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"inducing" poems
Warm laundry gives me the fuzzies, makes my hands grasp majestic purple soaps to cleanse away the ***** wails compacted under fingernails A selection of smell good things lotions accompanied by fuzzy things to rub away and radiate the aura of calm, balance, and tranquility Lavender is condusive to many different uses, inhaling the graces of herbal essence, soothing said coolings inducing mood peelings of layers of grime a skin liberative—figuratively speaking Flowers of passion brew thoughts into actions silent buds permeating scents so invigoratingly innocent
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Feb 20, 2015
Feb 20, 2015 at 9:03 PM UTC
Word Association: Lavender
this table in the shade these commune hippies in the river I wrote a poem in my sleep I looked at the mountains and thought rain staccato metronome irrigation and caps melting but enough of this nature let’s go back to the concrete mouth where we walk through the city full of cake bloated like balloons but rolling because cake doesn’t make you float no cake only makes you fat the conversation turns to the stench there’s something dying in the air we leave and roll joints spot magnums on tree branches and think only monkeys **** in trees and we would never want to see monkey *** and ****** no we’d never try it and the homeless man next to us puts his spoon away but god why do we sleep when we just wake up? why do we sleep to dream such ******** things where celebrities feed us salami in back alleyways and we see our mother pooping on world maps? time rips of lyrical grass conductive smile soap bubbles these beautiful dreamtime mornings spent thinking of you in playhouse mountains like a child you smile like a friend I offer you my hand and we walk to the white together bill withers is there he is singing in his yellow turtleneck
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May 27, 2016
May 27, 2016 at 11:44 AM UTC
inducing sleep
Prolog: Foreplay opens with an aphrodisiac dubbed the mind caressing private chambers with passion, over time words stimulating nerve-endings for the ideal tease like the skin dripping of honey from the nectar of bees exploiting the fragrances of scented oils and balms or maybe vib’ing lyrics inducing a seductive calm compelling forces bombard the intellectual’s sanity as the proximity of the blackhole distorts humanity Love’s Play: Costars entwine heated bodies for love’s embrace as moments become endless as vectors of subspace sporadic movements take the form of blissful spasms while the players combine to mold a single plasm ringing chimes fulfill the awareness with sensations too diverse to classify for logical deliberations yet finally, the mountaintop of cliffs can be reached where there is no retreat and no return from its breach Epilog: Aftermath closes basking from the physical exertion as two kindred spirits epitomize timeless insertion gazing deeply into the abyss of the partner’s soul only to find comfort and compassion ruling the role can this be the earthly heaven that one truly beholds written in the historic words as the heavens foretold feelings ignite once again burning deeply within opening yet another intriguing act, one must attend.
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Feb 9, 2017
Feb 9, 2017 at 10:06 AM UTC
Love’s Play
There is a harsh beauty in mathematics. Under curves and over slopes, Equations rise and fall endlessly In a perfectly measured void. Optimized, rationalized, sterilized; Formulas that never lie, Theorems looming before us Like an archaic God, A golden deity whose Volume is maximized. How I dream of drifting in this flux, Concave up and concave down, Riding the sign of my second derivative For positive and negative, For better and worse. I would not travel alone; With C by my side, Friend, ally, brother, Always paired with my antiderivative, For whenever we journey back Into the past, it is necessary To have a companion to pull us out again In case we are unsure of where we started. Rules and laws Strict organization, control; There is a harsh beauty in mathematics. Order; two plus two is always four. Sines and cosines and theta All dancing in the unit circle of life, A conga line that joins itself To form a mathematical ouroboros. But the harshest of the harsh beauties Presented in this Divine Subject Is that though there is an infinite capacity For positivity and growth, So too is there the possibility of stretching Endlessly towards negativity forever. However, it is much more terrifying To lie in the middle; To be undefined, unknowable, and to add Or subtract to no effect; The most fear inducing, mysterious, and gorgeous number Of zero; nothing yet something, Infinite yet not, The most grand of all contradictions. A hole; a jump; a discontinuity, Easily removed from life and smoothed out If you just apply the formulas. Graphs and coordinates, integers and ordered pairs, Is that not what life is? We live within the grandest equation, Each our own variable, Constantly solving for ourselves With the harsh beauties of mathematics.
