or love well we all look pretty much the same asleep hatred doesn't look different in one eye or another but why does it have to be in the eyes of anyone this mouse has been asking since child hood why why why. the cruelty but yet still and for ever (you always did care for me yeah you always did share with me yeah) you always make me laugh, still the book of jonah makes me think of sea legs and just everything, you know all the palm trees huts, nonvoices of our lives the blessings rain down an ocean sunsetting on an Ocean sky. siblings be strong the good kind of dangerous is the fire
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Morning the alarm goes off I wake up I turn it off I go back to sleep My mom or dad comes in they wake me back up I lie in bed for 10 more minutes then I get up I go to the bathroom and stare at myself in the mirror I sigh... I pretend to wash my face I go back to my room I stare at my closet and decide what I'm going to wear I get dressed I go down stairs I eat one of the following items: oat meal -Chocolate chip -Maple brown sugar -apple cinnamon Whole wheat bagel with almond butter, peanut butter, cinnamon, and/or jam cereal if there are any good options -Peanut butter bumpers -GOOD granola -organic chocolate ***** with coconut milk toast with the same things as bagels I say good morning to parents I argue with my sister I drink my orange juice eat my vitamins bring my stuff up to the sink go up stairs I lie on my bed I go into the bathroom I brush my teeth I go downstairs I pack my backpack I pick out some shoes I yawn I go to school School I go to advisory We play cake(a game) First class I space out I draw pictures unless that class is of the following: PE Writing lab (if it's not about grammer or spelling) Art Music(Because all the string instruments make it impossible) I go to math I get too confused to know what the hell is going on I go to writing lab we write and then teacher goes into some speech about commas I go to french I have no idea what the teachers talking about I go to PE If we aren't playing soccer, basketball, dodgeball, batmitten, capture the flag, or volleyball than I **** Lunch Yay! I eat I talk I chill More classes Art I tell my teacher how much I love her outfit I read the board and I make art Music UGHHHH THE TEACHER IS SUCH A GRUMP!!! I listen to her yell at people I play my instrument Study Almost done with school I finish a bit of homework Going home (Or going nordic skiing) I get a snack I do homework I have dinner with the family I do more homework I get ready for bed I read I go to bed Every day is the same the weekend is just a bunch of chores hanging with friends some times and stay up late watching my favorite shows: Bones Glee CSI NY CONAN SNL Ugh I need a change.
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Jan 13, 2011
Jan 13, 2011 at 1:12 PM UTC
All the same
Morning the alarm goes off I wake up I turn it off I go back to sleep My mom or dad comes in they wake me back up I lie in bed for 10 more minutes then I get up I go to the bathroom and stare at myself in the mirror I sigh... I pretend to wash my face I go back to my room I stare at my closet and decide what I'm going to wear I get dressed I go down stairs I eat one of the following items: oat meal -Chocolate chip -Maple brown sugar -apple cinnamon Whole wheat bagel with almond butter, peanut butter, cinnamon, and/or jam cereal if there are any good options -Peanut butter bumpers -GOOD granola -organic chocolate ***** with coconut milk toast with the same things as bagels I say good morning to parents I argue with my sister I drink my orange juice eat my vitamins bring my stuff up to the sink go up stairs I lie on my bed I go into the bathroom I brush my teeth I go downstairs I pack my backpack I pick out some shoes I yawn I go to school School I go to advisory We play cake(a game) First class I space out I draw pictures unless that class is of the following: PE Writing lab (if it's not about grammer or spelling) Art Music(Because all the string instruments make it impossible) I go to math I get too confused to know what the hell is going on I go to writing lab we write and then teacher goes into some speech about commas I go to french I have no idea what the teachers talking about I go to PE If we aren't playing soccer, basketball, dodgeball, batmitten, capture the flag, or volleyball than I **** Lunch Yay! I eat I talk I chill More classes Art I tell my teacher how much I love her outfit I read the board and I make art Music UGHHHH THE TEACHER IS SUCH A GRUMP!!! I listen to her yell at people I play my instrument Study Almost done with school I finish a bit of homework Going home (Or going nordic skiing) I get a snack I do homework I have dinner with the family I do more homework I get ready for bed I read I go to bed Every day is the same the weekend is just a bunch of chores hanging with friends some times and stay up late watching my favorite shows: Bones Glee CSI NY CONAN SNL Ugh I need a change.
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It’s all me, because you never have anything to say. I fill the silence with my nonsense. I fill the silence with me. There’s too much me in this date. There is no us, because I’m inhaling the summer air and chewing this buttery bagel while you’re on your phone just scrolling and refreshing secondhand experiences. My hands sway with my useless tales as your hands hold your attention. Your thumbs sliding the screen that is brighter than the words I waste. This is all a waste. There isn’t enough honey in my tea to take this bitter ******** you call company.
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Aug 20, 2014
Aug 20, 2014 at 9:38 AM UTC
Yesterday at the Cafe