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"baked" poems
If I was a mountain That soared towards the sky, With craggy snow caps And stormy grey eyes- Then you'd be the clouds That swaddled my peak, That silenced my thunder When I tried to speak. If I was the earth The desert, in fact: With arid dry soil And mud, baked and cracked- You'd be the rain The downpour that soothed; The balm to my bruises, Relief to my wounds. If I was the Moon In the indigo night, With stars as my blanket And silver; my light- Well you'd be the Sun Just always behind That lent me your glow And caused me to shine.
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May 5, 2014
May 5, 2014 at 12:39 AM UTC
Metaphors
I been scarred and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, Sun has baked me, Looks like between 'em they done Tried to make me Stop laughin', stop lovin', stop livin'-- But I don't care! I'm still here!
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Still Here
There once was a young man named Feste, and he was not a very good young man. He was a thief, and a sneaky one at that. He would go to all of the stores in the market and steal anything that he pleased. He loved to steal from the baker and the butcher especially. He would go to his hiding place in the forest after his deviousness and eat away his stolen treasures, brooding on what a “clever little boy” he was. The baker and the butcher knew though. They noticed him coming in most days and leaving in quite a hurry. They could not actually catch him in the act, but they knew beyond a doubt what he was doing. They were having drinks together one night though when they devised a clever scheme to stop him from stealing ever again. The butcher carved up a juicy ham, and the baker baked up a delicious pie, but they added a little something extra to it… The butcher made sure to quite a bit of alcohol into the ham, and the baker did the same with his pie. They both set their two traps in the store, right when the spoiled thief Feste came strolling into the market with his eyes gleaming. The baker watched him walk into his shop,the pie disappeared. The butcher watched him walk into his shop, the ham disappeared. They both smiled and went about their work. Feste rushed to his hiding place and devoured his stolen goodies so fast that he didn’t even realize how peculiar it seemed to taste... Not long after, he started to feel strange. Numb and stupid. He ran towards the village, acting a buffoon. The villagers stared and laughed at Feste acting so odd. His mother found him though and brought down the fury. “Feste! Why are you acting like a **** fool?" She demanded. He threw out a few words in a drunken stupor and swayed in place. "Wait.. have you been drinking!?” She screamed. “Noe maum! Allll Ie had todae is pie and haam!” He stammered in a drunken sway. “And where exactly did you get those!?” She inquired. Feste had a look of terror on his face and grew silent. He was found out to be the no good thief and was punished severely, because his mother thought he stole the alcohol as well as the pie and ham, and he couldn’t prove otherwise. Feste never stole again and he even apologized to the butcher and baker, though they still do have a laugh now and then… The End
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Jan 15, 2013
Jan 15, 2013 at 7:03 PM UTC
The Steal (A Short Story For Children)
There once was a young man named Feste, and he was not a very good young man. He was a thief, and a sneaky one at that. He would go to all of the stores in the market and steal anything that he pleased. He loved to steal from the baker and the butcher especially. He would go to his hiding place in the forest after his deviousness and eat away his stolen treasures, brooding on what a “clever little boy” he was. The baker and the butcher knew though. They noticed him coming in most days and leaving in quite a hurry. They could not actually catch him in the act, but they knew beyond a doubt what he was doing. They were having drinks together one night though when they devised a clever scheme to stop him from stealing ever again. The butcher carved up a juicy ham, and the baker baked up a delicious pie, but they added a little something extra to it… The butcher made sure to quite a bit of alcohol into the ham, and the baker did the same with his pie. They both set their two traps in the store, right when the spoiled thief Feste came strolling into the market with his eyes gleaming. The baker watched him walk into his shop,the pie disappeared. The butcher watched him walk into his shop, the ham disappeared. They both smiled and went about their work. Feste rushed to his hiding place and devoured his stolen goodies so fast that he didn’t even realize how peculiar it seemed to taste... Not long after, he started to feel strange. Numb and stupid. He ran towards the village, acting a buffoon. The villagers stared and laughed at Feste acting so odd. His mother found him though and brought down the fury. “Feste! Why are you acting like a **** fool?" She demanded. He threw out a few words in a drunken stupor and swayed in place. "Wait.. have you been drinking!?” She screamed. “Noe maum! Allll Ie had todae is pie and haam!” He stammered in a drunken sway. “And where exactly did you get those!?” She inquired. Feste had a look of terror on his face and grew silent. He was found out to be the no good thief and was punished severely, because his mother thought he stole the alcohol as well as the pie and ham, and he couldn’t prove otherwise. Feste never stole again and he even apologized to the butcher and baker, though they still do have a laugh now and then… The End
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Yogurt. "I begin the day buying yogurt in a small favorite grocery store." Not pizza, nor gatorade. Bananas although they are imported from afar and grown in monocultures. Attract fruit flies in August. Peaches locally grown with rainwater. I ate all the farmer's peaches alone stacking them by the railroad tracks. Water -- rainwater, tap water, distilled water, carbonated water, spring water –-- deep gulps, infinite sips. Nuts in moderation, or not, unsalted, raw, replacing chips. His bowl of filberts, almonds, walnuts quiet weekday mornings. Edible plant parts -- roots, leaves, stems, flowers, fruit, buds. In olive oil or butter. Potatoes -- look online how best to prepare. Baked or fried. With a little fish or meat. Tea and honey, play and prayer. Swimming and running, talking quietly. Bread? Bread's possible as the Bible. Each is liable to bloat us. Wine and dandelions. Dandelion wine's Ray Bradbury's story. Cans in a pantry, books on a       shelf to the end of time. Pasta we used to call spaghetti, never noodles. I wonder if I can remember       how to make grandma's sauce. Tomatoes -- cherry, grape. Grab God's eye going by.
