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"dusting" poems
Dusting off the rabbity that squirrely tempo anxiety, closing in with night. The irresistible pattern the irrational illogical fight a battle with one’s discipline, mirroring our might. I make it home a fluttering belly twirled and muttering, I tell myself tis alright! The damage done, and everyone, I’m just like them and millions more succumbing at the Devil’s door. And the taste, the burn, the healing calm, the shaking and the thinking gone. Knock one back, slam out another night is early, rock it brother, Tying on a swilly swirling buzzed-out brain and mind a twirling. . . “Ahhhh…” I feel better now, exhilarated, exasperation falls to stout resound; I pour again and knock it down! “Ahhhh…” Spinning now, not to say I’m spun but choosey choosing several a pun I see myself an accomplished one! Yes, that’s it, that is me, look upon with thoughts of glory yank open the freezer for glass that’s hoary. . . How cool am I? certainly not boring all night I’m here, pouring, pouring. . . Buzz subsides, thoughts slow too, lurid leering, slobbering swearing, stupid actions and nothing new? I lose the bottle, I lose my shirt, ***** on myself, pass out in dirt. Another night of drunken hero, time that’s wasted for kingly Nero. But who am I to judge myself? *I’m hardly worse than anyone else?* *
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Jun 6, 2016
Jun 6, 2016 at 10:23 PM UTC
Alcoholic
To expel intestinal gases through the **** The definition makes it sound kinda heinous. Whether you pass wind or pass gas, either way it comes out your *** Farts are loud and some silent but deadly, you can make it sound like a medley. Farts are cool and sometimes funny, lookout for ones that become runny. Some like to **** in your face, it may cause pink eye, and sting like mace. Farts can smell and usually bad, must be a duck, says your dad. I have farts that never stink, although some were on the brink. Dog farts will make you take cover, the smell lingers and starts to hover. Woman never **** but watch out when they do, it can be brutal, once their comfortable with you. If in certain places you must hold it in, farting in church is considered a sin. A good **** can make you feel good, its part of life and fully understood. Every **** deserves a smile or a giggle, don't forget to give your *** a shake or a wiggle. For ones who think farting is disgusting, I bet your ******* needs a good dusting.
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Sep 17, 2013
Sep 17, 2013 at 9:07 PM UTC
****
Corrupt and quiet Brain damaged Like a mental hemorrhaging A ****** heart's craving Tattooed on your clear skin Running hands over it Dusting off your innocence Dancing on ground that's caving in Men and women in pain Broken children going insane Holding their breaths Hearts heaving in their chests Painstaking memories Sipping tears from souls unclean Empty verses, lyrics obscene Children who will never be seen You've lost your health Now, what do you have left? ***** just like the rest Nothing to show, no family crest Tear jerkers Hard workers Acid-bathed men You simply cannot win Thoughts under arrest Burning names off the list Fighting with a pointless fist Lost in the lifeless mist
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Mar 28, 2014
Mar 28, 2014 at 5:17 PM UTC
Corruption
Beautiful summer day. You know you're gonna die that's why you know no joy unless religion, tv, stories, sports matter. For men like us dying's easy, it's living that's hard. And since dying's much like living, that's hard too. There's some contentment in letting community decide your place in it. A good day to die, the Apaches say. Can't stop the quince from blossoming or my sons from smoking, speeding. The best that can be done or said's a blessing. Less tv, less guessing about the effects of your anger unless you want to be an angry man forever. Becoming knowledgeable is the best defense against your insignificance. OK about being alone. Alive, almost sure of it. Whether I'm a visitor to my life or the actual owner. Mature poets steal, most are masturbators. There are a million poets, I'm poet #500K. Plenty of mysteries, infinite philosophies, prayers, laws and unwritten rules. That's why we go to school, life's complicated. All I do not know: ATP, probabilities, the glorious revolution, meiosis and mitosis and all I'll never see, the bottom of the ocean, the palm at the end of the mind, a wolverine. Forget-me-not, is that all I want? To get lucky, you gotta be careful first. To be great, you gotta be willing to sound BAD. In last night’s movie, a young writer and an older, married with children French woman fall in love. They did not meet during a village massacre and money is no object, Manhattan. But after everything has happened she cannot leave her children, not even for love, because of love, the love that brooks no serendipity. In the subsequent late night movie, a wealthy altruistic doctor arranges for the ****** of his neurotic concubine. His guilt provides us with an opportunity to consider the concepts of faith and forgiveness, that all will be well in the end after a period of meaningless suffering.
