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Kailangan ko lang ilabas kasi nakita ko tong picture sa Facebook. Inaamin ko madalas sumasayad sa isip ko to. Sino ba naman ang hindi maiisip to kung marealize mo kung gaano ka kahelpless at powerless na baguhin ang paligid mo. Sino ba naman ang hindi makakaisip na baka may mas magandang lugar para sa ating lahat na kung saan masaya tayo. Yung feeling of guilt kung bakit ako nasa loob ng kotse, naka-aircon tapos may batang kakatok sa bintana mo at siya ay walang makain, tapos pag inabutan mo magsasabi padin ng "Thank you po.", sabay bibili ng sundae sa Mcdonald's. Tangina lang diba, kasi bata lang din sila at gusto nila maenjoy ang buhay. Tapos, magmaneho ka lang sa Quezon ave, may kakatok sa bintana mo humihingi pagkain or limos. Tingin ka sa Quiapo may mga matatandang nanlilimos, tapos, masayang masaya pagka binigyan mo ng pagkain, nakakaputangina. Nung nag Davao kami, yung mga nagbebenta ng perlas dun alam **** isang kahig isang tuka ang buhay nila, isang tingin mo lang alam **** sobrang hirap ng buhay. Nakakagago pala talaga ang pakiramdam ng pribelehiyo no? Kasi andun ka lang para mag lamyerda at gumastos ng madaming pera. Yung feeling na nagiinstagram ako ng walang kakwenta-kwentang bagay tapos may namamatay sa gutom sa ibang lugar, may naaabusong ofw sa middle east, yung mga nasa Mindanao napapagitnaan ng gulo. Yung nakikita **** sales lady sa SM na alam **** todo kayod para kumita ng pera sa Maynila pero tangina hindi nabibigyan ng tamang benepisyo at kontraktwal padin. Ang swerte ko. Ang sarap ng buhay ko. Sa sobrang sarap, napakaunfair na at nakakagago na dahil di ko din masabing ayaw ko ang buhay ko, pero ayaw ko din ang mga nakikita ko. Ang labo no? At bilang isang ordinaryong tao, wala kang magagawa para matulungan sila na maglalast sakanya. Hanggang abot ka lang ng barya kasi di mo pwede isacrifice sarili **** kapakanan para sa iba. Dahil ganun na ang mundo ngayon, sarili ko muna bago iba. Pero masisisi mo ba yung pagiisip na ganun kasi may kanya kanya tayong mga problema na dulot ng pagiging myembro ng society? Duwag tayong lahat. Duwag na tumulong sa abot ng makakaya natin kasi takot tayo na baka tayo naman ang mapunta sa ganung kalagayan kapag binigay natin ang lahat. Tulad ko, pasuicide suicide pa pero duwag akong gawin, hanggang sagi lang sa isip ko, tangina ko eh no? Dahil yung nakakatulong lang talaga yung may tunay na tapang. Katulad ni Mother Teresa ang daming tinulungan at inalagaan, pero ironic dahil nawala ang paniniwala nya sa Diyos dahil sa nakita nya nasobrang hirap na dinadanas ng mga taong inaalagaan nya. Putangina ng Mundo. Bakit ba tayo nandito? Pagtapos nito balik na ko sa normal. Tangina nyo.
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Mar 21, 2017
Mar 21, 2017 at 10:20 AM UTC
Putangina Ng Mundo
Kailangan ko lang ilabas kasi nakita ko tong picture sa Facebook. Inaamin ko madalas sumasayad sa isip ko to. Sino ba naman ang hindi maiisip to kung marealize mo kung gaano ka kahelpless at powerless na baguhin ang paligid mo. Sino ba naman ang hindi makakaisip na baka may mas magandang lugar para sa ating lahat na kung saan masaya tayo. Yung feeling of guilt kung bakit ako nasa loob ng kotse, naka-aircon tapos may batang kakatok sa bintana mo at siya ay walang makain, tapos pag inabutan mo magsasabi padin ng "Thank you po.", sabay bibili ng sundae sa Mcdonald's. Tangina lang diba, kasi bata lang din sila at gusto nila maenjoy ang buhay. Tapos, magmaneho ka lang sa Quezon ave, may kakatok sa bintana mo humihingi pagkain or limos. Tingin ka sa Quiapo may mga matatandang nanlilimos, tapos, masayang masaya pagka binigyan mo ng pagkain, nakakaputangina. Nung nag Davao kami, yung mga nagbebenta ng perlas dun alam **** isang kahig