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You don’t need to try so hard. You can wear the clothes you want. Do whatever you please, Express yourself the way you know how. You can wear those heels Just because you love them. Your true friends will accept you And all your little quirks. It’s time to let it go, Let go of all your fears of judgement. Stop caring what people think of you, It’s none of your business anyways. You are who are for a reason. You’re crazy, eclectic, A miss independent and a little rebellious. You like to defy the norms of society So why aren’t you doing it? Let go of all those rules and make your own. You’ve always stood for the outcasts, Paving your own path, Cutting the trees blocking your way. Why care now about fitting in When you’re a shining gem? You were born to lead, to conquer. This is your destiny, you’ve always worn Your individuality just like a badge. Don’t become submissive, Stop looking for approval, You won’t find it anywhere But inside of yourself. It’s the self-acceptance that comes first, There’s no better friend than you. Go on, look in the mirror. Remember, you better like who you are, That is the person you’ll be stuck with For the rest of your life. Enjoy all the strangeness, All the weird parts of your personality. There’s no refunds, no exchanges. You are who you are and that Is perfection; no matter what anyone says. Accept who you are now, Accept all the growth to come. You can accomplish even your Wildest dreams, those shooting stars. It’s time to just be, Time to stop leaning on societies Ideals and march on out With head held up high. Self acceptance is all you need.
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Sep 3, 2014
Sep 3, 2014 at 9:22 PM UTC
Self Acceptance
You don’t need to try so hard. You can wear the clothes you want. Do whatever you please, Express yourself the way you know how. You can wear those heels Just because you love them. Your true friends will accept you And all your little quirks. It’s time to let it go, Let go of all your fears of judgement. Stop caring what people think of you, It’s none of your business anyways. You are who are for a reason. You’re crazy, eclectic, A miss independent and a little rebellious. You like to defy the norms of society So why aren’t you doing it? Let go of all those rules and make your own. You’ve always stood for the outcasts, Paving your own path, Cutting the trees blocking your way. Why care now about fitting in When you’re a shining gem? You were born to lead, to conquer. This is your destiny, you’ve always worn Your individuality just like a badge. Don’t become submissive, Stop looking for approval, You won’t find it anywhere But inside of yourself. It’s the self-acceptance that comes first, There’s no better friend than you. Go on, look in the mirror. Remember, you better like who you are, That is the person you’ll be stuck with For the rest of your life. Enjoy all the strangeness, All the weird parts of your personality. There’s no refunds, no exchanges. You are who you are and that Is perfection; no matter what anyone says. Accept who you are now, Accept all the growth to come. You can accomplish even your Wildest dreams, those shooting stars. It’s time to just be, Time to stop leaning on societies Ideals and march on out With head held up high. Self acceptance is all you need.
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By now,the seed varieties of the world, may have been attacked beyond recovery by wars of pretense and relapses. We are still learning how to handle it properly. We tend to say. Some will talk and plan over dinner parties, over TV or Radio. Most will leave it behind like another corpse of lessons thrown to the gutter, like a dead *** on another Sunset Boulevard. Iraq's seed banks we blew up in the 2000s. In various places in Asia and the Middle East, places of life and cultured varieties gone in an instant. Echoing our imprisoned ignorance and drives for more instant goods and services. Indian farmers have committed mass suicides after their god Hanuman was used by a chemical giant to sell poison seeds and renewed bondages of indebtedness. One question a stranger asked a group of writers on tour was not what their poetry or books were about, nor why they wrote it, but how writing may and may not be helping as we make decisions and solve problems now? Once agricultural lands turn into new promises of commercial buildings. Cities