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"disengage" poems
When did things change so much? When did I get so encapsulated Into the world of technology? When did I stop listening To myself and my own thoughts And instead add another view To some article or YouTube video Just to reach some spoon-fed "opinion"? When did we stop engaging In life and with ourselves? When did playing video games turn to Watching other people play them online Numbing our brains to the world And "filling" our social needs digitally? When did watching television turn into Binge-watching an entire series in one sitting? With this much constant stimulation It's no wonder we're bored so easily And that no one goes outside anymore And that I don't feel alive anymore Because one of the first things I do When I get home from work or the gym Is turn on the smart tv so it can warm up Because the apps on it take time to load And I already know that my free time Will be spent in front of that screen Lately I've been nervous about Eventually moving in with new people Primarily because I spend a lot of my time Passively using the television I was concerned with how we'd balance our usage Instead of considering changing the way I spend my time When did I start placing my use of technology Above my own self-care? When I spend hours watching YouTube But still forget to take a shower sometimes And I truly wonder if my recent urges To leave the state to work on a farm for a month Are more indicative of some deep desire To unplug and reset my energy and priorities Than my interest in agriculture or Learning to live off of the land When did I start to feel the need To take such drastic measures To change something so simple Something I could choose to disengage with At the simple touch of a button?
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Feb 27, 2019
Feb 27, 2019 at 10:51 PM UTC
Trapped in the Media Matrix
When did things change so much? When did I get so encapsulated Into the world of technology? When did I stop listening To myself and my own thoughts And instead add another view To some article or YouTube video Just to reach some spoon-fed "opinion"? When did we stop engaging In life and with ourselves? When did playing video games turn to Watching other people play them online Numbing our brains to the world And "filling" our social needs digitally? When did watching television turn into Binge-watching an entire series in one sitting? With this much constant stimulation It's no wonder we're bored so easily And that no one goes outside anymore And that I don't feel alive anymore Because one of the first things I do When I get home from work or the gym Is turn on the smart tv so it can warm up Because the apps on it take time to load And I already know that my free time Will be spent in front of that screen Lately I've been nervous about Eventually moving in with new people Primarily because I spend a lot of my time Passively using the television I was concerned with how we'd balance our usage Instead of considering changing the way I spend my time When did I start placing my use of technology Above my own self-care? When I spend hours watching YouTube But still forget to take a shower sometimes And I truly wonder if my recent urges To leave the state to work on a farm for a month Are more indicative of some deep desire To unplug and reset my energy and priorities Than my interest in agriculture or Learning to live off of the land When did I start to feel the need To take such drastic measures To change something so simple Something I could choose to disengage with At the simple touch of a button?
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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)
His fist scarred, beat-red fistful of intention Rugged, crass unchiseled wonder wrapped in a gentle smile A bear of a man, broad shouldered hulking bent Stuffed-fluff heart tattooed with the echo of love The times he grappled in sweaty- slick tangle of arms and drew blood blooming bright-crisp-apple-red upon white mat. Beat, Beat, Beat, down Tap, Tap, Tap, out White knuckle-grasp uppercut Full mount, disengage Joint locked, feet hooked, Triangle hold Submission. The times he brought grown men to their knees, and humbled himself on his own The times he never gave up and the times he gave in To the fight To the system To the sweet draw of relief The times he fought not for the thrill but to make it by Rage hot-red facing the injustice of poverty His steel spine riddled with the rust of life, the rust of reality The corrosive sludge of hate, and words left unspoken. Busted well-worn hands held soft smooth skin Grooved fingers and velvet mouth The scratch of bearded stubble, red-lined skin prickled with goose flesh, slick coated in sweat A new fight, wrapped knuckles cushioned with the promise of forgiveness Of acceptance a force to be reckoned with in her own right. Broken hand, dreams stunted, depressed-mind-numbing Lost in his own thought, out of the fight Desperate to be back in the game mind and body Envy-red, drawn to the fight of others Soft smooth hands, short-small-painted nails calm bristled hair Growling bear, baring teeth in silent-wounded pride The time she bandaged pride, and encouraged humility The times she scalded his senses the raw-red liquid fire of love His shade in the heat of a red-blistered sun Cooling, and igniting inspiration The time she became a fight worth winning.
