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"elevator" poems
Who threw the silver dollar up into the tree? I didn’t said the little lady who sews and grows every day paler-paler she sits sewing and grow- ing and that’s the truth, who threw the ripe melon into the tree?you got me said the smoke who runs the elevator but I bet two bits come seven come eleven mm make the world safe for democracy it never fails and that’s a fact; who threw the bunch of violets into the tree?I dunno said the silver dog, with ripe eyes and wagged his tail that’s the god’s own and the moon kissed the little lady on her paler-paler face and said never mind,you’ll find But the moon creeped into the pink hand of the smoke that shook the ivories and she said said She Win and you won’t be sorry And The Moon camelalong-along to the waggy silver dog and the moon came and the Moon said into his Ripe Eyes and the moon Smiled ,so
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Who
the bus poets we are the modern day chimney sweeps, the ***** black faced coal miners of the city, digging up its grit, toasted with its spit, the gone and forgotten elevator operators, the anonymous substitutable, still yet glimpsed occasionally, grunts of urbanity provoking a surprised whaddya know! once like the bison and the buffalo, we were thousands, word workers roaming the cities, the intercity rural routes and the lithe greyhounds across the land of the brave, free in ways the founders wanted us to be us, the stubs and stuff, harder working poor and lower cases we were the bus poets, sitting always in the back of the bus, where the engines growls loudest, seated in the - the most overheated in winter time, so much so we nearly disrobed, and then come the summer, we were blasted with a joking hot reverie from the vents, but vent, no, we did not! no - we wrote and wrote of all we heard, passion overheated by currents within and without, recording and ordering the snatches and the soliloquies of the passengers, into poem swatches; the goings on passing by, the overheard histories, glimpsed in milliseconds, eternity preserved, inscribed in a cheap blue lined five & dime notebook, for all eternity what the eyes sighed and saw books ever passed onto the next generation in boxes from the supermarket, attic labeled, then forgotten beside the outgrown toys with our names writ indelible with the magic of black markers if you stumble upon a breathing scripter, let them be, just observe, as they, you, these movers and bus shakers, as they, observe you tell your children, you knew one in your youth, then take them to the attic retrieve your mother's and father's, teach your children how to read, how to see, the ways of their forefathers, the forsaken, the bus poets.
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Sep 29, 2017
Sep 29, 2017 at 7:53 AM UTC
The Bus Poets
the bus poets we are the modern day chimney sweeps, the ***** black faced coal miners of the city, digging up its grit, toasted with its spit, the gone and forgotten elevator operators, the anonymous substitutable, still yet glimpsed occasionally, grunts of urbanity provoking a surprised whaddya know! once like the bison and the buffalo, we were thousands, word workers roaming the cities, the intercity rural routes and the lithe greyhounds across the land of the brave, free in ways the founders wanted us to be us, the stubs and stuff, harder working poor and lower cases we were the bus poets, sitting always in the back of the bus, where the engines growls loudest, seated in the - the most overheated in winter time, so much so we nearly disrobed, and then come the summer, we were blasted with a joking hot reverie from the vents, but vent, no, we did not! no - we wrote and wrote of all we heard, passion overheated by currents within and without, recording and ordering the snatches and the soliloquies of the passengers, into poem swatches; the goings on passing by, the overheard histories, glimpsed in milliseconds, eternity preserved, inscribed in a cheap blue lined five & dime notebook, for all eternity what the eyes sighed and saw books ever passed onto the next generation in boxes from the supermarket, attic labeled, then forgotten beside the outgrown toys with our names writ indelible with the magic of black markers if you stumble upon a breathing scripter, let them be, just observe, as they, you, these movers and bus shakers, as they, observe you tell your children, you knew one in your youth, then take them to the attic retrieve your mother's and father's, teach your children how to read, how to see, the ways of their forefathers, the forsaken, the bus poets.
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At age 7, I was guilty when I accepted an invitation to go into the apartment of a neighbor He smelled of beer as he groped me. At age 10, I was guilty when I walked home too late because I missed the train He popped out of the bushes exposing himself. At age 12, I was guilty when my uncle forced tongue into my mouth because I could not get away. At age 14, I was guilty when my uncle forced me to sit on his lap while in my bathing suit and I ran away from home. At age 16, I was guilty when my uncle convinced everyone that I was a liar and I quit school. At age 18, I was guilty when I gave birth to my first child, because I was ignorant. At age 20, I was guilty when I saw the cardiologist in the reflection of a lamp ************  and the police laughed at my report. At age 30, I was guilty when my employer trapped me in the elevator to ***** me, because I was his subserviant. At age 36, I was guilty when I earned jujitsu honors but risked going to jail for defending myself. At age 70, I was guilty when a neighbor brought me fruit and grabbed my breast, because I was alone. At age 72, I am guilty of being a ferule woman for 50 years and for NOT be silent!