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Jun 2, 2013
Jun 2, 2013 at 10:27 PM UTC
Calculus
There is a harsh beauty in mathematics. Under curves and over slopes, Equations rise and fall endlessly In a perfectly measured void. Optimized, rationalized, sterilized; Formulas that never lie, Theorems looming before us Like an archaic God, A golden deity whose Volume is maximized. How I dream of drifting in this flux, Concave up and concave down, Riding the sign of my second derivative For positive and negative, For better and worse. I would not travel alone; With C by my side, Friend, ally, brother, Always paired with my antiderivative, For whenever we journey back Into the past, it is necessary To have a companion to pull us out again In case we are unsure of where we started. Rules and laws Strict organization, control; There is a harsh beauty in mathematics. Order; two plus two is always four. Sines and cosines and theta All dancing in the unit circle of life, A conga line that joins itself To form a mathematical ouroboros. But the harshest of the harsh beauties Presented in this Divine Subject Is that though there is an infinite capacity For positivity and growth, So too is there the possibility of stretching Endlessly towards negativity forever. However, it is much more terrifying To lie in the middle; To be undefined, unknowable, and to add Or subtract to no effect; The most fear inducing, mysterious, and gorgeous number Of zero; nothing yet something, Infinite yet not, The most grand of all contradictions. A hole; a jump; a discontinuity, Easily removed from life and smoothed out If you just apply the formulas. Graphs and coordinates, integers and ordered pairs, Is that not what life is? We live within the grandest equation, Each our own variable, Constantly solving for ourselves With the harsh beauties of mathematics.
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Stand close to me I want to remember us right here right now in that dress you’re wearing in this light or with a filter ya, probably with a filter we will immortalize this moment in digital eternity put ourselves in the back pockets of all our friends let them see us we will become stars tonight and though the skies are full these days of lite-brite impersonations I’m certain we will burn into forevers I haven’t really noticed where we are let the world fit itself into the top two corners of our rectangular existence like it matters anyway I need to remember us tomorrow you won’t be here we won’t be here wherever here happens to be tomorrow I will hear myself again with those lonely songs and cold hands of an all-too-present reality I need you to stand close to me if I look back and see the world in between us it will look too much like the truth I’m avoiding tomorrow I will need to convince myself I’m living and this will be my arm-length testament there was a time and a place when we were smiling pushed close together behind nostalgia inducing filters if we can look convincing tonight dress ourselves in starlight block out the world behind us maybe tomorrow I’ll believe it shout your picture into my hollows before the lonesome deepens I need you in my back pocket for those days my lonely soul gets wordy
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Apr 8, 2014
Apr 8, 2014 at 12:53 AM UTC
7 of 30 - Selfie
Clicketyclick — sickly screens, shooting sixty picture-frames per second Tickety ticktock, rapid-fire photon cannons, ripping holes through our faces rectangles, riddled with anxiety ridden read scripts the resultant retinal scarring Wicketywicked, weary eyes, dripping with serrated pixels triple dotted, typing-awareness indicators create silly suspenses, inducing temporal dramas, emotional micro-traumas every second a slice through my, now practically nonexistent, patience Am I a server, or am I a servant? Eyes, sunken, with withered skin I'm waiting for my fix Ding-ding Bloop! Pinggg Here comes the dopamine! — —Clicketyclick
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Oct 23, 2014
Oct 23, 2014 at 12:47 PM UTC
Dystopian Screengazing
In the mixing bowl thou hast perfected praise. Conforming to your mould, your flaky crust begins to rise. Steamy and buttery out of the oven, you make my life chill, when the morsel of butter enters the     blueberry canyon to have its fill Chemically inducing nirvana, a world in the eye of God, blueberry bursts of epic epicness down my throat you trod. In my stomach you swim, my friend. "It is not good for muffin to be alone," pop goes the cherry muffin to join you, and in swims a blueberry clone. Nom nom nom.
