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Faking Bad In anticipation of my Evaluation to be declared Non Compos Mentos I slept under a bridge For three days "Getting into character," But on the morning of My intake interview My hair fell perfectly, I mean I looked like A ******* rock star. College girls on the bus Were giving me their Numbers and my skin, Which I'd purposely sunburnt And caked in the finest filth, Glowed like an Australian Chippendale dancer named Weegie And even the female Assisstant D.A. Who had busted me for vagrancy Waved her ******* from The third story building Of the Courthouse. No matter how much I Tried to speak gibberish Poetry and philosophical Tracts spewed from my mouth. Shuffling past the park I beat eight Grand Masters At chess on move 1 Inadvertently I solved The Phi Epsilom Theorem By kicking stones Into an algorythym. When I arrived they didn't Make me wait at all. My caseworker giggled like A schoolgirl while I told her Each day was like an endless shift In a Chinese fish- gutting Sweatshop and every one of my fellow Employees was motivationalist Richard Simmons. She ungirdled her enormous **** and as they spilled Like fishguts onto the desk She began to howl **** me, **** me, oh **** Me right here in Front of the open window On State Street as everyone Watches me ******* the strongest, Healthiest, smartest, most popular, Well-adjusted man in the world. The rest of the examination was Also a success. But as I left the Mental HealthCenter feeling marvelous I accidentally bumped An old woman with the door: "Watch out you manic-depressive Schizoid with Socially Avoidant Features klutz." -Thomas L. Vaultonburg
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Aug 11, 2015
Aug 11, 2015 at 5:05 PM UTC
Faking Bad (Outsider Poetry)
Faking Bad In anticipation of my Evaluation to be declared Non Compos Mentos I slept under a bridge For three days "Getting into character," But on the morning of My intake interview My hair fell perfectly, I mean I looked like A ******* rock star. College girls on the bus Were giving me their Numbers and my skin, Which I'd purposely sunburnt And caked in the finest filth, Glowed like an Australian Chippendale dancer named Weegie And even the female Assisstant D.A. Who had busted me for vagrancy Waved her ******* from The third story building Of the Courthouse. No matter how much I Tried to speak gibberish Poetry and philosophical Tracts spewed from my mouth. Shuffling past the park I beat eight Grand Masters At chess on move 1 Inadvertently I solved The Phi Epsilom Theorem By kicking stones Into an algorythym. When I arrived they didn't Make me wait at all. My caseworker giggled like A schoolgirl while I told her Each day was like an endless shift In a Chinese fish- gutting Sweatshop and every one of my fellow Employees was motivationalist Richard Simmons. She ungirdled her enormous **** and as they spilled Like fishguts onto the desk She began to howl **** me, **** me, oh **** Me right here in Front of the open window On State Street as everyone Watches me ******* the strongest, Healthiest, smartest, most popular, Well-adjusted man in the world. The rest of the examination was Also a success. But as I left the Mental HealthCenter feeling marvelous I accidentally bumped An old woman with the door: "Watch out you manic-depressive Schizoid with Socially Avoidant Features klutz." -Thomas L. Vaultonburg
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Life has many milestones. Each bringing a significant change to one's life. Whether that be a birthday, a wedding, a child. But it's difficult to admit the sadder milestones that we carry with us. However these negative moments also have a significant effect on us. This is my list of milestones I hate to admit. But they have impacted me tramendously. It's time I released them so I can look ahead. Molested by a boy at age 4. Countlessly ***** by my sister starting at age 5. ***** by my therapist at age 7. Beat by my sister throughout childhood. Bribed and verbally abused by my step father to condition me to keep my issues to myself. Traumatized at 10 by my father and his ex due to a domestic abuse situation. Almost drowned from my first public panic attack at age 16. Harassed by a man at a concert at age 20. Endured the hell that relationships always bring. Attempted suicide twice at age 21. And a man attempted to **** me at a party last week while I was intoxicated. I know I'm not the only one with these difficult memories. And knowing I'm not alone will always be my comfort. But I'm letting it all out; purging out the evil so I can be releaved. And now my hope is to heal and become whole again in the healthiest way possible. I can overcome these milestones. I know I can.
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Aug 29, 2018
Aug 29, 2018 at 12:33 AM UTC
Milestones.
