"marcia" poems - Hello Poetry

Oh, Marcia, I want your long blonde beauty to be taught in high school, so kids will learn that God lives like music in the skin and sounds like a sunshine harpsicord. I want high school report cards to look like this:

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Richard Brautigan

Gee, You're So Beautiful That It's Starting To Rain

Oh, Marcia, I want your long blonde beauty to be taught in high school, so kids will learn that God lives like music in the skin and sounds like a sunshine harpsicord. I want high school report cards to look like this:

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Five Years old, ugly and shy. I saw you letting go and I cried. Mummy! Mummy! Please don’t go. Will you come back? I don’t know. Mummy! Mummy! Do you care? Please, please stay. I want you near. She looked me in my eyes and said, “Don’t call me that. Call me by my name. It’s Marcia. Give it a try”. That’s the last day I saw her… Until sixteen years later, one day in late July.

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Apr 4, 2018

Apr 4, 2018 at 11:48 AM UTC

amoy

Abandonment

Five Years old, ugly and shy. I saw you letting go and I cried. Mummy! Mummy! Please don’t go. Will you come back? I don’t know. Mummy! Mummy! Do you care? Please, please stay. I want you near. She looked me in my eyes and said, “Don’t call me that. Call me by my name. It’s Marcia. Give it a try”. That’s the last day I saw her… Until sixteen years later, one day in late July.

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Abbie hailed a yellow top cabbie Brenda had a sister in-law named Glenda Cate ran late on her first date Delly ate seven bowls of lemon jelly Edwina drove to the town of Catalina Fran burnt her finger on the very hot frying pan Gwen had a strong yen to go and see her aunty Jen Hope bought her husband a towing rope Isobel fell under the magician's spell Joann took her mother on a holiday in a caravan Kylie went to the dentist with her brother Wylie Lesley liked listening to Elvis Presley Marcia enjoyed eating a freshly baked focaccia Nell saw a turtle coming out of his shell Olga lived at the top end of the river Volga Primrose had a Pinocchio nose Queenie knitted a multicolored beanie Ruth could never tell the whole truth Stacey loved playing dress ups with her friend Tracey Tilly behavior was always rather silly Una bought a house in the suburb of Yagonna Verity wanted to be a well known celebrity Winifred never stopped taking about Alfred Xena was presented with a court subpoena Yale told her teacher a tall tale Zealand ventured out into the bushland

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Aug 25, 2013

Aug 25, 2013 at 8:30 AM UTC

ElizabethSquires

ABC Poem (Girls Names)

Abbie hailed a yellow top cabbie Brenda had a sister in-law named Glenda Cate ran late on her first date Delly ate seven bowls of lemon jelly Edwina drove to the town of Catalina Fran burnt her finger on the very hot frying pan Gwen had a strong yen to go and see her aunty Jen Hope bought her husband a towing rope Isobel fell under the magician's spell Joann took her mother on a holiday in a caravan Kylie went to the dentist with her brother Wylie Lesley liked listening to Elvis Presley Marcia enjoyed eating a freshly baked focaccia Nell saw a turtle coming out of his shell Olga lived at the top end of the river Volga Primrose had a Pinocchio nose Queenie knitted a multicolored beanie Ruth could never tell the whole truth Stacey loved playing dress ups with her friend Tracey Tilly behavior was always rather silly Una bought a house in the suburb of Yagonna Verity wanted to be a well known celebrity Winifred never stopped taking about Alfred Xena was presented with a court subpoena Yale told her teacher a tall tale Zealand ventured out into the bushland

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you see cronus and barry allan and buddha, has been battling the terrible forces of cyclone marcia, which is caused by the cosmic fight of ted bundy and ronnie biggs you see, brian allan was very tired, because he had to fight the terrible winds caused by ted and ronnie, you see what happening is, kids and surfers and rock fishermen and all sorts of the yobbos culture, have let ted bundy and ronnie biggs take full control and ned kelly and the crazy ed gein, you see i just wanted to do tapestries, but, my eyes were too tired, and i had to put power into these stupid people, who are doing all this ya know rock fishing, and surfing, it’s herd to understand why, you see, at present i am treated like a hooligan, but i am battling to keep the cyclones from really damaging the earth, and there is some people stuck in an elevator, and kids near a poo,l, with high seas, i know, it is a bit of excitement, but reality why are people allowing themselves to go out and battle these evil spirits that caused this cyclone marcia, and elvis tried to keep these evil spirits from killing with the powers of music, here goes i wanna be, your teddy bear, you see i take out of my bag and cuddle you some more i don’t wanna be a tiger, tigers play to rough, i don’t want to be a lion the lion ain’t the type ya ought to love enough i know you can be found sitting all alone if you can’t come around, at least please telephone don’t be cruel, just stop these spirits i know it can be hard, but baby it it’s just you i am thinking of and then elvis sang to ed gein ted bundy ronnie biggs and ned kelly you guys are nothing but evil hound dogs, to trap these australians like this you trap these australians thinking it’s fun to break the rules you will never **** these people, no matter how stupid they are you see these criminals can cause more problems, now they’re dead ted bunny said, we are wrecking houses heh heh heh we are forcing people to battle winds while surfing heh heh heh heh the children caught near the rock pool, heh heh heh heh people stuck in hotel elevator heh heh heh heh ted bundy said, i have everybody fooled, then said he is glad he is dead, because nobody will believe in stories ted bundy ronnie biggs ed gein and ned kelly making these cyclone victims think it’s exciting to take the kids to look at the raging seas yeah, ted bunny is loving every minute of this, every minute, every minute and even the eye of ted bundy and ed gein looking at the queensland coast saying a loud HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH, foolish earthlings cronus barry allan and buddha and athena, are pushing the cyclone away but it’s hard to beat these evil spirits I AM CRONUS

