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"horde" poems
Babels of blocks to the high heavens towering Flames of futility swirling below; Poisonous fungi in brick and stone flowering, Lanterns that shudder and death-lights that glow. Black monstrous bridges across oily rivers, Cobwebs of cable to nameless things spun; Catacomb deeps whose dank chaos delivers Streams of live foetor that rots in the sun. Colour and splendour, disease and decaying, Shrieking and ringing and crawling insane, Rabbles exotic to stranger-gods praying, Jumbles of odour that stifle the brain. Legions of cats from the alleys nocturnal. Howling and lean in the glare of the moon, Screaming the future with mouthings infernal, Yelling the Garden of Pluto's red rune. Tall towers and pyramids ivy'd and crumbling, Bats that swoop low in the weed-cumber'd streets; Bleak Arkham bridges o'er rivers whose rumbling Joins with no voice as the thick horde retreats. Belfries that buckle against the moon totter, Caverns whose mouths are by mosses effac'd, And living to answer the wind and the water, Only the lean cats that howl in the wastes.
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The Cats
I'm a gamer The things I do Mapped new worlds Slain a god or two Blown up stars And lead revolutions Gained experience And Increased my Constitution Drove a tank A star-ship A dragon Killed a zombie horde Drank some mead from a flagon I've built cities and worlds and life I've ended wars and Famines and strife I've lived more lives than one can live I've seen the work of hundreds in the span of moments More personal  than literature
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Jan 4, 2013
Jan 4, 2013 at 11:18 AM UTC
Video Games (Eh)
Could I be any lamer? This is the disclaimer of an avid pc gamer. The original doom sayer. Not your average KrakPott priest Resurrecting the deceased. Carrying raids to keep pleased. And a night elf none the least. While your out chasing hoes. I be on my MMOs Healing tanks of heavy blows. Mind controlling enemy foes. Check me on my youtube channel. In an epic arena battle. My heals to great to handle. Got the horde all screaming 'Scandal!' My reality was so droll that I decided to re-roll. Maybe next I'll be a troll to fill this empty hole. Could I be any lamer? This is my disclaimer. An avid PC gamer. The original Doom Sayer. The End Is Near!!! 0o
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Apr 15, 2014
Apr 15, 2014 at 11:35 PM UTC
Disclaimer Of An Avid PC Gamer
Oh dear brave knight, Who ventures into the wilds Please draw your sword And fight away the horde. She's a hero into my heart With the strenght to tear us apart Come here and fight away The monsters that are wide awake And then eat this piece of cake. She's always into a fight Because she is my brave knight Come here and claim your prize Because this is the tale of the knight.
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Mar 6, 2015
Mar 6, 2015 at 10:54 PM UTC
The Knight
Clouds don't lie.  They tell the truth wherever they may go. Their shadows give relief to creatures down below. They change their forms and colors the chameleons of the air. Majestically, they soar above to play with angels there. They weep to nourish growing crops and bring the snow and hail. A crown of lightning lights their heads before the coming gale. Clouds can ride the jet stream like a wrangler on his steed, Then float serenely on the breeze and other cloudlings breed. They soak up sunset, changing hue, vermilion, saffron, gold... Then soar to higher atmospheres to frolic in the cold. Free to roam the open sky, they mock the earth-bound horde And blithely glide upon the wind, no passengers aboard. Oh, how I'd like to take a ride upon a breaking dawn. But clouds don't lie, and so deny, a chance of getting on. Unpretentious are the clouds.   They care not for our awe. They graze upon their crystals and are quite above the law. The mysteries the clouds have kept since Mother Earth began... Are kept behind the truth they tell, as part of heaven's plan.
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May 18, 2017
May 18, 2017 at 12:18 PM UTC
Chameleons in the Air
*Beautiful are the stars in the dim sky When fireflies, in the silence of the night, shine And the leaves dance with the tempest wind As the clouds clad itself with darkness. Beautiful are the things in life Even if given with a horde of trials Consider the roses robed with thorns Or the cactus in the desert grown alone On how they have dealt with life thus spines born And on how their spines have made them strong. Let the troubles opt to mist on its own.* - qyf
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Sep 25, 2015
Sep 25, 2015 at 7:06 PM UTC
Opt To Mist
What happens when we all live to one-hundred? I am expecting more wrinkles than I have now, A year before, at ninety-nine. I've lived for so long, Death shall I make it past that hundred mile mark? I feel so tired in these days of Fall, I'm wilted, I think, like untended petunias, Like leaves scalding in the midday sun. My wife is long gone, My wife I loved and made love to, Well past the age of fifty, She died at sixty-one, I sit remembering, My time alone. This horde of trees reflect exactly how I feel, This decaying oak, The willow tree caving in, The bent, broken sycamore tree, It's branches growing towards earth, Weighed down, like me with heavy sins. Butterflies flew now, the kind rare to winter, Like old people having their slow, careful version of *** You might not want to watch it, You who are young, You who are convinced, That when it comes to old age, an exception will be made. But they still want to do it, Weird love is better than no love at all. -Firefly
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Sep 18, 2014
Sep 18, 2014 at 7:57 PM UTC
Weird Love.
