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In Spanish, VIVIR means To Live, the proper conjugation of which to when you say something as improper as “I live” would simply be translated to “Yo Vivo”. I live, as a Colombian-American. I live, as “You don’t look Hispanic” I live, “Woah! You and your brother look nothing alike. You’re so… white.” I live, “My mom came home once and talked about a man who simply replied with a horribly pronounced “Me gusta” when my mom said she was Hispanic.” I live, “My dad condones abusive behavior because he thinks Latina aggression is **** I live, my mom asking me “Would you rather celebrate the Sweet Sixteen or have a quinceanera party?” I live, as the white boy sitting across the room in Spanish class asking “When will I need this in real life?” I live, as the “Yes I DO have a friend with a skin complexion similar to mine, and yes, he is Hispanic.” I live, most of my friends are beautiful people of color. I live, when will you open up the tab in Google and search some Hispanic History to fill your mind instead of “Latina **** I live, the messages on the Internet saying “You’re Hispanic? I bet you’re great in bed.” I live, there are NO gender neutral nouns in Spanish I live, yes I DO love coffee I live, no it did NOT stunt my growth I live, one kiss per cheek at family meet-ups I live, “Eskimo” nose rubs I live, "if you’re hispanic, why aren’t your ears pierced?" I live, being expected to remember Spanish just because it was my first language, but growing up with an American dad made me whiter than fresh bed-sheets sold in America, made in South America, Hecha en Peru. I live, my mom breaking into tears as she is so proud that I can sing in Spanish I live, my mom used to be so embarrassed, when I replied “un poco” to her friends asking “Tu Hablas Espanol?” I live, "if you’re Hispanic, is your mom an Alien?" I live, "But your dad looks so white!" I live, being subject to racism hidden in a joke, hidden in a remark about how pale I am, hidden behind a judgmental look, hidden behind a scoff, a laugh, a pity shrug, a fetishized assumption. I live the bulletproof clothing and horrible crimes I am warned about when I say I wanna go to Colombia I wanna go to my mom’s home. I live, as a Colombian-American. I live. Yo vivo.
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Dec 28, 2015
Dec 28, 2015 at 8:19 PM UTC
I live, Yo Vivo
In Spanish, VIVIR means To Live, the proper conjugation of which to when you say something as improper as “I live” would simply be translated to “Yo Vivo”. I live, as a Colombian-American. I live, as “You don’t look Hispanic” I live, “Woah! You and your brother look nothing alike. You’re so… white.” I live, “My mom came home once and talked about a man who simply replied with a horribly pronounced “Me gusta” when my mom said she was Hispanic.” I live, “My dad condones abusive behavior because he thinks Latina aggression is **** I live, my mom asking me “Would you rather celebrate the Sweet Sixteen or have a quinceanera party?” I live, as the white boy sitting across the room in Spanish class asking “When will I need this in real life?” I live, as the “Yes I DO have a friend with a skin complexion similar to mine, and yes, he is Hispanic.” I live, most of my friends are beautiful people of color. I live, when will you open up the tab in Google and search some Hispanic History to fill your mind instead of “Latina **** I live, the messages on the Internet saying “You’re Hispanic? I bet you’re great in bed.” I live, there are NO gender neutral nouns in Spanish I live, yes I DO love coffee I live, no it did NOT stunt my growth I live, one kiss per cheek at family meet-ups I live, “Eskimo” nose rubs I live, "if you’re hispanic, why aren’t your ears pierced?" I live, being expected to remember Spanish just because it was my first language, but growing up with an American dad made me whiter than fresh bed-sheets sold in America, made in South America, Hecha en Peru. I live, my mom breaking into tears as she is so proud that I can sing in Spanish I live, my mom used to be so embarrassed, when I replied “un poco” to her friends asking “Tu Hablas Espanol?” I live, "if you’re Hispanic, is your mom an Alien?" I live, "But your dad looks so white!" I live, being subject to racism hidden in a joke, hidden in a remark about how pale I am, hidden behind a judgmental look, hidden behind a scoff, a laugh, a pity shrug, a fetishized assumption. I live the bulletproof clothing and horrible crimes I am warned about when I say I wanna go to Colombia I wanna go to my mom’s home. I live, as a Colombian-American. I live. Yo vivo.
