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I'M MAKING nachos in your toaster oven. The chips fall in the pan without a problem. Beans, evenly distributed (if I do say so myself.) Salsa- good to go. Then the cheese. Generic brand shredded cheese blend. I dangle my (washed) fingers into the zip-lock bag, grab a generous pinch and rain mild cheddar down on my gourmet meal. And I feel the tears building. "No," my conscious scolds, "you will not cry over shredded cheese." I add another pinch for flavor, then another to assert dominance. I slide the pan into the tiny oven- triumphant! But the next task breaks me. I freeze when I try to adjust the heat setting. I hear your voice so clearly, like you're still calling from the next room: "you have to press the TOAST button, it cooks much faster."  The tears start to roll. I think about how excited you were when cheese bubbled perfectly- "just a little brown, ever so slightly crispy." We would joke about your persnickety preferences, likely a product of your superior taste. Of course, you would have appreciated anything I made for you, but it was always better when the dish matched the idea in your head...when I made it like you would have made it (if you were only well enough to cook for yourself again.) In the present, I poke the TOAST button and flee the kitchen as to not cry in front of the smothered chips. I sit on the sofa and break down, gasping in childish sobs. "I miss her," I wail to an empty house. Warm tears coat my cheeks in the air-conditioned room. I feel so small. I feel so foolish for crying over stupid, little things. I feel so... so... A bell dings in the kitchen. I wipe my sleeve across my face and traipse back to the toaster. Hand into oven mitt, mitt onto pan, pan onto table. I grab the plastic tubs of sour cream and guacamole from the fridge and a spoon from the drawer that sticks a little when you try to open it. I pick the non-wilted bits off the head of lettuce and rinse them under the faucet. I finish the recipe. I pull out a chair. I sit down to nachos for one.
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Jun 4, 2018
Jun 4, 2018 at 9:57 PM UTC
Stupidest Things
I'M MAKING nachos in your toaster oven. The chips fall in the pan without a problem. Beans, evenly distributed (if I do say so myself.) Salsa- good to go. Then the cheese. Generic brand shredded cheese blend. I dangle my (washed) fingers into the zip-lock bag, grab a generous pinch and rain mild cheddar down on my gourmet meal. And I feel the tears building. "No," my conscious scolds, "you will not cry over shredded cheese." I add another pinch for flavor, then another to assert dominance. I slide the pan into the tiny oven- triumphant! But the next task breaks me. I freeze when I try to adjust the heat setting. I hear your voice so clearly, like you're still calling from the next room: "you have to press the TOAST button, it cooks much faster."  The tears start to roll. I think about how excited you were when cheese bubbled perfectly- "just a little brown, ever so slightly crispy." We would joke about your persnickety preferences, likely a product of your superior taste. Of course, you would have appreciated anything I made for you, but it was always better when the dish matched the idea in your head...when I made it like you would have made it (if you were only well enough to cook for yourself again.) In the present, I poke the TOAST button and flee the kitchen as to not cry in front of the smothered chips. I sit on the sofa and break down, gasping in childish sobs. "I miss her," I wail to an empty house. Warm tears coat my cheeks in the air-conditioned room. I feel so small. I feel so foolish for crying over stupid, little things. I feel so... so... A bell dings in the kitchen. I wipe my sleeve across my face and traipse back to the toaster. Hand into oven mitt, mitt onto pan, pan onto table. I grab the plastic tubs of sour cream and guacamole from the fridge and a spoon from the drawer that sticks a little when you try to open it. I pick the non-wilted bits off the head of lettuce and rinse them under the faucet. I finish the recipe. I pull out a chair. I sit down to nachos for one.