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Aug 11, 2015
Aug 11, 2015 at 11:34 AM UTC
Yogurt and Honey
the smell of cupcake freshly baked, is you in my arms the morning as i wake up -- sweet
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May 3, 2014
May 3, 2014 at 2:44 AM UTC
cupcake
A gentle soul that once, Trod well, worn paths, Laid down by matriarchs past. Now just, Brittle bones baked by a searing heat, Bleached beyond a perfect white. Here lies the last elephant. © Nick Strong 2014
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Mar 28, 2014
Mar 28, 2014 at 3:27 PM UTC
The Last Elephant
you are only just the icing on a cake already baked.
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Nov 24, 2018
Nov 24, 2018 at 6:18 PM UTC
cake.
Though the first carried more miles, the second day of the hike was totally and unapologetically uphill. 
When you ascend, hiking becomes the zen of endurance. 

First, you are stripped of all the pleasures of hiking. Your excitement is boiled into lactic acid. Your love for the trail is baked, hardened and dehydrated into thoughts of laying down in the sun until the heat shrivels you into an unconscious raisin. 

Try as you may to put on your “isn’t hiking just a slice of heaven?” face, strangers passing you on the downhill stride can only see your “PLEASE GOD, HELP ME OR ******* **** ME” face. As much as hiking really is a small slice of heaven, there is no denying the living-death of taking 10 straight miles to the knees under the chaffing hell of a 50 pound sack in the relentless sun. 
 But when you’re back in an office, sitting on your cushy little ergonomic chair, you long for the sweat and the torture that forces your mind to the ankle deathtraps of mountain terrain. To the deep valley behind and below you, and the crystal basin at the foot of the granite Giants. 

The worst thing you can do is ignore the pain—that makes it relentless. Instead you focus on the pain until you become it. The only thing left is the moment between each step, when you remember why you are here and what it is worth. Every time your foot touches dirt, it leaves twice the footprint. One on the mountain and another in your memory where you will safeguard the misery of your ascent and hold on for dear life. One day, when your knees are too weak and your body can no longer table your pack, all the pleasures and joys of the trail that you once thought dissipated in the steam of uphill toil will come rushing back with the magnified strength of every year between you and the present you once knew and respected enough to actually live. And if you didn’t, if you let it only be pain to get through and not to focus or dwell on, then that is what it is and will always be. A dull memory of pain, dark and somber and incomplete.
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Sep 23, 2015
Sep 23, 2015 at 2:41 PM UTC
The Zen of Hiking
Though the first carried more miles, the second day of the hike was totally and unapologetically uphill. 
When you ascend, hiking becomes the zen of endurance. 

First, you are stripped of all the pleasures of hiking. Your excitement is boiled into lactic acid. Your love for the trail is baked, hardened and dehydrated into thoughts of laying down in the sun until the heat shrivels you into an unconscious raisin. 

Try as you may to put on your “isn’t hiking just a slice of heaven?” face, strangers passing you on the downhill stride can only see your “PLEASE GOD, HELP ME OR ******* **** ME” face. As much as hiking really is a small slice of heaven, there is no denying the living-death of taking 10 straight miles to the knees under the chaffing hell of a 50 pound sack in the relentless sun. 
 But when you’re back in an office, sitting on your cushy little ergonomic chair, you long for the sweat and the torture that forces your mind to the ankle deathtraps of mountain terrain. To the deep valley behind and below you, and the crystal basin at the foot of the granite Giants. 

