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"disarm" poems
Mr. handsome stranger He’s coming after Desperate like a last request Frantic delusional lunatic Unhinged fragile losing what’s left Self serving sadomasochistic Easy on the eyes but doesn’t quite fit in Playing it cool in social situations His intelligent banter he claims as his own With somewhat smart comebacks he practiced at home Trying so hard that the sweat beads down Onto his stressed wrinkled furrowed brow the stories he skillfully misdirected   Carefully darting  unwanted questions Mr. Indiscreet can’t blow his cover Disarm the girl of his unrealistic dreams How quite average and normal he can be Mr. Stalker walks over to the Girl works up the courage and talks to her Strikes up a witty conversation With his movie star smile and education Using the words that he pre rehearsed Says all the right things and compliments her Looking past his rather peculiar behavior And when politely asked gives up her number He rings her up the very next day With a romantic scenic picnic date Under the shade of a lush green tree Upon a blanket with wine and cheese Playing the part of the handsome boyfriend Gains her full trust and faith in him Joking in a effort to make her laugh To put her at ease and follow his plan Jealous of her ex boyfriends Knowing their names and full address And when he drops her off at home Tracks and follows her every move Knows all her weekly kept routines Threatens and blackmails all her friends Studies everyday mundane errands Unaware of his decent into madness
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Sep 18, 2018
Sep 18, 2018 at 8:28 AM UTC
Mr. Handsome
Mr. handsome stranger He’s coming after Desperate like a last request Frantic delusional lunatic Unhinged fragile losing what’s left Self serving sadomasochistic Easy on the eyes but doesn’t quite fit in Playing it cool in social situations His intelligent banter he claims as his own With somewhat smart comebacks he practiced at home Trying so hard that the sweat beads down Onto his stressed wrinkled furrowed brow the stories he skillfully misdirected   Carefully darting  unwanted questions Mr. Indiscreet can’t blow his cover Disarm the girl of his unrealistic dreams How quite average and normal he can be Mr. Stalker walks over to the Girl works up the courage and talks to her Strikes up a witty conversation With his movie star smile and education Using the words that he pre rehearsed Says all the right things and compliments her Looking past his rather peculiar behavior And when politely asked gives up her number He rings her up the very next day With a romantic scenic picnic date Under the shade of a lush green tree Upon a blanket with wine and cheese Playing the part of the handsome boyfriend Gains her full trust and faith in him Joking in a effort to make her laugh To put her at ease and follow his plan Jealous of her ex boyfriends Knowing their names and full address And when he drops her off at home Tracks and follows her every move Knows all her weekly kept routines Threatens and blackmails all her friends Studies everyday mundane errands Unaware of his decent into madness
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I wonder if you've noticed, I'm becoming less appealing, Our conversations are getting very... Very, boring... And I wonder if you've noticed, That I'm becoming less appealing. You can tell me, I didn't meant to approach you, It was a decision made in a split second, And it seems like my heart's voice was louder than my brain's then: I'm being honest, My chest was about to explode, My heart was a ticking time bomb And I could only disarm it by giving it a voice, Converting its electric impulses into sound waves. But now, It's been a while since then, And, We're drifting apart... I haven't told you that I nicknamed you zebra because of that cute black and white shirt you had on... Because, I'm scared that would just trigger the slow end of our... Our?! I mean, It will make our friendship awkward. I told my friends I don't like you, But apparently you like me - But, I just have a question, After getting to know me - Ummm... Have I lost my charms, Or are you still googly-eyed over the stupid fifteen year old boy that nearly tripped over his own words as he uttered, "You're very pretty"?
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Mar 13, 2016
Mar 13, 2016 at 2:40 PM UTC
Slowly losing interest?
