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Day-colored wine, night-colored wine, wine with purple feet or wine with topaz blood, wine, starry child of earth, wine, smooth as a golden sword, soft as lascivious velvet, wine, spiral-seashelled and full of wonder, amorous, marine; never has one goblet contained you, one song, one man, you are choral, gregarious, at the least, you must be shared. At times you feed on mortal memories; your wave carries us from tomb to tomb, stonecutter of icy sepulchers, and we weep transitory tears; your glorious spring dress is different, blood rises through the shoots, wind incites the day, nothing is left of your immutable soul. Wine stirs the spring, happiness bursts through the earth like a plant, walls crumble, and rocky cliffs, chasms close, as song is born. A jug of wine, and thou beside me in the wilderness, sang the ancient poet. Let the wine pitcher add to the kiss of love its own. My darling, suddenly the line of your hip becomes the brimming curve of the wine goblet, your breast is the grape cluster, your ******* are the grapes, the gleam of spirits lights your hair, and your navel is a chaste seal stamped on the vessel of your belly, your love an inexhaustible cascade of wine, light that illuminates my senses, the earthly splendor of life. But you are more than love, the fiery kiss, the heat of fire, more than the wine of life; you are the community of man, translucency, chorus of discipline, abundance of flowers. I like on the table, when we're speaking, the light of a bottle of intelligent wine. Drink it, and remember in every drop of gold, in every topaz glass, in every purple ladle, that autumn labored to fill the vessel with wine; and in the ritual of his office, let the simple man remember to think of the soil and of his duty, to propagate the canticle of the wine.
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Ode To Wine
Day-colored wine, night-colored wine, wine with purple feet or wine with topaz blood, wine, starry child of earth, wine, smooth as a golden sword, soft as lascivious velvet, wine, spiral-seashelled and full of wonder, amorous, marine; never has one goblet contained you, one song, one man, you are choral, gregarious, at the least, you must be shared. At times you feed on mortal memories; your wave carries us from tomb to tomb, stonecutter of icy sepulchers, and we weep transitory tears; your glorious spring dress is different, blood rises through the shoots, wind incites the day, nothing is left of your immutable soul. Wine stirs the spring, happiness bursts through the earth like a plant, walls crumble, and rocky cliffs, chasms close, as song is born. A jug of wine, and thou beside me in the wilderness, sang the ancient poet. Let the wine pitcher add to the kiss of love its own. My darling, suddenly the line of your hip becomes the brimming curve of the wine goblet, your breast is the grape cluster, your ******* are the grapes, the gleam of spirits lights your hair, and your navel is a chaste seal stamped on the vessel of your belly, your love an inexhaustible cascade of wine, light that illuminates my senses, the earthly splendor of life. But you are more than love, the fiery kiss, the heat of fire, more than the wine of life; you are the community of man, translucency, chorus of discipline, abundance of flowers. I like on the table, when we're speaking, the light of a bottle of intelligent wine. Drink it, and remember in every drop of gold, in every topaz glass, in every purple ladle, that autumn labored to fill the vessel with wine; and in the ritual of his office, let the simple man remember to think of the soil and of his duty, to propagate the canticle of the wine.
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She watched the water slip and slop As flurried flames climbed up to heat And bubble boil the cooking *** Emitting steam to rise and sweep In splendid arcs and cloudy wisps Of candy cotton colored plumes That filled the cavern air with sips Of fragrant tones and sweet perfumes And withered bony fingers bent To loosely grip a ladle shaft And scooping water, swiftly went To pour a steaming cloudy draught Into a pretty painted cup Upon a dais of sorcery And gulping down a mighty sup She gasped,                     "A lovely cup of tea!"
