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"mags" poems
The rat smells the air, squeaks in alarm and runs off. Black boots come into view. With the sharp tip of a sword. I crouch in the dark, behind the bins of ******* The boots walk on by. The sword, poking into corners. All the while, eyes of glowing red, within deep sockets of a musty old skull, scan for signs. I look at my hands. The festered and rotting flesh. My bones showing through. The stench unbearable. Glad my nose fell off last night. The timing was off. It was just a little sneeze. PLOP! Right in my gruel. Every one at school laughed. Skeleton Puberty ***** And now, Dad is mad. Just cause I waxed the hearse and didn't use "Ear Wax". You could hear him rattle all day. What's wrong with the "Toe Jam Wax"? Wait till I catch sis. She went and showed mom my mags. "Raw! Boo To The Bones". I'll bet dad had mags like these when he was a teenager. They have good stories. The pics are just a bone-us. I think it's safe now. I'll just sneak into the house. Just sit and look innocent. How did you find me? A whole trail of pieces? Sheesh! I know. I'm grounded. Not for the wax job? The Mags!?. Skeleton puberty ***** My Halloween offering for Oct. 12th
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Oct 11, 2010
Oct 11, 2010 at 9:26 PM UTC
Skeleton Puberty *****
It's Sister Lucy not Sister Bridget who's the crush on the young priest Father Joseph Magdalene said, Mary said is she the one? as she sat on Mags bed listening to music on her record player I thought you said the Bridget, Magdalene sitting beside Mary passed a glass of lemonade to her and said nothing certain you understand just the rumours I've heard but don't tell the parents or my arse'll be slapped for spreading the rumour, have you a ciggie? Mary said putting the lemonade and glass on the bedside cabinet, Magdalene poked under the mattress and took out a squashed pack of 10 Woodbines and said open the fecking window or Ma'll know we've been smoking and she'll have a moan and passed the packet to Mary who took a cigarette and put it in her mouth and went and opened the window, Magdalene took a cigarette and stuffed the packed under the mattress again, Mary sat down and said have you a light then or are we to fecking **** on air? Magdalene took out of the pocket of her dress a box of matches (liberated from the kitchen) and struck a light for them both and put the matchbox away again, they inhaled and sat in silence, the record played( Billy fury) and they tapped their feet softly and nodded their heads, so what are you doing about Brian Brady? Magdalene asked, what'd you mean doing about I'm doing nowt with the ****** it's him who thinks I'm going to be doing things the soft loon Mary said, you seemed to be encouraging him the other day Magdalene said, ah was fun only I'd not let him near me in a serious way no more than the holy Joe himself Mary said, smoke filtered ceiling ward, a car backfired from the street below, Magdalene leaned in close to Mary I'm your best friend and I get jealous of the likes of him being too near to you, O he's nothing to be worrying yourself about him Mags he's just a loon as boys are Mary said, Magdalene held the cigarette a way from her lips and kissed Mary's cheek, Mary sighed and said he's nothing I just give him the tease he'll get nothing from my ****** money box, they both inhaled and exhaled again and watched the smoke rise ceiling ward, the sound of Magdalene's ma downstairs singing along to the radio, Magdalene's hand went on Mary's thigh, a bright sun in a blue Irish sky.
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Jan 4, 2016
Jan 4, 2016 at 2:43 AM UTC
A BLUE IRISH SKY 1963.
It's Sister Lucy not Sister Bridget who's the crush on the young priest Father Joseph Magdalene said, Mary said is she the one? as she sat on Mags bed listening to music on her record player I thought you said the Bridget, Magdalene sitting beside Mary passed a glass of lemonade to her and said nothing certain you understand just the rumours I've heard but don't tell the parents or my arse'll be slapped for spreading the rumour, have you a ciggie? Mary said putting the lemonade and glass on the bedside cabinet, Magdalene poked under the mattress and took out a squashed pack of 10 Woodbines and said open the fecking window or Ma'll know we've been smoking and she'll have a moan and passed the packet to Mary who took a cigarette and put it in her mouth and went and opened the window, Magdalene took a cigarette and stuffed the packed under the mattress again, Mary sat down and said have you a light then or are we to fecking **** on air? Magdalene took out of the pocket of her dress a box of matches (liberated from the kitchen) and struck a light for them both and put the matchbox away again, they inhaled and sat in silence, the record played( Billy fury) and they tapped their feet softly and nodded their heads, so what are you doing about Brian Brady? Magdalene asked, what'd you mean doing about I'm doing nowt with the ****** it's him who thinks I'm going to be doing things the soft loon Mary said, you seemed to be encouraging him the other day Magdalene said, ah was fun only I'd not let him near me in a serious way no more than the holy Joe himself Mary said, smoke filtered ceiling ward, a car backfired from the street below, Magdalene leaned in close to Mary I'm your best friend and I get jealous of the likes of him being too near to you, O he's nothing to be worrying yourself about him Mags he's just a loon as boys are Mary said, Magdalene held the cigarette a way from her lips and kissed Mary's cheek, Mary sighed and said he's nothing I just give him the tease he'll get nothing from my ****** money box, they both inhaled and exhaled again and watched the smoke rise ceiling ward, the sound of Magdalene's ma downstairs singing along to the radio, Magdalene's hand went on Mary's thigh, a bright sun in a blue Irish sky.
