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"cashing" poems
The all seeing iris imperial city The swiftest of stylus this side of the ‘sippi The trippiest spittin’ Promethean hippy Conspiracy theorist of eeriest verse The despotic hypnotic black flag bearin’ Hearst Still immersing myself in a poverty trap As I grapple with lack of fact check cashing crap Cryogenically frozen emotion vibes flowin’ From out my funk bunker boombox Overthrowin’ Your global dominion opinion with ease Shootin’ breezes with Tirailleurs Senegalese I’m the kid wicked picket sign paintin’ Tom Sawyer The ill eagle Taino privilege enjoyer Still swoopin’ in mean on each **** I make clean Pick the bones dry of serpentine oil green dreams Then I bury what’s left of your money machines With the pharaohs of old’s latest pyramid schemes
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Jul 15, 2018
Jul 15, 2018 at 12:10 PM UTC
Horus the Youth
Why the hell ... do they do it … ??? They run blacks like ... " Fluid " ... !!!    Well ... THE TRUTH is ... Most Coppers ... Keep Proving ...    ... They're ... STUPID ... !!!!!    Harassment ... INDEED ... !!!! is why ... some of them ... BLEED ... !!!!!    But ... Let me ... Proceed ... cos' ... I will ... NOT Concede ... !!!!! that ... ANY ... Police Force ... is .... " RACISM FREE " ... !!!!!!!!!    " This Morn' " ... It was ... ME ... who they wanted ... " To be " ...    ANOTHER ... Young Black ... in .... " Police Custody " ....    “Excuse me sir, your car is registered, to a national bank ?” “THAT’S BECAUSE THE CAR’S LEASED, I’M PAYING A FEE, SO THE CAR IS THE BANKS …. IT DON’T, BELONG TO ME … !!!…” “Okay Okay !!! but, can we have, your name please ?” “LET’S GO TO MY WORKPLACE, IT’S OVER THERE, SEE !”    See ..... That's when ... their faces ... Disguised their ... TRUE HATRED ... !!!!!    of ... seeing a black ... Who Ain't ... " Selling Crack " ... !!!!!    The car that I drive ... is ... " LEGIT " ...    That's a .... FACT .... !!!!!    While ... RACIST OLD BILL ... NEVER SEEM ... to get ... " SACKED " … !?! …    When ... " Their Nature's " ... EXPOSED ... !!!!!    They Quickly ... ” DECOMPOSE ” ... !!! and then ... just .... RESORT ... to ... ******* ... Up Their Nose ... !!!    Which ... Just goes to ... SHOW ...    It's NOT ... " Only Blacks " ... who take drugs ... when they're low ...    It's ... White People ... TOO ... !!!!! who shove ... Coc' ... Up Their Nose ...    But whose ... " Cashing In " ... ??? is what ... I want to ... KNOW ... !!!!!!!    because i'm ... Getting Sick ... of ...... " ALL TELL " ...... and ... " NO SHOW " ... !!!!!    They ... KEEP ON HARASSING ... !!! Then ... KEEP ON SUGGESTING ...    "Blacks being mis-treated, is NOT a Race Thing !"    But …. ???? ….    These ... "hidden-cam" ... shows Now Show ... how things' go ...    It's ... NOT JUST ... undercovers' ... Who ... " Sniff Out " ... THE TRUTH ... !!!    Now ... Journalists too ... have ... " Suddenly Learned " ... !?!    That ..... " White Men " ... under cover ... Show Racism's ... TRUE ... !!!!!!!!!!    NOT ... A figment in ... Black peoples' ... ****** …. Brain Tool ... !!!?!!! …    Now ... Those are not words ... I believe to be ... True ... !!!    I’m just ... " THE BLACK ” ...    .... Sherlock Holmes .... !!!! ....    Giving people ... " Some Clues " ... as to ... WHY ... " Some " ... Black Men ... feel the way that ... I DO ... !!!    Harassment ... is ... REAL ... !!!    But ... Here is ... THE DEAL ... !!!    " Some " ... Black people STEAL ... and DO ... move in ... "The Dark' ... Like ... "Covert" ... Navy Seals ... !!!!!    But ...... THIS ... Does Not mean ... that ... EVERY ... Black Person ... is into ... " THAT SCENE " ... !!!!!!!!    and that ... Money they've made ... Really NEEDS ... A Good Clean ... in a .... " Laundry Machine " .... ?!?    It's Policemen ... to me ... who work in ... " ***** TEAMS " ...    and then in ... " Their Dreams " ... Make ... Black People ... SCREAM ... !!!!!!    Just check through ... THE NEWS ...    You'll SEE ... what I mean ...    Well .....    My day's getting ... better .... now i've ... " Typed " ... These few ... " Letters " ...    But it's ..... Time to ... STOP TAPPING ...    cos' this poem i've written ... has allowed me to ... VENT ... !!!    My View ... On These ... PIGS ... !!!!!    Who ...... THRIVE ON ...... ……… ” HARASSMENT ” ………. !!! ? !!!
