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"finn" poems
Poor dolphin with no fin finn the human come to rescue him attaches new fins now he can swim go back to africa whoops wrong poem
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Sep 9, 2014
Sep 9, 2014 at 8:25 PM UTC
Dolphin
Did you see the dolphin with hands? They grew from fins and now he flips cakes, serving them up for dozens of fans. Did you see the dolphin with hands? His keepers were shocked when they saw the fingers, long and gray with nails on the ends. Did you see the dolphin with hands? He can juggle, he can fight, there is no one that he can’t smite. Oh, and he makes houses out of sand. Did you see the dolphin with hands? Scientists are baffled, doctors confused, because dolphins shouldn’t be able to play in hair metal bands. Did you see the dolphin with hands? His name is Finn, despite the lack of them, and he is a mutant fish who can flip pans.
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Apr 13, 2015
Apr 13, 2015 at 1:42 PM UTC
Dolphin With Hands
I know the heart is a heavy thing and if today you managed to lift it a few inches off the ground, I am proud. You need to understand that there are no turning points. Your life is not a movie and your fears will not disappear as soon as someone loves you back. There are only moments when the glimmer of light you are chasing seems closer than the darkness that is always chasing you but in these moments every single thing has been worth it. And I know sometimes you only want it over, this never ending war but the battle raging within ourselves is the only one worth fighting. I do not believe in much, but of that- of that I am sure. In spite of it all be a force for good wherever you can. Every smile to a stranger is a little victory. So smile now. You are alive. And please understand that victory is not a sunrise to the zenith victory is getting out of bed and finding for the first time in weeks you are not so afraid. Trust your gut, or whatever part of your life you believe in the most. The only decisions I regret are the ones I didn’t really make myself. Hope and wishful thinking are two different things, and only one is going to hurt you. The other is something to cling to with everything you have, and never lose sight of. Sometimes love is tenderness. Sometimes love is flowers and sometimes love is a small patch of soil and a packet of seeds. Love is never someone telling you how hopelessly broken you are and telling you it’s good. Remember the tides rise and fall and never meet but the sea goes on looking for itself on the other side of the world. Even the sea has hope and it’s the biggest **** being on Earth. Remember time is a concept that humans created and clocks may stop ticking but reality never runs out. Your chances are endless. Remember every step back is another step you know how to take forward. Nothing’s ever wasted. The last thing to remember is that however much they take from you, your demons will never be satisfied. And I know this is a terrifying thought but it also means they are always fighting a losing battle. However long the war goes on, there is only one possible winner and the winner is you.
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May 6, 2017
May 6, 2017 at 12:09 PM UTC
What I Wish I'd Known Five Years Ago *by Finn Butler*
I know the heart is a heavy thing and if today you managed to lift it a few inches off the ground, I am proud. You need to understand that there are no turning points. Your life is not a movie and your fears will not disappear as soon as someone loves you back. There are only moments when the glimmer of light you are chasing seems closer than the darkness that is always chasing you but in these moments every single thing has been worth it. And I know sometimes you only want it over, this never ending war but the battle raging within ourselves is the only one worth fighting. I do not believe in much, but of that- of that I am sure. In spite of it all be a force for good wherever you can. Every smile to a stranger is a little victory. So smile now. You are alive. And please understand that victory is not a sunrise to the zenith victory is getting out of bed and finding for the first time in weeks you are not so afraid. Trust your gut, or whatever part of your life you believe in the most. The only decisions I regret are the ones I didn’t really make myself. Hope and wishful thinking are two different things, and only one is going to hurt you. The other is something to cling to with everything you have, and never lose sight of. Sometimes love is tenderness. Sometimes love is flowers and sometimes love is a small patch of soil and a packet of seeds. Love is never someone telling you how hopelessly broken you are and telling you it’s good. Remember the tides rise and fall and never meet but the sea goes on looking for itself on the other side of the world. Even the sea has hope and it’s the biggest **** being on Earth. Remember time is a concept that humans created and clocks may stop ticking but reality never runs out. Your chances are endless. Remember every step back is another step you know how to take forward. Nothing’s ever wasted. The last thing to remember is that however much they take from you, your demons will never be satisfied. And I know this is a terrifying thought but it also means they are always fighting a losing battle. However long the war goes on, there is only one possible winner and the winner is you.
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'come on, ellie, just breathe.' he said to her. 'but, finn i c-' 'stop talking and listen to me for once.' he demanded. 'but, sometimes even to breathe hurts. i can not do it.' she whispered, stating the truth. 'do you love me?' 'of course,' 'then do it for me, ellie. breathe for me. be free.' he encouraged her. i can't do it, finn.' 'sure you can, i love you.' 'okay, then.' she gave in. and then, she let out her first and last breath.
