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T'was the night before Christmas And with everything done The kids were all dreaming Of Christmas Day fun The tree was completed We had wrapped all the toys When from the basement below We heard a faint noise I sprung from the couch Took off down the stairs On my way through the kitchen I tripped on two chairs I slid down the staircase To the base of my house And there with my shortbreads Was a ****** great mouse My wife followed close And then she let out a shriek She saw me and the mouse And she started to freak He nibbled the cookie and he ran past my nose right down my torso Then he stopped at my toes My wife was still screaming The mouse didn't care He continued his running On under the stairs I crawled to my workshop Grabbed the first thing I found A mallet for pounding That mouse in the ground I limped to the staircase And I swung at the wall I again lost my balance And again, I did fall I put two holes in the riser Two more in the tread I was gonna keep swinging Till that mouse was dead I broke the one lightbulb That lit up the room Now I was worried I couldn't see...found the broom I stepped on one end Squared my self in the sack I then heard a noise The mouse had come back I heard his slight skitter As he went past my feet He was off to the larder For more stuff to eat I went back to the workshop Tripping at least three more times I would finish this mouse He would pay for his crimes I grabbed for a lighter And my large propane torch I would hunt down this mouse And his **** I would scorch I lit up the propane And I aimed at the stairs It caught light on the carpet And I burnt both those chairs The flames went on upward The stairs were quite dry I laughed in hysterics That **** mouse would fry My wife had recovered And decided to run but, after seeing the flames She phoned up 9 1 1 The mouse left the building In fact, he never was found The house burned in seconds It collapsed to the ground And through the whole scene I just stood there and laughed At the wreckage before me And I thought, **** I'm daft I had ruined our Christmas And I burned down our house Over a **** shortbread cookie And one little mouse The kids, they got out And were wrapped up and warm While I was creating My own perfect storm The gifts were all ruined The house ...all consumed And over my head One large question loomed If I had gone for the shotgun And shot at the mouse Would I be still having Christmas And would I still have a house My wife came on over And she gave me a swat She said "look what you've done" "you great stupid **** I learned a great lesson and folks ...it is that Once I rebuild I will then buy a cat!!!
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Dec 1, 2013
Dec 1, 2013 at 5:01 PM UTC
The Christmas Mouse
T'was the night before Christmas And with everything done The kids were all dreaming Of Christmas Day fun The tree was completed We had wrapped all the toys When from the basement below We heard a faint noise I sprung from the couch Took off down the stairs On my way through the kitchen I tripped on two chairs I slid down the staircase To the base of my house And there with my shortbreads Was a ****** great mouse My wife followed close And then she let out a shriek She saw me and the mouse And she started to freak He nibbled the cookie and he ran past my nose right down my torso Then he stopped at my toes My wife was still screaming The mouse didn't care He continued his running On under the stairs I crawled to my workshop Grabbed the first thing I found A mallet for pounding That mouse in the ground I limped to the staircase And I swung at the wall I again lost my balance And again, I did fall I put two holes in the riser Two more in the tread I was gonna keep swinging Till that mouse was dead I broke the one lightbulb That lit up the room Now I was worried I couldn't see...found the broom I stepped on one end Squared my self in the sack I then heard a noise The mouse had come back I heard his slight skitter As he went past my feet He was off to the larder For more stuff to eat I went back to the workshop Tripping at least three more times I would finish this mouse He would pay for his crimes I grabbed for a lighter And my large propane torch I would hunt down this mouse And his **** I would scorch I lit up the propane And I aimed at the stairs It caught light on the carpet And I burnt both those chairs The flames went on upward The stairs were quite dry I laughed in hysterics That **** mouse would fry My wife had recovered And decided to run but, after seeing the flames She phoned up 9 1 1 The mouse left the building In fact, he never was found The house burned in seconds It collapsed to the ground And through the whole scene I just stood there and laughed At the wreckage before me And I thought, **** I'm daft I had ruined our Christmas And I burned down our house Over a **** shortbread cookie And one little mouse The kids, they got out And were wrapped up and warm While I was creating My own perfect storm The gifts were all ruined The house ...all consumed And over my head One large question loomed If I had gone for the shotgun And shot at the mouse Would I be still having Christmas And would I still have a house My wife came on over And she gave me a swat She said "look what you've done" "you great stupid **** I learned a great lesson and folks ...it is that Once I rebuild I will then buy a cat!!!