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Dec 6, 2014
Dec 6, 2014 at 5:49 PM UTC
"Harassment" ... A Poem written by Big Virge 21/01/2005
Why the hell ... do they do it … ??? They run blacks like ... " Fluid " ... !!!    Well ... THE TRUTH is ... Most Coppers ... Keep Proving ...    ... They're ... STUPID ... !!!!!    Harassment ... INDEED ... !!!! is why ... some of them ... BLEED ... !!!!!    But ... Let me ... Proceed ... cos' ... I will ... NOT Concede ... !!!!! that ... ANY ... Police Force ... is .... " RACISM FREE " ... !!!!!!!!!    " This Morn' " ... It was ... ME ... who they wanted ... " To be " ...    ANOTHER ... Young Black ... in .... " Police Custody " ....    “Excuse me sir, your car is registered, to a national bank ?” “THAT’S BECAUSE THE CAR’S LEASED, I’M PAYING A FEE, SO THE CAR IS THE BANKS …. IT DON’T, BELONG TO ME … !!!…” “Okay Okay !!! but, can we have, your name please ?” “LET’S GO TO MY WORKPLACE, IT’S OVER THERE, SEE !”    See ..... That's when ... their faces ... Disguised their ... TRUE HATRED ... !!!!!    of ... seeing a black ... Who Ain't ... " Selling Crack " ... !!!!!    The car that I drive ... is ... " LEGIT " ...    That's a .... FACT .... !!!!!    While ... RACIST OLD BILL ... NEVER SEEM ... to get ... " SACKED " … !?! …    When ... " Their Nature's " ... EXPOSED ... !!!!!    They Quickly ... ” DECOMPOSE ” ... !!! and then ... just .... RESORT ... to ... ******* ... Up Their Nose ... !!!    Which ... Just goes to ... SHOW ...    It's NOT ... " Only Blacks " ... who take drugs ... when they're low ...    It's ... White People ... TOO ... !!!!! who shove ... Coc' ... Up Their Nose ...    But whose ... " Cashing In " ... ??? is what ... I want to ... KNOW ... !!!!!!!    because i'm ... Getting Sick ... of ...... " ALL TELL " ...... and ... " NO SHOW " ... !!!!!    They ... KEEP ON HARASSING ... !!! Then ... KEEP ON SUGGESTING ...    "Blacks being mis-treated, is NOT a Race Thing !"    But …. ???? ….    These ... "hidden-cam" ... shows Now Show ... how things' go ...    It's ... NOT JUST ... undercovers' ... Who ... " Sniff Out " ... THE TRUTH ... !!!    Now ... Journalists too ... have ... " Suddenly Learned " ... !?!    That ..... " White Men " ... under cover ... Show Racism's ... TRUE ... !!!!!!!!!!    NOT ... A figment in ... Black peoples' ... ****** …. Brain Tool ... !!!?!!! …    Now ... Those are not words ... I believe to be ... True ... !!!    I’m just ... " THE BLACK ” ...    .... Sherlock Holmes .... !!!! ....    Giving people ... " Some Clues " ... as to ... WHY ... " Some " ... Black Men ... feel the way that ... I DO ... !!!    Harassment ... is ... REAL ... !!!    But ... Here is ... THE DEAL ... !!!    " Some " ... Black people STEAL ... and DO ... move in ... "The Dark' ... Like ... "Covert" ... Navy Seals ... !!!!!    But ...... THIS ... Does Not mean ... that ... EVERY ... Black Person ... is into ... " THAT SCENE " ... !!!!!!!!    and that ... Money they've made ... Really NEEDS ... A Good Clean ... in a .... " Laundry Machine " .... ?!?    It's Policemen ... to me ... who work in ... " ***** TEAMS " ...    and then in ... " Their Dreams " ... Make ... Black People ... SCREAM ... !!!!!!    Just check through ... THE NEWS ...    You'll SEE ... what I mean ...    Well .....    My day's getting ... better .... now i've ... " Typed " ... These few ... " Letters " ...    But it's ..... Time to ... STOP TAPPING ...    cos' this poem i've written ... has allowed me to ... VENT ... !!!    My View ... On These ... PIGS ... !!!!!    Who ...... THRIVE ON ...... ……… ” HARASSMENT ” ………. !!! ? !!!
