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"clicked" poems
Your smile makes me smile, Your laugh makes me laugh, Your eyes are enchanting, You make my thoughts seem daft. Since the day I first laid eyes on you, My feelings grew and grew. In that first conversation my knees clicked and clacked, And those butterflies flipped and flapped. And as I spill these simple rhymes, My mind goes over time and time, Why didn't you ask me to dance, During that slow song of endless romance? I hope this doesn't seem to creepy. Please don't think my thoughts have flown too freely. Just know that what I speak is true, And that I have fallen deeply for you.
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Jun 29, 2014
Jun 29, 2014 at 3:43 AM UTC
CRUSH
Your smile makes me smile, Your laugh makes me laugh, Your eyes are enchanting, You make my thoughts seem daft. Since the day I first laid eyes on you, My feelings grew and grew. In that first conversation my knees clicked and clacked, And those butterflies flipped and flapped. And as I spill these simple rhymes, My mind goes over time and time, Why didn't you ask me to dance, During that slow song of endless romance? I hope this doesn't seem to creepy. Please don't think my thoughts have flown too freely. Just know that what I speak is true, And that I have fallen deeply for you.
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Jun 29, 2014
Jun 29, 2014 at 3:46 AM UTC
CRUSH
"Back from vacation", the barber announces, or the postman, or the girl at the drugstore, now tan. They are amazed to find the workaday world still in place, their absence having slipped no cogs, their customers having hardly missed them, and there being so sparse an audience to tell of the wonders, the pyramids they have seen, the silken warm seas, the nighttimes of marimbas, the purchases achieved in foreign languages, the beggars, the flies, the hotel luxury, the grandeur of marble cities. But at Customs the humdrum pressed its claims. Gray days clicked shut around them; the yoke still fit, warm as if never shucked. The world is still so small, the evidence says, though their hearts cry, "Not so!"
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Back From Vacation
And life came in, crowned in blood, kissed and messed, announcing itself with a cry.   A girl-child, missing piece, fitted to my breast her weight absorbed with my heart's sigh She was fear personified, so heavenly blessed, she made my terrified simpers her lullaby. I felt my heart's core swell to absorb her scent, and my eyes overflowed with love's cascading cry. She cast light into my darkened chaotic hurt - sparked a desire to wake, to live, to try, clasping her whole fist around my ring finger, holding me still; the whole world passing by. And in her absence she left her shadow nestled in my chest. And in my absence I hid my kisses in her sigh. She grew with eyes of blue and a sympathetic smile - all faerie dust on the wing of a butterfly, an almost echo of a girl I once knew. Except she didn't know that kind of cry, wouldn't know anything less than rainbows, than Christmas mornings and endless blue skies. We tripped, clicked heels through the passing years, from little girl to little woman in the blink of an eye, till we were both wearing her shoes instead of mine. And like Alice, she snapped from low to high she grew - time sculpting curvy definitions of who I hope and fear she will be. She is golden curls and girlish giggles ever wondering the where or the why ever seeking to help, to heal, to try to pour her heart into an undeserving world. She has legs she claims to stand her ground to be, to free, to hold her own. And though like me, she is not me, since she is so much braver than I. Her finger is wrapped around her innocence holding strong to consent or deny. This life will make her cry her tears and this world will realise her fears but she will ever have the wings to fly and I will ever ready to sing her our lullaby.
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Jul 8, 2013
Jul 8, 2013 at 3:37 PM UTC
Beck Bees
And life came in, crowned in blood, kissed and messed, announcing itself with a cry.   A girl-child, missing piece, fitted to my breast her weight absorbed with my heart's sigh She was fear personified, so heavenly blessed, she made my terrified simpers her lullaby. I felt my heart's core swell to absorb her scent, and my eyes overflowed with love's cascading cry. She cast light into my darkened chaotic hurt - sparked a desire to wake, to live, to try, clasping her whole fist around my ring finger, holding me still; the whole world passing by. And in her absence she left her shadow nestled in my chest. And in my absence I hid my kisses in her sigh. She grew with eyes of blue and a sympathetic smile - all faerie dust on the wing of a butterfly, an almost echo of a girl I once knew. Except she didn't know that kind of cry, wouldn't know anything less than rainbows, than Christmas mornings and endless blue skies. We tripped, clicked heels through the passing years, from little girl to little woman in the blink of an eye, till we were both wearing her shoes instead of mine. And like Alice, she snapped from low to high she grew - time sculpting curvy definitions of who I hope and fear she will be. She is golden curls and girlish giggles ever wondering the where or the why ever seeking to help, to heal, to try to pour her heart into an undeserving world. She has legs she claims to stand her ground to be, to free, to hold her own. And though like me, she is not me, since she is so much braver than I. Her finger is wrapped around her innocence holding strong to consent or deny. This life will make her cry her tears and this world will realise her fears but she will ever have the wings to fly and I will ever ready to sing her our lullaby.