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Sep 20, 2012
Sep 20, 2012 at 12:03 PM UTC
The Fighter
His fist scarred, beat-red fistful of intention Rugged, crass unchiseled wonder wrapped in a gentle smile A bear of a man, broad shouldered hulking bent Stuffed-fluff heart tattooed with the echo of love The times he grappled in sweaty- slick tangle of arms and drew blood blooming bright-crisp-apple-red upon white mat. Beat, Beat, Beat, down Tap, Tap, Tap, out White knuckle-grasp uppercut Full mount, disengage Joint locked, feet hooked, Triangle hold Submission. The times he brought grown men to their knees, and humbled himself on his own The times he never gave up and the times he gave in To the fight To the system To the sweet draw of relief The times he fought not for the thrill but to make it by Rage hot-red facing the injustice of poverty His steel spine riddled with the rust of life, the rust of reality The corrosive sludge of hate, and words left unspoken. Busted well-worn hands held soft smooth skin Grooved fingers and velvet mouth The scratch of bearded stubble, red-lined skin prickled with goose flesh, slick coated in sweat A new fight, wrapped knuckles cushioned with the promise of forgiveness Of acceptance a force to be reckoned with in her own right. Broken hand, dreams stunted, depressed-mind-numbing Lost in his own thought, out of the fight Desperate to be back in the game mind and body Envy-red, drawn to the fight of others Soft smooth hands, short-small-painted nails calm bristled hair Growling bear, baring teeth in silent-wounded pride The time she bandaged pride, and encouraged humility The times she scalded his senses the raw-red liquid fire of love His shade in the heat of a red-blistered sun Cooling, and igniting inspiration The time she became a fight worth winning.
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I wander aimlessly in my mind Trying to get my life back on track. I see my future, my goal, up ahead But I’m pulled in a million directions. Darkness creeps in every second, And I’m drowned with words of Discouragement Like “can’t,” “won’t,” and “impossible.” These words become my demons and They push my friends and family away As I sink deeper into the dark abyss That I like to call my mind. “You can’t do it!” “You’re not good enough!” That’s all I hear every day and night As my demons take control of my life. I can’t do it! I’m not good enough! That’s what I begin to tell myself As my demons take control of my life. I’m crashing and burning every second As I listen to my demons more and more. What’s in your past is in the past but my Demons always bring my past to present. “You always fail!” “Why can’t you be more like …?” My demons taunt and haunt me by bringing The bad experiences of my past to present. My mind begins to spin uncontrollably As I become overwhelmed by my demons. I believe their every word and every action And I begin to disengage myself from reality. I’m a failure! I can never be like …! I believe that my demons’ every word is true. They’re controlling my life and I can’t escape! Crashing and burning, I’ll always fail! Escaping my demons, I cannot and never will! I fall and I crash and I burn, at least in my mind. This is my life, my demons’ life!
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Dec 1, 2014
Dec 1, 2014 at 8:04 PM UTC
Life I: Demons
# Floating brazier spews electric amber waves as a setting sun radiates on the ceiling a shadow of a ship coquettishly sways while in the center charybdis begins swilling another message, another missed call another debt collector and his esurient talk watch the ship begin to swirl, this scene so banal amber feathered tawny eyed peacock continues furtively to scroll her story and shoe shop crowded room with a panel onstage reality and fantasy evaporate and fall as a single raindrop drown in the muck, don't know how to disengage and to stay in the sway of fantasy. #
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Sep 28, 2018
Sep 28, 2018 at 9:41 AM UTC
Chemical Compliance Conference
There's no sense in coincidence. But I found the perfect book for you, the same day I read your obituary in the newspaper. These reading materials kept on a locked ward. You kept buried under ground, like a secret turmoil your family could not bear with. The one you also spoke of. But that is irony. Something I do believe in. "Am I God?" "I've killed people. I've killed you twice today. Are you God?" You weren't afraid of your shadow. But rather the people in the sky. The peers walking, talking, doing what they do best. Dissect the innocent. Disengage humanity. Regress until broken, until shattered, until sand. "Am I God?" You aren't, a virgin's son. Nietzsche was correct. God is dead.
