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I heard the world's loudest **** today It echoed round the town enough to say *"I am a **** of great renown and fame, I am a **** who's worthy of the name Of*  KING of FARTS!"  Unthinkingly I sniffed And, let me tell you, I have never whiffed Aught so potent, dank and dread and foul Blasted out from heaving human bowel As that king of farts I smelled today And which took my ******* breath away. Who was the pumper of that putrid beauty? How many curries in the line of duty Had he consumed?  It must have been a man - No pong so strong ere blew from female can. Can no one answer yet my urgent question: And say who suffereth such dire indigestion? O heavens! his torment must be something chronic. Can no one subsidise a high colonic Irrigation to prevent another Noisier and more noisome than its younger brother?
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Nov 5, 2014
Nov 5, 2014 at 7:34 PM UTC
A **** For All Mankind
Like I loved coffee, that's how I loved you. Like the first cigarette of the day. Or like a Beatles song blasted on the radio during a road trip to nowhere in particular. Like each slice of coffee cake, cinnamon and pecans delicately, deliciously curled into every little streusel. Like spring, when the snow melts into water and runs, rushes past yellow-colored, polka-dotted rain boots on a sun-soaked afternoon. I loved you like I love you; simply, completely, without frills and without doubt.
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Apr 23, 2018
Apr 23, 2018 at 3:47 PM UTC
Love Letter
Phone in your home Phone with you on the road Three way connections Incoming calls, not one, but another-aka call waiting Phones with caller ID Cordless phones Hands free phones Toothy phones sticking out of people's ears Picture phones...say cheese! Phone texting instead of talking Hello? I cannot hear you! Television and movies in your home DVD players in your car Watch those images on your computer Watch them on your cell phone Television in the airport Television in the restaurant Television at the gas pump Television in the grocery store line What's next? Television in the operating room? Music on your home stereo Music on your car radio Store it all on your traveling ipod Melodious cell phone rings everywhere Your mp3 player and new computer speakers Your favorite cable music channels And plenty of music blasted in the stores Can't I just have a thought to myself? Don't forget computers! Instant messaging Junk mail in cyberspace All your shows and movies always at your instant access Computer dating Computer stalkers and hacking Computer crashes I foresee because computer bugs and viruses are trying to invade my soul! And I feel sick! I can't get that music out of my head! I think my ears are ringing! You've heard of couch potatoes I think I'm a mouse potato! How is that for a human spud? Yes, I admit I'm addicted to my PC! That I spend more time with technology than I do with the human race! I should be burnt out like old hardware that is on extreme overload Not made of wires and steel but of flesh and blood I am designed! But I can't stop!!! The technology of the future is now here! I know what George Jetson was saying when he said: JANE! GET ME OFF THIS CRAZY THING!
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Aug 12, 2010
Aug 12, 2010 at 1:46 PM UTC
Technology Treadmill
Phone in your home Phone with you on the road Three way connections Incoming calls, not one, but another-aka call waiting Phones with caller ID Cordless phones Hands free phones Toothy phones sticking out of people's ears Picture phones...say cheese! Phone texting instead of talking Hello? I cannot hear you! Television and movies in your home DVD players in your car Watch those images on your computer Watch them on your cell phone Television in the airport Television in the restaurant Television at the gas pump Television in the grocery store line What's next? Television in the operating room? Music on your home stereo Music on your car radio Store it all on your traveling ipod Melodious cell phone rings everywhere Your mp3 player and new computer speakers Your favorite cable music channels And plenty of music blasted in the stores Can't I just have a thought to myself? Don't forget computers! Instant messaging Junk mail in cyberspace All your shows and movies always at your instant access Computer dating Computer stalkers and hacking Computer crashes I foresee because computer bugs and viruses are trying to invade my soul! And I feel sick! I can't get that music out of my head! I think my ears are ringing! You've heard of couch potatoes I think I'm a mouse potato! How is that for a human spud? Yes, I admit I'm addicted to my PC! That I spend more time with technology than I do with the human race! I should be burnt out like old hardware that is on extreme overload Not made of wires and steel but of flesh and blood I am designed! But I can't stop!!! The technology of the future is now here! I know what George Jetson was saying when he said: JANE! GET ME OFF THIS CRAZY THING!
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the bus poets we are the modern day chimney sweeps, the ***** black faced coal miners of the city, digging up its grit, toasted with its spit, the gone and forgotten elevator operators, the anonymous substitutable, still yet glimpsed occasionally, grunts of urbanity provoking a surprised whaddya know! once like the bison and the buffalo, we were thousands, word workers roaming the cities, the intercity rural routes and the lithe greyhounds across the land of the brave, free in ways the founders wanted us to be us, the stubs and stuff, harder working poor and lower cases we were the bus poets, sitting always in the back of the bus, where the engines growls loudest, seated in the - the most overheated in winter time, so much so we nearly disrobed, and then come the summer, we were blasted with a joking hot reverie from the vents, but vent, no, we did not! no - we wrote and wrote of all we heard, passion overheated by currents within and without, recording and ordering the snatches and the soliloquies of the passengers, into poem swatches; the goings on passing by, the overheard histories, glimpsed in milliseconds, eternity preserved, inscribed in a cheap blue lined five & dime notebook, for all eternity what the eyes sighed and saw books ever passed onto the next generation in boxes from the supermarket, attic labeled, then forgotten beside the outgrown toys with our names writ indelible with the magic of black markers if you stumble upon a breathing scripter, let them be, just observe, as they, you, these movers and bus shakers, as they, observe you tell your children, you knew one in your youth, then take them to the attic retrieve your mother's and father's, teach your children how to read, how to see, the ways of their forefathers, the forsaken, the bus poets.
