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Mark A. Williams                             SEPTEMBER 14, 1962 – JULY 23, 2018 ___________________________________________________________ Wow Mark, Was so, so saddened to hear this news. I haven't seen you in over ten years, but as kids, we had some amazing adventures, didn't we? Partying, camping and swimming at the Hudson lime pits. Mowing down on Pizza and pitchers of Pepsi (and as we grew up, BEER!) at Pizza Hut. (We knew the numbers to ALL the songs on that jukebox by heart!) Hanging out and looking at the stars through Budvido's telescope, listening to Doctor Demento. Laughing hysterically as we ran through Monty Python skits as everyone looked on in total puzzlement because THEY wouldn't discover them until YEARS later! Building underground forts in the North Woods. You, Budvido, Zeke and I playing pinball at 7-11 for hours and hours. Watching Bands, chasing girls and playing Foosball or Pool at the Touch of Class Teen Club. You gave me my first Imported beer . . . a Lowenbrau. I will always owe my passion for those German beers to you and it was fitting that Budvido bestowed you with that moniker. All through Jr. High, sharing a seat on the school bus. You, Matt, Tom, Buddy and I cruising around late night on our bikes for hours. Hanging around in the Jasmine Lakes sign with hijacked beer or getting free bags of Burgers from Burger Queen when they closed at night! Jousting with shopping carts on our bikes in the Winn-Dixie parking lot. Sitting up all night in Jimi's room after climbing in through the window or going on endless space cruises with him and Raymond in the Toyota. (RIP Jimi Carlsen) Sneaking into the nudest Colony and skinny dipping! Always cracking up at the school lunch table. Swimming in my pool and terrorizing my sister and her friends. (Allegedly) Trashing that crook Fast Eddie's produce stand after he refused to pay us for a full day of picking watermelons! Good times, indeed . . . Some of my most precious memories. I can only pray that you know that I wouldn't trade my youth or you in it for anything in the world and you will be sadly missed, Lowenbrau, my old friend. I hope that where you are, your beers are ice cold and that you and Jimi aren't having to glue the Hookah back together. Jeff Gaines July 28, 2018
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Aug 2, 2018
Aug 2, 2018 at 7:00 AM UTC
Message to a Friend
Mark A. Williams                             SEPTEMBER 14, 1962 – JULY 23, 2018 ___________________________________________________________ Wow Mark, Was so, so saddened to hear this news. I haven't seen you in over ten years, but as kids, we had some amazing adventures, didn't we? Partying, camping and swimming at the Hudson lime pits. Mowing down on Pizza and pitchers of Pepsi (and as we grew up, BEER!) at Pizza Hut. (We knew the numbers to ALL the songs on that jukebox by heart!) Hanging out and looking at the stars through Budvido's telescope, listening to Doctor Demento. Laughing hysterically as we ran through Monty Python skits as everyone looked on in total puzzlement because THEY wouldn't discover them until YEARS later! Building underground forts in the North Woods. You, Budvido, Zeke and I playing pinball at 7-11 for hours and hours. Watching Bands, chasing girls and playing Foosball or Pool at the Touch of Class Teen Club. You gave me my first Imported beer . . . a Lowenbrau. I will always owe my passion for those German beers to you and it was fitting that Budvido bestowed you with that moniker. All through Jr. High, sharing a seat on the school bus. You, Matt, Tom, Buddy and I cruising around late night on our bikes for hours. Hanging around in the Jasmine Lakes sign with hijacked beer or getting free bags of Burgers from Burger Queen when they closed at night! Jousting with shopping carts on our bikes in the Winn-Dixie parking lot. Sitting up all night in Jimi's room after climbing in through the window or going on endless space cruises with him and Raymond in the Toyota. (RIP Jimi Carlsen) Sneaking into the nudest Colony and skinny dipping! Always cracking up at the school lunch table. Swimming in my pool and terrorizing my sister and her friends. (Allegedly) Trashing that crook Fast Eddie's produce stand after he refused to pay us for a full day of picking watermelons! Good times, indeed . . . Some of my most precious memories. I can only pray that you know that I wouldn't trade my youth or you in it for anything in the world and you will be sadly missed, Lowenbrau, my old friend. I hope that where you are, your beers are ice cold and that you and Jimi aren't having to glue the Hookah back together. Jeff Gaines July 28, 2018
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It’s a good day the lord granted. Everything seems so perfect. Weather is sweet. Sun’s shining. What could go wrong? …….Until….. I felt you coming. Like a hijacker through a rear view mirror. How I wish for a false alarm. Dear lord may this cup pass. A moment to accept the inevitable arrived. Oh my God! you seized me once again. You came like a thief at midnight. You hijacked my mind. You exposed me to wrath of migraines. Horrible 30 seconds in a 24hour day. It's like a small stain on a white garment. The cruelty of an epileptic seizure is inevitable. https://m.facebook.com/EpilepsyandCpfriends
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Aug 18, 2018
Aug 18, 2018 at 4:50 PM UTC
Epilepsy art thou cruel.
