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"bouncers" poems
We, the people of this country, in your eyes are: babblers, bachelors, bafflers, baiters, barkers, beakers, beaters, brawlers, blamers, beggars, bloaters, bloopers, bombers, boozers, blunders, bruisers, bafflers, bluffers, burglars and burners. That's why you feel compelled to keep your foot on our heads keep us down, put us down, push us down subjugate us, belittle us, berate us. We, the people of this country, in our eyes are: butlers, bouncers, bakers, buyers, barbers, cake-makers, delivery-takers, cocktail-shakers, taxi drivers, cancer survivors, employers and hirers, music makers, entertainers, window washers, foster takers, plasterers, carpenters, scaffolders, sparks and builders, boxers, carers, coaches, tailors, shoe makers, designers, illustrators, multi-language facilitators, dog walkers, dog trainers, bikers and cycle couriers, doctors and nurses and all the emergency services. We are the People, the reason you are where you are now you sometimes forget that we exist as people, somehow locked in your ivory towers with gold plated showers and MP expenses and investment banker pretenses this is not theater, its real life drama, its not just a bluff its time to stand up and say enough is enough.
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Jun 27, 2014
Jun 27, 2014 at 9:54 AM UTC
Another Angry Voice
NY Hip Hop Gold Express Bling Shop Afro Brothers proprietorship buyin and sellin filthy lucre of down hard Gat packin Gangstas on the down low throwin down fallin hook line and stinker just a bunch of lil fishies wigglin at the end of golden chains its all about the bling baby all about the bling "I pity the fool" saith Mr. T the potentate of soul and gold who ain't down with the cool jewels of righteous B Teamers arrested by the silk rope of glitzy discos bribing bouncers with an earnest Jackson to *** rush the vanity faire of bumping A Listers Or was it Def Jam Buddhas minting coin on MTV? exploiting misogyny and ghost face killas NWAs slugging cases of Kristol blowing fat spliff smoke up the *** of Phat Farm kids in the hood shooting silver bullets at the man takin baths in tubs of fifties lighting up with crisp C Notes rollin through life in black Escalades its silver spinners twisting fast round corners where being cool went blind and Coolie High homies still tip a sip for the brothers who ain't there Today its all about the raised fist of power to the P Diddy fighting the power of the people as leggy Beyonce warbles songs for the posse of a Libyan Dictator whose blood money pays a cool mil cover for a New Years Eve tune Its all about the bling baby All about the bling baby, all about the bling. NY Hip Hop Gold Express Best Prices in Trenton Since 1997 You Tube Video: Gil Scott Heron Ain't No Such Thing As Superman Trenton 2/25/11 jbm
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Mar 20, 2013
Mar 20, 2013 at 9:19 AM UTC
NY Hip Hop Gold Express
The city is loud with chimneys, bristling with dimpled sky dishes, afloat in a dammed lake of sunset fenestration, beneath unwitnessed, unappreciated clouds, its streets a grid of flowless canals, to the music of "Hey, mister, got any change?" Oh, but, when the lights go down, and the pretty people come out! and the beef bouncers sort snort the buzzing sequin queen queues for the sparkle dance houses, the city, the city, can one ever get enough?
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Jan 10, 2011
Jan 10, 2011 at 7:29 PM UTC
The city is loud
Urban Community Living: Some days I actually noticed how grey it was All of this space, here around us As our half-beaten stone trodden 52 bus Rolls into its unfortunate terminus. Terminal more like. The shops have boarded windows, Bakeries have bullet-proof counters Staffed by bulky bakers-cum-bouncers A praised underground centre for perilous shopping Dodge rival factions on various floors Fighting for stair supremacy And burly painted girls with latent spent applause Some colour on the underpass is some relief Only it warns of impending doom for someone soon
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Nov 2, 2012
Nov 2, 2012 at 10:17 AM UTC
Voices from the North part 1
Bouncers can only stop and stare, maybe get involved when their contract states they've got to care, but up to that line they wait on doorstops and thresholds, looking for kisses from the makeup clad gold. Smokers swell in the sea mist of the open smoking area, they talk ideas and travel plans, wave to no one hoping they'll wave back again. The bar men, the bar women and the cloakroom attendants sing along to the songs under tired, muttered breaths, hoping the depth of the queue subsides into something more serviceable. And after? Young ones with freshly ironed faces **** into gutters and speak in half-rhyme stutters, Morse code flutters that translate into nothing more than, another beer please. They yell as if they own the sky, keep their echoes on rope tied to the openings of back alleyways, showing to her and her and her and him, his best friend, that he's the drunkest of them all.
