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basilisk **** nonparticular inexecrable exit art **** the lips on for breakfast twilight zip entanglement meticulous bending and sensual telepathy fever-sickness rock 'n roll boo-boos lilting black 'n blues on the caboose puppeteering every tasty ***** loose chews the collar thighs and necking room bustling bussers it gives ifs gets down with daisy, dior, dkny, grapefruit(purple) to narcisso and pink sugar too Bliss tainted madness playing tug-o-war with January's vacuum Years of passing down groupies to the most recent djs playing bad dubstep tunes and that sickness of seeing iloveyou's abused
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Mar 2, 2015
Mar 2, 2015 at 5:31 AM UTC
Argument
1. You could not wait til halftime to check your poem or add one. 2. You wrote a sonnet about pretty horses. (Broncos) 3.You wrote a poem about kittens.(Panthers) 4. As the ball soars through the air, you are reminded of a bird in flight. 5. A Superbowl commercial inspired a new poem. 6. You paused the game with your DVR to write a piece. 7. You think the referees look like majestic Zebra on the African plains. 8. You ponder the coin toss and wonder of chance and philosophical questions as to whether life is like a paradox, then write yourself a poem about it. 9. When a tackle is made, you think upon the animalistic nature of humanity and write a haiku about it. 10. There is a notebook and pen right next to your remote and munchies. 11. You have a neck ache due to looking at your hellopoetry site and then back up at the t.v. 12. You write Peyton Manning farewell poem. 13. The commentator of the game makes a poetical statement and you use it in your latest poem. 14. The crowd boos a player and you feel compelled to write the pain of number 94 in a poem. 15. Last but not least, you might be a poet if you are reading this and the game is on.
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Feb 7, 2016
Feb 7, 2016 at 9:29 PM UTC
You Know Your a Poet When: Superbowl Edition
I make my own soup and I kiss my own boo-boos, I tell tall tales about love, hell, and voodoos. I cover up my sadness with jokes, smoke, and malice Who knew living a tragic life could feel so lavish? God and I have a pretty tight relationship I talk to him every night when my fingers touch my lips. I throw my bones at dogs and contort my soul for fun, Chewed up, spat out. I’m just like everyone. -SLuR
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Apr 21, 2021
Apr 21, 2021 at 10:30 PM UTC
Adulting.
You say your original No one like you But then I see you with straightened hair and Uggs for shoes You squeeze into a too small shirt Your jeans are just as tight You take off your glasses and get contacts Does that seem right? The next day I see you Your look completely changed Your hair is died black and your nails look the same Since when did you wear nail polish? This is not who you use to be Now every time we talk We talk about me You say my hair would look good straightened You tell me I should wear Uggs You say my face would look better with make up When I say no You get an attitude Because I am not a copy cat like you I see your new friends the ones with the same shoes the same colored hair They changed you do you care And when did you start to swear You are exactly like them now Me I'm not So I get pushed out of your best friends slot You talk just like them You all walk in a line What did you think I wouldn't notice? And act like its all fine Snap out of it You must be under a spell I know you all to well I'm not telling you to ditch them You have new friends that fine I’m just telling you to stop being a copycat Its time Not its past time but it's not expired You need to get a grip because this is not right This is not you Its societies bite It’s got a grip on you and it’s holding on tight Stop being a copy cat be you All you have to do is be yourself I'm so tired of this People dyeing People crying all to get accepted being a copycat Isn’t all that great When you’re a copycat you don’t get everything as gold on a plat To be a comply cat you cant be real Because you feel like the it girl all the time And its hard everyday when you have to act like you’re in a play but your not This is real life stop living a lie All you care about is shoes Next it’s boos Here comes the drugs and now you’re the person locked up Then your rejected like a shoe that doesn’t fit And the it girl doesn’t have it She has no friends or so it seems Because she can always come back to me But you forgot that Your forgot the lessons you learned from others How your aunt had a kid at 14 How your sister just became mean How your brother is hooked on drugs And soon you will be too It's like a loose tooth You want it there and you don’t care if what’s next is better Being a copycat is like a loose tooth You need to let it fall out Or that is what you will do You will fall out of a great life planned for you But I don't what you to fall I will hold on But I’m not the strong You need to snap out of it just like I said because Now you wanna starve to death Better yet you want me to too That’s not how I roll That’s not how I do Because I am not a copy cat Like you
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Mar 26, 2014
Mar 26, 2014 at 10:33 AM UTC
Copy Cat
You say your original No one like you But then I see you with straightened hair and Uggs for shoes You squeeze into a too small shirt Your jeans are just as tight You take off your glasses and get contacts Does that seem right? The next day I see you Your look completely changed Your hair is died black and your nails look the same Since when did you wear nail polish? This is not who you use to be Now every time we talk We talk about me You say my hair would look good straightened You tell me I should wear Uggs You say my face would look better with make up When I say no You get an attitude Because I am not a copy cat like you I see your new friends the ones with the same shoes the same colored hair They changed you do you care And when did you start to swear You are exactly like them now Me I'm not So I get pushed out of your best friends slot You talk just like them You all walk in a line What did you think I wouldn't notice? And act like its all fine Snap out of it You must be under a spell I know you all to well I'm not telling you to ditch them You have new friends that fine I’m just telling you to stop being a