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"gymnastics" poems
I don't understand why it is so difficult now When before it might not have been easy but it by far was never this bad I can't hear the whisper anymore I don't know if I ever will again Why can't I wake myself up? I haven't cried in a long time I haven't truly expressed any type of emotion except for anger in a long time I don't remember myself anymore I miss a lot of things If I knew back then what I was going to be like now I would run like hell and try to change a lot of things Someone once asked a question "What are some regrets that you live with?" This is what I would answer with... I regret the day that I didn't ride my bike anymore. I regret the day I started wearing make up. I regret the day i straightened my hair. I regret the day I didn't wear my retainers. I regret the day I stopped playing sports. I regret the day I stopped swimming. I regret the day I stopped doing gymnastics. I regret the day I stopped being a kid. I regret the day my Grandma died and I realized I knew nothing about her. I regret the day my Grandpa died and I never got to tell him how much I love him. I regret the days I took for gran-it when I could talk to my mom face to face I regret the day that I didn't be a little nicer to my brothers. I regret the day I didn't live up to being the Youth leader I should have been I regret the day that I decided I wasn't good enough I regret the day I couldn't look in the mirror and not hate myself. I regret the day I boxed up my emotions. I regret the day that I let society take who I was. I regret the day where I no longer felt important. I regret the day that I ran away from everything. I regret the day that I told myself "there is no turning back" I regret the day that I lost a friend. I regret the day where I became angry. I regret the day where I saw my friends turning and there was nothing I could do. I regret the day the world fell upon my shoulders. There are so many regrets. Far more then just this short list. I'm in a moment of life where things never seem to get any better. There are still the same unsolved problems as yesterday and life still doesn't get any easier. The best I can do for now, Is smile, and pretend like nothing really matters
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Sep 26, 2012
Sep 26, 2012 at 8:45 PM UTC
Regrets
I don't understand why it is so difficult now When before it might not have been easy but it by far was never this bad I can't hear the whisper anymore I don't know if I ever will again Why can't I wake myself up? I haven't cried in a long time I haven't truly expressed any type of emotion except for anger in a long time I don't remember myself anymore I miss a lot of things If I knew back then what I was going to be like now I would run like hell and try to change a lot of things Someone once asked a question "What are some regrets that you live with?" This is what I would answer with... I regret the day that I didn't ride my bike anymore. I regret the day I started wearing make up. I regret the day i straightened my hair. I regret the day I didn't wear my retainers. I regret the day I stopped playing sports. I regret the day I stopped swimming. I regret the day I stopped doing gymnastics. I regret the day I stopped being a kid. I regret the day my Grandma died and I realized I knew nothing about her. I regret the day my Grandpa died and I never got to tell him how much I love him. I regret the days I took for gran-it when I could talk to my mom face to face I regret the day that I didn't be a little nicer to my brothers. I regret the day I didn't live up to being the Youth leader I should have been I regret the day that I decided I wasn't good enough I regret the day I couldn't look in the mirror and not hate myself. I regret the day I boxed up my emotions. I regret the day that I let society take who I was. I regret the day where I no longer felt important. I regret the day that I ran away from everything. I regret the day that I told myself "there is no turning back" I regret the day that I lost a friend. I regret the day where I became angry. I regret the day where I saw my friends turning and there was nothing I could do. I regret the day the world fell upon my shoulders. There are so many regrets. Far more then just this short list. I'm in a moment of life where things never seem to get any better. There are still the same unsolved problems as yesterday and life still doesn't get any easier. The best I can do for now, Is smile, and pretend like nothing really matters
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My name is Ashly (yes spelled without the E) I was born without a windpipe and was 3 months premature. I underwent surgery for a tracheostomy and died on the operating table. I was revived. I was hooked up to many machines and my parents were told I wouldn’t live for more then 3 days... If I would survive more then 3 days I would be hooked up to machines my whole life and be in a “vegetative state” Doctors told my parents and family “I would never live to see my 18th birthday.” I lived in the hospital for almost 2 years. At age 2, I myself, ripped out my tracheostomy (which could have killed me) My family rushed me to children’s hospital and the doctors decided to let the hole in my neck close and see what happens. My doctors don’t know how I made it through the night or days after. I went home after a couple weeks and that’s when I started living my life as a “normal” child. All of my sisters were involved in dance classes, my parents( doctors didn’t agree) enrolled me in to classes. THATS WHERE MY LIFE CHANGED Dance became my passion, along with gymnastics and musical theatre. Something my family, doctors or even myself never thought I would EVER do. On my 18th birthday it was a mixture of emotions. I made a milestone that no one said I would ever see. I competed in dance and gymnastics until I was 19 years of age as well as did over 60 musicals at my local theatre company. I never thought I would ever have a boy love me because I had “too many problems” or even get married for that matter. Fast forward, I am now almost 33 ( June .11th is my birthday) Married for almost 8 years to my best friend. Happy doesn’t even cover what I feel everyday waking up next to my love. We may not have a “family” of our own but we are happy and in love over the moon with one another. So why did I just ramble on with this? Because I’m a MIRACLE and a SURVIVOR. Even though I don’t remember much from my childhood and what I and my family had to endure, I have been fighter since my first breath. I’M A SURVIVOR and I’VE MADE IT....
