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I'd like to think that she's thinking: "How far have I fallen?" As she sits on the corner of her bed, Listening to the soft buzz of his battery-powered toothbrush. I imagine her, Running her fingers through her clumsy, coagulated hair. Glancing at her chipped, crimson toe nails, Then looking to her class ring, Made entirely of imitation ingredients, Wondering when is the proper time to trash it. When she was still a friend of mine, I never saw her wear make up, I never saw her show off in tight jeans or low-cut tees. But as he spews the toothpaste into the sink, Skinny jeans lay tussled on the floor, Next to the side door that leads to his sister's side room. The make up she wears is from the night before. It's skewed and shows evidence of running, Like a wasted watercolor. I'd like to think he isn't that handsome, And that he's obsessed with Paul Walker. I'd like to think when he re-enters the room, He's in grey sweatpants, He's wearing a black tank top, With a Confederate flag backdrop, With two barely dressed babes looking ****** in the foreground. His hair, unwashed and greasy. He rubs his belly, And bears an idiot grin on his face. Looking like he just learned how to smile at this pace. "Did it feel good?" feel good. After he asks, he scans her body, Beginning at those crimson toes, And Ending at that clumsy hair. Every second he scans, He still wears that drawn-on Idiot grin. I'd like to think at this point she thinks of me. Of my warnings and prophesy. Her eyes start at the chipped toe nails, Course over her tanning bed-inspired legs. And finally reach the only thing she has on, A t-shirt that belongs to his sister. A t-shirt, when given by him, It was mentioned, "thanks, mister". Though she didn't satisfy all his redneck intentions, During last night's expedition. He still paid her back with a morning one-sided session. "It felt good" she says. In reference to the ten minute ********** When her body was strummed and plucked, Underneath his sister's Terri Clark T-shirt. As she sits in the filth and the ****** fallout, On a bed that is six days ***** While he is grinning, Being everything but wordy. I'd like to think she's thinking: "How far have I fallen?"
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Jun 4, 2010
Jun 4, 2010 at 10:31 PM UTC
She was a Friend of Mine
I'd like to think that she's thinking: "How far have I fallen?" As she sits on the corner of her bed, Listening to the soft buzz of his battery-powered toothbrush. I imagine her, Running her fingers through her clumsy, coagulated hair. Glancing at her chipped, crimson toe nails, Then looking to her class ring, Made entirely of imitation ingredients, Wondering when is the proper time to trash it. When she was still a friend of mine, I never saw her wear make up, I never saw her show off in tight jeans or low-cut tees. But as he spews the toothpaste into the sink, Skinny jeans lay tussled on the floor, Next to the side door that leads to his sister's side room. The make up she wears is from the night before. It's skewed and shows evidence of running, Like a wasted watercolor. I'd like to think he isn't that handsome, And that he's obsessed with Paul Walker. I'd like to think when he re-enters the room, He's in grey sweatpants, He's wearing a black tank top, With a Confederate flag backdrop, With two barely dressed babes looking ****** in the foreground. His hair, unwashed and greasy. He rubs his belly, And bears an idiot grin on his face. Looking like he just learned how to smile at this pace. "Did it feel good?" feel good. After he asks, he scans her body, Beginning at those crimson toes, And Ending at that clumsy hair. Every second he scans, He still wears that drawn-on Idiot grin. I'd like to think at this point she thinks of me. Of my warnings and prophesy. Her eyes start at the chipped toe nails, Course over her tanning bed-inspired legs. And finally reach the only thing she has on, A t-shirt that belongs to his sister. A t-shirt, when given by him, It was mentioned, "thanks, mister". Though she didn't satisfy all his redneck intentions, During last night's expedition. He still paid her back with a morning one-sided session. "It felt good" she says. In reference to the ten minute ********** When her body was strummed and plucked, Underneath his sister's Terri Clark T-shirt. As she sits in the filth and the ****** fallout, On a bed that is six days ***** While he is grinning, Being everything but wordy. I'd like to think she's thinking: "How far have I fallen?"
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Maybe it's the way the national flag flies so high Despite the country's imperfections Maybe it's the way we're united Not separated, despite the difference in cultures, Believes, traditions, languages Maybe it's the way you see an Indian eating with chopsticks, The way you see a Malay in a saree, The way you see a Chinese making ketupat's for Hari Raya. Maybe it's the unity you see, Maybe it's the goosebumps you feel when you say Merdeka, Maybe despite the hate you have towards history, Deep down, you know how grateful you are to be Malaysian. Maybe it's the way you walk into a mamak, And say " tauke tapau roti canai 1 milo ais 99 " And maybe, It lies in diversity, Beyond everything else. Malaysia, tanah tumpahnya darahku.
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Aug 30, 2014
Aug 30, 2014 at 1:27 PM UTC
Happy Independence Day, Malaysia.
When I was young and bold and strong, Oh, right was right, and wrong was wrong! My plume on high, my flag unfurled, I rode away to right the world. "Come out, you dogs, and fight!" said I, And wept there was but once to die. But I am old; and good and bad Are woven in a crazy plaid. I sit and say, "The world is so; And he is wise who lets it go. A battle lost, a battle won-- The difference is small, my son." Inertia rides and riddles me; The which is called Philosophy.