If you visit google's home page today You will see a Japanese man Examining noodles with a microscope Hahaha Thank you Momofuku Ando! For inventing Top Ramen Although not the healthiest choice Here are the sodium levels for each flavor Top Ramen Oriental Flavor-- 800 mg 33% daily value Top Ramen Beef Flavor-- 760 mg 32 % daily value Top Ramen Chicken Flavor-- 910 mg 38% daily value Top Ramen Shrimp Flavor-- 860 mg 36% daily value Top Ramen Picante Beef Flavor-- 780 mg 32% daily value Top Ramen Chili Flavor-- 760 mg 32% daily value If you are watching your sodium levels Stay away from the chicken and shrimp flavors Lol! Many college students Throughout the past few decades Have relied on Top Ramen As they crammed for their exams I have even indulged And enjoyed Top Ramen Once or twice During my early college years
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Mar 5, 2015
Mar 5, 2015 at 11:23 AM UTC
A Tribute To Momofuku Ando
Dear life, Let these closings of long battles And roads of new exploration be my new path for a new serene normalcy. May these paths lead to answers, Answers of who I am. It's been so long since I've been the real me it hurts to a pain staking degree. Trying to remember what once was me. Nothings normal, all I once knew is now forgotten and gone. You cannot expect to accomplish a new road in life, without having the knowledge of how to overcome its new and demanding challenges. Simply its obstacles are to great to exceed without knowledge. And even scarier to face. Not knowing the unknowing being thrown to survive in the Lions den. As a writer I write, my thoughts, feelings and dreams. I feel like a caged animal At a zoo, behind glass Looking at my once life Now held captive From this disease. I miss my old life, I progressed so far. Able to challenge my strength of mind,body and soul Each and every day. Now that is gone. Grateful yes I am Sad and ****** off? You better bet. Although grateful, I am not in good standing with the life I lead now. I never asked for this change, I loved my then life and only pleaded for the healthiest body. So I may be the best I could be in all strengths from muscular to mental. I would love to see the old me and old life I once had. I would apologize with all my might for whatever I did for it to stop accepting me. Then maybe I would learn how to live this new resistant relationship I am in. It's hard to accept that your own body is fighting its every move and with its every move it is literally chipping a little by little of your life and freedom away. All you can do is wonder why and watch it pay severe tolls each day. If I cannot return to the past then please may my future be at a level of any normalcy that my present future lacks. For the sake of my mind and all who are a very important part of it.
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Nov 22, 2016
Nov 22, 2016 at 2:46 PM UTC
Dear life (a letter from my invisible self)
Dear life, Let these closings of long battles And roads of new exploration be my new path for a new serene normalcy. May these paths lead to answers, Answers of who I am. It's been so long since I've been the real me it hurts to a pain staking degree. Trying to remember what once was me. Nothings normal, all I once knew is now forgotten and gone. You cannot expect to accomplish a new road in life, without having the knowledge of how to overcome its new and demanding challenges. Simply its obstacles are to great to exceed without knowledge. And even scarier to face. Not knowing the unknowing being thrown to survive in the Lions den. As a writer I write, my thoughts, feelings and dreams. I feel like a caged animal At a zoo, behind glass Looking at my once life Now held captive From this disease. I miss my old life, I progressed so far. Able to challenge my strength of mind,body and soul Each and every day. Now that is gone. Grateful yes I am Sad and ****** off? You better bet. Although grateful, I am not in good standing with the life I lead now. I never asked for this change, I loved my then life and only pleaded for the healthiest body. So I may be the best I could be in all strengths from muscular to mental. I would love to see the old me and old life I once had. I would apologize with all my might for whatever I did for it to stop accepting me. Then maybe I would learn how to live this new resistant relationship I am in. It's hard to accept that your own body is fighting its every move and with its every move it is literally chipping a little by little of your life and freedom away. All you can do is wonder why and watch it pay severe tolls each day. If I cannot return to the past then please may my future be at a level of any normalcy that my present future lacks. For the sake of my mind and all who are a very important part of it.
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I feel like I should write Though I'm not quite sure what to say It seems like I feel everything so intensely Until I try to capture it and it's gone Words don't seem to work well these days I'm really not even sure how I'm doing I feel ready to have a successful week Yet I also feel heavily disconnected from you Maybe I am finally accepting my feelings for another Allowing myself to explore the potential new flame Maybe I felt held back by your distaste towards her I realize now that it heavily tints my interactions with her But it's not about her And It's not about you It's honestly about me And the way I've been living I have been so consumed by Our love and all of this polyam drama That I'm forgetting to live as an actual human Forgetting that I exist without you too I know it heavily affects you and Stresses you out far more than I So maybe this distance is for you too Then again, you asked me not to pull away What else can I do though When you're consumed by another And I feel empty and alone too often? These feelings have led my life far too long already So I'm stepping up my focus I am working more on myself again Because if somehow things get rough I need to have someone to fall back on For the first time ever I've found the healthiest opportunity The most reliable choice I should've made sooner And it's me I am my own foundation My world exists through my own perception So in the likely event of some sort of chaos I am finally ready to catch myself I will be ok regardless of circumstance And that's extremely liberating
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Mar 26, 2018
Mar 26, 2018 at 8:00 AM UTC
Is This Distance Destructive or Part of Self-Care?
