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"dmv" poems
On the third of June, at a minute past two, where once was a person, a flower now grew. Five daisies arranged on a large outdoor stage in front of a ten-acre pasture of sage. In a changing room, a lily poses. At the DMV, rows of roses. The world was much crueler an hour ago. I'm glad someone decided to give flowers a go.
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Nov 18, 2015
Nov 18, 2015 at 11:22 AM UTC
Flowers
I wrote u a note n asked u to take that car out if my name. If the dmv contacts me one more time I swear to jah I will come up there wit the police n my spare key and take the car since its still leagally mine because you cant be legit n get it out of my name
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Mar 5, 2015
Mar 5, 2015 at 11:38 PM UTC
Harmony sapphire
Uhh..Young Ston,.. The ****** Disciple. ..OFTR..Yeah this is Only For The Real dawg..Yeah only for (my real ones,Yeah2)..Yeah..(Ohh3)..Let's do it...Lets go..roll up..yeah roll mo..(Ohh*3)..Yeah let's go.. Uhh..(I just do what I do Yeah2)..I do what I do man..(I just do what I do nigga2)..keeping it gangster & trill man..(Yeah I do what I do man2)..Yeah..(I do what I do..Yeah2)..I just do what I do..Yeah..I do what I do nigga..I just do what I do..Oooo,..(Yeah2)..keeping it gangster & keeping it trill.. Ohh,..(I just do what I do Yeah2)..I just do what I do man,..Yeah I do what I do nigga,..(Yeah I do what I do man2)..I just do what I do nigga..keeping it gangster & keeping it trill..yeah, yeah..keeping it gangster & trill man..that's what I do Yeah,..(thats what I do man,..Yeah2)..keeping it gangster & trill man, Yeah... I do what I do man, I just do what I do man, I just do what I do..(Yeah, keeping it gangsta & keeping it trill*2)..,thats what I do..Yeah I do what I do..Yeah..I just do what I do Yeah.. Yeah I'm staying gangsta , Yeah I'm staying trill nigga..Please excuse me, Yeah I might slip up & say ignorant **** sometimes homie,.. Lord please forgive me..Uhh, I'm changing up hip hop mane, Noo it will never be the same, Yeah its under my control now lames, Aye these ***** *** rappers under mind control, by Satan, they programed to deceive us, they so full of mischeif,yeah they rapping lies to ya just to be famous, so don't follow what seems cool, because they are the white mans trap.. Yeah it's just an illusion dude to fool you, just be yo self dawg, look up to Jesus.. Uhh..(I just do what I do Yeah2)..I do what I do man..(I just do what I do nigga2)..keeping it gangster & trill man..(Yeah I do what I do man2)..Yeah..(I do what I do..Yeah2)..I just do what I do..Yeah..I do what I do nigga..I just do what I do..Oooo,..(Yeah2)..keeping it gangster & keeping it trill.. Ohh,..(I just do what I do Yeah2)..I just do what I do man,..Yeah I do what I do nigga,..(Yeah I do what I do man2)..I just do what I do nigga..keeping it gangster & keeping it trill..yeah, yeah..keeping it gangster & trill man..that's what I do Yeah,..(thats what I do man,..Yeah2)..keeping it gangster & trill man, Yeah... I do what I do man, I just do what I do man, I just do what I do..(Yeah, keeping it gangsta & keeping it trill*2)..,thats what I do..Yeah..I do what I do..Yeah..I just do what I do Yeah.. My dude, just do you, keep it gangster & keep it trill always dawg..Ooo,..I'm wit my family heading to the top of the food chain homie..Yeah we so hungry eating up anybody that try to interfere wit the gang game plan mane..OFTR..We all real gangsters, we move in silence, but still be making alot of noise, like Jeeper Creepers..Uhh We don't die man, we just get bigger & stronger & multiply ***** we all one, we are own army & government..we fully armored.. Yeah OFTR, we keep it so trill, Yeah we keep it so gangster man..,Yeah we underrated but still is the best Yess.., I just want peace yeah man, but don't ever try to take advantage of me..Aye ***** ****** keep thinking **** sweet wit me then yo *** will get busted like a soft ***** in jail man & I mean what I say no facades about me, **** policts homie..Uhh 1..2..3 more versers that I got in me to spit, but Imma keep this song short,..Yeah..This is more than just about nothing, what up to Wale & The whole DMV my nig.. & Shoutout to Shy Glizzy yo man, we gotta collaborate one day, but if you don't wanna, then its cool homie, Yeah it is what it is,..Imma still keep it g wit ya.. Noo, I won't steal yo chain, Imma just keep moving along & just mind my business mane..Ayoo.. I got 1,2,3 pre rolls stuffed that I ain't even had to touch,yo woman came over & did it for me dawg.. Because Imma Thug,Yeah..& she prepared bowls for me too, because Im gangster..Uhh.. I just do what I do keeping it gangster & keep it trill, like a real ***** should..Lets go..Ohh Yeah.. Uhh..(I just do what I do Yeah2)..I do what I do man..