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Feb 20, 2015

Feb 20, 2015 at 9:52 PM UTC

johnny-georgy-brown

ted bundy ronnie biggs ned kelly and ed gein, making the cyclone destroy, exterminate

you see cronus and barry allan and buddha, has been battling the terrible forces of cyclone marcia, which is caused by the cosmic fight of ted bundy and ronnie biggs you see, brian allan was very tired, because he had to fight the terrible winds caused by ted and ronnie, you see what happening is, kids and surfers and rock fishermen and all sorts of the yobbos culture, have let ted bundy and ronnie biggs take full control and ned kelly and the crazy ed gein, you see i just wanted to do tapestries, but, my eyes were too tired, and i had to put power into these stupid people, who are doing all this ya know rock fishing, and surfing, it’s herd to understand why, you see, at present i am treated like a hooligan, but i am battling to keep the cyclones from really damaging the earth, and there is some people stuck in an elevator, and kids near a poo,l, with high seas, i know, it is a bit of excitement, but reality why are people allowing themselves to go out and battle these evil spirits that caused this cyclone marcia, and elvis tried to keep these evil spirits from killing with the powers of music, here goes i wanna be, your teddy bear, you see i take out of my bag and cuddle you some more i don’t wanna be a tiger, tigers play to rough, i don’t want to be a lion the lion ain’t the type ya ought to love enough i know you can be found sitting all alone if you can’t come around, at least please telephone don’t be cruel, just stop these spirits i know it can be hard, but baby it it’s just you i am thinking of and then elvis sang to ed gein ted bundy ronnie biggs and ned kelly you guys are nothing but evil hound dogs, to trap these australians like this you trap these australians thinking it’s fun to break the rules you will never **** these people, no matter how stupid they are you see these criminals can cause more problems, now they’re dead ted bunny said, we are wrecking houses heh heh heh we are forcing people to battle winds while surfing heh heh heh heh the children caught near the rock pool, heh heh heh heh people stuck in hotel elevator heh heh heh heh ted bundy said, i have everybody fooled, then said he is glad he is dead, because nobody will believe in stories ted bundy ronnie biggs ed gein and ned kelly making these cyclone victims think it’s exciting to take the kids to look at the raging seas yeah, ted bunny is loving every minute of this, every minute, every minute and even the eye of ted bundy and ed gein looking at the queensland coast saying a loud HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH, foolish earthlings cronus barry allan and buddha and athena, are pushing the cyclone away but it’s hard to beat these evil spirits I AM CRONUS

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My wife, Karen, was an excellent cook..... learned from her mother... Who learned from her mother My sister-in-law, Marcia, magnificent.... learned from her mother.... Who learned from her mother My mother, Grace, exceptional... especially, when it came to "pies." Learned from her mother.... who learned from her mother.... Well, they had to learn the art from somewhere! "Magicians in their kitchens", my father-in-law, Larry, often said, when Karen's mother started preparing a festive meal, especially for a holiday such as Christmas or New Year's. (She could prepare a Crown Roast so tender it could be cut with the blade of a toy rubber knife). All three had a common denominator that was learned from their mothers, our "Grandmothers." Very seldom did either of them use a measuring cup, or spoon. A 'pinch' of this, a 'dash' of that! If the recipe called for a cup of milk, Karen's mother would tip that bottle of milk over the *** count to "two", utter "that's about enough." If a recipe called for a cup of flour, my mother would extend her hand over the bowl, pour the flour into her hand, "that's about right," she'd say. The best apple, or peach pie, you ever tasted. "There's something missing", was Marcia's favorite statement, then reach into the pantry for "whatever." Passed down from grandmothers, to mothers, to daughters, and to sons as well, we all knew that when we sat down at the table, for however long it would be, we would be in heaven. All because of........ "GRANDMOTHERS!" . .