Listen to my words the kids they going crazy Getting locked up All they can clutch, Miranda rights at the same time alright Miranda writes Our thoughts put to paper Play it out on the stage Never know the difference Its a turn of the page Some use their bullets some wield a knife Others preach the dollar Is How they take our lives Grab you by the collar And break you down with lies Don't matter what your searching Only what you find This is our misfortune Blinded by distortion Someday we might wake up As we struggle to align You cannot be free all that blood in your eyes Round and round in circles A place I call my home Just a lonely misfit With the strength of a stone Wonder round these valleys While you sit upon your throne Sometimes it's hard to admit The scale of this dismay Indeed we are alone Some use their writing The bullet is a pen I killed oppression Does that mean That I'm insane I killed oppression What's left to be? waiting in vain I killed oppression a fury made of fire Brought down all the people We were never equal I killed oppression Standing on the sun The flames You can keep em They killed oppression Shot it right between the eyes Third, you may see Lead you to your destiny They killed oppression Look at the world Crumble let it be No one really cares About the people No one really cares About the people They killed oppression The wars about a dollar Corporate oversight Disguise pain with laughter Gotta feed the horde Seduction is their nature They killed oppression Read between the lines They. Have drawn for you, as We **** oppression
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Dec 29, 2017
Dec 29, 2017 at 11:44 AM UTC
WE **** OPPRESSION
Listen to my words the kids they going crazy Getting locked up All they can clutch, Miranda rights at the same time alright Miranda writes Our thoughts put to paper Play it out on the stage Never know the difference Its a turn of the page Some use their bullets some wield a knife Others preach the dollar Is How they take our lives Grab you by the collar And break you down with lies Don't matter what your searching Only what you find This is our misfortune Blinded by distortion Someday we might wake up As we struggle to align You cannot be free all that blood in your eyes Round and round in circles A place I call my home Just a lonely misfit With the strength of a stone Wonder round these valleys While you sit upon your throne Sometimes it's hard to admit The scale of this dismay Indeed we are alone Some use their writing The bullet is a pen I killed oppression Does that mean That I'm insane I killed oppression What's left to be? waiting in vain I killed oppression a fury made of fire Brought down all the people We were never equal I killed oppression Standing on the sun The flames You can keep em They killed oppression Shot it right between the eyes Third, you may see Lead you to your destiny They killed oppression Look at the world Crumble let it be No one really cares About the people No one really cares About the people They killed oppression The wars about a dollar Corporate oversight Disguise pain with laughter Gotta feed the horde Seduction is their nature They killed oppression Read between the lines They. Have drawn for you, as We **** oppression
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I am the Great Connector I was born to unite The Horde I am the Great Collector Of souls felled by my Axensword They all call me subhuman And revile me as a beast But they do the same to you and For that they'll pay the price (No Peace) We are strong, We are brave Though they wish to see us caged We are wild and Untamed And we will never live as slaves Conquerors, We Are One! Same blood in different skins At last you'll see, when the victor is me I am the Lord of our Kin Wastelanders, Join the March The World will burn as we sing When the battle is won, I'll announce to everyone "I am the Ogre King!" I am the Great Divider I was born to brew up storms I am the Annihilator My path was forged in war My reign began in chaos In Bloodshed, so it ends All this Strife has nearly left me with No Kingdom to Defend (Descent) We are Violent and Enraged Now that we have been Betrayed There are Consequences Grave For Manipulated Faith Revolution, it has come! Same blood but different sins The Empire Falls And all Hear the Call For A New Order to Begin Decapitate the Tyrants & Slaughter those who Resist When the battle is won, At the top of my lungs, I'll cry "Long Live the Ogre King!" I am the Great Destroyer The Throne is mine to take I will be king at any cost Dead nations in my wake I am the Great Conniver With Sinister Designs Never cared how much is Lost So long as what is Left is Mine (Arise) We are rabid and insane From lives of misery and pain Now that the world's ablaze We fall into our cages These Horrors have just begun Same gore from separate veins What have we done, To our daughters and sons? A History Bloodstained! We threw our lives into this war, And lost more than we gave When the killing is done, I'll tell everyone, "The Ogre King is slain!" Now Our Planet is a Grave! "The Ogre King is Slain, Long Live the Ogre King, I Am The Ogre King!"
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Apr 6, 2018
Apr 6, 2018 at 3:38 PM UTC
Ogre King
I am the Great Connector I was born to unite The Horde I am the Great Collector Of souls felled by my Axensword They all call me subhuman And revile me as a beast But they do the same to you and For that they'll pay the price (No Peace) We are strong, We are brave Though they wish to see us caged We are wild and Untamed And we will never live as slaves Conquerors, We Are One! Same blood in different skins At last you'll see, when the victor is me I am the Lord of our Kin Wastelanders, Join the March The World will burn as we sing When the battle is won, I'll announce to everyone "I am the Ogre King!" I am the Great Divider I was born to brew up storms I am the Annihilator My path was forged in war My reign began in chaos In Bloodshed, so it ends All this Strife has nearly left me with No Kingdom to Defend (Descent) We are Violent and Enraged Now that we have been Betrayed There are Consequences Grave For Manipulated Faith Revolution, it has come! Same blood but different sins The Empire Falls And all Hear the Call For A New Order to Begin Decapitate the Tyrants & Slaughter those who Resist When the battle is won, At the top of my lungs, I'll cry "Long Live the Ogre King!" I am the Great Destroyer The Throne is mine to take I will be king at any cost Dead nations in my wake I am the Great Conniver With Sinister Designs Never cared how much is Lost So long as what is Left is Mine (Arise) We are rabid and insane From lives of misery and pain Now that the world's ablaze We fall into our cages These Horrors have just begun Same gore from separate veins What have we done, To our daughters and sons? A History Bloodstained! We threw our lives into this war, And lost more than we gave When the killing is done, I'll tell everyone, "The Ogre King is slain!" Now Our Planet is a Grave! "The Ogre King is Slain, Long Live the Ogre King, I Am The Ogre King!"