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Mar 6, 2017
Mar 6, 2017 at 5:21 AM UTC
Aging as a Spiritual Practice
Beautiful summer day. You know you're gonna die that's why you know no joy unless religion, tv, stories, sports matter. For men like us dying's easy, it's living that's hard. And since dying's much like living, that's hard too. There's some contentment in letting community decide your place in it. A good day to die, the Apaches say. Can't stop the quince from blossoming or my sons from smoking, speeding. The best that can be done or said's a blessing. Less tv, less guessing about the effects of your anger unless you want to be an angry man forever. Becoming knowledgeable is the best defense against your insignificance. OK about being alone. Alive, almost sure of it. Whether I'm a visitor to my life or the actual owner. Mature poets steal, most are masturbators. There are a million poets, I'm poet #500K. Plenty of mysteries, infinite philosophies, prayers, laws and unwritten rules. That's why we go to school, life's complicated. All I do not know: ATP, probabilities, the glorious revolution, meiosis and mitosis and all I'll never see, the bottom of the ocean, the palm at the end of the mind, a wolverine. Forget-me-not, is that all I want? To get lucky, you gotta be careful first. To be great, you gotta be willing to sound BAD. In last night’s movie, a young writer and an older, married with children French woman fall in love. They did not meet during a village massacre and money is no object, Manhattan. But after everything has happened she cannot leave her children, not even for love, because of love, the love that brooks no serendipity. In the subsequent late night movie, a wealthy altruistic doctor arranges for the ****** of his neurotic concubine. His guilt provides us with an opportunity to consider the concepts of faith and forgiveness, that all will be well in the end after a period of meaningless suffering.
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Many moons, have passed over my headpiece, as you leave me behind, in moondust & ashes each night, You collect on the bookshelves, I keep here, collecting on hearts with your light, dusting my world with your beauty, diminutives in bits of the white, This is not the end of the journey,  this a mere tiny part of the flight, and I've not seen any more shiny, or any star nearly as bright, Though I am unable to see you now, or touch your skin ever again, or truly hear you with my ear, I still miss you so my friend, I know I cannot be near you now, I cannot be where you are, as you are but a twinkling light, a brilliant & distant, star- If it was not but for the moon dust, my heart wouldn't, be able to see you anymore either. Ma Cherie © 2017
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Feb 16, 2017
Feb 16, 2017 at 12:21 PM UTC
In Moon Dust & Ashes
The snow leopard and the little fox were sound asleep. The leopard curled up around the young fox keeping them both warm in the cold weather. As the sun started to arise the leopard awoke from his slumber. He then softly pat his little young fox apprentice's head, "Wake up little one. A new day awaits us," he said with a smile as he stood on all fours and stretched out his back. The little fox grunted and yawned "It's too early," she whined as she curled up tighter, "The sun isn't even fully up in the sky yet" was her rebuttal to his awakening. The leopard took her by the scruff and softly tossed her into the snow covered field. "Ahhh!~Ooof." The little fox yelled as she tumbled into the snow. "You know what they say, the early bird catches the worm, the early cat catches the bird." The leopard laughed slightly as he spoke, watching the little fox stand up all covered in fresh snow from last nights fall. "Well what's that have to do with me?!?" the fox shouted slightly, being slightly agitated about him tossing her. The leopard smirked as he walked by her and pat her head again, dusting off the snow, "It has everything to do with you, it has everything to do with everyone. It means the sooner you wake the more you can do. The more time you have in the day to do what you want," the leopard exclaimed with pride and excitement in his voice, "Do you ever ask yourself why there is so much left you want to do by the end of the day but just didn't have enough time? Well this helps you get more done. It gives you more time." The little fox tilted her head slightly to he side and looked down a bit, "I guess you are right," she said softly. Not knowing what else to say, she stood up and shook the snow off of herself then rush over to the leopard. "So what lesson will I learn today?" she asked eagerly. The leopard smiled as they started walking, "Didn't you just learn something?" he said as he raised an eyebrow. The little fox giggled softly and started pouncing around him laughing happily and saying "Well yea. But I want to learn more." The leopard laughed and looked to her, "Slow and steady wins the race little one. Slow and steady. we will find something for me to teach you, or for us to learn, as time goes on." he said softly but wisely as they kept walking into the woods, away from the sunrise.