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Mar 18, 2018
Mar 18, 2018 at 3:09 PM UTC
I’m a SURVIVOR
My name is Ashly (yes spelled without the E) I was born without a windpipe and was 3 months premature. I underwent surgery for a tracheostomy and died on the operating table. I was revived. I was hooked up to many machines and my parents were told I wouldn’t live for more then 3 days... If I would survive more then 3 days I would be hooked up to machines my whole life and be in a “vegetative state” Doctors told my parents and family “I would never live to see my 18th birthday.” I lived in the hospital for almost 2 years. At age 2, I myself, ripped out my tracheostomy (which could have killed me) My family rushed me to children’s hospital and the doctors decided to let the hole in my neck close and see what happens. My doctors don’t know how I made it through the night or days after. I went home after a couple weeks and that’s when I started living my life as a “normal” child. All of my sisters were involved in dance classes, my parents( doctors didn’t agree) enrolled me in to classes. THATS WHERE MY LIFE CHANGED Dance became my passion, along with gymnastics and musical theatre. Something my family, doctors or even myself never thought I would EVER do. On my 18th birthday it was a mixture of emotions. I made a milestone that no one said I would ever see. I competed in dance and gymnastics until I was 19 years of age as well as did over 60 musicals at my local theatre company. I never thought I would ever have a boy love me because I had “too many problems” or even get married for that matter. Fast forward, I am now almost 33 ( June .11th is my birthday) Married for almost 8 years to my best friend. Happy doesn’t even cover what I feel everyday waking up next to my love. We may not have a “family” of our own but we are happy and in love over the moon with one another. So why did I just ramble on with this? Because I’m a MIRACLE and a SURVIVOR. Even though I don’t remember much from my childhood and what I and my family had to endure, I have been fighter since my first breath. I’M A SURVIVOR and I’VE MADE IT....
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Starting with coverage from BBC2. Brushing calm shadows into pastel hills. A rhythm paints terrain a sugary brown. Flicks of green create fauliage serene. The clean tasteless air is cotton soft. A effortless stream runs cobalt clear. Where salmon gymnastics begin each year. Squirrels practice dance routines a glamorous red. The doormice dressed and ready for bed. Continuing coverage on Ch4. The perch, the tench sat together on an underwater bench. Discussing bait and hooks whilst flicking through some fishing books. What's he eating? Mr Mole, it looks like cheese and ham on a soft brown roll. There's a chicken and a fox that live round here. Seriously, they've been dating each other for about a year. Now, if you take the next left, then over the stye. There's a duck lives there, call in and say, hi! Poetry by Kaydee.
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Sep 13, 2018
Sep 13, 2018 at 10:09 PM UTC
The Meadow
MY COMPUTER IS INFECTED WITH A VIRUS FROM SURFING TEEN AGE **** SITES LATE AT NITE SOME OF WHAT I'V SEEN, IT LOOKS QUITE NORMAL WHILE OTHER THINGS THEY JUST DON'T SEEM QUITE RIGHT I'D JUST STARTED CHRISTMAS SHOPPING WHEN I LEARNED THAT I'D BEEN HACKED THERE APPEARED BEFORE ME QUITE THE PHOTO OF A REINDEER WITH **** ELF FOLK ON HER BACK AS I LOOKED MORE AT THE PHOTO AND I LOOKED DEEP IN THE TREES I SAW JUST A HINT OF SCARLETT THAT LOOKED JUST LIKE MRS. SANTA ON HER KNEES AS I LOOKED MORE AT THE PICTURE SHE HAD A LOOK, BUT NOT OF PAIN AND I SAW WHAT SHE WAS ******* WAS NOT AN ALLANS CANDY CANE! AS I TRIED TO LEAVE THE WEBSITE A NEW PHOTO CAME MY WAY AND I STARED HARD IN AMAZEMENT THINKING, CORR I NEVER KNEW THAT ELVES COULD BEND THAT WAY ONE WAS DOING **** GYMNASTICS WITH HER *** HIGH IN THE AIR SHE HAD SOMETHING IN HER "OUT" HOLE AND I THOUGHT, "I DON'T THINK THAT THING BELONGS IN THERE" SO I SHUT DOWN MY COMPUTER AND THE SCREEN FADED TO BLACK I THOUGHT I'D LOST ALL MY FILES AND THERE'S NO WAY IN THE WORLD TO GET THEM BACK I'D BE OFF LINE WELL PAST CHRISTMAS AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO SAY I'D BEEN BURNED BY SURFING **** SITES SEEING THINGS YOU SHOULDN'T SEE ON CHRISTMAS DAY WHEN MY HEAD DID HIT MY PILLOW I SWORE FROM **** SITES I'D REFRAIN BUT I WOKE UP EARLY THE NEXT MORNING AND FOUND A HALF SUCKED STICKY CANDY CANE I COULD NOT HELP BUT WONDER WHO HAD LEFT IT HERE BESIDE BUT I KNEW DEEP DOWN IT CAME FROM SANTA ON HIS ONE NIGHT YEARLY RIDE WHEN I TURNED ON MY COMPUTER I KNEW I'D KEEP IT TO MYSELF NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE IT IF I TOLD THEM OF **** SITES FULL OF DEER AND NAKED ELVES.
