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They didn't know what Diversity was... The kids, that is. Since the kids didn't know it, the teacher coined it as "“black” visibility". She wasn't sure if she could make that call so she nodded her head, looking for approval. The interviewer asked in what direction did the teacher see Diversity As if Diversity was a one-way street. Let me just refresh your memory... "“black” visibility" As if decades of progress in the schools were undone, The kids voted on Performances and Projects for “black” History Month. How shocking!... Kids of every shape, size, ability and race studying a time in history... Sounds racist to me. They wanted a Gospel Choir that is clearly only for “black” students Because I'm the student Director for the Fordham University's Rhythm of Praise Gospel Chior for the fourth year running... Maybe I'm missing something... MAYBE I'm “black”... Maybe if I close my eyes really tight... Nope, I'm still “white”. Olive brown perhaps? Only in the summer. Anyway, I digress like Sophia Patrilo from the Goldren Girls Who was Italian by the way. Just advertising for Diversity. Let's debate about "Music Debates" for a moment. Maybe you call it Debates because Hip Hop is debatable, and by the way only for “black” students. When I could argue for days upon days About how Reggaeton didn't come from Salsa but I know **** well that Salsa came first. The kids wanted to Stomp the Yard and battle it out. I do believe rap battles take place around the world And one of the best rappers I know is an English teacher in Harlem Whose hair is redder than a leprechaun. Talent Shows that showcase every student's ability Whether it be singing, dancing, performing their poetry, But still apparently that's not Diversity. Neither is an International Day Where International ways are celebrated. And finally, a Diversity Day, That clearly means diversity is separated. "They wanted a lot of things" Yeah. They asked for a whole lot... of everything BUT diversity. That's right, because they don't know what it means The Kids, that is... Then tell me please: Define Diversity. Is it seeing a “black” horse with “white” stripes Or a “white” horse with “black” stripes? Why is it between “black” and “white”? Why not between “white”, “black” brown, yellow, orange, brick red... Let's get it out of our head That teachers can't learn anything from their students, Because it sounds to me, Like they had a pretty good start to the meaning of Diversity. And if it turns out they didn't, That's what teachers are there for: Make a **** lesson about it.
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Sep 26, 2011
Sep 26, 2011 at 2:16 PM UTC
"What is Diversity?"
They didn't know what Diversity was... The kids, that is. Since the kids didn't know it, the teacher coined it as "“black” visibility". She wasn't sure if she could make that call so she nodded her head, looking for approval. The interviewer asked in what direction did the teacher see Diversity As if Diversity was a one-way street. Let me just refresh your memory... "“black” visibility" As if decades of progress in the schools were undone, The kids voted on Performances and Projects for “black” History Month. How shocking!... Kids of every shape, size, ability and race studying a time in history... Sounds racist to me. They wanted a Gospel Choir that is clearly only for “black” students Because I'm the student Director for the Fordham University's Rhythm of Praise Gospel Chior for the fourth year running... Maybe I'm missing something... MAYBE I'm “black”... Maybe if I close my eyes really tight... Nope, I'm still “white”. Olive brown perhaps? Only in the summer. Anyway, I digress like Sophia Patrilo from the Goldren Girls Who was Italian by the way. Just advertising for Diversity. Let's debate about "Music Debates" for a moment. Maybe you call it Debates because Hip Hop is debatable, and by the way only for “black” students. When I could argue for days upon days About how Reggaeton didn't come from Salsa but I know **** well that Salsa came first. The kids wanted to Stomp the Yard and battle it out. I do believe rap battles take place around the world And one of the best rappers I know is an English teacher in Harlem Whose hair is redder than a leprechaun. Talent Shows that showcase every student's ability Whether it be singing, dancing, performing their poetry, But still apparently that's not Diversity. Neither is an International Day Where International ways are celebrated. And finally, a Diversity Day, That clearly means diversity is separated. "They wanted a lot of things" Yeah. They asked for a whole lot... of everything BUT diversity. That's right, because they don't know what it means The Kids, that is... Then tell me please: Define Diversity. Is it seeing a “black” horse with “white” stripes Or a “white” horse with “black” stripes? Why is it between “black” and “white”? Why not between “white”, “black” brown, yellow, orange, brick red... Let's get it out of our head That teachers can't learn anything from their students, Because it sounds to me, Like they had a pretty good start to the meaning of Diversity. And if it turns out they didn't, That's what teachers are there for: Make a **** lesson about it.
