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"massaged" poems
first I smell myself. the deep bass tonality of my musk, hot, creamy, sweetness unique, of coffee and creamy, my owned sweat oiled secretions massaged into her skin emplaced by vigorous parts rubbing and tongue caressing, under the fading shadows of my glancing, desirous admirings then I smell herself. sinking sunset glimpses of last nights parfume parfait, scattered in random strategic locations architecturally planned, some flavors come over me like modest waves, others spelunking found in crevices, cracks and caves, where humans tread in guileless search of guiltless pleasure then I smell our sharings. lemon and thyme, paprika, sea salt and pepper, a basted rub laid upon animal skin consuming, and consumed, the vinaigrette balsamic and California yellow raisins, pine nuts, decorating leaves of red soil spinach and spicy arugula, word salads, so miraculously ingenious, you swear off eating flesh then I smell our combinations. the air conditioned atmosphere that blends us properly chilled, the olive oils pressed from two colored differing skins, the mortal and pestle finely grinding our own fresh crumbled dirt, appearing in places where dirt is wet panko crumbs encrusting us, our combined liquidity, shaken and stirred, drying in martini tandem it is 8:17am and this recipe of reciprocity, at its most pungent peaking, for soon raining waterfalls of potable city water and the sophistry of French soap, the pseudoscience of modern chemical shampoo, together erasing, scrubbing away this poems aromatherapy tapestry, your perplexed complexing nostrils will mock you once more, for ever disbelieving, thinking you could no longer write of only love poetry that crested high above the trite Friday, March 29 2019
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Mar 29, 2019
Mar 29, 2019 at 8:40 AM UTC
The Aroma of Us
first I smell myself. the deep bass tonality of my musk, hot, creamy, sweetness unique, of coffee and creamy, my owned sweat oiled secretions massaged into her skin emplaced by vigorous parts rubbing and tongue caressing, under the fading shadows of my glancing, desirous admirings then I smell herself. sinking sunset glimpses of last nights parfume parfait, scattered in random strategic locations architecturally planned, some flavors come over me like modest waves, others spelunking found in crevices, cracks and caves, where humans tread in guileless search of guiltless pleasure then I smell our sharings. lemon and thyme, paprika, sea salt and pepper, a basted rub laid upon animal skin consuming, and consumed, the vinaigrette balsamic and California yellow raisins, pine nuts, decorating leaves of red soil spinach and spicy arugula, word salads, so miraculously ingenious, you swear off eating flesh then I smell our combinations. the air conditioned atmosphere that blends us properly chilled, the olive oils pressed from two colored differing skins, the mortal and pestle finely grinding our own fresh crumbled dirt, appearing in places where dirt is wet panko crumbs encrusting us, our combined liquidity, shaken and stirred, drying in martini tandem it is 8:17am and this recipe of reciprocity, at its most pungent peaking, for soon raining waterfalls of potable city water and the sophistry of French soap, the pseudoscience of modern chemical shampoo, together erasing, scrubbing away this poems aromatherapy tapestry, your perplexed complexing nostrils will mock you once more, for ever disbelieving, thinking you could no longer write of only love poetry that crested high above the trite Friday, March 29 2019
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Usually people will say happy birthday without actually caring for the day I am a lout I had no idea the 26th was so important Instead of perusing thoughts I laid dormant Had I risen from fake wars in Afghanistan I would have noticed it was the birthday of Lori Callahan! I apologize for missing such a special date. I hope it was one that no others can equate For you deserve a day to yourself and a special memory to put upon a shelf Happy Birthday Lori! A friend so sweet. Happy Birthday Lori! I hope someone massaged your feet. Happy Birthday Lori! I hope you had a cake with candles. Happy Birthday Lori! May this year be guided by angels. Happy Birthday Lori Callahan!
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Apr 29, 2013
Apr 29, 2013 at 12:01 AM UTC
A belated poem for a belated birthday
eyes are quite gelatine mending bubbly detail mocking  up  fact   to suit user /the ears ?  crinkled dishes of pinkened veins robbing blood to probe the gossip /digits  bud on the feed in polyp growth ****** and ****** a pepper mill from off the coffee table/tongue  leeches lips retaining massaged notes from food oils past /spatting nostrils   puncture the air punching out breath purling inhale a stressed report
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Dec 3, 2022
Dec 3, 2022 at 9:49 PM UTC
senseless
Distant island shapes beguiling Floating ghosts of far off land Appear sentinel as we lay Hot and sunbathed on the sand. Scorching beach has tricked our minds Ever beckoning cool seas flow Finely placed as time stands still Myths of people long ago Heat above the deep caldera Yet at water’s edge a breeze Every wave a stroke of calmness Drags the black sand out with ease Pushing, combing lava rock Once a liquid burning hot Hearts massaged by the tender noise Deep sighs as the day burns on Windy gusts caress unclad torsos Smiling we hold hands out to catch Throwing our heads back with the pleasure Letting our warm brown frames collapse Lazy resting towels on bodies Sunbed dreaming, time for lunch Decisions on the midday menu A carafe of red or white, too much! Later when the sun’s behind us Deserted beaches for the night Couples then prepare for evening Soon tavernas come alight Poolside dwelling welcomes back Two weary souls from day outside Scorching sun takes all about us Thanks for love where we abide Since we came and soaked our souls In this perfect atmosphere Love has blossomed even further All is wonderful never fear Patio evenings lying out Herb aroma fills the nose Drifting in and out of sleepy Eyes feel heavy in repose Cool wet noses brush our legs Warm fur strokes a silken pass Feline friends have come to visit Glad that we are home at last Nervous ******* lying still Mewing loudly all surpassed Two so gentle but true survivors Bright eyes hiding traumas past How lovely to have given respite As more and more attached we grew Warm and tender stroking softly Alongside us as if they knew