of inaccessible towers and abandoned malls in America, Spain, China, and Russia feeds us back our own echo. Like converted uses of lands, our humanity is converted into inanimate collections and status symbols of some players or parties. As we face our continuing struggle between our oppressor-selves and our genuine roots. Despite the perversions, inside vicious habits of waste where we glorify promises of war and efficiencies, we continue to be entrusted with the ongoing lessons: Rarely do surviving generations through famine, war and diseases, throw away means to live, or destroy any kind of seed. Every day we wake to the ruins and remains of Our living poetry, word spaces, hours, exchanges, gains and losses, stopping and going. This time, not just for fires of anguish or unnecessary losses, but for each other's midnight lamps.#
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Sep 3, 2018
Sep 3, 2018 at 12:42 AM UTC
BURIED
By now,the seed varieties of the world, may have been attacked beyond recovery by wars of pretense and relapses. We are still learning how to handle it properly. We tend to say. Some will talk and plan over dinner parties, over TV or Radio. Most will leave it behind like another corpse of lessons thrown to the gutter, like a dead *** on another Sunset Boulevard. Iraq's seed banks we blew up in the 2000s. In various places in Asia and the Middle East, places of life and cultured varieties gone in an instant. Echoing our imprisoned ignorance and drives for more instant goods and services. Indian farmers have committed mass suicides after their god Hanuman was used by a chemical giant to sell poison seeds and renewed bondages of indebtedness. One question a stranger asked a group of writers on tour was not what their poetry or books were about, nor why they wrote it, but how writing may and may not be helping as we make decisions and solve problems now? Once agricultural lands turn into new promises of commercial buildings. Cities of inaccessible towers and abandoned malls in America, Spain, China, and Russia feeds us back our own echo. Like converted uses of lands, our humanity is converted into inanimate collections and status symbols of some players or parties. As we face our continuing struggle between our oppressor-selves and our genuine roots. Despite the perversions, inside vicious habits of waste where we glorify promises of war and efficiencies, we continue to be entrusted with the ongoing lessons: Rarely do surviving generations through famine, war and diseases, throw away means to live, or destroy any kind of seed. Every day we wake to the ruins and remains of Our living poetry, word spaces, hours, exchanges, gains and losses, stopping and going. This time, not just for fires of anguish or unnecessary losses, but for each other's midnight lamps.#
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Happy is the sunray, That lightens up the break of day, Happily it will shine; Sunray so kind! They are always so pretty, Especially when they smile at you and me, As they dance in the meadow; And sometimes even on the snow. Sunrays are here to make you glad, To cheer you up when you feel sad, Sunrays forever love to dance; As they smile at you in a trance. For they are in their own world, Where no one ever exchanges a cross word, Where everything is peace and harmony; And where everything's tranquil and happy. ~Marian~
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Mar 14, 2013
Mar 14, 2013 at 5:26 PM UTC
Happy Sunrays
She's like a drama queen, Plays the 'blame game' like a loser, Fair minded as a bigot, Wages war like drones, As free as surveillance, As open as privatized prisons, As equal as feudalism, As rich as the beggar masses, Bankrupt as homeowners, Socialist as the military, Truthful, trustful as "NEWS," as propaganda, Pagan as the manufactured Goddess 'Columbia,' Christian as the stingy, Pious as a sinner, Wicked as securities, exchanges on 'Wall Street,' Insecure as an empire, Greedy as a fast food glutton, As brave as a fool, Warmongering as a chicken hawk politician, Machevellian as a coward, As rigged as the free market, As selfish as Capitalism, As tolerant as Islam, Beautiful as a clear cut forest, Charming as a strip mall, Forward thinking as chaos, Lawless as congress, United as a belligerent crowd, Compassionate as a swat team, Green as any petrochemical company, Organic as pollution, Deep as a strip mine  .  .  .   .  .  .
