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Throughout her adult life all of the land shaded. Feverless islands where the aged couple sleep. Never once have I hosted a party. Not once have I told you, I have been hurt.
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Mar 4, 2013
Mar 4, 2013 at 5:31 PM UTC
Awe
Backstage Drake show, don’t know how I got here, heart beats ******** feel every feeling except fear, at Drake’s last show, of The Boy Meets World Tour, backstage without a backstage pass, how the heck did I get here? Life so blessed, there’s no need for a backstage pass, always All Access, no matter where on this atlas, facts facts facts, everybody misbehaving, no one knows how to act, on our worst behavior, wish we could bring **** Back, actually, can barely believe we exist, and all of the quotes I wrote, are starting to sound like a To Do List, my God what type of life is this, in first place, which wasn’t supposed to happen in the first place, how the Hell did I end up, backstage at a show hosted by Drake, how’d I get picked for first place VIP, when I wasn’t even close to being a First Round Draft Pick, how can I live a life so viciously victorious, at the same time terribly tragic, I don’t know, just know it all happened like magic, like that’s it, like going from being an anonymous to an A-List actress, beats bumping heart pumping, sold my heart but kept my soul intact, and if want a seat at the table, all you have to do is ask, go ahead, let’s make this a conversation but if you run your mouth too long, I might start running out of patience, and then you’ll lose your chance and your placement, just saying, just finished another world tour, Boy Meets World 2017, on this wild ride like a rodeo with OVO, only one word to describe this and that’s “Amazing.”, backstage Drake show, don’t know how I got here, heart beats ******** feel everything except fear, at Drake’s last show, of The Boy Meets World Tour, backstage without a backstage pass, how the heck did I get here?… ∆ Aaron LaLux ∆ new book HERE: www.amazon.com/dp/1721134158 Or message me directly and I'll send it to you for FREE. ∆
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Sep 22, 2018
Sep 22, 2018 at 11:00 AM UTC
All Access (Backstage Drake)
Backstage Drake show, don’t know how I got here, heart beats ******** feel every feeling except fear, at Drake’s last show, of The Boy Meets World Tour, backstage without a backstage pass, how the heck did I get here? Life so blessed, there’s no need for a backstage pass, always All Access, no matter where on this atlas, facts facts facts, everybody misbehaving, no one knows how to act, on our worst behavior, wish we could bring **** Back, actually, can barely believe we exist, and all of the quotes I wrote, are starting to sound like a To Do List, my God what type of life is this, in first place, which wasn’t supposed to happen in the first place, how the Hell did I end up, backstage at a show hosted by Drake, how’d I get picked for first place VIP, when I wasn’t even close to being a First Round Draft Pick, how can I live a life so viciously victorious, at the same time terribly tragic, I don’t know, just know it all happened like magic, like that’s it, like going from being an anonymous to an A-List actress, beats bumping heart pumping, sold my heart but kept my soul intact, and if want a seat at the table, all you have to do is ask, go ahead, let’s make this a conversation but if you run your mouth too long, I might start running out of patience, and then you’ll lose your chance and your placement, just saying, just finished another world tour, Boy Meets World 2017, on this wild ride like a rodeo with OVO, only one word to describe this and that’s “Amazing.”, backstage Drake show, don’t know how I got here, heart beats ******** feel everything except fear, at Drake’s last show, of The Boy Meets World Tour, backstage without a backstage pass, how the heck did I get here?… ∆ Aaron LaLux ∆ new book HERE: www.amazon.com/dp/1721134158 Or message me directly and I'll send it to you for FREE. ∆
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Anonymity is an illusion He tells me. He tells me, No-one can remain unknown On the World Wide Web. Don't think deletion makes a difference, Don't think that everything you've ever sent Received And posted, Isn't hosted on a server Forever, Awaiting discovery and disclosure. He could find me in minutes, He could find me, If he wanted to. He doesn't, But what if he did? What if he did? I would feel safer If I'd posted intimate photos Or sexted a thousand faceless strangers. My poems are a diary of my soul, My hearts' helpless, hopeful blog. They expose me. No-one knows me here, But he could find me, And he would know. No-one is anonymous, No-one is unknown.
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Oct 13, 2013
Oct 13, 2013 at 7:48 AM UTC
Mr Ethical Hacker
You're a staircase of kingdoms. A bacteria, hosted by tolerance. A protist, without an identity of your own. A fungus, risky and thriving on what once was. A plant, needy for growth that flowers ambition but wilts your respect. An animal, a robotic hunting machine that thinks it can think.
