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Clock arms ***** upward while the sleepers lie in their beds thoroughly wet dreams soak the ***** thoughts in their heads Mothers obsessed with 7:00 am alarms rush their ***** teenagers to designated stops while a rising yolk shines bright in eyes of sleepy pupils who wait for a ******* on wheels to shuttle them to institutions addicted to #2 pencils
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May 1, 2016
May 1, 2016 at 6:43 PM UTC
Average suburban kids
“Moby ****  Herman Melville <•> ~for the lost at sea~ after a year of saltwater absence and abstinence, return to the island caught between two land forks surrounded by river-heading flows bound for the ocean great joining the Atlantic welcomes the fresh water fools, bringing with them hopefully, but hopeless gifts of obeisances, peace-offerings endeavoring to keep their infinite souls sea accepts them then drowns the warm newcomers in the unaccustomed deep cold salinity, which sometimes erodes sometimes preserving their former freshwater cold originality I’m called to depart my beach shoreline  unarmed, no kayak, sunfish or glass bottomed boat needed, walk on water and my toes, ten eyes to see the bottom, no depth perception limitation, reading the floor’s topography, millions of minion’s stories infinite, many Munch screaming god’s foot, heavy upon my shoulders, a daytime travel guide, hired for me, not a friendly travel companion,  nope, God a pusher showing off a drug called deep water salvation, designated for the masses, can handle large parties my in-camera brain  eyes, record everything for playback - the lost and unburied, bone crossword puzzles walk shore to ship, on soles to souls, is this my new-summer nature welcome back greeting? puzzled at the awesomeness of vastness, conclude this clarification for me of the occluded-deep, is a stern reminder of my insignificant existence, my requirement to walk humbly, spare my sin of vanity, and forgive my trespasses upon the lives of others perhaps then the infinite of my soul perchance restored, older visions clarified and future poems will write themselves and sea to it my predecessors be better remembered Memorial Day 2018
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May 28, 2018
May 28, 2018 at 11:53 AM UTC
“the sea... jeeringly...drowned the infinite of his soul...to wondrous depths...he saw God’s foot upon the treadle of the loom and spake it”
“Moby ****  Herman Melville <•> ~for the lost at sea~ after a year of saltwater absence and abstinence, return to the island caught between two land forks surrounded by river-heading flows bound for the ocean great joining the Atlantic welcomes the fresh water fools, bringing with them hopefully, but hopeless gifts of obeisances, peace-offerings endeavoring to keep their infinite souls sea accepts them then drowns the warm newcomers in the unaccustomed deep cold salinity, which sometimes erodes sometimes preserving their former freshwater cold originality I’m called to depart my beach shoreline  unarmed, no kayak, sunfish or glass bottomed boat needed, walk on water and my toes, ten eyes to see the bottom, no depth perception limitation, reading the floor’s topography, millions of minion’s stories infinite, many Munch screaming god’s foot, heavy upon my shoulders, a daytime travel guide, hired for me, not a friendly travel companion,  nope, God a pusher showing off a drug called deep water salvation, designated for the masses, can handle large parties my in-camera brain  eyes, record everything for playback - the lost and unburied, bone crossword puzzles walk shore to ship, on soles to souls, is this my new-summer nature welcome back greeting? puzzled at the awesomeness of vastness, conclude this clarification for me of the occluded-deep, is a stern reminder of my insignificant existence, my requirement to walk humbly, spare my sin of vanity, and forgive my trespasses upon the lives of others perhaps then the infinite of my soul perchance restored, older visions clarified and future poems will write themselves and sea to it my predecessors be better remembered Memorial Day 2018
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I'd like to tell you a story It begins in 1492 When dear old Christopher Columbus Sailed the ocean blue He landed on what he thought To be the country of India He stumbled upon a group of people Who appeared to be indigenous Because these native people Happened to be where he thought he was He called them all "Indians" && somehow that name stuck They welcomed his group with open arms Even offered them their feast Unaware that deep inside They were but wolves, dressed as sheep Columbus && his crew Soon ravaged the land They took what they saw Then they took full command Of the people they found On the land where they landed They felt they should rule So they stepped in, heavy handed They murdered the people Who had taken them in Set fire to their villages While the victims watched with their kin Flash forward to the future It's now 2016 It's been over 500 years Since the overtaking by the regime Future settlers decided To let the survivors live on They designated them small areas Of what had not yet been robbed These Native Americans, Generally keep to themselves They get by living off their land But now they need your help The Sioux of Standing Rock Are being horribly mistreated The state of North Dakota Is poisoning them without reason A pipeline has been built That runs through this Native territory When Bismarck residents didn't want it It was rerouted, how discriminatory People from all over the country Are seeming to agree They are making the commute To protest peacefully In defense of an oppressed people Who only want to live But the government is stepping in Even blowing off some limbs "Let them die, they're not like us" the message the administration is sending It seems that after all this time The battle is never-ending What exactly does it take For people to see eye-to-eye? In the end we're all just human   We kiss, we laugh, we cry So if you have a heart at all If you know that this is wrong Please join the Sioux in their mission By coming together, we can be strong
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Dec 2, 2016
Dec 2, 2016 at 11:30 PM UTC
History's Repeating