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Sep 28, 2014
Sep 28, 2014 at 7:53 PM UTC
Similes for America
Dainty hours spent with her petal soft smile lush exchanges how her mouth makes words warm delicate  moments when our eyes held each other little desolate when hands separated and time disconnected us as it blindly does without so much as an apology
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May 19, 2018
May 19, 2018 at 9:16 PM UTC
Time is often ignorant
Spines curve as sweetly as drops from a honeysuckle Notes in a melody fill the void spaces Gentle rushes stir like the swish of rustling leaves Flushed as red as the cherry who’s stem is knotted Time stolen from the hands of a frozen clock- Still like snow fallen from a winter shower Senses fully awaken to chase alluring aromas   Repetitive jolts of candied sin trickle throughout the body Electric flow in the veins sparks an extended invitation Contagious appetite will mirror aches of desire Surges of shock in the body join the mind and soul Accelerating spikes in heart rate kiss private secrets Boundless longing branded to one another Yearning indulged by limitless exchanges of energy- Transfers immune from harm Pressure from oneness loosens the tremble in pleading breaths Hands close around each hip to clench their hollows Credible fingers drenched in admiration coat mingled skin One is composed by the gravitation of two Defying moonlight to surrender at an immeasurable ****** Reaching for the highest point to let go Sharing traces of untamed wind with soaring wings Collecting innocence altered by ecstasy Choosing vulnerability to expose what cannot be said Fantasies traded through the rhythm of touch
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Oct 28, 2018
Oct 28, 2018 at 10:21 AM UTC
I wake your senses to remind you that you wake mine
JOHN KEATS’ LAST POEM WRITTEN IN ROME ON 21st February 1821* (From The Imagination Of The Writer) I am fading, fading fast, Fanny, my love eternal Far away from you and home I am dying, the hours I am counting In what I liken to my grave that is Rome. All that I seek in this dark loneliness is solace Moments of respite thinking Of you and our past exchanges of affection Dissolved by fate with our hopes descending Unto the oblivion that had been pre-ordained Tears are comfortless and what is to come Is but this pain that seared love must bear unknown Only self-felt and suffered without end that renders my heart totally numb. I can’t understand and it defies reason The human heart should bear so much pain While the tranquil stars hold so steadfast and the song Of the nightingale drifts so sublimely in every sweet refrain. Youth once gaily clothed in such beauty but now Grows spectre-thin and here is but fret and fever Where the old and infirm hang their heads down In tearful reminiscences of happy days that have fled forever. And now, my ***** my only love, you alone in this The saddest schemes of things should share This my life so wretched , lost, unfulfilled and joy-bereft I beg forgiveness, only remember my poems—sorrow let us silently bear. John Keats one of the greatest English romantic poets died on 23rd February 1821 in Rome, aged twenty-five
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Sep 3, 2015
Sep 3, 2015 at 8:12 PM UTC
JOHN KEATS’ LAST POEM WRITTEN IN ROME ON 21st February 1821* (From The Imagination Of The Writer)
Korean fashion experts have shared their know-how with Malaysia. At the "K-Fashion Conference for Malaysia" in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 16, a group of Korean professionals gave lectures under the topics "K-Fashion Design Trend Transition & Forecast," "Digital & Online Marketing Strategies," "Power Brand and Concept Development Strategies" and "How to enter the global market." The Korea Fashion Association, the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) and the ASEAN-Korea Centre organized the event to strengthen the competitiveness of Malaysian fashion brands by improving the added value of the industry through brand development. About 50 Malaysian fashion industry companies and related government officials attended. "There is growing interest in K-fashion, along with the high popularity of Korean dramas and entertainment shows, making this workshop even more timely and meaningful," ASEAN-Korea Centre Secretary General Kim Young-sun said. "The Malaysian fashion industry has huge potential as it is currently ranked in the top five in the ASEAN fashion industry." On Feb. 15 and 17, Korean experts visited local fashion merchandisers for market research and consultations. According to the ASEAN-Korea Centre, the Malaysian fashion industry has had massive growth with the expansion of Islamic fashion markets. MATRADE aims to boost the industry as the nation's leading exporter. It has been organizing Malaysia Fashion Week (MFW) since 2014 to make the capital a fashion destination in Asia. The second MFW in 2015 featured designers from more than 15 countries, and over 300 booths showcased the quality products of Malaysian fashion brands to the domestic and foreign trade, accodring to the organization. The ASEAN-Korea Centre is an intergovernmental organization established in 2009 with an aim to promote exchanges among Korea and the 10 ASEAN member states.Read more at:www.marieaustralia.com/bridesmaid-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/long-formal-dresses
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Feb 22, 2016
Feb 22, 2016 at 4:12 AM UTC
Korea's fashion experts put on stylish Malaysia show