(I just do what I do nigga2)..keeping it gangster & trill man..(Yeah I do what I do man2)..Yeah..(I do what I do..Yeah2)..I just do what I do..Yeah..I do what I do nigga..I just do what I do..Oooo,..(Yeah2)..keeping it gangster & keeping it trill.. Ohh,..(I just do what I do Yeah2)..I just do what I do man,..Yeah I do what I do nigga,..(Yeah I do what I do man2)..I just do what I do nigga..keeping it gangster & keeping it trill..yeah, yeah..keeping it gangster & trill man..that's what I do Yeah,..(thats what I do man,..Yeah2)..keeping it gangster & trill man, Yeah... I do what I do man, I just do what I do man, I just do what I do..(Yeah, keeping it gangsta & keeping it trill*2)..thats what I do..Yeah..I do what I do..Yeah..I just do what I do Yeah.. (I do what I do, Yeah*3).., & nobody else can do what I does, Noo, never they ho's, they weak,they soft, even if I send them a verse they could never be Young Ston,..Noo, they can never be down in my gang, Noo they can't smoke or drink wit me, not even yo broad, because she's had you..yo she's infected wit a ***** ***** syndrome.. So noo I don't want the ** for real dawg, Yeah that's for sure..Uhh.. I'm (keeping it trill nigga2) & I'm (keeping it gangster2).. Yeah like I should,Yeah that's for show,..Yeah I'm (keeping it trill nigga2) & I'm (keeping it gangster2)..like that's all I know..that's real, & that's for sure...Oh.. I just do what I do, Yeah I do what I do..I just do what I do,..(I do what I do*2)..I just do what I do.. OFTR (Yeah nigga*3)..Yeah..Young Ston
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Dec 30, 2015
Dec 30, 2015 at 3:42 AM UTC
Ston Poet - Gangster Tunes
Uhh..Young Ston,.. The ****** Disciple. ..OFTR..Yeah this is Only For The Real dawg..Yeah only for (my real ones,Yeah2)..Yeah..(Ohh3)..Let's do it...Lets go..roll up..yeah roll mo..(Ohh*3)..Yeah let's go.. Uhh..(I just do what I do Yeah2)..I do what I do man..(I just do what I do nigga2)..keeping it gangster & trill man..(Yeah I do what I do man2)..Yeah..(I do what I do..Yeah2)..I just do what I do..Yeah..I do what I do nigga..I just do what I do..Oooo,..(Yeah2)..keeping it gangster & keeping it trill.. Ohh,..(I just do what I do Yeah2)..I just do what I do man,..Yeah I do what I do nigga,..(Yeah I do what I do man2)..I just do what I do nigga..keeping it gangster & keeping it trill..yeah, yeah..keeping it gangster & trill man..that's what I do Yeah,..(thats what I do man,..Yeah2)..keeping it gangster & trill man, Yeah... I do what I do man, I just do what I do man, I just do what I do..(Yeah, keeping it gangsta & keeping it trill*2)..,thats what I do..Yeah I do what I do..Yeah..I just do what I do Yeah.. Yeah I'm staying gangsta , Yeah I'm staying trill nigga..Please excuse me, Yeah I might slip up & say ignorant **** sometimes homie,.. Lord please forgive me..Uhh, I'm changing up hip hop mane, Noo it will never be the same, Yeah its under my control now lames, Aye these ***** *** rappers under mind control, by Satan, they programed to deceive us, they so full of mischeif,yeah they rapping lies to ya just to be famous, so don't follow what seems cool, because they are the white mans trap.. Yeah it's just an illusion dude to fool you, just be yo self dawg, look up to Jesus.. Uhh..(I just do what I do Yeah2)..I do what I do man..(I just do what I do nigga2)..keeping it gangster & trill man..(Yeah I do what I do man2)..Yeah..(I do what I do..Yeah2)..I just do what I do..Yeah..I do what I do nigga..I just do what I do..Oooo,..(Yeah2)..keeping it gangster & keeping it trill.. Ohh,..(I just do what I do Yeah2)..I just do what I do man,..Yeah I do what I do nigga,..(Yeah I do what I do man2)..I just do what I do nigga..keeping it gangster & keeping it trill..yeah, yeah..keeping it gangster & trill man..that's what I do Yeah,..(thats what I do man,..Yeah2)..keeping it gangster & trill man, Yeah... I do what I do man, I just do what I do man, I just do what I do..(Yeah, keeping it gangsta & keeping it trill*2)..,thats what I do..Yeah..I do what I do..Yeah..I just do what I do Yeah.. My dude, just do you, keep it gangster & keep it trill always dawg..Ooo,..I'm wit my family heading to the top of the food chain homie..Yeah we so hungry eating up anybody that try to interfere wit the gang game plan mane..OFTR..We all real gangsters, we move in silence, but still be making alot of noise, like Jeeper Creepers..Uhh We don't die man, we just get bigger & stronger & multiply ***** we all one, we are own army & government..we fully armored.. Yeah OFTR, we keep it so trill, Yeah we keep it so gangster man..,Yeah we underrated but still is the best Yess.., I just want peace yeah man, but don't ever try to take advantage of me..Aye ***** ****** keep thinking **** sweet wit me then yo *** will get busted like a soft ***** in jail man & I mean what I say no facades about me, **** policts homie..Uhh 1..2..3 more versers that I got in me to spit, but Imma keep this song short,..Yeah..This is more than just about nothing, what up to Wale & The whole DMV my nig.. & Shoutout to Shy Glizzy yo man, we gotta collaborate one day, but if you don't wanna, then its cool homie, Yeah it is what it is,..Imma still keep it g wit ya.. Noo, I won't steal yo chain, Imma just keep moving along & just mind my business mane..Ayoo.. I got 1,2,3 pre rolls stuffed that I ain't even had to touch,yo woman came over & did it for me dawg.. Because Imma Thug,Yeah..