I'd like to tell you a story It begins in 1492 When dear old Christopher Columbus Sailed the ocean blue He landed on what he thought To be the country of India He stumbled upon a group of people Who appeared to be indigenous Because these native people Happened to be where he thought he was He called them all "Indians" && somehow that name stuck They welcomed his group with open arms Even offered them their feast Unaware that deep inside They were but wolves, dressed as sheep Columbus && his crew Soon ravaged the land They took what they saw Then they took full command Of the people they found On the land where they landed They felt they should rule So they stepped in, heavy handed They murdered the people Who had taken them in Set fire to their villages While the victims watched with their kin Flash forward to the future It's now 2016 It's been over 500 years Since the overtaking by the regime Future settlers decided To let the survivors live on They designated them small areas Of what had not yet been robbed These Native Americans, Generally keep to themselves They get by living off their land But now they need your help The Sioux of Standing Rock Are being horribly mistreated The state of North Dakota Is poisoning them without reason A pipeline has been built That runs through this Native territory When Bismarck residents didn't want it It was rerouted, how discriminatory People from all over the country Are seeming to agree They are making the commute To protest peacefully In defense of an oppressed people Who only want to live But the government is stepping in Even blowing off some limbs "Let them die, they're not like us" the message the administration is sending It seems that after all this time The battle is never-ending What exactly does it take For people to see eye-to-eye? In the end we're all just human   We kiss, we laugh, we cry So if you have a heart at all If you know that this is wrong Please join the Sioux in their mission By coming together, we can be strong
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"Commitment issues" Commitment: a designated set of time Issues: problems So I cannot, successfully, Designate an "appropriate" amount of time To a relationship Is that right? Keep in mind, These women enter my life And I tell them I don't believe in marriage And they say "that's ok" Until it's not. Maybe it's a comment I made Or maybe they forgot But something changes over time And I am not an object I am not some possession That people can lay claims to I am a human With ever-changing needs and desires With thoughts and feelings And my own perception of reality So maybe I get anxious when people Try to put some hold on me You chalk it up to commitment issues What if I just don't like feeling owned? What if I simply refuse To let anyone remove my autonomy? And what's even wrong with that? Who gets to decide what is an "Appropriate" amount of time? Oh, wait, That's "forever" right? Says who? Why should I continue to chase this Socially-constructed dream Of spending my entire life with one person If that's not what makes me happy? Trust me, I've tried for a long time And I could never seem to find A singular being Who I'd willingly spend eternity with If that even exists And until this point I've been unhappy most of my life Reflecting on my failed attempts at Happy monogamy I am finally happy now Free love is beautiful It has liberated my soul It has liberated my love And my sense of self For once I feel happy most days I am focusing on myself now Instead of pouring everything into another I'm growing more everyday And learning more about who I am But you just brush that off Saying my polyamorous identification Is a manifestation Of some fear of commitment It couldn't possibly be the real me It couldn't possibly be the way I feel happiest Because it's not the "normal" way to desire? It's not the logical form of love? Or it's just different Or it's just new And you rejecting it within me Means you aren't accepting me for who I am In this moment If that's the case Then I don't know who you're in love with Because this is who I am Whether you like it Or disagree with it Or not This is who I am And I'm so over Trying to validate Justify And explain myself Just because someone disagrees with my form of loving
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Jan 9, 2018
Jan 9, 2018 at 11:45 PM UTC
I'm Polyamorous, Not Scared of Commitment
"Commitment issues" Commitment: a designated set of time Issues: problems So I cannot, successfully, Designate an "appropriate" amount of time To a relationship Is that right? Keep in mind, These women enter my life And I tell them I don't believe in marriage And they say "that's ok" Until it's not. Maybe it's a comment I made Or maybe they forgot But something changes over time And I am not an object I am not some possession That people can lay claims to I am a human With ever-changing needs and desires With thoughts and feelings And my own perception of reality So maybe I get anxious when people Try to put some hold on me You chalk it up to commitment issues What if I just don't like feeling owned? What if I simply refuse To let anyone remove my autonomy? And what's even wrong with that? Who gets to decide what is an "Appropriate" amount of time? Oh, wait, That's "forever" right? Says who? Why should I continue to chase this Socially-constructed dream Of spending my entire life with one person If that's not what makes me happy? Trust me, I've tried for a long time And I could never seem to find A singular being Who I'd willingly spend eternity with If that even exists And until this point I've been unhappy most of my life Reflecting on my failed attempts at Happy monogamy I am finally happy now Free love is beautiful It has liberated my soul It has liberated my love And my sense of self For once I feel happy most days I am focusing on myself now Instead of pouring everything into another I'm growing more everyday And learning more about who I am But you just brush that off Saying my polyamorous identification Is a manifestation Of some fear of commitment It couldn't possibly be the real me It couldn't possibly be the way I feel happiest Because it's not the "normal" way to desire? It's not the logical form of love? Or it's just different Or it's just new And you rejecting it within me Means you aren't accepting me for who I am In this moment If that's the case Then I don't know who you're in love with Because this is who I am Whether you like it Or disagree with it Or not This is who I am And I'm so over Trying to validate Justify And explain myself Just because someone disagrees with my form of loving
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The eyes should be on the target only after opting the goal "Be Like Cheetah" -ARAVIND BHARGAVA "Cheetah getting famished sets the ambition to chase a Deer, Doesn't stop until the purpose is clear, Doesn't gets confused by seeing an animal in the middle, Achieves the goal and makes the deer to ******* You are the Cheetah and deer is the goal, Other goals are animals in a whole, Concentrate only on the purpose you have chosen, Make the goal for you to be frozen. Frame the aspiration by yourselves you had, Detach negative from mind which is bad, Attention only on the ambition you designated, Do not lose confidence even if you are underestimated, Add courage, trust, and determination to your mind, Do not cease until everything is fined. Be like a cheetah, contrive goals And be successful in life"
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Oct 23, 2014
Oct 23, 2014 at 1:12 PM UTC
BE LIKE CHEETAH
when made a designated drinker for a designated driver. when stomaching stale pabst and rationed sweet cider. when frat boys fulfill stereotypical homophobia. when twenty grade A reds can't last me longer than a dream. when old man nightclub and triple kills usurp the crown of moderation. when you fall asleep with so much in your blood to spill like beans, or milk not worthy of tears, and i keep a loom in my heart where i weave a string of everyone [with myself] and every fray in warp or weft is mimicked by the splinters shuttled to my hand.
