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"menacingly" poems
Tomato: Big, juicy, red INSANE! Sneaks up upon unsuspecting Unreliable MATH TUTORS! A terrible fight ensues! Tomato or tutor? Tutor or tomato? Tomato knows no math. Tutor has no seeds. A standoff. Tutor and tomato growl menacingly, Circling one another Like two pieces of meat On a microwave turntable. Suddenly, their rhythmic dance of Hate Is broken By the rhythmic sound of incoming Imminent Inescapable Doom. Tutor and tomato are trampled Like a TV dinner On the freeway.
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Feb 4, 2015
Feb 4, 2015 at 7:29 PM UTC
Tomato
Arriving at the entrance of the ancient temple the white rabbit covered his ears. Shattering glass from a high-pitched vibration he leaped away from a falling chandelier. “I must find our beloved Harvest Moon." The white rabbit said to himself. With stern affirmation, a dark fog churned then into the vortex he was consumed. He stopped at the entrance of the temple courtyard; everyone was frozen like statues. "What has she done to all of you?" He cried, then pulled out a magic rune deflecting a hail of daggers. The white rabbit looked up at a floating cocoon and saw the shadow witch hovering over the temple roof. Pale skin and veins glowing red, she was draped in a black tattered robe. With a sinister look and a Crown of Fire on her head the shadow witch spoke. “White rabbit, white rabbit the Harvest Moon is dead!" The white rabbit took leaped back then cried out. "This cannot be so!" Then he pulled from his bag a magic scroll and read the words written in gold. "I ask the wind to protect me from this dark magic despair" Then he conjured a circle of trees in a water globe. The witch streaked across the air and swung around her jet-black hair. Then she commanded an infestation of spiders to climb inside the trees and explode. Barricading himself inside a magic bubble he was protected from the onslaught of shrapnel. The white rabbit grabbed the water globe, leaped into the air, and disappeared in a puff of amber smoke. The shadow witch pulled out a blood-red pearl and murmured an incantation. "Clever white rabbit, I shall find you in the invisible world" The white rabbit snapped his fingers then magically appeared behind her. He snatched off the Crown of Fire from her head then whispered the following words. "How dare you use dark magic on me!" She jumped in fear spinning around, then summoned a devil hound. The white rabbit raised the water globe and merged it with the crown. A shock wave of light pulsated in the air then the witch menacingly yelled. “Take him down!” The white rabbit saw in his peripheral view the hound lunge to attack. But he was too cunning for this, with a symbolic wave and a vigorous slash the hound was severed in two. The shadow witch glared, then cried out. “We shall meet again white rabbit; I promise you I'll be back!” Then she summoned a fiery cauldron and vanished with a blinding flash. The white rabbit ran inside the temple and approached the Harvest Moon. He stared with eyes full of tears and sorrow at a beautiful princess with hair long and blue. A beautiful creature he so desired, the love he had for her was true. He opened his bag and pulled out the globe which was now encased with the Crown of Fire. "I brought you a gift from the shadow witch" Then he smashed the globe and with a flash of light, the Crown of Fire was finally free. The white rabbit held the princess and spoke. "I have always served you because I love you and now, I command you to come back to life!" Then he placed the Crown of Fire on her head igniting a ring of light. The white rabbit looked down to see the Harvest Moon Princess opening both of her eyes.