I feel like I should write Though I'm not quite sure what to say It seems like I feel everything so intensely Until I try to capture it and it's gone Words don't seem to work well these days I'm really not even sure how I'm doing I feel ready to have a successful week Yet I also feel heavily disconnected from you Maybe I am finally accepting my feelings for another Allowing myself to explore the potential new flame Maybe I felt held back by your distaste towards her I realize now that it heavily tints my interactions with her But it's not about her And It's not about you It's honestly about me And the way I've been living I have been so consumed by Our love and all of this polyam drama That I'm forgetting to live as an actual human Forgetting that I exist without you too I know it heavily affects you and Stresses you out far more than I So maybe this distance is for you too Then again, you asked me not to pull away What else can I do though When you're consumed by another And I feel empty and alone too often? These feelings have led my life far too long already So I'm stepping up my focus I am working more on myself again Because if somehow things get rough I need to have someone to fall back on For the first time ever I've found the healthiest opportunity The most reliable choice I should've made sooner And it's me I am my own foundation My world exists through my own perception So in the likely event of some sort of chaos I am finally ready to catch myself I will be ok regardless of circumstance And that's extremely liberating
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Dear Water, I have found another drink my love. It's not you it's me. I just need some space for awhile. Lately I have been craving other drinks. Flavored drinks... I know fruit punch and lemonade are not the healthiest of choices, but I can't get them out of my head. At first it was just a sip, but one thing led to another and a sip turned into a gulp and a gulp into a 32oz cup. You will always be my first and I will always remember you and use you as a means to judge my future beverages. After-all I carry with me 70% of you everywhere I go.
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Nov 8, 2014
Nov 8, 2014 at 3:19 AM UTC
Water Breakup
I dream of you - My skull all draped in leather and Badly lit, And your hands punch The tusk of my cranium To get me started. I dream of you Skulking around a videogame, Stealing trolleys. I dream of you, Talking in a language That doesn’t translate, You’re laughing at something I’ve said, And I’m laughing back, Because I don't understand That I don’t Understand you. I dream of you cooking a fry up and saving me from Spiders, I dream of you In all butterfly colours, Stuck at one age, Face changing, Pixels smattering, Digestive biscuit hair Crumbling in the wake of waking. I dream of you playing dice in the corner, Or running from bombs. I dream that you are bigger than me, Far bigger than you Really are. I dream of you, Wet dreams of you, ******* me from behind Like a gold shadow that I can’t touch, And when I wake up, I feel like I've done everything with you. (I dream of my sister, My father, And you. I dream of the healthiest people that I know.)
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Sep 22, 2013
Sep 22, 2013 at 8:08 PM UTC
dreams of you
This ring you gave me, Why did you do it? I just keep staring at it, How can I keep it safe forever? I know I have to, Because soon you will be gone, Why did god choose you? Why do you have to go so far away? Just to get even further away? I watched you cry for the first time today, As we all said our goodbyes, You didn't deserve this, Does grandpa ever cry with you? Or does he try to stay strong for you? Last year you were perfectly healthy, Then suddenly you became sick, we watch as you get sicker and sicker, ALS gets worse and worse, But i grew up with you my whole life, I don't understand the way god works, I just want you to be okay, You deserve a second chance  to make things right, To be the healthiest ever, Please, Is it selfish to say, Don't go?
