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Hey B, Why you acting like a stranger? I remember when I used to be your favorite. We used to stay up for hours 'til the latest. Ain't it funny how things change? I hate it! You know we can't just escape **** That's life. You gotta man up and face it...Alright? I always smile just to fake it, But tonight imma tell you how you made. I can't ever move on! When i'm with him I think of you Yes, I know that's wrong. I'm not really the type to sing stupid love songs But when our song comes on I sing along. Why? Cuz i'm angry and i'm hurt! I thought you were the best. Got me feeling the worst. I feel something in my chest When I try to find the words. I said **** the rest, i'll always put you first!" That's that **** that gets me tight, Now it's giving you the nerve, You thinking that you're better Running with them ******* Stating that you fed up. You forgot about the time you were down? I kept your head up! How about that life that you said we would set up? I'm not that straight you know I got plenty people hitting the line Ask me how i'm doing, Imma always say fine. Baby, i'm a g You know i keep a straight face. Why give you the satisfaction? I about to put you in your place. When I think about us, I get sick to my gut. I got pushed to the point that i'll never know love. Everyone I meet now, I know I will never trust. Mean while your niggahs trynna know me. You thought you was the man, you never broke me. Don't try to call dibs, you don't own me! Don't try to meet me, text me, don't phone me. Hmmm? What's wrong? Now you feeling lonely? When I brush you off That's when you gunna hold me? Imma tell you exactly what I know b, Karma's a ***** You shoulda loved the old me
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Jul 16, 2014
Jul 16, 2014 at 12:59 PM UTC
That Stupid Love Song
Hey B, Why you acting like a stranger? I remember when I used to be your favorite. We used to stay up for hours 'til the latest. Ain't it funny how things change? I hate it! You know we can't just escape **** That's life. You gotta man up and face it...Alright? I always smile just to fake it, But tonight imma tell you how you made. I can't ever move on! When i'm with him I think of you Yes, I know that's wrong. I'm not really the type to sing stupid love songs But when our song comes on I sing along. Why? Cuz i'm angry and i'm hurt! I thought you were the best. Got me feeling the worst. I feel something in my chest When I try to find the words. I said **** the rest, i'll always put you first!" That's that **** that gets me tight, Now it's giving you the nerve, You thinking that you're better Running with them ******* Stating that you fed up. You forgot about the time you were down? I kept your head up! How about that life that you said we would set up? I'm not that straight you know I got plenty people hitting the line Ask me how i'm doing, Imma always say fine. Baby, i'm a g You know i keep a straight face. Why give you the satisfaction? I about to put you in your place. When I think about us, I get sick to my gut. I got pushed to the point that i'll never know love. Everyone I meet now, I know I will never trust. Mean while your niggahs trynna know me. You thought you was the man, you never broke me. Don't try to call dibs, you don't own me! Don't try to meet me, text me, don't phone me. Hmmm? What's wrong? Now you feeling lonely? When I brush you off That's when you gunna hold me? Imma tell you exactly what I know b, Karma's a ***** You shoulda loved the old me
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no emotionally ecstatic experience compares to the seminal instance whence spermatozoa (from profuse *********** beget the miraculous propensity to procreate despite the steep odds female fertility fosters potential impregnation fusing the hereditary debt of feral, fiery, fomenting friskiness fueling fancy free footloose fornication prior to seminal fertilization union sans ova doth induce fret full ness in tandem with diametrically opposed exultant sensations (biologically, embryonically, microscopically, et cetera) seismic shocks inject when deliberate intent arises to disregard applying prophylactics choice plying reproductive roulette let which analogous fruitful uterine plain bastes the "cooking" egg omelette which impregnation upends cessation of "self" first and foremost asper desire to breed wrenching role of "me" as operative of webbed world de jure upon consummating that most miraculous deed necessitating yet for the fecund female relief from messy menstrual cycle she becomes temporarily freed that perhaps a novitiate (or even a gal practiced in the euphoric family, she instinctually abides prenatal signals that heed without feeling debased, harangued, lectured pedagogical, polemical, puritanical, et cetera blast assessing copulation enjoyed gloriously, ineluctably, kinesthetically lectured by elder, especially cast in thee reel life drama, that nine months til offspring utters initial whimper elapses exceptionally fast emitting a radiant golden halo wishing to bottle confluence of hormonal secretions last ideally fully awake to the birthing process, when juiced the first stage of maternity past cuz every moment thee inconsolably (perhaps colicky infant) gets first dibs to suckle, which round the clock nursing consumes moments many vast.
