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"haphazardly" poems
You cause a break inside my organs Pointing out my flaws our differences. You are at peace. I sit jittering, worrying what everyone will think of when I didn’t care you made me laugh at everything Changes.  You’re not right for me Nor I for you, but I can’t help Thinking What if?  Then I remember you’re not what nor Everything I want. You are an intellectual snob you have a depth about you I would love to delve in, a psychological study that even the best critics would praise, but I don’t want anyone else to have been there or ever go there. I cannot hold on to you tear me away while You’re haphazardly gluing us together We’re a kindergarten art project messy, trying to see Beauty within the confusion, unfinished     You asked me Where am I most at peace 4 years old.       I could be anything No fears I hadn’t been ripped apart. I was the girl that said everything, until I felt the need to screen my thoughts, like the filter you use to make your coffee each morning.  I wish that’s where I was, having you tell me that you like your women like your coffee Dark and bitter. I can look past your chauvinistic ways, not giving a **** about anyone. You’re not really closed minded You just act like it, which annoys the hell out of me Sometimes.  I wish life was simple.     But then I would never know your complexities nor Feel the things you help me feel, like hate for train whistles or the burn of gin hitting my throat. Music       you introduce me to offstage trumpets, bad movies.  Your politics, your brown eyes       and how you can hear frequencies that most everyone else can’t.  I worry that you hear the fear in my voice and heartbreak With every word I speak. When were you going to tell me? Or was that your plan all along? To throw me out like yesterday’s coffee grounds or cut up scraps Used and unwanted. I wish I could tell you to tell her you don’t want her but me instead, you don’t, I don’t want you to. I want holding hands, laughter comfort, personality, humor, intellect. You want that plus things I can’t give But you always take. You are your coffee disgusting, caffeinated, addicting the only patch that helps is comforting words you never spoke. We had many conversations of your desires, lusts, mistakes, but I was burned, by lies, distrust. You left, like always, a harsh, acidic aftertaste on my tongue.
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Apr 18, 2014
Apr 18, 2014 at 10:20 AM UTC
Coffee
You cause a break inside my organs Pointing out my flaws our differences. You are at peace. I sit jittering, worrying what everyone will think of when I didn’t care you made me laugh at everything Changes.  You’re not right for me Nor I for you, but I can’t help Thinking What if?  Then I remember you’re not what nor Everything I want. You are an intellectual snob you have a depth about you I would love to delve in, a psychological study that even the best critics would praise, but I don’t want anyone else to have been there or ever go there. I cannot hold on to you tear me away while You’re haphazardly gluing us together We’re a kindergarten art project messy, trying to see Beauty within the confusion, unfinished     You asked me Where am I most at peace 4 years old.       I could be anything No fears I hadn’t been ripped apart. I was the girl that said everything, until I felt the need to screen my thoughts, like the filter you use to make your coffee each morning.  I wish that’s where I was, having you tell me that you like your women like your coffee Dark and bitter. I can look past your chauvinistic ways, not giving a **** about anyone. You’re not really closed minded You just act like it, which annoys the hell out of me Sometimes.  I wish life was simple.     But then I would never know your complexities nor Feel the things you help me feel, like hate for train whistles or the burn of gin hitting my throat. Music       you introduce me to offstage trumpets, bad movies.  Your politics, your brown eyes       and how you can hear frequencies that most everyone else can’t.  I worry that you hear the fear in my voice and heartbreak With every word I speak. When were you going to tell me? Or was that your plan all along? To throw me out like yesterday’s coffee grounds or cut up scraps Used and unwanted. I wish I could tell you to tell her you don’t want her but me instead, you don’t, I don’t want you to. I want holding hands, laughter comfort, personality, humor, intellect. You want that plus things I can’t give But you always take. You are your coffee disgusting, caffeinated, addicting the only patch that helps is comforting words you never spoke. We had many conversations of your desires, lusts, mistakes, but I was burned, by lies, distrust. You left, like always, a harsh, acidic aftertaste on my tongue.