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Aug 15, 2013
Aug 15, 2013 at 12:04 AM UTC
The Crown of Fire
Arriving at the entrance of the ancient temple the white rabbit covered his ears. Shattering glass from a high-pitched vibration he leaped away from a falling chandelier. “I must find our beloved Harvest Moon." The white rabbit said to himself. With stern affirmation, a dark fog churned then into the vortex he was consumed. He stopped at the entrance of the temple courtyard; everyone was frozen like statues. "What has she done to all of you?" He cried, then pulled out a magic rune deflecting a hail of daggers. The white rabbit looked up at a floating cocoon and saw the shadow witch hovering over the temple roof. Pale skin and veins glowing red, she was draped in a black tattered robe. With a sinister look and a Crown of Fire on her head the shadow witch spoke. “White rabbit, white rabbit the Harvest Moon is dead!" The white rabbit took leaped back then cried out. "This cannot be so!" Then he pulled from his bag a magic scroll and read the words written in gold. "I ask the wind to protect me from this dark magic despair" Then he conjured a circle of trees in a water globe. The witch streaked across the air and swung around her jet-black hair. Then she commanded an infestation of spiders to climb inside the trees and explode. Barricading himself inside a magic bubble he was protected from the onslaught of shrapnel. The white rabbit grabbed the water globe, leaped into the air, and disappeared in a puff of amber smoke. The shadow witch pulled out a blood-red pearl and murmured an incantation. "Clever white rabbit, I shall find you in the invisible world" The white rabbit snapped his fingers then magically appeared behind her. He snatched off the Crown of Fire from her head then whispered the following words. "How dare you use dark magic on me!" She jumped in fear spinning around, then summoned a devil hound. The white rabbit raised the water globe and merged it with the crown. A shock wave of light pulsated in the air then the witch menacingly yelled. “Take him down!” The white rabbit saw in his peripheral view the hound lunge to attack. But he was too cunning for this, with a symbolic wave and a vigorous slash the hound was severed in two. The shadow witch glared, then cried out. “We shall meet again white rabbit; I promise you I'll be back!” Then she summoned a fiery cauldron and vanished with a blinding flash. The white rabbit ran inside the temple and approached the Harvest Moon. He stared with eyes full of tears and sorrow at a beautiful princess with hair long and blue. A beautiful creature he so desired, the love he had for her was true. He opened his bag and pulled out the globe which was now encased with the Crown of Fire. "I brought you a gift from the shadow witch" Then he smashed the globe and with a flash of light, the Crown of Fire was finally free. The white rabbit held the princess and spoke. "I have always served you because I love you and now, I command you to come back to life!" Then he placed the Crown of Fire on her head igniting a ring of light. The white rabbit looked down to see the Harvest Moon Princess opening both of her eyes.
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A secret society founded as a dark, heavy rainstorm loomed menacingly one night in November of 1888 over Boston University;      Sarah Ida Shaw, Eleanor Dorcas Pond, Isabel Morgan Breed &   Florence Isabelle Stewart sneaking in their nightgowns into the dusty attic where Florence swore she had seen three black cats sitting in the rocking chairs talking; to humor their friend, the others followed her up into the dark attic: meaning only to frighten Florence,   Eleanor pulled a kitchen knife; the uncomprehending Isabel & Sarah forcing the terrified [so they thought] Florence to her knees; while there, eating the ***** of the knife-wielding Eleanor, who raising her stiff nightgown told the others to do likewise until they all were satisfied, shouting - meow meow meow meow - old lady Murphy hollering up the attic steps: 'who's up there?' the three girl giggling their little heads off running past her down the stairs;   Florence nearly tripping, coming down a few moments later,    also grinning but silently to herself.     'what are u girls doing up there?' - 'playing w/ the cats,' said Flo,    slipping past her; 'Cats! Cats!' shouted the old witch, rushing up the stairs raising her broom [from that evening Delta Delta Delta (ΔΔΔ) has met to lick talking black cats in secret college sorority rituals]
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Jul 19, 2018
Jul 19, 2018 at 12:28 PM UTC
Delta Delta Delta (ΔΔΔ)
. •my arms point to the sky• a gesture                            frozen in                 eter-                                  nity•un-                fazed as                                    the clouds                whisper a     lie•                 rumours of              rain that never               came quickly•           prickles protrude             menacingly            •threaten- ing all who          would stray         too close•       baseless            gossip that   masquerade     as pleasant-   ry•to deviate me from       the path i chose•still i stand             here...duelling the sun           •in a land scorched             barren•search-   ing for hope when there's  really none• here i stand... lonely and drought stricken• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• .
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Nov 24, 2015
Nov 24, 2015 at 10:51 AM UTC
Drought Stricken
Relax, says a voice, and menacingly: one two -- she starts to count down.