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Nov 24, 2015
Nov 24, 2015 at 3:36 AM UTC
When God Created Schizophrenia
my roommates are plotting tonight. "oil wrestling," says Tookah. "mud fights," says Darby. "let's be strippers!" in unison this time. they fake enthusiasm well enough. so well i'm not sure if they're kidding. i put in my headphones and disengage. it's electric, combined with some pseudo thinking. but i have to admit, my hypochondria subsides when i'm overtaken by their banter. Broken Social Scene is in my head. smoke between my lips. American Spirits. coffee on my tongue. tea will come later. Lauren will get off work soon and i'll feel complete again. but until then,  i will sit here and record this **** needlessly clean my vinyl, maybe clean the apartment, consider buying a new guitar, immediately dismiss the idea, fiddle around on the piano, pick up the fourth and final roommate from work, wait for my heart to stop beating in my head, and for her to come home to me.
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Feb 4, 2011
Feb 4, 2011 at 2:42 PM UTC
"let's be strippers!"
That idolized word of yours - "virginity" - and my nature fail at getting along Virginity steals my freedom Why does my desire for ****** activity have to make me impure? Why must I disengage from an uncontrollable arousal to be considered worthy? You make the most sacred activity seem so unsacred As if with every touch I lost my value Why do you make my nature seem so unholy? As if with every touch I stained my soul What am I losing ? If only gaining physical,emotional, and spiritual insight
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Jun 5, 2015
Jun 5, 2015 at 2:28 AM UTC
Virginity
There exists a mystical and quadruple representation of words, which is likened to a dictatorial Superstate, where translation is subject to that which is spoken, heard, written and read within the context of trans-national capitalism. As we gaze from beyond the glow of the pulsating circumference, we can humbly acknowledge the ludicrous predicament of the many who are ruled by the few. The parameters of this earthen citizenship may be somewhat characterized by embracing the perceived benefits of the system and a state of financially intoxicated anosognosia. However, as we traverse this metaphysical cataclysm where the majority votes of public arrangement diametrically oppose absolute law and that which is deemed to be reasonable; our compulsory co-operation self-regulates with a cardiovascular beat of semantic propaganda and monopolized dissention, where the relinquished rights of our revered forefathers have been re-written by coercive legislators in the name of socio-political equality. The philosophy of meaning and political expression both buries into and removes her gorgeous face from the cuniform textures of Sahara catacombs, where we ****** relate and disengage from the **** with tyranny.
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Sep 4, 2015
Sep 4, 2015 at 12:43 AM UTC
A Voluntary and Sophisticated Conformity?
Disengage; why diss an age for not being at the same pace of your particular race, Disarray; what play do you stand for in the game of fitting in life's tight space, Display; is on every man's pride on the wall; painting the bricks you've built on false confidence to portray. In these days pretending we're all okay, "how are you really," we should really tell our cherished people, But the words are too heavy to say. Too heavy to be brave, too ashamed to pray. The African mindset of sitting on a journey's first step, and yelling, "God will make a way" We're far away from the potential we choose not to chase, a waste of yourself. ******* attitude; rotting the mind to decay. Calling the black and white lines, yet we're forcing ourselves in between truth and lies. _Life is grey._ Life is strange, life is wonderful, but at times a cause of man's dismay. Still cherish it for it's all, and appreciate today. It's someone's birthday today, anywhere in any moment. So celebrate each moment like the event we all cheer, "hip hip hooray" __Yaaayy!__
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Jun 9, 2022
Jun 9, 2022 at 2:55 PM UTC
Yaaayy!