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What's it take These days To write a poem That makes the world go mad That brings the crowds to their feet That spreads like wildfire Through a dry winter forest Is it those excessively long words? The ostentatiously loquacious Platitudinous ramblings Of an insecure mind aspiring To authentic intellect? Is it perhaps...      the "creativity"                of      varied      spacing   or...    could it be..... the lack                               of capitalization                the loathsome little letters                screaming out                          hey, look at us!          ... or maybe it's                the punctuation marks,      littered, haphazardly           through the text                     (whether used correctly)                or, theyre not?!      despite worrds mispeled           and a grammar might is broken    can these gimmicks increase interest         though miswritten or misspoken? Is the trick alliteration Whose bite brightly bids us To center on the snappy sounds? Although all along      unvoiced underneath Ideas idle in the isles    (or perhaps the aisles) Of the mind To meld and craft and bind Our thorough thoughts And worthy words Into lines Which Heard by herds Raise the                   Praise for which we                   Privately, desperately                   Pray Maybe it's a magical mix Of splendid in-your-head rhythm Marvelous meter that perfectly clicks Flowing smoothly without schism Well-spaced stanzas Well-used time Well-crafted phrases Well-thought-out rhymes Well, maybe not...      those gems are often ignored      cast-aside, unread, even abhorred Why? Because the modern world doesn't need your rules your restrictions your regulations your misguided boundaries your oppression your antiquated ideas    of "the right way"    to write    to speak    to act    to live    to (fill in the blank) No, what the modern world needs is Negation! Contradiction! Resistance! Revolt! And poetry whose words Say the same thing Repeat the same meaning Echo the same lyrics Rephrase the same thoughts But in an ever-so-slightly Different Varied Altered Adjusted Changed up way Line After line Of synonyms           over                and                     over                          and                          over                          again ----- What's it take These days To not give in To narcissism's spiral? But more importantly: What's it take To make my poem go viral?
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Aug 12, 2018
Aug 12, 2018 at 12:17 AM UTC
Viral
What's it take These days To write a poem That makes the world go mad That brings the crowds to their feet That spreads like wildfire Through a dry winter forest Is it those excessively long words? The ostentatiously loquacious Platitudinous ramblings Of an insecure mind aspiring To authentic intellect? Is it perhaps...      the "creativity"                of      varied      spacing   or...    could it be..... the lack                               of capitalization                the loathsome little letters                screaming out                          hey, look at us!          ... or maybe it's                the punctuation marks,      littered, haphazardly           through the text                     (whether used correctly)                or, theyre not?!      despite worrds mispeled           and a grammar might is broken    can these gimmicks increase interest         though miswritten or misspoken? Is the trick alliteration Whose bite brightly bids us To center on the snappy sounds? Although all along      unvoiced underneath Ideas idle in the isles    (or perhaps the aisles) Of the mind To meld and craft and bind Our thorough thoughts And worthy words Into lines Which Heard by herds Raise the                   Praise for which we                   Privately, desperately                   Pray Maybe it's a magical mix Of splendid in-your-head rhythm Marvelous meter that perfectly clicks Flowing smoothly without schism Well-spaced stanzas Well-used time Well-crafted phrases Well-thought-out rhymes Well, maybe not...      those gems are often ignored      cast-aside, unread, even abhorred Why? Because the modern world doesn't need your rules your restrictions your regulations your misguided boundaries your oppression your antiquated ideas    of "the right way"    to write    to speak    to act    to live    to (fill in the blank) No, what the modern world needs is Negation! Contradiction! Resistance! Revolt! And poetry whose words Say the same thing Repeat the same meaning Echo the same lyrics Rephrase the same thoughts But in an ever-so-slightly Different Varied Altered Adjusted Changed up way Line After line Of synonyms           over                and                     over                          and                          over                          again ----- What's it take These days To not give in To narcissism's spiral? But more importantly: What's it take To make my poem go viral?
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Lazy hat Hanging haphazardly Lazy cigarette Dangling carelessly Between middle and index fingers good morning.
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Oct 22, 2012
Oct 22, 2012 at 10:51 PM UTC
goodmorning.