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Oct 29, 2014
Oct 29, 2014 at 3:51 PM UTC
Witches Wicked Brew
twas a most disturbing scene in a kitchen at Aberdeen the details are too horrific to disclose let's say this and this alone the forensic team had to ladle some bone bits of dermis were scattered around the kitchen compound the wife had done the deed she'd disposed of her husband who was a bad seed he'd been thumping and slapping her around knocking her with force to the ground she'd contended with his rough house treatment for far too long so she decided to right his wrong she's in prison doing time but it is her husband who now tows the line domestic violence did him no favors a woman was pushed one too many times in a kitchen at Aberdeen gruesome was the crime
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Nov 15, 2013
Nov 15, 2013 at 8:14 AM UTC
Gruesome Was The Crime
I The Nutcrackers sate by a plate on the table, The Sugar-tongs sate by a plate at his side; And the Nutcrackers said, 'Don't you wish we were able 'Along the blue hills and green meadows to ride? 'Must we drag on this stupid existence for ever, 'So idle so weary, so full of remorse,-- 'While every one else takes his pleasure, and never 'Seems happy unless he is riding a horse? II 'Don't you think we could ride without being instructed? 'Without any saddle, or bridle, or spur? 'Our legs are so long, and so aptly constructed, 'I'm sure that an accident could not occur. 'Let us all of a sudden hop down from the table, 'And hustle downstairs, and each jump on a horse! 'Shall we try? Shall we go! Do you think we are able?' The Sugar-tongs answered distinctly,'Of course!' III So down the long staircase they hopped in a minute, The Sugar-tongs snapped, and the Crackers said 'crack!' The stable was open, the horses were in it; Each took out a pony, and jumped on his back. The Cat in a fright scrambled out of the doorway, The Mice tumbled out of a bundle of hay, The brown and white Rats, and the black ones from Norway, Screamed out, 'They are taking the horses away!' IV The whole of the household was filled with amazement, The Cups and the Saucers danced madly about, The Plates and the Dishes looked out of the casement, The Saltcellar stood on his head with a shout, The Spoons with a clatter looked out of the lattice, The Mustard-pot climbed up the Gooseberry Pies, The Soup-ladle peeped through a heap of Veal Patties, And squeaked with a ladle-like scream of surprise. V The Frying-pan said, 'It's an awful delusion!' The Tea-kettle hissed and grew black in the face; And they all rushed downstairs in the wildest confusion, To see the great Nutcracker-Sugar-tong race. And out of the stable, with screamings and laughter, (Their ponies were cream-coloured, speckled with brown,) The Nutcrackers first, and the Sugar-tongs after, Rode all round the yard, and then all round the town. VI They rode through the street, and they rode by the station, They galloped away to the beautiful shore; In silence they rode, and 'made no observation', Save this: 'We will never go back any more!' And still you might hear, till they rode out of hearing, The Sugar-tongs snap, and the Crackers say 'crack!' Till far in the distance their forms disappearing, They faded away.--And they never came back!
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The Nutcrackers And The Sugar-Tongs
I The Nutcrackers sate by a plate on the table, The Sugar-tongs sate by a plate at his side; And the Nutcrackers said, 'Don't you wish we were able 'Along the blue hills and green meadows to ride? 'Must we drag on this stupid existence for ever, 'So idle so weary, so full of remorse,-- 'While every one else takes his pleasure, and never 'Seems happy unless he is riding a horse? II 'Don't you think we could ride without being instructed? 'Without any saddle, or bridle, or spur? 'Our legs are so long, and so aptly constructed, 'I'm sure that an accident could not occur. 'Let us all of a sudden hop down from the table, 'And hustle downstairs, and each jump on a horse! 'Shall we try? Shall we go! Do you think we are able?' The Sugar-tongs answered distinctly,'Of course!' III So down the long staircase they hopped in a minute, The Sugar-tongs snapped, and the Crackers said 'crack!' The stable was open, the horses were in it; Each took out a pony, and jumped on his back. The Cat in a fright scrambled out of the doorway, The Mice tumbled out of a bundle of hay, The brown and white Rats, and the black ones from Norway, Screamed out, 'They are taking the horses away!' IV The whole of the household was filled with amazement, The Cups and the Saucers danced madly about, The Plates and the Dishes looked out of the casement, The Saltcellar stood on his head with a shout, The Spoons with a clatter looked out of the lattice, The Mustard-pot climbed up the Gooseberry Pies, The Soup-ladle peeped through a heap of Veal Patties, And squeaked with a ladle-like scream of surprise. V The Frying-pan said, 'It's an awful delusion!' The Tea-kettle hissed and grew black in the face; And they all rushed downstairs in the wildest confusion, To see the great Nutcracker-Sugar-tong race. And out of the stable, with screamings and laughter, (Their ponies were cream-coloured, speckled with brown,) The Nutcrackers first, and the Sugar-tongs after, Rode all round the yard, and then all round the town. VI They rode through the street, and they rode by the station, They galloped away to the beautiful shore; In silence they rode, and 'made no observation', Save this: 'We will never go back any more!' And still you might hear, till they rode out of hearing, The Sugar-tongs snap, and the Crackers say 'crack!' Till far in the distance their forms disappearing, They faded away.--And they never came back!