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Sep 29, 2017
Sep 29, 2017 at 7:53 AM UTC
The Bus Poets
the bus poets we are the modern day chimney sweeps, the ***** black faced coal miners of the city, digging up its grit, toasted with its spit, the gone and forgotten elevator operators, the anonymous substitutable, still yet glimpsed occasionally, grunts of urbanity provoking a surprised whaddya know! once like the bison and the buffalo, we were thousands, word workers roaming the cities, the intercity rural routes and the lithe greyhounds across the land of the brave, free in ways the founders wanted us to be us, the stubs and stuff, harder working poor and lower cases we were the bus poets, sitting always in the back of the bus, where the engines growls loudest, seated in the - the most overheated in winter time, so much so we nearly disrobed, and then come the summer, we were blasted with a joking hot reverie from the vents, but vent, no, we did not! no - we wrote and wrote of all we heard, passion overheated by currents within and without, recording and ordering the snatches and the soliloquies of the passengers, into poem swatches; the goings on passing by, the overheard histories, glimpsed in milliseconds, eternity preserved, inscribed in a cheap blue lined five & dime notebook, for all eternity what the eyes sighed and saw books ever passed onto the next generation in boxes from the supermarket, attic labeled, then forgotten beside the outgrown toys with our names writ indelible with the magic of black markers if you stumble upon a breathing scripter, let them be, just observe, as they, you, these movers and bus shakers, as they, observe you tell your children, you knew one in your youth, then take them to the attic retrieve your mother's and father's, teach your children how to read, how to see, the ways of their forefathers, the forsaken, the bus poets.
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(10/13/12) At the beginning of “64” - I packed up my uniform And walked out the door- it was the beginning of The Vietnam war. By August of that same year President Johnson started the draft Under protests and jeers. Then he made it a full scale war And sent our soldiers to Vietnam shores. The Beatniks in Greenwich village With their long hair, beards, and Flip flop sandals - wrote their poetry About this undeclared war, and why Our men were going to those shores. This created a new generation called ‘HIPPIES” The hippie generation was groups of protesters Against everything that they found wrong The draft , the war , pollution And loved to stay high with *** hashish Coke and acid (lsd) which kept them blasted. This also created the “ flower children” Who like the hippies loved to be high And on certain flowers they would fly. But they spoke of loving one another And gave out flowers as a sign of peace Which to the president was a relief. They all started painting this “53 Chevy impala” With the words “ flower power”. Now the “ flower children and hippie movement Was in full swing, and everyone was doing their own thing. They had Greenwich village under their control And not one coffee shop would ever be sold. Every coffee shop had a poetry night And going there was such a delight. Then in AUGUST of “69” The WOODSTOCK festival was on the rise Over half a million people drove to that farmland And set up tents , hammocks, sleeping bags and such And the police found it was much to much So they had no choice but to see it through Because there was nothing else that they could do. The WOODSTOCK festival had become world wide And to this day it still thrives. © L . RAMS
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Oct 13, 2012
Oct 13, 2012 at 11:17 PM UTC
beatnik to vietnam to hippie stand
(10/13/12) At the beginning of “64” - I packed up my uniform And walked out the door- it was the beginning of The Vietnam war. By August of that same year President Johnson started the draft Under protests and jeers. Then he made it a full scale war And sent our soldiers to Vietnam shores. The Beatniks in Greenwich village With their long hair, beards, and Flip flop sandals - wrote their poetry About this undeclared war, and why Our men were going to those shores. This created a new generation called ‘HIPPIES” The hippie generation was groups of protesters Against everything that they found wrong The draft , the war , pollution And loved to stay high with *** hashish Coke and acid (lsd) which kept them blasted. This also created the “ flower children” Who like the hippies loved to be high And on certain flowers they would fly. But they spoke of loving one another And gave out flowers as a sign of peace Which to the president was a relief. They all started painting this “53 Chevy impala” With the words “ flower power”. Now the “ flower children and hippie movement Was in full swing, and everyone was doing their own thing. They had Greenwich village under their control And not one coffee shop would ever be sold. Every coffee shop had a poetry night And going there was such a delight. Then in AUGUST of “69” The WOODSTOCK festival was on the rise Over half a million people drove to that farmland And set up tents , hammocks, sleeping bags and such And the police found it was much to much So they had no choice but to see it through Because there was nothing else that they could do. The WOODSTOCK festival had become world wide And to this day it still thrives. © L . RAMS
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Are we fated to dance to the same tune alone in our separate universes? Is it true that we must silently keep to our preordained curses? Are we destined to swoon at the beauty of the moon at differing time slots? Why were we given invisible ink to connect our lives' dots? Must it be that our lives revolve around the whims of the sun? Isn't it ludicrous that we won't see the intricate webs we've spun? Was it the plan that we exist only in our minds and hearts? Why do we have to tolerate starting when the other's ending and end at the other's starts? Has it been written that we can only afford to infinitely chase each others heartbeats? Was it foretold that we're trapped in a singular notion that never really fits? Is the game set as such that we can never emerge as winners? How is it that the ocean was made out of our tears that flowed from rivers? Why is it that with our entirety we believe but do not know? What's the reason for the path made clear but we're too afraid to go? What does it entail to possess the very least but yet you covet it the most? How do you pride yourself in something but not allowed to boast? Why do we frantically scramble to piece together jagged shards? Can't we just play this blasted deck of lousy cards? Is it destiny or cruelty to have found then lost? Why does it seem absurd that we have all its takes but can't afford the cost? Is it the thoughts that **** or the emotions that debilitate? Is it the challenges we take on or the curveballs we anticipate? Why bother when sheer folly is all it seems to be? Why tarry when the heart is free and the mind is ready? Is it ridiculous to have found myself still very bothered? Is it wrong to question fate that had always bound us tethered? Why is the good always bad and the bad becomes worse? Is it true that the harder we fight, the deeper we immerse? Has life turned to be but sad little rhetorics? Are we but performers on stages coerced into theatrics? Is it time for me to surface this one-man submarine? Will it be so that if I do, my journey would then begin...?