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Mar 22, 2014
Mar 22, 2014 at 12:45 PM UTC
breathe
Do I believe in reincarnation? No. not in the strictest sense. But if matter can neither be created nor destroyed I think there must be a piece of everyone's heart still beating somewhere in the past or future tense. I know we all become dust, but that dust becomes someone new and so it takes a thousand parts to make a life, not just two. And that is why maybe you cry at the sight of daffodils blooming because a part of you lost his mother in the spring. And somehow you are sure that you have heard your lover's voice before. (I swear, they feel it, too because a piece of them also once loved a piece of you.) I like that idea, you know. That we are bound to other people by carrying the traces of these same old souls from a thousand years ago.
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May 19, 2017
May 19, 2017 at 8:31 PM UTC
[Yet another by Finn Butler]
i. He stared at the woman, eyes darting to memorize her angles and features,   at any moment this mirage could disappear. For two full minutes he was unable to speak, too scared to let words loose; they can no longer be hidden once they’ve been exposed. So he kissed her instead, because he liked how it felt to no longer feel alone. ii. The grip of loneliness refused to let her go, like the claws of a jealous lover. “One thing for certain, there is no god. We are completely alone, love is ******** “What if I showed you that you are not alone, how would it change your life?” “I think I might actually be happy.” “You are happy when you let yourself be…there is this…fire inside of you,  but every time the momentum starts to build you tell yourself whatever you need to hear to keep it from taking you.” iii. “Why the hell are you starting this with me? This isn’t right.” “Who says I’m starting anything?” “Oh, you’re one of ‘those’ guys.” “What are ‘those’ guys?” “The type of guy who pretends that he doesn’t know what he’s doing, and doesn’t admit to what he’s doing so he can play innocent when he’s called to the carpet. But in reality,  he knows exactly what he is doing, and most of it is premeditated.” “Like ****** “Yeah, something like that. There is a good chance something or someone could die in this scenario.” iv. They laid still for a while, trying to catch their breath. “I think your parents named you after the wrong Craig Finn character.” “Oh, yeah?” “They should have called you Hallelujah, because you sound like an angel when you *** She smiled and she kissed him and they made love again, and she felt like an angel. v. He started out the door and turned, lifting his shy head to look at her “As far as I’m concerned, you are the only one I’ve ever slept with.” She stopped breathing, afraid to believe the nouns and verbs that were floating.   She repeated the sentence out loud after he walked away. They were the most loving, pure and perfect words she had ever heard.
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Jun 27, 2013
Jun 27, 2013 at 12:38 PM UTC
Jimi and Mango i
i. He stared at the woman, eyes darting to memorize her angles and features,   at any moment this mirage could disappear. For two full minutes he was unable to speak, too scared to let words loose; they can no longer be hidden once they’ve been exposed. So he kissed her instead, because he liked how it felt to no longer feel alone. ii. The grip of loneliness refused to let her go, like the claws of a jealous lover. “One thing for certain, there is no god. We are completely alone, love is ******** “What if I showed you that you are not alone, how would it change your life?” “I think I might actually be happy.” “You are happy when you let yourself be…there is this…fire inside of you,  but every time the momentum starts to build you tell yourself whatever you need to hear to keep it from taking you.” iii. “Why the hell are you starting this with me? This isn’t right.” “Who says I’m starting anything?” “Oh, you’re one of ‘those’ guys.” “What are ‘those’ guys?” “The type of guy who pretends that he doesn’t know what he’s doing, and doesn’t admit to what he’s doing so he can play innocent when he’s called to the carpet. But in reality,  he knows exactly what he is doing, and most of it is premeditated.” “Like ****** “Yeah, something like that. There is a good chance something or someone could die in this scenario.” iv. They laid still for a while, trying to catch their breath. “I think your parents named you after the wrong Craig Finn character.” “Oh, yeah?” “They should have called you Hallelujah, because you sound like an angel when you *** She smiled and she kissed him and they made love again, and she felt like an angel. v. He started out the door and turned, lifting his shy head to look at her “As far as I’m concerned, you are the only one I’ve ever slept with.” She stopped breathing, afraid to believe the nouns and verbs that were floating.   She repeated the sentence out loud after he walked away. They were the most loving, pure and perfect words she had ever heard.
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Tipsy daze were just foreplay for the passionate midnight sexcapades. Every Sunday Drinking champaign, Not practicing self-restraint Sneaking into privet estates Dive into the grotto pool. My late night wicked pagan lover, Two lonely hearts bonded over confessions in the dark. We were nympholepts in retrospect. All clinquant, in gold light But turned to heathens, in the night. Dancing in rhythmic eruptions of fevered delight. Wondering eyes are tantalized You are luxurious, feral, **** boy personified. I was mystified by the wild & eroticized by the style. A Huckleberry Finn identical twin, ohh but of corse -You had a Porsche.