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Apr 30, 2013
Apr 30, 2013 at 10:06 PM UTC
beer pong is less fun
It drives me insane when people see me holding a girls hand and ask “So who’s the guy? You know, who wears the pants?” I want to scream and say WE ARE LESBIANS. Firstly, neither of us are ever wearing any pants. I want to scream and say WE ARE LESBIANS, and i’m angry because lesbian does not always have to mean woman but where did you get man from? I’m angry because maybe sometimes one of us does identify as a guy. A gay boi with an I. A soft boy. A proud hairy legged 5”4 boy. A drinking pints in the pub with my dad and us both liking that same woman’s tattoo boy. A cries every day boy. A feels cool when drinking beer boy. A boy that had to teach themself to like beer boy. A boy who sometimes does not feel like a boy. A boy. A boy. Oh boy. Boys. You see, this question is confusing for me because when I was fourteen, my boyfriend and I would joke that I was the one wearing the pants, even though at that point I was very much still wearing skirts and hiding behind butt-length hair and also watching the L Word in secret when I got home from school but that’s besides the point. This question is obviously as confusing for you as it is for me because in your mind you see two pairs of **** holding hands on the tube and think: Lesbians. Now, which one’s the man? And I think to myself, there are two ways to answer this: Number 1: So I know lesbian is supposed to mean woman on woman, two vaginas, ********** strap-ons, veganism, art degrees (and a lot of this is true but let’s not stereotype). So I know that to you, although we appear to be two women, two snap-back wearing, sports-bra bearing- I mean I thought about writing ***** tearing here but it just doesn’t seem appropriate- women, the funny thing is that erm, you see, gender and sexuality: as different as my dad to my mum’s other ex-husband. We are not a man and a woman. We are two people and what do pants have to do with it? We are two people and why does one of us always have to be a man? We are two people and the awkward part of the point i’m making is that sometimes I don’t feel like a woman but you wouldn’t know that so let me say: we are not a man and a woman. We did not ask for your confrontation, we are not your designated driver, your answer sheet to an exam you haven’t sat yet, your house party when your parents go away, your girlfriend that you think is obliged to **** your **** even though you will not go anywhere near her ****  You are not our three year old son who asks too many inappropriate questions. To you, we are strangers and to answer your question, you seem to think that you’re wearing the pants here. So wear them. By the way, Number 2: **** off.
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Jul 18, 2017
Jul 18, 2017 at 12:13 PM UTC
Who Wears the Pants
It drives me insane when people see me holding a girls hand and ask “So who’s the guy? You know, who wears the pants?” I want to scream and say WE ARE LESBIANS. Firstly, neither of us are ever wearing any pants. I want to scream and say WE ARE LESBIANS, and i’m angry because lesbian does not always have to mean woman but where did you get man from? I’m angry because maybe sometimes one of us does identify as a guy. A gay boi with an I. A soft boy. A proud hairy legged 5”4 boy. A drinking pints in the pub with my dad and us both liking that same woman’s tattoo boy. A cries every day boy. A feels cool when drinking beer boy. A boy that had to teach themself to like beer boy. A boy who sometimes does not feel like a boy. A boy. A boy. Oh boy. Boys. You see, this question is confusing for me because when I was fourteen, my boyfriend and I would joke that I was the one wearing the pants, even though at that point I was very much still wearing skirts and hiding behind butt-length hair and also watching the L Word in secret when I got home from school but that’s besides the point. This question is obviously as confusing for you as it is for me because in your mind you see two pairs of **** holding hands on the tube and think: Lesbians. Now, which one’s the man? And I think to myself, there are two ways to answer this: Number 1: So I know lesbian is supposed to mean woman on woman, two vaginas, ********** strap-ons, veganism, art degrees (and a lot of this is true but let’s not stereotype). So I know that to you, although we appear to be two women, two snap-back wearing, sports-bra bearing- I mean I thought about writing ***** tearing here but it just doesn’t seem appropriate- women, the funny thing is that erm, you see, gender and sexuality: as different as my dad to my mum’s other ex-husband. We are not a man and a woman. We are two people and what do pants have to do with it? We are two people and why does one of us always have to be a man? We are two people and the awkward part of the point i’m making is that sometimes I don’t feel like a woman but you wouldn’t know that so let me say: we are not a man and a woman. We did not ask for your confrontation, we are not your designated driver, your answer sheet to an exam you haven’t sat yet, your house party when your parents go away, your girlfriend that you think is obliged to **** your **** even though you will not go anywhere near her ****  You are not our three year old son who asks too many inappropriate questions. To you, we are strangers and to answer your question, you seem to think that you’re wearing the pants here. So wear them. By the way, Number 2: **** off.
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It is known through the eyes. Not from voice designated instrument of the thymus but the eyes. Portals of silent universes. The expression of the gaze sometimes sings and dances. Distracting eyes couriers and trunks sometimes they blink but aren't liars. It could be the same wicked look kinda lost, kinda absorbed, but never turbid.