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Ladle Guilt, blame, and regret into me Someone should convict me and restrict me from emotion Crest-fallen, I yearn for redamancy I tormented time with a turbulent fallacy Condemn my illicit distribution of preconceived notion Ladle guilt, blame, and regret into me I can’t recall tasting stories without choking on hypocracy For all that makes peace & love stems from chaotic commotion Crest-fallen, I yearn for redamancy But too long my eyes merely saw until the day I learned to see Not importance placed like a trophy case but in honest raw devotion Ladle guilt, blame, and regret into me Promises sink like anchors, for their nightmare’s being free We struggled finding solace and settled for continuous motion Crest-fallen, I yearn for redamancy If only I could do things differently Cast a spell, think before I speak, perhaps produce a potion Ladle guilt, blame, and regret into me Crest-fallen, I yearn for redamancy
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Nov 27, 2013
Nov 27, 2013 at 6:53 AM UTC
Crest Fallen, I Yearn for Redamancy
From beyond the clouds, cavalier and unattached, sneaking past the yawn of temple bell woken up from sleep, trespasses a doomed note pitched like flight of a falcon fresh from its swoop on prey, strumming on the discord in a lonely heart, stoking once more the hunger and anger of an eternal yearning... ...Ah! My ears. They pick up the cruel flute. Here it comes, to ladle my pain. Not again. Not again.
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Apr 28, 2016
Apr 28, 2016 at 11:08 PM UTC
The flute
)        o    (              (             (                   O   )     (                      )                     )                (      o     (              (      (                       O      )     o              )   O       )        o (    O              (     o      (         )  )    o                              )    ( **make me a cauldron of a witch's brew•let it bubble and boil...; simmer and stew• allow the con- coction to churn•feed it with raw an- guish and spiteful spurn•whisper my wi- shes into shady ingredients•scatter them in to render it potent•stir it wild...with an iron ladle with a wooden haft•raucous incanta- tions of a long forgotten craft•...now give me a vial of the witch's brew•let it **** me or grant me the gifts promised in lieu•**
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Feb 21, 2015
Feb 21, 2015 at 8:22 AM UTC
Witch's Brew
What the fork is going on We argue all knife long The table settings a froze What the fork is going on Can't we at least spoon A ladle here, a ladle there What the fork is going on We argue all knife long Logan Robertson 11/30/2018
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Nov 30, 2018
Nov 30, 2018 at 7:44 AM UTC
Couple Having Bedburn (triolet)
When things were going great we'd eat transcendental dinners, we'd take livers in rainbow saucers and ladle them in tartar sauce until our mouths were full of salt, sometimes we'd go to Thai China and make interstellar fighters out of the wise guts of cream-colored Starships. But the nights when we went to Burger King were the greatest, we'd have simple dinners: 99 cent burgers and fries like elephant ears, we'd sit in our booth in the corner, you farting ketchup out of like twenty packets into a red **** pile, and I farted like twenty farts out of my *** but I like simple things; they are natural even if they don't sound that way.
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Feb 9, 2012
Feb 9, 2012 at 12:27 AM UTC
Transcendentalism.
This doesn't make sense Soup ladle is for babies ****** *****
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Nov 27, 2012
Nov 27, 2012 at 7:34 PM UTC
No. 50
I don't know where, if it will end. Refuse to voice or recommend. To treat what ails us is pretend. Slips through fingers apprehend. To help more than to hurt, reflexive sunny disposition which can cradle sallow sleeping stoic pride. Distinguishing the dirt, collective run beside conviction; acting ladle heavy, heaping, terrified.   Leave things better than you found them Received our debtors stand; surround them. I wonder if to soothe what ail, under apprehension prevail. Therein lies each us, our grail - our demons sinking in each nail.
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Feb 5, 2015
Feb 5, 2015 at 10:20 PM UTC
Truckers
I made some soup. But it’s not for you. It’s for me. I don’t want you to change it. It’s my soup. Some people want to add some basil or maybe a little oregano. But it’s my soup. Some people think it’s too salty. One person thought it’s too sweet. But I told ‘em f--k you. I won’t change a thing. It’s my soup. Someone even tried to stir the *** I grabbed the ladle and bopped him on the head I told him it was my soup. Someone told me to turn up the heat For what reason? It’s a perfect temperature. Someone else told me to turn down the heat. I told him that would make it too cold. It’s my soup. Someone even told me I had to take some ingredients out. But I love it the way it is. It’s my soup. Someone even tried to take a sip The nerve! It’s my soup. Make your own. Someone said I overcooked it. I told her to leave me alone. I like the smokey flavor. To my horror, someone even tried to throw it out. I grabbed the *** and put it back on the stove Where it belongs. This is my soup. This soup… is my life.