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Oct 18, 2016
Oct 18, 2016 at 4:34 AM UTC
Golden Hour
I recently had the great privilege of editing Mike Essig's latest poetry collection, THE BIOLOGY OF STRANGENESS, and I'm honoured to have been entrusted with such fantastic material. Putting together a book like this is every poetry geek's dream. It's a beautifully textured assortment of poems, earthy yet lyrical, narrated by a voice that's uniquely grained with experience. There are pieces that will make you smile, think, wince; there are pieces that hit you in the gut out of nowhere; there are pieces that welcome you into them like old, worn-in shoes; there are pieces you will remember late some night when you're by yourself, and remembering them will make you feel less alone. This collection of poetry makes you look at the banal and the everyday afresh; it finds magic and mystery in the mundane, and even Hawaiian shirts are poem-worthy when Mike Essig's writing about them. The Kindle version is already available through Amazon. A paperback edition is due out next month, and I can't wait to have a copy of this book on my shelf as well as on my e-reader. Mike's previous poetry books, Never Forgotten and Huck Finn Is Dead are also available through Amazon and are excellent.   From his author profile on B Star Kitty Press: "Mike Essig is a veteran of Vietnam and a retired English teacher. He’s also been recruited by the muse as a poet, like he hadn’t already been through enough." Sample poems, links to sales pages and more info can be found at the B Star Kitty Press website.  www(dot)bstarkittypress(dot)com. Please do support this very talented indie author.
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Mar 22, 2016
Mar 22, 2016 at 10:46 AM UTC
Poets Supporting Poets
I recently had the great privilege of editing Mike Essig's latest poetry collection, THE BIOLOGY OF STRANGENESS, and I'm honoured to have been entrusted with such fantastic material. Putting together a book like this is every poetry geek's dream. It's a beautifully textured assortment of poems, earthy yet lyrical, narrated by a voice that's uniquely grained with experience. There are pieces that will make you smile, think, wince; there are pieces that hit you in the gut out of nowhere; there are pieces that welcome you into them like old, worn-in shoes; there are pieces you will remember late some night when you're by yourself, and remembering them will make you feel less alone. This collection of poetry makes you look at the banal and the everyday afresh; it finds magic and mystery in the mundane, and even Hawaiian shirts are poem-worthy when Mike Essig's writing about them. The Kindle version is already available through Amazon. A paperback edition is due out next month, and I can't wait to have a copy of this book on my shelf as well as on my e-reader. Mike's previous poetry books, Never Forgotten and Huck Finn Is Dead are also available through Amazon and are excellent.   From his author profile on B Star Kitty Press: "Mike Essig is a veteran of Vietnam and a retired English teacher. He’s also been recruited by the muse as a poet, like he hadn’t already been through enough." Sample poems, links to sales pages and more info can be found at the B Star Kitty Press website.  www(dot)bstarkittypress(dot)com. Please do support this very talented indie author.
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the other night, i had a dream; usually, i don’t remember my dreams— those unconscious musings of my mind— but this night was different; maybe it had something to do with the fact that i had fallen in the shower half an hour before laying it down on the pillow... ...a trickle of blood running down my forehead, transforming quite alarmingly into a babbling brook consisting entirely of chocolate milk; my raft bobbed up and down, the demon who haunts my nightmares now clad in a tuxedo— a nice change from the bright pink trench coat he usually wears... ...the demon’s strong hands propel the craft forward with a rather Huckleberry Finn-like affectation; i turn my attention from my oldest friend to the shore, sparkling with broken glass, thumbtacks, and mathematical equations; there, i glimpse my classmates doing burpees... ...suddenly, a car crash occurs; the chocolate milk becomes a very narrow, winding road, the end of which is obscured by an angsty cloud of disappointment; the elevator plummets horizontally toward the 3rd sub-basement of the shower; my friend in the tuxedo offers me a steaming cup of hot chocolate... ...which burned my tongue, causing me to cackle wildly and toss the mug into the abyss; **** you cup!” i scream, utilizing my full lung capacity as i begin to fall again, down, down, down; and then i was awake, sweating, bleeding; i may have a concussion...