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Bombers & bloggers Tragedy is triumphant  Traffic gathers in a tweaked intersection divide Wreaking of those fuming with exhaustion   Speed, cause you prefer the highway Political in place of partial The news carries dismay Where is such trouble in this world you say? Posing proposing, regulating; Marijuana laws are changing Complaining of taxing & weighing Football, do you recalls, & puppy dogs, Amber alerts & nostalgia where it hurts Once again the news contright   Cut short cause it draaaags Ruthless the truth is; Everywhere you go, there the news is You can't lose it, tied around your neck the noose is Bed bugs It has; Talking of spread shoots, ***** mags This celebrity, the new 'fad', & that old hag Throw up on the rag; Forget it
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Oct 22, 2013
Oct 22, 2013 at 2:29 AM UTC
The Daily Noose
It didn't matter if it was August, and the air felt like an oven on broil, or if it was February, and the dumpsters were icecicles to the soul. We needed ***** and since we didn't have jobs, the cans, at 5 cents a piece were our aluminum tickets to sweet relief. The magic click. Enough cans meant a bottle of whiskey ***** gin, anything to dull the sharp, vivid pain of life. We sifted through cat **** catsup ***** diapers discarded ***** mags, and all the other garbage from the rich and the poor. One winter morning, I threw back a heavy metal lid, and there was a fat raccoon looking up at me. If Bacchus or Dionysus were smiling, we found a full bottle. It happened once in a while during summer when the college kids headed home. Miles of walking, freezing or burning up, We were the aluminum cowboys.
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Jul 2, 2025
Jul 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM UTC
We were the Aluminum Cowboys
Barefooted teenager Sliding D&G; watches Into a bag filled with Addidas shoes. It's bonfire night in the cities Of England. Come out, children, To the heart of the city and Bleed it dry. Betray your hunger, The greed that consumes you And the indifference bred into Your marrow. Bred by despair and shiny Baubles in window displays And worn by all those Stars in those glossy mags. It's a consumer's world; it's about Instant gratification, not hard work - Even if work could be found. But why work if you can steal? Bonfire night. Like when we burn that Guy. Fawkes? He tried to destroy Parliament But teenage angst and thugs could do in a few nights What his barrels of gunpowder couldn't. Alcohol and **** to last a Short lifetime. Shopkeepers in the way Should know better; You can't fight Irrationality. It has no conscience. ****** loot, burn like in those Movies about war, Grand Theft Auto, And a million other games. Just keep Moving so you never have to actually think. But just in case, let's blame someone else: Let's blame race, the Met, politicians, The schools, the economy, parents -   Society. Burn, London. Burn, Birmingham, Burn, Manchester, Burn Liverpool. Burn, Gloucester. Burn, burn, burn, But let tomorrow be just another day. Bonfire night. Every night. Till they put out the fires, Tend the wounded and Bury the dead.
