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I have been going to the track for so long that all the employees know me, and now with winter here it's dark before the last race. as I walk to the parking lot the valet recognizes my slouching gait and before I reach him my car is waiting for me, lights on, engine warm. the other patrons (still waiting) ask, "who the hell is that guy?" I slip the valet a tip, the size depending upon the luck of the day (and my luck has been amazingly good lately) and I then am in the machine and out on the street as the horses break from the gate. I drive east down Century Blvd. turning on the radio to get the result of that last race. at first the announcer is concerned only with bad weather and poor freeway conditions. we are old friends: I have listened to his voice for decades but, of course, the time will finally come when neither one of us will need to clip our toenails or heed the complaints of our women any longer. meanwhile, there is a certain rhythm to the essentials that now need attending to. I light my cigarette check the dashboard adjust the seat and weave between a Volks and a Fiat. as flecks of rain spatter the windshield I decide not to die just yet: this good life just smells too sweet.
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if i'm forty-five and not married and i still have my looks and charm and sense of humor, i think i'll walk on down to martin luther king blvd and kick up a fuss, start up a ****** habit with a dealer i can trust.
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Nov 2, 2011
Nov 2, 2011 at 1:29 PM UTC
******
Trucking around music playing loud Took me weak acting like they are proud Cheated on by false promises misled love Saying they live but don't want to be with the person Sticking around how perverse this is going to get worse horrible ending Not faking love or pretending wish this were real but don't have time for fake I treated you well and loyal accused of wrong doing those are your uptight actions wrapped in wrong coming out Send this out to those who I looked out for and they stabbed me in the back That's my fault for being over trusting moving too close and turning my back I'm not over reacting could of said worse Be responsible stop blaming others for you being cursed
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Apr 25, 2013
Apr 25, 2013 at 2:58 PM UTC
Wicked blvd
Rapid Eye Movements cruise down the Autobahn, driving dreams of soldiers slaying the Beast in the East: seeds hidden in the cuff links that return home for the victory parade. The victory parade of the new millennium is a mirage: desert sand creeps through the streets of Basra; spray painted slogans of “Aryan Nation” are left behind on pock-marked walls. High level terror alerts scroll across the Fear o' Dome, breeding paranoid glances from commercial-class passengers while they fly above fenced camps where centralized secret service agents watch the unloading of another train. "Son, do you forget the sacrifices? Have you lost all your respect? Okay, it’s possible that the Feds were influenced by the Purebreds— a minor repercussion of maintaining our national security. It isn’t even about racial purity— you are all mixed now, anyway. Whether female, black, jew, or gay, we must unite together as a nation; raise its flag with pride, and fight against a common enemy! This enemy is trying to disintegrate the cornerstone of our free society! Son, can you not see! Not see-notsee-notsea-notsi-notzi-natzi-nazi-natzi-notzi-notsi-notsea-notsee-not see!" _____ —cold sweat. I awaken to remnants of nightmarish images sifting through my mind: flocks of carnivorous sheep with invisible shepherds. The dream had felt real— solid, like flesh-out reality. I rush out of bed, just to make sure. From my bedroom window, I see the neighbour’s Iron Eagle weathervane goose-stepping towards the west. A lawnmower growls in the background. Everything appears normal here on the corner of 4th Reichstag Blvd. 2016 Neu Berlin Remix, July 13th, 2016 (original version was written on March 29th, 2010)
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Apr 1, 2010
Apr 1, 2010 at 6:14 PM UTC
Autobahn
Rapid Eye Movements cruise down the Autobahn, driving dreams of soldiers slaying the Beast in the East: seeds hidden in the cuff links that return home for the victory parade. The victory parade of the new millennium is a mirage: desert sand creeps through the streets of Basra; spray painted slogans of “Aryan Nation” are left behind on pock-marked walls. High level terror alerts scroll across the Fear o' Dome, breeding paranoid glances from commercial-class passengers while they fly above fenced camps where centralized secret service agents watch the unloading of another train. "Son, do you forget the sacrifices? Have you lost all your respect? Okay, it’s possible that the Feds were influenced by the Purebreds— a minor repercussion of maintaining our national security. It isn’t even about racial purity— you are all mixed now, anyway. Whether female, black, jew, or gay, we must unite together as a nation; raise its flag with pride, and fight against a common enemy! This enemy is trying to disintegrate the cornerstone of our free society! Son, can you not see! Not see-notsee-notsea-notsi-notzi-natzi-nazi-natzi-notzi-notsi-notsea-notsee-not see!" _____ —cold sweat. I awaken to remnants of nightmarish images sifting through my mind: flocks of carnivorous sheep with invisible shepherds. The dream had felt real— solid, like flesh-out reality. I rush out of bed, just to make sure. From my bedroom window, I see the neighbour’s Iron Eagle weathervane goose-stepping towards the west. A lawnmower growls in the background. Everything appears normal here on the corner of 4th Reichstag Blvd. 2016 Neu Berlin Remix, July 13th, 2016 (original version was written on March 29th, 2010)