You say, "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” but I say surely something must taste nicer than the burning acid being forced back up your throat. Why not hug people instead of toilet bowls? At least they’ll hug back. Except Mia is your only friend now. And her cousin, Ana, of course. And I understand that you never wanted to die, but this is a thousand ton truck hurtling towards the edge of a cliff and Ana took the wheel a long time ago. There is no strength in this: in you, in a fear of calories. Even your bones creak as your muscles sigh with exhaustion - for this, is not a war you're winning. This is a battle with only one contender and I will not be the one to disarm you. That's your job and it always has been. I know you only wanted to be beautiful like all those stars in the magazines you saved under a file titled ‘thinspo’ but the only stars you ever saw were in your eyes from the dizziness and to tell you the truth, you are not pretty. For there is nothing “pretty” about the layer of fuzz your body grew to protect itself from the big bad wolf when really, the only growl was coming from inside your stomach. Or how your little sister is afraid to touch, let alone hug you, in fear of snapping you in two. For there is no glamour in having to remove clumps of hair out of the plughole at least six times whilst having a shower, just to let the water run down. Or that one time you "accidentally” took too many laxatives. Messy. There is nothing admirable about the way you sat shivering on your bed at night instead of kissing boys, or dancing, or eating ice cream. There is nothing to be marvelled at in dying. This, is not a life to be lived. God, this isn't even a life. This is being a slave to your own body, a walking zombie, a ghost stuck between two sides. You are not alive. But it was all still worth it, right? Slowly killing yourself from the inside out. A small price to pay for perfection, a bargain for a broken mirror; for a half-written book with 97 blank pages, a camera that only captures in black and white, a clock with frozen hands. And most importantly, for a peace of mind you never received. No refunds.
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Dec 8, 2013
Dec 8, 2013 at 11:59 AM UTC
the ugly side to eating disorders
You say, "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” but I say surely something must taste nicer than the burning acid being forced back up your throat. Why not hug people instead of toilet bowls? At least they’ll hug back. Except Mia is your only friend now. And her cousin, Ana, of course. And I understand that you never wanted to die, but this is a thousand ton truck hurtling towards the edge of a cliff and Ana took the wheel a long time ago. There is no strength in this: in you, in a fear of calories. Even your bones creak as your muscles sigh with exhaustion - for this, is not a war you're winning. This is a battle with only one contender and I will not be the one to disarm you. That's your job and it always has been. I know you only wanted to be beautiful like all those stars in the magazines you saved under a file titled ‘thinspo’ but the only stars you ever saw were in your eyes from the dizziness and to tell you the truth, you are not pretty. For there is nothing “pretty” about the layer of fuzz your body grew to protect itself from the big bad wolf when really, the only growl was coming from inside your stomach. Or how your little sister is afraid to touch, let alone hug you, in fear of snapping you in two. For there is no glamour in having to remove clumps of hair out of the plughole at least six times whilst having a shower, just to let the water run down. Or that one time you "accidentally” took too many laxatives. Messy. There is nothing admirable about the way you sat shivering on your bed at night instead of kissing boys, or dancing, or eating ice cream. There is nothing to be marvelled at in dying. This, is not a life to be lived. God, this isn't even a life. This is being a slave to your own body, a walking zombie, a ghost stuck between two sides. You are not alive. But it was all still worth it, right? Slowly killing yourself from the inside out. A small price to pay for perfection, a bargain for a broken mirror; for a half-written book with 97 blank pages, a camera that only captures in black and white, a clock with frozen hands. And most importantly, for a peace of mind you never received. No refunds.
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Warning: Use dis list in context. You decide on which side you fall. disappear disregard disaster displace disqualify disrepair disturb dissipate disability dispose dismal distribute distrust disturb discriminate discuss disdain disguise dishearten disinherit disown disparage disagree disgruntle disclose discolour dispute disarm discover disassemble disadvantage disallow dispossess discontent discontinue disrespect disincline discomfort disrepute dishonest disillusion dishonor dismiss disobey disjoin disappoint discipline discord discern discrete disfigure disconnect disapprove discharge disbar disease discord disfavor disengage disassociate discipline discount disembody displace dissaray disembowel discombobulate discredit discourse disentangle disenfranchise disembark discard disburse disbelief discover disable disagree disintegrate dismay dispense dislodge disclaimer disapprove dissatisfy disrupt dispel dislike dismantle disloyal disbatch disrobe disperse display disaprove disciple disavow disconcert disinfect disorder dismal dismember displease dissemble disunity dislocate distort distrust distress dissolute disassociate distill discect (?) distemper distain distasteful distraught dissolve dissonant dissuade And dis isn't de end.