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Aug 19, 2011
Aug 19, 2011 at 5:55 PM UTC
England is Burning: Bonfire Night
I need as many bullets I can have To stuff them down Packed in my mags So I may say so valiantly You cannot take my guns from me Because you see, You better leave me be For I have weapons So I must not flee And leave my pride behind I need capacities for a war To  take down my hunting prey So if you come door to door My guns are mine And if you try I will bring you a civil war Do not take my guns from me The second amendment does decree! That I have the strict liberty To protect myself with unstoppable force The government wants my guns from me So they may enslave my family Big Brother is watching so carefully But my guns will deny them victory My guns will revolt against them fast Take those guns from me, put a time limit on my play things Because surely that will make me less of a man Without his guns he is hopeless
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Apr 29, 2013
Apr 29, 2013 at 9:44 PM UTC
Guns, Guns, Guns, Guns...and some Manly Pride
I don't feel it, You say. And, pray tell her name, my sir, that i may find she thee and prithee Bear me off to southern sounds, fallow fields, an altar ground, a garland rope of singing springtime snows. this may be more than i can--;;                         YOU                         ARE                         NOT                         WOR                         THW                         HILE and i had such an awful dream last night-- you said, Bronwen, my love; and i could not sweep her hair from the floorboards beneath which you hid your ***** mags from mice. because you tell me about it.                                                                           WHOAM? you speak of gOd like dOgs & i am worthless coinage in the sewers. the sewers find my dress still hanging from your bones. your bones your bones your piano finger bones kiss me again until my lips swell my throat bleeds i do not want you to know how much i crawl spiderlike through the trails of hair in the drain as the autumn leaves the summer leaves the spring buds freeze over hell i am not i am not listening pan-drum please let me say this one last thing:; he is your accordion player the ***** player man who speaks fluent french and inflected english he is your accordion player on the pipes----- and you say i do not feel and i reply, this is too bad too late, chuckle replay as your fantasy walks through the door my team my team she is porcelain lovely see the perfume in your synesthesia colorblind goat footed grandiose Cesar with epilepsy she is your dream she is she is she is! &meanwhile; the trumpet in soul still plays solfeggio--- 1 2 le 3 4 1 2 le 3---1 2 le 3 4 1 3--le 1 le 3 le 1 she is the discord of the seventh in the tenor line she is membranes she is rain she is towels                       LEIGH **** IT if only if only you weren't so lonely i might call you mine and bring you back homely. IF ONLY-----Charles weren't so busy while you stare at silver spoons and cherub smiles and cupid calls you home again.
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Sep 20, 2012
Sep 20, 2012 at 1:37 AM UTC
stream of conscious, midnight thirty
I don't feel it, You say. And, pray tell her name, my sir, that i may find she thee and prithee Bear me off to southern sounds, fallow fields, an altar ground, a garland rope of singing springtime snows. this may be more than i can--;;                         YOU                         ARE                         NOT                         WOR                         THW                         HILE and i had such an awful dream last night-- you said, Bronwen, my love; and i could not sweep her hair from the floorboards beneath which you hid your ***** mags from mice. because you tell me about it.                                                                           WHOAM? you speak of gOd like dOgs & i am worthless coinage in the sewers. the sewers find my dress still hanging from your bones. your bones your bones your piano finger bones kiss me again until my lips swell my throat bleeds i do not want you to know how much i crawl spiderlike through the trails of hair in the drain as the autumn leaves the summer leaves the spring buds freeze over hell i am not i am not listening pan-drum please let me say this one last thing:; he is your accordion player the ***** player man who speaks fluent french and inflected english he is your accordion player on the pipes----- and you say i do not feel and i reply, this is too bad too late, chuckle replay as your fantasy walks through the door my team my team she is porcelain lovely see the perfume in your synesthesia colorblind goat footed grandiose Cesar with epilepsy she is your dream she is she is she is! &meanwhile; the trumpet in soul still plays solfeggio--- 1 2 le 3 4 1 2 le 3---1 2 le 3 4 1 3--le 1 le 3 le 1 she is the discord of the seventh in the tenor line she is membranes she is rain she is towels                       LEIGH **** IT if only if only you weren't so lonely i might call you mine and bring you back homely. IF ONLY-----Charles weren't so busy while you stare at silver spoons and cherub smiles and cupid calls you home again.
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Hey you, Just got back to the flat, not the same without you sat at the top of the stairs typing away. Reminders all over, showing me of your recent presence. First sight at pile of dishes that you washed, Empty grissini breadstick's box, Still some tzatziki and houmous left though. Need a **** can't deal with this already. Ahh, that's better. A tooth-brush is missing, Spa Covent Garden Sanctuary, Irish Meadow? Will upstairs be any better? Must pause, plug in interent hub. **** Back to old self so soon. Duvet squashed up to the back wall, Can almost make out your imprint. I'm reluctant to throw out the remaining *** butts, Seems as if you're still here. Half drunken mugs of tea, finished quiche, Can't believe I was so sick on the last night. Bad dreams yesterday, two in fact. Both being hung over ridiculous heights. No good with that, big fear. A sign of pressure bearing down? Held council to rights, no joy. Start the whole drawn out claim again, Lot's of boxes to tick and fill. Toss pots, must bite tongue and get on. Doctor’s waiting room has mags for women only, Nothing to chill my nervous mind. 'But are you going to faint on me?' I made it through allright, lost some blood. ECG scan on Thursday, for what though? Chest or heart? Probably heart. Mid-life wake-up call come early. Do I really want to know? I suppose. Where's my lovely? I need her so. A cuddle, a smile, all better. Action time- phoned all bills, extra time. C'mere money, pretty please? What thong then? Suspicious... I was right (kinda)! *** So excited, so touched, wow! We will work it out Dee. Thoughts of wild horses scare me not, Something feeling very right, not at all wrong. Hardest thing ever has already been done- Finding that special little someone.