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The Veteran
The ultimate Dragon Poem and a childhood favourite of mine which still sends shivers to this day... Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee Little Jackie paper loved that rascal puff And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff oh Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail Jackie kept a lookout perched on puff's gigantic tail Noble kings and princes would bow whene'er they came Pirate ships would lower their flag when puff roared out his name oh Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee A dragon lives forever but not so little boys Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys One grey night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more And puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane Without his life-long friend, puff could not be brave So Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave oh Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee
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Feb 27, 2017
Feb 27, 2017 at 10:39 AM UTC
Puff The Magic Dragon by Leonard Lipton, Peter Yarrow
The ultimate Dragon Poem and a childhood favourite of mine which still sends shivers to this day... Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee Little Jackie paper loved that rascal puff And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff oh Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail Jackie kept a lookout perched on puff's gigantic tail Noble kings and princes would bow whene'er they came Pirate ships would lower their flag when puff roared out his name oh Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee A dragon lives forever but not so little boys Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys One grey night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more And puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane Without his life-long friend, puff could not be brave So Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave oh Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee
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**No Justice, No Peace If we can't get it from the Court then we'll take it from the Streets No Justice, No Peace **** the Police and what you believe!** Whatever happened to Revolution Being the American way? When your voice remains unheard For which you suffer every day, Your life is constantly stepped on, Your rights keep getting taken away, And in spite of the lies they spin to protect your oppressors, You still keep the rage at bay Because you are not Above the Law and neither is anyone else. So taking matters into your own hands Isn't going to help. You entrust the justice system to do what it's supposed to Even though you know it never has and is probably never going to. But if you haven't done anything wrong and the Law doesn't serve you, and only seems to defend the people who've already hurt you, then honestly I think it's insane and completely absurd to not only expect the People not to react, but to honor a curfew. **** YOU** Do you hear us yet? **** YOU** Oh, it's inappropriate? You don't wanna talk about it? You don't wanna think about it? You don't wanna deal with it? Well guess what? Nobody ******* does, nobody ******* would, nobody ever ******* could. But for the people who don't look like you - Aryan Beauty Standards Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue Fair-skinned, light-skinned European skeleton, It was never a choice they had. Oppression doesn't pick you Based on qualifications Any more than Privilege does, If you think this case Is not about race You better check your Privilege, cuz. I love my home, America But I hate what it's become Land of the greedy, home of the afraid Kingdom of the Loud and Dumb Slut-shaming, victim-blaming, race-hating, race-baiting Sensationalization of the worst crimes in the nation Religious intolerance, homophobic misogyny, blatant racial discrimination Can't get with it, can't hang At least not in the lynch mob sense I am blown the **** away at the grievous absence of common sense. So when they lit those flags on fire in the center of the town *I understand, and I can't blame them the flag is truer up in flames now* And if they so decide to burn the city to the ground, *I understand, and I can't blame them I would wanna burn it down* **No Justice, No Peace If we can't get it from the Court then we'll take it from the Streets No Justice, No Peace **** the Police and **** your Beliefs!**
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Nov 26, 2014
Nov 26, 2014 at 5:57 PM UTC
Injustice (Warning: Offensive)
**No Justice, No Peace If we can't get it from the Court then we'll take it from the Streets No Justice, No Peace **** the Police and what you believe!** Whatever happened to Revolution Being the American way? When your voice remains unheard For which you suffer every day, Your life is constantly stepped on, Your rights keep getting taken away, And in spite of the lies they spin to protect your oppressors, You still keep the rage at bay Because you are not Above the Law and neither is anyone else. So taking matters into your own hands Isn't going to help. You entrust the justice system to do what it's supposed to Even though you know it never has and is probably never going to. But if you haven't done anything wrong and the Law doesn't serve you, and only seems to defend the people who've already hurt you, then honestly I think it's insane and completely absurd to not only expect the People not to react, but to honor a curfew. **** YOU** Do you hear us yet? **** YOU** Oh, it's inappropriate? You don't wanna talk about it? You don't wanna think about it? You don't wanna deal with it? Well guess what? Nobody ******* does, nobody ******* would, nobody ever ******* could. But for the people who don't look like you - Aryan Beauty Standards Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue Fair-skinned, light-skinned European skeleton, It was never a choice they had. Oppression doesn't pick you Based on qualifications Any more than Privilege does, If you think this case Is not about race You better check your Privilege, cuz. I love my home, America But I hate what it's become Land of the greedy, home of the afraid Kingdom of the Loud and Dumb Slut-shaming, victim-blaming, race-hating, race-baiting Sensationalization of the worst crimes in the nation Religious intolerance, homophobic misogyny, blatant racial discrimination Can't get with it, can't hang At least not in the lynch mob sense I am blown the **** away at the grievous absence of common sense. So when they lit those flags on fire in the center of the town *I understand, and I can't blame them the flag is truer up in flames now* And if they so decide to burn the city to the ground, *I understand, and I can't blame them I would wanna burn it down* **No Justice, No Peace If we can't get it from the Court then we'll take it from the Streets No Justice, No Peace **** the Police and **** your Beliefs!**
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Lets stop n slam on somethin' shameful like war and anguish... 'Cause im pretty sure that tremendous termoil and suffering and starvation is the same in all languages... But something that most of us will never know... 'Cause in this country you tend to grow a fat *** as you grow old. Give this countries cold dark history a warm embrace, look it in the face! All this killing, death, distruction, and disease...more war than peace! Something most of us will never see, much less feel...Because ignoring it is so much easier. We'd rather be pleasing ourselves than siezing the keys to this country! Jump in. Take a sunday drive for freedom. Sunday football keeps you occupied... Kicked back in the recliner, while others freeze in the name of the flag. And your constitution. And the human condition. Patriotism is not pretty to the petty. To...those getting rich, hand over fist... On your...vacant homes, vacant jobs, and vacant votes. While they vacate our education with more lousy legislation. We get lazier and sleezier and sloppier. We pass judgement on our fellow man... While we let politicians pass bills that destroy this great land. Hand over fist, hand over hand...one hand washes the other politicians **** These dinosaurs with their special interest agendas make me sick. Stand up strait. Look at me when I talk to you. Dont turn a blind eye to all the bodies that once hung from loops... Remember where we came from. Re-write history like the bible. Re-write war and peace. We call soldiers "property of uncle sam". Brainwashed to believe in 'the man' and his plans. Slavery doesn't segregate anymore. We're all in on this together. This time. We stand in unison. All in on this together. Revolution is freedom.