I was doing research in Hubei Where they executed Yu, That deity soldier glorified By Buddhists, Taoists too, I sat perusing manuscripts That dated from the Ming, And came across a reference About Yu’s finger ring. A ring of gold so broad that it Would fit a peasant’s wrist, For Guan Yu was a mighty man His ring, an amethyst, Set round with groups of diamonds It was lost the day, they said, That Sun Quan had ordered them To lop off Guan Yu’s head. They lost it for a thousand years It turned up with the Ming, Was lost again in battle with That mighty force, the Qing, I’d heard it round the market place A whisper, now and then, That ring, it might have surfaced In the village of Maicheng. I scoured the streets and alleyways For signs of old antiques, Researching as I went, I walked Around the town for weeks, I found a backstreet corner shop One night, and open late, Run by a dodgy Chinaman A total reprobate. He had links to the Triads, they Would come into the shop, A shifty group of gangsters with Their stolen goods to pop, From where I sat with manuscripts Up on the second floor, I’d look straight down the staircase Watch them come in through the door. One day they brought in a bundle Tied up in a burlap sack, Threw it down on the counter, said: ‘What do you make of that?’ Fang Zhang then opened the parcel and He pulled out a giant hand, The flesh the texture of leather with A monstrous golden band. The ring was almost immoveable The hand, with fingers spread, Could grasp a maiden around the waist Or crush a warrior’s head, I held my breath as the Triad tried To disengage the thing, And all the while the diamonds flashed On that massive golden ring. Fang Zhang paid over a block of notes That looked more like a brick, There must have been a million Yuan From what I saw of it, The Triad left and I caught my breath Fang Zhang had pulled it off, He threw the hand in a ******* bin And then I left the shop. He hid the ring as I walked on through I had to get some air, I’d caught a glimpse of a famous ring, A thing I couldn’t share, They’d say it didn’t exist, that I Was dreaming, if I tried, They thought that it had been lost to view The day that Yu had died. I went back down the following day The Police were there in force, They stood out front and barred the way From normal *********** They told me through an interpreter Of the ****** of Fang Zhang, His face was black, for around his neck Was a massive, ringless hand! David Lewis Paget (Pronunciation: Guan Yu - Gwon you Hubei - Who - bay; Sun Quan - Sun Chu-arn Qing - Ching; Maicheng - My - cheng Fang Zhang - Fang Shjang (soft J))
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Oct 26, 2013
Oct 26, 2013 at 9:26 PM UTC
Guan Yu's Finger Ring
I was doing research in Hubei Where they executed Yu, That deity soldier glorified By Buddhists, Taoists too, I sat perusing manuscripts That dated from the Ming, And came across a reference About Yu’s finger ring. A ring of gold so broad that it Would fit a peasant’s wrist, For Guan Yu was a mighty man His ring, an amethyst, Set round with groups of diamonds It was lost the day, they said, That Sun Quan had ordered them To lop off Guan Yu’s head. They lost it for a thousand years It turned up with the Ming, Was lost again in battle with That mighty force, the Qing, I’d heard it round the market place A whisper, now and then, That ring, it might have surfaced In the village of Maicheng. I scoured the streets and alleyways For signs of old antiques, Researching as I went, I walked Around the town for weeks, I found a backstreet corner shop One night, and open late, Run by a dodgy Chinaman A total reprobate. He had links to the Triads, they Would come into the shop, A shifty group of gangsters with Their stolen goods to pop, From where I sat with manuscripts Up on the second floor, I’d look straight down the staircase Watch them come in through the door. One day they brought in a bundle Tied up in a burlap sack, Threw it down on the counter, said: ‘What do you make of that?’ Fang Zhang then opened the parcel and He pulled out a giant hand, The flesh the texture of leather with A monstrous golden band. The ring was almost immoveable The hand, with fingers spread, Could grasp a maiden around the waist Or crush a warrior’s head, I held my breath as the Triad tried To disengage the thing, And all the while the diamonds flashed On that massive golden ring. Fang Zhang paid over a block of notes That looked more like a brick, There must have been a million Yuan From what I saw of it, The Triad left and I caught my breath Fang Zhang had pulled it off, He threw the hand in a ******* bin And then I left the shop. He hid the ring as I walked on through I had to get some air, I’d caught a glimpse of a famous ring, A thing I couldn’t share, They’d say it didn’t exist, that I Was dreaming, if I tried, They thought that it had been lost to view The day that Yu had died. I went back down the following day The Police were there in force, They stood out front and barred the way From normal *********** They told me through an interpreter Of the ****** of Fang Zhang, His face was black, for around his neck Was a massive, ringless hand! David Lewis Paget (Pronunciation: Guan Yu - Gwon you Hubei - Who - bay; Sun Quan - Sun Chu-arn Qing - Ching; Maicheng - My - cheng Fang Zhang - Fang Shjang (soft J))