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Dec 13, 2018
Dec 13, 2018 at 3:37 PM UTC
the only dream i had this month
Forgetting about that uptight blight. Emanate apathy Unapologetically. Cheers to you Baby Jesus, I'm all jacked up on pink Moscato; by noon. Without a clue of what to do Retreat to a beach For a gala beset by an erubescent sunset. What marry monarchs, All clinquant, in gold light All turn to heathens, in the night. Perpetually transfixed By a curious mix of Rhythmic eruptions & fevered delight Like fairies & nymphs Amidst the moon of misbehaving. Wondering eyes are tantalized You are luxurious, feral, **** boy personified. I was mystified by the wild & eroticized by the style. A Huckleberry Finn identical twin, ohhh but of course — You had a Porsche. But we were far from bonafide. All is well, Who really gives a **** about a relationship cuff… I was inherently drawn to the effervescence, of your soul. Together in disconnected bubbles Like a glass of champagne, Sparkling to the surface effortlessly. Daytime friends and nighttime lovers; Nympholepts in retrospect, Carefully tip-toeing around Blossoming curiously & compromising cantor. Over winsome side-long looks The burgundy hardtop drops down Into my body & out of my mind Tipsy daze were just foreplay For the passionate midnight sexcapades. A midsummer’s night moonlit dream Manifested midst the trysts of Spring. Every Sunday Drinking champagne, Not practicing self-restraint Sneaking into private estates Dive into the grotto pool. Worshiping the Sun, not the saint. My late night lover show me your wicked pagan birthright. Two lonely hearts bonded over confessions in the dark.
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Oct 17, 2016
Oct 17, 2016 at 10:11 PM UTC
Spring into Melancholy
Forgetting about that uptight blight. Emanate apathy Unapologetically. Cheers to you Baby Jesus, I'm all jacked up on pink Moscato; by noon. Without a clue of what to do Retreat to a beach For a gala beset by an erubescent sunset. What marry monarchs, All clinquant, in gold light All turn to heathens, in the night. Perpetually transfixed By a curious mix of Rhythmic eruptions & fevered delight Like fairies & nymphs Amidst the moon of misbehaving. Wondering eyes are tantalized You are luxurious, feral, **** boy personified. I was mystified by the wild & eroticized by the style. A Huckleberry Finn identical twin, ohhh but of course — You had a Porsche. But we were far from bonafide. All is well, Who really gives a **** about a relationship cuff… I was inherently drawn to the effervescence, of your soul. Together in disconnected bubbles Like a glass of champagne, Sparkling to the surface effortlessly. Daytime friends and nighttime lovers; Nympholepts in retrospect, Carefully tip-toeing around Blossoming curiously & compromising cantor. Over winsome side-long looks The burgundy hardtop drops down Into my body & out of my mind Tipsy daze were just foreplay For the passionate midnight sexcapades. A midsummer’s night moonlit dream Manifested midst the trysts of Spring. Every Sunday Drinking champagne, Not practicing self-restraint Sneaking into private estates Dive into the grotto pool. Worshiping the Sun, not the saint. My late night lover show me your wicked pagan birthright. Two lonely hearts bonded over confessions in the dark.
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Consanguinity: A Commissioned Poem (How Well Do You Know Me?) This request, from wolf spirit aka quinfinn, accidentally hit the spot of what was foremost on my mind. Cosanguinity:  A relationship by descent from a common ancestor; kinship (distinguished from affinity).  A close relationship or connection. Poetry, mine, yours, Ours, Invades my consciousness. We write poems on the same subject, Even the same title, But a few days apart. Insanity, Coincidence, or Consanguinity? Perhaps we are reading each other's stuff Too much. But that's crazy, Or Consanguinity? Yet, And yet, We see the same things So incredibly different. That is the answer. We see the same thing and I am Struck down. A billion sights. A billion words. Yet, the human computer, Sorts, collates, and generates A billion different writes In a similar spirit, Employing the same phraseology. All right. Alright. Malaysia. Minnesota. East Coast. West Coast. Geographical differences. Time differences. No difference. A billion differences. The stylistic differences enable, No, correction, Ennobles us to coexist, Value each other, Learn. Observable differences. But more interesting, More pleasurable, are the incredible, visible, signs of Consanguinity. Mere affinity? Kinship. A poem? Nah. But at 1:11am in my location, It's what's on my mind. Now that I know the meaning of Consanguinity.
