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She must have been kicked unseen or brushed by a car. Too young to know much, she was beginning to learn To use the newspapers spread on the kitchen floor And to win, wetting there, the words, "Good dog! Good dog!" We thought her shy malaise was a shot reaction. The autopsy disclosed a rupture in her liver. As we teased her with play, blood was filling her skin And her heart was learning to lie down forever. Monday morning, as the children were noisily fed And sent to school, she crawled beneath the youngest's bed. We found her twisted and limp but still alive. In the car to the vet's, on my lap, she tried To bite my hand and died. I stroked her warm fur And my wife called in a voice imperious with tears. Though surrounded by love that would have upheld her, Nevertheless she sank and, stiffening, disappeared. Back home, we found that in the night her frame, Drawing near to dissolution, had endured the shame Of diarrhoea and had dragged across the floor To a newspaper carelessly left there. Good dog.
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Dog's Death
late night by the holland sill white framed and frilled alongside the meadow down by the grand where cat fish and cow pies and silly yellow bees make their stay there are swings now and empty barns (with quiet corners and broken walls) echoing chambers that speak of the past ...and little dogs not big ones the plaster cracks and wheat sways from a warm west wind it’s about time for that late afternoon pour you know how it cleans the soul old percy would say and flanders (the holder of those pigs) who fed us good with sow and milk as we plowed the dusty fields into the hot summer sun i can still hear the screams of river shore dreams the grand slams and flints run dry the barks and breaks and bends a world past with forbes and dolls and crab apple trees think i’ll take a trip up the back lane they’ve cut the brush and opened the line
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Feb 11, 2017
Feb 11, 2017 at 4:46 PM UTC
The River Grand
So he said to me one night Submissive is not what's right He said to me one day You've to command and make your way You cannot be quiet You cant be a riot You have to be you And not let destroy'it He calls me his friend Say, when will this end? He says he don't care It goes beyond repair He says I mean nothing Without the slightest grieve "You are my closest" Oh, I wouldn't like to believe But I've known better And not made up a pile Fed it to the skies Never failed to smile I've grown as a human I've grown as a friend He's been a pillar The crave will never end He's helped me in ways Helped find my forte He's helped me mature Never enough to sway But now that he's changed I'm hit by numbing rain Now that all's deranged Major bouts will reign.
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Mar 4, 2015
Mar 4, 2015 at 1:41 AM UTC
Submissive.
The bees build in the crevices Of loosening masonry, and there The mother birds bring grubs and flies. My wall is loosening; honey-bees, Come build in the empty house of the stare. We are closed in, and the key is turned On our uncertainty; somewhere A man is killed, or a house burned. Yet no clear fact to be discerned: Come build in the empty house of the stare. A barricade of stone or of wood; Some fourteen days of civil war: Last night they trundled down the road That dead young soldier in his blood: Come build in the empty house of the stare. We had fed the heart on fantasies, The heart's grown brutal from the fare, More substance in our enmities Than in our love; O honey-bees, Come build in the empty house of the stare.
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The Stare's Nest by My Window
My generation is the technology generation We are connected 100% of the time My generation is the "selfie" generation A generation of self love and positivity My generation believes you can love someone Even if they're thousands of miles away My generation is the download generation Music from every era is at our fingertips They'll tell you all this is bad They'll say we're a generation ruled by technology And we are, but that's not a bad thing My generation is the one being killed in the street For the color of their skin My generation is the one yelling "hands up don't shoot" And reminding people Black Lives Matter My generation checks social media And hears about news before CNN or Fox My generation uses pictures and videos To dispute the lies we're being fed My generation has the power to change the world They'll say technology is ruining my generation, It's not. It's ruining theirs.