Korean fashion experts have shared their know-how with Malaysia. At the "K-Fashion Conference for Malaysia" in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 16, a group of Korean professionals gave lectures under the topics "K-Fashion Design Trend Transition & Forecast," "Digital & Online Marketing Strategies," "Power Brand and Concept Development Strategies" and "How to enter the global market." The Korea Fashion Association, the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) and the ASEAN-Korea Centre organized the event to strengthen the competitiveness of Malaysian fashion brands by improving the added value of the industry through brand development. About 50 Malaysian fashion industry companies and related government officials attended. "There is growing interest in K-fashion, along with the high popularity of Korean dramas and entertainment shows, making this workshop even more timely and meaningful," ASEAN-Korea Centre Secretary General Kim Young-sun said. "The Malaysian fashion industry has huge potential as it is currently ranked in the top five in the ASEAN fashion industry." On Feb. 15 and 17, Korean experts visited local fashion merchandisers for market research and consultations. According to the ASEAN-Korea Centre, the Malaysian fashion industry has had massive growth with the expansion of Islamic fashion markets. MATRADE aims to boost the industry as the nation's leading exporter. It has been organizing Malaysia Fashion Week (MFW) since 2014 to make the capital a fashion destination in Asia. The second MFW in 2015 featured designers from more than 15 countries, and over 300 booths showcased the quality products of Malaysian fashion brands to the domestic and foreign trade, accodring to the organization. The ASEAN-Korea Centre is an intergovernmental organization established in 2009 with an aim to promote exchanges among Korea and the 10 ASEAN member states.Read more at:www.marieaustralia.com/bridesmaid-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/long-formal-dresses
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First Kiss (Manchester to Miami) Rachel was a 19 year old student who attended the Royal Northern College of Music, located in Manchester UK. Manchester was considered the arts, media, higher education and commerce mecca of north central England. Bordered by the Cheshire plain to the south, and the Pennines mountain range to the north and east. The famous River Mersey ran along the southern side of Manchester. Rachel was packing for winter holiday with some of her classmates, to the warm beaches of Miami Florida, for a week long stay in the sun, far from the often dreary weather that settled over the UK this time of year. Not only was Rachel looking forward to the warm weather and sunny skies but she was looking forward to meeting up with Daniel. Daniel was a 40 something musician, beach bartender, handyman, who lived just outside of Miami. They had met on a poetry website seven months prior, and had established a warm friendship. They communicated almost daily threw emails, chat sites and through poetry exchanges. Their friendship had become more romantic in the last month or so, talking that silly love talk that new lovers used, and Rachel finished off every meeting with the initials AKTY at the end. AKTY stood for angel kisses to you, as Daniel liked to refer to her as his angel. they both were very excited about the chance to see each other, face to face. Rachel knew that the majority of Daniels poetry was slanted toward the romance side, and she knew from their conversations that he seemed to be educated, gentle and romantic. She was, they were, both looking forward to spending an evening together, holding hands,caressing each other, looking into each others eyes, and..... that first kiss. Kiss kiss kiss kiss hard rock guitars, lights and smoke Kiss, that first kiss, this is what, loves all about kiss, your sweet kiss, makes me go crazy, scream and shout your kiss, that angel kiss, can't live with out it, you drive me mad one kiss, just one kiss, from your sweet lips, blows my mind real bad don't know how I got by before you never want to try it no never again my darlin angel I adore you, since I met you you know i've been crazy, I've gone crazy, just can't get enuff, of you sweet baby dreaming, got me dreaming, every night baby, I don't mean maybe every kiss, like your first kiss, sets me ablaze, you know it takes me higher another kiss, I want another kiss, turn the flames up like a funeral pyre don't wanna try to get along without you never want to try it no never again my darlin angel I adore you, since I met you been waiting for that first kiss Gomer LePoet
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Apr 12, 2010
Apr 12, 2010 at 8:58 PM UTC
First Kiss (Act I -Manchester to Miami) A Rock Opera
First Kiss (Manchester to Miami) Rachel was a 19 year old student who attended the Royal Northern College of Music, located in Manchester UK. Manchester was considered the arts, media, higher education and commerce mecca of north central England. Bordered by the Cheshire plain to the south, and the Pennines mountain range to the north and east. The famous River Mersey ran along the southern side of Manchester. Rachel was packing for winter holiday with some of her classmates, to the warm beaches of Miami Florida, for a week long stay in the sun, far from the often dreary weather that settled over the UK this time of year. Not only was Rachel looking forward to the warm weather and sunny skies but she was looking forward to meeting up with Daniel. Daniel was a 40 something musician, beach bartender, handyman, who lived just outside of Miami. They had met on a poetry website seven months prior, and had established a warm friendship. They