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Jan 23, 2018
Jan 23, 2018 at 9:53 AM UTC
GUILTY
I saw a space empty at the top of the elevator. I will get everything that I deserve, no power can stop that from happening. This whole life will end in the blink of an eye will come to an end in the snap of a moment Why be troubled. Just wake up! You are already surrendered Finished! Do not question that even once. Do not demand. This is the law of Nature. When a river flows, quickly or slowly dry leaves, twigs and branches falls into it. We get caught up in things. Diamond and charcoal are so similar. Our skin is like a mosquito net. Was this a pleasant dream or a nightmare. If you have a dream cake, you need a dream knife to cut it. Best to eat it all before you go. Dine on a dream.
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Jun 14, 2014
Jun 14, 2014 at 10:07 PM UTC
Dream Cake (a found poem)
Some things exist behind curtains of experience.   Those whose tongues have tasted the holy fire know the touch of something divine. Those who have laid eyes on their sleeping bodies, and walked away to places unknown, can grasp the idea of an inbetween. Those who have groped in the darkness for something to believe in again, who have longingly looked over the cliff edge, know that true despair does exist. As for me, I know that true fear can come in the form of footsteps behind you on the empty street. The person at the bar who insists on hollow compliments and free drinks. Friends who scoff at your anger for men who yell out their passenger side windows about the treasures beneath your clothes. True fear can come in the middle of the afternoon, as you face off against the four floor staircase to your apartment, when your steps are echoed by the man in 2b who has a wife, son, and a taste for resistance. Don't tell me I'm overreacting, when the single most terrifying thing I can do is walk alone under the street lamps. Don't tell me I'm too uptight just because I've learned that flattery can come with a horrifying price tag. Don't tell me I'm wrong just because you don't understand. Look me in the eye when you have waited until a security guard can walk you to your car.  When you have held your breath in a shared elevator.  When you have lowered your eyes to the men who yell obscenities at you, because standing up for yourself could prove deadly.   Look me in the eye when you have held back the curtain of experience, and walked in the shoes of someone who lives every moment knowing this could be the day someone decides to steal from me what is only mine to give. Then look me in the eye when you tell someone of your wound, and they reprimand you for daring to walk this world as a woman.
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Aug 29, 2014
Aug 29, 2014 at 9:26 PM UTC
To Walk As A Woman
Some things exist behind curtains of experience.   Those whose tongues have tasted the holy fire know the touch of something divine. Those who have laid eyes on their sleeping bodies, and walked away to places unknown, can grasp the idea of an inbetween. Those who have groped in the darkness for something to believe in again, who have longingly looked over the cliff edge, know that true despair does exist. As for me, I know that true fear can come in the form of footsteps behind you on the empty street. The person at the bar who insists on hollow compliments and free drinks. Friends who scoff at your anger for men who yell out their passenger side windows about the treasures beneath your clothes. True fear can come in the middle of the afternoon, as you face off against the four floor staircase to your apartment, when your steps are echoed by the man in 2b who has a wife, son, and a taste for resistance. Don't tell me I'm overreacting, when the single most terrifying thing I can do is walk alone under the street lamps. Don't tell me I'm too uptight just because I've learned that flattery can come with a horrifying price tag. Don't tell me I'm wrong just because you don't understand. Look me in the eye when you have waited until a security guard can walk you to your car.  When you have held your breath in a shared elevator.  When you have lowered your eyes to the men who yell obscenities at you, because standing up for yourself could prove deadly.   Look me in the eye when you have held back the curtain of experience, and walked in the shoes of someone who lives every moment knowing this could be the day someone decides to steal from me what is only mine to give. Then look me in the eye when you tell someone of your wound, and they reprimand you for daring to walk this world as a woman.