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The Frog was doing his thing Hopping, Croaking, Splashing, In to any water that he could see, He happened upon This Jigsaw of black and white Morning sir, he croaked The Cow looked down, "MOOOOO" Pardon I didn't quite get that, "MOOOOVE" Your on the tastiest grass Below your webbed feet, "Sorry sir," Didn't wish to stomp on your Lunch with my feet, So he hoped along, as Frogs do Then turned around, Hopped his best, speed built up Leaping with all his might, Over the Cow, Then gracefully on to his feet, "Cow turned" Whhhat are you doing little thing, As the Frog Replied, I was seeing if I could Jump over you Why? Would you do such a thing, Well mum told me A Cow jumped over the moon, Yes we do Replied Cow Famously Are we for doing this, Feat never seen. "Frog replied" Riibit, well I just jumped over you So now I an the best jumper it seems, Confused, *Thinking, Laughing, Out loud with a MMOOooo You aren't a better jumper than me, We will see little Frog said With that he did a Bounce, Hop, Jumped, Over the Cow once again it seemed, Now it is your turn As Cow looked on nervously So he hooved his feet 1, 2, 3, With that he tried "FAILED" Lost his balance, And in to another's Cow pat His face did meet. Now the cow was not only Black & White But now he was Covered, & Smelled, Like poo, embarrassed Was he The Frog did laugh Ribit, Ribit, Ribit, Loud and clear, Cow looked at frog, Now Cow do you see, Never believe what you hear, Until you see it with your own eyes, This is what my mother read to me, And with that, Frog bounced off happily.
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Sep 11, 2014
Sep 11, 2014 at 7:19 AM UTC
The Cow And The Frog
The Frog was doing his thing Hopping, Croaking, Splashing, In to any water that he could see, He happened upon This Jigsaw of black and white Morning sir, he croaked The Cow looked down, "MOOOOO" Pardon I didn't quite get that, "MOOOOVE" Your on the tastiest grass Below your webbed feet, "Sorry sir," Didn't wish to stomp on your Lunch with my feet, So he hoped along, as Frogs do Then turned around, Hopped his best, speed built up Leaping with all his might, Over the Cow, Then gracefully on to his feet, "Cow turned" Whhhat are you doing little thing, As the Frog Replied, I was seeing if I could Jump over you Why? Would you do such a thing, Well mum told me A Cow jumped over the moon, Yes we do Replied Cow Famously Are we for doing this, Feat never seen. "Frog replied" Riibit, well I just jumped over you So now I an the best jumper it seems, Confused, *Thinking, Laughing, Out loud with a MMOOooo You aren't a better jumper than me, We will see little Frog said With that he did a Bounce, Hop, Jumped, Over the Cow once again it seemed, Now it is your turn As Cow looked on nervously So he hooved his feet 1, 2, 3, With that he tried "FAILED" Lost his balance, And in to another's Cow pat His face did meet. Now the cow was not only Black & White But now he was Covered, & Smelled, Like poo, embarrassed Was he The Frog did laugh Ribit, Ribit, Ribit, Loud and clear, Cow looked at frog, Now Cow do you see, Never believe what you hear, Until you see it with your own eyes, This is what my mother read to me, And with that, Frog bounced off happily.
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On this carousel You and I Ringing bells Time passes by Scorching bulbs Ornate bobbing horsies Enchanting music Tell of magical stories I am here On this side You are there Same ****** ride Opposite ends Placed we two We can't see But each other we knew Friendly peeks Directed to you All I could afford Keep you in view Still rotating Ride goes on Chasing each other No closer we've drawn Enjoy the ride Soak in the sights Hold at bay Reality that bites Thought about Getting off Don't know how to Come to a solve Can't hold still It's eating me alive Can't just stay Have to strive Hand still holding on One foot dangling Second thoughts play But bent on releasing Take the first step Don't overthink Take the leap Step off the brink Close my eyes Time is now Just let go Fate I must allow Ready now Time came to a freeze *one...two... three...release* Now off the carousel Cloying uncertainty Never been here Unknown territory In the music Found familiarity Unsure if here Is where I want to be What do I do? Wait a little more? Hop back on? Or await what's in store? Glad I waited Glad patience I found There you are... Coming back round
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Oct 20, 2014
Oct 20, 2014 at 7:58 AM UTC
Carousel
Cardinal Oh, Cardinal You great scarlet bird. You hop along my porch rail But you don't say a word. Defiant So Defiant Of nature's camouflage. There is no way to hide Your bright red entourage. Orange Bright Orange. Your sharp pointy beak. Gathers the worms and the seeds All the meals that you seek. Feed Feed her. This mate that you court. Such a noble young man You dance and cavort. Sing Sing sweet You and your friends I'll love your songs every morning 'Til winter comes 'round again. Babies Your babies I'll meet them come next year. When in the Fall, they'll alight on my porch And bring my morning's cheer. Cardinal Oh, Cardinal I'm so glad you're here, you see. I knew your parents and now you have come Singing just for me.