At the Zoo Patriots and faux exhibit and binge on synonyms of liberty printed on beer and underwear Advertising what should be unspoken and inspired to pervert and romanticize Preludes to the parades and finale above us all Weeks of saturated irony Cuckoo bird irony and BBQ As they reform Phoenix, rebirth of distractions and thievery Predators in ally ways pursing America's diamonds and legs Then gunpowder Gunpowder of colors and cuckoos Layers of streets in gunpowder Towns built of gunpowder Sky is gunpowder We are born addicted to led and gunpowder Gunpowder ****** in the air Success, display and diversion and more gunpowder to ingest. The Grand Finale The Volta of the evening The hammer of the judge *** appeal of death and nature flexing it's muscles-   show us some skin! Covering your ears Eyes fastened- Ready to burrow back to mothers womb Binged and free Chinese celebration hijacked Red, White and Blue And a moment of silence   Orchestrated onomatopoeia in heaven Chorus of arousal on Earth Band marching war machines in hell The showdown of 241 years! This freedom we are all grateful to only talk about Only free to battle shackling intoxication Men and women tugging extra weighted offspring Sulking for indoors and portable addiction   Chanting three letter obedience God being counted by his blessings Fear and Statism in every breathe for salvation from our stick swatted enemies Checkpoints that serve and protect asking for a toll; liberty synonyms. Arresting the too free At the Zoo, The cuckoos regaining reality. The phoenix red eye and held under oath To the next day where we are back To hate each others freedom, again.
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Jul 10, 2017
Jul 10, 2017 at 1:31 AM UTC
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At the Zoo Patriots and faux exhibit and binge on synonyms of liberty printed on beer and underwear Advertising what should be unspoken and inspired to pervert and romanticize Preludes to the parades and finale above us all Weeks of saturated irony Cuckoo bird irony and BBQ As they reform Phoenix, rebirth of distractions and thievery Predators in ally ways pursing America's diamonds and legs Then gunpowder Gunpowder of colors and cuckoos Layers of streets in gunpowder Towns built of gunpowder Sky is gunpowder We are born addicted to led and gunpowder Gunpowder ****** in the air Success, display and diversion and more gunpowder to ingest. The Grand Finale The Volta of the evening The hammer of the judge *** appeal of death and nature flexing it's muscles-   show us some skin! Covering your ears Eyes fastened- Ready to burrow back to mothers womb Binged and free Chinese celebration hijacked Red, White and Blue And a moment of silence   Orchestrated onomatopoeia in heaven Chorus of arousal on Earth Band marching war machines in hell The showdown of 241 years! This freedom we are all grateful to only talk about Only free to battle shackling intoxication Men and women tugging extra weighted offspring Sulking for indoors and portable addiction   Chanting three letter obedience God being counted by his blessings Fear and Statism in every breathe for salvation from our stick swatted enemies Checkpoints that serve and protect asking for a toll; liberty synonyms. Arresting the too free At the Zoo, The cuckoos regaining reality. The phoenix red eye and held under oath To the next day where we are back To hate each others freedom, again.