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Apr 17, 2018
Apr 17, 2018 at 11:04 PM UTC
aye miss the trials and tribulations of expectant fatherhood
no emotionally ecstatic experience compares to the seminal instance whence spermatozoa (from profuse *********** beget the miraculous propensity to procreate despite the steep odds female fertility fosters potential impregnation fusing the hereditary debt of feral, fiery, fomenting friskiness fueling fancy free footloose fornication prior to seminal fertilization union sans ova doth induce fret full ness in tandem with diametrically opposed exultant sensations (biologically, embryonically, microscopically, et cetera) seismic shocks inject when deliberate intent arises to disregard applying prophylactics choice plying reproductive roulette let which analogous fruitful uterine plain bastes the "cooking" egg omelette which impregnation upends cessation of "self" first and foremost asper desire to breed wrenching role of "me" as operative of webbed world de jure upon consummating that most miraculous deed necessitating yet for the fecund female relief from messy menstrual cycle she becomes temporarily freed that perhaps a novitiate (or even a gal practiced in the euphoric family, she instinctually abides prenatal signals that heed without feeling debased, harangued, lectured pedagogical, polemical, puritanical, et cetera blast assessing copulation enjoyed gloriously, ineluctably, kinesthetically lectured by elder, especially cast in thee reel life drama, that nine months til offspring utters initial whimper elapses exceptionally fast emitting a radiant golden halo wishing to bottle confluence of hormonal secretions last ideally fully awake to the birthing process, when juiced the first stage of maternity past cuz every moment thee inconsolably (perhaps colicky infant) gets first dibs to suckle, which round the clock nursing consumes moments many vast.
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no emotionally ecstatic experience compares to the seminal instance whence spermatozoa (from profuse *********** beget the miraculous propensity to procreate despite the steep odds female fertility fosters potential impregnation fusing the hereditary debt of feral, fiery, fomenting friskiness fueling fancy free footloose fornication prior to seminal fertilization union sans ova doth induce fret full ness in tandem with diametrically opposed exultant sensations (biologically, embryonically, microscopically, et cetera) seismic shocks inject when deliberate intent arises to disregard applying prophylactics choice plying reproductive roulette let which analogous fruitful uterine plain bastes the "cooking" egg omelette which impregnation upends cessation of "self" first and foremost asper desire to breed wrenching role of "me" as operative of webbed world de jure upon consummating that most miraculous deed necessitating yet for the fecund female relief from messy menstrual cycle she becomes temporarily freed that perhaps a novitiate (or even a gal practiced in the euphoric family, she instinctually abides prenatal signals that heed without feeling debased, harangued, lectured pedagogical, polemical, puritanical, et cetera blast assessing copulation enjoyed gloriously, ineluctably, kinesthetically lectured by elder, especially cast in thee reel life drama, that nine months til offspring utters initial whimper elapses exceptionally fast emitting a radiant golden halo wishing to bottle confluence of hormonal secretions last ideally fully awake to the birthing process, when juiced the first stage of maternity past cuz every moment thee inconsolably (perhaps colicky infant) gets first dibs to suckle, which round the clock nursing consumes moments many vast.
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Feb 11, 2018
Feb 11, 2018 at 1:11 AM UTC
aye miss the trials and tribulations of expectant fatherhood
no emotionally ecstatic experience compares to the seminal instance whence spermatozoa (from profuse *********** beget the miraculous propensity to procreate despite the steep odds female fertility fosters potential impregnation fusing the hereditary debt of feral, fiery, fomenting friskiness fueling fancy free footloose fornication prior to seminal fertilization union sans ova doth induce fret full ness in tandem with diametrically opposed exultant sensations (biologically, embryonically, microscopically, et cetera) seismic shocks inject when deliberate intent arises to disregard applying prophylactics choice plying reproductive roulette let which analogous fruitful uterine plain bastes the "cooking" egg omelette which impregnation upends cessation of "self" first and foremost asper desire to breed wrenching role of "me" as operative of webbed world de jure upon consummating that most miraculous deed necessitating yet for the fecund female relief from messy menstrual cycle she becomes temporarily freed that perhaps a novitiate (or even a gal practiced in the euphoric family, she instinctually abides prenatal signals that heed without feeling debased, harangued, lectured pedagogical, polemical, puritanical, et cetera blast assessing copulation enjoyed gloriously, ineluctably, kinesthetically lectured by elder, especially cast in thee reel life drama, that nine months til offspring utters initial whimper elapses exceptionally fast emitting a radiant golden halo wishing to bottle confluence of hormonal secretions last ideally fully awake to the birthing process, when juiced the first stage of maternity past cuz every moment thee inconsolably (perhaps colicky infant) gets first dibs to suckle, which round the clock nursing consumes moments many vast.