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Jul 2, 2012
Jul 2, 2012 at 2:34 PM UTC
Prancing Deer and Naked Elves (sung to Grandma got run over by a reindeer)
MY COMPUTER IS INFECTED WITH A VIRUS FROM SURFING TEEN AGE **** SITES LATE AT NITE SOME OF WHAT I'V SEEN, IT LOOKS QUITE NORMAL WHILE OTHER THINGS THEY JUST DON'T SEEM QUITE RIGHT I'D JUST STARTED CHRISTMAS SHOPPING WHEN I LEARNED THAT I'D BEEN HACKED THERE APPEARED BEFORE ME QUITE THE PHOTO OF A REINDEER WITH **** ELF FOLK ON HER BACK AS I LOOKED MORE AT THE PHOTO AND I LOOKED DEEP IN THE TREES I SAW JUST A HINT OF SCARLETT THAT LOOKED JUST LIKE MRS. SANTA ON HER KNEES AS I LOOKED MORE AT THE PICTURE SHE HAD A LOOK, BUT NOT OF PAIN AND I SAW WHAT SHE WAS ******* WAS NOT AN ALLANS CANDY CANE! AS I TRIED TO LEAVE THE WEBSITE A NEW PHOTO CAME MY WAY AND I STARED HARD IN AMAZEMENT THINKING, CORR I NEVER KNEW THAT ELVES COULD BEND THAT WAY ONE WAS DOING **** GYMNASTICS WITH HER *** HIGH IN THE AIR SHE HAD SOMETHING IN HER "OUT" HOLE AND I THOUGHT, "I DON'T THINK THAT THING BELONGS IN THERE" SO I SHUT DOWN MY COMPUTER AND THE SCREEN FADED TO BLACK I THOUGHT I'D LOST ALL MY FILES AND THERE'S NO WAY IN THE WORLD TO GET THEM BACK I'D BE OFF LINE WELL PAST CHRISTMAS AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO SAY I'D BEEN BURNED BY SURFING **** SITES SEEING THINGS YOU SHOULDN'T SEE ON CHRISTMAS DAY WHEN MY HEAD DID HIT MY PILLOW I SWORE FROM **** SITES I'D REFRAIN BUT I WOKE UP EARLY THE NEXT MORNING AND FOUND A HALF SUCKED STICKY CANDY CANE I COULD NOT HELP BUT WONDER WHO HAD LEFT IT HERE BESIDE BUT I KNEW DEEP DOWN IT CAME FROM SANTA ON HIS ONE NIGHT YEARLY RIDE WHEN I TURNED ON MY COMPUTER I KNEW I'D KEEP IT TO MYSELF NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE IT IF I TOLD THEM OF **** SITES FULL OF DEER AND NAKED ELVES.
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this one girl I used to be friends with, she was so beautiful and never ever did she see it in herself. I used to look at her though, and I used to wish I looked just like her or had a personality as kind and sweet and determined as her. I used to want to be as free of a soul as her and sometimes, even as guarded. It made me sad a lot of the time because she was so depressed and mysterious to me; her life kinda ****** back when I had first met her. I remember we dropped acid together twice and I told her that if ever there was someone I didn’t want to lose, it was her. And then the following year we had a fall out and we don’t talk anymore. I guess people change and that should be okay but sometimes I still wonder about her and what she is doing now and how she spends her friday nights. then there was this other friend, who I may have even considered myself closer with but in a different way. We used to sneak out of my house during sleepovers when we were younger and sit on the curb and share a cigarette. we’d talk about all the people we miss and how afraid we were of the future. I always felt like I hardly knew her even though she shared most of herself with me. the first time I saw her cry was terrifying to me, but I didn’t tell her that. I remember how pretty I thought she was. physically though. and physically alone. She had a lot birthmarks that made her intriguing and skinny legs with pretty knees. however, she was mean and usually very bitter. one time she told me “I hate people until they give me a reason to like them” and hearing that disappointed me. I tried the most to be her friend again after she walked away but it was no use. another friend I had I was friends with since I was six. I knew her from pre school and we were inseparable. I could write paragraphs and paragraphs about how amazing that girl is. I could do the same about how bad I felt for her. she was a friend who I never thought I would lose and I remember we had the type of friendship where our parents used to sign us up to do the same sports (horseback riding, gymnastics). after we stopped being friends I heard she fell off the deep end and was doing a lot of drugs. I got back in touch with her recently however she never seemed interested in hanging out and some of my texts went unanswered so I gave up. when I think about her, I still see my 12 year old self, playing mermaids in her pool as if time had stood still. if any of the people I’m writing about read this post, I hope it’s her most of all. miss you.