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I hate Science I hate Technology Neither Am I Orthodox Nor I am Fool I am not a ***** But still I choose to hate Science and Technology Both gave us many things I remember, there was a time I worshipped both of them They produced machines for us They produced robots for us Machines started building Homes, Bridges and Flyovers Machines helped us in Food and Cloth Production Milk and Silk Production And Blah Blah Blah Blah They made our life easier They made our life safer They provided better security They provided better tools They made our life longer They made our life smarter They gave us rays of hope They promised much more They promised more Freedom They Promised Leisure Time They promised better Environment They promised clean Air, Water, Soil They Promised Harmony and Peace They Promised Equality for All Both Science and Technology Progressed exponentially day by day But something went wrong Someone captured them Hijacked them and misused By applying their ***** minds We still have Machines and Robots We still have Logic and Skills But where is Freedom and Peace? Where is the clean Environment? Where is clean Water, Air and Soil? Where is the promised Leisure Time? Now we also have Nuclear Bombs We have weapons of mass ****** We have smart tools for our Extinction We have weapons of mass Destructions Robots are being transformed From Robots to Human Beings Humans are being transformed From Human Beings to Machines Yes Slavery is back in the Game Machines have enslaved Humans Robots have been granted Citizenship and Civil Rights Machines have been made ready Ready to wage war against humans The question is who is the culprit? Is it Science and Technology? No. Not at all. I know this very well But I still hate Science and Technology The real culprits are the hungry Capitalists Who captured, hijacked and misused Science and the Technology for their greed Though they have all the things they need Science and the Technology easily surrendered and allowed themselves to be used for their greed This is why I Hate Science and Technology I also hate Capitalism and Capitalists too But I have a big question for Myself. I still doubt - "Can I really live without Science and Technology"
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Jun 30, 2019
Jun 30, 2019 at 8:02 AM UTC
I Hate Science And Technology
I hate Science I hate Technology Neither Am I Orthodox Nor I am Fool I am not a ***** But still I choose to hate Science and Technology Both gave us many things I remember, there was a time I worshipped both of them They produced machines for us They produced robots for us Machines started building Homes, Bridges and Flyovers Machines helped us in Food and Cloth Production Milk and Silk Production And Blah Blah Blah Blah They made our life easier They made our life safer They provided better security They provided better tools They made our life longer They made our life smarter They gave us rays of hope They promised much more They promised more Freedom They Promised Leisure Time They promised better Environment They promised clean Air, Water, Soil They Promised Harmony and Peace They Promised Equality for All Both Science and Technology Progressed exponentially day by day But something went wrong Someone captured them Hijacked them and misused By applying their ***** minds We still have Machines and Robots We still have Logic and Skills But where is Freedom and Peace? Where is the clean Environment? Where is clean Water, Air and Soil? Where is the promised Leisure Time? Now we also have Nuclear Bombs We have weapons of mass ****** We have smart tools for our Extinction We have weapons of mass Destructions Robots are being transformed From Robots to Human Beings Humans are being transformed From Human Beings to Machines Yes Slavery is back in the Game Machines have enslaved Humans Robots have been granted Citizenship and Civil Rights Machines have been made ready Ready to wage war against humans The question is who is the culprit? Is it Science and Technology? No. Not at all. I know this very well But I still hate Science and Technology The real culprits are the hungry Capitalists Who captured, hijacked and misused Science and the Technology for their greed Though they have all the things they need Science and the Technology easily surrendered and allowed themselves to be used for their greed This is why I Hate Science and Technology I also hate Capitalism and Capitalists too But I have a big question for Myself. I still doubt - "Can I really live without Science and Technology"
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Dented and newly used my heart is set on cruise Winning Grinning Never gonna give up because I refuse My heart may be breaking but it is not the end Dealer count me back in I am on the mend I am on a comeback I am done being afraid I am done being saved Do not need another setback I am on a comeback *I believe in who I am I'm better than I have been I am not down and out I have only just began* Thank you HP and fellow poets for this great honor!!! Sorry I am so late to the party but my 8 yr old boy hijacked my phone from me.