When is it the right time To open the closet door To look in on a journey paused To risk the truth and find Boxes taped up with angry haste Adventures stifled within four walls When is the right time To sit with the papers, the moments, the times To make the decisions To be brave in the face of pain and find Cherished moments stuffed haphazardly away Flashes of beauty smothered by a storm When is the right time To laugh, to cry, to hate, to mourn To acknowledge the truth To risk the unpredictable path that leads to A heart ready, open for healing And a closet - with room for someone else
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Aug 9, 2017
Aug 9, 2017 at 1:02 PM UTC
Cleaning Out the Closet
i was born all naturally formed in a lax factory im actually a hack with ******* in my nose, practically, every day,  haphazardly stumbling home, half asleep i cant tell whats happening vision begins blackening im whack like kriss kross crack like rick ross major brown boy to houston be like, "yes, we have liftoff" dont like me when i'm ****** off cause ***** i'm bruce banner or maybe i'm bruce wayne either way, i got mad manners tearing down walls like berlin preaching like its a sermon potential begins to burgeon i'll cut you up like a surgeon killing in place of coercion so you better lower the curtain my head and my body are hurtin so tell me how quick does the world spin? i'm taddling on ya, you can call me a toddler but the snitchin n' **** is somethin im never fond of and i never grow up, cause i'm the neverland smuggler peter pan turns into one of my best customers i never grew into my head, im not cocky never had the eye of the tiger, im not rocky growing up i never got in fights or caused a lotta **** but presently im screaming **** the world", i've got a bone to pick i've gotta problem and i think its the probable cause you hold me captive, keep me trapped in your facets of laws looks of repulsion are what cause me to brandish my claws constant compulsions reminiscent of prodigal flaws i've gotta problem and i think its the probable cause see im a goblin shark i'll sink in my nautical jaws im not a joker im a jester with lesser facades wrought with insomnia cause drugs are american gods
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Mar 10, 2017
Mar 10, 2017 at 1:39 AM UTC
american gods
i was born all naturally formed in a lax factory im actually a hack with ******* in my nose, practically, every day,  haphazardly stumbling home, half asleep i cant tell whats happening vision begins blackening im whack like kriss kross crack like rick ross major brown boy to houston be like, "yes, we have liftoff" dont like me when i'm ****** off cause ***** i'm bruce banner or maybe i'm bruce wayne either way, i got mad manners tearing down walls like berlin preaching like its a sermon potential begins to burgeon i'll cut you up like a surgeon killing in place of coercion so you better lower the curtain my head and my body are hurtin so tell me how quick does the world spin? i'm taddling on ya, you can call me a toddler but the snitchin n' **** is somethin im never fond of and i never grow up, cause i'm the neverland smuggler peter pan turns into one of my best customers i never grew into my head, im not cocky never had the eye of the tiger, im not rocky growing up i never got in fights or caused a lotta **** but presently im screaming **** the world", i've got a bone to pick i've gotta problem and i think its the probable cause you hold me captive, keep me trapped in your facets of laws looks of repulsion are what cause me to brandish my claws constant compulsions reminiscent of prodigal flaws i've gotta problem and i think its the probable cause see im a goblin shark i'll sink in my nautical jaws im not a joker im a jester with lesser facades wrought with insomnia cause drugs are american gods
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We just drove through a small town It was fascinating Fascinatingly morbid Morbidly surreal There were probably 10+ plots that were haphazardly converted into graveyards 'Ratchet' as my generation would think but not say because that would be 'disrespectful to the dead' In each of the graveyard were hundreds of graves And it was strange Strange how such 'ratchet, disrespected and haphazard' graveYARDS Contained such Beautiful and ornate gravestones As if to say that nothing could lessen the glory of their death They would leave behind an impression of beauty Even in death (Even though they never chose their gravestones. But don't say that because it would be 'disrespectful to the dead' in their blissful abyss) It makes one think That in a town of less than 1000 There was easily more than 2000 gravestones It shows how life goes on How, even in a small town, we are insignificant
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Apr 1, 2015
Apr 1, 2015 at 12:45 AM UTC
small town
Partly darkened and part in light A time when the stars and sun shared the sky Bear witness to two behemoths wielding might Impending clash foreseen to go awry Two trains of thoughts charging from opposite ends Each bearing their own solid ideals Their flags that flew with conflicting brands Convictions they carry on beaten, weary wheels Almost an eternity, the time is soon Seconds lasted before they finally would meet Feeling of dread like the cloud covered moon With war cries of whistles, they would greet No possible way that they could miss War waged in steeled wills and forged metals Anticipate the moment, their couplings would kiss Unleashing a barrage of predestined reprisals Sheer destruction as they ate into each other All in tow haphazardly derailed A clash made of brute strength and power A result of when decisiveness had failed All was motionless save for the light of day The two lay dead; spent currencies in coal Fire and smoke had emerged from the fray Signifying that the two have met their goal Their cargo now freed, engaging in petty skirmish Lunging and wrestling as they fought for dominance Determination to overwhelm; never to languish Jousting fists fueled by pent-up vengeance Almost at end this long drawn battle Much like a storm to be patiently ridden out When the last of the debris should settle Then would be lifted the dusty veil of doubt The sun has now risen revealing the aftermath Shedding light on the devastation incurred Dark thoughts possess the most potent of wraths But nothing could beat the muscle of the written word Looking back I've realised the harm I've caused Found great solace in the dark words I've governed Life still hurls; it can never be paused Just dust yourself off for you're better off enlightened
