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"ducking" poems
“kitty”. sixteen,5′ 11″,white,prostitute. ducking always the touch of must and shall, whose slippery body is Death’s littlest pal, skilled in quick softness. Unspontaneous. cute, the signal perfume of whose unrepute focusses in the sweet slow animal bottomless eyes importantly banal, Kitty. a ***** Sixteen you corking brute amused from time to time by clever drolls fearsomely who do keep their sunday flower. The babybreasted broad “kitty” twice eight —beer nothing,the lady’ll have a whiskey-sour— whose least amazing smile is the most great common divisor of unequal souls.
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Kitty. Sixteen,5′ 11′′,White,Prostitute
This desolate road seems forever long And my worn feet will carry me through the ruin All alone, but if you had heard my song You might just understand why I’m doing Maybe I’m the strongest person of us all Maybe you’re used to me being alone But that doesn’t mean that when I take a fall I can survive, live on my own Noticing someone else’s suffering is hard Wrapped up in your troubles, with an aching heart But if you open your eyes, you’ll see a man apart If you can call me a man, I guess Walking round with an unchanged expression Ducking and keeping away from the deed You might think it’s all to get attention And you’re right, but that’s what I need I knew a group of people whom my heart held dear I loved them, and I love them still But they weren’t there for me in my time of fear Now I’m not gonna bend my will How many days of quiet can I keep? How hard will the blade into my mind seep? How long can I hide away and weep? Before you realise I’m not at best So it’s time to say fare thee well Don’t know where I’m strolling in my daze to Just gonna follow my path down the well See if it’s someplace new So I’ve thought it through and through again No pleading will make me change my head Maybe, before, if I had a friend But now, it’s too late to hear what I’ve said The love I have for you will always burn But my back’s to you, and I’ll always turn If you haven’t figured it out, you’ll never learn I want a hug, but I’m drowning in my sleepiness
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Apr 2, 2018
Apr 2, 2018 at 3:11 AM UTC
Nowhere Boulevard
This desolate road seems forever long And my worn feet will carry me through the ruin All alone, but if you had heard my song You might just understand why I’m doing Maybe I’m the strongest person of us all Maybe you’re used to me being alone But that doesn’t mean that when I take a fall I can survive, live on my own Noticing someone else’s suffering is hard Wrapped up in your troubles, with an aching heart But if you open your eyes, you’ll see a man apart If you can call me a man, I guess Walking round with an unchanged expression Ducking and keeping away from the deed You might think it’s all to get attention And you’re right, but that’s what I need I knew a group of people whom my heart held dear I loved them, and I love them still But they weren’t there for me in my time of fear Now I’m not gonna bend my will How many days of quiet can I keep? How hard will the blade into my mind seep? How long can I hide away and weep? Before you realise I’m not at best So it’s time to say fare thee well Don’t know where I’m strolling in my daze to Just gonna follow my path down the well See if it’s someplace new So I’ve thought it through and through again No pleading will make me change my head Maybe, before, if I had a friend But now, it’s too late to hear what I’ve said The love I have for you will always burn But my back’s to you, and I’ll always turn If you haven’t figured it out, you’ll never learn I want a hug, but I’m drowning in my sleepiness
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What we have named Fire Escape (an ordered, angular tangle of ladders and rail) had made picture geometries in my west window well-framed and flat--set foreground and background in two dimensions, as the sun hid, and my round eye opened. What we have named Fire Escape was flaked-paint brown orange, as if first it had been born of a flame and then had taken up living as metal-- tempered itself into usefulness, which I should trust now, in case of the yelling and the engines. What we have named Fire Escape was happy Jungle Jim or Jungle for Jane for the sparrows I saw this morning which flitted and wildly played within, rising up arched and back again. Made of the square pairs of ladder rungs-- a tunnel entrance or ducking posts, or highway bridges to clear; the birds like small plane, daredevil pilots each following each, going under. No sparrow would ever crash. And what is this I remember now? How one bird eased its engine and perched there to stay? As if to offer me, with a little turn of head gesture-- a thank you, for the bread I'd left on the sill? Or to say I'd better shut the curtain and make my exit? Either prideful guess gets me nowhere fast. Failed even is speaking in any sparrow languages from my recline stuffed chair; again, but now imagined, to draw beady eyes to fix on me, telling me much less. That morning, with the very last sparrow gone, I remember that nothing in my sight moved, save an American flag at a distance in the wind, with its one red-white striped wing waving toward the cold north, as the white church spire, framed in open quadrilaterals, held its position.