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whom do you trust solider, sailor, tinker, tailor.... what eyes see the meaning of the blind what tongues listen...which lies in the picturesque morning beauty spins its deceptions with golden hued sunlight weaves its hand puppet theatricals made of fleeting wisps of smiles kissing gestures weakly delivered     solider,  sailor,  tinker,  tailor...     they gather round the dead man     some come to mourn the lost     some come to rifle through his pockets     some come to silently wait for their own fate he sits in his worn chair in a pool of lamplight with a small hammer in hand his spectacles on bridge of his nose tapping tapping ever so gently the thin metal mask tinker...tailor...sailor...solider the uniform of his mind shifts according to his lie his tool is always the deceptions and misdirections a sly smile...firm handshake...a signature style 'to whom do you trust' is a phrase that troubles him her perfume lingers in the air years have buried the cold war but not its warriors not their handiwork      they dress the dead man for his burial      with his decorations and platitudes      with his shiny sword and neat uniform      with honors they lay him      with truths his secret they bury him      why did he do thus....to whom did he answer      to the tomb with his truths and lies      to the tomb he gathers the long coat and the umbrella walks out in london's chill spring night to a bridge and throws a small box into the river long years after the cold war died these men of shadows still play these keepers of the gate still watch for hannibal and his horde solider,  sailor,  tinker,  tailor whom do you trust
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Aug 1, 2014
Aug 1, 2014 at 11:03 AM UTC
solider, sailor, tinker....
whom do you trust solider, sailor, tinker, tailor.... what eyes see the meaning of the blind what tongues listen...which lies in the picturesque morning beauty spins its deceptions with golden hued sunlight weaves its hand puppet theatricals made of fleeting wisps of smiles kissing gestures weakly delivered     solider,  sailor,  tinker,  tailor...     they gather round the dead man     some come to mourn the lost     some come to rifle through his pockets     some come to silently wait for their own fate he sits in his worn chair in a pool of lamplight with a small hammer in hand his spectacles on bridge of his nose tapping tapping ever so gently the thin metal mask tinker...tailor...sailor...solider the uniform of his mind shifts according to his lie his tool is always the deceptions and misdirections a sly smile...firm handshake...a signature style 'to whom do you trust' is a phrase that troubles him her perfume lingers in the air years have buried the cold war but not its warriors not their handiwork      they dress the dead man for his burial      with his decorations and platitudes      with his shiny sword and neat uniform      with honors they lay him      with truths his secret they bury him      why did he do thus....to whom did he answer      to the tomb with his truths and lies      to the tomb he gathers the long coat and the umbrella walks out in london's chill spring night to a bridge and throws a small box into the river long years after the cold war died these men of shadows still play these keepers of the gate still watch for hannibal and his horde solider,  sailor,  tinker,  tailor whom do you trust
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There, she lies on the altar Almost held the sun she— almost in her hands Opened up, a rose-bud chaste petal by petal by blood, with a sting, so sweet and sweet, as sunset reborn a bee; she was gold and silver and black at once. Almost held the sun she— and no wax wings used Oh, Icarus, love you did a wild sky, — yourself a light-licked doom   as your father cried, Your father cried for you. A veil as simple sour starlight she wore as wings of wasps as beetles she giggled Icarus, flew that you —and with tongue-tied elation too Icarus, she rambled on for hours long. A letter she held in spring kissed hands —I will wed you to the sun, her father had sworn. The sun—and a sun he was, child of the sea, some sword in honey dipped; now her awaiting. And blushed she did herself a dawn The altar, on the altar. Almost held the sun she— Swallowed a mayhem for the father's sin. Icarus, tell me of the plummet. Tell me of the greens you saw, of blues, of whites, of the whirling world— Men go around around her their soles all ready to crush lost skulls an empty moor. Twirling, the dust, like may have her hair before the wedding day Strands and strands, gently styled— Spears, swords, rubbed to mirrors, to lakes lifeless Armors and ships laden with life, with sails, the fluttering doves; As the winds dance once more— as harbors vacated, as waves torn apart for the horde, as move they on— on too the sun— as She still lies. Icarus, Icarus, was it the ocean that cupped its palms, or did the soil cave in as down into dark's slick throat you slid? Surely, was soft, the sea's well-loved mouth, Surely soft or true She lies on the altar a trinket glossy on a hoof, a ****** in the bell, how does one say— the valley of lilies, she grew it inside. Spilled out on the stones, they are fed to the flies. Almost held the sun she— Icarus, must you know You did not sleep a wretched silence within the womb of war. No crescent blades you drank down a leaking throat— She lies on the altar, vanquished for moon — for metal upon bone for blood, for blood, for blood. A father’s green promise— Seasoned to rust before the king Icarus, on the altar she lies— a ripened land far, far away lures her king to another rosy worship. Icarus, Icarus, on the altar