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...on a tangent, writing lines on my laptop as my emotions run rampant, in a parking lot outside a Sprouts on Santa Monica Blvd., typing vows like they might make some kind of difference, woke up, restless, on the wrong side of the bed today, welcomed back, to this Waking Life with tightness in my chest, & this relentless feeling of eternal loneliness I can’t shake, which has got me thinking, maybe some souls can’t be saved, & maybe that’s why I’m now sitting in my car, with tears in my eyes & nowhere to drive, because there’s nowhere I want to go, other than back to the one place where my love was denied, the only place I want to go, is back into the arms of the one that let me go, but she’s so far gone memories seem like only dreams now, even though I’m not dreaming, I’m wide awake, woke, I feel so far away from her, for real, it’s almost unbearable, tears start to flow, I think about taking my own life, but don’t, instead I shake it off, write it down, get these words out of me, to show we all hurt & it’s okay to lose control, & yeah I know I’ve got nothing really to complain about, because I’ve got a great life & all that, but knowing my life is better than most of those in this world, doesn’t really make me feel better or enhanced, in fact, it actually makes me more depressed, it makes me wonder what hope we have left, as the forests burn, the wars rage, & the polar bears frantically panic on ever melting ice caps, & I’m constantly aware of all of these obvious facts, & maybe that’s why I’m in my car with tears in my lap, lost with no motivation running out of time & patience, can’t see a future, feel the present, or remember the past, This Unruly Mess We’ve Made looks great, shout out to Mac, but it wasn’t built to last so how much more can it withstand?... excerpt from poem #63 of THHT3: The Hollywood Hearts Trilogy Vol 3 available worldwide 9/9/19
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Sep 7, 2019
Sep 7, 2019 at 7:27 PM UTC
The Reckless Abandon of Actions in Love [63]
...on a tangent, writing lines on my laptop as my emotions run rampant, in a parking lot outside a Sprouts on Santa Monica Blvd., typing vows like they might make some kind of difference, woke up, restless, on the wrong side of the bed today, welcomed back, to this Waking Life with tightness in my chest, & this relentless feeling of eternal loneliness I can’t shake, which has got me thinking, maybe some souls can’t be saved, & maybe that’s why I’m now sitting in my car, with tears in my eyes & nowhere to drive, because there’s nowhere I want to go, other than back to the one place where my love was denied, the only place I want to go, is back into the arms of the one that let me go, but she’s so far gone memories seem like only dreams now, even though I’m not dreaming, I’m wide awake, woke, I feel so far away from her, for real, it’s almost unbearable, tears start to flow, I think about taking my own life, but don’t, instead I shake it off, write it down, get these words out of me, to show we all hurt & it’s okay to lose control, & yeah I know I’ve got nothing really to complain about, because I’ve got a great life & all that, but knowing my life is better than most of those in this world, doesn’t really make me feel better or enhanced, in fact, it actually makes me more depressed, it makes me wonder what hope we have left, as the forests burn, the wars rage, & the polar bears frantically panic on ever melting ice caps, & I’m constantly aware of all of these obvious facts, & maybe that’s why I’m in my car with tears in my lap, lost with no motivation running out of time & patience, can’t see a future, feel the present, or remember the past, This Unruly Mess We’ve Made looks great, shout out to Mac, but it wasn’t built to last so how much more can it withstand?... excerpt from poem #63 of THHT3: The Hollywood Hearts Trilogy Vol 3 available worldwide 9/9/19
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Back by popular demand being a ***** persisted. I'm sick of yuppies in BMWs that glitter the highway like cheap tinsel and ruin my view of sunset on Sunset Blvd. On top of that, gift cards mixed up with chopped up plastic credit rattle at the insides of my plump little belly, and I don’t think its going anywhere. *Although, I'm getting nauseous, I wont ***** until the fat lady sings. And if that's not long enough for you then, I'll just see you in hell.*
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Jan 31, 2014
Jan 31, 2014 at 2:50 PM UTC
The Glamour
All those years worn, you never did make it outta The Valley, all those feature film premieres, never did land a starring roll, or get any recognition, let alone an Oscar from The Academy, all those foggy eyed groggy times, you were probably high, all those checks you cashed, for your non refundable time, waking up one day, wondering where it all went, driving a car with a lease more expensive your apartment’s, still stuck in that same apartment, off Ventura Blvd., still a B-List actor ******* that A-List **** still getting haircuts from stylist, still racking up milage, got more clothes in your closet than dollars in the bank, & in the end after it’s all said & done & all the time is spent, & you’re finally spent, what’ll you have left to show for it all? All those years worn, spent suspended in mid air, baking in The Valley, all those times you attended, those feature film premieres, still no recognition, let alone an Oscar from The Academy.. ∆ LaLux ∆ from The Hollywood Hearts Trilogy Vol. 3: Dark Lights | Bright Shadows 9/9/19 I'm letting it all go, telling it like it is in Hollywood. This book is the one. Get it, or if you can't afford the $3, let me know and I'll buy it for you.