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Sep 30, 2014
Sep 30, 2014 at 8:38 PM UTC
Rhetoricals
Are we fated to dance to the same tune alone in our separate universes? Is it true that we must silently keep to our preordained curses? Are we destined to swoon at the beauty of the moon at differing time slots? Why were we given invisible ink to connect our lives' dots? Must it be that our lives revolve around the whims of the sun? Isn't it ludicrous that we won't see the intricate webs we've spun? Was it the plan that we exist only in our minds and hearts? Why do we have to tolerate starting when the other's ending and end at the other's starts? Has it been written that we can only afford to infinitely chase each others heartbeats? Was it foretold that we're trapped in a singular notion that never really fits? Is the game set as such that we can never emerge as winners? How is it that the ocean was made out of our tears that flowed from rivers? Why is it that with our entirety we believe but do not know? What's the reason for the path made clear but we're too afraid to go? What does it entail to possess the very least but yet you covet it the most? How do you pride yourself in something but not allowed to boast? Why do we frantically scramble to piece together jagged shards? Can't we just play this blasted deck of lousy cards? Is it destiny or cruelty to have found then lost? Why does it seem absurd that we have all its takes but can't afford the cost? Is it the thoughts that **** or the emotions that debilitate? Is it the challenges we take on or the curveballs we anticipate? Why bother when sheer folly is all it seems to be? Why tarry when the heart is free and the mind is ready? Is it ridiculous to have found myself still very bothered? Is it wrong to question fate that had always bound us tethered? Why is the good always bad and the bad becomes worse? Is it true that the harder we fight, the deeper we immerse? Has life turned to be but sad little rhetorics? Are we but performers on stages coerced into theatrics? Is it time for me to surface this one-man submarine? Will it be so that if I do, my journey would then begin...?
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The sky was under stress Fire lit up the night Winds wailed and screeched Foundations were blasted Dread, death, doom and demise A woman crying, "The world nevermore!" A man thinking "It will be an eternity for daylight." A baby, so fragile and small, lays in the street. Danger arises Hope shattered Where is the light? And the salvation? Thugs and gangs roam the cities Terrorists never seem to stop People will die 'til the Day. Lucky seven no longer brings Death and sickness and disaster come Will the suffering end And will the Earth be rebuilt again?
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Nov 14, 2012
Nov 14, 2012 at 6:50 PM UTC
Frightful Night
the shock of bodies— a sound rippled in cheetah lightening to wings of blasted flowers taught red yellow lavender sky— butterfly wound festering pollened breeze to where your mouth is opened breath tongue and twisted cord— opaque bee twirling with opaque stamen lit in a wall of rushing waterfall—a perfect contrast of forgiveness
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Feb 4, 2018
Feb 4, 2018 at 11:22 AM UTC
grace
I've been ****** over and left for dead what makes you think I can't rise up and lyrically behead at least you were honest and said that you genuinely didn't like me but **** you I tried to pursue you I put my pride to the side told you all my demons i contained inside now I have to excorsice my hell from this ****** hellion I'll burn your soul like Ether either you or that ashy **** that's been on your nuts since day one I slay son **** you and him he can have your drunk *** I've blasted on to bigger and better things than an anorexic ***** who only is honest when she's of the **** I glimpsed what could've been and you through it away it's too late now watch me make millions and you'll be the first call offering up ***** like it's on a dinner plate **** you **** you wasting people's time eating my heart like a sandwich you should've made me now you can eat these nuts oh wait you've already had enough dragged on your face maybe even had a few golden showers you little coward
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Dec 19, 2014
Dec 19, 2014 at 5:14 PM UTC
Ether.
time is an infinite stream of possibilities may this blessing flow to you across time through love I pray for you, the me of my past who struggled and lost your way in depression. May this blessing find you across time to you, from me the you of the future, to the 26 year old that I was in a moment in time, where I was lost. May you find your way out of despair and hopelessness, and may you find the courage to set the radio outside of the filled bathtub.  I know suicide seems the only way out, but you have so much to live for. I am you of the future, as I speak to you of my past.   May my love and hope travel across time to help you find joy in that little moment, where you turned on the radio to make sure power was flowing before you electrocuted yourself.  But in that tiny moment, reggae music blasted through the speakers bringing a spark of joy and rhythm into a dark moment, where you could not distinguish from the true and false. May you find the wisdom to know that your pain will not last forever and all wounds heal with time, even heartbreaks.  I know, because I am in this very present moment the future self of you.  I know that your present feels bleak and each day feels more painful and pointless than the day before.  It feels like the whole world is against you and people who are supposed to love you only judge you and ridicule you.  Somehow it feels like who you are is not enough and you are sick and tired of feeling this way. May my love and hope travel across time.  Love is infinite and collapses the space that separates us.  May my blessing find you through this dark moment and many to come, so you may know and experience joys, sadness, and full specturum of emotions with an open heart.  You will someday embrace pain as one of your greatest teachers, because it has lead you to the other great teacher of life, love.  May you have the courage to really live, so you may face death, another great teacher.  May you live and die with love, and not with fear and hatred in your heart. May this blessing travel across time in that infinite place in your heart, where hope will rise out of the heavy despair that is pulling you down to depths of pain that goes deeper and deeper.  Somehow, pain upon pain becomes comforting, and you begin to be trapped in yourself.  All you can see is this moment. May my prayer and blessing find you and guide you to a future you cannot imagine in your present, but you would not want to miss.  Thank you, I love you.  I'm sorry for ways I failed you.  Please forgive me.   May this blessing of hope and love find you across time and space to bring you home, so you and I can live in that infinite space of love in our hearts, where we are connected to life flowing through and in us.  May you find your way to me, to the now that is always being created.