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Mar 14, 2018
Mar 14, 2018 at 3:02 PM UTC
Coffee With A Cardinal
in Just- spring when the world is mud- luscious the little lame baloonman whistles far and wee and eddieandbill come running from marbles and piracies and it’s spring when the world is puddle-wonderful the queer old baloonman whistles far and wee and bettyandisbel come dancing from hop-scotch and jump-rope and it’s spring and the goat-footed baloonMan whistles far and wee
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In Just-
We wear this city on our feet Planting our roots with each step Our shadows cast shapes of ancient oak trees stretching out over old squares at daybreak We grow here with the spirit of buildings past, present and rising like a staircase to heaven in the distance, the plumes of white smoke from their rooftops as burnt offerings for incense, spires for steeples, the bundled masses of people moving beneath as the calloused soles of our feet pounding the pavement, Our congregation seated in reverant silence on the R-Line hissing to a stop Their hushed prayers filing out from within to bring the reclaimed sidewalks of Fayetville Street back to life to join this pilgramage They march downtown toward Capitol holding signs for disarmament They bar-hop through Glenwood toasting to deliverance They move in a blur of faces that become us, Rush at all hours through our veins Cross our hearts and keep us breathing, Moving wearing the city on our minds like the greyest pieces of their winter sky and the way it caps the peaks of Mount PNC, BB&T and Wells Fargo like hoodies over our heads We assume monk-like appearances in robes color-coded by season- from blue collar sweaters to cold hard sweat We'll wear their city until we're worn out and wet, We'll wear their dreams at night like streetlamps flickering on beneath wired telephone poles carrying conversations about each one as far south as Florida, fears unspoken, made visible on iron park benches too cold to sit on at this hour We'll keep walking and wear this city like backpacks over our shoulders under the watch of their heavens, the skyline a glowing testament of every step taken toward someplace higher.
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Apr 9, 2018
Apr 9, 2018 at 7:27 PM UTC
Becoming Raleigh
We wear this city on our feet Planting our roots with each step Our shadows cast shapes of ancient oak trees stretching out over old squares at daybreak We grow here with the spirit of buildings past, present and rising like a staircase to heaven in the distance, the plumes of white smoke from their rooftops as burnt offerings for incense, spires for steeples, the bundled masses of people moving beneath as the calloused soles of our feet pounding the pavement, Our congregation seated in reverant silence on the R-Line hissing to a stop Their hushed prayers filing out from within to bring the reclaimed sidewalks of Fayetville Street back to life to join this pilgramage They march downtown toward Capitol holding signs for disarmament They bar-hop through Glenwood toasting to deliverance They move in a blur of faces that become us, Rush at all hours through our veins Cross our hearts and keep us breathing, Moving wearing the city on our minds like the greyest pieces of their winter sky and the way it caps the peaks of Mount PNC, BB&T and Wells Fargo like hoodies over our heads We assume monk-like appearances in robes color-coded by season- from blue collar sweaters to cold hard sweat We'll wear their city until we're worn out and wet, We'll wear their dreams at night like streetlamps flickering on beneath wired telephone poles carrying conversations about each one as far south as Florida, fears unspoken, made visible on iron park benches too cold to sit on at this hour We'll keep walking and wear this city like backpacks over our shoulders under the watch of their heavens, the skyline a glowing testament of every step taken toward someplace higher.
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Honesty the lost art/   Honesty is rare it should cost a lot/   It would be sublime if We could find it/   Honestly, honesty is the best policy/ We should treasure the thought cherished engulfed/   combined with Loyalty   till death do us part/ I yurn The lies tiring   like ones sleepy lay down Suffocating to a corpse/   Thought is boss employ by it   We're all guilty I guess/ Liar liar in court   A sentient being-ness/ Troth be told   I can't believe in this/ Question,   Am I the only one seeing this?/ Or only me blind and ain't            Seeing ****   I try and **** it out its epidemic, Chronic/ The remedy Poetry Hop    Visual Sonnets/ **** naked in   My correspondence/ Articulating articles   Waiting for responses/ Is it a defense mechanism   Of the conscious/ Honesty? Honestly/   Seems like everyone's Not doing it so its gotta BE/   Non honesty The ever lasting Prophecy/   And were full filling it The good succumbs   To the villainous/ My willingness/   To compromise my will I guess/   You could interpret as weak/ Most realize the Inside scoop   Yet everyone tells lies non interested in truth/   Me, a victim and a suspect An on going cycle yet/   I ask what's next/ as if I didn't know    Where the L lies underlying Facts can't grow/   HonestLy, we all lose an L to Honesty!