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Sep 2, 2019
Sep 2, 2019 at 10:33 PM UTC
Valley Boy [77]
parked like a limping jalopy on an amputee park bench. watching young soft girls sell hard against the boulevard so they can do smack out back with the white trash boys who size me up. hats crooked and backward like their mothers teeth and their own beliefs. slouching and leaning in their stride like two drunken penguins shuffling home from the ice bar, fighting over fish sticks--no real threat to any one but themselves. their drawn out skinny arms with bad backs and barroom tattoos already turning blue. this is our future--or part of it. while a young couple breezes by both with their noses buried in iphones. oblivious to anything outside their happy little bubble.
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Oct 27, 2013
Oct 27, 2013 at 4:58 PM UTC
Blvd
Introducing Picasso and Nunez aka ANu Picasso a pair of L.A. poets and painters coming to a gallery near you.   Our first big gig will be at the Nuetra Gallery and Museum on Glendale Blvd. in Silver Lake coming up in September. Come check out East and West Balanced, it will surely be an art show you'll always remember.   Curated and coordinated by the one and only, Dulce Stein, Dulcepalloza 2018 guarantees a good time. Just another ditty on who we are, this is a poem my partner Picasso put out: BALANCED He is the torch I am the white He is the dark I am the light We don't impress    to be blessed. We're blessed    to impress Hate us or love us But don't love to hate us We're the Ying and the Yang of this Earth Both with the same day of birth He is the east and I am the west But together we're simply the best.
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Aug 27, 2018
Aug 27, 2018 at 2:16 AM UTC
PourANu Picasso 2018 Artshow
*"Who needs rules? Rules are for fools! I'm the King of the Bees!"               - Buzby, the King of the Bees* Today the dank atmosphere brought down heavy curtains of fine high thread count cotton a magic carpet ride for a colony of lost bed bugs sturdy and steady so steady and sturdy it crushes my back when it descends down down down to crush the ever loving **** out of me so I pretend to pray Pretend to pray because all my life I seem to have gotten it wrong they must have wanted more than I could give I couldn't talk to.someone I couldn't see and who who would at least acknowledge that I was being listened jim Morrison loudly proclaimed "YOU CANNOT PETITION THE LAWD WITH PRAYAH" time I thought that seemed pretentious but though I don't doubt the possibility that the LAWD may in his ****** way answer some of those impertinent petitions I a.) don't know those people or b.) slightly resent the fact that he's done so much for swindlers, charlatans, and scammers but never saw fit to send me the super sized blessing we been waiting for But I was provided for and for that I am grateful tomorrow I'll be dispatched to see the grade school kiddies (just before they get slapped with a  handfuls of mercenary stew) This  p an suffocates Maybe for the sleepy A song "We won't wake up tomorrow So celebrate On the ***** blvd With Lou Reed
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Oct 25, 2015
Oct 25, 2015 at 1:02 AM UTC
Betwixt the Narcissist and a Black Eyed Tax Collector
One door swings open Another face walks in The street cars move along And the wooden counter Sets the playing field For this *** and lime juice I walked here in the heat And I hear only voices behind me But nobody says a word And I sit at the York on York Blvd Staring across at the closed doors Of some old building that nobody Remembered to keep open Only the screaming man Who holds the key to its past Sneaks in at night to pray During the afternoon light, As a beautiful muse makes her future We all are allowed to forget Man, it's ******* hot today
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Aug 9, 2016
Aug 9, 2016 at 2:41 PM UTC
Flowers & Forgotten
The Fates 1914 Heaven & Hell BLVD Waco Texas 666 C.E.O. Master O. Cards Incomplete Application For Living This Is An App. For Living Name: Last______ First______ Middle Initial__ Home Address: Mt Olive RD State: AR. City:________ & Zip Code:________ Social Security Number: *-(ect)-9797 Male or Female (please circle one) Race: Yellow, Black, Red or Caucasian? List Previous Acquaintances: (beginning last to first, in detail please, do rank them all & mark which ones are worse) Name:____________Have known for How Long?____________ Age:____________How would you rate this one?____________ Are you Enemies or Friends now?____________ What will they do?____________ What have they done?____________ Have you been convicted of a Felony?____________ Misdemeanor?____________ Or Likewise?____________ Plead Guilty?____________ Or No Contest?____________ Go against Legal Advise?____________ (If yes, then please explain:)________________________ _____________________________________________ Are you most Happy?____________ Somewhat Sad?____________ A High school Dropout?____________ College Grad?____________ Thin?________ Obese?________ Medium Build?________ Pretty?________ Ugly?________ Clumsy?________ Skilled?________ Disclaimer If we are to judge you right, Please fill in all the spaces, The process must be quite precise, On Looks, I.Q. and Races. This information’s vital and our tally is what counts, It let’s us know which ones will live and which will need put down. I hereby swear this is the truth, not made~up to cause hurt, I understand the consequence should there be falsehoods in word. Applicant: ______________________ (must be signed in blood or other D.N.A.) Please Print Name:________________ (so we can read of whom we are to slay) For questions please call our hotline toll-free @ 1-666-0My-Fate