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Ni zindagi'ch aaja fer ni Zindagi'ch aaja fer ni Sathon russ gayi ae peed marjaani Zakhman nu fer chhil jaa Beh ja ankhiyan'ch ban ke paani Zindagi'ch aaja fer ni Vekh mere bul'chandre Fer hansde ne dard bhula ke Haaseya naal pawe aadiyan Dil honkeya ton ankh ji bacha ke haaye Fer mere muhre khad jaa Taza hoje koyi yaad ni purani Zindagi'ch aaja fer ni Sathon russ gayi ae peed marjaani Zakhman nu fer chhil jaa Peh ja ankhiyan'ch ban ke paani Zindagi'ch aaja fer ni Langh ja ni rooh vich di Agg fer ni lahu nu lag jaave Hathaan utte kar totka Meri zindagi di leek mitt jave haaye Ankhiyan'ch neend radke Ankhiyan'ch neend radke Langhe chees koyi haddan de thaa ni Zindagi'ch aaja fer ni Saathon russ gayi ae peed marjaani Zakhman nu fer chhil jaa Peh ja ankhiyan'ch ban ke paani Zindagi'ch aaja fer ni
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Jun 26, 2018
Jun 26, 2018 at 7:47 AM UTC
Zindagi Ch aja fer ni
http://m.wikihow.com/Unhook-a-Bra Pinch the eyelets but oh so gently, To properly unhook the device to safely release paradise From it's containment chamber. This be one of many secrets to unlocking The mechanism that holds some of the happy things The human body artist conceived To perpetuate the Species. According to the internet, To extract joy to the world correctly, Depends upon both your station and your Positioning. Thus, it helps to have GPS, Which most men think is that pointy thing Between their legs, But is not. Given the laws of gravity, And other natural limitations, Sadly that utensil of little avail In this surgical operation. If one desires to release the tension Between the connectors of the protectors, Guardians of her heart, It will be necessary to Let your fingers do the walking. So cut and paste the title above, In your web browser place! Do your homework or risk feeling As petite as a schnauzer. Seems your natural tendency, Righty or lefty, matters in this endeavor, Of which I was unawares, oft pressing the incorrect lever. This, the likely cause of my spectacular Teenage Fumblings and failures. Had I known that fact, In the days before the Internet, Surely I would have brought along my Catchers mitt To step up my game. Sage advice the article provides: *Get a bra, and practice, practice, practice! It gets easier with experience.* But methinks that is a bit of a Risky adventure, Lest you be seen boy, Practicing upon yourself, Or even a dummy, Dummy! So cut and paste the title above In your web browser, Do your home work or risk feeling As petite as a pocket schnauzer. But the most important tip This wealthy article of information provides, The conclusion. In the hour of your desperate struggle, Drooping Ego And Crushed Pride, Ask for assistance from one more practiced, Hopefully nearby, Whose help usually comes with a charming smile of touching condescension For your male idiocy and verbal in-articulation. *She, unawares, that you have got her Positioned precisely where you want!* For when you lift her up, In a free state, the one Divinity intended, and in your arms, enfolded and protected, In one grand poetic gesture, Sweep her off her feet, Her surprise will be **.. O So Touching!**
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Aug 9, 2013
Aug 9, 2013 at 6:30 PM UTC
Unhook-a-Bra (2013)
http://m.wikihow.com/Unhook-a-Bra Pinch the eyelets but oh so gently, To properly unhook the device to safely release paradise From it's containment chamber. This be one of many secrets to unlocking The mechanism that holds some of the happy things The human body artist conceived To perpetuate the Species. According to the internet, To extract joy to the world correctly, Depends upon both your station and your Positioning. Thus, it helps to have GPS, Which most men think is that pointy thing Between their legs, But is not. Given the laws of gravity, And other natural limitations, Sadly that utensil of little avail In this surgical operation. If one desires to release the tension Between the connectors of the protectors, Guardians of her heart, It will be necessary to Let your fingers do the walking. So cut and paste the title above, In your web browser place! Do your homework or risk feeling As petite as a schnauzer. Seems your natural tendency, Righty or lefty, matters in this endeavor, Of which I was unawares, oft pressing the incorrect lever. This, the likely cause of my spectacular Teenage Fumblings and failures. Had I known that fact, In the days before the Internet, Surely I would have brought along my Catchers mitt To step up my game. Sage advice the article provides: *Get a bra, and practice, practice, practice! It gets easier with experience.* But methinks that is a bit of a Risky adventure, Lest you be seen boy, Practicing upon yourself, Or even a dummy, Dummy! So cut and paste the title above In your web browser, Do your home work or risk feeling As petite as a pocket schnauzer. But the most important tip This wealthy article of information provides, The conclusion. In the hour of your desperate struggle, Drooping Ego And Crushed Pride, Ask for assistance from one more practiced, Hopefully nearby, Whose help usually comes with a charming smile of touching condescension For your male idiocy and verbal in-articulation. *She, unawares, that you have got her Positioned precisely where you want!* For when you lift her up, In a free state, the one Divinity intended, and in your arms, enfolded and protected, In one grand poetic gesture, Sweep her off her feet, Her surprise will be **.. O So Touching!**