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The sun is hot this summer Like it was last summer It's too hot to play indoors Let's don trunks and sandals For our journey to Turtle Rock, It's not too far a walk. Wild carrots grow along hot asphalt We're chewing Queen Anne's lace The journey offers time to talk We talk and walk at our own pace I see Mosby Creek through the trees, We're getting near the place Cruise down the path Rotten egg's always last! We're barefoot before the first bend Look out, leaves of three! Poison oak let us be! Lay down our towels We're here my friend Me first! Dibs! I call the rope swing! I shout, jumping over that tranquil spot Y'know the one, where you go over the creek, Because of that awkward rock I grab the rope, run round to the edge And launch myself sidewards right off the ledge! Ker-plunk! Time to swim, Summer's here, life begins.
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Apr 19, 2021
Apr 19, 2021 at 1:45 PM UTC
Turtle Rock
if she drops that cookie, i get dibs on the crumb, she's not that silly, certainly not that dumb, come come cahrumb, come come cahrumb, shh, no more droning, lets just wait n see, i can't take it, it's too much, like honey to bee, drop it for me, drop it for me, come come cahrumb, come come cahrumb, drop it for me, drop it for me, ha, its her last bite, to your precious crumb say goodnight, but wait, a little spec has taken flight, and with all my might!! - - gulp, gasp, horror, despair, he was just too big... if only i had hair!!! i would pull it out...!! Rover, you are most certainly a horrid grout.
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Nov 25, 2011
Nov 25, 2011 at 10:42 PM UTC
two ants and a crumb
World War III was a pity nuclear destruction ***** and Gomorrah Babylon the last city World war; IV, V,VI skirmishes nitty-gritty Reduced to rubble, Land no longer pretty Boulders and granite Fire and ash trash An Unrecognizable planet Walk on mounds of broken glass Each day, a little less men strive Those who managed to survive Irreversible travesty’s against God Chanted by men to Stay alive. Souls Reduced to  Unspeakable things To eat a human being is not as easy as it seems Humanity in its primitive form Cannibalism The bell tolls for thee” Dinner bell sings What length would you go for your kids? Looking in their hungry eyes first dibs Carnal nature, tender young flesh Hunger, starvation, soulless don’t confess living off the flesh of The belly of the beast “Stab it with your stealing knife But you just can’t **** the beast” Mouth waters, a banquet feast Life on the outside filled with decay Losers never win they just fade away False promised prayers nothing to say One more gory battle fire the last mortar War Ends with One World Order Martial law rioters reject Curfew in affect   Government laws suspect, Man fights to the end to defend Freedom life liberty protect BLT Webster’s word of the day challenge March 13, 2025 CURFEW Curfew refers to a law or order that requires people to be indoors after a certain time at night, as well as to the period of time when such an order or law is in effect it can also be used to refer to a time set by a parent or caregiver at which a child has to be back home after going out The Phrase “Never send to know for whom The bell tolls; it for Thee” Originated from John Donnie’s meditation 17 and means we are all connected, and the death of any person, even a stranger, is a loss to all of humanity, as we are all part of the same human experience Ernest Hemingway use the phrase as the title of his novel  “For whom the bell tolls” The phrase can be used as a metaphor to emphasize the interconnectedness of Humanity and the importance of caring about the events and people even those far away Inspired song Hotel California by the Eagles
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Mar 13, 2025
Mar 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM UTC
Cannibalism The Dinner Bell Rings
World War III was a pity nuclear destruction ***** and Gomorrah Babylon the last city World war; IV, V,VI skirmishes nitty-gritty Reduced to rubble, Land no longer pretty Boulders and granite Fire and ash trash An Unrecognizable planet Walk on mounds of broken glass Each day, a little less men strive Those who managed to survive Irreversible travesty’s against God Chanted by men to Stay alive. Souls Reduced to  Unspeakable things To eat a human being is not as easy as it seems Humanity in its primitive form Cannibalism The bell tolls for thee” Dinner bell sings What length would you go for your kids? Looking in their hungry eyes first dibs Carnal nature, tender young flesh Hunger, starvation, soulless don’t confess living off the flesh of The belly of the beast “Stab it with your stealing knife But you just can’t **** the beast” Mouth waters, a banquet feast Life on the outside filled with decay Losers never win they just fade away False promised prayers nothing to say One more gory battle fire the last mortar War Ends with One World Order Martial law rioters reject Curfew in affect   Government laws suspect, Man fights to the end to defend Freedom life liberty protect BLT Webster’s word of the day challenge March 13, 2025 CURFEW Curfew refers to a law or order that requires people to be indoors after a certain time at night, as well as to the period of time when such an order or law is in effect it can also be used to refer to a time set by a parent or caregiver at which a child has to be back home after going out The Phrase “Never send to know for whom The bell tolls; it for Thee” Originated from John Donnie’s meditation 17 and means we are all connected, and the death of any person, even a stranger, is a loss to all of humanity, as we are all part of the same human experience Ernest Hemingway use the phrase as the title of his novel  “For whom the bell tolls” The phrase can be used as a metaphor to emphasize the interconnectedness of Humanity and the importance of caring about the events and people even those far away Inspired song Hotel California by the Eagles