copycat Its time Not its past time but it's not expired You need to get a grip because this is not right This is not you Its societies bite It’s got a grip on you and it’s holding on tight Stop being a copy cat be you All you have to do is be yourself I'm so tired of this People dyeing People crying all to get accepted being a copycat Isn’t all that great When you’re a copycat you don’t get everything as gold on a plat To be a comply cat you cant be real Because you feel like the it girl all the time And its hard everyday when you have to act like you’re in a play but your not This is real life stop living a lie All you care about is shoes Next it’s boos Here comes the drugs and now you’re the person locked up Then your rejected like a shoe that doesn’t fit And the it girl doesn’t have it She has no friends or so it seems Because she can always come back to me But you forgot that Your forgot the lessons you learned from others How your aunt had a kid at 14 How your sister just became mean How your brother is hooked on drugs And soon you will be too It's like a loose tooth You want it there and you don’t care if what’s next is better Being a copycat is like a loose tooth You need to let it fall out Or that is what you will do You will fall out of a great life planned for you But I don't what you to fall I will hold on But I’m not the strong You need to snap out of it just like I said because Now you wanna starve to death Better yet you want me to too That’s not how I roll That’s not how I do Because I am not a copy cat Like you
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He shyly looks at her. Everything seemed to quieten to this lovely silence; a stillness which is pierced by his own steady and sure heartbeat. By the way her nose twitches slightly and her red lips flutters a little, she is just about to sneeze. Ha. Adorable lady. Bless you? Bless those eyes that inexplicably managed to see through the gossamer veils of good and the bad and above all, me. Bless those crimson -No, it is actually a meld of strawberry and raspberry stains. But I won't tell her that just yet.- cheeks. Bless that lovely soul that you have, the kind that lights up your eyes and peek-a-boos in your smile. Sweet-heart, you could never be scary anyway. & And & bless that smile which can flicker one on my lips. She sneezes, blissfully oblivious to all these little words that flit around her. "Bless you, sweets." He whispers, like he always, always does.
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Mar 27, 2014
Mar 27, 2014 at 7:58 AM UTC
Bless you
Galileo Galilei-- Physicist, mathematician, Astronomer, philosopher-- You angered the Roman Inquisition   And later the Pope and Jesuits as well. Your scientific observation That the earth moves around the sun Was deemed a heretical revelation!   Spreading ideas "contrary to scripture"-- A risky endeavor and path to take-- Guaranteed life imprisonment Or a gruesome burning at the stake.   Under pressure you recanted: "The earth doesn't move around the sun." They say that under your breath you muttered, "And yet it moves." You lost, yet won.   Though you lived under house arrest For years until the day you died, Your scientific contributions To benefit mankind cannot be denied.   It's sad when dogma and ignorance attempt To force dissenters into compliance. It's sadder yet that in this century Too many people still ignore science.   Our thoughts aren't shaped from cookie cutters; Beliefs don't all fit the same mold. Praise to the thinkers who soar to great heights And break authority's stranglehold.   Praise to those who dare to defy Petrified positions or views-- Who challenge our mind-set and open our eyes To truth and awareness, despite jeers and boos. - by Bob B
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Oct 15, 2016
Oct 15, 2016 at 8:55 AM UTC
Galileo
It is a beautiful bird sanctuary Where a sparrow chirps, a cuckoo sings And the parrot talks and the mina speaks And the peacock dances There is a great comradeship among th e birds But a proud crow inflitrates into the place And prattles and boos the cuckoo And mocks at the lark The nightingale sings so melodiously That all the birds clap and laugh Except the crow who thinks his bark Is greater than the song of a lark He feels as though he were the king of The park and thinks his bark is sweeter than A parrot’s talk and greater than a peacock’s Walk. How long can he bark? The crow is like a poison in a bowl of manna How long will the birds bear their woes? A day comes when they will kick the crow out He will surely be out of sight
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Dec 28, 2010
Dec 28, 2010 at 6:13 AM UTC
The bird sanctuary
I was just walking around and spotted a golden ladder. People walking past it, a swarm of people are under it Yelling up at people, cheering loud when anyone falls down Some fall and are slightly bruised, some aren't so lucky Some charge right back up while others walk away sobbing. As I walked closer, this ladder seems wider at the bottom And narrows the higher it gets towards the top. Using binoculars, I saw people climbing up and down it. I even see some climbers kicking others down As they climb and take their place like a rat race. Racing up fast to get a bite of the cheese. Some are taking their time, others are dashing. The crowd underneath are cheering for those to fall I walked closer, a few people looked scared Desiring to be successful, but fearful to fall So they never try, they become one with the crowd The scornful, the haters, and the ones whom fallen. So I touched the bar, instantly the boos began Telling me that I am worthless, I will never succeed. I touched the next bar, feeling hands on my feet Feeling jealousy and envy by others under me. I've just started this journey, I climbed higher Trying to grab the arms of those that are falling. The top of the ladder is so high that I can't see it But I know that it's there, there has to be a ceiling. And what's beyond the ceiling, who really knows? I hear rumors of prestige, riches, luxury, Honor, power, but is it really a myth? As I climb, the crowd throws rocks at the climbers Helping them to lose their grips and fall off. The more I climb, the more callous is on my palms My arms growing sorer, feet sweaty, Head dizzy, fears increasing, scared to fall Second guessing the desire to climb this ladder But at the end, is it really worth it? Climbing up the ladder of success.