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Winter, From Summer Winter's kiss reveals barren nests in arbored rests summer's love conceals Winter's veil behests larder meals in burrowed fields summer's sleep divests Summer, From Winter Summer's hand repeals frigid tests of nature's guests winter's grasp unseals Summer's warmth invests life's ordeals on newborn squeals winter's chill arrests
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Feb 15, 2016
Feb 15, 2016 at 8:40 AM UTC
Winter and Summer
The *** Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat: If you offer him pheasant he would rather have grouse. If you put him in a house he would much prefer a flat, If you put him in a flat then he’d rather have a house. If you set him on a mouse then he only wants a rat, If you set him on a rat then he’d rather chase a mouse. Yes the *** Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat— And there isn’t any call for me to shout it: For he will do As he do do And there’s no doing anything about it! The *** Tum Tugger is a terrible bore: When you let him in, then he wants to be out; He’s always on the wrong side of every door, And as soon as he’s at home, then he’d like to get about. He likes to lie in the bureau drawer, But he makes such a fuss if he can’t get out. Yes the *** Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat— And there isn’t any use for you to doubt it: For he will do As he do do And there’s no doing anything about it! The *** Tum Tugger is a curious beast: His disobliging ways are a matter of habit. If you offer him fish then he always wants a feast; When there isn’t any fish then he won’t eat rabbit. If you offer him cream then he sniffs and sneers, For he only likes what he finds for himself; So you’ll catch him in it right up to the ears, If you put it away on the larder shelf. The *** Tum Tugger is artful and knowing, The *** Tum Tugger doesn’t care for a cuddle; But he’ll leap on your lap in the middle of your sewing, For there’s nothing he enjoys like a horrible muddle. Yes the *** Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat— And there isn’t any need for me to spout it: For he will do As he do do And theres no doing anything about it!
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The *** Tum Tugger
The *** Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat: If you offer him pheasant he would rather have grouse. If you put him in a house he would much prefer a flat, If you put him in a flat then he’d rather have a house. If you set him on a mouse then he only wants a rat, If you set him on a rat then he’d rather chase a mouse. Yes the *** Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat— And there isn’t any call for me to shout it: For he will do As he do do And there’s no doing anything about it! The *** Tum Tugger is a terrible bore: When you let him in, then he wants to be out; He’s always on the wrong side of every door, And as soon as he’s at home, then he’d like to get about. He likes to lie in the bureau drawer, But he makes such a fuss if he can’t get out. Yes the *** Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat— And there isn’t any use for you to doubt it: For he will do As he do do And there’s no doing anything about it! The *** Tum Tugger is a curious beast: His disobliging ways are a matter of habit. If you offer him fish then he always wants a feast; When there isn’t any fish then he won’t eat rabbit. If you offer him cream then he sniffs and sneers, For he only likes what he finds for himself; So you’ll catch him in it right up to the ears, If you put it away on the larder shelf. The *** Tum Tugger is artful and knowing, The *** Tum Tugger doesn’t care for a cuddle; But he’ll leap on your lap in the middle of your sewing, For there’s nothing he enjoys like a horrible muddle. Yes the *** Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat— And there isn’t any need for me to spout it: For he will do As he do do And theres no doing anything about it!
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Sitting past the reeds upon a willow tree the kingfisher surveys his watery larder With keen polaroid eyes a victim he spies and measuring distance he makes his next move A flicker in thought his blue metallic wings now do go into action such a beautiful thing Down from the branches wings folded back he darts into the stream by the banks waters edge The minnow that was hunting has now become the hunted and out of crystal waters the kingfisher is victorious Out of the stream with feathers to preen after a hearty fill of minnow and bream By Christos Andreas Kourtis aka NeonSolaris
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Nov 18, 2013
Nov 18, 2013 at 8:53 PM UTC
Kingfisher
Macavity’s a Mystery Cat: he’s called the Hidden Paw— For he’s the master criminal who can defy the Law. He’s the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad’s despair: For when they reach the scene of crime—Macavity’s not there! Macavity, Macavity, there’s no on like Macavity, He’s broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity. His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare, And when you reach the scene of crime—Macavity’s not there! You may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the air— But I tell you once and once again, Macavity’s not there! Macavity’s a ginger cat, he’s very tall and thin; You would know him if you saw him, for his eyes are sunken in. His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly doomed; His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed. He sways his head from side to side, with movements like a snake; And when you think he’s half asleep, he’s always wide awake. Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity, For he’s a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity. You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square— But when a crime’s discovered, then Macavity’s not there! He’s outwardly respectable. (They say he cheats at cards.) And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard’s. And when the larder’s looted, or the jewel-case is rifled, Or when the milk is missing, or another Peke’s been stifled, Or the greenhouse glass is broken, and the trellis past repair— Ay, there’s the wonder of the thing! Macavity’s not there! And when the Foreign Office finds a Treaty’s gone astray, Or the Admiralty lose some plans and drawings by the way, There may be a scap of paper in the hall or on the stair— But it’s useless of investigate—Macavity’s not there! And when the loss has been disclosed, the Secret Service say: “It must have been Macavity!”—but he’s a mile away. You’ll be sure to find him resting, or a-licking of his thumbs, Or engaged in doing complicated long division sums. Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macacity, There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity. He always has an alibit, or one or two to spare: And whatever time the deed took place—MACAVITY WASN’T THERE! And they say that all the Cats whose wicked deeds are widely known (I might mention Mungojerrie, I might mention Griddlebone) Are nothing more than agents for the Cat who all the time Just controls their operations: the Napoleon of Crime!