& she prepared bowls for me too, because Im gangster..Uhh.. I just do what I do keeping it gangster & keep it trill, like a real ***** should..Lets go..Ohh Yeah.. Uhh..(I just do what I do Yeah2)..I do what I do man..(I just do what I do nigga2)..keeping it gangster & trill man..(Yeah I do what I do man2)..Yeah..(I do what I do..Yeah2)..I just do what I do..Yeah..I do what I do nigga..I just do what I do..Oooo,..(Yeah2)..keeping it gangster & keeping it trill.. Ohh,..(I just do what I do Yeah2)..I just do what I do man,..Yeah I do what I do nigga,..(Yeah I do what I do man2)..I just do what I do nigga..keeping it gangster & keeping it trill..yeah, yeah..keeping it gangster & trill man..that's what I do Yeah,..(thats what I do man,..Yeah2)..keeping it gangster & trill man, Yeah... I do what I do man, I just do what I do man, I just do what I do..(Yeah, keeping it gangsta & keeping it trill*2)..thats what I do..Yeah..I do what I do..Yeah..I just do what I do Yeah.. (I do what I do, Yeah*3).., & nobody else can do what I does, Noo, never they ho's, they weak,they soft, even if I send them a verse they could never be Young Ston,..Noo, they can never be down in my gang, Noo they can't smoke or drink wit me, not even yo broad, because she's had you..yo she's infected wit a ***** ***** syndrome.. So noo I don't want the ** for real dawg, Yeah that's for sure..Uhh.. I'm (keeping it trill nigga2) & I'm (keeping it gangster2).. Yeah like I should,Yeah that's for show,..Yeah I'm (keeping it trill nigga2) & I'm (keeping it gangster2)..like that's all I know..that's real, & that's for sure...Oh.. I just do what I do, Yeah I do what I do..I just do what I do,..(I do what I do*2)..I just do what I do.. OFTR (Yeah nigga*3)..Yeah..Young Ston
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"Between the Judicial, Legislative and Executive branches as well as the DMV , DOD, and our failing Public Schools, it's a ******* wonder I abide by the Government at all."
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Dec 2, 2013
Dec 2, 2013 at 10:47 PM UTC
Patriotism
“To us, white girls are exotic,” says my Arab American boyfriend. At that moment, my brain ceases to make sense of those words in that order. Exotic? White? Girl? Me? Me. He means... me. So this is what I say to my Arab American boyfriend who has more culture in his pinky than all of white America combined. From what I can tell, to be white in America is boring static, AM radio on a Sunday morning with a broken dial on a back road in the boonies. It is the culture born by everything borrowed but wrongfully claimed as its own invention. To be white, in America, tastes like cream of wheat with no hope of brown sugar. It is a tumbleweed-kind-of-rootless and just as desert dry. It is colorless, odorless, tasteless— and will choke you slowly if you don’t build up a tolerance. But if you’re lucky enough to be white in America, for about a hundred bucks and a swab of the cheek, the Internet can tell you where you came from. Even if that makes you feel cultured, tomorrow you will wake up and still be white in America. To be white in America, I thought, was as far from exotic as the self-loathing, middle aged guy behind the counter at your local DMV. But white girls, he says, are exotic. Perhaps it’s because pumpkin spice oozes from my pasty pores, or that “there ain’t no laws when you’re drinkin’ the Claws.” Maybe he couldn’t resist the fact that the Starbucks barista knows my order better than my name, or that my hair blowdries pin straight— no matter the time of year. I wonder if it’s the combo of black leggings, messy buns, and work out tanks— or the fact that I think I’m saving the whole god **** sea turtle population with my stainless steel straw. Exotic? Maybe it’s my compulsive nature to buy in bulk, to pet every dog I see, and to cry over Queer Eye episodes. It couldn’t possibly be the steady diet of rom coms, my collection of Birkenstocks, or the apple cinnamon candle burning on my windowsill that reminds me of “fall y’all,” but then again, who knows? To me, my whiteness is a privilege that will forever be misinterpreted as entitlement by every person who checks that “white” box on the form without checking themselves too. “To us, white girls are exotic,” he says. White girl is just happy he likes her in spite of it.