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Nov 18, 2010
Nov 18, 2010 at 6:10 PM UTC
The Science of You
Dar Al-Hekma University hosted its second fashion show on Sunday that featured the work of its second batch of fashion design undergraduates. The event, titled “Luminosity” was held under the auspices of Princess Reem **** Muhammad Al-Faisal. President of the university Dr. Suhair Hassan Al-Qurashi said: “Providing such events to our students before graduation exposes them to industry leaders of their prospective industries and gives them a head start in their careers. “Dar Al-Hekma University’s students stand out because of the combination of their high caliber and the opportunities the university provides for them.” Along with industry leaders, families of participating students attended. The event started with an opening speech by the department chair for the fashion design program Dina Kattan, who then introduced the sophomore and junior students’ work. Afterward, models wearing three-piece collection garments designed by senior students scheduled to graduate this year took the stage and were graded by four judges. Kattan said: “I am so proud of the work my students presented today; they worked really hard and they deserve a big hand. “Everyone was impressed with the level of creativity and attention to detail they demonstrated.” The judges were Batool Jamjoom, businesswoman in the fashion industry and manager and owner of Jamjoom Fashion House; Amra Alabdalilsharif, director of the innovation and visual merchandising department at Rubaiyyat; Dalal Al-Hasan, a fashion designer; and Aram Kabbani, Dar Al-Hekma alumna and fashion stylist. The grades students received during the fashion show will form part of their final grade. One of the students whose designs were featured at the show, Zahar Algain, said her collection was inspired by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. “Studying fashion has altered my perspective. I view fashion, in the same way that I view life; it’s a matter of balance and proportions. “My interest in avant-garde fashion has led me to believe in using creativity to solve difficult situations. Algain’s collection was meant to blur the line between art and fashion. “It is inspired by Frida Kahlo but with a fictional twist. “The story behind my collection is a daydream, a magical love story, an artwork; it is splattered with Frida’s colorful soul and spirit.” Following this women only event, Dar Al-Hekma is organizing a one-day fashion design exhibition on Tuesday, which is open to all. The event starts from 7 p.m.Read more here:www.marieaustralia.com/formal-dresses-adelaide | www.marieaustralia.com/long-formal-dresses
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May 12, 2015
May 12, 2015 at 11:09 PM UTC
Dar Al-Hekma’s second fashion show becomes an industry hit
Dar Al-Hekma University hosted its second fashion show on Sunday that featured the work of its second batch of fashion design undergraduates. The event, titled “Luminosity” was held under the auspices of Princess Reem **** Muhammad Al-Faisal. President of the university Dr. Suhair Hassan Al-Qurashi said: “Providing such events to our students before graduation exposes them to industry leaders of their prospective industries and gives them a head start in their careers. “Dar Al-Hekma University’s students stand out because of the combination of their high caliber and the opportunities the university provides for them.” Along with industry leaders, families of participating students attended. The event started with an opening speech by the department chair for the fashion design program Dina Kattan, who then introduced the sophomore and junior students’ work. Afterward, models wearing three-piece collection garments designed by senior students scheduled to graduate this year took the stage and were graded by four judges. Kattan said: “I am so proud of the work my students presented today; they worked really hard and they deserve a big hand. “Everyone was impressed with the level of creativity and attention to detail they demonstrated.” The judges were Batool Jamjoom, businesswoman in the fashion industry and manager and owner of Jamjoom Fashion House; Amra Alabdalilsharif, director of the innovation and visual merchandising department at Rubaiyyat; Dalal Al-Hasan, a fashion designer; and Aram Kabbani, Dar Al-Hekma alumna and fashion stylist. The grades students received during the fashion show will form part of their final grade. One of the students whose designs were featured at the show, Zahar Algain, said her collection was inspired by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. “Studying fashion has altered my perspective. I view fashion, in the same way that I view life; it’s a matter of balance and proportions. “My interest in avant-garde fashion has led me to believe in using creativity to solve difficult situations. Algain’s collection was meant to blur the line between art and fashion. “It is inspired by Frida Kahlo but with a fictional twist. “The story behind my collection is a daydream, a magical love story, an artwork; it is splattered with Frida’s colorful soul and spirit.” Following this women only event, Dar Al-Hekma is organizing a one-day fashion design exhibition on Tuesday, which is open to all. The event starts from 7 p.m.Read more here:www.marieaustralia.com/formal-dresses-adelaide | www.marieaustralia.com/long-formal-dresses
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Georgiana Seymour,             Duchess of Somerset crowned _'Queen of Beauty'_ at the 1839 Eglinton Tournament,    the first known                         beauty pageant; W European festivals dating to the medieval era provide the most direct lineage for beauty pageants. For example, English May Day celebrations always involved the selection of a May Queen. In the United States, the May Day tradition of selecting a woman to serve as a symbol of bounty and community ideals continued, as young beautiful women participated in public celebrations; such as the beauty pageant held during the Eglinton Tournament of 1839, organized by Archibald Montgomerie,           13th Earl of Eglinton, as part of a re-enactment of a medieval joust that was held in Scotland;                                the pageant was won by Georgiana Seymour,                                   Duchess of Somerset, wife of Edward Seymour,                             12th Duke of Somerset, and sister of Caroline Norton;                 Georgiana proclaimed _"Queen of Beauty"_; Entrepreneur Phineas Taylor Barnum staged the first modern American pageant in 1854,           his beauty contest closed down after public protest; However beauty contests became popular in the 1880s;     In 1888 the title of _'beauty queen'_ was awarded to an 18-year-old Creole contestant at a pageant in Spa, Belgium. All participants had to supply a photograph & a short description of themselves to be eligible to enter; a final selection of 21 judged by a formal panel. Such events were not regarded as respectable; But beauty contests came to be considered more respectable with the first modern _"Miss America"_            contest held in 1921; Still the oldest pageant in operation,   the Miss America pageant was organized in 1921 by a local businessman as a means to entice tourists to Atlantic City, New Jersey; The pageant hosted the winners of local             newspaper beauty contests in the _Inter-City Beauty Contest_ & was attended     by over one hundred thousand people; _Sixteen-year-old Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C. was crowned Miss America 1921, having won both the popularity and beauty contests, and was awarded $100_