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Macavity: The Mystery Cat
Macavity’s a Mystery Cat: he’s called the Hidden Paw— For he’s the master criminal who can defy the Law. He’s the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad’s despair: For when they reach the scene of crime—Macavity’s not there! Macavity, Macavity, there’s no on like Macavity, He’s broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity. His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare, And when you reach the scene of crime—Macavity’s not there! You may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the air— But I tell you once and once again, Macavity’s not there! Macavity’s a ginger cat, he’s very tall and thin; You would know him if you saw him, for his eyes are sunken in. His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly doomed; His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed. He sways his head from side to side, with movements like a snake; And when you think he’s half asleep, he’s always wide awake. Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity, For he’s a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity. You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square— But when a crime’s discovered, then Macavity’s not there! He’s outwardly respectable. (They say he cheats at cards.) And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard’s. And when the larder’s looted, or the jewel-case is rifled, Or when the milk is missing, or another Peke’s been stifled, Or the greenhouse glass is broken, and the trellis past repair— Ay, there’s the wonder of the thing! Macavity’s not there! And when the Foreign Office finds a Treaty’s gone astray, Or the Admiralty lose some plans and drawings by the way, There may be a scap of paper in the hall or on the stair— But it’s useless of investigate—Macavity’s not there! And when the loss has been disclosed, the Secret Service say: “It must have been Macavity!”—but he’s a mile away. You’ll be sure to find him resting, or a-licking of his thumbs, Or engaged in doing complicated long division sums. Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macacity, There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity. He always has an alibit, or one or two to spare: And whatever time the deed took place—MACAVITY WASN’T THERE! And they say that all the Cats whose wicked deeds are widely known (I might mention Mungojerrie, I might mention Griddlebone) Are nothing more than agents for the Cat who all the time Just controls their operations: the Napoleon of Crime!
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"CALL down the hawk from the air; Let him be hooded or caged Till the yellow eye has grown mild, For larder and spit are bare, The old cook enraged, The scullion gone wild.' "I will not be clapped in a hood, Nor a cage, nor alight upon wrist, Now I have learnt to be proud Hovering over the wood In the broken mist Or tumbling cloud.' "What tumbling cloud did you cleave, Yellow-eyed hawk of the mind, Last evening? that I, who had sat Dumbfounded before a knave, Should give to my friend A pretence of wit.'