The worst thing you can do is ignore the pain—that makes it relentless. Instead you focus on the pain until you become it. The only thing left is the moment between each step, when you remember why you are here and what it is worth. Every time your foot touches dirt, it leaves twice the footprint. One on the mountain and another in your memory where you will safeguard the misery of your ascent and hold on for dear life. One day, when your knees are too weak and your body can no longer table your pack, all the pleasures and joys of the trail that you once thought dissipated in the steam of uphill toil will come rushing back with the magnified strength of every year between you and the present you once knew and respected enough to actually live. And if you didn’t, if you let it only be pain to get through and not to focus or dwell on, then that is what it is and will always be. A dull memory of pain, dark and somber and incomplete.
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Softly seductive, some solvent serenity Under unbelievable umbrella unlimited Basking baked, both bonafide believers Making music more meaningful, memory's made Intellectual, introspective, incalculably impervious So **** said sits salted, suspecting supplantation Soon silly slips said summarize serendipitous Indefinitely inplosive, internalized into intangible inflagrante Viciousness voided, vague variables vital Eroticism enduring, end erit empathy
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Feb 16, 2015
Feb 16, 2015 at 9:46 AM UTC
Submissive
There are grapes in my path This abundant trail now invisible as if we never were Here, to pick and preen, salvage and reap for pleasure and pain I picked you some flowers, I baked you a pie, labors of love with your own hands connected to earth. Breaking backs, and clinging sweat Under wool, denim, straw, and cotton Keeping more out than simply the sun Depleted soil Exhausted soul Bursting with juice Bountiful and hand chosen And you in a hurry just drive by Dust in the wind Skin of clay mud Day after day, A boulder among the rows Hunched in fields Blistered and callused Searching for more Ripe for the picking Migrants moving Servitude by season Benevolent harvest Handpicked strawberries By chocolate covered hands destined from birth closer to earth.
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Aug 22, 2014
Aug 22, 2014 at 6:08 PM UTC
The Grapes In My Path
I don’t care, That you don’t care, About caring about What I care for. And you know what? I don’t care that You won’t care for the only thing that I really care for. What if I care about cake? Would you not care about cake? Would you not care ABOUT CAKE? You care about cake, of course you do. I can see it in your eyes and by that tell tale dribble at your mouth. Cake is something that will make your legs quake with butter cream goodness. A good cake baked, makes you proud to be a cake baking citizen in a country that will let you bake cake. So what if I care about democracy. Would you not care about democracy? Would you let people live in fear of the **** of a gun, Would you care that there are those who are on the run from tyranny and violence who know pain and loss, that you could only wake up from, in a cold sweat? As you turn and toss in your memory foam bed. There is more happening on this Earth Then cake. There are greater causes than choosing between Thortons Double Chocolate Celebration and that traditional Victoria Sponge your Mother-in-law won in a raffle last week. The struggle humanity faces, is to live in harmony with each other. It cannot be resolved with cake. You cannot bring democracy to a country with cake. Or can we? What if we swapped, Non radar detectable aircraft For dairy delectable foodcraft, What if we swapped 12inch shells for 12 thousand babybels? What if we stole RPGs and gave back MSG’s (they’re less harmful in the long run, if thrown at you). What if, for once, everyone cared. And then we’d get somewhere. Every voice in every home Would not be a voice alone, And for once, we’d all agree about the fact we like cake and democracy for all.
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Mar 16, 2010
Mar 16, 2010 at 8:19 AM UTC
Cake and Democracy
I don’t care, That you don’t care, About caring about What I care for. And you know what? I don’t care that You won’t care for the only thing that I really care for. What if I care about cake? Would you not care about cake? Would you not care ABOUT CAKE? You care about cake, of course you do. I can see it in your eyes and by that tell tale dribble at your mouth. Cake is something that will make your legs quake with butter cream goodness. A good cake baked, makes you proud to be a cake baking citizen in a country that will let you bake cake. So what if I care about democracy. Would you not care about democracy? Would you let people live in fear of the **** of a gun, Would you care that there are those who are on the run from tyranny and violence who know pain and loss, that you could only wake up from, in a cold sweat? As you turn and toss in your memory foam bed. There is more happening on this Earth Then cake. There are greater causes than choosing between Thortons Double Chocolate Celebration and that traditional Victoria Sponge your Mother-in-law won in a raffle last week. The struggle humanity faces, is to live in harmony with each other. It cannot be resolved with cake. You cannot bring democracy to a country with cake. Or can we? What if we swapped, Non radar detectable aircraft For dairy delectable foodcraft, What if we swapped 12inch shells for 12 thousand babybels? What if we stole RPGs and gave back MSG’s (they’re less harmful in the long run, if thrown at you). What if, for once, everyone cared. And then we’d get somewhere. Every voice in every home Would not be a voice alone, And for once, we’d all agree about the fact we like cake and democracy for all.