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Dec 18, 2013
Dec 18, 2013 at 11:00 AM UTC
Dress Up to Come Back Home Again
It took a very long time for A to find B, and possibly even longer for A with B to get to C, then D shadowed, and along came easy E, F hurried, G stumbled, and before you know it, H pushed, I shoved, J fell, K and L bullied, doormen and bouncers hired, and hooked red velvet guest rope installed. M and N showed legs and other stuff, O accommodated, P arrived peeing and puking, Q wandered in by mistake, R flashed cash, S slid unscathed, T grinned teeth, U did what? V spread, W wowed, and the rest, X, Y, Z, is history. If death is nothing, why fear it? Is it the indifference of nothingness that disturbs the living? All the energy and effort spent? Unfinished business? Dead silence? Or is it the tickle on skin of summer breeze? Astonishing possibilities? Privilege of existence? There are moments when I almost do it, a very fragile brink, I want to call, see, be with her so bad. No matter what, I miss, adore her intelligence, sense of humor, moods, body, beauty. Why? If death is nothing, why fear it? Eyes perceive group of young men approaching momentary assumptions of danger passes as inner fear and distrust process high-spirited partying. Z: “This is confusing. Put your thoughts in order.” Y: “But there is no true order.” Z: “Before you speak another word,       what you got to bring to the table?       Money? Property? Prestige?” Y: “I offer poetry, ash drawings, new architecture.” Z: “Lay it on the line, you ****** or be punished!” Y: “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you.” Z:  “Burn this ******* on a stake,        then eat remains.” ******** runs in pleading for dickwad’s life, but it’s too late. ******** sits chewing charred flesh at table. Biscuits get passed around vigorously. No talk about death. A: “Who’s the one?” B: “You are, Daddy.” A: “But I’m just a tiny force of nature.” B: “Let’s go see about C.” A: “Am I not enough for you?” C: “What and where is love?       Is it an illusion       I strive for an impossible chance?       When will we find each other?       Will I feel belonging?”
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Apr 12, 2013
Apr 12, 2013 at 11:08 AM UTC
Paradise Brutal
It took a very long time for A to find B, and possibly even longer for A with B to get to C, then D shadowed, and along came easy E, F hurried, G stumbled, and before you know it, H pushed, I shoved, J fell, K and L bullied, doormen and bouncers hired, and hooked red velvet guest rope installed. M and N showed legs and other stuff, O accommodated, P arrived peeing and puking, Q wandered in by mistake, R flashed cash, S slid unscathed, T grinned teeth, U did what? V spread, W wowed, and the rest, X, Y, Z, is history. If death is nothing, why fear it? Is it the indifference of nothingness that disturbs the living? All the energy and effort spent? Unfinished business? Dead silence? Or is it the tickle on skin of summer breeze? Astonishing possibilities? Privilege of existence? There are moments when I almost do it, a very fragile brink, I want to call, see, be with her so bad. No matter what, I miss, adore her intelligence, sense of humor, moods, body, beauty. Why? If death is nothing, why fear it? Eyes perceive group of young men approaching momentary assumptions of danger passes as inner fear and distrust process high-spirited partying. Z: “This is confusing. Put your thoughts in order.” Y: “But there is no true order.” Z: “Before you speak another word,       what you got to bring to the table?       Money? Property? Prestige?” Y: “I offer poetry, ash drawings, new architecture.” Z: “Lay it on the line, you ****** or be punished!” Y: “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you.” Z:  “Burn this ******* on a stake,        then eat remains.” ******** runs in pleading for dickwad’s life, but it’s too late. ******** sits chewing charred flesh at table. Biscuits get passed around vigorously. No talk about death. A: “Who’s the one?” B: “You are, Daddy.” A: “But I’m just a tiny force of nature.” B: “Let’s go see about C.” A: “Am I not enough for you?” C: “What and where is love?       Is it an illusion       I strive for an impossible chance?       When will we find each other?       Will I feel belonging?”