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Aug 3, 2021
Aug 3, 2021 at 7:45 AM UTC
Iphigenia
There, she lies on the altar Almost held the sun she— almost in her hands Opened up, a rose-bud chaste petal by petal by blood, with a sting, so sweet and sweet, as sunset reborn a bee; she was gold and silver and black at once. Almost held the sun she— and no wax wings used Oh, Icarus, love you did a wild sky, — yourself a light-licked doom   as your father cried, Your father cried for you. A veil as simple sour starlight she wore as wings of wasps as beetles she giggled Icarus, flew that you —and with tongue-tied elation too Icarus, she rambled on for hours long. A letter she held in spring kissed hands —I will wed you to the sun, her father had sworn. The sun—and a sun he was, child of the sea, some sword in honey dipped; now her awaiting. And blushed she did herself a dawn The altar, on the altar. Almost held the sun she— Swallowed a mayhem for the father's sin. Icarus, tell me of the plummet. Tell me of the greens you saw, of blues, of whites, of the whirling world— Men go around around her their soles all ready to crush lost skulls an empty moor. Twirling, the dust, like may have her hair before the wedding day Strands and strands, gently styled— Spears, swords, rubbed to mirrors, to lakes lifeless Armors and ships laden with life, with sails, the fluttering doves; As the winds dance once more— as harbors vacated, as waves torn apart for the horde, as move they on— on too the sun— as She still lies. Icarus, Icarus, was it the ocean that cupped its palms, or did the soil cave in as down into dark's slick throat you slid? Surely, was soft, the sea's well-loved mouth, Surely soft or true She lies on the altar a trinket glossy on a hoof, a ****** in the bell, how does one say— the valley of lilies, she grew it inside. Spilled out on the stones, they are fed to the flies. Almost held the sun she— Icarus, must you know You did not sleep a wretched silence within the womb of war. No crescent blades you drank down a leaking throat— She lies on the altar, vanquished for moon — for metal upon bone for blood, for blood, for blood. A father’s green promise— Seasoned to rust before the king Icarus, on the altar she lies— a ripened land far, far away lures her king to another rosy worship. Icarus, Icarus, on the altar
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The land... Its quiet and peaceful for now. In the distance however, holds a war of all. A guardian watches alongside her sisters, They see the world through the eyes of the creator. As the sun gleam's upon the water, A massive horde comes closer. Valkyries are strong, beautiful but deadly. We fight together for the Light, but the darkness can overwhelm thee. Only one Valkyrie stands out, above them all. She is unique, wise, and tall. Her blue eyes only see thy soul. As this horde comes to the waves of white. Valkyries spread their wings to take flight. Now she knoweth the world and becomes, The demon they fear, Kekay the Young. Rising into the sky, not fearing the dragons who surround. She looks to her **** and stands...her ground. Her wings turn black and her sovereign soul abides. As she summons the Catalyst on the heights. Tempest Suthrane as deadly and black. The lightning kills off anything death. The Valkyrie stands before her sisters now, Who watch in terror of the darkness overwhelmed. For now she is known as Kekay Suthrane, The Valkyrie, The young, Dragon Rider today. Know the war that takes place within her soul, She knows not the worldly fall. The end will draw near of the sisterhoods kin, The blood will show the way, To her next **** The Valkyrie of light and Darkness, The Archaic one. Shes the one you should fear, For Tempest comes to her call.
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Dec 11, 2013
Dec 11, 2013 at 9:52 AM UTC
The Unique Valkyrie
Can we see, or have we lost sight, of what is wrong, and what is right. Are we lost, or do we know, where we are, and where to go. Propaganda, and temptation, both lead you, to a damnation. A clear mind, attempts salvation, of your thought, and your temptation. Are we blind, to all the lies, corporations, we despise. Feeding them, aimlessly, giving them, our money. Propaganda, and temptation, both lead you, to a damnation. A clear mind, attempts salvation, of your thought, and your temptation. Why are we giving them, our hard earned money? For them to horde away, in endless bank accounts. For them to use, against us. Dangling it above our heads, giving them power! Propaganda, and temptation, both lead us, to our damnation. A clear mind, attempts salvation, of our thought, and our temptation. Stop giving them money, that's what they want. Stop giving them power, that's what they need.