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Nov 11, 2012
Nov 11, 2012 at 3:15 PM UTC
This Ring
Perfection doesn’t exist It’s a non-existing standard we can define by nothing more than our desperation and pursuit of completion It’s deluding and is painful to bare, in fact letting of go of it opens up so many pores of acceptance and contentment without hindering ones ambition of aspiration One shouldn’t go with the other Perfection is not meant to go hand in hand with ambition In fact the healthiest more achievable form of ambition is that which exist without the *********** of perfection in its walls and foundation Ambition is healthy, the idea of perfection on the other hand is dangerous and so mythological that it causes a great deal of inadequacy to those that still hold on to its empty promises. Let us produce great results, great being the profound collective exchange between good and bad, happy and sad, what is positive and what is negative These are not opposing forces, that’s what perfection has convinced us of, they are parallel systems of reality that make and break it equally, as one cannot exist without the other in specific instance Belief in perfection is as dangerous in a mentally ill person’s conviction to jump off a sky scrapper believing he can fly, it’s becomes more damaging the more we believe in it. Perfection is not peaceful it is stagnant, it’s monotonous and deceptive In fact perfection is cruel because it convinces is of a reality we seek and pursue when we can’t even imagine It has no beginning nor an ending because that’d process and progress Meaning perfection in a reality of progress never was and will never be but doesn’t want you to believe that, in fact the only thing that brought perfection into conception and gave it the nerve to even exist in our reality as the theory it exists on is the falsehood it’s made a home of in our hearts and in our souls, that’s why it’s hard to imagine but even harder to get rid of and eradicate.
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Mar 21, 2019
Mar 21, 2019 at 4:13 AM UTC
Perfect
Perfection doesn’t exist It’s a non-existing standard we can define by nothing more than our desperation and pursuit of completion It’s deluding and is painful to bare, in fact letting of go of it opens up so many pores of acceptance and contentment without hindering ones ambition of aspiration One shouldn’t go with the other Perfection is not meant to go hand in hand with ambition In fact the healthiest more achievable form of ambition is that which exist without the *********** of perfection in its walls and foundation Ambition is healthy, the idea of perfection on the other hand is dangerous and so mythological that it causes a great deal of inadequacy to those that still hold on to its empty promises. Let us produce great results, great being the profound collective exchange between good and bad, happy and sad, what is positive and what is negative These are not opposing forces, that’s what perfection has convinced us of, they are parallel systems of reality that make and break it equally, as one cannot exist without the other in specific instance Belief in perfection is as dangerous in a mentally ill person’s conviction to jump off a sky scrapper believing he can fly, it’s becomes more damaging the more we believe in it. Perfection is not peaceful it is stagnant, it’s monotonous and deceptive In fact perfection is cruel because it convinces is of a reality we seek and pursue when we can’t even imagine It has no beginning nor an ending because that’d process and progress Meaning perfection in a reality of progress never was and will never be but doesn’t want you to believe that, in fact the only thing that brought perfection into conception and gave it the nerve to even exist in our reality as the theory it exists on is the falsehood it’s made a home of in our hearts and in our souls, that’s why it’s hard to imagine but even harder to get rid of and eradicate.
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Drinking my turmeric tea makes my mouth taste like vegan chicken soup I spilled it on myself so I’m committed for looking suddenly jaundice Oh, ain’t that what they always what they do? Mark the healthiest ones as fatal or insane
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Feb 16, 2016
Feb 16, 2016 at 11:17 AM UTC
Bright Yellow
i put my eggs on the bottom of all my groceries. i did it last time, and i'll do it again, and i'll still act shocked when i open the carton and they've fallen apart. i'll watch devastatingly as the yolk slips through my fingers; i'll mourn for the money lost, mourn for the eggshells on my kitchen counter. breakfast is the healthiest meal of the day, and mine is spread across my kitchen floor. everyone walks on eggshells around me, but i stomp on them. i pour bacon grease on my legs; the burn feels good for thirty minutes, but the blisters become unbearable at thirty-one. i didn't just spill the milk; i poked a hole in the carton. i watched it leak through, like blood seeping through a bandage; i'm crying over spilled milk. i'm always crying over spilled milk. i want to grow out of this never ending stage of self sabotage; i am the victim, i am always the victim; the child cries wolf and no one in town cares anymore; the wolf can't be found, because the child has swallowed it. i am no good. my kitchen is a mess, i don't eat breakfast, and i play the victim card like it's the only one left in the deck. my groceries are in the dumpster out back; i'm ravenous -- i'll eat you out of house and home.
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Apr 16, 2017
Apr 16, 2017 at 3:41 PM UTC
mo(u)rning
It's yet another virginal autumn sliding through the core of my esophagus, the most bitter medication, and the healthiest to some "He" I've never met. Let us all take a gander at the undersexed ice queen, turning his moans into a frostbitten cackle heard far past his grave crafted with the polarizing limestone of unintentional cynicism. He sits at the bumper of your public transportation system, perfectly positioned in the middle, so he can play God, he jokes! But it's because he loves people watching. People watching is not people knowing; people watching is not people loving. Judgmental is a barrier same as those elementary PSAs about saying no to strangers, also known as creepy men with toupees in decades-old station wagons; these filthy humans, all know that man, all are his children, all his faithful followers, his filthy, faithful followers, no sensual thoughts will creep into my untouched oats this grimy morning! I will never have dreams in warm Equator-creeping nights of making friction with their flesh, even the boy, the beautiful boy standing savagely on this public bus, making the waves pumping through this contraption that makes up my frame no longer stagnant, rabid with the saliva begging to drop to commemorate my loss for words and my panting need for action. His body is eternally dripping with the juice of a hard man's labor luminous vibrance through the skin, the power of the Latin sun in the drops of salt running all the way down his body and I feel myself recording his existence, no name needed, just his face and body in this rhythmic Orlando morning.