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I was on my way to a party Dressed in heels and a crop top When I entered the corner store To purchase some snacks And on my way to the cashier A man standing in an aisle Browsing through peanuts Glanced up and stopped mid-search When I clicked past him And proceeded to uncomfortably stare I walked into the gas station Wearing dark wash jeans and a v-neck With my best friend at 2 AM When two drunken men stumbled in And began eyeing us up and smirking My friend leaned in to me and whispered, "I'm really scared." Overhearing her, one man elbowed the other And with a smile on his face taunted, "Oh no, we're scaring them." I was at the laundry mat one night Wearing shorts and a baggy shirt When a middle aged man across the room Kept gawking at me from over the washers Uneasy, I went outside to smoke To which he stood at the window And kept a close eye on me I called a friend and stayed on the phone Because I was afraid to go back And get my clothes alone I stepped out of my vehicle In my sweatpants and flipflops To grab some cigarettes quick When a white bearded man Was already at my heels "Hey, how're you honey?" I quickly replied, "fine". And hurried into the store Without looking back It seems like every time I leave the house It doesn't matter what I'm wearing It could be "provocative" or a burlap sack I always end up feeling threatened Heartbeat in my ears Cold sweat on my back So don't blame it on my outfit Don't blame it on my actions Because I'm not asking for it I just want to be left alone
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Jul 21, 2015
Jul 21, 2015 at 8:34 AM UTC
****** Harassment 101
I was on my way to a party Dressed in heels and a crop top When I entered the corner store To purchase some snacks And on my way to the cashier A man standing in an aisle Browsing through peanuts Glanced up and stopped mid-search When I clicked past him And proceeded to uncomfortably stare I walked into the gas station Wearing dark wash jeans and a v-neck With my best friend at 2 AM When two drunken men stumbled in And began eyeing us up and smirking My friend leaned in to me and whispered, "I'm really scared." Overhearing her, one man elbowed the other And with a smile on his face taunted, "Oh no, we're scaring them." I was at the laundry mat one night Wearing shorts and a baggy shirt When a middle aged man across the room Kept gawking at me from over the washers Uneasy, I went outside to smoke To which he stood at the window And kept a close eye on me I called a friend and stayed on the phone Because I was afraid to go back And get my clothes alone I stepped out of my vehicle In my sweatpants and flipflops To grab some cigarettes quick When a white bearded man Was already at my heels "Hey, how're you honey?" I quickly replied, "fine". And hurried into the store Without looking back It seems like every time I leave the house It doesn't matter what I'm wearing It could be "provocative" or a burlap sack I always end up feeling threatened Heartbeat in my ears Cold sweat on my back So don't blame it on my outfit Don't blame it on my actions Because I'm not asking for it I just want to be left alone
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*I am blue I am black and white altogether I can tell today is not my day Not my day Not even with you Not my day I feel trapped like an insect Under and inside a glass cup I am the insect and cup altogether Transparent but unseen From the inside No one can hear me I'd rather that so I'd rather them not hear me All the white noise Clicked off from the world I shut down I'm under and inside the cup Squirming yet staying still Never moving evermore I am blue I am black and **white altogether I can tell you this Today is not my day Even as I write these words Not my day The world's noise was clicked off As I was put under and inside this cup Not my day I hate being in and under Bug in a cup Not my day....*
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Feb 12, 2015
Feb 12, 2015 at 12:57 AM UTC
Bug in a Cup
I woke up one day The end of my bed, A jewelry box Pink as the ribbon they used to represent her; I traced over her disappearing fingertips The rim of the box clicked open, It clicked to life The music tickling my ears; A plastic ballerina stands as a guardian Hands in the air Waiting for someone to join her, Twirling around like my eyes that follow her, To see we are all alone
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May 27, 2015
May 27, 2015 at 10:38 AM UTC
Jewelry Box
people **** people with nothing but fingers and hair and their very heavy breath. their breath like a crow beak before crucifixes of straw. like a tightening banishment of a lung. remember when we would blow it onto our car window and create that consistent mirth of fog to begin in? the bodies riddled with bullets that flank the highway are no such thing. the schoolchildren lying face down in the corner of the closet are no such thing. they are just winter coats with schoolchildren to fill them for the time being. no amputation of what’s mine will aid them into the grave. no mass communication grief. so why would you call it a mass grave when in truth it was just a pit i dug to fill with crowds of people who died under the pretense that they had previously done so, that nothing was new under the sun. and when people **** people like people do with their instruments as ways of extending themselves into the world and into the marrow of our body obliterating organs of people with their stretching of the muscular rib, shoulder. one eye closes firmly. it’s nothing but a hand gun as if to say a hand eats the gun and makes it whole. as if to say the reinforced metal door exit plan for people who are being killed by other people clicked shut and locked 15,000 years ago and i can’t quit slamming what’s left of me into it. your kid is very dead. but then again so is mine. suppose they killed each other. suppose they both made the mistake of dragging their small, stupid bodies through the trajectory of another body in the first place. in the chip aisle of a gas station maybe. in theaters this christmas. in the midst of a good song that began playing on the lobby radio just a minute before, oh yeah before, things really got going. i saw people killing people on television the other day with their whole bodies, devouring themselves like surgical gloves slick with oiled consumption and bleeding out and i could do nothing. some kids died just because and they told me so and i was told nothing could ever help them because they were just people and they were dying. “breaking news” ended up just being people again. in those moments, i was eating breakfast. our houses were very quiet and needed me in all of them, grandfather clock over CNN, clarifying what has already been committed and committed again. the cipher was others lost blood.