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Sep 21, 2013
Sep 21, 2013 at 10:34 PM UTC
Don't F***ing Touch My Soup!
My heart is a boiling cauldron stewing with A pinch of kindness, A sprinkling of hope, A dash of hate, A gram of generosity, A dram of charity, A tablespoon of despair, A measure of temperance, A teaspoon of patience, And a shake of faith. Now, simmering on the element, I can ladle out bowls of love.
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Nov 27, 2015
Nov 27, 2015 at 12:02 PM UTC
My Heart Is a Cauldron
A young man was walking along when he came across monk who was sitting on the side of the path meditating. The young man, curiously stopped. “You are not from here? For I know everyone in this kingdom, and everyone know who I am. My name is Narcissus, son of Cephissus, and I am King of this land. Where do you come from, and what are you doing in my kingdom? The Buddhist monk sat silently, and continued to meditate. His eyes were closed and at his side was a banana and a pale of water. “Did you hear me? I am Narcissus and I am King of this land. If you know me like my people do, you would know that; I am honest, I am kind, and I am loving and full of compassion. I am fair and just. I am an advocate of peace, I judge no-one, and my subjects love me. And you sir, what are you?” The monk opened his eyes, took the banana and peeled it. He halved it and offered Narcissus the King the other half, then continued meditating without saying a word. Narcissus ate his banana, musing at the monk who didn’t speak. Why do you not speak?” asked Narcissus. I am the King and I demand to be answered when I ask a question.” It was deathly hot, so the monk offered Narcissus a drink from his pale of water. “I am thirsty. I will accept your offer,” said Narcissus. He drank all that was in the ladle and helped himself to another. He stood and waited for the water in the pale to become still again. Then he pitched over and looked into it, admiring his reflection, and smiled. I am still beautiful he thought. Again he addressed the monk, asking him who he was. The monk leant over and kissed Narcissus on the feet, and bowed to him without saying a word. Narcissus peered down at monk, smiled, and said to himself, “strange man,” and moved on. The monk resumed his position, smiled, and whispered to himself, “I am nothing.”
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Dec 5, 2014
Dec 5, 2014 at 3:54 PM UTC
The Monk
A young man was walking along when he came across monk who was sitting on the side of the path meditating. The young man, curiously stopped. “You are not from here? For I know everyone in this kingdom, and everyone know who I am. My name is Narcissus, son of Cephissus, and I am King of this land. Where do you come from, and what are you doing in my kingdom? The Buddhist monk sat silently, and continued to meditate. His eyes were closed and at his side was a banana and a pale of water. “Did you hear me? I am Narcissus and I am King of this land. If you know me like my people do, you would know that; I am honest, I am kind, and I am loving and full of compassion. I am fair and just. I am an advocate of peace, I judge no-one, and my subjects love me. And you sir, what are you?” The monk opened his eyes, took the banana and peeled it. He halved it and offered Narcissus the King the other half, then continued meditating without saying a word. Narcissus ate his banana, musing at the monk who didn’t speak. Why do you not speak?” asked Narcissus. I am the King and I demand to be answered when I ask a question.” It was deathly hot, so the monk offered Narcissus a drink from his pale of water. “I am thirsty. I will accept your offer,” said Narcissus. He drank all that was in the ladle and helped himself to another. He stood and waited for the water in the pale to become still again. Then he pitched over and looked into it, admiring his reflection, and smiled. I am still beautiful he thought. Again he addressed the monk, asking him who he was. The monk leant over and kissed Narcissus on the feet, and bowed to him without saying a word. Narcissus peered down at monk, smiled, and said to himself, “strange man,” and moved on. The monk resumed his position, smiled, and whispered to himself, “I am nothing.”