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Ross was a fullblooded bronze-skinned buddy from the Navajo Nation. He was a diehard Okie, and a machine gunner, carried the M-sixty with twenty pounds of extra belted-ammo. He was a big guy, had brown deep-set eyes, high cheeks and not a single hair on his burly body, but some high and tight pitch bristles on his head. He had a weakness. Pure Straight Whiskey. Whenever he had too much, he was an F5 tornado, a wild Tasmanian devil, to be reckoned with. I remember when he had his front top teeth knocked out by some civilian bouncers at a local drinking establishment. He kicked the **** out of three huge muscle guys. It was him versus them. A regular melee. Ross won. Once on a Saturday night, drunk as skunks, we made an illegal turn on the Interstate south of Denver. We ended up flying down the highway with four hundred feet of wire attached to wooden poles, sent sparks flying everywhere. I never saw a guy laugh so hard in all my life. He ****** himself hysterically. We gave Ross his first Native American name. We were out in the field, just hanging out in battle gear, shooting the **** around our APC. We called him Prancing Moose, Moose for short. He loved it when we called him that, gave us a toothless grin. He was a warrior to us. In another time and place, he might have been a Chief. He was courageous, fearless and a good friend to have in your side. From time to time, I think about him, and pray he's okay, still alive. He was our blood brother. We were in hell together. I miss him, too.
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Jun 5, 2015
Jun 5, 2015 at 4:59 PM UTC
Ross Henry a.k.a. Prancing Moose
Ross was a fullblooded bronze-skinned buddy from the Navajo Nation. He was a diehard Okie, and a machine gunner, carried the M-sixty with twenty pounds of extra belted-ammo. He was a big guy, had brown deep-set eyes, high cheeks and not a single hair on his burly body, but some high and tight pitch bristles on his head. He had a weakness. Pure Straight Whiskey. Whenever he had too much, he was an F5 tornado, a wild Tasmanian devil, to be reckoned with. I remember when he had his front top teeth knocked out by some civilian bouncers at a local drinking establishment. He kicked the **** out of three huge muscle guys. It was him versus them. A regular melee. Ross won. Once on a Saturday night, drunk as skunks, we made an illegal turn on the Interstate south of Denver. We ended up flying down the highway with four hundred feet of wire attached to wooden poles, sent sparks flying everywhere. I never saw a guy laugh so hard in all my life. He ****** himself hysterically. We gave Ross his first Native American name. We were out in the field, just hanging out in battle gear, shooting the **** around our APC. We called him Prancing Moose, Moose for short. He loved it when we called him that, gave us a toothless grin. He was a warrior to us. In another time and place, he might have been a Chief. He was courageous, fearless and a good friend to have in your side. From time to time, I think about him, and pray he's okay, still alive. He was our blood brother. We were in hell together. I miss him, too.
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Smiles Laughter Liquor Plasma screens Cash registers Deep cologne scents Bouncers Hot wings Hair gel Loud speakers Lip gloss High heels Tight skirts Cigarette smoke Cell phones Watches Car keys Last call for alcohol
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Apr 28, 2015
Apr 28, 2015 at 11:38 PM UTC
Saturday Night
She tears through her insecurities on fridays and saturdays, shameless small talk with bouncers, and she dresses to **** railing lines at pre drink, and talking up free drinks with ***** hawks circulating the scintillations of spotlights for victims of a cockcrow regret, she picks and chooses and it’s easy for her, finding a jawline in a haystack seems almost inevitable when she did her make up in front of a mirror, not 3 hours prior, she fills her empty bed with cheap cologne and sweat and gel to only empty again not 3 hours later.
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Jan 1, 2017
Jan 1, 2017 at 6:02 PM UTC
Bar Hawk
Dedicated to 'Big John' 1954-2002 It's time to prep for the nights show, the band is already unloading at the back door. Got to brief the new guy and rewalk the floor, let too many in here the night before. Use cardboard and tape to protect the ribs. Shin guards in place for all those low hits. Take off the jewlery and tie back the hair, leave nothing for them to grab when you step out there. Drink lots of water, swallow a pain pill... it's show time for a bouncer they say is over the hill. Crowds looking good for a Saturday night. Plenty of women, yet somebody will fight. Seems when not enough space and too much ***** messes up the calculation of one and one equals two! Got two female bouncers that are a special class act. They know how to work it and come in real fast. Big John gives me the nod and it time to open the doors. Lets Rock and Roll baby we are here until four! * Big John was a bouncer that took me under his wing ( a huge wing) taught me to be polite yet forcefull. 99% of folks just come to have a good time.It's that 1% that will try to ruin it.That's where we come in.