communicated almost daily threw emails, chat sites and through poetry exchanges. Their friendship had become more romantic in the last month or so, talking that silly love talk that new lovers used, and Rachel finished off every meeting with the initials AKTY at the end. AKTY stood for angel kisses to you, as Daniel liked to refer to her as his angel. they both were very excited about the chance to see each other, face to face. Rachel knew that the majority of Daniels poetry was slanted toward the romance side, and she knew from their conversations that he seemed to be educated, gentle and romantic. She was, they were, both looking forward to spending an evening together, holding hands,caressing each other, looking into each others eyes, and..... that first kiss. Kiss kiss kiss kiss hard rock guitars, lights and smoke Kiss, that first kiss, this is what, loves all about kiss, your sweet kiss, makes me go crazy, scream and shout your kiss, that angel kiss, can't live with out it, you drive me mad one kiss, just one kiss, from your sweet lips, blows my mind real bad don't know how I got by before you never want to try it no never again my darlin angel I adore you, since I met you you know i've been crazy, I've gone crazy, just can't get enuff, of you sweet baby dreaming, got me dreaming, every night baby, I don't mean maybe every kiss, like your first kiss, sets me ablaze, you know it takes me higher another kiss, I want another kiss, turn the flames up like a funeral pyre don't wanna try to get along without you never want to try it no never again my darlin angel I adore you, since I met you been waiting for that first kiss Gomer LePoet
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typewriter rhythm clacking away new beats tempo exchanges computer lab concerto fair-weather phonetics hunt and peck symphony symbolic of the system poking at inmates pecking at the enforcers attempting to gain an education -- floating above the ruckus offering research aid I sit at the desk seeking only to enlighten service work for those suffering servitude serfdom post-modern slavery complete with subsidies scamming the con-men -- white house looks best through prison barred windows
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Jun 10, 2014
Jun 10, 2014 at 5:59 PM UTC
glimpse into my workday
Sometimes you are caught Between the intersections Of you and your reflection Wondering, about the reality So much happens between Exchanges with your reflection Mirroring what you want to see And what reality actually is Try to touch the portrayed image Segregate the inner reality And the outer façade for the world Mirror what you really are And your reflection will embrace you Given the clarity, that shatters The reflection of a reflection Thus blossoms the image from the heart Mirror will be glistening with pride
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Feb 21, 2015
Feb 21, 2015 at 10:46 AM UTC
Your Reflection
You are the velvet to my lace, the freckles on your face, the rocket to outer space when i’m forgetting why my feet need to hit the ground. You are three seconds away from a sunrise when I desperately need the light, you are a cup of tea and wisdom, and you are a giggle at just the right moment while the blood exchanges ideas between my wide-eyed fanatic manic panic mind and my static acrobatic heart. You are love and a smile when everything around has fallen dark. We fall down the seasons, each leaf turned to green as the time is subjective as valued. we fall down the winter of broken glass and torn kneecaps and into the summer of understanding and patched hearts. We fall down the stairs of the boy who was the blank slate and into the arms of the boy who painted his stone happy. You are the living room of my soul, where all the pictures make us smile just to look at them and the quilt on the couch is beautiful enough to make up for the small tear in the corner. Where the cups of tea sipped are innumerable as the curls on your head and the watercolor windows open past our souls and into our worlds. Someday we’ll be able to keep track of our socks and get enough sleep but right now I’m still figuring it out. I’m still trying to connect the sky to the tree to the earth to the tesseracted interaction theatrical statement of who I am and what I will be. We will become.
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Jul 10, 2014
Jul 10, 2014 at 11:28 PM UTC
You're ******* Awesome (A Poem for Lindsey)
Excuse me for my hurt, I know you mean well, And you want to inspire, And uplift me, But language is a fickle art. One that can make the difference, Composing tone and the words themselves. And there is no greater insecurity Than the one called Me. Since the very beginning, I have been openly listening, Engaging in thoughtful discussion - The subject of You, the percussion. I immediately spotted possible repercussions. I wanted, and I still do, To know your essence, But healthy exchanges Involve equality, And I don't want to be left hanging, Feeling like I'm lesser. I crave knowing the rest of your essence, But have you no interest In knowing the same? Are our minds connected Of the same fibers Or are we what we weave, Being different in how we perceive, A lifetime of individual strings? The only Person I should keep in my life, Making me feel inferior and uninteresting, Is Me - And I shall escape that fate, With unconditional love, and positivity. I am deeply interested, In knowing MySelf, loving MySelf, And to You, who has shown limited interest In simply knowing me, You, I choose as a direction of my Purity, You, unaltered and true, You, and Me, Alone - It all, once again, Always begins with You.