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Aug 9, 2016
Aug 9, 2016 at 4:07 PM UTC
Everybody Loves a Comeback
What is it about this chase that eludes me That runs away from me That seeks to experience and then flee me Until I get hijacked by another Consenting to my own free fall into ignorance and bliss Conditioning myself to transmit Abundance without reservation Until shot at the knee But dragged along for a while longer By the chains I so genuinely let bind me And even before the wounds have healed I don't stop running, I won't stop running Resolute in a chase that targets me I do so unconditionally But you can't hijack my senses I am not an experience or experiment worth having I am not a temporary treat to be improperly digested and defecated I am not an amber that ignites upon initial contact To then be mediated or extinguished if the temperate is not right I am not the holy water that you colonize And shower with to cleanse you To then invalidate that sanctity When it falls down the drain I am not a barometer that reliefs the labor Needed to challenge the aberrations Of your colonized and colonizing tendencies I exist Physically insignificant As the earth that birthed me and will bury me But eternal in essence I am a permanent presence I am an unforgettable imprint I am your equal, no less, no more The moment that we mutually acknowledge Each other's existence I have bound myself to you From that moment...loved you unconditionally and eternally And expect no lesser commitment From you to me, or any other person you meet And even after the wounds have healed I don't stop running, I won't stop running Resolute in a chase that targets us We must unleash our abundance unconditionally And when we leave We will have given Absolutely everything That we had to give During that time of our existence
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Mar 6, 2015
Mar 6, 2015 at 8:07 PM UTC
Polyamority and the Practice of Abundance
What is it about this chase that eludes me That runs away from me That seeks to experience and then flee me Until I get hijacked by another Consenting to my own free fall into ignorance and bliss Conditioning myself to transmit Abundance without reservation Until shot at the knee But dragged along for a while longer By the chains I so genuinely let bind me And even before the wounds have healed I don't stop running, I won't stop running Resolute in a chase that targets me I do so unconditionally But you can't hijack my senses I am not an experience or experiment worth having I am not a temporary treat to be improperly digested and defecated I am not an amber that ignites upon initial contact To then be mediated or extinguished if the temperate is not right I am not the holy water that you colonize And shower with to cleanse you To then invalidate that sanctity When it falls down the drain I am not a barometer that reliefs the labor Needed to challenge the aberrations Of your colonized and colonizing tendencies I exist Physically insignificant As the earth that birthed me and will bury me But eternal in essence I am a permanent presence I am an unforgettable imprint I am your equal, no less, no more The moment that we mutually acknowledge Each other's existence I have bound myself to you From that moment...loved you unconditionally and eternally And expect no lesser commitment From you to me, or any other person you meet And even after the wounds have healed I don't stop running, I won't stop running Resolute in a chase that targets us We must unleash our abundance unconditionally And when we leave We will have given Absolutely everything That we had to give During that time of our existence
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A flight of three crows added to a dense grey day Next add four iconic conifers as high as the sky eternally ******* down These things are always in my sight through my window on this wet world Multiply all of this by a sweet daughter who makes me proud and raise the whole to the power of a strong woman who carries us all on her back The equation produces a result that I am 95 percent certain equals happiness though the confidence interval is wide And this result sweet as it is and as uncertain as it is will outlive me leave a faint echo in time an echo that will bounce off a star and finally be found gripped in my shriveled paw long after the epiphany nowhere near paradise somewhere short of the end of the line This is a moment of happiness stolen from time hijacked by a fugitive from civil society I'll hold it close until death pries it without mercy from my hand Leaves it as a blessing and a curse for all who come after Take the blessing. Leave the curse. That's the advice I give with my dying breath. And I leave this to you from the generosity of my heart. With a nod to the scant traces of God's grace that I find on these pathways of travail. Never lost. Never found. Always present and generous to all. Be that.
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Nov 19, 2016
Nov 19, 2016 at 6:01 PM UTC
The Arithmetic of Happiness
I've been focused on nutrition sense before recognition of a requirement of nutrients for my life. I eat for nutrition I shunned the processed chemical ick a lifetime ago it seems no longer remembering the taste of chemically created food stuffs. though I know if I were to get a taste it would satisfy my buds they were made with my buds in mind hijacked my senses lied and lied and lied told my body it didn't need nutrition that is could live off of intuition and stuff in boxes and bags and cans I've become my own food processor now I have mouths to feed now I know what to feed and where they make feed from so we stick to the grass-fed I'll teach them how to eat even before how to read its just how I see it once that sugar laden red chemical construction touches their lips they will instantly desire more Twain and Fitzgerald will take them longer to digest. so these are my priorities now. I am a nutrition seeker a truth seeker and I believe I come from a line of healers all who knew nutrition is the key to life, here. the basic building blocks, the amino acids of life, here. when you're nourished it all makes more sense but stay out of those center aisles their chemical composition is too dense my kidney could no longer clean the code of food stuffs. My strong little kidney I'm so proud of it for releasing its grip on its twin. it wasn't for us anyways