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Jul 16, 2010
Jul 16, 2010 at 2:52 AM UTC
Hey you
Hey you, Just got back to the flat, not the same without you sat at the top of the stairs typing away. Reminders all over, showing me of your recent presence. First sight at pile of dishes that you washed, Empty grissini breadstick's box, Still some tzatziki and houmous left though. Need a **** can't deal with this already. Ahh, that's better. A tooth-brush is missing, Spa Covent Garden Sanctuary, Irish Meadow? Will upstairs be any better? Must pause, plug in interent hub. **** Back to old self so soon. Duvet squashed up to the back wall, Can almost make out your imprint. I'm reluctant to throw out the remaining *** butts, Seems as if you're still here. Half drunken mugs of tea, finished quiche, Can't believe I was so sick on the last night. Bad dreams yesterday, two in fact. Both being hung over ridiculous heights. No good with that, big fear. A sign of pressure bearing down? Held council to rights, no joy. Start the whole drawn out claim again, Lot's of boxes to tick and fill. Toss pots, must bite tongue and get on. Doctor’s waiting room has mags for women only, Nothing to chill my nervous mind. 'But are you going to faint on me?' I made it through allright, lost some blood. ECG scan on Thursday, for what though? Chest or heart? Probably heart. Mid-life wake-up call come early. Do I really want to know? I suppose. Where's my lovely? I need her so. A cuddle, a smile, all better. Action time- phoned all bills, extra time. C'mere money, pretty please? What thong then? Suspicious... I was right (kinda)! *** So excited, so touched, wow! We will work it out Dee. Thoughts of wild horses scare me not, Something feeling very right, not at all wrong. Hardest thing ever has already been done- Finding that special little someone.
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i. a child’s edition of your father. in which the unused scarecrow is found hiding the ***** mags, the cigarettes of a sister’s worry, and other inanimate markers of accounting, meant to be traded for fireworks, for fat frogs not given to snake… that is, had the boy lived to unsee the water he didn’t make… ii. (my handle on death) is holding a book. an overfilled pauper’s grave / transcends its archaic reference to belly. all mothers are single.
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Sep 30, 2014
Sep 30, 2014 at 2:28 PM UTC
express purpose
Tired of the same old scenes around here. Thought hey im gonna explore space. Introduce Little space dudes to bad habbits nudie mags and maybe share a beer. Yeah it'll take some getting use to anti gravity bars. Pack up the whiskey and of course the kids honey cause were moving to mars. People kinda look at me like my mind did slip. just cause im going round collecting cans. Hell with what else are ya supposed use to build a spaceship. I made a few changes it runs of corn whiskey instead of rocket fuel. You might think im crazy. but when my home made rocket takes off it'll be cool. Say goodbye kids to your ***** grandfather Bert. Hey darlin from up here I can see down your shirt. It's three seconds to lift off people ya might wanna move your houses as well as cars. Cause lord knows whats gonna happen. in my attempt to move to mars. Its time for lift off crap honey do ya mind lighting fuse. Hey kids after this maybe we'll get a reality show. I mean if we dont die that would only make the local news. The homade rocket ship rattle and shook. I knew i forgot something I mean it's a minor thing. Steering wheels are overrated guess I should have got a book. And as it lifted off into the sky. I screamed like a little girl. I forgot I was affraid to fly. Yes I kinda fell short on my quest to the stars. cause i crash landed in New Jersy. Well kids sorry but Atlantic City is probaly a bit more fun for daddy that is. So much for moving to Mars.
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Dec 26, 2009
Dec 26, 2009 at 10:22 AM UTC
Moving To Mars
My sports car’s bumper is redder than your pale lips, And it’s Parrelies blacker than your silver flecked hair. The TSW mags are genuine chrome, not only the lightly rooted tips, And the smooth, glossy bonnet not wrinkled like your dial from care. The seats are a plush tan, not a stark, unsightly white like you, And the V12’s rev is an unmistakeable sound. The speedometer reads 360, if ever beaten, only by a few, And when I’m done it resides in splender, and not six foot underground. The shatterproof windshield is clearer than your misty grey eyes, And its model number reads 2004, not a dozen and three score more. The Ferrari I own is the best that money buys, And it makes me proud to say, “It’s mine!”, not a nuisance for 40years I’ve bore. Now when Top Car says Ferrari 2005 I’ll need another, But my love for you is timeless and can be filled by none other!