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The Hawk
1561 No Brigadier throughout the Year So civic as the Jay— A Neighbor and a Warrior too With shrill felicity Pursuing Winds that censure us A February Day, The Brother of the Universe Was never blown away— The Snow and he are intimate— I’ve often seem them play When Heaven looked upon us all With such severity I felt apology were due To an insulted sky Whose pompous frown was Nutriment To their Temerity— The Pillow of this daring Head Is pungent Evergreens— His Larder—terse and Militant— Unknown—refreshing things— His Character—a Tonic— His future—a Dispute— Unfair an Immortality That leaves this Neighbor out—
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No Brigadier throughout the Year
I stood in line to be weighed in the bathroom of the nursing home Anne crutched herself behind me you haven't got a chance in hell of winning that chocolate bar Kid she said I've seen more meat on a butcher's pencil stuck behind his ear might win I said might fly she said   the kid in front of me got on the green metal scales and the nun moved the weight along the top not you Malcolm she said the kid got off sulkily I got on the scales and the nun moved the weight I looked at her black and white headdress her pinched features not you Benny she said I got off and walked away Anne awkwardly got on the scales holding herself on her one leg the stump of the other hanging there best so far Anne the nun said told you Kid you didn't have a chance guess not I said as she crutched herself along side of me not to worry if I get the choco bar I’ll give you a quarter for being a good friend no other in this **** hole gets a look in we went along to our rooms come in Kid she said I hesitated come in I want to ask you something I stood swaying uncertain what if one of the nuns comes along?   what if I don't give you quarter of the choc bar? she said I followed her in to the girls dorm no one else was there just she and me she closed the door with her backside right Kid I want you to do me a favour favour? I said sensing uncertainty hit my gut yes I want you to sneak along to the kitchen tonight and liberate some biscuits liberate? I said biscuits? yes you know what biscuits are don't you those hard things with cream in the middle or chocolate on one side I know what biscuits are I said but what do you mean liberate? take some from the big tin they have on the shelf in larder take? I said you mean steal? steal take liberate whatever word you want to use Kid what if I get caught? don't get caught but what if I do? Anne sighed sat on the edge of her bed I thought you were someone I could rely on Kid not some cowardly custard yellow belly I looked at her leg stump sticking out the other leg reached to the floor if you're really good I’ll let you touch my stump she said no need I said I'll try tonight sneak down after lights out good Kid she said she took my right hand and lay it on the stump and held it there it felt warm and soft she let my hand go good huh? wish the rest was there she said off you go and don't get caught I nodded and backed out of the room seeing her cover the stump with her dress and smile see you I said you bet she said I walked away thinking of the big steal of biscuits unthought through by my 10 year old brain as yet.
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May 9, 2014
May 9, 2014 at 12:49 PM UTC
ANNE AND THE TASK.
I stood in line to be weighed in the bathroom of the nursing home Anne crutched herself behind me you haven't got a chance in hell of winning that chocolate bar Kid she said I've seen more meat on a butcher's pencil stuck behind his ear might win I said might fly she said   the kid in front of me got on the green metal scales and the nun moved the weight along the top not you Malcolm she said the kid got off sulkily I got on the scales and the nun moved the weight I looked at her black and white headdress her pinched features not you Benny she said I got off and walked away Anne awkwardly got on the scales holding herself on her one leg the stump of the other hanging there best so far Anne the nun said told you Kid you didn't have a chance guess not I said as she crutched herself along side of me not to worry if I get the choco bar I’ll give you a quarter for being a good friend no other in this **** hole gets a look in we went along to our rooms come in Kid she said I hesitated come in I want to ask you something I stood swaying uncertain what if one of the nuns comes along?   what if I don't give you quarter of the choc bar? she said I followed her in to the girls dorm no one else was there just she and me she closed the door with her backside right Kid I want you to do me a favour favour? I said sensing uncertainty hit my gut yes I want you to sneak along to the kitchen tonight and liberate some biscuits liberate? I said biscuits? yes you know what biscuits are don't you those hard things with cream in the middle or chocolate on one side I know what biscuits are I said but what do you mean liberate? take some from the big tin they have on the shelf in larder take? I said you mean steal? steal take liberate whatever word you want to use Kid what if I get caught? don't get caught but what if I do? Anne sighed sat on the edge of her bed I thought you were someone I could rely on Kid not some cowardly custard yellow belly I looked at her leg stump sticking out the other leg reached to the floor if you're really good I’ll let you touch my stump she said no need I said I'll try tonight sneak down after lights out good Kid she said she took my right hand and lay it on the stump and held it there it felt warm and soft she let my hand go good huh? wish the rest was there she said off you go and don't get caught I nodded and backed out of the room seeing her cover the stump with her dress and smile see you I said you bet she said I walked away thinking of the big steal of biscuits unthought through by my 10 year old brain as yet.
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I've had mountain oyster, and pigs feet, in stew tasted chocolate bugs, and was that cheese, or glue? I may have had cat, and dog, in a Mexican venue frog legs, goat and snake, just to name a few If it walks or crawls, or makes a nest or den you can rest assured, it's only where, and when God made animals of meat, as is every single hen captured, cleaned, BBQ'd, eaten by women, children, men Omnivores, world's best, eating every way, and thing food up in the larder, of bread and wine, to sing don't have to tell me what it is, if it has legs, or wings just put it on the table, tasting all, that nature brings
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Jan 9, 2017
Jan 9, 2017 at 11:14 AM UTC
Mmmmm Meat!