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Apr 7, 2016
Apr 7, 2016 at 7:54 AM UTC
little paragraphs about some people I don't talk to anymore but wouldn't really be bothered if they read this
this one girl I used to be friends with, she was so beautiful and never ever did she see it in herself. I used to look at her though, and I used to wish I looked just like her or had a personality as kind and sweet and determined as her. I used to want to be as free of a soul as her and sometimes, even as guarded. It made me sad a lot of the time because she was so depressed and mysterious to me; her life kinda ****** back when I had first met her. I remember we dropped acid together twice and I told her that if ever there was someone I didn’t want to lose, it was her. And then the following year we had a fall out and we don’t talk anymore. I guess people change and that should be okay but sometimes I still wonder about her and what she is doing now and how she spends her friday nights. then there was this other friend, who I may have even considered myself closer with but in a different way. We used to sneak out of my house during sleepovers when we were younger and sit on the curb and share a cigarette. we’d talk about all the people we miss and how afraid we were of the future. I always felt like I hardly knew her even though she shared most of herself with me. the first time I saw her cry was terrifying to me, but I didn’t tell her that. I remember how pretty I thought she was. physically though. and physically alone. She had a lot birthmarks that made her intriguing and skinny legs with pretty knees. however, she was mean and usually very bitter. one time she told me “I hate people until they give me a reason to like them” and hearing that disappointed me. I tried the most to be her friend again after she walked away but it was no use. another friend I had I was friends with since I was six. I knew her from pre school and we were inseparable. I could write paragraphs and paragraphs about how amazing that girl is. I could do the same about how bad I felt for her. she was a friend who I never thought I would lose and I remember we had the type of friendship where our parents used to sign us up to do the same sports (horseback riding, gymnastics). after we stopped being friends I heard she fell off the deep end and was doing a lot of drugs. I got back in touch with her recently however she never seemed interested in hanging out and some of my texts went unanswered so I gave up. when I think about her, I still see my 12 year old self, playing mermaids in her pool as if time had stood still. if any of the people I’m writing about read this post, I hope it’s her most of all. miss you.
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practicing mental gymnastics insipid memories seeping their way past defensive buffers remembering repressed poisons as a catalyst for making wiser decisions lackadaisical reactions to sharply defined parallaxes warrant an immediate shift fractal spectacles the labyrinth of my innards inhale the cosmological smoke of suggestion words become meaningless when repeated exhaustively semantic satiation slicing away at true intentions paving the way to false inventiveness shallow river beds are loud prouder than their counterparts insecurity overshadows a lack of faith in the faint of heart everything worthwhile falls apart
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Sep 27, 2014
Sep 27, 2014 at 1:38 AM UTC
deconstruction
In my absence My mind has been doing back-flips, back-spins and hand-springs. They really should be called head-springs.' Off a spring board I began vaulting. Trying to spin, tumble, turn des pairs of thoughts stuck in the landing area Threw a little french in there for ya. Grasping at hysteria asymmetrically with sanity must be stronger than anxiety. Like a glass coat, it blankets me however you can see to the core, translucent rings of a tree. Walking the balance beam between life and suicide sporadically. Being pushed on both sides by a jet stream Surviving is a pipe dream because we are all dying. Once again I am on the floor. However, I am implored to look forward by poetic neighbors. All I gotta do is knock on their door and they'll gladly give me a cup of esprit de corps. More french, Au revoir
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May 17, 2013
May 17, 2013 at 3:44 PM UTC
Gymnastics
*I see you And my heart instantaneously Somersaults in delight.*
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Oct 7, 2013
Oct 7, 2013 at 5:36 AM UTC
Eccentric gymnastics.....10w
What happened to the times, When a ratchet was just a tool, And a tool being something to use? What happened to a twitter and a tweet having something to do with birds? Facebook was the term some punk yelled when he'd smash a nerds books right into his face... And tumblr was a person who did gymnastics. People would never go around saying kik me, Instead a sign said it loud and clear, Taped to their back. YouTube...what the Hell was a YouTube? You had some kind of tube put in... What? Why is a ***** a mean and angry girl, Instead of a female dog? Why is that little gay boy called a *** Does he look like a cigarette, Or a bundle of sticks? What happened to calling some dude a **** Because that was his name, **** What happened to cuts being accidental, Something that happened when we fell, Or messed with a sharp edge? Why is a ***** someone who is scared, Rather than being a cat? What the hell happened to life?
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Jan 11, 2014
Jan 11, 2014 at 10:19 PM UTC
Just Questions
aaahhh! juggling three ***** in the air three boy-shaped ***** which shall i drop? ugh they're all so appealing some more than others i like this last one... hmm.
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May 5, 2013
May 5, 2013 at 1:56 AM UTC
gymnastics
To everyone else who used it to seal a present, It was nothing more than A color to choose A length to measure A string to knot It was something that held together a treasure But to her, a ribbon was so much more The triangular slit She herself had cut at the edge Of the soft pink ribbon, Ended in corners, The way her smile did Everytime she'd Loop and pull Loop and pull The bows she'd craft Were more to her Than just bunny ears and tails. They were trinkets of triumph Hints of hope Possessions of passion They reminded her of spring Not the season But spring Of the trampoline In her first gymnastics competition. The ribbon hugged her ponytail Delicate and dainty The ribbon lay around her neck holding Gold Silver Bronze Ribbon nonetheless They reminded her of balloons Not the hot air type. Balloons at carnivals That floated Miles away Heights astray If there was not ribbon To secure it tight On her fragile wrist They reminded her of father. Not that he wore ribbons or anything. But that he left her with one Wrapped around A freshly picked Bundle of flowers Bundle of happiness Bundle of unspoken words of affirmation But flowers die And so did father When they did, She was left with nothing but the ribbon Loose and dirtied. But the pinkness Unlike flowers and father, Barely faded away And for the first time in a long time, She saw life In something that didn't have any.