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Nov 4, 2013
Nov 4, 2013 at 1:21 AM UTC
Consanguinity: A Commissioned Poem
there was a little mole is name was mickey finn and inside a hole mickey he lived in it was very dark there wasnt any light mickey didnt know if it was day or night so he bought a torch so he could get around see where he was going while underneath the ground like a little miner looking for his coal he just kept on digging a busy little soul then when he got  tired time to say goodnight he climbed into his bed and turned out his light
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Jan 19, 2014
Jan 19, 2014 at 9:41 AM UTC
mickey mole
Don't run from me Don't play this game I want to love you And I'm not ashamed Of what I'm going to show you Yes, show you tonight There's another side of me So please don't put up a fight Just hear me out, Listen to what I have to say You're a beautiful girl I could look at you everyday You're already my princess So let me be your prince Don't push me to the ground Then I'd have to go rinse The dirt off of my skin But the pain will remain Forever in my heart Making me eyes steal the rain So love me a little Love me tonight Come over here Let me kiss you light I'll be your knight in shining armour I'll protect you every day It's in your hands now All you have to do is stay Close your eyes and count to ten Imagine the life that we could begin We could go on an adventure Just like Huckleberry Finn My love for you is real I swear it won't falter So marry me I won't leave you at the altar
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Aug 26, 2015
Aug 26, 2015 at 11:07 PM UTC
Let Me Love You
she spoke to me, on the daffodil sweetness of the pasture while the grasses, waving, muttered their moist message on the wind of rot, and renewal, (but hold your lips, be still for an explosion of intimacy, for a moment) 'Are those a constellation?' she asks. "The Pleiades." 'You don't know that.' she doesn't care where the car begins, exhaling gently, to stop and she commends its forward motion (the keening love of a sodium light and forgetfulness in every bone of my body) I love the thrum of it, below my feet, murmuring vibrato in the pedals. They have a Huck Finn cave display at Disneyworld. In Adventure Island, or somewhere, or one of us, deep in the vastness of spines and fingers. Its fiberglass walls are a portrait of America - the glean of dew a reflection of that spirit that drove us over the borders, the rivers, to Oregon, so we could love under a naked moon, and renounce our lives of glee, and security for the bright unsettled plantation of the starless fields. 'You don't know a constellation from a cloud of dandelion seeds.' But oh, my relentless pioneer love, I do - I know a constellation is made of stars, and rough determination, and I know that, love is a today thing, and we are yesterday people that pain is tomorrow, and we will always be children of the dusk preceding destined, dear, to find our love receding Are you prepared, or will the wilderness this time swallow you?
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Feb 23, 2010
Feb 23, 2010 at 10:46 AM UTC
Perennial Wagons and the Softest Stars
We used to say " I love you"; Now we just think it. The people we became are an odd fit. I will admit I am no longer pleasant to be around. Constant scowls and frowns amidst the silence. The clicks of keyboards divide us. Define us. Align us. We used be to analogous like Bubble gum Princess and Finn. Just like them we've become unakin. Padme & Anakin. My fear of loosing you has caused me to loose you. Like an episode of That's So Raven; attempts at the prevention of the future ripped open the sutures in my heart once again.
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Aug 9, 2013
Aug 9, 2013 at 5:27 AM UTC
Metathesiophobia
A Finn-Dorset clone, Now not the alone. Born on 5 July in 1996, She died on Valentine's Day in 2003. The celebrity sheep she died at the age of six, Produced not from the common ovine *** Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer created her, read on. Named after Dolly Parton, 'Coz of her admired ***** Somatic cells were taken from a sheep's udders, Extracted not without the sheep's jitters. This sheep was the donor. However, these cells were enucleated, And the enucleated nucleus was handled. Injected it was into a Finn-Dorset's embryo, Oh yes, the embryo was without a nucleus. This sheep was the recipient. Without a folly, born was Dolly, Resemble she did the donor. Not only in its visible phenotype But also in its invisible genotype. Differ she did but only in her mitochondrial DNA. Her birth did open a new portal, Now pet lovers get their pets cloned.
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Oct 11, 2019
Oct 11, 2019 at 11:16 AM UTC
Oh Dolly
I miss having the entire upstairs. I miss sitting on the futon on the landing outside of my room and writing. I miss having three closets. I miss the old fashioned doors I had upstairs. I miss climbing outside of my window onto the roof at night. I miss the outdated pink-ish red carpet. I miss the 70’s wallpaper and how the wall by my bed was different. I miss the silence. I miss the sound of the train going right by. I miss going out to the barn to practice trombone and play pool. I miss summers there. I miss walking home from school to the house. I miss how close town was, yet it had a special seclusion. I miss riding my bike to the cemetery. I miss the long gravel road behind the barn. I miss the willow tree. I miss the neighbors. Even “keep off my lawn” Mike. I miss the feeling I got pulling up to the house. I miss being 13. I miss the parties. I miss my brother and sister sharing friends. I miss living on Finn Street.
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Oct 26, 2012
Oct 26, 2012 at 11:19 PM UTC
I miss living on Finn St.
Should I become a middle school math or English teacher? Leave my bed early in the morning and return with test papers to grade. With what authority will I persuade those kids to sit still and perform       calculations and interpretations. I won’t be allowed to teach A Good Man Is Hard To Find. Nope, it’ll be       Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies and Slaughterhouse Five. Novels       that annoy. Poems and math are magic. Words and numbers are things no one has       ever seen or heard or touched. But the administration keeps them separate. The curriculum’s       determinate. The kids are beautiful but combustible. When middle school lets out at       the periapsis of Earth’s orbit, that’s the face of joy. The purpose of school is to introduce us to the world’s innumerable       wonders. The periodic table, World Wars I and II, Huckleberry Finn       and Jim. Once a gaggle of teenage girls bet whether I wore boxers or jockeys. I felt       ambushed and unlucky. Also a bit afraid. There’s little love lost between the students and the teachers. Expect to       forget and be forgotten. Information. I remember Mr. Killian my chemistry teacher. So boring about something       I now find so interesting and important. He wasn’t boring; I was       boring. I remember Mr. Christensen my history teacher. He was fat and funny but       taught as little as possible. I was known to laugh so hard I cried. I remember Mr. T my calculus teacher. He dressed everyday exactly like       Gene Kranz in mission control. I was confused past help so he didn’t       help. I remember Tone Kwas my music teacher. He said I was the worst       trumpet player he’d ever tried to teach and switched me to       sousaphone. He was right but so what! Playing badly is the best       riposte.