welcome to the world milk larder atlas killer welcome to the universal mind your presence has not been anticipated no bells rung at your birth but the cosmos shook about a nanometer from the force of your creation spectacular birth even if your arm is weak doubtless your good looks will make up the rest ... no luck there? you're the down-trodden, the eclipsed lantern, the face in odd angles, wearing the weight of someone's unconditional .. Lust but deep in your caved chest your heart is beating the tribal song of a jet launching for the sky the way you felt when you switched wheat for rye the turn in your cerebrum going from gluten to sigh. but even as the birds coast beside your jet-stream heart strings I see your hesitation glistening shivering at the start line from your magnum opus and you are shattered growling lioness courage running from the cannon exhaust that running lion until she's panting on her back sweating vapor into the atmosphere and you remember that all along you have been the soulmate of the intangible you just forgot and you forgot again.
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Sep 25, 2013
Sep 25, 2013 at 4:19 PM UTC
Wheat Gut
you cannot finish need. it fiends in wretched globes of dwarf swelling to tremendous steam a Bacchanal of vineyard borscht a moonlit morsel of demolished dreams... we serve at the pleasure of the absurd gilding shadows with clay confetti and the nictitating membranes of blue crocodiles. and blank verse. felling the Yggdrasil, by all means; you maraud the larder in the night kitchen; nicking blackbird-pies and pinky-russet salamanders [ the loose farthing ] and the hard liquor... all gone now your potato sack, rakishly slung from the shoulders of an Atlas, entitled ' Promised Land; betrayed '. a new map shrugging off old kings from dead valleys revealing the hour of your worthless estate, in-lieu of the boundaries of your lost holdings. unhappily - you inherit the unripe peach in a hound's mouth. you slouch rough, slowly to your beast of a couch: there, to remain unholy and due South. there, to remain unknowing by all account.
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Feb 11, 2013
Feb 11, 2013 at 10:13 PM UTC
Yearn Like a Puppet
when I go it will be impossibly late and I’ll leave you not multi-talented bars or pairs of randy ingots itching to procreate in a splendid explosion of golden delight what I’ll leave you is a stale-air larder filled just this once by dully packaged thoughts and duller feelings when I have them they could only couple if enlivened with musical prodding or the sigh effecting benefits from hands full of mood-altering pharmaceuticals so please yourself instead and don’t put them to any use bury them deep better yet pile them high on Pyrrhic pyres where the gathering scorch will send down leaden puddles while precious platinum curls rise up to trickle trickster tears my greatest possible reward
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Sep 3, 2010
Sep 3, 2010 at 8:54 AM UTC
Parable of incomparable talents
651 So much Summer Me for showing Illegitimate— Would a Smile’s minute bestowing Too exorbitant To the Lady With the Guinea Look—if She should know Crumb of Mine A Robin’s Larder Would suffice to stow—
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So much Summer
They stalk their prey in the long grass eyes keen on their would be larder crouching ready to spring feline sisters Serengeti hardware The sun beats down on their perfect forms as they move into position the hunt is on for the Serengeti hardware A Zebra walks unknowingly into their line of sight now it is marked for the **** they leap into action the Serengeti hardware Claws tear at **** zebra cries in distress a sister bites at its throat and soon it will be dead This is the Serengeti Hardware By Christos Andreas Kourtis aka NeonSolaris
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Nov 18, 2013
Nov 18, 2013 at 3:58 AM UTC
Serengeti Hardware
Under the spread hazel's winter umbrella hung with pale catkins pulling at a black bin liner rubble spilled, a little toad tumbles free from under in turmoil of warty limbs. A toad in this garden where is no pond found a moist pocket of plastic pleats and a larder of wood lice in the rotted pile sits on my palm calm as a buddha thoughtless, yellow-eyed, unidentified. Later, returning for forgotten secateurs he drifts down in the water *** I let in to the ground, trailing a bubble stream, an olive green indifferent nature god. The lordly stars sustain his crawlspace.
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Jun 4, 2011
Jun 4, 2011 at 2:12 AM UTC
Toad
I know this little puppy, Or maybe he’s a guppy, As he likes to take to water, Like rav’nous rats a larder. I am compelled to mention, While he seems to seek attention, Could not he be aware, How his actions help him fair? Does he bury furry friends, So they don’t obstruct his end? Is a pat on the head that needed? Or is causality unheeded? As this ******* of a fish and mutt, Is capable of kindness but, Only when it drowns those near, Of shadowing his own career.