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Feb 3, 2010
Feb 3, 2010 at 12:11 PM UTC
Santorini rhyme
Distant island shapes beguiling Floating ghosts of far off land Appear sentinel as we lay Hot and sunbathed on the sand. Scorching beach has tricked our minds Ever beckoning cool seas flow Finely placed as time stands still Myths of people long ago Heat above the deep caldera Yet at water’s edge a breeze Every wave a stroke of calmness Drags the black sand out with ease Pushing, combing lava rock Once a liquid burning hot Hearts massaged by the tender noise Deep sighs as the day burns on Windy gusts caress unclad torsos Smiling we hold hands out to catch Throwing our heads back with the pleasure Letting our warm brown frames collapse Lazy resting towels on bodies Sunbed dreaming, time for lunch Decisions on the midday menu A carafe of red or white, too much! Later when the sun’s behind us Deserted beaches for the night Couples then prepare for evening Soon tavernas come alight Poolside dwelling welcomes back Two weary souls from day outside Scorching sun takes all about us Thanks for love where we abide Since we came and soaked our souls In this perfect atmosphere Love has blossomed even further All is wonderful never fear Patio evenings lying out Herb aroma fills the nose Drifting in and out of sleepy Eyes feel heavy in repose Cool wet noses brush our legs Warm fur strokes a silken pass Feline friends have come to visit Glad that we are home at last Nervous ******* lying still Mewing loudly all surpassed Two so gentle but true survivors Bright eyes hiding traumas past How lovely to have given respite As more and more attached we grew Warm and tender stroking softly Alongside us as if they knew
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That Young Man from Nantucket As filtered through National Public Radio There was a young man from Nantucket Whose foot was caught in a bucket He said with a grin As he massaged his shin “Vers libre is a more affectively responsorial mode of privileging my authentic voice with regard to the cultural norms that speak to the existential realities of my heritage instead of the mask of the external culture that fails to affirm my needs predicated on the living organic wholeness of, like, y’know, my own special existentialness, and, like, stuff.”
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Nov 18, 2016
Nov 18, 2016 at 6:58 PM UTC
That Young Man from Nantucket
Went to the grave this past Memorial Day and saw it was covered with mud. With but a dish rag, maintenance didn't exactly leave a shine behind them, walking away as they massaged their own aching backs. Otherwise they could, I don't know, massage the backs that are already broken. "Don't graveyards have maintenance-people for that?" They are humble. They like not to be known.
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Jun 1, 2014
Jun 1, 2014 at 11:26 PM UTC
Grave Danger
He recently shared something with me about holding hands. Everything written in the piece was true. From the start, his hands have made me feel safe, nurtured, needed, adored, wanted, and healed. See, I rarely let anyone touch me before. Human touch was not something I craved until him.  I didn’t know how much I needed it until I wanted it, but he did.       As he reached for my hand yesterday , as he does countless times, I began to notice things on a deeper level. I saw the structural beauty and strength of his hands; his skin color, his beautiful fingers, the veins, the hair pattern. I reflected on how many keystrokes they typed and words they’ve written. I thought of how many times they played the sax and played video games with skill and passion.      Then, I remembered this past year. Those hands created a beautiful room for me in his home. Those hands literally moved ALL my physical belongings exclusively on their own. They held my hair as I was sick with my head over his toilet. They actually mopped up my cats’ ***** when it was overflowing at my old house.               They have painted, caulked, sawed, sanded, created, recreated, cooked amazing meals, chopped countless veggies, cut every piece of meat he served me, taught me to use his PS4 controller, dried my hair, colored my hair, massaged away my pain, and given me love I didn’t know existed and more.      His hands have been blistered, scraped, calloused, cut, pricked, sore and he doesn’t complain; they never stop giving nor does he. And I’m so grateful and honored to be the one whose hand he holds forever...
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Oct 4, 2018
Oct 4, 2018 at 4:55 PM UTC
h i s h a n d s
He recently shared something with me about holding hands. Everything written in the piece was true. From the start, his hands have made me feel safe, nurtured, needed, adored, wanted, and healed. See, I rarely let anyone touch me before. Human touch was not something I craved until him.  I didn’t know how much I needed it until I wanted it, but he did.       As he reached for my hand yesterday , as he does countless times, I began to notice things on a deeper level. I saw the structural beauty and strength of his hands; his skin color, his beautiful fingers, the veins, the hair pattern. I reflected on how many keystrokes they typed and words they’ve written. I thought of how many times they played the sax and played video games with skill and passion.      Then, I remembered this past year. Those hands created a beautiful room for me in his home. Those hands literally moved ALL my physical belongings exclusively on their own. They held my hair as I was sick with my head over his toilet. They actually mopped up my cats’ ***** when it was overflowing at my old house.               They have painted, caulked, sawed, sanded, created, recreated, cooked amazing meals, chopped countless veggies, cut every piece of meat he served me, taught me to use his PS4 controller, dried my hair, colored my hair, massaged away my pain, and given me love I didn’t know existed and more.      His hands have been blistered, scraped, calloused, cut, pricked, sore and he doesn’t complain; they never stop giving nor does he. And I’m so grateful and honored to be the one whose hand he holds forever...