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Feb 22, 2025
Feb 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM UTC
[ Relax, says a voice ]
She stands at the window a fine white stream of goodevil trickling down her chin Heaving against the pane heaving against the pain She longs for a killer breeze from the die-hard fan Yellow-eyed seconds slither out the clock hi S S ing in rhythm as they crawl On the table the used core of a once juicy red delicious hourglass figure, cyanide hearts and all She is aware of her nakedness Moon ogles on bleeding silver from stab wounds by dagger branches awaiting a crack in the window through which to enter Tree of Life towers menacingly overhead He walks in AdamAnt intelligent designer suit businessgod attire briefcase in hand brief case in point He knows She knows Time knows Electric Goliath stirs in the depths Ego awakens lifts its rod beckons to waves of children behind it parts the folds of red sea charges head on Rides long and hard hooves pounding the riverbed Ready to pull out on the other side Branches find their crack Enraged Goliath stumbles Ego trips relentless walls close in It goes under in a seizure frothing at the mouth drowning as its children swim Time holds the couple's breath in suffocating grip Tree binds Life to a cell at the center of her flower prison Pane, reflecting pain, reflected Window souls mirror soul's Window Branches regain their higher dwellings Exhumed goliath stirs on a distant shore She stands at the window a fine white stream of goodevil trickling down her shin
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Oct 9, 2018
Oct 9, 2018 at 9:00 AM UTC
Eve at the Window
He was only three foot tall, but He wanted to be like his Famous daddy "The pirate" long  bob Plated Silver Toe A renowned pirate or so He told me. So he looked around the house to what he could find, A hook was out of reach As it was dangerous you know, it could take an eye out or if trod on cut your toes, He would have defiantly have shed a Tear Or Three, So he found a spoon, not Gold or Silver Not plated precious, It was copper it would have to do. So he put his hand up his sleeve, Holding the spoon quite Menacingly, I'll scoop your ice cream From right under your nose, One scoop, Two scoop, Three, "Ill bounce the bowl upon your head" "Then run so you never knows it was me" "Who had eaten your desert from" "Right under your nose you see" He giggled and smiled a child's grin, What next does a pirate need to be "King of the sea" A hat he thought, As he looked around his fathers hats Covered his head, He walked in to Table & Chair, For it was to big over his eyes, He was unable to see. He bounced Off the door, the bed, the Window sill too, with holes cut he still Was unable to see properly, So he got a sock with a patch on the heal Putting it on his little head looked in the mirror amused By what could be seen. I need one more thing To be like me pa.. A ship to sail the high sea, But he was only tiny 3 foot tall was he, So he looked around Finding a table in the yard, Discarded but could be used by he. "A sail was needed" A table cloth tied to the back legs To catch the gusts of wind yar see, A crew was needed?? But there was only room for Him And his parrot Reginald, ******* *******   He would squawk at me, A I dry one given and a pat on the Head from me. I was known as a captain on My Green Sea, Plundering the apple tree The raspberry bush All the berries were now mine That I could see, I wanted to be like my father when I grew up But lets be realistic I'm three foot "I'm four and three months" Who would be scared of little spoon pirate me.
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Nov 23, 2014
Nov 23, 2014 at 3:34 PM UTC
Little Captain Spoon
He was only three foot tall, but He wanted to be like his Famous daddy "The pirate" long  bob Plated Silver Toe A renowned pirate or so He told me. So he looked around the house to what he could find, A hook was out of reach As it was dangerous you know, it could take an eye out or if trod on cut your toes, He would have defiantly have shed a Tear Or Three, So he found a spoon, not Gold or Silver Not plated precious, It was copper it would have to do. So he put his hand up his sleeve, Holding the spoon quite Menacingly, I'll scoop your ice cream From right under your nose, One scoop, Two scoop, Three, "Ill bounce the bowl upon your head" "Then run so you never knows it was me" "Who had eaten your desert from" "Right under your nose you see" He giggled and smiled a child's grin, What next does a pirate need to be "King of the sea" A hat he thought, As he looked around his fathers hats Covered his head, He walked in to Table & Chair, For it was to big over his eyes, He was unable to see. He bounced Off the door, the bed, the Window sill too, with holes cut he still Was unable to see properly, So he got a sock with a patch on the heal Putting it on his little head looked in the mirror amused By what could be seen. I need one more thing To be like me pa.. A ship to sail the high sea, But he was only tiny 3 foot tall was he, So he looked around Finding a table in the yard, Discarded but could be used by he. "A sail was needed" A table cloth tied to the back legs To catch the gusts of wind yar see, A crew was needed?? But there was only room for Him And his parrot Reginald, ******* *******   He would squawk at me, A I dry one given and a pat on the Head from me. I was known as a captain on My Green Sea, Plundering the apple tree The raspberry bush All the berries were now mine That I could see, I wanted to be like my father when I grew up But lets be realistic I'm three foot "I'm four and three months" Who would be scared of little spoon pirate me.