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Mar 24, 2014
Mar 24, 2014 at 5:54 PM UTC
Ode to Blueberry Muffin
She hates that she is a woman The putrefying weakness perceived in the curves of her body The naivete shown in her blues With the unintentional flutter of butterfly lashes That refuse to meet the glances of those that pass by The fear-- Of what? That stereotypes are true? She doesn't even know And it sickens her. She sickens herself. She hates that she is white The blandest vanilla The marble statue Somehow revered Worshiped Privileged But simultaneously overlooked Boring Unimportant The Caucasian mongrel In light of the fact that her People Have no proud history Which she can name herself heir to She hates that she is middle class Not poor enough to struggle Not rich enough to be free Just situated dully in the middle A footnote in the statistic That they tell her she must use To identify herself She hates that her belief system Has to be called by a name That she has to choose To be a part of a group As part of her "identity" And she is not allowed To stand by her own integrity She hates that she is American The pudgy, loud-mouthed, laterally-speaking nation The brashly jumps into conflict Guns blazing As its political system decays In the stench of its overwhelming debt and corruption But in truth She hates That they force her To whittle her essence down Into Gender, Race, Class, Religion, and Nationality A vomit-inducing statistic As if there was nothing more to her Than the facts surrounding her existence
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Oct 3, 2014
Oct 3, 2014 at 6:11 PM UTC
Her Statistic
When, instead of cozying in bed I wander out there with Kerouac, Imagining that I am Kerouac Or some slave who walks upright; Or a priest without a crowd With hands and feet tied. When, instead of snoring like hell, I am left unimaginative by some; I am making disgusting Love with shadows unknown And remain pinned against the wall. I am some nine year old senile who wets her bed in fear and disbelief. Lights flicker and then fade And the switch becomes a button pressed to send Someone in raving comfort. I am not a stranger to sleepless nights Even when night becomes noon. Nightmares haunt me no more but I Am left haunted by my bed. Sheets crumpled by tossing and turning. My bed does not recognize my warmth. Voice recordings and constant tweetings Pump blood to my Über active head. Sleepless nights are well received as my body Succumbs to sleep. I live in a different world with five hundred other names And the ten thousand other Me’s are all in disarray. (And when the clock chimes at one, two, three ‘til way down six, There’s a carnival of sorts with hair strands flailing like Seven sets of arms.) I am not a stranger to sleepless nights And wetting my bed is not a Sin. I am sinful beyond recognition, as my bed is my witness. I have had different beds But to me, they’re all the same. Some, soft; others, too hard Or covered in satin, exaggerated by the moonlight. Some, made of wood While others, with tight springs. Water’s absurd but so is steel. Double padding, triple linings, four feet, at times, none; There’s the car, the guest room, the floor, hospital bed, A seat next to a complete stranger --- I make my bed before sleeping And leave it when I’m done. I am not a stranger to sleepless nights And I jump on the bed at midnight. I am not a stranger to morning tides and the morning shows on TV. I’m not a stranger at all, no, And when I sleep, I sleep in peace. Stranger things have happened Noons and sudden weekends are no way sleep - inducing; I am left believing That nights and days dance in my Sleeplessness.