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We speak with fire on our tongue Hoping to find a match in angry looks Aiming to light up and respark Hit where we know words hurt most Lashing out and cashing in I apologize for feelings for speaking truths You are proud but reach out As a means of saying sorry Ironic as we know we both Will do it all again Strike a match past the parchment Of our skin, drawing fires Drawing circles until we burn Out, out, again and again Smoldering embers of what could have been Leaving marks shaped like feelings Neither of us can make worth of And so they kept on drawing fires Past the parchment Of their skins
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Jul 9, 2018
Jul 9, 2018 at 3:47 PM UTC
They Drew Fires
Show me where to start, Show me where to begin. I'm only moments away, From cashing in. The road ahead isn't always straight and narrow, It sometimes struggles to stay on course. This of things to lead away, And make me feel so coarse. The ironed irony of this simple truth, Of hated things in faded youth. Can no longer wait in this waiting room, Tired, scared, and lonely here. As today is gone too soon.
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Apr 2, 2016
Apr 2, 2016 at 9:18 PM UTC
Gone Too Soon
Peculiar Agreed? How ******** clad lassies Get the pass to show their *** Long as nobody touches Jiving gyrations In counter-clockwise rotation Seldom unescorted by damnation By God, sense the relation She's losing her patience Can't afford to be a patient So being patient... That **** is ancient Swanging ******* before eyes Eyes that can't see Eyes blind by the fuckery ***** get hickory And the tic tickory of the clock Stops Drop drop Shake that body for the coin Make those men yearn to join Their meat to your groin Blind men throw out the presidents Nixon Jackson Benjamin Facts is That these hoes stay cashing in More than ****** busting traps And toting gats to make stacks Peculiar Agreed? How a ***** sell and smoke **** High off they own supply Baby mamas multiply Covered all the **** by a lie Making these young girls cry And the innocent have to die For this boy to strive When you mad at the *** clap Fat *** on a mans lap Slow wine then fast Slow grinding for cash But no harm is caused No obstruction of laws But men be a "Boss" & a woman... A loss
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Oct 19, 2013
Oct 19, 2013 at 1:47 AM UTC
Stripper Love
. The oceans are dying, Coral reefs are bleached, Ghostly acidic in the seas, Climate is changing, not for Nero, But for subjects who wait in whirlwinds Eye, underneath uncapped mountain peaks, And water is draining underground.  Where is Reason, where is sense uncommon?  Not with Elected hands who are wringing to lords of zero, Whose legions are sent off, engaged in foreign wars, To scathe, faraway dramas brought back home, Politicians squabble, as they reel, cashing in, Seals of unapprovals, witness hollow, low rings, Infrastructure crumbles, above our dry heads, And Nero plays his fiddle, in a land of perky dead, John Lennon said NYC was in reality the new Rome, soon set to burn, in a decade or so, Nero knows, Nero plays, could give a feck' Humanity is Nero playing his fiery fiddle There is only one issue of news that matters, Not bread, or circus, Kardashians, or deflated Footballs, it is our survival, the earth, heating up, Is angry and we are small, deaf, blind and numb, A mankind of fools with Nero playing his fiddle.