isang tuka ang buhay nila, isang tingin mo lang alam **** sobrang hirap ng buhay. Nakakagago pala talaga ang pakiramdam ng pribelehiyo no? Kasi andun ka lang para mag lamyerda at gumastos ng madaming pera. Yung feeling na nagiinstagram ako ng walang kakwenta-kwentang bagay tapos may namamatay sa gutom sa ibang lugar, may naaabusong ofw sa middle east, yung mga nasa Mindanao napapagitnaan ng gulo. Yung nakikita **** sales lady sa SM na alam **** todo kayod para kumita ng pera sa Maynila pero tangina hindi nabibigyan ng tamang benepisyo at kontraktwal padin. Ang swerte ko. Ang sarap ng buhay ko. Sa sobrang sarap, napakaunfair na at nakakagago na dahil di ko din masabing ayaw ko ang buhay ko, pero ayaw ko din ang mga nakikita ko. Ang labo no? At bilang isang ordinaryong tao, wala kang magagawa para matulungan sila na maglalast sakanya. Hanggang abot ka lang ng barya kasi di mo pwede isacrifice sarili **** kapakanan para sa iba. Dahil ganun na ang mundo ngayon, sarili ko muna bago iba. Pero masisisi mo ba yung pagiisip na ganun kasi may kanya kanya tayong mga problema na dulot ng pagiging myembro ng society? Duwag tayong lahat. Duwag na tumulong sa abot ng makakaya natin kasi takot tayo na baka tayo naman ang mapunta sa ganung kalagayan kapag binigay natin ang lahat. Tulad ko, pasuicide suicide pa pero duwag akong gawin, hanggang sagi lang sa isip ko, tangina ko eh no? Dahil yung nakakatulong lang talaga yung may tunay na tapang. Katulad ni Mother Teresa ang daming tinulungan at inalagaan, pero ironic dahil nawala ang paniniwala nya sa Diyos dahil sa nakita nya nasobrang hirap na dinadanas ng mga taong inaalagaan nya. Putangina ng Mundo. Bakit ba tayo nandito? Pagtapos nito balik na ko sa normal. Tangina nyo.
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Make-ups Break-ups Dates Make up Limos Hair Hair Spray Tuxedo Dancing Crowns Gowns Kings Queens Prince Princesses Fun PARTAAAYYYY!!!!!!!
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May 9, 2013
May 9, 2013 at 4:14 PM UTC
Prom
Magrasang damit ng batang madungis tyang gutom at katawa'y malangis palaboy-laboy sa eskinita pagala-gala sa kalsada uupo sa sulok may katabing lata limos na inaabot ang lata sa mga tao nagmamakaawa para makakuha kahit kaka-unting barya Paglipas ng hapon at pagsapit ng gabi walang paligo at katawa'y makati ang naipon nyang pera kulang kulang sampu ang halaga di na matiis ang gutom nagkalkal ng basura sa tagal walang makita nainip, nakatulog, nahiga, ang naipong barya idadagdag nalang bukas sa lata
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Aug 18, 2011
Aug 18, 2011 at 12:55 AM UTC
Palimos
a ****** of crows gathers over Hamburg, carrion carrying on with business as usual. feeding on the festered flesh of a gentrified populace. in private jets coughing carbon they fly from the west on turbine wings, engines screaming as they dive towards a nation secured by razor-wound walls and barb-wire borders. they pitched a battle in Germany, convinced that austerity would ******* the resistance and give justification to premeditated violence. but the tables have turned on the thieves again. we are the end result of your failed policies, globalization has destroyed our homes. if your cabal rallies like a kettle of vultures, you will do so behind closed doors, cowering in your fortress' halls. you shall not pass. watch as the power shifts like the melting gears of torched BMWs. we will tear the vestiges of your authority down. we will black out your surveillance cameras, smash your windows, and block your limos. no pasaran. flee, while you can still run. this city belongs to the wild ones, a black bloc, thousands strong, dancing amidst the tear gas, tossing molotovs. marching to liberty's sturdy drum, equal in our solidarity song.