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Jul 2, 2011
Jul 2, 2011 at 7:13 PM UTC
Propaganda
For forty days and forty nights We had no reasons to fight So the planet was flooded By the warm blooded ******* soaked Visible ****** No more cloaks No more loners For everyone there was a match But here's the insidious catch It didn't take long for people to get bored And start cutting and crossing cords Until we resembled a chaotic horde For forty days and forty nights The Earth was flooding Until things got muddy And clouded transcendence In the form of independence Our lives keep knotting together Our lives are rotting endeavors We were completely happy But felt that was too sappy We sought edgy darkness In a world that was shark-less We made the world we live in By putting on shark fins And eating those that fall overboard Out of their relationship We try to be their overlord Or add them to our list Love grants a clenched fist When there is value to a kiss For forty days and forty nights We turned on Earth's floodlights And the world was flooded by love Until we decided to try to look above To see nothing there Just the empty air There was a time when there was love Now there is none Only a gun And the number one
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Jan 13, 2018
Jan 13, 2018 at 2:12 PM UTC
Flood
The first thing that you forget, when you stop talking to someone is the sound of their voice. So I suggest with every voicemail you receive, save it. Whether it be from your grandma or your aunt or your boyfriend You'll miss them sooner or later if they leave you. When It's a healthy time for you, and you miss them a lot, You'll still have their voice. The way they spoke, every lisp every stutter You'll hear it in that old voicemail. I once loved a boy. Some know most of  the story, some only know half But only he and I know every end and out of that year and a half. I still have his voicemails, but they aren't only the happy ones. Matter of fact, he only left me a voicemail when he was angry or when he had news he couldn't keep to himself long enough. I deleted the happy ones after we broke up. But I didn't do it because I was angry, I did it because I wasn't worthy. And yet, they're still in my trash bin waiting, ready to be recovered. Because some days, I wonder if he's happy. Then I'll hear his voicemail telling me he got his GED. And it was because of me. Because some days I wonder if he misses me Then I'll hear his voicemail telling me he loves me and always will See, I have a problem: I'm a hoarder I horde voices. I horde the sound of laughs and cries, I horde the angry and the happy times. I take them all and keep them close. And I try and keep phones for as long as I can. Because when the phone goes, So do the voices that I hold dear. So darling if you wonder if I still have every old voicemail you've ever sent me the answer is clear. If I miss you, I press my phone to my ear. But now it's been so long that your voice scares me. The old voicemails sit and take up my data since I'm too afraid to delete them. That means your gone forever And while I may have broken your heart I hope you forgive me And I hope this voicemail makes you smile.
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May 5, 2015
May 5, 2015 at 6:02 PM UTC
Old Voicemails
The first thing that you forget, when you stop talking to someone is the sound of their voice. So I suggest with every voicemail you receive, save it. Whether it be from your grandma or your aunt or your boyfriend You'll miss them sooner or later if they leave you. When It's a healthy time for you, and you miss them a lot, You'll still have their voice. The way they spoke, every lisp every stutter You'll hear it in that old voicemail. I once loved a boy. Some know most of  the story, some only know half But only he and I know every end and out of that year and a half. I still have his voicemails, but they aren't only the happy ones. Matter of fact, he only left me a voicemail when he was angry or when he had news he couldn't keep to himself long enough. I deleted the happy ones after we broke up. But I didn't do it because I was angry, I did it because I wasn't worthy. And yet, they're still in my trash bin waiting, ready to be recovered. Because some days, I wonder if he's happy. Then I'll hear his voicemail telling me he got his GED. And it was because of me. Because some days I wonder if he misses me Then I'll hear his voicemail telling me he loves me and always will See, I have a problem: I'm a hoarder I horde voices. I horde the sound of laughs and cries, I horde the angry and the happy times. I take them all and keep them close. And I try and keep phones for as long as I can. Because when the phone goes, So do the voices that I hold dear. So darling if you wonder if I still have every old voicemail you've ever sent me the answer is clear. If I miss you, I press my phone to my ear. But now it's been so long that your voice scares me. The old voicemails sit and take up my data since I'm too afraid to delete them. That means your gone forever And while I may have broken your heart I hope you forgive me And I hope this voicemail makes you smile.
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To write of Love, of Heaven, and of God, Hills of joy, o'er which Angel pursued Of that Boy, a sublime hippie shepherd, Who in Heart the wisdom of Heaven had, My pen, it labours, I give sweat and blood, To paint world in cerise, a sweet red flood: Or Prussian blue, depending on the scene, Let Poets tell true folk from chess piece Kings, Feign benevolence, when they are mean, Who strut and rule above, superior things, Who on the carcass of the suffering wean, Drunk on power, Almighty sovereigns. To write of Love, Heaven, apart from days, Spent in drudgery at whim of Lords, Who sit engorged by gold, wealth as they graze, Upon the fruits yield by the mass, that horde, As mass toil deep 'neath sun's sweltering rays, To give and barter time they can't afford. But they will be the ones in Heaven crowned, As all time vindicates the plight of souls, Who in port, or wine, have never drowned, Rich gluttony the faithful mind abhors, Upon which Saints and angels incensed frown, So to tyrant's whims take pious war.