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There’s a dark grotto Under the sea With shelves and shelves Of bottles Clear, glass bottles All of my secrets A carefully watched castle The middle of a concentric series of impassable walls Surrounded by a forest of kelp With razor-sharp teeth And then the narwhals The narwhal guards Armed to the teeth with halibut-slicing knives Their three-meter horns Gleaming in the moonlight Guarding All of my secrets Skeletons, trespassers of yore, Strewn about the seafloor Bones picked clean By the scavenging ***** No one can enter No one can leave The grotto with the shelves Shelves and shelves of clear, glass bottles All of my secrets But as for the ***** For the first time in centuries The sunlight warms the waters Melts the kelp Kisses the narwhals Buries the bones and torments the scavengers Clearing away the darkness A nonstop route through the castle Protecting All of my secrets The tendrils of photons creep along Wary Ready for a fight The grotto growls menacingly Unguarded For the first time in centuries But upon the first touch - Light meets stone - The sea shudders Ecstasy And in repayment for salvation Out come the bottles Floating to the surface Bathing in the light All of my secrets
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May 19, 2010
May 19, 2010 at 3:20 PM UTC
All of My Secrets
It was the boys’ bath night and you had bathed and were drying yourself with the white towel they had given you when the bathroom door flew open and Anne stood there one-legged in her pink flowered nightdress perching on her crutches like a hawk her eyes bright and dark a smile lingering on her lips well ****** me she said what a sight for a girl’s lovesick eyes and she entered the bathroom and pushed the door shut behind her with her bottom almost uncrutching herself in the process you pulled the towel tight around you and stared at her it’s the boys’ bath night you muttered girls aren’t allowed in while boys bath she moved over to the mirror and gazed at herself you’re right she said I’m not a boy I’m a tight titted girl and she laughed and crutched herself over towards you making you flatten yourself against the wall gripping the towel with one hand and holding her back with the other and she leaned down and kiss the back of your hand then looked you deep in the eyes what have you got hidden behind that towelling skirt then?   she said and you gripped the towel tighter with both hands and she menacingly moved one hand cautiously towards the towel her armpits gripping the crutches tightly as she moved you shouldn’t be in here you said I’m not in there yet she laughed and grabbed the towel away with a force that took her and the towel toppling to the bathroom floor where she lay like an overturned beetle you stood naked your hands covering what your father called your toolbox gazing down at her struggling to get up well don’t just stand there like a prize parrot help pick me up she said and so with one hand covering you knelt down to help lift her up but then she pulled you down beside her and laughed and her laughter echoed around the walls but then she paused and put a hand over her mouth hearing Sister Bridget’s nearby footsteps and noisy calls.
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Mar 15, 2012
Mar 15, 2012 at 3:16 AM UTC
ANNE AND THE BOYS' BATH NIGHT.
It was the boys’ bath night and you had bathed and were drying yourself with the white towel they had given you when the bathroom door flew open and Anne stood there one-legged in her pink flowered nightdress perching on her crutches like a hawk her eyes bright and dark a smile lingering on her lips well ****** me she said what a sight for a girl’s lovesick eyes and she entered the bathroom and pushed the door shut behind her with her bottom almost uncrutching herself in the process you pulled the towel tight around you and stared at her it’s the boys’ bath night you muttered girls aren’t allowed in while boys bath she moved over to the mirror and gazed at herself you’re right she said I’m not a boy I’m a tight titted girl and she laughed and crutched herself over towards you making you flatten yourself against the wall gripping the towel with one hand and holding her back with the other and she leaned down and kiss the back of your hand then looked you deep in the eyes what have you got hidden behind that towelling skirt then?   she said and you gripped the towel tighter with both hands and she menacingly moved one hand cautiously towards the towel her armpits gripping the crutches tightly as she moved you shouldn’t be in here you said I’m not in there yet she laughed and grabbed the towel away with a force that took her and the towel toppling to the bathroom floor where she lay like an overturned beetle you stood naked your hands covering what your father called your toolbox gazing down at her struggling to get up well don’t just stand there like a prize parrot help pick me up she said and so with one hand covering you knelt down to help lift her up but then she pulled you down beside her and laughed and her laughter echoed around the walls but then she paused and put a hand over her mouth hearing Sister Bridget’s nearby footsteps and noisy calls.
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Bathing thyself in Lethe, not ingesting, forgetting, yet not reminiscing on thyne torment, though immersing thyself in it nonetheless, persisting on pain and uncertainty. El océano sin agua, ese is what thou art, unable to breathe, unable to control, longing for a hand to halt the quiver. In the midst of submission, thy capture in the seductive dance of the monster, thou utterst sólo una palabra, “help”; the first and final request, yet thy time in Lethe were much too lengthy, not one hand shall be lent to those who menacingly, cherish death.