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Mar 6, 2010
Mar 6, 2010 at 7:38 PM UTC
A Cunning Puppy?
A man named Skinner came to dinner, with knife poised to attack any so-called sinner, where did his acerbic attitude come from I wonder, it was not fair that he should cast any man asunder. To be frank, he was the one who should work harder, then, there may be more pleasantries stocked in his larder, perhaps a change of heart is beyond some of us, but if you don't - we won't let you on the bus. We won't let you have any credibility, until you gain some compassion and humility, put your silly knife away described as fun, otherwise we'll lock you up in the Tower of London. You don't deserve accolades with your set of blades, We won't waste our time as your pathetic memory fades.
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Apr 5, 2016
Apr 5, 2016 at 2:39 PM UTC
UNCOMPLIMENTARY
SO WHAT. Deal with it. It won't stop probably so deal with it or haha nevermind silly, just move on to something else. Who gives a **** about headphones advertisements in the middle of hypnotizing music from her stores? The larder is – behind that door – you can't enter no matter how hard you try, that is music there. There's nothing physical, no floors no walls no just music and you can open the door. What you hear won't make sense and it will blot out all other senses but there she is striding past me and walks inside. because that's where she belongs. This is not my comprehension. In she went, and I will never see her again but hear her as she has infiltrated the realm of organized sound to contribute to the beautiful lustful chaos. She has only just begun, I realize. There is no end, though there was a beginning; she has fractured infinity casually as sipping water from tea cups in faux-innocent sunlight filtered through a hangover on something you're pretty sure was called a veranda but that's more a polite curiosity than a serious one so you content yourself to take in this retrospectively invented image of her in Ray Bans and anything but pants with her scars embossed and tattoos in a rare moment of silence preceding the moment of sound where she asks   why you're looking at her like that, and you hadn't realized you'd done it again, shifted to the future you reflecting on the present moment to grasp the intangible, to outline the undefined to alter the fixed and whatever other paradoxes you happen to be causing at the time because you've accidentally, temporarily transcended again, so you're really just along for the ride with your pretty little thoughts of her and this veranda or whatever while she's smoking a cigarette you offered her so enjoy it while it lasts. Whatever you do, enjoy it while it lasts, and go easy on yourself, you're just a kid after all, remember. Remember. and don't forget
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Mar 12, 2013
Mar 12, 2013 at 10:17 PM UTC
Remember and don't forget
SO WHAT. Deal with it. It won't stop probably so deal with it or haha nevermind silly, just move on to something else. Who gives a **** about headphones advertisements in the middle of hypnotizing music from her stores? The larder is – behind that door – you can't enter no matter how hard you try, that is music there. There's nothing physical, no floors no walls no just music and you can open the door. What you hear won't make sense and it will blot out all other senses but there she is striding past me and walks inside. because that's where she belongs. This is not my comprehension. In she went, and I will never see her again but hear her as she has infiltrated the realm of organized sound to contribute to the beautiful lustful chaos. She has only just begun, I realize. There is no end, though there was a beginning; she has fractured infinity casually as sipping water from tea cups in faux-innocent sunlight filtered through a hangover on something you're pretty sure was called a veranda but that's more a polite curiosity than a serious one so you content yourself to take in this retrospectively invented image of her in Ray Bans and anything but pants with her scars embossed and tattoos in a rare moment of silence preceding the moment of sound where she asks   why you're looking at her like that, and you hadn't realized you'd done it again, shifted to the future you reflecting on the present moment to grasp the intangible, to outline the undefined to alter the fixed and whatever other paradoxes you happen to be causing at the time because you've accidentally, temporarily transcended again, so you're really just along for the ride with your pretty little thoughts of her and this veranda or whatever while she's smoking a cigarette you offered her so enjoy it while it lasts. Whatever you do, enjoy it while it lasts, and go easy on yourself, you're just a kid after all, remember. Remember. and don't forget
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And you, stranger, ask why my wife left me there was no food in the larder the kids were hungry Daisy wrote a note when she left love can't subsist without money I'm taking the kids away for good your rich friend Henry I'll marry
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May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018 at 11:02 PM UTC
THE PAUPER SERIES 3
*my house shoes shuffle my gait across linoleum earth and a thin layer of bisquick and dander. last night's raid on the larder and this morning's coffee quest, collide in the long slant shadows of a slow moving star, on the rise like a yellow souffle with a nuclear heart. i imagine a vertical carousel, grinding 'round the house of my muffins and octane. dragging pin lights and globes over the horizon... marching an infinite parade of other worlds above my crust of stone and blue oceans, crashing a thousand miles from my domain... i envision the void on a string of pearls and deep sea horses galloping 'cross the gap... i toss sugar into a ceramic misadventure from the state fair and sip remarkable from the lip of space. and consume*.