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Jul 8, 2017
Jul 8, 2017 at 12:14 PM UTC
(bloc)k
A quiet life A country life Where the grass sways in the breeze And the hues of green signify the beginning of balmy nights A far cry from the city Gone are the endless vibrant lights Gone are the 2 a.m. trips across town just because they make the best doughnuts In this place of air almost too clean to breathe They stroll A traffic jam is four cars at a stop sign Battling rules of the road with polite hat tips of "you go first" Fast feet and hot dog carts Italian ices on every corner Fifty-six blocks to a destination A world of choices A billion footprints at a time Stoplight crowds of sneakers and pantyhose Everyone is invisible and naked at once The green haired freak and the business man The limos and the gypsy cabs The excitement only felt in a world of possibilities The difference between pick up trucks and bike messengers A hundred miles for supplies Or fifty-six blocks of everything under the sun Soot filled pores and too much traffic Street sounds to sleep by and a world of opportunities Crickets and junebugs The world closes at eight Nightlife turns into Wal-Mart and Taco Bell The slow pace of growing grass The warmth of a winterless Summer Wishing for a trip across town at 2 a.m. just because they make the best doughnuts
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Apr 25, 2015
Apr 25, 2015 at 10:53 AM UTC
Grass and Concrete
**Deception wearing the mask of a kind face sowing dreams, roamed for too long these towns, around the globe, that erupted with mortal force, deciding at last enough is enough. moneybags having stone faced elegance, in place of heads, travel in their stretch limos in the company of swindler princes, wizards in money juggling at the foyers of seven star hotels, where the false suns dawn at sunset blackening out truth, they stepped to the tunes holding hands of power, the beauty without a heart goes around with the plastic mask that transforms according to the stage. they who charm you with glib talk and usurp power, at favorable climes jump upon unsuspecting hotel maids, like resurrected ghosts of vampires. Every street is dark with heaped carcasses of hopes, birds died at their flight, in ways mysterious, falling in thousands, in front of the stunned faces, of lovers, husbands, wives, families are looking distress on the face, every passing day. The octopus sitting at his secret castle in water pulls string, continues winning spree, as no one raise their voice. Not any more; the waves of people, seething with anger would lash, against the citadels of evil empires. The rebel forces have their cause, this war, the eruption of masses, will gather momentum, they won't lose.**
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Sep 11, 2013
Sep 11, 2013 at 10:24 AM UTC
Eruption
There will be no service and no luncheon when you “now” becomes a “Then” Just a dignified cremation awaits at your Journey’s end. There will be no spoken eulogy By a priest who knew you not. No crying yapping relatives- For none had you begot. There are those of us who’ll shed a tear, to think the old Girl’s passed. but there’ s no need to wear a suit Or get the Limos gassed. You’ll have passed on in your sleep Having felt the needles pinch. A far more humane fate I think than dying by the inch. Brownie was a good dog And often gave me her paw. She always got excited when she saw me at the door. A better pet you couldn’t get, Nor meet a gentler soul. I’ll shed a quiet private tear when I put away her bowl.
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Apr 22, 2012
Apr 22, 2012 at 7:49 PM UTC
Brownie Murphy R.I.P.
The kids want nooks and Kindle Fire, The teenagers want Limos on hire, College grads are busy on Tablets and I pads, Laptops for moms and DSLR's for Dads! This Christmas things are going awry, Fettucine has replaced Mashed potato and gravy, Hence Ol' Santa's gone really techno savvy, He's exchanged his deer for a brand new Ferrari!!
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Dec 26, 2011
Dec 26, 2011 at 1:16 AM UTC
SANTA'S NEW FUNDA!
we can paint this whole city gold like a giant oil spill, blinding and much much heavy on your tongue and enlist a gleaming marching band whose buttons are falling off, the tuba player is a gum chewer, there are mint chunks caught inside, barely playable all she can do is honk we’ll get limos with cracked windows and yellow fire trucks, with flat left tires acrobats in risqué costumes that little boys will point and giggle at with sick clown faces, sick clown faces white, 7 or 10 layers of powder and people from the slums of Uganda/Somalia/Niger or something, poor areas won’t be hard to find, foreign tenants who live in dirtied-down shacks and we will release from plastic cages, doves that have lost their pure color that have been injected with toxic who-knows-what to be captured hookers with big hair from the streets of large cities, they will blow kisses at the children and wink at grown men pigeons will **** on the windshields, and the air will be so thick with pollution and filth that no one will be able to see the deflating balloons of Mickey Mouse. it will be The Biggest Parade the-world-has-ever-seen.
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Aug 1, 2010
Aug 1, 2010 at 2:28 PM UTC
The Biggest Parade the-world-has-ever-seen
I wonder what this world is coming to When we have to overcomplicate everything All I hear on the TV of late Is ‘bare craic’ as my northern Irish friend would say – “I can’t understand this credit crunch,” she said Poignantly, (neither could I) “I think I’ll take A dander down to the shops.” And so she did We were out of milk And living off salami I picked up the paper And I realise nothing is without a price Or a fate They are the two certainties So is death And the price is not so hard to see either. The American bigwigs sit round a table Complaining what is to be done about the financial crisis? Each eating a $16 dollar muffin with their $8.48 coffee Wondering where oh where can money be saved? And they’ll get back in their private limos Drive past their second addresses Back down to Bel-air Lock themselves in their villas Count their bonuses And sleep happy After doing jack **** While Greece is going down the crapper. I can see the solution Can you? Or is it just me? Or can you see it to?