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Apr 29, 2010
Apr 29, 2010 at 10:52 AM UTC
Stagnant Waves
It's yet another virginal autumn sliding through the core of my esophagus, the most bitter medication, and the healthiest to some "He" I've never met. Let us all take a gander at the undersexed ice queen, turning his moans into a frostbitten cackle heard far past his grave crafted with the polarizing limestone of unintentional cynicism. He sits at the bumper of your public transportation system, perfectly positioned in the middle, so he can play God, he jokes! But it's because he loves people watching. People watching is not people knowing; people watching is not people loving. Judgmental is a barrier same as those elementary PSAs about saying no to strangers, also known as creepy men with toupees in decades-old station wagons; these filthy humans, all know that man, all are his children, all his faithful followers, his filthy, faithful followers, no sensual thoughts will creep into my untouched oats this grimy morning! I will never have dreams in warm Equator-creeping nights of making friction with their flesh, even the boy, the beautiful boy standing savagely on this public bus, making the waves pumping through this contraption that makes up my frame no longer stagnant, rabid with the saliva begging to drop to commemorate my loss for words and my panting need for action. His body is eternally dripping with the juice of a hard man's labor luminous vibrance through the skin, the power of the Latin sun in the drops of salt running all the way down his body and I feel myself recording his existence, no name needed, just his face and body in this rhythmic Orlando morning.
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Morbidly we wait drool drops Hydration for insects They gag on the taste The eyes need illumination conclusions by way of structure fire Ash covered and mechanic These minds crave the edge purveyors of our time We breathe easy glass separates the chaos Structured and correct rather observe than interact When these walls shatter and we gaze into that abyss once so distant We finally see the irony of our curiosity It touches the skin in numbing complexity A malfunctioning brain spins dizzy nerves become alien No control Still we deny asking why? Muscles go slack eyes glaze for the fun house Ink filled pages Tell nights tragedies in the boldest of detail More looks of longing coffee over obituary breakfasts Eyes slightly gleam with glee victorious in an insect existence We crave the ***** and the depraved Even the healthiest of minds stops for the strange So we wait for the new downfall Never thinking we could be the ones next observed with primitive pleasure One billion hungry souls screaming for more
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Oct 24, 2016
Oct 24, 2016 at 1:26 PM UTC
Well now
Sometimes the healthiest thing you can do is admit defeat, call uncle and walk away.
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Jun 12, 2014
Jun 12, 2014 at 7:45 AM UTC
Defeat
Remember, people care about you they think about you far more than you think they do they see something that reminds them of you on the street or in a store and they smile because you are a great person and they love that they know you knowing you makes them happy knowing you might make them sad too, because sometimes people want more from you than you’re willing to give, but you shouldn’t dwell on making them upset because you are still great and you still bring more happiness to them on most days sometimes people get sad and that’s not your fault it is not your job to make a person feel better, and changing who you are just to make them feel better is just a false sense of loyalty that you’re showing them; and anyway, it is far more rewarding to nurture other people by being true to who you are because it is simultaneously nurturing yourself. when you are sick, get as much affection as you possibly can and do not feel bad about it tell someone you love them because you just do, not because you feel guilty, obligated or crave their approval it’s not the end of the world if people don’t need you and it’s probably not the healthiest thing if they are constantly depending on you to clean their messy lives up all the time you will never regret putting “go to the library” on your to-do list, even if you are swamped and stressed with other things to do; there is nothing quite like being among a whole world of books don’t be embarrassed about your laugh or blowing your nose in public or even turning bright red when you do get embarrassed because there is nothing wrong with any of these things you can be sincere or you can be manipulative, but remember that you know how it feels to be manipulated too people **** you over all the time, but that just makes them people and you are just the same as these people because you do it too, so lighten up and see it’s not a big deal, but don’t let them walk all over you time and time again because that is just disrespectful to yourself learn when to stay and when to walk away you are awesome
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Jan 21, 2013
Jan 21, 2013 at 3:05 AM UTC
this is true
Remember, people care about you they think about you far more than you think they do they see something that reminds them of you on the street or in a store and they smile because you are a great person and they love that they know you knowing you makes them happy knowing you might make them sad too, because sometimes people want more from you than you’re willing to give, but you shouldn’t dwell on making them upset because you are still great and you still bring more happiness to them on most days sometimes people get sad and that’s not your fault it is not your job to make a person feel better, and changing who you are just to make them feel better is just a false sense of loyalty that you’re showing them; and anyway, it is far more rewarding to nurture other people by being true to who you are because it is simultaneously nurturing yourself. when you are sick, get as much affection as you possibly can and do not feel bad about it tell someone you love them because you just do, not because you feel guilty, obligated or crave their approval it’s not the end of the world if people don’t need you and it’s probably not the healthiest thing if they are constantly depending on you to clean their messy lives up all the time you will never regret putting “go to the library” on your to-do list, even if you are swamped and stressed with other things to do; there is nothing quite like being among a whole world of books don’t be embarrassed about your laugh or blowing your nose in public or even turning bright red when you do get embarrassed because there is nothing wrong with any of these things you can be sincere or you can be manipulative, but remember that you know how it feels to be manipulated too people **** you over all the time, but that just makes them people and you are just the same as these people because you do it too, so lighten up and see it’s not a big deal, but don’t let them walk all over you time and time again because that is just disrespectful to yourself learn when to stay and when to walk away you are awesome