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Jan 9, 2018
Jan 9, 2018 at 12:50 AM UTC
Revolutionary gaze
I wish my mom thought we were more important that the T.V. I wish my stepdad thought we were more important than his nightly bing drinking I wish my stepsisters wouldn't be depressed to come home or afraid to stay after dinner instead of fleeing, alone to their designated shelter I wish my stepdad was less angry all the time I wish my mom didn't have to thirst her sorrows with boxed Franzia Red Wine I wish she would stop complaining, and see all the little things worth enjoying I wish they knew their lives were slowly wasting away faster than the drinks they put down and the sarcasm they put out I wish they knew there was a world outside because I'd like to experience it with them and leave some good memories inside I wish they knew that missing their life was more important than missing their show I wish they knew missing their children's lives were too I wish they could sit down with us and learn what brilliant family they have But we are too boring We are no ****** mystery, crime sport, beer, or wine I wish they would be honest with themselves and each other and admit out loud that they are unhappy I with they knew the energy they expelled the atmosphere they create makes it a home of one almost hated They are good guardians, they protect us, feed us, love us and I know they care Still lingers this sad, constricting, and distant feeling in the air I can come and go as I please but I wish they saw their daughters had the running away disease Whether inside themselves, to their room, or a friends, They should not want to escape their homes in the end Their children have such inspiring minds They are beautiful souls, ambitious, intelligent, kind I wish they could see but it's blocked by the T.V. and all the Netflix movies I wish they could tell I am an outsider looking In and I don't even know where to begin Mainly I wish they would open their eyes and realize, their lives and their family are passing them by We love them so much we miss them we know they love us but I wonder if they miss us Or if they even know who We are..
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Jan 24, 2013
Jan 24, 2013 at 11:46 AM UTC
I Wish They Knew
I wish my mom thought we were more important that the T.V. I wish my stepdad thought we were more important than his nightly bing drinking I wish my stepsisters wouldn't be depressed to come home or afraid to stay after dinner instead of fleeing, alone to their designated shelter I wish my stepdad was less angry all the time I wish my mom didn't have to thirst her sorrows with boxed Franzia Red Wine I wish she would stop complaining, and see all the little things worth enjoying I wish they knew their lives were slowly wasting away faster than the drinks they put down and the sarcasm they put out I wish they knew there was a world outside because I'd like to experience it with them and leave some good memories inside I wish they knew that missing their life was more important than missing their show I wish they knew missing their children's lives were too I wish they could sit down with us and learn what brilliant family they have But we are too boring We are no ****** mystery, crime sport, beer, or wine I wish they would be honest with themselves and each other and admit out loud that they are unhappy I with they knew the energy they expelled the atmosphere they create makes it a home of one almost hated They are good guardians, they protect us, feed us, love us and I know they care Still lingers this sad, constricting, and distant feeling in the air I can come and go as I please but I wish they saw their daughters had the running away disease Whether inside themselves, to their room, or a friends, They should not want to escape their homes in the end Their children have such inspiring minds They are beautiful souls, ambitious, intelligent, kind I wish they could see but it's blocked by the T.V. and all the Netflix movies I wish they could tell I am an outsider looking In and I don't even know where to begin Mainly I wish they would open their eyes and realize, their lives and their family are passing them by We love them so much we miss them we know they love us but I wonder if they miss us Or if they even know who We are..
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A good night’s sleep before the road trip drive The mission is to arrive at the final destination alive Then check into the terminal and find out their departure destination assignment Later inspect the bus for any defects Safety being the call of duty with having no troubles in the passenger’s trip having an effect It’s Boarding Time The Motor Coach Engineer brings the coach bus to the terminal departure gate Announcement is made for destination with intermediate stops in between The Driver than takes the passengers ticket The passenger’s then board Once the driver gets the ok to proceed from the Operations Center to departs, the driver backs out the bus and heads for the highway The driver then picks up the bus microphone and welcomes the passenger’s aboard He or she also announces the destination with stops along with rest stops and meal stops including transfer points This is a Daily Routine Later when the bus arrives at the designated final schedule, once the bus is pulled into appropriate gate, the passengers then disembark Then it’s thanks for travelling with us Safety with no fuss Zero tolerance and you didn’t cuss It’s all about the Motor coach Engineer and the bus.
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Aug 30, 2017
Aug 30, 2017 at 9:22 AM UTC
THE LIFE OF A HIGHWAY MOTOR COACH ENGINEER
There should be a genre of poetry called waste verse tasteless and terse like the khaki pine needles that litter the space underneath your porch. a neglected place, where the broken blue bottles and dew marry in early morning , attended by a congregation of woodchips, beers cans and guinea pig **** dancing easy with the morning breeze, and carried like the currency of an early dreamer's reverie, morning. morning. morning is gluing a teacup together knowing that it will be broken tomorrow. and day by day, the absence in form will grow until that once teacup becomes nothing but empty space, with its base designated in place of the back porch ash tray. when i turned back one day, there was nothing left of its body nothing left of it that i could see but paint dust, a couple of cuts and some blood covered by a bandaid that doesn't stay on because feet sweat a little too much. morning is repetition for comfort but breaking routine is starting to feel more appealing than keeping it, because I know one morning I will wake alone, with a rusted infrastructure and fractured backbone, and have to look upon a screen with thousand texts that read, "there are other fish in the sea" well, **** you, maybe he was my sea. i mean, he is my sea, maybe. there is a genre of waste verse called poetry, and the simple syllogism of it all leaves me reeling. but after i finish my cigarette over the khaki pine needles beneath your porch and go inside, "good morning", i say. "good morning", he said. i cannot remember what was so important just a few moments ago. morning.