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Nov 11, 2011
Nov 11, 2011 at 3:06 PM UTC
A Confederacy of Dunces
There are pretty girls getting limo rides with rich men smiling by their sides while I am singing with flowers between my teeth like romantic swords within a sheath. I see their pretty eyes fill with city lights. So very bright... so very bright... But the gutters are hidden just out of sight and the rats are crawling through the night. I am riding my bike between the trees while, in my mind, I'm on my knees with sadness at the girls in limos never knowing what will come when the sun goes down and the rats come out to feast... I am the boy waiting on the beach watching the girls in the city but when the lights leave their eyes and they turn around, I won't be there anymore.
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Mar 24, 2014
Mar 24, 2014 at 9:53 PM UTC
I Won't Be There Anymore
left to right, all looks the same to me. as far as the eye can see, a cadre of thieves waiting for their chance. when our vigilance slips they'll kick the chair beneath our feet and leave us hanging from the bows of a willow tree. if ever there was a time to smash windows, burn limos, and punch Nazis, the moment is here. you fancy yourself progressive yet here you sit on your hands, regressing, playing the hand you've been dealt. did you forget the deck is stacked? the House always wins. it's time to flip the table over. toss their rule-book in the gutter. a clenched fist is not just an image you stick on a protest sign to appear edgy. the movement for gender equality is not an opportunity for you to get laid. fighting the State is not a weekend getaway. carve the reality into your thick skull: people are dying. don't you see? they want us divided. we're easier prey that way. if they demonize the anarchists and socialists then they can make the liberals feel safe. "don't be violent," they say. "comply. obey. and we'll mete out just enough concessions to keep your guilty conscience assuaged." if we fail to hold their feet to the fire they'll throw us in the ovens. the fascists will drag us out behind the chemical sheds, pull a burlap sack over our heads, and won't stop the firing squad 'till we're long dead. will you sit idle and watch them drag us away? or will you get aggressive, stand up to the State and say, "not today." don't be a passive participant in your own arrest. the human mind is omnipotent, an emancipatory instrument. we have to begin imagining a world without gods and masters, envisioning what it means to be truly free. resist the corpulence of false democracy and make the prefigurative dream our new reality.
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Feb 8, 2017
Feb 8, 2017 at 6:51 AM UTC
regressive
left to right, all looks the same to me. as far as the eye can see, a cadre of thieves waiting for their chance. when our vigilance slips they'll kick the chair beneath our feet and leave us hanging from the bows of a willow tree. if ever there was a time to smash windows, burn limos, and punch Nazis, the moment is here. you fancy yourself progressive yet here you sit on your hands, regressing, playing the hand you've been dealt. did you forget the deck is stacked? the House always wins. it's time to flip the table over. toss their rule-book in the gutter. a clenched fist is not just an image you stick on a protest sign to appear edgy. the movement for gender equality is not an opportunity for you to get laid. fighting the State is not a weekend getaway. carve the reality into your thick skull: people are dying. don't you see? they want us divided. we're easier prey that way. if they demonize the anarchists and socialists then they can make the liberals feel safe. "don't be violent," they say. "comply. obey. and we'll mete out just enough concessions to keep your guilty conscience assuaged." if we fail to hold their feet to the fire they'll throw us in the ovens. the fascists will drag us out behind the chemical sheds, pull a burlap sack over our heads, and won't stop the firing squad 'till we're long dead. will you sit idle and watch them drag us away? or will you get aggressive, stand up to the State and say, "not today." don't be a passive participant in your own arrest. the human mind is omnipotent, an emancipatory instrument. we have to begin imagining a world without gods and masters, envisioning what it means to be truly free. resist the corpulence of false democracy and make the prefigurative dream our new reality.
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Cuerpo de la mujer, río de oro donde, hundidos los brazos, recibimos un relámpago azul, unos racimos de luz rasgada en un frondor de oro. Cuerpo de la mujer o mar de oro donde, amando las manos, no sabemos, si los senos son olas, si son remos los brazos, si son alas solas de oro... Cuerpo de la mujer, fuente de llanto donde, después de tanta luz, de tanto tacto sutil, de Tántalo es la pena. Suena la soledad de Dios. Sentimos la soledad de dos. Y una cadena que no suena, ancla en Dios almas y limos.