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Jan 5, 2010
Jan 5, 2010 at 7:27 AM UTC
Shameful History
Lets stop n slam on somethin' shameful like war and anguish... 'Cause im pretty sure that tremendous termoil and suffering and starvation is the same in all languages... But something that most of us will never know... 'Cause in this country you tend to grow a fat *** as you grow old. Give this countries cold dark history a warm embrace, look it in the face! All this killing, death, distruction, and disease...more war than peace! Something most of us will never see, much less feel...Because ignoring it is so much easier. We'd rather be pleasing ourselves than siezing the keys to this country! Jump in. Take a sunday drive for freedom. Sunday football keeps you occupied... Kicked back in the recliner, while others freeze in the name of the flag. And your constitution. And the human condition. Patriotism is not pretty to the petty. To...those getting rich, hand over fist... On your...vacant homes, vacant jobs, and vacant votes. While they vacate our education with more lousy legislation. We get lazier and sleezier and sloppier. We pass judgement on our fellow man... While we let politicians pass bills that destroy this great land. Hand over fist, hand over hand...one hand washes the other politicians **** These dinosaurs with their special interest agendas make me sick. Stand up strait. Look at me when I talk to you. Dont turn a blind eye to all the bodies that once hung from loops... Remember where we came from. Re-write history like the bible. Re-write war and peace. We call soldiers "property of uncle sam". Brainwashed to believe in 'the man' and his plans. Slavery doesn't segregate anymore. We're all in on this together. This time. We stand in unison. All in on this together. Revolution is freedom.
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O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck, You’ve fallen cold and dead. My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still; My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will; The ship is anchored safe and sound, its voyage closed and done; From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won; Exult O shores, and ring O bells! But I, with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
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O Captain! My Captain!
[Verse 1] Monster sized swag; not modest bout my splendor Marvel at the flag and I'm the ultimate avenger Buck Rodgers, D-Bird yep I'm the number one contender, So I gotta uphold this rep of bein uncontrollable so I'll take the lead, I hold the world beneath my feet I'm a fiend, elite Haze so cloudy cause I be blowin Swisher Sweets Drug addiction is my disease It's my expertise See here's the masterpiece: Raps lobotomize I'm traumatized since 1993 [Verse 2] Victimized by the lies of this trifilin enterprise You can front but you can't hide There's no fault behind your eyes So I hope this insult will suffice It should come as no surprise A grin will spread across my face From side to side My ***** mouth will mesmerize hypnotized, memorize the words that escape my lips I'm a degenerate unabridged uncut You're a ************* **** Go hang yourself from a bridge Here's a rope, I hope you choke ******* ******* smoochie smoochie Only chains you got is Gucci Y’all basic brothers rep that set But fake like that 2chi [Verse 3] man I get so high, Now watch me get higher Watch me take flight As my wings soar skyward You know I'ma fighter So watch me take my place As I eat this rap game up and then spit it in your face Now pass me a lighter see me rollin while I bake I mean I'm not a pastry maker, but I still bake for the sake My rhymes are so ill They're gonna make you sick I be tweetin on my twitter While Betty Crocker ***** my **** uh [Verse 4] Reid between the lines son and please proceed with caution Alien splittin kilos, I be one tweaked ****** martian I'm five steps ahead and these haters ****** forfeit You four feet tall and I'm so high I'm in ****** orbit Make these snitches sleep with fishes How ****** vicious spittin mischief ****** trippin out these hypocrites Dishin out these disses which Bein inconsiderate in this fast paced game of chase But if I wanted to catch your drama I'd just go check my facebook page *****
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Nov 11, 2013
Nov 11, 2013 at 3:30 AM UTC
Masterpiece
[Verse 1] Monster sized swag; not modest bout my splendor Marvel at the flag and I'm the ultimate avenger Buck Rodgers, D-Bird yep I'm the number one contender, So I gotta uphold this rep of bein uncontrollable so I'll take the lead, I hold the world beneath my feet I'm a fiend, elite Haze so cloudy cause I be blowin Swisher Sweets Drug addiction is my disease It's my expertise See here's the masterpiece: Raps lobotomize I'm traumatized since 1993 [Verse 2] Victimized by the lies of this trifilin enterprise You can front but you can't hide There's no fault behind your eyes So I hope this insult will suffice It should come as no surprise A grin will spread across my face From side to side My ***** mouth will mesmerize hypnotized, memorize the words that escape my lips I'm a degenerate unabridged uncut You're a ************* **** Go hang yourself from a bridge Here's a rope, I hope you choke ******* ******* smoochie smoochie Only chains you got is Gucci Y’all basic brothers rep that set But fake like that 2chi [Verse 3] man I get so high, Now watch me get higher Watch me take flight As my wings soar skyward You know I'ma fighter So watch me take my place As I eat this rap game up and then spit it in your face Now pass me a lighter see me rollin while I bake I mean I'm not a pastry maker, but I still bake for the sake My rhymes are so ill They're gonna make you sick I be tweetin on my twitter While Betty Crocker ***** my **** uh [Verse 4] Reid between the lines son and please proceed with caution Alien splittin kilos, I be one tweaked ****** martian I'm five steps ahead and these haters ****** forfeit You four feet tall and I'm so high I'm in ****** orbit Make these snitches sleep with fishes How ****** vicious spittin mischief ****** trippin out these hypocrites Dishin out these disses which Bein inconsiderate in this fast paced game of chase But if I wanted to catch your drama I'd just go check my facebook page *****