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To my Daddy on Father's Day When I was young and small, I was your little girl. As I grew and grew, I stayed your little girl. Now, 18 years later, I'm still your little girl. When I am twenty, Thirty, Forty, Fifty, I will still be your little girl. No matter where I go, Or how old I grow, I will still be, Forever and always Your little girl. You were my cheerlearder, Calling and whistling from the stands, Since I was smaller and tinier Than all those who played. You were my coach, Helping me and teaching me Giving me confidence Showing me what it meant to be an athlete. I took what you taught me And applied it to my life Making me, Forever and always Your little girl. You were my personal chef, Teaching me to love the finer foods And that cooking is an art. Healthy and not Food was to be treated specially Cooked and baked just right. Nothing has ever compared to what you have made. Spoiled and exposed to the best Making me, Forever and always Your little girl You were my supporter, When I was upset and had nowhere to turn. You taught me to be tough And to be strong. You said I could do anything, Be anything I wanted, That being a girl made no difference. You taught me to love myself, To take care of myself To defend and stand up for myself, Making me, Forever and always Your little girl. When I was small and tiny, I was your little girl. As I grew, I remained you little girl. Today I am you little girl. Tomorrow and the day after I will be your little girl. No matter where I go, No matter how old I grow, No matter where you are, No matter how old you are, I will Forever and always Be your little girl. Happy Daddy's Day I love you <3
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Jun 14, 2014
Jun 14, 2014 at 12:02 AM UTC
Daddy's Little Girl (Forever and Always)
To my Daddy on Father's Day When I was young and small, I was your little girl. As I grew and grew, I stayed your little girl. Now, 18 years later, I'm still your little girl. When I am twenty, Thirty, Forty, Fifty, I will still be your little girl. No matter where I go, Or how old I grow, I will still be, Forever and always Your little girl. You were my cheerlearder, Calling and whistling from the stands, Since I was smaller and tinier Than all those who played. You were my coach, Helping me and teaching me Giving me confidence Showing me what it meant to be an athlete. I took what you taught me And applied it to my life Making me, Forever and always Your little girl. You were my personal chef, Teaching me to love the finer foods And that cooking is an art. Healthy and not Food was to be treated specially Cooked and baked just right. Nothing has ever compared to what you have made. Spoiled and exposed to the best Making me, Forever and always Your little girl You were my supporter, When I was upset and had nowhere to turn. You taught me to be tough And to be strong. You said I could do anything, Be anything I wanted, That being a girl made no difference. You taught me to love myself, To take care of myself To defend and stand up for myself, Making me, Forever and always Your little girl. When I was small and tiny, I was your little girl. As I grew, I remained you little girl. Today I am you little girl. Tomorrow and the day after I will be your little girl. No matter where I go, No matter how old I grow, No matter where you are, No matter how old you are, I will Forever and always Be your little girl. Happy Daddy's Day I love you <3
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I love chocolate chip cookies Be they soft or be they crunchy They are my favorite munchie. I love them by the pound. The best snack around. My love for these cookies Surpasses my love of ice cream. They are more than what they seem. They make my day and then more so. Even though they make my **** grow. Chocolate chip cookies They are my very best friends. I am sure these cookies With stick with me to the end. I can count on them to please me. Cookies never ever tease me. I love chocolate chip cookies Whether they are baked at home Or just purchased on the roam. If they are professionally made, Gifted to me or I have paid. Nothing else tickles me so much. I start giggling when I first touch Those delightful little sweet plops. Don’t bother calling the calorie cops. Chocolate chip cookies They are my very best friends. I am sure these cookies With stick with me to the end. I can count on them to please me. Cookies never ever tease me. I love chocolate chip cookies I know it started when I was a kid; What those rolls of dough did To me was transform me instantly Almost to carbohydrate insanity. I could eat as many as I touched; I loved them just exactly that much And it continued on into adulthood. Chocolate chip cookies are that good. Chocolate chip cookies They are my very best friends. I am sure these cookies With stick with me to the end. I can count on them to please me. Cookies never ever tease me.