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Jan 17, 2016

Jan 17, 2016 at 3:11 PM UTC

richard-riddle

Culinary Pleasures

My wife, Karen, was an excellent cook..... learned from her mother... Who learned from her mother My sister-in-law, Marcia, magnificent.... learned from her mother.... Who learned from her mother My mother, Grace, exceptional... especially, when it came to "pies." Learned from her mother.... who learned from her mother.... Well, they had to learn the art from somewhere! "Magicians in their kitchens", my father-in-law, Larry, often said, when Karen's mother started preparing a festive meal, especially for a holiday such as Christmas or New Year's. (She could prepare a Crown Roast so tender it could be cut with the blade of a toy rubber knife). All three had a common denominator that was learned from their mothers, our "Grandmothers." Very seldom did either of them use a measuring cup, or spoon. A 'pinch' of this, a 'dash' of that! If the recipe called for a cup of milk, Karen's mother would tip that bottle of milk over the *** count to "two", utter "that's about enough." If a recipe called for a cup of flour, my mother would extend her hand over the bowl, pour the flour into her hand, "that's about right," she'd say. The best apple, or peach pie, you ever tasted. "There's something missing", was Marcia's favorite statement, then reach into the pantry for "whatever." Passed down from grandmothers, to mothers, to daughters, and to sons as well, we all knew that when we sat down at the table, for however long it would be, we would be in heaven. All because of........ "GRANDMOTHERS!" . .

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Deaths Of 2013 My third year doing this. Paul Walker, Texas ranger, driving fast leads to danger. Matt Osbourne was Doink The Clown, Paul Bearer always wore a frown. Dennis Farina and James Gandolfini, always played a mobster meany. Peter O'Toole, famous actor, Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. President Nelson Mandela, Dennis Burkley, was a famous fat actor fella. Lou Reed, is now on the wild side, took all the colored girls for a ride. Conrad Bain and Bonnie Franklin, tv actors who had white skin. Paul Blair and Stan The Man, playing baseball, when they can. Marcia Wallace and Lisa Robin Kelly, both had ***** that bounced like jelly. Tom Clancy wrote famous books, not much on having good looks. Cory Montieth and Patti Page, one died young, other of old age. Jean Stapleton, was Edith Bunker, Archie always put her in the dumper. Pat Summerall and Deacon Jones, played football and broke some bones. Dr. Joyce Brothers and Pauline Phillips, they both gave good and bad tips. Ray Manzarek, from The Doors, Jeff Hanneman knew all Slayers chords. Chrissy Amphlett, liked to touch herself, Caleb Moore's trophies are on his shelf. Mindy McCready and George Jones, both hit those country tones. Chris Kelly from Kris Kross, Ed Koch is a New York loss. David Frost and Roger Ebert, always had words to insert. Anneitte Funicello from Mickey Mouse Club, Eydie Gorme almost got a snub. Jonathan Winters, was very funny, to come from Mork's egg, made him money. If you don't know who these people are, look them up, internet not very far. For the ones that I missed, please don't get to ******

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Dec 31, 2013

Dec 31, 2013 at 12:46 AM UTC

allen-wilbert

Deaths Of 2013

Deaths Of 2013 My third year doing this. Paul Walker, Texas ranger, driving fast leads to danger. Matt Osbourne was Doink The Clown, Paul Bearer always wore a frown. Dennis Farina and James Gandolfini, always played a mobster meany. Peter O'Toole, famous actor, Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. President Nelson Mandela, Dennis Burkley, was a famous fat actor fella. Lou Reed, is now on the wild side, took all the colored girls for a ride. Conrad Bain and Bonnie Franklin, tv actors who had white skin. Paul Blair and Stan The Man, playing baseball, when they can. Marcia Wallace and Lisa Robin Kelly, both had ***** that bounced like jelly. Tom Clancy wrote famous books, not much on having good looks. Cory Montieth and Patti Page, one died young, other of old age. Jean Stapleton, was Edith Bunker, Archie always put her in the dumper. Pat Summerall and Deacon Jones, played football and broke some bones. Dr. Joyce Brothers and Pauline Phillips, they both gave good and bad tips. Ray Manzarek, from The Doors, Jeff Hanneman knew all Slayers chords. Chrissy Amphlett, liked to touch herself, Caleb Moore's trophies are on his shelf. Mindy McCready and George Jones, both hit those country tones. Chris Kelly from Kris Kross, Ed Koch is a New York loss. David Frost and Roger Ebert, always had words to insert. Anneitte Funicello from Mickey Mouse Club, Eydie Gorme almost got a snub. Jonathan Winters, was very funny, to come from Mork's egg, made him money. If you don't know who these people are, look them up, internet not very far. For the ones that I missed, please don't get to ******