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May 11, 2014
May 11, 2014 at 11:12 PM UTC
The Leopard and The Fox(Part 2)
The snow leopard and the little fox were sound asleep. The leopard curled up around the young fox keeping them both warm in the cold weather. As the sun started to arise the leopard awoke from his slumber. He then softly pat his little young fox apprentice's head, "Wake up little one. A new day awaits us," he said with a smile as he stood on all fours and stretched out his back. The little fox grunted and yawned "It's too early," she whined as she curled up tighter, "The sun isn't even fully up in the sky yet" was her rebuttal to his awakening. The leopard took her by the scruff and softly tossed her into the snow covered field. "Ahhh!~Ooof." The little fox yelled as she tumbled into the snow. "You know what they say, the early bird catches the worm, the early cat catches the bird." The leopard laughed slightly as he spoke, watching the little fox stand up all covered in fresh snow from last nights fall. "Well what's that have to do with me?!?" the fox shouted slightly, being slightly agitated about him tossing her. The leopard smirked as he walked by her and pat her head again, dusting off the snow, "It has everything to do with you, it has everything to do with everyone. It means the sooner you wake the more you can do. The more time you have in the day to do what you want," the leopard exclaimed with pride and excitement in his voice, "Do you ever ask yourself why there is so much left you want to do by the end of the day but just didn't have enough time? Well this helps you get more done. It gives you more time." The little fox tilted her head slightly to he side and looked down a bit, "I guess you are right," she said softly. Not knowing what else to say, she stood up and shook the snow off of herself then rush over to the leopard. "So what lesson will I learn today?" she asked eagerly. The leopard smiled as they started walking, "Didn't you just learn something?" he said as he raised an eyebrow. The little fox giggled softly and started pouncing around him laughing happily and saying "Well yea. But I want to learn more." The leopard laughed and looked to her, "Slow and steady wins the race little one. Slow and steady. we will find something for me to teach you, or for us to learn, as time goes on." he said softly but wisely as they kept walking into the woods, away from the sunrise.
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from an idea by Sheila Sharpe In the foul heat and damp and rot and stench After dusting off 1 the bodies of dead pals The living and the dead, the living dead Old Boats 2 lit off a cigarette and growled “They say this stuff’ll **** ya.” 1 Dustoff – noun.  Dust off – verb with an adverb.  A dustoff is a medical evacuation via helicopter, as in “Doc, your dustoff will be here in three.”  To dust off a patient, then, is to transport a patient, not to tidy him.  I have recently read detailed arguments about the terms dustoff, dust off, and medevac, but no one quibbled about such minutiae along the Cambodian border.   2 Boats – a boatswain’s mate, the brains and muscle of the Navy.  Boatswain’s mates do it all and are seldom acknowledged in history or art, not even in the recent film about Dunkirk.  A boatswain’s mate is often addressed as Boats, and always with deference, even by the C.O.
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Jul 22, 2018
Jul 22, 2018 at 3:49 PM UTC
The Dangers of Smoking after Heaving the Dead into a Helicopter
Snowflakes are the butterflies of winter... Floating around, pretty and light. The more of them that drift around... The more beautiful the sight. Snowflakes are the butterflies of winter... They make even the messiest garden, shine. No matter if the flakes are thick and heavy... Or just a light dusting that's small and fine. Snowflakes are the butterflies of winter... Gliding through the skies, uncaged and free. Only resting when the winds conclude... Gently resting on every roof, hill or tree. Snowflakes are the butterflies of winter... Only present for such a short while. A flying visit, and then they're gone... But they sure do leave a smile. Snowflakes are the butterflies of winter... Making your garden glisten and glow. They go wherever they please... And please wherever they go.