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Apr 15, 2013
Apr 15, 2013 at 5:18 AM UTC
A Fire Escape of Sparrows
What we have named Fire Escape (an ordered, angular tangle of ladders and rail) had made picture geometries in my west window well-framed and flat--set foreground and background in two dimensions, as the sun hid, and my round eye opened. What we have named Fire Escape was flaked-paint brown orange, as if first it had been born of a flame and then had taken up living as metal-- tempered itself into usefulness, which I should trust now, in case of the yelling and the engines. What we have named Fire Escape was happy Jungle Jim or Jungle for Jane for the sparrows I saw this morning which flitted and wildly played within, rising up arched and back again. Made of the square pairs of ladder rungs-- a tunnel entrance or ducking posts, or highway bridges to clear; the birds like small plane, daredevil pilots each following each, going under. No sparrow would ever crash. And what is this I remember now? How one bird eased its engine and perched there to stay? As if to offer me, with a little turn of head gesture-- a thank you, for the bread I'd left on the sill? Or to say I'd better shut the curtain and make my exit? Either prideful guess gets me nowhere fast. Failed even is speaking in any sparrow languages from my recline stuffed chair; again, but now imagined, to draw beady eyes to fix on me, telling me much less. That morning, with the very last sparrow gone, I remember that nothing in my sight moved, save an American flag at a distance in the wind, with its one red-white striped wing waving toward the cold north, as the white church spire, framed in open quadrilaterals, held its position.
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A risk is being able to do what you want even when you know every single consequence. A risk is climbing a latter when its only a rope. A risk is believing in yourself enough to say "I did it!" even when you're only half way there. A risk is ducking in the shadows knowing you'll get caught. A risk is keeping a promise when everyone is doing everything they can to break it. A risk is keeping an open mind while still staying determined. A risk is NOT waking up everyday and saying "I can and will do this". That is determination Determination is waking up every single day and saying "I was meant to do this"
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Feb 23, 2015
Feb 23, 2015 at 8:34 AM UTC
a Risk (determination)
I am empty, yet I am whole I burn with passion, desire, hot Yet I am frozen to the core, cold. My steps are surer than a Lions, Yet insecurity ravages my mind like a bad disease. My thoughts impulsive, extemporaneous Yet cool, calm and calculated are my middle names. Sometimes fear makes me weaker than a withering flower But usually I'm bolder than a boxer, ducking, diving, bobbing, weaving I can be loud, raucous, unbecoming or quiet, shy and unwelcoming I prefer my own space But I'm your best friend I can follow with the obedience of a dog But I love setting trends. I am an honest liar A well read idiot A losing champion A logical creative Beautifully ugly Perfectly flawed What I'm saying, is I'm human. A walking contradiction I'm an Oxymoron, Yet I am not.
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Jun 4, 2013
Jun 4, 2013 at 7:48 PM UTC
A Walking Contradiction
It is definitely not just me Who finds these people lacking In spine, morals, sincerity; Why do we tolerate their slacking? Behaviour we should abhor Due to its outrageous hypocrisy, Yet these people represent us In what we call our democracy.  Our voice must be much louder To gain some true control Over the ducking and diving Politicians have taken as their role.
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Jun 8, 2014
Jun 8, 2014 at 3:17 PM UTC
Politicians
Fishermen at Ballyshannon Netted an infant last night Along with the salmon. An illegitimate spawning, A small one thrown back To the waters. But I'm sure As she stood in the shallows Ducking him tenderly Till the frozen knobs of her wrists Were dead as the gravel, He was a minnow with hooks Tearing her open. She waded in under The sign of the cross. He was hauled in with the fish. Now limbo will be A cold glitter of souls Through some far briny zone. Even Christ's palms, unhealed, Smart and cannot fish there.
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Limbo
Cutting out for a day. Ducking into my room, my bed. Thigh highs and a big tee. Hair down, slow motion. Everything easy. Blaring arctic monkeys in my little room. Smoke a pack, burning close to my lips. Nicotine chaser to my Otherwise closed-door emotions. Stronger. Add jack and green green Californian. Glass eyes and a twisted tongue. This is what the young are running to these days. This is what I want to do, Just have to find a way to be alone. Can't wait for this, For happiness.