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Jul 20, 2018
Jul 20, 2018 at 6:39 AM UTC
Contemplation Of Heaven And Hell
(I hate poets. They annoy me deeply.) I. There are the balladeers, Working in service of their inner Service, (Though, despite the seeming impossibility, Their hackneyed verse is even worse) Creating tortuous rhyme Which slows down labyrinthine narratives Ending up in some deus ex machine So implausible that it would make Euripides blush (Most often courtesy of some unforeseen projectile Or sudden viral contagion; Would that their creators meet such a fate!) II. I come not to praise the so-called sonneteers, But to bury them. They are an earnest lot, (Lord knows that they are earnest) And they will make their fourteen lines rhyme (Though sometimes the rhyme scheme screams for mercy) And hang the cost. Though their narratives are head-scratching things, And their iambs proceed with the steadiness Of a nonagenarian church pianist Doing her damndest to fight the wedding march to a draw, They are content, nay, proud of their work Because babble rhymes with Scrabble (Though they are not particularly proficient with the latter, They have the former down to an art.) III. Let us not forget the Buk-zombies, Those apostles of aphorism, Most of whom speak of their departed deity As if he were an old drinking buddy (Never mind that most of them were two or three Or perhaps not even a bad idea In the back seat of some mom’s Buick When he exited this mortal plane, stage left, even.) One’s mind is boggled whilst considering The expanse of the bar required to accommodate Everyone who would like to (Or worse, have claimed to) Buy old Charlie a beer, not that he’d stand for a round. They are a sullen horde, this lot, Best dealt with by aiming for the base of the skull. IV. Ah, the confessionals, Lord have mercy upon their souls (For they shall have none upon ours.) They feel so many things so deeply As such things have never been felt before (They have not read their Sexton, their Snodgrass, Their Lowell, their Pl--well, no, They have all read their Plath.) It is, from the moment they arise in the morning Until such time they set aside their fears and let sleep take them, All too much for them, And they bravely face the days Until such time they care bear to take action And fling themselves from some convenient precipice. We should, as a service to them and ourselves, Ensure the soles of their shoes Are sufficiently worn and slippery. (I hate poets. They annoy me deeply.)
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Jan 12, 2017
Jan 12, 2017 at 11:22 AM UTC
Poets (A Hate Song)
(I hate poets. They annoy me deeply.) I. There are the balladeers, Working in service of their inner Service, (Though, despite the seeming impossibility, Their hackneyed verse is even worse) Creating tortuous rhyme Which slows down labyrinthine narratives Ending up in some deus ex machine So implausible that it would make Euripides blush (Most often courtesy of some unforeseen projectile Or sudden viral contagion; Would that their creators meet such a fate!) II. I come not to praise the so-called sonneteers, But to bury them. They are an earnest lot, (Lord knows that they are earnest) And they will make their fourteen lines rhyme (Though sometimes the rhyme scheme screams for mercy) And hang the cost. Though their narratives are head-scratching things, And their iambs proceed with the steadiness Of a nonagenarian church pianist Doing her damndest to fight the wedding march to a draw, They are content, nay, proud of their work Because babble rhymes with Scrabble (Though they are not particularly proficient with the latter, They have the former down to an art.) III. Let us not forget the Buk-zombies, Those apostles of aphorism, Most of whom speak of their departed deity As if he were an old drinking buddy (Never mind that most of them were two or three Or perhaps not even a bad idea In the back seat of some mom’s Buick When he exited this mortal plane, stage left, even.) One’s mind is boggled whilst considering The expanse of the bar required to accommodate Everyone who would like to (Or worse, have claimed to) Buy old Charlie a beer, not that he’d stand for a round. They are a sullen horde, this lot, Best dealt with by aiming for the base of the skull. IV. Ah, the confessionals, Lord have mercy upon their souls (For they shall have none upon ours.) They feel so many things so deeply As such things have never been felt before (They have not read their Sexton, their Snodgrass, Their Lowell, their Pl--well, no, They have all read their Plath.) It is, from the moment they arise in the morning Until such time they set aside their fears and let sleep take them, All too much for them, And they bravely face the days Until such time they care bear to take action And fling themselves from some convenient precipice. We should, as a service to them and ourselves, Ensure the soles of their shoes Are sufficiently worn and slippery. (I hate poets. They annoy me deeply.)
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A kilo of fish brinjal pumpkin Cauliflower raisin and bean Washing soap and eggs one crate Need to buy bring from market! Mustard oil some milk and rice Cashew nut and a horde of spice Gourd and potato spinach cabbage The list is long fills a page! Feel confused from where to start How to pile and stack on a cart Shoeshine cream to adhesive glue All calculations and maths to do! Ticked what’s got unticked what’s not Cash dwindles with much unbought Trudge back home in sweated daze She checks items and fumes in rage!
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Nov 15, 2014
Nov 15, 2014 at 10:55 AM UTC
From Market
it was the moon that fell through. a lump of gray astronaut pale acne-blasted, an orphan of the dome, floating in a pond face down; gasping... green brass minnows surge through diatoms that have no word for moon; a legion of blind unicorn gall stones - invisible to naked eyes; uncountable geometries horde the dark waters they cannot disprove or disobey. large mouth bass inhale calcium polygons they have never met; that have no word for large mouth bass - that hasn't always been unknown as september is meaningless now, even more so, the meaning is less, without the moon... so the last tide is false. a satellite has lost it's grip and displaced a placid jewel of ice cold pause. in the backwoods of these. words. a. moon. is. breathing. in. a. void. teeming. with. ancient. life. it is a void, unfamiliar to a native of heaven. this void used to rise and fall in obedience to the wax and wane. in accord with her orbit. but now it burns the ocean of serenity with irony's forge. pounding the stainless steel of unfathomable loss; even the dross sustains a shape of things to come undone - when the hammer falls and the blacksmith is a poet born to ****** fables from mayflies. a natural. the hammer was in the hand before the moon gained a face or an ocean to adore it. it was there, ticking like a season, burgeoning with locusts - holding off the mob; the moon was long ago, slipping off the roof - long before firemen met lightning. the tide was a pious fool. the measure was not the span of the impending verse, but the hour of it's callous beauty, assembled. a lunacy, stripped of all moons. and only the sun remaining - to behold the uncanny descent of a faithful, vestigial goddess. a yellow throne. a yellow eye. and the sun's first chill... as wave after wave of syllables sum succulent sorrows - savoring sacred symmetries, asymmetrically... summoning - super luminary strawberry switchblades, saving sanity for questions with question marks. this poem fell through. a lung collapsed or not. and the moon is at the bottom of my heart.