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Aug 28, 2015
Aug 28, 2015 at 10:34 PM UTC
My generation
When i was 13 I thought that gay and straight were things that other people were People that weren't raised christian People that didn't have dads People that were abused People that i should pray for but not get close to when i was 14 my best friend came out as gay i didn't see it coming but i probably should have she wore ties every day and plaid shirts with the sleeves rolled up and cut her hair short as soon as she could but i didn’t see it because gay was other people when i was 14 i watched as the news spread like wildfire “did you hear? that girl is gay.” I watched as people slowly backed away from her people that knew her all her life that is, the people that didn’t cut her off instantly I watched as the youth group we had both attended asked her to leave I watched as her drama group kicked her out because they were afraid of the yearly camp we went to that somehow knowing that she was gay made her more likely to attack the other girls in their beds than the year before I watched. I didn’t do anything. what changed my mind wasn’t a change of perspective on queer people it still took me a year to decide being gay wasn’t wrong but i decided that my best friend was someone i would stick with because i loved her I quietly stayed. didn’t make a fuss, didn’t call people out when they called her names behind her back. I should have. but i didn’t. I didn’t join in, but i didn’t defend her i didn’t say to these people **** you that girl is beautiful and amazing and if you can’t see through your hatred then i don’t want to be your friend either but i didn’t . I didn’t go through what she did. I didn’t get kicked out of anything, i didn’t lose friends When i was 15, i got fed up I left that drama group. I stopped going to that church. I stepped away from those friends and even though i never said why the look on my face when i ran into them and they asked, “how’s she doing?” answered that question for them. I spent 24 hours examining my bible trying to find the verses that say being gay is wrong there were barely any and they were right next to verses that said eating pork was wrong or planting crops next to each other or wearing two different fabrics there was my answer. this isn't a story of my journey. This isn't me building myself up “hey, I wasn't as bad as those other people I’m good now” this is a story of how one person can change your life forever if i didn't have a gay best friend what a way to start a story, huh? if i didn't have a gay best friend then I would still be there quietly praying for the sins of others, but not trying to understand so don’t look at all Christians and say they’re awful they’re bigoted they’re judgmental because we are but often it’s because we don’t know any better teaching us kindly works leading by example.
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Apr 24, 2014
Apr 24, 2014 at 1:27 AM UTC
If I Didn't Have a Gay Best Friend
When i was 13 I thought that gay and straight were things that other people were People that weren't raised christian People that didn't have dads People that were abused People that i should pray for but not get close to when i was 14 my best friend came out as gay i didn't see it coming but i probably should have she wore ties every day and plaid shirts with the sleeves rolled up and cut her hair short as soon as she could but i didn’t see it because gay was other people when i was 14 i watched as the news spread like wildfire “did you hear? that girl is gay.” I watched as people slowly backed away from her people that knew her all her life that is, the people that didn’t cut her off instantly I watched as the youth group we had both attended asked her to leave I watched as her drama group kicked her out because they were afraid of the yearly camp we went to that somehow knowing that she was gay made her more likely to attack the other girls in their beds than the year before I watched. I didn’t do anything. what changed my mind wasn’t a change of perspective on queer people it still took me a year to decide being gay wasn’t wrong but i decided that my best friend was someone i would stick with because i loved her I quietly stayed. didn’t make a fuss, didn’t call people out when they called her names behind her back. I should have. but i didn’t. I didn’t join in, but i didn’t defend her i didn’t say to these people **** you that girl is beautiful and amazing and if you can’t see through your hatred then i don’t want to be your friend either but i didn’t . I didn’t go through what she did. I didn’t get kicked out of anything, i didn’t lose friends When i was 15, i got fed up I left that drama group. I stopped going to that church. I stepped away from those friends and even though i never said why the look on my face when i ran into them and they asked, “how’s she doing?” answered that question for them. I spent 24 hours examining my bible trying to find the verses that say being gay is wrong there were barely any and they were right next to verses that said eating pork was wrong or planting crops next to each other or wearing two different fabrics there was my answer. this isn't a story of my journey. This isn't me building myself up “hey, I wasn't as bad as those other people I’m good now” this is a story of how one person can change your life forever if i didn't have a gay best friend what a way to start a story, huh? if i didn't have a gay best friend then I would still be there quietly praying for the sins of others, but not trying to understand so don’t look at all Christians and say they’re awful they’re bigoted they’re judgmental because we are but often it’s because we don’t know any better teaching us kindly works leading by example.
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My voice is a wall of glass On the both side of the wall it's all the same The roof is consisted of umbrella-shaped beams The world is an embroidered web I'm a spider that don't spew silk cling on to intertwining iron bars Accidentally chocked my fly to death Buried it in the oblivion sky Fed on chitchat I'm now becoming a skinny, wind up bird.
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May 27, 2014
May 27, 2014 at 11:53 AM UTC
A Parrot in a cage
It happened in the dead of night while I was slicing bread for a guilty snack. My attention was caught by the scuttering of a raccoon outside my window. That was, I believe, the first time I noticed my strange tendencies as an unusual human. I gave the raccoon a piece of bread, my subconscious well aware of the consequences. Well aware that a raccoon that is fed will always come back for more. The enticing beauty of my cutting knife was the symptom. The bread, my hungry curiosity. The raccoon, an urge. The moon increments its phase and reflects that much more light off of my cutting knife. The very same light that glistens in the eyes of my raccoon friend. I slice the bread, fresh and soft. The raccoon becomes excited. or perhaps I'm merely projecting my emotions onto the newly-satisfied animal. The raccoon has taken to following me. You could say that we've gotten quite used to each other. The raccoon becomes hungry more and more frequently, so my bread is always handy. Every time I brandish my cutting knife the raccoon shows me its excitement. A rush of blood. Classic Pavlovian conditioning. I slice the bread. And I feed myself again.