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Words are Power Power is Money Money Is Pizza Pizza Is God So give me your words and no one gets hurt Pizza is all that I believe in Pizza is me I am Pizza And if I take you words Then I take you power And I get your money And with that money I buy pizza Pizza solves everything Its fills the hole in my heart And it fills the holes in my Arteries Clearly Pizza is God For Without it How can we Live? The mighty cheese Overlords Watching us from their Oven thrones Bathing us with the sweet smell Of pepperoni happiness All Hail Pizza All Bow Down to pizza Curtsy to Pizza Perform Choreographed dance numbers for Pizza Kiss the trays that they sit upon In fact I fail to understand Why you’re listening to this poem And not eating Pizza What is wrong with you? Have you ever met a person That hates pizza? No! No one hates pizza! But if they do…. Don’t trust them Don’t look at them Don’t think about them Don’t friend them on Facebook Run away from this person Do not trust this Pizza hater For they do not deserve your love Or your Pizza For These cheesy pies of greatness That comes in rectangular cubes of cardboard Graciously land upon our doorsteps And impart to us The gift of happiness It brings the whole family together And makes everyday better Pizza does not discriminate No matter what you look like Or what you like Pizza will always be the same Delicious Pizza lives on in every country And in every ones hearts We should thank our pizza overlords For the awesomeness that they have brought us Instead of dropping bombs We should drop pizza End all Wars And solve world hunger! Instead of having Congress sit there and do nothing Have them sit there and eat pizza We should make Papa John our President And have a large deep crust as a flag Land of the brave and home of the Pepperoni Everything would be perfect Because I like my pizza Like I like my people I don’t care what you look like What you do Or what you say As long as you have That gooey cheesy heart that makes everyone smile I will love you forever And I’m sure you taste delicious ………not that I'm advocating cannibalism that would be crazy! But….Imagine all the people tasting like pizza? Befriending them Getting to know them Killing them With a rolling pin or a frying pan Sprinkling some cheese on them Add some cilantro Bake them in an oven on high at 450 degrees Leave them in the oven for another ten minutes so they cool down Sprinkle a little salt on top and some Tapatio Slice them up and have them for movie night I mean come on…. Imagine it! Imagine how **** delicious some people would be!
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Sep 17, 2014
Sep 17, 2014 at 4:39 PM UTC
The Cheesy Gods We All Love
Words are Power Power is Money Money Is Pizza Pizza Is God So give me your words and no one gets hurt Pizza is all that I believe in Pizza is me I am Pizza And if I take you words Then I take you power And I get your money And with that money I buy pizza Pizza solves everything Its fills the hole in my heart And it fills the holes in my Arteries Clearly Pizza is God For Without it How can we Live? The mighty cheese Overlords Watching us from their Oven thrones Bathing us with the sweet smell Of pepperoni happiness All Hail Pizza All Bow Down to pizza Curtsy to Pizza Perform Choreographed dance numbers for Pizza Kiss the trays that they sit upon In fact I fail to understand Why you’re listening to this poem And not eating Pizza What is wrong with you? Have you ever met a person That hates pizza? No! No one hates pizza! But if they do…. Don’t trust them Don’t look at them Don’t think about them Don’t friend them on Facebook Run away from this person Do not trust this Pizza hater For they do not deserve your love Or your Pizza For These cheesy pies of greatness That comes in rectangular cubes of cardboard Graciously land upon our doorsteps And impart to us The gift of happiness It brings the whole family together And makes everyday better Pizza does not discriminate No matter what you look like Or what you like Pizza will always be the same Delicious Pizza lives on in every country And in every ones hearts We should thank our pizza overlords For the awesomeness that they have brought us Instead of dropping bombs We should drop pizza End all Wars And solve world hunger! Instead of having Congress sit there and do nothing Have them sit there and eat pizza We should make Papa John our President And have a large deep crust as a flag Land of the brave and home of the Pepperoni Everything would be perfect Because I like my pizza Like I like my people I don’t care what you look like What you do Or what you say As long as you have That gooey cheesy heart that makes everyone smile I will love you forever And I’m sure you taste delicious ………not that I'm advocating cannibalism that would be crazy! But….Imagine all the people tasting like pizza? Befriending them Getting to know them Killing them With a rolling pin or a frying pan Sprinkling some cheese on them Add some cilantro Bake them in an oven on high at 450 degrees Leave them in the oven for another ten minutes so they cool down Sprinkle a little salt on top and some Tapatio Slice them up and have them for movie night I mean come on…. Imagine it! Imagine how **** delicious some people would be!