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Oct 17, 2012
Oct 17, 2012 at 11:17 AM UTC
Invention In Lower Case
it was the moon that fell through. a lump of gray astronaut pale acne-blasted, an orphan of the dome, floating in a pond face down; gasping... green brass minnows surge through diatoms that have no word for moon; a legion of blind unicorn gall stones - invisible to naked eyes; uncountable geometries horde the dark waters they cannot disprove or disobey. large mouth bass inhale calcium polygons they have never met; that have no word for large mouth bass - that hasn't always been unknown as september is meaningless now, even more so, the meaning is less, without the moon... so the last tide is false. a satellite has lost it's grip and displaced a placid jewel of ice cold pause. in the backwoods of these. words. a. moon. is. breathing. in. a. void. teeming. with. ancient. life. it is a void, unfamiliar to a native of heaven. this void used to rise and fall in obedience to the wax and wane. in accord with her orbit. but now it burns the ocean of serenity with irony's forge. pounding the stainless steel of unfathomable loss; even the dross sustains a shape of things to come undone - when the hammer falls and the blacksmith is a poet born to ****** fables from mayflies. a natural. the hammer was in the hand before the moon gained a face or an ocean to adore it. it was there, ticking like a season, burgeoning with locusts - holding off the mob; the moon was long ago, slipping off the roof - long before firemen met lightning. the tide was a pious fool. the measure was not the span of the impending verse, but the hour of it's callous beauty, assembled. a lunacy, stripped of all moons. and only the sun remaining - to behold the uncanny descent of a faithful, vestigial goddess. a yellow throne. a yellow eye. and the sun's first chill... as wave after wave of syllables sum succulent sorrows - savoring sacred symmetries, asymmetrically... summoning - super luminary strawberry switchblades, saving sanity for questions with question marks. this poem fell through. a lung collapsed or not. and the moon is at the bottom of my heart.
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I'm an addict. I need it. I want it. I hate it. I love it. I suppress it, hide it, horde it, keep it all for me. The pain, the pleasure, the regret, but with the high, I forget. It's wrong, I shouldn't, ...I shouldn't... I know I shouldn't. but I do. I'm an addict, and you know what? So are you.
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Aug 3, 2014
Aug 3, 2014 at 8:03 AM UTC
An Addict
It’s astonishing how you knock me off my feet Enrapture spoken, sentiments we savor as we greet A relishing secret catered for me, my needs, as we mental feast It’s getting harder and harder to breathe Echoes turning, twisting, as they blissfully weave I wish I could take a journey through your mind Dine on the emotions you refuse to hide Cautionary pause, where are you, do you no longer reside Tempting fate of awakening emotions dancing inside my head Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread Dreams of roses, chocolates, wine, a silk covered bed Beautiful images of a love to be shared Where feelings could suddenly vanish into thin air No safety net, no sure bet, hotter than July, to have let Nurses cannot heal thyself I need a quick cure from sipping the tale of Sleeping Beauty’s lover’s cup SOS smoke signals has been sent up Rescue me Destiny, Fate knows I cannot swim Horde of feelings have quickly flooded in Melody of the heart sounds sweeter than the violin No shore, no dry land State of mind standing upon quicksand Tarzan swing me from your vine, refuge needed in this moment in time I need an escape from this deep ocean of carnal designs Mind management, intoxicating as sweet wine, softly trickling from off a grape vine You’ll be the one who brings the pain Bring the umbrella in the pouring rain You’ll be the one who makes me cry Bring me the tissue to dry my eyes You’ll be the one my heart can’t deny Sending my body beyond pleasure while entwined in the sky Whispers in time are arresting, strong Tarzan embrace me, cocoon me with an escape song As I tightly hold onto your body as we swing in ecstasy all night long
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Sep 7, 2018
Sep 7, 2018 at 9:58 AM UTC
Tarzan
It’s astonishing how you knock me off my feet Enrapture spoken, sentiments we savor as we greet A relishing secret catered for me, my needs, as we mental feast It’s getting harder and harder to breathe Echoes turning, twisting, as they blissfully weave I wish I could take a journey through your mind Dine on the emotions you refuse to hide Cautionary pause, where are you, do you no longer reside Tempting fate of awakening emotions dancing inside my head Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread Dreams of roses, chocolates, wine, a silk covered bed Beautiful images of a love to be shared Where feelings could suddenly vanish into thin air No safety net, no sure bet, hotter than July, to have let Nurses cannot heal thyself I need a quick cure from sipping the tale of Sleeping Beauty’s lover’s cup SOS smoke signals has been sent up Rescue me Destiny, Fate knows I cannot swim Horde of feelings have quickly flooded in Melody of the heart sounds sweeter than the violin No shore, no dry land State of mind standing upon quicksand Tarzan swing me from your vine, refuge needed in this moment in time I need an escape from this deep ocean of carnal designs Mind management, intoxicating as sweet wine, softly trickling from off a grape vine You’ll be the one who brings the pain Bring the umbrella in the pouring rain You’ll be the one who makes me cry Bring me the tissue to dry my eyes You’ll be the one my heart can’t deny Sending my body beyond pleasure while entwined in the sky Whispers in time are arresting, strong Tarzan embrace me, cocoon me with an escape song As I tightly hold onto your body as we swing in ecstasy all night long