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Jun 25, 2015
Jun 25, 2015 at 8:35 PM UTC
Nero's World
Laughter & glitter Sunshining through straight white teeth – voice unheard of With a smile to make any man slither over Cutting soft stomachs open Driving out with sticks and leaves and rocks And leaving me with the tab How like them to err for the sake of error Terrible and true Acuity bound It’s feeding time at the zoo & There’s no one to take this noose off around my neck We were swimming in the gulf when she asked Why create when there’s so much to destroy? My hands their play things too Toys ordained from disdain sustained By tight men in tight suits Watching us from Ivory Towers What a relief & the power trips of the circus beneath them Reaching out with viral irony I scream Out to the heavens heaven doesn’t take collect calls & here she is connecting souls to mates Correcting hate and abating disgrace worldwide Webs intangible but thought to be hooked To the hearts that spun them Free flowing love & peace to cut my noose hung from The sycamore tree As for me what more could please Disease eradicated People educated Our lives illustrated not by blood off a bayonet But by regret eliminated Fat cats in high homes with low self esteem would seem Just as happy to see her redacted from the text books Crooked lies straightened & the sad thing is they Trick us fine serfs to mitigate others in their organized ignorance Leaving us in the dark to elbow for clues Groping the dust blind & Hurting ourselves with ***** fingernails scratching She shouts like a car crash & Everyone’s at the scene drawn to attention By flashing red & blue Cashing their moral chips for a peepshow Their smiles use less muscles than frowns but take twice the effort Affecting deflections of accusations People listen & how couldn’t they? Her words lifting chins like a rope over a branch But this time the tree’s on fire The Tower’s burning & she’s cutting all the safety nets Like she cut the rope off around my neck
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Mar 20, 2013
Mar 20, 2013 at 1:28 AM UTC
Sycamore
Laughter & glitter Sunshining through straight white teeth – voice unheard of With a smile to make any man slither over Cutting soft stomachs open Driving out with sticks and leaves and rocks And leaving me with the tab How like them to err for the sake of error Terrible and true Acuity bound It’s feeding time at the zoo & There’s no one to take this noose off around my neck We were swimming in the gulf when she asked Why create when there’s so much to destroy? My hands their play things too Toys ordained from disdain sustained By tight men in tight suits Watching us from Ivory Towers What a relief & the power trips of the circus beneath them Reaching out with viral irony I scream Out to the heavens heaven doesn’t take collect calls & here she is connecting souls to mates Correcting hate and abating disgrace worldwide Webs intangible but thought to be hooked To the hearts that spun them Free flowing love & peace to cut my noose hung from The sycamore tree As for me what more could please Disease eradicated People educated Our lives illustrated not by blood off a bayonet But by regret eliminated Fat cats in high homes with low self esteem would seem Just as happy to see her redacted from the text books Crooked lies straightened & the sad thing is they Trick us fine serfs to mitigate others in their organized ignorance Leaving us in the dark to elbow for clues Groping the dust blind & Hurting ourselves with ***** fingernails scratching She shouts like a car crash & Everyone’s at the scene drawn to attention By flashing red & blue Cashing their moral chips for a peepshow Their smiles use less muscles than frowns but take twice the effort Affecting deflections of accusations People listen & how couldn’t they? Her words lifting chins like a rope over a branch But this time the tree’s on fire The Tower’s burning & she’s cutting all the safety nets Like she cut the rope off around my neck
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Ante, Shuffle, Deal me in You should know that I came to win Perfect smile, low cut dress You'll reveal everything Cut the deck and deal the cards I cant win until this thing starts We both know this is my last game Place your bets, raises, calls I bet my blind you're a queen of hearts Pocket Aces, bluff and call I'd chase the river from this start No one wins until one of us ends Play the slow game and stay your hand There's no way I can lose this game My chips are all in when you're playing with my heart I chased my queen down the river *** commited and I'm all in Cashing in on my losings Neither of us can ever win We could run away together We'd have to leave right now Let them chase us for forever And burn this card house down Time to make a decision This has gone on way too long Stay, fold, or raise me Cant hide behind your cards When you gave me your heart, baby You said it was safe to play But my hearts set on arson And you love this game Burn the card, throw the flop Every tell reveals what your chasing Say the words, we can stop Let my jack baby be your king After this we wont be the same I'm the wildcard you cant tame If we'd both win I'd throw the game I would. Texas-hold my broken heart We were always meant to end like this A game of chance, a deck of cards Our love staked on a game -  of - risk What the hell, just roll the dice Someone else could be just as nice No more buy backs, you cant re-buy-in I'll burn this house down