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~for those who will read this and weep~ *the quiet ones, the silent Job ones, who quote not from the Book of Lamentations, but author their own, based on-the-job experience localized versions of cryptic elegiacs accepting the wooden crosses borne, stepping up to the unrequested unforeseen, then buried under, burnt alive, yet never relieved by dying, nailed by words, stronger than iron, promises sworn, promises kept with no ending date relief, promises by and to themselves, but not for themselves!* *the wearers of crystal glass shackles, adorned with decorative locks for which no key did the maker make, nor any divine creator dare conceive an early release, never no escape contemplated, for the lock human, unrepentant unbreakable, a decorative useless metaphor gesture, a blunt “life ***** advertisement I compose amidst a bus pond of mismatched city folk, a tapestry of ages colors and differing views on god/no god, none would believe that as the bus sways me, it’s in rhythm to holy choral music, hundreds year old, divinity masses and motets worships, where one human can hide temporarily a safe house, to calm his questioning relentless from the horrors of no answers, for when the mind has no solution to the rough and tumbling lives, lived in glass shackled confinement, the poets desperation equals theirs* *summon eagles to transport these imprisoned, but the shackled refuse, I come to them but they wave me off, I go crazy for once I was enslaved, thirty years war that left devastation, from which so many poems created so I speak with heightened regard of one who planned futures for others where his non-existence was a founding father (ha!)* *but the day came and I was released by my own inactions, but means nothing until a way to away found to release the yet bound early* got a couch, airline miles, hundred dollars in my pocket and an unrelenting need to save them, a consumption disease, the glass shackled, at ease, won’t rest till all are freed this my creed no one left behind these cyber words do not mock for they are unbounded, set free, when the flesh connects and the needs of the flesh are stronger for they are in heart conceived
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Jun 23, 2018
Jun 23, 2018 at 5:45 PM UTC
The Glass Shackles
~for those who will read this and weep~ *the quiet ones, the silent Job ones, who quote not from the Book of Lamentations, but author their own, based on-the-job experience localized versions of cryptic elegiacs accepting the wooden crosses borne, stepping up to the unrequested unforeseen, then buried under, burnt alive, yet never relieved by dying, nailed by words, stronger than iron, promises sworn, promises kept with no ending date relief, promises by and to themselves, but not for themselves!* *the wearers of crystal glass shackles, adorned with decorative locks for which no key did the maker make, nor any divine creator dare conceive an early release, never no escape contemplated, for the lock human, unrepentant unbreakable, a decorative useless metaphor gesture, a blunt “life ***** advertisement I compose amidst a bus pond of mismatched city folk, a tapestry of ages colors and differing views on god/no god, none would believe that as the bus sways me, it’s in rhythm to holy choral music, hundreds year old, divinity masses and motets worships, where one human can hide temporarily a safe house, to calm his questioning relentless from the horrors of no answers, for when the mind has no solution to the rough and tumbling lives, lived in glass shackled confinement, the poets desperation equals theirs* *summon eagles to transport these imprisoned, but the shackled refuse, I come to them but they wave me off, I go crazy for once I was enslaved, thirty years war that left devastation, from which so many poems created so I speak with heightened regard of one who planned futures for others where his non-existence was a founding father (ha!)* *but the day came and I was released by my own inactions, but means nothing until a way to away found to release the yet bound early* got a couch, airline miles, hundred dollars in my pocket and an unrelenting need to save them, a consumption disease, the glass shackled, at ease, won’t rest till all are freed this my creed no one left behind these cyber words do not mock for they are unbounded, set free, when the flesh connects and the needs of the flesh are stronger for they are in heart conceived
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by Arcassin Burnham I promise to take care of you, I promise to have a clean plate, I promise to never forget you, I promise I will never hate, And even when your set to frustrate, You must always never ralate, To others that hate, I promise I'm gonna make you smile, I promise I'm gonna make it right, I promise to stay for a while, I promise I'll get a glimpse in sight, Of the past and how it was, Everything will be alright, A promise is a promise, Thats not always kept, Lied to your founding Fathers, When you tried to establish you wealth, I said, A promise is a promise, Thats not always kept, Lied to your founding Fathers, When you tried to establish you wealth.