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May 23, 2012
May 23, 2012 at 8:19 PM UTC
I Am Not A Stranger To Sleepless Nights
When, instead of cozying in bed I wander out there with Kerouac, Imagining that I am Kerouac Or some slave who walks upright; Or a priest without a crowd With hands and feet tied. When, instead of snoring like hell, I am left unimaginative by some; I am making disgusting Love with shadows unknown And remain pinned against the wall. I am some nine year old senile who wets her bed in fear and disbelief. Lights flicker and then fade And the switch becomes a button pressed to send Someone in raving comfort. I am not a stranger to sleepless nights Even when night becomes noon. Nightmares haunt me no more but I Am left haunted by my bed. Sheets crumpled by tossing and turning. My bed does not recognize my warmth. Voice recordings and constant tweetings Pump blood to my Über active head. Sleepless nights are well received as my body Succumbs to sleep. I live in a different world with five hundred other names And the ten thousand other Me’s are all in disarray. (And when the clock chimes at one, two, three ‘til way down six, There’s a carnival of sorts with hair strands flailing like Seven sets of arms.) I am not a stranger to sleepless nights And wetting my bed is not a Sin. I am sinful beyond recognition, as my bed is my witness. I have had different beds But to me, they’re all the same. Some, soft; others, too hard Or covered in satin, exaggerated by the moonlight. Some, made of wood While others, with tight springs. Water’s absurd but so is steel. Double padding, triple linings, four feet, at times, none; There’s the car, the guest room, the floor, hospital bed, A seat next to a complete stranger --- I make my bed before sleeping And leave it when I’m done. I am not a stranger to sleepless nights And I jump on the bed at midnight. I am not a stranger to morning tides and the morning shows on TV. I’m not a stranger at all, no, And when I sleep, I sleep in peace. Stranger things have happened Noons and sudden weekends are no way sleep - inducing; I am left believing That nights and days dance in my Sleeplessness.
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Long wavy brown hair Freckles against otherwise creamy smooth skin Long eyelashes and dark brown puppy eyes Loud laughter and big smiles Confidence boosting and adventure inducing Long summer nights filled with new experiences Long talks about things that hurt Longer talk about things that don’t Fun and mischief laced into every step Every heartbeat being worth it Absolutely breathtakingly perfection Everything I’ve ever wanted And for a while I’ve finally got it And you make everything so extraordinary
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Aug 17, 2018
Aug 17, 2018 at 1:34 AM UTC
The Girl With The Long Brown Hair
People keep asking me how I’m doing. If I’m getting better or if I’ve taken the time to process what’s happened. If I’ve sought professional help for the metal percussions induced by my career-ending injury. In all honesty though, professional help is futile. It can’t save me now. I’m walking through hell and sitting in a ring of fire discussing the temperature of the searing flames would be idiotic. Why would I allow the flames to dance along my already seared skin longer than necessary? I know they’re hot. I know I’m in hell. I know the pain I feel every day is real and crippling. Talking about this pain wouldn’t end it. It wouldn’t diminish the heat. It wouldn’t help. I need to keep walking. I just need to keep walking. My crippled body can’t run anymore, but I’ve got to keep walking. Others continue to rush by. Frantic because they’ve never felt the flames. They aren’t familiar with the burn. The idea of being in hell is novel. They are novices.   But life hasn’t been kind to me. These flames are familiar with every curve of my body and they dance around with trained feet. I’ve been in hell for years. People continue suggesting I find the light at the end of the tunnel, but that’s near impossible here. I’m too blinded by the brightness of a vehement flame. Sizzling with an angry vigor for the lack of gratitude I bestowed on my past life. It mocks the speed at which I used to be able to run. It laps sardonically at the feet that used to run cheer-inducing speeds without thanks from their owner. But crowds don’t cheer my name anymore. I now stand on the sidelines and watch my team play. I burn alive for the game I used to breath and as I watch each and every game, the deep breaths of oxygen only continue alighting the fire. There’s no way out it seems, but I will try to keep walking. Because talking is futile. Note: Spinal diseases are crippling mentally and physically. Watching the body you've sculpted for years turn to mush because you can't workout is dilapidating . The despair and helplessness are unfamiliar feelings, feelings that can't be overcome. Disease is disease and sometimes it can't be stopped. Sometimes, it just becomes a burden to bear. And sometimes people aren't strong enough. It's different when careers end after four years of college. An expected end, an anticipated end. But when things you love are taken from you abruptly, before your finished. The pain is exponentially worse. Exponentially. Worse.