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Aug 22, 2015
Aug 22, 2015 at 12:06 PM UTC
Is Dis Good or Is Dis Bad (a partici-poem)
Jealousy is a loaded gun, And you made each of their names Bullets in my chamber. The end of the barrel Kisses me softly, Between the eyes, Where you used to. And as you twirl them all round in a Russian Roulette My finger quivers over the trigger. Sweat makes it impossible to grip And thinking back makes it Impossible To think forward... What next? You cocked it, The gun, So I'm ready to go. I think... Until, you reach out and try to save me. Your hand touching mine Losens my grip on the gun, My finger becomes limp and I come back to life as Your promises disarm me, Your reassurance unloads the gun and The bullets become evanescent in your kiss.
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Nov 6, 2015
Nov 6, 2015 at 1:04 AM UTC
Death, by Envy
I. *“You can only fight the way you practice” ― Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy* His lessons started late As always, and as always What is thrown is a question You grip tightly around your fingers as one would, as one always should. With a branch he beckons: “Come” he asks, *“if a stick is struck from this angle, what would your answer be?”* Always, the old man taught With each strike, each parry, Each disarm and lock, Each time my knuckles Would hurt. This way he makes it sure that my body remembers. This is always the first step. My mind might forget. But the body Remembers. II. *“It is difficult to realize the true Way just through sword-fencing. Know the smallest things and the biggest things, the shallowest things and the deepest things.” ― Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi* With him, everything starts The vague quality of nonwords Taught from pain, simplified Through science: the fulcrum and the lever. Each joint, each turn, a pattern to comprehend, all things work in context: *A framework of the undeniable Fact:* *the world is separate In only these two words:* Taub at Tihaya The colloquial words for Face down and face up; This is a pattern of the body. III. *“If you wish to control others you must first control yourself” ― Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy* Tihaya The lesson starts When he presses His thumb forward to a hand asking for alms like turning a doorknob too far to the right. Taub when I pull back four fingers on a giving hand too far to what is left. these are the means for control. When I know How much is necessary To push or to pull, To teach or to break. - 18 October 2017
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Oct 18, 2017
Oct 18, 2017 at 5:57 AM UTC
musashi
I. *“You can only fight the way you practice” ― Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy* His lessons started late As always, and as always What is thrown is a question You grip tightly around your fingers as one would, as one always should. With a branch he beckons: “Come” he asks, *“if a stick is struck from this angle, what would your answer be?”* Always, the old man taught With each strike, each parry, Each disarm and lock, Each time my knuckles Would hurt. This way he makes it sure that my body remembers. This is always the first step. My mind might forget. But the body Remembers. II. *“It is difficult to realize the true Way just through sword-fencing. Know the smallest things and the biggest things, the shallowest things and the deepest things.” ― Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi* With him, everything starts The vague quality of nonwords Taught from pain, simplified Through science: the fulcrum and the lever. Each joint, each turn, a pattern to comprehend, all things work in context: *A framework of the undeniable Fact:* *the world is separate In only these two words:* Taub at Tihaya The colloquial words for Face down and face up; This is a pattern of the body. III. *“If you wish to control others you must first control yourself” ― Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy* Tihaya The lesson starts When he presses His thumb forward to a hand asking for alms like turning a doorknob too far to the right. Taub when I pull back four fingers on a giving hand too far to what is left. these are the means for control. When I know How much is necessary To push or to pull, To teach or to break. - 18 October 2017
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My leg hurts The jaws of this inhumane trap engulf my lower shin I have the tool to disarm it and free myself But I muttle in my adolescent egocentric pain Caught within monotonous routine and self interest I rot like my peers I've sunk to a level of self loathing, that I enjoy pulling myself down I Am Disgusting. I Need Help. I cry for things I can give myself but alas I withhold it to feel sorry for myself Me and my fellow youth Equally as useful, equally as useless Although I am free of the crowd I am still blinded by my adolescence Purpose Interest Intellect Great-fullness Peacefulness Generosity Love PURPOSE all I've know is I am here to be a vessel for knowledge and indoctrination I am here to have an opinion I voice, but does not matter. I do not matter. This function is welded to me However... The voice of destiny reasons with me again and I hear: Seek what's within Garrot it. Place yourself into the walls of meaning and the murals upon't Serve others in selflessness. Share with others in selflessness. Learn from others in selflessness. Teach others in selflessness. Your a pawn in the samsara. Do your duty within its game. Gain higher consciousness so you can share the path to it. Become a giver, not a taker. Interest Intellect Great-fullness Peacefulness Generosity Love Six lessons left, define yourself within them. Or perish within your self indulgent pitiful hole.