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Sep 29, 2014
Sep 29, 2014 at 5:14 AM UTC
Collision Course (III)
Partly darkened and part in light A time when the stars and sun shared the sky Bear witness to two behemoths wielding might Impending clash foreseen to go awry Two trains of thoughts charging from opposite ends Each bearing their own solid ideals Their flags that flew with conflicting brands Convictions they carry on beaten, weary wheels Almost an eternity, the time is soon Seconds lasted before they finally would meet Feeling of dread like the cloud covered moon With war cries of whistles, they would greet No possible way that they could miss War waged in steeled wills and forged metals Anticipate the moment, their couplings would kiss Unleashing a barrage of predestined reprisals Sheer destruction as they ate into each other All in tow haphazardly derailed A clash made of brute strength and power A result of when decisiveness had failed All was motionless save for the light of day The two lay dead; spent currencies in coal Fire and smoke had emerged from the fray Signifying that the two have met their goal Their cargo now freed, engaging in petty skirmish Lunging and wrestling as they fought for dominance Determination to overwhelm; never to languish Jousting fists fueled by pent-up vengeance Almost at end this long drawn battle Much like a storm to be patiently ridden out When the last of the debris should settle Then would be lifted the dusty veil of doubt The sun has now risen revealing the aftermath Shedding light on the devastation incurred Dark thoughts possess the most potent of wraths But nothing could beat the muscle of the written word Looking back I've realised the harm I've caused Found great solace in the dark words I've governed Life still hurls; it can never be paused Just dust yourself off for you're better off enlightened
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the notes you gave us were so carefully written cooling gentle forgiving you brought power to the quartet calm inside calamity were you and your fine fine swaying looser than your own spine you were swaying side to side heavy to the point of light but your expression was still heavy your expression was cooling gentle forgiving backed up behind everything but you are here and you are genuine haphazardly composed; playing to me you might as well be everything
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Oct 28, 2018
Oct 28, 2018 at 3:15 PM UTC
you might as well be everything
The dark winter sky was draped with stars whose dainty shimmer mimicked the sprinkle of snow caught up in the crisp winter breeze. The white flakes winked as they came to rest upon a silent sheet of ice, accumulating on the sleek surface until abruptly– a clatter of loud and excited voices interrupted. Skates slashed and sticks crashed onto the cold, hard ice. A black puck cascaded haphazardly across the rink, bombarding the once settled snow. Chunks of ice catapulted recklessly, the smell of sweat rose relentlessly into the wind. Furious and frozen wisps of breathe were choked, as bitter cold filled eager lungs. The ruthless weather, however, could scarcely graze the laughing dimples on rosy cheeks. But just as hastily the clatter was silenced, the commotion halted. Footprints crunched softly away, their noise secretly swept away by the sprinkle of snow caught up in the crisp winter breeze.
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Aug 30, 2012
Aug 30, 2012 at 11:17 AM UTC
The Outdoor Skating Rink
I fell asleep To the smell of antiseptic, Sterilizer, biogesic, And the cold touch of metal Rods that only seem To grow colder With the touch of hospital Left in the student's Ward - a whistle Permeates the silence Of seniors Painlessly sleeping away Hours upon Hours until graduation - A coming of age - An escapism from past papers And teachers who have Themselves given up On them. And the lights you See are as bright And as empty as those blinking Feebly In that of the school doctor's Office, one not really Blinking more of Washed, and supported Wobbling by daylight Seeping in through peeling blinds, Unable to see too much - The headaches and stomachaches Have rendered him numb To the feeling. And lunch comes And out blows the whistle to Signify the end Of playtime for The young ones, start Of playtime for The older ones, Whistle blowing muffled By the septic tank glass Doors of this sacred outhouse, Wards muffling the cries of children As they flee the quadrangle, Once mad, twice elated, Still innocent, untired, Not needing to fake sick And rest their heads softly Upon thin soft beds with Towels wrapped haphazardly Behind their backs, Nostalgia, it was Laughter, I swear it was louder When we used to run, When our eyes lit up like The sun petering in through The doctor's orifices, When our bruises and bumps Smelled like betadine, Not sleep And cups of sterile water downed To mask the scent of Fake cough syrup, And cuts gotten from fiddled syringes, Bruised ankles Bent over undersized beds, And not running over Uneven pavement, Ankles brushing tablecloth, Schoolbag, Basketball and frisbee, And the screaming. Oh, how I miss The screaming.