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Jan 6, 2015
Jan 6, 2015 at 4:56 PM UTC
"A Promise Is A Promise"
* chorus *  Old, broken down... And feeling like there's nothing left. chorus  There goes another town, A Dream lost by a theft... chorus  Oh can you see? Nothing left to stand for! chorus  Can't be all we're gonna be? One giant end, -a closing door. chorus  What's it gonna be? You know we've lost it all before! soft-spoken statement; "Who's gonna save us now?" This is what he stands for... THIS IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR! This is what he stands for, This is what he stands for -see-e-e? chorus IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM! <musical break> chorus  Oh can you see? Only we can walk through the door! chorus  No one but "We." No one could ask for more... chorus  World can-not see, No one could ask more... chorus  No one can be, No way to ask more, -how?   This is what he stands for. THIS IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR! This is what he stands for now, ...stands for now... This is what he stands for -see-e-e? chorus IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM! This is what he stands for. THAT IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR! This is what he stands for... THIS IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR! chorus  This is what he stands for, This is what he stands for -see-e-e? chorus IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM! soft-spoken statement; ...the American dream... ...when did we lose our dream? <musical break> chorus  Worked in Michigan, Lived in Virginia, -Carolina... chorus  Jersey Re-pub-li-can, BIBLE THUMPIN' AND A CHRISTIAN! chorus  You know it's a sin? solo verse To let something special fall down... <musical changeover> Why lose another town? Feeling tired, old and broken down... Founding Fathers stirring in the ground, and the media won't make a sound... We won't lose another town! chorus  'Cause... This is what he stands for. THIS IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR! This is what he stands for, This is what he stands for -see-e-e? yeah, yeah... chorus IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM! This is what he stands for. THAT IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR! This is what he stands for... THIS IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR! chorus  This is what he stands for, This is what he stands for -see-e-e? chorus IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM! chorus all below This is what he stands for... THIS IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR! This is what he stands for, This is what he stands for -see-e-e? ...yeah...Yeah-eh! chorus IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM! fade out ...that is what stands for.. ...this is what he stands for.. ...what he stands for... ...what we're, all standing for...
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Sep 21, 2016
Sep 21, 2016 at 1:41 AM UTC
What he stands for
* chorus *  Old, broken down... And feeling like there's nothing left. chorus  There goes another town, A Dream lost by a theft... chorus  Oh can you see? Nothing left to stand for! chorus  Can't be all we're gonna be? One giant end, -a closing door. chorus  What's it gonna be? You know we've lost it all before! soft-spoken statement; "Who's gonna save us now?" This is what he stands for... THIS IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR! This is what he stands for, This is what he stands for -see-e-e? chorus IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM! <musical break> chorus  Oh can you see? Only we can walk through the door! chorus  No one but "We." No one could ask for more... chorus  World can-not see, No one could ask more... chorus  No one can be, No way to ask more, -how?   This is what he stands for. THIS IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR! This is what he stands for now, ...stands for now... This is what he stands for -see-e-e? chorus IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM! This is what he stands for. THAT IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR! This is what he stands for... THIS IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR! chorus  This is what he stands for, This is what he stands for -see-e-e? chorus IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM! soft-spoken statement; ...the American dream... ...when did we lose our dream? <musical break> chorus  Worked in Michigan, Lived in Virginia, -Carolina... chorus  Jersey Re-pub-li-can, BIBLE THUMPIN' AND A CHRISTIAN! chorus  You know it's a sin? solo verse To let something special fall down... <musical changeover> Why lose another town? Feeling tired, old and broken down... Founding Fathers stirring in the ground, and the media won't make a sound... We won't lose another town! chorus  'Cause... This is what he stands for. THIS IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR! This is what he stands for, This is what he stands for -see-e-e? yeah, yeah... chorus IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM! This is what he stands for. THAT IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR! This is what he stands for... THIS IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR! chorus  This is what he stands for, This is what he stands for -see-e-e? chorus IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM! chorus all below This is what he stands for... THIS IS WHAT HE STANDS FOR! This is what he stands for, This is what he stands for -see-e-e? ...yeah...Yeah-eh! chorus IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM! fade out ...that is what stands for.. ...this is what he stands for.. ...what he stands for... ...what we're, all standing for...