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Nov 12, 2016
Nov 12, 2016 at 4:54 PM UTC
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Without you is like life without joy Without you I know not true sweetness Without you I am but a bitter misery You who I made from scratch And baked lovingly in a batch Your delectable aroma etched in my memory Your soft sponge so very airy You are my sinful indulgence Truly you are a decadence
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Feb 23, 2014
Feb 23, 2014 at 5:03 AM UTC
Cupcake
bon scott plays up a VOLCANO IN GUATEMALA you see i start a partying in the night today we are rocking and a rolling, yeah party, yeah ya see we bring that volcano down to gualamala yeah it’s about as cool as eating a banana rock, ****** rock this volcano made ‘em rock bring this party to the other end and rock guatemala, is rocking tonight with malt and lava is a rocking all night long you see the house is a rocking, don’t bother knocking yeah we will party, party we shall rock this volcano, wreck the old life, WOW i am going to get my spirit, and shake it down there make all the people guatemala grin and ****** bare and now i welcome slim dusty, i would love to have a beer with him we drink in moderation dude, but our future, looks quite dim yeah, we’ll drink in the town and country dudes the people of guatemala feel distraught cause we sent a big volcano, dude, from jupiter moon, that’s right you see now we bring robert palmer in how can it be permissible, oh yeah this volcano in guatemala is unstoppable, ha i wish there were ways to end it yeah i would grab a methane and top it on ya, yeaH It’s a strange occurrence first, it’s ****** hot, oh yer it really destroys guatemala, dude the volcano is simply unstoppable the walls are are shaking, the floor is melting ya see, yeah we are covered in lava, and feel like ya melting then i get up and look around, and i look up and see a volcano thrashing guatemala ya see the volcano shook this town all night long we’ll party on all night long and then i get down and look around, to see if nobody has tipped methane on slim you are hayley from bratayley you are cool, the coolest dude around i get up, and we’ll party down, we’ll drink ‘em down then the old old man let’s out a big big frown and i see barry allan as he walks past, i said come in bas boy, party on and i tip a methane smoothie on barry, which shook the town of guatemala all night long the methane shook it all night long then slim dusty said, i will get a baked potato baked potato toast and jam jupiter shook the guatemala volcano all night long, my dear slim then said, watch bratayley, for me with new families, peter sergeant from canberra and ivy gimbert and ivy and peter walked in and said, would you stop singing it up here cause we need some COOL, for earth baked potato baked potato, uhhhh baked potato and then bon scott came up and said, PARTY PARTY, and rock guatemala, while your at it, OK AND we’ll keep this party rolling guatemala volcano malt and lava
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Feb 8, 2015
Feb 8, 2015 at 11:42 PM UTC
party on jupiter volcano in central USA, same difference
bon scott plays up a VOLCANO IN GUATEMALA you see i start a partying in the night today we are rocking and a rolling, yeah party, yeah ya see we bring that volcano down to gualamala yeah it’s about as cool as eating a banana rock, ****** rock this volcano made ‘em rock bring this party to the other end and rock guatemala, is rocking tonight with malt and lava is a rocking all night long you see the house is a rocking, don’t bother knocking yeah we will party, party we shall rock this volcano, wreck the old life, WOW i am going to get my spirit, and shake it down there make all the people guatemala grin and ****** bare and now i welcome slim dusty, i would love to have a beer with him we drink in moderation dude, but our future, looks quite dim yeah, we’ll drink in the town and country dudes the people of guatemala feel distraught cause we sent a big volcano, dude, from jupiter moon, that’s right you see now we bring robert palmer in how can it be permissible, oh yeah this volcano in guatemala is unstoppable, ha i wish there were ways to end it yeah i would grab a methane and top it on ya, yeaH It’s a strange occurrence first, it’s ****** hot, oh yer it really destroys guatemala, dude the volcano is simply unstoppable the walls are are shaking, the floor is melting ya see, yeah we are covered in lava, and feel like ya melting then i get up and look around, and i look up and see a volcano thrashing guatemala ya see the volcano shook this town all night long we’ll party on all night long and then i get down and look around, to see if nobody has tipped methane on slim you are hayley from bratayley you are cool, the coolest dude around i get up, and we’ll party down, we’ll drink ‘em down then the old old man let’s out a big big frown and i see barry allan as he walks past, i said come in bas boy, party on and i tip a methane smoothie on barry, which shook the town of guatemala all night long the methane shook it all night long then slim dusty said, i will get a baked potato baked potato toast and jam jupiter shook the guatemala volcano all night long, my dear slim then said, watch bratayley, for me with new families, peter sergeant from canberra and ivy gimbert and ivy and peter walked in and said, would you stop singing it up here cause we need some COOL, for earth baked potato baked potato, uhhhh baked potato and then bon scott came up and said, PARTY PARTY, and rock guatemala, while your at it, OK AND we’ll keep this party rolling guatemala volcano malt and lava
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Your caress is silky and creamy like butter And my darling, I'm afraid that your lingering touch will give me diabetes Your heart crumbles like flour when I press mine against it And beads of sugar hang like dew upon your lashes Maybe if I blended you up into cookie dough And baked you at 350 for 15 minutes until you were golden brown Then I wouldn't be afraid to stroke your resplendent face Perhaps I wouldn't wince at the thought of pressing my ear against your chest Just to hear your confectionary heart quiver And there wouldn't be the slightest trepidation when I kissed your intoxicating tears But I'm afraid that I'll leave you in for too long And your saccharine core will harden and reek of soot And with the slightest touch, you'll be reduced to ash And your cremated remains will get frightened at the accusatory wail of the smoke detector And they'll seek refuge in my oven's crevices Never to be seen again