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Dec 9, 2019
Dec 9, 2019 at 12:24 AM UTC
clarification
people **** people with nothing but fingers and hair and their very heavy breath. their breath like a crow beak before crucifixes of straw. like a tightening banishment of a lung. remember when we would blow it onto our car window and create that consistent mirth of fog to begin in? the bodies riddled with bullets that flank the highway are no such thing. the schoolchildren lying face down in the corner of the closet are no such thing. they are just winter coats with schoolchildren to fill them for the time being. no amputation of what’s mine will aid them into the grave. no mass communication grief. so why would you call it a mass grave when in truth it was just a pit i dug to fill with crowds of people who died under the pretense that they had previously done so, that nothing was new under the sun. and when people **** people like people do with their instruments as ways of extending themselves into the world and into the marrow of our body obliterating organs of people with their stretching of the muscular rib, shoulder. one eye closes firmly. it’s nothing but a hand gun as if to say a hand eats the gun and makes it whole. as if to say the reinforced metal door exit plan for people who are being killed by other people clicked shut and locked 15,000 years ago and i can’t quit slamming what’s left of me into it. your kid is very dead. but then again so is mine. suppose they killed each other. suppose they both made the mistake of dragging their small, stupid bodies through the trajectory of another body in the first place. in the chip aisle of a gas station maybe. in theaters this christmas. in the midst of a good song that began playing on the lobby radio just a minute before, oh yeah before, things really got going. i saw people killing people on television the other day with their whole bodies, devouring themselves like surgical gloves slick with oiled consumption and bleeding out and i could do nothing. some kids died just because and they told me so and i was told nothing could ever help them because they were just people and they were dying. “breaking news” ended up just being people again. in those moments, i was eating breakfast. our houses were very quiet and needed me in all of them, grandfather clock over CNN, clarifying what has already been committed and committed again. the cipher was others lost blood.
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From the humblest of beginnings Began a tough innings A family deprived His dad had died So to work he went To help pay the rent From a teen to a man In a short time span He had many a job Hard earned each “bob” He was a keeper of bees He picked beans and peas With marbles and shanghai He had a keen eye So rabbits he’d stalk Their pelts he sought A butcher and baker And fence post maker A fisherman and fruiterer And even spud picker A shearer of great ability Those shears he clicked with agility From morn to night He worked hard alright Met a girl and made her his wife Ten children now blessed his life He provided as best he could Forever working for their good A large family and so little money Life, of course, was not always sunny Simply he lived, simple his dwelling The trials he faced so very compelling A ****** awful thing was done A terrible tragedy stole his son With grief immeasurable and untold He held together; staying controlled Children struggled to forgive their mother As she left him and found another Yet for her he would always stand Always hoping to win back her hand Another tragedy claimed a limb We thought it would be the death of him His work, his wife, his health now gone Yet silently, painfully he continued on We knew his heart was terribly broken Yet always forgiveness he had spoken We knew he lived with daily pain But silent and strong he would remain His strength and courage was beyond belief But for him there would be no relief His children were now all grown He died, one night … alone
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Jan 6, 2011
Jan 6, 2011 at 12:49 PM UTC
Aussie Battler
From the humblest of beginnings Began a tough innings A family deprived His dad had died So to work he went To help pay the rent From a teen to a man In a short time span He had many a job Hard earned each “bob” He was a keeper of bees He picked beans and peas With marbles and shanghai He had a keen eye So rabbits he’d stalk Their pelts he sought A butcher and baker And fence post maker A fisherman and fruiterer And even spud picker A shearer of great ability Those shears he clicked with agility From morn to night He worked hard alright Met a girl and made her his wife Ten children now blessed his life He provided as best he could Forever working for their good A large family and so little money Life, of course, was not always sunny