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Mar 8, 2013
Mar 8, 2013 at 11:58 AM UTC
Variations on Waste Verse (Morning)
There should be a genre of poetry called waste verse tasteless and terse like the khaki pine needles that litter the space underneath your porch. a neglected place, where the broken blue bottles and dew marry in early morning , attended by a congregation of woodchips, beers cans and guinea pig **** dancing easy with the morning breeze, and carried like the currency of an early dreamer's reverie, morning. morning. morning is gluing a teacup together knowing that it will be broken tomorrow. and day by day, the absence in form will grow until that once teacup becomes nothing but empty space, with its base designated in place of the back porch ash tray. when i turned back one day, there was nothing left of its body nothing left of it that i could see but paint dust, a couple of cuts and some blood covered by a bandaid that doesn't stay on because feet sweat a little too much. morning is repetition for comfort but breaking routine is starting to feel more appealing than keeping it, because I know one morning I will wake alone, with a rusted infrastructure and fractured backbone, and have to look upon a screen with thousand texts that read, "there are other fish in the sea" well, **** you, maybe he was my sea. i mean, he is my sea, maybe. there is a genre of waste verse called poetry, and the simple syllogism of it all leaves me reeling. but after i finish my cigarette over the khaki pine needles beneath your porch and go inside, "good morning", i say. "good morning", he said. i cannot remember what was so important just a few moments ago. morning.
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In haste, I took the first woman like a whiskey shot-- every ounce of her scarred my throat kept me silent, kept me staggering under the weight. When the bottom shelf love went beyond full bloom, I vomited her up, leaving me with a headache. In good conscious, I took the second woman like an aspirin pill-- every milligram of her alleviated the pain kept me similar to content, kept me tame. When the effects wore off and I pined for another drink, I put her in the cabinet, leaving me rambling nomadic. In guilt, I turned myself into the third woman like a penitent criminal-- every liter of her blood solidified kept me wrapped behind her bars, kept me seeking her good graces. When the prison sentence drew to a close, I left her behind, walking with an unwashable history. The fourth found me frightening, the fifth just ignored, the sixth designated me the "other man", and the elusive seventh only said, "You could do better." In my mind, the pills, prisons, and liquor melded -- the days cut short, the nights grew long, but I could do better I could do better I could do better. I sold the pills, I poured the whiskey down the sink, I left prison to the prisoners, and in the mirror I became a religious practitioner. To the Church of Better I subscribed. Sober, lone, and free my cry. To the darkness I whispered: I am the resurrection, I cannot be killed, I am the resurrection, the Buddha, the Jesus, the Krishna, the Allah. I am the resurrection, born again and again and again.
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Sep 16, 2012
Sep 16, 2012 at 3:08 PM UTC
I am the resurrection
In haste, I took the first woman like a whiskey shot-- every ounce of her scarred my throat kept me silent, kept me staggering under the weight. When the bottom shelf love went beyond full bloom, I vomited her up, leaving me with a headache. In good conscious, I took the second woman like an aspirin pill-- every milligram of her alleviated the pain kept me similar to content, kept me tame. When the effects wore off and I pined for another drink, I put her in the cabinet, leaving me rambling nomadic. In guilt, I turned myself into the third woman like a penitent criminal-- every liter of her blood solidified kept me wrapped behind her bars, kept me seeking her good graces. When the prison sentence drew to a close, I left her behind, walking with an unwashable history. The fourth found me frightening, the fifth just ignored, the sixth designated me the "other man", and the elusive seventh only said, "You could do better." In my mind, the pills, prisons, and liquor melded -- the days cut short, the nights grew long, but I could do better I could do better I could do better. I sold the pills, I poured the whiskey down the sink, I left prison to the prisoners, and in the mirror I became a religious practitioner. To the Church of Better I subscribed. Sober, lone, and free my cry. To the darkness I whispered: I am the resurrection, I cannot be killed, I am the resurrection, the Buddha, the Jesus, the Krishna, the Allah. I am the resurrection, born again and again and again.
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Cold beer, a long necked bottle held to my forehead and in my throat, to my lips, so relief comes both ways, glad for it, the double of the cool, helps the day of troubled nothingness, and the long necked bottle makes it worth the extra second of anticipated tasty wait can't drink in the river park, don't cotton to brown paper bags, do it anyway cause the East River tides me over on its way thru the Verrazano Narrows, bound for the Atlantic with me low rider spirit in tow, a devil may care attitude en contrôle this troubadour opened the store at 700am but not a one came looking for a song, but the mail came reliable, with dues due, promises that need keeping, and other items, what the grownups call responsibilities June Monday early eve and the Moran tugboats ply their trade like reliable ****** to the sailors, and their larger than bathtub size toys, turning containers, freighters, into docile boys who do as they are told on their way to ports far there are stick figures outlined on the hexagon paving stones that are so nyc for me, here pedestrian! follow your designated path here pedestrian, you must walk to be safe arrived but I take to the railing, where  Isaac-bound and mesmerized, I imagine surfing the churning wakes on the surface of the riveting tides and wonderous wanderlust for where we are bound... no voice heard from the heavens, saying Abraham put down that knife, because I have not passed the test of true belief, perhaps the river's invitation is my test, if I should sing another song here, perhaps it will tale the end of this tell...
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Jun 16, 2014
Jun 16, 2014 at 7:24 PM UTC
By the East River, a Cold Beer, on My Forehead...
Cold beer, a long necked bottle held to my forehead and in my throat, to my lips, so relief comes both ways, glad for it, the double of the cool, helps the day of troubled nothingness, and the long necked bottle makes it worth the extra second of anticipated tasty wait can't drink in the river park, don't cotton to brown paper bags, do it anyway cause the East River tides me over on its way thru the Verrazano Narrows, bound for the Atlantic with me low rider spirit in tow, a devil may care attitude en contrôle this troubadour opened the store at 700am but not a one came looking for a song, but the mail came reliable, with dues due, promises that need keeping, and other items, what the grownups call responsibilities June Monday early eve and the Moran tugboats ply their trade like reliable ****** to the sailors, and their larger than bathtub size toys, turning containers, freighters, into docile boys who do as they are told on their way to ports far there are stick figures outlined on the hexagon paving stones that are so nyc for me, here pedestrian! follow your designated path here pedestrian, you must walk to be safe arrived but I take to the railing, where  Isaac-bound and mesmerized, I imagine surfing the churning wakes on the surface of the riveting tides and wonderous wanderlust for where we are bound... no voice heard from the heavens, saying Abraham put down that knife, because I have not passed the test of true belief, perhaps the river's invitation is my test, if I should sing another song here, perhaps it will tale the end of this tell...