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Income is an intangible, Taxes are an intangible, Neither exists right now, Only the promise of it in the future... That's what credit is... a bet against a promise. Which means all of nothing, since it hasn't happened yet, all credit is risk of one degree or another, ...based on tolerance or gumption. If all people are, "risky," then all credit is risk, none can be more credit-worthy; less risky... So why not turn future liabilities into income, instead of future income into a liability? Hmm... Impossible? Yeah, ...since anything that gives ordinary people power must be impossible. Jesus must not believe in individual power. The Founding Fathers must not have believed in individualism. No, ...only the state backed by a selected wealthy few should determine everyone's fate by economy. Only a few should have it all.... ...no opportunity for anyone else; the weak, poor, untalented, ugly, simple, ordinary, dumb, handicapped; those ones don't matter. Just NFL players count. Only singers and actors count. Only bankers and doctors matter. Jesus would agree. Makes so much sense?
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Nov 3, 2016
Nov 3, 2016 at 11:58 PM UTC
Solving Unemployment
So winter closed its fist And got it stuck in the pump. The plunger froze up a lump In its throat, ice founding itself Upon iron. The handle Paralysed at an angle. Then the twisting of wheat straw into ropes, lapping them tight Round stem and snout, then a light That sent the pump up in a flame It cooled, we lifted her latch, Her entrance was wet, and she came.
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Rite of Spring
D- Daughter of Cronus and Rhea. E- Every spring and summer her daughter would come back but then leave again for four months in the underworld. M- Mother of Persephone and goddess of agriculture. E- Eleusinian Mysteries, something that Demeter is known for founding. T- The great Olympian goddess of corn, grain and the harvest. E- Everyone would starve and the crops would die if Demeter did not do her job. R- Responsible for creating winter and a mystery religious cult.
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Aug 11, 2014
Aug 11, 2014 at 1:50 PM UTC
Demeter- goddess of crops
Anybody that is anybody knows the most fabulous and trendy accessory are socks. Crew, No-Show, Knee high. The ever versatile socks are the most righteous thing. The Ancient Greeks may have had some dark ages, but they were the first people that we know of that thought, Hey shoes are cool, but what if we made them more flexible and soft. Thus the mighty sock was born. Now there are some of you who may think completely different about socks. Maybe they are boring, or annoying. You are feeling the Albert Einstein side of socks. (He didn’t wear socks because he didn’t see the point, tragic huh?) Well friends, though you may be genius you are completely idiotic. Socks are little hugs wrapped around your feet. All day. They are like butterfly kisses that mae you smile every time you look down. What is better than that? The answer is nothing. Queen Freaking Elizabeth loved socks and went to the inventor of the knitting machine (which was originally created to make socks) to have custom socks made. Not only are socks just incredibly wonderful and stylish, they were invented to help save the world… from sticky feet. Socks help prevent your human sweat drops from seeping into your shoes, making a perfect nesting place for the teenage mutant ninja turtles. Disgusing In conclusion, nothing can or ever will be more awe founding or perfect than socks
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Feb 12, 2017
Feb 12, 2017 at 8:53 PM UTC
socks
A ship in a bottle is a useless thing, encapsulated, isolated. It is meant to be crewed. We are each holographic captains seeking first mates and yeomen to climb the riggings and guide us through the storms. Floating colonies needing founding, battened hatches guarding dwindling stores and shielding superstitious sailors galore. We must learn to trust our crews and captains alike to brave the rough seas and coral reefs of life and nature's faith. Sometimes ships run aground, the founding of the colony, and then sandcastles reign supreme. We must learn to trust our crews and captains alike to learn from their faith in nature. We must build upon the dunes, carrying buckets of water and trust from the sea to inland shores.  The castle, like the ship, will one day be reclaimed by the sea, despite our efforts. We build them anyway out of hope, fearing faith, learning trust, while wishing we were safe in a bottle.