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Aug 3, 2012
Aug 3, 2012 at 7:35 PM UTC
Baking
you're nervous 'take a drink, it'll calm you down' you're nervous 'here, take a hit, a little **** will do ya good' you're nervous 'come sit next to me, I'll make sure nothing bad happens to you' now you're drunk now you're baked now you're being touched, felt, caressed but it doesn't matter. you're no longer nervous. you can't feel. you don't care. you're exactly what they want you to be no longer timid no longer shy no longer nervous
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Jun 2, 2014
Jun 2, 2014 at 5:11 PM UTC
nervous
My birthday comes in a little over 2 weeks and I think when people talk about birthdays, they are secretly talking about status in blocked hours. Somewhere in that 24 hour block, a person was born, and that person was me. .....well Yay I guess. I don't like my birthday. And the reasons for that, are more complicated than you think. When I was 13, I was really into cupcake birthday cakes. I asked for one, every year, for a long time. When I turned 15 and 16, my best friend baked me cupcakes and brought them to school for me, and I shared them with my peers. You see, I considered her my best friend, and I guess that's not enough to be the best friend. It's like unrequited love if you put poisonous platonic friendship in my blood first. When I turned 17, she did baked me my last set of cupcakes, but I no longer had a best friend. So I spent my birthday mentally by myself while my family sang otherwise. And right now, I hate cupcakes, and superhero films because they remind me of her. But saying that is the weakest thing to do, since everything, reminds me of her. I will never admit I loved her, the same way she will shamelessly say she never loved me. I can't hate her, but I can't see her without hating myself. You know age, goes up, the same way sadness, goes down. Pulling you into another 24 hour block just so you can say. "Hey. I made it another day." I will admit that every day without her is another day without cupcakes, and another day without sugar is another day without happiness. And people may have asked me "How can you flip-flop between preferences like you're not the biggest homosexual in the closet." So when I tell people I'm straight, they tell me I'm not allowed to change my mind. I loved her, but she left me and took all of my friends with her. And I thought that real friends wouldn't abandon me, but there is always time to be wrong. By the time my birthday comes, I'll be crying, and she doesn't even remember what day my birthday is on. By the time I read this out loud, I will have been through this birthday, like a person walks through fire. Turning 16 is less about age, then it is about school, and turning 18, is less about the number, and more about becoming an adult. And no amount of adult can neutralize pain. I have accepted the fact that no man will ever really want to marry me. And no Christian, will ever truly want to love me. And if I am wrong, I will have to repeat this lost love forever dragging it out in my life. And if I have kids one day, do you really think... That I'm going to tell everyone if it's a boy or a girl... By making blue or pink... ...cupcakes?
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Feb 26, 2018
Feb 26, 2018 at 4:07 AM UTC
Turning Adult
My birthday comes in a little over 2 weeks and I think when people talk about birthdays, they are secretly talking about status in blocked hours. Somewhere in that 24 hour block, a person was born, and that person was me. .....well Yay I guess. I don't like my birthday. And the reasons for that, are more complicated than you think. When I was 13, I was really into cupcake birthday cakes. I asked for one, every year, for a long time. When I turned 15 and 16, my best friend baked me cupcakes and brought them to school for me, and I shared them with my peers. You see, I considered her my best friend, and I guess that's not enough to be the best friend. It's like unrequited love if you put poisonous platonic friendship in my blood first. When I turned 17, she did baked me my last set of cupcakes, but I no longer had a best friend. So I spent my birthday mentally by myself while my family sang otherwise. And right now, I hate cupcakes, and superhero films because they remind me of her. But saying that is the weakest thing to do, since everything, reminds me of her. I will never admit I loved her, the same way she will shamelessly say she never loved me. I can't hate her, but I can't see her without hating myself. You know age, goes up, the same way sadness, goes down. Pulling you into another 24 hour block just so you can say. "Hey. I made it another day." I will admit that every day without her is another day without cupcakes, and another day without sugar is another day without happiness. And people may have asked me "How can you flip-flop between preferences like you're not the biggest homosexual in the closet." So when I tell people I'm straight, they tell me I'm not allowed to change my mind. I loved her, but she left me and took all of my friends with her. And I thought that real friends wouldn't abandon me, but there is always time to be wrong. By the time my birthday comes, I'll be crying, and she doesn't even remember what day my birthday is on. By the time I read this out loud, I will have been through this birthday, like a person walks through fire. Turning 16 is less about age, then it is about school, and turning 18, is less about the number, and more about becoming an adult. And no amount of adult can neutralize pain. I have accepted the fact that no man will ever really want to marry me. And no Christian, will ever truly want to love me. And if I am wrong, I will have to repeat this lost love forever dragging it out in my life. And if I have kids one day, do you really think... That I'm going to tell everyone if it's a boy or a girl... By making blue or pink... ...cupcakes?