to ensure the house never wins I'll chase my queen down the river I committed and went all in Now I'm cashing in on my losings Cause its like I never win We can run away together We'd have to leave right now We'll run until forever And let them chase us down Time to make a decision We're both sick of playing games Thought I'd win on the gamble I wont buy your poker face You've got a decision, baby I've loved you from the start Or is everything I've dreamed of A bad hand of cards (Your clever highness usher out the bards try to hide the bluff in hide the bluff in your house of cards) Time to make a decision It'll never be the same Thought I played a safe gamble But you lit the flame You decide if we chase the river And if you'll lose this game But if you're gonna chase that rabbit This house - goes up - in flames Chase me to the river It'll cost you everything Chase me for forever But you know I'm all in You've got to make a decision I've loved you from the start Or is everything I've played for A bad hand of cards
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Apr 9, 2015
Apr 9, 2015 at 11:53 PM UTC
Arson on Poker Night (A Bad Hand of Cards)
Ante, Shuffle, Deal me in You should know that I came to win Perfect smile, low cut dress You'll reveal everything Cut the deck and deal the cards I cant win until this thing starts We both know this is my last game Place your bets, raises, calls I bet my blind you're a queen of hearts Pocket Aces, bluff and call I'd chase the river from this start No one wins until one of us ends Play the slow game and stay your hand There's no way I can lose this game My chips are all in when you're playing with my heart I chased my queen down the river *** commited and I'm all in Cashing in on my losings Neither of us can ever win We could run away together We'd have to leave right now Let them chase us for forever And burn this card house down Time to make a decision This has gone on way too long Stay, fold, or raise me Cant hide behind your cards When you gave me your heart, baby You said it was safe to play But my hearts set on arson And you love this game Burn the card, throw the flop Every tell reveals what your chasing Say the words, we can stop Let my jack baby be your king After this we wont be the same I'm the wildcard you cant tame If we'd both win I'd throw the game I would. Texas-hold my broken heart We were always meant to end like this A game of chance, a deck of cards Our love staked on a game -  of - risk What the hell, just roll the dice Someone else could be just as nice No more buy backs, you cant re-buy-in I'll burn this house down to ensure the house never wins I'll chase my queen down the river I committed and went all in Now I'm cashing in on my losings Cause its like I never win We can run away together We'd have to leave right now We'll run until forever And let them chase us down Time to make a decision We're both sick of playing games Thought I'd win on the gamble I wont buy your poker face You've got a decision, baby I've loved you from the start Or is everything I've dreamed of A bad hand of cards (Your clever highness usher out the bards try to hide the bluff in hide the bluff in your house of cards) Time to make a decision It'll never be the same Thought I played a safe gamble But you lit the flame You decide if we chase the river And if you'll lose this game But if you're gonna chase that rabbit This house - goes up - in flames Chase me to the river It'll cost you everything Chase me for forever But you know I'm all in You've got to make a decision I've loved you from the start Or is everything I've played for A bad hand of cards
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# *Not all was lost to the beast, nor to the silence that sheltered it. For deeper still, beneath the rubble of unspoken years, the child remained. Bruised, yes.. but not extinguished. Hidden; but not erased. A breath still moved, a spark unclaimed by the darkness. The beast does not feed  only on the wound itself, but on the hollow it leaves behind. Gaslighting, scapegoating, silence.. all these are its masons; carving out a chamber in the soul where the beast makes its abode. There, in the aloneness of the child, it feeds from within, claiming the silence as its fortress; the emptiness as its throne. And the door creaks again.. not always the first door,    but another.. a new figure cashing in on the void they sense. Their entry feels like company,    even love, yet it is only continuance... a repetition of the first harm. Worse still when the creak is painted with a smile, when exploitation wears the mask of care--    The abode deepens,     and the beast settles further    into the soul. Yet the fortress cannot hold forever. The silence cannot smother forever. Even the grave-dirt of denial cannot bury it whole. For the child endures where walls collapse, and the smallest cry outlives the loudest lie. The beast devoured much, but not all. And in what survives, the future breathes; a testimony, a beginning,     a voice     that will not be hushed.* #
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Sep 2, 2025
Sep 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM UTC
The Child