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Oct 18, 2018
Oct 18, 2018 at 12:59 PM UTC
Snowflakes are the Butterflies of Winter
~ late winter’s dusting, on tarnished ores; a dreamer’s seeds, these rails once bore. rain-washed colors, on sun-warped steel; their conjured hopes, an age once real; oxidized by rust and time blackened timbers, no longer bind; what still remains are worn out ties, a distant memory, of centuries gone by, now mere after-sighs. structures standing, but just by chance... a gust may blow them down; these buildings where men’s dreams once danced, now a ghost, this town. though no soul is left inside, still a body here resides. so long ago her carried goods, these rails rode, to distant homes, built dreams of wood; like dandelion wishes, scattered... gone, tracks going nowhere, now a fading ode, just another dusty song. for advancing progress never fails to leave someone's dying dream behind. ~ *post script. Oregon’s hills and back country hide these relics of a time when a nation’s spirit was fed by the sounds of industry, steel and steam, the whir of saws, and men calling, “timber”... long before the age of wood and rail were left in a saw-dusty bin of history by the sweeping hand of time.  i could easily be persuaded that this change was for the best, yet this can't erase the longing sense, left beneath my breast... advances do not come without leaving something or someone behind.*
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Mar 12, 2017
Mar 12, 2017 at 4:11 PM UTC
ties
It creeps up on me. The sneaking suspicion that I'm stuck in it. My hair is falling in my face. Only a year ago... I built everything — it was so clear. Even though — it was chaos. People were worried. But it was simple. It was as simple as simmering sausage in a saucepan, sweating in a brick kitchen, listening to Sade, and thinking of rooftops. Things are more grounded now. People are less worried. The kitchen is smaller, and shared. I turn down Sade when someone enters. I'm still sweating, but it's because something is wrong with the heating system. I long to take an anonymous walk between buildings. There are only neighborhoods and shopping centers here. And I keep running into people who know me. It's either too cold or too hot — It's never summer every day. Everything that was hanging on my walls is on the floor. Precious paintings and prints dusting with potential. I reveal myself less to strangers. I don't take public transportation. It's disconcerting how comfortable having a vehicle is. I feel urged to uproot, swinging in someone else's hands, but feel like.. I'm interrupting. Can't I just arrive for awhile? My safety net is too big and my home is too small. But if I abandon it, I'll wonder if I'm bound to be restless.
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Nov 4, 2018
Nov 4, 2018 at 11:35 AM UTC
Moving to the suburbs
As the Last Dusting of Earth Covers the Coffin You Know She Now Sees   The Truth You Know Death is the Power The Eternity of Truth From Which You Can No Longer Hide
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Jul 5, 2013
Jul 5, 2013 at 11:38 AM UTC
You Know
Washing, ironing, cooking, cleaning The work is never done! Lunching, shopping, relaxing, reading I’ve heard is much more fun. Sweeping, mopping, dusting, shining Who thinks up all these gigs? But what I really want to know right now Is who left open the barn door to let in the pigs? Mowing, weeding, trimming, seeding Are mans work, but I’m all on my own I gave birth to a virtual army But housework is their No Go Zone! Yelling, screaming, crying, keening Achieves naught but my puffy face I’ve given up such futile exercises That puts no one in their place. I hear “Can you help me please” They hear “Blah Blah Blah” Maybe I need to learn sign language One gesture can go so far! To this end I have ultimately decided And I really do think this is for the best To sit right down with drink in hand and Let the little piggies wallow in their own mess! 24/07/2010
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Feb 15, 2015
Feb 15, 2015 at 5:56 AM UTC
Hell on Earth (is Housework)
Behold! that drawing in                  of breath                          a minty               entanglement    of starlit senses How they curl        like the opposite                of smoke over the very insides      of my            earthen throat                          crackle of        autumnal breezes           whooshing through like a beacon And in that split-second right before deep freeze my molecules    rise and fall        in the rhythm             of snowflakes each one a unique entity    dusting the             solid soil                 with loamy richness                     and simultaneous               feather impressions                of relief Now like silk draped alabaster I am cooled Like sweet         river water   I flow        rocked by the slow churn of growing freedom              that alights my pores arises in tender stillness      through the           looming forests            of my skin               penetrates the                   unseen journey of                      my night                  as demulcent           and persistent as the balmy petals   of a    raging, fiery     bloom