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Feb 25, 2016
Feb 25, 2016 at 9:18 AM UTC
The Vertical Carousel
Water, as most of you will know, Has the chemical formula H2O. Now this essential liquid is, as well, In its natural form devoid of smell, And also in its pure state It's clear and clean and really great, For keeping living things alive, As without it nothing can survive. Yes it really is such magic stuff, Because without it things are really tough, And it often makes me stop and think Each time I pour myself a drink. What would I do if it all dried up? Turn on the tap, but an empty cup. Nothing from the pipes emanating, Panic, as I'm not used to waiting. This is not how it is for me I live where rain falls frequently, And I can drink, shower and bathe too As often as I'm wanting to. But in other parts it rains only rarely, And people there, well they can barely Find enough water for their needs, To drink, to wash, to nurture seeds. For them life is infinitely harder They've learned to live with an empty larder, And simple hygiene is so hard to achieve When the detritus of living, they have to leave, Lying, rotting, stinking on the surface all around Polluting any water source in the ground. Because of the extreme poverty of these 'others', On my TV screen I have seen the faces of the mothers, Whose children died because there has never been Access to water which is drinkable and clean. Yes, something that we take for granted, Because we were born, where we were planted! Tom Higgins
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May 26, 2014
May 26, 2014 at 12:32 PM UTC
Watery Lottery
Pots, pans and plates Pots, pans And the larder A ghost house Trembling The larder Stocked with oats and rice Pots And when it is time to cook And then the gas stove is lit for A feast Pots, pans and plates - Rows of jars line The windowsill Preserves, chutneys, jams Preserves, chutneys - and mango atchar That reminds me Of India Oh! Lord Gandhi!
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Mar 12, 2021
Mar 12, 2021 at 4:43 AM UTC
The Kitchen
Look what you've done! double the serving size of torment the battle has begun hunger pangs won't relent another helping: slashes of lament I'd rather be empty necessary rations, I resent beneficial to you, poisonous to me drifting through the days, rugged debris I've become a lunchroom paralytic ignore me, mediocre bourgeoisie not a stomach, but a heart granitic I ask for seconds - of love, not larder For once, I feel full. Incomparable ardor.
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Apr 23, 2015
Apr 23, 2015 at 12:55 AM UTC
villi villains
Let’s play Name That Goon. How many can you get right? Someone you see every day In the news, in plain sight. The first one looks very much Like a troll doll but larger. He brags about how much Money he has in his larder. But, his blather does not Include many discernable facts. He’s about half of the man He stands on stage and acts. The second one is a talker In a very vaunted arena. He seems as incapable of truth As a citizen named Fiorina. He’s been faking his credentials And his skin has darkened. He’s orange, so one wonders If the old KKK has harkened. The third one was a big cheese And he was a big deal once Until his mouth and behavior Proved him to be a dunce. But not before his crew And his ineptitude managed To leave the country ******* And semi-permanently damaged. The fourth was the third’s pal In all those dastardly deeds That any tale well scripted Or any tragedy needs. He made a bundle for him And all of his colluding pals. Maybe he thought that might Make him attractive to the gals. The next one is the queen Of the Washington crazies. She might make a bigger fool Of herself, but she’s too lazy And as stupid as a box of lint. She opens mouth and convinces. Every time she speechifies The entire country winces. So, now we have done it We have played Name That Goon. If this glib poet doesn’t choke We can have more real soon. So, you all play nice and have fun At your next political gathering. And keep track of who is who And what they are all blathering.