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Feb 20, 2017
Feb 20, 2017 at 1:44 AM UTC
Honesty, Honestly?
Nothing more beautiful Than a pair of big brown eyes Our world tells us that for eyes to be beautiful they have to match the skies but that's all lies There's nothing more beautiful than staring into her eyes and seeing how her soul is connected to the earth Mother nature's nectar, and me just a hummingbird Only needing one, I don't need to be a collector cause you see Her beautiful brown eyes are deeper than blue skies her beautiful brown eyes are compassionate and wise I could not vocalize, all her brown eyes symbolize, or how much I love staring them as she wakes me up at sunrise And when I'm with her it's hard to prioritize, all I want to do is romanticize, hop on our cloud and rise I'm so happy I met you, my darling, the girl with the brown eyes
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Feb 24, 2017
Feb 24, 2017 at 1:43 AM UTC
Girl with the brown eyes
I look at my purple and yellow flesh. Smile at the memory of where you have been. The harsh and heavy marks of our love. I bite my bottom lip and press my thighs tight. Stifle moans from the ache it brings. Explosions raddle my brain and i wish to be with you again. I trace the indention of rope along my wrists. The thin line between pain and pleasure. How we crossed it; played hop-scotch with it. I giggle to the excitement of my battered soul. The snap and crack of a flogger on my back. Spiders crawl down my spine with the words, "You are mine."
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Aug 18, 2017
Aug 18, 2017 at 5:09 PM UTC
Marks on my heart.
Have a little slice of key lime pie; get down on your knees and get real high, 'cause mamma’s gone and cut you a slice of key lime pie! Spank step, toe hop, cramp-shuffle, paddle and roll; Mamma’s gone and cut you a slice of key lime pie. Dig deep, riff-walk, clunk-click, scuff those feet; Mamma’s gone and cut you a slice of key lime pie! Soft shoe or metal tap on the heel or toe, get your shoes on honey here we go! Tastes so good, tastes so neat, it’s a sweet and salty treat! 'cause mamma’s gone and cut you a slice of key lime pie!
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Feb 9, 2018
Feb 9, 2018 at 8:02 AM UTC
Key lime pie
I’m turning to an ugly beast..A servant for the devil..A black slave with a lost heart.. who are tortured by his lord.. A torture have never been seen or heard.. a lord who let his servants choose a path between light and darkness.. servants are blind enough to dig in darkness to find light .. but is the servants are truly blind.. searching for Hop,promises.. But manipulated by the devil..
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Apr 30, 2014
Apr 30, 2014 at 11:53 AM UTC
Manipulated by the devil
One friendship for the times we love, One friendship gotta stay alive...I will survive One friendship for the city streets, One friendship for the hip hop beats, One friendship...O, I do believe! One friendship is all I need..
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Jun 12, 2013
Jun 12, 2013 at 8:54 AM UTC
One Friendship
Hopping frog, hop here and be seen, I'll not pelt you with stick or stone: Your cap is laced and your coat is green; Good bye, we'll let each other alone. Plodding toad, plod here and be looked at, You the finger of scorn is crooked at: But though you're lumpish, you're harmless too; You won't hurt me, and I won't hurt you.