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Nov 16, 2010
Nov 16, 2010 at 12:48 PM UTC
Pain Management: Don't get Hit
With weekends spent hittin' the ***** bars all across town That broken smile matches her broken shoes and her broken soul People always wonda' why she puts herself in the position she's in She hardly knows any more than they do All there was were long days and short nights An' I guess that became too much for her 'Cause she lost herself inside, where her heart was kept After that one guy broke her heart so many months ago She's tryin' to recover Hardly working dontcha think To try and fix yourself when there ain't nothin' left to fix The gears inside are rusted stop and no amount of oil could change that But does it really matter? When nothin' is right anymore And nothin' is worth anythin' more than a lonely night spent in a hotel room Somewhere off the in'erstate An' all the tears wasted on somethin' long gone go to waste Dontcha think? 'Cause he ain't gonna hear 'em anyway Hardly even gonna feel 'em 'cause he doesn't even care The bouncers at the bars don't either But at least they let her in
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Oct 13, 2013
Oct 13, 2013 at 8:35 PM UTC
Behind chloroform soaked tears
10236 Charing Cross Road Holmby Hills, CA. 90077 *To go where young rabbits frolic and dance Would be a sweet treat if I had the chance To swim in the water where famous cottontails get wet Where champagne bubbles are spilled by the elite jet set Maybe I might win a million dollar lotto That could be my ticket to enter the grotto Past muscle bound bouncers, inside velvet ropes and stanchions To ogle, google and spill my own bubbles at The ******* Mansion To escape normality and alter reality before I grow old Playing with Playmates and Bunnies and this months Centerfold 10236 Charing Cross Road, Holmby Hills CA. 90077 Without a doubt this is the address of Heaven* Thank you Mr. Hefner
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Apr 24, 2014
Apr 24, 2014 at 11:17 PM UTC
Charing Cross Road
for a legendary 70s-80s Sydney nightclub wearing those clothes like we did being there back then paying too much for that shirt those shoes pointy & suede buckled not laces 16 in nightclubs being tall an original sister 1959 sequins sunglasses matching there was no light being afraid of the men metamorphosis women used those urinals confusion reigned in a young man we danced the music spoke bartenders poured all sorts of concoctions another track began & a floorshow eyes wide open miming & movements others queued we were hustled inside out come the freaks & early on we got it all on studded sofas on the dancefloor the fresco was roamin we moved feet to the rhythms slaves not knowing how formative those days were never getting anything but drinks until later legal with dollars juiced up better lights victims resting in seats people occupied when a visiting act blew simpler minds wallets we thought that record was good then they played B52s, Blondie, Numan the floor caved in from ska pogo. bouncers cleared the scene original grace as an ape stomps up a staircase disappears into lookalikes then a spotlight highlighted the real thing that was us
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Jul 7, 2016
Jul 7, 2016 at 7:57 AM UTC
Stranded
I’ve made a poetic century Though my technique is not sound Consider it a great victory I’ve succeeded in HELLO POETRY ground I am not a natural striker of the ball Ran very hard for twos and singles Batted with the defence of a great wall Faced quite a few bouncers I may lack Rangzeb’s  batting grace My style may be awkward And I am afraid of George’s lethal pace My foot work is undoubtedly wayward I am an instinctive player Know not the subtleties of spin or pace And dedicate this century to Denis Barter I am happy to be in the batting race I salute the wonderful audience For watching my indecent play With a lot of patience This new year makes their lives so gay
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Dec 31, 2010
Dec 31, 2010 at 2:53 AM UTC
MY MAIDEN CENTURY ON HELLO POETRY
It was up in Minnesota or was it South Dakota It doesn't matter we know how the story starts It's friday, time to party Some girl comes in dressed all tarty With a body That could break a thousand hearts There's gonna be a storm tonight A cat fight's on the way You just hold on when it all starts up And then you clear the way You just know it's gonna happen Something bad is in the air Just grab your beer and hold it Just watch the nails and flying hair All the eyes were on her You knew she was a goner You could feel the tension And hear the nails extract In jeans of lace and denim With perfect slits cut in 'em You knew that she was hunting that's a fact There's gonna be a storm tonight A cat fight's on the way You just hold on when it all starts up And then you clear the way You just know it's gonna happen Something bad is in the air Just grab your beer and hold it Just watch the nails and flying hair The band played loud and raucus As the bar's all female caucus Watched her close As she went toward the bar You could tell that this girl's reason Was to hunt the men in season And she set to take the first one to her car There's gonna be a storm tonight A cat fight's on the way You just hold on when it all starts up And then you clear the way You just know it's gonna happen Something bad is in the air Just grab your beer and hold it Just watch the nails and flying hair when the crowd split like the Nile And there standing with a smile was the girl of the man this girl had claimed Well, the bottles started flying And though the bouncers all were trying The fight broke out Between the two I named There's gonna be a storm tonight A cat fight's on the way You just hold on when it all starts up And then you clear the way You just know it's gonna happen Something bad is in the air Just grab your beer and hold it Just watch the nails and flying hair The cops broke up the rumble Amid the debris and the crumble Our combatants were off to jail that night Tomorrow they would be found Back and out of impound At another bar And in another fight So, It may be Minnesota or down in South Dakota But, no one cares We all know how the game is played So, when you feel a storm brew And you know it won't involve you Grab your beer And watch...your night is made.