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Oct 29, 2014
Oct 29, 2014 at 7:10 PM UTC
nutritious
Thinking with short breath, gripping my chest, sinking with stress? Just to attest, Imagine putting stress to the test Over pushing boundaries set with intent Chasing leads, gaining lost time pursuing a lust with broken trust Only to rise to the question Can the duality of morals and ethics which define us.. Be overwritten? Misconstrued needs for skeptics lost in line Slowly assimilating breathless methods Hijacked Black rose petals spiraling to conclusion, Decomposing as if to forget this Why don't I neglect this elusive euphoria defined in terms of confusion? Split paths once veering in opposite directions begin running parallel I know I'm here, but who's that there? Ominous reflections veer back with eyes unfamiliar A face with no definition grabs my wrist lurching me forward Weightlessly ***** following a diverging direction with questioned intention. Where are you taking me? (Silence) Operating in two places at once, questioning who is the driver Hijacked There but ever increasingly distant, attempting to reach you The sunrise rekindling the spark of yesterdays intuitions Preserving eloquence like a flower in full bloom Suddenly fades eerie in an instant, dwindling on gloomy restless expressions Cloudy perception refracted by crystalline illusions The evanescent cypress terpene, king of bliss Flowing in the direction towards what has been calling it most An icy chill enters my chest, a constant race to chase an endless quest A ploy of acceptance with a cotton ball
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Aug 22, 2019
Aug 22, 2019 at 11:50 AM UTC
Dopamine
Thinking with short breath, gripping my chest, sinking with stress? Just to attest, Imagine putting stress to the test Over pushing boundaries set with intent Chasing leads, gaining lost time pursuing a lust with broken trust Only to rise to the question Can the duality of morals and ethics which define us.. Be overwritten? Misconstrued needs for skeptics lost in line Slowly assimilating breathless methods Hijacked Black rose petals spiraling to conclusion, Decomposing as if to forget this Why don't I neglect this elusive euphoria defined in terms of confusion? Split paths once veering in opposite directions begin running parallel I know I'm here, but who's that there? Ominous reflections veer back with eyes unfamiliar A face with no definition grabs my wrist lurching me forward Weightlessly ***** following a diverging direction with questioned intention. Where are you taking me? (Silence) Operating in two places at once, questioning who is the driver Hijacked There but ever increasingly distant, attempting to reach you The sunrise rekindling the spark of yesterdays intuitions Preserving eloquence like a flower in full bloom Suddenly fades eerie in an instant, dwindling on gloomy restless expressions Cloudy perception refracted by crystalline illusions The evanescent cypress terpene, king of bliss Flowing in the direction towards what has been calling it most An icy chill enters my chest, a constant race to chase an endless quest A ploy of acceptance with a cotton ball
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~ dad said she'd be famous ~ *"...a doctor or diva like lena horne,"* he said he'd been doing odd day jobs and driving cabs deep into the night through  these mean city streets since ella's debut at the apollo and his smile grew wider than jackie o's reservoir in central park when this bouncing baby girl made her grand debut into his world the dimples on her cherub caramel cheeks were irresistibly pinchable and those twinkling eyes knew she'd be spoiled infinitely like a fruit-fly in a box of rotten apples ~ reality check ~ ....if you look closely you might still see one dimple; but the twinkles departed back in '75 ....and the burns on her fingertips and blistered lips ....and the bones.... jutting  like the bones of refugees and anorexics ....missing flesh ...and the tracks on her forearms and filthy jeans .....and the eyes.... shifting like the eyes of senators and thieves ....telling lies .....and the rotting corpse in a black garbage bag in fresh kills multiple choices removed from the doctor and diva of daddy's dreams hijacked by dream-killers: *smack       crack   and addiction* ~ P (Pablo) (8/1/2013)
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Aug 1, 2013
Aug 1, 2013 at 3:26 PM UTC
Daddy's Dreamgirl...
Captain Marryat's chariot Was hijacked by Judas Iscariot But with the aid of a lariat He got it back.
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Apr 25, 2014
Apr 25, 2014 at 3:08 PM UTC
Captain Marryat's Chariot
Frustration is having a government that was created of, by and for the People that's been hijacked by money, holding We the People in contempt.
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Jun 30, 2015
Jun 30, 2015 at 12:05 PM UTC
Frustration
Deathbed Confession “In 1971 a man calling himself Dan Cooper hijacked a plane from Portland to Seattle, demanded parachutes and $200,000 in cash, then jumped into the night with the money, never to be seen again.” — fbi.gov So little seemed to be at stake. The bomb was real; the threat was fake. Neither was difficult to make. And I was in my element, or almost there. Yes, the descent was cold, but warmer as I went, and yes it was coal black and raining, but I had uppers and my training. I’ve spent my whole life not complaining. When I could see the woods I wandered out with the twenties, which I laundered, safety-deposited, and squandered, and with the oddest thing — a name I’d paid for but could never claim, a private riddle, private fame. That’s been the hardest part: denial — remaining of no interest while the Bureau opened up a file on every former paratrooper who in his final morphine stupor discovered he was D.B. Cooper. I’m D.B. Cooper. There, I said it. It’s decent work if you can get it, but it pays cash. There is no credit, or blame, or pity in thin air, and I’ve spent forty winters there. I’ll take whatever you can spare, although I don’t suppose the guy whose last confession is a lie deserves it any less than I. This piece is written by Kansas Poet Laureate Henry McHenry. The rights to the poem are completely his.