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Kiriaki Olivia Eleni Mada-lozi from Piraeus Greece Billy ugly Marcia, Sherry Shriki, Darni, Judy Gim, Alb- tch, Jeff Albr.. Henry Robert W Impotent ejaculator precosē. Charles manson's advocates; Henry Robert narcissistic your sociopath psychopath nurse from hell in LA CA. You aren't above the law Poisoners sterile hainas Susan WRat no. **** human predators human traficants to hell with you all- ratas inmundas! Emilia Velazquez thief IHSS should put you in jail And immigration take your green card stealing my savings and stimulus money cashed. Shame on you rata inmunda ladrona. Filthy rats Creeping animals **** of life Shoddy monstrosity. Subhuman Spectres of Hell **** vermins How much damaged you've done to me and my daughter's Poisoning them with hallucinogenic metamphetamins psychotropics without them knowing Then, blackmailing them to give up their parental rights to sterile haenas jealous medeas Add insult to injury to my family forcing psychiatric pill intake to hide your ancient crimes Your hate crime is now public susan ra-t-ano hell ***** You bought my grown daughter from the human predators I had escaped from 1982. Coward filthy **** ***** Vermin word raitano Poisonous serpent Waste of life I hate you and despise you. Two-legged rats I'm talking to you all because creeping creatures, even being the most cursed, compared to your evildoers vermin human predators, a creeping snake stands taller than you all. **** leeches **** cockraoches you who infects with bites, who hurts and who kills. Slanders trashing whoever is holy good and precious You Vermin Poisonous serpents Waste of life I hate you and despise you. I bind to you all my motherly pain I curse you in every life time. Two-legged filthy rats, I'm talking to you! because a creeping creature, even being the most cursed and ugly, in hell, on Earth unwelcome in heaven, compared to you **** brains. stands much taller. You're listening to me useless Hyena of Hell How much I hate you and despise you! **** leech **** cockraoch you who infects with bites, who hurts and who kills. Vermin Poisonous serpents In everyone's paradise. Waste of life I hate you and despise you. Two-legged my filthy rats I'm talking to you too ***** donors madalozi charms.bos henry welonek. because a creeping creature, even being the most cursed compared to you You stand even smaller. ~~~~~~~ Repost. By Paquita del Barrio And Karijinbba. 1976-present All Rights.

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Mar 8, 2021

Mar 8, 2021 at 9:35 PM UTC

karijinbba

Henry R W. ElizabethWG Susan W Rat no Arthur R

Kiriaki Olivia Eleni Mada-lozi from Piraeus Greece Billy ugly Marcia, Sherry Shriki, Darni, Judy Gim, Alb- tch, Jeff Albr.. Henry Robert W Impotent ejaculator precosē. Charles manson's advocates; Henry Robert narcissistic your sociopath psychopath nurse from hell in LA CA. You aren't above the law Poisoners sterile hainas Susan WRat no. **** human predators human traficants to hell with you all- ratas inmundas! Emilia Velazquez thief IHSS should put you in jail And immigration take your green card stealing my savings and stimulus money cashed. Shame on you rata inmunda ladrona. Filthy rats Creeping animals **** of life Shoddy monstrosity. Subhuman Spectres of Hell **** vermins How much damaged you've done to me and my daughter's Poisoning them with hallucinogenic metamphetamins psychotropics without them knowing Then, blackmailing them to give up their parental rights to sterile haenas jealous medeas Add insult to injury to my family forcing psychiatric pill intake to hide your ancient crimes Your hate crime is now public susan ra-t-ano hell ***** You bought my grown daughter from the human predators I had escaped from 1982. Coward filthy **** ***** Vermin word raitano Poisonous serpent Waste of life I hate you and despise you. Two-legged rats I'm talking to you all because creeping creatures, even being the most cursed, compared to your evildoers vermin human predators, a creeping snake stands taller than you all. **** leeches **** cockraoches you who infects with bites, who hurts and who kills. Slanders trashing whoever is holy good and precious You Vermin Poisonous serpents Waste of life I hate you and despise you. I bind to you all my motherly pain I curse you in every life time. Two-legged filthy rats, I'm talking to you! because a creeping creature, even being the most cursed and ugly, in hell, on Earth unwelcome in heaven, compared to you **** brains. stands much taller. You're listening to me useless Hyena of Hell How much I hate you and despise you! **** leech **** cockraoch you who infects with bites, who hurts and who kills. Vermin Poisonous serpents In everyone's paradise. Waste of life I hate you and despise you. Two-legged my filthy rats I'm talking to you too ***** donors madalozi charms.bos henry welonek. because a creeping creature, even being the most cursed compared to you You stand even smaller. ~~~~~~~ Repost. By Paquita del Barrio And Karijinbba. 1976-present All Rights.