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[cuerpo de mujer; río de oro]
The lens of the camera shutters. Paparazzi mutters & shouts, camera crews clutter. Screaming your name. In awe of your presence. To get a piece of your famed essence. Magazine photo shoots you for the cover. Photographers stare & hover. Fashion photography or obscene *********** Best eyes, best hair, best clothes or best bare. Best lips or best hips. Fashion victims & icon vixens. Dressing room trailers for hair, makeup, & wardrobe. Traveling for pictures circling the globe. From actresses to recording artists, producers & directors. From television & big screen projectors. Velvet, lace, silk, or satin? For divas white, black, or latin. A flowing gown with fans all around. A populated town with limos surround. Hands, feet, & autographs splash with rain. Thee walk of fame on it has your name. Your aura has potential & appeal. To worship, adore & kneel. A red carpets beneath your heels. Life, fame, success, wealth is unreal. Happiness & joy you can feel.
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Feb 4, 2015
Feb 4, 2015 at 1:24 PM UTC
Captured Illusion
Through my eyes everything seemed perfect everything is luxurious through my eyes i saw the Waldorf Astoria continental breakfasts,cruises,jets,limos All i saw are expensive watches,sun glasses the best of everything but what i couldn't see was the famines in Africa the wars in Syria and Afghanistan the everyday killings,kidnappings,heists I was surrounded by luxuries blocking out all the evil I was surrounded by an army of guards I never realized that they weren't paid to follow me, they were there to protect me but i never appreciated them their bravery and in a blink of an eye I HAD LOST EVERYTHING and suddenly the people in Africa were eating the wars ended the killings,murders,heists were being controlled and everything through my eyes were mud houses,donkey carts,torn clothes boiled potatoes and peas and the rich people who enjoyed all the things i once had
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Mar 26, 2014
Mar 26, 2014 at 10:15 AM UTC
Through my eyes
the first time i choked on tear-gas, we were standing in the heart of the Empire. the scent of capsaicin still smarted as we fished our medic bags for water-bottles to flush our comrades’ eyes. we did not weep for the revolt. we were at peace even as we knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, we were ****** the black bloc, three thousand strong, had raged through the streets of D.C. overturning dumpsters, torching limos, taking hammers and crowbars to Bank of America windows with gleeful abandon, a sense of endless, militant joy. it would be anarchy or annihilation. the spontaneous insurrection of the antifascist demonstration was an inferno hotter than the dumpster-fires we’d left like signal-flares in our wake. for a moment, there, we could feel the ******** quaking as our feet shook the Earth, stepping in-and-out of Lovecraftian shadows, eldritch horrors of doom gloating over us. but we’d been kettled, cordoned by cops in riot gear, cut-off from all possible routes of escape. faceless phantoms clutching cudgels to bludgeon our conflagration into submission. and then the call came. “this way! this way! we found an exit!” immediately, the cops swarmed in, their momentarily vindictive arrogance shattered by the freedom that rang like church-bells in a half-a-hundred voices. “this way! this way! we found an exit!” motorcycles turned down the alleyway, sirens screaming, echoing off the tenement halls and only one of us possessed the sense to intervene. for a moment, she stood alone. a single figure, holding up her hands and shaking her head, refusing to let the ******** advance. but courage is infectious. a moment later, another joined her, then another, until all of a sudden a half-a-dozen of us stood shoulder-to-shoulder, shouting, “no pasaran! you shall not pass!” we waited for the billy-clubs to rain hell upon our shoulders, but still we remained steadfast, anchored by the weight of our conviction and the hope that even if we fell the rest of the bloc would escape to wreak havoc another day.
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May 31, 2019
May 31, 2019 at 12:33 PM UTC
courage
the first time i choked on tear-gas, we were standing in the heart of the Empire. the scent of capsaicin still smarted as we fished our medic bags for water-bottles to flush our comrades’ eyes. we did not weep for the revolt. we were at peace even as we knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, we were ****** the black bloc, three thousand strong, had raged through the streets of D.C. overturning dumpsters, torching limos, taking hammers and crowbars to Bank of America windows with gleeful abandon, a sense of endless, militant joy. it would be anarchy or annihilation. the spontaneous insurrection of the antifascist demonstration was an inferno hotter than the dumpster-fires we’d left like signal-flares in our wake. for a moment, there, we could feel the ******** quaking as our feet shook the Earth, stepping in-and-out of Lovecraftian shadows, eldritch horrors of doom gloating over us. but we’d been kettled, cordoned by cops in riot gear, cut-off from all possible routes of escape. faceless phantoms clutching cudgels to bludgeon our conflagration into submission. and then the call came. “this way! this way! we found an exit!” immediately, the cops swarmed in, their momentarily vindictive arrogance shattered by the freedom that rang like church-bells in a half-a-hundred voices. “this way! this way! we found an exit!” motorcycles turned down the alleyway, sirens screaming, echoing off the tenement halls and only one of us possessed the sense to intervene. for a moment, she stood alone. a single figure, holding up her hands and shaking her head, refusing to let the ******** advance. but courage is infectious. a moment later, another joined her, then another, until all of a sudden a half-a-dozen of us stood shoulder-to-shoulder, shouting, “no pasaran! you shall not pass!” we waited for the billy-clubs to rain hell upon our shoulders, but still we remained steadfast, anchored by the weight of our conviction and the hope that even if we fell the rest of the bloc would escape to wreak havoc another day.