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Mar 31, 2014
Mar 31, 2014 at 8:37 AM UTC
Ladder of Success
I was just walking around and spotted a golden ladder. People walking past it, a swarm of people are under it Yelling up at people, cheering loud when anyone falls down Some fall and are slightly bruised, some aren't so lucky Some charge right back up while others walk away sobbing. As I walked closer, this ladder seems wider at the bottom And narrows the higher it gets towards the top. Using binoculars, I saw people climbing up and down it. I even see some climbers kicking others down As they climb and take their place like a rat race. Racing up fast to get a bite of the cheese. Some are taking their time, others are dashing. The crowd underneath are cheering for those to fall I walked closer, a few people looked scared Desiring to be successful, but fearful to fall So they never try, they become one with the crowd The scornful, the haters, and the ones whom fallen. So I touched the bar, instantly the boos began Telling me that I am worthless, I will never succeed. I touched the next bar, feeling hands on my feet Feeling jealousy and envy by others under me. I've just started this journey, I climbed higher Trying to grab the arms of those that are falling. The top of the ladder is so high that I can't see it But I know that it's there, there has to be a ceiling. And what's beyond the ceiling, who really knows? I hear rumors of prestige, riches, luxury, Honor, power, but is it really a myth? As I climb, the crowd throws rocks at the climbers Helping them to lose their grips and fall off. The more I climb, the more callous is on my palms My arms growing sorer, feet sweaty, Head dizzy, fears increasing, scared to fall Second guessing the desire to climb this ladder But at the end, is it really worth it? Climbing up the ladder of success.
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There's a party around the block, Where flamingos run and eggs fall from upstairs. The roof is tumbling and the pool is overfilled with humans and animals, There's a zebra and ten monkeys running through the house. ****** *********** is rising everywhere, To the kitchen and the bathroom, to the backyard and the deck. Balloons are scattered on the floor, There's food fights in every room. There's a car crashed into the wall, People are running around in togas. The music is blasting through the glass windows, Everyone is jugging boos and sniffing toxins. The bonfire is sparking with Barbie doll heads, The smell of burning rubber spreads throughout the sky. People are wild with horse masks on their heads, They're fist pumping and thumping to the repeated beat. Males and females are racing around **** in the halls, Paint ***** and BB Guns are being fired on every window. Glasses of broken bottles are lost in couches and beds, People are swinging on chandeliers. The walls start to buckle and shake, Cops arrive but are being tazered with their own tazers. The house is being tee-peed, No one knows why the tub is on fire. The music starts to get louder every second, Tables and chairs are being thrown across the rooms. There are piggy back rides on the front lawn, Drug addicts are polluting the air with taboo smoke. People are sliding down the stairway with helmets and pillows, Many of the people are hung upside down unexpectedly. Girls get dragged into the bedrooms, Fights are happening here and there. Some people are passed out anywhere, Others are bungee jumping off the roof. Furniture is left outside, Lips are locking in the closet. Fireworks are going off while people are dunking their heads in water, Twerking is being done almost everywhere. The house is a total wreck, And the sun starts to rise over the horizon. I don't know about you, But this party was something new.