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Spinning on the north pole. Truth be told, it's being pulled in all directions thus the spinning inflection. A prosaic misdirection. 4 cardinal directions but when they conflate you get eight.  If you prorate in-between you get sixteen directions you can take. The only mistake you can choose is standing in place. At the pace your face is rotating on your flesh case, your bones will displace. your mind will efface from it's designated space. Don't be a waste. Move along. Pick one of the 16 directions you can take Whichever one you pick is the road you belong. Just get to where your going before your swan song.
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May 23, 2013
May 23, 2013 at 4:33 AM UTC
Compass
She Looks Like a Tiger See how she places her paws so lightly, so as not to be heard. Silently, she moves through the crowd, head held high, today she doesn't want to hide. Depicted in peach coloured stripes. No red, no brown, no blue, no black. Today, is the first day she felt it was safe to show them. Asking for the first time in her life, for the world to continue doing what it's always done Lean on her, sing her our our sorrows so she could sing them back and pretend, that we could not see her scars. She has always been the brick wall. The concert hall The shoulder to cry on. The logic you would chase after with your pedestrian problems and she was the designated driver. But when it looks like you're a casual on bridges over troubled waters, there 's no one talking you down from the ledge. She would never have asked you to. Hannah, your name sounds like a semi-permanent tattoo. I hope that's what this poem feels like to everyone who hears it So that every time they think they know broken, they feel cold lines crisscrossing their body and can honestly wonder, was this feeling your blueprint. But I think you look like tiger.   And I know, I shouldn't give time to some little boys who refuse to use her real name because it fits her to well. Callin' her some emo, weak hippie freak. she's just looking for attention. Because when you're the first person to make it through Hell and back alive, you're a liar. A hitch hiker piggy backing on someone else's problems. But her arms served as straightaways for razorblades for nine solid years, and its no thanks to people like you she's still here. You think, she should be ashamed of herself. As if scars are a ***** in the armour. Like she was peer pressured into self-destruction and couldn't resist. No one asks you: "Hey there, wanna cut? Wanna, self-mutilate?" Just like I won't ask you not to hate the idea of someone being that low That every beat of the heart feels a little like ****** assault, and cutting was the best way she could find to say no. She looks like a tiger, and she didn't earn her stripes. People rarely do. But she has earned the right to wear them for what they are; Battle scars. Things she's long overcome. Her head is held high again. And I know, I shouldn't be wasting my time on people Who refuse to use her real name, but Hannah is still Hannah inside out, upside down, Backwards, Hannah is still Hannah, Even with her insides out, Hannah is still Hannah. She's still here.
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Jun 4, 2013
Jun 4, 2013 at 2:21 PM UTC
For Hannah
She Looks Like a Tiger See how she places her paws so lightly, so as not to be heard. Silently, she moves through the crowd, head held high, today she doesn't want to hide. Depicted in peach coloured stripes. No red, no brown, no blue, no black. Today, is the first day she felt it was safe to show them. Asking for the first time in her life, for the world to continue doing what it's always done Lean on her, sing her our our sorrows so she could sing them back and pretend, that we could not see her scars. She has always been the brick wall. The concert hall The shoulder to cry on. The logic you would chase after with your pedestrian problems and she was the designated driver. But when it looks like you're a casual on bridges over troubled waters, there 's no one talking you down from the ledge. She would never have asked you to. Hannah, your name sounds like a semi-permanent tattoo. I hope that's what this poem feels like to everyone who hears it So that every time they think they know broken, they feel cold lines crisscrossing their body and can honestly wonder, was this feeling your blueprint. But I think you look like tiger.   And I know, I shouldn't give time to some little boys who refuse to use her real name because it fits her to well. Callin' her some emo, weak hippie freak. she's just looking for attention. Because when you're the first person to make it through Hell and back alive, you're a liar. A hitch hiker piggy backing on someone else's problems. But her arms served as straightaways for razorblades for nine solid years, and its no thanks to people like you she's still here. You think, she should be ashamed of herself. As if scars are a ***** in the armour. Like she was peer pressured into self-destruction and couldn't resist. No one asks you: "Hey there, wanna cut? Wanna, self-mutilate?" Just like I won't ask you not to hate the idea of someone being that low That every beat of the heart feels a little like ****** assault, and cutting was the best way she could find to say no. She looks like a tiger, and she didn't earn her stripes. People rarely do. But she has earned the right to wear them for what they are; Battle scars. Things she's long overcome. Her head is held high again. And I know, I shouldn't be wasting my time on people Who refuse to use her real name, but Hannah is still Hannah inside out, upside down, Backwards, Hannah is still Hannah, Even with her insides out, Hannah is still Hannah. She's still here.
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%% It’s about leveraging potential income to enhance output-maximizing sustainability … It’s about de-funding unsustainable income outcomes. It’s about results-based data-enhanced paradigm shifts. It’s about demobilizing upward mobility: dis-empowering gentrification by underfunding the over-entitled. It’s about de-funding unsustainability until the immeasurable metric is globally assimilated. It’s about the designated data-driver. It’s about memes as theme schemes. It’s about complicating competence through collaboration in collusion – intentionally replicating re-branding – effectively identifying best practices of the best-dressed actresses until the girl in the t-shirt says “meh”.