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Mar 13, 2019
Mar 13, 2019 at 5:44 PM UTC
The raccoon ( A poem by Yuri from DDLC)
You don't know much about me. So, let me introduce myself. I'm that man you notice. But never took the time to meet. I'm that man you've seen. But always afraid to speak. So, let me introduce myself. If you have a minute. Or even the time to give. It has been said that closed mouth don't get fed. Which I will spin into a quiet mouth won't get heard. You notice me noticing you. So , now I making my pledge for your hand. So, let me get to know you. Before long. I will be your man.
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Aug 5, 2014
Aug 5, 2014 at 11:18 AM UTC
Let Me Introduce Myself
I hate how the words "Lesbian," "Gay," "Bisexual," et cetera Are thought of as bad words. It's like, oh, no, don't teach your little sister the word lesbian Don't tell her there are some girls who like other girls How inappropriate! It's like, oh, no, don't teach your little brother the word gay Don't tell him there are some boys who like other boys How disgusting! Don't let anyone under the age you deem appropriate know That there are people who aren't heterosexual Why? I can't possibly understand why. There is no reason for homophobia, not really. I saw a metaphor somewhere that went something like this: "I was in Subway, and I bought myself a ham sub. As I was paying, the man behind me bought a different sub than me, and I was immediately offended that he got a different sandwich." This is what it sounds like when people say homosexual people affect them. How do they affect you? Just because they don't love someone who is of the opposite *** Or just because they like both Or something else Just because of their ****** preference, no matter what it may be You think that gives you reason to hate them? Really? Just because they're different than the 'normal' you're used to? Normality is relative. You can't say it's not "normal." That is not a justified nor sensical argument. What is wrong with those people? Can't they just see past all their biases and realize that we're all people And we all deserve the same rights no matter who we're attracted to No matter who we kiss No matter who we touch No matter who we have *** with Is it really that difficult? **We're all humans when it comes down to it, and we all deserve the same rights. Everyone should be able to see that.** And you know what I wonder? Why are we voting on whether people deserve rights or not in the first place? And then there's people who act like homosexuality is a disease People who act like anyone who is anything but heterosexual is broken and needs to be fixed They're not broken. They don't need to be fixed. They are who they are, and the government shouldn't tell them what they can and cannot do Based simply and only on who they're attracted to. "You can't get married because you aren't straight." Do you realize how shallow that is? Do you? "You're disgusting because you aren't straight." Why? Why should it matter to you who they're in a relationship with? It's their life, their decision. No one ever asks heterosexual people why they're heterosexual. No one ever says, "Hey, when did you decide you were straight?" It's just ridiculous, and I'm fed up of it. "If gay marriage is legalized, more people will become gay." Oh, yeah, sure, of course, that will totally happen. Just like when African Americans were given rights Everyone decided they wanted to go out and become African American. Just like when women were given rights Everyone decided they wanted to go out and become female. People of all sorts of sexualities and preferences have grown up With mostly straight media everywhere It didn't "turn" them straight. So gay media won't "turn" anyone gay It won't hurt anyone if there's a gay couple in a commercial. Or a TV show. Or any other form of media. It makes me sick to think that just because of your personal opinion My friends who are not heterosexual would not be allowed to get married To the person that they love. Do you know what will happen if gay marriage is legalized? Gay people will get married. Why can't you just understand that it doesn't matter? Why should you care what they do? Why should you care who they like? It doesn't affect you. It doesn't change you. It's just giving LGBT people more control over their own lives. It's just giving LGBT people rights they should have had in the first place. Why?