Simply he lived, simple his dwelling The trials he faced so very compelling A ****** awful thing was done A terrible tragedy stole his son With grief immeasurable and untold He held together; staying controlled Children struggled to forgive their mother As she left him and found another Yet for her he would always stand Always hoping to win back her hand Another tragedy claimed a limb We thought it would be the death of him His work, his wife, his health now gone Yet silently, painfully he continued on We knew his heart was terribly broken Yet always forgiveness he had spoken We knew he lived with daily pain But silent and strong he would remain His strength and courage was beyond belief But for him there would be no relief His children were now all grown He died, one night … alone
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Late nights in your car, listening to turnover and drinking coffee. For the longest time I was that girl in the Paramore shirt and converse. Eventually you asked me my name and to be friends. Friends didn't last long due to the fact that we clicked instantly. From music to mannerisms we were in sync. When I think of you, I smell coffee and cigarettes.   I feel warm knowing I'll always have your jacket and arms to keep me warm. I'm always cold because I know we're both terrified to lose each other. But when I started to drift from you for the first time, you didn't say anything because you didn't want to be over-barring. After a while you caved and finally told me you missed me. But what I miss, is the way it feels when you hugged me and i breathed in your scent. When you touch me, I have no thoughts, all I hear is complete silence. I'm always nervous but more calm than ever with you. You know my struggles and have seen my scars but still tell me its okay and I'm beautiful anyways. I like the way your eyes light up when you talk about the new sextape single; your smile is contagious. You say I make you jealous when I talk about all the boys who've touched me, But no one is more jealous than me when I think about all the girls you've held and told THEM that you LOVED THEM. I don't think I can handle us being "friends" much longer. Every time I'm with you I go to grab your hand but never reach it because I'm scared for your hand to slip out of mine. I never thought of my future because I'd rather be dead, but if you're with me, being alive doesn't sound too bad.
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May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015 at 10:11 PM UTC
I Think I Love You but I'm Scared
Late nights in your car, listening to turnover and drinking coffee. For the longest time I was that girl in the Paramore shirt and converse. Eventually you asked me my name and to be friends. Friends didn't last long due to the fact that we clicked instantly. From music to mannerisms we were in sync. When I think of you, I smell coffee and cigarettes.   I feel warm knowing I'll always have your jacket and arms to keep me warm. I'm always cold because I know we're both terrified to lose each other. But when I started to drift from you for the first time, you didn't say anything because you didn't want to be over-barring. After a while you caved and finally told me you missed me. But what I miss, is the way it feels when you hugged me and i breathed in your scent. When you touch me, I have no thoughts, all I hear is complete silence. I'm always nervous but more calm than ever with you. You know my struggles and have seen my scars but still tell me its okay and I'm beautiful anyways. I like the way your eyes light up when you talk about the new sextape single; your smile is contagious. You say I make you jealous when I talk about all the boys who've touched me, But no one is more jealous than me when I think about all the girls you've held and told THEM that you LOVED THEM. I don't think I can handle us being "friends" much longer. Every time I'm with you I go to grab your hand but never reach it because I'm scared for your hand to slip out of mine. I never thought of my future because I'd rather be dead, but if you're with me, being alive doesn't sound too bad.
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My mind was pulsing with endless subtly shaded descriptors and shockwave verbs, when a pop-up alert flashed red and yellow and blue… YOU HAVE ONLY 9 WORDS LEFT ! ACT NOW !!! YOUR LIFETIME ALLOTMENT IS 20,000,000,010 WRITTEN WORDS, AND.........YOU HAVE USED 20,000,000,001. ACT NOW OR LOSE YOUR RIGHT TO WRITE FOREVER! BUT WAIT !!!!!!    COMPLETE THE SIMPLE FORM BELOW IN THE NEXT 60 SECONDS AND WE’LL DOUBLE YOU TO 40 BILLION MORE. IMAGINE ALL THE SHIMMERING ADJECTIVES, THICK NOUNS, CLEVER ADVERBS AND PITHY PRONOUNS YOU WILL HAVE!!!!!!!!! Panicking, I clicked on the form and furiously typed … William Shakespeare 10 Henley Street Village South Statford Upon . . . . . .