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Sep 11, 2015
Sep 11, 2015 at 7:03 PM UTC
Immeasurable Outcomes
365 Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat? Then crouch within the door— Red—is the Fire’s common tint— But when the vivid Ore Has vanquished Flame’s conditions, It quivers from the Forge Without a color, but the light Of unanointed Blaze. Least Village has its Blacksmith Whose Anvil’s even ring Stands symbol for the finer Forge That soundless tugs—within— Refining these impatient Ores With Hammer, and with Blaze Until the Designated Light Repudiate the Forge—
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Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat?
*to further my point, as an eager reader in a catholic school, reading about the gnostic heretics, wondering with my theology tutor upon the question asked: don't you think the gnostic heretics influenced mohammad on the sly? i mean, they too believed a phantom walked among men, and a phantom was crucified?* my confirmation didn't take place in a cathedral, as was due course for all of us in being schooled, by a bishop in brentwood cathedral, i opted out... my confirmation came in a russian orthodox cathedral, in st. petersburg, when i watched people standing for a scrap of iconoclasm, with the priest mumbling toward a golden altar, as typical in the tradition, buttocks towards the people or as in the western tradition reciting in latin, before the nationalists came and spoke the gospel in each designated tongue so people understood, a bit like having your back turned against the people - speaking in latin - and when i sat i the church to listen to the choir singing, some lesser ecclesiastical prompted me to stand up, and pay respect to the golden altar... he told me to stand up! what cheek... what barbarism... only in russia... i had to stop being bewildered by the beauty of song and listen to a priest knock-down-ginger on a palette of gold... THEN i was confirmed... donkey's ******** to this **** i'm leaving! mind the fact that i've seen the greatest degradation of mysticism take place... the tetragrammaton was being defiled all along... in catholic bureaucracy it has been there all along, the idiots reminded me of it... you're born: first name, baptismal name, surname... you're educated: confirmation name... that takes four spaces of consideration... so by catholic definition of sharpening pencils, folding pieces of paper, filing the folded pieces of paper, bending paper-clips i'm god... but only in writing... first name, baptismal name, confirmation name, surname... a bit like a clone... a clone indeed in writing... same d.n.a., same bone mandibles of the jaw... but experience-wise... un-original to the **** not even a clone... not able to experience major historical figures... a soul in a twin body by itself... a twin without twinning, segregated by ulterior if not auxiliary motives... clone on paper... clone by experience? i don't think so... impossible... too many inter-actants along the way can't possibly replicate thinking in a clone... different mr. john smith... NEXT!
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Feb 4, 2016
Feb 4, 2016 at 2:18 AM UTC
"confirmation" of a "catholic" in a russian orthodox church
*to further my point, as an eager reader in a catholic school, reading about the gnostic heretics, wondering with my theology tutor upon the question asked: don't you think the gnostic heretics influenced mohammad on the sly? i mean, they too believed a phantom walked among men, and a phantom was crucified?* my confirmation didn't take place in a cathedral, as was due course for all of us in being schooled, by a bishop in brentwood cathedral, i opted out... my confirmation came in a russian orthodox cathedral, in st. petersburg, when i watched people standing for a scrap of iconoclasm, with the priest mumbling toward a golden altar, as typical in the tradition, buttocks towards the people or as in the western tradition reciting in latin, before the nationalists came and spoke the gospel in each designated tongue so people understood, a bit like having your back turned against the people - speaking in latin - and when i sat i the church to listen to the choir singing, some lesser ecclesiastical prompted me to stand up, and pay respect to the golden altar... he told me to stand up! what cheek... what barbarism... only in russia... i had to stop being bewildered by the beauty of song and listen to a priest knock-down-ginger on a palette of gold... THEN i was confirmed... donkey's ******** to this **** i'm leaving! mind the fact that i've seen the greatest degradation of mysticism take place... the tetragrammaton was being defiled all along... in catholic bureaucracy it has been there all along, the idiots reminded me of it... you're born: first name, baptismal name, surname... you're educated: confirmation name... that takes four spaces of consideration... so by catholic definition of sharpening pencils, folding pieces of paper, filing the folded pieces of paper, bending paper-clips i'm god... but only in writing... first name, baptismal name, confirmation name, surname... a bit like a clone... a clone indeed in writing... same d.n.a., same bone mandibles of the jaw... but experience-wise... un-original to the **** not even a clone... not able to experience major historical figures... a soul in a twin body by itself... a twin without twinning, segregated by ulterior if not auxiliary motives... clone on paper... clone by experience? i don't think so... impossible... too many inter-actants along the way can't possibly replicate thinking in a clone... different mr. john smith... NEXT!
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They enter the bus Conversing About busses Like this one And other passengers Taking up space Designated for them They do not address us But clearly They are talking about Us Like they sit in the lobby In cheap chartered hotels Taking up space Conversing About other guests Being loud Or obnoxious They do not address us Or ask who we are But clearly They assume And they are talking About us
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Jul 8, 2013
Jul 8, 2013 at 2:31 PM UTC
Passive Aggressive Danes
Next time you find yourself standing in line think a little differently step sideways or back and commit a very small act of rebellion but not when queuing at a supermarket checkout if your hungry and not whilst waiting at passport border control as trigger fingers may start to twitch and it would be best to avoid doing so altogether at a public ****** where stepping sideways or back can be a risky business even with the place to yourself on reflection it appears there is a time and a place for everything even very small acts of rebellion although it ought to be said a rebellion that knows no hunger a rebellion that challenges neither borders or control a rebellion that overly concerns itself with ******* in the designated area has probably entirely missed the point.