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Jun 1, 2013
Jun 1, 2013 at 10:36 PM UTC
Homophobia
I hate how the words "Lesbian," "Gay," "Bisexual," et cetera Are thought of as bad words. It's like, oh, no, don't teach your little sister the word lesbian Don't tell her there are some girls who like other girls How inappropriate! It's like, oh, no, don't teach your little brother the word gay Don't tell him there are some boys who like other boys How disgusting! Don't let anyone under the age you deem appropriate know That there are people who aren't heterosexual Why? I can't possibly understand why. There is no reason for homophobia, not really. I saw a metaphor somewhere that went something like this: "I was in Subway, and I bought myself a ham sub. As I was paying, the man behind me bought a different sub than me, and I was immediately offended that he got a different sandwich." This is what it sounds like when people say homosexual people affect them. How do they affect you? Just because they don't love someone who is of the opposite *** Or just because they like both Or something else Just because of their ****** preference, no matter what it may be You think that gives you reason to hate them? Really? Just because they're different than the 'normal' you're used to? Normality is relative. You can't say it's not "normal." That is not a justified nor sensical argument. What is wrong with those people? Can't they just see past all their biases and realize that we're all people And we all deserve the same rights no matter who we're attracted to No matter who we kiss No matter who we touch No matter who we have *** with Is it really that difficult? **We're all humans when it comes down to it, and we all deserve the same rights. Everyone should be able to see that.** And you know what I wonder? Why are we voting on whether people deserve rights or not in the first place? And then there's people who act like homosexuality is a disease People who act like anyone who is anything but heterosexual is broken and needs to be fixed They're not broken. They don't need to be fixed. They are who they are, and the government shouldn't tell them what they can and cannot do Based simply and only on who they're attracted to. "You can't get married because you aren't straight." Do you realize how shallow that is? Do you? "You're disgusting because you aren't straight." Why? Why should it matter to you who they're in a relationship with? It's their life, their decision. No one ever asks heterosexual people why they're heterosexual. No one ever says, "Hey, when did you decide you were straight?" It's just ridiculous, and I'm fed up of it. "If gay marriage is legalized, more people will become gay." Oh, yeah, sure, of course, that will totally happen. Just like when African Americans were given rights Everyone decided they wanted to go out and become African American. Just like when women were given rights Everyone decided they wanted to go out and become female. People of all sorts of sexualities and preferences have grown up With mostly straight media everywhere It didn't "turn" them straight. So gay media won't "turn" anyone gay It won't hurt anyone if there's a gay couple in a commercial. Or a TV show. Or any other form of media. It makes me sick to think that just because of your personal opinion My friends who are not heterosexual would not be allowed to get married To the person that they love. Do you know what will happen if gay marriage is legalized? Gay people will get married. Why can't you just understand that it doesn't matter? Why should you care what they do? Why should you care who they like? It doesn't affect you. It doesn't change you. It's just giving LGBT people more control over their own lives. It's just giving LGBT people rights they should have had in the first place. Why?
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he came to the door one night wet thin beaten and terrorized a white cross-eyed tailless cat I took him in and fed him and he stayed grew to trust me until a friend drove up the driveway and ran him over I took what was left to a vet who said,"not much chance...give him these pills...his backbone is crushed, but it was crushed before and somehow mended, if he lives he'll never walk, look at these x-rays, he's been shot, look here, the pellets are still there...also, he once had a tail, somebody cut it off..." I took the cat back, it was a hot summer, one of the hottest in decades, I put him on the bathroom floor, gave him water and pills, he wouldn't eat, he wouldn't touch the water, I dipped my finger into it and wet his mouth and I talked to him, I didn't go any- where, I put in a lot of bathroom time and talked to him and gently touched him and he looked back at me with those pale blue crossed eyes and as the days went by he made his first move dragging himself forward by his front legs (the rear ones wouldn't work) he made it to the litter box crawled over and in, it was like the trumpet of possible victory blowing in that bathroom and into the city, I related to that cat-I'd had it bad, not that bad but bad enough one morning he got up, stood up, fell back down and just looked at me. "you can make it," I said to him. he kept trying, getting up falling down, finally he walked a few steps, he was like a drunk, the rear legs just didn't want to do it and he fell again, rested, then got up. you know the rest: now he's better than ever, cross-eyed almost toothless, but the grace is back, and that look in his eyes never left... and now sometimes I'm interviewed, they want to hear about life and literature and I get drunk and hold up my cross-eyed, shot, runover de-tailed cat and I say,"look, look at this!" but they don't understand, they say something like,"you say you've been influenced by Celine?" "no," I hold the cat up,"by what happens, by things like this, by this, by this!" I shake the cat, hold him up in the smoky and drunken light, he's relaxed he knows... it's then that the interviews end although I am proud sometimes when I see the pictures later and there I am and there is the cat and we are photo- graphed together. he too knows it's ******** but that somehow it all helps.