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Jun 3, 2014
Jun 3, 2014 at 1:03 AM UTC
a blessing to my younger self
time is an infinite stream of possibilities may this blessing flow to you across time through love I pray for you, the me of my past who struggled and lost your way in depression. May this blessing find you across time to you, from me the you of the future, to the 26 year old that I was in a moment in time, where I was lost. May you find your way out of despair and hopelessness, and may you find the courage to set the radio outside of the filled bathtub.  I know suicide seems the only way out, but you have so much to live for. I am you of the future, as I speak to you of my past.   May my love and hope travel across time to help you find joy in that little moment, where you turned on the radio to make sure power was flowing before you electrocuted yourself.  But in that tiny moment, reggae music blasted through the speakers bringing a spark of joy and rhythm into a dark moment, where you could not distinguish from the true and false. May you find the wisdom to know that your pain will not last forever and all wounds heal with time, even heartbreaks.  I know, because I am in this very present moment the future self of you.  I know that your present feels bleak and each day feels more painful and pointless than the day before.  It feels like the whole world is against you and people who are supposed to love you only judge you and ridicule you.  Somehow it feels like who you are is not enough and you are sick and tired of feeling this way. May my love and hope travel across time.  Love is infinite and collapses the space that separates us.  May my blessing find you through this dark moment and many to come, so you may know and experience joys, sadness, and full specturum of emotions with an open heart.  You will someday embrace pain as one of your greatest teachers, because it has lead you to the other great teacher of life, love.  May you have the courage to really live, so you may face death, another great teacher.  May you live and die with love, and not with fear and hatred in your heart. May this blessing travel across time in that infinite place in your heart, where hope will rise out of the heavy despair that is pulling you down to depths of pain that goes deeper and deeper.  Somehow, pain upon pain becomes comforting, and you begin to be trapped in yourself.  All you can see is this moment. May my prayer and blessing find you and guide you to a future you cannot imagine in your present, but you would not want to miss.  Thank you, I love you.  I'm sorry for ways I failed you.  Please forgive me.   May this blessing of hope and love find you across time and space to bring you home, so you and I can live in that infinite space of love in our hearts, where we are connected to life flowing through and in us.  May you find your way to me, to the now that is always being created.
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Behold the One with the Aries, the Ward of Santa Muerte Our 16th President voted by 16 million Filipinos this 2016 The 1st President from Mindanao from being Mayor of Davao…Duterte! He is One with MiJoRdGr (Miriam, Jojo, Rody, Grace) The 4 Opposition Presidentiables who defeated Mar Roxas And brought Liberal Party its great disgrace! The One with the Aries from the Land with War The Land of Promise – feared by typhoons, but filled with goons So from her came a Liberator among MiJoRdGr! That this One should war with our nation’s greatest horrors -Drug Lords, Liberals, Treasoners, Criminals & Terrorists- These powerful entities to our history are desecrators! So by being one with lawmakers, law enforcers & lawful people By the overwhelming power of the Supermajority Our country’s greatest terrors…Du30 shall conquer them all! But first, he must defeat his detractors – Leila, Leni & Trillanes These triple crooks who want to topple the government Are also said to be conspiring with EU, UN & US! Yet with Trump’s triumph, US is no longer an enemy Our American hatred weakened, our Chinese friendship strengthened As it established great friendship with Pres. Du30! Do not emulate the girl power of those Liberal crooks We got an Olympic medalist Heidilyn & Ms. International 2016 But Leila & Leni?...Can only ruin our country…like blasted nukes! Do not worry for we have Pacquiao as still winner & role model Alongwith Gen. Bato, a victim of yellow washing machine But these Pro-Du30 men…to criminals tough, to innocents gentle! May God allow this True Change to take place with continuity Let Pres. Duterte lead us for many more years to come For the Supermajority, for you & me… for our country! -12/30/2016 (Dumarao) *Our Golden Times During PDu30
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Sep 28, 2019
Sep 28, 2019 at 9:19 PM UTC
Our Golden Times During PDu30
Behold the One with the Aries, the Ward of Santa Muerte Our 16th President voted by 16 million Filipinos this 2016 The 1st President from Mindanao from being Mayor of Davao…Duterte! He is One with MiJoRdGr (Miriam, Jojo, Rody, Grace) The 4 Opposition Presidentiables who defeated Mar Roxas And brought Liberal Party its great disgrace! The One with the Aries from the Land with War The Land of Promise – feared by typhoons, but filled with goons So from her came a Liberator among MiJoRdGr! That this One should war with our nation’s greatest horrors -Drug Lords, Liberals, Treasoners, Criminals & Terrorists- These powerful entities to our history are desecrators! So by being one with lawmakers, law enforcers & lawful people By the overwhelming power of the Supermajority Our country’s greatest terrors…Du30 shall conquer them all! But first, he must defeat his detractors – Leila, Leni & Trillanes These triple crooks who want to topple the government Are also said to be conspiring with EU, UN & US! Yet with Trump’s triumph, US is no longer an enemy Our American hatred weakened, our Chinese friendship strengthened As it established great friendship with Pres. Du30! Do not emulate the girl power of those Liberal crooks We got an Olympic medalist Heidilyn & Ms. International 2016 But Leila & Leni?...Can only ruin our country…like blasted nukes! Do not worry for we have Pacquiao as still winner & role model Alongwith Gen. Bato, a victim of yellow washing machine But these Pro-Du30 men…to criminals tough, to innocents gentle! May God allow this True Change to take place with continuity Let Pres. Duterte lead us for many more years to come For the Supermajority, for you & me… for our country! -12/30/2016 (Dumarao) *Our Golden Times During PDu30
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When the heart is stilled, and our eyes are blind.    When our limbs are lead, and our hands are chained and numb.    Keep your eyes open, Use the pain to stay alive.    Protect your Allies son, protect them with your life.    Get them out of the dark, and lead them into the light.    Protect your comrades son, Protect them with your life.   *  Even if only one of you can leave this fiery Hell.*    If even only one of you survives then a victory has been one!       For they cannot stop you child, If together you stand and fight!    Fight for your rights my Child, Fight to live your life!     Fight for what you believe in Son, fight for what you know is right.    Defend your brothers and Sisters son, protect what you hold most tight.     You know your lives are ending, as you stand and fight.    But as you lay here dying, You see him striding through the light.    He stands tall and strong now, the Boy now a man,    Not a child in any's eyes, Standing tall in the light.    With his Infantry behind him, he blasted all enemies in sight.    When the others saw him they burst into tears, For their arrival also washed away their fears.