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May 27, 2014
May 27, 2014 at 4:29 PM UTC
Very small acts of rebellion
Not much longer now before we and Keats Must pack up all our impedimenta Into a photocopier paper box And after a Wal-Mart-cake reception – leave No one will notice us, and that’s okay Thomas and Frost will meet us with the car Greene will suggest that we go for a drink The designated driver might be Shakespeare With Fermor beside him reading the map Guareschi and Wodehouse laughing in the back Lewis and Chesterton will bring the beer And Leonard Cohen will adjust his hat In God’s name we will sit under the apple trees And tell merry tales of the lives of kings           And whether we shall meet again I know not.           Therefore our everlasting farewell take:           For ever, and for ever, farewell…           If we do meet again, why, we shall smile;           If not, why, then, this parting was well made.                              -Julius Caesar V.1.115-119
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Dec 11, 2018
Dec 11, 2018 at 3:40 PM UTC
The Last Day - And Now, Unemployment
High ground I concede to you in the disproportion of a time allotted to you for the choice of robe to grace a glorified cameo around your flesh like a sheet designated for an overthrowing in an honorary statue's unveiling Liturgy is looming in the bathroom already hot-boxed in the metal waterfall's mist of moisture and the mountain range of bubbles I have settled comfortably into in wait High ground awaits your hallowed prance into the concealed languish of your man's dangling imagination I salute you with incentive through a lowering of eyes made necessary by your towering above my horizontal soak I'm beseeching you to wield royal sway over the humility of my reclined posture with the hidden scepter of your body fated to dictate the pace of my anticipated knighting The gentle thud of fabric on linoleum incites a turning of my head to take in the litany of parts available to my frenetic feels and jumbled focus Stationary in your naked smile of proximity you extend to me excessive time to entertain options as I coat myself in lukewarm opportunities and rise to meet you for a bathing in my excess wetness I accelerate my exit to negate the bubbled tribuataries sliding to the floor to meet the remnants of your mystery The wall is cold and you protrude haplessly to meet the rapid chilling of my undried frame Warmth is of the essence Fingers split your hair in celebration of our uniform heights and I feel you slouch signalling our first hint of friction and a twitch in my diviner of your cradle of essential warmth Do you realize you now rescind creative license? Or have you filled the snare of your intentions? Now your balance shivers in the mercy of my curled leg of leverage and an coiled arm collecting your ambrosial attributes like an ice cream scoop Uniform heights allowing eye contact makes optional the visual acknowledgment of my elastic hunting in the smooth field of your breast with a dancing thumb I connect and latch onto what is now our binding axis and shuffle eye contact with the universal rhythm of a pelvic power ballad
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Apr 25, 2014
Apr 25, 2014 at 10:54 PM UTC
HOW TO FIND PERSONALITY INSIDE A UNIFORM
High ground I concede to you in the disproportion of a time allotted to you for the choice of robe to grace a glorified cameo around your flesh like a sheet designated for an overthrowing in an honorary statue's unveiling Liturgy is looming in the bathroom already hot-boxed in the metal waterfall's mist of moisture and the mountain range of bubbles I have settled comfortably into in wait High ground awaits your hallowed prance into the concealed languish of your man's dangling imagination I salute you with incentive through a lowering of eyes made necessary by your towering above my horizontal soak I'm beseeching you to wield royal sway over the humility of my reclined posture with the hidden scepter of your body fated to dictate the pace of my anticipated knighting The gentle thud of fabric on linoleum incites a turning of my head to take in the litany of parts available to my frenetic feels and jumbled focus Stationary in your naked smile of proximity you extend to me excessive time to entertain options as I coat myself in lukewarm opportunities and rise to meet you for a bathing in my excess wetness I accelerate my exit to negate the bubbled tribuataries sliding to the floor to meet the remnants of your mystery The wall is cold and you protrude haplessly to meet the rapid chilling of my undried frame Warmth is of the essence Fingers split your hair in celebration of our uniform heights and I feel you slouch signalling our first hint of friction and a twitch in my diviner of your cradle of essential warmth Do you realize you now rescind creative license? Or have you filled the snare of your intentions? Now your balance shivers in the mercy of my curled leg of leverage and an coiled arm collecting your ambrosial attributes like an ice cream scoop Uniform heights allowing eye contact makes optional the visual acknowledgment of my elastic hunting in the smooth field of your breast with a dancing thumb I connect and latch onto what is now our binding axis and shuffle eye contact with the universal rhythm of a pelvic power ballad
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Amnesia Deja Vu Amnesia Deja Vu, or Deja Va Amnesia, don’t remember to remember to, but I do remember repeating, please, remind me why we’re alive, what Star are you that’s fallen, and how have you survived, no lie, no woman, no cry, please, remind me why we are alive, remind me, why I continue to right, right now, designated as a scribe, to help us remember the memories, help me help you, so cliche and still totally true, Amnesia, Deja, Vu… ∆ Aaron LA Lux ∆ New Book Here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1540322262
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Jan 23, 2017
Jan 23, 2017 at 5:34 AM UTC
∆ Amnesia Deja Vu ∆
I left the dust and tumble weeds to be incomplete and moved back east to where I was born The trees crowded together There was a change in the weather I asked mom , "Is that rain?" The people were crowded With one thought and mind Everything was designated to be black or white We caught catfish from the Alabama River Swam in pristine streams full of soapstone Then we moved again Crossed Texas on our way west Crossed the continental devide Came to rest in Spokane I sang God Bless America while sitting on a fire hydrant Looking at the purple mountain's majesty Then off again back east Crossed Texas the third time To Panama City , Florida where we came to reside There I learned to abide by the tide And that some things you can't hide Two and a half years of bliss Then we moved once again And again and again and again and again and again , again again , again , again . . . . All my travels All my travails I have found home in the moment within me .
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Mar 1, 2017
Mar 1, 2017 at 8:50 PM UTC
East Out Of Texas