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Aug 21, 2019
Aug 21, 2019 at 10:10 PM UTC
white girl exotica
“To us, white girls are exotic,” says my Arab American boyfriend. At that moment, my brain ceases to make sense of those words in that order. Exotic? White? Girl? Me? Me. He means... me. So this is what I say to my Arab American boyfriend who has more culture in his pinky than all of white America combined. From what I can tell, to be white in America is boring static, AM radio on a Sunday morning with a broken dial on a back road in the boonies. It is the culture born by everything borrowed but wrongfully claimed as its own invention. To be white, in America, tastes like cream of wheat with no hope of brown sugar. It is a tumbleweed-kind-of-rootless and just as desert dry. It is colorless, odorless, tasteless— and will choke you slowly if you don’t build up a tolerance. But if you’re lucky enough to be white in America, for about a hundred bucks and a swab of the cheek, the Internet can tell you where you came from. Even if that makes you feel cultured, tomorrow you will wake up and still be white in America. To be white in America, I thought, was as far from exotic as the self-loathing, middle aged guy behind the counter at your local DMV. But white girls, he says, are exotic. Perhaps it’s because pumpkin spice oozes from my pasty pores, or that “there ain’t no laws when you’re drinkin’ the Claws.” Maybe he couldn’t resist the fact that the Starbucks barista knows my order better than my name, or that my hair blowdries pin straight— no matter the time of year. I wonder if it’s the combo of black leggings, messy buns, and work out tanks— or the fact that I think I’m saving the whole god **** sea turtle population with my stainless steel straw. Exotic? Maybe it’s my compulsive nature to buy in bulk, to pet every dog I see, and to cry over Queer Eye episodes. It couldn’t possibly be the steady diet of rom coms, my collection of Birkenstocks, or the apple cinnamon candle burning on my windowsill that reminds me of “fall y’all,” but then again, who knows? To me, my whiteness is a privilege that will forever be misinterpreted as entitlement by every person who checks that “white” box on the form without checking themselves too. “To us, white girls are exotic,” he says. White girl is just happy he likes her in spite of it.
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America needs a poor, ***** mother for president. We need a Muslim for vice president and a feminist to lead the army. America needs a homeless man with no health insurance and AIDS to allocate food stamps, gays to run the senate, and lesbians to run the house. America needs a president who’s been shot at, ***** and ****** on his whole life. A person who has held their dying child, losing a battle that cancer has already won, buried up to the knees hospital bills. America should be run by a person that wakes up every morning with no heat or air conditioner. Who has fought in a war, shakes in the night, and lives on minimum wage. Someone who takes the bus,  the subway, and owns one pair of sneakers, There is no time or money for anything else. We need an inner city teacher for president. Someone who spends 4 hours on Sundays preaching for president, Just to go home and put on his wife's dress. America needs a straight talker and a street walker to head the FBI. An illegal for the CIA, And a transgender for the DOJ. But that will never happen. What I have realized is that there is no longer a distinction between what is right, and what is real. Real, is a leader is one that has been to the free clinic, waited in line at the DMV, and buys clothes from Walmart. Real, is a president that is no stranger to violence. A vice president who has been to county. That has been fed jail food, strip searched, and wasted years that they will never get back. We, the people do not fly around in private jets, Puffing on Cuban cigars. We, the people do not solely consist of old, rich men, Making decisions for young, poor women. Telling us what we can and can’t do. Who we can and can’t love. Widening the gap between the haves and haves nots.   We the people know hard work, We know blood, We know sweat, We know tears, But what we do not know, Is how to engage ourselves in the goings on in the world around us. Take responsibility, hold your own, and question everything.
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Mar 20, 2014
Mar 20, 2014 at 6:31 PM UTC
We the Sheeple
America needs a poor, ***** mother for president. We need a Muslim for vice president and a feminist to lead the army. America needs a homeless man with no health insurance and AIDS to allocate food stamps, gays to run the senate, and lesbians to run the house. America needs a president who’s been shot at, ***** and ****** on his whole life. A person who has held their dying child, losing a battle that cancer has already won, buried up to the knees hospital bills. America should be run by a person that wakes up every morning with no heat or air conditioner. Who has fought in a war, shakes in the night, and lives on minimum wage. Someone who takes the bus,  the subway, and owns one pair of sneakers, There is no time or money for anything else. We need an inner city teacher for president. Someone who spends 4 hours on Sundays preaching for president, Just to go home and put on his wife's dress. America needs a straight talker and a street walker to head the FBI. An illegal for the CIA, And a transgender for the DOJ. But that will never happen. What I have realized is that there is no longer a distinction between what is right, and what is real. Real, is a leader is one that has been to the free clinic, waited in line at the DMV, and buys clothes from Walmart. Real, is a president that is no stranger to violence. A vice president who has been to county. That has been fed jail food, strip searched, and wasted years that they will never get back. We, the people do not fly around in private jets, Puffing on Cuban cigars. We, the people do not solely consist of old, rich men, Making decisions for young, poor women. Telling us what we can and can’t do. Who we can and can’t love. Widening the gap between the haves and haves nots.   We the people know hard work, We know blood, We know sweat, We know tears, But what we do not know, Is how to engage ourselves in the goings on in the world around us. Take responsibility, hold your own, and question everything.