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your laughter is interrupted and the punch line crumbles onto your lap. as you answer your phone           the chair hardens                     svelte                     to skeletal.           every corner in your bones           grinds           against every edge of wood. as the earpiece exhales           the grey seeps in from the dusty dome           and a wheeze of cloudy cold           floats, foggy, over the sill           and freezes firm your loose lips           before a smile can stretch them. you rise           and the door evaporates           at your touch                     a droplet                     to your violent,                     expanding                     gasps.           the croaking in your ear                     feeble                     but ‘fine’           traps your tongue           under stacks of pennies.           your heart                     singular                     sympathetic           beats fast enough for two           bodies. you stand on frail, fractured leaves           and try to cram crutches           and buttresses           through a receiver,           but your fumbling fingers           won’t speak.           your neck buckles           and bends           under the heavy phone           call. back inside teetering on your bony seat you try to sit on your hands           scoops of your scattered words                     ‘my leaving                     was the healthiest thing                     that has ever happened to her–’           foreign and           hollow.
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Mar 10, 2013
Mar 10, 2013 at 1:10 AM UTC
jarring to the jaded
your laughter is interrupted and the punch line crumbles onto your lap. as you answer your phone           the chair hardens                     svelte                     to skeletal.           every corner in your bones           grinds           against every edge of wood. as the earpiece exhales           the grey seeps in from the dusty dome           and a wheeze of cloudy cold           floats, foggy, over the sill           and freezes firm your loose lips           before a smile can stretch them. you rise           and the door evaporates           at your touch                     a droplet                     to your violent,                     expanding                     gasps.           the croaking in your ear                     feeble                     but ‘fine’           traps your tongue           under stacks of pennies.           your heart                     singular                     sympathetic           beats fast enough for two           bodies. you stand on frail, fractured leaves           and try to cram crutches           and buttresses           through a receiver,           but your fumbling fingers           won’t speak.           your neck buckles           and bends           under the heavy phone           call. back inside teetering on your bony seat you try to sit on your hands           scoops of your scattered words                     ‘my leaving                     was the healthiest thing                     that has ever happened to her–’           foreign and           hollow.
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Hiding how you feel isn't lying. In fact, for some people, It's a form of surviving. It may not be the healthiest way to heal; Ignoring the pain and feelings To the point It's not real. But do whatever it takes To see tomorrow.
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Oct 4, 2020
Oct 4, 2020 at 8:33 PM UTC
Do whatever it takes
she dreams of him strangers seated at long tables repast in her residence a wake awakening thoughts eminent signs and symbols of transitioning she thought he was calling her never imagined he would take her son fourth of five sixth of nine overall seemingly the healthiest among them a year and a month later a series of medical mishaps emergency rooms and hospitals x-rays, ultra sounds and CT scans tranfusions, colonoscopies and CT colonographies he returns so often now strangers in the house awakening concerns for a proper last will and testament she no longer fears him it's life's sufferings that frighten her not a welcoming but a readiness impeding her fight she feels her time is near
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Oct 28, 2011
Oct 28, 2011 at 9:29 PM UTC
Strangers In The House
"Babe, you were my last thought in 2014, and now you're my first thought in 2015... I love you." That's what I texted you last year, at midnight, on New Years Eve. You replied with, "Aw, thanks." It's December 28th, 2015, and I haven't gone a day this year without you on my mind. I don't think anyone understands what I feel towards you, you especially don't. I feel like at one point you might have loved me.  Now I feel like you tolerate me, but even that can only last for so long. I've spent a year loving someone who didn't love me back.  I've spent a year trying to make things work, with someone who never cared to try.  I don't think it was the healthiest year for me.  But the thing is, I can't blame anyone for it. It's been my choice, and it always has been.  I choose to make this year about you, I choose to put you first, I keep picking you. Will 2016 be another year of you?  I guess it's my choice, let's see what I pick.