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Nov 12, 2013
Nov 12, 2013 at 8:23 AM UTC
Exploration
Breathing in your smoke is like heaven to me, Clearing out my lungs of such anxiety. Your crutch and your dependence, An endearing call of resplendence, I think I loved you. You make me nervous. To the point where my brain stops, And my mouth keeps running Without any indication of where the finish line is. Where I begin to speak too fast and too quick To know what I’ve said, and quite possibly For you to even follow each word that Pours out. Yet Your heart was longing for another, You and I were not meant to be lovers, And We were not made for each other. Oh, how sad times swept away the positive possibilities and the “what if?” worries, I thought I could only hate the month of August, It seems I now despise of July. Stress melted away within my tears as I wept, Sadness left the residue of itself on my pillow where I slept. The sun bleeding through my curtains closed, And yet my room turns an ill ridden shade of yellow. I thought the outcome would leave me with a feeling of euphoria Instead I look to my mirrored self, reflecting a state of body dysmorphia I do not like the way that I look, Comparing myself to her and your feelings I mistook. Straighter teeth and an older complexion, While I hide away, she only craves the attention. You only knew her for a day and you still went away, With her on holiday to a place so far, I can’t stay In this state of mind any longer. Seeing her be the lighter to your cigarette; The founding letters to the jumbled spaces in your alphabet. I see I am only the ash that falls to the ground, I am not within those letters which you finally found.
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Sep 13, 2018
Sep 13, 2018 at 6:25 AM UTC
My Dearest, We Were Not To Be.
Breathing in your smoke is like heaven to me, Clearing out my lungs of such anxiety. Your crutch and your dependence, An endearing call of resplendence, I think I loved you. You make me nervous. To the point where my brain stops, And my mouth keeps running Without any indication of where the finish line is. Where I begin to speak too fast and too quick To know what I’ve said, and quite possibly For you to even follow each word that Pours out. Yet Your heart was longing for another, You and I were not meant to be lovers, And We were not made for each other. Oh, how sad times swept away the positive possibilities and the “what if?” worries, I thought I could only hate the month of August, It seems I now despise of July. Stress melted away within my tears as I wept, Sadness left the residue of itself on my pillow where I slept. The sun bleeding through my curtains closed, And yet my room turns an ill ridden shade of yellow. I thought the outcome would leave me with a feeling of euphoria Instead I look to my mirrored self, reflecting a state of body dysmorphia I do not like the way that I look, Comparing myself to her and your feelings I mistook. Straighter teeth and an older complexion, While I hide away, she only craves the attention. You only knew her for a day and you still went away, With her on holiday to a place so far, I can’t stay In this state of mind any longer. Seeing her be the lighter to your cigarette; The founding letters to the jumbled spaces in your alphabet. I see I am only the ash that falls to the ground, I am not within those letters which you finally found.
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I look forward to the re-enactments of historic moments in the pageant of The United States of America. [sic] Gettysburg, Crossing the Delaware, The Moon Landing, Paul Revere's Ride, The March on Washington, The Storming of the Capital, The Clearing of Lafayette Plaza, The George Floyd ****** The Separation of Families, The Arizona Re-count, The Plot to Assassinate Democratic Governors, The Imprisonment of: Jared, Donny, Eric, Ivanka, Don, Carlson, Greene, Gaetz, Guilianni, Hannity, Conway, McVeigh, Barr [sic] (just to mention a few of the Founding Fuck-Ups.), the death of 650,000 people (the vast majority being innocent), The Pandemic of the Unvaxxed [sic] After July 4, 2024, History may never be the same. See it now!