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Frog And Toad
Oh Generational gap, a cancer of to all mankind. The father of lack of communication between the young and the old. A difference brought about the tastes and values. The pain faced between young and aged but can’t be touched. It started by 1960’s the decades of revolutionary change. It cut across the world in values of *** religion and civil rights. The disease the emerged earned its self a name by social scientists. It then became “Generational Gap” I would love to quote a man of great thoughts, Alexis De Tocqueville, who commented that; “Among democratic nations, each generation is a new people” I have come to appreciate these words. When I walk down the streets noticing the rising incompatibility existing in our society Though I admire the old days when the old and young associated freely, working on the same farms Grandparents telling stories to their little ones; what a lovely society they had. With the invention of television and computers some families were bonded in communication While others live in agony especially the illiterate. The old desire different designs from the youth, whose trends change per living day of nakedness Young people prefer working in executive places like offices compared to the donkey farm work considered to be for the old Another cause of generational gap is decay in morals; the young people feel like they know everything and don’t like to be corrected thus taking information from old people as outdated, young people finding lots of hardships to great their elders In the field of music elders prefer oldies and more preferably educative songs, and as for the youths they delight in Hip-hop and dancehall, am sure those present here can testify to this a term with no disco dances makes us dull students. When it comes to religious issues, youth find it a burden to go to church and if they offer to go they prefer it to be in a club way. Praise and worship accompanied by jazz unlike the old days where drums are the centre of music. Cultures in this way have greatly faded away; the trend of western culture has flamed up the world. Drugs and *** are a hobby and celebrated amongst the youth, yet *** to the old was for companionship and co-creation. But when we came to medical technology we all applause in general, young or old there is easy treatment, use of scanners, and medical facilities cuts across.
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Mar 25, 2015
Mar 25, 2015 at 7:58 AM UTC
GENERATIONAL GAP
Oh Generational gap, a cancer of to all mankind. The father of lack of communication between the young and the old. A difference brought about the tastes and values. The pain faced between young and aged but can’t be touched. It started by 1960’s the decades of revolutionary change. It cut across the world in values of *** religion and civil rights. The disease the emerged earned its self a name by social scientists. It then became “Generational Gap” I would love to quote a man of great thoughts, Alexis De Tocqueville, who commented that; “Among democratic nations, each generation is a new people” I have come to appreciate these words. When I walk down the streets noticing the rising incompatibility existing in our society Though I admire the old days when the old and young associated freely, working on the same farms Grandparents telling stories to their little ones; what a lovely society they had. With the invention of television and computers some families were bonded in communication While others live in agony especially the illiterate. The old desire different designs from the youth, whose trends change per living day of nakedness Young people prefer working in executive places like offices compared to the donkey farm work considered to be for the old Another cause of generational gap is decay in morals; the young people feel like they know everything and don’t like to be corrected thus taking information from old people as outdated, young people finding lots of hardships to great their elders In the field of music elders prefer oldies and more preferably educative songs, and as for the youths they delight in Hip-hop and dancehall, am sure those present here can testify to this a term with no disco dances makes us dull students. When it comes to religious issues, youth find it a burden to go to church and if they offer to go they prefer it to be in a club way. Praise and worship accompanied by jazz unlike the old days where drums are the centre of music. Cultures in this way have greatly faded away; the trend of western culture has flamed up the world. Drugs and *** are a hobby and celebrated amongst the youth, yet *** to the old was for companionship and co-creation. But when we came to medical technology we all applause in general, young or old there is easy treatment, use of scanners, and medical facilities cuts across.
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At last the sun is out and about indulge in your piece of summer. Today London in bloom white clouds, white swans roam out to the sky. Welcoming the punters the sun is rolling down. Come never wonder, for once, what they're worth. Hop on, pop in, drop by bask in London summer!
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May 22, 2017
May 22, 2017 at 11:05 AM UTC
London in Bloom
When you told me I was doing great for a woman my size, I passed you off and told myself that "compliment" had good intentions. When you called me sweet cheeks I ignored you. A woman like me is used to men like you. When you told me the stair master made my *** look bangin, I was both honored and appalled. My *** may be my greatest feature but ****** comments have their place and the gym is not one of them. When you asked me for my number, you were rude, acting in a way in which no gentleman should act. I told you no. And I meant no. When you called me a ***** loud enough for the whole gym to hear, you were only making yourself look bad. When you came up and wrapped your arm around my shoulder and told me you were going to take me out for a good time on friday night, I was terrified and suddenly praying for a **** whistle. When you insisted I promptly informed you I was lesbian, and to let you down gently, not my type. When you called me a **** I took no offense, that word has become meaningless. Then you told me it must be a phase, that I just hadn't been with a man like you. That you could change me. When you said "hop on this **** **** I was done with your games. I pushed you aside and when you ****** my shoulder back you were the one to end up with their *** on the ground. Dear namless man at the gym, When you said you could help me through my phase, you were wrong. Being gay is not my phase. Being straight was.
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Feb 17, 2016
Feb 17, 2016 at 12:25 AM UTC
Dear Nameless Man at the Gym
My dog goes ring-o-hop, He likes to do hip hop, He looks so cool, When he jumps in the pool. Wearing a stud-type top.