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Dec 21, 2019
Dec 21, 2019 at 11:08 AM UTC
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You lived alone in the solititude Of pure hundred years in Colombia Roaming in Amacondo with a Spanish tongue Carrying the bones of your grandmother in a sisal sag On your poverty written Colombian back, Gadabouting to make love in times of cholera, On none other than your bitter-sweet memories Of your melancholic ***** the daughter of Castro, Your cowardice made you to fear your momentous life In this glorious and poetic time of April 2014, Only to succumb to untimely black death That similarly dimunitized your cultural ancestor; Miguel de Cervantes, a quixotic Spaniard, You were to write to the colonel for your life, Before eating the cockerel you had ear-marked For Olympic cockfight, the hope of the oppressed, Come back from death, you dear Marquez To tell me more stories fanaticism to surrealism, From Tarzanic Africa the fabulous land An avatar of evil gods that are impish propre Only Vitian Naipaul and Salman Rushdie are not enough, For both of them are so naïve to tell the African stories, I will miss you a lot the rest of my life, my dear Garbo, But I will ever carry your living soul, my dear Garcia, Soul of your literature and poetry in a Maasai kioondo On my broad African shoulders during my journey of art, When coming to America to look for your culture That gave you versatile tongue and quill of a pen, Both I will take as your memento and crystallize them Into my future thespic umbrella of orature and literature.
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Apr 20, 2014
Apr 20, 2014 at 4:57 AM UTC
GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ
Summer breeze, the sun beats down on me. It leaves me a mark, paints me like my ancestors. A radiant glow. An exotic flower from the tropical gardens of Colombia. Just like an exotic flower from the tropical gardens of Colombia.
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Aug 10, 2018
Aug 10, 2018 at 8:01 PM UTC
Colombian Gardens
The Peace Process I don’t know where I'm going with this but there is peace in Colombia, the Marxist rebels lost and their **** women soldiers in green fatigue and weapons in arms will hand it all in for fashion magazines Hair- dressing salons and babies in arms. For women, a change from war to peace is easy to make it will be worse for men who feel inferior without guns. If Texas as an example had been a gun free zone you would have ended up with tall queens as cowhands, or what do I know left their oil wells and gone to Montana So why did the Marxist lose, ******* I think more economical beneficial, cash in hands better than a Marxist bible on the roof 28 years of peace the political parties in Colombia will have no consensus as the blamed is car mechanics or ranchers Everything is possible from the first female president in Colombia or and openly gay governor in Texas. Festive dresses and bulls with flowers on horns will be marching down the Avenue in Houston.
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Sep 3, 2016
Sep 3, 2016 at 4:57 AM UTC
the peace process
There is a place in Colombia where kids have proven they can educate themselves better than you can. In the midst of a world we have labelled "developing" children of farmers who don't know English (but are better citizens anyway) are kicking our superior ***** There's talk of bringing the method here where, no doubt, it will be standardized (all the better to fit into a single test) and forced down our children's throats while we coo God Bless America!
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Mar 21, 2015
Mar 21, 2015 at 5:01 PM UTC
Countries Developing Developing Countries
_While most beauty pageants are strictly for girls_, there are a growing number that include boys as well;                        [often, age divisions                        for boys run through age 6                        with very few going beyond that due to lack     of mutual participation in the rampant molestation];                                       Age divisions will often have names such as Baby Miss, Petite Miss, Little Miss &c. Age divisions broken     down   as follows: 0–11 months, 12–23 months, 1-3 years, 4–6 years, 7–9 years, 10–12 years, 13–15 years, and 16–18 years; For boys,         sometimes two age divisions would be merged such as 0–3 years, 4–6 years, etc. Depending on which type of pageant system is entered, contestants