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Feb 15, 2019
Feb 15, 2019 at 5:13 AM UTC
Fictional Fixedness
Kindness is not nice. ‘Nice’ is soft and inoffensive ‘Nice’ is careful and non-assertive ‘Nice’ is easy and effects no change she’s cotton wool trying to soften the pain but not stuffed tight, just resting on the surface ready to be blown away or pressed under a muddy boot of disinterest ‘Nice’ is a damp whisper a mouse cowering in the corner hoping you will blink and miss her lest she attract your notice lest she presume too much and cause a whisker of offence Kindness is not like that – Kindness pushes in, quick and nimble a hero with no mask, unasked unexpected, dodging the turmoil leaving nothing unsaid and little undone in her pursuit of creating a counter-disruption Kindness defies convention Kindness carefully aims her weapons of choice and advances relentless and regardless of any and all obstacles in her way Kindness perseveres all the love-long day Kindness doesn’t delay Kindness is gleeful for the chance of invasion ready to disarm with expert compassion with her regiments of patience armed to the teeth with gracious placing tanks of good faith on all fronts Kindness confronts Courage is her currency, boldness her language, trust and hope are her passports to lands long unexplored happily wearing all-weather clothing for any and all unexpected storms Kindness transforms Kindness weakens all defenses and challenges all camouflaged pretenses Kindness pours itself out to fill unhealed wounds and on shrapnel-seeded battlefields she - blooms Kindness is not 'nice' Kindness isn’t in this for the likes Kindness bites She’s a take-on-all-comers, undefeated delight Kindness never bails from the fight never fails, never takes flight Kindness is nothing casual, nothing incidental This Kindness is elemental She is Avengers-Assemble, End-Game-level monumental Kindness is not 'nice'. Kindness is loving awe-ful.
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Oct 12, 2020
Oct 12, 2020 at 8:45 AM UTC
Kindness bites
Kindness is not nice. ‘Nice’ is soft and inoffensive ‘Nice’ is careful and non-assertive ‘Nice’ is easy and effects no change she’s cotton wool trying to soften the pain but not stuffed tight, just resting on the surface ready to be blown away or pressed under a muddy boot of disinterest ‘Nice’ is a damp whisper a mouse cowering in the corner hoping you will blink and miss her lest she attract your notice lest she presume too much and cause a whisker of offence Kindness is not like that – Kindness pushes in, quick and nimble a hero with no mask, unasked unexpected, dodging the turmoil leaving nothing unsaid and little undone in her pursuit of creating a counter-disruption Kindness defies convention Kindness carefully aims her weapons of choice and advances relentless and regardless of any and all obstacles in her way Kindness perseveres all the love-long day Kindness doesn’t delay Kindness is gleeful for the chance of invasion ready to disarm with expert compassion with her regiments of patience armed to the teeth with gracious placing tanks of good faith on all fronts Kindness confronts Courage is her currency, boldness her language, trust and hope are her passports to lands long unexplored happily wearing all-weather clothing for any and all unexpected storms Kindness transforms Kindness weakens all defenses and challenges all camouflaged pretenses Kindness pours itself out to fill unhealed wounds and on shrapnel-seeded battlefields she - blooms Kindness is not 'nice' Kindness isn’t in this for the likes Kindness bites She’s a take-on-all-comers, undefeated delight Kindness never bails from the fight never fails, never takes flight Kindness is nothing casual, nothing incidental This Kindness is elemental She is Avengers-Assemble, End-Game-level monumental Kindness is not 'nice'. Kindness is loving awe-ful.
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Blest as the immortal gods is he, The youth whose eyes may look on thee, Whose ears thy tongue's sweet melody May still devour. Thou smilest too!--sweet smile, whose charm Has struck my soul with wild alarm, And, when I see thee, bids disarm Each vital power. Speechless I gaze: the flame within Runs swift o'er all my quivering skin: My eyeballs swim; with dizzy din My brain reels round; And cold drops fall; and tremblings frail Seize every limb; and grassy pale I grow; and then--together fail Both sight and sound.