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1  It's the strangest phase of your life EVER. 2. You're sort of transitioning into an adult but you're still very much a child at heart. 3. You start to take up multiple responsibilities - at school, at home, maybe a part-time job. And sometimes it can be overwhelming for you. 4. Pursuing an education takes a whole lot of work, no matter what type of course you take. 5. It’s also a privilege for many, so be thankful for that.   6. People can be a handful. Some are literal pieces of **** So know your battles; know when to engage and disengage. 7. Friends worth keeping are the ones who let you grow and flourish without having to be there 24/7. 8. Show kindness, no matter the circumstance. (Because kindness always wins!) 9. It's better to just stop thinking of what others think of you. 10. And gosh, stop judging yourself too hard. 11. Overthinking does **** Take that leap of faith once in a while, you'll be fine. 12. You're already amazing, as is. 13. Sometimes the ones you love most are the ones who hurt you most. 14. Sometimes the ones you love most are the ones you hurt most. 15. You will fall. And you will fail. Over and over and over again. 16. And jatuh ha gedebuk gedebang tergolek terlantang into the furthest, deepest pit of the hole. 17. But somehow you’ll find yourself back up again. And somewhere along the way you realise it wasn’t that bad of a fall. 18. Then you realise there are so many things to be grateful for, Alhamdulillah. (and that you were just being a big *** whiny drama queen, exaggerating every little, minuscule thing all along) 19. Also, it’s okay to be sad, miserable and feel so alone once in a while. And boy oh boy you WILL cry like you’ve never cried before. 20. But that doesn’t make you a baby. It makes you stronger. Feelings and emotions are important and they do matter. You matter. 21. Despite it all, you’ll always have God. And that is the best part.
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Dec 31, 2018
Dec 31, 2018 at 7:47 AM UTC
21 things being 21 taught me:
1  It's the strangest phase of your life EVER. 2. You're sort of transitioning into an adult but you're still very much a child at heart. 3. You start to take up multiple responsibilities - at school, at home, maybe a part-time job. And sometimes it can be overwhelming for you. 4. Pursuing an education takes a whole lot of work, no matter what type of course you take. 5. It’s also a privilege for many, so be thankful for that.   6. People can be a handful. Some are literal pieces of **** So know your battles; know when to engage and disengage. 7. Friends worth keeping are the ones who let you grow and flourish without having to be there 24/7. 8. Show kindness, no matter the circumstance. (Because kindness always wins!) 9. It's better to just stop thinking of what others think of you. 10. And gosh, stop judging yourself too hard. 11. Overthinking does **** Take that leap of faith once in a while, you'll be fine. 12. You're already amazing, as is. 13. Sometimes the ones you love most are the ones who hurt you most. 14. Sometimes the ones you love most are the ones you hurt most. 15. You will fall. And you will fail. Over and over and over again. 16. And jatuh ha gedebuk gedebang tergolek terlantang into the furthest, deepest pit of the hole. 17. But somehow you’ll find yourself back up again. And somewhere along the way you realise it wasn’t that bad of a fall. 18. Then you realise there are so many things to be grateful for, Alhamdulillah. (and that you were just being a big *** whiny drama queen, exaggerating every little, minuscule thing all along) 19. Also, it’s okay to be sad, miserable and feel so alone once in a while. And boy oh boy you WILL cry like you’ve never cried before. 20. But that doesn’t make you a baby. It makes you stronger. Feelings and emotions are important and they do matter. You matter. 21. Despite it all, you’ll always have God. And that is the best part.
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Kippers and toast for breakfast, washed down by a fairtrade Ceylon, eagerly anticipating the Christain Aid appeal through my letter box. Aware of others earthly disengage their morning monotony flickers  through their lounge, consummate hypocrites watching the repeat soap operas, the profundity of their silence radiates through to the adverts. as they had a cause too, until its auto recluse with the outside world the news slot borders on paranoia a dent to exclusivity.
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Mar 22, 2014
Mar 22, 2014 at 4:41 PM UTC
Independence.
red vinyl cushions are worn into shapes of the enormous bottoms of those who've compressed them for years, hours at a time, leaving lasting impressions, both artful and personal and over time, increasing the distance from seating to table. until it is time to disengage and the red vinyl cushion being fixed to the back of two thighs now bonded by sweat to consumer, the seat  striking back...                 which                         tore                           not.                           yet                           left                               . it's painful impression , a concave impression of somebody's bottom.. Ouch!