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Jan 15, 2015
Jan 15, 2015 at 9:55 AM UTC
Infirmary, Cutting Business Class
I fell asleep To the smell of antiseptic, Sterilizer, biogesic, And the cold touch of metal Rods that only seem To grow colder With the touch of hospital Left in the student's Ward - a whistle Permeates the silence Of seniors Painlessly sleeping away Hours upon Hours until graduation - A coming of age - An escapism from past papers And teachers who have Themselves given up On them. And the lights you See are as bright And as empty as those blinking Feebly In that of the school doctor's Office, one not really Blinking more of Washed, and supported Wobbling by daylight Seeping in through peeling blinds, Unable to see too much - The headaches and stomachaches Have rendered him numb To the feeling. And lunch comes And out blows the whistle to Signify the end Of playtime for The young ones, start Of playtime for The older ones, Whistle blowing muffled By the septic tank glass Doors of this sacred outhouse, Wards muffling the cries of children As they flee the quadrangle, Once mad, twice elated, Still innocent, untired, Not needing to fake sick And rest their heads softly Upon thin soft beds with Towels wrapped haphazardly Behind their backs, Nostalgia, it was Laughter, I swear it was louder When we used to run, When our eyes lit up like The sun petering in through The doctor's orifices, When our bruises and bumps Smelled like betadine, Not sleep And cups of sterile water downed To mask the scent of Fake cough syrup, And cuts gotten from fiddled syringes, Bruised ankles Bent over undersized beds, And not running over Uneven pavement, Ankles brushing tablecloth, Schoolbag, Basketball and frisbee, And the screaming. Oh, how I miss The screaming.
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2 cups of insecurity 4 ounces of comparison 1 cup of dinner not eaten. 5 cups of a mind in shackles 6 tablespoons of incomprehension 2 ounces of oblivious peers 3 cups of dinner not eaten. 3 teaspoons of phantom numbers 2 cups of anxiety 4 cups of mirrors smashed to bits 1 pint of self-hatred 4 cups of dinner not eaten. 1 tablespoon of depression 6 ounces of anger 2 pints of hopelessness 3 cups of self-inflicted scars 4 teaspoons of ribs in the mirror 5 cups of fainting on the stairs 1 gallon of dinner not eaten. 6 cups of grieving families 4 tablespoons of words unspoken 3 teaspoons of tears unshed. 2 cups of dusty belongings 4 gallons of friends never made 3 teaspoons of kisses never stolen a lifetime of words left unsaid. Melt insecurity and comparison and mix thoroughly with dinner not eaten. Mix a mind in shackles, incomprehension, and oblivious peers and add three more cups of dinner not eaten. Crush phantom numbers and anxiety and sprinkle over batter. Take each piece of mirrors smashed to bits and poke them carefully through self-hatred. Mix with four more cups of dinner not eaten. Melt depression, anger, and hopelessness and spread them thoroughly throughout the batter. Meticulously place self-inflicted scars visibly on top of the mixture. Cover with ribs in the mirror and fainting on the stairs. Mix with one gallon of dinner not eaten. Haphazardly toss in grieving families, words unspoken, and tears unshed. Mix with dusty belongings, friends never made, and kisses never stolen. Gather a lifetime of words left unsaid in a separate container. Take it outside and bury it. Do not mark the grave site.
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Nov 14, 2013
Nov 14, 2013 at 11:27 PM UTC
recipe for perfection
2 cups of insecurity 4 ounces of comparison 1 cup of dinner not eaten. 5 cups of a mind in shackles 6 tablespoons of incomprehension 2 ounces of oblivious peers 3 cups of dinner not eaten. 3 teaspoons of phantom numbers 2 cups of anxiety 4 cups of mirrors smashed to bits 1 pint of self-hatred 4 cups of dinner not eaten. 1 tablespoon of depression 6 ounces of anger 2 pints of hopelessness 3 cups of self-inflicted scars 4 teaspoons of ribs in the mirror 5 cups of fainting on the stairs 1 gallon of dinner not eaten. 6 cups of grieving families 4 tablespoons of words unspoken 3 teaspoons of tears unshed. 2 cups of dusty belongings 4 gallons of friends never made 3 teaspoons of kisses never stolen a lifetime of words left unsaid. Melt insecurity and comparison and mix thoroughly with dinner not eaten. Mix a mind in shackles, incomprehension, and oblivious peers and add three more cups of dinner not eaten. Crush phantom numbers and anxiety and sprinkle over batter. Take each piece of mirrors smashed to bits and poke them carefully through self-hatred. Mix with four more cups of dinner not eaten. Melt depression, anger, and hopelessness and spread them thoroughly throughout the batter. Meticulously place self-inflicted scars visibly on top of the mixture. Cover with ribs in the mirror and fainting on the stairs. Mix with one gallon of dinner not eaten. Haphazardly toss in grieving families, words unspoken, and tears unshed. Mix with dusty belongings, friends never made, and kisses never stolen. Gather a lifetime of words left unsaid in a separate container. Take it outside and bury it. Do not mark the grave site.