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I imagine myself A few gentle decades older. Finally grasping the cusp Of success. Living in my own apartment In New York City, nonetheless. Wearing an Armani coat (Whatever those look like.) Walking idly yet prestigiously Through winter in the city. Taking care not to laugh too loud, Talk to myself, smile too much. A small, attractive female Has to be serious to get ahead. Customers will buy from a happy girl Only if she is early 20's, at most. That is Marketing 101. I am a small fish in a large sea; The principles of Darwinism Still apply to me. I've learned long ago to succeed, I must stifle the welcoming smile. So along the familiar concrete I stride, Carefully manicured hands In pockets. The Filipinos know better Than to rush on the hands Of a businesswoman caressing A successful career. She tips well and lives well. I walk along with cool calm And feminine grace. I have regained the safety To be feminine once again. The criminals know better Than to infiltrate The Business district And cause trouble To working professionals In Armani coats. I imagine myself a few decades older. Kissing snowflakes unenthusiastically. Yes, I marvel in poetry, in Nature, But I have matured Much like the snowflakes themselves. At the end of a cycle, No matter how beautiful. My actions flow gracefully and delicately. I melt into New York City Like a cell in a body. Pumping fuel into the ***** To sustain the mass. A tumor. I smile subtly as I slosh along. I recall, once upon a time, On my lower-class youth. ***** jokes, crude dancing, And cluttered apartments. I approach the high-rise building I call home and greet the doorman With the obligatory disregard For his innermost being. Poetry truly is in the strangest of places. Even in an enigma like me. I enter the marble floors, Wiping my feet, My rent as sky-high as The building itself. Elevator. Comforting motion sickness. This is success. The pit of my stomach sinks. I tell myself it's the motion sickness. I return to my apartment, With its symmetrical details. My thoughts return to you. You've never stepped foot in my home, But you've always been here with me. I get dinner started. I set out the extra glass, like always. Rituals like these serve As my Sunday mass. I drink your glass with my evening medication. Dare I say like always?
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Dec 16, 2016
Dec 16, 2016 at 6:09 AM UTC
Winter In The City
I imagine myself A few gentle decades older. Finally grasping the cusp Of success. Living in my own apartment In New York City, nonetheless. Wearing an Armani coat (Whatever those look like.) Walking idly yet prestigiously Through winter in the city. Taking care not to laugh too loud, Talk to myself, smile too much. A small, attractive female Has to be serious to get ahead. Customers will buy from a happy girl Only if she is early 20's, at most. That is Marketing 101. I am a small fish in a large sea; The principles of Darwinism Still apply to me. I've learned long ago to succeed, I must stifle the welcoming smile. So along the familiar concrete I stride, Carefully manicured hands In pockets. The Filipinos know better Than to rush on the hands Of a businesswoman caressing A successful career. She tips well and lives well. I walk along with cool calm And feminine grace. I have regained the safety To be feminine once again. The criminals know better Than to infiltrate The Business district And cause trouble To working professionals In Armani coats. I imagine myself a few decades older. Kissing snowflakes unenthusiastically. Yes, I marvel in poetry, in Nature, But I have matured Much like the snowflakes themselves. At the end of a cycle, No matter how beautiful. My actions flow gracefully and delicately. I melt into New York City Like a cell in a body. Pumping fuel into the ***** To sustain the mass. A tumor. I smile subtly as I slosh along. I recall, once upon a time, On my lower-class youth. ***** jokes, crude dancing, And cluttered apartments. I approach the high-rise building I call home and greet the doorman With the obligatory disregard For his innermost being. Poetry truly is in the strangest of places. Even in an enigma like me. I enter the marble floors, Wiping my feet, My rent as sky-high as The building itself. Elevator. Comforting motion sickness. This is success. The pit of my stomach sinks. I tell myself it's the motion sickness. I return to my apartment, With its symmetrical details. My thoughts return to you. You've never stepped foot in my home, But you've always been here with me. I get dinner started. I set out the extra glass, like always. Rituals like these serve As my Sunday mass. I drink your glass with my evening medication. Dare I say like always?
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I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn't, So I jumped in and sank. I came up once and hollered! I came up twice and cried! If that water hadn't a-been so cold I might've sunk and died. But it was Cold in that water! It was cold! I took the elevator Sixteen floors above the ground. I thought about my baby And thought I would jump down. I stood there and I hollered! I stood there and I cried! If it hadn't a-been so high I might've jumped and died. But it was High up there! It was high! So since I'm still here livin', I guess I will live on. I could've died for love-- But for livin' I was born Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry-- I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die. Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!