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Dec 19, 2012
Dec 19, 2012 at 6:19 AM UTC
Daunting Transparency
I wish I could wish I was more in the moment and less in the haze of a memory Find me in a nonregulation tankless sensory deprivation simulation to deep dive into why my history grips so tightly It's not lost on me that it feeds off of the litany of my bad energy, a never ending supply and still greedy Can't say it's a mystery, not completely, hesitation is hard wired in on the heals of every lesson in misery Honestly it's never a surprise, not really, the first complication to arise naturally is my own reactionary jurk of the knee Even though that's never worked out for me, never seem to benefit any, quite the contrary actually It's entertainment for my inner dialogue, continuously laughing menacingly as it nurtures this three-ring calamity And I'm left to recite a sorry apology with the conviction of a hostage on VHS tape through a grainy TV So why do I do it? Clearly it's not a chosen journey but rather some hopeless, helpless destiny One I prayed would never find me but it was as timely as untimely could be And now, this is me ©2023
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Jul 8, 2023
Jul 8, 2023 at 7:22 PM UTC
~•§•~ This Is Me ~•§•~
I exist in the abysmal state of solitude, where I, whose existence survives in profound literary pieces, could fall short of mere words penetrated—cast against me. Where would I be if I can't find the right words to say? In front of me is a sweet orange juice menacingly teasing me with its dazzling pumpkin hue. Beside it is the apple pie I swore my life I would never put in my mouth. Yet, the sun glistened brighter when I gently put my fork down and absurdly ate it with my eyes closed. The sadness that lingers deep within enthralls me more, as I swiftly swallow and digest it without tasting all its flavors—just so I can return to reality. I try to keep it all together, even as my spirit is crushed by the thoughts that seep in, nipping at the edges of my soul—through the cracked window of my vision, and the half-drunk orange juice. These thoughts keep coming in, like an intense downpour after a shower. I have tried to write this simply, yet I could never find the right words to say. I could never forgive myself.
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Feb 7, 2025
Feb 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM UTC
Orange Juice and Apple Pie
I stand on the shore, my feet sinking in the sands, My hair tousled wild in winds hustling hands, Covering my face, veiling my eyes, Distantly, I hear the seagulls, their yearning cries. I grip firmer and hold myself tight, In dusk's diminishing, dwindling twilight. I watch the waves lunge at me - Overwhelming, menacingly. But as they race to the shore, reaching my feet They drench me, turn back and then recede. I see another wave, I yearn to move a step behind. Fear and uncertainty fill my troubled mind. But I still stand, stand my ground, Unmindful of the sounds, Of the winds and the waves, In a trance, lost, nature's slave. I nearly fall, my balance lost, Taken by surprise, by waves tossed. But I still stand, stand with unsteady feet, Where the land and waters meet. I, on the seashore, a speck, besides a sea so vast - I know that each wave will rest and it too shall pass.
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Jun 18, 2017
Jun 18, 2017 at 12:38 PM UTC
This too shall pass
The National Security Advisor In all his frumpery and trumpery Waves his combat moustache menacingly Backed up by each nuclear incisor He threatens Iran with his “hell to pay” Word missiles through his bristles - “We will come after you!” Omitting to say (through his ****** hairdo) His child will not go, but yours will – hooray! For his own combat record is no joke: He bravely fought the Cong around Fort Polk
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Sep 26, 2018
Sep 26, 2018 at 8:46 AM UTC
John Bolton Rattles his Moustache of War
Thunderclouds booming like a military drum Rain is pelting with a solitary hum Lightning is crackling like the breaking of bones The sky is attacking rough enough to break stones The sun was a blood clot, before in the sky a burning ball of fire that could gouge out your eyes The grass was scorching, like needles beneath feet Until the sun set, admitting untimely defeat And the sky rolled yonder, like an enemy crouched An ominous shadow till the war cry was announced: Ear-splitting boom, that rattles in your gut Louder than a gun, and it stuns, now you run - But there's nowhere to run There's nowhere to hide From the galloping dread, like a torrential tide Its coming for you, twisted hand of fate shaped like a lightning bolt, straight out of the gate The faces that peer, innocently knowing That the sky-god's wrath was menacingly growing They're scattered across planes, barren as ice As the enemy cuts across them, with a single clean slice Unwavering is fate, that tossed out their doom And such is life and death, As sudden As unpredictable as a thunder's boom.