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Oct 23, 2015
Oct 23, 2015 at 10:44 PM UTC
Deathbed Confession - Eric McHenry
I am not Christian but I have deep reverence for the teachings of Christ and his love of humanity. I am not Roman Catholic but I recognize the life-affirming power of community, communion, and ritual. I am not a Moslem but I find beauty and usefulness in the teachings of Mohammed. I am not Buddhist but I have seen the results of meditation, daily spiritual practice, and putting aside my own ego. I am not Taoist but I have felt the peace of the way of simplicity and harmony with the Tao. I am not ancient Egyptian but I know the power of the Sun in the heavens, and I honor the Holy Mother Isis whose name has been hijacked by terrorists and propaganda machines. I am not Wiccan but I have danced with the natural cycles of the year and the moon; I have known the power of the Earth and my place within it. I am not Jewish but I will not forget the lessons of suffering, wandering, Silence, and discipline they have taught the world. Heathen. Pagan. Atheist. Heretic. Believer. Trickster. Demon. Saint. Paradoxically, I am none of these things and All of these things. I believe in a humanity that can transcend the enslaving dogma and intolerance of patriarchy and religions used against us, to see ourselves, our god(esse)s, and our highest noble values in the faces of each other and all the natural wonders of this universal dream. Original Sin = the Original Lie. I believe in the goodness and greatness of us all. Won’t you be my neighbor? <3
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Dec 11, 2016
Dec 11, 2016 at 9:54 PM UTC
Hello, Neighbor
I am not here now. Not available, Absent. Not present. Hijacked, Held hostage, Tied up in a tangled web Of locks and chains. Trapped, Houdini like, In a cage and thrown Into the turbulent waters Of my shark infested mind. ****** in by a Whirlpool of stories, My thoughts spin Epic myths, Fantastical tales, Dark fantasies and Cheap thrillers. Each teasing, taunting and goading me To disconnect, Shutdown, To flee from This moment. This tender, Aching moment. This unashamed longing, Drenched in the desire To be penetrated by Your presence, To free fall into The lap of the Beloved. But you, like me, Are not here now, Not available, Absent. Not present.
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May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018 at 3:42 PM UTC
I am not here now
My daddy always told me I would catch my hair with flames. I bow down to the little black toaster; praising his holy name. Oh! Let me give thanks, little black toaster, for you have now fulfilled my every need. I huff and puff on filter stem; hijacked cigarette now all mine.
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Jul 30, 2014
Jul 30, 2014 at 11:30 PM UTC
Teenage Lighter
You are a thought terrorist. I can't go on a walk lay in my own bed or have a conversation without you there. You have hijacked my eyelids you linger in my mind -its maddening! Maybe with these words I can cut you from my head and trap you in paper. You can not become my background music or the rhythm of my soul -its MINE! Yet still, I think of you. Why do I do this to myself? If you are the terrorist, I hope I am not the plane going down.