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Mar 28, 2015
Mar 28, 2015 at 1:41 PM UTC
Career-Ending Injuries: the collegiate struggle in hell
People keep asking me how I’m doing. If I’m getting better or if I’ve taken the time to process what’s happened. If I’ve sought professional help for the metal percussions induced by my career-ending injury. In all honesty though, professional help is futile. It can’t save me now. I’m walking through hell and sitting in a ring of fire discussing the temperature of the searing flames would be idiotic. Why would I allow the flames to dance along my already seared skin longer than necessary? I know they’re hot. I know I’m in hell. I know the pain I feel every day is real and crippling. Talking about this pain wouldn’t end it. It wouldn’t diminish the heat. It wouldn’t help. I need to keep walking. I just need to keep walking. My crippled body can’t run anymore, but I’ve got to keep walking. Others continue to rush by. Frantic because they’ve never felt the flames. They aren’t familiar with the burn. The idea of being in hell is novel. They are novices.   But life hasn’t been kind to me. These flames are familiar with every curve of my body and they dance around with trained feet. I’ve been in hell for years. People continue suggesting I find the light at the end of the tunnel, but that’s near impossible here. I’m too blinded by the brightness of a vehement flame. Sizzling with an angry vigor for the lack of gratitude I bestowed on my past life. It mocks the speed at which I used to be able to run. It laps sardonically at the feet that used to run cheer-inducing speeds without thanks from their owner. But crowds don’t cheer my name anymore. I now stand on the sidelines and watch my team play. I burn alive for the game I used to breath and as I watch each and every game, the deep breaths of oxygen only continue alighting the fire. There’s no way out it seems, but I will try to keep walking. Because talking is futile. Note: Spinal diseases are crippling mentally and physically. Watching the body you've sculpted for years turn to mush because you can't workout is dilapidating . The despair and helplessness are unfamiliar feelings, feelings that can't be overcome. Disease is disease and sometimes it can't be stopped. Sometimes, it just becomes a burden to bear. And sometimes people aren't strong enough. It's different when careers end after four years of college. An expected end, an anticipated end. But when things you love are taken from you abruptly, before your finished. The pain is exponentially worse. Exponentially. Worse.
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You can describe The awe inducing beauty Of a sun kissed morn Or of the towering, starry night sky And never realize it's value
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Jul 18, 2023
Jul 18, 2023 at 6:58 PM UTC
That Of Pricelessness
A scorpion stings my foot and injects its pain inducing venom into me. The pain spreads throughout my body and as I suffer the scorpion laughs at me whilst I stand underneath the blazing, desert sun with nowhere to go. This vast, empty, waterless desert with nothing to see but sand. Sand as far as the human eye can see, so much empty space yet I still feel trapped in the scorpion’s presence. A dry skeleton confronts me and puts a hole into my arm and ***** all of the meat out of my body until I am only skin and bones. My skin twists and knots around my meatless bones. I scream. I scream. I scream, but when I do it sounds like laughter, so the scorpion and the skeleton laugh with me.
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Aug 23, 2018
Aug 23, 2018 at 8:57 AM UTC
Heartless Lonesome
Concrete full of blood Skies, smoke-filled clouds Poison, don't you see INDUCING VOMITING Of every freedom you hold Incubators, landfills For Food deserts Soul Scavengers Bullet and knife showers Parentless parents Starving children Hotbeds for addiction Metropolises Harvesting humans like ants Where democracy manufactures Oppressed consumers out of the masses Majority starving for death Poison, don't you see INDUCING VOMITING Of every freedom you hold Those borders you revere Hijacking your body and mind Legislating no burning of the flag Where they clean their blood-drenched hands on Can you tell what side your on When you agree, they hold a different nationality When can there be actual solidarity? Profets of freedom, alienating OUR power to be When in doctrine, legislature, and policy Hierarchizing who deserves to be free In contempt, not compliance In pain, not numb Reactive, not inactive Burning, boiling, shivering Out of injustice Poison, don't you see INDUCING VOMITING Of every freedom you hold How can you keep suffering, When you face the truth