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I think about family dinners and cards How we played skipbo instead of poker And you were ok with being there anyways Even though it seemed pointless And now I'm making new memories But I don't want to lose ours They're beautiful They hurt They remind me of what we were Before I realized I didn't feel the same When I left you said you'd miss my family I didn't realize I'd miss yours so much too Now your back in your hometown One I'll never see again And I'm always back in mine But you won't be I think about motorcycle classes The ones I'll never take Because all I remember is the DMV You forgot papers And I had to go to work But we got to talk on the drive That made it worth the seemingly wasted time Our home that is now so empty Finally made me feel safe And though this apartment is basically the same It's not my home I don't have a home anymore Even those days in the old houses You gave so much light to my darkness But eventually my demons won My empty soul could not be filled By even your genuine goodness Because I didn't face my feelings then either I think of the day I proposed to you I had it all planned out The food, the picnic, the drinks, the flowers Our night at the hotel We watched It's Complicated Which is pretty ironic now The lady at the front desk was so excited for us Even though I couldn't check in alone Apparently you have to be 21 for that And we were so young But we were happy in that moment I haven't really talked about it yet Because my feelings don't make much sense Is this regret I feel? Or am I just plagued by the pain of knowing just how badly I hurt you? I am hurting too And even in those moments You're still the only one I want to talk to 2 years of memories 2 years of putting up with my problems You deserve so much more And I hope you find it one day Because I couldn't give you what you gave to me Your unconditional love and safety I only broke you down And left you wounded by my mistakes and misjudgment Ignorance was bliss And this reality is destroying my sanity But I need to face these feelings So this pain can stop killing me
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Oct 4, 2017
Oct 4, 2017 at 12:45 PM UTC
Facing My Memories
I think about family dinners and cards How we played skipbo instead of poker And you were ok with being there anyways Even though it seemed pointless And now I'm making new memories But I don't want to lose ours They're beautiful They hurt They remind me of what we were Before I realized I didn't feel the same When I left you said you'd miss my family I didn't realize I'd miss yours so much too Now your back in your hometown One I'll never see again And I'm always back in mine But you won't be I think about motorcycle classes The ones I'll never take Because all I remember is the DMV You forgot papers And I had to go to work But we got to talk on the drive That made it worth the seemingly wasted time Our home that is now so empty Finally made me feel safe And though this apartment is basically the same It's not my home I don't have a home anymore Even those days in the old houses You gave so much light to my darkness But eventually my demons won My empty soul could not be filled By even your genuine goodness Because I didn't face my feelings then either I think of the day I proposed to you I had it all planned out The food, the picnic, the drinks, the flowers Our night at the hotel We watched It's Complicated Which is pretty ironic now The lady at the front desk was so excited for us Even though I couldn't check in alone Apparently you have to be 21 for that And we were so young But we were happy in that moment I haven't really talked about it yet Because my feelings don't make much sense Is this regret I feel? Or am I just plagued by the pain of knowing just how badly I hurt you? I am hurting too And even in those moments You're still the only one I want to talk to 2 years of memories 2 years of putting up with my problems You deserve so much more And I hope you find it one day Because I couldn't give you what you gave to me Your unconditional love and safety I only broke you down And left you wounded by my mistakes and misjudgment Ignorance was bliss And this reality is destroying my sanity But I need to face these feelings So this pain can stop killing me
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cherry sweet smoke drifting slow circles barely masks the scent of... burned coffee? or is it mold? it really brings out  the apathetic atmosphere of this windowless waiting room. dimly lit and dingy a single bare bulb clinging to life ...and failing - f l i c k e r s   w i t h   t h e   r a p i d   p u l s e   o f   a   h e a r t   g i v i n g   o u t. while peeling Mint Green paint adds a sense of despair ("*it smells definitely like **** in here*") the grout needs a good scrub to remove the flaking brown stains reminiscent of dried blood and chew spit This. is. where. My dreams languish                                        with  bloodshot eyes                                        with cramped backs                                        awkward and uncomfortable queued up to to die in some forgotten room located down that rather unpleasant looking hallway                                                                      filed away for a rainy day that will never come  ~                                                one dead dream is a tragedy                           a thousand dead dreams are just statistic
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Mar 30, 2012
Mar 30, 2012 at 10:33 PM UTC
My Mind Looks A Hell of a Lot Like a DMV
We went from “who loves orange soda?” to take a shot for me. To waiting in lines at the DMV, from waiting in lines at the school dance like “bruh hold my spot for me” From N64 controllers to leasing a Toyota Corolla Dealing with these adult life problems we don’t have no control of From pillow forts to the rents due From action figures to hopes of six figures From razor scooters to shaving with razors From love letters to car notes crazy right? The only losses we worried about were argued through Rock Paper Scissors. Now we worry about losing jobs, material things and on the news daily we lose our brothers and sisters. The only pain we felt was scraping our knees on the concrete. Now we scrape change tryna pay the bills hoping that our ends meet. I wish I could go back, I close my eyez with my memories and feel gratification. And the thing I miss most of all at that tender age is my imagination I can’t believe I couldn’t wait to get big
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Sep 26, 2018
Sep 26, 2018 at 11:24 PM UTC
Big
she tells me she wants to go to the beach on a day where we may each have the time off i tell her "of course, i'd love to" when really in my head i want to tell her "i would take every **** day off just to go anywhere with you". the beach, DMV, a gravel parking lot, my mother's abandoned apartment, her father's old high school, the desert, a hospital waiting room, her wealthy indecisions.
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May 6, 2014
May 6, 2014 at 4:35 PM UTC
DMV.
As I held my iPad to pull my airfare information, The sudden blood rush pass through my senses, as I glimpse fellow travelers in the airport. It is this feeling of adventure knowing I would never know these strangers, but the ideal we share a moment to explore another place profoundly echoes the inner child in me. It's like a candy in the mouth or a very fine wine, as I look through the plane window of the vast clouds, And gasp as the jet takes off taking my nerves into a new height. While my ear drums felt the extreme pressure begged to swallow my spit, This feeling of exploring explode my emotions with uncontrollable excitement. I just want to jump and do hundred push ups as the plane lands, Because you felt this cramp like you were packaged in a box in the flight, And now you are free to move and speed walk to your next destination! When I arrive at the hotel, The sudden desire to take a nap take place from the jet lag, Since all your senses took an over charge! You know adventure was just a beginning, Because now you are in the nation's Capitol, And there isn't enough time to explore everything in DMV!