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I sipped my wine at the dinner table. "Honey, please pass me the salt." I looked up to see her staring back at me, her eyes glistening in the candle light that burned ablaze. The joy consuming the fire in her soul, driving her with lustful intentions of passion and excitement. I ate my meal at the dinner table, "Honey, please pour me some wine." I removed the cork with a 'pop' sound, that echoed in the quiet room space. Looking over at her now, her voluptuous  lips chapped from dehydration. I handed her a glass of wine and watched as she took a sip. Her lips dampened now, a burgundy color stained upon her lips; I could almost taste her sweet kisses from hither as she teased me with a smirk of pleasure. I devoured my dessert at the dinner table. "Honey, please bring  me some pudding." I put down my spoon and reached for the bowl placed in the center of the table that divided her and I. I extended my hand to reach for the spoon, but she stood up quite slowly and leisurely made her way round the dining room table; her left hand index finger lightly caressing the table-top as she walked around to meet me. I found her to be standing right on-top of me. My mind racing. My heart palpitating. She grabbed me by my inner thigh and massaged my neck seductively, moving in closer her eyes centralized my lips, her body prepelling its way towards my cornered space. She bites her lip and thrusts inwards on me now, Oh darling, whisper sweet things into my ear drums now. *** She said, spoken so gently. "Alright", I said. but before I left, I sipped my wine at the dinner table.
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Nov 22, 2020
Nov 22, 2020 at 5:03 AM UTC
***
I sipped my wine at the dinner table. "Honey, please pass me the salt." I looked up to see her staring back at me, her eyes glistening in the candle light that burned ablaze. The joy consuming the fire in her soul, driving her with lustful intentions of passion and excitement. I ate my meal at the dinner table, "Honey, please pour me some wine." I removed the cork with a 'pop' sound, that echoed in the quiet room space. Looking over at her now, her voluptuous  lips chapped from dehydration. I handed her a glass of wine and watched as she took a sip. Her lips dampened now, a burgundy color stained upon her lips; I could almost taste her sweet kisses from hither as she teased me with a smirk of pleasure. I devoured my dessert at the dinner table. "Honey, please bring  me some pudding." I put down my spoon and reached for the bowl placed in the center of the table that divided her and I. I extended my hand to reach for the spoon, but she stood up quite slowly and leisurely made her way round the dining room table; her left hand index finger lightly caressing the table-top as she walked around to meet me. I found her to be standing right on-top of me. My mind racing. My heart palpitating. She grabbed me by my inner thigh and massaged my neck seductively, moving in closer her eyes centralized my lips, her body prepelling its way towards my cornered space. She bites her lip and thrusts inwards on me now, Oh darling, whisper sweet things into my ear drums now. *** She said, spoken so gently. "Alright", I said. but before I left, I sipped my wine at the dinner table.
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How she sat there with movement in her head. A churning of learning the ways to get ****** and slaughtered by other people's sons and daughters. And how I sutured a gust of her brain exhaust into my chest, into my lungs-- I breathed her like I was ******* the end of a tailpipe. Her hands ran like busted tires as she massaged my temples, revving her voice, my ears on her suicide door lips. There is no green light in her red light country.
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Mar 31, 2015
Mar 31, 2015 at 2:20 PM UTC
Skull Engine
"They call him a magic man" "There's no such thing as..." "As what, magic?" "..." And the coffin hit the banks in Burma Mud on the feet of a white man, stranger "I came in search of truth, can you help me?" The two men sat awake, drinking alcohol Fermented and brewed by hand and the locals watched Flaking hut, the bamboo was broken, he wondered how "They say he has the power to heal" "And yet I don't believe you" "Find him" The trees were dusted and the Antelope were grazing In the Kalahari I found my guide, we smoked and died By the fireside, I lied about the tide He took my hand, I lost my stride The Nile ran red and I awoke covered in sweat Phantom structures of glass and brick, apparent not to I A world of stars and the translucent eyes of a ********** The grinning dawn was mournful as we fell from barriers The guards were boiled alive but their guns survived And the California beaches were beckoning I lay down on the road, calling out to Kerouac and receiving nothing but a jolt as the cars massaged my flailing back, and the monkeys were howling as a witch doctor calls The small boy read the lacquered book with glistening nails adorned The tide was vile, washed him away with a sly smile A great **** at the doors of a church, masks discarded The preacher man watched with a snarl, upturned lip Gripped by fear the small boy clawed his way to the banks He banked on life Gambled with a choice and won Burmese man-child, hashish in the pipe Tell me of the story of your life The bamboo pipes A lighter falling through space, as the astronaut suffocates Nicotine daze and a greyish haze, through the eternal maze And we lay awake for days and days A tank would fall from the mountain top Crushing just one daffodil and the bamboo mourned Muddy river ran dry Today, the day I die
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Apr 10, 2013
Apr 10, 2013 at 9:48 AM UTC
The Personification of A Million Bloodied Hands (Cold Turkey)
"They call him a magic man" "There's no such thing as..." "As what, magic?" "..." And the coffin hit the banks in Burma Mud on the feet of a white man, stranger "I came in search of truth, can you help me?" The two men sat awake, drinking alcohol Fermented and brewed by hand and the locals watched Flaking hut, the bamboo was broken, he wondered how "They say he has the power to heal" "And yet I don't believe you" "Find him" The trees were dusted and the Antelope were grazing In the Kalahari I found my guide, we smoked and died By the fireside, I lied about the tide He took my hand, I lost my stride The Nile ran red and I awoke covered in sweat Phantom structures of glass and brick, apparent not to I A world of stars and the translucent eyes of a ********** The grinning dawn was mournful as we fell from barriers The guards were boiled alive but their guns survived And the California beaches were beckoning I lay down on the road, calling out to Kerouac and receiving nothing but a jolt as the cars massaged my flailing back, and the monkeys were howling as a witch doctor calls The small boy read the lacquered book with glistening nails adorned The tide was vile, washed him away with a sly smile A great **** at the doors of a church, masks discarded The preacher man watched with a snarl, upturned lip Gripped by fear the small boy clawed his way to the banks He banked on life Gambled with a choice and won Burmese man-child, hashish in the pipe Tell me of the story of your life The bamboo pipes A lighter falling through space, as the astronaut suffocates Nicotine daze and a greyish haze, through the eternal maze And we lay awake for days and days A tank would fall from the mountain top Crushing just one daffodil and the bamboo mourned Muddy river ran dry Today, the day I die
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I’m swimming in a sea of warmth, Waves that rub along my skin like silk, Each wave a push and pull, Of muscles being massaged, Relaxing and softening, With each wave that splashes, Sends tingles vibrating through, They rush through as I gasp for air, And I breathe into this sea of warmth, And I taste all of its salt, Prickling and tickling my tongue, And with one final wave, I disappear and surrender into this sea of warmth.