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*Take your word.. You say. But  She took Your word when you told her- you loved her the most in this world. She's your lady & baby girl. You  gave ya word to her when you told her your so in love and no other will do! Not me nor anyone can replace her- remember you gave her ya word- huh? hmm TAKE your word for it ? You gave ya word to her and told her you'd do anything to please her!  but now I must-  Take your word... ?? When You told her I'm nothing to you at all. Your not in a good place right now  & only she can pull you out! Your missing her so much.   You wish she was here  because your craving her touch. & you keep on begging me to- Take your word..... When you've told her, her and her,  you have to stay because your trapped. didn't you tell her this girl in that 1 - I'm not healthy+ I'm in a bad state- ( of mind because my mental psychosis ain't right)   which is why you can't leave me right now?! This you say- Take your word... When you telling em  I'll never be as good as them. (this girl or that  other woman)   You can't wait until your free. Your playing pretend with me but they're  (her, she and them)  is really where you want to be? Take your word....... When once again after you've lied stole and cheated & emotionally beat the love right out of me- Yet you want me to Take your word?!?   I took your word:   when YOU vowed to forsake all others  when you promised  to love me in sickness& in health, for better & worst-   WHEN YOU asked me to love you forever   and if I'd do just that  (take ya word)   YOU'D  "show" me I could once more trust you or as you said   (take your word) & you'll give me all of you 1000%, take ya word on everything & it'll be us, me & you, through thick or thin and you'd "show" me   I could believe in you once again too, that if I take ya word- you'll bring the faith I had in you- back to me, "IF"   I'd take ya word   YOU'D save me from your past neglects and FINALLY love me best!    "IF " I'd take ya word  - You'd never abuse, misused, or deceive me EVER again!   SEE that's the problem, I did TAKE YOUR WORD & TOOK you back even after all this...   NOW I don't want to hear it...   Ya words  hurt me...   SEE I was ya choice but never was I 1st!   Never did I have 1st dibs & for you, it was easy picking when you got hungry unscrupulous ***** nasty type chicks after you!   I was never number #1 I was just  1 of many   you played & used! Yo your words ain't ****   Take MY word(s)  & listen good : I can't and  I  wont do this to myself nor allow you to ******* abuse me NO MORE, I'm to good for you and this here mess! BOY  Ya WORD and words no longer mean **** DEUCES! Always Me Ayeshah ® Copyright © Ayeshah K.C.L.N 1977 - Present YEAR(s) All right reserved ®* ..
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Dec 30, 2011
Dec 30, 2011 at 1:48 AM UTC
Take Your Word!
*Take your word.. You say. But  She took Your word when you told her- you loved her the most in this world. She's your lady & baby girl. You  gave ya word to her when you told her your so in love and no other will do! Not me nor anyone can replace her- remember you gave her ya word- huh? hmm TAKE your word for it ? You gave ya word to her and told her you'd do anything to please her!  but now I must-  Take your word... ?? When You told her I'm nothing to you at all. Your not in a good place right now  & only she can pull you out! Your missing her so much.   You wish she was here  because your craving her touch. & you keep on begging me to- Take your word..... When you've told her, her and her,  you have to stay because your trapped. didn't you tell her this girl in that 1 - I'm not healthy+ I'm in a bad state- ( of mind because my mental psychosis ain't right)   which is why you can't leave me right now?! This you say- Take your word... When you telling em  I'll never be as good as them. (this girl or that  other woman)   You can't wait until your free. Your playing pretend with me but they're  (her, she and them)  is really where you want to be? Take your word....... When once again after you've lied stole and cheated & emotionally beat the love right out of me- Yet you want me to Take your word?!?   I took your word:   when YOU vowed to forsake all others  when you promised  to love me in sickness& in health, for better & worst-   WHEN YOU asked me to love you forever   and if I'd do just that  (take ya word)   YOU'D  "show" me I could once more trust you or as you said   (take your word) & you'll give me all of you 1000%, take ya word on everything & it'll be us, me & you, through thick or thin and you'd "show" me   I could believe in you once again too, that if I take ya word- you'll bring the faith I had in you- back to me, "IF"   I'd take ya word   YOU'D save me from your past neglects and FINALLY love me best!    "IF " I'd take ya word  - You'd never abuse, misused, or deceive me EVER again!   SEE that's the problem, I did TAKE YOUR WORD & TOOK you back even after all this...   NOW I don't want to hear it...   Ya words  hurt me...   SEE I was ya choice but never was I 1st!   Never did I have 1st dibs & for you, it was easy picking when you got hungry unscrupulous ***** nasty type chicks after you!   I was never number #1 I was just  1 of many   you played & used! Yo your words ain't ****   Take MY word(s)  & listen good : I can't and  I  wont do this to myself nor allow you to ******* abuse me NO MORE, I'm to good for you and this here mess! BOY  Ya WORD and words no longer mean **** DEUCES! Always Me Ayeshah ® Copyright © Ayeshah K.C.L.N 1977 - Present YEAR(s) All right reserved ®* ..