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May 23, 2014
May 23, 2014 at 4:54 AM UTC
Shall i compare thee ... to my Ferarri?
My brother is a pilot, Not just any old pilot... A tail dragger pilot, Champions Cubs, Super Cubs. Planes made of spars and fabric, Held tight By screws And dope, And glue. Airframes part wood, Part aluminum, Part steel. Fuel tanks sloshing in the wings Either side above our heads, Set the mags, Hand crank the prop, Turn on the fuel, Hear her pop And roar to life. We strap in Single file, Controls fore And aft. And rev 'er up To join the winds. Once up, He yells, "She's yours!" And I am piloting Or rather gingerly sliding her About the blue, Skidding right or left, Holding my breath, Wondering how much I dare To tip her up there in the air. "I've got the stick!" He yells, and I let go. "Don't be afraid to fly it!" "It's just a machine!" "Make it do what you want it to do!" And we are diving toward the ground, Then bringing her up and tilting 'round. "Give her fuel when you tilt to turn!" He demonstrates, and we are standing On the wing, Perpendicular and looking to our left and down. I know he's right, That I am timid in my flight, And he is brave with years of joy, A pilot fearless since he was a boy. "You want to land?" I hear him say. "No, that's alright!" "Not today!" To prove how safe it is to fly, He touches down, Then bounces high, And vaults us back into the sky. We flit across the fields, And then, He flies beneath the power lines, To show how spray planes catch the ends Of fields. He skies the plane at either end, Then bee lines it to the badlands' edge Where suddenly we're swooping down Between the canyon walls, and sinking low, Then, rising, turning to our right, He sails us toward sun's dying light. My only hope is that we'll land Before the night Erases all our sight. And sure enough, The air is calm; The night is coming on; Gusting breezes are all gone. We gently settle once again, Back at the ranch, I help wheel her then Into her waiting hangar pen. Life can be lived all in a panic; Fear fills us with a lingering dread, But we should live our lives Just like my brother said. "It's just your life, so make it do Whatever it is you want it to!" And when you're changing Your directions, throttle up! Don't let the fear of living Bring you to a needless stop.
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Mar 9, 2017
Mar 9, 2017 at 8:25 PM UTC
Just a Machine!
My brother is a pilot, Not just any old pilot... A tail dragger pilot, Champions Cubs, Super Cubs. Planes made of spars and fabric, Held tight By screws And dope, And glue. Airframes part wood, Part aluminum, Part steel. Fuel tanks sloshing in the wings Either side above our heads, Set the mags, Hand crank the prop, Turn on the fuel, Hear her pop And roar to life. We strap in Single file, Controls fore And aft. And rev 'er up To join the winds. Once up, He yells, "She's yours!" And I am piloting Or rather gingerly sliding her About the blue, Skidding right or left, Holding my breath, Wondering how much I dare To tip her up there in the air. "I've got the stick!" He yells, and I let go. "Don't be afraid to fly it!" "It's just a machine!" "Make it do what you want it to do!" And we are diving toward the ground, Then bringing her up and tilting 'round. "Give her fuel when you tilt to turn!" He demonstrates, and we are standing On the wing, Perpendicular and looking to our left and down. I know he's right, That I am timid in my flight, And he is brave with years of joy, A pilot fearless since he was a boy. "You want to land?" I hear him say. "No, that's alright!" "Not today!" To prove how safe it is to fly, He touches down, Then bounces high, And vaults us back into the sky. We flit across the fields, And then, He flies beneath the power lines, To show how spray planes catch the ends Of fields. He skies the plane at either end, Then bee lines it to the badlands' edge Where suddenly we're swooping down Between the canyon walls, and sinking low, Then, rising, turning to our right, He sails us toward sun's dying light. My only hope is that we'll land Before the night Erases all our sight. And sure enough, The air is calm; The night is coming on; Gusting breezes are all gone. We gently settle once again, Back at the ranch, I help wheel her then Into her waiting hangar pen. Life can be lived all in a panic; Fear fills us with a lingering dread, But we should live our lives Just like my brother said. "It's just your life, so make it do Whatever it is you want it to!" And when you're changing Your directions, throttle up! Don't let the fear of living Bring you to a needless stop.