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fools, ,you see ted bunny and ronnie biggs are saying the fools have been trapped in my snowstorm and in the category 3 cyclone marcia in queensland, nobody listens to the ploy of cronus and barry allan even if they are trying to keep them safe, and ted bundy who flew around aistralia trying too make marcia and lam, really ruin australia, and keep these americans trapped in snowy weather, keep kids from learning, by closing the schools, and cronus with barry allan’s help, was trying to get people to rally together to make everyone happy, and safe, we can’t save everyone, but we could ****** well try and then ted bundy said heh heh the fools, thinking these waters are safe to swim in, but ted isn’t shy he is evil enough to make people lose their lives, we must listen to authorities as opposed for doing the right thing, you see they call this nature, i call it cosmic attack, a really fierce cosmic attack, nobody can see the clear sky ahead, in order for people not dying from this sort of thing, and that is, don’t do stupid things ronnie biggs also is making the category 3 cyclones marcia and lam and a terrible snowstorm in the states you see these vicious killers are doing more harm here, than they did on earth, they are ruining families from all over the place, and elvis presley cancelled his neptune concert, to make the jewish messiah daniel who is his earth body, to think that he needs to start thinking of trying to save people from these terrible snowstorms and category 3 cyclones, you see, he thinks he is forcing the cyclone probably, but we all know that ronnie biggs and ted bundy are forcing them, i think this country concentrates too much in celebrating the jewish messiah’s previous life, and making him sleep like a pack of rich arrogant ***** but even if he wants to work anywhere, he wanted to get into library studies but instead of that, he is playing all over the planets, singing elvis is a schizophrenic and everyone seems fine with that, but, instead of looking at relief web. int, you should help us finish off ted bundy and ronnie biggs evil and cunning plan, to force the dreadful end of the world, you know what i think, if people listen to lifeguards and not going out to these fierce seas, the end of the world wouldn’t come, we must pray to buddha, that these people are safe, so when marcia hits, they are not out there battling the cyclone caused by ronnie biggs and ted bundy, please, buddha help, cronus ands barry allan battle these dreadful spirits, ,and make the storm ease, there are a lot of snow trapping innocent americans and all ted bundy and ronnie biggs can say is heh heh heh, these fools are falling right into my trap PLEASE BUDDHA SAVE THESE PLACES, MAKE PEOPLE SAFE BUDDHA MAKE THE SURF LIFESAVERS, WORK HARDER TO PREVENT PEOPLE GOING OUT MAKE PEOPLE IN THE USA, JUST SIT IT OUT UMMMMMMMMMM UMMMMMMMMMMM UMMMMMMMMMM UMMMMMMMMMMM ronnie biggs and ted bundy are sitting in saturn club rings saying foolish earthlings they are falling right into my little trap

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Feb 19, 2015

Feb 19, 2015 at 1:05 AM UTC

johnny-georgy-brown

the fools are trapped by biggs and bundy, my advice is listen to lifeguards or authorities

fools, ,you see ted bunny and ronnie biggs are saying the fools have been trapped in my snowstorm and in the category 3 cyclone marcia in queensland, nobody listens to the ploy of cronus and barry allan even if they are trying to keep them safe, and ted bundy who flew around aistralia trying too make marcia and lam, really ruin australia, and keep these americans trapped in snowy weather, keep kids from learning, by closing the schools, and cronus with barry allan’s help, was trying to get people to rally together to make everyone happy, and safe, we can’t save everyone, but we could ****** well try and then ted bundy said heh heh the fools, thinking these waters are safe to swim in, but ted isn’t shy he is evil enough to make people lose their lives, we must listen to authorities as opposed for doing the right thing, you see they call this nature, i call it cosmic attack, a really fierce cosmic attack, nobody can see the clear sky ahead, in order for people not dying from this sort of thing, and that is, don’t do stupid things ronnie biggs also is making the category 3 cyclones marcia and lam and a terrible snowstorm in the states you see these vicious killers are doing more harm here, than they did on earth, they are ruining families from all over the place, and elvis presley cancelled his neptune concert, to make the jewish messiah daniel who is his earth body, to think that he needs to start thinking of trying to save people from these terrible snowstorms and category 3 cyclones, you see, he thinks he is forcing the cyclone probably, but we all know that ronnie biggs and ted bundy are forcing them, i think this country concentrates too much in celebrating the jewish messiah’s previous life, and making him sleep like a pack of rich arrogant ***** but even if he wants to work anywhere, he wanted to get into library studies but instead of that, he is playing all over the planets, singing elvis is a schizophrenic and everyone seems fine with that, but, instead of looking at relief web. int, you should help us finish off ted bundy and ronnie biggs evil and cunning plan, to force the dreadful end of the world, you know what i think, if people listen to lifeguards and not going out to these fierce seas, the end of the world wouldn’t come, we must pray to buddha, that these people are safe, so when marcia hits, they are not out there battling the cyclone caused by ronnie biggs and ted bundy, please, buddha help, cronus ands barry allan battle these dreadful spirits, ,and make the storm ease, there are a lot of snow trapping innocent americans and all ted bundy and ronnie biggs can say is heh heh heh, these fools are falling right into my trap PLEASE BUDDHA SAVE THESE PLACES, MAKE PEOPLE SAFE BUDDHA MAKE THE SURF LIFESAVERS, WORK HARDER TO PREVENT PEOPLE GOING OUT MAKE PEOPLE IN THE USA, JUST SIT IT OUT UMMMMMMMMMM UMMMMMMMMMMM UMMMMMMMMMM UMMMMMMMMMMM ronnie biggs and ted bundy are sitting in saturn club rings saying foolish earthlings they are falling right into my little trap