matt’s hats tom’s tools & tobacco lou’s liquors fred’s beds dale's doors frank’s planks bill’s drills jane’s drains & panes chuck’s check cashing cheryl’s barrels hank’s tanks tina’s trucks & tractors walt’s asphalt sean’s pawn rick’s rifles mom’s guns terry’s tires charlie’s harleys rhonda’s hondas jim’s rims art’s parts gus’s gas mike’s bikes frank’s feed gwen’s pens ann’s cans nancy’s nursery joes‘s clothes jess’s dresses bert’s skirts steve’s sleeves paul’s shawls michelle’s shells & bells al’s pails & snails sam’s hams & jams patty’s pancakes phil’s chili don’s donuts betty’s spaghetti bob’s burgers alycia’s quiches jean’s beans jerry’s berries anna’s bananas andy’s candies cathy’s taffies tony’s ponies roy’s toys ron’s batons kim’s whims marty’s parties jill’s pills rick’s tricks alice’s palace debbie’s disposal dave’s graves
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May 23, 2010
May 23, 2010 at 5:53 AM UTC
rodeo drive tucson
Spinning and spinning Six little circles Flushing a life down the drain Naught but a smidgen of straining, my pidgeon, A blurr to the vision, euphoric, no pain     My brain, Will just shut down I’ll get Out of this town The rain Gonna pour down and wash me away Whirling and twirling My heart in the middle Graphing the pathway to get the right spin Crisp calculation, the subtle equation Causing elation, at last cashing-in Your brain, Will just shut down You'll get Out of this town The rain Gonna pour down and wash you away    You must be THIS tall to ride this ride It’s your human RIGHT to a nice      suicide This celestial plane, ...and all of it’s      strife We can help you jump past it, It’s YOUR ******* life! It’s all in your hands. You know what to do. Now is the time To become the late YOU Your brain Will just shut down You'll get Out of this town The rain Gonna pour down and wash you away    My paradigm’s shifting The veil is lifting What was I thinking My heart rate is sinking And something is stinking My consciousness shrinking And what is that ringing Do I hear choirs singing? - Julijonas Fancy yourself the angel-reaper? Julijonas Urbonas Aren't you your brother’s keeper? Is this just a "what-if", ...for fun? O Julijonas Julijonas Urbonas …What have you done?
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Jan 18, 2015
Jan 18, 2015 at 6:44 PM UTC
Morose Coaster
TV’s going in living room Talking about our doom We’re laying on the front lawn Yesterday’s long gone Woman showing skin Too fat, too thin She can never win Throwing up yet again Listen up man We’re all ****** Re-repeating reprimands Demolition on demand Locate security Trying to make camp In independent infidelity Strutting to the bank Cashing in corrupted currency Stock markets sank Guitar man teary eyed Rock and roll came and died Record producer’s big old lies Broken dreams and wasted time Colorado Smokey Joe lights a bone Faded out to the ozone Smoking on home grown Got glaucoma? Get an O Shut up dude We’re all ******* Forget the olden days Give marriage to the gays Let go of the narrow minded silly ways Let it be as common as classic Frito-Lays Rolling in the new waves Is it God who really saves? Is there even one big deity? Guess there is if you believe Be born, live life Go to college, get a wife Get job, sacrifice It’s the norm, is it right? Have a kid, then have another Father, mother Sister, brother Try to tolerate each other Watch your back bro Because I don’t know Undecided, undeclared Run in circles, running scared Take a risk, double dare Love needs to be redefined Unanimously agreed and signed Peace in the heart and the mind Going down the rabbit hole Striving for that same goal Anti- bullying campaign Kid comes home blood stained Toughen up Enough's enough Individuality Opposing mainstream reality Wiseman taken as a fool Becomes another social causality Feel it Taste it On the back of your tongue Hanging by the gallows martyrs hung Climbing up the ladder’s rungs Foul smelling whiskey bums Grab a *** and stash it Looking like your bat **** Steal a car and crash it “Always wash your berries before you eat them and fly toward the sun”
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Mar 12, 2014
Mar 12, 2014 at 2:13 PM UTC
Pigeon Man
TV’s going in living room Talking about our doom We’re laying on the front lawn Yesterday’s long gone Woman showing skin Too fat, too thin She can never win Throwing up yet again Listen up man We’re all ****** Re-repeating reprimands Demolition on demand Locate security Trying to make camp In independent infidelity Strutting to the bank Cashing in corrupted currency Stock markets sank Guitar man teary eyed Rock and roll came and died Record producer’s big old lies Broken dreams and wasted time Colorado Smokey Joe lights a bone Faded out to the ozone Smoking on home grown Got glaucoma? Get an O Shut up dude We’re all ******* Forget the olden days Give marriage to the gays Let go of the narrow minded silly ways Let it be as common as classic Frito-Lays Rolling in the new waves Is it God who really saves? Is there even one big deity? Guess there is if you believe Be born, live life Go to college, get a wife Get job, sacrifice It’s the norm, is it right? Have a kid, then have another Father, mother Sister, brother Try to tolerate each other Watch your back bro Because I don’t know Undecided, undeclared Run in circles, running scared Take a risk, double dare Love needs to be redefined Unanimously agreed and signed Peace in the heart and the mind Going down the rabbit hole Striving for that same goal Anti- bullying campaign Kid comes home blood stained Toughen up Enough's enough Individuality Opposing mainstream reality Wiseman taken as a fool Becomes another social causality Feel it Taste it On the back of your tongue Hanging by the gallows martyrs hung Climbing up the ladder’s rungs Foul smelling whiskey bums Grab a *** and stash it Looking like your bat **** Steal a car and crash it “Always wash your berries before you eat them and fly toward the sun”