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In Adoration
What the hell When I have heaven in my arms? I see Blake, I see Plath I see the bike next to the block Am I good?at your puns? Spotting these metaphors and sensing your lust The Devil  himself between these mellowing thighs Oh, He looked a lot like you Sean. Undress not your self But your gown For me once Disarm these plausibilities I know where you're from
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Dec 11, 2014
Dec 11, 2014 at 2:21 AM UTC
Unnamed
We look upon each other Drawing in the attraction Wondering what’s beyond the skin Inadequacy is sometimes found Once we’ve pierced the heart within… What if what makes us who we are A total package if you prefer Gives away our true kind Decreasing the images’ worth Creating a change of mind… A peek inside the soul Could be all we need to see Sealing the fate of charm A face that’s average to the eye Has the heart to unravel and disarm… If you look at all the masterpieces artists have created Whether paint or pen, marble or clay, Or perhaps the dust from the ground We see many imperfections But overall beauty may astound
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Jun 4, 2015
Jun 4, 2015 at 10:09 AM UTC
inner beauty
Under attack once again From those who make themselves available to him By now one would think I'd be use to it He knows my weakest link How to distress me He knows who to send to me and when Who is vulnerable and who is not Whoever allows themselves to be used as a pawn Surely shall get used No deposit required While payback awaits Most are used unknowingly Driven to say and do as if instructed by an invisible force Blinded not by the light But rather by the darkness However there is a weapon to be used A weapon that will and can disarm To master the art of knowing from whence it comes Then to ignore it
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Jul 25, 2018
Jul 25, 2018 at 8:03 AM UTC
The Devil's Spawn
streams of salt and H2O leak down reddened cheeks and condense in a golden beard. a war-torn nation, half-a-world-away, crystallizes clear as dayspring in an insomniac's screaming and fragile psyche at half-past-three in the morning. what strength must a seven-year-old posses to persevere amidst the perversity of cluster bombs? munitions bought and paid for with the taxes we fork over to the United States. will her blood one day stain our hands with crimson? will her mother's? a girl who just wanted to read, to escape the tragedy that inundates our surroundings, to a magical realm of pure imagination. where we can summon spectral stags to save us from the misery of humanity and learn to disarm those who would harm   us with the charm, Expelliarmus! the bastion where i found the first seeds that grew into a rebellion opens its doors to you, Bana. there's a crater where your house used to be, rubble strewn in Aleppo, Syria. but know that Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.
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Nov 30, 2016
Nov 30, 2016 at 4:05 AM UTC
Bana
Fading and falling Why do you seem to not see me anymore? All I want to do is to be yours . Time won’t stop to bare us another kiss And in you is where I find my bliss Falling and falling Harder and harder, what will goodbye bring I am trying to prepare for the sting But, every time I try to push you away You give me a little reason to stay Fading and Fading Deeper into your charm What will it take for you to disarm? And take me Into your arms and never let me free For here is where I want to be Fading and falling You seem to cause me pain Though, you never seem to leave my brain What is there left to do? When all I want to fight for is you
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Jul 18, 2014
Jul 18, 2014 at 12:07 AM UTC
Falling an Fading
Melting madness and shimmering isles The bubble-gum boils in drug pedophiles Let's teach the East to love Western style We come in with strap-on's and pillage with smiles The rest of the world watches their watches People keep saying we're at hour eleven We're changing the design on our gold lockets From a heart to a blackjack, Seven Seven Seven! The college boys assure you that they know the lyrics And the meanings behind them for they've been enlightened They swarm out like locusts and pretentiously parrot Verbatim the textbooks they read when they're frightened That they'll die with nothing to show for their efforts They want everyone else in the world to remember That they did exist on some scale of importance Even though we're just spun yarn of grass, dirt and oceans Intelligence streams the consciousness seeds and conscientious objectors it seems So pardon me for the fallacy of pardoning tyrannical dictator queens It seems these days to be discovered you need to cheat on your spouse or your lover You'd think that with all the war crimes we've seen we would have hung at least one or the other We've got two parties, so pick one or scram! (Look at them squirm as fast as they can!) They're starting to think for themselves again! Quick, strangle the market and feed this man Acid and bath salts and give him some tear gas and send him on in to disarm the smear traps And **** everyone so we'll jump to conclusion with no where to turn, the final solution! I'm drunk again and we're falling in, the shoreline is riddled with explosions We don't speak of the war, we have no comment, we're almost out of original content We're frantically searching for a brand new contest to prove that our nation is still the best Whether you're China, Russia, Israel, Pakistan, the U.K., or India, the U.S. or Japan Let's take all the gangbanging **** out of Oakland and drop them in to the Atlantic Ocean Or better yet, set them loose in Uganda, let's see how long they last in Rwanda. I'm done with religion and socialized medicine, this aristocracy of pull and deception So for once in our lifetimes, let's seek a vision, because God knows people can't make ******* decisions.