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Oct 8, 2015
Oct 8, 2015 at 3:39 AM UTC
NAME THAT GOON
Let’s play Name That Goon. How many can you get right? Someone you see every day In the news, in plain sight. The first one looks very much Like a troll doll but larger. He brags about how much Money he has in his larder. But, his blather does not Include many discernable facts. He’s about half of the man He stands on stage and acts. The second one is a talker In a very vaunted arena. He seems as incapable of truth As a citizen named Fiorina. He’s been faking his credentials And his skin has darkened. He’s orange, so one wonders If the old KKK has harkened. The third one was a big cheese And he was a big deal once Until his mouth and behavior Proved him to be a dunce. But not before his crew And his ineptitude managed To leave the country ******* And semi-permanently damaged. The fourth was the third’s pal In all those dastardly deeds That any tale well scripted Or any tragedy needs. He made a bundle for him And all of his colluding pals. Maybe he thought that might Make him attractive to the gals. The next one is the queen Of the Washington crazies. She might make a bigger fool Of herself, but she’s too lazy And as stupid as a box of lint. She opens mouth and convinces. Every time she speechifies The entire country winces. So, now we have done it We have played Name That Goon. If this glib poet doesn’t choke We can have more real soon. So, you all play nice and have fun At your next political gathering. And keep track of who is who And what they are all blathering.
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The journey of memory mealtime lane. First stop, let’s get it over. The painful place of supper time tension. Watching the clock, start the race To produce the evening prize. Another plate – protein, vege, A third of carbs is wise. Table laid, stage is set, But there’s a stomach-churning silence, I’m staring at the wooden spoon. His sallow face swallows and the Fork shuffles, napkin placed on the pile. His footsteps leave, we try to ignore The deserted plate - talk and smile Come on now, memory mealtime store Fill me a tasty smell – Grandmas’s larder – whole room devoted! Crinkled brown paper nesting Squares of brownies, gingerbread. Eyes behold, like moons of light Boubon biscuits, french sponge fingers. Other worldliness, such a sight! Now take me back to nice school dinners, Waiting down the hall, up the playground steps. Will treacle cake all have gone, Just leaving rice and prunes? Dreadful cold white mash potato scoops Neatly spread apart. My favourite - dark chocolate sponge And jam pink marshmallow **** Join me to sitting round My family kitchen table, ‘Best bit is the skin,’ Dad and me agree. He approves as I eat My little sister’s potato jacket. I’m good and there’s plenty And we’re all feeling full. Every plate eaten clean, completely empty. I remember secretly sneaking Opening tins and picking out pieces Of chocolate from choc chip cookies. By the window, our Kenwood soda stream, It’s bottles like shop bought fizzy pop! And Dad’s homemade wholemeal loaf Unlike any bread from the shop. My Sixth form packed lunch – Two Ryvita sandwiches with a kipling cake, A calorie counting diet Eaten by morning break Whilst writing the stove is forgotten And now the smell of overcooked stew - Burnt pan supper – a frequent memory. I think I can save it, definitely cooked through. Arriving at the end of mealtime lane, A message to hang in the kitchen high above Something I’ve learnt to remember, That the food in our lives must be all about love.
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May 23, 2021
May 23, 2021 at 5:09 PM UTC
The Journey of Memory Mealtime Lane
The journey of memory mealtime lane. First stop, let’s get it over. The painful place of supper time tension. Watching the clock, start the race To produce the evening prize. Another plate – protein, vege, A third of carbs is wise. Table laid, stage is set, But there’s a stomach-churning silence, I’m staring at the wooden spoon. His sallow face swallows and the Fork shuffles, napkin placed on the pile. His footsteps leave, we try to ignore The deserted plate - talk and smile Come on now, memory mealtime store Fill me a tasty smell – Grandmas’s larder – whole room devoted! Crinkled brown paper nesting Squares of brownies, gingerbread. Eyes behold, like moons of light Boubon biscuits, french sponge fingers. Other worldliness, such a sight! Now take me back to nice school dinners, Waiting down the hall, up the playground steps. Will treacle cake all have gone, Just leaving rice and prunes? Dreadful cold white mash potato scoops Neatly spread apart. My favourite - dark chocolate sponge And jam pink marshmallow **** Join me to sitting round My family kitchen table, ‘Best bit is the skin,’ Dad and me agree. He approves as I eat My little sister’s potato jacket. I’m good and there’s plenty And we’re all feeling full. Every plate eaten clean, completely empty. I remember secretly sneaking Opening tins and picking out pieces Of chocolate from choc chip cookies. By the window, our Kenwood soda stream, It’s bottles like shop bought fizzy pop! And Dad’s homemade wholemeal loaf Unlike any bread from the shop. My Sixth form packed lunch – Two Ryvita sandwiches with a kipling cake, A calorie counting diet Eaten by morning break Whilst writing the stove is forgotten And now the smell of overcooked stew - Burnt pan supper – a frequent memory. I think I can save it, definitely cooked through. Arriving at the end of mealtime lane, A message to hang in the kitchen high above Something I’ve learnt to remember, That the food in our lives must be all about love.
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