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Jul 12, 2010
Jul 12, 2010 at 7:19 AM UTC
Incomplete Application For Living
The Fates 1914 Heaven & Hell BLVD Waco Texas 666 C.E.O. Master O. Cards Incomplete Application For Living This Is An App. For Living Name: Last______ First______ Middle Initial__ Home Address: Mt Olive RD State: AR. City:________ & Zip Code:________ Social Security Number: *-(ect)-9797 Male or Female (please circle one) Race: Yellow, Black, Red or Caucasian? List Previous Acquaintances: (beginning last to first, in detail please, do rank them all & mark which ones are worse) Name:____________Have known for How Long?____________ Age:____________How would you rate this one?____________ Are you Enemies or Friends now?____________ What will they do?____________ What have they done?____________ Have you been convicted of a Felony?____________ Misdemeanor?____________ Or Likewise?____________ Plead Guilty?____________ Or No Contest?____________ Go against Legal Advise?____________ (If yes, then please explain:)________________________ _____________________________________________ Are you most Happy?____________ Somewhat Sad?____________ A High school Dropout?____________ College Grad?____________ Thin?________ Obese?________ Medium Build?________ Pretty?________ Ugly?________ Clumsy?________ Skilled?________ Disclaimer If we are to judge you right, Please fill in all the spaces, The process must be quite precise, On Looks, I.Q. and Races. This information’s vital and our tally is what counts, It let’s us know which ones will live and which will need put down. I hereby swear this is the truth, not made~up to cause hurt, I understand the consequence should there be falsehoods in word. Applicant: ______________________ (must be signed in blood or other D.N.A.) Please Print Name:________________ (so we can read of whom we are to slay) For questions please call our hotline toll-free @ 1-666-0My-Fate
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His form a shadowy sketch, thin and gaunt Leaning up against a wall. At the right place, at the right time – as always, A touch fancy, a bit dressed up Ready to take on the world; armed with the freedom to fail. His occupation? The consuming of miles of white paper, His inspiration provided by A lonely view off of Devil’s Highway Where Pico blvd. meets the sea. Seeking the inner root of expression Through tall red wine bottles and nightly wanderings In places beautiful yet dangerous, Packed with life’s complex geometry – the city breathes, the streets are alive. Visualizing in delicate penciled lines and thick brush strokes Vibration, sound and light manifest in brilliant colors, Depth, shadow, color / the void – all merging together. Pushing abstract boundaries; Inter-dimensional windows Through the intricate layering of transparencies. Experience of self-discovery. No mistakes, no traps, just childlike experiments. Experiments and initiations; A fusion of universal laws and ethereal dreams. Kinetic value, composition, Balance. Creations – sealed in time like amber.
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Feb 5, 2013
Feb 5, 2013 at 5:55 PM UTC
The Painter.
Holy Crap, They Sold My Name! No big deal, your name, your email, bought n' sold daily, Like a baseball card, your picture and vital stats are on the internet, Your credit card in the fine print tells you they love you much, But the data they collect, might get credited to such and such. You're fair game if your sign up for anything. Now I know I am getting on in years, Tho spry rhymes with die, I flatly deny Any notion that My great beyond is just around the corner! But Holy Crap, They Sold My Name! Got a color brochure Suggesting that when my travels are over, A nice place to rest my head might be St. Michael's Cemetery. St. Michael's Cemetery 7202 Astoria Blvd, East Elmhurst (718) 278-3240 Friday hours 7:00 am–5:00 pm In case you want to check it out too... Tho I live not in the Borough of Queens County, My zip code but a hop, skip and jump away, The cemetery adjacent to the Grand Central Parkway Which is actually quite thoughtful of The mass marketer who dreamed up this scheme (And got paid a plentiful amount of bounty). My kids could wave as they drive by, On the way to LaGuardia or JFK, (airports) And say, guilt free, they visit me regularly! Sadly, their plot foiled, I will be buried in New Jersey soil, Near to my pop, who liked the Wide open spaces of suburbia And shopping on Route 4, Where the selection is great And there is no sales tax. But Holy Crap, They Sold My Name, And I am now target marketed, Niched, pretty soon the boys from AARP Will come calling, reminding me of the gap Tween Medicare and the poor house! Ok ok,  grow up you say, tho your hair is full, And not even a hint of baldness shines forth, Nonetheless, its color is zebra striped gray, And when someone says they got my back, I think, please, please take it and keep it.... Oh yeah, Dear St. Mikes You might ask for some of your money back, Cause this sily scribe is a member of the tribe, Some call "those ***** (hint: it rhymes with Mikes)," It starts with K and ends in yikes! But thanks for thinking of me anyway.
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May 24, 2013
May 24, 2013 at 5:32 PM UTC
Holy Crap, They Sold My Name!