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Jul 23, 2014
Jul 23, 2014 at 12:51 AM UTC
painful impressions of red vinyl cushions
In her dreams, the docent maneuvers schoolchildren down museum corridors, shepherding their bodies into evacuated galleries where nothing changes except the patterns of nails hammered into plaster walls. She speaks pedantic falsehoods until one by one the children disengage and find themselves a constellation of nails upon which to hang. A renaissance takes time, but not as much as you might think. Come midnight, the museum is full of masterpieces. And though the works of art make her weep, the docent is inspired to study each small frame for a brushstroke that might signify the break of dawn.
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Mar 15, 2017
Mar 15, 2017 at 9:44 AM UTC
The Docent
Melancholy is the man who cannot sort the wheat from spam and drowns in undiluted dross, while others toss the waste away that keeps them from a fruitful day. Fill my in tray with this harvest ,let me reap what I sow and not what others would throw at me, and knock on wood that what is sent is all good, no deletions to e-mails,no begging letters or sad tales,no hawkers to sell me the things that they tell me I need, let my line feed be clear as I sit here and wait for the logic gate to crush me as the messages push past me, I want to be free of those details of the plight of **** backed whales and the starving in China or the food that's on offer in the shopping mall diner,the cruising of liners over sharp salted seas and how to say please in Kampala,Uganda. Pander to the worst of them and let sleeping men lie,but the spam stacks on up and I don't wonder why,it just does and it will until I disengage from this wonder of the age and go back to the abacus where beads are all I need no spam no feed no green screen to lead me on just me.
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Oct 27, 2013
Oct 27, 2013 at 4:41 AM UTC
More than a Luddite
I write about you in my head, Without even knowing when and how. I do not love you like the bee loves flowers, I do not blush for you like a brook in the sunlight. I love you like a nocturnal psychedelia. I love you like darkness, Consuming and hauntingly beautiful. I know how I want you, Meet me on a December night. Undress me, Shut my eyes, Drink me raw, Smell my hair, Colour me in your murky lust. Smoke me like a cigarette, Burn my ***** with your smouldering lips. Annihilate me, Fail me, Love me and then, leave me. Sing Sinatra to me, Ruin a song, A song that I cannot listen to, again. I want to wake up next to you, Looking at your face, knowing you can’t be mine. I’ll bring you coffee in bed, Be gone before I come, Escape from the back door. Be the infidel Zeus, Leave me naked in your linen, whiffing. Annihilate me, Fail me, Love me and then, leave me. **** me in the wintry mist, I’ll scream in the starry night. Leave me shivering with a gushing sadness Curled up on the cold floor, naked Forget me, disengage, Love me and then, leave me, would you?
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Nov 20, 2015
Nov 20, 2015 at 1:47 AM UTC
Love Me and Then, Leave Me
All the train cars are color coded neat, orderly, organized, thought out and boring. The lives of the cars lack excitement, carting ungrateful impatient people around all day is just no fun. The Color Coded Train Cars disengage from their tracks, its time to do something. This is when the Green line learns that it is not designed for platforms, it can't see over the edge and its stairs start much too low. The Red line loves that nobody can board at Brookline Village, Chestnut Hill and all the rest. The people just can't reach, and the Blue line never makes it to Wonderland. The City is confused, the City is frightened, the City is Late. The City scolds the Color Coded Train Cars for their mischief, and the cars themselves are left unfulfilled.
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Sep 2, 2010
Sep 2, 2010 at 2:25 PM UTC
Color Coded Train Cars
Draw me a picture, trace the lines, lead me into colors of your eyes. Call me home, call me yours, like thunder and winter, Fill me up. Then color the crevices, the red fiery coals in my heart. Disengage the chains and power, fill them with the peace of a river. Fill me up. Lift me up on the wings of your desire, Color me in the horizon's bay, where the shore fills it's breath, and the sun's breath spills on the eastern shore of paradise.