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Oct 19, 2013
Oct 19, 2013 at 1:59 PM UTC
Bunny Ears and Tails
The color red, it's your favorite The color white, your car, your house Shakespeare, we were King and Queen Choir, you sing like an angel Gymnastics, you competed Joseph, you directed Laser tag, you destroyed HIMYM, we watched as we cuddled Your scent, it still lingers on me Wine, I'd love to drink with you New Years Eve, we talked all day and night Mitchell's, we stayed for hours and conversed France, we traveled together Poetry, you got me writing again My car, where we kissed at midnight My basement, where we made love It all reminds me of you Sometimes I wish I had amnesia so I could forget...move on But I love you so much No case of amnesia could take you out of my mind Although sometimes it hurts I want you to know That I love each and every one of those little things that reminds me of you
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Jan 9, 2016
Jan 9, 2016 at 10:18 AM UTC
Everything Reminds Me of You
Rancor, Swashbuckling with a sawtooth grin and sacrilegious shouts, selcouth with an unsound mind, the commonness of uniqueness, the commonness of opinionated onions cutting their teeth on life and crying, again, and ready to saw off the limbs of the opposition out of revenge! Rancor, relax, you're not a Twitter matador, I wish you were because I’d love to watch the show. We cuddle with exotic nylon fibers and squeal about our weight and status and how someone insulted us and how terrible it is to be alive while sipping on easily accessibly high fructose corn syrup! Life has never been this sweet, but I guess we’re getting sick of honey. I complain about the complaints, I am the anti-complaining complaint club president. I am a writer, an iPhone thumb tapper. Hear me These mental gymnastics will somersault and summerset you right, child, Don’t listen to Rancor, That man’ll grab your gaze and stir your attention into a cocktail while winking at you from behind the bar he’ll leave your brain a little woozy from a life that used to be sweet until you left it out in the sun a few years too long, I wonder if some of the dead watch us from the corners of our bedroom or the trees along the freeway, waiting for greatness to unfurl. I’ll bet they do and I’ll bet you’re a glitch, I’ll bet a little piece of another galaxy hit you in the head and made your finger twitch. How many hot car hours have been spent in a parking lot, the skin dries, the phone dies, the spirit once lifted towards the outlines of the mountain peak now seeks memes, transcendent in their own right.
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May 12, 2022
May 12, 2022 at 1:54 AM UTC
Rancor!
Rancor, Swashbuckling with a sawtooth grin and sacrilegious shouts, selcouth with an unsound mind, the commonness of uniqueness, the commonness of opinionated onions cutting their teeth on life and crying, again, and ready to saw off the limbs of the opposition out of revenge! Rancor, relax, you're not a Twitter matador, I wish you were because I’d love to watch the show. We cuddle with exotic nylon fibers and squeal about our weight and status and how someone insulted us and how terrible it is to be alive while sipping on easily accessibly high fructose corn syrup! Life has never been this sweet, but I guess we’re getting sick of honey. I complain about the complaints, I am the anti-complaining complaint club president. I am a writer, an iPhone thumb tapper. Hear me These mental gymnastics will somersault and summerset you right, child, Don’t listen to Rancor, That man’ll grab your gaze and stir your attention into a cocktail while winking at you from behind the bar he’ll leave your brain a little woozy from a life that used to be sweet until you left it out in the sun a few years too long, I wonder if some of the dead watch us from the corners of our bedroom or the trees along the freeway, waiting for greatness to unfurl. I’ll bet they do and I’ll bet you’re a glitch, I’ll bet a little piece of another galaxy hit you in the head and made your finger twitch. How many hot car hours have been spent in a parking lot, the skin dries, the phone dies, the spirit once lifted towards the outlines of the mountain peak now seeks memes, transcendent in their own right.