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Life Is Fine
You stack Eiffel Towers in your flowers then cut elevator ties Like it's World War II
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Mar 10, 2015
Mar 10, 2015 at 12:25 PM UTC
GMO (f)r(iend)ly/Nature Danger
I started on the rooftop The empty sky above was all I had And all I needed It was pure Like a blank page Waiting for a story to be written But at the first sight of clouds I fled to the top floor There were fun and simple things on the top floor Like Pokémon games I got red, white, and blue The monsters seemed so banal and repetitive But nobody else would acknowledge it Sending me into a dragon's rage I tried using flamethrower on Charmander Ending in futility as I ran out of burn heals I looked out the window in frustration Rain was falling outside Inside Patriotism was buffeted by the hail So I devolved into a lower level Going further down this building For ***** and giggles I found more **** Less giggles On a floor with a TV displaying the news I was eager to learn about the world Only to learn everybody hates each other And nobody talks Or cares And the smartest person in the room Is the one I agree with the most Unable to view the tokens in my mind As anything less than treasure And those who try to persuade me otherwise Are thieves My spite steals tranquility Like the persistent storm outside My solution is shelter in lower levels My experimentation on communication With the general population Had rained on my playful parade But I felt very comfortable on a floor with friends Until they saw through my charade Discovering my emotions in disarray As the people who made me love this building Made me curse it's walls the more I loved them I searched for the peaceful embrace of solitude Once the storm outside transformed into a typhoon I found that solitude In a tiny bare room With a syringe and spoon I was unaware That room was an elevator That lowered me down the concrete void As the hurricane outside rattled me violently inside my box Trapped and lacking all agency I resigned myself to wherever the elevator chose to take me After the elevator finished pulling me into the basement The tsunami seemed to cease But I was buried under debris I had to burrow out of my tomb The dig was tedious and ***** My perseverance was heroic But triumph was thwarted When I reached the surface To discover only wreckage remained And when I looked up I saw the building I inhabited It's damaged facade Made it clear I would never visit those floors I missed on the elevator Above my building Hangs an empty sky It's purity is a lie The page was never blank Just constantly written on and erased To lure innocent readers into a tome
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Jul 24, 2017
Jul 24, 2017 at 11:48 PM UTC
Building
I started on the rooftop The empty sky above was all I had And all I needed It was pure Like a blank page Waiting for a story to be written But at the first sight of clouds I fled to the top floor There were fun and simple things on the top floor Like Pokémon games I got red, white, and blue The monsters seemed so banal and repetitive But nobody else would acknowledge it Sending me into a dragon's rage I tried using flamethrower on Charmander Ending in futility as I ran out of burn heals I looked out the window in frustration Rain was falling outside Inside Patriotism was buffeted by the hail So I devolved into a lower level Going further down this building For ***** and giggles I found more **** Less giggles On a floor with a TV displaying the news I was eager to learn about the world Only to learn everybody hates each other And nobody talks Or cares And the smartest person in the room Is the one I agree with the most Unable to view the tokens in my mind As anything less than treasure And those who try to persuade me otherwise Are thieves My spite steals tranquility Like the persistent storm outside My solution is shelter in lower levels My experimentation on communication With the general population Had rained on my playful parade But I felt very comfortable on a floor with friends Until they saw through my charade Discovering my emotions in disarray As the people who made me love this building Made me curse it's walls the more I loved them I searched for the peaceful embrace of solitude Once the storm outside transformed into a typhoon I found that solitude In a tiny bare room With a syringe and spoon I was unaware That room was an elevator That lowered me down the concrete void As the hurricane outside rattled me violently inside my box Trapped and lacking all agency I resigned myself to wherever the elevator chose to take me After the elevator finished pulling me into the basement The tsunami seemed to cease But I was buried under debris I had to burrow out of my tomb The dig was tedious and ***** My perseverance was heroic But triumph was thwarted When I reached the surface To discover only wreckage remained And when I looked up I saw the building I inhabited It's damaged facade Made it clear I would never visit those floors I missed on the elevator Above my building Hangs an empty sky It's purity is a lie The page was never blank Just constantly written on and erased To lure innocent readers into a tome
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I've got a grasp on my black telephone Holding it tight to my ear No fear. He'll pick up It's like 3AM or later I'm ****** up  Dropped my wallet in the elevator Now I've stumbled into bed  Living dead and seeing red Ring Ring Ring "We're sorry..." Thoughts swarm like locusts  Bug-buzzing in the phone Sweating my spray tan on the bed sheets Left alone with a dial tone. Nightstand pill bottle Jesus I'm reaching out for you It's been ringing for a few minutes now I've rolled up in the coiled phone cord 'I think the room is spinning' Tilt-a-whirl bed taunts my stomach 'I'm home at least' 'I need to tell him how I feel' Ring Ring - "We're sorry, the number you have called Is not in service at this time Please check the number Or try your call again."