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Porous asphalt, And bandaged, quilt Homes puncture the Neighborhood, Which reads like a tattered American flag; all Coke Ads and weight loss Billboards, Half-burnt houses slant, Like the hills of San Francisco— Our own makeshift cable Carts, limping up And down the inclines. We are slowly being burned By our once golden sun— Having been taught to Bleach ourselves Pale, tucked shamefully In the shade. Makeshift shanty towns Which smell of mildew And processed laundry soap, Flimsy tin roofs Tied with Kleenex and Pizza Hut tarpaulins. The fact that this neighborhood Was christened "Freedom" Strikes an empty pang.
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Jul 6, 2014
Jul 6, 2014 at 9:50 AM UTC
Kalayaan Avenue
The all seeing iris imperial city The swiftest of stylus this side of the ‘sippi The trippiest spittin’ Promethean hippy Conspiracy theorist of eeriest verse The despotic hypnotic black flag bearin’ Hearst Still immersing myself in a poverty trap As I grapple with lack of fact check cashing crap Cryogenically frozen emotion vibes flowin’ From out my funk bunker boombox Overthrowin’ Your global dominion opinion with ease Shootin’ breezes with Tirailleurs Senegalese I’m the kid wicked picket sign paintin’ Tom Sawyer The ill eagle Taino privilege enjoyer Still swoopin’ in mean on each **** I make clean Pick the bones dry of serpentine oil green dreams Then I bury what’s left of your money machines With the pharaohs of old’s latest pyramid schemes
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Jul 15, 2018
Jul 15, 2018 at 12:10 PM UTC
Horus the Youth
my ears refuse to hear, and my mind refuses to believe such: "a woman should not-!" "a woman cannot-!" "a woman shall never-!" "no woman is better than-!" horrendous words from irrational people. a woman can sit however she wants to - crossed legs or like how men do, a woman can wear whatever she wants to - size, length, style don't define her; the woman herself is the beautiful view, a woman can drink, smoke, cuss, and can say no to whoever - you may be on level two, but she is too, a woman has the every right to be treated like a human, a woman has the every right to go beyond the four walls, a woman has the every right to cross the limiting borders, because we are the women, we are more than the color red; more than our crimson red cheeks; our bright red lips; our vaginas; our period; our polished nails. we are fierce as the orange fire, bright as the yellow sun, wild as the forest greens, beautiful as the blue reefs, and got purple hues in our skin. we are rainbows more than just its beautiful colors - the rainbows you sometimes fail to appreciate - women are the rainbows that will never raise the white flag.
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Jan 24, 2018
Jan 24, 2018 at 7:59 AM UTC
rainbow
Sometimes, the words don’t come. The consistent stream of consciousness, ceases. I am left with nothing to say. There is a beauty in the broken mind. Like an abandoned building taken by nature. It is not that my mind does not work. It is that it works too fast, And I am left behind, Scrabbling in the dust, Desperately seeking a connection, In the discarded fragments of thought. I am fighting a losing battle. I fear the white flag will soon arise. And signal the end.
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May 18, 2019
May 18, 2019 at 10:32 AM UTC
Silent
I am from VapoRub, From Goya And morisoñando. I am from the traffic And loud horns, From the Caribbean heat, And the city lights, From the buildings And the towers. I am from the palm trees And the coconut trees, Dancing bachata And merengue In the beach, From yaniqueque Y plátano, From tostones And fish. I am from Sunday gatherings And loud family members, From Jose, Maria, and Primos, And the hardworking Payamps clan. I am from the Madera’s baseball team, From Canó, Sosa, y Ortiz, From the long summer rides To ***** Cana And Samana’s beach. From “work hard Cause life is not easy” And “family before friends.” From Christianity And Saturday morning sermons, From God is good And He brings joy. I am from Santo Domingo And Monción, From Santiago And Spanish ancestors, From mangú con salami, From rice and beans. From the grandpa Who owns the village Surrounded by Chickens, cows, and bulls, From the business owner And the well known uncles In my hometown. I am from the only flag With a bible. From the red, blue And white. From the most beautiful Island in the Caribbean, From Quisqueya y Libertad. I am from the Dominican Republic, The country that holds The people I love and Miss the most. I am from the Little Paris box I keep next to my bed, Filled with precious Gifts and letters That make me feel A little closer To them.