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in my dreams, I found your voice whispering my name it was so quiet, just like you, throwing your secrets in the grave silent euphoria covering the tension in my muscles and veins releasing the strenuous stress, but my blood still runs white white sunlight running through me and my thoughts run to you it's like an natural instinct, a second skin, a cause to the effect you peer into my windows and the realization why was a slap in the face ironic because I fell into the same guilty pleasure that you did your spring and summer lasted me a few years, but winter came love hibernated back into it's cave, built it's castle and lava moat haphazardly scattered ghost starve in the back of an abandoned alley looking for a map out of this godforsaken eath but they can't leave not without a sign pointing them in the right direction, but i always turn left it's like we were related by blood, but our blood learned to squander my fingertips shake violently, do you realize how badly i need you anxiety was taking every inch of my body and collapsing my lungs i'm searching for a needle in a haystack and it's been found already i'm looking for a key to the locked door but my hands are empty i'm peering through an opening to find any source of hope for us and i come up empty every single time. -kra
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Nov 13, 2013
Nov 13, 2013 at 5:26 PM UTC
second skin
Is it just me? Or do people not notice Going to a crowded place Different aromas wafting, Emanating around you They just ignore the sights Painting their own pictures, Telling their own stories Colors invading your personal space Encompassing you With a foreign feeling That creates its own thoughts In your mind, sprouting Like trees at the park Pine needles softly tumbling onto your arms Tickling each one as it flies away From its home in the trees Like a baby bird Just old enough For mommy to think he's independent And there he goes, coasting downward Until he haphazardly brings himself up Not a foot from your face And for a second Those flapping wings Sweep up pollen into your nose Before it jets away Where? The sky's the limit But he'll go somewhere populated Maybe someplace he can fly Fly like a plane in an airport Disgruntled passengers hustling To their respective flights To go on vacation, Make it to a meeting, among a plethora of things Their eyes on the screen of their iphone more than the world around them All of them, ignorant to their environment Almost as if they've never seen it before Like the baby bird that was in front of your face But how did you see those wings But those thousands of people didnt It's because they were too busy tagging That tweet that wasn't finished So don't ever feel like just walking And watching birds Means you're not doing what you should do Because those people sitting in the airport Are missing so much more than you
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Oct 22, 2013
Oct 22, 2013 at 12:57 AM UTC
Materialistic.
Is it just me? Or do people not notice Going to a crowded place Different aromas wafting, Emanating around you They just ignore the sights Painting their own pictures, Telling their own stories Colors invading your personal space Encompassing you With a foreign feeling That creates its own thoughts In your mind, sprouting Like trees at the park Pine needles softly tumbling onto your arms Tickling each one as it flies away From its home in the trees Like a baby bird Just old enough For mommy to think he's independent And there he goes, coasting downward Until he haphazardly brings himself up Not a foot from your face And for a second Those flapping wings Sweep up pollen into your nose Before it jets away Where? The sky's the limit But he'll go somewhere populated Maybe someplace he can fly Fly like a plane in an airport Disgruntled passengers hustling To their respective flights To go on vacation, Make it to a meeting, among a plethora of things Their eyes on the screen of their iphone more than the world around them All of them, ignorant to their environment Almost as if they've never seen it before Like the baby bird that was in front of your face But how did you see those wings But those thousands of people didnt It's because they were too busy tagging That tweet that wasn't finished So don't ever feel like just walking And watching birds Means you're not doing what you should do Because those people sitting in the airport Are missing so much more than you
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I am from too long grass that left muted green stains on my knees From rock gardens overrun with punny yellow snapdragons which delivered into my care all sorts of fascinating creepy crawlers I'm from ash grey two by fours which were all together fun to climb on but gave nasty splinter when they were mad I'm from the woodchips and sand that provided me an elaborate landscape in which to house my boundless imagination I'm from the tail of sulfur smoke that burned white hot through the crisp October Sky and propelled my rocket to high heaven or so it seemed to my eger eyes I am from Thursdays from green and red rhubarb leaves and dirt under every fingernail I'm from hurling half-rotten tomatoes at the fence accross the ally and running haphazardly from angry neighbors I'm from lasagna and jell-o candels on Christmas eve and the squirt bottle of water my only defense against ants I am from obscure old families who came over like so many others and played the ***** in the secret choir loft above the church I'm from woodwinds and piano strings and never a silent moment From reading aloud and reading alone and from those who did the reading I'm from the future and the present and the past of a million different stories And I've always been headed towards Where I'm from.