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Nov 6, 2016
Nov 6, 2016 at 5:17 PM UTC
The Rhythm of Snowflakes
Behold! that drawing in                  of breath                          a minty               entanglement    of starlit senses How they curl        like the opposite                of smoke over the very insides      of my            earthen throat                          crackle of        autumnal breezes           whooshing through like a beacon And in that split-second right before deep freeze my molecules    rise and fall        in the rhythm             of snowflakes each one a unique entity    dusting the             solid soil                 with loamy richness                     and simultaneous               feather impressions                of relief Now like silk draped alabaster I am cooled Like sweet         river water   I flow        rocked by the slow churn of growing freedom              that alights my pores arises in tender stillness      through the           looming forests            of my skin               penetrates the                   unseen journey of                      my night                  as demulcent           and persistent as the balmy petals   of a    raging, fiery     bloom
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"From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story says, I survived." - Fr. Craig Scott **... a tribute to a fallen brother ― R.I.P  Les ... you were with me every step of the way to the top** crampon cleats tickle her bedrock far below the frosty powder dusting; released from where her majestic peak parted yester night’s obstinate clouds. the alpine atmosphere first chilled and then plummeted as the starlight glistened; illuminated ice crystals sparkle like diamonds in the rough. I am overwhelmed by the peaceful aura surrounding me. watching how "these" footprints mark the snow ...arousing a lucid, stirring awareness of my existence; ...inciting a conscious moment,   extraordinarily deepening the realization of being. harlon rivers ... May 24th, 2013
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May 28, 2018
May 28, 2018 at 10:18 AM UTC
Beyond Majestic Bounds...a prose prologue to: ' Beyond the Telegraph Road '
I had once been in a church to drink a beer Behind the pastor seat A risk I took with no fear Ends me a back seat. I wonder who reported me For I was sure all doors were locked against me I was sure the gate keeper didn't notice me I guess the walls have eyes Oh, maybe holy spirit really exist But why did he have to show up then I was in the same spot sweating in prayers Crying rain seeking for a divine help Nobody reported me then Is this not a case of betrayal? People, they just love being messengers of negativity When I was sweeping the altar, dusting this same pastor seat nobody shouted my activities. Wait a minute, what was I thinking Why should I carry a sin in a bottle Straight to a supposing holy temple. Holy? Is a place I once caught cockroaches making out holy? The venue where our tithes and offerings are being pocketed by the church hierarchy still holy? Even as that, I don't suppose to join the crowd to pollute the Lord's place Truly I deserve even behind the back seats, yes I deserve the shame.
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Dec 23, 2013
Dec 23, 2013 at 2:24 PM UTC
I Deserve The Shame.
If you do a little housework every day Then on the weekend you’ll have time to play A housewife s work is never done Working from morning to setting sun. Sweeping, dusting and mopping, always moving And never stopping. Washing clothes and ironing too So many things that you must do. Then the cooking and doing the dishes Picking up in back of the kids and feeding the fishes. Then trying to look pretty for when your husband gets home So at your tired appearance he won’t throw stones. Then when your day is through, a CALGON bath is what you do. (Calgon take me away) Just lying in the tub to unwind, and in another hour you’ll be fine. The comfort of your bed is looking so good And you’re wondering if you should. Then your husband has that gleam in his eye And you’re hoping that he doesn’t try. Then the comment was all it took, of how good you always look. Then he holds you in his arms and releases all his charms And makes all your aches and pains go away And this ends the housewife s day. © L. RAMS 032515
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Mar 25, 2015
Mar 25, 2015 at 8:42 PM UTC
the housewife
Her press on nails graced her sunken in cheek Tracing the bone that seemed to cut like glass Remembering days of endless driving Her high heels out the window The sun whispered sweet nothings But no one knew how personal those were And here she is At the vanity of a ****** motel Dusting powder across lesions that spattered her skin ****** patches on her skin Just like holes in her skin She cries Removing the brown wig that she tossed for years Brushing it in her hands The tears held on as if they didn’t want to let go Standing She slips off her briefs Gazing into the mirror Horrified at the person staring back at her Invisible bones now visible Crevices and cavities too deep Webs of veins that were colored too brightly Wearing the anatomy of a man that was no longer there A body not worth surgery Wiping sweat off her forehead