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Feb 4, 2015
Feb 4, 2015 at 4:32 PM UTC
Protect your Allies son.
I asked the Lord that I might grow In faith, and love, and every grace; Might more of His salvation know, And seek, more earnestly, His face. ‘Twas He who taught me thus to pray, And He, I trust, has answered prayer! But it has been in such a way, As almost drove me to despair. I hoped that in some favored hour, At once He’d answer my request; And by His love’s constraining pow’r, Subdue my sins, and give me rest. Instead of this, He made me feel The hidden evils of my heart; And let the angry pow’rs of hell Assault my soul in every part. Yea more, with His own hand He seemed Intent to aggravate my woe; Crossed all the fair designs I schemed, Blasted my gourds, and laid me low. Lord, why is this, I trembling cried, Wilt thou pursue thy worm to death? “‘Tis in this way, the Lord replied, I answer prayer for grace and faith. These inward trials I employ, From self, and pride, to set thee free; And break thy schemes of earthly joy, That thou may’st find thy all in Me.”          ~ John Newton (1725-1807)
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Apr 10, 2016
Apr 10, 2016 at 1:08 PM UTC
I Asked the Lord That I Might Grow (by John Newton)
my cousin liked to have breakfast at an open air café, with his fiancée, on Fridays the owner knew she loved French breads, having been schooled at the Sorbonne   the bakery made them at his behest     he would tell his staff to keep one for her and to bring a bag when served; she always saved half for later   rush hour was madder than usual   that night, until the bombs blasted and brought the synovial silence that comes in the wake of wondering, what has happened?     the sirens screamed soon enough and my cousin smelled the smoke   cordite, yes, but burnt baklava, Maamoul as well   his fiancée came to him that night   watched and waited to hear if anyone they knew   was lost, their hands clasped tight, breaths shallow, in the languid hush after the city slowed to its mournful rest   the sun rose, the skies clear, crisp, to their surprise, and they went to the café, where the owner apologized for the wicked, wicked world, and for not having baguettes after the bakery died
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Nov 14, 2015
Nov 14, 2015 at 4:46 PM UTC
Baguettes in Beirut
pale clouds at the summit water color sky cattle guard at wood bridge creek bed running dry split log fence downtrodden razor back in wire sinkhole on the wild plain grouse fields under fire pine bug and a lone wolf clear cut on the trail stump lake on the open range kettle valley rail raven on the hatheume slash and burn and scar blasted church in a tired sun wild rose under char thistle in the hollow quails nest sitting high carriage house at lone rock curtains of july smoke jaw in the canyon percolator dream silver sage in chapel schneider's requiem stockmen on the wrangle big horn antler chase table top at sunset deacon creek in grace quarry in a furry lines of tinted red spurs and blades and columns patchwork of the dead past the bow hill junction cattle ropes are black indian amphitheater saddle on the rack sun is at a high bake sedimentary stone three days on the morphine skeleton and bone cold water road is lonely corrals are cut and paste gone but not forgotten the dust filled aftertaste
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Jun 3, 2017
Jun 3, 2017 at 1:06 PM UTC
Road to Hatheume
To a Louse by Robert Burns translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Hey! Where're you going, you crawling hair-fly? Your impudence protects you, barely; I can only say that you swagger rarely Over gauze and lace. Though faith! I fear you dine but sparely In such a place. You ugly, creeping, blasted wonder, Detested, shunned by both saint and sinner, How dare you set your feet upon her— So fine a lady! Go somewhere else to seek your dinner On some poor body. Off! around some beggar's temple shamble: There you may creep, and sprawl, and scramble, With other kindred, jumping cattle, In shoals and nations; Where horn nor bone never dare unsettle Your thick plantations. Now hold you there! You're out of sight, Below the folderols, snug and tight; No, faith just yet! You'll not be right, Till you've got on it: The very topmost, towering height Of miss's bonnet. My word! right bold you root, contrary, As plump and gray as any gooseberry. Oh, for some rank, mercurial resin, Or dread red poison; I'd give you such a hearty dose, flea, It'd dress your noggin! I wouldn't be surprised to spy You on some housewife's flannel tie: Or maybe on some ragged boy's Pale undervest; But Miss's finest bonnet! Fie! How dare you jest? Oh Jenny, do not toss your head, And lash your lovely braids abroad! You hardly know what cursed speed The creature's making! Those winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice-taking! O would some Power with vision teach us To see ourselves as others see us! It would from many a blunder free us, And foolish notions: What airs in dress and carriage would leave us, And even devotion! One Sunday while sitting behind a young lady in church, Robert Burns noticed a louse roaming through the bows and ribbons of her bonnet. The poem "To a Louse" resulted from his observations. The poor woman had no idea that she would be the subject of one of Burns' best poems about how we see ourselves, compared to how other people see us at our worst moments. Keywords/Tags: Robert Burns, louse, church, bonnet, lace, Scotland, Scots, dialect, translation