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Jul 22, 2021
Jul 22, 2021 at 3:39 PM UTC
Re-enactments: July 4th
In freedom’s blessed glorified sky through streaks of immortal gold his visage we behold He looks upon the fields of liberty that he and the founding fathers sowed he sees the Richness America has become he also beheld her struggles catastrophic wars abroad And the most painful the one that divided the nation marred it with southern and northern Blood saw the affable the sad giant Lincoln take the reins of discontent hold them by Shear will and with uncommon sagacity guided it back in line to fulfill its destiny as the Powerful fount that would always pour forth waters of freedom for all of earths peoples Total unconditional acceptance of liberty and all the fruit it bears to establish a Government like no other this golden grain has waved under bluest skies and brightest Sun light its rich harvest has gone to darkest prison cells Mandela was sustained by it For twenty nine years and by its moral purity it fed the lives of those that over threw Apartied and Mandela finally freed by principals it avows rose from prison clothes To wear the mantle of president of his country and the honor of the man instilled Quality that transcended political office Jefferson not to be disrespectful to his progeny Whispers today’s politicians could do well to look on this African model of good Stewardship of public trust with that Jefferson faded back into the mist pray that’s Not the fate of this country
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Aug 29, 2012
Aug 29, 2012 at 2:26 PM UTC
Streaks of Jefferson
In a busy town In massachusetts there is this college BCC At this cozy college there are 8 buildings But one has capture my heart completly G BUILDING Walk through the sliding glass doors Around the corner through the lunch room To the Dinning hall Noise assult my ears Beeping video games shouts of triumph Kpop and metal music Tables littered with playing cards Yugioh Pokemon Magic People as different as can be From all corners of the social spectrum Popular and geeks Join together in a crazy dance A swirling brightly colored tango Joined together by mutal intrest Riker, dear Riker puple fadora ever present My "Co-Pimp" a founding father of the trolling company Damien, Oh damien Your strangness growing stranger Your hair of deception Another founding father Jose, Dear Lord Jose You're pervertenss proceeds you Cat calling Video gaming Holly, sweet Holly Looking innocent and sweet Masking your wildness underneath Nathan, My Naten My best friend through the ages Opinions flying Jungle juice by your side Casey, My sweet sweet Casey Ghost story devourer Trusting you with my secrets Everyone's little sister John, John of the lake Annoying as hell but loveble all the same only kind things to say Josh, Or should I say Shoji Big Brother Laptop out Video game in Matt, My lovely Matt This is where we met Fate intervined brought us together This is where I belong This island of misfits This G building gang This is my home.
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May 8, 2014
May 8, 2014 at 1:11 PM UTC
The Tale of the G building Gang (mind you this is VERY VERY LONG)
In freedom’s blessed glorified sky through streaks of immortal gold his visage we behold He looks upon the fields of liberty that he and the founding fathers sowed he sees the Richness America has become he also beheld her struggles catastrophic wars abroad And the most painful the one that divided the nation marred it with southern and northern Blood saw the affable the sad giant Lincoln take the reins of discontent hold them by Shear will and with uncommon sagacity guided it back in line to fulfill its destiny as the Powerful fount that would always pour forth waters of freedom for all of earths peoples Total unconditional acceptance of liberty and all the fruit it bears to establish a Government like no other this golden grain has waved under bluest skies and brightest Sun light its rich harvest has gone to darkest prison cells Mandela was sustained by it For twenty nine years and by its moral purity it fed the lives of those that over threw Apartied and Mandela finally freed by principals it avows rose from prison clothes To wear the mantle of president of his country and the honor of the man instilled Quality that transcended political office Jefferson not to be disrespectful to his progeny Whispers today’s politicians could do well to look on this African model of good Stewardship of public trust with that Jefferson faded back into the mist pray that’s Not the fate of this country
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Apr 9, 2012
Apr 9, 2012 at 12:31 PM UTC
Streaks of Jefferson
What are the truly indispensable things of Life? Those meaningful, forever things, Those enriching, soul sustaining, can’t live without, nonmaterial things? Those can’t reach out and touch them things? The one’s that keep one breath following another? Those things that foster the founding of religions, Those that cause poets and writers to put pen to paper? Of which most songs and music celebrate? Those things that have forever inspired questions, Without clear answers. Those all so elusive concepts that only we humans pursue, As essential to us as sunshine, air, water and food. Those things that all humans spend a life time in search of? And far too many never find. Those things that cannot be bought, with worldly riches at any price? These “things” I refer to center on matters of the heart, and one's own brain, These are the powerful, abiding gifts of self love, And the bestowing of true love unto others, And being the recipient of their love in return. For without these indispensable precious things, Though we possess everything else there is,   We remain a mere, empty vessel for want of filling.