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Is liking someone so uncommon or wanting someone, a new phenomenon? Are you an April - wreaking the milieu to discourage me? Is that why you disparage him to such a degree? He’s heartful and sincerious, he’s slammin’ hot but oblivious. He’s music, lust and fun, all rolled into one. So, I’m calling you off, stop blowing up my phone. You might as well not bother, We’ve got dibs on each other. What’s really good? He’s really good.
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Aug 18, 2022
Aug 18, 2022 at 4:23 PM UTC
metrophobia
yo since i had no choice but to rep **** life drugs n alcohol became my wife  though im stressed  through the curses of ham  its the summer of sam and still i slam  my adversaries get the gasoline soak em along with kerosene light em up and watch em go in flames ******* know my name  since i escape the reign  no longer got dibs on me  im livin' carefree  but still feel consolidated to satans invisible penitentiary  so.many brothers like me  wanna speak free  but all they see is the cemetery **** it i shot the sheriff and the deputy  feelin' that ***** Marley talkin' to me  Through **** and hennessey  aint no more fear  mama still lookin' for me but i aint here my heart left long ago I feel no sorrow  and if i die dont cry for me tomorrow  just know i stayed true to the game  i dont care about how long my reign will last? im.a blast from.the past  born in the wrong century yo i know ya feeeeel me  and all my real ****** doing yo thang  how about we load up slugs in the popo brains im.insane  product of Jesus that ***** died at thirty three  now how many niggus died before thirty three  defamin' our savior name  he was black as can be  skin made a bronze eyes of blazin' fire  look how they treated our messiah  they didnt give **** fools sellin' out for paper bucks  only for the devil to exchange ya soul quid pro quo all i know is imma be real.with mine and if they cross that line  ill.put em.on the flat line and if i die in the line of fire ill be reincarnated as a ak 47 round pound for pound  puttin' these snitches n ******* in the ground  Who wanna scrap?  bunch of city politicians talkin' crap  and just know if they watchin' me they watchin' you???  and if they come for me just know they coming for you  Since im a lost son of a prophet  hard to knock it if it wasnt true the media wouldnt use us for profits  house nigguhs givin' up *** with no hesitation  **** that ill **** the ***** of the plantation  divide n conquer is oldest trick in the book  know who's the fuckin' crook? watch out for these jealous *** bustas  cuase when it comes to snaps  theyll make hell for a hustlaaaaa
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Aug 23, 2015
Aug 23, 2015 at 1:57 AM UTC
Ain't Neva Gone Change
yo since i had no choice but to rep **** life drugs n alcohol became my wife  though im stressed  through the curses of ham  its the summer of sam and still i slam  my adversaries get the gasoline soak em along with kerosene light em up and watch em go in flames ******* know my name  since i escape the reign  no longer got dibs on me  im livin' carefree  but still feel consolidated to satans invisible penitentiary  so.many brothers like me  wanna speak free  but all they see is the cemetery **** it i shot the sheriff and the deputy  feelin' that ***** Marley talkin' to me  Through **** and hennessey  aint no more fear  mama still lookin' for me but i aint here my heart left long ago I feel no sorrow  and if i die dont cry for me tomorrow  just know i stayed true to the game  i dont care about how long my reign will last? im.a blast from.the past  born in the wrong century yo i know ya feeeeel me  and all my real ****** doing yo thang  how about we load up slugs in the popo brains im.insane  product of Jesus that ***** died at thirty three  now how many niggus died before thirty three  defamin' our savior name  he was black as can be  skin made a bronze eyes of blazin' fire  look how they treated our messiah  they didnt give **** fools sellin' out for paper bucks  only for the devil to exchange ya soul quid pro quo all i know is imma be real.with mine and if they cross that line  ill.put em.on the flat line and if i die in the line of fire ill be reincarnated as a ak 47 round pound for pound  puttin' these snitches n ******* in the ground  Who wanna scrap?  bunch of city politicians talkin' crap  and just know if they watchin' me they watchin' you???  and if they come for me just know they coming for you  Since im a lost son of a prophet  hard to knock it if it wasnt true the media wouldnt use us for profits  house nigguhs givin' up *** with no hesitation  **** that ill **** the ***** of the plantation  divide n conquer is oldest trick in the book  know who's the fuckin' crook? watch out for these jealous *** bustas  cuase when it comes to snaps  theyll make hell for a hustlaaaaa