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Jun 1, 2014
Jun 1, 2014 at 9:44 PM UTC
Smoke box
The witch finder general he came to seek them out. His mistake when innocent witches. The innocent ones his soul did take. Dunked Nanna in the ducking pool. Dragged aunt to Manning Tree. Wanted to started a mega pyre for the likes of thee and me. In archaic land of treachery in the land of treason. Sweet virgins crucified with no justified reason. Mother turned the milk sour. Daddy was a warlock. Brother was magic man. Kept his grimoire by his bed. Family of innocence. Witches innocent, Spitting fire now deceased after the flames. Wanted the witch finder's mortal remains. By ladylivvi1 © 2013 ladylivvi1 (All rights reserved)
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Nov 8, 2013
Nov 8, 2013 at 4:44 PM UTC
Innocent Witches : Part One
This isn't about front lines and deep mud, it's not about sacrifice and bands of brotherhood. It's not calling for silence or for national pride, it's not about cenotaphs and those left behind. No, this a thank you to one Ernest Page, Gunner Sergeant, Royal Field Artillery, 182nd Brigade. Thank you for ducking, thank you for dodging, thank you for lasting, thank you for living. Thanks for returning back home to Brockley. Thanks for asking Gran and building a family. Thank you for dad and for little Aunt Betty, for Pam and for Pete and for cousins aplenty. Thanks for Rose Cottage, for trips round the lake, thanks for loud laughter and sleepy eyed late mugs of hot chocolate and medeira cake slabs. Thanks for my sisters, thanks again for my dad. Thank you for surviving, and all that implies. I owe you it all, I owe you this life.
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Nov 1, 2018
Nov 1, 2018 at 6:17 PM UTC
This is not a war poem
The scuff of sneakers, boots and flats form the solid and stable beat. Add in the chuckles, silences and brief interruptions to create the varying and rhythm. All that remains is what goes unsaid but is speeding around in your mind. That man from Uzbekistan, He was telling us how peace and non-violence starts with us, With middle-schools, with teens, with future leaders To all those who laugh, when I say violence is never the answer, You're the ones I worry about That man from Uzbekistan, He was speaking to us about how the kids had a parliament in Uzbekistan Those kids had a say in what their fate would be Believe it or not, But adults are not the only things to make up our society... Infants, toddlers, 5th graders, 8th graders, 11th graders, seniors, the diseases make up us, us.. So maybe parents shelter us too much, or not at all. And kids throw fits in the grocery store While teenagers attempt to jump off the nearest bridge This is our society.. But we're like those kids in Uzbekistan We have a say in what our fate will be That man from Uzbekistan, He was sharing out how blessed he was to be living here in the United States Even though he could live in a much more peaceful and welcoming society. I have no idea how many years i will be, Or what has to happen before we get the message across.. That's what's played out isn't acceptable The American people, Were baffled, devastated, overwhelmed That all those stereotypes really were mixed within us. Obama stood up in that room With a shaky camera man, staring while he slumped and grieved He addressed our nation, Homeland, Country Community Family About Newtown, Clackamas Town Center No leader should ever be forced to speak about children dying long before there time was up Or about average people ducking and diving from bullets Gun Control is only a little layer And that's the start of our restoration to end up being a peaceful, safe country It begins with how youth are shown how to solve problems. I'm willing to reach my hand out to every single state in this country And if that means devoting everything I've got to making our restoration successful, Then so be it.. No leader or person should be raising candles to the sky for little kids to see that they are missed. And I took all of this in at a Lebanese Luncheon
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Mar 8, 2013
Mar 8, 2013 at 11:58 PM UTC
Lebanese Luncheon
The scuff of sneakers, boots and flats form the solid and stable beat. Add in the chuckles, silences and brief interruptions to create the varying and rhythm. All that remains is what goes unsaid but is speeding around in your mind. That man from Uzbekistan, He was telling us how peace and non-violence starts with us, With middle-schools, with teens, with future leaders To all those who laugh, when I say violence is never the answer, You're the ones I worry about That man from Uzbekistan, He was speaking to us about how the kids had a parliament in Uzbekistan Those kids had a say in what their fate would be Believe it or not, But adults are not the only things to make up our society... Infants, toddlers, 5th graders, 8th graders, 11th graders, seniors, the diseases make up us, us.. So maybe parents shelter us too much, or not at all. And kids throw fits in the grocery store While teenagers attempt to jump off the nearest bridge This is our society.. But we're like those kids in Uzbekistan We have a say in what our fate will be That man from Uzbekistan, He was sharing out how blessed he was to be living here in the United States Even though he could live in a much more peaceful and welcoming society. I have no idea how many years i will be, Or what has to happen before we get the message across.. That's what's played out isn't acceptable The American people, Were baffled, devastated, overwhelmed That all those stereotypes really were mixed within us. Obama stood up in that room With a shaky camera man, staring while he slumped and grieved He addressed our nation, Homeland, Country Community Family About Newtown, Clackamas Town Center No leader should ever be forced to speak about children dying long before there time was up Or about average people ducking and diving from bullets Gun Control is only a little layer And that's the start of our restoration to end up being a peaceful, safe country It begins with how youth are shown how to solve problems. I'm willing to reach my hand out to every single state in this country And if that means devoting everything I've got to making our restoration successful, Then so be it.. No leader or person should be raising candles to the sky for little kids to see that they are missed. And I took all of this in at a Lebanese Luncheon
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Jelly dry as ******* ice Mice Like evils mice they bite Up my arms Like charms And Breyer ducking **** why the ugh can't you ******* get up The thought of your thoughts is drought Me so The inside of my chest is better than the explanation of the Rest of the messages I sent Why can't you get up Sorry not sorry for the mice. Sorry not sorry for the ignorant would worry but too lazy But too dumb But too numb But too ******* fed up With your mothers hazy eyes and c cups Why don't you ******* get up Instead of ******* ******* up I hate the ******* thought if that You know ******* who I'm yelling at
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Apr 3, 2014
Apr 3, 2014 at 10:30 PM UTC
Cuss. Are you cussing at me?