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Jan 3, 2014
Jan 3, 2014 at 6:57 PM UTC
Precious Things
At the age of nine he wanted to die which was something I couldn't understand because I knew our mother loved us. desperation so doctors drill diagnostic decisions down his throat. I pray he won't choke on the shallow pills he has to swallow hollow dreams he has to follow. Sedating's seductive for families who can afford it. The Founding Fathers have forged my future, they've mocked my freedom and cashed in on humans. America likes to revive our problems with the quickest fix, money solves it. My brothers become another lab rat to solidify the fact that these pills are legit. Simply because his name appears on a list. Ignoring the fact his original pain was nothing but a claim against all of this cultural ********
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Apr 7, 2015
Apr 7, 2015 at 1:25 PM UTC
Xanax
I’ve been looking for the dark side of the son, I’ve been trying to poke holes in what props you up, I’ve been desperate to bring your generational growth, To a stunted halt, Founding Fathers to doubt, Slave owners who colonized under god, A place ripe for ideological blows, And the collapse of what we believed before, We had a chance to see, How much isn’t known, I’ve been creeping in your crib, Under the bed with the boogie man, The sadness you feel throughout your adulthood, And the death you see after your midlife awakening, Please fear me, Growing amongst others that act like humans, Grouped amongst an idealistic species, Where they’ve preached individualistic babies, When your genesis, Exemplifies our resemblance, Beacon of truth, I will end you, How dare you dismantle me, Despite my invisibility, We will end your corruptive ways, The enemy in the corner, An American insurgency, The lack of the people’s ability, To fight for the freedoms we perceive! Erroneous burn in hell, I’ll make sure I continue to swell, Instead of letting you become the reason I fell, Revelations will become your reality if you think I’ll be exiting, You insignificant **** how dare you think I will spatter like mud, I didn’t come from violent thrusts, and a mother infected by another’s muck, I rose because of your intolerance, I am the after birth of a racist, Founding Father’s with economics, Not bothered by the ******* of another human, Not to deny the atrocities of my ancestors time, Yet we are the turning of the tide, We are the generation that will correct the rhyme, The ones that will begin the age of man’s prime, We are the flow of a barbarian bloodline, We are the evolutionary wonder that continues to surprise, Learning to compromise is not a means to survive, You fool humanity is a fire burning out, And I am the evidence of Mother’s doubt in man, A germ was your genesis And I am your omega, You insignificant residue, I will end you, We will defy you, I will smother your existences, We will overcome your dominance, Justifying my social anxieties, We need to fixate this desire, To set foot on the land for the free, To cultivate minds of humanity,
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Jan 10, 2013
Jan 10, 2013 at 1:34 PM UTC
B of the LTs’ (Beacon of the Lovely Truths)
I’ve been looking for the dark side of the son, I’ve been trying to poke holes in what props you up, I’ve been desperate to bring your generational growth, To a stunted halt, Founding Fathers to doubt, Slave owners who colonized under god, A place ripe for ideological blows, And the collapse of what we believed before, We had a chance to see, How much isn’t known, I’ve been creeping in your crib, Under the bed with the boogie man, The sadness you feel throughout your adulthood, And the death you see after your midlife awakening, Please fear me, Growing amongst others that act like humans, Grouped amongst an idealistic species, Where they’ve preached individualistic babies, When your genesis, Exemplifies our resemblance, Beacon of truth, I will end you, How dare you dismantle me, Despite my invisibility, We will end your corruptive ways, The enemy in the corner, An American insurgency, The lack of the people’s ability, To fight for the freedoms we perceive! Erroneous burn in hell, I’ll make sure I continue to swell, Instead of letting you become the reason I fell, Revelations will become your reality if you think I’ll be exiting, You insignificant **** how dare you think I will spatter like mud, I didn’t come from violent thrusts, and a mother infected by another’s muck, I rose because of your intolerance, I am the after birth of a racist, Founding Father’s with economics, Not bothered by the ******* of another human, Not to deny the atrocities of my ancestors time, Yet we are the turning of the tide, We are the generation that will correct the rhyme, The ones that will begin the age of man’s prime, We are the flow of a barbarian bloodline, We are the evolutionary wonder that continues to surprise, Learning to compromise is not a means to survive, You fool humanity is a fire burning out, And I am the evidence of Mother’s doubt in man, A germ was your genesis And I am your omega, You insignificant residue, I will end you, We will defy you, I will smother your existences, We will overcome your dominance, Justifying my social anxieties, We need to fixate this desire, To set foot on the land for the free, To cultivate minds of humanity,
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If I listened to every advertisement hollering through the static of my cable-hooked television, I'd have a mammoth bottle of Hidden Valley Ranch sitting with the ego-quenching sheen of recommendation in my fridge, a Weight Watchers membership (it told me to join as soon as possible with the speed of a steroid-devouring treadmill), Children's Tylenol (despite being situationally barren), and a Bowflex-shaped elephant, ivory tusks slumping uselessly in the corner. My living room would be the fraternal twin of the American Smithsonian, a faux-genuine quilt of our Founding Fathers' present day descendants draping over my popcorn ceiling. I return to the latest sacred cow in the flea store cartel of Lifetime Movie heroines; it's "Vengeful Vixens Sunday" and Elizabeth Berkley shooting men and stabbing women in the back all while eating buckets of Ben and Jerry and getting addicted to crystal **** The dialogue is as freshly packaged and slovenly edible as the Minute Ready Late Night Dinner with a cartoon grandma plastered on the logo, all to remind you of down home, or in the case of this Lifetime screenplay, a time when the brain wasn't fully developed. Same difference. We all hide our guilty pleasures as if our tolerance for the secondhand existence of these favorites were deemed malignant by a cardboard kingdom of young adult sophistication, but I ask you: who hasn't slipped into the comfort of a mind turned to mush?