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Oct 12, 2014
Oct 12, 2014 at 11:41 AM UTC
Dancing Dog
I used to put these headphones on. And at once, the whole world was gone And the music did no wrong Till I found myself doin’ it all day long. But I still kept these headphones on Because my headset drowned my strife, Cut through it like a knife, Till I was bound to the music for all my life. I used to sit in earnest at my computer chair ITunes and my iPod in hand as I prepare Another playlist. Indecisive between hip-hop and RnB While I let humanity’s problems sit on a wait-list. But I just left these headphones on. Not a care or thought about global pollution Amidst our world’s confusion All signs pointing to a troubled conclusion, But yet, me and my headphones ignore the solutions. Why? Because music forever plays, That even when solutions were raised, I just sat there… As the environment died everyday. Because all I did was listen to these headphones. As I laid awake in my bed, Nothing running through my head, Except music, And I felt alive listening to the words that was said When in reality Inside I was dead But I still left these headphones in So I can block out my parent’s groans when I know that I have disappointed them Maybe I’m just missing the point again. And all the while my dads fist connecting with the door As he has always done before, in the past Choosing to ignore, with music full blast I found myself more and more detached. Not only my parents, but even the politicians are itchin’ To get me to listen, Hopin and wishin that This generation would eventually find its ambition. I used to think that iTunes could do no wrong. And that it was all I ever needed Because all it was to me was a program full of songs But I didn’t like where my life was headed. And god it’s amazing, the word iTunes. Such a fitting name Because I tuned my friends out And there is no one else to blame As I tuned my parents out Our relationship will never be the same As I tuned the world out Now look at who I became. So now I’m taking these headphones off. Because I don’t want to stay connected Acting like I was totally unaffected When in fact, the world around me I neglected So I’ll change, No longer will these headphones hold the reins I am cutting off all of my chains And I know a life ahead of me still remains That without these headphones, There is so much more to gain.
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Nov 3, 2011
Nov 3, 2011 at 1:12 PM UTC
Headphones
I used to put these headphones on. And at once, the whole world was gone And the music did no wrong Till I found myself doin’ it all day long. But I still kept these headphones on Because my headset drowned my strife, Cut through it like a knife, Till I was bound to the music for all my life. I used to sit in earnest at my computer chair ITunes and my iPod in hand as I prepare Another playlist. Indecisive between hip-hop and RnB While I let humanity’s problems sit on a wait-list. But I just left these headphones on. Not a care or thought about global pollution Amidst our world’s confusion All signs pointing to a troubled conclusion, But yet, me and my headphones ignore the solutions. Why? Because music forever plays, That even when solutions were raised, I just sat there… As the environment died everyday. Because all I did was listen to these headphones. As I laid awake in my bed, Nothing running through my head, Except music, And I felt alive listening to the words that was said When in reality Inside I was dead But I still left these headphones in So I can block out my parent’s groans when I know that I have disappointed them Maybe I’m just missing the point again. And all the while my dads fist connecting with the door As he has always done before, in the past Choosing to ignore, with music full blast I found myself more and more detached. Not only my parents, but even the politicians are itchin’ To get me to listen, Hopin and wishin that This generation would eventually find its ambition. I used to think that iTunes could do no wrong. And that it was all I ever needed Because all it was to me was a program full of songs But I didn’t like where my life was headed. And god it’s amazing, the word iTunes. Such a fitting name Because I tuned my friends out And there is no one else to blame As I tuned my parents out Our relationship will never be the same As I tuned the world out Now look at who I became. So now I’m taking these headphones off. Because I don’t want to stay connected Acting like I was totally unaffected When in fact, the world around me I neglected So I’ll change, No longer will these headphones hold the reins I am cutting off all of my chains And I know a life ahead of me still remains That without these headphones, There is so much more to gain.
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but darling, mon chéri, when you kiss me in the night rain with the glow of the sodium vapor lamp on your skin (or is it happiness?) and i see your eyelids, ever fluttering blinded by our love & raindrops i hop on a leg and jump once more in the puddle (splashh) (i'm) flamingo legged & shy so kiss me again oh me oh my
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Sep 18, 2013
Sep 18, 2013 at 6:40 AM UTC
flamingo kisses
Come on my Love! Let us move to the East Where the sun resurrects after his interim death Where darkness first gives way to light And life renews itself every morn Look to the East beyond those crooked hills Where poplars grow tall in line And wild weeds hem the edges of pathways Where bunnies and squirrels hop and jump And merrily run round the trees Where the wind moves whistling through bamboo reeds Where the laughing cataract leaps down from the rocks And flow along in silvery rills Where the languorous breeze plays upon the leaves Away from the tumult, far from the crazy crowd With the pandemonium of the world Hushed to serene silence Let us move to that sequestered glade Of perennial greenery, through the sunlit grove Where we shall walk hands locked Till the bright day gives way to dusky night Inhaling night air in scented perfume Under the stillness of a star lit sky Through moon blanched woods, mysterious Listening to the sweet whispering of our soul And ‘drinking life to the lees’ from the chalice of love Oh! Come on, Let us not tarry…. Let’s go!