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Being in gymnastics Is like being in an abusive relationship Everything just tells you "NO" But you still stay From the bars, And how it releases the grips of your hands To the beam, Which only aims to make you wobble and fall off To the vault, Running full speed to it only to make you miss the vault To the floor, Wherein you try to flip and twist only to be defeated by Newton's law of gravity With the stupid scoring system Pointing out every flaw With a deduction Just cause your bra strap is showing jeez! And how we are trained to achieve the unachievable — How every move is supposed to be precise Every muscle squeezed and tight — Perfection And the fact that You'll never actually be the best There's always a harder skill After you've achieved what you may think Is your "hardest" It pushes you To your breaking point Forcing you to be This perfect formed strong gymnast Which pays so much costs Literally blood, sweat and tears It tells you that Every ******* time you fall You just gotta get back up And try again That no matter how much sore you are You gotta **** it up And do it again And again and again and again Until you finally get it But there are these magical moments those little moments of pure happiness When you get a skill you've been working on When coach praises you for your improvement When you get over your fear And when you stand on top of that platform Knowing you gave it your all These moments Are what keep us going These moments Are what we come back for Time after time after leaving the gym saying "I hate training!" There's just something about These moments so special That keeps us wanting more And I will never ever Stop loving gymnastics No matter how many times it hurts me
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Jan 15, 2015
Jan 15, 2015 at 6:24 AM UTC
Love-hate
Being in gymnastics Is like being in an abusive relationship Everything just tells you "NO" But you still stay From the bars, And how it releases the grips of your hands To the beam, Which only aims to make you wobble and fall off To the vault, Running full speed to it only to make you miss the vault To the floor, Wherein you try to flip and twist only to be defeated by Newton's law of gravity With the stupid scoring system Pointing out every flaw With a deduction Just cause your bra strap is showing jeez! And how we are trained to achieve the unachievable — How every move is supposed to be precise Every muscle squeezed and tight — Perfection And the fact that You'll never actually be the best There's always a harder skill After you've achieved what you may think Is your "hardest" It pushes you To your breaking point Forcing you to be This perfect formed strong gymnast Which pays so much costs Literally blood, sweat and tears It tells you that Every ******* time you fall You just gotta get back up And try again That no matter how much sore you are You gotta **** it up And do it again And again and again and again Until you finally get it But there are these magical moments those little moments of pure happiness When you get a skill you've been working on When coach praises you for your improvement When you get over your fear And when you stand on top of that platform Knowing you gave it your all These moments Are what keep us going These moments Are what we come back for Time after time after leaving the gym saying "I hate training!" There's just something about These moments so special That keeps us wanting more And I will never ever Stop loving gymnastics No matter how many times it hurts me
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Naked gymnastics in the trees The town is concerned A drop of sunlight in your hands A golden ruling from the court
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May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016 at 1:54 PM UTC
Naked gymnastics...
Saved myself with realm coin Went for the long con with put options Eschewed sold short term gain Let them railroad me with true colors Finessed my coalition willingly Painted a big picture expressed scope With mass appeal diverse production means Bred loyalty from salt of earth devotees Ends justified by all’s fair politics Power brokers stole my ideas for venal exploits Then claimed execution on midgets’ shoulders Made low hanging fruit that much more demanding High bar gymnastics twisted words blanched of meaning Model workers did lords’ bidding beyond expectations Barely rewarded with subsistence’s mounting debt to society Paid on inmates’ backs embroiled in endless energy wars
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Oct 3, 2013
Oct 3, 2013 at 10:58 PM UTC
Art of the Deal
Goliath intention Glitters within reach on Grecian hallowed ground; the Girl forged by sweat and chalk Greets the beam with pristine Gainer flip, ready to Grasp the world with her feat.
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Dec 27, 2016
Dec 27, 2016 at 12:28 AM UTC
Gymnastics
I grew up around men I grew up wanting to be one of them That in their love and admiration I'd find affirmation I grew up with big brothers and cousins Who's approval I'd seek Don't think "just cause I'm a girl" that I'm weak I'll climb that tree with you I'll go one branch higher Whilst you try to put me down I remember being left out whilst The boys were on adventures Because I was "little" But really cause I was a "girl" Why can't I go and play football? Go fish in the crab pool? Be split into gender roles in p.e in school? I don't even have **** I'm terrible at gymnastics I hate netball Forcing me to stand still Whilst the Guys can dribble their way forward to success playing basketball. Equal rights? You must think I'm a fool. I grew up with a resentment towards girls I grew up disliking myself Having to be the smartest and wittiest The kindest and prettiest When my brother said you have "queen bee syndrome" It hit home Cause I grew up with a love for women The comfort they bring But a dislike that I felt reliant on them Often the ones that would listen It's tiring to constantly feel like you're in competition That for me their strength seems to threaten When really it should be inspiration... So I grow now with a vision That equality will be achieved Bit by bit and I'll start with me, My own mentality And I don't believe That put downs are necessary No hate, no proclamations Of unshifting patriarchy This will be done. If I ever have children They will each get every opportunity To be what it is they want to be I will see to that personally Cause all these boundaries just deny possibility Just think of the world it could be Cause what lies between your legs Does NOT determine ability
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Mar 29, 2015
Mar 29, 2015 at 11:09 PM UTC
On the A-Gender
I grew up around men I grew up wanting to be one of them That in their love and admiration I'd find affirmation I grew up with big brothers and cousins Who's approval I'd seek Don't think "just cause I'm a girl" that I'm weak I'll climb that tree with you I'll go one branch higher Whilst you try to put me down I remember being left out whilst The boys were on adventures Because I was "little" But really cause I was a "girl" Why can't I go and play football? Go fish in the crab pool? Be split into gender roles in p.e in school? I don't even have **** I'm terrible at gymnastics I hate netball Forcing me to stand still Whilst the Guys can dribble their way forward to success playing basketball. Equal rights? You must think I'm a fool. I grew up with a resentment towards girls I grew up disliking myself Having to be the smartest and wittiest The kindest and prettiest When my brother said you have "queen bee syndrome" It hit home Cause I grew up with a love for women The comfort they bring But a dislike that I felt reliant on them Often the ones that would listen It's tiring to constantly feel like you're in competition That for me their strength seems to threaten When really it should be inspiration... So I grow now with a vision That equality will be achieved Bit by bit and I'll start with me, My own mentality And I don't believe That put downs are necessary No hate, no proclamations Of unshifting patriarchy This will be done. If I ever have children They will each get every opportunity To be what it is they want to be I will see to that personally Cause all these boundaries just deny possibility Just think of the world it could be Cause what lies between your legs Does NOT determine ability