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Nov 15, 2019
Nov 15, 2019 at 10:31 PM UTC
A Swim
I've taken delicate walks Where my hand meets the arch of your back & I've drowned In the aroma of the sun kissed sun. You've caressed in an whisper where me myself & my thoughts linger. The foliage of your lips Against the edge of my ear. To where my memories of you are open ended and bruised by the sigh of a thorn Covered in black lace. The glow of blackberry petals in the September sun. I've massaged your feet in the soil of my hands & rested your back against the bend of fingers Free to stand and grab the sun against the side of your neck. Next to my clothes on the hardwood floor Next to your blackberry lipstick on the night stand where we causally thirst in epiphany spread far & wide Over by the Mason jar filled with Water. Over by the night stand Where you & I delicately walk inside Each other
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Sep 14, 2020
Sep 14, 2020 at 5:18 PM UTC
Blackberry Roses
The skies are blue and the clouds look fluffy. The air is crisp and the water is chilling. The mountains appear to touch the sky and the leaves are rich shades of green, red, and orange. I walked along out of service train tracks that cut through this mountain. Literally, through it. The tunnels started on the West Shore of Donner Lake and followed the ridge of the mountain all the way to Truckee. I hiked a half a mile from the highway up to an opening in the tunnel. For a few hundred yards the tunnel was riddled with broken bottles and worthless graffiti. As I walked further in, the garbage began to disappear and the graffiti became thoughtful, artful. It became darker and darker until I could only see the circle illuminated by my pin flashlight. On one spot of the wall someone had written the entire first chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. Someone had drawn a white line. Just a white line and I was so intrigued by it. People wrote stories of the lives. "Im kevin, my gf broke up w me now im gay" or "Im pat. i got dmt and then i got aids" and "im kaylene. thats it." Someone sprayed a **** pipe on the wall of the tunnel and it was green. They paid very good attention to the crystals in the bowl and the smoke rising from it. A young girl with black hair had her lips on the pipe and she was breathing in. Written under it was "Remember, remember, the 5th of November." Some one else had sprayed a cowboy. One half of him was black outlined with white and gray detail and the other half was white outlined with gray and black detail. Next to it was written "Childe Roland to the dark tower come." Some one else had sprayed a devil. He was red with pure black eyes. It was signed "Self Portrait." Halfway through there was a drain and creepily enough a faint light was shining from underneath the thick grates. Above it some one wrote "I stashed my **** here for three years." Under that someone had wrote "Gateway to hell." The rocks jutted out in straight lines. Some were smooth and others rough. The mountains cleansed me. They wiped away some of the grime this small city has polluted me with. The crisp air exfolliated some of the smoke from my lungs and the water pulled the dirt from my skin and the hike massaged my sore feet and the graffiti swept through one eyeball and took all the garbage in my brain out through the other eyeball. The mountains saved me.
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Oct 22, 2012
Oct 22, 2012 at 12:00 AM UTC
The Sierra Nevadas.