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If I should have a son, Instead of mom, he's gonna call me Support That way he knows, no matter what happens, I'll be there to hold open the heavy doors. And I'm gonna paint the solar systems on the fronts of his game controllers So he has to learn the entire universe before he can say "I'll school you in that!" And he's gonna learn that this life will bury you Deep Underground Wait for you to claw your way out just to throw dirt in your eyes But not being able to see which way is up is the only way to remind your pupils how much they enjoy the beauty of this earth And there is hurt here, that cannot be fixed by alcohol or drugs So when he realizes Superman isn't coming, I'll make sire he doesn't have to wear the cape all by himself "And sweetie" I'll tell him, "dont let your head get so big" I know that trick, I've seen it a million times, you're just looking to impress that pretty girl on the cheer squad who picks on other kids to adjust her own self worth Or better yet, date the girls getting picked on, then dump her to adjust YOUR self worth. But I know he will anyways So I'll always keep an extra supply of "I taught you betters" and "Treat girls rights" Even though all boys learn that at a young age... Okay, most boys don't, But that's what moms are for They'll teach you to be amazing husbands if you let them. When he opens his hands to catch, and drops the ball When the girl he likes says no to going on that date with him when it feels like the world is crashing in Those are the days he has all the more reason to say thank you, because there is nothing more beautiful than the way the sun refuses to stop kissing the horizon, no matter how many hours it must spend spinning away. And yes, on a scale of one to greatest, moms pretty much know it all But I want him to know that this world will throw curveballs that I can't see And he can't be afraid to put on his mitt and catch it himself "And sweetie" I'll tell him Remember your momma is a queen, and your poppa is a king and you are the boy with big eyes and a willing heart who never stops trying Your aren't big yet, but don't stop growing And when they finally hand you heartache, when they slip peer pressure and sin under your door and give you hand outs on street corners of druggies and defeat. you tell them that they really outta meet Your Mother
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Oct 9, 2013
Oct 9, 2013 at 12:00 AM UTC
If I should have a Son
If I should have a son, Instead of mom, he's gonna call me Support That way he knows, no matter what happens, I'll be there to hold open the heavy doors. And I'm gonna paint the solar systems on the fronts of his game controllers So he has to learn the entire universe before he can say "I'll school you in that!" And he's gonna learn that this life will bury you Deep Underground Wait for you to claw your way out just to throw dirt in your eyes But not being able to see which way is up is the only way to remind your pupils how much they enjoy the beauty of this earth And there is hurt here, that cannot be fixed by alcohol or drugs So when he realizes Superman isn't coming, I'll make sire he doesn't have to wear the cape all by himself "And sweetie" I'll tell him, "dont let your head get so big" I know that trick, I've seen it a million times, you're just looking to impress that pretty girl on the cheer squad who picks on other kids to adjust her own self worth Or better yet, date the girls getting picked on, then dump her to adjust YOUR self worth. But I know he will anyways So I'll always keep an extra supply of "I taught you betters" and "Treat girls rights" Even though all boys learn that at a young age... Okay, most boys don't, But that's what moms are for They'll teach you to be amazing husbands if you let them. When he opens his hands to catch, and drops the ball When the girl he likes says no to going on that date with him when it feels like the world is crashing in Those are the days he has all the more reason to say thank you, because there is nothing more beautiful than the way the sun refuses to stop kissing the horizon, no matter how many hours it must spend spinning away. And yes, on a scale of one to greatest, moms pretty much know it all But I want him to know that this world will throw curveballs that I can't see And he can't be afraid to put on his mitt and catch it himself "And sweetie" I'll tell him Remember your momma is a queen, and your poppa is a king and you are the boy with big eyes and a willing heart who never stops trying Your aren't big yet, but don't stop growing And when they finally hand you heartache, when they slip peer pressure and sin under your door and give you hand outs on street corners of druggies and defeat. you tell them that they really outta meet Your Mother