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EVIL rides in SUVs with the windows all blacked out. HONOR drives a plug in car that leaves no resdue behind. APATHY rides in secondhand Nissans with the clear coat                                 flaking off. CELEBRATION rides in limos with open tops for standing up in. TRAGEDY rides in a long black hearse with all the horses                                 under the hood. BRAVERY drives a bright red Moped that cuts in and out of                                 traffic. POVERTY must ride the bus in a much too long commute. ARROGANCE drives an escalade that’s the fourth left turn on a                                 yellow. BOREDOM drives a station wagon missing the left rear                                 hubcap. PANIC        races in the family car where panting and blowing                               isn't helping. HAPPINESS       drives almost anything with a baby in the back                               seat.                      MACHO        drives a Ford F350 with wheels even bigger than                                his ego. MELTING *** preens in a souped-up Chevy that dances like a                                 hip-hop star.     PRETEEN       rides a bicycle and dreams of a Mustang. YOUTH      hauls *** in a Jeep Wrangler with the rag top                              down. MIDLIFE CRISIS  rides a Harley in a group of seven on weekends. OLD AGE    drives slowly in an ’83 Chrysler Imperial that                            won't fit in the parking spaces. LOVE   floats along on hopes and dreams and has no                           need of wheels. ljm
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Sep 1, 2017
Sep 1, 2017 at 8:54 AM UTC
WHEELS
EVIL rides in SUVs with the windows all blacked out. HONOR drives a plug in car that leaves no resdue behind. APATHY rides in secondhand Nissans with the clear coat                                 flaking off. CELEBRATION rides in limos with open tops for standing up in. TRAGEDY rides in a long black hearse with all the horses                                 under the hood. BRAVERY drives a bright red Moped that cuts in and out of                                 traffic. POVERTY must ride the bus in a much too long commute. ARROGANCE drives an escalade that’s the fourth left turn on a                                 yellow. BOREDOM drives a station wagon missing the left rear                                 hubcap. PANIC        races in the family car where panting and blowing                               isn't helping. HAPPINESS       drives almost anything with a baby in the back                               seat.                      MACHO        drives a Ford F350 with wheels even bigger than                                his ego. MELTING *** preens in a souped-up Chevy that dances like a                                 hip-hop star.     PRETEEN       rides a bicycle and dreams of a Mustang. YOUTH      hauls *** in a Jeep Wrangler with the rag top                              down. MIDLIFE CRISIS  rides a Harley in a group of seven on weekends. OLD AGE    drives slowly in an ’83 Chrysler Imperial that                            won't fit in the parking spaces. LOVE   floats along on hopes and dreams and has no                           need of wheels. ljm
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El hombre de estos campos que incendia los pinares y su despojo aguarda como botín de guerra, antaño hubo raído los negros encinares, talado los robustos robledos de la sierra.       Hoy ve a sus pobres hijos huyendo de sus lares; la tempestad llevarse los limos de la tierra por los sagrados ríos hacia los anchos mares; y en páramos malditos trabaja, sufre y yerra.       Es hijo de una estirpe de rudos caminantes, pastores que conducen sus hordas de merinos a Extremadura fértil, rebaños trashumantes que mancha el polvo y dora el sol de los caminos.       Pequeño, ágil, sufrido, los ojos de hombre astuto, hundidos, recelosos, movibles; y trazadas cual arco de ballesta, en el semblante enjuto de pómulos salientes, las cejas muy pobladas.       Abunda el hombre malo del campo y de la aldea, capaz de insanos vicios y crímenes bestiales, que bajo el pardo sayo esconde un alma fea, esclava de los siete pecados capitales.       Los ojos siempre turbios de envidia o de tristeza, guarda su presa y llora la que el vecino alcanza; ni para su infortunio ni goza su riqueza; le hieren y acongojan fortuna y malandanza.       El numen de estos campos es sanguinario y fiero: al declinar la tarde, sobre el remoto alcor, veréis agigantarse la forma de un arquero, la forma de un inmenso centauro flechador.       Veréis llanuras bélicas y páramos de asceta -no fue por estos campos el bíblico jardín-: son tierras para el águila, un trozo de planeta por donde cruza errante la sombra de Caín.