will spend about two hours or less in the actual competition. Typically, pageants have a guideline of no more than one and a half minutes on stage per child for beauty or formal evening wear; talent usually limited                        to two minutes or less;         with the exceptional allowance         of two and a half to three minutes; In glitz pageants, it is expected that girls have different routines for every segment of competition composed of different movements sometimes described as sassy walks and pretty feet among other names. ****** expressions can include liberal amounts of duck face; often referred to as "pro-am modeling". Big hair (including fake hair), flawless makeup, spray tans, flippers [fake teeth], and nail extensions are also expected of contestants;                    Glitz pageants may best be described as anything goes; groping, molestation, **** group molestation,          forced oral & ********* virginity checks are routine; any hyperactive child & also the parent subject                               to a thorough, prolonged cavity search; In contrast, natural pageants have fairly strict guidelines regarding clothing, makeup, hair extensions, etc. Programs such as _National American Miss_               forbid any makeup other than non-shiny lip gloss & mascara;               for girls on stage. This modeling style is referred to as Miss America style [Some pageants have a prescribed set of movements while others                    allow more latitude in how girls will use the stage or runway] Miss Tanguita translated _Miss Child Bikini,_ is held in Barbosa, Santader, Colombia as part of the annual del Rio Suarez Festival
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Aug 5, 2018
Aug 5, 2018 at 10:55 PM UTC
Puer ego sum vilis
_While most beauty pageants are strictly for girls_, there are a growing number that include boys as well;                        [often, age divisions                        for boys run through age 6                        with very few going beyond that due to lack     of mutual participation in the rampant molestation];                                       Age divisions will often have names such as Baby Miss, Petite Miss, Little Miss &c. Age divisions broken     down   as follows: 0–11 months, 12–23 months, 1-3 years, 4–6 years, 7–9 years, 10–12 years, 13–15 years, and 16–18 years; For boys,         sometimes two age divisions would be merged such as 0–3 years, 4–6 years, etc. Depending on which type of pageant system is entered, contestants will spend about two hours or less in the actual competition. Typically, pageants have a guideline of no more than one and a half minutes on stage per child for beauty or formal evening wear; talent usually limited                        to two minutes or less;         with the exceptional allowance         of two and a half to three minutes; In glitz pageants, it is expected that girls have different routines for every segment of competition composed of different movements sometimes described as sassy walks and pretty feet among other names. ****** expressions can include liberal amounts of duck face; often referred to as "pro-am modeling". Big hair (including fake hair), flawless makeup, spray tans, flippers [fake teeth], and nail extensions are also expected of contestants;                    Glitz pageants may best be described as anything goes; groping, molestation, **** group molestation,          forced oral & ********* virginity checks are routine; any hyperactive child & also the parent subject                               to a thorough, prolonged cavity search; In contrast, natural pageants have fairly strict guidelines regarding clothing, makeup, hair extensions, etc. Programs such as _National American Miss_               forbid any makeup other than non-shiny lip gloss & mascara;               for girls on stage. This modeling style is referred to as Miss America style [Some pageants have a prescribed set of movements while others                    allow more latitude in how girls will use the stage or runway] Miss Tanguita translated _Miss Child Bikini,_ is held in Barbosa, Santader, Colombia as part of the annual del Rio Suarez Festival
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****** Colombiana Dressed in red Her name was Ana Leaned in close She named her price Expensive taste Aim to entice Desperado,  El Caballero Like Cisco Kid The hall was narrow Was on her knees Always prayed In his pocket Underpaid En Colombia la vida loca Slowly reached Her skin like mocha A forty-five To Ana’s head Mucho dinero ****** dead