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Why Do You Always Have To Hurt Me? Why Do You Always Have To Think So Negatively? Why Do You Always Look At The Glass Half Empty? Instead Of Looking What We Have, I Guess The Ice Cubes In That Drink, Make It Hard For You To Think, Always Complaining That It's Not Good, Yet You Wanna Go To The Party In The Hood, Mess Up Your Life, But Saying You're Making Life Right? You Have A Past, But Who Am I To Judge? I Thought This Would Last, But Now It's A Life Long Grudge, Saying You Stopped All This Nonsense With Drugs And **** Yet If I Ask About Your Past You Start To Yell At Me, Criticizing My Beliefs Because They Have No Cross To Be Nailed To, But Being In This World I'm Starting To Live That Lifestyle Through, Criticize The Unknown Because You Are Afraid, Yet You Love Discriminating Because You Think It's Brave, Not Thinking Twice About Conspiracies, You Just Don't Think Critically, Unlike Me You Think We Are A Match Made In Heaven, When Truth Is All You Want To Do Is Pop Prescription Medicine, You Don't Think About You're Long Term Negative Affect On Me, All You See Is My Glass Half Full, Never Looking At It Empty, And You Don't Like That So You Strive For Us To Be Equal, This Romance Is Like A Never Ending Sequel, Hands Tighten Around My Throat As You Try To Kiss Me, But After The Fact You Sit There And Just Try To Diss Me, Trying To Smother Out The Truth, Letting Chaos Run Loose, Your Just Another Hand To Help Tie The Noose, Waiting To Strangle My Inner Being And Make Me Scream Truce, First And Foremost I Believe Everybody Lies, And I Will Relate To That Until The Day I Die, Black And White Frames Try To Swallow My Color, Making Me A Copy Just Like Every Other, You're Like A Bill O'Reily Or Maybe A Mitt Romney, When I Try To Speak The Truth You Always Interrupt Me, I Don't Mean To Name Names, But These Are Few Who Bring Us Shame, For Trying To Think Outside The Box, Who Put The Key Inside The Lock, And You Sit There Telling Me How School And My Belief's Are Bogus, But Who Are Trying To Act So **** Heroic? When I Soar On A Natural High You Say Im Crazy, But At Least I'm Not Sitting There With A Glass Half Empty...
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Nov 9, 2012
Nov 9, 2012 at 9:27 PM UTC
Glass Half Empty
Why Do You Always Have To Hurt Me? Why Do You Always Have To Think So Negatively? Why Do You Always Look At The Glass Half Empty? Instead Of Looking What We Have, I Guess The Ice Cubes In That Drink, Make It Hard For You To Think, Always Complaining That It's Not Good, Yet You Wanna Go To The Party In The Hood, Mess Up Your Life, But Saying You're Making Life Right? You Have A Past, But Who Am I To Judge? I Thought This Would Last, But Now It's A Life Long Grudge, Saying You Stopped All This Nonsense With Drugs And **** Yet If I Ask About Your Past You Start To Yell At Me, Criticizing My Beliefs Because They Have No Cross To Be Nailed To, But Being In This World I'm Starting To Live That Lifestyle Through, Criticize The Unknown Because You Are Afraid, Yet You Love Discriminating Because You Think It's Brave, Not Thinking Twice About Conspiracies, You Just Don't Think Critically, Unlike Me You Think We Are A Match Made In Heaven, When Truth Is All You Want To Do Is Pop Prescription Medicine, You Don't Think About You're Long Term Negative Affect On Me, All You See Is My Glass Half Full, Never Looking At It Empty, And You Don't Like That So You Strive For Us To Be Equal, This Romance Is Like A Never Ending Sequel, Hands Tighten Around My Throat As You Try To Kiss Me, But After The Fact You Sit There And Just Try To Diss Me, Trying To Smother Out The Truth, Letting Chaos Run Loose, Your Just Another Hand To Help Tie The Noose, Waiting To Strangle My Inner Being And Make Me Scream Truce, First And Foremost I Believe Everybody Lies, And I Will Relate To That Until The Day I Die, Black And White Frames Try To Swallow My Color, Making Me A Copy Just Like Every Other, You're Like A Bill O'Reily Or Maybe A Mitt Romney, When I Try To Speak The Truth You Always Interrupt Me, I Don't Mean To Name Names, But These Are Few Who Bring Us Shame, For Trying To Think Outside The Box, Who Put The Key Inside The Lock, And You Sit There Telling Me How School And My Belief's Are Bogus, But Who Are Trying To Act So **** Heroic? When I Soar On A Natural High You Say Im Crazy, But At Least I'm Not Sitting There With A Glass Half Empty...