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On rainy days I look up poems set in Seattle, then look back at the rain set against the window I imagine the water was carried here from the shores of their bay across Pike Place, through Belltown, in buckets they use to carry Pacific salmon off fishing boats, or in lidded Styrofoam bowls used to take out clam chowder I practice walking in this manner, sans umbrella, through the parking lot of a South Florida strip mall. When I reach the 24-hour Dunkin Donuts, past the laundromat and the check cashing store, I channel my inner Seattleite: poised in wet socks, unrushed as the sips they take from their mugs when its **** pouring outside I renounce sugary accoutrements and have what they're having: Black coffee with a splash of rain, A balance perfected on their slanted hill streets that breed more poets per capita than anywhere else in the country Vegas can have its mirages in the desert San Francisco, its gold bridge I think I should just have this coffee, and this rainy day as the poem it is.
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Aug 24, 2017
Aug 24, 2017 at 10:58 AM UTC
Raining Coffee
Cashing A Check by johnmac I just saw this wonderful line in a column in a motorcycle magazine*: "The mind writes checks that the body can't cash". The vision that many from the old neighborhood have of me is short and thin with a Pepsi in one hand and a cigarette in the other Others will remember me as taller and thin, hitting a jumper from the corner or throwing a "no-look pass" to a cutter. Others will picture me at the end of the bar in the Broadstone with an open pack of Pall Malls and a half-finished beer on the bar; Don Gibson's "I Can't Stop Loving You" on the jukebox. "Pat, one more when you get a chance" Age has taken the jumper Diabetes has taken the Pepsi Common Sense has taken the cigarette and ***** I am older and wiser and hopefully more tolerant I am satisfied with my life but to just be able to once more fake the man guarding me and go up with a jumper and get nothing but net To be able to, once more, "cash that check" *”Milestones” by Robert Rasor, American Motorcyclist; March 2006 Copyright 2006 John F. McMullen
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Sep 17, 2009
Sep 17, 2009 at 2:22 PM UTC
Cashing A Check
The air has begun to adopt that damp and coppery hint of decay, every breath a syrupy drop of autumn.   Each morning the chorus of birds that greet the rising sun thins, its members gradually cashing in on their accrued vacation time and jetting off to winter homes in Florida.   Tourists. All birds are tourists. They won't be here to see the snow turn to viscera under the tread of our lesser travels.   No, they'll be tanning by gated watering holes, discussing the downward trend in early worm returns.
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Oct 19, 2012
Oct 19, 2012 at 9:52 AM UTC
Noctoberiety
After two weeks of fracking shale, We needed to unwind. So we went down to the Black Hawk in search of a real good time. My Buds picked up some “Ladies” and they disappeared up stairs. I sat down to play poker at the gaming tables there. An old guy sat across from me, gin and tonic on his mind. Two guys who looked like brothers were seated side by side.. I had a decent pile of chips, (I’m paid well for my time.) I’m also a pretty fair player and lady luck seemed on my side. My pile of chips kept growing as blue twilight turned to dark. The old guy at my table pulled at his tie in search of air. He started going faint and pale as he slid down off his chair.. I leapt up in a panic and raced to the old guys side. No one else in the casino seemed to care if he lived or died. I grabbed my phone, dialed Nine- one- one and told him to hold on. But when the E.M.T’s arrived, the poor old man was gone. It was then I saw my pile of chips was vanished from my place. Of those two brothers who sat in with us I couldn’t find a trace. A girl smiled sadly at my plight as people often will whenever age and treachery Trumps over youth and skill
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Nov 13, 2011
Nov 13, 2011 at 10:07 AM UTC
Cashing Out at the Black Hawk
when daily news over weeks and months reports events that  far exceed most people’s homespun nightmares can we react as poets and not be seen as cashing in on the sensation like all the media have come to do without regret? It may be wise not to give in to the temptation to create *********** of violence but try to just suggest the essence of catastrophe a lonely high-heeled sandal on the roadside one flip-flop much too small to fit adults a tough man crying without shame there are events for which we don’t have proper words this does not mean we should keep silent
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Jul 15, 2016
Jul 15, 2016 at 3:50 PM UTC
poetry in the time of terrorism
dozens of lamps on a string, flashing bass and **** yous hurling in the air "Cheese". fifty applications out, no cashing cold apartments and lots of life's not fair "Cheese". lotta pills in my veins, teeth gnashing at this point, i just don't care "Cheese". brother comes out, plates smashing parents won't share a prayer "Cheese". walked outside one night, two guys dashing bones cracking and small tears and a big tear "Cheese". eviction, no help, no compassion just another Kodak moment Say "Cheese".