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Jan 24, 2013
Jan 24, 2013 at 10:21 PM UTC
INDUCING VOMITING (Of Every Freedom You Hold)
I am a white, Jewish girl from Florida. Hit me. Hit me with your white girl jokes, Your Jewish American Princess stereotypes. I will giggle and squeal right along with you. Because yeah, I do order white chocolate mocha frappuchinos from Starbucks, I Instagram pictures of my nails, I take selfies, whiten my teeth, straighten my hair, Shop at Forever21 and drink Naked Juice like it is my job. Yeah, my daddy buys me things, I don’t pay for my data plan, There’s no way in hell I would drive a sedan, I wear Nike shorts and avoid any nearby cameraman, And let me tell you, I love jamming out to old school Britney Spears. Hit me one more time, because none of that means I am any less intelligent, Any less diligent, Any less likely to face judgment Than any other slice of diversity around me – I am a white, Jewish girl My nose is not its own cartoon, I eat bagels (but I absolutely hate lox), I’m not tan or even the least bit tinted, And god knows I don’t wear Uggs. Tell me I need to get married young, Major in business, Wear clothes that leave me airless, Get some of that European gracefulness, But don’t tell me I’m dumb. Don’t tell me I’m not thoughtful. I’m a white girl. Take a glance at my resourcefulness, Understand my goals of being ambitious, Get rid of your own stereotype-inducing cockiness, And notice me in all of my flawlessness. Because I am a white girl, And I am unique, strong, inventive, Empowered, passionate, adventurous, Indomitable, unbeatable. I am an individual – Not part of some whole that you put me in to stabilize your mold, Not the example of a societally scatterbrained ***** meant to be your centerfold,   Not a previously worn-out piece of clothing thrown to the gutter unsold, Rather a human being of my own rules and my own morals A human being with ideas and intelligence and power, A white, Jewish girl, A person.
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Nov 21, 2013
Nov 21, 2013 at 5:31 PM UTC
White Girl
I am a white, Jewish girl from Florida. Hit me. Hit me with your white girl jokes, Your Jewish American Princess stereotypes. I will giggle and squeal right along with you. Because yeah, I do order white chocolate mocha frappuchinos from Starbucks, I Instagram pictures of my nails, I take selfies, whiten my teeth, straighten my hair, Shop at Forever21 and drink Naked Juice like it is my job. Yeah, my daddy buys me things, I don’t pay for my data plan, There’s no way in hell I would drive a sedan, I wear Nike shorts and avoid any nearby cameraman, And let me tell you, I love jamming out to old school Britney Spears. Hit me one more time, because none of that means I am any less intelligent, Any less diligent, Any less likely to face judgment Than any other slice of diversity around me – I am a white, Jewish girl My nose is not its own cartoon, I eat bagels (but I absolutely hate lox), I’m not tan or even the least bit tinted, And god knows I don’t wear Uggs. Tell me I need to get married young, Major in business, Wear clothes that leave me airless, Get some of that European gracefulness, But don’t tell me I’m dumb. Don’t tell me I’m not thoughtful. I’m a white girl. Take a glance at my resourcefulness, Understand my goals of being ambitious, Get rid of your own stereotype-inducing cockiness, And notice me in all of my flawlessness. Because I am a white girl, And I am unique, strong, inventive, Empowered, passionate, adventurous, Indomitable, unbeatable. I am an individual – Not part of some whole that you put me in to stabilize your mold, Not the example of a societally scatterbrained ***** meant to be your centerfold,   Not a previously worn-out piece of clothing thrown to the gutter unsold, Rather a human being of my own rules and my own morals A human being with ideas and intelligence and power, A white, Jewish girl, A person.
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If my love is to be perverted I would rather ****** you utmost to the brim To seek your naked emotions . Inducing the tears You held back for long . Seldom is how you feel Salvation be my love/ salvation goes unsure You lend me it once .
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Feb 2, 2019
Feb 2, 2019 at 12:24 PM UTC
Unsafe
Dance, an expression of the mind. Multiple steps in successive movements, bringing life, love and laughter. Self-fulfilment and self-worth. Dance, an expression of the body. Creative display of energies, inducing a seismic shift emotionally. Self-discovery and self-confidence. Dance, an expression of the soul, communicating in its artistic qualities. Messages, movements and mystery. Self-expression and self-realization.