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Sep 28, 2012
Sep 28, 2012 at 7:29 AM UTC
9 WORDS LEFT
I believe things happen for a reason Whether it's God or the force Some kind of cosmic power pulling strings and writing stories I'm not sure But I can tell you that I have somehow defied my own odds The choices I made did not take me away I am here There were times when I didn't think I would make it my high school graduation and that I would not see my 18th birthday The scars on my arms multiplied And the demons in my head screamed louder than ever before I lost my first love Then I lost my second I watched my family explode from close range And then I watched from a far Every insecurity swirled in my head like a blizzard I could not see a bright future And then something clicked Something bigger than myself took hold of my mind My heart was no longer heavy And I don't know if that's God stepping in or my own power of will But I have somehow managed to save myself And I know there is no quick fix to this disease that has held me captive for so long But I'm realizing that you should never stop moving when it gets dark Never quit breathing when the air gets thin And never back down even when your opponent is twice your size Or even when your opponent is yourself I know things happen for a reason That's obviously why I'm still here And although there is still a dark cloud over me I can start to see the sun beams And I know one day my sky will be clear
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Dec 18, 2015
Dec 18, 2015 at 8:42 AM UTC
Partly Sunny Skies
I would be Concerned when you clicked your face, Dotted with Spots hungry Mosquitoes bore But why must you advertise such sad grace, Your Promising Suave many Girls adore? I told you to care for yourself once again And preserve your Form from such Allergy Lucky they found it Cute, and cried out: "Ben! Come play with us. We won't find it Funny." Don't Worry. They're Serious. Try to Believe How your Charm treats you Special as you are Look! Your Windows open. Ready to Give That One Direction to your Guiding Star. And this from him: Your Dad's Loving Light shine Becomes the Best of YOU; His Heart in thine.
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Mar 12, 2013
Mar 12, 2013 at 11:20 PM UTC
SONNET TRIBUTE SUNDRY: BENJAMIN DALEY
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Mar 12, 2010
Mar 12, 2010 at 6:59 PM UTC
**** blue jesus
clinton rebukes israel over east jerusalem homes obama nasa plans catastrophic say moon astronauts alaska wolves **** woman's teacher out jogging ireland frees 3 cartoonist plot suspects sarkozy and brown attack u.s. over protectionism pope benedict's former diocese rehoused abuser priest chile puts quake damage at $30bn winnie denies interview criticizing nelson mandela climate change makes birds shrink in north america dr rowan williams is honored for work on russia weymouth ridgeway skeletons scandinavian vikings live bangladesh v england michael schumacher pledges to raise game in bahrain can the u.s. vice-president broker middle east peace? sarkozy's party faces socialist drubbing remote indian state set for development new york dust victims split on 9/11 deal german tells of childhood abuse by catholic priest a step closer to the american dream? lehman: how $50bn was buried in london ba strike union announces dates in march china's oil demand increase astonishing says iea china warns google to comply with censorship laws net clash for web police projects hsbc admits huge swiss bank data theft phil spector ****** conviction appealed sir david jason to voice cbbc animation climate change 'makes birds shrink' in north america thalidomide effect mystery solved blood pressure fluctuations warning sign for stroke winnie denies interview criticizing nelson mandela mogadishu residents told to leave somali capital same-sex couples marry in mexico city by mistake i clicked on wrong button and lost everything
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*Familiar eyes staring at him Instantly she was gone with the crowd Haunted by her melancholic gaze Like an animal, followed her scent from miles He ended up in a small ice cream parlor Dug dug dug dug dug dug dug His heart singing a song of nervousness He’s just 2 feet away from her ---------- Four years ago, a boy met a girl.. “Two vanilla ice cream in the largest cone please” The boy is in queue after her Out of nowhere stars will light up the room Only for the two of them **“Vanilla ice cream is my favorite” “Good, I hate it” he answered back** And the conversation continued Inside and outside the ice cream parlor They just clicked for each other They just.. It became their new favorite place He started to love vanilla ice cream too No need to state the obvious Their eyes spoke of affection and love ---------- He ended up in a small ice cream parlor Dug dug dug dug dug dug dug His heart singing a song of nervousness He’s just 2 feet away from her ---------- It was the place where they first met Where they first talked Where they realized they like each Where they confessed their feelings Where their love turned as sweet as a vanilla ice cream Two years ago when he last visited that place Two years ago when he last tasted vanilla ice cream Two years ago when he last saw her Two years ago when they broke up They ended in the same place where they have started ---------- Sweating despite the cold weather Tongue seems to be tied Palpitating heart, butterflies in his stomach But it wasn’t her, it will never be her Because she was gone, she was gone ---------- He wakes up from the bittersweet dream It was just a dream, a dream, a dream A beautiful yet a sad dream that will haunt him forever And then he remembers, it is her 2nd death anniversary today **And instead of flowers, Vanilla ice cream is what he brings on her graveyard** *
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Nov 7, 2016
Nov 7, 2016 at 10:53 AM UTC
Vanilla Ice Cream