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Jun 10, 2015
Jun 10, 2015 at 4:42 AM UTC
Insecurity
The sunset is beautiful I only wish you were here to complete the evening If you were what would we do? Where would we go? Perhaps we'd just stay here sitting on the steps standing over the water leaning on the buildings by the docks simply talking about how life has been individually, several miles apart Familiar our exchanges might be, no small thanks to our fancy flatscreen devices, I'd still want to hear each word while we do whatever we desire because you'd be here and we'd be together at last in person again laughing, smiling, jesting holding and stroking each other poking and patting in this place and that all while looking out at the sunset although I wouldn't want to look away even if I could from those deep brown eyes flowing with the tone of your soft skin and the groomed lines of your elegant hair; perfect as a pristine painting whether afar or in the details. I only wish that you were here beside me.
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May 19, 2014
May 19, 2014 at 10:21 AM UTC
Sunset on the Docks
It is not wrong to be white and to have dreadlocks Though, you may look like a pleb but you offend me not Nor would it offend a black rastafarian man of a temperate manner I don't know any women with white skin and straight hair that get offended by afro-caribbean women wearing a straight weave You're all just too soft now, you're all just pet peaves Stop getting offended on behalf of other people that don't even take offence Excuse me, whilst I build a fence around myself hombre Not to keep me here but to keep you at bay Cultural appropriation doesn't exist Cultural misappropriation doesn't exist You're all just champagne socialists You should get over it Yes, you mate The one that thinks he's above everyone and must decide what is politically correct and whose life matters In the end all this is is a series of cultural exchanges and we're all wading through **** Face it.
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Nov 6, 2018
Nov 6, 2018 at 8:16 PM UTC
Cultural Triggering
Stale air takes the stage in this office, With the dust of many conversations held. Many come in  broken down and disheveled. These exchanges primarily hold premise about getting away from the void that they have carried for far too long. It has left pieces of them scattered, for others to collect. In time these souls learn to put themselves back together in hopes That they might not break again and in the process heal inside. An lifelong battle but a worthy one.
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Mar 22, 2018
Mar 22, 2018 at 10:44 AM UTC
The Journey
/                   as i am pretty sure all americana feels about "us": oh 'ook, 'ere comes old man europe,            no hemmingway, and no so: as the casual english expression solidifies exchanges: just across the atlantic:                             the, pond... haven't the foggiest...      i'm "new" here,    and even i find these english prims & pomps and idiosyncracies a bit debilitating... today i walked from my home with a knife in my pocket... why... why?!                          apparently it's worse than new york, a belt as a qusimodo boxing glove won't cut it,    given that that:    requires a formal introduction, prior to a fight...     guns guns guns...      over 'ere we 'ave knives knives knives... and politicians can't exactly ban them... no, not really... ban knives, soon you'll be banning forks, then spoons...    and then...    the whole ******* kitchen... we'll all be eating out, in public, cheap cheap cheap, cheap restaurants like the slovakians eat in...     can you even imagine that while in st. petersburg i didn't see, not one mcdonalds...     same so in moscow:                    not a single mcdonalds... it was like a: relief...   a bit like only seeing africanos only, but not elsewhere other than warsaw; erm: afro-saxons?             sure! we have them in england, plenty of afro-saxons...                 so now afro(x) is not pop-up frizzy hair, bundled into a french bun...                     type of... "thing"? **** yeah!                                 hit the spot! oh old man europe...       tired and yet, and yet tired of his riches,    how craving the old trenches of Ypres... the belgian mud, the rain,                         the rats and crows... europe: lament over libya... or even pseudo-neo-rome lamenting over carthage being destroyed... in reverse -               abbrv. into - orior carthago! was it cato the elder who persisted counter to this? as heidegger would have put it: that's not even question-worthy.