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Why I ever lamented your advertisement in the NY Times Your sickly look, it's she you took swept off her feet I know how it feels Found her again on the internet while you were desperate In Haifa, a million miles away from English without an accent You hunted her down A clown you are She, editing dime novels by candlelight manufacturing romance for the racks of Walmart Next to the car mags and tattoo girls are those things women read gotta make a living somehow So she can fill in the spaces between your attention with her imagination, stoked daily from corporate romantication She can live in her bubble world and see what she wants eternally and think it's real So she's better for you than me because your love isn't real, never was, never will be Both of you from the land of fake nobility Prep schools and Ivies that lead to jobs in sparkly NYC lobbies and decaf mochachinozeenos with a side of 100 calorie pastry Before dinner at the Italian restaurant where you can show you are loved and love And you, with your fakery You shallowness, can collect your trust check And work just a little, and blow the cold coals of her love once in awhile to get the corporate machinations again in her head to spin a fantasy romance I'll look for it at Walmart.
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Nov 4, 2012
Nov 4, 2012 at 9:01 PM UTC
She's Better for You than Me
The children would be packed and ready days in advance. At first, we packed for them, but as the years passed, They were experts at rolling clothes for twice the space, Using laundry baskets rather than luggage tripled our carriage. We'd leave early Saturday morning, almost night, Departing from the Ontario weather like a bad odour. Kathleen was away at school. Mags and Andrea were in their teens now. Ten years of March madness was terminating. Herself would sit shotgun with Triptik and thermos. The kids would awaken south of the Ohio, Hungry, grumpy, and eager. She had it all planned out. Crosswords, colouring, wordfinds, books, Gameboys, lace, Sandwiches, juice boxes, treats of all sorts, For another twenty hours on the road. I invariably imagined our Mini in the return lane As we crossed the Bluewater Bridge into Michigan; Trip over, kids exhausted, us, quiet, subdued, Just wanting our own bed. But twenty hours on the I-75 lay ahead, Turn left at Knoxville For Myrtle Beach, sun, tennis, seafood, Separation. I found no peace in our final escape. Conversation with her had halted. A round-trip of dialogue in my head. She'd said, I bought a house. Words wrapped like an egg-salad sandwich. It was our March break.
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Mar 10, 2017
Mar 10, 2017 at 10:38 AM UTC
March Break
the boys will pick up sticks down by the river bank and bury themselves in swampy soil and inch thick ***** mags from before they were twinkles or considerations and their fathers ignore their quick wits and charms--let their curiousity coil around the garden stakes till it chokes the tomatoes and lays itself across the blushing rhubarb that mama worked so hard to cultivate. Papas, why didn't you chop down those trees or tame the stinging nettle, the roof is riddled with bullet holes and the rifle in the attic is still warm still vibrating on the shelf, buried in moss, in wisteria dropping in and growing up the sides-- she can make a man more beautiful but still hide a broken a home you had a chance to guide your sons you had a chance.
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Jul 21, 2016
Jul 21, 2016 at 5:36 PM UTC
Blushing Rhubarb, Sweeping Vines.
Expectation We bow to our gods Our demigods Take sides Give credit where we think Credit's due ***** at the other An exercise in hope Despair, disgust An act of rebellion Worship, boredom A little entertainment Perhaps Oh Holy Night is blasting But it's business as usual What did we expect? The Donald's having another Rad hair day Merc is mixing up yet another shot In the arm of the unsuspecting ignorant Monsanto's engineering one more Pernicious stew for dinner World War Three pending At Arm's Dealers Inc A trader goes Kachung A raven drops his doodoo Really What did we expect? Shiny stilettos go clack clack A homeless man shivers in the rain The guy on the bike gives ya the finger Grandma turns on and drops out Can ya blame her? Another heart-breaking day For the broken A little goodwill For the willing Martin Lawrence sneezes And we can't help ourselves Hilarious Charley Sheen loses his knickers In repeat spin Another bad news nugget For the rag-mags What did he expect? The jingle bells jingle It's tinsel time again The gift can go bye bye in the mayhem In this the season of high expectation It's good to have less expectation To worry less, to feel more Share See what happens Expect a miracle or Expect nothing The gift Ah the gift The present Presence That is all What did I expect? 2015 for the present
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Dec 23, 2018
Dec 23, 2018 at 6:30 AM UTC
Expectation