Every day after school I ran through it, Skirting around the trunks, Ducking under the leaves, My laughter echoing through the trees. My cherry orchard. My friends used to walk through it, And when they got to my house, They would always have red stains On the bottoms of their shoes from My cherry orchard. Every year when the blossoms came out In early May, I would take pictures for Hours, enjoying the peace, Playing with the symmetry when you looked down a row in My cherry orchard. And even though the trees were Stripped from the ground and burned I still visit it, My friends still walk through it, And every year I will look back at My pictures and remember My cherry orchard.
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Oct 12, 2018
Oct 12, 2018 at 4:01 PM UTC
I can now see beyond the cherry orchard
Run rotten, for things have gotten out of hand. Turn coat ducking, torture got him singing and eating outta my hand. Getting scraped by the beater like youse a percussion instrument; maybe that’s why a group of people are called a band? For we all play our part to either be an influence or to be influenced. Yet we won’t know anything if you never venture into the forest and meet the temptress. When one experiences all six senses, when in present tenses, which then puts the body through stresses. That makes the mind flood with guesses that clouds up our lenses. But that’s just what war is like for one is always in the trenches. Whilst other’s sit on benches, but each choice brings rewards and consequences. Which bears questions on what your quest is? To run free or to be held back by white picket fences? For being hard pressed brings out either killers or medics. To choose to be real or synthetic. To become abstract or symmetric. However, things aren’t always so metric. So be wary of being a critique for just like branches of mathematics in arithmetic, We have many great qualities but when in a group we can become manipulated.
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Jan 15, 2019
Jan 15, 2019 at 3:45 PM UTC
The Mobius Effect
Anticipation rising as our holiday nears My gosh, Eid ul Fitr is already here In the early morning on your way to groom and a bath I know it's so because I too clean up to be on the same path Squeaky clean the skin on our faces shine A gigantic goal accomplished oh we're feeling really fine Who needs Christmas when we've got Eid a festivity that includes all Muslims even those in need Decorative clothes we wear while extending our hearts to each other and offering a good cheer it isn't hard to tell our love of our religion is near From the same community we come, it's known we throw a fun-filled Eid party "Because this is my holiday" and our festive spirits aught to be really hearty Allah hu Akbar, the accessory and ornament of our special day along with a duo and nearly two billion others, you'll hear me loudly say When little girls, Atefeh's and my enthusiasm about Eid blossoming as we sang an Eid song perhaps trying to compete "From sunrise to sunset, no food did we eat. All praises are due to Allah, our fast is now complete." Mehdi whose thoughts of his beloved in the distance too busy with his boys climbing trees and ducking low a long time friend of two families to witness a wedding and a start of an Eid tradition that brings the community together, what a show So here's to Mehdi and Atefeh, Eid enthusiasts among a few showing you gratitude and appreciation, for we've heard it said "It takes one to know two." by: Najwa Kareem
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Jun 4, 2019
Jun 4, 2019 at 7:05 AM UTC
"It takes one to know two."