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Run with this cauldron, ladle out soup To the soldiers of our land In the field of battle, lay out a cloth And let them stretch their bloodied limbs as they eat Their minds are weary, untrusting Each spoonful less viscous than its predecessor A succession of leaders repeated in their heads Every dead soldier, a reason for abdication The people hate the war they’ve started The fools! No matter how much soup I take to them No matter how watery the broth Each day they watch me leave the front Each day I walk alone back to base And munitions are airlifted daily
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Jul 10, 2010
Jul 10, 2010 at 1:06 PM UTC
Third World Peace
Wing clipped at birth, domestic birds they were. Farm and spacious pen bound together six years. She a prodigious egg layer, Don her attentive, aggressive defender. Daisy one day predator killed, old Don outwardly mourning her loss became a very different bird. All alone for the first time in his Duck life. We opened his gate and let him free roam. A lonely flightless fowl only earth bound. All aggression subsided with no mate to protect, he became more social, needing a friend. Crossing the yard from the barn, when ever he may see us there. He hunkers down in the shade while I tend to the garden, him like a supervisor, chortling occasional reprimands or encouragements, I can never tell which. All just to be close to some living thing. He will chase after wild doves that land near by, sadly mistaking them as perhaps a new mate, they fly quickly away, him wondering what social Duck blunder he might have made. When finished in the garden, Don and I to the barn retire, I ladle out a cup of corn for his pleasure. Then it's back to his always open pen where his bathtub sits, I turn on the hose and his excitement ramps up. Excitedly he squawks and ***** his wings, jumps into the tub, dives below the surface, reveling in the cool spray of man made current in his artificial lake, and with our few moments of companionship shared. Him doing what ducks do, for a while loneliness abated. It's almost as if I can see a smile on his pleasant Duck face. Most days he sits close to the chickens pen, watching the laying hens, scratching and moving within, perhaps wishing he was in there with them. I fear that if I open that wire door and let him go in, that those ladies would peck him bald or even dead. No matter how much a lonely Duck wishes he were a chicken, they remain birds of a very different feather, and a Duck can remain but a Duck forever. A thing we might all remember....
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Jul 4, 2017
Jul 4, 2017 at 5:29 PM UTC
A Feathered Friend
Wing clipped at birth, domestic birds they were. Farm and spacious pen bound together six years. She a prodigious egg layer, Don her attentive, aggressive defender. Daisy one day predator killed, old Don outwardly mourning her loss became a very different bird. All alone for the first time in his Duck life. We opened his gate and let him free roam. A lonely flightless fowl only earth bound. All aggression subsided with no mate to protect, he became more social, needing a friend. Crossing the yard from the barn, when ever he may see us there. He hunkers down in the shade while I tend to the garden, him like a supervisor, chortling occasional reprimands or encouragements, I can never tell which. All just to be close to some living thing. He will chase after wild doves that land near by, sadly mistaking them as perhaps a new mate, they fly quickly away, him wondering what social Duck blunder he might have made. When finished in the garden, Don and I to the barn retire, I ladle out a cup of corn for his pleasure. Then it's back to his always open pen where his bathtub sits, I turn on the hose and his excitement ramps up. Excitedly he squawks and ***** his wings, jumps into the tub, dives below the surface, reveling in the cool spray of man made current in his artificial lake, and with our few moments of companionship shared. Him doing what ducks do, for a while loneliness abated. It's almost as if I can see a smile on his pleasant Duck face. Most days he sits close to the chickens pen, watching the laying hens, scratching and moving within, perhaps wishing he was in there with them. I fear that if I open that wire door and let him go in, that those ladies would peck him bald or even dead. No matter how much a lonely Duck wishes he were a chicken, they remain birds of a very different feather, and a Duck can remain but a Duck forever. A thing we might all remember....