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Jun 23, 2012
Jun 23, 2012 at 2:24 AM UTC
Late Night Call (The 90s)
*she just shakes her head she meets me on the street-corner, me from work, she from dance, in the grayling dusk of a thank god it’s a freedom Friday night, I greet her with words semi-adventurous - “come with me, few errands to run, keep me in good company” to the candy store we go for to purchase my weekend eve lottery tickets and blow-pop lollipops, just in case some kids appear, a surprise omen as they come trick-or-treating just before Thanksgiving the Bangladeshi candyman calls out a long prayer in his native Bangla she asks “what’s that he’s saying?” “Oh, just wishing us a pleasant Sabbath and may his gods smile upon our good lottery fortune” she just shakes her head, from side to side emerging from the store, walking home in the now doubly ***** darkly dusk, a set of white teeth from a passing shadow-man says to me “you’re home late and have a great weekend,” she asks, “who is that?” “why,” I reply, “that is our very own personal postal carrier’ she says: “he delivers mail to ten thousand people all in buildings tall, yet knows your name, your face, where you buy your lottery tickets, your coming and going hours, how came that to be” but waits not for an answer she just shakes her head, from side to side I show her my secret entrance to our apartment house, the fast route to collect our mail, dry cleaning in one fell swoop a secret door, secret elevator taking us directly to our apartment a secret elevator which is under the direction of Bimal from Nepal, who I greet in Nepalese, (my tutor) I, asking after Brian and Bryce, his 100% American boys now she says nothing, but before our door, as I go key digging, she just shakes her head, from side to side later she says: “let’s order in, apprise me of  your expertise, some exotic fare from Manhattans First Avenue, known for its aphrodisiacal powers afterwards, you must tell me each dishes name, in its tongue’s nativity, but much, much later,” and as she speaks, grinning, she sticks out her tongue, while she just shakes her head, but this time, up and down
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Nov 18, 2017
Nov 18, 2017 at 10:07 AM UTC
she just shakes her head
*she just shakes her head she meets me on the street-corner, me from work, she from dance, in the grayling dusk of a thank god it’s a freedom Friday night, I greet her with words semi-adventurous - “come with me, few errands to run, keep me in good company” to the candy store we go for to purchase my weekend eve lottery tickets and blow-pop lollipops, just in case some kids appear, a surprise omen as they come trick-or-treating just before Thanksgiving the Bangladeshi candyman calls out a long prayer in his native Bangla she asks “what’s that he’s saying?” “Oh, just wishing us a pleasant Sabbath and may his gods smile upon our good lottery fortune” she just shakes her head, from side to side emerging from the store, walking home in the now doubly ***** darkly dusk, a set of white teeth from a passing shadow-man says to me “you’re home late and have a great weekend,” she asks, “who is that?” “why,” I reply, “that is our very own personal postal carrier’ she says: “he delivers mail to ten thousand people all in buildings tall, yet knows your name, your face, where you buy your lottery tickets, your coming and going hours, how came that to be” but waits not for an answer she just shakes her head, from side to side I show her my secret entrance to our apartment house, the fast route to collect our mail, dry cleaning in one fell swoop a secret door, secret elevator taking us directly to our apartment a secret elevator which is under the direction of Bimal from Nepal, who I greet in Nepalese, (my tutor) I, asking after Brian and Bryce, his 100% American boys now she says nothing, but before our door, as I go key digging, she just shakes her head, from side to side later she says: “let’s order in, apprise me of  your expertise, some exotic fare from Manhattans First Avenue, known for its aphrodisiacal powers afterwards, you must tell me each dishes name, in its tongue’s nativity, but much, much later,” and as she speaks, grinning, she sticks out her tongue, while she just shakes her head, but this time, up and down
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Here I am, leg in plaster Nurse with a needle, after me Forgot the brake, can't go faster Now all I get is woe and misery CHORUS I got those wheelchair blues Suffering those wheelchair blues Hear my wheelchair blues I'm singing those wheelchair blues Rushing to get that elevator again Going quick and my hands are sore I'm just too slow, because then I end up crashing into the closed door CHORUS I got those wheelchair blues Suffering those wheelchair blues Hear my wheelchair blues I'm singing those wheelchair blues Showing off and think I'm clever Should have taken my painkiller pill You won't stop and wish I never My fault for trying to go down hill CHORUS I got those wheelchair blues Suffering those wheelchair blues Hear my wheelchair blues I'm singing those wheelchair blues At last I can get out of the chair But things will never be the same Because now it just ain't fair They've given me a Zimmer Frame CHORUS I got those wheelchair blues Suffering those wheelchair blues Hear my wheelchair blues I'm singing those wheelchair blues I got those wheelchair blues Suffering those wheelchair blues Hear my wheelchair blues I'm singing those wheelchair blues copyright Chris Smith