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Just the thought of them makes your jawbone ache: those turkey dinners, those holidays with the air around the woodstove baked to a stupor, and Aunt Lil's tablecloth stained by her girlhood's gravy. A doggy wordless wisdom whimpers from your uncles' collected eyes; their very jokes creak with genetic sorrow, a strain of common heritage that hurts the gut. Sheer boredom and fascination! A spidering of chromosomes webs even the infants in and holds us fast around the spread of rotting food, of too-sweet pie. The cousins buzz, the nephews crawl; to love one's self is to love them all.
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I went to bake some cupcakes I was in such a merry mood I miss the sweet creamy taste I miss the smell of food Human food, Monster food Oh, its just the same What matters is how to make it good I call this a cooking game A cup of flesh, and mix it well Those smelly rotten eggs Light the fire, the flames of hell Let's chop these human legs Ahh, fresh flour - I stole from the store A little bit of sugar, a little bit of salt Let's knead the dough, let's fetch the coal Surely, this is not my fault For a sudden twist, I suddenly thought Why not stir-in some blood The jar of of red, I quickly sought Where's that stirring rod? So I baked it in the ancient oven And waited for some time Ping! It sprung open! Now let's give it a try! Nothing like a meal For a hungry half-breed Wasn't such a deal It was just what I need Nothing like a Sunday When you're not feeling mad Nothing like cupcakes Nothing like fresh blood Oh, human bones! Ack! Ugghh!!
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May 7, 2014
May 7, 2014 at 1:41 PM UTC
Cupcakes and Blood
1 The other day I saw a picture of you. Shirt buttoned up to your throat, Pants cutting off the blood circulation in your pelvis, Shoes shining brighter than the north star, And a smile being pulled across your cheeks Like an archer pulling a bow string. I smiled back at my computer screen. 2 I’ve listened to this album at least 30 times. I own three versions of it. UK deluxe, US deluxe, Target Deluxe. Everything about you is deluxe. Your eyes, your voice, your breath As it passes through the microphone and into my ears. 3 I believe in fate But not so much in destiny. I don’t scream at my reflection anymore And I’m described as independent. For the most part. I’m a pretty trustworthy person And I promise I’m not that desperate. 4 The music ripples through my veins As I whip my curls at the mirror. The hairbrush pressed against my mouth And I repeat the lyrics that roll past your lips so smoothly. 5 I can almost feel your arms Wrap around my waist before I go to sleep. I had a dream You and I were together And you were happy And I was happy And everyone was happy. But I know if my dream became reality No one would be happy. Jealousy would taint the spit on other girls’ tongues And the distance between New Jersey and Australia is too much. Even for me. 5 I can almost feel your arms Wrap around my waist before I got to sleep. 5 I can almost feel you. 5 We have the same eye color. 6 We have the same hair color. 7 I am just an insecure girl. You are taking over the world. You are stepping in the soil of every state. And you won’t look at me Longer for three seconds in the New York City heat. 8 I never thought I would be one of those girls. One of those girls Who latch onto a boy’s identity, Not knowing his soul But knowing his spirit. I’ve seen you three times. You don’t even realize. I try too hard and I’m convinced you notice this. 9 You are nine months older than me. In your eyes I am just a baby. My cocoon of pictures of you is the womb I am being baked in. You won’t follow me back on twitter. 10 You are just my celebrity crush But you have such an impact on me. Go back home. Let me rest. Go back to bed. I’ll have that dream again And I won’t speak of it And no one has to know of this Pathetic excuse for love I carry in me like a dead fetus. 10 You are just my celebrity crush. It was never supposed to go this far. 10 You are just my celebrity crush. 10 You can never love me The same way I love you.