Smearing her drawn on eyebrows All she can hear is “Your mother and I gave birth to a son named Raymond. What happened?” That name echoed in her head Drawing pleads from her ears She collapsed Her thighs bruised from one too many needle-pricks Tracing each hole with her finger As if to draw out an answer She A forgotten woman Who only tried to cope Her t-shirts were too big “Raymond, Your T-Cell count is too low” A forgotten woman Who only tried to cope “Is this ‘cause you’re a ****** Raymond?” A forgotten woman Who only tried to cope “Raymond, there is no cure for AIDS” She wept Mascara staining her pale face Press on nails clutching her arms Hugging herself Because no one else was would Rayon died alone She was no longer forced to love from an infected vessel To hurt from a torn home To pray on laced knees This hotel room became a mausoleum Smelling of death and perfume Rayon was a forgotten woman Who only needed to cope But exiled by a community of people For loving too much
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Apr 9, 2014
Apr 9, 2014 at 11:46 PM UTC
Rayon
Her press on nails graced her sunken in cheek Tracing the bone that seemed to cut like glass Remembering days of endless driving Her high heels out the window The sun whispered sweet nothings But no one knew how personal those were And here she is At the vanity of a ****** motel Dusting powder across lesions that spattered her skin ****** patches on her skin Just like holes in her skin She cries Removing the brown wig that she tossed for years Brushing it in her hands The tears held on as if they didn’t want to let go Standing She slips off her briefs Gazing into the mirror Horrified at the person staring back at her Invisible bones now visible Crevices and cavities too deep Webs of veins that were colored too brightly Wearing the anatomy of a man that was no longer there A body not worth surgery Wiping sweat off her forehead Smearing her drawn on eyebrows All she can hear is “Your mother and I gave birth to a son named Raymond. What happened?” That name echoed in her head Drawing pleads from her ears She collapsed Her thighs bruised from one too many needle-pricks Tracing each hole with her finger As if to draw out an answer She A forgotten woman Who only tried to cope Her t-shirts were too big “Raymond, Your T-Cell count is too low” A forgotten woman Who only tried to cope “Is this ‘cause you’re a ****** Raymond?” A forgotten woman Who only tried to cope “Raymond, there is no cure for AIDS” She wept Mascara staining her pale face Press on nails clutching her arms Hugging herself Because no one else was would Rayon died alone She was no longer forced to love from an infected vessel To hurt from a torn home To pray on laced knees This hotel room became a mausoleum Smelling of death and perfume Rayon was a forgotten woman Who only needed to cope But exiled by a community of people For loving too much
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Flying above the plain of my existence Floating not falling Searching for a new kind of substance Or just another calling Something to take me higher Above this place you call reality This angel in my ear is a liar But this cloud of smoke is heavenly Surrounding me Taking me in under it's wing A light dusting of white To calm the insanity And that's just the beginning Inside there's a growing need Branching out through my limbs Starting with some stems and a seed There's no lack of pseudonyms Call it whatever you can think of It takes me to that place I need to be Maybe it's a new kind of love Reaching unknown depths inside of me Cascading with dreams of sanity Planting roots in my core It's almost calming Knowing when I can't handle anymore And when I wanna keep flying
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Jan 23, 2016
Jan 23, 2016 at 1:09 PM UTC
Almost Calming
How sweet and pleasant grows the way Through summer time again While Landrails call from day to day Amid the grass and grain We hear it in the weeding time When knee deep waves the corn We hear it in the summers prime Through meadows night and morn And now I hear it in the grass That grows as sweet again And let a minutes notice pass And now tis in the grain Tis like a fancy everywhere A sort of living doubt We know tis something but it neer Will blab the secret out If heard in close or meadow plots It flies if we pursue But follows if we notice not The close and meadow through Boys know the note of many a bird In their birdnesting bounds But when the landrails noise is heard They wonder at the sounds They look in every tuft of grass Thats in their rambles met They peep in every bush they pass And none the wiser get And still they hear the craiking sound And still they wonder why It surely cant be under ground Nor is it in the sky And yet tis heard in every vale An undiscovered song And makes a pleasant wonder tale For all the summer long The shepherd whistles through his hands And starts with many a whoop His busy dog across the lands In hopes to fright it up Tis still a minutes length or more Till dogs are off and gone Then sings and louder than before But keeps the secret on Yet accident will often meet The nest within its way And weeders when they **** the wheat Discover where they lay And mowers on the meadow lea Chance on their noisy guest And wonder what the bird can be That lays without a nest In simple holes that birds will rake When dusting on the ground They drop their eggs of curious make Deep blotched and nearly round A mystery still to men and boys Who know not where they lay And guess it but a summer noise Among the meadow hay