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Apr 21, 2020
Apr 21, 2020 at 5:26 AM UTC
Robert Burns "To a Louse" translation
To a Louse by Robert Burns translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Hey! Where're you going, you crawling hair-fly? Your impudence protects you, barely; I can only say that you swagger rarely Over gauze and lace. Though faith! I fear you dine but sparely In such a place. You ugly, creeping, blasted wonder, Detested, shunned by both saint and sinner, How dare you set your feet upon her— So fine a lady! Go somewhere else to seek your dinner On some poor body. Off! around some beggar's temple shamble: There you may creep, and sprawl, and scramble, With other kindred, jumping cattle, In shoals and nations; Where horn nor bone never dare unsettle Your thick plantations. Now hold you there! You're out of sight, Below the folderols, snug and tight; No, faith just yet! You'll not be right, Till you've got on it: The very topmost, towering height Of miss's bonnet. My word! right bold you root, contrary, As plump and gray as any gooseberry. Oh, for some rank, mercurial resin, Or dread red poison; I'd give you such a hearty dose, flea, It'd dress your noggin! I wouldn't be surprised to spy You on some housewife's flannel tie: Or maybe on some ragged boy's Pale undervest; But Miss's finest bonnet! Fie! How dare you jest? Oh Jenny, do not toss your head, And lash your lovely braids abroad! You hardly know what cursed speed The creature's making! Those winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice-taking! O would some Power with vision teach us To see ourselves as others see us! It would from many a blunder free us, And foolish notions: What airs in dress and carriage would leave us, And even devotion! One Sunday while sitting behind a young lady in church, Robert Burns noticed a louse roaming through the bows and ribbons of her bonnet. The poem "To a Louse" resulted from his observations. The poor woman had no idea that she would be the subject of one of Burns' best poems about how we see ourselves, compared to how other people see us at our worst moments. Keywords/Tags: Robert Burns, louse, church, bonnet, lace, Scotland, Scots, dialect, translation
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© 2009 (Jim Sularz) Quiet mounds of yellowed tailings and dead weeds whisper low. And proud rusting relics telling tales of striking gold. The rush from East, from North and South, by wagon, train or foot. Days not all that long ago, in tall ships made of wood. “A gold rush struck in’49, all quite by accident. A burning fever that cut men to bone, in a sea of dingy tents. Day and night, they toiled and tolled, many headed home without a cent. But some packed out bags of glistening gold, and made a stop at "Buzzard’s Breath." "The town’s mud logged street, deep with horse manure, bubbled like a shallow grave. With a Sheriff’s office, a livery stable, and a church for souls to save. And a fancy house, on a grassy knoll – sign read, “Madam Lil la **** With soft, curvaceous ladies who mined for hearts – and gold of a different sort. Didn’t take long before easy gold, was extremely hard to find. And burly miners, tough as steel, moved in to hard rock mine. With bloodied knuckles, dented hats, they blasted at a furious pace. To find the gold, called the Mother Lode, yellow blood coursing through their veins! The mine they worked was called “Long Shot”, the men thought that name a curse. But the miners hankered for the handle, "Buzzard’s Breath”, and the mine’s name was reversed. As luck would say, they held a royal flush, when they hit that horse-wide vein. Of the purest gold, yet to be found, this side of the Pearly Gates. Eyes wide as saucers, they were all in awe, everyone was filthy rich. The miners should have all retired and should have cashed in all their chips. But a man’s hard to figure, when his blood is yellow, and he’s stricken with a gold fever. “Eureka! Boys, *** the dynamite and a whole lot more mining timbers!” They mined that vein to the bowels of the Earth, and the heat increased by day. "Buzzard’s Breath" became the hottest place, to Hell – the shortest way. And then one day, the men never came back. – Hell must have jumped that claim. Of the purest gold, yet to be found – that’s where the Devil mines today!” Quiet mounds of yellowed tailings and dead weeds whisper low. And proud rusting relics telling tales of striking gold. The rush from East, from North and South, died a slow and quiet death. Along with days of tall wooden ships, and the ghosts of Buzzard’s Breath.