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Nov 14, 2013
Nov 14, 2013 at 1:41 AM UTC
The Art
It's been a long time since I've been to church My horns are starting to grow back again I'm back, ******* Well, well... Missed me? Relax. There's plenty of me to go around Enough to keep you coming back for seconds That's all I ever do. The thing about a Jezebel is that she's been through stuff So she's more streetwise and seasoned With fault and reasoning To make you keep coming back for more Ruths are plain and bland Uncooked meat Raw and salmonella-inducing Makes you puke on the spot and swear off meat forever Turning vegan Swearing off the word Turning heathen
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Jul 1, 2020
Jul 1, 2020 at 5:41 AM UTC
A Jezebel's lament
I'm looking for a Neurotic Girl someone who will break down before I do someone who's not afraid to cry,as the tea kettle boils, after telling me about her problems. Someone I can worry about,and do unselfish things for, and offer some comfort to, someone who depends on me for a change. I'm looking for a girl who isn't too confident in herself,even though she's wonderful, at least in my eyes. Someone who hasn't got her entire life sorted out, just yet. Someone who'll realise that I can be a nice person, behind the facade. Because these days I'm wandering from party to party from pointless city centre venues and all-too-familiar and contemptible small town social haunts and all I see and hear are the attention-seeking, the unreachably friendly, the distant and the involved All swimming in mediocrity If you'll pardon the fake sophistication of that last metaphor And all I'm left to do is wonder what it would be like to find someone who I could be Introspective, Debauched and Nihilistic with A nice Neurotic Girl. But I suppose that would invariably lead to some sort of responsibility in my otherwise self-absorbed existence I would have to pretend that I am a proper kind of person for the sake of my fragile lover's much needed feeling of security I would take it upon myself to go out into the world to keep a sort of balance for the both of us spending headache-inducing hours with people whom I cant stand while she sits at home and smokes in bed.
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Apr 13, 2012
Apr 13, 2012 at 7:10 PM UTC
Neurotic Girl
After the devastation came recuperation. New shoots had sprung with alacrity enough to establish a presence in that walled garden, contained to a strip barely big enough for date and citrus to thrive. The neighbour waited twenty one seasons, and with each season saw young shoots replacing the old. Imaging a future where grass might escape the confines of concrete and sea neighbour chose to start the mower, move beyond boundaries, and mow and mow and mow. It's been twenty three days now and still blades whirr day and night each hour inducing fresh rubble to deter shoots, new seeds, hope. The neighbour will retreat soon, beyond the wall, being temporarily satiated with reek and wreckage, knowing a day shall arise to return for the fruits of the land.
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Aug 2, 2014
Aug 2, 2014 at 1:30 PM UTC
Mowing the grass
I'll ask you not to turn off the lights, I want them to blind me with their brilliant filaments until the bulbs break like a vase on a tiled floor, the walls, the door go back to being charcoal black as they have been so many times before. I have started to abhor the roads that define me, the words that describe me and my traits, the way I must walk in wintery air to a migraine inducing wilderness to be squashed into old moulds, will this be adequate for you now and when? What is this fall, does it affect you, your actions, your jumbled jigsaw piece thoughts? These bruises are purple, this brain is strained, inject me with zest until my wrist pains so much it must combust. Out of the glass is nothing, a candyfloss cloud, a tree, a lawn, it bores me, an artist is needed, paint a new canvas swathed in colour and things from my weekend dreams lucid and intense. I am a ******* up ball of paper, unfold me, still legible? Fold it again, an airplane chucked into an angry breeze or please, if the lamps are tough enough, watch my words illuminate, drool across the table.
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Oct 25, 2012
Oct 25, 2012 at 3:59 PM UTC
Terminal Velocity
I seem to have inherited your Che Guevara tee shirt, red and black, with the huge Legends lettering and portrait, black on red. Washed and folded, I gave it a squeeze, and held it to my chest (wanting you back, my son, and all the rest). Sometimes I think we shared the same heroes, similar, more similar than I ever thought before, reflected in the tee shirts you bought and wore. I am still making my way through your Augusten Burroughs books, the humour, insight and images raised, have humoured me at a time I need, from dark thoughts, guilts, on my time and mind, like maggots they have fed and feed. I did think I would talk to you the following day, before the coma, the silence of you contrasting the ever sounding machines, the dials, the lights, and that, and other images, keep me from sleep at nights, (hence the need of the sleep inducing pill). I seem to have inherited the black and red Che Guevara tee shirt you used to wear, and when I hold it against my cheek, I imagine, for short moments, that you are still there.