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Apr 30, 2012
Apr 30, 2012 at 2:47 PM UTC
Rhubarb
We revere our ancestors Becoming their protectors Because they're remembered With a golden scepter Yet they're only infectors Through outdated lectures If you examine history It doesn't take too long To unravel the mystery Our ancestors were wrong They sing a siren's song Of tradition As redundant repetition They sing a tribal hymn Of societal sin That fools fall in Until we're walled in If you want to meet our ancestors Go to North Sentinel Island They'll turn you into a rejector Or **** you where you stand The last island of savages It's barely inhabited Due to its low population And the fact that its inhabitants are barely people There's further obfuscation When they can't differentiate between good and evil Two fishermen drifted toward the village Not to ****** and pillage They had haphazardly fallen asleep And temporarily lost control They couldn't hear their worried fleet Or the natives on patrol They were turned into the dearly departed Because these savages are basically ******** No justice was found for those men They were killed by a protected people Why are we protecting them then If mere contact will always be lethal? We love our ancestors so much we let them ****** us Yet these are the same people that have inserted us Into this cycle of violence And now they're dead The only relief is their silence Their ideas we must shed
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Feb 21, 2018
Feb 21, 2018 at 3:54 AM UTC
Ancestors
If you look closely You will see The cracks and fault lines That comprise me From the outside, to the unattuned eye I look like a normal vase, For the glue is now dry. Truth be told I was smashed Obliterated Pieces essential to my core Strewn haphazardly across the floor. But thanks to those that saw me, And a little internal conviction. My pieces have been collected My old form resurrected. Thanks to a little glue I appear to be almost brand new. But don't be deceived For what you perceive Should not be completely believed. For the vase is very fragile, Not to be toyed with. Not a player's game. Please don't mishandle me, And resurface days of misery.
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Nov 9, 2015
Nov 9, 2015 at 6:39 PM UTC
The Vase
Finally I catch a break from the clattering chatter of complaints To melt into this cozy chair and rediscover my own thoughts, myself, who I have lost somewhere in the noise Finally I catch my breath and slowing its pace, I embrace the silence This temporary peace I seldom catch hold of these days And just as I finally start to see myself... It's taken Shattered and scattered like a cars side mirror side-swiped by the haphazardly cluelessness of another My reflection My inner self Gone Once more
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Dec 27, 2022
Dec 27, 2022 at 1:21 PM UTC
Lost Somewhere in the Noise
Remnants   of a plastic world     haphazardly dropped       in the duff of pinecones and bracken litter this redwood path. Our thoughtless leavings -   shiny mylar strings     and red straws -       must sadden the bluejays          watching from hidden branches.
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Oct 24, 2011
Oct 24, 2011 at 10:53 AM UTC
Red Straws in Los Gatos
Cracked vinyl bus seats Windows that have heard the stories of every passanger smeared with truth The spit of the elderly woman who fell asleep while reminiscing about the son whom she's visiting that she hasn't seen in 35 years The stubbled cheeks of the older gentleman who is counting the pennies in his pocket on his way to the store to get food for his daughter The knitted scarf of the middle-aged woman who is slowly pulling her coat closer to her in an attempt to warm herself because it was the only article of clothing she could afford that year The ponytail of the teenaged girl who is tracing the scars on her wrist from the last time she tried to end her life They congregate for a common purpose, but The doors to their hearts open like the hinged door, letting anyone haphazardly stumble in for a moment, And Their souls are brighter than the lights of the megabus as they are honest with themselves for even just a minute And their walls are temporarily demolished because who would ever have to lie about who they are on a greyhound bus? Smooth polished church pews Floors that have been tread upon by every saint stained with lies The flats of the elderly woman who is nodding off while pretending to pray for the son whom she hasn't spoken to in 35 years The loafers of the older gentleman who is calculating the amount of money he can sneak from the spagetti dinner fund without getting caught The high heels of the middle-aged woman who is slowly pulling up her skirt on one side in an attempt to catch the attention of the younger men further down the pew, while her husband holds her hand on the other The tennis shoes of the teenaged girl who is tracing the bruises under her blouse from the last time she started a fight with her boyfriend They congregate for a common purpose, but Their masks are painted on more elaborately than the Sistine Chapel And Their lies are built up more intricately than the stained-glass windows that surround them As they read their words to live by from a book collecting dust in drawers throughout America because who could be anything but holy in a church?
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Jul 2, 2013
Jul 2, 2013 at 12:46 PM UTC
Anything But Holy
Cracked vinyl bus seats Windows that have heard the stories of every passanger smeared with truth The spit of the elderly woman who fell asleep while reminiscing about the son whom she's visiting that she hasn't seen in 35 years The stubbled cheeks of the older gentleman who is counting the pennies in his pocket on his way to the store to get food for his daughter The knitted scarf of the middle-aged woman who is slowly pulling her coat closer to her in an attempt to warm herself because it was the only article of clothing she could afford that year The ponytail of the teenaged girl who is tracing the scars on her wrist from the last time she tried to end her life They congregate for a common purpose, but The doors to their hearts open like the hinged door, letting anyone haphazardly stumble in for a moment, And Their souls are brighter than the lights of the megabus as they are honest with themselves for even just a minute And their walls are temporarily demolished because who would ever have to lie about who they are on a greyhound bus? Smooth polished church pews Floors that have been tread upon by every saint stained with lies The flats of the elderly woman who is nodding off while pretending to pray for the son whom she hasn't spoken to in 35 years The loafers of the older gentleman who is calculating the amount of money he can sneak from the spagetti dinner fund without getting caught The high heels of the middle-aged woman who is slowly pulling up her skirt on one side in an attempt to catch the attention of the younger men further down the pew, while her husband holds her hand on the other The tennis shoes of the teenaged girl who is tracing the bruises under her blouse from the last time she started a fight with her boyfriend They congregate for a common purpose, but Their masks are painted on more elaborately than the Sistine Chapel And Their lies are built up more intricately than the stained-glass windows that surround them As they read their words to live by from a book collecting dust in drawers throughout America because who could be anything but holy in a church?