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The History Of One Tough ************
he came to the door one night wet thin beaten and terrorized a white cross-eyed tailless cat I took him in and fed him and he stayed grew to trust me until a friend drove up the driveway and ran him over I took what was left to a vet who said,"not much chance...give him these pills...his backbone is crushed, but it was crushed before and somehow mended, if he lives he'll never walk, look at these x-rays, he's been shot, look here, the pellets are still there...also, he once had a tail, somebody cut it off..." I took the cat back, it was a hot summer, one of the hottest in decades, I put him on the bathroom floor, gave him water and pills, he wouldn't eat, he wouldn't touch the water, I dipped my finger into it and wet his mouth and I talked to him, I didn't go any- where, I put in a lot of bathroom time and talked to him and gently touched him and he looked back at me with those pale blue crossed eyes and as the days went by he made his first move dragging himself forward by his front legs (the rear ones wouldn't work) he made it to the litter box crawled over and in, it was like the trumpet of possible victory blowing in that bathroom and into the city, I related to that cat-I'd had it bad, not that bad but bad enough one morning he got up, stood up, fell back down and just looked at me. "you can make it," I said to him. he kept trying, getting up falling down, finally he walked a few steps, he was like a drunk, the rear legs just didn't want to do it and he fell again, rested, then got up. you know the rest: now he's better than ever, cross-eyed almost toothless, but the grace is back, and that look in his eyes never left... and now sometimes I'm interviewed, they want to hear about life and literature and I get drunk and hold up my cross-eyed, shot, runover de-tailed cat and I say,"look, look at this!" but they don't understand, they say something like,"you say you've been influenced by Celine?" "no," I hold the cat up,"by what happens, by things like this, by this, by this!" I shake the cat, hold him up in the smoky and drunken light, he's relaxed he knows... it's then that the interviews end although I am proud sometimes when I see the pictures later and there I am and there is the cat and we are photo- graphed together. he too knows it's ******** but that somehow it all helps.
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In love they wore themselves in a green embrace. A silken rain fell through the spring upon them. In the park she fed the swans and he whittled nervously with his strange hands. And white was mixed with all their colours as if they drew it from the flowering trees. At night his two finger whistle brought her down the waterfall stairs to his shy smile which like an eddy, turned her round and round lazily and slowly so her will was nowhere—as in dreams things are and aren't. Walking along avenues in the dark street lamps sang like sopranos in their heads with a voilence they never understood and all their movements when they were together had no conclusion. Only leaning into the question had they motion; after they parted were savage and swift as gulls. asking and asking the hostile emptiness they were as sharp as partly sculptured stone and all who watched, forgetting, were amazed to see them form and fade before their eyes.
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Adolescence
When did things change so much? When did I get so encapsulated Into the world of technology? When did I stop listening To myself and my own thoughts And instead add another view To some article or YouTube video Just to reach some spoon-fed "opinion"? When did we stop engaging In life and with ourselves? When did playing video games turn to Watching other people play them online Numbing our brains to the world And "filling" our social needs digitally? When did watching television turn into Binge-watching an entire series in one sitting? With this much constant stimulation It's no wonder we're bored so easily And that no one goes outside anymore And that I don't feel alive anymore Because one of the first things I do When I get home from work or the gym Is turn on the smart tv so it can warm up Because the apps on it take time to load And I already know that my free time Will be spent in front of that screen Lately I've been nervous about Eventually moving in with new people Primarily because I spend a lot of my time Passively using the television I was concerned with how we'd balance our usage Instead of considering changing the way I spend my time When did I start placing my use of technology Above my own self-care? When I spend hours watching YouTube But still forget to take a shower sometimes And I truly wonder if my recent urges To leave the state to work on a farm for a month Are more indicative of some deep desire To unplug and reset my energy and priorities Than my interest in agriculture or Learning to live off of the land When did I start to feel the need To take such drastic measures To change something so simple Something I could choose to disengage with At the simple touch of a button?
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Feb 27, 2019
Feb 27, 2019 at 10:51 PM UTC
Trapped in the Media Matrix
When did things change so much? When did I get so encapsulated Into the world of technology? When did I stop listening To myself and my own thoughts And instead add another view To some article or YouTube video Just to reach some spoon-fed "opinion"? When did we stop engaging In life and with ourselves? When did playing video games turn to Watching other people play them online Numbing our brains to the world And "filling" our social needs digitally? When did watching television turn into Binge-watching an entire series in one sitting? With this much constant stimulation It's no wonder we're bored so easily And that no one goes outside anymore And that I don't feel alive anymore Because one of the first things I do When I get home from work or the gym Is turn on the smart tv so it can warm up Because the apps on it take time to load And I already know that my free time Will be spent in front of that screen Lately I've been nervous about Eventually moving in with new people Primarily because I spend a lot of my time Passively using the television I was concerned with how we'd balance our usage Instead of considering changing the way I spend my time When did I start placing my use of technology Above my own self-care? When I spend hours watching YouTube But still forget to take a shower sometimes And I truly wonder if my recent urges To leave the state to work on a farm for a month Are more indicative of some deep desire To unplug and reset my energy and priorities Than my interest in agriculture or Learning to live off of the land When did I start to feel the need To take such drastic measures To change something so simple Something I could choose to disengage with At the simple touch of a button?