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Jan 31, 2014
Jan 31, 2014 at 7:10 PM UTC
This Party
There's a party around the block, Where flamingos run and eggs fall from upstairs. The roof is tumbling and the pool is overfilled with humans and animals, There's a zebra and ten monkeys running through the house. ****** *********** is rising everywhere, To the kitchen and the bathroom, to the backyard and the deck. Balloons are scattered on the floor, There's food fights in every room. There's a car crashed into the wall, People are running around in togas. The music is blasting through the glass windows, Everyone is jugging boos and sniffing toxins. The bonfire is sparking with Barbie doll heads, The smell of burning rubber spreads throughout the sky. People are wild with horse masks on their heads, They're fist pumping and thumping to the repeated beat. Males and females are racing around **** in the halls, Paint ***** and BB Guns are being fired on every window. Glasses of broken bottles are lost in couches and beds, People are swinging on chandeliers. The walls start to buckle and shake, Cops arrive but are being tazered with their own tazers. The house is being tee-peed, No one knows why the tub is on fire. The music starts to get louder every second, Tables and chairs are being thrown across the rooms. There are piggy back rides on the front lawn, Drug addicts are polluting the air with taboo smoke. People are sliding down the stairway with helmets and pillows, Many of the people are hung upside down unexpectedly. Girls get dragged into the bedrooms, Fights are happening here and there. Some people are passed out anywhere, Others are bungee jumping off the roof. Furniture is left outside, Lips are locking in the closet. Fireworks are going off while people are dunking their heads in water, Twerking is being done almost everywhere. The house is a total wreck, And the sun starts to rise over the horizon. I don't know about you, But this party was something new.
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Step 1: Kiss her, hard. Step 2: Let her swim through your body and feel her fingernails accidentally chip a piece of your heart off. Step 3: Do anything and everything that absolutely terrifies you, then do these things again, with her this time. Step 4: Climb a mountain, then write her a letter once you reach the top; spill your guts out onto that piece of paper and watch as the snowflakes turn into words and -27 degrees turns into excruciating emotions. Step 5: Realize that death is just another form of telling her that she's beautiful & listening to her sing in the car & watching her graduate from the school we call life & letting her run her sandy toes through your leg hair. Step 6: Jump off of a cliff made of her memories, then sink to the bottom of that ocean which is filled with contaminated smiles and laughs that you haven't seen or felt in ages. Step 7: Congratulate her on her new job and marriage. Step 8: Give her newborn son a big hug, for the both of you; knowing in the back of your mind, that should of been your little boy to give kisses to on all the boo-boos and scratches he gets. Step 9: Accidentally see her across the park, jogging (so beautifully if I might add), and walk in the opposite direction. Step 10: Keep on living, without her.
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Mar 13, 2014
Mar 13, 2014 at 5:58 PM UTC
How to experience death without actually dying:
Face down on the turf and dizzy from impact with hands on backs and words of encouragement and reassurance that you probably just got the wind knocked out of you, that you'll probably be just fine. Step up slowly and clutch stomach and wave off trainers and push through dull roars of boos and applause to find a metal bench and a warm towel in appropriate colors for wiping sweat from above eyebrows, in order to avoid obscuring precious vision. It is hard to see sometimes where lines live on the field, which can make it near impossible to display adequate decision-making. Constantly presented with new situations. Time is of the essence. It is hard to know when to let go of the ball and when to hang on and shove your way through the line like it's your job, like someone is depending on you. It is easy for some to move onto the next play like the last never happened, and to stay focused on the goal without dwelling on the day's past events. But when you're catching your breath and laying on the artificial surface, pushed over by a force that seemed much greater than yourself, you run the events of the day over and over again in your head and wonder how you got here, and why you are grinning so wide. You learn so much about yourself in the moments when you're helpless and mangled on the ground.
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Oct 21, 2013
Oct 21, 2013 at 2:37 PM UTC
Heartache
how funny it is when i was younger mother would kiss my boo-boos and bandage them up. cause you see im a bit grown now- and i cause my own cuts- mother does not kiss them- no band aid do they see my mother thinks I'm crazy, my sister believes im insane. i just shake my head when they say that cause i know they dont know my pain. you might not believe me but these cuts keep me at ease, they allow me to breathe so please dont think im crazy, dont call me insane... ec
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Apr 20, 2014
Apr 20, 2014 at 4:42 PM UTC
Untitled
I am the only actor. It is difficult for one woman to act out a whole play. The play is my life, my solo act. My running after the hands and never catching up. (The hands are out of sight - that is, offstage.) All I am doing onstage is running, running to keep up, but never making it. Suddenly I stop running. (This moves the plot along a bit.) I give speeches, hundreds, all prayers, all soliloquies. I say absurd things like: egss must not quarrel with stones or, keep your broken arm inside your sleeve or, I am standing upright but my shadow is crooked. And such and such. Many boos. Many boos. Despite that I go on to the last lines: To be without God is to be a snake who wants to swallow an elephant. The curtain falls. The audience rushes out. It was a bad performance. That's because I'm the only actor and there are few humans whose lives will make an interesting play. Don't you agree?