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Dec 28, 2015
Dec 28, 2015 at 5:00 AM UTC
Year of You
Appreciation is the key ingredient to cultivate healthy relationships. Healthy couples always appreciate each other in day-to-day life to show their commitment and love. They never miss an opportunity to give a loving appreciating remark to their partners. Always Stay In Touch: Healthy couples maintain their contact no matter how busy their schedules are. In our busy lives an unexpected text message, an admiring note or a phone call can have much deeper effects than we can realize. Healthy couples always maintain their loving connection and don’t allow distances and busy routines to part them. Being Happy is Their Priority: For healthy couples being happy is much more important than being right. Leaving their egos behind they always strive to discover solutions. Instead of playing the blame game they choose compromise and compassion. They Sleep Together: Leave your arguments and battles behind before your crawl into bed. There are arguments and tensions but never take them with you to bed. Leave your negative emotions and anger behind. Healthy couples suggest to always tell your partner that you love them before you go to sleep and this is especially applicable to the nights when u have an argument. A simple hug and a smile can result in sudden release of tension between couples. Being Intimate: Being intimate is essential to keep your relation alive. Healthy couples maintain their intimacy to prove that they cherish their relationship. Preserving your physical relation is vital for establishing healthy relation as a couple. Being Patient And Respectful Towards Each Other: No one is perfect. Even the healthiest couples are just two imperfect human beings. Being a perfect couple doesn’t mean that they are perfect in every way, in reality it is accepting and being patient to each other’s imperfections. Healthy couples are always respectful towards each other’s shortcomings and they compliment limitations of their partner in a way that they look perfect as a couple.
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Nov 5, 2015
Nov 5, 2015 at 6:22 AM UTC
Appreciating Little Things:
Appreciation is the key ingredient to cultivate healthy relationships. Healthy couples always appreciate each other in day-to-day life to show their commitment and love. They never miss an opportunity to give a loving appreciating remark to their partners. Always Stay In Touch: Healthy couples maintain their contact no matter how busy their schedules are. In our busy lives an unexpected text message, an admiring note or a phone call can have much deeper effects than we can realize. Healthy couples always maintain their loving connection and don’t allow distances and busy routines to part them. Being Happy is Their Priority: For healthy couples being happy is much more important than being right. Leaving their egos behind they always strive to discover solutions. Instead of playing the blame game they choose compromise and compassion. They Sleep Together: Leave your arguments and battles behind before your crawl into bed. There are arguments and tensions but never take them with you to bed. Leave your negative emotions and anger behind. Healthy couples suggest to always tell your partner that you love them before you go to sleep and this is especially applicable to the nights when u have an argument. A simple hug and a smile can result in sudden release of tension between couples. Being Intimate: Being intimate is essential to keep your relation alive. Healthy couples maintain their intimacy to prove that they cherish their relationship. Preserving your physical relation is vital for establishing healthy relation as a couple. Being Patient And Respectful Towards Each Other: No one is perfect. Even the healthiest couples are just two imperfect human beings. Being a perfect couple doesn’t mean that they are perfect in every way, in reality it is accepting and being patient to each other’s imperfections. Healthy couples are always respectful towards each other’s shortcomings and they compliment limitations of their partner in a way that they look perfect as a couple.
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I was seduced by your tongue. From the menu in it's ripe pink bequeathed with syllables of toxic waste pronounced; production rivaling the healthiest liver in this materialistic marketplace. Still it is a delicate decadence not for the faint-heart by recommendation can only be served in it's ****** state never preserved with age nor maturity for it's zest for life can never be tainted even when cooked it still wags on and on.... churning more poison. I placed my order may the best man win, I was not a coward. Bon appetite.