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Sep 1, 2018
Sep 1, 2018 at 10:04 AM UTC
Queens of Beauty
Georgiana Seymour,             Duchess of Somerset crowned _'Queen of Beauty'_ at the 1839 Eglinton Tournament,    the first known                         beauty pageant; W European festivals dating to the medieval era provide the most direct lineage for beauty pageants. For example, English May Day celebrations always involved the selection of a May Queen. In the United States, the May Day tradition of selecting a woman to serve as a symbol of bounty and community ideals continued, as young beautiful women participated in public celebrations; such as the beauty pageant held during the Eglinton Tournament of 1839, organized by Archibald Montgomerie,           13th Earl of Eglinton, as part of a re-enactment of a medieval joust that was held in Scotland;                                the pageant was won by Georgiana Seymour,                                   Duchess of Somerset, wife of Edward Seymour,                             12th Duke of Somerset, and sister of Caroline Norton;                 Georgiana proclaimed _"Queen of Beauty"_; Entrepreneur Phineas Taylor Barnum staged the first modern American pageant in 1854,           his beauty contest closed down after public protest; However beauty contests became popular in the 1880s;     In 1888 the title of _'beauty queen'_ was awarded to an 18-year-old Creole contestant at a pageant in Spa, Belgium. All participants had to supply a photograph & a short description of themselves to be eligible to enter; a final selection of 21 judged by a formal panel. Such events were not regarded as respectable; But beauty contests came to be considered more respectable with the first modern _"Miss America"_            contest held in 1921; Still the oldest pageant in operation,   the Miss America pageant was organized in 1921 by a local businessman as a means to entice tourists to Atlantic City, New Jersey; The pageant hosted the winners of local             newspaper beauty contests in the _Inter-City Beauty Contest_ & was attended     by over one hundred thousand people; _Sixteen-year-old Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C. was crowned Miss America 1921, having won both the popularity and beauty contests, and was awarded $100_
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The Frog and The Bee and the Mouse with the House lived together in peace and harmony on the River Louse. One day the Mouse with the house did declare it was time that he moved out of there. The Frog and The Bee did not agree and set about convincing the Mouse with the House that he needed to stay on the River Louse. They sent out invitations to all around to attend tea at half past three. The tea party was in honour of the Mouse with the house to be held on the banks of the River Louse and hosted by his dear friends The Frog and The Bee. One by one each creature replied and the guest list rose quickly to Twenty Five. The Frog and The Bee decided the tea would be civil indeed and The Frog made some scones and The Bee made some honey. At half past one The Frog and The Bee set up some tables to lay out the tea. At half past two the tables were laid with the scones from The Frog and The honey The Bee had made. The scene did look grand, pots of tea and saucers of milk all laid on a tablecloth made of silk. At half past three the guests started to arrive. The first of the guests to arrive were The Elf with one ear and The Fly with one eye. The Mouse was delighted to see his friends, the ones who helped get Horse around the river bend. Next came the Horse and his Master of course to thank the Mouse with the House on the River Louse for his friendship and help on the day that the Horse could not get around the river bend and the Mouse with the House, The Elf with one ear, The Fly with one eye, The Frog and The Bee all pulled together and worked merrily to assist the Horse round the river course. One by one others did attend, there was a duck who lost his cluck but the Mouse with the House helped him every day until he could at last say "cluck cluck" Next came a ****** who had forgotten how to weave but the Mouse with the House lay out the sticks until the Beavers memory began to tick and the ****** remembered how to weave. Then came a beautiful Butterfly with bright red wings.  She told the Frog and The Bee that one day the Mouse had found her crying and sighing her wings had faded and she did not look grand a thing of beauty.  The Mouse ran back to his House and in his shed found a can that had Paint in Red on the side.  He took a brush and painted her wings and now the Butterfly all shiny and bright flapped her wings with all her might. Last but not least the Mayor arrived with his glorious wife by his side. Mayor and Mayoress Swan did agree that the Mouse with the House should not leave his friends of  The River Louse and they would indeed miss him dearly if he relocated his house. The Mouse smiled embarrassingly and said "I am sorry he did declare, there's been a mix up, when I said" I must get out of there" it was only to the shops I intended to go but The Frog and The Bee moved too fast or I moved to slow" The Frog and The Bee and all the guests were all delighted with the news and brought in some music supplied by "Five in a Pen" which of course were all mother Hens and they danced all night until the Moon went in and the Sun came out. Then the Frog and The Bee said to their friend the Mouse "let's do this again next year, and Mouse can bake cake for the tea, our friends can attend and we'll dance all night to Five in a Pen and we'll eat scones and honey and cake too and we'll do this in honour of all our friends and those who live and work on the River bend" THE END
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Jan 15, 2018
Jan 15, 2018 at 5:08 AM UTC
The Party on the River Louse