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My Grandmother told me stories How she lived across the street from Bugsy Siegel's mother in Brooklyn If you knew my family, it's hardly believable. Mobsters near the family, I was told "things always fell off the truck." I guess Great Grandpa Willie made it by, must have had good luck. Berger became Bock, Grandma Marcia married Joel, my Grandpa. He left Brooklyn for the Air force and they moved to Arkansas East to Midwest, to West.... Grandma went with him, they finally rested in sunny California. Willie would have been proud of Joel when he served during Korea. William Berger passed away, I never knew him. We now have scholars, businessmen, artists and athletes It's iconic how living here will shape your reality The memories and moments of a family to which we clutch Softly being recorded, my family history shows how much he loved us. A mysterious, touching legacy was left over time. I'm sure my grandmother keeps pictures and pages I will never find. No matter what, whether he was honest, hardworking, or in crime, I know he did it all for his family, prosperity or depressing times. I was told he had a lot of courage, and always made friends I wish I could have seen his face, I wish I could have met the man. Grandma says I look like him.

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Dec 2, 2014

Dec 2, 2014 at 2:51 PM UTC

kevin-eli

A Man I Never Met

My Grandmother told me stories How she lived across the street from Bugsy Siegel's mother in Brooklyn If you knew my family, it's hardly believable. Mobsters near the family, I was told "things always fell off the truck." I guess Great Grandpa Willie made it by, must have had good luck. Berger became Bock, Grandma Marcia married Joel, my Grandpa. He left Brooklyn for the Air force and they moved to Arkansas East to Midwest, to West.... Grandma went with him, they finally rested in sunny California. Willie would have been proud of Joel when he served during Korea. William Berger passed away, I never knew him. We now have scholars, businessmen, artists and athletes It's iconic how living here will shape your reality The memories and moments of a family to which we clutch Softly being recorded, my family history shows how much he loved us. A mysterious, touching legacy was left over time. I'm sure my grandmother keeps pictures and pages I will never find. No matter what, whether he was honest, hardworking, or in crime, I know he did it all for his family, prosperity or depressing times. I was told he had a lot of courage, and always made friends I wish I could have seen his face, I wish I could have met the man. Grandma says I look like him.

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**Gee, You’re So Beautiful That It’s Starting to Rain** Oh, Marcia, I want your long blonde beauty to be taught in high school, so kids will learn that God lives like music in the skin and sounds like a sunshine harpsichord. I want high school report cards to look like this: Playing with Gentle Glass Things A Computer Magic A Writing Letters to Those You Love A Finding out about Fish A Marcia’s Long Blonde Beauty A+!

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Apr 21, 2015

Apr 21, 2015 at 7:10 PM UTC

mike-essig

Richard Brautigan

**Gee, You’re So Beautiful That It’s Starting to Rain** Oh, Marcia, I want your long blonde beauty to be taught in high school, so kids will learn that God lives like music in the skin and sounds like a sunshine harpsichord. I want high school report cards to look like this: Playing with Gentle Glass Things A Computer Magic A Writing Letters to Those You Love A Finding out about Fish A Marcia’s Long Blonde Beauty A+!

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“Tribal art,” says Marcia her wrinkled face etched with a forgotten sort of kindness “That’s what the archeologists will say.” Her consolation to when my sculpture goes missing and I think of the archeologists a thousand years from now finding my piece and thinking of it as such some, as they age, grow bitter like over ripe wine, cousin Marcia, grows sweeter a walking keepsake in a moo-moo and house shoes Time flips backward Grandpa I never met him My mother’s green eyes well when she speaks of him “It’s time to hit the road!” he’d say and he’d go and hit the road with a stick. is this where I get my sense of humor from? the man had a monkey and five kids and a heart full of meat, potatoes and Chanukah candles Flip forward in the middle of the 80’s glowed, ***** and I shared a room and belted out Madonna songs night and day not even knowing yet what a material girl really was or if we’d ever be one hope took on a neon quality that faded like sharply lit days of winter light bent off snow and sunk into the hard frozen ground never to be seen again