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Apr 3, 2014
Apr 3, 2014 at 1:37 AM UTC
CHE GUEVARA TEE SHIRT.
My train of thought takes me to an ethnic enclave of pride located in my dystopian head. Outside of this head of myne is a pink butterfly trapped in a grey cocoon. I’d leave this cocoon and finish my metamorphosis if I weren’t trapped in a spider’s web, this hideous cocoon is my only protection from it’s pain inducing bite. I’m always on high alert to defend myself. I must always keep my defences high and never let my guard down or it will take advantage of my vulnerability. The word stress is an understatement, I feel as if this web is draining me of life, as if it loves the taste of my misery. I am bewildered and overwhelmed with the weight of my ever growing responsibilities. Soon enough this spider’s patience will die out and I will be the one to take advantage of its vulnerability. Until then I wait. END
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Oct 12, 2018
Oct 12, 2018 at 10:45 AM UTC
Pink Trapped In The Grey
Ach so! thou much-praised and lauded Milwaukee, Thou delightful Wisconsin Stadt of boundless pulchritude, Verily hath History endowed thy blessed name With the noisomely beery breath of immortality! And thank the benign Almighty in highest Heav’n That thy delectable streets and arboreal squares Doth remain heretofore untouched by unseemly civic strife, Despite thy renown as veritable midwife to Sewer Socialism! Yet, tear-inducing recollections have I of this dwelling-place And herewith followeth heart-rending remembrances Of what transpired when I inveigled a plump young Mädchen there For a brief sojourn of untrammelled concupiscence. Alas, alack, after gorging her impetuous appetites On a gargantuan repast of mitteleuropäische delicacies, Methinks her poor heart gave up survival’s uneven battle And, warbling a soft piffero-reminiscent sigh, she expired. ‘Twas too tragic thus to depart this happy welkin in mid-prandials, Emitting a final flatus, sweet adieu, from her rearmost aperture, Leaving me, her poor forlorn swain, bereft and solitary, Faced with mine host’s request for instant monetary rendition. From that naughty place of my bereavement fled I, Clutching to my ***** the contents of her silken purse, Determined to partake in untrammelled ***** licence elsewhere, Ere the chanticleer’s dawn croak wake the inebriated citizens.
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Dec 5, 2014
Dec 5, 2014 at 12:21 PM UTC
Tragically Gay Memories of Old Milwaukee (poem by Edna's ******** brother Siegfried)
*did i tell you about that orca (killer whale) that killed a killer white (shark)? yeah, flipped him on the stomach inducing a conscious sleeping position of the shark, belly up... the ****** orca drowned the shark.* dear daffodils counting to only sixteen springs, why blossom why bloom so soon? lemmy was part of something better than his solo project... no one really talks 'bout his solo crazy train antics, so why talk lemmy why talk ozzy os' burn and simply dismiss hawkwind & black sabbath? oh -        *na kraju nocy i u progu dnia        kogut  na dachu pieje        w głowie sie kręci        da na da na da        gorączka znów szaleje.* given all that, imagine a seal on a drift of ice, a stowaway of a berg, then imagine why, it's seeking a monastery, there are four orcas beneath the mirror surface of the water, in formation, like horses to the gallop of a wind's flute eolides, and they're moving in, dipping with tail fin exertion of some reflex spasm - and the mini tsunami created suddenly tilts the seal's monastery and the seal plops into the depths... where it's only an old cloth rag soon to be mince. p.s. i denounce the polish diacritical mark over o to make u (ó) as not diacritical at all... it's an aesthetic mark, and yes, it does look pretty.
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Jan 8, 2016
Jan 8, 2016 at 5:47 AM UTC
orca gallop