The Frog and The Bee and the Mouse with the House lived together in peace and harmony on the River Louse. One day the Mouse with the house did declare it was time that he moved out of there. The Frog and The Bee did not agree and set about convincing the Mouse with the House that he needed to stay on the River Louse. They sent out invitations to all around to attend tea at half past three. The tea party was in honour of the Mouse with the house to be held on the banks of the River Louse and hosted by his dear friends The Frog and The Bee. One by one each creature replied and the guest list rose quickly to Twenty Five. The Frog and The Bee decided the tea would be civil indeed and The Frog made some scones and The Bee made some honey. At half past one The Frog and The Bee set up some tables to lay out the tea. At half past two the tables were laid with the scones from The Frog and The honey The Bee had made. The scene did look grand, pots of tea and saucers of milk all laid on a tablecloth made of silk. At half past three the guests started to arrive. The first of the guests to arrive were The Elf with one ear and The Fly with one eye. The Mouse was delighted to see his friends, the ones who helped get Horse around the river bend. Next came the Horse and his Master of course to thank the Mouse with the House on the River Louse for his friendship and help on the day that the Horse could not get around the river bend and the Mouse with the House, The Elf with one ear, The Fly with one eye, The Frog and The Bee all pulled together and worked merrily to assist the Horse round the river course. One by one others did attend, there was a duck who lost his cluck but the Mouse with the House helped him every day until he could at last say "cluck cluck" Next came a ****** who had forgotten how to weave but the Mouse with the House lay out the sticks until the Beavers memory began to tick and the ****** remembered how to weave. Then came a beautiful Butterfly with bright red wings.  She told the Frog and The Bee that one day the Mouse had found her crying and sighing her wings had faded and she did not look grand a thing of beauty.  The Mouse ran back to his House and in his shed found a can that had Paint in Red on the side.  He took a brush and painted her wings and now the Butterfly all shiny and bright flapped her wings with all her might. Last but not least the Mayor arrived with his glorious wife by his side. Mayor and Mayoress Swan did agree that the Mouse with the House should not leave his friends of  The River Louse and they would indeed miss him dearly if he relocated his house. The Mouse smiled embarrassingly and said "I am sorry he did declare, there's been a mix up, when I said" I must get out of there" it was only to the shops I intended to go but The Frog and The Bee moved too fast or I moved to slow" The Frog and The Bee and all the guests were all delighted with the news and brought in some music supplied by "Five in a Pen" which of course were all mother Hens and they danced all night until the Moon went in and the Sun came out. Then the Frog and The Bee said to their friend the Mouse "let's do this again next year, and Mouse can bake cake for the tea, our friends can attend and we'll dance all night to Five in a Pen and we'll eat scones and honey and cake too and we'll do this in honour of all our friends and those who live and work on the River bend" THE END
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I didn't think anything of the ringing in my ears until you told me that silence shouldn't be so loud You had that same problem. Too many concerts that were far too loud Too many nights driving with the windows down Blasting our favorite songs and screaming our hearts out I wouldn't take a single second back given the chance And I'd hope for the same of you. I think of you whenever it rains because you loved it so much As did I. I think of sitting in your car while the raindrops on the window shone onto my thigh That's when I learned to find beauty in the smallest of things Like the way your laugh was rough and sweet And how your eyes glimmered when they met mine. The other day there was a firefly outside of my bedroom window I had been crying over the empty feeling that tends to settle in my chest when I am alone And when I saw its tiny flickering on my windowsill I managed a smile. Because I thought of the day we met And how the cranberry bog hosted as many as I had ever seen in one place You walked behind as I chased them in my bright yellow shoes And you held me as I sobbed over their tiny significance. When I can feel past unwelcome hands on my skin and in my bones I think of the night you saw me scared shitless, sobbing next to you in bed I covered my mouth to muffle the sound of my fear as hot tears fell onto my cheeks. You held my shaking palm in your own And then held me in your arms, which I have grown accustomed to call my home. If I had one wish, it would be to posses the ability to evoke the feeling of your arms around me at will. When you'd ask if I have ever been in love I'd find myself lost Because in all of the past relationships I've taken part in I have never felt nearly as happy and alive as I did when you were by my side. So I guess, though current, The answer to your question Is yes.
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Aug 14, 2018
Aug 14, 2018 at 6:52 PM UTC
the time that you hold
I didn't think anything of the ringing in my ears until you told me that silence shouldn't be so loud You had that same problem. Too many concerts that were far too loud Too many nights driving with the windows down Blasting our favorite songs and screaming our hearts out I wouldn't take a single second back given the chance And I'd hope for the same of you. I think of you whenever it rains because you loved it so much As did I. I think of sitting in your car while the raindrops on the window shone onto my thigh That's when I learned to find beauty in the smallest of things Like the way your laugh was rough and sweet And how your eyes glimmered when they met mine. The other day there was a firefly outside of my bedroom window I had been crying over the empty feeling that tends to settle in my chest when I am alone And when I saw its tiny flickering on my windowsill I managed a smile. Because I thought of the day we met And how the cranberry bog hosted as many as I had ever seen in one place You walked behind as I chased them in my bright yellow shoes And you held me as I sobbed over their tiny significance. When I can feel past unwelcome hands on my skin and in my bones I think of the night you saw me scared shitless, sobbing next to you in bed I covered my mouth to muffle the sound of my fear as hot tears fell onto my cheeks. You held my shaking palm in your own And then held me in your arms, which I have grown accustomed to call my home. If I had one wish, it would be to posses the ability to evoke the feeling of your arms around me at will. When you'd ask if I have ever been in love I'd find myself lost Because in all of the past relationships I've taken part in I have never felt nearly as happy and alive as I did when you were by my side. So I guess, though current, The answer to your question Is yes.
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The high priestess issued a religious order against us both, We were punished for being dearly in love with each other, They apprehended and executed the two of us lovers mercilessly. Our heads dropped down to the floor in a pool of blood, The bodies of ours tossed about so very much agonizingly, For my heart heard our connecting string break into two pieces. I was made to watch as the axe was felled on your neck, What I failed to do for all my lifetime with you was happening, Tears were jerking down my cheeks relentlessly refusing to stop. I felt that I saw your soul taking-off from the body, She appeared smiling and beckoning my soul too, Soon my head was severed from my body too. My soul joined yours and then on we are hosted by the temple, Now they have started worshipping love in our form & face, Fabled is our story of love & entirely unknown to all of them, Our souls still brew the hot coffee of love behind those altars.