Lonely black lab on the path behind the garages I used to sell crack Went to the shop, brought some **** blacked out windows on a cab spells danger backwards that's Reg Nad So I'm looking all around me, back at the cash grab Where old ladies clutch black bags and wear glad rags I'm not glad lad, 'cus the world looking like rag mags with girls selling soul on corners right now where their daddies sag lag on the track; Baghdad where war heroes return home back to the smack and clap traps where they get and share the clap; sad or when little kids run to their mummies 'cross roads all alone to their home that used to be a home but now is a dome for the dome so food can be put on tables that rust and break and the kids get hurt child protective services, what's worse I'll tell you what's worse living in a hearse or a one berth tent on this Earth where the ones in charge discredit your worth or better still when they ignore your very existence so we're standing here screaming and pleading bleeding and scheming because there's no food in the cupboards quit dreaming stop the screaming Lousy demon fiending, feeding the sea men with ***** on seashores the sea's ****** sing hee-haw the horse of remorse hits the veins and see more the way the see-saw zig-zags back to the black labs on lagging black paths behind the garages I used to sell crack
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Mar 16, 2015
Mar 16, 2015 at 5:50 PM UTC
Unfinished Ode to Fictional Characters in Spoken Word Style
Gonzo Is often called a barroom poet slash outlaw . Who's work has been featured in some mags that clearly do not care about good taste or morals . When not living as a total recluse drinking his liver silly and watching **** He often enjoys long drives by himself picking up hookers but enough bout his ex wife. His short stories usually revolve around some demented ******* much like himself . He currently resides in hell or as others call it North Carolina . Where him and his dog share drinks and take turns being the designated drunk driver . His work will probably give you a contact high or at least the clap. Enjoy . And stay crazy . Gonzo
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Oct 5, 2017
Oct 5, 2017 at 2:50 PM UTC
Authors Bio
When I was a kid, round here purple sweet peas carpeted common ground. Thick, and ripe for picking in their depths we found all manner of detritus, single shoes and old **** mags. My friends and I went roaming with our secrets and five **** Down on Slade Green marshes fearless urban rangers, ankle deep in water never minding dangers. Our private wilderness so bloomed and we sank into its mire. Running, jumping, singing, shouting our youth ablaze, on fire. Untouched as we believed it that ground had seen its share, of blood and fear and wanting, we didn't know (or care). Needles in emplacements left by no one soldier brave. ****** was young back then, at least, around our way. In my peaceful ignorance of 'paedos' underground, I hid among the rusting hulks waiting to be found. Underneath the tower block, the thirteenth floor my home, a dragon in the ******* chute! Imagination sown. Each time that the fire brigade came screaming to a halt, to extinguish yet another mischief for which none would be caught. Our little speck of landing Mrs Kingsley kept so clean, a bizzy lizzy at her door she visits me in dreams. Skin shiny over knuckles a worn-thin wedding band. Her flowery dress, neatly pressed, a duster in her hand. And I guess she's been dead years now. She was old as could be then. I never knew, the day we moved, I'd not see her face again. But, move we did, from 'the flats', to number ninety-nine. We had gardens - front AND back - my own bedroom, yes! All mine! From the windows of our council house the world changed, all around. The sweet peas were uprooted, houses claimed my common ground. So, I don't own it any more, if I ever did. But home is home, wherever, inside I'm still that kid. Who ran and jumped and shouted, a childhood held dear, and though I think "I've come so far" my life began round here.
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Jul 26, 2013
Jul 26, 2013 at 7:08 PM UTC
Round here
When I was a kid, round here purple sweet peas carpeted common ground. Thick, and ripe for picking in their depths we found all manner of detritus, single shoes and old **** mags. My friends and I went roaming with our secrets and five **** Down on Slade Green marshes fearless urban rangers, ankle deep in water never minding dangers. Our private wilderness so bloomed and we sank into its mire. Running, jumping, singing, shouting our youth ablaze, on fire. Untouched as we believed it that ground had seen its share, of blood and fear and wanting, we didn't know (or care). Needles in emplacements left by no one soldier brave. ****** was young back then, at least, around our way. In my peaceful ignorance of 'paedos' underground, I hid among the rusting hulks waiting to be found. Underneath the tower block, the thirteenth floor my home, a dragon in the ******* chute! Imagination sown. Each time that the fire brigade came screaming to a halt, to extinguish yet another mischief for which none would be caught. Our little speck of landing Mrs Kingsley kept so clean, a bizzy lizzy at her door she visits me in dreams. Skin shiny over knuckles a worn-thin wedding band. Her flowery dress, neatly pressed, a duster in her hand. And I guess she's been dead years now. She was old as could be then. I never knew, the day we moved, I'd not see her face again. But, move we did, from 'the flats', to number ninety-nine. We had gardens - front AND back - my own bedroom, yes! All mine! From the windows of our council house the world changed, all around. The sweet peas were uprooted, houses claimed my common ground. So, I don't own it any more, if I ever did. But home is home, wherever, inside I'm still that kid. Who ran and jumped and shouted, a childhood held dear, and though I think "I've come so far" my life began round here.