**** culture” ... Even the phrase slices my tongue and cuts like a double-edged sword of double standards. ... The same double standards that say that a girl who wears makeup is a ***** but says that if she doesn’t then she’s ugly. ... The same double standards that say that if a girl wears a skirt then she’s desperate but if she wears jeans then she’s stiff. ... Double standards that keep even the strongest girls asking “Who am I supposed to be?” ... The double standard that require **** kits with pamphlets like pamphlets are gonna help us get better. ... **** culture requires underwear for women with a lock on it, password and all! Buy one get one free, not of the underwear, but the rapists! ... **** culture, the same one you see on the news and in the streets and schools and stores and malls and parks and sports and on the ******* sidewalks. … This next line is for the man in the beaten up red car who cat-called me when I was 15 while I was walking to my friends house last summer: No thanks, I don't want to “smile, little mama” … This line is to the sixth grade teacher in my old school district who was fired for sexually harassing and abusing his students: Who do you think you are to be putting your hands up shirts of 12 year old girls? … This next line is for the man on the news who said “Well she was wearing a skirt, so she was practically asking for it” Excuse me, sir, but that glass ceiling was made of glass it was just asking to be smashed, right? ... The patriarchy shatters around their fragile masculinity and breaks into one thousand pieces before cutting the survivor’s wrists because no one ever believes them. ... This is the stigma that is delivered upon the doorstep of **** culture’s house by the UPS worker named “Societal Pressures”. The package that no one wants to receive. It knocks at your door but you try to keep it locked. ... “Knock knock?” “Who’s there?” **** joke” **** joke who?” **** joke who isn’t ******* funny”. ... **** culture is the societal pressure that is put on us to be beautiful, not for ourselves, but for the man who sees us every morning. ... **** culture is the demand to smile for the old man that we just passed on the street near the bakery but keeping our mouths shut when we have something to say. ... **** culture is standing in front of the mirror everyday before school making sure that I can't be targeted for anything that I'm wearing. Looking at every seem, every angle, every button and zipper. ... **** culture is how I (along with my friends) can't walk by a group of boys without pulling up our already uncomfortably high necklines and ducking our heads. ... **** culture runs in the veins of every girl, woman, and man that is subject to society. ... **** culture is the phrase I'm not supposed to say but I say anyway because I deserve to be heard.
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Apr 4, 2019
Apr 4, 2019 at 4:50 PM UTC
**** Culture, Spoken word
**** culture” ... Even the phrase slices my tongue and cuts like a double-edged sword of double standards. ... The same double standards that say that a girl who wears makeup is a ***** but says that if she doesn’t then she’s ugly. ... The same double standards that say that if a girl wears a skirt then she’s desperate but if she wears jeans then she’s stiff. ... Double standards that keep even the strongest girls asking “Who am I supposed to be?” ... The double standard that require **** kits with pamphlets like pamphlets are gonna help us get better. ... **** culture requires underwear for women with a lock on it, password and all! Buy one get one free, not of the underwear, but the rapists! ... **** culture, the same one you see on the news and in the streets and schools and stores and malls and parks and sports and on the ******* sidewalks. … This next line is for the man in the beaten up red car who cat-called me when I was 15 while I was walking to my friends house last summer: No thanks, I don't want to “smile, little mama” … This line is to the sixth grade teacher in my old school district who was fired for sexually harassing and abusing his students: Who do you think you are to be putting your hands up shirts of 12 year old girls? … This next line is for the man on the news who said “Well she was wearing a skirt, so she was practically asking for it” Excuse me, sir, but that glass ceiling was made of glass it was just asking to be smashed, right? ... The patriarchy shatters around their fragile masculinity and breaks into one thousand pieces before cutting the survivor’s wrists because no one ever believes them. ... This is the stigma that is delivered upon the doorstep of **** culture’s house by the UPS worker named “Societal Pressures”. The package that no one wants to receive. It knocks at your door but you try to keep it locked. ... “Knock knock?” “Who’s there?” **** joke” **** joke who?” **** joke who isn’t ******* funny”. ... **** culture is the societal pressure that is put on us to be beautiful, not for ourselves, but for the man who sees us every morning. ... **** culture is the demand to smile for the old man that we just passed on the street near the bakery but keeping our mouths shut when we have something to say. ... **** culture is standing in front of the mirror everyday before school making sure that I can't be targeted for anything that I'm wearing. Looking at every seem, every angle, every button and zipper. ... **** culture is how I (along with my friends) can't walk by a group of boys without pulling up our already uncomfortably high necklines and ducking our heads. ... **** culture runs in the veins of every girl, woman, and man that is subject to society. ... **** culture is the phrase I'm not supposed to say but I say anyway because I deserve to be heard.