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Jul 8, 2012
Jul 8, 2012 at 5:46 PM UTC
Ghosts of Buzzard’s Breath
© 2009 (Jim Sularz) Quiet mounds of yellowed tailings and dead weeds whisper low. And proud rusting relics telling tales of striking gold. The rush from East, from North and South, by wagon, train or foot. Days not all that long ago, in tall ships made of wood. “A gold rush struck in’49, all quite by accident. A burning fever that cut men to bone, in a sea of dingy tents. Day and night, they toiled and tolled, many headed home without a cent. But some packed out bags of glistening gold, and made a stop at "Buzzard’s Breath." "The town’s mud logged street, deep with horse manure, bubbled like a shallow grave. With a Sheriff’s office, a livery stable, and a church for souls to save. And a fancy house, on a grassy knoll – sign read, “Madam Lil la **** With soft, curvaceous ladies who mined for hearts – and gold of a different sort. Didn’t take long before easy gold, was extremely hard to find. And burly miners, tough as steel, moved in to hard rock mine. With bloodied knuckles, dented hats, they blasted at a furious pace. To find the gold, called the Mother Lode, yellow blood coursing through their veins! The mine they worked was called “Long Shot”, the men thought that name a curse. But the miners hankered for the handle, "Buzzard’s Breath”, and the mine’s name was reversed. As luck would say, they held a royal flush, when they hit that horse-wide vein. Of the purest gold, yet to be found, this side of the Pearly Gates. Eyes wide as saucers, they were all in awe, everyone was filthy rich. The miners should have all retired and should have cashed in all their chips. But a man’s hard to figure, when his blood is yellow, and he’s stricken with a gold fever. “Eureka! Boys, *** the dynamite and a whole lot more mining timbers!” They mined that vein to the bowels of the Earth, and the heat increased by day. "Buzzard’s Breath" became the hottest place, to Hell – the shortest way. And then one day, the men never came back. – Hell must have jumped that claim. Of the purest gold, yet to be found – that’s where the Devil mines today!” Quiet mounds of yellowed tailings and dead weeds whisper low. And proud rusting relics telling tales of striking gold. The rush from East, from North and South, died a slow and quiet death. Along with days of tall wooden ships, and the ghosts of Buzzard’s Breath.
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I was born Of a broken family. Surviving on the skills, You taught me. Now I stand in the valley. Beside the red stream. Awaiting the arrival. Of the Dov. My daggers twirl in my hands, As I dance with zeal. Brave but reckless. Because of youth. I await thy path, I must pursue. The journey ahead, Will be new. I am Imperial, Daughter of the wolves. My home was Solitude. Skyrims Capital hold. I travel this weary path, Adventuring beyond death. I doth not fear you, Dragon of hearthfire. May my path pay, The debts of my partners. They deserve better, Than the blasted Jarl.
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Mar 27, 2014
Mar 27, 2014 at 8:37 AM UTC
Skyrim- Imperialist
It’s Christmas time, Santa Claus is here, I guess it’s just that time of year That fills everyone with glee, Everyone but me. I immediately regretted climbing out of bed When I feel the chill creeping up my neck. I just want to go back to sleep, Then some sanity I can keep. I slowly make my way toward the fireplace. But that’s when I see your face Because you always kept me warm. And sheltered from those winter storms. Everyone is asking me to make a list, If I could have anything that I wish, What would it be? I close my eyes and I see. Hawaii or Europe could be nice, At least they aren’t covered in this ice. Or maybe a new sweater, To hide myself from this weather. Avery wants a Barbie and Kayden wants it all, Ian wants legos, but I fear that they’re so small, He will probably lose them, so I guess that’s a waste, I just want to kiss away these unpleasant holidays. I could say I want a new car covered in ribbons and bows But if you want the truth, then here it goes. I want to go back this time last year where everything was right. Where I had the boy, I had the Dad, but a Mother? Well…not quite. Maybe that could be my other wish, A bonus on my gift list. I would do anything you need me to, Because Christmas isn’t the same without you. You didn’t have to be my father, Because I was another man’s daughter, But you pulled me in, and gave me your name, And when it came to your children, you treated me the same. Maybe I didn’t know my dad, But there was one special man that I had, And as I look out over this blasted snow, I realize that I can’t let you go. Mom part 2 might seem alright, But you should see how she is at night, Because the love of her life was taken away, A month ago from last Sunday. Daddy’s little girl, isn’t little anymore, And daddy isn’t here to kiss her little sores. Her heart is breaking because you’re gone. But life is supposed to go on. They asked me what I wanted And all I know is that this is true, **That Christmas time, isn’t Christmas time, If Christmas is missing you.**
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Dec 18, 2012
Dec 18, 2012 at 5:18 PM UTC
The New Scrooge
It’s Christmas time, Santa Claus is here, I guess it’s just that time of year That fills everyone with glee, Everyone but me. I immediately regretted climbing out of bed When I feel the chill creeping up my neck. I just want to go back to sleep, Then some sanity I can keep. I slowly make my way toward the fireplace. But that’s when I see your face Because you always kept me warm. And sheltered from those winter storms. Everyone is asking me to make a list, If I could have anything that I wish, What would it be? I close my eyes and I see. Hawaii or Europe could be nice, At least they aren’t covered in this ice. Or maybe a new sweater, To hide myself from this weather. Avery wants a Barbie and Kayden wants it all, Ian wants legos, but I fear that they’re so small, He will probably lose them, so I guess that’s a waste, I just want to kiss away these unpleasant holidays. I could say I want a new car covered in ribbons and bows But if you want the truth, then here it goes. I want to go back this time last year where everything was right. Where I had the boy, I had the Dad, but a Mother? Well…not quite. Maybe that could be my other wish, A bonus on my gift list. I would do anything you need me to, Because Christmas isn’t the same without you. You didn’t have to be my father, Because I was another man’s daughter, But you pulled me in, and gave me your name, And when it came to your children, you treated me the same. Maybe I didn’t know my dad, But there was one special man that I had, And as I look out over this blasted snow, I realize that I can’t let you go. Mom part 2 might seem alright, But you should see how she is at night, Because the love of her life was taken away, A month ago from last Sunday. Daddy’s little girl, isn’t little anymore, And daddy isn’t here to kiss her little sores. Her heart is breaking because you’re gone. But life is supposed to go on. They asked me what I wanted And all I know is that this is true, **That Christmas time, isn’t Christmas time, If Christmas is missing you.**
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****** and bass ****** and bass. All she want in her face is ****** and bass. All she wanna do is **** ****** kiss ******* and listen to Future. **** that's why I won't pursue her. Love and the essence of life don't get through to her. She is an addict. Running from life and abusing **** to get away from it. So much beauty and potential but he she wanna be a dumb ***** She wanna be that ***** or some ***** that gotta man that's rich and follow the crowd. Blowin loud. Poopin xans and sippin lean. She ain't never seen a trap but She listens to Future and shes stumblin. Choppin it the **** up and mumblin. Lickin her lips and giggling because my sub in the trunk is tickling her pearl tongue and both lungs. We are both young but that's no reason to act so dumb and walk around all numb. When I kick her some philosophy she doesn't care all she can think about is her on top of me. All in her soul. All in her face. ****** and bass. ****** and bass. All she want in her face is ****** and bass. All she wanna do is **** ****** kiss ******* and listen to Future. The Promethazine King. The codeine connoisseur. You can't be a loser if you wanna get through to her.   She needs your dollar signs and expensive **** before you even see the **** or a *** or an *** cheek. She's fine as hell but If you ask me she ain't no Ashley from Fresh Prince. She's nasty.   Freaky and far from innocent. She wants it blasted in her face until she can't see straight. She wants the force from the back till she feel it in her stomach and her back. She listens to Future but I'm no codeine cowboy. She's mistaken me for him because I'm as fresh as an altoid and my eyes are as low as the unemployment rate. I set the bait and there is the prey. Now she is all in my face. ****** and bass. ****** and bass. All she want in her face is ****** and bass.