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Session 1 *Greet people you meet; smile and give 'em a Presidential wave* Session 2 Facilitator: *What  happened to you Participant Jones? Would you care to tell everyone?* Participant Jones: *This man at the mall stepped up to me and punched me Cause, he said, I was smiling at his woman* Facilitator: *Be undeterred, O participant Jones Be persistent - practise positive behaviour* Session 3 Facilitator: *What's with that bandage on your head O participant Jones? Would you care to tell everyone?* Participant Jones: *That's where my wife's ladle landed O positive Facilitator - for my wife thinks I'm trying to get fresh with the women in the neighbourhood with my exuberant smiles and hand waves* Facilitator: *Have no regrets, practise in earnest; the broad smile wins all hearts* Session  4 Participant Jones did not attend; has not been heard from since Session 3
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Oct 15, 2014
Oct 15, 2014 at 2:22 AM UTC
Positive Thinking (sessions 1,2&3)
The world isn't real to me, it's outside a thick skull. It's my muted screams you hear coming from inside this bone brazen bull. The body pursues pleasures while pleading to me "Be happy! So that I... so that we may find love." The nerve. The nerve! And trust you me this bag of bones, this lustful flesh has too many nerve ends firing. And they all want something, all demand my attention for even the most mundane events of their spoiled lives of experience. Thank you, nerves, for sharing how a cool, spring breeze blowing lightly over you feels. Thank you too, way down there, for making me aware of the soft grass sliding taught between your toes. How special for you, no jealousy here. Now, lets bring this mess to order, would somebody please go ask the warden when visiting hours are over? Because, you see, The world isn't real to me, it's outside a thick skull. It's my writhing & thrashing you mock twisting within this bone brazen bull. "Be happy" it tells me. To better pursue it's goals! It has clearly never even once tried reversing roles. Well, I have. Many times. For, I've the time to think, believe you me. I would stuff the body in a box barely big enough to fit it, and add within the 'creature comforts' found in my abode which you'll daily find me in abidance. Inside would be dark, hard, and for reasons still unexplained somewhat sticky... Would somebody PLEASE! tell me why it's sticky in here?! Excuse me, moving on... I would taunt it then: "Let's go for a run." I'd say, "The breeze caressing my grey matter sure is nice." I'd add, "Why aren't you happy in your dark, dank, brain-box, body?!" I'd shout. Between you and me, I only smoke because I know it makes its lungs all sappy. Why aren't I happy, body? I'll tell you. Because delusory images drafted from incomplete, tainted, sensory data, diluted of any real, exciting experience are all that make up my world; my life! It's as boring as drinking a ladle full of water Jesus made out of what was once wine and then added fluoride to. I'm like your shut in grandmother you write home to in brief, lying notes about your travels abroad. "Amsterdam was nice STOP" So, body, excuse me for taking pleasure in unhappy things such as smoking, or hating. Excuse me for my spite. But, for me and my experience these are the things I find tickling my quote unquote toes. And...I'm all too mad to say, are the closest I'll ever come to 'feel'. Because, you see, The world isn't real to me, it's outside a thick skull. And it's my muted screams you hear coming from inside this bone brazen bull.
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Jun 23, 2013
Jun 23, 2013 at 2:03 AM UTC
A Mind's Rant
The world isn't real to me, it's outside a thick skull. It's my muted screams you hear coming from inside this bone brazen bull. The body pursues pleasures while pleading to me "Be happy! So that I... so that we may find love." The nerve. The nerve! And trust you me this bag of bones, this lustful flesh has too many nerve ends firing. And they all want something, all demand my attention for even the most mundane events of their spoiled lives of experience. Thank you, nerves, for sharing how a cool, spring breeze blowing lightly over you feels. Thank you too, way down there, for making me aware of the soft grass sliding taught between your toes. How special for you, no jealousy here. Now, lets bring this mess to order, would somebody please go ask the warden when visiting hours are over? Because, you see, The world isn't real to me, it's outside a thick skull. It's my writhing & thrashing you mock twisting within this bone brazen bull. "Be happy" it tells me. To better pursue it's goals! It has clearly never even once tried reversing roles. Well, I have. Many times. For, I've the time to think, believe you me. I would stuff the body in a box barely big enough to fit it, and add within the 'creature comforts' found in my abode which you'll daily find me in abidance. Inside would be dark, hard, and for reasons still unexplained somewhat sticky... Would somebody PLEASE! tell me why it's sticky in here?! Excuse me, moving on... I would taunt it then: "Let's go for a run." I'd say, "The breeze caressing my grey matter sure is nice." I'd add, "Why aren't you happy in your dark, dank, brain-box, body?!" I'd shout. Between you and me, I only smoke because I know it makes its lungs all sappy. Why aren't I happy, body? I'll tell you. Because delusory images drafted from incomplete, tainted, sensory data, diluted of any real, exciting experience are all that make up my world; my life! It's as boring as drinking a ladle full of water Jesus made out of what was once wine and then added fluoride to. I'm like your shut in grandmother you write home to in brief, lying notes about your travels abroad. "Amsterdam was nice STOP" So, body, excuse me for taking pleasure in unhappy things such as smoking, or hating. Excuse me for my spite. But, for me and my experience these are the things I find tickling my quote unquote toes. And...I'm all too mad to say, are the closest I'll ever come to 'feel'. Because, you see, The world isn't real to me, it's outside a thick skull. And it's my muted screams you hear coming from inside this bone brazen bull.