Holy Crap, They Sold My Name! No big deal, your name, your email, bought n' sold daily, Like a baseball card, your picture and vital stats are on the internet, Your credit card in the fine print tells you they love you much, But the data they collect, might get credited to such and such. You're fair game if your sign up for anything. Now I know I am getting on in years, Tho spry rhymes with die, I flatly deny Any notion that My great beyond is just around the corner! But Holy Crap, They Sold My Name! Got a color brochure Suggesting that when my travels are over, A nice place to rest my head might be St. Michael's Cemetery. St. Michael's Cemetery 7202 Astoria Blvd, East Elmhurst (718) 278-3240 Friday hours 7:00 am–5:00 pm In case you want to check it out too... Tho I live not in the Borough of Queens County, My zip code but a hop, skip and jump away, The cemetery adjacent to the Grand Central Parkway Which is actually quite thoughtful of The mass marketer who dreamed up this scheme (And got paid a plentiful amount of bounty). My kids could wave as they drive by, On the way to LaGuardia or JFK, (airports) And say, guilt free, they visit me regularly! Sadly, their plot foiled, I will be buried in New Jersey soil, Near to my pop, who liked the Wide open spaces of suburbia And shopping on Route 4, Where the selection is great And there is no sales tax. But Holy Crap, They Sold My Name, And I am now target marketed, Niched, pretty soon the boys from AARP Will come calling, reminding me of the gap Tween Medicare and the poor house! Ok ok,  grow up you say, tho your hair is full, And not even a hint of baldness shines forth, Nonetheless, its color is zebra striped gray, And when someone says they got my back, I think, please, please take it and keep it.... Oh yeah, Dear St. Mikes You might ask for some of your money back, Cause this sily scribe is a member of the tribe, Some call "those ***** (hint: it rhymes with Mikes)," It starts with K and ends in yikes! But thanks for thinking of me anyway.
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All my friends they smoke this things And handed me a Chesterfield King- Jawbreaker from Bivouac Lyrics I tried to memorize with my friends, while ******* on the syrup crusted mouths of glass coke bottles. Singing loud and off key. On the side of a Ralphs in the stagnant summer swelter. The soundtrack song when being a punk skater was a profitable venture, and landing a kick flip was an achievable wet dream. When we could play Lane’s boom box just loud enough to drown out the whimpering from our sprained ankles and scraped up knees that left the sidewalks on Foothill blvd. so ****** The music we were hearing now, was way beyond Sunday school. It was the sound of the sixth period bell, and rushing to Jeff’s backyard to smoke his dads cigarettes. As we got older We tried to quit the smokes and forget the lyrics. But sometimes we’d still proposition people on the side of that Ralphs to buy us cigarettes. When we succeeded We’d sing that old song coughing, hissing, and wheezing. -Kevin Theal
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Jun 14, 2010
Jun 14, 2010 at 5:08 PM UTC
Kick Flips and Cancer Sticks
🛸🪂👣💜💔🫖💛👑🎭🚕🏫🪂🛸 I feel like The time travelers wife. I feel your glory in this place In that field and forest my souls wanders seeking thee Your promises keep you present in spirit I see you in every tree In every beautiful treasure found by my enemy and unearthed I see all your love manifested A lifetime as many before SE siente tu Gloria en todo Lugar. Something amazing has been happenening Something sad has been wiped out, erased remembered no more. All is forgiven as if nothing bad ever happened, vacated with prejudice. Your glory is felt in every place I go. All the supernatural is being re-activated 2***Twin oaks Blvd master bedroom parroted stain- -curse is wiped out oh Addonai Jireh is manifesting truth The dream has blessed the tree lovers are redeemed their innocence proven Something supernatural is manifested here today Shaddai, Rdd/JPC Elohim, Jireh So I adore Yawhe and He too manifest himself to me If I call on to you too beloved Elohim You'll manifest yourself in my speech, in my thoughts. I've sought Rafa he is manifesting I up to Jireh and he becomes present Yahweh I am part of him, Rddjpc-BbaAsg He's a prayer in church to God remembered as something very dear and precious Our names are written in the book of life Jaweh Jireh Addonai Rafa Shaddai Manifest yourselves here and now, I love you. ~~~ By- Karijinbba Bible inspired repost.