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Jan 7, 2013
Jan 7, 2013 at 4:20 AM UTC
The Other Half Of The World Raps
Melting madness and shimmering isles The bubble-gum boils in drug pedophiles Let's teach the East to love Western style We come in with strap-on's and pillage with smiles The rest of the world watches their watches People keep saying we're at hour eleven We're changing the design on our gold lockets From a heart to a blackjack, Seven Seven Seven! The college boys assure you that they know the lyrics And the meanings behind them for they've been enlightened They swarm out like locusts and pretentiously parrot Verbatim the textbooks they read when they're frightened That they'll die with nothing to show for their efforts They want everyone else in the world to remember That they did exist on some scale of importance Even though we're just spun yarn of grass, dirt and oceans Intelligence streams the consciousness seeds and conscientious objectors it seems So pardon me for the fallacy of pardoning tyrannical dictator queens It seems these days to be discovered you need to cheat on your spouse or your lover You'd think that with all the war crimes we've seen we would have hung at least one or the other We've got two parties, so pick one or scram! (Look at them squirm as fast as they can!) They're starting to think for themselves again! Quick, strangle the market and feed this man Acid and bath salts and give him some tear gas and send him on in to disarm the smear traps And **** everyone so we'll jump to conclusion with no where to turn, the final solution! I'm drunk again and we're falling in, the shoreline is riddled with explosions We don't speak of the war, we have no comment, we're almost out of original content We're frantically searching for a brand new contest to prove that our nation is still the best Whether you're China, Russia, Israel, Pakistan, the U.K., or India, the U.S. or Japan Let's take all the gangbanging **** out of Oakland and drop them in to the Atlantic Ocean Or better yet, set them loose in Uganda, let's see how long they last in Rwanda. I'm done with religion and socialized medicine, this aristocracy of pull and deception So for once in our lifetimes, let's seek a vision, because God knows people can't make ******* decisions.
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When will this suspicion Go into remission? Splitting like nuclear fission Is their miserable mission So they poke and **** Claiming I'm a fraud Thinking they're my god Which seems kind of odd Because they know so little And I know so much I play them like a fiddle Then eat them for lunch For when it comes to raging rhetoric I prove myself to be the better ***** They turn suspicious So I become vicious And treat them like ******* Because all of their wishes Are of being capable witches So they can morph me into a frog Maybe then I'll hope on their log And live the limited life they want But they'll always tease and taunt So my sensitive secrets I'll flaunt To disarm their negative notions Yet that's a never ending ocean We live in a world of suspicion With a hatred ignition We live in a world that's a prison A world that's sad to envision Where everyone's a guard And everyone is charred By the judge Who throws sludge At the fragile mirror To make hatred clearer We must break the lawyers' locks And sell their suspicious stocks For when we fear one another We don't hear one another Communication goes Suspicion grows That's the flow While we sit in our vaults Hoping that this halts But it never stops In a world of cops A world that's continually turning While suspicion keeps burning
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Oct 29, 2017
Oct 29, 2017 at 4:47 AM UTC
Suspicion
When I'm with other people Their mere presence reflects my character Their strength validates me as an individual Friends sneak away and doubt creeps in Who am I without my companion justifiers? Nobody So I'm going to build an army And we're going to storm the walls of hatred They'll throw their bombs ****** ****** **** Usually more specialized weapons appear as well All trying to use shame to strip us of our very humanity We disarm their shame with pride Not pride in the way one is born or lives But pride in the face of those who tell us we should feel ashamed Those hate filled walls will be trampled by our friendship Once we've infiltrated the pitch black city We'll seize their holy temple And find me Naked, crying, alone We'll pick me up and dust me off After all, I have an army to build
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May 22, 2017
May 22, 2017 at 6:04 PM UTC
Army
Arise then...women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts! Whether your baptism be of water or of tears! Say firmly: "We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies, Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, For caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. We, the women of one country, Will be too tender of those of another country To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs." From the voice of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with Our own. It says: "Disarm! Disarm! The sword of ****** is not the balance of justice." Blood does not wipe our dishonor, Nor violence indicate possession. As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil At the summons of war, Let women now leave all that may be left of home For a great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead. Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means Whereby the great human family can live in peace... Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar, But of God - In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask That a general congress of women without limit of nationality, May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient And the earliest period consistent with its objects, To promote the alliance of the different nationalities, The amicable settlement of international questions, The great and general interests of peace.