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Mar 21, 2012
Mar 21, 2012 at 12:43 PM UTC
Thought Terrorist
Took 287 South to a Borders Goin Outta Biz Sale. Books may be anachronisms, relics from yesterdays analog age, but literacy's bankruptcy does have advantages. Take an additional 30% off on any orphans pleading release from the discount racks. Snooping down the literature isle Samuel Beckett's somber face arrested my roving eyeballs. A stern stare printed across 5 spines of his shrink wrapped oeuvre commanded my arm to rise to liberate the face from the dismal shelf. In mid flight my reach was hijacked by a Kris Kringley red snow flaked trim tome standing open face next to earnest Beckett. It was "The Christmas Sweater" by NYT Best Selling Author, Glenn Beck. Clasping at Beck's book, it inflicted a nasty paper cut to my ring finger. My mind recoiled, thinking, "serves you right. Like Martha, I shoulda chosen the better thing." I'll never make that mistake again. Borders Books Riverdale 2/20/11 jbm
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Nov 6, 2011
Nov 6, 2011 at 3:50 PM UTC
Choose The Better Thing
To tell the story of the nice-guy is to tell a tale of unlost innocence.   There is no complexity that circumstance can’t remedy.  There is no effort to niceness; only a ****** world that blossoms on genetically mutated ideology, growing larger than generations past. Tomorrow, in Houston, a butcher will wake up to slaughter a cow he may have named.   There will no be no tears when he grills steak for the wife he wooed and the children he prescribed himself.   Three daughters, from fifteen to twenty-two.   Tiramisu for dessert.   Ten guns in the cabinet beneath the stairs and innocence buried behind the woodshed. Pretend now, that you are forgiven.   Mistakes fade like snow angels, regrets float like chemtrails. You love you as much as the world always did.   You have not seen friends struck down by powders or lunacy, you have only lived in the glow of their light.  Hearts remain full.   The word swagger hasn’t been hijacked by hip hop and bluejeans still mask imperfections.  Sunsets are memorable, and so are first dates and last kisses.   Sun won't blister fragile shoulders.   Fields blossom just in time to suit your irregular taste buds, satisfying sweet corn cravings on Christmas. Forget your father’s words or a stranger's hand.   Forget improbability, impossibility, impotence, importance, impatience and improper goodbyes.   Forget the tears cried alone into ***** filled sheets at midnight.   Forget the effect but remember the cause, camouflaged like a landmine of good ideas.   Forget the fights and slow-turn walk-aways that turned words flaccid.   Forget friends ******* ex-girl friends and amphetamines crashing into hallucinations.   Nice-guys vanish like good ideas, lost in the shuffle, looking for pen and paper, just like house cats die on the forth of July, and all that’s left are ashes on a mantel alongside fraudulent grins.
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Oct 29, 2011
Oct 29, 2011 at 7:42 PM UTC
Spontaneous Human Combustion
To tell the story of the nice-guy is to tell a tale of unlost innocence.   There is no complexity that circumstance can’t remedy.  There is no effort to niceness; only a ****** world that blossoms on genetically mutated ideology, growing larger than generations past. Tomorrow, in Houston, a butcher will wake up to slaughter a cow he may have named.   There will no be no tears when he grills steak for the wife he wooed and the children he prescribed himself.   Three daughters, from fifteen to twenty-two.   Tiramisu for dessert.   Ten guns in the cabinet beneath the stairs and innocence buried behind the woodshed. Pretend now, that you are forgiven.   Mistakes fade like snow angels, regrets float like chemtrails. You love you as much as the world always did.   You have not seen friends struck down by powders or lunacy, you have only lived in the glow of their light.  Hearts remain full.   The word swagger hasn’t been hijacked by hip hop and bluejeans still mask imperfections.  Sunsets are memorable, and so are first dates and last kisses.   Sun won't blister fragile shoulders.   Fields blossom just in time to suit your irregular taste buds, satisfying sweet corn cravings on Christmas. Forget your father’s words or a stranger's hand.   Forget improbability, impossibility, impotence, importance, impatience and improper goodbyes.   Forget the tears cried alone into ***** filled sheets at midnight.   Forget the effect but remember the cause, camouflaged like a landmine of good ideas.   Forget the fights and slow-turn walk-aways that turned words flaccid.   Forget friends ******* ex-girl friends and amphetamines crashing into hallucinations.   Nice-guys vanish like good ideas, lost in the shuffle, looking for pen and paper, just like house cats die on the forth of July, and all that’s left are ashes on a mantel alongside fraudulent grins.
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Versifyin' Isn't dyin', But man, It's hard to do. Words and lines Sound like cliches, What once Was old Is new.. Familiar phrases Crowd the pages, Causing such to do. Can anyone write Anything new. Did I write that; Overhear a wit? Read it in the loo? I'll note it down, Sit, Sweat and swap, Get off the *** And write it. I don't purloin Pretty Woman Because Roy Is older than me. To write Yesterday Is almost to say, I've hijacked Sir McCartney. Write Daffodils, And see what thrills That word brings to you. We may overuse them, Unwittingly Abuse them, And with some we amuse, But they're ours, Put to good use With me. The number of chords Limits the hordes; Repetition ensues, The decry is sung: I've heard that song before. The great ones of writing Are cause for citing, By we and me and you. Can't contrast love to roses, Shakespeare's told us; Can't compare eyes to stars, Lips to petals: To say, Your soft, white skin Is an ink-black sin. And Beautiful should not Be used as such. If one must use it, One needs A thesaurus. Thee, Thine, and Shall Have taken their toll; Like Death, Be not proud. Be the chosen one, You know how. Words and phrases Are replete; Too well known Not to repeat. They're in Our vernacular To be used by Any author. But verbatim Copying's outlawed. The copy cops Finger-print The frauds.