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Feb 9, 2016
Feb 9, 2016 at 1:15 PM UTC
"She Listens To Future"
****** and bass ****** and bass. All she want in her face is ****** and bass. All she wanna do is **** ****** kiss ******* and listen to Future. **** that's why I won't pursue her. Love and the essence of life don't get through to her. She is an addict. Running from life and abusing **** to get away from it. So much beauty and potential but he she wanna be a dumb ***** She wanna be that ***** or some ***** that gotta man that's rich and follow the crowd. Blowin loud. Poopin xans and sippin lean. She ain't never seen a trap but She listens to Future and shes stumblin. Choppin it the **** up and mumblin. Lickin her lips and giggling because my sub in the trunk is tickling her pearl tongue and both lungs. We are both young but that's no reason to act so dumb and walk around all numb. When I kick her some philosophy she doesn't care all she can think about is her on top of me. All in her soul. All in her face. ****** and bass. ****** and bass. All she want in her face is ****** and bass. All she wanna do is **** ****** kiss ******* and listen to Future. The Promethazine King. The codeine connoisseur. You can't be a loser if you wanna get through to her.   She needs your dollar signs and expensive **** before you even see the **** or a *** or an *** cheek. She's fine as hell but If you ask me she ain't no Ashley from Fresh Prince. She's nasty.   Freaky and far from innocent. She wants it blasted in her face until she can't see straight. She wants the force from the back till she feel it in her stomach and her back. She listens to Future but I'm no codeine cowboy. She's mistaken me for him because I'm as fresh as an altoid and my eyes are as low as the unemployment rate. I set the bait and there is the prey. Now she is all in my face. ****** and bass. ****** and bass. All she want in her face is ****** and bass.
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the way she read books was the way i looked at her; interested and quietly always on the edge of my seat watching her beautifully move without any cares i loved when she blasted rock music in the car and made me sing along and i remembered she hated her voice but all i could do was fall in love with it everyday and yes this is in past tense because  i let go of the prettiest flower in the ugliest meadow
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Jun 27, 2015
Jun 27, 2015 at 4:03 PM UTC
Prettiest Flower in the Ugliest Meadow
Universal love Corresponding hearts Beating tandem In tune In tune Ohh if I was sure Id let it be known Cause we've been here Taken me there High upon high Laying beneath soil Touching skies Flowers In bloom In bloom Tell me of something Has poison ever sex'd lips Making it unreasonable To mistake this Tune in bloom Mary Mary Sweet David and Joseph Blasted hits Beyond stars You've dragged me closer Still so far In tune In bloom Vile bitter taste ****** from a tip Drank slowly Drunken sips I've dreamed Excuse nightmares Visions of you Mary Mary Sweet you and I Revelry One hell of a guy The face that kills Murderer of the night In tune In bloom Given up fight Ohh Mary Mary Martha too It wasn't I But demons That chased you Sweet David Dance your jig With a fiddle mans tune In bloom In bloom Only by the day Has the end come clear Mary Holds Martha Out of fear David clutch his hand Beg for mercy On our behalf Once again Universal love Corresponding hearts Adam loved Eve As the time starts Ohh what a lovely garden Hidden between thighs Cause we've been there High upon high Laying beneath you Scratching skies Sweet David and Joseph Has poison ever sex'd your lips ****** from a tip Mary Mary visions of you Revelry Murderer of the night The face that kills Mary Mary Martha too Dance your jig Forget the demons That chase you The runner
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Aug 24, 2012
Aug 24, 2012 at 2:06 AM UTC
The RUnner
There was never before heard Such a cacophony As the day I witnessed The vegetable medley 'Since you've bean gone' They blasted out The runners and broads joined in song They could have rocked it all night long But it was Taters turn They  rocked  the stage The veggies went wild The 'monster mash' was all the rage Then was petit pois chance to shine He wowed them with a dance Then made the broccoli sway and weep With 'Give peas a chance'
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Mar 14, 2014
Mar 14, 2014 at 8:13 PM UTC
Vegetable medley
Live through me vicariously... My rich neighbors got upset Sycophantic ******** pretentious jet-set I am the pariah the iconoclast blasted by rumors, iron-curtain of suburbia hurtin' tuff darts pointed at me Think young it's only the vicissitudes That control your mood and attitude Am I gay? Your wife doesn't think so! Go ahead live through me vicariously... D. Clare
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Feb 8, 2015
Feb 8, 2015 at 6:20 AM UTC
Live Through Me