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Jun 22, 2015
Jun 22, 2015 at 8:49 AM UTC
tongue
Life is of Motion Even water itself is healthiest with movement But Stillness will always be necessary for reflection
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Nov 24, 2022
Nov 24, 2022 at 3:49 AM UTC
Balance
You were leaving with the first of the Springtime thaw. I glued my feet and now I'm stuck and you know that's all we ever found we knew how to do-- was just say fake "goodbyes," practice "I'll miss you's!" We can sleep through our dreams or die standing up on the paths of same footprints' same old sidewalks. But the equinox came and you went nowhere quick. Sick of saying, "It's fine here..." Think I'm just sick 'cuz the healthiest ones hated us and now they're all gone... ...I guess that's just luck. Dumb luck. I was leaving we both knew that I wouldn't get far before retreating to you and to this asphalt I've always walked. We always knew how to just fake fake "You're fine's." Swallow fermented growls. We'll just sleep through these dreams of packing our stuff. Write our hopes on punched tickets-- can't afford the bus. When the equinox comes and we're still here--No shit?-- We'll be convinced it's good here. Think we're just sick. 'Cuz the healthiest ones hated us and now they're all gone... ...I guess that's just luck. Dumb luck. Stick together, squeeze the time in with the snow falling down. Do what we'd never get away with when the Summer comes around, When the cops patrol the streets that the city won't plow ...I guess that's just luck. Dumb luck.
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Aug 16, 2017
Aug 16, 2017 at 9:45 AM UTC
Dumb & Dumber Luck
Colors to fill pages, I mean. But the shades and the lines -- Oh! Well those don't really exist. The lines, I mean. They too are just more and more pigment a buildup of a gradient into a darker strip of grains of ink or oil or chalk or graphite or any other wonderful, God-given blessing of an artist's tool It's been so long, she says. I say. Because, it is me in there. This is no Being John Malkovich story. Though those moments happen too. What the hell was that, when it happened? All of a sudden I felt controlled like a robot An outside force drove my movements & I like a Sim that's right, a Sim (It was all around the same time in my life) just felt someone else doing all the work And I, a slave to this invisible master felt terrified for lack of knowledge I still maintain that it occurred What was that? Haven't thought of it in ages. I remember the geometric colored shape-patterned paper That little alcove But I think it happened at the old house too Among those wood-paneled walls I miss those. Something pure, good, sturdy about them But no, I couldn't have just imagined it But it wasn't like now When this unstoppable force is driving the words out of me through the pen & onto the A5 No It was more like a separate entity whose presence I felt making me do it It? I mean everything If only for a few moments A trembling child I became I was. And I never figured it out I think I told her Musta mentioned it, right? She always knew everything else Up until recently, anyway She's at a distance now From no fault of her own -- I placed her there And I worry that she's fading The only one there for me Really there With almost no judgment Maybe not the healthiest thing for me But there nonetheless I must ask And in days ahead write another poem I'll tell you You My indeterminate reader What she says Because that kind of power that kind of drive was and is the most terrifying thing I've ever endured. That included.
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Apr 26, 2013
Apr 26, 2013 at 6:35 PM UTC
stream of consciousness
Colors to fill pages, I mean. But the shades and the lines -- Oh! Well those don't really exist. The lines, I mean. They too are just more and more pigment a buildup of a gradient into a darker strip of grains of ink or oil or chalk or graphite or any other wonderful, God-given blessing of an artist's tool It's been so long, she says. I say. Because, it is me in there. This is no Being John Malkovich story. Though those moments happen too. What the hell was that, when it happened? All of a sudden I felt controlled like a robot An outside force drove my movements & I like a Sim that's right, a Sim (It was all around the same time in my life) just felt someone else doing all the work And I, a slave to this invisible master felt terrified for lack of knowledge I still maintain that it occurred What was that? Haven't thought of it in ages. I remember the geometric colored shape-patterned paper That little alcove But I think it happened at the old house too Among those wood-paneled walls I miss those. Something pure, good, sturdy about them But no, I couldn't have just imagined it But it wasn't like now When this unstoppable force is driving the words out of me through the pen & onto the A5 No It was more like a separate entity whose presence I felt making me do it It? I mean everything If only for a few moments A trembling child I became I was. And I never figured it out I think I told her Musta mentioned it, right? She always knew everything else Up until recently, anyway She's at a distance now From no fault of her own -- I placed her there And I worry that she's fading The only one there for me Really there With almost no judgment Maybe not the healthiest thing for me But there nonetheless I must ask And in days ahead write another poem I'll tell you You My indeterminate reader What she says Because that kind of power that kind of drive was and is the most terrifying thing I've ever endured. That included.
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