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Nov 8, 2009
Nov 8, 2009 at 12:16 AM UTC
Wheelchair Blues
Standing by the elevator I gather my strength Walk in Try to make myself push the button I need you near me You don't want me there The urgent knock on the door is strong But I'm still here Paused In the elevator
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Oct 6, 2010
Oct 6, 2010 at 9:42 PM UTC
Rejection
I remember marble that wanted heels, clip-clop echo of women who belonged. I wore slip-ons with socks, easier for those of us who come to scrub other people’s lives. The elevator was a box of mirrors, infinite versions of me- I bent my head to escape them. His office door ajar, his voice stretched thin across a phone. The girlfriend cooks, spicy food, _place a ******** he said. I had seen much worse- houses where mold clung to the ceiling, where grief leaked through the wallpaper. The vacuum hummed its G-note spiritual. I worked the nozzle into the skirting boards, let my mind braid song and ritual, a drop of lavender for closets, labels straightened like soldiers on parade. No one asked for these offerings- I gave them anyway. But he winked at me while telling her _love you, babe,_ mouth syrupy with lies. A twenty left on the hall table- a tip that branded my palm. Later, the bin bag tore, Madras red bleeding into cream carpet, pears bruised soft in their sweating wrap. The stain spread like a hand that gripped too long, that would not release. I cursed the ceiling, the word **** echoing like prayer. was only twenty, scrubbing strangers’ luxury to keep myself alive. That day I left more than lavender- a fragment of myself, pressed into the carpet, silent as the stain.
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Sep 4, 2025
Sep 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM UTC
Lucretia’s Reflection
The city takes your soul block by block While you sit on the curb in mismatched socks Trying to retain your extremely weak but steadfast streak of being unique Cities aren't 24-hour Christmas The trick is to remain ambitious Hands in your lap No eye contact Going tap tap tap on your Citizens app While discreetly doodling a Sharpie spaceship on the subway seat Hitting the street With sick beats in your feet Cuz thoughts of quotas and quarters won't quell a quintessential quest To push the city to its limits and try your very best To keep biting your nails behind elevator doors Cuz no chewed-up hands are exactly like yours A balancing act Trying not to get trapped Or smothered by facts But undeniably I love what's inside of me My heart keeps me alive But what I love makes me live The city takes my soul But I've got soul to give.
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May 9, 2014
May 9, 2014 at 3:16 AM UTC
City
first line lips are false as a beach next mcarthur’s in chicago next the big blond takes the elevator down next pearl on the lip next shalimar stirs the canine **** all right I like that let’s start a new one do it what what do you have don’t **** up wheres the apostrophe ******* you’re cruel now back now whack it again whack it again I want it to go back whack it press it whack it okay new line i want elevator i want uh i want don’t ask the bellboy for the time just take the elevator to what? to notions? to the lingerie shop? ah **** you grandma new line all right one more time okay **** the gin-socked tongue that’s “soaked” period once again the elevator down paint the pretty tie (cough cough) thai next big buick big *** like fish put a ? after fish take it back take it back you ***** okay that’s not bad you do all right ah **** song of india in the desert at night put “” marks around song of india & desert song in capital letters hit shalimar then cadillac red lips then **** like a seashell with a gin-soaked tongue start new line all right does mcarthur stick his socks in the bathtune at night that’s bathtub the dog howls at the moon buries it in the backyard snakes lose their skin cocoa butter slick water on the brain of the big dark blond song of india **** **** **** big fish *** big v8 you ***** keep up with me painted rocks like a pretty tie fast car long legs and a broken heel now dead no not dead yet um estee lauder goes down on price-waterhouse in a swedish bath bellboy watching this is his reflection in the mirror no silver one-sided next line big blond trampled by elephants with wrinkled knees starch is not chic all gone shalimar stirs the k-9 **** sequined *** in the moonlight cadillac red lips hungry dog eats tail becomes himself bad dog play dead okay what do you suggest bad doggie bad comma bad comma hungry dog go for the tongue you dumb ***** keep going new line what do cactuses(i) have??? fronds fur what are their things called new line dog hates gin go for the breast stupid ***** good dog dry dog poor dog pour blond water of life **** yellow a thai like painted rocks period next i want head down legs up i want sequined *** only ****** level damp dampened dampest ***** panorama **** **** **** blue blue down there feminine azure with clouds too got it odalisque in blue period have mercy on me no no new ******* line what are you filling that thing up with okay stop it for now