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Mother's Day Proclamation
Arise then...women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts! Whether your baptism be of water or of tears! Say firmly: "We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies, Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, For caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. We, the women of one country, Will be too tender of those of another country To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs." From the voice of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with Our own. It says: "Disarm! Disarm! The sword of ****** is not the balance of justice." Blood does not wipe our dishonor, Nor violence indicate possession. As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil At the summons of war, Let women now leave all that may be left of home For a great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead. Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means Whereby the great human family can live in peace... Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar, But of God - In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask That a general congress of women without limit of nationality, May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient And the earliest period consistent with its objects, To promote the alliance of the different nationalities, The amicable settlement of international questions, The great and general interests of peace.
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It’s not the type of ugly, like the bruise on your arm. It’s the type of ugly is meant to disarm. It’s brutal, and gut wrenching, and it hurts. It makes you feel as though you’re constantly trying to avert. It’ll make you feel numb, until you’re don’t even recognize who you’ve become. Once you’ve experienced this ugly, it takes over your life, reminding you constantly of your strife. Your failures seem to look you in the face, with every step forward you seem to take. It’s got you questioning if you’re taking two steps forward, or back, it’s got your calm, unaffected, beautiful façade about to crack. Once you’ve experienced this type of ugly, it’s hard to believe you deserve the beauty and you start to come off as snooty. Once you’ve experienced this type of ugly, you’ll think there’s no going back, that the past will never just be in the past, but in your future too stealing your happiness, ruining the true you. Once you’ve experienced it, everything takes a backseat even when you want something so bad you can hardly speak. Once you’ve experienced it, and let yourself suffer, you have to decide if a second time around is worth it, knowing it’ll be tougher. You have to see that somehow, when you accept it, the good times make the bad memories fleeting, even though it’s hard to admit. This type of ugly will ruin you, but only if you continue to let it. So fight, because if you’ve experienced this ugly, you’ve already taken the worst hit. Let yourself believe, there’s more than just an ugly side, don’t continue to misconceive. When push comes to shove, you have to fight to see past the ugly side of love.
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May 24, 2015
May 24, 2015 at 7:48 PM UTC
UGLY
It’s not the type of ugly, like the bruise on your arm. It’s the type of ugly is meant to disarm. It’s brutal, and gut wrenching, and it hurts. It makes you feel as though you’re constantly trying to avert. It’ll make you feel numb, until you’re don’t even recognize who you’ve become. Once you’ve experienced this ugly, it takes over your life, reminding you constantly of your strife. Your failures seem to look you in the face, with every step forward you seem to take. It’s got you questioning if you’re taking two steps forward, or back, it’s got your calm, unaffected, beautiful façade about to crack. Once you’ve experienced this type of ugly, it’s hard to believe you deserve the beauty and you start to come off as snooty. Once you’ve experienced this type of ugly, you’ll think there’s no going back, that the past will never just be in the past, but in your future too stealing your happiness, ruining the true you. Once you’ve experienced it, everything takes a backseat even when you want something so bad you can hardly speak. Once you’ve experienced it, and let yourself suffer, you have to decide if a second time around is worth it, knowing it’ll be tougher. You have to see that somehow, when you accept it, the good times make the bad memories fleeting, even though it’s hard to admit. This type of ugly will ruin you, but only if you continue to let it. So fight, because if you’ve experienced this ugly, you’ve already taken the worst hit. Let yourself believe, there’s more than just an ugly side, don’t continue to misconceive. When push comes to shove, you have to fight to see past the ugly side of love.