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Mar 11, 2010

Mar 11, 2010 at 8:13 PM UTC

s-a-knight-1

Album

“Tribal art,” says Marcia her wrinkled face etched with a forgotten sort of kindness “That’s what the archeologists will say.” Her consolation to when my sculpture goes missing and I think of the archeologists a thousand years from now finding my piece and thinking of it as such some, as they age, grow bitter like over ripe wine, cousin Marcia, grows sweeter a walking keepsake in a moo-moo and house shoes Time flips backward Grandpa I never met him My mother’s green eyes well when she speaks of him “It’s time to hit the road!” he’d say and he’d go and hit the road with a stick. is this where I get my sense of humor from? the man had a monkey and five kids and a heart full of meat, potatoes and Chanukah candles Flip forward in the middle of the 80’s glowed, ***** and I shared a room and belted out Madonna songs night and day not even knowing yet what a material girl really was or if we’d ever be one hope took on a neon quality that faded like sharply lit days of winter light bent off snow and sunk into the hard frozen ground never to be seen again

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for sister, Marcia and brother, Jim What Kind of Fool Am I, Blue Christmas? A Fool for Love - That's All. You Are Love - The Song is You Belong to Me and my Shadow. So What(s) The Use of Wonderin’ (If) What I Did For Love Is Sweeping the Country? Be My (Endless) Love Is a Many Splendored Thing! Be My Love Till the End of Time. June, 2007

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Aug 1, 2013 at 5:13 AM UTC

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for sister, Marcia and brother, Jim What Kind of Fool Am I, Blue Christmas? A Fool for Love - That's All. You Are Love - The Song is You Belong to Me and my Shadow. So What(s) The Use of Wonderin’ (If) What I Did For Love Is Sweeping the Country? Be My (Endless) Love Is a Many Splendored Thing! Be My Love Till the End of Time. June, 2007

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"Ninì Santoro, il fine dicitore, maestro di eleganza e di maniere, il re del music-hall, il gran signore, debutta questa sera al Trianon". Guardanno 'o manifesto, chi liggeva penzava: certo chisto è n'artistone. Tenevemo st'attore? E chi 'o ssapeva! Stasera stessa mm' 'o vaco a ssentì. C' 'o tubbo, 'a caramella e nu bucchino d'avorio giallo, luongo miezo metro; un fazzoletto bianco nel taschino, ncuollo nu frack 'e seta blummarè Tutt' 'o teatro illuminato a giorno, na marcia trionfale comm' "Aida", Santoro ascette e cu na faccia 'e corne pareva ca diceva: "Eccomi qua! Mo v'aggia fa vedè chi è Santoro, il fine dicitore, il fantasista ca quanno arape 'a vocca caccia ll'oro, oro colato 'e primma qualità". 'O pubblico ansioso s'aspettava: chi sa mo ch'esce 'a vocca a stu Santoro. Ma ch'era ascì... Santoro 'ncacagliava, faceva smorfie, zumpe e niente cchiù. Nun fernette nemmeno 'o riturnello d' 'o primmo raccuntino d'avventure, quann'uno arreto a me: "Santò, si bello!" ('Ndranghete!) E allazza nu pernacchio 'e nuvità. Fuie cumm'a nu signale 'e na battaglia, mancava poco e nce scappava 'o muorto: 'e sische mme parevano mitraglia. Santoro nun putette continuà. "Ll'artista" se facette 'a mappatella: 'o frack, 'o tubbo, 'o fazzuletto bianco, s'annascunnette pure 'a caramella. Dicette: "Aggio sbagliato,.. Ch'aggia fà?". Trent'anne so passate 'a chella sera che il fine dicitore fantasista pe fforza avette chiudere 'a carriera a beneficio dell'umanità. Aiere steva scritto into 'o giurnale che: "dopo varii e lunghi appostamenti è stato assicurato un criminale alla Giustizia delle Autorità". E chi era, neh, stu disgraziato? Santoro... il dicitore fantasista, ca, pe magnà, al furto s'era dato o pover'ommo pe putè campà. Io penso che fu l'epoca sbagliata; trent'anne fa tutto era n'ata cosa. Oggi che il nostro gusto s'è cambiato Santoro fosse na celebrità.