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Jan 29, 2015
Jan 29, 2015 at 12:01 AM UTC
Catfight
It was up in Minnesota or was it South Dakota It doesn't matter we know how the story starts It's friday, time to party Some girl comes in dressed all tarty With a body That could break a thousand hearts There's gonna be a storm tonight A cat fight's on the way You just hold on when it all starts up And then you clear the way You just know it's gonna happen Something bad is in the air Just grab your beer and hold it Just watch the nails and flying hair All the eyes were on her You knew she was a goner You could feel the tension And hear the nails extract In jeans of lace and denim With perfect slits cut in 'em You knew that she was hunting that's a fact There's gonna be a storm tonight A cat fight's on the way You just hold on when it all starts up And then you clear the way You just know it's gonna happen Something bad is in the air Just grab your beer and hold it Just watch the nails and flying hair The band played loud and raucus As the bar's all female caucus Watched her close As she went toward the bar You could tell that this girl's reason Was to hunt the men in season And she set to take the first one to her car There's gonna be a storm tonight A cat fight's on the way You just hold on when it all starts up And then you clear the way You just know it's gonna happen Something bad is in the air Just grab your beer and hold it Just watch the nails and flying hair when the crowd split like the Nile And there standing with a smile was the girl of the man this girl had claimed Well, the bottles started flying And though the bouncers all were trying The fight broke out Between the two I named There's gonna be a storm tonight A cat fight's on the way You just hold on when it all starts up And then you clear the way You just know it's gonna happen Something bad is in the air Just grab your beer and hold it Just watch the nails and flying hair The cops broke up the rumble Amid the debris and the crumble Our combatants were off to jail that night Tomorrow they would be found Back and out of impound At another bar And in another fight So, It may be Minnesota or down in South Dakota But, no one cares We all know how the game is played So, when you feel a storm brew And you know it won't involve you Grab your beer And watch...your night is made.
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Posted by the door watching as the "bouncers" let in girl after girl only to whisper ***** behind their backs meanwhile polite, kind, little me gets stopped while the rest of the pile trip on in, faces plastered with smiles I got the denial. A stranger from the window one hand on chase offered me a shot and then proceeded to correct himself, "I meant a *** shot in the face" then disappears with a jeer so I turned and walked home alone up the stairs of stone to this bed why be righteous at all when given this **** over and over might as well sleep/be dead
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Sep 15, 2013
Sep 15, 2013 at 3:53 AM UTC
Yeah Let's Party
I don’t know about those pastoral scenes Those bucolic and primordial endless greens Unspoilt trees and murmuring streams I know the concrete and the pavement Uneven cobblestones with cracks in them With dandelions growing through Only sometimes I love the later more I’m in love with the concrete behemoths The back alleys of life The gnarled bouncers (unreciprocally) The curious glimpses at weathered flyers on the floor I love the sterile street lights and the worn faces ILLUMINATED by them The ushers and hustlers and cautious taxis The drunk geniuses The night-swimmers The nudists The opinionated Etc Yet life whittles down these loves for that of the Calculable The Regimented And Controllable Etc
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Sep 25, 2014
Sep 25, 2014 at 8:00 PM UTC
Untitled
Hectic breakneck of the chopped up music. beautiful wilt and hungry wither of the hips. Drunken fingers grasping a drink and shaking so feverishly, its like the adrenaline of war. Knowing there is something past the moon, past darkness. The freshness of sweat. A black skirted woman dances. The fabric squirming up her hips as she drives her thighs, whipping them back and forth. Dreams bellow out of hollow bellies, the bottom of the roar, a squeak. The bouncers in bowties and charcoal suits look nice. The opaque lights and streamers of brilliantly lit people and huge parade of bodies washing and bouncing inside are like fruits in the dryer, Tumbling and tumbling until they are fully juiced and induced. But you can never find a willing partner For good rough *** Or even love: the canary in the mine. A pink, throaty croak Emanating from its black lungs.