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Said I was, then I wasn’t Tossed my photo id 99 on the interstate Forgot my home address This or last years birthdays Cerebral teasing, electrical wheezing Coughing up candy colored viscous mixtures Pain pills, strange ills, black tar rapt Plastics wax kid cradle doping until fatal Sipping succulent sups from yang’s ladle Freak streaks bisect mind-framed societies Claim lives and blind young eyes Perhaps its an exaggerated fable More able however an argument for contrast Long-lived mobile monument smoke stacks Toothless twelve year old flashing crack caps Slow know elapse forgotten hats blown home Always sixty seconds to go, cool clock interlock Alleyway temple made meek street ever bleak Folly is an empty spoon, children’s cartoons Wall starter, void walker, treble swelled neurotic Creeps dream witchcraft borderline hypnotic Say it was before it wasn’t
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Mar 12, 2013
Mar 12, 2013 at 7:54 PM UTC
Said I was.
making pancakes tonight. i know it’s not morning but it kind of feels right. i’m making pancakes tonight do you want some i know you want some maybe if i smile i could get some you win some and you lose some as he always used to say but the smell of pancakes eyes melting like butter you win some and you lose some but you can’t help but want some i’m making pancakes tonight. come over, it’s like old times dry eyes and syrups no way to start a fight. i’ll cook you clean let’s enjoy some pancakes no kitchen brights just butter moonlight cause they’re fluffy they’re sweet make you weak in the knees they hit the spot just right so come on. my treat like i said i’ll cook you clean the griddle, the ladle, like your eyes shine and gleam just put it in the sink time flies by stomachs filled and riding a high let it soak cause we’re eating pancakes tonight feast your eyes cause it’s not so attractive to have eyes bigger than your stomach the memory of breakfast wanton, happy , an image redacted you win some and you lose some and you can’t help but get some pancakes? pancakes ? i know you want some
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Jan 8, 2019
Jan 8, 2019 at 9:02 PM UTC
Making Pancakes
I like the days, when I just sit Staring vacantly at the ceiling With a book of Bukowski upon my head Serious Osmosis going on. I go back, to days Days when we would just steal a traffic cone For the Hell of it – When being young was just doing What you could Because you could. I remember eating Nachos and apple crumble At 2am. Then watching a friend of mine Eating icecream one night with a ladle The next night screaming in the shower Out of apparent ‘excitement’. I remember when we would sit, You and I, Drinking and if the atmosphere wasn’t more Frosty than the arctic wind Then Dave the drunk added his two penceworth. When I had to fight off Dave and his Bovverboy. That was rather humerous Particularly by the fact that you nearly crapped yourself It was a good laugh I wish there could have been more times like that Ah well... Unlike most great works of art, this has no theme That holds it all together. I guess, like most undiscovered artists I just thought I’d write **** down And see where it went. Clearly, not very far.
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Nov 11, 2011
Nov 11, 2011 at 3:07 PM UTC
A Poem jus’ for Joss
I have fallen in love with my newest piece of kitchen equipment it came in the 9 am mail shipment with much zeal I opened the package and my eyes were so pleasantly surprised the metal shone like the sun beams in a summer sky the handles were so comfortable on the finger tips and there was plenty of room on them to securely grip it surely lived up to all my expectations considering I wasn't the person who paid for this wonderful thing a stew I shall make in it for my dinner tonight and as I ladle the stew from this piece of cookware I'll be thinking of the person who didn't receive this fabulous gift she'll be ever wondering what happened to her stainless steel *** which never made it to her mailbox
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Oct 19, 2013
Oct 19, 2013 at 9:00 PM UTC
Mailbox
sometimes, late at night i lie awake, or sit, or even dance i do not "sleep" i might drowse, or snooze, but only temporary reprive- The Dark holds its monsters and pattering, clawed steps outside of my candlelit chambers and beyond the fragile makebelieve walls of my lurking consciousness- light a candle. burn the Night. Smolder your eyes upon the smoke banish my fears, faint light- but do not destroy my peace- morning Light, cast not your hands over this black scry-stone! Look but so gently into the Dark's swirling and staring stars down upon a ritual laid bare- agate eyes upon the crown upon the head of the young Oracle a story for another time, a prayer for a beating heart in another place, another darkened midnight womb or perhaps an obsidian tomb--. fill a chalice and not a mind tip the contents to then find a wandering flame spread to the wind devouring those violent souls that have sinned as such, topics change like Gaia dear, as such my mind roams when I cower in fear--. in the imaginary arms of a man I love, the one who can't be near. Night sings a quiet song of insane love and gentle terror, a soft-soft sound that rings eternal and lulls its listener not to sleep but into a spell that gathers deep within the core of the mind behind the third, before the eye, but loud and deafening guilt that keeps the shade-drawn witch awake, and the quivering fear racing in their youthful heart--. Ladle the light of the stars above into the cupped hands tonight and sing the damnation back to the groping clouds on the black horizon, the violet and blue and grey and white swirling in cohesion and roaring into a wave of conscious nightmares i cannot deal with these thoughts on my mind, resting upon my heart my eyes my mind my very soul.