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Jan 13, 2014
Jan 13, 2014 at 3:32 PM UTC
Thunder
I step into the beige cold tub, Turn on the tap to hot, It sputters for a moment, then bursts onto my skin, It hurts, but that's what I like. Steam rises around me, Capturing me in a cloud, Taking me away, allowing me to look at my own self, To ponder all of my life. Nothing else to think of really, When all you see are three yellow walls, And a translucent curtain,  I'm sheltered inside a clear warm bathe bubble, I think of my love, and my life. I look down to the water pooling around my toes, My reflection looks back at me menacingly, My humanity starring me in the face, each waiting for the other to blink, Each one of us fighting ourselves until death. That is our struggle, To hate ourselves, to hate everyone else, But still find love, compassion, empathy, Our urge to survive against our instinct to care. I let the boiling water fall over my head, Burning my cheeks, waking me up, Tears trickling down my whole body, Feeling alive, A lonely human standing in a hot shower.
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Oct 16, 2014
Oct 16, 2014 at 3:54 PM UTC
Steaming Sovereign Shower
Youths, the sight of thy pants menacingly looming over the waistband of your ill fitting trousers doth not fill my heart with joy this fine afternoon. Nor doth the stench of your rancid marijuana which oozes from your pores and combines with your ever present lynx masked body odour. I see you stroll with all the grace of a strategically shaved ape, as you migrate with your "Fam" to linger like wastrels outside the Spar in the hope of cheap cider, stolen smokes and easy girls... And I wonder at the devoid nature of our future while it rests on your rounded, work shy, knuckle dragging shoulders. I fear the brush thats tars us all.
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Jun 21, 2014
Jun 21, 2014 at 9:34 AM UTC
Talking 'bout my generation.
I. The Fireflies There was once a time when the fireflies had made a home out of me. One evening, long after the sun had surrendered itself to the hazed horizon and the pregnant moon, they had come to my window, golden freckles of light twinkling playfully in the dimness. What exactly prompted their gravitation towards me, I will never be entirely certain of, though I have my theories. Maybe it was the warm glass of milk sitting on my bedside table. Or maybe they had simply mistaken the peppers of stardust laced atop my eyelashes for their own kin. Or perhaps– and most likely– it had been the murmur of poetry on my lips: …watch how they dart about the trees in whimsical harmony, how they rise up towards the dark sky in the hopes that, someday, they too will become one with the constellations that blink so brilliantly in the blackness. Yes, Perhaps this what had captivated them so– a homage to the fireflies themselves. Perhaps this is why they had drifted towards me, as if in some fanciful trance, weightless as paper lanterns. And how sweet they were as they twirled about the ringlets in my hair and nuzzled their small frames against my cheek and fingertips. How sweet they were– that is, until the bees came. II. The Bees They made lightning bugs of my fireflies, whose soft luminescence was replaced with a violent stream of sparks, one resembling something close to the bursting of a fluorescent bulb And so came the lightning, the firefly’s only defence against the approaching swarm, their only ammunition in the impending battle: fireflies versus bees, both in want of my nectared marrow. But the lightning was no reasonable match for the bees, with their large, gelatinous figures and the persistence of their stabbings; annihilated were the fireflies, carcasses crumbling to soot, their innards, still glowing, smeared across my collarbone like war paint. Victorious and humming menacingly, the bees then crawled into my ears and my mouth where they proceeded to feast on their spoils and plunders: the honey, that they so cruelly stole from me. And once the honey was gone, so were the bees, bellies full, antennae sticky, their use for me fulfilled and therefore discarded. III. The Spiders The final hosts were drawn to what the bees had left behind: the inconsolable emptiness of my being, They marked their territory with cobwebs– spun carelessly into my arteries and windpipe. Breath dwindling and heartbeat diminishing I tried to remember the fireflies– the light– as the arachnophobia threatened to devour me.