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Apr 2, 2014
Apr 2, 2014 at 2:20 AM UTC
Hot Coffee Of Love Behind Those Altars
I've been kicking round here for nearly twenty years I'm a singer no one's heard of I play for smoke and beers I'm an overnight sensation I'll make you smile or bring tears I've been kicking round here For nearly twenty years Right now I'm playing at a place On cinder blocks and wood It's not the worst stage that I've played In fact, it is quite good The crowd is small, the beer is cold But, it's the best bar in the hood I'm playing for my beer and smokes On cinder blocks and wood The music is my heartbeat The people are my muse I play because I love to **** man...I've paid my dues I'm an overnight sensation Playing what you want to hear I've been playing for the people For near on twenty years The crowd looks up, some clap a bit Most live above the bar At least if they don't like the show They don't have to go too far It's just me up here, alone and bare Taking tips in an old jar I play mainly for my beer and smokes For the folks above the bar I've never made the big time play I hit the road but not for long I write my stuff, but cover most Because in truth, my life's a song I sing old stuff more than glammed up tunes To sell out, to me is wrong If I'm not here, I won't be far I hit the road, but not for long The music is my heartbeat The people are my muse I play because I love to **** man...I've paid my dues I'm an overnight sensation Playing what you want to hear I've been playing for the people For near on twenty years I know I am a dinosaur I sing songs that drip with age Most bars I play once hosted folks Who sang these tunes upon their stage But, now, it's me and empty chairs Beer and smokes make up my wage I know I am a dinosaur Singing songs that drip with age I sing County Western Not 'bout beer, and girls in shorts I sing about the country Of heartache, not of sports I show you what's beneath the crust Without makeup, and with warts I sing Country Western Not 'bout beer, and girls in shorts The music is my heartbeat The people are my muse I play because I love to **** man...I've paid my dues I'm an overnight sensation Playing what you want to hear I've been playing for the people For near on twenty years
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Jul 9, 2014
Jul 9, 2014 at 11:53 PM UTC
Overnight Sensation
I've been kicking round here for nearly twenty years I'm a singer no one's heard of I play for smoke and beers I'm an overnight sensation I'll make you smile or bring tears I've been kicking round here For nearly twenty years Right now I'm playing at a place On cinder blocks and wood It's not the worst stage that I've played In fact, it is quite good The crowd is small, the beer is cold But, it's the best bar in the hood I'm playing for my beer and smokes On cinder blocks and wood The music is my heartbeat The people are my muse I play because I love to **** man...I've paid my dues I'm an overnight sensation Playing what you want to hear I've been playing for the people For near on twenty years The crowd looks up, some clap a bit Most live above the bar At least if they don't like the show They don't have to go too far It's just me up here, alone and bare Taking tips in an old jar I play mainly for my beer and smokes For the folks above the bar I've never made the big time play I hit the road but not for long I write my stuff, but cover most Because in truth, my life's a song I sing old stuff more than glammed up tunes To sell out, to me is wrong If I'm not here, I won't be far I hit the road, but not for long The music is my heartbeat The people are my muse I play because I love to **** man...I've paid my dues I'm an overnight sensation Playing what you want to hear I've been playing for the people For near on twenty years I know I am a dinosaur I sing songs that drip with age Most bars I play once hosted folks Who sang these tunes upon their stage But, now, it's me and empty chairs Beer and smokes make up my wage I know I am a dinosaur Singing songs that drip with age I sing County Western Not 'bout beer, and girls in shorts I sing about the country Of heartache, not of sports I show you what's beneath the crust Without makeup, and with warts I sing Country Western Not 'bout beer, and girls in shorts The music is my heartbeat The people are my muse I play because I love to **** man...I've paid my dues I'm an overnight sensation Playing what you want to hear I've been playing for the people For near on twenty years
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Eleanor P. Carney sat with her legs folded, Casually reading a catalogue As she waited. Her mind drifted Effortlessly away from Joe until: "Come this way"  said a voice dimmed, In light of the current situation. The click of Ellie's t-strap heels Turned the heads of many Beauty parlor goers, as she Was lead to a back door. A *** of boiling water hosted Sharp things for slaughter. "Now, I have to ask, On account of virtue, Do you really want to do this?" The beauty practitioner who Practiced more than beauty, stood in The corner, tying an apron around her thin waist. Eleanor P. Carney shook  her head, And sat down on the Cold counter knowing that She would not regret this. Ruth L. ****** struggled everyday To find new ways to disgust herself, But the lack Ms.Carney's Shame and guilt would Do just fine for today.
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Feb 17, 2013
Feb 17, 2013 at 5:57 PM UTC
The Adventures of Eleanor P. Carney
If my heart could fly, I’d break it’s wings, Flee any hurt, specifically the ones caused by me. I’d use it so much, it’d begin to destruct, familiar irony of my existence, and in place for its absence, I’ll leave behind a fragile piece of mine essence If my heart could fly, I’d never let myself belong to another not again… not again will I trust, I will never trust that you wanted me here, our love unconditional, a mere fantasy, over-looped and overplayed, my welcome,over-stayed. your world was never supposed to be a hotel staff, that hosted my stay you made it very clear, my ticket of reckon is uninspired letting me know it’s time, time that i left your humble empire. I never expected your love for me would spoil, a car neglected, i never changed the oil, fixed the flat on the tire, so on this love i’ll fly and retire. never again will I trust. I’ll flap my wings and leave the next, so quick like i taught myself that’s right steady and fast, never looking back, foot on gas. anything in my grips seems to fly anyway, it never lasts. I’d break it’s wings before it left me, and keep it in my arsenal, for days my propellers lose fuel, If my heart could fly , I’d give a better reputation to the foolish mule.
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Nov 15, 2017
Nov 15, 2017 at 11:21 PM UTC
The Heart that could fly
How cool I was with undercut pretending then Mohawk playing rugby pretending brunching with fab hipsters pretending enjoying arcane debates about particle physics pretending and social justice pretending loving tall beautiful black boy pretending and playing Tetris til dawn or napping on the couch pretending in fashionable Old City coworking space pretending cuddled alone as rain struck clear panes windowed walls facade pretending that was my life once, author in a zine pretending, cheese day denizen pretending amid all that a sprawling vacuum of identity pretending and isolation pretending despite lunching with a priest I met pretending online or long, meandering walks to the park pretending with Mr. Wiggles and biking up Passyunk pretending through the market that smelled of live chickens and grease bemoaning my loneliness pretending at row-house holiday parties hosted by midlife fairies & queers pretending with dreams with drugs pretending alcohol *** and roof deck skyline views pretending pop up gardens live music filling midsummer streets pretending same streets filled with seasonal dirt artisanal water pretending bottle cap eyes cigarette **** nose garbage mouth snowman melting away pretending going the way of brotherly love. How cool I was inhabiting my urban life pretending I was there.