The skies are blue and the clouds look fluffy. The air is crisp and the water is chilling. The mountains appear to touch the sky and the leaves are rich shades of green, red, and orange. I walked along out of service train tracks that cut through this mountain. Literally, through it. The tunnels started on the West Shore of Donner Lake and followed the ridge of the mountain all the way to Truckee. I hiked a half a mile from the highway up to an opening in the tunnel. For a few hundred yards the tunnel was riddled with broken bottles and worthless graffiti. As I walked further in, the garbage began to disappear and the graffiti became thoughtful, artful. It became darker and darker until I could only see the circle illuminated by my pin flashlight. On one spot of the wall someone had written the entire first chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. Someone had drawn a white line. Just a white line and I was so intrigued by it. People wrote stories of the lives. "Im kevin, my gf broke up w me now im gay" or "Im pat. i got dmt and then i got aids" and "im kaylene. thats it." Someone sprayed a **** pipe on the wall of the tunnel and it was green. They paid very good attention to the crystals in the bowl and the smoke rising from it. A young girl with black hair had her lips on the pipe and she was breathing in. Written under it was "Remember, remember, the 5th of November." Some one else had sprayed a cowboy. One half of him was black outlined with white and gray detail and the other half was white outlined with gray and black detail. Next to it was written "Childe Roland to the dark tower come." Some one else had sprayed a devil. He was red with pure black eyes. It was signed "Self Portrait." Halfway through there was a drain and creepily enough a faint light was shining from underneath the thick grates. Above it some one wrote "I stashed my **** here for three years." Under that someone had wrote "Gateway to hell." The rocks jutted out in straight lines. Some were smooth and others rough. The mountains cleansed me. They wiped away some of the grime this small city has polluted me with. The crisp air exfolliated some of the smoke from my lungs and the water pulled the dirt from my skin and the hike massaged my sore feet and the graffiti swept through one eyeball and took all the garbage in my brain out through the other eyeball. The mountains saved me.
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A willing volunteer It was out of my hands Not my choice No regrets. Should have seen the signs Went in blind Naive to think I could trust you My style never changed You lured me in For your own hidden agenda Massaged my ego I kept my options open You found out You took it personally You took it the wrong way I broke your trust You sought revenge I read the signs You tried to trick me You turned the tables Hindered my growth Made me a scapegoat Damaged my reputation Stitched me up Left me out on a limb You acted on impulse You spoke too soon You showed your cards I held the aces I made sacrifices to meet the target I made mistakes I left myself exposed You thought you were clever I knew your next move You couldn't predict what was coming next. You never chose me I was rejected Not valued Not appreciated Shame on you and your accomplice Exposed for what you are A pair of bullies No turning back I've had enough I'm going Going Gone! You grin I saw through it I'm no clown I'm just a fool for exposing my weaknesses to a pair of manipulative ******* My character traits twisted to bolster your own selfish positions. Surpression is the lowest form of greed threatened by my presence. I'm no longer your target but now direct competitor. Watch your backs I'm on a mission to crush your egos to mush you pair of ****** I will Expose you for the clowns you've become. Blowing smoke up each other's arses does nothing to build up the team. A dog will always bite if provoked.
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Dec 19, 2014
Dec 19, 2014 at 5:50 PM UTC
Work bullies
A willing volunteer It was out of my hands Not my choice No regrets. Should have seen the signs Went in blind Naive to think I could trust you My style never changed You lured me in For your own hidden agenda Massaged my ego I kept my options open You found out You took it personally You took it the wrong way I broke your trust You sought revenge I read the signs You tried to trick me You turned the tables Hindered my growth Made me a scapegoat Damaged my reputation Stitched me up Left me out on a limb You acted on impulse You spoke too soon You showed your cards I held the aces I made sacrifices to meet the target I made mistakes I left myself exposed You thought you were clever I knew your next move You couldn't predict what was coming next. You never chose me I was rejected Not valued Not appreciated Shame on you and your accomplice Exposed for what you are A pair of bullies No turning back I've had enough I'm going Going Gone! You grin I saw through it I'm no clown I'm just a fool for exposing my weaknesses to a pair of manipulative ******* My character traits twisted to bolster your own selfish positions. Surpression is the lowest form of greed threatened by my presence. I'm no longer your target but now direct competitor. Watch your backs I'm on a mission to crush your egos to mush you pair of ****** I will Expose you for the clowns you've become. Blowing smoke up each other's arses does nothing to build up the team. A dog will always bite if provoked.
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"What's your birthstone?   I don't know, Oh, I know--it's rock." Black rocks baking in the sun dot this beach Like chocolate chips in the dough They call to us Come climb, Come hop on us Find treasures hidden behind and between All our dark shadows, Lying as still as stone A large rock shape, Oh, it's grayer and duller, and there's sand sprinkled on it, And it's moving! It's Living Rock, The monk seal napping from its morning meal. Yes- we watch others walk right by him caught in their words, Unaware of the living amongst the rocks, Living Rock doesn't care His belly is full Gray sleek shape massaged by the wind with feast in your belly, So mighty tired! You taste your sleep for days, Clouds cover the day's starlight you seek, Your body begs for light, and yet Nobody can wake you from your slumber Not even the high pitched voices of children playing nor the fishing lines in and out of the tide What of your dreams Oh Large Gray Rock Do you dream of the ocean tossing Fish  into your mouth? Or of the warm sun coming to bake your skin? The salt water dances up your nostrils, You lift your head in mild protest Then let it rest on your Ancient bed of coral and shell bones My feet love to dig into your bed No insomnia for you sea creatures, Maybe I should count monk seals Instead of sheep when I want to sleep, Your body clock measures time Not in days or hours But in meals, in hunts In fullness, in emptiness Your sleep is well earned My friend We can learn from you. You bask, dream, Then awaken renewed To taste your ocean again,
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Jan 26, 2019
Jan 26, 2019 at 9:27 PM UTC
Rock
"What's your birthstone?   I don't know, Oh, I know--it's rock." Black rocks baking in the sun dot this beach Like chocolate chips in the dough They call to us Come climb, Come hop on us Find treasures hidden behind and between All our dark shadows, Lying as still as stone A large rock shape, Oh, it's grayer and duller, and there's sand sprinkled on it, And it's moving! It's Living Rock, The monk seal napping from its morning meal. Yes- we watch others walk right by him caught in their words, Unaware of the living amongst the rocks, Living Rock doesn't care His belly is full Gray sleek shape massaged by the wind with feast in your belly, So mighty tired! You taste your sleep for days, Clouds cover the day's starlight you seek, Your body begs for light, and yet Nobody can wake you from your slumber Not even the high pitched voices of children playing nor the fishing lines in and out of the tide What of your dreams Oh Large Gray Rock Do you dream of the ocean tossing Fish  into your mouth? Or of the warm sun coming to bake your skin? The salt water dances up your nostrils, You lift your head in mild protest Then let it rest on your Ancient bed of coral and shell bones My feet love to dig into your bed No insomnia for you sea creatures, Maybe I should count monk seals Instead of sheep when I want to sleep, Your body clock measures time Not in days or hours But in meals, in hunts In fullness, in emptiness Your sleep is well earned My friend We can learn from you. You bask, dream, Then awaken renewed To taste your ocean again,
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it was one of those crazy hot days in the dead of summer. i remember because of the sweat that poured down my skin and the way my eyes squinted as the bright sun shone. i massaged my neck nervously, my mouth twisted into a grimace. ya see, i’ve always been weak, especially when it comes to you. so what i was readying myself to do, i knew, would be too much. but i had to let you go as the rays of sunlight baked my skin and my head began to ache from how hard i was squinting, grimacing. i said goodbye, as my heart raced, either from the heat or the pain.