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Jumping, bouncing and swinging from tree to tree In a sparse forest just outside a village on the outskirts of Antananarivo They adapt to the changes flung at them and strive to survive On the ground a troop leaps sideways side by side in a straight line What a comical spectacle However solemn their purpose, they must find a home The little one abaft of the line Takes one last glimpse at the home he leaves behind Oh it’s up in flames now and bulldozers knock down his trees Beyond, just yonder Over a hill further down south, the prospect is in sight A new forest with new opportunities It’s denser; it hasn't caught the eye of encroaching villagers They forge on towards it in that spectacular procession High up in the trees they mark their territory Males call out to females and they howl in response The young ones frolic in the underbrush They mate, they eat, they thrive Another forced migration There they go again in that sideways march More deforestation for infrastructure There must be leeway for civilization one way or the other One must wonder now What future lies in store for these that have no place in government? Their trails fade away from the Malagasy ecosystem Their lives hang in a balance at the brink of extinction Will our grandchildren ever get to appreciate The extraordinary feats of agility they display The gymnastics they perform from day to day On the trees and on the ground in the jungle everyday Ostentations of dramatic optical presentations In their furry coats of monochromatic patterns Perhaps they will disappear and my son’s sons may only get to Read about them in the has been list of the annals of history At this rate since erecting urban jungles Of tar roads and skyscrapers is the order of the day They might even be able to catch an obscure image of the lemur In the form of a costumed trapezist mimicking one Or a twisting contortionist in The Cirque Du Soleil Nellie Nkosi
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Apr 13, 2015
Apr 13, 2015 at 9:21 AM UTC
THE LEMUR
Jumping, bouncing and swinging from tree to tree In a sparse forest just outside a village on the outskirts of Antananarivo They adapt to the changes flung at them and strive to survive On the ground a troop leaps sideways side by side in a straight line What a comical spectacle However solemn their purpose, they must find a home The little one abaft of the line Takes one last glimpse at the home he leaves behind Oh it’s up in flames now and bulldozers knock down his trees Beyond, just yonder Over a hill further down south, the prospect is in sight A new forest with new opportunities It’s denser; it hasn't caught the eye of encroaching villagers They forge on towards it in that spectacular procession High up in the trees they mark their territory Males call out to females and they howl in response The young ones frolic in the underbrush They mate, they eat, they thrive Another forced migration There they go again in that sideways march More deforestation for infrastructure There must be leeway for civilization one way or the other One must wonder now What future lies in store for these that have no place in government? Their trails fade away from the Malagasy ecosystem Their lives hang in a balance at the brink of extinction Will our grandchildren ever get to appreciate The extraordinary feats of agility they display The gymnastics they perform from day to day On the trees and on the ground in the jungle everyday Ostentations of dramatic optical presentations In their furry coats of monochromatic patterns Perhaps they will disappear and my son’s sons may only get to Read about them in the has been list of the annals of history At this rate since erecting urban jungles Of tar roads and skyscrapers is the order of the day They might even be able to catch an obscure image of the lemur In the form of a costumed trapezist mimicking one Or a twisting contortionist in The Cirque Du Soleil Nellie Nkosi
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.*last time i heard... the time difference between Bach and say... a Gershwin was... 187 years... what' the difference between a... say... Joshua Redman (1969) and a Cedric Brooks (1943) - a difference of... a grand total of? 26 years! short attention span or something? too much ***** too many drugs?! why did acid jazz take over?! tell me... i'm not black enough to understand the classical music equivalent in the black community, that is jazz... beat poets?! they cursed the whole affair, yes, no, maybe? just when i thought i might escape the opera, or the tux, or the orchestral hall filled with pensioners... when jazz made the living room everything other than a family communal space... just then... these ******* stopped making decent music, and turned to rap... **** call me what you like, a racist... whatever... i'm an aesthete... which is not an athlete... ******* should have stuck to their guns... sure... you'll out-run us... but sure as **** you won't out-swim us.* white privilege?                   seriously? so...     the ****** (sorry, emphasis)    in the gospel choir at church, or the one on the dance floor busting all the: applying gymnastics    to a dance moves...   he... she... they weren't born with a black, "privilege"? no? not any... seems kinda unfair to presuppose i come from a privileged household of ethnicity; **** if you want it... you can have... the box... **** inherit my successes in abstraction... have your genesis in ancient Greece... have it!            it's yours! now show me something... ******* spectacular!
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Oct 15, 2018
Oct 15, 2018 at 7:34 PM UTC
appertiser
.*last time i heard... the time difference between Bach and say... a Gershwin was... 187 years... what' the difference between a... say... Joshua Redman (1969) and a Cedric Brooks (1943) - a difference of... a grand total of? 26 years! short attention span or something? too much ***** too many drugs?! why did acid jazz take over?! tell me... i'm not black enough to understand the classical music equivalent in the black community, that is jazz... beat poets?! they cursed the whole affair, yes, no, maybe? just when i thought i might escape the opera, or the tux, or the orchestral hall filled with pensioners... when jazz made the living room everything other than a family communal space... just then... these ******* stopped making decent music, and turned to rap... **** call me what you like, a racist... whatever... i'm an aesthete... which is not an athlete... ******* should have stuck to their guns... sure... you'll out-run us... but sure as **** you won't out-swim us.* white privilege?                   seriously? so...     the ****** (sorry, emphasis)    in the gospel choir at church, or the one on the dance floor busting all the: applying gymnastics    to a dance moves...   he... she... they weren't born with a black, "privilege"? no? not any... seems kinda unfair to presuppose i come from a privileged household of ethnicity; **** if you want it... you can have... the box... **** inherit my successes in abstraction... have your genesis in ancient Greece... have it!            it's yours! now show me something... ******* spectacular!