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Jul 19, 2018
Jul 19, 2018 at 7:26 PM UTC
old man europe and carthage
/                   as i am pretty sure all americana feels about "us": oh 'ook, 'ere comes old man europe,            no hemmingway, and no so: as the casual english expression solidifies exchanges: just across the atlantic:                             the, pond... haven't the foggiest...      i'm "new" here,    and even i find these english prims & pomps and idiosyncracies a bit debilitating... today i walked from my home with a knife in my pocket... why... why?!                          apparently it's worse than new york, a belt as a qusimodo boxing glove won't cut it,    given that that:    requires a formal introduction, prior to a fight...     guns guns guns...      over 'ere we 'ave knives knives knives... and politicians can't exactly ban them... no, not really... ban knives, soon you'll be banning forks, then spoons...    and then...    the whole ******* kitchen... we'll all be eating out, in public, cheap cheap cheap, cheap restaurants like the slovakians eat in...     can you even imagine that while in st. petersburg i didn't see, not one mcdonalds...     same so in moscow:                    not a single mcdonalds... it was like a: relief...   a bit like only seeing africanos only, but not elsewhere other than warsaw; erm: afro-saxons?             sure! we have them in england, plenty of afro-saxons...                 so now afro(x) is not pop-up frizzy hair, bundled into a french bun...                     type of... "thing"? **** yeah!                                 hit the spot! oh old man europe...       tired and yet, and yet tired of his riches,    how craving the old trenches of Ypres... the belgian mud, the rain,                         the rats and crows... europe: lament over libya... or even pseudo-neo-rome lamenting over carthage being destroyed... in reverse -               abbrv. into - orior carthago! was it cato the elder who persisted counter to this? as heidegger would have put it: that's not even question-worthy.
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We’re in a young-love recession. Gen Zers are slow to trust and averse to risk, we have, it seems, a particular social nervousness about interpersonal exchanges and the symbiosis of love. So we resort to situationships (undefined relationships), a stratagem for closeness, with zero commitment. You can flirt; you can kiss; you can dance. You can have a crush so big it blots out the stars You can have transformative romantic encounters you can care deeply and get hurt badly you can, in fact, be absolutely wrecked by love All without ever being in a relationship. Thank God we’re only young once. . . Songs for this: Die With A Smile by Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars Busy Woman by Sabrina Carpenter
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Mar 18, 2025
Mar 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM UTC
recessions
Jellyfish in the dock Quietly guarding his spot An intruder drifts by With a challenging eye So he gives him all that he's got The quarrel to settle He showed him his mettle Caressed him all over With arms like a nettle The stranger acts tough Calling his bluff Hanging around in a bit of a huff He drifted off, he'd shown him what's what There was no doubt who was king of the dock- It was one of his better exchanges But he thought how strange for a fish, To have tattooed on his chest Good food costs less at Sainsburys
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Feb 23, 2013
Feb 23, 2013 at 12:59 PM UTC
Jellyfish in the dock
Clothes of all kinds on the sidewalks sold for crazy cheap prices. Kids and old people alike scramble fast towards through mountains of bargains, this once inaccessible and highly prized scene of Fashion sense, separating the haves and the have-nots. I was born with skin color, names, and belongings that no longer made sense when the time came to decide and become.  I ran to meet a friend at a corner a long time ago when the Ukay surplus clothing stores were just starting out. He carried a plastic of hiking boots and a pair of stylish jeans. Laughing and smiling at the exchanges. A pair of running shoes and a jacket that was already too big for a woman.
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Sep 5, 2018
Sep 5, 2018 at 3:13 AM UTC
SURPLUS TEXTILES
Let us be then: you and I In an exchange of energy, you and me I will give up for you what you give up to me And we can exist entirely But let us go then And we can debate about the usages of words that no one else but you and I will ever know And I will love you to the passive voice You will be loved by me I will be loved by you Let us break the second law of thermodynamics Because you and me we're better than exchanges of energy I am perpetual to you and I will be to you a violation of the laws of entropy Every movement that we make will ease the chaos in our lives And let us do then what we're not supposed to do And let me go then where I'm warned not to go And I will take you and you will take me Forget entropy And just love me
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Nov 13, 2014
Nov 13, 2014 at 10:56 PM UTC
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
If you give me long enough I could paint a vivid portrait of myself with every blemish and pore behind a brush, and hush the voices that would criticize unsubscribe and dance it up over in wonderland with the sycophants put on my bedazzled pants let the local singles know I'm a dancer just a beating heart away From being another square upon a lattice a writhing mass of hair gel and cologne working up the ladder to fuckboi status Imma walk the line between a marble arch eclipsing the sun over an angel statue kneeling in prayer and a black leather boot clad bad *** with bad habits but he's so cool he doesn't care Look at him go all on his own with only a thousand or so, little paintings   that are equally as photo shopped or filtered just floating around waiting to see the show and letting other people know they liked it or not What a spectacle destined to leave us senseless and restless what a test of the patience to be a slave to the masses to see my juxtaposition against the rest of the best of us and think "I should go with clever with glasses." What a brutal twist of civilized life to have an AI made for driving my car so I can shimmy down and sneak another **** pic THROUGH SPACE, to some guy who works at taco bell's wife Laura something or something I'm so social What a medium, Exchanging ideas, and hunting body heat from out of the ether, to have the pleasing distortion of the speakers drowning out all the wearisome noise of our contortions "You gotta learn to love yourself" She says, and posts another photo buried somewhere under 60 layers of dog noses and rainbows, and angel wings Oh **** this isn't boyfriend material let me change some things - You don't ever need to change girl, there ain't anything, in this world That I wouldn't do, to be with you. And the Brief exchanges we had, didn't reveal any red flags, that I am willing to skip on *** over. So somewhere down the line, when the filters start to fade, we'll just kick that can down the road, and neither of us will change. And the picture's that we painted of our Love will degrade.