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Il fine dicitore

"Ninì Santoro, il fine dicitore, maestro di eleganza e di maniere, il re del music-hall, il gran signore, debutta questa sera al Trianon". Guardanno 'o manifesto, chi liggeva penzava: certo chisto è n'artistone. Tenevemo st'attore? E chi 'o ssapeva! Stasera stessa mm' 'o vaco a ssentì. C' 'o tubbo, 'a caramella e nu bucchino d'avorio giallo, luongo miezo metro; un fazzoletto bianco nel taschino, ncuollo nu frack 'e seta blummarè Tutt' 'o teatro illuminato a giorno, na marcia trionfale comm' "Aida", Santoro ascette e cu na faccia 'e corne pareva ca diceva: "Eccomi qua! Mo v'aggia fa vedè chi è Santoro, il fine dicitore, il fantasista ca quanno arape 'a vocca caccia ll'oro, oro colato 'e primma qualità". 'O pubblico ansioso s'aspettava: chi sa mo ch'esce 'a vocca a stu Santoro. Ma ch'era ascì... Santoro 'ncacagliava, faceva smorfie, zumpe e niente cchiù. Nun fernette nemmeno 'o riturnello d' 'o primmo raccuntino d'avventure, quann'uno arreto a me: "Santò, si bello!" ('Ndranghete!) E allazza nu pernacchio 'e nuvità. Fuie cumm'a nu signale 'e na battaglia, mancava poco e nce scappava 'o muorto: 'e sische mme parevano mitraglia. Santoro nun putette continuà. "Ll'artista" se facette 'a mappatella: 'o frack, 'o tubbo, 'o fazzuletto bianco, s'annascunnette pure 'a caramella. Dicette: "Aggio sbagliato,.. Ch'aggia fà?". Trent'anne so passate 'a chella sera che il fine dicitore fantasista pe fforza avette chiudere 'a carriera a beneficio dell'umanità. Aiere steva scritto into 'o giurnale che: "dopo varii e lunghi appostamenti è stato assicurato un criminale alla Giustizia delle Autorità". E chi era, neh, stu disgraziato? Santoro... il dicitore fantasista, ca, pe magnà, al furto s'era dato o pover'ommo pe putè campà. Io penso che fu l'epoca sbagliata; trent'anne fa tutto era n'ata cosa. Oggi che il nostro gusto s'è cambiato Santoro fosse na celebrità.

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I used to fall in love (Infatuation) with all kinds of birds, There was an early Robin Long before the one with the ring.........no words, Robin #1 had a single-mother Kept a keen eye on us, This girl was totally cute But they left on a bus, At least I think so When their apartment was vacated, I was broken hearted And that is understated. Before that there was Lynn I carried her school books on my bicycle, An eighth-grade romance I wasn’t yet an icicle, No major touching Just a casual knowing, That she was nice and I was attracted Gentle winds were blowing. Then there was Vicky I didn't treat her well, I was beginning to get anxious In my own private hell, Now I know why I had a hard time making decisions, Others had always chosen for me With strict conditions. Jeanie changed all that We were fun on the run, Things got hot and heavy And we almost shot the gun, We played around for a while Even after we went our ways, Friday night rendezvous’ Bored teenagers practicing plays. Cindy was a drop-in Restrictive Catholic parents on tap, But she was a hottie Sitting on my lap, Man, things were hot and juicy But we weren’t really rolling in the same crew, It was a short run romance I should not have stirred the stew. After that I fell in love once more With a younger girl again, Marcia was her name But I was a mess by then, I could not express my feelings And hardly talk on the telephone, I took her to the Prom I was like a stupid stone. It was hard being me Those “incel” guys, I completely understand, There was no internet groove at the time A support group for the not in demand, But, I wasn’t angry at women I was quite aware of my limitations, Which didn’t make it easier Just a lot of hopeless never-invitations. Don’t even imagine That my story ever improved, I got to age forty-five And my world had not moved, Now, something did happen But it was not of my creation, I guess that was the final answer Step aside and just take dictation. Just do what someone else suggested To see what might occur, I tried it and God Dang! I met HER.

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Infatuation 34

I used to fall in love (Infatuation) with all kinds of birds, There was an early Robin Long before the one with the ring.........no words, Robin #1 had a single-mother Kept a keen eye on us, This girl was totally cute But they left on a bus, At least I think so When their apartment was vacated, I was broken hearted And that is understated. Before that there was Lynn I carried her school books on my bicycle, An eighth-grade romance I wasn’t yet an icicle, No major touching Just a casual knowing, That she was nice and I was attracted Gentle winds were blowing. Then there was Vicky I didn't treat her well, I was beginning to get anxious In my own private hell, Now I know why I had a hard time making decisions, Others had always chosen for me With strict conditions. Jeanie changed all that We were fun on the run, Things got hot and heavy And we almost shot the gun, We played around for a while Even after we went our ways, Friday night rendezvous’ Bored teenagers practicing plays. Cindy was a drop-in Restrictive Catholic parents on tap, But she was a hottie Sitting on my lap, Man, things were hot and juicy But we weren’t really rolling in the same crew, It was a short run romance I should not have stirred the stew. After that I fell in love once more With a younger girl again, Marcia was her name But I was a mess by then, I could not express my feelings And hardly talk on the telephone, I took her to the Prom I was like a stupid stone. It was hard being me Those “incel” guys, I completely understand, There was no internet groove at the time A support group for the not in demand, But, I wasn’t angry at women I was quite aware of my limitations, Which didn’t make it easier Just a lot of hopeless never-invitations. Don’t even imagine That my story ever improved, I got to age forty-five And my world had not moved, Now, something did happen But it was not of my creation, I guess that was the final answer Step aside and just take dictation. Just do what someone else suggested To see what might occur, I tried it and God Dang! I met HER.

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