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Its a scam, its a scam, see the Crimson Gang deftly scamming them They by sleight have befuddled gullible masses Moral Compass Made them see wrong as right twisting their brains from the stem With deceitful guile they shepherded them all to the fools' campus Slander and fake News galore fed to vacant hungry masses scrum Knowledge is power the reprobates declares, do not let it pass We're the majority the bullies screams, knowing they're just scums Worthless charlatans who rob successes and **** without cutlass They take a foregone conclusion and coat it with fool's gold crumb A victim with no intention of going after an uninterested lass Dumb masses fed fake news fooled into harassing actions dumb A non-event becomes a show of the controlling might of our class Crimson gangs interpret a non-events from his deluded sad drum Creates a warped sick drama round a hapless victim for laughs Gives street theater actions to masses, these will oppose and numb Whilst poor victim subjected to 'voiding' madness wonders past The Crimson leaders laugh so much like pirates drinking *** Look how we manipulate the masses, they are so simple and crass With our devious twisting propaganda they eat out of our *** We simply use them to nail and crucify our victim to the cross
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Aug 8, 2018
Aug 8, 2018 at 4:50 PM UTC
Together We Stand......
Before you criticize me too soon, I think you should spare some seconds and answer a simple question to yourself... If Shahjahan loved Mumtaz Mahal so much, why he had a harem of wives to use at his own pleasure? While I agree that the Taj Mahal is arguably the most extraordinarily beautiful monument in the world, I don't agree upon the fact that it was built as a tomb of love. It is just a symbol of madness if you asked me. An emperor's insecure feeling to get his name registered in the history books. While it may be one of the most beautiful architectural monument, it was built by over 20,000 architects, craftsmen, masons and engineers who took over 16 years to build the magnificent building. He got this apparently high & prestigious monument of love built but everything that the Emperor did was not pleasant at all. ° The lavishly living Mughal Emperor spent all his - his subjects' money into building this monument of love instead of keeping his subjects well-fed. ° Mumtaz Mahal might have been the luckiest woman to have died and got such a marvelous building built as her mausoleum but she died giving birth to her & Shahjahan's 17th offspring and then Shahjahan who had uncountable other wives was inspired by her demise apparently to undertake what is termed as the biggest project in history build the costliest monument proclaiming his rule. ° The arrogant - falsely proud lover - Mughal emperor didn't know that what he thought to be looked at as the greatest symbol of love will be criticized by some poet in his own land nearly 375 years later. The insane Mughal Emperor got all the builders of the Taj Mahal's fingers cut-off of so that there could be no other Taj Mahal. But Aurangzeb, his & Mumtaz Mahal's son overthrew his power when Shahjahan got older and locked him up in a jail at the other end of Yamuna river where the emperor then died a sad old lovelorn bedlamite person in prison. Aurangzeb was the exact opposite of his dad, he showed religious intolerance and his habits drove the empire towards its doom after his death. But let me think this way; when I look at any picture of the Taj Mahal, what I get the first thing in mind is this: Such a CRAZY emperor who got such a beautiful monument of Egotism built!
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May 7, 2013
May 7, 2013 at 11:23 AM UTC
Taj Mahal - An Epitome Of Love?
Before you criticize me too soon, I think you should spare some seconds and answer a simple question to yourself... If Shahjahan loved Mumtaz Mahal so much, why he had a harem of wives to use at his own pleasure? While I agree that the Taj Mahal is arguably the most extraordinarily beautiful monument in the world, I don't agree upon the fact that it was built as a tomb of love. It is just a symbol of madness if you asked me. An emperor's insecure feeling to get his name registered in the history books. While it may be one of the most beautiful architectural monument, it was built by over 20,000 architects, craftsmen, masons and engineers who took over 16 years to build the magnificent building. He got this apparently high & prestigious monument of love built but everything that the Emperor did was not pleasant at all. ° The lavishly living Mughal Emperor spent all his - his subjects' money into building this monument of love instead of keeping his subjects well-fed. ° Mumtaz Mahal might have been the luckiest woman to have died and got such a marvelous building built as her mausoleum but she died giving birth to her & Shahjahan's 17th offspring and then Shahjahan who had uncountable other wives was inspired by her demise apparently to undertake what is termed as the biggest project in history build the costliest monument proclaiming his rule. ° The arrogant - falsely proud lover - Mughal emperor didn't know that what he thought to be looked at as the greatest symbol of love will be criticized by some poet in his own land nearly 375 years later. The insane Mughal Emperor got all the builders of the Taj Mahal's fingers cut-off of so that there could be no other Taj Mahal. But Aurangzeb, his & Mumtaz Mahal's son overthrew his power when Shahjahan got older and locked him up in a jail at the other end of Yamuna river where the emperor then died a sad old lovelorn bedlamite person in prison. Aurangzeb was the exact opposite of his dad, he showed religious intolerance and his habits drove the empire towards its doom after his death. But let me think this way; when I look at any picture of the Taj Mahal, what I get the first thing in mind is this: Such a CRAZY emperor who got such a beautiful monument of Egotism built!