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This is for all my battle buddies, HOOAH! Serving in Iraq, Serving in Afghanistan. With a grainy, sandy, hot, and humid desert surrounding you. Looking into miles of nothing. Always ready, always on patrol, ready to roll. Ducking your head to re-load in the middle of the firefight. Taking a stand against the evils of the world. To my battles with integrity, We all bleed the same, Fighting for freedom of the Red, White, and Blue Live green die green Scream it with me at the top of your lungs: HOOAH! Soldier people; This for all the clowns that play Video Games Talking that 1337 (LEET) speak Owning some newbs for fun Screaming at the little kids that they **** I’m taking on the girls 1 versus 1 Passing by the hours staring at the screen Drinking Mountain Dew, and eating skittles Sniping people with your M4, Blowing them up as they walk through the door Gamer people; This is for all my Tech-y nerds Working with computer components Make sure you stay grounded We don’t want an electrical eruption I hated Network Theory, But I still didn’t get a B. The “have you tried restarting,” people. Surfing the Internets, refer to Wikipedia people. Tech people; This is for all the Snowboard bums, We ride hard, but still chill Jumping in front of the skiers for a mighty thrill We do it for an Adrenaline rush Boardin’ through the trees, And the snow that is white and plush Snowboard people; This is for all the Music lovers That let the beat move their souls Bumpin’ to the rhythm Dancing out of control Let the beat take you away Fist pump yourself into the night, Even though I can’t dance, ‘cause I’m White. Music people.
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Sep 27, 2011
Sep 27, 2011 at 9:43 PM UTC
For my people
This is for all my battle buddies, HOOAH! Serving in Iraq, Serving in Afghanistan. With a grainy, sandy, hot, and humid desert surrounding you. Looking into miles of nothing. Always ready, always on patrol, ready to roll. Ducking your head to re-load in the middle of the firefight. Taking a stand against the evils of the world. To my battles with integrity, We all bleed the same, Fighting for freedom of the Red, White, and Blue Live green die green Scream it with me at the top of your lungs: HOOAH! Soldier people; This for all the clowns that play Video Games Talking that 1337 (LEET) speak Owning some newbs for fun Screaming at the little kids that they **** I’m taking on the girls 1 versus 1 Passing by the hours staring at the screen Drinking Mountain Dew, and eating skittles Sniping people with your M4, Blowing them up as they walk through the door Gamer people; This is for all my Tech-y nerds Working with computer components Make sure you stay grounded We don’t want an electrical eruption I hated Network Theory, But I still didn’t get a B. The “have you tried restarting,” people. Surfing the Internets, refer to Wikipedia people. Tech people; This is for all the Snowboard bums, We ride hard, but still chill Jumping in front of the skiers for a mighty thrill We do it for an Adrenaline rush Boardin’ through the trees, And the snow that is white and plush Snowboard people; This is for all the Music lovers That let the beat move their souls Bumpin’ to the rhythm Dancing out of control Let the beat take you away Fist pump yourself into the night, Even though I can’t dance, ‘cause I’m White. Music people.
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I should have run to Japan, to be the writer that I can, to sing folk to girls who are smiling because they can, I should have road the rails, staring at the never ending cities with hearts ablaze, ducking down into a dreamland maze of alley ways, give my poems to hobos and gays, and find any naru to sing karaoke, go into dens and clubs that traded air for smoking, I'd be the talk of toast, and the **** of the island, or I'd get drunk with samurais on a foam pylon, I'd ask a geisha to dance, but get nervous and spill my drink all over my pants, I'd go with malcontents and roughdy otakus as we hit the arcades on speed, I'd stay at a hotel and get married married in the states, I'd fall in love with a girl for a weekend and shed tell me she hates fancy dinners but loves dates, I would end up sleeping in the hills, high and full of chills, I'll tell school children what the stars mean, even though they can't be seen, I'll write a poem about my sin, of wanting my right, my right of a writing man, in Japan.
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Dec 1, 2013
Dec 1, 2013 at 3:21 PM UTC
Will she have green eyes, or is this another bad rhyme
Keep dodging the shots, With your nimble comebacks, Keep ducking and weaving, Around the truth. Keep staring ahead, Never looking at the carnage, You left behind. Keep avoiding my eyes, With your simple disguise, Keep hiding yourself, In your smile, Keep falling back, On that which you know, Never changing. Keep forcing my hand, To deal a new hand, Keep fixing the deck, That I own, Keep dodging the shots, I keep firing at you, Because I want you to win this war.
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Jun 26, 2016
Jun 26, 2016 at 7:54 PM UTC
Warzone You
The body was quickly covered by a black sheet, but Tommy had still seen it, and the image seemed to stick to his eyes like a melted Popsicle. He did not feel sad, or angry, or even curious – Tommy felt nothing at all except wonder at the fact that you could exist one moment, and not the next. “Hey there,” said the tall man in blue. He wore a badge on his shirt that said ‘police’. “Hi,” said Tommy, nervously looking up at the man. He felt as though he should not have been looking at the body, as though it were forbidden. “What’s your name, son?” “My name is Tommy and I live down the street,” he said, the words spilling out of his mouth. He felt that he needed to explain himself. “I was just riding my bike when...” “Did you see what was under that tarp?” the man asked, pointing at the blanket. The body had since disappeared, but Tommy knew that the body had just been taken away so others wouldn’t see. Tommy didn’t respond, but the officer nodded. “Do you want to see something cool?” said the policeman, and Tommy nodded once more. The policeman walked over to his car and dipped inside, ducking his head under the ledge of the door frame. He looked at Tommy and smiled, clicked a few buttons, and then suddenly there were bright colours, not unlike the colours Tommy had seen at carnivals.