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Taxi cab, oh taxi cab Where art thou? Come hither unto me And take me somewhere right now I need a change of scenery, snap snap, take me there I need a different memory, Who, what, where? Taxi cab, oh taxi cab Thou hast my heart Approach upon me carrying My new start I require your assistance, My demons are close behind They follow with persistence, How I wish they were blind Taxi cab, oh taxi cab Taketh mine own heart If thou cannot save me At least let me restart Rubber onto road, quick before they see For my demons, they have growed, and are still chasing me Taxi cab, oh taxi cab Thou hast the only escape To be or not to be, Breaks the image agape Barreling down the alley, faster please, oh dear this may be my death valley, the reaper, he is near Taxi cab, oh taxi cab Thine hast tried so hard "Here, buy yourself some new wheels" I say and give my card I'm cowering upon the horde, they're towering up above Oh my, what I would reward, to my peace dove Taxi cab, oh taxi cab Run while thy has the chance Pitter patter down the road Don't give me another glance They dive unto me, I wretch and scream The scene plays out violently, Sadly, not a dream
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Apr 13, 2016
Apr 13, 2016 at 3:08 PM UTC
Taxi Cab
He was only one, that day, Standing alone to fill and gap the breech. No one else, but he, stood to face the onslaught, The terror that charged forward, Toward where he stood and held his post, Where someone before had drawn a long line on the ground. No one there to help, all had fled, Intimidated by the imposing, closing threat That was coming near. All, but he, had run, and the time and the foe drew closer; Making a last stand was not even on his mind, Resisting was not a choice, He would do what he could, What must be done, until he could do no more. Death took the defender that day, But not easily. He fought until he had no more blood to shed, With a final gasp, onto a bloodied ground he, at last, Fell dead. His enemies, his foes, stood in awe, At the red-stained, battered corpse, With sword still in hand. After much deliberation, The horde decided to turn and leave. If this one, lone sentry had courage such as this, How much more an entire army that probably laid in wait. Tactical retreat was the best option, and, With that they turned about, They left to conquer other lands. His comrades came; took his body; Pinned medals across his chest; Said a few words reserved for heroes, and Laid him to rest. They glanced into the distant, disappearing dust and thought, What cowards they must have been To have let one lone soldier frighten them such That they turned away. There was only one, that day, Standing alone to fill and gap the breech; One soldier who stood the watch, Who did not retreat. Armies are made of One soldier at a time.
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Mar 17, 2010
Mar 17, 2010 at 1:03 PM UTC
Lone Soldier
He was only one, that day, Standing alone to fill and gap the breech. No one else, but he, stood to face the onslaught, The terror that charged forward, Toward where he stood and held his post, Where someone before had drawn a long line on the ground. No one there to help, all had fled, Intimidated by the imposing, closing threat That was coming near. All, but he, had run, and the time and the foe drew closer; Making a last stand was not even on his mind, Resisting was not a choice, He would do what he could, What must be done, until he could do no more. Death took the defender that day, But not easily. He fought until he had no more blood to shed, With a final gasp, onto a bloodied ground he, at last, Fell dead. His enemies, his foes, stood in awe, At the red-stained, battered corpse, With sword still in hand. After much deliberation, The horde decided to turn and leave. If this one, lone sentry had courage such as this, How much more an entire army that probably laid in wait. Tactical retreat was the best option, and, With that they turned about, They left to conquer other lands. His comrades came; took his body; Pinned medals across his chest; Said a few words reserved for heroes, and Laid him to rest. They glanced into the distant, disappearing dust and thought, What cowards they must have been To have let one lone soldier frighten them such That they turned away. There was only one, that day, Standing alone to fill and gap the breech; One soldier who stood the watch, Who did not retreat. Armies are made of One soldier at a time.
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Palestine The blank screen is watching me to say something about flower and the landscape I refuse to oblige. My thoughts today go to the suffering Palestinians, Who had their country to pieces by a horde from Europa claiming it was their land as promised by a Jewish scribe. They were pushed away from their land and cities and mercilessly sent to exile, the survivors were given a piece of land by the invaders, who called it the West -Bank, There is no county by that name. There is Palestine, the people there although outgunned resist the invaders it is a David and Goliath fight and we know the stone thrower won. It took some time for good people to see the catastrophe that befell the people of Palestine, but the world is catching up, and no longer listen to the what a fake state's propaganda says. I'm old and will not live long enough to see it, but I know Palestine will be free.
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Jul 31, 2017
Jul 31, 2017 at 11:58 AM UTC
To the People of Palestine