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the priest, whose tomato face looked like it might explode under collar tension, gave the valedictory at the friday night execution the yellow-toothed, combover'd serial killer buckled in electric chair kept staring at the door, expecting an ally to crawl in late but not too late the mother of one of the victims rattled on about how she didn't care that the killer had an allergy to the anesthetic used in lethal injection      he's going to die either way     what's it matter? buzz of fly    crack of rolled program against empty folding chair (yes, there were programs, and whoever laid them out knew their typography) buzz of fly raised upward, toward the black, magma-cooled ceiling audience chin up, pupils circled fly as the priest droned on about everlasting life like a Paul Simon song from his youth like a catcher's mitt from his youth like a youth from his youth the boyfriend of one of the mothers of one of the victims said he was hungry    pancakes sound good, don't they? I love it when syrup gets on the bacon, you know? love that. a pudgy guard with bleary eyes and 12 a.m. shadow rolled his index finger   lowered his brow, telling the priest to wrap it up   so the priest wrapped it up by reading the names of the victims Tara Barnes, 17, Rachel Lythe, 10, Julie McPherson, 13, Serenity Strongman, 15, and Mary Beth Williamson, 13 the priest said something about judgement as the boyfriend of the mother of one of the victims took another swat at the fly                       missed any last words? the priest asked where's James? the killer asked, he was supposed to be here did you guys give him the right time? the guard nodded to a lab coat by a black box then a hiss then a hum then an inhale the first jolt of alternating current for instantaneous brain death hard to tell if they succeeded in that for the second jolt came only a moment later    this shock's aim to fatally damage the internal organs, overstimulate the heart and the killer's face looked like a horse's leg then an exhale then a hum then a hiss and the killer's face looked like the crinkled skinmemory of a cicada it was late   most of the best restaurants already closed but we could go to that diner off 63rd, the boyfriend of the mother of one of the victims, said
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Feb 16, 2013
Feb 16, 2013 at 1:07 PM UTC
brain death
the priest, whose tomato face looked like it might explode under collar tension, gave the valedictory at the friday night execution the yellow-toothed, combover'd serial killer buckled in electric chair kept staring at the door, expecting an ally to crawl in late but not too late the mother of one of the victims rattled on about how she didn't care that the killer had an allergy to the anesthetic used in lethal injection      he's going to die either way     what's it matter? buzz of fly    crack of rolled program against empty folding chair (yes, there were programs, and whoever laid them out knew their typography) buzz of fly raised upward, toward the black, magma-cooled ceiling audience chin up, pupils circled fly as the priest droned on about everlasting life like a Paul Simon song from his youth like a catcher's mitt from his youth like a youth from his youth the boyfriend of one of the mothers of one of the victims said he was hungry    pancakes sound good, don't they? I love it when syrup gets on the bacon, you know? love that. a pudgy guard with bleary eyes and 12 a.m. shadow rolled his index finger   lowered his brow, telling the priest to wrap it up   so the priest wrapped it up by reading the names of the victims Tara Barnes, 17, Rachel Lythe, 10, Julie McPherson, 13, Serenity Strongman, 15, and Mary Beth Williamson, 13 the priest said something about judgement as the boyfriend of the mother of one of the victims took another swat at the fly                       missed any last words? the priest asked where's James? the killer asked, he was supposed to be here did you guys give him the right time? the guard nodded to a lab coat by a black box then a hiss then a hum then an inhale the first jolt of alternating current for instantaneous brain death hard to tell if they succeeded in that for the second jolt came only a moment later    this shock's aim to fatally damage the internal organs, overstimulate the heart and the killer's face looked like a horse's leg then an exhale then a hum then a hiss and the killer's face looked like the crinkled skinmemory of a cicada it was late   most of the best restaurants already closed but we could go to that diner off 63rd, the boyfriend of the mother of one of the victims, said
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Donald quacks. We better duck. Tell the Cubans to mute that trumpet While we, together, improve our luck (or end up ruled by a Socialist Strumpet.) The mallard was rebuked by Mitt; adversaries began to bray. The ducklings murmured: *guy’s unfit to be elected anyway*...