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the stenographer’s notebook no.1
first line lips are false as a beach next mcarthur’s in chicago next the big blond takes the elevator down next pearl on the lip next shalimar stirs the canine **** all right I like that let’s start a new one do it what what do you have don’t **** up wheres the apostrophe ******* you’re cruel now back now whack it again whack it again I want it to go back whack it press it whack it okay new line i want elevator i want uh i want don’t ask the bellboy for the time just take the elevator to what? to notions? to the lingerie shop? ah **** you grandma new line all right one more time okay **** the gin-socked tongue that’s “soaked” period once again the elevator down paint the pretty tie (cough cough) thai next big buick big *** like fish put a ? after fish take it back take it back you ***** okay that’s not bad you do all right ah **** song of india in the desert at night put “” marks around song of india & desert song in capital letters hit shalimar then cadillac red lips then **** like a seashell with a gin-soaked tongue start new line all right does mcarthur stick his socks in the bathtune at night that’s bathtub the dog howls at the moon buries it in the backyard snakes lose their skin cocoa butter slick water on the brain of the big dark blond song of india **** **** **** big fish *** big v8 you ***** keep up with me painted rocks like a pretty tie fast car long legs and a broken heel now dead no not dead yet um estee lauder goes down on price-waterhouse in a swedish bath bellboy watching this is his reflection in the mirror no silver one-sided next line big blond trampled by elephants with wrinkled knees starch is not chic all gone shalimar stirs the k-9 **** sequined *** in the moonlight cadillac red lips hungry dog eats tail becomes himself bad dog play dead okay what do you suggest bad doggie bad comma bad comma hungry dog go for the tongue you dumb ***** keep going new line what do cactuses(i) have??? fronds fur what are their things called new line dog hates gin go for the breast stupid ***** good dog dry dog poor dog pour blond water of life **** yellow a thai like painted rocks period next i want head down legs up i want sequined *** only ****** level damp dampened dampest ***** panorama **** **** **** blue blue down there feminine azure with clouds too got it odalisque in blue period have mercy on me no no new ******* line what are you filling that thing up with okay stop it for now
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heavy traffic so we stash ourselves in the publix parking lot and watch the flashes of the departing thunderstorm she lays out on the buicks hood in a bikini top a bead of sweat kisses her bellybutton her thick dreadlocks spread like ropes i pick one up and stick it in her ear shes not happy with that afternoon is all sunshine and watered down sodas isles of plastic goodies and elevator musics the old woman pushing her empty cart while dragging a bag she goes to get her nails done i push pebbles into parking lot puddles and watch the sky drift in the reflection she is half my age she sticks her tongue in my ear i dont mind there are palm trees and lizzards everywhere and pebbles in puddles im a pebble and shes my puddle shes all wet im hard we laugh in the forever summer sunshine we dance in the parking lot puddles of the fiveashes publix lot and daydream the stars above this is no ordinary love this is passion's fire in the hearts eyes shes my jezebel im her poet
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Mar 19, 2014
Mar 19, 2014 at 11:42 AM UTC
dreadlock girl ( an elegant love affair)
*Hindi na ako natuto Palagi akong nahuhulog sa mga patibong mo Minsan ako'y tutulungan Minsan ay hahayaan Para kang isang elevator Dadalhin mo ako sa 9th floor Tapos iiwan mo ako doon Pero sana babalik ka sa isang pindot lang ng button Ang gulo-gulo na ng aking isip Turing mo sakin ay pabago bago kaya ang puso ko'y pagal Ilang beses mo na din akong iwanan sa taas Pero nahuhulog pa rin ako sayo dahil sa dagsin ng aking pagmamahal Ikaw yung paborito kong patibong Kahit nasasaktan ako gusto pa din kitang makasalubong*
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Nov 8, 2015
Nov 8, 2015 at 10:44 AM UTC
Ang Paboritong Patibong