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The Play
The old man sat in the darkness Taking in what he could see He smiled, although slyly And he leaned in close to me He said the air is different You can taste it here abouts Listen close to what's around you The air is different...there's no doubt I didn't understand him He spoke in concepts, not in words He talked of feeling the emotions Of people running 'round in herds He said, I've been here sixty years now Seen people come and people go I used to be the barkeep But, then that's something that you know I've seen Elvis and The Beatles Seen Presidents and Kings I've seen hearts torn all asunder And the pain that a war brings I saw Kennedy on that TV That, one behind your head I watched him drive on straight through Dallas And moments later he was dead This place was just dead silent On the day that that man died And hand to god I'll tell you I was all torn up inside I saw soldiers in that Vietnam Fighting for what? I don't know I saw them on that TV there I watched them lining up to go I saw them having rally's Taunting those who had the guns I saw them bringing back the caskets Of the now dead, teenage sons That TV showed me lots of stuff It never strayed far from the news It always shows the Tigers game I turn it up to hear the boos I saw King and Bobby on that set Taken way to young God, it would have been a different world To see what things they might have brung I sat back and I listened The old man, went on a while He waved two fingers skyward And said, two more beers ...with his smile My life has been a good one I've been alone, except for here I watch the outside on that set It was then, we got our beer I remember back when Elvis died He was the best back in the day But, me I liked Sinatra Dean Martin, Bob and Ray There was folks in here all crying singing songs, and holding hands on various occassions from Lennons death, to Bobby Sands I never really took part In the lives of those who came To spend their time here with me I only knew a few by name My job was just to serve them Not to be their new best friend I guess that's why I sit here still Watching, waiting for the end That set has shown me good and bad That one, behind your head It hasn't worked for fifteen years We got a new one in instead It's there as a reminder more to me, than those still here That life is for the living And I'm alive while I am here He rose and turned back to me Said, it's time for us to close I'll be back again tomorrow To watch more highs and maybe lows I watched the old man shuffle To his room, and to his bed Past the TV he saw life on On the wall behind my head.
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Oct 28, 2014
Oct 28, 2014 at 12:04 AM UTC
The Old Man and The TV
The old man sat in the darkness Taking in what he could see He smiled, although slyly And he leaned in close to me He said the air is different You can taste it here abouts Listen close to what's around you The air is different...there's no doubt I didn't understand him He spoke in concepts, not in words He talked of feeling the emotions Of people running 'round in herds He said, I've been here sixty years now Seen people come and people go I used to be the barkeep But, then that's something that you know I've seen Elvis and The Beatles Seen Presidents and Kings I've seen hearts torn all asunder And the pain that a war brings I saw Kennedy on that TV That, one behind your head I watched him drive on straight through Dallas And moments later he was dead This place was just dead silent On the day that that man died And hand to god I'll tell you I was all torn up inside I saw soldiers in that Vietnam Fighting for what? I don't know I saw them on that TV there I watched them lining up to go I saw them having rally's Taunting those who had the guns I saw them bringing back the caskets Of the now dead, teenage sons That TV showed me lots of stuff It never strayed far from the news It always shows the Tigers game I turn it up to hear the boos I saw King and Bobby on that set Taken way to young God, it would have been a different world To see what things they might have brung I sat back and I listened The old man, went on a while He waved two fingers skyward And said, two more beers ...with his smile My life has been a good one I've been alone, except for here I watch the outside on that set It was then, we got our beer I remember back when Elvis died He was the best back in the day But, me I liked Sinatra Dean Martin, Bob and Ray There was folks in here all crying singing songs, and holding hands on various occassions from Lennons death, to Bobby Sands I never really took part In the lives of those who came To spend their time here with me I only knew a few by name My job was just to serve them Not to be their new best friend I guess that's why I sit here still Watching, waiting for the end That set has shown me good and bad That one, behind your head It hasn't worked for fifteen years We got a new one in instead It's there as a reminder more to me, than those still here That life is for the living And I'm alive while I am here He rose and turned back to me Said, it's time for us to close I'll be back again tomorrow To watch more highs and maybe lows I watched the old man shuffle To his room, and to his bed Past the TV he saw life on On the wall behind my head.
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Such joy a day can bring to hearts of men, The trees bedecked, in finest autumn hue; A throng of merriment upon the heath, The glistened lilac, wrought in morning dew. The drummer boys, a-beating on their drums, Old peddlers pushing carts, piled high with wares; Beggars, worn and haggard, as their clothes, And women, in their finest, catching stares. The roaring cheers as horse parades go by, Delivering up the bounty of the feast; The VIPs a-riding in fine style, Their open carriage, drawn behind the beast. As one by one, they climb above the crowd, Their speeches cheered, with jeers and playful boos; Then swiftly swinging, onwards with their tour, The crowds go jostling, chasing better views. The butcher greets the VIPs with glee, And demonstrates his mastery of meat; With sharpened knives, a-gleaming in the sun, His chopping rhythym keeps a steady beat. As shadows lengthen, slowly crowds disperse, With pondrous looks, a day to e'er remember; And every year, its carnival once more, Lest we forget, the fifth day of November.