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Aug 18, 2017
Aug 18, 2017 at 11:54 AM UTC
"Where I'm From"
Some holding out their hope Others giving up their dead, Some believing miracles, More prefering risk-free will. Some expecting disappointment Find regret instead, Some wait for Luck's return In broken pieces, still. Some in line against the wall Wait with vacant eyes, Some with kids who won't shut up Just look down and sigh, Far too many end their days The way we first arrive. Dead hopes and broken miracles, Our televisions thrive.
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Jan 22, 2013
Jan 22, 2013 at 5:06 PM UTC
Red or White Flag?
i do not sing the storm. i do not sing rage, wrath the lightning bolt, the scream. Despair i do not sing i do not sing struggle–revenge poisonous blast– the hurricane, the quake that tears the city of peace i do not sing no border. i do not sing no flag i do not sing no warrior but she that fights all fear Poverty & sickness-night, the blade, the club, the trap blows, wounds, cries, lies, bursts & war-blood i do not sing i do not sing despise for any thing or being i do not praise no richness no governors, no kings From all this flower-garden i pick one single rose: creation is just dew upon the rose of love i celebrate one flame. i only sing one blues: the flame of endless loving with you & only you
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Mar 4, 2019
Mar 4, 2019 at 8:28 PM UTC
love sonnets : one blues.
65 years from now when my grandchild looks me and asks me "Grandma do your cheeks look like they are falling and why does your backbone rise higher than the rest of you?" I will answer: Baby girl what they don't teach you in school is that the older you get the more gravity pulls at you. Keeping your feet planted and your mind out of the clouds. Life moves down instead of forward. Bones grow frail and muscles shrivel up and weaken just like your ability to dream. Dream of what you’re going to be, "when you grow up" because, darling this is it. I'm all grown up. I am all I was ever meant to be. My clay has hardened, no longer able to bend and curve with the wind.   Too weak to keep walking forward. That is why baby run while you still can, discover the world. Leave footprints in every corner of existence, because when you're as old as me your feet will be sore and won't be able to venture deeper into the pockets of the universe. Roots now bind me to this little house where I will keep moving down. Gravity is too strong for me now dear. My skin has already given up. Succumbing to the mighty force. Falling away from my bones that lie hollow inside my cheeks engraved,with the memories too valuable lose after  lifetime. So that when this world had changed, beyond recognition, I will still hold inside of me the days that I spent in the sun . As for my back. Honey, the best thing you can have is a backbone , because when everything in this world in pulling you down, you're going to need something to keep holding you up. My backbone, a tribute to the years I spent tiptoeing across the coal beds of this life’s mighty fire.  But one day it will turn into a white flag of surrender. That is when you know that gravity has won. I will sink back into the earth and maybe start again…
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Jun 11, 2015
Jun 11, 2015 at 2:59 PM UTC
Skin and Backbone
65 years from now when my grandchild looks me and asks me "Grandma do your cheeks look like they are falling and why does your backbone rise higher than the rest of you?" I will answer: Baby girl what they don't teach you in school is that the older you get the more gravity pulls at you. Keeping your feet planted and your mind out of the clouds. Life moves down instead of forward. Bones grow frail and muscles shrivel up and weaken just like your ability to dream. Dream of what you’re going to be, "when you grow up" because, darling this is it. I'm all grown up. I am all I was ever meant to be. My clay has hardened, no longer able to bend and curve with the wind.   Too weak to keep walking forward. That is why baby run while you still can, discover the world. Leave footprints in every corner of existence, because when you're as old as me your feet will be sore and won't be able to venture deeper into the pockets of the universe. Roots now bind me to this little house where I will keep moving down. Gravity is too strong for me now dear. My skin has already given up. Succumbing to the mighty force. Falling away from my bones that lie hollow inside my cheeks engraved,with the memories too valuable lose after  lifetime. So that when this world had changed, beyond recognition, I will still hold inside of me the days that I spent in the sun . As for my back. Honey, the best thing you can have is a backbone , because when everything in this world in pulling you down, you're going to need something to keep holding you up. My backbone, a tribute to the years I spent tiptoeing across the coal beds of this life’s mighty fire.  But one day it will turn into a white flag of surrender. That is when you know that gravity has won. I will sink back into the earth and maybe start again…
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We'll make this country great again! I'll build that wall up high. Climate change? Economy! It's great! Don't wonder why. I'll take care of all your needs and get you jobs you'll love. Raise your right hand for the pledge and pray to God above! Do your duty as a man and grab her nice and tight! It's OK if she fights back, they like it rough, alright? Civil liberties, really, who needs 'em? Burn the flag? I'll just hang you for treason! This country is first. To protect it is best! Whose up for a fun little nuclear arms test? Capitalism? Yeah, I'm the money master! Pipelines! Who cares about ecological disaster? Gays? Girls? Abortion? WOE! If they want that, send em' down to Mexico! I'll rule with blood and honor too! I'll tame this crazy, jobless zoo! I'll fight for you and family rights! (Mostly for rich and mostly for whites!) Minorities? No, I'm not a racist. It's an alternate fact: Totally baseless! America the great. America the free! Put a bigger pair of **** on old Lady Liberty. Goodbye all you immigrants! All you do is steal and loot. Leave a couple of 'em behind: Someone's gotta pick our fruit! Thank you all for choosing me! This is very great and swell. Prove that you will follow now: Let's all go straight to- Heil!