*Familiar eyes staring at him Instantly she was gone with the crowd Haunted by her melancholic gaze Like an animal, followed her scent from miles He ended up in a small ice cream parlor Dug dug dug dug dug dug dug His heart singing a song of nervousness He’s just 2 feet away from her ---------- Four years ago, a boy met a girl.. “Two vanilla ice cream in the largest cone please” The boy is in queue after her Out of nowhere stars will light up the room Only for the two of them **“Vanilla ice cream is my favorite” “Good, I hate it” he answered back** And the conversation continued Inside and outside the ice cream parlor They just clicked for each other They just.. It became their new favorite place He started to love vanilla ice cream too No need to state the obvious Their eyes spoke of affection and love ---------- He ended up in a small ice cream parlor Dug dug dug dug dug dug dug His heart singing a song of nervousness He’s just 2 feet away from her ---------- It was the place where they first met Where they first talked Where they realized they like each Where they confessed their feelings Where their love turned as sweet as a vanilla ice cream Two years ago when he last visited that place Two years ago when he last tasted vanilla ice cream Two years ago when he last saw her Two years ago when they broke up They ended in the same place where they have started ---------- Sweating despite the cold weather Tongue seems to be tied Palpitating heart, butterflies in his stomach But it wasn’t her, it will never be her Because she was gone, she was gone ---------- He wakes up from the bittersweet dream It was just a dream, a dream, a dream A beautiful yet a sad dream that will haunt him forever And then he remembers, it is her 2nd death anniversary today **And instead of flowers, Vanilla ice cream is what he brings on her graveyard** *
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I remember helping bake With my Granny....Elisie Boone She always said Whoever makes the mess Gets to lick the spoon I always liked to help her I'd go see her every week I liked that saying more than Turn the other cheek Granny always turned a phrase And whistled a sweet tune And whenever I helped make a mess I got to lick the spoon Time passed and my Grannies gone But one thing still has clicked whoever makes the mess still has To make sure the spoon gets licked Whether in the kitchen making cookies or a cake or ******** up with something else I don't care what it may take If you're the one who made the mess you get what you deserve It's your **** job to lick the spoon No matter what gets served Good advice, it don't come cheap But good advice ....it stays And lick the spoon is good advice From back in grannies days It doesn't matter what happened I don't care how it tastes You made the mess, now lick the spoon Good advice don't go to waste I still think of my granny When I whistle that sweet tune Remember, boy...you made the mess Now...you've got to lick the spoon!
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Mar 22, 2014
Mar 22, 2014 at 10:20 PM UTC
You've got to lick the spoon
I remember the night my mother was stung by a scorpion. Ten hours of steady rain had driven him to crawl beneath a sack of rice. Parting with his poison - flash of diabolic tail in the dark room - he risked the rain again. The peasants came like swarms of flies and buzzed the name of God a hundred times to paralyse the Evil One. With candles and with lanterns throwing giant scorpion shadows on the mud-baked walls they searched for him: he was not found. They clicked their tongues. With every movement that the scorpion made his poison moved in Mother's blood, they said. May he sit still, they said May the sins of your previous birth be burned away tonight, they said. May your suffering decrease the misfortunes of your next birth, they said. May the sum of all evil balanced in this unreal world against the sum of good become diminished by your pain. May the poison purify your flesh of desire, and your spirit of ambition, they said, and they sat around on the floor with my mother in the centre, the peace of understanding on each face. More candles, more lanterns, more neighbours, more insects, and the endless rain. My mother twisted through and through, groaning on a mat. My father, sceptic, rationalist, trying every curse and blessing, powder, mixture, herb and hybrid. He even poured a little paraffin upon the bitten toe and put a match to it. I watched the flame feeding on my mother. I watched the holy man perform his rites to tame the poison with an incantation. After twenty hours it lost its sting. My mother only said Thank God the scorpion picked on me And spared my children.
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May 13, 2014
May 13, 2014 at 7:29 AM UTC
Night of the Scorpion by Nissim Ezekiel
I remember the night my mother was stung by a scorpion. Ten hours of steady rain had driven him to crawl beneath a sack of rice. Parting with his poison - flash of diabolic tail in the dark room - he risked the rain again. The peasants came like swarms of flies and buzzed the name of God a hundred times to paralyse the Evil One. With candles and with lanterns throwing giant scorpion shadows on the mud-baked walls they searched for him: he was not found. They clicked their tongues. With every movement that the scorpion made his poison moved in Mother's blood, they said. May he sit still, they said May the sins of your previous birth be burned away tonight, they said. May your suffering decrease the misfortunes of your next birth, they said. May the sum of all evil balanced in this unreal world against the sum of good become diminished by your pain. May the poison purify your flesh of desire, and your spirit of ambition, they said, and they sat around on the floor with my mother in the centre, the peace of understanding on each face. More candles, more lanterns, more neighbours, more insects, and the endless rain. My mother twisted through and through, groaning on a mat. My father, sceptic, rationalist, trying every curse and blessing, powder, mixture, herb and hybrid. He even poured a little paraffin upon the bitten toe and put a match to it. I watched the flame feeding on my mother. I watched the holy man perform his rites to tame the poison with an incantation. After twenty hours it lost its sting. My mother only said Thank God the scorpion picked on me And spared my children.