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It's cold in Duhallow this morning and the fields that were green yesterday Lay chilled to the frost that the night brought a cover of silvery gray And the little dunnock on bare hedgerow too cold and too hungry to sing On **** branch he perch sad and silent the hardship that January can bring. The robins and sparrows by back door like beggars they wait to be fed In hope that when breakfast is eaten the housewife might throw out some bread With no thought for song or for nesting their battle is to stay alive How many will live to see April the Winter so hard to survive? The first heavy snows of the Winter have fallen on the higher ground On Clara, Shrone and Caherbarnagh the hills are so white all around The blackbird and thrush on the bare branch their feathers fluffed against the chill And hare has come down to the lowland there's nothing to eat on the hill. But I can remember the bright days when sun shone on the leafy tree And robins and thrushes and finches piped in the woods of Knocknagree And to her nest on barn rafters the sparrow brought feathers and hay And out on the dandelion meadow the pipit sang all through the day. Young calves and young lambs in green pastures were full of the frolics of Spring And joy too had come to the river the song of the dipper did ring And moorhen was out with her babies and she chirped loud if human was near Her first lesson to them survival to teach them the meaning of fear. It's cold in Duhallow this morning the thrush silent on the bare tree And gray on the fields and the hedgerows and gray over all Knocknagree But I can remember the bright days when nesting birds piped all the day And hedgerows and woodlands and meadows smelt sweet with the blossoms of May.
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Aug 10, 2010
Aug 10, 2010 at 6:42 PM UTC
A January Morning In Knocknagree
It's cold in Duhallow this morning and the fields that were green yesterday Lay chilled to the frost that the night brought a cover of silvery gray And the little dunnock on bare hedgerow too cold and too hungry to sing On **** branch he perch sad and silent the hardship that January can bring. The robins and sparrows by back door like beggars they wait to be fed In hope that when breakfast is eaten the housewife might throw out some bread With no thought for song or for nesting their battle is to stay alive How many will live to see April the Winter so hard to survive? The first heavy snows of the Winter have fallen on the higher ground On Clara, Shrone and Caherbarnagh the hills are so white all around The blackbird and thrush on the bare branch their feathers fluffed against the chill And hare has come down to the lowland there's nothing to eat on the hill. But I can remember the bright days when sun shone on the leafy tree And robins and thrushes and finches piped in the woods of Knocknagree And to her nest on barn rafters the sparrow brought feathers and hay And out on the dandelion meadow the pipit sang all through the day. Young calves and young lambs in green pastures were full of the frolics of Spring And joy too had come to the river the song of the dipper did ring And moorhen was out with her babies and she chirped loud if human was near Her first lesson to them survival to teach them the meaning of fear. It's cold in Duhallow this morning the thrush silent on the bare tree And gray on the fields and the hedgerows and gray over all Knocknagree But I can remember the bright days when nesting birds piped all the day And hedgerows and woodlands and meadows smelt sweet with the blossoms of May.
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These hands that have held you as a wild child in a dream are the same hands that throb to choke you and muffle your screams. These hands which guided and guarded you down those stretches of hospital halls are now the hands that push you down to fall. These hands once caressed the jagged, pink, scar where your heart used to lay become the hands that wish to tear it away. These hand that made sure you fell asleep through all that pain now are the hands that would cut themselves to beat out your brain. These hands that used to pray for you like a ***** ready to be ****** are clinched in two fist now ready to make the first throw. These hands that ached for you, fed you,  and tried so ******* hard are just the hands of memories now deep tissue scars. ... These hands.. Would have killed anyone, in dirt and cold blood.. Are now the only hands holding back the rage of my flood. .. These hands, they still work for you. Even if you're no longer here with me..... These hands, they're still here, waiting... One day.. You'll see.
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Dec 2, 2014
Dec 2, 2014 at 9:10 PM UTC
These Hands.