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May 27, 2014
May 27, 2014 at 4:47 AM UTC
Carnival Day Memoirs
I love my little butterfly Who flits from room to room Retrieving toys for little boys And pushing back her broom I love my little butterfly Who works from dawn till night Untangling curls for little girls And making boo-boos alright I love my little butterfly Who floats on house shoe wings And tells them stories of ancient glories Of distant queens and kings I love my little butterfly Who works the whole day through Changing diapers and windshield wipers And cooking chicken stew I love my little butterfly And loved her from the start Each new sunrise her angel eyes Captivates my heart
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Feb 14, 2013
Feb 14, 2013 at 12:22 PM UTC
My Little Butterfly
I grew into my youth without fearing dinosaurs, Because I watched too many re-programmings of Jurassic Park. I wasn't aware that my basketball skills could take me places. I was born here, I ran through cornfields and tall shades of grass, playing hooky with ******* hopscotch with ****** yet still averaging 24.6ppg while playing only 20 minutes a game. It seemed so easy and simple at first, doing these things. My neighbor Craig down the street, used to work at the children's hospital so he always had access to needles; all he wanted from me was a stack of metal spoons that I could steal from my grandmother's house so we could dissolve the ****** “This shit'll make you feel like you could never die”, he would always say. It was the 3rd quarter of our high school opening game against Fullerton. We played at the redeveloped convocation 20 miles south of town, because our high school received a bomb threat earlier that week. The court constructed with cheers and boos due to my low field goal percentage. I stashed my lucky line inside of my practice shorts in the locker room, so I could lie to my coaches about needing some air. My nostrils captured the effects of this white powdery substance, as my body started to fail and deteriorate. I think I felt my heart stop beating when I came to the free throw line. First shot...air ball. Second shot...no shot, body falls to the hardwood. My shoes squeaked like rabid mice without control, my right leg became convulsive and spastic, my left moved none. The floor below my body drenched in a bilinear merging of crimson red and **** yellow. The last image that I witnessed before my eyes left this world Were the faces of the opposing cheerleaders, Their young eyes bleeding blue and yellow, mascara and grief running down their pretty cheeks. They knew this from the beginning, my parents did. They thought I had changed and found a new sport to love. As my body laid on the floor, my parents laid in the belly of the audience, Incapable of shedding tears, because their suffering overtook their ability to cry.
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May 10, 2013
May 10, 2013 at 10:43 PM UTC
David Walcott
I grew into my youth without fearing dinosaurs, Because I watched too many re-programmings of Jurassic Park. I wasn't aware that my basketball skills could take me places. I was born here, I ran through cornfields and tall shades of grass, playing hooky with ******* hopscotch with ****** yet still averaging 24.6ppg while playing only 20 minutes a game. It seemed so easy and simple at first, doing these things. My neighbor Craig down the street, used to work at the children's hospital so he always had access to needles; all he wanted from me was a stack of metal spoons that I could steal from my grandmother's house so we could dissolve the ****** “This shit'll make you feel like you could never die”, he would always say. It was the 3rd quarter of our high school opening game against Fullerton. We played at the redeveloped convocation 20 miles south of town, because our high school received a bomb threat earlier that week. The court constructed with cheers and boos due to my low field goal percentage. I stashed my lucky line inside of my practice shorts in the locker room, so I could lie to my coaches about needing some air. My nostrils captured the effects of this white powdery substance, as my body started to fail and deteriorate. I think I felt my heart stop beating when I came to the free throw line. First shot...air ball. Second shot...no shot, body falls to the hardwood. My shoes squeaked like rabid mice without control, my right leg became convulsive and spastic, my left moved none. The floor below my body drenched in a bilinear merging of crimson red and **** yellow. The last image that I witnessed before my eyes left this world Were the faces of the opposing cheerleaders, Their young eyes bleeding blue and yellow, mascara and grief running down their pretty cheeks. They knew this from the beginning, my parents did. They thought I had changed and found a new sport to love. As my body laid on the floor, my parents laid in the belly of the audience, Incapable of shedding tears, because their suffering overtook their ability to cry.