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Why do girls gossip? What's the appeal? Why do they hate? They know everyone feels Why do girls complain? About the stupidest things? They hold petty grudges About wishes and dreams But you can't wish for gold And get it the next day You have to work hard Just to go that way She didn't steal your opportunity You never took it, you see You can't wish for gold Or call dibs on things It's stupid and embarrassing I can't be near you Not when you say things That are obviously untrue Why do you gossip? About people better than you? Get your own life, girl You'll have something better to do
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Dec 22, 2014
Dec 22, 2014 at 10:21 AM UTC
Girls
nothing makes me feel more alone than the way I'm in love with the idea of love. And how every new prospect drowns me in dreams of what we could be, who I should be, how this could happen and how it won't. Touching palms like we'd never torn apart anything of value and drawing parallels in the way we both sleep on only one side of the bed. Locking eyes like mirrors never made us want to cry and clutching memories like the hair on the back of your neck mid kiss. Let me know I'm yours, if only for tonight. Calling dibs through the flames and sending kisses to the escape. This is what I wanted but, I still can't get this web of missed connections cleared out in time. I'm in like with a boy who loves movies and a girl who defines sexuality. I'm in heat with a boy with weathered hands just because they make me think he's capable to handle the storm. I'm in awe with a boy channeling an ivy leaguer and a wise suburban coffeehouse. Wish me luck because I just don't think I can pull enough seats to the table to coexist with all my dreams and frantic attempts at being somebody I'm not. Who knows and who doesn't but most importantly who cares? Break this bread and let live. Take me or leave me.
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Jun 1, 2014
Jun 1, 2014 at 10:12 PM UTC
Fire Escape
In my head I’ve been hoarding impressions of contemplation My thoughts have run on for extra innings But if you ask me what I’m thinking about My mind draws a serious blank So I say I’m dreaming of death- How, when, and where it will come Cause I’m quite aware I could expire before the milk in the fridge And yet I’m filled with heavy burdens which don’t allow me to fully live While everyone around me is working on self-improvement, I choose self-destruction Perhaps I’ve always gone against the grain But the past is a broken mirror and I can’t see myself straight And as I sit in clouds of smoke and think how there aren’t Enough days, enough seasons, enough of the world to go around And the billionaires are lucky since they’ll get first dibs on a new planet
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Aug 2, 2013
Aug 2, 2013 at 4:51 PM UTC
In My Head
I knew from the first day that this boy the one with the bright eyes and crooked smile yeah I'd be thinking about him for a while I'm sorry this isn't what you want to hear that I've been gawking all year from across the room and when I speak to him I let his words fall upon me like the sweetest perfume my mind six months ahead of our small talk as I picture him asking me to go for a walk so I apologize for the fizz that escapes my lips when you inform me "Yo. I have dibs."
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Jun 13, 2012
Jun 13, 2012 at 1:23 AM UTC
Dibs
Live IN it: The breeze brushing soft skin, glowing in cavernous autumn. Me solo: astounded by the world. astounded by my own hands. standing on my own feet. lead by the volition of discovery. filling empty space with MY understanding. What is mine: Calling dibs on myself. Thinking about pleasing someone else and being fraught with anxiety. Continuously forgetting things emerge slowly until: EXCITEMENT of being at the end of things, hold on tight. Peeling from my chest: DIGNITY reminds me to be uncomfortable with familiarity. Beauty is knowing I'll just miss out on singularity. So I just LET go: blow cross shallow water, bask in uncertainty, and startle people with my pace.
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Nov 6, 2016
Nov 6, 2016 at 3:56 PM UTC
Anthem to myself.
The greatest worth that goes unnoticed. Existing independently waiting to be found. A few have been close, lingered amongst the vicinity. Never knowing what they were missing out on, never knowing a treasure needed them as much as they needed it. Shamefully stashed away, someone promised to come back for it; Calling dibs on diamonds. Abandoned. No X to mark the spot. Worth a lifetime of romance and riches, but no one will ever know what's beneath the surface. She's waiting to be found.