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Apr 29, 2010
Apr 29, 2010 at 10:55 AM UTC
Our Minds Are Mush
The hue of streets; cousins of chalkboards; the distinct voice of transition; of forbidden love sipped through straws of anticipation; swallowing decadent tribulations to nourish picturesque gardens and English dreams; the line between appreciation and alienation Happens to be the blemish of today's death; headline hopscotch founding father of premeditation Sound prints in the sand
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Mar 17, 2012
Mar 17, 2012 at 9:35 AM UTC
Sound Prints in the Sand
We don’t get to pick our family Or the country in which we’re born Most families are quite imperfect High praise will seldom adorn Our country acts as, in absence of, A national family We’ve come together as mighty fist To overcome tragedy Just as you have complained about; The faults of sister and brother; The arbitrary dad’s imperfect justice; The imperfectly care-worn mother So it is with the family national Not every behavior good Complaints and suggestions are rational Don’t banish before understood One’s right to protest what isn’t good For the national family A founding right that’s understood Wherever that protest be Some family members are not all good Most not prone to riot Some bring dirt to the nation’s house While others stay, clean, and quiet If you demand “protestors leave” You fail to understand There’s no place to go but home And clean the dirt that demands National attention not just blind scorn Your so self-righteous display You can help with hearts reborn To clean or get out of the way
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Oct 17, 2016
Oct 17, 2016 at 10:59 AM UTC
SPEAKING OF PROTEST
Repost for Nelson Mandela In freedom’s blessed glorified sky through streaks of immortal gold his visage we behold He looks upon the fields of liberty that he and the founding fathers sowed he sees the Richness America has become he also beheld her struggles catastrophic wars abroad And the most painful the one that divided the nation marred it with southern and northern Blood saw the affable the sad giant Lincoln take the reins of discontent hold them by Shear will and with uncommon sagacity guided it back in line to fulfill its destiny as the Powerful fount that would always pour forth waters of freedom for all of earths peoples Total unconditional acceptance of liberty and all the fruit it bears to establish a Government like no other this golden grain has waved under bluest skies and brightest Sun light its rich harvest has gone to darkest prison cells Mandela was sustained by it For twenty nine years and by its moral purity it fed the lives of those that over threw Apartied and Mandela finally freed by principals it avows rose from prison clothes To wear the mantle of president of his country and the honor of the man instilled Quality that transcended political office Jefferson not to be disrespectful to his progeny Whispers today’s politicians could do well to look on this African model of good Stewardship of public trust with that Jefferson faded back into the mist pray that’s Not the fate of this country
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Dec 5, 2013
Dec 5, 2013 at 6:48 PM UTC
Streaks of Jefferson
Washington was the first, helped emancipate, His skills as a leader, nothing less than great. A founding father, during the Revolutionary war, America's first general, British trouble was in store. Crossed the Delaware, while the English slept, On the Limeys army, his troops had crept. This historic victory, both clever and tactical, Thoughts of independence now were practical. Now victory assured, not bowing to the king, Colonists were free, here there voices sing. George rule the colonies, we put you on a throne, Let's start a new democracy, he said in a gentle tone. Served as the president for eight strong years, Loved by the voters, respected by his peers. The next great man, to hold political reigns, Was our counties leader, during the time of great pains. Born in the woods, his character strongly built, His passion for equality, never did wilt. Families torn apart, North against South, The Emancipation Proclamation, wisdom out of Abe's mouth. The Civil War now over, abolished was the slave, The social order of the States, beginning to repave. Lincoln wasn't alive, to see freedom abound, Shot by Wilkes Booth, the world mourned the sound, Heard at Ford's theater, that fateful night, His spirit is alive, it continues to fight. For freedom and justice and the American way, Both Washington and Lincoln are honored this day. Visit poemsbypaul.com
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Feb 15, 2013