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Dec 1, 2016
Dec 1, 2016 at 6:36 AM UTC
An Invitation
Evening shimmers wet with Autumn rain It's sheen reflectors, mirrors, eyes Of cavorting shadows amongst the fey Like city tinsil this Samhain night, Oh how lovely colors celebrate With ghostly kin & youthful lights... With circus-painted skins and facade Of candied ghoulish grins, How sweet & innocent the haunted highs Infects each home, "trick'r'treat" of hymns. Laughter like All's been forgiven, All seems right, again... Though hidden faces -  forgotten sins, Speak sie la vie this holiday, With carved pumpkins, witches' cry, Screams are as illusion as the fright, This Samhain evening’s tide . It's all babes and monsters ball This hallowed eve This Samhain night Tra la li, tra la lay Then tomorrow is Hop tu naa... The days after for all our saints... Come the winter will be white, As the ghosts this Samhain night.
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Oct 29, 2018
Oct 29, 2018 at 7:17 PM UTC
Samhain Night (Repost)
It's a dance It really is Skip and prance Lifelong practice Loop of songs Never ending Of various genres Life is playing There's the spotlight World is awaiting Pressure of eyes Silently watching Take your place Assume your position Execute with finesse And flawless precision Spin your pirouettes Don't get dizzy Maintain your poise In this revelry Along comes a partner Present as a duo The game now altered From when you were solo Two bodies now Move in unison Reciprocate and reply Through steps made in heaven Flighty feet Intertwined bodies limbre Sweet little performance Elapsing into forever With grace of ballet Each other you'd catch Intimate display Think you've found your match There'll come such time Both will not be in sync Episodes of missteps Push you to the brink Alone again Or switch of partners Find solace in groups Still dancing for answers Dancing with others Much you can learn From hip hop to the waltz Together or in turn Try to adapt To different styles Soak up all you can May take a while I've danced all my life Can't say that I've mastered Fair share of jeers And accolades I've garnered Always clumsy Exceedingly awkward Tripping and falling Barely proceeding forward It's just this dance One with syncopated beats It's just this prance That my gait can't meet It's just this stance I often use as retreat I realised in a glance That I have...but two left feet
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Oct 2, 2014
Oct 2, 2014 at 5:36 AM UTC
Two Left Feet
My Insomnia is a **** He keeps me up at night and keeps the end of my bed warm. When the sun sets and the moon comes up, I should be dreaming of soft things or wacky situations that could never happen. But instead, I'm trapped here, with my Insomnia at the foot of my bed, keeping me on my phone. My Insomnia is a patient man. I've tried, believe me, to ignore him. I've laid for hours in my bed, wrapped up in blankets. I've counted thousands of sheep, let them hop to and fro from my bed to the door. But he shoos them away when they get to close. My Insomnia is a jealous man. He doesn't like Sleep and her warm and gentle touches. He favors his cold and sharp hands. He doesn't let her take me until he's had me to the sunrise, where I should be waking now instead of sleeping. He keeps me until my eyes are stinging and I'm all but begging to be released. He let's go only because he'll return at the end of the day when the sun sets and the moon rises. My Insomnia keeps me in a prison. I can't see the night progress through the blanket I've hung up on my window, as a makeshift curtain to keep the sun out of my eyes as I sleep the day away. The night pities me and the day yearns for me. My friends wait for me and my sisters lose patience as I miss out on plans. My grandma worries for me, and pulls me from the gentle embrace of sleep. My Insomnia is a cruel man. He keeps me chained to my phone and my computer, to the horrors of my mind as I only seek relief through sleep. The chains used to cut when I was eleven and so exhausted and so confused when he had first graced the end of my bed. But now, when I'm edging into eighteen, I'm only tired and defeated. I can only let him run his course, and wait for school to arrive so I can imprison him with sugar-coated pills bought over the counter. My Insomnia is an ******* For even as I drift off in the warm arms of Sleep, I can see him drifting above my bed. He whispers promises to return at the end of the day, to which he always does, to torment and keeps me awake until my eyes burn. To keep me awake until I regret everything and burn in memories that resurface when the sun has gone away, and Sleep can't protect me. My Insomnia has an iron grip on me, that not even Sleep can break as I rest in her golden arms and breathe in her strawberry hair. My Insomnia is a spoiled man. And he always gets what he wants.