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Mar 4, 2016
Mar 4, 2016 at 5:52 PM UTC
♪ Musica Cubana ♬
Agnes McDuff collected strange stuff, Or so the story goes: There were old pots and pans, String, rubber bands, Boxes and boxes of clothes, Newspapers, plates, Books stored in crates, And candlesticks lined up in rows. Some mason jars, Toy trucks and cars, A model train with a whistle that blows, Needles and spools, All kinds of tools, And shoes with holes in the toes. There were tables and chairs, Bookends in pairs, A grandfather clock that was broke, An old brass spittoon, Some Sunday cartoons, And a bicycle mssing a spoke. Four or five hundred old wooden blocks, Twenty-three pair of grey woolen socks, A Christmas Edition bottle of Coke, A board game missing directions, A bat, a ball, a catcher’s mitt, two baseball card collections, And a great big rusty tuba.  What a joke! There was other stuff, but you’ve heard enough; About what was stored in The Attic of Agnes McDuff. Part 2 Agnes’ attic was quite special But not for the things it contained But for how she had to get there Please let me explain! Agnes had a one-story house A flight of stairs led to the attic. When she opened up the door, The light came on automatic. It opened to a hallway Where there was another door Another light, another hall, and more stairs, which Led back down to the first floor! Where an elevator waited To take her up again? But it had just one button And it was numbered “10”. When she pushed it, it was crazy The elevator turned upon its side, Grew wheels and drove out on the street For an amazing ride! Across a long suspension bridge, Then underneath a tunnel, And then it went around and round Like circling down a funnel! It dropped upon a railroad track Hooked onto the caboose And followed to the roundhouse Where it finally broke loose. It turned around a couple times And ran out toward the street The elevator ran, of course Because it had grown two feet! It ran across an avenue, Around a lake, and through a park And then through another tunnel Where it was very dark. A mile later it emerged, At Agnes’ house, by her front door! The elevator walked inside, And was on the second floor!! So that’s how Agnes reached her attic, Perhaps someday you’ll go there too, Push the elevator button, And you’ll find my story’s true! Part 3 Agnes stood there in her attic And smiled at all her stuff That almost ends the story of The Attic of Agnes McDuff. But Agnes’ story can never end Her smile turned to a frown, Because you see poor Agnes Forgot how to get back down!! PwL  May 1, 2015
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May 1, 2015
May 1, 2015 at 8:17 AM UTC
The Attic of Agnes McDuff
Agnes McDuff collected strange stuff, Or so the story goes: There were old pots and pans, String, rubber bands, Boxes and boxes of clothes, Newspapers, plates, Books stored in crates, And candlesticks lined up in rows. Some mason jars, Toy trucks and cars, A model train with a whistle that blows, Needles and spools, All kinds of tools, And shoes with holes in the toes. There were tables and chairs, Bookends in pairs, A grandfather clock that was broke, An old brass spittoon, Some Sunday cartoons, And a bicycle mssing a spoke. Four or five hundred old wooden blocks, Twenty-three pair of grey woolen socks, A Christmas Edition bottle of Coke, A board game missing directions, A bat, a ball, a catcher’s mitt, two baseball card collections, And a great big rusty tuba.  What a joke! There was other stuff, but you’ve heard enough; About what was stored in The Attic of Agnes McDuff. Part 2 Agnes’ attic was quite special But not for the things it contained But for how she had to get there Please let me explain! Agnes had a one-story house A flight of stairs led to the attic. When she opened up the door, The light came on automatic. It opened to a hallway Where there was another door Another light, another hall, and more stairs, which Led back down to the first floor! Where an elevator waited To take her up again? But it had just one button And it was numbered “10”. When she pushed it, it was crazy The elevator turned upon its side, Grew wheels and drove out on the street For an amazing ride! Across a long suspension bridge, Then underneath a tunnel, And then it went around and round Like circling down a funnel! It dropped upon a railroad track Hooked onto the caboose And followed to the roundhouse Where it finally broke loose. It turned around a couple times And ran out toward the street The elevator ran, of course Because it had grown two feet! It ran across an avenue, Around a lake, and through a park And then through another tunnel Where it was very dark. A mile later it emerged, At Agnes’ house, by her front door! The elevator walked inside, And was on the second floor!! So that’s how Agnes reached her attic, Perhaps someday you’ll go there too, Push the elevator button, And you’ll find my story’s true! Part 3 Agnes stood there in her attic And smiled at all her stuff That almost ends the story of The Attic of Agnes McDuff. But Agnes’ story can never end Her smile turned to a frown, Because you see poor Agnes Forgot how to get back down!! PwL  May 1, 2015