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May 8, 2017
May 8, 2017 at 6:16 PM UTC
letting you go
Looking over my mom’s shoulder while she sat in her chair with her Toshiba laptop, and a hummingbird’s beak was nestled in sugar water outside the living room window. Engaged in her game of “Buck Euchre” while I massaged her stiff neck with my tired fingers, she messaged her opponents “You guys will be lucky to take one ‘trick’ this round with the hand I got.” Her brisk tapping of the keyboard seemed nearly in sync with the fierce flickering of the hummingbird’s wings. I wondered what it’d be like if my mom had energy like a hummingbird everyday— upbeat and alert, But I knew that wish was out of reach. Chemo kept her house-ridden; either in her bed or a seat. “Yes! Ha! Ha! suckers,” my mom shouted, “Ben, there’s no way they will beat me.” I smiled and said, “You show ‘em, Mom.”
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Feb 13, 2015
Feb 13, 2015 at 4:25 PM UTC
Playing the Hand She was Dealt
That Young Man from Nantucket As filtered through National Public Radio There was a young man from Nantucket Whose foot was caught in a bucket He said with a grin As he massaged his shin “Vers libre is a more affectively responsorial mode of privileging my authentic voice with regard to the cultural norms that speak to the existential realities of my heritage instead of the mask of the external culture that fails to affirm my needs predicated on the living organic wholeness of, like, y’know, my own special existentialness, and, like, stuff.”
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Jan 14, 2017
Jan 14, 2017 at 1:11 PM UTC
That Young Man from Nantucket
Are we to wither away, say goodbye to the remote possibility of everything or the acceptance of nothing, damaged as we are from life and what it has thrown at us and how we have adapted to it, where is the strength we thought nothing of when we were young – everything was possible, anything could be overcome. Now it is harder to start from the beginning to rise from the detritus that has left its smudge on this human plane, to  feel warmth from one’s own heart, passions that used to run deep are locked away lost from the moment, will they ever return or are they buried from this reality – what is this reality? Pure and without stimulus our bodies weak from over indulgence become but empty vessels  for our pain to adhere to, but yet exists this mind of memories that fail to disappear. These very memories fight with the functionality that we accept as our living life mixed with dreams and our experiences laid bare to improve upon the quality of our anger, frustration, pleasure and happiness that engages us again, enabling us the advantage to overcome our apathy and  withstand hardship and discomfort, both  mentally and  physically. And once again we shout from the highest imagined ground our intentions and with our determination set to turbo drive, we move out on to the superhighway of our existence, battling  our demons to achieve our presupposed goals, is this living? Or merely homage to a bygone set of loosely interpreted doctrine absorbed from our greater consciences. Individuality what has this become? – A freedom to define ones uniqueness? Is it truly accepted or is it frowned  upon, an illusion perhaps, to be held high then massaged by ego, manipulated by the wannabees and dismissed by the pseudo intellectuals for their contrived  ill-gotten gains. Or is it puerile credo that mutates in to a complex melange of all things material, a substitute for the happiness that existed in a previous incarnation of existence, without doubt a causal effect imploding,  oblivious to the damage that is caused by the ignorance of consideration and distillation of emotion from love, to the banality of acceptance. Once again the circle is circumvented  and the cycle is begun in earnest until the finality of death is welcomed unto the midst of longing from the soul, in repose before its journey to dance amongst the cosmos.
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Nov 25, 2012
Nov 25, 2012 at 6:53 PM UTC
Is This A Question of Age?