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John Lee came home at ten to three and kissed his wife so easily and had some tea. But Mr's Lee had other plans involving paint and lots of cans oh dear me. Stripping walls in halls and pasting paper was not the kind of weekend caper that would float his boat. He grabbed his hat,put on his coat and in the farewell note he wrote, a single line, 'next time you plan to decorate, my darling, better not to wait 'til Friday night, a man's a right to relaxation without the need for decoration, just paint it white' Mr's Lee was sad that he had gone but she knew that life would go on and so it went, her time was spent in knitting mags and smoking endless cork tipped **** oh what a loss. But she knew that she'd find one day a man that would quite clearly say, 'dear, you're the boss'
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Oct 11, 2013
Oct 11, 2013 at 10:13 PM UTC
Singalong
Magdalene undresses ready for bed, her da had moaned about the record playing on and on, can you play nothing else? it's getting on my fecking nerves, Mary had been at the coffee bar, spoke about Sister Bridget and the priest and things said and done, Mary smelt of scent (her ma's no doubt) and Magdalene loves it, she folds the dress over the chair by her bed, red flowers on white cloth, Ma's choice not mine, Mags utters, soon be leaving fecking school, good job too, get a job, earn me own, not have Da saying you cost me with your clothes and such, Mary touched my hand along by the church, felt its warmth, Martha has this thing about crucifixes, Magdalene muses, putting on her nightdress, pink and flannelette, eyeing the sacred heart of Jesus on the wall, Ma's da bought it, staring down eyes on me, Mags muses, covering up and getting into bed, I'll belt you if you get lippy her da had said over supper, just saying, well don't, not your place to speak Da had said, dark eyed, his heavy hand on the table, Mary Mary quite contrary, the pillow's soft, scent smell, wish Mary was here, Da's voice downstairs loud and brash, Ma's voice talking back, that time he whacked me one for talking to the boy outside the store, lights out, head resting, dreams beginning, if only, hug me Mary, hug me tight, dream on, night night.
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Dec 28, 2015
Dec 28, 2015 at 3:53 AM UTC
MAGDALENE'S DREAM IRELAND 1963
Freight rumbles by While sweat drips down And the crackle of a speaker Still sounds; Echoing through the tunnel. A body turns, fidgets, moves And itches with the heat. The feet they tap And dance with boredom Wishing *** had a seat. A woman leaning upon a beam Aggravated by beads from pores Moves to take a walk, it seems, But soon she leans some more. Too hot to move, til a breeze is felt Coming down the rails A beam of light, first one than two And not freight, but silver and blue. The cool air flows like whiskey at a funeral Sour, but necessary, to make it through the ride; And you sleep through stops instead of wondering who the hell had died. Thumbnail clippings float down the car from conversations had: Comfy chairs, squatter’s nation, opiates, and ***** mags. Subtle "sorry"s linger in stale air from bumps that people make While ******* suits, stiff as cadavers, snoot and snivel of mindless drivel And look around in shame.
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Sep 25, 2013
Sep 25, 2013 at 12:57 PM UTC
3 AM
Magnum honey put down the gun Please don't do this It wont be any fun I know you're hurting I know you're in pain But suicide is a permenant thing for a temperary Pain I'm here for you your Little Kotehok I will never stray You're stronger then this I know its scary I know you just want to lay down and D I E But Mags Dont do this I need you in my life You're my Onekyh I know you're slipping I know you're empty But put down the Russian ***** And put down that pistel I'm here I'm here for you Lean on me I've got you.
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May 2, 2014
May 2, 2014 at 12:48 PM UTC
Mags
i want to be a plate made for a sweet devouring too many plastic spoons have been touching my body hi what's your name hi what's your name hey nice to meet you what??.. huh//? meagan morgan mags? let's go somewhere quiet plastic. you are all plastic. smooth to the touch and poisonous. bend over let me see i don't care fine whatever i smell you on my skin you are in my fingers you are in my ***** deeper baby deeper but i open my eyes and am still surrounded by plastic. poison. pissfuck. where are you??? lines down my spine entitled ******* cheater cheater she won't find out thighs thighs and you and you want to ramble about poetry when i want to scream scream until i have let out everything inside me until my lungs fall out of my throat until the walls of my chestheartbrain cave in let me ou t out out no breakfast no lunch or dinner get out o!u!t!! i am lonely iamalone and no no none of you can save me
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Oct 6, 2013
Oct 6, 2013 at 1:38 AM UTC
plastic people can't save my soul