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Sep 6, 2022
Sep 6, 2022 at 11:45 PM UTC
Yahweh Rafa Elohim Shaddai Jireh addonai
Manila    is  fray Tough enough to die,     Brave enough to see ****** against         the billboards    ***** on the marketplace    ***** men haggling for prices    the corners are squalid -- rats with ambitions   of men take  their places    in     the esteros    a car-horn blares, wanes old moon music.       I sing songs of malversation. Trains all graffiti.      My heart like a jailbird freed somewhere          in the big sur; love assuages nothing,     comes with a cheap price           a freak December night in Roxas blvd.      i sit on marble benches and dream         of artilleries, garlands on snuff-nosed             barrels, nuns   grieving  dust      in    the ground.    communal bathrooms          drunk in foolish caricatures,    the tabloids     displaying  flowerheads --         the democracy in the streets a ****     for      kings,  no    love to   lull         me    to infantile    sleep          tortured are   the   bulls     matadors    hiding  behind    faces red   like        faces    of    statesmen   flushed with           the   spirit   of   bourbon    whereas we are    here   river-facing        northern tip of its  undying source   like    wives    on  balustrades   waiting       to catch   the fragrance   of   inamoratas,    light  reenters           interstice   of   chary webs of  dull heads   hemmed in like   canopies   in the throat      of     overthrown ponds,   scraps      of metal    sold    for a  night's  worth         of    gin   and   Sinatra,   Deep within   the   grave, the dead   laughing        at the dead living. Atop   waters,    yachts peering   into   drowning  fish,        in   the middle, a   jam   of buses          belching    lassitudes that    strangle     the console,    the man    in all  of us        the same,   cursing behind   the wheel    and everybody    else    different               dancing    at   the   top   of our   heads.
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Feb 27, 2016
Feb 27, 2016 at 5:04 AM UTC
Limbo
Manila    is  fray Tough enough to die,     Brave enough to see ****** against         the billboards    ***** on the marketplace    ***** men haggling for prices    the corners are squalid -- rats with ambitions   of men take  their places    in     the esteros    a car-horn blares, wanes old moon music.       I sing songs of malversation. Trains all graffiti.      My heart like a jailbird freed somewhere          in the big sur; love assuages nothing,     comes with a cheap price           a freak December night in Roxas blvd.      i sit on marble benches and dream         of artilleries, garlands on snuff-nosed             barrels, nuns   grieving  dust      in    the ground.    communal bathrooms          drunk in foolish caricatures,    the tabloids     displaying  flowerheads --         the democracy in the streets a ****     for      kings,  no    love to   lull         me    to infantile    sleep          tortured are   the   bulls     matadors    hiding  behind    faces red   like        faces    of    statesmen   flushed with           the   spirit   of   bourbon    whereas we are    here   river-facing        northern tip of its  undying source   like    wives    on  balustrades   waiting       to catch   the fragrance   of   inamoratas,    light  reenters           interstice   of   chary webs of  dull heads   hemmed in like   canopies   in the throat      of     overthrown ponds,   scraps      of metal    sold    for a  night's  worth         of    gin   and   Sinatra,   Deep within   the   grave, the dead   laughing        at the dead living. Atop   waters,    yachts peering   into   drowning  fish,        in   the middle, a   jam   of buses          belching    lassitudes that    strangle     the console,    the man    in all  of us        the same,   cursing behind   the wheel    and everybody    else    different               dancing    at   the   top   of our   heads.
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The story opens surrounding a Greyhound bus But the dialog illustrating must It was a normal day at the Greyhound lot But somewhere not far away some thieves were planning a plot The thieves were planning to rob the Shining Light Jewelry Shop on Solid Hands Blvd But they were going to use a Greyhound bus being there getaway No one would suspect a Hound bus going astray So the Robbers entered the Jewelry store with masks over their face It was a matter of precaution so no one could trace The Thieves quickly and moved swiftly out of the Jewelry store and onto the Hound bus It was a perfect crime with the bus being the thieves plus However, the Greyhound Company notified the Police that one of there Buses was stolen from the lot The Hound bus was now cruising on I-95 of the New Jersey Turnpike heading for Philly That might sound silly, but the heat was on in New York and New Jersey The Police were in hot pursue The Hound Bus was maneuvering in and out of the Turnpike lanes Yet, the bus was speeding at 80 miles per hour The chase was on and it was long The Hound bus being the fastest dog on wheels, but became the subject of ordeal But the ordeal was for real A chase that went on for hour after hour A Road block was at a stretch of the New Jersey Turnpike But the Hound bus barreled through However, the Hound Bus had to be stopped before it reaches Pennsylvania lines The chase was still on, and Helicopters were flying high and being on alert Suddenly, Gunshots rang out There was plenty of commotion on the highway being out and about But somewhere this Hound Bus chase had to end However, it wasn’t until when The Thieves had been driving so fast The Hound Bus was now running out of gas The Police were able to move in The Thieves were arrested and out done The Hound bus was returned and another one of my stories being among.