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Jul 1, 2019
Jul 1, 2019 at 4:58 PM UTC
My Insomnia
My Insomnia is a **** He keeps me up at night and keeps the end of my bed warm. When the sun sets and the moon comes up, I should be dreaming of soft things or wacky situations that could never happen. But instead, I'm trapped here, with my Insomnia at the foot of my bed, keeping me on my phone. My Insomnia is a patient man. I've tried, believe me, to ignore him. I've laid for hours in my bed, wrapped up in blankets. I've counted thousands of sheep, let them hop to and fro from my bed to the door. But he shoos them away when they get to close. My Insomnia is a jealous man. He doesn't like Sleep and her warm and gentle touches. He favors his cold and sharp hands. He doesn't let her take me until he's had me to the sunrise, where I should be waking now instead of sleeping. He keeps me until my eyes are stinging and I'm all but begging to be released. He let's go only because he'll return at the end of the day when the sun sets and the moon rises. My Insomnia keeps me in a prison. I can't see the night progress through the blanket I've hung up on my window, as a makeshift curtain to keep the sun out of my eyes as I sleep the day away. The night pities me and the day yearns for me. My friends wait for me and my sisters lose patience as I miss out on plans. My grandma worries for me, and pulls me from the gentle embrace of sleep. My Insomnia is a cruel man. He keeps me chained to my phone and my computer, to the horrors of my mind as I only seek relief through sleep. The chains used to cut when I was eleven and so exhausted and so confused when he had first graced the end of my bed. But now, when I'm edging into eighteen, I'm only tired and defeated. I can only let him run his course, and wait for school to arrive so I can imprison him with sugar-coated pills bought over the counter. My Insomnia is an ******* For even as I drift off in the warm arms of Sleep, I can see him drifting above my bed. He whispers promises to return at the end of the day, to which he always does, to torment and keeps me awake until my eyes burn. To keep me awake until I regret everything and burn in memories that resurface when the sun has gone away, and Sleep can't protect me. My Insomnia has an iron grip on me, that not even Sleep can break as I rest in her golden arms and breathe in her strawberry hair. My Insomnia is a spoiled man. And he always gets what he wants.
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Malcom was fed 16 bullets because of his. A slug kissed the jaw of King Jr. and silenced him forever. Gandhi shriveled like snakeskin. Joan of Arc became Joan of Ash- so you can understand why Melle Mel was jittery scribbling it all down, on a napkin, at Lucy's Noodle Shop in Harlem. Sweat poured into his green tea. He thought Jesus hanging from the dull wood. Heard about the poet Lorca under an olive tree, shot in the back. Everyone has felt this way through, he thought, never could he have imagined what would happen when he pressed his thumbprint into vinyl. Hip-Hop was still a tadpole. The DJ had just learned to scratch a record and make sounds no ear had never conjugated. How was he to know Tupac and Biggie would follow his lead and get plugged with lead? So he wrote it down, in big curling letters, emphatic: DON'T PUSH ME
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Nov 5, 2015
Nov 5, 2015 at 4:42 PM UTC
The Message
In a city full of fake thugs and now record beef they just settle it with 8 slugs There rose a kid from out of Rogers parkway who kicks slow flows containing dopamine in the bars I slay like Dre Day I'm celebrating out the melon insane like dry water the sheep I'll slaughter like a psychopathic ********** with a daughter Allow me to introduce Nero The Damphir psychotic and I kick knowledge like a field goal my pen is spinning the rumpelillest gold causing static with the lyrical automatic I splatter brains on the floor it's a nasty habit to endure. I'm Chicago's poet I spit knowledge and split spines with the rhymes so solid no one will notice I roll this ***** up like the best cest and smoke it unless you take it off the wax and into the turf I'll make you taste the salt of the earth and after you're in the dirt I'll bear you like Paul you have no chance at all against me the pen is all I need to destroy then employ my victims my rhymes stay within them like That dude they net in juvenile detention center I'm centric on hip-hop that is I got love for cold crush sugarhill grandmaster flash and whodini Wu-Tang naughty by nature and Cypress Hill
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Jan 28, 2015
Jan 28, 2015 at 12:57 AM UTC
Chicago's Poet (Rap)