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MrRight or maybe now or later Dear Mr.Right, I think I understand now. And I get it . We sit waiting. Seconds.minutes.hours. days. For the someone in our life to complete us, to wrap our wounds and mend our hearts. To laugh at the jokes we tell even when they aren’t funny. no especially when they aren’t funny. To challenge us and to make us forget, but allow us the space to remember. To know when we want to be held, but don’t know how to ask, a mate, a lover, a friend. And we wait. Believing and hoping they will come and rescues us from the tower, to fight off the demons and the dragons of the mundane day to day life. And to win our hand, for rescuing us. And we sit and wait as we expect them to tear down the walls of our imprisonment whether mental or concrete, as we become less, we become dormant, when we have been given the same tools and opportunities to tie up the bed sheets or cascade our hair down, to escape, to be free, wasting away in the waiting I want to warn you I am not sitting on my bed waiting, do not look for me in the kitchen making the pies to appease your hunger, I am out collecting treasures, and having adventures, and making memories with hook and finding my way with pirates, and traipsing with sinners while believing in saints, you wont find me with apple scented skin but maybe lemons, or grass, or the sea salt ocean or dandelions, because I am lying in the meadow looking up at the stars breathing in cold air, and thinking of you but you will not find me waiting for the world to be put back on its axis or ask atlas to put down his burden, im not running away, but Im not waiting in a tower held high above life. Ill be among the disciples and the hipsters, brushing off the mud of my jeans and rolling down hills with children, kissing boo boos and fighting my own demons. And one day we’ll meet and I ll ask you where were you when I was waiting and maybe you will say looking for you. or maybe you’ll say I was waiting for you. And we’ll be happy to find each other. I will not let life pass me by while i am waiting, but Ill put pieces of me in all my letters left to tell you of my adventures, If you thought Id be less pirate more princess I’m sorry to say maybe it’s better this way. I am not dormantly waiting,I want too much for that, I want to know me before I find you. I want to be single and appreciate the entire bed and not having to share, to look in the mirror and to know my own worth and beauty, and maybe these things will come later in life before or while you are around. I know not your name or the hour in which we’ll meet but tonight I’m thinking of you. Catch me of you can.
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Nov 24, 2013
Nov 24, 2013 at 10:58 PM UTC
Catch me of you can Mr. Right, now or maybe later.
MrRight or maybe now or later Dear Mr.Right, I think I understand now. And I get it . We sit waiting. Seconds.minutes.hours. days. For the someone in our life to complete us, to wrap our wounds and mend our hearts. To laugh at the jokes we tell even when they aren’t funny. no especially when they aren’t funny. To challenge us and to make us forget, but allow us the space to remember. To know when we want to be held, but don’t know how to ask, a mate, a lover, a friend. And we wait. Believing and hoping they will come and rescues us from the tower, to fight off the demons and the dragons of the mundane day to day life. And to win our hand, for rescuing us. And we sit and wait as we expect them to tear down the walls of our imprisonment whether mental or concrete, as we become less, we become dormant, when we have been given the same tools and opportunities to tie up the bed sheets or cascade our hair down, to escape, to be free, wasting away in the waiting I want to warn you I am not sitting on my bed waiting, do not look for me in the kitchen making the pies to appease your hunger, I am out collecting treasures, and having adventures, and making memories with hook and finding my way with pirates, and traipsing with sinners while believing in saints, you wont find me with apple scented skin but maybe lemons, or grass, or the sea salt ocean or dandelions, because I am lying in the meadow looking up at the stars breathing in cold air, and thinking of you but you will not find me waiting for the world to be put back on its axis or ask atlas to put down his burden, im not running away, but Im not waiting in a tower held high above life. Ill be among the disciples and the hipsters, brushing off the mud of my jeans and rolling down hills with children, kissing boo boos and fighting my own demons. And one day we’ll meet and I ll ask you where were you when I was waiting and maybe you will say looking for you. or maybe you’ll say I was waiting for you. And we’ll be happy to find each other. I will not let life pass me by while i am waiting, but Ill put pieces of me in all my letters left to tell you of my adventures, If you thought Id be less pirate more princess I’m sorry to say maybe it’s better this way. I am not dormantly waiting,I want too much for that, I want to know me before I find you. I want to be single and appreciate the entire bed and not having to share, to look in the mirror and to know my own worth and beauty, and maybe these things will come later in life before or while you are around. I know not your name or the hour in which we’ll meet but tonight I’m thinking of you. Catch me of you can.
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Maybe the pain on the outside is easier to deal with, Because we know how to fix it. Cold water for a burn and an ice pack for a bruise, A bandage for a cut and kisses for little boo-boos, Cough medicine for a cold and casts for broken bones. Insides are harder though- What's the cure for feeling alone? Maybe I hurt my outsides because I know I can fix those. But when it comes to all the awful things I feel inside, I've no clue. And I can tell neither do you. You think I'm mad because I make slits in my skin. Well at least I know how to heal them.