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Jul 17, 2016
Jul 17, 2016 at 12:14 PM UTC
STOLEN HOUND
The story opens surrounding a Greyhound bus But the dialog illustrating must It was a normal day at the Greyhound lot But somewhere not far away some thieves were planning a plot The thieves were planning to rob the Shining Light Jewelry Shop on Solid Hands Blvd But they were going to use a Greyhound bus being there getaway No one would suspect a Hound bus going astray So the Robbers entered the Jewelry store with masks over their face It was a matter of precaution so no one could trace The Thieves quickly and moved swiftly out of the Jewelry store and onto the Hound bus It was a perfect crime with the bus being the thieves plus However, the Greyhound Company notified the Police that one of there Buses was stolen from the lot The Hound bus was now cruising on I-95 of the New Jersey Turnpike heading for Philly That might sound silly, but the heat was on in New York and New Jersey The Police were in hot pursue The Hound Bus was maneuvering in and out of the Turnpike lanes Yet, the bus was speeding at 80 miles per hour The chase was on and it was long The Hound bus being the fastest dog on wheels, but became the subject of ordeal But the ordeal was for real A chase that went on for hour after hour A Road block was at a stretch of the New Jersey Turnpike But the Hound bus barreled through However, the Hound Bus had to be stopped before it reaches Pennsylvania lines The chase was still on, and Helicopters were flying high and being on alert Suddenly, Gunshots rang out There was plenty of commotion on the highway being out and about But somewhere this Hound Bus chase had to end However, it wasn’t until when The Thieves had been driving so fast The Hound Bus was now running out of gas The Police were able to move in The Thieves were arrested and out done The Hound bus was returned and another one of my stories being among.
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one crisp morning commute driving down Rodeo Blvd. I came across a cloud of leaves a city block long hovering like hummingbirds in the street jiggling to the beat of each passing vehicle caught up in the car's drafts rush hour traffic would not allow them to fall hundreds of small green and yellow dots standing at attention waving like beauty queens twirling like dervishes leaping and spinning in pirouettes doing cartwheels and somersaults each tumble tickling my delight as playful patterns emerged you could see their musicality fallen foliage dancing to a silent symphony suspended in mid air out of sync with reality as I, in turn, drove through in slow motion
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Nov 21, 2011
Nov 21, 2011 at 1:46 PM UTC
Fall's Symphony
Her eyes look past, past my postured figure, past the drunkard who’s ****** himself, who sulks in his **** soaked pants, sulking in drowned regrets and fog, past the high heeled woman, who steps over the drunkard’s liquid lines, which flow across soot stained concrete, upon this boulevard on this street in Budapest, we could have been anywhere. She’s in a bad mood, doesn’t want to talk, doesn’t want to listen, probably doesn’t want to even live, I understand her, better than I care to admit, she’s battling a lung affection, she’s battling the delusioned stares of countless lustful men, I tell her she doesn’t have to talk, I tell her she doesn’t have to listen, I tell her she’s welcome to come in, to my sanctuary and simply exist there, she refuses all my offers, and I wonder, what she sees, when she stares past everything she sees, I tell her I’m going to write a poem about her, she asks why, I tell her I’m a poet and that’s what I do, I write about moments just like this one, even though I know words are only words. I know the frustration, of trying to explain the unexplainable, I know the frustration, of trying to put all this in prose that’s easily digestible, and herein, lies the paradox, if ignorance is bliss, then genius is torture, and we are both tortured, and we are both in denial, and we both know, we may never see each other again. Her eyes look past, past my postured figure, past the drunkard who’s ****** himself, who sulks in his **** soaked pants, sulking in drowned regrets and fog, past the high heeled woman, who steps over the drunkard’s liquid lines, which flow across soot stained concrete, upon this boulevard on this street in Budapest, we could have been anywhere… ∆ Aaron LA Lux ∆ 07/09/16
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Jan 4, 2017
Jan 4, 2017 at 1:15 AM UTC
∆ Anywhere Blvd. ∆
Her eyes look past, past my postured figure, past the drunkard who’s ****** himself, who sulks in his **** soaked pants, sulking in drowned regrets and fog, past the high heeled woman, who steps over the drunkard’s liquid lines, which flow across soot stained concrete, upon this boulevard on this street in Budapest, we could have been anywhere. She’s in a bad mood, doesn’t want to talk, doesn’t want to listen, probably doesn’t want to even live, I understand her, better than I care to admit, she’s battling a lung affection, she’s battling the delusioned stares of countless lustful men, I tell her she doesn’t have to talk, I tell her she doesn’t have to listen, I tell her she’s welcome to come in, to my sanctuary and simply exist there, she refuses all my offers, and I wonder, what she sees, when she stares past everything she sees, I tell her I’m going to write a poem about her, she asks why, I tell her I’m a poet and that’s what I do, I write about moments just like this one, even though I know words are only words. I know the frustration, of trying to explain the unexplainable, I know the frustration, of trying to put all this in prose that’s easily digestible, and herein, lies the paradox, if ignorance is bliss, then genius is torture, and we are both tortured, and we are both in denial, and we both know, we may never see each other again. Her eyes look past, past my postured figure, past the drunkard who’s ****** himself, who sulks in his **** soaked pants, sulking in drowned regrets and fog, past the high heeled woman, who steps over the drunkard’s liquid lines, which flow across soot stained concrete, upon this boulevard on this street in Budapest, we could have been anywhere… ∆ Aaron LA Lux ∆ 07/09/16
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i wish i could put my fist through this wretched city, march straight down Monroe to the capitol building— that flaccid, ******* hideous tower looming like the tomb of god over Tallahassee. this bastion of neoliberalism sits in the heart of a red state. escalating rent and gentrification go hand-in-hand on occupied Muskogee lands. statues commemorating genocidal colonizers defended by neo-Confederate bootlickers keep watch over Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. everywhere you look in this college town you’ll find indigeneity reduced to a mascot. so let’s introduce a little anarchy. we’ll clash with riot cops armed with tire-irons and Molotovs. occupy the academy, transform the cafeteria into a people’s kitchen. teach freely on Landis Green. come, dance with abandon and reclaim these tired streets from those beset on our alienation.