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Jan 30, 2016
Jan 30, 2016 at 10:37 AM UTC
Age Gap - Dialogue (Prompt)
The trip would be flawless - water splashing, echoed shrieks in chlorinated sunlight - except for these baffling creatures patrolling the pool Up and down they go, up and down, staring daggers straight ahead and daring you to get in their way Rubber hats and plastic eyes, folded skin, wrinkled like deflated dinghies doggedly paddling their pointless journeys. A bit like clockwork bath toys, but not as entertaining. The safety notices are wasted on them. No petting? I should ****** well think not. Bombing? Ducking? Anything fun at all? Up, down, up and down. Relentless as the baddies in a ZX Spectrum game, stuck in their lanes, joyless. They were there when I was six and they're still there, you know, a few more wrinkles now, up (and down), spilling out their black slick second skins. Whatever it was they were looking for, the search isn't improving their moods.
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Jan 18, 2012
Jan 18, 2012 at 11:40 AM UTC
Amphibians
To my friend from Down Under I was driving down the road and what did I see But a grasshopper with his pants on fire With a snake hot on his tail he was moving his feet That grasshopper with his pants on fire Hopping high as he could go A moving fast and ducking low That grasshopper with his pants on fire Well the snake was closing in and his race was soon to end With that grasshopper with his pants on fire The hopper tightened up his hopping The snake knew there was no stopping That grasshopper with his pants on fire He’s got long legs for a reason He's the toast of the season Silly grasshopper with his pants on fire All Rights Reserved @ Tammy M. Darby Feb. 16, 2017
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Feb 17, 2017
Feb 17, 2017 at 10:04 AM UTC
Grasshopper with his pants on fire
*We were both still quite sleepy. She laid her head in my lap in fetal position for most of the ride and I nodded off as the thunder rumbled, and rocked me to sleep, my head lolling to one side. It was miserable out. The sky was a toxic, smoky gray, swollen and bruised purple like rotting flesh, and the rain, so incessant, berated the windshield of the cab the whole ride to the theater and all the while after we had handed a couple crumpled dollars to the driver and gotten in the cue. We had our backstage passes tucked away into our coats, we didn't want any of the regulars to see. She huddled closer to me to guard her ashen lips from the needle ****** of the wind, that would bring a tear to her eye when they scraped against the tip of her nose. She was thinking, as she fingered the strap of the shiny, clean, new camera she bought to photograph us doing ***** things, the lens reflecting all of her good intentions, warm feelings onto me. As a vendor strode by I snagged up two cups of coffee, and handed one to her and then we sank back into the shivering, shuddering mass. She took a few sips, as I drew the flame to my cigarette, ducking behind her and cupping the tip in order to get it lit, I could see the steam dissipating into the cold, wet air. She smiled with amusement and after a few moments looked up and whispered to me "I want him at his best. I hope he's super depressed." I said "Yeah", as I exhaled the smoke and simultaneously, in one heave, cleared my throat, "I hope he ******* hates us."*
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Dec 23, 2012
Dec 23, 2012 at 2:46 PM UTC
Upon Arriving to Meet Our Favorite Folk Singer
*We were both still quite sleepy. She laid her head in my lap in fetal position for most of the ride and I nodded off as the thunder rumbled, and rocked me to sleep, my head lolling to one side. It was miserable out. The sky was a toxic, smoky gray, swollen and bruised purple like rotting flesh, and the rain, so incessant, berated the windshield of the cab the whole ride to the theater and all the while after we had handed a couple crumpled dollars to the driver and gotten in the cue. We had our backstage passes tucked away into our coats, we didn't want any of the regulars to see. She huddled closer to me to guard her ashen lips from the needle ****** of the wind, that would bring a tear to her eye when they scraped against the tip of her nose. She was thinking, as she fingered the strap of the shiny, clean, new camera she bought to photograph us doing ***** things, the lens reflecting all of her good intentions, warm feelings onto me. As a vendor strode by I snagged up two cups of coffee, and handed one to her and then we sank back into the shivering, shuddering mass. She took a few sips, as I drew the flame to my cigarette, ducking behind her and cupping the tip in order to get it lit, I could see the steam dissipating into the cold, wet air. She smiled with amusement and after a few moments looked up and whispered to me "I want him at his best. I hope he's super depressed." I said "Yeah", as I exhaled the smoke and simultaneously, in one heave, cleared my throat, "I hope he ******* hates us."*
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On a bitter winter day, A duckling fell from the sky. I hope he'll be okay. Just pray that he won't die. He reminded me of hope, Something we all need. The sight of him made me think, About who I want to be. A little ducking from the sky, I hope he'll be okay. I pray to god that he won't die, On this bitter winter day.