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It is usually best to avoid crushing hopelessness, to swerve and defer disaster, but even so the world is well and truly ****** up. Seek solutions to this conundrum. Try to avoid curiosity, a pernicious strain of insanity that conjures up irrational fears of orangutangs with meat cleavers, lethally ascetic Tibetan monks, bathroom carpets of abandoned razors or Big Macs rife with E. Coli. Avoid metaphysical musings that lead to questions of coleslaw, vegan water parks, the Team Quadraplegic Gymnastics squad and the horrors of the Hilary Clinton Naked Network. Seek refuge in the present tense to escape the interrogation of mirrors, the crafted answer, dacryphilia, remedial rage, landslides of therapy and memorizing each month's horoscope. Consider that mercy is on back order from God. Remember the best lines of an unread book. Nap on a battlefield; haggle over imaginary debts. Set fire to the umbrellas of passing strangers. Stop to watch the loudness and burn the recovered dead. Call up new magic for a dying world. Find beauty in the irradiated glow of burning cities. Try not to bounce existential checks or notice the crumbling of distant walls, ruined outhouses, and the immense bleakness of forever and ever. Take up training small rodents and lighting holy fires. Ignore the broken stars, long dead and beyond grief. Discover the pleasure in erasure, enjoy the biology of strangeness. Walk many miles without a map beneath innumerable ladders carefully detouring around immense flocks of rabid cassowaries. Throttle the recalcitrant blue sky's silent throat. Listen to the melody of car wrecks and smashed guitars. Abandon assumed corpses to dreams of endless cold. Appreciate futures you cannot believe in but never visit them. Learn to diagram sentences in Esperanto then speak with toads. Ignore the slot machine odds against your deepest desires. Hide beneath the ravenous trees from time's famished maw. Seek sanctuary in toothy optimism and complete amnesia. Follow these impossible instructions to the letter and you will become non-valent, invisible, immune and no longer notice the world is ****** up beyond redemption. Go on, give it a try.   ~mce
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Dec 5, 2015
Dec 5, 2015 at 10:53 AM UTC
Directions For Surviving The Surrealistic Apocalypse
It is usually best to avoid crushing hopelessness, to swerve and defer disaster, but even so the world is well and truly ****** up. Seek solutions to this conundrum. Try to avoid curiosity, a pernicious strain of insanity that conjures up irrational fears of orangutangs with meat cleavers, lethally ascetic Tibetan monks, bathroom carpets of abandoned razors or Big Macs rife with E. Coli. Avoid metaphysical musings that lead to questions of coleslaw, vegan water parks, the Team Quadraplegic Gymnastics squad and the horrors of the Hilary Clinton Naked Network. Seek refuge in the present tense to escape the interrogation of mirrors, the crafted answer, dacryphilia, remedial rage, landslides of therapy and memorizing each month's horoscope. Consider that mercy is on back order from God. Remember the best lines of an unread book. Nap on a battlefield; haggle over imaginary debts. Set fire to the umbrellas of passing strangers. Stop to watch the loudness and burn the recovered dead. Call up new magic for a dying world. Find beauty in the irradiated glow of burning cities. Try not to bounce existential checks or notice the crumbling of distant walls, ruined outhouses, and the immense bleakness of forever and ever. Take up training small rodents and lighting holy fires. Ignore the broken stars, long dead and beyond grief. Discover the pleasure in erasure, enjoy the biology of strangeness. Walk many miles without a map beneath innumerable ladders carefully detouring around immense flocks of rabid cassowaries. Throttle the recalcitrant blue sky's silent throat. Listen to the melody of car wrecks and smashed guitars. Abandon assumed corpses to dreams of endless cold. Appreciate futures you cannot believe in but never visit them. Learn to diagram sentences in Esperanto then speak with toads. Ignore the slot machine odds against your deepest desires. Hide beneath the ravenous trees from time's famished maw. Seek sanctuary in toothy optimism and complete amnesia. Follow these impossible instructions to the letter and you will become non-valent, invisible, immune and no longer notice the world is ****** up beyond redemption. Go on, give it a try.   ~mce
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*Puzzles are frazzling Oblique and opaquely designed to Effuse effectively in earnest someone’s Mental juices, in most cases to futile ends.*
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Apr 20, 2017
Apr 20, 2017 at 9:04 AM UTC
Mental Gymnastics
the inner communication ****** automatic adjustments happen all the time Ah and then there is the mind co-ordinating an orchestra and ballet all with wills of their own
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Jul 3, 2015
Jul 3, 2015 at 7:47 AM UTC
Mind Gymnastics