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Mar 2, 2022
Mar 2, 2022 at 6:40 AM UTC
Middle School Math Teacher
Should I become a middle school math or English teacher? Leave my bed early in the morning and return with test papers to grade. With what authority will I persuade those kids to sit still and perform       calculations and interpretations. I won’t be allowed to teach A Good Man Is Hard To Find. Nope, it’ll be       Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies and Slaughterhouse Five. Novels       that annoy. Poems and math are magic. Words and numbers are things no one has       ever seen or heard or touched. But the administration keeps them separate. The curriculum’s       determinate. The kids are beautiful but combustible. When middle school lets out at       the periapsis of Earth’s orbit, that’s the face of joy. The purpose of school is to introduce us to the world’s innumerable       wonders. The periodic table, World Wars I and II, Huckleberry Finn       and Jim. Once a gaggle of teenage girls bet whether I wore boxers or jockeys. I felt       ambushed and unlucky. Also a bit afraid. There’s little love lost between the students and the teachers. Expect to       forget and be forgotten. Information. I remember Mr. Killian my chemistry teacher. So boring about something       I now find so interesting and important. He wasn’t boring; I was       boring. I remember Mr. Christensen my history teacher. He was fat and funny but       taught as little as possible. I was known to laugh so hard I cried. I remember Mr. T my calculus teacher. He dressed everyday exactly like       Gene Kranz in mission control. I was confused past help so he didn’t       help. I remember Tone Kwas my music teacher. He said I was the worst       trumpet player he’d ever tried to teach and switched me to       sousaphone. He was right but so what! Playing badly is the best       riposte.
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the moment that i laid eyes on you      time simply ceased to be the globe stopped its spinning and the lights started dimming      and the heathens began their fevered singing           and i forgot just who i was the instant that your eyes fell upon my frame      i got thrown back into reality again           and i crash landed feet-first into a chair           it was fair      we both had to stifle our giggling you spoke smoothly      almost orchestrally some sort of poetic sing-song           heavily laced with the accent of the place that i hope to someday find you                "chicago, chicago, that toddling town..." i hope i find you soon      wearing that same sleepy looking smile      and your news-boy cap      and that shoulder strap sack that i'd like to think you kept stuffed to the brim with college-rulled ball-point ballet but that was years ago      now there's more than just arrhythmias and murmurs and excited flesh between our heavy chests now there's lines drawn between our toes lines scratched into the sands of time with the force of lightning's strike                      worry lines           telephone lines           state lines                lines that furrow across the face of the map      things tend to fade out like that the way the last track on your favorite record fades slowly to the sound of a skipping needle            i'm still unsure if i imagined you into existence      or if you only existed in my imagination either way           i wish you'd have stayed a while longer
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Jul 31, 2013
Jul 31, 2013 at 5:54 PM UTC
huckleberry finn.
the moment that i laid eyes on you      time simply ceased to be the globe stopped its spinning and the lights started dimming      and the heathens began their fevered singing           and i forgot just who i was the instant that your eyes fell upon my frame      i got thrown back into reality again           and i crash landed feet-first into a chair           it was fair      we both had to stifle our giggling you spoke smoothly      almost orchestrally some sort of poetic sing-song           heavily laced with the accent of the place that i hope to someday find you                "chicago, chicago, that toddling town..." i hope i find you soon      wearing that same sleepy looking smile      and your news-boy cap      and that shoulder strap sack that i'd like to think you kept stuffed to the brim with college-rulled ball-point ballet but that was years ago      now there's more than just arrhythmias and murmurs and excited flesh between our heavy chests now there's lines drawn between our toes lines scratched into the sands of time with the force of lightning's strike                      worry lines           telephone lines           state lines                lines that furrow across the face of the map      things tend to fade out like that the way the last track on your favorite record fades slowly to the sound of a skipping needle            i'm still unsure if i imagined you into existence      or if you only existed in my imagination either way           i wish you'd have stayed a while longer
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Sometimes, when I'm trying To pretend everything's alright, Though, inside, I'm dying, Someone sees my inner plight; "Nigel...Are you crying?" I manage to hold in the tears, As if I thought their release, Would spread the subject of my fears, That will not leave me in peace. That's why, when I'm sighing, I will not confide in you- When I feel like dying, I'm afraid you'd feel it too. "Nigel, please stop crying." If I stop the pain from spreading, By keeping it all within, Then there's not a tear worth shedding. "Are you crying Mr Finn?" "No. I am not crying."