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El hombre de estos campos que incendia los pinares y su despojo aguarda como botín de guerra, antaño hubo raído los negros encinares, talado los robustos robledos de la sierra.       Hoy ve a sus pobres hijos huyendo de sus lares; la tempestad llevarse los limos de la tierra por los sagrados ríos hacia los anchos mares; y en páramos malditos trabaja, sufre y yerra.       Es hijo de una estirpe de rudos caminantes, pastores que conducen sus hordas de merinos a Extremadura fértil, rebaños trashumantes que mancha el polvo y dora el sol de los caminos.       Pequeño, ágil, sufrido, los ojos de hombre astuto, hundidos, recelosos, movibles; y trazadas cual arco de ballesta, en el semblante enjuto de pómulos salientes, las cejas muy pobladas.       Abunda el hombre malo del campo y de la aldea, capaz de insanos vicios y crímenes bestiales, que bajo el pardo sayo esconde un alma fea, esclava de los siete pecados capitales.       Los ojos siempre turbios de envidia o de tristeza, guarda su presa y llora la que el vecino alcanza; ni para su infortunio ni goza su riqueza; le hieren y acongojan fortuna y malandanza.       El numen de estos campos es sanguinario y fiero: al declinar la tarde, sobre el remoto alcor, veréis agigantarse la forma de un arquero, la forma de un inmenso centauro flechador.       Veréis llanuras bélicas y páramos de asceta -no fue por estos campos el bíblico jardín-: son tierras para el águila, un trozo de planeta por donde cruza errante la sombra de Caín.
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Your fatal wounds and soul's dis-membership from your body is not apparent... As the parade passes I remember you as you looked on the finest day of your life... That is the image etched in my memories, like you are in the midst of your finest day... Politicians lead the parades waving to the masses from luxurious limos... We elected them and they channel our focus as if to say; "I am what this day is all about". Our democratic institutions remain strong thanks to sacrificial veterans... What does my loved one have to do with that ugly toad? I hate that man. Was it his vote that condemned my son to an early grave? Get away! Don't steal the sunshine from my son's face with your small shadow. Tom Jones: Green Grass of Home jbm Veterans Day 1987 NYC
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Jun 2, 2013
Jun 2, 2013 at 10:32 PM UTC
Veterans Day
The cassette player would sit on the cabinet shelf. Cassettes were tiny objects of mysterious mechanics. I’d play her over and over, daydreaming about the recording studio&bottled; water from a foreign country, about Manhattan avenues& stretched SUVs, Lincoln limos fur coats the flavor of the nineties. I’m walking the avenues today. The same steam as in 1999 blowing up from manholes. I own these streets today with keys to an apartment jingling in my coat’s pocket. I came from afar, I played with words, and made it here.
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Apr 11, 2014
Apr 11, 2014 at 5:44 PM UTC
The past, long ago
*neither your helipad nor your limos neither your huge country mansion nor the famed cellar of vintage wines in your basement world of wonders neither your wild and loud wardrobe nor your collection of fancy silk ties when it matters most in this world can make any real difference for us in our assigned bits of rugged terrain your fabulous diamonds and rubies and your green emeralds and pearls are no more than mere shiny trinkets before the warmth and camaraderie exuded by those who still can smile and still can laugh a deep hearty laugh in this world of sordid corporations shady conglomerates and mega deals you had better be on the lookout for smooth operators and suave conmen with fads, facts and figures to sway you these are the hyenas of today's world and they will always dissemble if it pays*
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Mar 16, 2016
Mar 16, 2016 at 5:40 AM UTC
a matter of appearance
The Poet ©Mark Maysey (1991) Down on the corner of Highland and Odin Not far from the Hollywood Bowl I Met a man with a sign that poetically rhymed And he wasn’t but forty years old He said you may not know it, but I am a poet And for a token I’ll write you a rhyme He said my pockets are bare So please show you care And soon he wrote me these lines Down on Odin street Everyone’s lonely I meet Though we’re birds of poor feathers We all flock together, down on Odin street There’s outcast preachers and out of work teachers And building with old weathered doors Someone’s Grandmother Some guy that calls me brother And Veterans of foreign wars He said he once had a good life Had himself a good wife Limos and first class he’d fly Now it’s cardboard condos Old cars with bondo And strangers that quickly walk by Well I thanked him for his rhymes With nickels and dimes He was grateful and he bowed his head And with nothing more to say He slowly turned away And he walked to another and said… Mr. You may not know it But I am a poet And for a token I’ll write you a rhyme He said my pockets are bare So please show you care And soon he wrote him these lines Down on Odin street Everyone’s lonely I meet Though we’re birds of poor feathers We all flock together, down on Odin street There’s outcast preachers and out of work teachers And building with old weathered doors Someone’s Grandmother Some guy that calls me brother And Veterans of foreign wars.