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Oct 15, 2012
Oct 15, 2012 at 9:55 PM UTC
Hidden Treasure
This man thinks what he sees is his Whether it human or vegetable even water's up for dibs This man will shed plenty of blood for dirt Then burn invisible borders into the earth This man knows he's invincible This man believes he has principles This man has a different view He's humbled by nature and resists the coup This man won't shed blood for dirt He knows there's nothing worth that kind of hurt This man understands life is finite He's grateful for each day and night This man knows he's invisible This man believes he has principles
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Aug 28, 2021
Aug 28, 2021 at 2:09 PM UTC
Point of view
I was going to tell you. I was going to let you read a page. I swear. I just wanted to put a face to the feeling, wanted a solid "you" to write to, something other than the blurriness. I didn't pull you out of your grave. I said, scoot over. When you walk a mile in someone else's shoes, you find your feet growing to fill them out. That's the thing about empathy: Your own shoes are a little too tight now. You've got blisters on your ankles. I had a dream that you bit me and then ****** the venom out. I had a dream that you gave me mouth-to- mouth so heavenly I forgot who drowned me. You had dibs over both sides of the coin, half-dreamer, half- dream. You made a place for yourself inside my head. There, you said, now I can live forever.
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May 15, 2017
May 15, 2017 at 1:24 PM UTC
you
I was just a chance passenger Desperate; shielded; armored My wall rising higher My fate is left to be shattered I smelt the odor of hopelessness Filling my lungs to the brink of helplessness The grip is too tight The conquest in its height My lips are trembling I am mumbling My palms - sweating Knees are shaking The lack of air consumed Cracked bones on my chest - my ribs Devouring on my innocence. Ripped. Am I to blame? He called the dibs.
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May 29, 2014
May 29, 2014 at 12:31 PM UTC
Claim
Three silver cars, don't drink the water this land is your land, red wagons with noise and cruel laughter as a noose shadows of birds- hallucinations don't drink the water- you're in alien nation hammer in the nail--pound, pound, pound away at my sanity the Mad hatter was a schizophrenic shaman-- all a leader needs is a follower society not meant for this animal angelic minds deflowered by.... tattoos influence your fate-- own the kingdom or wear the crown deny your true identity and society will make one up for you "if the shoe fits" will technology and nature ever be lovers? sometimes opposites don't attract first cig of the day is always the best--then its downhill with a black lung we find value in being robbed as we're robbed of our.... billionaires are lucky cause they get first dibs on a new planet... purgatory is septia-toned they turn you on, they get you in, until you drop out of your own free will alienation fake flowers last forever the world's in such a fever it can't see straight the movie reel is static--run, run, run the tame beasts and wild birders are coming to feed
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Apr 13, 2015
Apr 13, 2015 at 1:36 PM UTC
Alien-Nation
The windy city we take no pity on fools who come through and act high n mighty like a committee if you with me shout once now twice and let me tell you why my city is so nice we don't bite we invite and write our problems on this page a city full of wizards and I'm the level 60 mage Our bulls are red with rage 6 championships always rattling the cage Michigan avenue where the clothes are so nice and the ice is tight catch the loop roll around all day and night despite the fights on the south and west sides that's right your hood here is by geographical methods not epileptic or mathematics accept it we're a new breed a strange sensation the toughest in the middle of the nation as the seasons change we only get stronger call dibs on the parking spot with a lawn chair don't despair we all no you don't wanna leave welcome to Chicago, my city!
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Nov 4, 2014
Nov 4, 2014 at 7:14 PM UTC
Forever a Chicago son.
Diamond Dibs Eccentric to the Chili Peppers Birdseed Stains on Rock of Gold Hard Headed Boston Mama Glass Stains on a Rough-Hewn Mistress Holy Tomati and Sauce Westward ** All About "Chuck" I'll Name You How Dare You Icy Breeze on Static Type It's Hot in Here and finally Ghost of a Chance Too
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Feb 23, 2017
Feb 23, 2017 at 8:48 AM UTC
Some of My Weird Names for Rock Groups
I couldn't call dibs on your heart Since I didn't love you at the start I fought the ropes that pulled Within me; to feel more than I Ever have; a hunger grew Within me; for any minute Any second around you, This thirst was different Than I ever knew, Never wanted someone Because I didn't want To ever have to let go Always cutting ties Before they'd anchor Me down to earth, For your smile; your mirth I'd mercilessly **** But you had the last word to say Who you belonged to, I never prayed this hard, To quell the ugliness of jealousy, But it's there like weeds I have to pull up everyday Yet from this I can't get away; You're someone else's And I must understand I'll never be with you Unless it was a dream; And even then I cannot For as you know I never do; Hope he knows what he's got, He may one day not have any Material possessions; But he's got the greatest Single valuable on earth; Your love... © okpoet
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Jan 14, 2013
Jan 14, 2013 at 1:17 AM UTC
Even Then...