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The Landrail
How sweet and pleasant grows the way Through summer time again While Landrails call from day to day Amid the grass and grain We hear it in the weeding time When knee deep waves the corn We hear it in the summers prime Through meadows night and morn And now I hear it in the grass That grows as sweet again And let a minutes notice pass And now tis in the grain Tis like a fancy everywhere A sort of living doubt We know tis something but it neer Will blab the secret out If heard in close or meadow plots It flies if we pursue But follows if we notice not The close and meadow through Boys know the note of many a bird In their birdnesting bounds But when the landrails noise is heard They wonder at the sounds They look in every tuft of grass Thats in their rambles met They peep in every bush they pass And none the wiser get And still they hear the craiking sound And still they wonder why It surely cant be under ground Nor is it in the sky And yet tis heard in every vale An undiscovered song And makes a pleasant wonder tale For all the summer long The shepherd whistles through his hands And starts with many a whoop His busy dog across the lands In hopes to fright it up Tis still a minutes length or more Till dogs are off and gone Then sings and louder than before But keeps the secret on Yet accident will often meet The nest within its way And weeders when they **** the wheat Discover where they lay And mowers on the meadow lea Chance on their noisy guest And wonder what the bird can be That lays without a nest In simple holes that birds will rake When dusting on the ground They drop their eggs of curious make Deep blotched and nearly round A mystery still to men and boys Who know not where they lay And guess it but a summer noise Among the meadow hay
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I want to ride with the van doors open. I want you and you, and you, and you and you and you and you and you in there. I want the wind to storm its way through the doors, and make it hard for us to breathe. I want us to sing and laugh so loud, we can't seem to hear each other. I want the ***** soles of your shoes against my shin, my hair in your open mouth and your shoulder molding painfully into my arm. I want to see your shirt ride up your belly; I want to see the scars there before I eat you alive. I want your neck on my tongue and my heart in your hands; I want to pool in between your fingers so you'd have to skin yourself alive just to scrape me off. I want to fall out of a moving car and be on the news. I want my flesh to grate the asphalt so hard, you could look for me in between the cracks. I want to slip off in a blur and taste the colors in the air; I want you to know what my blood is like on your teeth and what my eyes look like on the pavement. I want you to have my soul in your hands and to own me like I can't be robbed of my grave. I want to be tattooed into the back of your eyes and see me in the darkness there. I want to own what's been yours for so long. I want you to wear my shirt when you go to sleep. I want people to mourn then ask you what it was like to know me. I want you to tell them I haunt you. That you love me. Despise me. That they locked the casket cause they never found me. That the truth is, I'm inside of you, every moment, awake and alive, breathing and not. Buried where I'd never be found—that if they'd have to pay respects, they'd go to you instead. I want to be rotting next to you so you're never alone. Keeping you awake if you dare try to leave the thought of me. Be the weight that pulls you back to bed; the curse that forces you into mourning. I want you to ride up and down the road at night, so we can both be alone. Lie down where you could find me, outlined and marked up from: Marker 1, marker 2, and marker 3: past the corner, down the blind turn, scattered across a corn field. You'd remember what shoes I had on. You'd be wearing the necklace I always kept. You'd know I smiled too much. Way too often. You'd look at the ground in contempt before lying there, hoping I'd die. Just one more time. Praying that you could hate me. Leave me there. But you'd be laying in a field where our friend's van no longer returns. You'd get up, dusting your jeans, sour-mouthed and empty. Shirt ***** from the muck, the asphalt glittering with me inside of it. I want you to walk down the middle of the road where they placed lights to guide you. There can never be another me down that road again. They hope not. And you hope not too. I want you to think of your soul left behind with me, where I lay scattered on the field. I want you to know, even in pieces, we're happy. That the world is willing to forget, and move on. And you're trying. Always trying. And I want that. I want you to join me, because it wasn't really me who died.
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Sep 17, 2023
Sep 17, 2023 at 1:48 PM UTC
What it's like to be selfish.