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My friends and I are forlorn fabrics haphazardly stitched into a quilt. Comprised of different textures and fabrics, frayed at the ends, rejected pieces meant for the trash, not good enough for made-to-wear mall clothes. My friends and I fit like a puzzle consisting of pieces from various other puzzles-- found under coffee tables, between couch cushions, tossed into the bowels of forlorn toy bins-- forming a collage of something disoriented and ambiguous. Crammed together, smashing our appendages, leaving crooked gaps, wrinkled, torn, ****** up, but feeling better here than in our small contribution to the bland image of our factory's design. My friends and I, outcasts, rejects, punks, convening in the junkyard heap where we dance and laugh among trash that makes us feel clean. Pure when we're filthy. Quilts and puzzles, to instill and befuddle; ****** treasures.
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Oct 12, 2016
Oct 12, 2016 at 11:53 PM UTC
****** Treasures
For the third time, I’ve found myself ********* in the reality of how I was perceived by the people who passed me on the sidewalk, or who met me at the party, or who took my heart and collided it with their hips. And by now even I know that I should know how the rest of the conversation will go. My cheekbones will grace the slander of a compliment skewed, a lust for my body ruined by misplaced intentions. My agreement to go back to his room was never welcomed by my head, but instead the sad bed with its sheets already turned down waits for me and I hate it. I hate it like an insomniac hates sleep, like the sun loves ice cream. For the third time, I’ve found myself smashed into a wall of circumstances, appearances cushioning the blow. My pretty face, my pretty face, my pretty face! God, how I’d love to put on a show so you could see how my mind tumbles across all the roads I know I shouldn’t be crossing. How my eyes dance on every temptation just waiting for the hand to be dealt, for the bet to be placed. For the third time, I’ve let myself be bound by the vibration of reassurance, by the ring of a telephone. I’ve lost a part of myself in you. How haphazardly ineloquent it all seems in my nightmares, how blessed the rest of the world must be to know this pain and be able to stop themselves from feeling it. How dark it is under your seat
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Oct 23, 2014
Oct 23, 2014 at 9:28 PM UTC
Drunk
There must be a scapegoat, a faceless soul we can blame when events unfolding never crease the right way there needs to someone to take the fall for our shortcomings, failures, mistakes and flaws let's name it timing the outlandish ideal with a sort of silver lining benefiting our dreams or disappointing based on your outlook at the second placing our losses on timing's plate, so to us it remains indebted the divine invention we haphazardly sink our faith towards faulting opportunity for not opening closed doors falsely accusing an innocent occurrence with words of curse in nature we'll just chalk it up to poor timing, and bury it for later the concept of allowing an unmovable force dictate our actions selfishly choosing when the timing suits our satisfaction poor timing, missing the chance of a unmatchable proportions minimal effort to a particular cause turned twisted words contortions to cleverly claim the culprit, when your very actions displayed a lack of determination it's not the moment's patience that forces your will to put the act in motion yet we chalk it up to timing, a peculiar notion a cloak of deceit and disbelief we wrap ourselves in, blaming an unworthy malefactor innocent as the sun is bright so let's just call it poor timing, leaving our passion-less actions out of sight...
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Feb 10, 2013
Feb 10, 2013 at 11:54 PM UTC
Timing
Do what I say, not what I've done. What I did was past tense to the prose I've become. Words spoken shed truth on the bells rung. Pronouns succumb to life underneath. What has the sun shone? Same thing moon's shunned. Twirling thumbs and grinding teeth. Prone anxiety beneath a fleet of  coarse thread sheets. Only fans speak, oscillating on an arrhythmic beat.   What are the limits of your speech? English, French and Spanish when haphazardly conscious. Noun (Verb + adjective)  + predicate is the constant variable in idioms. It's an order of operations within phrases understood amongst sages.
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May 30, 2013
May 30, 2013 at 5:01 AM UTC
Statute