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Sep 8, 2014
Sep 8, 2014 at 6:41 PM UTC
Inside & Outside
Oh the boo boos I have to kiss and make better They are fallen ideas, cracks in the ceiling. I'm thinking I shouldn't be here in the 'Where am I in this?' moment when I step back from the big picture to look at the museum, the street that I'm on, and the nearest highway that will take me to another town. Which state am I in when I drop down, step by step towards the rose garden universe with my list of wishes in hand like I am going to search for shooting stars while I wait for the roof to cave in.
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May 3, 2010
May 3, 2010 at 4:44 AM UTC
Inner Voice of a Post Modern Valley Girl
The holding of his joyful trembling arms will clasp no more pink feeble fingers for even blood betrayed its passing. The most beautiful cry vanished without a single tune unheard by the looking grandparents. No unfamiliar friends in white giving genuine smiles and congratulations to the dad but the unacceptable shaking of heads and unwanted tap at their backs. Suppressed get-the-hell-out-of-heres. And the mother? Nothing is more hurting than to never touch a thing that she sheltered all her life To holler in pain of delivering would have been divine to scream, wonderful to roar, magnificent to rip bed sheets and curse the father while letting it out into world are mostly gratifying than to remain silent while the cannula forces its entry to the abandoned world of unborn. No stupid peek-a-boos will ever echo in this haunted crib. No tingling of rattles will ever irritate ears in smelly midnights No nursery rhyme will hum. School bus will never blow its horn To call upon the school child. No stars on a hand. No you’re-the-best-mom-in-the-worlds.
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Jan 27, 2013
Jan 27, 2013 at 10:28 PM UTC
Of Barren Cribs
I remember you are always there for me Sometimes I couldn't see I remember your love was there for me I always could see I remember the way you patched my boo boos for me We would blow together on my knee I remember you feeding me I knew we had little money but you did it for me I remember you kissing and hugging me I'll never forget they was all for me I remember you laughing with me We'd laugh for hours just for me I remember the books you read to me You'd read book after book and taught me how to treat a book just for me I remember how sweet and perfect you are to me You taught me how to be kind to one another just for me I remember going camping and fishing and taking those catfish off the hook with me You only did that for me I remember you showing me how to be a great friend for me You are my best friend to me I remember everything you knew you taught me You did it all for me I remember that you tell me you'll always keep learning for me You did that only for me I remember every time you say I love you to me I knew it was always for your love of me Mom I remember everything you are to me I love you and that's from me
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Apr 5, 2017
Apr 5, 2017 at 12:40 PM UTC
I Remember
Once upon a time, on a site far far away, I would post and not a soul would comment, let alone read... Minor poet, I am not even, but odd. A truth that slaps me unto tears. I seek your admiration, admonish your failure to admonish me, fail me unto tears. Your academic hyper-pretensions gods of overlording silence, sentence condemnations of the meagerness of mine deaf, weary-worn entreaties. Your ignorance and the vanity of my weaknesses, pencil point punctuate my brain, holes filling up with the approbation of silence. Tender unto me the Onomatopoeia of a concerto of boos, barrels of bitter alliteratives regretful rainwater, send me curses of future inspiration. immoderate me re my mediocrity! Try try again, to charm thine eyes, populate your face with grimaced tears, penetrate our mutuality with uncommon verse, pricking the winter frosted windows of a enmity and a common enemy. Another day of self-persauding, un-succeeding to accept that successive minor failures, are undeniably, a success of sorts, in a minor way. A play on words, as y'all play me. Mr. Adminstrator, answer me! Are we not all prisoners of Poetry?
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Sep 14, 2013
Sep 14, 2013 at 11:06 AM UTC
Minor Poet
Mommy please make other kids like me Mommy please take away the sting of rejection Mommy please make it easy to be me without constant judgement Mommy help me to not worry Mommy please take away my boo boos Mommy please mend my broken heart Mommy please show me how to survive in this cruel world Mommy please keep me safe from harm Mommy please show me how to follow my dreams Mommy please tell daddy to stop beating on my self esteem Mommy please tell him to love me and not always see the wrong in me Mommy please help me to get his attention Mommy please make me whole again Mommy please don't cry when I go to sleep at night Mommy please keep praying for me Mommy please keep watching over me as I dream Mommy please make it easy for me to learn Mommy please help me to focus and sit still Mommy please always tell me you love me Mommy please never leave me
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Jan 29, 2016
Jan 29, 2016 at 11:51 AM UTC
Mommy Please....
You used to be one Who was always there for me The one I could run to matter what But I lost you somewhere And now, I don't think you really care You not the one I grew up with The one who fixed my boo-boos Now you're some stranger And I feel in danger Nothing too serious Just getting hurt And lied to And broken
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Feb 26, 2012
Feb 26, 2012 at 2:10 PM UTC
What You Used To Be