I’m toey this morning, we’re getting a test back. I was all right or all wrong. I’m early, the first one here. I’m hoping the TA will early-bird and return my test before anyone else gets here. That way, when I run and jump out the 3rd story window, no one else will be traumatized. I’m trying to have-sac but I’m keyed-up and quivering like a ****** My chair seems all hard angles. I didn’t sleep much. My mind is replaying the test in a loop, resisting the unreliable seduction of hope. I've decided my score depends on one variable in question 3. This semester I feel like one of those Cirque du sloeil acrobats that spin ten plates on a pole while riding a motorcycle. I realize I’m biting my fingernails and the parental voices that live in my mind spring to life. I shut them down with a shake of my head, they’ll have their say later. Oh, great, another student’s here, Clint, I think. He’s a stengo from someplace tropical. I’ve never talked to him 1-on-1 but we were in a lab group once, where we had to synthesize a coordination complex and characterize it. He’s smart, polite, and forever chipper. He settles into his seat and slouches like he hasn’t a care in the world. I don’t like him this morning. If he’s wrong, he’s going to have to throw himself down the stairs, I’ve got dibs on the window.
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Sep 26, 2023
Sep 26, 2023 at 10:06 PM UTC
the window
i am calling dibs, you’re mine. will the Universe hear my plea?
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Mar 4, 2015
Mar 4, 2015 at 11:01 AM UTC
Untitled
"Dibs" you used to claim, smiling, and pointing at me. It was a joke and I used to laugh, but it buffered my relationship with Men from Home by cloaking my presence with preoccupation. Like royalty, I caroused with you the City of Sand, safe to be free with innocence. and the Kingdom I surveyed was glamorous. Then, after That Spring, I fled, and found myself facing unbuffered men almost naked; Without your jacket I was chilly, and my body was offered the sticky hot sweat of **** Sapien Hands for warmth. Smooth operations against my naive flesh left callouses and bruises only I can be responsible for accepting. I was generous with the pieces of skin I wore and tore for the pleasure of others, hoping to find you again, or someone close. But this new kingdom was not Glamorous was not innocent or funny or warm. Living in the squalor of my own choices a derelict of my own self-abandonment I became Queen of the Grunge and it was painful, I tell you it hurt! Homecoming Queen dons a shiny elastic crown but Homegoing Queen wears a ***** one of thorns. For a while, I wore it allowed it to obscure my vision and warp my mirror's depiction. Scars I mistook for knowledge, and though they have made me wiser, it is impossible to prune the Diadem of Dirt when its very composition is barb. So: atop my head I wore two crowns and from across my shoulders I shed one coat. Bruises I gained as well as experience and a new empire I consorted. And indeed my mind's severe questions took my body places I doubt it thought it would ever go, But as I return to our former palace, I realize The Answers for which I was so desperately searching could be found deep in the Sand, and that the more intensely the more earnestly my hands shovel into the dirt, the warmer it becomes. Now, I smile As the Sand starts to glow with the diamond fire of my own soul and I am warm in just my healing skin. Now, I return Home and discover the circularity of enlightenment as I am filled with the Gusto of Me and of finding my buried treasure deep within the Sand, deep within my love. I can take it anywhere Because I know I feel I am My own.
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Jan 18, 2015
Jan 18, 2015 at 7:40 PM UTC
Return Home
"Dibs" you used to claim, smiling, and pointing at me. It was a joke and I used to laugh, but it buffered my relationship with Men from Home by cloaking my presence with preoccupation. Like royalty, I caroused with you the City of Sand, safe to be free with innocence. and the Kingdom I surveyed was glamorous. Then, after That Spring, I fled, and found myself facing unbuffered men almost naked; Without your jacket I was chilly, and my body was offered the sticky hot sweat of **** Sapien Hands for warmth. Smooth operations against my naive flesh left callouses and bruises only I can be responsible for accepting. I was generous with the pieces of skin I wore and tore for the pleasure of others, hoping to find you again, or someone close. But this new kingdom was not Glamorous was not innocent or funny or warm. Living in the squalor of my own choices a derelict of my own self-abandonment I became Queen of the Grunge and it was painful, I tell you it hurt! Homecoming Queen dons a shiny elastic crown but Homegoing Queen wears a ***** one of thorns. For a while, I wore it allowed it to obscure my vision and warp my mirror's depiction. Scars I mistook for knowledge, and though they have made me wiser, it is impossible to prune the Diadem of Dirt when its very composition is barb. So: atop my head I wore two crowns and from across my shoulders I shed one coat. Bruises I gained as well as experience and a new empire I consorted. And indeed my mind's severe questions took my body places I doubt it thought it would ever go, But as I return to our former palace, I realize The Answers for which I was so desperately searching could be found deep in the Sand, and that the more intensely the more earnestly my hands shovel into the dirt, the warmer it becomes. Now, I smile As the Sand starts to glow with the diamond fire of my own soul and I am warm in just my healing skin. Now, I return Home and discover the circularity of enlightenment as I am filled with the Gusto of Me and of finding my buried treasure deep within the Sand, deep within my love. I can take it anywhere Because I know I feel I am My own.
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