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Mar 29, 2018
Mar 29, 2018 at 6:16 AM UTC
Pretending
I watched my very own Charles Bukowski eat a tangerine outside of   the arthouse   where we were reading. His name is not really Bukowski, but he has told tales in the same   vein as the Laureate of Drunkards for longer than I have been alive. I have listened to that same back alley patois, and barroom wisdom for long enough that I feel a certain level   of comfort in calling the old gizzard   this municipality's own   Charles Bukowski. The grizzled old poet   is telling wanton tales   of love and honeydew. He goes on and on, recounting the times   that he's drunk   strong potato liquor with Bengal tigers   in the backseats   of roaring taxis on his way to parties   hosted by zebras and   gazelles. We each light a cigarette, pausing to smoke for a while. Seeking to continue   the conversation with   my salty comrade,   yet knowing my own   stories cannot compete, I surge onward nonetheless. His interruptions jam my   traffic before I can even make   it onto the onramp of his   particular, peculiar highway. His mouth is already working, though his tangerine consumed. He's chewing his next story into digestible, deliverable bits. And, now he's chewing the rind. His mouth, his words, his life, and my own for all of it, is full of   zest. *** -JBClaywell ©P&ZPublications 2017
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Dec 3, 2017
Dec 3, 2017 at 7:52 PM UTC
Chewing The Rind
pleasant-to-be duney minded    sediments of mood-blooming    yet to calcify          light wind and arbor    harbour from record heats          meat fed steaming sun    looming life    bawling upon the venue    hosted with joshing glee    but experimenting with confused bratty states          mottled and strobed    in the brushed shade          for now    a stood peace
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Aug 25, 2022
Aug 25, 2022 at 7:39 AM UTC
Parasol
Money was nothing to me until I fell in love I whispered to heaven seeking the most high above To send me the portion of my life's blessing Now is the time I need it to express my love feelings I can't wait to possess my wealth and treasure To ease my way to the lifestyle of pleasure Because love will not stay with a man empty handed And unfortunate for me the heavens are undecided Resolving to other means that is bad I transformed my being to a desperate lad My deeds paid off as I live in my prime Only for love's seek I committed my first crime I went unpunished and enjoyed every moment Lavish at any joint all I got from my endowment Just to impress and win her total submission For more she requested I gave without option I got an odd job to keep our lovely affair Right under my nose she was having an affair Poor in her abode, love hosted me like a tout Trapped under an oath there was no way out I played along like everything is normal Advisers encourage me to make love and I formal Since I can afford to provide bread without butter I fixed a wedding date to take her to the alter I got married to love with a borrowed suit and tie In my marriage vows, they told me Romeo must die Shock with this verdict I inquired what will be of juliet Before I could get an answer I was hit with a bullet My heart bleed, I prayed for God's surviving grace But millions are willing ready to take my place So I gave up the ghost not to be a love slave As my heart was led to rest in a players grave.
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Jul 20, 2013
Jul 20, 2013 at 5:05 AM UTC
I RIDICULE LOVE
Money was nothing to me until I fell in love I whispered to heaven seeking the most high above To send me the portion of my life's blessing Now is the time I need it to express my love feelings I can't wait to possess my wealth and treasure To ease my way to the lifestyle of pleasure Because love will not stay with a man empty handed And unfortunate for me the heavens are undecided Resolving to other means that is bad I transformed my being to a desperate lad My deeds paid off as I live in my prime Only for love's seek I committed my first crime I went unpunished and enjoyed every moment Lavish at any joint all I got from my endowment Just to impress and win her total submission For more she requested I gave without option I got an odd job to keep our lovely affair Right under my nose she was having an affair Poor in her abode, love hosted me like a tout Trapped under an oath there was no way out I played along like everything is normal Advisers encourage me to make love and I formal Since I can afford to provide bread without butter I fixed a wedding date to take her to the alter I got married to love with a borrowed suit and tie In my marriage vows, they told me Romeo must die Shock with this verdict I inquired what will be of juliet Before I could get an answer I was hit with a bullet My heart bleed, I prayed for God's surviving grace But millions are willing ready to take my place So I gave up the ghost not to be a love slave As my heart was led to rest in a players grave.
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It rained outside, Me sheltered beneath a bridge. I took a look around And saw a tree up on a ridge. It stood solely, solemn there, The tree itself already downed; Cut and brought away, At this thought I frowned. I let my eyes go on And raised them to the sky. Gray and dark and cold Looked at those clouds high. With tranquilizing drips Fell the heavy rain As if it would weep For that poor tree‘s pain. There were many of us Who sheltered ourselves there. The trunk all exposed outside, I thought it wasn‘t fair. It was a freezing day But I was, as always, not cold. I stood there, listening, To a bird that sung so deeply woed. It was narrow there, But if I had been alone, I would have stayed for an eternity Thinking of my beloved ones. This tree yonder, I thought, It must have hosted once birds that used to sing. Now it‘s gone, and the birds will be, one day, too. And that, I thought, is a sad thing.