I want to ride with the van doors open. I want you and you, and you, and you and you and you and you and you in there. I want the wind to storm its way through the doors, and make it hard for us to breathe. I want us to sing and laugh so loud, we can't seem to hear each other. I want the ***** soles of your shoes against my shin, my hair in your open mouth and your shoulder molding painfully into my arm. I want to see your shirt ride up your belly; I want to see the scars there before I eat you alive. I want your neck on my tongue and my heart in your hands; I want to pool in between your fingers so you'd have to skin yourself alive just to scrape me off. I want to fall out of a moving car and be on the news. I want my flesh to grate the asphalt so hard, you could look for me in between the cracks. I want to slip off in a blur and taste the colors in the air; I want you to know what my blood is like on your teeth and what my eyes look like on the pavement. I want you to have my soul in your hands and to own me like I can't be robbed of my grave. I want to be tattooed into the back of your eyes and see me in the darkness there. I want to own what's been yours for so long. I want you to wear my shirt when you go to sleep. I want people to mourn then ask you what it was like to know me. I want you to tell them I haunt you. That you love me. Despise me. That they locked the casket cause they never found me. That the truth is, I'm inside of you, every moment, awake and alive, breathing and not. Buried where I'd never be found—that if they'd have to pay respects, they'd go to you instead. I want to be rotting next to you so you're never alone. Keeping you awake if you dare try to leave the thought of me. Be the weight that pulls you back to bed; the curse that forces you into mourning. I want you to ride up and down the road at night, so we can both be alone. Lie down where you could find me, outlined and marked up from: Marker 1, marker 2, and marker 3: past the corner, down the blind turn, scattered across a corn field. You'd remember what shoes I had on. You'd be wearing the necklace I always kept. You'd know I smiled too much. Way too often. You'd look at the ground in contempt before lying there, hoping I'd die. Just one more time. Praying that you could hate me. Leave me there. But you'd be laying in a field where our friend's van no longer returns. You'd get up, dusting your jeans, sour-mouthed and empty. Shirt ***** from the muck, the asphalt glittering with me inside of it. I want you to walk down the middle of the road where they placed lights to guide you. There can never be another me down that road again. They hope not. And you hope not too. I want you to think of your soul left behind with me, where I lay scattered on the field. I want you to know, even in pieces, we're happy. That the world is willing to forget, and move on. And you're trying. Always trying. And I want that. I want you to join me, because it wasn't really me who died.
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On the platform rolled the morning train, I arched into position like a predator on the prowl, I jumped into the rake and sustained a sprain, and like a wounded dog began to howl. I bought myself to stand and staggered towards an empty seat, as hundreds rushed through the compartment door, I dint get a seat, but space enough for my feet, and that's when my phone clattered onto the floor. I dived into the mammoth crowd, and began to ***** unsuspecting toes, Several people yelped out loud, and i sustained a few hard blows. Wounded and abashed i almost gave up the search, when the phone came into my hand, with relief i grabbed it amidst a jolt and lurch, but soon realized I couldn't bring myself to stand. I sat crouched on my fours, and soon developed knee sores, The crowd was so large, I couldn't squeeze through them all, and to my horror, other phones began to fall. Soon, we were quite a gathering, all perched on our knees, merrily discussing the Lokpal bill and the Cricket match in West Indies, We were soon forced to balance on a single toe, as the crowd began to grow even more. After an uncomfortable half an hour,I brought myself to stand, with delicate ease on the platform I managed to land. Fighting against the oncoming crowd i pushed through with a shove and **** dusting myself here and there I made my way to work.
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Jun 16, 2014
Jun 16, 2014 at 7:08 AM UTC
Working in Mumbai?
"It is really beautiful up here" she whispered. Her skin brightened in the glow of the fading masterpiece of crimsons, yellows, and golds the sun had brushed across the turquoise sky "This is it, this is what heaven is like." I couldn't hear her, but I could read her soft spoken lips and study her face—which I always imagined as less of the cover to a book and more every word inside. There was not a greatness or a sadness that ceased to mask her portrait. She was all heart and soul, every bit of her. I watched as her bright eyes changed to become more glass than eyes. As if, for the first time, she was seeing life, love, and something more. Something so deep and beautiful that not even Hemmingway or Fitzgerald could even begin to put the prefix of it into thought. Among the dusting of the clouds and transparent sunset, I felt her heartbeat could silence and the lungs of which gave her the life I so cherished could empty turning her flesh a pale blue—and she would fade peacefully into the scene before me. This very thought frightened me. Too soon would her feet touch the ground—and nothing I was humanly capable of, or possibly godly capable of, would ever captivate and hold her so perfectly or turn her eyes as vivid—and there was nothing more I wanted.
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May 5, 2014
May 5, 2014 at 1:12 AM UTC
My thoughts on Sky Diving
It grows from the sight of you, Simmering ever so slowly, From a thought of you, To the thought of without you, When we were strangers, Wonder if you were curious too, Why this need to see you smile, Why I don't know you but still, I want your eyes to hold me, Hold me like I would you, Never understood what I haven't said, But implied, In your silence and lies I heard echoes in your head, Never heard when I told you to trust me, I guess how I cared you failed to see, Making me just another figurine, Dusting in your memory, You taught me despite my tries, You don't know me.
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Nov 12, 2012
Nov 12, 2012 at 8:31 PM UTC
You Don't Know Me (Alternate)