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Feb 4, 2018
Feb 4, 2018 at 7:19 PM UTC
Infestation
I. The Fireflies There was once a time when the fireflies had made a home out of me. One evening, long after the sun had surrendered itself to the hazed horizon and the pregnant moon, they had come to my window, golden freckles of light twinkling playfully in the dimness. What exactly prompted their gravitation towards me, I will never be entirely certain of, though I have my theories. Maybe it was the warm glass of milk sitting on my bedside table. Or maybe they had simply mistaken the peppers of stardust laced atop my eyelashes for their own kin. Or perhaps– and most likely– it had been the murmur of poetry on my lips: …watch how they dart about the trees in whimsical harmony, how they rise up towards the dark sky in the hopes that, someday, they too will become one with the constellations that blink so brilliantly in the blackness. Yes, Perhaps this what had captivated them so– a homage to the fireflies themselves. Perhaps this is why they had drifted towards me, as if in some fanciful trance, weightless as paper lanterns. And how sweet they were as they twirled about the ringlets in my hair and nuzzled their small frames against my cheek and fingertips. How sweet they were– that is, until the bees came. II. The Bees They made lightning bugs of my fireflies, whose soft luminescence was replaced with a violent stream of sparks, one resembling something close to the bursting of a fluorescent bulb And so came the lightning, the firefly’s only defence against the approaching swarm, their only ammunition in the impending battle: fireflies versus bees, both in want of my nectared marrow. But the lightning was no reasonable match for the bees, with their large, gelatinous figures and the persistence of their stabbings; annihilated were the fireflies, carcasses crumbling to soot, their innards, still glowing, smeared across my collarbone like war paint. Victorious and humming menacingly, the bees then crawled into my ears and my mouth where they proceeded to feast on their spoils and plunders: the honey, that they so cruelly stole from me. And once the honey was gone, so were the bees, bellies full, antennae sticky, their use for me fulfilled and therefore discarded. III. The Spiders The final hosts were drawn to what the bees had left behind: the inconsolable emptiness of my being, They marked their territory with cobwebs– spun carelessly into my arteries and windpipe. Breath dwindling and heartbeat diminishing I tried to remember the fireflies– the light– as the arachnophobia threatened to devour me.
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Cumulonimbus Growls above menacingly Snarls at the terrene Impaled by lightning Howls in anguish, pierced and split Bleeds thick drops of rain
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May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016 at 6:23 AM UTC
Cloud (haiku)
The dissonance in the air visiting flashes sonically weaving trembling tales of flash floods and brushfires. intertwined between and beneath leathery scales, dorsal fins and rat tails. Intimate whispered coded messages massaging ear drum lines menacingly, scratching the passages, cruising through each hall. tapping at every door. With a gravely groan, reciting a indecipherable buddhist koan. Laugh as you may The moon will leave Without a notice We'll be without Another day. The dissonance in the air leaving car crashes and birthday bashes in shambled states of stasis smiling bits of shrapnel suspended in howling fits of laughter smoldering hordes of children melting under summer suns all while a paramedic belts out birthday songs and a clown juggles displaced screws and cogs. Disasters and dances have more in common than dispatchers and discjockeys.
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Feb 15, 2010
Feb 15, 2010 at 11:45 AM UTC
D Level Rations
My cat is crazy He pelts around the room He arches his back menacingly And his tail looks like a broom. As he side winds towards me He looks like a furry crab He will come within a foot of me Until I make a grab! Then he's off on his assault course Tearing round the place He really thinks he is fierce And gets right in my face! If I should make a sudden move It really is quite funny He shoots straight up into the air Just  like a leaping bunny! Then as soon as he has started His stamina lets him down He's ready to surrender My lovely, furry clown
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May 20, 2017
May 20, 2017 at 8:35 AM UTC
Max the cat
Suddenly it feels numb My body restive My words gone dumb. Muted grievances against the window pane Are wiped away as insane. Something inside, yet miles away Resonates a perfectly eternal dismay. Sweet are the tears that embrace, Coursing down the contours of the loving face. I ask myself, “Why can I never write about important things? About Philosophy, Politics and similar meanderings?” Reasonable things. Inklings of promising meanings. Instead I struggle with my tempestuous heart, Unimportant to the world, yet the most excruciating art. The pain and the glory Is the never-ending selfish story My childish mind can recall. Despite all this wondrous melancholy, I always choose to repeat my folly. Up and about to write I go, There’s too much heart material to forego. I lie under those dry lifeless branches, Sit, stand or walk around in hunches. Only the grass understands Under the skin in innumerable strands Pain is the only conspicuous poison Reigning the veins, arteries, Defining the venison. I couldn’t look at you much Since you drank from my cup Travesties of my past break-up And chose to inflict it upon me again To see if our old life Could be regained. But nonchalance has a way of defeating you. It looks odd on you, Like an unaccustomed parvenu. Love wrecks your heart like the shivering of an earthquake. When my insides tear, shrivel and menacingly rake. You realize that your nonchalance was odd indeed. I was the friend in need You fled the deed. That could have saved me From depression. Earthquakes don’t mean any harm. They simple do their job And leave destruction in the wake. Naïve. Nonchalant. Dilettante. They are not exactly wrong. No culpable intentions. Only humming a deleterious song. Yet We seldom recover when the grounds from below Shake. I thought you were the soft breeze, drizzling rain. But turns out, You are an earthquake.