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Jun 29, 2015
Jun 29, 2015 at 2:29 PM UTC
"Cheese"
you have this subtle curl of hair just behind your ear & I always see it when you're driving 'cause I can't ever look right at you your gaze is pure heat & I may begin to evaporate given enough time your pedestal is made out of innocence as well & I cannot help but wonder if we were always meant for a lost boys sort of life never truly growing old we could paint our own dinners we could stop cashing in on the cold I could age gracefully as long as I live by the water where the sun is always warm & my skin is made of gold
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Feb 3, 2013
Feb 3, 2013 at 1:10 AM UTC
.everyone's equal when they're dead.
Austerity emblazoned in silk fallen out of the ranks in the popularity stakes the iced tea on the hob warmingingly out of character Do you recall turning the page of irony yellowed blotter, signature book of those you'll never meet again autographed in old inked scrawl holed up with cobwebbed coats Well, they don't bother you now even though they stared you down head hunted the perfect prefect of popularity seeking you to check out the aged paper trail their current capabilities warranting a slice Settling, the nest felt comfy nurturing, gifts placed at your feet you dislodged the parrot from your shoulder it left its calling card, a neat reminder, chatted  up colourful clowns in the corner Squatting within a lurch of emotion fried eyed, stop tap turned off zero shifting into first place cashing in their deposit too late they paid in full willingly....it seemed Steamrollered, you left the game parked your plastic smile scrubbed clean the mossy mess sat back amongst daisy/buttercup armies felt the hot poker of rejection, water.....devoured it
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Apr 23, 2013
Apr 23, 2013 at 8:45 AM UTC
Letting go
"I'm madly in love with you." "I wish that could mean more." "Me too." Tethered to concrete, enlightened by laptop screen, the summer went out with a scream, autumn ends like flicking light switch. I'm cashing in time cards with three, Diseased, daring to get off cheap with three sets of teeth, crooked spines, and milk thistle dreams. The bluebirds you can keep, over-the-shoulder vultures--my scene. Death hands me a cup of coffee for free, and I have written up to the ending. I have written up to the ending. Ending the writing, waiting for you to compose the siren's song-- whether in hospital gown or naked and strapped to splintered mast, autumn ends by flicking a switch, while your screams echo backwards in the chambers of my memory. "I don't know how to say, what I want you to say." "Please try."
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Sep 11, 2011
Sep 11, 2011 at 11:47 PM UTC
Matinee
the straddling vines are there, I know, near the bedroom window, dangling against a starless sky, cascading the night, with a muted sly; encroaching the intermittent silences, between us, going places. cashing in on my ignorance of their senses, compared to mine, immersed in her ***** and on her thighs, the straddling veins shining on both, an eager moon, in vain as the clouds moved in to veil my lay in.
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Apr 7, 2010
Apr 7, 2010 at 3:07 AM UTC
a moment’s whine
Cashing in your years for tears, Is that the way to live? Living in a state of hate, With so many to forgive… Judging others for their flaws, While you, yourself are a fake. While you hold yourself above, We are humbled by mistakes. You walked away and watched As I drowned in a sinful sea While you turned the other cheek, He has always been there for me. Forgiveness has been upon me, I’ve forgiven you, as well. Although you’ve ignored me, He picked me up when I fell. When hypothetical happiness Dwells in your own personal hell, What will it take to make you realize That He will make you well?
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Jan 20, 2013
Jan 20, 2013 at 9:49 PM UTC
Forgiveness