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May 13, 2015
May 13, 2015 at 6:01 AM UTC
Journey to DMV
I’m sorry. I’m sorry for accidentally lying when I said I wanted to be with you. I think perhaps I fall in love often – I fall hard and fast, without remorse or concern. I think perhaps I fall out of love often – I grow tired and bored, unexcited and suppressed. Unfortunately I fall in love before others and I fall out of love before others. I leap into the arms of people who aren’t ready to commit, then walk away just when they are ready to endure. I hurt people. A lot. I’m not sure when it started, but its still going on. I can think back on 3, 4, 6 people in the last few years that I have broken it off with after I promised them love. I left without warning, without hesitation. I feel bad about it because I don’t want to hurt people, I don’t want to cause pain, but I feel that letting things fester while I am unhappy in a relationship is worse. It still hurts. I still watch tears fall. I am still avoided when passing on the sidewalk. I am still badmouthed in fraternity bathrooms and in social media. I watch my best friend and lover become someone who hates me, who wants to cause me pain, who then spreads my secrets and laughs at my failures. I don’t want to hurt people anymore, so perhaps it is best that I do not date. Perhaps it is best if I never commit or kiss anyone without the careless and superficial setting of a night club dance floor. Perhaps I need to mature and wait until I can find peace and stability, where I won’t switch between adoration and frustration so quickly and suddenly. My friend might have been right when she said “I don’t think you can be in a relationship right now.” Maybe I can’t be. Even if I can, maybe I shouldn’t. Maybe I should just accept that I need to wait for life to take its course and should stop trying to capture every shining opportunity that I happen to meet in the library, the pool, a coffee shop, or the gym. Maybe I should let those opportunities go past and should wait for the ones that come when I am older. Perhaps I should wait for the golden opportunities I pass in the grocery store, at work, in line for the DMV. Is my maturity the issue? Am I subconsciously not ready to commit myself to someone? Do I have some twisted sadistic sense of humor in which I like tricking people into thinking I love them? I’m sorry. I’m sorry for accidentally lying when I said I wanted to be with you. I’m sorry for when I made up some ******** excuse about why it wasn’t going to work when the reality is that I was bored and restless. To you – M, B, L, M, A, and R. I’m sorry that I am a piece of **** I’m sorry that the devil has blue eyes. You are better off without me than you ever would have been with me.
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Jun 10, 2016
Jun 10, 2016 at 9:51 PM UTC
Accidental Lies of Love
I’m sorry. I’m sorry for accidentally lying when I said I wanted to be with you. I think perhaps I fall in love often – I fall hard and fast, without remorse or concern. I think perhaps I fall out of love often – I grow tired and bored, unexcited and suppressed. Unfortunately I fall in love before others and I fall out of love before others. I leap into the arms of people who aren’t ready to commit, then walk away just when they are ready to endure. I hurt people. A lot. I’m not sure when it started, but its still going on. I can think back on 3, 4, 6 people in the last few years that I have broken it off with after I promised them love. I left without warning, without hesitation. I feel bad about it because I don’t want to hurt people, I don’t want to cause pain, but I feel that letting things fester while I am unhappy in a relationship is worse. It still hurts. I still watch tears fall. I am still avoided when passing on the sidewalk. I am still badmouthed in fraternity bathrooms and in social media. I watch my best friend and lover become someone who hates me, who wants to cause me pain, who then spreads my secrets and laughs at my failures. I don’t want to hurt people anymore, so perhaps it is best that I do not date. Perhaps it is best if I never commit or kiss anyone without the careless and superficial setting of a night club dance floor. Perhaps I need to mature and wait until I can find peace and stability, where I won’t switch between adoration and frustration so quickly and suddenly. My friend might have been right when she said “I don’t think you can be in a relationship right now.” Maybe I can’t be. Even if I can, maybe I shouldn’t. Maybe I should just accept that I need to wait for life to take its course and should stop trying to capture every shining opportunity that I happen to meet in the library, the pool, a coffee shop, or the gym. Maybe I should let those opportunities go past and should wait for the ones that come when I am older. Perhaps I should wait for the golden opportunities I pass in the grocery store, at work, in line for the DMV. Is my maturity the issue? Am I subconsciously not ready to commit myself to someone? Do I have some twisted sadistic sense of humor in which I like tricking people into thinking I love them? I’m sorry. I’m sorry for accidentally lying when I said I wanted to be with you. I’m sorry for when I made up some ******** excuse about why it wasn’t going to work when the reality is that I was bored and restless. To you – M, B, L, M, A, and R. I’m sorry that I am a piece of **** I’m sorry that the devil has blue eyes. You are better off without me than you ever would have been with me.
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In the not too far off distance I here the faint splashing of an indie song, That reminds me of you ? Maybe not of you, But your gait And if I want to reminisce about Your demeanor I will twist And gnarl and damage the song To be who you were, To me , it is as if Whenever I think of the grand entrance Of the natural history museum you are there On the steps, in a deceitful black dress And I weep like a wound infected Half because you are heaven An eighth because you are a day at the DMV Or worse I’m not alone I have a partner for checkers The computer But I find that you can’t have a laugh About how bad you are With someone that much better than you I’m now on loan But what a strange feeling it is to own Half of someone Like when you take a lean On a car, Sure, the bank could take it back But would they understand the eight-week-old, Chulupa in the back seat? Would anyone understand Your tongue? Or might they **** The life out of it Only to cut it out later I recognize the song And draw it closer to me I have bent the sound to fit me, To suit you, Fake- deaf, I tune it out Only to have my conk- shell –for- an- ear Throw it back up in a fishy -mess Then it laughs at me and says, “Don’t be silly now, I’m your song forever.” I can’t handle that So I run away leaving my brain Behind My brain is on the ground bleeding Saying, “Oh! How embarrassing to wear red after my birthday!”