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Jan 25, 2017
Jan 25, 2017 at 10:04 PM UTC
Devil at the Pulpit
Today is the day I'll go down in the calendar, It's the day of my surrender. The day I wave my little white flag, the day I give my life back, the day I kneel down to the enemy asking them to put an end to me. I surrender, I surrender.
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Jul 19, 2018
Jul 19, 2018 at 5:47 PM UTC
World War
I see you, monster... In your sockets bore dead, dark eyes They hold the blackest of stares Nebulous swirling pits of demise Thin lips would spout the most sibilant of hisses Every so often would curl into a snarl Dry and chapped, almost unworthy of kisses Large, rough snout, jutting out like a crag You sniff around tirelessly for easy targets Preying on the unsuspecting minds of those under your flag Tapering chin, sprouting strands of coarse hair Unkempt and gritty from your last meal Decaying teeth, crooked due to little to no care Your face is cratered; tales of trying adolescent years Wearing a face only a mother could love Expressionless but it screams out your fears Ugly jointed limbs that grew out of sync Disproportionate, misshapen, grotesque Little noggin with sparse hair, packed within, a brain that thinks I hear you, monster... As you stalk your sleepless nights Nocturnal ambience be your playground Lurking in the dark; places with no light Bulky, heavy feet but deft and silent Can barely notice when you're up and about As if cloaked yourself stealthy, with steps ever transient Respire you do, exhaling breaths so gnarly Ingesting good air, converting into fervid, loathsome notions With which you paint a portrait so ghastly I feel you monster... Deep within the recesses of my heart Destroying and distorting all that was pure Testing my will till I should fall apart You're but the twisted manifestation of conscience Feeding on my trials and nurturing them into vile abominations I despise that of you but I seem to have developed dependence I see you, monster... You're horrid and beastly, an embodiment of absolute horror I await the day that you would finally dissolve For I am weary of seeing you staring back in the mirror
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Sep 18, 2014
Sep 18, 2014 at 9:23 PM UTC
Monster
I see you, monster... In your sockets bore dead, dark eyes They hold the blackest of stares Nebulous swirling pits of demise Thin lips would spout the most sibilant of hisses Every so often would curl into a snarl Dry and chapped, almost unworthy of kisses Large, rough snout, jutting out like a crag You sniff around tirelessly for easy targets Preying on the unsuspecting minds of those under your flag Tapering chin, sprouting strands of coarse hair Unkempt and gritty from your last meal Decaying teeth, crooked due to little to no care Your face is cratered; tales of trying adolescent years Wearing a face only a mother could love Expressionless but it screams out your fears Ugly jointed limbs that grew out of sync Disproportionate, misshapen, grotesque Little noggin with sparse hair, packed within, a brain that thinks I hear you, monster... As you stalk your sleepless nights Nocturnal ambience be your playground Lurking in the dark; places with no light Bulky, heavy feet but deft and silent Can barely notice when you're up and about As if cloaked yourself stealthy, with steps ever transient Respire you do, exhaling breaths so gnarly Ingesting good air, converting into fervid, loathsome notions With which you paint a portrait so ghastly I feel you monster... Deep within the recesses of my heart Destroying and distorting all that was pure Testing my will till I should fall apart You're but the twisted manifestation of conscience Feeding on my trials and nurturing them into vile abominations I despise that of you but I seem to have developed dependence I see you, monster... You're horrid and beastly, an embodiment of absolute horror I await the day that you would finally dissolve For I am weary of seeing you staring back in the mirror
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I lie on my back at midnight hearing the marvelous strange chime of the clocks, and know it's mid- night and in that instant the whole world swims into sight for me in the form of beautiful swarm- ing m u t t a worlds- everything is happening, shining Buhudda-lands, bhuti blazing in faith, I know I'm forever right & all's I got to do (as I hear the ordinary extant voices of ladies talking in some kitchen at midnight oilcloth cups of cocoa cardore to mump the rinnegain in his darlin drain-) i will write it, all the talk of the world everywhere in this morning, leav- ing open parentheses sections for my own accompanying inner thoughts-with roars of me all brain-all world roaring-vibrating-I put it down, swiftly, 1,000 words (of pages) compressed into one second of time-I'll be long robed & long gold haired in the famous Greek afternoon of some Greek City Fame Immortal & they'll have to find me where they find the t h n u p f t of my shroud bags flying flag yagging Lucien Midnight back in their mouths-Gore Vidal'll be amazed, annoyed- my words'll be writ in gold & preserved in libraries like Finnegans Wake & Visions of Neal
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Daydreams for Ginsberg
A man is like a flower Starts with a bud Blossoms into its nature Natural ecstasy and perfection In time it wears out too Finally falls off the tree A natural process A natural phenomenon Naturally the man See as a flower All the nature of being To the base is the same The intelligence the man puts into saying That he is only the creature of importance And everything in the world are the resource Resource to be consumed by himself Is the false flag he is raising And is in the denial of the very nature Anything which is resonant And synchronous to the nature Has the time in nature to the eternity Whereas if not In accordance to the nature Sooner or later On the verse of decay On the verse of extinction I see the human race is in the path of extinction As civilization denying nature rather than glorifying Human beings are far from the true essence And are not synchronizing in the heart Of the very nature The so called intelligence is what humans praise and glorifying A lot full of **** And it is a shame We see the population of human species To rise and rise So may presume the statement I just stated to be false But seeing the thought processes And so called intelligence Is setting the human species To a sense of decay The step to the human race to demolish its