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This is a formal complaint to one Cupid on behalf of the population of earth. We find that you've become somewhat, how can we put it mildly.... unsavory ever since you started drinking. We've found that you have not been taking your job seriously at all since that time We were understanding at first. Your job? It's not an easy one. It tolerates almost no failure, and requires both physical and mental capacity that is beyond what most of us can spare. However...we feel that the alcohol is affecting your judgement and character in a way that we can no longer accept. Below, we've listed the particularly heinous abuses of your power 1. Taking bets on what you can make people fall in love with. John is now smitten with a cactus while Jenny can't stay away from the inflatable Santa Claus on the Morgans' lawn. 2. Having very attractive women fall in love for your...erm...personal pleasure. That's just offensive 3. Having members of the same family fall in love. The vulgarity of it all is just appalling! It's an ****** epidemic! 4. Shooting your arrows at Rhinoceroses and then laughing as they charge a poor unsuspecting person is not funny. 5. Likewise, shooting an unsuspecting person and having them fall in love with a Rhinoceros who doesn't reciprocate is equally unfunny 6. Last, but not least...Please fix the Republican Candidates. Mitt Romney and Rick ******** are trying to get married next week. While I'm happy that they are now "for" gay marriage, this cannot be tolerated. So? Do you have anything to say for yourself? Is that alcohol I smell on your breath? You don't even care, do you? Well...we have no choice but to revok---OW! Oh dear.
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Feb 14, 2012
Feb 14, 2012 at 10:02 PM UTC
Drinking Problem
This is a formal complaint to one Cupid on behalf of the population of earth. We find that you've become somewhat, how can we put it mildly.... unsavory ever since you started drinking. We've found that you have not been taking your job seriously at all since that time We were understanding at first. Your job? It's not an easy one. It tolerates almost no failure, and requires both physical and mental capacity that is beyond what most of us can spare. However...we feel that the alcohol is affecting your judgement and character in a way that we can no longer accept. Below, we've listed the particularly heinous abuses of your power 1. Taking bets on what you can make people fall in love with. John is now smitten with a cactus while Jenny can't stay away from the inflatable Santa Claus on the Morgans' lawn. 2. Having very attractive women fall in love for your...erm...personal pleasure. That's just offensive 3. Having members of the same family fall in love. The vulgarity of it all is just appalling! It's an ****** epidemic! 4. Shooting your arrows at Rhinoceroses and then laughing as they charge a poor unsuspecting person is not funny. 5. Likewise, shooting an unsuspecting person and having them fall in love with a Rhinoceros who doesn't reciprocate is equally unfunny 6. Last, but not least...Please fix the Republican Candidates. Mitt Romney and Rick ******** are trying to get married next week. While I'm happy that they are now "for" gay marriage, this cannot be tolerated. So? Do you have anything to say for yourself? Is that alcohol I smell on your breath? You don't even care, do you? Well...we have no choice but to revok---OW! Oh dear.
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The Helos hovered silently as the Seals roped to the ground. They touched down on Sesame Street where the “Big Bird” could be found. The C.I.A. had tracked him Using feed from P.B.S. President Mitt o.k’d the hit when we tracked him to his nest. A blue grouch in a garbage can liay bleeding on the floor. That **** named Cookie Monster won’t eat cookies anymore. Ernie, Bert and rubber ducky Were in the bath they say When Seal team six broke through the door and blew them both away. Big Bird hid in Hooper’s store While all this had transpired. Then he laid down suppressing fire With a weapon he’d acquired Several Seals lay silent in that sleep that isn’t sweet. Snuffleupagus opened up and forced a Seal retreat. A stealth Helo exploded raining wreckage on the street. Maddened Muppets hurling Bricks compounded Mitt’s defeat. As of today Big Bird’s at large. Him we couldn’t whack. The briefing failed to tell us That a Liberal Bird fights back.