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Nov 18, 2019
Nov 18, 2019 at 10:47 PM UTC
The Poet by Mark Maysey
The Poet ©Mark Maysey (1991) Down on the corner of Highland and Odin Not far from the Hollywood Bowl I Met a man with a sign that poetically rhymed And he wasn’t but forty years old He said you may not know it, but I am a poet And for a token I’ll write you a rhyme He said my pockets are bare So please show you care And soon he wrote me these lines Down on Odin street Everyone’s lonely I meet Though we’re birds of poor feathers We all flock together, down on Odin street There’s outcast preachers and out of work teachers And building with old weathered doors Someone’s Grandmother Some guy that calls me brother And Veterans of foreign wars He said he once had a good life Had himself a good wife Limos and first class he’d fly Now it’s cardboard condos Old cars with bondo And strangers that quickly walk by Well I thanked him for his rhymes With nickels and dimes He was grateful and he bowed his head And with nothing more to say He slowly turned away And he walked to another and said… Mr. You may not know it But I am a poet And for a token I’ll write you a rhyme He said my pockets are bare So please show you care And soon he wrote him these lines Down on Odin street Everyone’s lonely I meet Though we’re birds of poor feathers We all flock together, down on Odin street There’s outcast preachers and out of work teachers And building with old weathered doors Someone’s Grandmother Some guy that calls me brother And Veterans of foreign wars.
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Grey in Rainbow Blood in capillaries Gasp, oxygen blood, turn blue. Regular beat, relief Racing car, Lightning McQueen Anxiety, rush in Aorta Dilute, soothe, disillusion. Greek gods, medusa´s eye Stone sculpture, eternal Laid bare, **** Draw me french. Hands, save thy dignity clutch the ***** oh my pearls roll over eyeballs, curses. Put a paper lantern over your eyes. Put your tinted glasses rose coloured view. Finger on the pulse trigger, don't shoot don't want 49 dead progress, fear strikes back. Hoot hoot the clock strikes 2.02. Rise up from your bed you winged sucker. Vampire, drink your fill no limit but 6. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 greetings Charon One coin to River Acheron. Oink oink little swine you are. Pigman, hold your cleaver. Pig blood, Carrie´s revenge. ****** red, sacrifice Jauhar Euphrosyne´s joy, Euphoria River Phlegethon, the path to Tartarus. Cocytus, bathe me in Lethe. Hypnos, spare me. Himeros, May it be Aporia, Limos, Hedone Meet Curae, Nosoi, Algea. Phobos, I am scared.
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Jan 31, 2020
Jan 31, 2020 at 5:02 PM UTC
Blood of the Rainbow
Rock And Roll Memoir It was too **** loud I never liked Bobo our first drummer or was he the third? The riffs? Stolen. Lyrics written by a callow youth still torment me to this day like a s w a r m of b e e s My obituary a bit of boilerplate written by interns at Rolling Stone lays waiting patiently for the call. I don’t remember in any particular order the origin of the band name the outcomes of the lawsuits what happened in Houston penning “Love Carburetor” on the bare *** of a groupie named Skyyy writing a song cycle about the Laps riding in ambulances limos helicopters or punching Bill Graham on the sidewalk in front of the Fillmore East. If you say we played Farm Aid twice, well I guess you would know. I can’t **** standing up or hear a word you’re saying and my doctor says we must get a handle on my liver before we think about replacing my knees hips corneas heart and lungs. But I’m booked to a ten night stand at the Beacon with the New York Philharmonic performing our first album in its entirety with our original bassist Ian somebody or other plus interviews on Fresh Air and Morning Joe to promote a concert film by Jim Jarmusch.
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Sep 20, 2016
Sep 20, 2016 at 7:47 AM UTC
Rock and Roll Memoir
Just one bonnet babe A bonnets a hat Wear two if you can't choose No Those shoes don't make you look fat The earrings are nice So wear the diamond ones in your left ear  the pearls in The right No I can't see any ***** line OK the limos outside babe Yes that gator purse goes well with your hose I love fishnets No I don't like the ones Your sister wore last night I didn't even notice Can we go sweetheart The limo driver says he has to get gas He can't idle all night Yes the kids will be fine with uncle Marv And aunt Bess I did I did remember to write down all the numbers and give them to Marv and Bess yes especially 911. I wrote it real bold in black marker Its gonna be a blast baby If we ever get there its only the celebration for our second months anniversary.
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Feb 13, 2018
Feb 13, 2018 at 12:57 AM UTC
Still the honeymoon