Feb 15, 2013 at 1:09 PM UTC
Presidents
Liberty and FREEDOM? For SOME, but not for ALL. For most the clock is ticking, And it's slowing to a crawl. The graphitti is in neon. A luminous great scrawl. The finger is a'pointing. The writing's on the wall. Can't afford our army corps Let alone our vets. Alone our heros wander streets As mean as it gets. Their chances of survival? Don't take any bets. What happened to the middle class? Are THEY free anymore? Yep. They push the shopping carts At the Wal-Mart store. It's one of their MANY menial jobs They have three or four Even the kids must work for pay That mortgage is a bore They feel like exploding. It rocks them to the core. They see all their neighbors Are simply getting poor. The liberty bell's cracked open Can't you hear the sound? All the freedom fighters left. They've gone underground. Look for the founding fathers. They are not around. Where are the stars and stripes? Nowhere to be found. SoulSurvivor (C) 9/30/2015
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Oct 1, 2015
Oct 1, 2015 at 12:49 AM UTC
The Bell is Cracked
Standing in the river today Bits of me still longed to go. Float down stream. Leave. There was a slight voice, a murmur now, This feeling that now feels foreign, Thoughts of disappearing with the currents movement. Following my natural inclination to Move. This voice was once a constant, My response to the things that got hard. Move on. Be contained by the Shores edge and Flow. Change, allow the wind to push You along. Race with the fishes. My fish friends, never understood why People eat them. They are founding members of us. Hold within them things we've long lost. They race with me though, Dipping and diving around the soft rounded river rocks. I love how they feel along my skin, My watery core capable of all dimension. My malleable soul. No one knows how comfortable it is With change. I was broken in, Made to embrace it. Though today , I didn't feel so Impatient. The longing to reunite with the oceans Oneness, it's collection of me. My call is quieting. Softening, healing is being felt. Infection is spreading, Stretched out over Her body. My feet graze over the Shores pebbles, Feeling lazy. Swimming isn't necessary. Today we must stay standing, At the edge of the river. Holding each other up. Coaxing a belief we can make something We all can trust... This faith in me is what I really have to offer to us, to our collective rising... I believe in humanity. I believe in me. And you, that WE Have the ability to create anew. That our hearts, together, see the steps Begin within. And as friends on this Journey of US, We meld hands, fingers wrapping Around knuckles and rings. Hold tight darling, This river can be strong. Your hand slides on my softened skin, I hear the connection, I breath. Thank God you're home.
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Jul 14, 2017
Jul 14, 2017 at 2:48 AM UTC
feet in water
Standing in the river today Bits of me still longed to go. Float down stream. Leave. There was a slight voice, a murmur now, This feeling that now feels foreign, Thoughts of disappearing with the currents movement. Following my natural inclination to Move. This voice was once a constant, My response to the things that got hard. Move on. Be contained by the Shores edge and Flow. Change, allow the wind to push You along. Race with the fishes. My fish friends, never understood why People eat them. They are founding members of us. Hold within them things we've long lost. They race with me though, Dipping and diving around the soft rounded river rocks. I love how they feel along my skin, My watery core capable of all dimension. My malleable soul. No one knows how comfortable it is With change. I was broken in, Made to embrace it. Though today , I didn't feel so Impatient. The longing to reunite with the oceans Oneness, it's collection of me. My call is quieting. Softening, healing is being felt. Infection is spreading, Stretched out over Her body. My feet graze over the Shores pebbles, Feeling lazy. Swimming isn't necessary. Today we must stay standing, At the edge of the river. Holding each other up. Coaxing a belief we can make something We all can trust... This faith in me is what I really have to offer to us, to our collective rising... I believe in humanity. I believe in me. And you, that WE Have the ability to create anew. That our hearts, together, see the steps Begin within. And as friends on this Journey of US, We meld hands, fingers wrapping Around knuckles and rings. Hold tight darling, This river can be strong. Your hand slides on my softened skin, I hear the connection, I breath. Thank God you're home.
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