own race Is a unjustified intelligence in itself The truth and laws of nature Being in shade Humans incorporating thoughts As a tool of destruction Rather than construction In the field of criticism rather than motivation In the field of extinction rather than sustainability In the field of destruction rather than collaboration And effort in maintaining the continuity Of equilibrium and resonance with the nature On the contrary Making critics and complain about the others Not realizing all are the part of the whole Is creating a challenge to the nature Going off beat with the nature. We shall know Anything not synchronous And not resonant to the nature Nature wipes out sooner or later We cannot accept the very fact it is true Even seeing our own life As a child The bud to the flower The youth The perfection in being and entire existence The new ideas and new world The fruit of generation brings about The generation to come To fertilize the seeds of the existence The old age To be renewed thoughts Nature wipes out as per the plan of its own Accept it as a reality As it is the truth The sharpness of flower Remembered as the youthfulness of flower The bud is treated emotionally With care as it is to be the perfection In the time to come The flower to be wiped out is respected As it was once a perfection Once roared the magnificence of itself Upon this very world The being-wiped flower doesn’t ask For its claim in the now world And indulge the new with its now state But appreciate the perfection once it had   Make believe the youthful flower to blossom And accept its own existence in the present. Every species and beings Are in the nature of being We are no different from the other species We are no superior and at the same time no inferior To the other species And not the other species to us humans Everybody and everything Is the part of the whole The whole is the nature itself.
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May 26, 2018
May 26, 2018 at 2:33 PM UTC
Flower of life
A man is like a flower Starts with a bud Blossoms into its nature Natural ecstasy and perfection In time it wears out too Finally falls off the tree A natural process A natural phenomenon Naturally the man See as a flower All the nature of being To the base is the same The intelligence the man puts into saying That he is only the creature of importance And everything in the world are the resource Resource to be consumed by himself Is the false flag he is raising And is in the denial of the very nature Anything which is resonant And synchronous to the nature Has the time in nature to the eternity Whereas if not In accordance to the nature Sooner or later On the verse of decay On the verse of extinction I see the human race is in the path of extinction As civilization denying nature rather than glorifying Human beings are far from the true essence And are not synchronizing in the heart Of the very nature The so called intelligence is what humans praise and glorifying A lot full of **** And it is a shame We see the population of human species To rise and rise So may presume the statement I just stated to be false But seeing the thought processes And so called intelligence Is setting the human species To a sense of decay The step to the human race to demolish its own race Is a unjustified intelligence in itself The truth and laws of nature Being in shade Humans incorporating thoughts As a tool of destruction Rather than construction In the field of criticism rather than motivation In the field of extinction rather than sustainability In the field of destruction rather than collaboration And effort in maintaining the continuity Of equilibrium and resonance with the nature On the contrary Making critics and complain about the others Not realizing all are the part of the whole Is creating a challenge to the nature Going off beat with the nature. We shall know Anything not synchronous And not resonant to the nature Nature wipes out sooner or later We cannot accept the very fact it is true Even seeing our own life As a child The bud to the flower The youth The perfection in being and entire existence The new ideas and new world The fruit of generation brings about The generation to come To fertilize the seeds of the existence The old age To be renewed thoughts Nature wipes out as per the plan of its own Accept it as a reality As it is the truth The sharpness of flower Remembered as the youthfulness of flower The bud is treated emotionally With care as it is to be the perfection In the time to come The flower to be wiped out is respected As it was once a perfection Once roared the magnificence of itself Upon this very world The being-wiped flower doesn’t ask For its claim in the now world And indulge the new with its now state But appreciate the perfection once it had   Make believe the youthful flower to blossom And accept its own existence in the present. Every species and beings Are in the nature of being We are no different from the other species We are no superior and at the same time no inferior To the other species And not the other species to us humans Everybody and everything Is the part of the whole The whole is the nature itself.
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I am but a nation, Torn to pieces My poor broken heart left to scatter apart Like a flag, Abandoned to the breeze And the mercy of whichever way The winds may take me. My colours are faded And split apart Representing the many different parts Of my life. Red is my passion And love in my heart, White is where my thoughts and feelings Are at their most pure, Green is for growth And my love of nature, Yellow is my cowardice Of which I am ashamed, And black Contains all possibilities. In singularity each only represents Part of me Only when colours unite together To unify my soul Will you ever Get to see me whole.
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Mar 31, 2016
Mar 31, 2016 at 12:23 PM UTC
Rainbow Nation
Am I just a wheel? Consuming meals? A speck in blue sea? Bound by what I see? Life amongst trees? Breathing means free? Am I my beliefs? The truth I seek? Flag of a country? Defined by currency? A liability? Part of society? Am I what you see? The way you judge me? The values you pick? First impressions stick? Norm defined by you? Do I dare to be rude? No... I am who I choose. I fill my own shoes. I win when I lose. I create my own views. I see black beyond blue. I pick me over you. Who are we? I am me. Who are we? Depends on you.
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Dec 5, 2017
Dec 5, 2017 at 10:46 AM UTC
Who are wE?