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Mar 2, 2010
Mar 2, 2010 at 6:54 PM UTC
******
Fanatics fixed their eyes upon The screen to cheer their team The mood there in the air was tense Tricolor seemed out of steam The clock was counting down The time was drawing nigh Doomed to lose and head on home Bid Russia their goodbye An errant shot deflected out Gave them one last chance To score a goal and prance about Show off their famous dance From the corner, the ball soared in A hero rose above Mina smacked it with his head And won his country's love England shocked to see the win Snatched right from their grasp Colombia delirious Successful at last gasp And thus the game was sent along Into the overtime Two periods were played to nil Two teams full in their prime Penalties would now decide Which team would advance The locals glued to their tvs The nation in a trance Falcao scores! Kane as well! Cuadrado, Rashford too! Muriel then strikes one home Tricolor up three to two! Ospina blocks the next one Hypes up the frenzied crowd But Uribe hits the crossbar And the silence echoes loud Trippier knots it up again We're down to final shots Bacca fails to get his through Past Pickford's valiant swat Fate rests upon this final kick Well placed with perfect spin Just past Ospina's outstreched hands Dier seals the win The cafeteros reel from shock No sign of jubilation But still the crowd, crushed in defeat Show their appreciation Colombia eliminated We give them all a hand And though their World Cup here is done I'm now their biggest fan
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Jul 4, 2018
Jul 4, 2018 at 2:58 AM UTC
Adios Cafeteros (an ode to the Colombian national team)
¿Por qué, por qué tiene que ser así? Esto no es correcto, no para mí. No quiero que me digan que pruebe el “Café de Costa Rica”, los “Bombones de Colombia”, las “Arepas de Venezuela”, las “Carnes de Argentina", las “Pastas italianas”, los “Tacos mexicanos”, la “Tortilla española”, la “Comida china” o la “Pizza con el ingrediente especial de Italia”. No quiero que me digan “Esto está hecho en China” ni “¡Wao! Esto no está hecho en China, está hecho en Taiwan”. No quiero que me digan “Mira este documental de África”, “Que hermosa se ve esa foto de la Torre Eiffel” o “Que alto debe estar ese edificio de New York”. No quiero que me cuenten cómo les fue en su viaje a Europa, su jornada en California o sus problemas mientras estuvieron en Canada. No quiero que me relaten las historias aprendidas durante su tiempo en Egipto o los bailes ensayados mientras estaban en Brasil. No quiero que hablen de su críticas respecto a la cutura de India, de Guyana o de Cuba. No quiero que me describan lo exquisita que estuvo la comida en Perú, en Australia o en República Dominicana. No quiero que me muestren la música de Jamaica o la de Rusia. No quiero que me digan  o me enseñen nada, nada más. Quiero yo poder probar los alimentos en su nacionalidad. Quiero sentir el aroma del café en las mañanas durante unas vacaciones en Costa Rica y probar ese toque especial que hace que la pizza en Italia sea diferente a la que acostumbramos a ordenar. Quiero ver cómo hacen los artefactos, estar en China y luego en Taiwan, tener esa experiencia de crear algo. Quiero visitar África y tomar mi propio documental, treparme en ese gigante edificio y apreciar la hermosa vista. Quiero ser yo la que cuente mi experiencia en las calles de Europa, California o Canada. Quiero aprender historias sobre Egipto y sus magníficas esculturas, incluso quiero aprender a darzar como lo hacen en Brasil y cada movimiento perfeccionar. Quiero dar las críticas sobre mis pensamientos hacia dichas culturas, pero con respeto. Quiero describir los suculentos platos y hacer que las personas se los imaginen, de tal manera que hasta en sus paladares puedan sentirlos. Quiero  escuchar la música de Jamaica y la de Rusia y si es en vivo, aún mejor, así podré meditarla e interpretarla. Puede sonar un poco alocado y para muchos sin sentido, pero para mí es más que un simple pensamiento o cualquier capricho, son sueños y metas que a diario me propongo. Para ello hay que trabajar duro, pero desde mi niñez me enseñaron que “el que quiere puede, solo hay que perseverar para triunfar”. Sé que algún día lo voy a alcanzar y todos se sorprenderán, cuando con orgullo les relate sobre lo que un día fue “un simple  deseo internacional ”.