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Dec 23, 2009
Dec 23, 2009 at 8:18 AM UTC
Write me a Pretty One M.R.
Pick them out Like you’re picking a lock And throw away the key Once you’re inside My brain, throbbing, uncertain Panicked a bit Tossing and turning Before I walk to the fridge Open it up, touch my eyes Pick them out Out of that zip-lock They’re fresh, but not able To see the light in your smile Or the venom dripping off your canines Why, dear, do you fail to announce yourself? It’s not polite to lurk about so In my mind, like a waterbed You float beside me, liquid gushing Places between us You can’t have me forever I’m meant for just now Be happy with that or Or, Or, Or, You can just take my trash out with you To the DMV or wherever you’re driving You’re legal and willing So pull to the curb when I scream blue and red Show me credentials and I’ll let you flee Go on then
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Jul 10, 2010
Jul 10, 2010 at 12:54 PM UTC
Sacrilege
The line far from sparse. The room humid and hot. Gazing around the small space one would hear and see patience wearing thin like cracks in the earth waiting on the volcano to erupt. Tapping of the feet.   Shifting of the legs. Sighs fill the stale air while arms fold and unfold. Whines of impatient children drum against angry ears. Elders gripe and groan about aching bones. Teens grin for the flash of the camera, praying the first picture will come out right. Coming to this place will make anyone learn patience. Welcome to the DMV.
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Aug 5, 2010
Aug 5, 2010 at 5:43 PM UTC
Drive More Vigorously
and pennies for literature. I hope all your clothes are clean because now you are baroque. Don't fix it. Ornate -- statuesque. Not in your house, not in your pocket book. Money can't buy me art. or was it heart? This is the license you can't get at the DMV.
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Nov 6, 2013
Nov 6, 2013 at 1:05 PM UTC
Quarters for Chemistry
"The DMV is the biggest collection of idiots working for ********
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May 21, 2013
May 21, 2013 at 7:22 PM UTC
A friend of mine once said: [DMV]
Life should come with a disclaimer “This **** doesn’t get any easier” Stamped on the back of every hand as babies exit their mother’s womb. There are some things in life, everyone should be told up front. Life isn’t fair, so don’t expect it to be. Love changes, so don’t hold onto it too tightly. People are dishonest, be careful who you trust. Never go to the DMV on a Monday. Unfortunately life doesn’t come with a disclaimer. When you are 40 you look back and realize how much time you could have saved if someone had just told you about the DMV and Monday’s
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Nov 2, 2013
Nov 2, 2013 at 2:46 AM UTC
Life's Disclaimer
Some poems are pretty about dreams or life or love But I mostly prefer poems Like the underside of stuff I like poems like fruit, ripped open and getting in my eyes Like the underside of rocks, crawling and alive I like poems like the inside of apartment buildings Like my parents, talking in their room and hearing them say my name Like waiting for the bus and edging away from the drunk guy who keeps talking to me I like poems like long lines at the DMV, like the music they play in grocery stores I like my poems pale, with their ribs sticking out shadows under their eyes from years of sleepless nights I like ugly poems, poems that look like me
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Sep 7, 2014
Sep 7, 2014 at 3:20 AM UTC
Poems
— neglect and respect do not rhyme, **{will grant you one, will give you none. will demand one, will send you some. you poets, always thinking you can get away with murdering the English language. ***** of assonance, you do not fool me, I’ve killed a thousand men’s “original”rhymes, while you’ve been fast sleeping, they’ve been fast seeping. I’ll give you no quarter, won’t spare a lousy dime, my spare change, is poet-unaffordable, cheap suited hucksters. work and **** do rhyme.   you can be one, if you do not put in some. work by day, slave by night. awake to the sun’s inquiry, what have you done for me lately? IF all you have to show is this scribbilus miscellaneous, tear up your lice-ence, poetic and DMV, you ain’t going nowhere. was branded by hot iron, early on, brandy channing. your best nightmare, guidance counselor, extraordinaire, great big fairie, poseur, exposer, m u r d e r e r of awful poetry}** WHAT,   what do you stand for?
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Jun 26, 2020
Jun 26, 2020 at 3:34 PM UTC
neglect and respect do not rhyme/what do you stand for?
I can't afford basic income I'm too full of selfish thoughts honestly I'd probably just cop a quarter pound of *** and smoke it down until my entire mind rots and maybe other people are okay - letting their private lives be watched - which, for me is fine - I have nothing to hide, but don't ask "by us or them?" when we're supposed to be on the same side.