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Apr 12, 2022
Apr 12, 2022 at 1:17 PM UTC
Birdsongs
There was none of your itsy-bitsy, teenie-weenie bikinis at a fashion show of vintage swimwear in aid of the Cleveland Pools. The costumes on show on the catwalk at Green Park Station were a much more modest affair, with a lot less flesh on view, and with some very interesting costumes which seemed to amuse the younger audience. The Vintage Swimwear fashion show celebrated the last 200 years of bathing suits – the pools celebrate their 200th birthday next year. Costumes from the last two centuries were modelled down the catwalk, with some interesting reactions from the audience, many of them design or fashion students from Bath Spa University. It was a great turnout according to Sally Helvey from the Cleveland Pools Trust. "We had a great night, and it really was great fun," she said. There was a bar and barbecue hosted by Green Park Brasserie, and ice cream from a vintage Humphry van. The audience also enjoyed a photography booth, and picture and video slideshows. The Cleveland Pools is the only surviving Georgian Lido in the country, with a beautiful outdoor pool nestling in the back woods by the River Avon near the Bathwick estate. But it is very derelict and will need millions spent on it before it can be re-opened again to the public. Last summer the trust received the welcome news the amenity is to be granted more than £4 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund, so plans are in place to have the pools restored and open for use again possibly as early as 2017. A lot more funding needs to be raised to try and match the funds given by the HLF, and the fashion show, organised by Bath Spa student Jenny Brown, was just one of many events being organised over the summer.Read more here:www.marieaustralia.com/formal-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/bridesmaid-dresses
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May 24, 2015
May 24, 2015 at 10:33 PM UTC
Fashion show at Green Park Station in Bath makes a big splash for Cleveland Pools
There was none of your itsy-bitsy, teenie-weenie bikinis at a fashion show of vintage swimwear in aid of the Cleveland Pools. The costumes on show on the catwalk at Green Park Station were a much more modest affair, with a lot less flesh on view, and with some very interesting costumes which seemed to amuse the younger audience. The Vintage Swimwear fashion show celebrated the last 200 years of bathing suits – the pools celebrate their 200th birthday next year. Costumes from the last two centuries were modelled down the catwalk, with some interesting reactions from the audience, many of them design or fashion students from Bath Spa University. It was a great turnout according to Sally Helvey from the Cleveland Pools Trust. "We had a great night, and it really was great fun," she said. There was a bar and barbecue hosted by Green Park Brasserie, and ice cream from a vintage Humphry van. The audience also enjoyed a photography booth, and picture and video slideshows. The Cleveland Pools is the only surviving Georgian Lido in the country, with a beautiful outdoor pool nestling in the back woods by the River Avon near the Bathwick estate. But it is very derelict and will need millions spent on it before it can be re-opened again to the public. Last summer the trust received the welcome news the amenity is to be granted more than £4 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund, so plans are in place to have the pools restored and open for use again possibly as early as 2017. A lot more funding needs to be raised to try and match the funds given by the HLF, and the fashion show, organised by Bath Spa student Jenny Brown, was just one of many events being organised over the summer.Read more here:www.marieaustralia.com/formal-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/bridesmaid-dresses
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The wet lichen and I sit upon the dew-slicked outcrop of boulder bits - both preternaturally verdure Each seeking solace in the space each seeking what we need from air Inclined to commune here, both 'til the sunrays fade- my companion soaking sun from without and I, I seek a subtler, silent inner light We two ourselves had thought perhaps to sitstill alone here And having found (of course, of course) a fellow sit-seeker here changed course (of course) and sat astride this same (but not for long, only for long) stone What'd've been an I (grumble,sigh) was now a we you see and I, as well was never only I but, rather I as I'd not yet known and my body and its songs The lichen too composed of two sat as seeming One but was as much a fibrous mesh of fungal strands sit-seeking along with its (not hosted but self-same self) algal (not plant, not animal; not either, not both) or cyanobacterial bits of cells and life material So together, apart and as much as One we looked down in late-October dawn into the pond (to see the sun's rise and blush) and each and both of us hoped then to find and feel our Light Then, through the rising warm mists, I sought the Sky - cloud-filled with cattails’ tufts and there at last (of course) through the irreal fog (annihilated obnubilation) I saw the fog and clouds as One We two, too were One.
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Oct 26, 2018
Oct 26, 2018 at 7:14 PM UTC
Commune-itty (Also and Or: One Over)
**I can feast again, reading aloud enjoying sounding hosted meanings encapsulated in every word, phrase, line, and stanza! I am here rich in the aromas and taste of poetry! Screaming for MORE of the same! I am a glutton spewing my greed! Spouting critique....** Where others might give a long mmmmmmmmm or worse dribble *- Well Written - thought provoking - very pretty - Nicely done* **Sadly, I could not dream up such delicacies or brew this heady wine, but can only burp and share it's scented flavours! Feasted full, resting in your shadow amongst a company of quiet images I ride for more on the morrow** .
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May 20, 2010
May 20, 2010 at 4:09 PM UTC
write your reaction
Time passes a thought To another, in a climbing sense of renderings... We see the call to unify, in a shy voice ought? Today was a marveling hour, we could marvel's ends... Bite me...with a resolve? They said the sour news is a welcome sunshine With pets and history to come at all... Of a younger moment to be quiet, for a composure of time... Hours as we know, a fixation on else Can be, the truth be found in a place of sin Was this imagined tongue, the saying of wealth Yet to be, the stir of justice of what is a craved wince... Of passion over a legend to become, our friends The tale we notice, and simplify by devoid and avoid Is but a loose remark of such to roll and imbue, the like we end As if the world knows any better: the fight of certainty's choice...?! Sly or slime? Tows of redoubt, between lovers or a heroism of dry finality's Sunny as we should note, is about the hour I am trying We see the traitor of commonness and pence, our humor is... A rushing eye, to know a catastrophe That is being a silent opportunity, to approach though And worth the implied key, we find in the future feat Of lying to the misses, when a game is for those we hosted, should first owe...?