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Apr 4, 2015
Apr 4, 2015 at 12:24 PM UTC
Deseo internacional
¿Por qué, por qué tiene que ser así? Esto no es correcto, no para mí. No quiero que me digan que pruebe el “Café de Costa Rica”, los “Bombones de Colombia”, las “Arepas de Venezuela”, las “Carnes de Argentina", las “Pastas italianas”, los “Tacos mexicanos”, la “Tortilla española”, la “Comida china” o la “Pizza con el ingrediente especial de Italia”. No quiero que me digan “Esto está hecho en China” ni “¡Wao! Esto no está hecho en China, está hecho en Taiwan”. No quiero que me digan “Mira este documental de África”, “Que hermosa se ve esa foto de la Torre Eiffel” o “Que alto debe estar ese edificio de New York”. No quiero que me cuenten cómo les fue en su viaje a Europa, su jornada en California o sus problemas mientras estuvieron en Canada. No quiero que me relaten las historias aprendidas durante su tiempo en Egipto o los bailes ensayados mientras estaban en Brasil. No quiero que hablen de su críticas respecto a la cutura de India, de Guyana o de Cuba. No quiero que me describan lo exquisita que estuvo la comida en Perú, en Australia o en República Dominicana. No quiero que me muestren la música de Jamaica o la de Rusia. No quiero que me digan  o me enseñen nada, nada más. Quiero yo poder probar los alimentos en su nacionalidad. Quiero sentir el aroma del café en las mañanas durante unas vacaciones en Costa Rica y probar ese toque especial que hace que la pizza en Italia sea diferente a la que acostumbramos a ordenar. Quiero ver cómo hacen los artefactos, estar en China y luego en Taiwan, tener esa experiencia de crear algo. Quiero visitar África y tomar mi propio documental, treparme en ese gigante edificio y apreciar la hermosa vista. Quiero ser yo la que cuente mi experiencia en las calles de Europa, California o Canada. Quiero aprender historias sobre Egipto y sus magníficas esculturas, incluso quiero aprender a darzar como lo hacen en Brasil y cada movimiento perfeccionar. Quiero dar las críticas sobre mis pensamientos hacia dichas culturas, pero con respeto. Quiero describir los suculentos platos y hacer que las personas se los imaginen, de tal manera que hasta en sus paladares puedan sentirlos. Quiero  escuchar la música de Jamaica y la de Rusia y si es en vivo, aún mejor, así podré meditarla e interpretarla. Puede sonar un poco alocado y para muchos sin sentido, pero para mí es más que un simple pensamiento o cualquier capricho, son sueños y metas que a diario me propongo. Para ello hay que trabajar duro, pero desde mi niñez me enseñaron que “el que quiere puede, solo hay que perseverar para triunfar”. Sé que algún día lo voy a alcanzar y todos se sorprenderán, cuando con orgullo les relate sobre lo que un día fue “un simple  deseo internacional ”.
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Twelve days on the isthmus, trudging through the gap, we sliced & diced vines along the trail, through a world all its own. Iguanas & butterflies accompanied us, along with the tarantulas, toucans & monkeys. Everything was in tune, nature at its finest. But the bearded-dudes we encountered seeemed way out of place, different from the nature that was around us. They were unusually focused, out of touch with their long line of saddlebagged-mulas & fully-packed mochilas. The automatic weapons & machetes finished off the picture of these serious hombres, the runners of the jungle. We traded Marlboro's & Johnny Walker Red for some tea & sugar & they waved us on by, gave us safe passage into Colombia.
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Sep 6, 2014
Sep 6, 2014 at 10:07 PM UTC
The Runners of The Jungle
AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL? Were you aware that our nation opposed Haiti's revolution for democracy in the early 1800s; that our nation's war against Mexico that began in 1846 resulted in our taking half of Mexico for ourselves; that our nation defeated Spain ostensibly to liberate Cuba, but actually established a military base on the island and furtively gained de facto control of its puppet government; that our nation seized Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Guam; that our nation had fought a brutal war to subjugate the Phillipines; that our nation had opened Japan for trade with us with threats and gunboats; that our nation created an "Open Door" policy with China to exploit it economically; that our nation engineered a revolution against Colombia to create the nation of Panama so we could build the canal through it; that our nation sent 5,000 Marines in 1926 to Nicaragua to counter their democratic revolution; that our nation in 1916 intervened in the Dominican Republic for the fourth time; that our nation in 1915 intervened in Haiti for the second time, and so on. Imperialism, not democracy, steered our nation's decisions and movements. Did any of you learn about, let alone study extensively, any of these flagitious Ameican acts and policies as you sat and squirmed in your high school American history class? My surmise is that you did not. But I bet you were required in at least one of your classrooms sometime between 1st and 12th grade to stand at attention, as it were, and recite the Pledge of Allegiance as you saluted the flag in the corner. My riposte: What does it matter if our flags are waving, if our spirits are flagging? Epilogue: Most importantly, never forget that it was the two evils of slavery and genocide that propelled our nation into what once was the most influential nation on Earth. Copyright 2020 Tod Howard Hawks
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Jun 26, 2020
Jun 26, 2020 at 8:52 PM UTC
AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL?
AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL? Were you aware that our nation opposed Haiti's revolution for democracy in the early 1800s; that our nation's war against Mexico that began in 1846 resulted in our taking half of Mexico for ourselves; that our nation defeated Spain ostensibly to liberate Cuba, but actually established a military base on the island and furtively gained de facto control of its puppet government; that our nation seized Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Guam; that our nation had fought a brutal war to subjugate the Phillipines; that our nation had opened Japan for trade with us with threats and gunboats; that our nation created an "Open Door" policy with China to exploit it economically; that our nation engineered a revolution against Colombia to create the nation of Panama so we could build the canal through it; that our nation sent 5,000 Marines in 1926 to Nicaragua to counter their democratic revolution; that our nation in 1916 intervened in the Dominican Republic for the fourth time; that our nation in 1915 intervened in Haiti for the second time, and so on. Imperialism, not democracy, steered our nation's decisions and movements. Did any of you learn about, let alone study extensively, any of these flagitious Ameican acts and policies as you sat and squirmed in your high school American history class? My surmise is that you did not. But I bet you were required in at least one of your classrooms sometime between 1st and 12th grade to stand at attention, as it were, and recite the Pledge of Allegiance as you saluted the flag in the corner. My riposte: What does it matter if our flags are waving, if our spirits are flagging? Epilogue: Most importantly, never forget that it was the two evils of slavery and genocide that propelled our nation into what once was the most influential nation on Earth. Copyright 2020 Tod Howard Hawks
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My early sea town home came With strides of colossal change floating between The marrow of my bones; gnawing inside. Chance always showed me where to go Landing near deep, blue-green waves That washed the soft slumber from my eyes. Perlious seas to cover the silence of a murmurous beauty Pouring into the Colombia Gorge that flows a horizen-line Against the rim of peaceful strangeness in the city. Darkening dusk hovered in the wide quietness Of Forest Park with lanterns lit along the west coast while I counted the spaces of plum-colored stars. There I went running on the hills through the virescent woods Of tall evergreen trees dripping wanton rain into the hollows of a wet earth. Dressed in ghost-white like a wayward drifter. Night, emitted a warmth of drunken red wine With tireless voices laugh shaken to beats of ethereal music. Departure struck me with sudden change to a new home. Ripped away and fixed in the belief of happenstance. Always to remember the feeling of being young On this cold night in Oregon.
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Jan 9, 2013
Jan 9, 2013 at 10:11 PM UTC
Happenstance
Colombian drug lords,              so fearing the dog's                superlative abilities,         put a hit out on the              medal-winning K9 agent Colombian drug cartel has put out a $70,000 hit on a drug-sniffing German shepherd after she helped authorities discover nearly 10 tons of the group’s ******* Sombra “Shadow” in English, has since been relocated by authorities after the Urabeños, considered Colombia’s most powerful criminal organization, put the price on her head, reported the BBC on Thursday; the 6-year-old canine having  an incredibly successful career as a drug sniffer thus far;        having uncovered a record amount of narcotics
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Jul 26, 2018
Jul 26, 2018 at 3:53 PM UTC
secret agent dog
In what dimension did I imagine this Not a very happy one. I pulled and brought this onto my cosmic dust Im sure it’s a door. For it has brought me to a plane They are good times and they are Well they are the ones i bare on my back every single day A couple of sweet caress and the day you stabbed my heart with some sort of hell inducing sin One most try to understand these words as they hit How to get rid of this love It is getting rid of me For some reason you keep getting pushed into my realm of life With each time of horrible down . I think, you think we all think It would be over But as if some magnetic pull of thought brings you here Every month , every day of every year Consequently Bringing us here , and you with some horrible sense of taste Drag the devil on your tale. Ofcourse it would be you , after all it is your favorite thing You seek the feeling , as you may call it Like a ******* animal Im just wondering I what dimension this will happen , after a night like I know you had. How do you come to me with your sweet seducing lips and your wide eyes pulling out a guitar in the middle of some rich peoples parking lot playing a melody you concealed in your memory of what i bring to you. Ofcourse I will be melting in this reality. How does this even happen time after time  we have seen hell together Rock and roll saves my life Time after time Theres something in the sound of god it sounds a lot like Hendrix Stop touching my face I can touch it all I want you’ll say It’s hard What if really funny hipster music helped me say this to you. But maybe I should speak in your language You’ve got some nerve coming here You stoled it all give it back Thom yorke reminds me of us After all it reminds me of you And as this happens my phone rings your name It hurts Its hard You know you should but you don’t give it back how to get rid of this love of mine how to forget those nights I cried his reality is in another time where he can separate the truth by hoping the future is kept. what dimension am I living I should be in Colombia Col-OM-bia My spiritual home to you I shall return. I wirte to remember I remember to forget It seems to work im tired of thinking of you I even ignored your call For today is the first day of many days where I attempt the so far impossible. I will forget you.