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Nov 28, 2018
Nov 28, 2018 at 12:29 AM UTC
Social Romance
If you give me long enough I could paint a vivid portrait of myself with every blemish and pore behind a brush, and hush the voices that would criticize unsubscribe and dance it up over in wonderland with the sycophants put on my bedazzled pants let the local singles know I'm a dancer just a beating heart away From being another square upon a lattice a writhing mass of hair gel and cologne working up the ladder to fuckboi status Imma walk the line between a marble arch eclipsing the sun over an angel statue kneeling in prayer and a black leather boot clad bad *** with bad habits but he's so cool he doesn't care Look at him go all on his own with only a thousand or so, little paintings   that are equally as photo shopped or filtered just floating around waiting to see the show and letting other people know they liked it or not What a spectacle destined to leave us senseless and restless what a test of the patience to be a slave to the masses to see my juxtaposition against the rest of the best of us and think "I should go with clever with glasses." What a brutal twist of civilized life to have an AI made for driving my car so I can shimmy down and sneak another **** pic THROUGH SPACE, to some guy who works at taco bell's wife Laura something or something I'm so social What a medium, Exchanging ideas, and hunting body heat from out of the ether, to have the pleasing distortion of the speakers drowning out all the wearisome noise of our contortions "You gotta learn to love yourself" She says, and posts another photo buried somewhere under 60 layers of dog noses and rainbows, and angel wings Oh **** this isn't boyfriend material let me change some things - You don't ever need to change girl, there ain't anything, in this world That I wouldn't do, to be with you. And the Brief exchanges we had, didn't reveal any red flags, that I am willing to skip on *** over. So somewhere down the line, when the filters start to fade, we'll just kick that can down the road, and neither of us will change. And the picture's that we painted of our Love will degrade.
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Morning collapses into night with emotions scattered on the ground here we are kneeling down picking up the pieces, throwing them into pools of midnight This bitter honey sleeps on my tongue my words unfiltered build static charge in these exchanges through which this current flows I'm left wondering, if within your eyes I can find the pain that you disguise if i can pull it out from this reservoir of sunset dyes and stain it with the words I left inside will it bloom into the flowers we would pick and laugh over to hide the butterflies circling this unknown that we once denied?
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Mar 15, 2022
Mar 15, 2022 at 10:17 AM UTC
Sunset Stains
Veasna Ta Kvak recording playback over Chinatown cafe again while recounting recent events to journal pages muddled from frequent exchanges bag to bag (Been to Taipei airport, Bali, Vancouver, most recently) blind fate blind fate shower me with Indian daisies and photographs of Railway New Delhi! Hanoi Old Quarter/ Vietnam monsoon/ evening on balcony/ Darjeeling water boiled and filtered anti-malaria golden drink for honeylungs and spring-soul morningtide under moonlight canopy of Avalokiteśvara the fruitful Bodhisattva! English lessons and future hourless comely chimera in sleep phenomenon Benares phantasmagoria YELLOW (near Mata Anandamai Ghat) speaking to Aghori prophecy Kala Bhairava FIERCE ILLUSORY APOCALYPSE FAMILIAR WHERE IS YOUR NOOSE? the Ganges is full of lice and flowers candlewax melted into holy water sickness equal to harmony & jubilant eyeclose and mouthcurl. The future mysteries in Mexico City poorboy $2 mystic orb jade green reflective underneath dirt now in North American bottom white four floor house basement suite coffee table. Visions indivisible from the Viridian roundly haze but surefire in their accuracy I'm absolute and universally formed for the next few cacophonous decades!
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Jun 22, 2015
Jun 22, 2015 at 1:47 AM UTC
Early Rest in the Chinatown Cafe