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Apr 21, 2015
Apr 21, 2015 at 9:38 PM UTC
Call Me Yours
SCHRöDINGER'S SOCKS & THE REVENGE OF THE CAT Schrödinger's cat failed to see just what all the fuss was about? It was all such a reductive absurdum. The cat couldn't understand collapsing wave functions decoherence entanglement or whether reality was really quantum to save its life. It was aware of one thing & one thing only . . .the diabolic device. . . Cat in a metal box with a Geiger counter with a radioactive substance blah blah de ****** blah an atom decaying or something or other & releasing a hammer to smash a phial of hydrocyanic acid. Wot! "I do not like thee Dr. Fell!" thought the cat. It was a very literary cat. So all this palaver about a cat( me? how! ) being both dead or alive or neither dead or alive or . . .wot! So this is to be my great to-be-or-not-to-be! Welllll excuse me! Say...doesn't the cat have his say? So, I( clever cat that I am) merely claw my way to the top & disengage the device by taking out the hammer. So no cat was harmed in the making of this thought experiment. It almost drove Schrödinger out of his tiny little mind! And he( hee hee ) never did discover what ever happened to his socks. I forever stealing one sock from a pair from the open washing machine. Leaving him to ponder just where socks go? The other side of the Universe? Oh come on Erwin...it's not rocket science! Now, to get back to describing the behaviour of a quantum entity. "Mmmmm......mmmmmm?" "Naw....I still don't get it!" "Say ya couldn't see yer way to giving me a scratch...could ya?" "Up a bit....upabit....yeah...yeah . . .there...just...there!"
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Sep 1, 2016
Sep 1, 2016 at 1:16 PM UTC
SCHRöDINGER'S SOCKS & THE REVENGE OF THE CAT
SCHRöDINGER'S SOCKS & THE REVENGE OF THE CAT Schrödinger's cat failed to see just what all the fuss was about? It was all such a reductive absurdum. The cat couldn't understand collapsing wave functions decoherence entanglement or whether reality was really quantum to save its life. It was aware of one thing & one thing only . . .the diabolic device. . . Cat in a metal box with a Geiger counter with a radioactive substance blah blah de ****** blah an atom decaying or something or other & releasing a hammer to smash a phial of hydrocyanic acid. Wot! "I do not like thee Dr. Fell!" thought the cat. It was a very literary cat. So all this palaver about a cat( me? how! ) being both dead or alive or neither dead or alive or . . .wot! So this is to be my great to-be-or-not-to-be! Welllll excuse me! Say...doesn't the cat have his say? So, I( clever cat that I am) merely claw my way to the top & disengage the device by taking out the hammer. So no cat was harmed in the making of this thought experiment. It almost drove Schrödinger out of his tiny little mind! And he( hee hee ) never did discover what ever happened to his socks. I forever stealing one sock from a pair from the open washing machine. Leaving him to ponder just where socks go? The other side of the Universe? Oh come on Erwin...it's not rocket science! Now, to get back to describing the behaviour of a quantum entity. "Mmmmm......mmmmmm?" "Naw....I still don't get it!" "Say ya couldn't see yer way to giving me a scratch...could ya?" "Up a bit....upabit....yeah...yeah . . .there...just...there!"
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Repeating with The frequency Of apologies, "I'm not here, This isn't happening," While my head Spins, and my Innards lurch Like carnival Ride children, "I'm not here, This isn't happening," The chaos, The orderly Passage of red Faced spectators Drifting through space, Their classic attempts To embrace and Disengage, Grinning at what Can't be erased, "I'm not here, This isn't happening," Like the sound of Hopes cast into The depths of hell, Glinting tokens You can't see Seconds after you Drop them in, I'm the air, I'm the disillusionment That lets you know When to be scared, The anvil in Your gut telling you To stop, I am the sweat That drips Like morphine Into post-mortem Pathways through A needle That needs sharpening, "I'm not here, This isn't happening," This is just a test, As they say, It'll all be ok Once some obese ***** wails, The levees are stressed And the horsemen Idle and wait for the fail, For the flood Of repentance, Of common Indecency, For the blood From Ahab's whale To initiate The shackling Of the sorrowfully Undeclared, "I'm not here, This isn't happening."