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Nov 10, 2013
Nov 10, 2013 at 11:13 AM UTC
Untitled
*it’s not perfect... but **** me... there’s a life to be lived... even if it’s just defined as walking the dog, or drinking a pint! let’s just rearrange the solar system spheres with a game of snooker to make summer random with winter of the least expected follow-up.* you catch me playing with my fox / cat purring his ***** slingshot arousal just where the spinal cord in music begins and the evolutionary testament ends... you catch me there in the drift of night... and i’ll bet you 5 quid to have found quantum physics... a particular instance in a universe of innumerable stasis plurals of decipherable energy to pluck and theorise, like autumnal flowers readily drifting from the tsunami of green of summer to brown mahogany of autumn. here’s one for the puppet engineered to dance tugged at with its tail the solitary cursor; paw print dot dot dot? i had my two thumbs on it, squeezing out the hallucinatory juice of neglect, with scoffer ready bouncers of peeled wallpaper about to tattoo me in political conversation of slime slogans to shout! i heard squatters were about... i didn’t hear anything from newcastle, i guess the second mongolian invasion / investiture came from the north... rather than east anglia / saudi arabia.
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Oct 20, 2015
Oct 20, 2015 at 6:33 PM UTC
slinghsot fox
Oh we have danced in the discotech with partners of all nations when after liberation we all danced to the songs of liberty. Under all our flags united. As time went by we stopped dancing and others came With new music and one flag. But like mods and rockers they could not dance together and fought away from the sound of the music. Now the only tunes played are national anthems as rebel rousers for dancers, who don't dance and don't know the words to the songs. Cries of patriotism yet dressed as nationalists. Calls to arms were peace held a fragile embrace like the elderly tangoing. Now the new dancers don't dance. They sit on the edges of the room causing fights. Soon the discotech will bar our entry and then when others are barred too, Groups and gangs will form and fighting begin again, like the days before the discotech. Who will be the bouncers this time.
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Sep 3, 2019
Sep 3, 2019 at 7:00 PM UTC
The Dance of Brexit
The music is loud Booming bass and throbbing drops Dance beats for the college kids I feel like an old man standing here against the wall Watching the young men dance fools of themselves And their plastic women who all move as if they are void of individualness The beer in my hand is frosty and ice cold due to its aluminum bottling But it is not improving the distance that I feel between me and everyone at this night club The party I'm with escapes the dance floor to the roof's terrace Bouncers that look like your typical fresh faced jocks complete with acne scars Inform us that it's plastic cups only up top We pour our beers into plastic cups They instantly begin to warm The view is pretty If you like looking at a city Unworthy of its history The air is cool and clean Blowing across my skin As my hearing struggles to ignore The dance music blaring And my eyes are assaulted by more frat-boy tribal dancing I can't tell if the fresh air is improving my buzz Or making me feel worse My beer is empty Everyone else still has full cups I don't understand the mathematics I go down to the bar And buy another one I don't open a tab I've found those can be dangerous when I'm in this mood Or any mood I sneak the aluminum bottle upstairs with me Enjoy the frosty coldness of my beer for the 5 minutes it takes me to drink it Everyone is still on their first cup But there's a beer run coming It's quitting time Mothers need to get home Workers need to get sleep I need quiet There's beer left that no one wants to drink I'm the garbage disposal We say our good byes Exchanging hellos and farewells in single conversation We leave our separate ways Wishing everyone a safe drive home It's silent now What I wouldn't do to hear some booming bass and throbbing drops To drown out this silence
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Jul 1, 2014
Jul 1, 2014 at 11:43 AM UTC
Night Club