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Dec 21, 2015
Dec 21, 2015 at 11:33 PM UTC
There's Just Something In My Eye
I arrived at Janice's grandmother's flat for the doll's tea party as I said I would and Janice took me into her bedroom as her gran was in the sitting room with two of her elderly friends talking over cups of tea Janice showed me into her room where there was a single bed and a small table arranged beside it with two small chairs in which sat Teddy a yellowish bear Golly a red smiling lipped black doll and Miss Woolworth a blonde doll with curly blonde hair and blue staring eyes and a pouty mouth and a rag doll with one eye the other one empty space after she had introduced me to the tea party guests she showed me the small stainless tea *** and six small teacups and a stainless milk jug and bowl with a few sugar lumps do you take sugar? she asked I said two and she put two sugar lumps in a tea cup and one in hers and poured the tea into my cup and added milk from the jug she made her own tea and sat on the bed beside me then she poured pretend tea in the cups of the guests on the small table was a plate of small ice cakes Gran made them for us Gran's friends have the rest Janice said and on  another small plate were four fingers of KitKat I sipped the tea   it was weak but warm in the other room voices laughed what's the doll with one eye called? I asked Cyclops she replied funny name for a girl doll I said don't you remember Mr Finn saying about a one-eyed person the other week? Janice said he said it was a one-eyed savage giant I replied o did he? she said frowning her forehead o I see she said never mind I said it's as good a name as any she wasn't convinced and frowned harder maybe I ought to call her Grace Janice said Grace? I said yes I had an aunt who had one eye called Grace Janice informed what was the other eye called? I said she laughed out loudly and then put a hand over her mouth and whispered best not make too much noise or Gran will wonder what we're doing I sipped more tea and took one of the iced cakes we ate the cakes in silence I gazed at the Golly smiling at me then Teddy who sat with a small silly smile sewn on after cakes Janice gave me a KitKat finger and we sat and ate those too Miss Woolworth hasn't been well Janice said o what's wrong with her? I asked her left leg has come loose and dangles when you lift her up Janice said o dear I said giving Janice a stare she seemed serious so I didn't smile there was more laughter from the women in the other room Janice looked at me and said glad you could come and so is Teddy he likes company I said I enjoyed it and after sipping the last of the tea she showed me her new red beret and placed it on her blonde hair and smiled then kissed my cheek best go I said glad other boys never saw the kiss or they'd think I'd gone weak.
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Nov 2, 2015
Nov 2, 2015 at 1:48 AM UTC
THE PARTY 1956.
I arrived at Janice's grandmother's flat for the doll's tea party as I said I would and Janice took me into her bedroom as her gran was in the sitting room with two of her elderly friends talking over cups of tea Janice showed me into her room where there was a single bed and a small table arranged beside it with two small chairs in which sat Teddy a yellowish bear Golly a red smiling lipped black doll and Miss Woolworth a blonde doll with curly blonde hair and blue staring eyes and a pouty mouth and a rag doll with one eye the other one empty space after she had introduced me to the tea party guests she showed me the small stainless tea *** and six small teacups and a stainless milk jug and bowl with a few sugar lumps do you take sugar? she asked I said two and she put two sugar lumps in a tea cup and one in hers and poured the tea into my cup and added milk from the jug she made her own tea and sat on the bed beside me then she poured pretend tea in the cups of the guests on the small table was a plate of small ice cakes Gran made them for us Gran's friends have the rest Janice said and on  another small plate were four fingers of KitKat I sipped the tea   it was weak but warm in the other room voices laughed what's the doll with one eye called? I asked Cyclops she replied funny name for a girl doll I said don't you remember Mr Finn saying about a one-eyed person the other week? Janice said he said it was a one-eyed savage giant I replied o did he? she said frowning her forehead o I see she said never mind I said it's as good a name as any she wasn't convinced and frowned harder maybe I ought to call her Grace Janice said Grace? I said yes I had an aunt who had one eye called Grace Janice informed what was the other eye called? I said she laughed out loudly and then put a hand over her mouth and whispered best not make too much noise or Gran will wonder what we're doing I sipped more tea and took one of the iced cakes we ate the cakes in silence I gazed at the Golly smiling at me then Teddy who sat with a small silly smile sewn on after cakes Janice gave me a KitKat finger and we sat and ate those too Miss Woolworth hasn't been well Janice said o what's wrong with her? I asked her left leg has come loose and dangles when you lift her up Janice said o dear I said giving Janice a stare she seemed serious so I didn't smile there was more laughter from the women in the other room Janice looked at me and said glad you could come and so is Teddy he likes company I said I enjoyed it and after sipping the last of the tea she showed me her new red beret and placed it on her blonde hair and smiled then kissed my cheek best go I said glad other boys never saw the kiss or they'd think I'd gone weak.