Are we to wither away, say goodbye to the remote possibility of everything or the acceptance of nothing, damaged as we are from life and what it has thrown at us and how we have adapted to it, where is the strength we thought nothing of when we were young – everything was possible, anything could be overcome. Now it is harder to start from the beginning to rise from the detritus that has left its smudge on this human plane, to  feel warmth from one’s own heart, passions that used to run deep are locked away lost from the moment, will they ever return or are they buried from this reality – what is this reality? Pure and without stimulus our bodies weak from over indulgence become but empty vessels  for our pain to adhere to, but yet exists this mind of memories that fail to disappear. These very memories fight with the functionality that we accept as our living life mixed with dreams and our experiences laid bare to improve upon the quality of our anger, frustration, pleasure and happiness that engages us again, enabling us the advantage to overcome our apathy and  withstand hardship and discomfort, both  mentally and  physically. And once again we shout from the highest imagined ground our intentions and with our determination set to turbo drive, we move out on to the superhighway of our existence, battling  our demons to achieve our presupposed goals, is this living? Or merely homage to a bygone set of loosely interpreted doctrine absorbed from our greater consciences. Individuality what has this become? – A freedom to define ones uniqueness? Is it truly accepted or is it frowned  upon, an illusion perhaps, to be held high then massaged by ego, manipulated by the wannabees and dismissed by the pseudo intellectuals for their contrived  ill-gotten gains. Or is it puerile credo that mutates in to a complex melange of all things material, a substitute for the happiness that existed in a previous incarnation of existence, without doubt a causal effect imploding,  oblivious to the damage that is caused by the ignorance of consideration and distillation of emotion from love, to the banality of acceptance. Once again the circle is circumvented  and the cycle is begun in earnest until the finality of death is welcomed unto the midst of longing from the soul, in repose before its journey to dance amongst the cosmos.
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he lured her into his dorm room her first time there between the toilet and the shower - steam fogging the cracked mirror - steam meant to distill the unmistakable smell of the crushed greens she inhaled deep swallowing the fiery magic as he slipped beside her wanting to be inside her, he massaged her back, her shoulders, inching his fingers up along the sides of her slender neck trying to knead his way into her mind the way he wanted, needed to give her another mind-blowing experience right there between the toilet and the shower - steam turning into sweaty rivulets down the crack of an arched back - but submitting to the aching desires of hungry men was an act she knew far too well and so - between the toilet and the shower and the steam she saw temptation as it was - a slimy red-eyed serpent begging her to stay.
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Jul 12, 2012
Jul 12, 2012 at 1:08 PM UTC
(between the toilet and the shower and the steam)
As I went about my day.....I thought about Dr. Seuss. How much I enjoyed his rhymes and his stories in my youth. The truth of the matter is this.....Sometimes I feel like the grinch and my heart doesn't measure above an inch. I feel sad ...mad and blue.....and when I feel I have been disrespected...my reply is " Who are you talking to?" I don't live in a zoo.....and never met a "who", but needed them to give me a clue? Aachoo! Bless you! Who me? yes you.....couldn't be. Then who? Anywho....I don't like to argue and fight .....my intentions are to do what's right. I write due to a love affair I have with words.....adjectives ....nouns and verbs. You may call it cheating....but its not that at all. I believe they're all beautiful ......and allow them to shine when I write about our time at the ball. How beautiful she was standing there unassuming in a dress that was red. I approached her from the rear of course and whispered in her ear about my horse parked outside. I was curious to know if she wanted to ride. Aside from her beauty her scent drove me crazy.....as it entered my system my nervous system became lazy. I could hardly concentrate on what I should do.....instead of level ten ....my mind was on level two. What should I do?.....my grinch like heart had gathered a spark. As words danced around in my mind....and massaged my hardened heart .......my anger was released to create a work of art. The feelings that were trapped inside were allowed free reign. The substance that they contained.....revealed a man who should have gone insane.....it's plain to me .....and why wouldn't it be?.....that suddenly my mind is free...... At least for the moment......I don't like green eggs and ham....but I do enjoy money in my hand. Yes! I do.....and if I gave you a few dollars ....I'm sure you would too. How much I enjoy when money is around....although she doesn't stay long. As soon as Bill comes along ......she suddenly is gone. My pockets become empty and my mood not so bright. I feel like a jilted lover.....whose been abandoned late at night. She never returns.....but I am able to hold her again......until Bill arrives and demands her attention again. I don't like him....he's always around like the first and fifteenth. **** Bill is what I often say.....I'm a little Suessed out ....forgive me for my rant if you can I say.....Have you seen Thing one and Thing two? I wonder if they can come out to play?
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Oct 7, 2012
Oct 7, 2012 at 12:06 PM UTC
UniSuessal Circus
As I went about my day.....I thought about Dr. Seuss. How much I enjoyed his rhymes and his stories in my youth. The truth of the matter is this.....Sometimes I feel like the grinch and my heart doesn't measure above an inch. I feel sad ...mad and blue.....and when I feel I have been disrespected...my reply is " Who are you talking to?" I don't live in a zoo.....and never met a "who", but needed them to give me a clue? Aachoo! Bless you! Who me? yes you.....couldn't be. Then who? Anywho....I don't like to argue and fight .....my intentions are to do what's right. I write due to a love affair I have with words.....adjectives ....nouns and verbs. You may call it cheating....but its not that at all. I believe they're all beautiful ......and allow them to shine when I write about our time at the ball. How beautiful she was standing there unassuming in a dress that was red. I approached her from the rear of course and whispered in her ear about my horse parked outside. I was curious to know if she wanted to ride. Aside from her beauty her scent drove me crazy.....as it entered my system my nervous system became lazy. I could hardly concentrate on what I should do.....instead of level ten ....my mind was on level two. What should I do?.....my grinch like heart had gathered a spark. As words danced around in my mind....and massaged my hardened heart .......my anger was released to create a work of art. The feelings that were trapped inside were allowed free reign. The substance that they contained.....revealed a man who should have gone insane.....it's plain to me .....and why wouldn't it be?.....that suddenly my mind is free...... At least for the moment......I don't like green eggs and ham....but I do enjoy money in my hand. Yes! I do.....and if I gave you a few dollars ....I'm sure you would too. How much I enjoy when money is around....although she doesn't stay long. As soon as Bill comes along ......she suddenly is gone. My pockets become empty and my mood not so bright. I feel like a jilted lover.....whose been abandoned late at night. She never returns.....but I am able to hold her again......until Bill arrives and demands her attention again. I don't like him....he's always around like the first and fifteenth. **** Bill is what I often say.....I'm a little Suessed out ....forgive me for my rant if you can I say.....Have you seen Thing one and Thing two? I wonder if they can come out to play?