The music is loud Booming bass and throbbing drops Dance beats for the college kids I feel like an old man standing here against the wall Watching the young men dance fools of themselves And their plastic women who all move as if they are void of individualness The beer in my hand is frosty and ice cold due to its aluminum bottling But it is not improving the distance that I feel between me and everyone at this night club The party I'm with escapes the dance floor to the roof's terrace Bouncers that look like your typical fresh faced jocks complete with acne scars Inform us that it's plastic cups only up top We pour our beers into plastic cups They instantly begin to warm The view is pretty If you like looking at a city Unworthy of its history The air is cool and clean Blowing across my skin As my hearing struggles to ignore The dance music blaring And my eyes are assaulted by more frat-boy tribal dancing I can't tell if the fresh air is improving my buzz Or making me feel worse My beer is empty Everyone else still has full cups I don't understand the mathematics I go down to the bar And buy another one I don't open a tab I've found those can be dangerous when I'm in this mood Or any mood I sneak the aluminum bottle upstairs with me Enjoy the frosty coldness of my beer for the 5 minutes it takes me to drink it Everyone is still on their first cup But there's a beer run coming It's quitting time Mothers need to get home Workers need to get sleep I need quiet There's beer left that no one wants to drink I'm the garbage disposal We say our good byes Exchanging hellos and farewells in single conversation We leave our separate ways Wishing everyone a safe drive home It's silent now What I wouldn't do to hear some booming bass and throbbing drops To drown out this silence
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this moment is woven like an evil plan I coursed around myself, tightening until I was crowded out. a nest of trophies, with nary a trophy within. and my heart--or liver, whichever part feels, is hung like a whole lot of oranges in a string bag, getting banged around so much that when you get them home and see them you won't want them anymore. and this poem fell out somewhere along the way, unraveling long before it had even begun, not quite an idea of an idea. the nights are like bouncers, really. impassive and large. they stare at you, largely emotionless, and you feel obliged to amuse them, or impress them, or relieve what you imagine must be their suffering. You fixate on them, for that fixed time, but really you don't matter and neither do I... the night merely passes. eventually you'll pass into the new day and be subject to its messy laws, woven around you in dark lines, tightening and tightening--growing into the next night, the nest of trophies without trophies. It's not so bad. Just don't let those oranges get pierced by all the tight black lines and dribble out until your legs are sticky and your heart (or liver) is dry and as long as you don't let that happen you'll be fine.
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Aug 16, 2014
Aug 16, 2014 at 5:04 AM UTC
Oranges and Dark Nests
In God's American heaven all the Krishnas, Ivans & Nadias, get to wait in line like sorry-ass out-of-towners hoping for a good night out, while the Americans, granted extra special consideration by right of birth & all that is great & mighty about this unique land, just get waved on through by God's golden bouncers, straight on in like hot girls & dazzling boys at the club of the moment in the dazzling L.A. night.
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Mar 2, 2017
Mar 2, 2017 at 10:04 PM UTC
God's Star Spangled Heaven
Saturday night, I feel the air is getting hot, gearing up for some pre-drinks, then heading into Notts. Round to my mates, he's already playing Dance Classics by Kisstory, an insight into British club history in all its glory. The splendour of The Hacienda, Fabric sounded magic, the thrills at Turnmills. Blasting out Where Love Lives by Alison Limerick, Too Young To Die by Jamiroquai, and Sounds of Eden by Shades of Rhythm. It gets you in the mood, of course it does, how can it not? We sit around talking a lot, then login to Facebook, see which bars are offering what, pound-a-pint and half-price shots. Text around, who else is in town? We'll give you a shout once we get to Revolution, the club solution is Oceania. Disco floor, we know the bouncers on the door. Cut the queue, annoying for everyone else, but you would do it too. Throwin' shapes with my mates all night, break-dancing, the robot, pop n' lock until two o'clock, a bunch of geeks, we're too ****** to care about critiques. Anyway, we're having a good time, a bottle of Corona with a wedge of lime, a few shots of Sambuca, I'm doing fine. I'm starving, time to get some food, ravenous, it's a whole mood, into the nearest takeaway, look at the display, ten-inch pizza, or just some fries? Maybe both? I'll go for a Kebab, chicken and salad, with added Mayo, let's go, there's a party starting nearby, people getting high with a constant supply. It's getting light out, people are asleep around my feet, time to leave, walking back from the city, this place looks pretty with the morning dew and light layers of fog, one ******** runner out for a jog. Later that day, a bit hungover, I swear I'm never going to drink again, well, not for a few weeks anyway, maybe next weekend, if there's another night-out, I might attend. Might? What a load of ***** I'm definitely going and show no signs of slowing down, that point will come, but for now, I'm still young, just go out and have some fun.