Two birds flying at night crash into each other and as they spin falling from a cloud of feathers and starlight they are reminded of a time before they learned how to fly... Will we fold into each others secrets would we fit each other like a spoon won't you take my hand and chase stars with me we'll catch them if they fall and bury them in the backyard of our childhood dreams so we can always find our way back there Chase the shoreline fly with a flock of airplanes we'll signature the moon as we dance our footprints upon the clouds swim with me through an ocean of bed sheets and Sunday mornings and we'll chase dinosaurs from our bedroom The warmest place in the world is next to you let me sip coconuts in your arms won't you plant my name behind your tongue that it may bloom in a garden of your smiles We'll find a beach to name after our children and serenade the ocean as it refuses to stop kissing the shore we'll use toothbrushes as tuning forks fake a limp at new years eve and ride the elevator to the highest floor and dance with me above the skyline 'cause if you sing me a lullaby of forgiveness I will keep you from all the broken promises we can finger paint sunrises on each other skin Be orphans with me so that we can name each other the way we once named the stars as if the constellations held the promise we could find our way home
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Aug 7, 2015
Aug 7, 2015 at 2:56 AM UTC
Sidereal
i don't appreciate the stairs i walk on every single day. sometimes, i complain that point A to point B is too far for me to walk. i don't appreciate the rain that suddenly comes after many sunny days. the water wets my shoes and leaves my socks soaked. sometimes i walk around campus and wonder what i'm doing with my life. i always feel so lost. i look around and see unfamiliar faces. faces holding all types of emotions. i find that beautiful. i also find it beautiful that every bystander becomes part of your life, because for some reason, you and them are in the same place at the same time. it's even more beautiful when it happens in the most natural way. As if, it was meant to be. how crazy is it that two worlds can cross paths to become one? but there are worlds that keep on moving parallel to each other. I look around and see life. I see that i need to appreciate more. Appreciate the elevator that takes too long. The professor that cusses at 8 o'clock in the morning during class. Appreciate those who smile at you when walking through crowded hallways. Appreciate the idea that everyone is living so complex, just like me. Appreciate the hustle. Appreciate the process. Appreciate the unknown. Appreciate whats in store for me. Appreciate knowing and not knowing all at once. Appreciate the growth. Appreciate the balance that appears after the unbalance. Appreciate me. Appreciate another day. Appreciate life.
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Mar 4, 2018
Mar 4, 2018 at 11:16 PM UTC
Sonder
The fish does not understand Water But the stray-nine Understands home Sometimes it takes an absence A negativity, a darkness From the dust dream rises Like stars from the void Someone rides an elevator up Your spine and Bridge The direction is born Soul tendrils extend and Embrace tender lock of we Season together The fat men starve before the Peasant because they Have never really Ached In their stomachs In their bones When you live in famine Scraps can sustain And yet Will you still notice the Seven shade cycle rainbow-nectaring From the street lanterns? Or the Diamonds In ivory fro-banks glittering sparks? When you are full Will you Ponder the pulsar’s violence? Will you Spare the stranger and Samaritan oft? When you are full Don’t lose it Sadness is Your prism Choose the spectrum Transcend the neut and stag You can be their Atlas They Need It
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Jan 11, 2013
Jan 11, 2013 at 2:07 PM UTC
161. Prism 1/10/13
good morning kisses goodnight kisses kisses to taste the cinnamon on your lips happy kisses middle of the night kisses gentle kisses kisses because i like you sleepy kisses movie theatre kisses oh god we're in an elevator by ourselves kisses the stolen kind of kisses kisses because you're too cute wake up and see you and think you're the best person ever kisses kisses just because
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Jun 30, 2014
Jun 30, 2014 at 7:25 AM UTC
can i have all your kisses?
Elevator going up in my mind Cosmic awareness is what I find Vibrate pass doubters prove them wrong Power from my words..makes me strong Poetic my nature feel the storm Rumble like thunder reality torn Let go of my ego butterfly born Cocoon in my mistakes expose my true form Up so high I begin to float Spread my wings flutter by with hope Get on the elevator there is room Answers open up you don't have to assume Expansion of spirit feel the rise Visions not seen by the eyes So come along elevate with me To the top floor of our destiny..
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Jun 26, 2014
Jun 26, 2014 at 7:38 PM UTC
Elevator
What I see is imperfection in the eyes of Elevator. John is sleeping. John is kicking the ball. Dear Papa, why the cosmos is the cosmos. The reverence shines through my hole. The whole swimming pool was left in the ocean. Dear Papa, please tell me how to have sand.
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May 16, 2014
May 16, 2014 at 5:29 PM UTC
A letter to my father John
The lift is a truly marvellous creation It moves people via elevation.
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Jan 24, 2015
Jan 24, 2015 at 12:47 AM UTC
The lift (elevator)