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Aug 28, 2014
Aug 28, 2014 at 1:59 AM UTC
Celebrity Crush
1 The other day I saw a picture of you. Shirt buttoned up to your throat, Pants cutting off the blood circulation in your pelvis, Shoes shining brighter than the north star, And a smile being pulled across your cheeks Like an archer pulling a bow string. I smiled back at my computer screen. 2 I’ve listened to this album at least 30 times. I own three versions of it. UK deluxe, US deluxe, Target Deluxe. Everything about you is deluxe. Your eyes, your voice, your breath As it passes through the microphone and into my ears. 3 I believe in fate But not so much in destiny. I don’t scream at my reflection anymore And I’m described as independent. For the most part. I’m a pretty trustworthy person And I promise I’m not that desperate. 4 The music ripples through my veins As I whip my curls at the mirror. The hairbrush pressed against my mouth And I repeat the lyrics that roll past your lips so smoothly. 5 I can almost feel your arms Wrap around my waist before I go to sleep. I had a dream You and I were together And you were happy And I was happy And everyone was happy. But I know if my dream became reality No one would be happy. Jealousy would taint the spit on other girls’ tongues And the distance between New Jersey and Australia is too much. Even for me. 5 I can almost feel your arms Wrap around my waist before I got to sleep. 5 I can almost feel you. 5 We have the same eye color. 6 We have the same hair color. 7 I am just an insecure girl. You are taking over the world. You are stepping in the soil of every state. And you won’t look at me Longer for three seconds in the New York City heat. 8 I never thought I would be one of those girls. One of those girls Who latch onto a boy’s identity, Not knowing his soul But knowing his spirit. I’ve seen you three times. You don’t even realize. I try too hard and I’m convinced you notice this. 9 You are nine months older than me. In your eyes I am just a baby. My cocoon of pictures of you is the womb I am being baked in. You won’t follow me back on twitter. 10 You are just my celebrity crush But you have such an impact on me. Go back home. Let me rest. Go back to bed. I’ll have that dream again And I won’t speak of it And no one has to know of this Pathetic excuse for love I carry in me like a dead fetus. 10 You are just my celebrity crush. It was never supposed to go this far. 10 You are just my celebrity crush. 10 You can never love me The same way I love you.
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Paper thin top soil Cracks seep through Red dirt. Bloodless gashes Simmering summer soil Baked turf. Rolled gold haze Aches as the Country stretches its skin- Near breaks ******** teeth Tight white itches Red earth fit-               To burst in a Dark cloud of dust, Choking soft as to soak The moisture fresh From your lungs. Blinding blue sky Set for worship On a tall horizon Too far, too high For common souls-                   To float on a       Breath of sweet dry air, Eternal journey to sunset Small piece of a dream To chase a grey cloud From sky to west. Where subterranean Creeks used to slip by Rise in a slope of land Where water once carved                          Its roam Now the winds sweep All traces away Back toward the sea, And fair beyond The aching dry eyes Of the sons of This red earth, A mist lies awake And prays for rain.
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Apr 24, 2014
Apr 24, 2014 at 5:19 AM UTC
Drought
It’s something that try we should To provide the parrot its basic food Apple minus seeds mango banana Grape orange guava papaya As for vegetables cooked dried bean With beet broccoli its heart you can win Cucumber carrot and cauliflower They surely love like they love a shower Corn on the cob is fun for parrot They aren’t fussy as them you thought Hot peppers peapod lettuce For them delicacies you can choose Sweet and baked potato well cooked yam They devour in delight add to their glam Parrots are cute friendly and nice Give them oatmeal millet brown rice They’re not greedy from you they won’t beg Though these birds love scrambled boiled egg The parrot is innocent gorgeous and sweet Can’t call them carnivore yes they like meat Must talk to them and not keep your mouth shut Your loving pet the parrot loves occasional nut. Now words of caution what don’t do them good Candy and chocolate and all junk food I know you are smart and not at all mean To offer this wonder bird mushrooms caffeine Believe my words they aren’t my opinion Use them in your food don’t give them onion Dairy products for them are a big ‘no’ ‘no’ You surely want them to healthily glow Give the parrot shower keep its cage clean Give them just fresh foods no sugar no caffeine Say ‘no’ to pesticides choose only organic See in their bowel nothing goes toxic Follow what I’ve said the task is not hard Spend your time well with this beautiful bird.
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Sep 11, 2013
Sep 11, 2013 at 8:18 AM UTC
Parrot Care
You are my December because you seem to emanate a golden glow, quite like of parols swinging from tall streetlamps December in how you brush through my hair like a cool, gentle breeze brought by the northeast wind of clear blue skies and fair weather. December also in the way you wrap your arms around me tightly, it reminds me of my favorite warm, woolly sweater that my dear grandma knitted for me. You are my December in how you light up my eyes like the Christmas lights that twinkle on the Christmas tree No, actually, more like the fireworks that set fire to the midnight sky on New Year's Eve December because you are a great gift like the secret surprises tucked under the Christmas tree you are a sweet treat like a gingerbread coated with colorful sugar, freshly baked and toasty you refresh me like the much needed break that lasts for two weeks You are my December because you leave me melting like the mini mallows sprinkled on my hot choco steaming You are my December because I love December
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Jan 1, 2014
Jan 1, 2014 at 2:34 AM UTC
You are my December