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Jun 11, 2012
Jun 11, 2012 at 7:11 PM UTC
One and never again
In what dimension did I imagine this Not a very happy one. I pulled and brought this onto my cosmic dust Im sure it’s a door. For it has brought me to a plane They are good times and they are Well they are the ones i bare on my back every single day A couple of sweet caress and the day you stabbed my heart with some sort of hell inducing sin One most try to understand these words as they hit How to get rid of this love It is getting rid of me For some reason you keep getting pushed into my realm of life With each time of horrible down . I think, you think we all think It would be over But as if some magnetic pull of thought brings you here Every month , every day of every year Consequently Bringing us here , and you with some horrible sense of taste Drag the devil on your tale. Ofcourse it would be you , after all it is your favorite thing You seek the feeling , as you may call it Like a ******* animal Im just wondering I what dimension this will happen , after a night like I know you had. How do you come to me with your sweet seducing lips and your wide eyes pulling out a guitar in the middle of some rich peoples parking lot playing a melody you concealed in your memory of what i bring to you. Ofcourse I will be melting in this reality. How does this even happen time after time  we have seen hell together Rock and roll saves my life Time after time Theres something in the sound of god it sounds a lot like Hendrix Stop touching my face I can touch it all I want you’ll say It’s hard What if really funny hipster music helped me say this to you. But maybe I should speak in your language You’ve got some nerve coming here You stoled it all give it back Thom yorke reminds me of us After all it reminds me of you And as this happens my phone rings your name It hurts Its hard You know you should but you don’t give it back how to get rid of this love of mine how to forget those nights I cried his reality is in another time where he can separate the truth by hoping the future is kept. what dimension am I living I should be in Colombia Col-OM-bia My spiritual home to you I shall return. I wirte to remember I remember to forget It seems to work im tired of thinking of you I even ignored your call For today is the first day of many days where I attempt the so far impossible. I will forget you.
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My beau’s eyes are pins on an atlas To all the places I’d like to go Andorra, Saint Lucia, Underwater Atlantis Colombia, Christmas Island, New Mexico His body is a masterpiece Just thinking of it makes me want to shout I have never seen a more exquisite centerpiece As when he sits on the table with flowers in his mouth To describe his kisses is a foolish thing to do There are not enough words to express How the taste of his tongue as sweet as honey dew Are enough to make the soul undress And yet, with all these things considered, I know he is not The One For him I feel a thousand feelings, but not one of them is love.
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Jul 10, 2015
Jul 10, 2015 at 4:58 PM UTC
Sonnet 232
(I live in Cali, Colombia) 1. My sketchy run-in with the cute gluehead. 2. You say you’re armed, my girlfriend says you can’t have my camera. 3. I guess I’m bilingual, but man do I feel stupid right now. 4. No, coworker, I don’t feel like sharing with you why I’m going hiena in the break room. (culprit) 5. What a pain that I don't remember your name. 6. I ate my brains for breakfast with onion, tomato, and toast. 7. If my daydreams were broad cast right now your boyfriend would probably hurt me. 8. You, my friend, are my friend. 9. Just dropped a drumstick 3 songs into our very first gig. 10. No sir I don’t want to buy that gun...oh...what’s that? You’d like the contents of my pockets? 11. My pleasant walk to wherever. 12. Clandestine house-party tonail clipping session. 13. My beard is doing a fantastic ashtray impersonation. 14. Beérjá vu. 15. “Um...did I really just say that?" 16. Gringo moment #247. 17. Well well welcome to ***** Wonka’s South American silicone factory. 18. Are my neighbors being cold because they know I puked in their front garden? 19. Everyone is staring at me...must be time for a haircut. 20. ”Is this who I’m supposed to be?"