I know you. Sometimes you say things, expecting that I won’t understand, and I think it’s strange because I know you. That’s what this is. I know you, And I want you, And I care about you Anyway. I want no one else. You might not know me, The stanchions you use to prop yourself up eating all that I have fed you, In the darkness, In the night, But I know you. And I want you anyway.
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Jan 17, 2019
Jan 17, 2019 at 12:38 PM UTC
Understanding
Born without the gift of intellect Not a choice, not something to predict Wishing that he could just be smart Never knowing it would tear him apart Never knowing a woman's soft embrace Cannot remember his family's face Just a boy without grace Was he happy? Or was he misplaced? But then he was fed by the gift of science Never knowing it was a deadly alliance Sacrificed his only life To lay beneath the operations knife Smarter and smarter Charlie became A young at mind a foolish boy without a name Thought a brain to see the world would give him rest Until he realized normal life wasn't the best The cold face of his memories shielded by glass Broken and shattered they began to crash Charlie soon met despair and desire But was this his experience to acquire? Charlie learned that with science came flaw Yes beneath it, they never saw Charlie would be back to himself Just a boy trapped in a man A secret, not meant to tell
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Nov 13, 2012
Nov 13, 2012 at 5:56 PM UTC
Flowers for algernon ( my poem)
Not enough sleep Forget to eat Hide under your sheets The Cuts to deep Go to school tardy Homework forgot it Teachers are fed up **** forgot to pay attention Feelings of inadequacy like a cancer in my body Lunch comes around sorry but I’m not hungry And even if I was there’s no one to sit with Writing poetry hoping someone will listen To the broken record that is my voice Hopefully someone will hear me before I lose all hope
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Mar 17, 2015
Mar 17, 2015 at 10:14 PM UTC
Adhd Reality
Ambitious bastions always tout progressive plans when they're about while within they hide and pout from novel things that may prove out. And while inventing goals to follow their ancients habits hold them hollow as in vain wary workers wallow force fed lies and hooks to swallow. They hunt for those who work past five, that trudge to work, endure the drive who will sacrifice their personal live until ambition can't survive. Yet if you strive, you're constant told do not do more, do not be bold just fill your seat, forever hold your tongue until you're dead and cold. To subsist we're forced to hide, only in others can we confide, all success pushed to the side as managers act bona fide. Since those of meager measure make hope of meeting metrics fake interloping leaders take their toll until hard workers break.
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Oct 16, 2018
Oct 16, 2018 at 4:19 PM UTC
“Leaders”
As the sole cub born, I had some tiniest spots, My mother was the world, And my father was the king, As she fed me while I crooned for a sibling, Dad used to just look at her, But differences spawned and they magnified. I never had a sibling, I lack a big teaching. Now I am the lonely lion.
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Feb 13, 2015
Feb 13, 2015 at 10:01 AM UTC
A Lion Was Born
Sundays on the ranch are somethin', Just after morning chores are done, I head up to the house on a dead run, I've called the herd and put the buckets out, Fed the chickens, called the horse, "Old Son," Heard the rooster yammering at the rising sun; Old dog is baying loud to add some fun.... Meanwhile, at the house, The wife has rattled up the kids and lined em out, When I come in, they clear the bathroom out, So I can get a shave and morning shower, And off we'll head to church in half an hour. Or so we think.... It's then the neighbor calls to say our milk cow's swinging by, Bell clanking off-step time to her butter-churning udder, "She's headed north toward town!" he chortles mirth, "Maybe she wants to hear old Pastor Perth!" I mutter. All jokes aside, I hang the phone and grab my cap, We pile in the truck to try and get her back.... We have a chance if we can turn her 'round above the hill.... Why is it Sundays sweet Dolly becomes such a pill? A simple rule of nature I wish I could avoid, Is if a plan is put in place, as sure as Lloyd, Our Guernsey chooses then to go out on a spree, And Pastor Perth in town prays extra hard for me.
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Nov 29, 2014
Nov 29, 2014 at 9:38 AM UTC
Cow on the Lam!
poverty, the one thing that is always kept in the dark there are a lot of rich people in this country, but they don't care the government promises jobs and infrastructure, but they take our money for themselves undercover the government promises education for all, yet there are still many kids who are still uneducated what the government doesn't know is that the lack of education and high crime rates are all related. we live in a country which is so beautiful, it really hurts me to see a father who is unable to put food on the table it really hurts me to see people sleeping on the side of the road, treating it like its a bed it really hurts me to see people begging on the streets, because they don't have the money to be fed.
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Jun 5, 2014
Jun 5, 2014 at 4:24 PM UTC
poverty