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Nov 10, 2012
Nov 10, 2012 at 12:33 AM UTC
--A Few Drinks--
it’s nights like this when my fingers are sticky and reek of popcorn and my stomach purrs like an antique car that i cease to exist just a quiet little thief tucked away in a prison of white stucco stealing oxygen and racking up an electricity bill with a lopsided pink lamp honey on my face a “beauty treatment” an edible headband sunken into my hair gnats crawling between my eyelashes black dots just as hungry as i am the music of the wind plays outside my window rattling long forgotten memories and stirring up dust of the past there’s a constellation in my hand universes up my arm purple lines swirling together into incoherent shapes semi-deep whispers escaping my lips that are pale and dry and hurt to touch bad pop music crawls through crackly headphones same song, different artist and my sheets animal print, picked from years past and never changed due to either nostalgia or laziness, the world may never know disengage themselves from my bed twine around my ankles sly cats looking for milk and hunger eats at my heart i count the minutes as they spin on by the soft timpani as it thumps eighth notes through my chest
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Jun 18, 2013
Jun 18, 2013 at 8:27 PM UTC
inner night mechanics
From the moment we leave the earth As we left heaven on our birth All the stars still carried on Swallow sang her merry song The planets orbits did not stop Snow still covered mountain top Why then worry if all things Bright and beautiful still sing? Everyone needs to let go Of worries clouding inner hope Silence of mind can be attained When concentration is sustained Maintaining thoughts of joy and bliss Self-imposed doubt is now dismissed Positive thoughts morning and night Negative thoughts pushed out of sight At least one minute at at time Instill pure peace within your mind If you are worried mentally Relax your brain entirely Picture a happy place to be Visualize it pleasantly Watching the movie screen inside A cinema of joyous life As you are taken far away From this unnecessary pain Forget your woes entirely Allow your consciousness to breathe Become a cosmic super wave Free from all habits that will drain Discourage thoughts of money, fame Disengage as a human frame Step by step identify Union with Spirit as you rise Do not become so hypnotized Limited by human distraught For we are truly one with God Energy flows in every part From head to toe, veins, flesh and heart Cast away all restlessness Concentrate and throw your breath Calm the weariness that chokes Invite the light that love evokes A flash-lit path to health and peace Is overflowing with release Illuminated happiness A powerful lighthouse success Now guided by Divine spotlights Behold this magnificent sight You are a conduit unto That which Divine flood passes through An Affirmation to repeat: I am so quietly awake I am awake so quietly I am the King of all perspectives I am the Queen of inner peace I sit upon a throne of patience I can direct my thoughts with ease I am more than this human body I am with God eternally © tHE tERRY tREE
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Dec 10, 2014
Dec 10, 2014 at 3:33 PM UTC
WORRY NOT ME
From the moment we leave the earth As we left heaven on our birth All the stars still carried on Swallow sang her merry song The planets orbits did not stop Snow still covered mountain top Why then worry if all things Bright and beautiful still sing? Everyone needs to let go Of worries clouding inner hope Silence of mind can be attained When concentration is sustained Maintaining thoughts of joy and bliss Self-imposed doubt is now dismissed Positive thoughts morning and night Negative thoughts pushed out of sight At least one minute at at time Instill pure peace within your mind If you are worried mentally Relax your brain entirely Picture a happy place to be Visualize it pleasantly Watching the movie screen inside A cinema of joyous life As you are taken far away From this unnecessary pain Forget your woes entirely Allow your consciousness to breathe Become a cosmic super wave Free from all habits that will drain Discourage thoughts of money, fame Disengage as a human frame Step by step identify Union with Spirit as you rise Do not become so hypnotized Limited by human distraught For we are truly one with God Energy flows in every part From head to toe, veins, flesh and heart Cast away all restlessness Concentrate and throw your breath Calm the weariness that chokes Invite the light that love evokes A flash-lit path to health and peace Is overflowing with release Illuminated happiness A powerful lighthouse success Now guided by Divine spotlights Behold this magnificent sight You are a conduit unto That which Divine flood passes through An Affirmation to repeat: I am so quietly awake I am awake so quietly I am the King of all perspectives I am the Queen of inner peace I sit upon a throne of patience I can direct my thoughts with ease I am more than this human body I am with God eternally © tHE tERRY tREE
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