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Jun 16, 2022
Jun 16, 2022 at 12:49 AM UTC
Aching And Faking, A Joke About Handshakes
Tonight is for reflection. Not the kind found in a mirror. Which of course I have none. Mores the pity. I would love to see how splendid I look in my new shirt with French lace and ruffles. Under my sapphire blue waist coat and buckskin riding breeches. All I can clearly see full of, would be my boots. The softest leather and a shine to see ones reflection in. Sigh, But not mine. Where was I.. Ah yes, I was waxing philosophical. One can never be too busy to better ones self. Thus my new clothes. Let's see...reflection. While looking back upon my long lived life as the Prince Of Darkness. I realize, I have been selfish. Not once have I invited others to my humble home. Not once have I hosted a party. Not once have I allowed others to witness my grandeur. Tonight, I vow to remedy that. I will have a party. One to outdo all the others which I have had the privilege to crash. Hmm. Perhaps I should start a bit smaller. A dinner party! For the intimates of intimates. Let me see. Who to invite? Reginald Wadsworth! He's a jolly chap. No. He was a late night snack a few days ago. Hortense Mayweather! She is always in good humor and a fair conversationalist. No. She had the misfortune of crossing my path last month while I was woozy from battle blood loss. A fight with a tresspasser left me a bit worse for wear. But Hortence fixed me right up. I've got it! General Clayston! He makes for such a fun curmudgeon. Oh, He died of old age. Hmm........ Oh look! The Carlstayton's are hosting a party tonight. Looks like I will be dining out. ~Lord Kellington
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Oct 22, 2010
Oct 22, 2010 at 7:07 PM UTC
The Diary Of Lord Kellington (9)
Tonight is for reflection. Not the kind found in a mirror. Which of course I have none. Mores the pity. I would love to see how splendid I look in my new shirt with French lace and ruffles. Under my sapphire blue waist coat and buckskin riding breeches. All I can clearly see full of, would be my boots. The softest leather and a shine to see ones reflection in. Sigh, But not mine. Where was I.. Ah yes, I was waxing philosophical. One can never be too busy to better ones self. Thus my new clothes. Let's see...reflection. While looking back upon my long lived life as the Prince Of Darkness. I realize, I have been selfish. Not once have I invited others to my humble home. Not once have I hosted a party. Not once have I allowed others to witness my grandeur. Tonight, I vow to remedy that. I will have a party. One to outdo all the others which I have had the privilege to crash. Hmm. Perhaps I should start a bit smaller. A dinner party! For the intimates of intimates. Let me see. Who to invite? Reginald Wadsworth! He's a jolly chap. No. He was a late night snack a few days ago. Hortense Mayweather! She is always in good humor and a fair conversationalist. No. She had the misfortune of crossing my path last month while I was woozy from battle blood loss. A fight with a tresspasser left me a bit worse for wear. But Hortence fixed me right up. I've got it! General Clayston! He makes for such a fun curmudgeon. Oh, He died of old age. Hmm........ Oh look! The Carlstayton's are hosting a party tonight. Looks like I will be dining out. ~Lord Kellington
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Check the twenty-twenty fission Adam splittin' Eden vision Bustin' caps in gas emissions Spittin' written ammunition For the first-world problem chillen' Droppin' free speech bomb sedition On the third-world problem villain Grand old wizards' ku klux gizzards All white **** meat chicken dinners Suckin' Christian dictions' Hissin' contests over spoils House of Slyth'rins witherin' The shale-shock sowing soil With Satan seeds of ignorance Still thirsting for indifference From money hungry London royal Global warming blizzards As they're bleeding dry the rivers Into liquidating oil Treasure buried with a shovel In oases brought to boil Nine eleven popped the bubble But with Jesus in the building Turning metal into rubble Smelting graces into gilding From the melting *** he's spilling Into off-shore power drilling Making killings on the rigging As Mohammed was displayed As a scary, bearded, brown-skin man Through tricks of terrorism's trade And God's right sleights of winning hand Pulled rabbits from Fatah's grenade And cooked 'em in Afghanistan For PTSD noise parades And hot dog chugs for Uncle Sam To waste the land, supply demand For ol' Osama's unmarked grave Obama hosted-masquerade White-washing New World fear campaign Them masks of patriotic acts In place as they removed Hussein Disguised the ethnic cleanse crusade With bush league mass destruction claims When the caliphate they made Went Khomeini on Iran A stand against the David camp Shelling bibles to qurans So the shah's Allah mirage Put the profits in the pockets Of the prophet's arbitrage Camouflage the Green Zone spans With pyramids of Reaganomics Tricklin' into sovereign sands Long before heathen jihadists Flew their kamikaze plans Into Trump towers' blacklist fists Of modern warfare contra bans
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Mar 18, 2017
Mar 18, 2017 at 12:25 PM UTC
Halliburton
Check the twenty-twenty fission Adam splittin' Eden vision Bustin' caps in gas emissions Spittin' written ammunition For the first-world problem chillen' Droppin' free speech bomb sedition On the third-world problem villain Grand old wizards' ku klux gizzards All white **** meat chicken dinners Suckin' Christian dictions' Hissin' contests over spoils House of Slyth'rins witherin' The shale-shock sowing soil With Satan seeds of ignorance Still thirsting for indifference From money hungry London royal Global warming blizzards As they're bleeding dry the rivers Into liquidating oil Treasure buried with a shovel In oases brought to boil Nine eleven popped the bubble But with Jesus in the building Turning metal into rubble Smelting graces into gilding From the melting *** he's spilling Into off-shore power drilling Making killings on the rigging As Mohammed was displayed As a scary, bearded, brown-skin man Through tricks of terrorism's trade And God's right sleights of winning hand Pulled rabbits from Fatah's grenade And cooked 'em in Afghanistan For PTSD noise parades And hot dog chugs for Uncle Sam To waste the land, supply demand For ol' Osama's unmarked grave Obama hosted-masquerade White-washing New World fear campaign Them masks of patriotic acts In place as they removed Hussein Disguised the ethnic cleanse crusade With bush league mass destruction claims When the caliphate they made Went Khomeini on Iran A stand against the David camp Shelling bibles to qurans So the shah's Allah mirage Put the profits in the pockets Of the prophet's arbitrage Camouflage the Green Zone spans With pyramids of Reaganomics Tricklin' into sovereign sands Long before heathen jihadists Flew their kamikaze plans Into Trump towers' blacklist fists Of modern warfare contra bans
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