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Oct 17, 2018
Oct 17, 2018 at 1:25 AM UTC
You are an Earthquake
Suddenly it feels numb My body restive My words gone dumb. Muted grievances against the window pane Are wiped away as insane. Something inside, yet miles away Resonates a perfectly eternal dismay. Sweet are the tears that embrace, Coursing down the contours of the loving face. I ask myself, “Why can I never write about important things? About Philosophy, Politics and similar meanderings?” Reasonable things. Inklings of promising meanings. Instead I struggle with my tempestuous heart, Unimportant to the world, yet the most excruciating art. The pain and the glory Is the never-ending selfish story My childish mind can recall. Despite all this wondrous melancholy, I always choose to repeat my folly. Up and about to write I go, There’s too much heart material to forego. I lie under those dry lifeless branches, Sit, stand or walk around in hunches. Only the grass understands Under the skin in innumerable strands Pain is the only conspicuous poison Reigning the veins, arteries, Defining the venison. I couldn’t look at you much Since you drank from my cup Travesties of my past break-up And chose to inflict it upon me again To see if our old life Could be regained. But nonchalance has a way of defeating you. It looks odd on you, Like an unaccustomed parvenu. Love wrecks your heart like the shivering of an earthquake. When my insides tear, shrivel and menacingly rake. You realize that your nonchalance was odd indeed. I was the friend in need You fled the deed. That could have saved me From depression. Earthquakes don’t mean any harm. They simple do their job And leave destruction in the wake. Naïve. Nonchalant. Dilettante. They are not exactly wrong. No culpable intentions. Only humming a deleterious song. Yet We seldom recover when the grounds from below Shake. I thought you were the soft breeze, drizzling rain. But turns out, You are an earthquake.
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Seas swallow me as I rock Walking on the walls I can't feel a thing As the ceiling flies away from me Your body is too big to hold The trees swarm around me menacingly Like wooden legs on Nazi's As the aliens spiral down from the stars I look for you, I'm crying now Your eyeballs float away from my sobbing hands I can't wake up Wake me up I'm not really here can you tell? The hickeys don't make me wince this is a dream After all
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Mar 26, 2015
Mar 26, 2015 at 9:43 PM UTC
Imagination Wonderlust
in the distance Really ? today is July 6 a slight breeze flutters through sweetly bedded petunias my shirt waves freely after a long  day of  goodbye your battle wearied  body in  limbo every hug ,tear and laugh your  legacy of love spans  the globe fills  rooms with memories and regrets that clock is not your friend it ticks away menacingly marking the last moments spent in our midst seems not that long ago we all watched firecrackers together on your front porch
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Jul 7, 2015
Jul 7, 2015 at 5:18 PM UTC
Firecrackers
Her Heart Lay Heavy And Scarred In Her Ribcage, Her Bones Bleached From The Fluorescent Light, The Light Of The Examination Table Of Fate, Her Destiny Proding Her Endlessly, Searching For Something Which Lies So Special, On The Rough Skin Of Her Finger Tips, Demons Who Roam The Hallways Littered, With Industrial Blue Lockers, Hide In Every Corner--Waiting To Destroy Her, Their Yellowed Teeth Bared In Her Direction, A Pebble In A Gravel Pit--They Mean Nothing, She Scowls Back--Wires Zig Zagging Across Her Teeth, Muscles Squirming Underneath Her Skin, Scarred Skin--Menacingly Beautiful, Her Hard Working Heart Pounding In Her Head, Knuckles White With Frustration, The Bystanders Wait For The Duel, Eyes Raised Surreptitiously Underneath A Heavy Brow, Some Cry--Some Tingle With Anticipation, Then It Began, Her Brawl With Those Blackened Souls, Some Of The Bystanders Joined, Sinking Their Teeth Deep Into Tainted Flesh, Bruising Veins Infested With Plauge, Sacrificing Themselves For Her Her Heart Lay Heavy That Day My Friend, It Lay Heavy In Her Bleached--Cracked Ribs, Veins Tired From Lives Before, Yet She Still Roams This Very World
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Jan 11, 2013
Jan 11, 2013 at 8:59 AM UTC
Her Heart Lay Heavy