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*She's there, suddenly noticed, woman from the dream Above the dance floor, red hair fire falling down around a moonlight face All others blur in the sea of bodies and burn on the sidelines of tunnel vision as the freckles of stars Cerulean eyes vacuum the dark within a frame that illuminates and I'm struck, suddenly pulling a name from ether* Julia, I whisper Gunshot rings, three drinks in reach to the rib to feel dress wear for which metal was traded Gunshot bartender dead one stray bullet punctured his head burst through the back and then popped a fifth of Jameson. Kick Punch Elbow Motion slicing and justified Neck Snap Disarm Violent crash when pacified Autonomy engage, Bang, bang Enrage She A Knife Gunshot nine times in row nine suited men dropped still in tow, two more take employees' door Gunshot following fast upstair sprint with empty clip, K.O. with strong arm hefty throw She leaves safe with escort Up one more flight to the rooftop This isn't the first time Julia's run away This is the first time she's been chased by wanting legs Who otherwise stood still on the platform watching a present face Depart when maybe just maybe there was a chance in three words, sure In three words Violent crash in memory Autonomy engage, Retrace the pain and follow dream A l i g h t
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Dec 21, 2013
Dec 21, 2013 at 9:23 AM UTC
Full Green Moon: Handgun Dancing in Laser Light
A stubborn heart is deadly. It has the ability to short circuit the brain, exhaust all the sanity in you, crush your spirits, exhume every bit of sanity from the deepest recesses of your body. It can wipe out dreams of fairy tale endings, change your views on life and love --- turning you into this most cynical person alive. You tend to expect more...to your utmost disappointment in the end.Nevertheless, it brings about an exhilarating kind of joy that makes your being come alive. It brings that ultimate enjoyment of loving without hesitating to give your all. Bottomline, it feels good. It feels **** good.Oh if only the latter would happen more often --- forever if possible. Wishful thinking, yes. In the meantime, I'll just nurse this stubborn heart. Might be all it takes to disarm that stubborn man in his own makeshift loveless world. - Feb 25, 2010...for a dear friend
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Feb 26, 2010
Feb 26, 2010 at 5:24 PM UTC
Stubborn Heart
There are crickets in my room Somewhere not reached by my broom They keep chirping To alert me Of what hurts me They’ve made a mess In my nest But I can’t find it To confine it Like I’m blinded Mistakes were made Hurting my name Bringing me shame So I live in a grave Where crickets lay They can’t be slain So their noise remains The crickets are beckoning Bringing my reckoning With a sound that’s threatening Because it’s so deafening The crickets infest my home So I’m never really alone They live in my basement and attic Chirping until I’ve finally had it I jump out my window like a rabbit To avoid their noise so emphatic But out here the crickets sing prouder With a chorus that’s even louder The crickets buzz like an alarm Reminding me of my harm They’ll sing for me to disarm Until I change or wither So I’m a plagued sinner Who’ll never be a winner Wrestling with damage inner I eluded their noise So nukes were deployed And my nation destroyed By a sound that annoyed Me until I couldn’t avoid Not being conscience devoid I ask for forgiveness All I hear are crickets And cops giving tickets In this concrete thicket That I need to picket
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Jun 10, 2019
Jun 10, 2019 at 9:55 PM UTC
Crickets
The canvas on our walls, help me remember you, our story sinking into mesh ink captives speak in hues Can I shelter your barricaded soul? or disarm you with my words? following the path we’re making, and paint, our greying skies with birds. Or break down your paper barriers, fading words in and out, ill follow your heart anywhere of that there is no doubt. So colour me in with our truth, and walk me through life’s gate because this is our story my dear, and our truth is our fate.
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Nov 3, 2014
Nov 3, 2014 at 10:28 AM UTC
Fate
she writes on her arm as a physical method to disarm she believes this way she can fix the problem she doesn't think she is awesome "the words will sink deeper" she tells herself she's putting the true conflict on a shelf the words she wrote are just material she doesn't know her true issue is spiritual she needs to look deep inside stop letting her demons hide they will destroy her slowly she won't know where her mind is going suffering on the inside is the worst one day soon, she is going to burst
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Jul 27, 2015
Jul 27, 2015 at 11:24 PM UTC
Writing