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In class Mr Finn talks about fractions and denominators and other stuff I don't care to know I see Janice sitting at her desk her fair hair ribboned and her small hand and fingers writing down what he is saying I scribble nothing my page has a few fractions and numbers and my pen drips blue ink on the page as I look at her we went to the bomb site off Meadow Row last evening (not too late or her gran will slap her one) and we talked of Jesus (or she was) and how He died and why none of the disciples came to his aid Mr Finn says Benny are you listening to what I am saying about fractions? Yes Sir I reply although I haven't I have not a clue what did I say about this fraction? He points to the blackboard I stare at the board I missed that bit I say he sighs and repeats (for me I guess) what he has just said Janice looks at me she has lovely blue eyes I smile she frowns Mr Finn talks of improper fractions and stuff I study what he's written and think school work is tough.
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Sep 23, 2016
Sep 23, 2016 at 2:09 PM UTC
TOUGH SCHOOL WORK 1956.
Speechless. Nothing more to say. Let these waves take me away. You smile as I kiss your lips, I smile as you hold my hips. A kiss, A touch, Nothing more. Your lips on mine, They make me soar. Lets be adventurers, I'm Finn, You're Jake. My love for you will never break. As the sky's slowly darken, And the light fades away, There is one more thing I've got to say. Goodbye, farewell, They sound so wrong. They just don't fit this song. So goodnight, my love. I will see you again, In the morning, when the waves come in.
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Feb 18, 2013
Feb 18, 2013 at 1:43 PM UTC
Waves.
**I Found The Belladonna In Nana’s bedside drawer I slipped some in my pocket To even up a score Later He came knocking With that smirk upon his face Yet another ****** night of being Defiled and Debased** *My Lovely I Call My wicked Ways are always here Taking you for granted Having my way Because There is Nothing You Can do* **I set the scene In such An Alluring Seductive Way** Fool **Thought I was finally coming out to play Incense swayed Candles burned He drank the drink Then Tables turned Vermillion visions slice through the stagnant air Cleansing me of Ignorance Naivety Despair** *She doesn't know That bottle of wine That We Drink That her Glass Holds A Cyanide pill So This smile She thinks Is For seduction Hides The plans In My Head* **Something’s not quite right I have a Strange sensation Why am I experiencing Hell Fire & Damnation Evil starts to slither on my heated skin Maybe he just slipped me a ***** Mickey Finn? Feeling now bedeviled I take another sip of wine Bachus sits there laughing Regal and divine** *Where did this migraine come from? But I am here laughing As she drinks her fall **** I feel sleepy Could she have? No! She wouldn't be that shrewd Women can't out think a man So she smiles with me Rubbing her eyes I ask her to dance It will be her last dance* **I sense strong arms caress me Music fills the air Fluidity of movement Lays my soul stark bare I beseech the cold dark eyes of this man that I abhor As We Slowly Slowly Slowly . . . Concertina to the floor**
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Sep 29, 2010
Sep 29, 2010 at 6:25 AM UTC
Pills and Wine - A collaberation between Chris G J Smith & Bathsheba
**I Found The Belladonna In Nana’s bedside drawer I slipped some in my pocket To even up a score Later He came knocking With that smirk upon his face Yet another ****** night of being Defiled and Debased** *My Lovely I Call My wicked Ways are always here Taking you for granted Having my way Because There is Nothing You Can do* **I set the scene In such An Alluring Seductive Way** Fool **Thought I was finally coming out to play Incense swayed Candles burned He drank the drink Then Tables turned Vermillion visions slice through the stagnant air Cleansing me of Ignorance Naivety Despair** *She doesn't know That bottle of wine That We Drink That her Glass Holds A Cyanide pill So This smile She thinks Is For seduction Hides The plans In My Head* **Something’s not quite right I have a Strange sensation Why am I experiencing Hell Fire & Damnation Evil starts to slither on my heated skin Maybe he just slipped me a ***** Mickey Finn? Feeling now bedeviled I take another sip of wine Bachus sits there laughing Regal and divine** *Where did this migraine come from? But I am here laughing As she drinks her fall **** I feel sleepy Could she have? No! She wouldn't be that shrewd Women can't out think a man So she smiles with me Rubbing her eyes I ask her to dance It will be her last dance* **I sense strong arms caress me Music fills the air Fluidity of movement Lays my soul stark bare I beseech the cold dark eyes of this man that I abhor As We Slowly Slowly Slowly . . . Concertina to the floor**
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