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Jun 6, 2019
Jun 6, 2019 at 6:59 AM UTC
capitol
I was going to write a poem    about how I stood on the corner after    work, gripping a squishy handlebar with    my left hand and holding K’s flip phone    in the other. My stomach flip-flopped across JFK blvd, down 20th street, and to that little alleyway where I stood alone for a while. An old lady stared at me...    did I trigger a happy memory of her    youth,    or was she just smirking at the beads of    sweat on my forehead and disintegrating    soles of my ballet flats?    My black dress slouched over my body    like I was going to a  funeral. And even though my acro class was yesterday, I still felt upside down. There’s no way I could stay in a handstand that long, but I would’ve done it if it gave me a different explanation for why I was so sick. Inside of me were those cropping rainbow scribbles that I used to make on Paint, you know, the ones that seemed like they could create a picture but ended up turning into shaking lines? I could feel the lack of your presence, I could FEEL your not being there. As the minutes passed and I kept standing and waiting my face drooped and it was hard not to cry right there on the spot. It was just past lunchtime but there was still a steady flow of businessmen filling the sidewalk. They glanced at me but I just looked away because they were my father's age and gave me familiar half-smiles. I said that I was going to write a poem because I didn't have enough energy to do anything but list words, but I guess this just turned into a ****** one.
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Jan 11, 2017
Jan 11, 2017 at 12:56 PM UTC
Vulnerable
I was going to write a poem    about how I stood on the corner after    work, gripping a squishy handlebar with    my left hand and holding K’s flip phone    in the other. My stomach flip-flopped across JFK blvd, down 20th street, and to that little alleyway where I stood alone for a while. An old lady stared at me...    did I trigger a happy memory of her    youth,    or was she just smirking at the beads of    sweat on my forehead and disintegrating    soles of my ballet flats?    My black dress slouched over my body    like I was going to a  funeral. And even though my acro class was yesterday, I still felt upside down. There’s no way I could stay in a handstand that long, but I would’ve done it if it gave me a different explanation for why I was so sick. Inside of me were those cropping rainbow scribbles that I used to make on Paint, you know, the ones that seemed like they could create a picture but ended up turning into shaking lines? I could feel the lack of your presence, I could FEEL your not being there. As the minutes passed and I kept standing and waiting my face drooped and it was hard not to cry right there on the spot. It was just past lunchtime but there was still a steady flow of businessmen filling the sidewalk. They glanced at me but I just looked away because they were my father's age and gave me familiar half-smiles. I said that I was going to write a poem because I didn't have enough energy to do anything but list words, but I guess this just turned into a ****** one.
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Head south on W Doubt Drive 0.2 mi Turn right onto N Confused Court 0.8 mi Slight left to stay on N Frustrated Fairway 1.0 mi Turn right onto W ******** Rd 0.2 mi Turn left onto N Hell Hwy 0.5 mi Turn right onto W Anger Ave 0.2 mi Turn left onto N Pain Place 1.6 mi Turn right onto W Suffering St 0.2 mi Turn left onto N Regret Road 1.1 mi Turn right onto W Depression Drive 0.2 mi Turn left onto N 68th St N 68th St turns slightly left and becomes S Agony Ave 0.4 mi Continue onto E Therapy Terrace Slight right to stay on Self Forgiveness Blvd 0.4 mi Turn right onto E Understanding Way 2.2 mi Turn left onto Acceptance Alley 0.5 mi Continue onto Lovers Lane 0.3 mi Lovers Lane turns slightly right and becomes Peace Place 99,000,000 mi You have arrived at your destination.
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Sep 14, 2018
Sep 14, 2018 at 2:08 PM UTC
Google Map to Heaven
By Arcassin Burnham You find your excuses, And I'll find mine, (Watch the sunset rise), Stay at four seasons, We could get by with time, (Watch the sunset rise), I could have made a difference in your world, Just along for the ride, (Watch the sunset rise), You'll be fine, And I'll be fine on sunset boulevard tonight.
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May 24, 2015
May 24, 2015 at 6:43 PM UTC
"Sunset Blvd"
Body twisted on the sidewalk at mid-day some pass by without noticing A woman stops in stride and looks down at him, phone in hand Her sundress swaying with the LA breeze "Is he sleeping?" An ambulance came to haul him off Rushed paramedics left one of his shoes on the sidewalk In use hours ago now a morbid sneaker monument to what once was There is human suffering in America on landmark roads next to high-end boutiques
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Nov 22, 2014
Nov 22, 2014 at 10:36 PM UTC
Dead Guy, Sunset blvd.