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Feb 27, 2013
Feb 27, 2013 at 3:26 PM UTC
Possible Poem-Titles about Life-Moments
I miss my friends The squad goals that never end Four personalities well meshed Inspiring artistic trends And devouring all life has The white is black Salinas is back To life inside this sack Of flesh and bones fully intact A beautiful heart where nothing lacks Colombia is crazy Pops ****** and makes them hazy Disrespect her she'll beat you endlessly But her heart of gold so full of love Her home a place of rest for me Gerlt! the artist Intellectual and passionate The alien prodigy Ambitious creator Bringing art to reality Jon the ****** Forrest *** freako Fifty shades of foolishness Open minded to all people No empathy for you though Squad Kronicles Taking on new challenges Unmasking new ideas Reaching new levels Aliens amongst normal peoples JM 4/29/17
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Apr 29, 2017
Apr 29, 2017 at 9:07 AM UTC
Squad Kronicles
" I met a woman from Colombia, our cultures are far from the same. Yet when we kiss are thoughts become one, as we dismiss the world of all it's childish games."
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Jul 15, 2015
Jul 15, 2015 at 2:06 PM UTC
" When Playtime Ends & Love Begins"
State Of Affairs Pandemic still isn’t over, starting to think it might never end, searching for a 4 leaf clover, so I can get some better luck or at least pretend, but I can’t complain my life is great, I’ve got everything I ever wanted, bought it all without getting the cops involved, got it so good I don’t even need to flaunt it, honest, as honest as a lost comet can be in all this, I thought, we’d finally be free but I guess it’s a process, it’s 2021, Year Of The Machines, seems we're finally one They finally won, & we didn’t even put up a fight or flee, Covid gets headlines, while unnoticed goes cancer & heart disease, which I could explain it better, but I guess I’ll leave that to the machines, every call & text monitored, every movement tracked, how many more shots before we’re all shot, how long until we get our freedom back, spending more time online than with real friends, touching our phones more than we touch others, no one even sees each other’s friendly faces anymore, can’t even find a friend out there let alone a lover, as the satellites hover, AI is in orbit but we just ignore it, & I know we’re in a game for our humanity, but I don’t even know what the score is, pandemic still isn’t over, starting to think it might never end, searching for a 4 leaf clover, so I can get some better luck or at least pretend… A Lux Aug 27th, 2021 Colombia #istillloveyou
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Sep 3, 2021
Sep 3, 2021 at 2:33 PM UTC
State Of Affairs
Yesterday I spilt the beans, 100% Colombia Arabica. Daisy, the Border Collie from Westport in Mayo, Was on to the # Browny's in a flash, just as Kaldi's Goats were, in Ethiopia circa 850 A.D. The 250 grams of beans were no different to a herd Of sheep scattered on the hill of Croagh Patrick. I was the poor shepherd while Daisy, true to her Evolutionary inheritance went after the fleeing flock, Though not to help put them back in the bag, she began to eat them! A night from hell ensued, wooden floors, long nails, pacing, pacing. Daisy had her first high, but today, she is in a sheep dip.
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Jan 20, 2019
Jan 20, 2019 at 3:50 AM UTC
850 A.D.
Que viva Colombia! Que viva el vueltiao Que viva el tamal tolimense Que viva mi machete Que viva la ruana Que viva la cumbia Que viva el guarapo Que viva Peñaranda Que viva la sabana, el monte, el llano y el mar Que viva mi abuelita ****** Que viva el M.A.N., mi papá
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Aug 21, 2018
Aug 21, 2018 at 11:58 PM UTC
Eh Ave Maria ...por Dios hombe
The realist idealist Marxist on acid Unruliest Julius Social class bashin' Hash waxin' Jet Jackson I'm back in it, packin' My 9 days of fastin' And rockin' my Rama Like Lama of Dalai To Burma, Malawi I'm thirsty for Mali Diwali to light up in spite of the plight From the right, I'm so left that it's theft All I own is the night I been deep in the jungles Apocalypse Now Reading little red books About chairmen named Mao But like Gandhi's ahimsa I'm teaching them how We make no man's land peace From they cash Curacao Where I see water everywhere But not a drop to drink Just hydro-frackin' krakens They're unleashing on your kitchen sink And still the rising Apartheid Brings death before the dioxide Insecticidal suicide And herbicidal genocide Colombia? That's classified It's why I build my ark from FARC Embarking on my Narcos kick A fix fit for a Bolshevik For now my journey never ends Until I cure this homesickness
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Sep 30, 2017
Sep 30, 2017 at 12:49 PM UTC
Exiled