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May 12, 2014
May 12, 2014 at 2:34 PM UTC
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sometimes, late at night i lie awake, or sit, or even dance i do not "sleep" i might drowse, or snooze, but only temporary reprive- The Dark holds its monsters and pattering, clawed steps outside of my candlelit chambers and beyond the fragile makebelieve walls of my lurking consciousness- light a candle. burn the Night. Smolder your eyes upon the smoke banish my fears, faint light- but do not destroy my peace- morning Light, cast not your hands over this black scry-stone! Look but so gently into the Dark's swirling and staring stars down upon a ritual laid bare- agate eyes upon the crown upon the head of the young Oracle a story for another time, a prayer for a beating heart in another place, another darkened midnight womb or perhaps an obsidian tomb--. fill a chalice and not a mind tip the contents to then find a wandering flame spread to the wind devouring those violent souls that have sinned as such, topics change like Gaia dear, as such my mind roams when I cower in fear--. in the imaginary arms of a man I love, the one who can't be near. Night sings a quiet song of insane love and gentle terror, a soft-soft sound that rings eternal and lulls its listener not to sleep but into a spell that gathers deep within the core of the mind behind the third, before the eye, but loud and deafening guilt that keeps the shade-drawn witch awake, and the quivering fear racing in their youthful heart--. Ladle the light of the stars above into the cupped hands tonight and sing the damnation back to the groping clouds on the black horizon, the violet and blue and grey and white swirling in cohesion and roaring into a wave of conscious nightmares i cannot deal with these thoughts on my mind, resting upon my heart my eyes my mind my very soul.
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Oh Glenda (Miz Gee gee) years elapsed since, I didst hawk verboten fruit adrip from yar verdant bough, thy strong craven raven doth still twitter and flip sans thy testosterone switch, where woody pecker missus grip ping re: egret ting prospective relationship nixed thee as gull friend material, hip mistress, though heron eye did pay lip service verily orgasmically quip yes...wren doer ring more'n commit Freudian slip which peeping cardinal tip towing thru nested tulip trip gave balled oriole peck whip ping lil *** pistol be friending chirping ***** riot inserting thingmabob after pants sigh did un zip. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Egg gad unlike rob bin duck cradle yar mature red breast all aswirl asper a stationary dreidel mammary ducts mine mouth pursed yar ******* mine gums did ladle. Only in memory, aye hungrily thirst and thirstily hunger fort deux aureole dye still affecting this gab bird, who didst deign as milquetoast guy. Whenever this birdman alone his thoughts metaphorically drone worm wayward toward ***** thatch, where hello kitty doth purr and groan of quintessentially ***** coiled hair moan ning softly as thee bared naked lady lies prone admiring pinkish puckered def flesh tone.
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Jul 28, 2018
Jul 28, 2018 at 2:44 AM UTC
Ma Little Brown Chickadee
. Laundry detergent and love, broken hearted Dark nights and witches and dearly departed Death in the front yard with bright flowers blooming Winter and summer, all seasons are looming Fireflies, evergreens, balloons colored yellow A beautiful woman, an old grouchy fellow The sun and the moon and the stars that are shining Laughter and teardrops, occasional whining Sunrises, sunsets, the beach and the ocean A walk in the park or a magical potion A bird on a fence or a babe in a cradle The dish and the spoon ran away with a ladle? *** that is sensual, pain that is hurting Humor and drama, some things I am blurting Long ones and shorts ones and some in between A king in a castle defending his queen Rhyming and free verse, it’s endless and mounting Ten words or haiku and syllable counting Written out stanzas of how we are feeling Even an orange that someone is peeling Riding a horse or just crossing a river Feathers and leaves and all things that do quiver So many thoughts I have found that are waiting Here on this site there is no hesitating To all the poets with pens always bleeding Thank you so much for the poems I’m reading For all of you that I get to call friend Here is a poem for you I have penned
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May 26, 2016
May 26, 2016 at 10:42 AM UTC
To all of the talented poets on Hellopoetry