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I would love to drag my aura on a walk to the top of a hill; make room in my rain jacket pockets for oleoresin capsicum and a flashlight, my container of weeds and slow burning leaves I would love to kiss the grass with the spilling light from my mouth **** on my broken finger nails massaged by earth’s dirt I would love to fall asleep under the hidden moon covered by a blanket made of water; they will remember my face with a smirk I would love to cradle you little rotating sphere, nurture your tired ozone layer She would love to drag us all, bury you beneath her holy herbaceous there will be plenty of firing kisses and the waves will come, you wont feel the cold I would love to take you on a walk to the top of a hill
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Mar 18, 2013
Mar 18, 2013 at 12:00 PM UTC
Come With Me
It's a mystery to note that despite how advanced in age we are still we earnestly strive to survive, preserve at all costs this physical entity My sister, Vivien and I watched vicariously as our 91 year old Father tubes plugged in every orifice and cavity sat gripping the edge of his hospital bed gasping for air We didn't know it then, but he was suffering a mild heart attack mentally, tenderly we massaged his Spirit with prayers I thought to myself how difficult it is to convince yourself that you are not this body while warm blood and passions rush through veins and brick by brick from birth we carefully construct, insulate, protect, pamper and cater to the whims and demands of this terra firma I stared numbly as hospital staff wheeled Dad away for further tests Emergency room visits were fast becoming a regular ritual Intravenous bags hang heavy black nimbus clouds stingily dispensing one last drop of mortality my heart a stone sinking in my chest plummeted with a thud into a bottomless inky pool so many poignant, familial memories rowing merrily across the paper thin surface of Life's fragile dream I could sense my mother's intangible presence close by   soft brown sepia eyes gazing tenderly through the partially drawn diaphanous veils chariots swinging low father's condition is stable now though they released him for the holidays the appellation, "Comeback Charlie" our nickname for his extraordinary resilience and vigor didn't have quite the same ring something missing, that spark, stolen reflected in hollow, vacant jack-o-lantern eyes I prayed as we prepared a tropical fruit basket to cheer him up that he would clearly see an Angel not a thief standing eternally by his side
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Nov 12, 2013
Nov 12, 2013 at 10:12 AM UTC
Extracelestial
It's a mystery to note that despite how advanced in age we are still we earnestly strive to survive, preserve at all costs this physical entity My sister, Vivien and I watched vicariously as our 91 year old Father tubes plugged in every orifice and cavity sat gripping the edge of his hospital bed gasping for air We didn't know it then, but he was suffering a mild heart attack mentally, tenderly we massaged his Spirit with prayers I thought to myself how difficult it is to convince yourself that you are not this body while warm blood and passions rush through veins and brick by brick from birth we carefully construct, insulate, protect, pamper and cater to the whims and demands of this terra firma I stared numbly as hospital staff wheeled Dad away for further tests Emergency room visits were fast becoming a regular ritual Intravenous bags hang heavy black nimbus clouds stingily dispensing one last drop of mortality my heart a stone sinking in my chest plummeted with a thud into a bottomless inky pool so many poignant, familial memories rowing merrily across the paper thin surface of Life's fragile dream I could sense my mother's intangible presence close by   soft brown sepia eyes gazing tenderly through the partially drawn diaphanous veils chariots swinging low father's condition is stable now though they released him for the holidays the appellation, "Comeback Charlie" our nickname for his extraordinary resilience and vigor didn't have quite the same ring something missing, that spark, stolen reflected in hollow, vacant jack-o-lantern eyes I prayed as we prepared a tropical fruit basket to cheer him up that he would clearly see an Angel not a thief standing eternally by his side
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The poems come out of your eyes and not your mouth, as you write sweet lines to me across the room; our eyes lock and you tell me you are longing to know what my voice sounds like. what my hand may be like locked in yours and what my skin may feel like under your finger tips. As your poetry is yelling at me from across the room I wonder what your finger tips may taste like, the chewed off nails and the salty-sweet skin. I wonder what your hair would feel like if I ran my fingers through. What the muscles on your neck and shoulders would feel like being rubbed and massaged with in the palms of my hands. I wonder what your neck would taste like if I were to gently kiss and lightly lap it. Your poetry comes out of your eyes as you look at me from across the room. and then I see you pull out your notebook, with scribbles and gibberish galore as you write with quick and tightly flexed arms and I wonder what your eyes might have to say to the paper beneath your pen. The words you write for only your paper to see- it should be shared and I implore you: will you share it with me? And I sit and wonder if I am understanding your language or am I just a foreigner to the country of your head?
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Jan 31, 2011
Jan 31, 2011 at 3:26 PM UTC
The Poetry In Your Eyes