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Sep 19, 2015
Sep 19, 2015 at 2:37 PM UTC
robots are people too (in line at the DMV)
1. When people introduce me to strangers they make sure to point out that I sing a lot Not just because I do sing a lot Which I do But because they want to warn people that I sing at the most inappropriate times When I sing people look at me like I'm playing drums in a library. 2. There's a lot more space between us now Like a whole pillow Maybe even like a whole pillow turned sideways Too far to touch But just close enough in case either one of us ever really want to reach I don't see that happening 3. I'm a song that is stuck in your head Good luck with that (A completely unrelated fourth point in two parts) 4a. It's really easy to transition from a relationship to a long distance relationship 4b. It is hard to stay in them once one of you realizes the "ship" in relationship probably doesn't refer to a an actual boat. (Back to the poem) 5. Most of the songs I know from start to finish are sad songs This is probably why people don't ask me to sing at their weddings Maybe there are other reasons 6. My son's favorite song is "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone" That's probably not good parenting When I sing my son doesn't look at me like I'm playing drums in the library He looks at me like I'm swinging chainsaws in heart valves He's not wrong 7. Some people tell jokes They say, "Do you know who sings that song" I say, "Of course it's Billie Holiday. They say, "Let's keep it that way!" Which is funny... Except **** you! 8. I know that sometimes you sit inside my larynx at night Listening for your song I know it's you, I can here the leaves crunch under your shoes I don't come in to say hi I don't stop either I don't want you to know these songs are for you I don't want you to know I'm reaching 9. You are a song I know from start to finish 10. If you didn't want me to play drums in here you shouldn't have built it with such great acoustics I see you haven't filled this place with the new boy's furniture yet 11. When I introduce myself to strangers I use my name 12. I sing at work In line at the super market At the DMV Waiting for someone to answer the door Walking away from a breakup Driving away from you 13. I am a song stuck in your head Isn't it funny how his finger tips on your rib cage play piano tracks from songs I sang to you I am a song stuck in your head Isn't it funny How his finger tips on your rib cage play piano tracks from songs I sang to you I'm a song stuck in your head 14. La ti da la ti da ti da ti da da da la ti da
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Dec 13, 2014
Dec 13, 2014 at 12:00 PM UTC
Singing Man
1. When people introduce me to strangers they make sure to point out that I sing a lot Not just because I do sing a lot Which I do But because they want to warn people that I sing at the most inappropriate times When I sing people look at me like I'm playing drums in a library. 2. There's a lot more space between us now Like a whole pillow Maybe even like a whole pillow turned sideways Too far to touch But just close enough in case either one of us ever really want to reach I don't see that happening 3. I'm a song that is stuck in your head Good luck with that (A completely unrelated fourth point in two parts) 4a. It's really easy to transition from a relationship to a long distance relationship 4b. It is hard to stay in them once one of you realizes the "ship" in relationship probably doesn't refer to a an actual boat. (Back to the poem) 5. Most of the songs I know from start to finish are sad songs This is probably why people don't ask me to sing at their weddings Maybe there are other reasons 6. My son's favorite song is "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone" That's probably not good parenting When I sing my son doesn't look at me like I'm playing drums in the library He looks at me like I'm swinging chainsaws in heart valves He's not wrong 7. Some people tell jokes They say, "Do you know who sings that song" I say, "Of course it's Billie Holiday. They say, "Let's keep it that way!" Which is funny... Except **** you! 8. I know that sometimes you sit inside my larynx at night Listening for your song I know it's you, I can here the leaves crunch under your shoes I don't come in to say hi I don't stop either I don't want you to know these songs are for you I don't want you to know I'm reaching 9. You are a song I know from start to finish 10. If you didn't want me to play drums in here you shouldn't have built it with such great acoustics I see you haven't filled this place with the new boy's furniture yet 11. When I introduce myself to strangers I use my name 12. I sing at work In line at the super market At the DMV Waiting for someone to answer the door Walking away from a breakup Driving away from you 13. I am a song stuck in your head Isn't it funny how his finger tips on your rib cage play piano tracks from songs I sang to you I am a song stuck in your head Isn't it funny How his finger tips on your rib cage play piano tracks from songs I sang to you I'm a song stuck in your head 14. La ti da la ti da ti da ti da da da la ti da
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Honestly I believe that I know what hell would be like A place of slumbering demons Some place that is practically empty I bet most people would consider hell to be a place like the DMV A long line waiting for everyone to come Because eventually everyone has to come here Everyone has something that holds them down Something that constantly burns at the back of their mind They see this as a melting *** A steamy place of red hot flames and pointy rock for them to be impaled on But I believe that Hell is more like the place that we are currently at Is not one of hot flames and pointy rock, but the land we already embrace It is one where people are already impaled But not by demons necessarily Maybe this is all a delusion that we live in The devil already sent us to hell, but made it look like life That really when you are looking you are truly blinded to your own reality Because if you could see the evil that was going on you would already know That possibly there are no people and more likely no angels The truth is that you are one of those demons You are one of those things Thinking you could never be something like that But in reality you are just that Does that mean there are not lesser demons No There are worse terrors than yourself But when you think back of how much more you could have done How many were in pain Maybe Unconsciously. Maybe unknowingly. You ignored them Just know that not trying Can be as bad as doing.
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Jan 14, 2015
Jan 14, 2015 at 11:05 PM UTC
If Only You Knew What Hell Was Like
But first, let me apologize for my legs. For you, will never be able to see through a gap in my thighs. Her's are a single lane. Where you coast on the greens for eternity. Mine? A 6 lane highway to the DMV
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Aug 5, 2014
Aug 5, 2014 at 9:50 PM UTC
Gaping