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Feb 20, 2013
Feb 20, 2013 at 11:01 PM UTC
Duckling
Undiscovered Unconquered and untampered with Pure as the snow on the highest caps No worries no drama no situation no problems that she can call her own Ducking and dodging the vultures that can smell her innocence Wanting to be the first to claim She moves on knowing her worth and will not settle for less They yell after her with no respect but she does not mind she don't have the time or patience for such vulgarity Now 18 with her virtue safe and sound She has things to do life to conquer Out on her own a sheltered child she face the big world with dreams and ambition Not knowing about the wolves in sheep clothing that she will meet along the way She meet a man who befriended her made her feel safe in this crazy world Took her in, in a city where she knew no one Took care of her bought her everything she ever needed or wanted Her whole life was this man her savior in her eyes, the love of her life She made a decision to giver her one true gift to him and that was her virginity The day of the gift giving she set everything up so it would be special Told him that she had a surprise for him but what she didn't know he had a surprise waiting for her It started off as planned but then his whole demeanor altered to a man she didn't know He got rough with her Hitting and chocking her Before she knew it 3 men appeared before her like they were on stand by A night she would always remember they ravashed and spoiled her used her like a wet rag A night of pain and humiliation With film to capture this horrible moment The man she loved and believed in turned out to  be a snake/a monster He started controlling her every move said she had to pay him back for everything he ever did for her He tricked her out to hundreds of men Threatened to **** her if she ever left With no hope for a better life She turned to drugs to dull the pain and anguish Now an abused prositute crack ***** Abused in every form she thinks the only way out is in the form of death After 4 years of heartache and misery she finally had enough She made the decision to give the last special gift, her life The day of the gift giving she set everything up so it would be special She wrote her last words and went to sleep He found her the next morning in the tub surrounded by burnt down candles Od'd on her drug of choice with both wrist slit She wanted to be sure He read her final goodbyes With her life in his hands the monster spiraled out of controlled it haunted him til he couldnt take it no more and ended his torment in a cloud of gunsmoke QNA
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Jul 11, 2011
Jul 11, 2011 at 11:05 AM UTC
Untapped
Undiscovered Unconquered and untampered with Pure as the snow on the highest caps No worries no drama no situation no problems that she can call her own Ducking and dodging the vultures that can smell her innocence Wanting to be the first to claim She moves on knowing her worth and will not settle for less They yell after her with no respect but she does not mind she don't have the time or patience for such vulgarity Now 18 with her virtue safe and sound She has things to do life to conquer Out on her own a sheltered child she face the big world with dreams and ambition Not knowing about the wolves in sheep clothing that she will meet along the way She meet a man who befriended her made her feel safe in this crazy world Took her in, in a city where she knew no one Took care of her bought her everything she ever needed or wanted Her whole life was this man her savior in her eyes, the love of her life She made a decision to giver her one true gift to him and that was her virginity The day of the gift giving she set everything up so it would be special Told him that she had a surprise for him but what she didn't know he had a surprise waiting for her It started off as planned but then his whole demeanor altered to a man she didn't know He got rough with her Hitting and chocking her Before she knew it 3 men appeared before her like they were on stand by A night she would always remember they ravashed and spoiled her used her like a wet rag A night of pain and humiliation With film to capture this horrible moment The man she loved and believed in turned out to  be a snake/a monster He started controlling her every move said she had to pay him back for everything he ever did for her He tricked her out to hundreds of men Threatened to **** her if she ever left With no hope for a better life She turned to drugs to dull the pain and anguish Now an abused prositute crack ***** Abused in every form she thinks the only way out is in the form of death After 4 years of heartache and misery she finally had enough She made the decision to give the last special gift, her life The day of the gift giving she set everything up so it would be special She wrote her last words and went to sleep He found her the next morning in the tub surrounded by burnt down candles Od'd on her drug of choice with both wrist slit She wanted to be sure He read her final goodbyes With her life in his hands the monster spiraled out of controlled it haunted him til he couldnt take it no more and ended his torment in a cloud of gunsmoke QNA
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