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May 6, 2020
May 6, 2020 at 6:44 PM UTC
Night Out
Saturday night, I feel the air is getting hot, gearing up for some pre-drinks, then heading into Notts. Round to my mates, he's already playing Dance Classics by Kisstory, an insight into British club history in all its glory. The splendour of The Hacienda, Fabric sounded magic, the thrills at Turnmills. Blasting out Where Love Lives by Alison Limerick, Too Young To Die by Jamiroquai, and Sounds of Eden by Shades of Rhythm. It gets you in the mood, of course it does, how can it not? We sit around talking a lot, then login to Facebook, see which bars are offering what, pound-a-pint and half-price shots. Text around, who else is in town? We'll give you a shout once we get to Revolution, the club solution is Oceania. Disco floor, we know the bouncers on the door. Cut the queue, annoying for everyone else, but you would do it too. Throwin' shapes with my mates all night, break-dancing, the robot, pop n' lock until two o'clock, a bunch of geeks, we're too ****** to care about critiques. Anyway, we're having a good time, a bottle of Corona with a wedge of lime, a few shots of Sambuca, I'm doing fine. I'm starving, time to get some food, ravenous, it's a whole mood, into the nearest takeaway, look at the display, ten-inch pizza, or just some fries? Maybe both? I'll go for a Kebab, chicken and salad, with added Mayo, let's go, there's a party starting nearby, people getting high with a constant supply. It's getting light out, people are asleep around my feet, time to leave, walking back from the city, this place looks pretty with the morning dew and light layers of fog, one ******** runner out for a jog. Later that day, a bit hungover, I swear I'm never going to drink again, well, not for a few weeks anyway, maybe next weekend, if there's another night-out, I might attend. Might? What a load of ***** I'm definitely going and show no signs of slowing down, that point will come, but for now, I'm still young, just go out and have some fun.
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What shall be of me and you on the judgment day A day when this greener land of ours will turn to gray The rich; the wealthy will know how poor they are The kings and gods will realize how small they are The popular; famous will become unknown Some will cry and the comedian will be unable to make his joke On that day, everyone will know how special he is Man will regret and blame himself for the way he live Scientist; philosopher, scholar and professor will know how ignorant they are Terrorists, hooligans, gangsters and drug dealers will know the reality They will realize that life is nothing but vanity Their missiles and guns and bombs will be unable to help them The escort, bodyguards, bouncers will be unable to protect themselves Their weight will loose; their muscles will cuddle and turn flat And after that Man’s temperature will read indirectly His stimuli will dis-stimulate negatively He will shiver under 12pm sun Father will see but not recognize his son The moon will burn and the sun will freeze him His leg will be unable to hold him * A man who live his life and forget his origin He malign and mistreat the filthy And he believe he will repent when he reaches fifty He’s gonna pray and seek for forgiveness at older age But death took him away at earlier stage He womanise and he cheated; he wine and dine So, his grave will welcome him as the most despise A believer on the other hand whom his heart is purest His grave will welcome him as the most beloveth He would be exempt from any form of suffering And he will pass without exam on the day of judgement
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Aug 7, 2018
Aug 7, 2018 at 2:54 PM UTC
JUDGEMENT DAY
What shall be of me and you on the judgment day A day when this greener land of ours will turn to gray The rich; the wealthy will know how poor they are The kings and gods will realize how small they are The popular; famous will become unknown Some will cry and the comedian will be unable to make his joke On that day, everyone will know how special he is Man will regret and blame himself for the way he live Scientist; philosopher, scholar and professor will know how ignorant they are Terrorists, hooligans, gangsters and drug dealers will know the reality They will realize that life is nothing but vanity Their missiles and guns and bombs will be unable to help them The escort, bodyguards, bouncers will be unable to protect themselves Their weight will loose; their muscles will cuddle and turn flat And after that Man’s temperature will read indirectly His stimuli will dis-stimulate negatively He will shiver under 12pm sun Father will see but not recognize his son The moon will burn and the sun will freeze him His leg will be unable to hold him * A man who live his life and forget his origin He malign and mistreat the filthy And he believe he will repent when he reaches fifty He’s gonna pray and seek for forgiveness at older age But death took him away at earlier stage He womanise and he cheated; he wine and dine So, his grave will welcome him as the most despise A believer on the other hand whom his heart is purest His grave will welcome him as the most beloveth He would be exempt from any form of suffering And he will pass without exam on the day of judgement
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