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Sep 8, 2014
Sep 8, 2014 at 10:19 PM UTC
Copy Cops
He had been robbed of all character and individuality. Once eyes had shone outwards, now white dwarf orbs shimmering from porcelain remained. There was no excess whatsoever, nothing frivolous; his sinewy frame carried not an ounce of surplus fat, nor did his attire serve any social function other than to cover his hijacked carcass. He walked the streets anonymously, blending in like an instinctive chameleon, single mindedly rehearsing the acts of the play that cycled through him. Score. Cook. Nod. Kick. Relapse. That was when I promised myself I'd never chase again.
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Jan 24, 2012
Jan 24, 2012 at 9:27 AM UTC
Identity Theft
It's been a long, cold, lonely winter the only incandescence being hijacked effervescence. Frothy nights ending in the embrace of a stranger's hand, blacked out, wasted, another set of lips I wish I'd never tasted. Welcome spring, summer, fondness for the same old thing. God, I'm so alone barricaded behind bad decisions chasing more, just to complain. Oh how I need to change.
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Jul 21, 2018
Jul 21, 2018 at 1:11 PM UTC
February Misfortune
On the banks of the Delaware where memories of Valley Forge's dire winter encampments still linger where sons and daughters of liberty shook off a mid-winter rigor mortis risking the slow death of complacency to seize the prized celestial article of freedom America's Labor Movement amassed in the streets of Trenton a vigilant battalion of General Washington's invading brigands speaking in tongues of radical insistence armed with the might of truth demanding respect and equitable treatment from the lordships of state doing the bidding of 527 llc's Unionists stand firmly on the shoulders, walking in the tracks rowing the boats of militant forebears pledging to fight on in a battle that never ends to liberate the ****** river of justice hijacked by the privilege of plenty diverted into culverts of greed a gluttonous few siphoning off the spoils of liberty engorging themselves leaving workers wanting democracies require the cup of liberty to be shared by all The Spirit of General Washington has mustered new legions to turn back the entitlistas the pelting rain of lies, the flinging arrows of ridicule will not deter the workers trooping for justice the fight to roll back the ugly tide of greed coursing through the veins of America despoiling the blood of our democracy is on the explosive dynamite of struggle will blast the dam of inequity to bits unleashing the river of justice to roll again Music Selection: Pete Seeger: Solidarity Forever Trenton 2/25/11 jbm
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Apr 12, 2013
Apr 12, 2013 at 8:08 PM UTC
Trenton
I pray for thousands of innocents Who died because of 19 sinners I wished for the wandering souls in earth To be accepted on the side of our Creator Bless the souls who died in Pentagon Bless the souls who died in World Trade Center Bless the souls of the hijacked aircraft's passengers So they will rejoice, in the Land Of Promised For the ones that lost their family, friends or their siblings I want you guys to think positive and keep smiling Because of that incident They could enjoy their new lifes in Heaven The place where pain never exist And known as it's Holy The place where our heart will never resist To enjoy the eternal life and live happily Rest In Peace And you all will be missed
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Sep 11, 2018
Sep 11, 2018 at 8:53 PM UTC
Poetry For The Events 17 Years Ago
Just woke up now My eyes still puffy Can't believe this lovely dream I had of being with you. I dreamt I took a plane to you And stole into your house Crept around in search of you But heard voices, hid beneath a bed! Then some granny came into that room Shuffling in and mumbling low She lay down on that bed and tried To wrestle comfort from sagging mattress. Her nagging complaints drew them all While I froze in fear, yet so alive I shut my eyes and waited bated breath While they tended to the dame. Then you leaned down and saw me there I turned, you looked right into frighted deer eyes You ensconced the granny to another room All left the room, turned out the lights. Then fifty minutes later, when all asleep I felt you pulling out me All stiff by now, we rubbed a bit abed And settled into shy embrace. You kissed my eyes by sullen moon Raking crescent fingernails over me Barely hold the delight; no more Dazzling slivers of light dance in your eyes. But with time not on our side We subtly reach that exquisite point Where I hover twixt your crux I wait and wait, then gently ****** .... I yearn for you to move with me, oh! And when you do, you writhe and twist Then delicious thrills outwit in surprising bend As you . . . (.......) (Daddy, daddy, please I want some ice-cream!) Ohhhhh, crap! This sure is one bedazzled catnap I did not want hijacked. Star Toucher, 09 March 2013
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Mar 9, 2013
Mar 9, 2013 at 10:01 AM UTC
Catnap