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Thinking about you   What you said You asked me what I see in you You asked a question and now I’ll answer I see wild eyes as they stare back at me, Like burning sapphires, a longing glare To ask me that question right then and there Was totally unfair But now I'll answer a long time after What do I see in you I’ve asked myself every day But oh how stupid I was being when what I see is right there Now that my answer finally clicked I see a nice guy kind with blue eyes and brown hair Now to say that to you I could not So I wrote it down instead You got your answer but you didn’t care you even admit that you threw it in a puddle But a week or 3 later say you kept it Since you asked me that question and I answered so long after I asked you that question in which you didn’t take your answer seriously When I asked for a serious answer you said my response took 2 months And that yours would take the same but there isn’t 2 months left of school and time for that I tried you ignore me I'm in tears Please I beg of you Please don't do this to me Please Stones Stones No...
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Sep 1, 2018
Sep 1, 2018 at 11:11 PM UTC
Thinking about you
Everyone is born with a lock on their heart and a key in their hand. But my lock was broken. No one could fit their key in, for my lock had been damaged as a little girl and the key I was given had been misshapen. Until you came along, your own key and lock had been broken many times as a child and somehow the exact dent that had made it impossible for you to find a fit had slipped perfectly between my ******* and clicked. Unlocking something I never thought would unlock. And my key, a key that had only been used once before without success fit inside your lock with a click as well. Each lock opening to show emotions we had kept so tightly closed. And as I looked into your eyes, each other's hearts open on display, I realized that maybe our "damaged goods" are only damaged to the wrong people. Because for each other we were the exact fit we needed.
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Nov 7, 2017
Nov 7, 2017 at 9:16 PM UTC
Lock and Key
She wore bright glossy Humbug tights. Aw **** the way she smoked her Marlboro Lights was pornographic. She flicked her smoke rings at the traffic and was blown to bits by cheap hairspray. (Considering my love of Jean Genet, I told her ‘you make sense this way.’ She smiled and clicked a ****** heel. ‘Holy **** How real you feel!’ Not that I have points of reference.) Stop confusing my ******* preference with La-La-Lola Soho Kink. Your lips are painted ***** pink and you wrap them round your glass and down your Lambrini-Girls Pre-Party drink. (I want you against my kitchen sink!) And naked - How you overplayed it! I think you were a bit afraid of both your halves, your masquerade, your matching scars. (What did mermaids do to all their sailors struck by stars?) You’re a crazy fusion, Top-heavy wonder. You’re a woman, my dear - and you pulled me under.
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Sep 2, 2013
Sep 2, 2013 at 9:32 AM UTC
la-la-lola
*Last night I lay awake, long after you left And let the sheets on your side grow cold. Long after the door clicked shut On the last sliver of hallway light, I stared at the ceiling, wondering who I am when I'm with you. I've never felt safe enough to really show myself to somebody. And there I was with you, Taking the liberties I always deny myself. You know Just how to touch me. I could have stayed in that place Where time meant nothing Where we were a pinwheel of legs and wandering hands And wandering lips, as well, Breath snagging in gasps on the jagged edges of lust, Forever. It was like drowning in a person. Amber and slow, Somehow so calm but so desperate as well. I've never met someone Game For the build- The hours of little looks and casual touches, Fingertips here, And there, Those moments that make the first kiss a slow, sweet death and rebirth. It always feels, With you, As if time means nothing. We have all of it. There's no rush, no hurry, Because you and me, We're a sure thing together. And yet still when you touch me I surrender to you On instinct, Full of need All of a sudden. You are a dangerous sort, I sometimes think: You say yes to me. Everything I need, That I am not supposed to need, You offer. Every permission I have ever denied myself You grant me. Maybe that is why when you slide your teeth along my lip I could cry out from wanting you. Maybe that is why when I finally did manage to sleep last night I dreamed every inch of you by candlelight.*
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Sep 30, 2013
Sep 30, 2013 at 11:32 PM UTC
Candlelight
*Last night I lay awake, long after you left And let the sheets on your side grow cold. Long after the door clicked shut On the last sliver of hallway light, I stared at the ceiling, wondering who I am when I'm with you. I've never felt safe enough to really show myself to somebody. And there I was with you, Taking the liberties I always deny myself. You know Just how to touch me. I could have stayed in that place Where time meant nothing Where we were a pinwheel of legs and wandering hands And wandering lips, as well, Breath snagging in gasps on the jagged edges of lust, Forever. It was like drowning in a person. Amber and slow, Somehow so calm but so desperate as well. I've never met someone Game For the build- The hours of little looks and casual touches, Fingertips here, And there, Those moments that make the first kiss a slow, sweet death and rebirth. It always feels, With you, As if time means nothing. We have all of it. There's no rush, no hurry, Because you and me, We're a sure thing together. And yet still when you touch me I surrender to you On instinct, Full of need All of a sudden. You are a dangerous sort, I sometimes think: You say yes to me. Everything I need, That I am not supposed to need, You offer. Every permission I have ever denied myself You grant me. Maybe that is why when you slide your teeth along my lip I could cry out from wanting you. Maybe that is why when I finally did manage to sleep last night I dreamed every inch of you by candlelight.*
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I went for an X-Ray the other day. My name was called and after the expected delay, I heard a nurse say Right knee? I said Yep! She said “Come this way… Can you get your trouser leg up to your thigh"? I said “No… these skinny jeans don’t go that high”. “In that case” she said looking me up & down... with a frown Pop in that cubicle… and put on this gown! For a start…it took me ages to get these trousers off… and force the rest of my stuff into the carrier bag supplied and then, when I saw the gown, I very nearly died! It would have fitted me just fine if I’d been 18 again but the gaps and bulges in the thing were a farce... and allowed everyone in the corridor to see my fat 71 year old **** I said out loud when I sat down again in the queue “You know…I had an inferiority complex before I met any of you. But this has definitely taken me down a notch. And I apologise about the view”. However, inside the X-Ray room with all the techie kit and Radiographer Rob, I felt better… The pain in my knee had almost gone apart from a distant throb. Then he said “You’re completely safe, just lie back calm, quite still…serene”. Whilst he clicked the shutter from the other side of his lead lined screen. (So he was alright then!) Well, I’m home again now, hobbling about… It’s bearable (not like childbirth ladies) but not great. I’m sitting here with my leg up waiting for the letter that will let me know my fate. Ah yes… men and pain! There is a well know fact about the differences between the sexes. It’s proven that, with men, colds become flu…and ailments:- epidemics… (No really!) So, here’s the letter… Now...will it be Ointment? Physio, to transform a permanent slouch? Or a keyhole flush with a catheter? Or - Oh no!… For me - it’s a titanium replacement knee!… Ouch! Somebody pass me that gown!!!
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Apr 27, 2019
Apr 27, 2019 at 6:09 PM UTC
Hospital Gown
I went for an X-Ray the other day. My name was called and after the expected delay, I heard a nurse say Right knee? I said Yep! She said “Come this way… Can you get your trouser leg up to your thigh"? I said “No… these skinny jeans don’t go that high”. “In that case” she said looking me up & down... with a frown Pop in that cubicle… and put on this gown! For a start…it took me ages to get these trousers off… and force the rest of my stuff into the carrier bag supplied and then, when I saw the gown, I very nearly died! It would have fitted me just fine if I’d been 18 again but the gaps and bulges in the thing were a farce... and allowed everyone in the corridor to see my fat 71 year old **** I said out loud when I sat down again in the queue “You know…I had an inferiority complex before I met any of you. But this has definitely taken me down a notch. And I apologise about the view”. However, inside the X-Ray room with all the techie kit and Radiographer Rob, I felt better… The pain in my knee had almost gone apart from a distant throb. Then he said “You’re completely safe, just lie back calm, quite still…serene”. Whilst he clicked the shutter from the other side of his lead lined screen. (So he was alright then!) Well, I’m home again now, hobbling about… It’s bearable (not like childbirth ladies) but not great. I’m sitting here with my leg up waiting for the letter that will let me know my fate. Ah yes… men and pain! There is a well know fact about the differences between the sexes. It’s proven that, with men, colds become flu…and ailments:- epidemics… (No really!) So, here’s the letter… Now...will it be Ointment? Physio, to transform a permanent slouch? Or a keyhole flush with a catheter? Or - Oh no!… For me - it’s a titanium replacement knee!… Ouch! Somebody pass me that gown!!!
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It's that time again. When rangey youth in wounded utes are sent to pick up tin. Eyes peeled for shiny mangled bikes and steely bits of thing. I want to see the crucible they put it in. Behold the pearly metallurgic mess unfold. A gleaming steaming mass of brassy storm So cooked and cooled and coaxed and clicked and jewelled into mercurial form Then moulded bright and fine once more. This is the Copper loop of life we mine. Eternal Circulated Alchemy Divine.
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Nov 20, 2017
Nov 20, 2017 at 2:30 AM UTC
Metallurgic Circle
I just clicked the "shuffle" button on the main page, for the first time, Did y'all know that was there? Honestly, it saddened me because all the poems I read only had, on average, about two or three likes and most of them were absolutely amazing! So, I went to these unknown poets pages and got even sadder, hardly any followers either! It's a shame that with all the readers, poets and writers alike that any poet would go unnoticed. This is my challenge for you... It's not to write any poems... Click the shuffle button! Read the poems, like them, share them, add them, everything! Help the new and upcoming poets get the recognition and feedback they deserve for their writing! ***Challenge: 1. Click shuffle 2. Read Poems 3. Like and Comment 4. Repeat Ten Times***
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Sep 26, 2014
Sep 26, 2014 at 10:44 PM UTC
Shuffle Challenge