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Oct 7, 2012
Oct 7, 2012 at 7:55 PM UTC
Assault on Sesame Street
drowned and round again                                      in sick little circles chopping at the bar a round                                                  and drown again                                                 in little sickle stumbles                    chopping wise at the bar                                                       with your wage crunched                                    in one mitt            and your obscenity gripped            in the other
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Mar 18, 2022
Mar 18, 2022 at 10:18 PM UTC
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Autonomous talking faces Blathering on & on about Endless government ***** Like a perpetually new iPhone There's an App for every view Install. Use. Reboot. Multi-dæmon robocop Seduces his sci-fi fans With tales of grandeur & success A printer spliced with a vacuum Pay it with ink; have it print what you want It'll **** you good And then Late at night in the quiet of a Sunday moon The zeitgeist peels off his human suit Plugs itself into the wall And has cybernetik *** With its self-aware CPU.
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Jul 9, 2012
Jul 9, 2012 at 9:28 PM UTC
Mitt Romney
I love baseball. The smell of the grass, the crack of the bat, the pop of ball hitting mitt. I love baseball. The friendship, the camaraderie, the seed shells littering the ground. I love baseball. From behind home plate, to the on deck circle, to the bullpen in right center field. I love the fist bumps I recieve, entering the dug out after a well placed sac-bunt. I love the hollers and cheers when the ball flies over the fence. I love seeing the other players and knowing they love the same things as me. Standing on the top step of the dug out, impatiently waiting for my spot in the lineup. I love watching my shortstop tag out runner after runner. I love my pitcher hitting his spots and I love our left fielder diving for pop flies. I love catching and blocking ***** in the dirt. I love the bruises I find on my body after every game. I love keeping my foot on home plate before throwing over to first on a double play. I love seeing the lights and hearing the cheers, knowing they're for me, my team, my sport. I love baseball.
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Mar 22, 2013
Mar 22, 2013 at 12:51 AM UTC
Baseball, A Love Story.
I study hallucinations scattering all over my eyes Everything you see you know its not as it seems looking to the sky at the stars maybe get high hallucination in the mind trippy feeling vibrations freedom in america is my song until man brings us down stay free in america *** mitt he's already drowned
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Jan 15, 2013
Jan 15, 2013 at 3:23 PM UTC
Inner
There once was a candidate Ryan The right wing see in him their lion This nemesis to our healthcare Paul only fights for good wealthcare He voted with Bush to disaster The economy never fell faster Wee is his knowledge of foreign affairs If he gets the job we'll need daily prayers A bad Catholic some blogs call him Some hope pestilences befall him Many think he's no wiser than Palin That could cause Mitt Romney's failing He'll hurt poor folks; he'll hurt the middle We'll starve as old Mitt plays the fiddle So it would be better to vote not at all Than choose young Attila, this candidate Paul
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Aug 15, 2012
Aug 15, 2012 at 1:50 PM UTC
Our Prospects With Paul Ryan
Jag går såhär, dag efter dag. Det känns i varje andetag. Vinden i ditt hår, varje liten tår. Jag vill låta dig gå men trots allt gör det ont ändå. Jag vill bli kvitt denna smärta, men den kommer alltid finnas i mitt hjärta. Det känns i allt jag gör. Jag går såhär till den dag jag dör.
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Mar 21, 2017
Mar 21, 2017 at 4:45 PM UTC
Jag går såhär
My hands are numb And uncooperative as I struggle to write, "University Bapstist Church" On this little piece of paper in my hand. I'm earning my "Beat Mitt" shirt. November 6th, 2012. You bet I did my part; All 2 1/2 hours worth. Standing outside of Carver Hall. Nose running. Hands cold. Wind blowing. No sunlight to keep us warm. But I didn't do it for the shirt. I did it to help make some kind of change. I know I didn't do much, But at least I did something. And that's a hell-of-a-lot more than most can say.
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Nov 6, 2012
Nov 6, 2012 at 3:30 PM UTC
Last Day Participation
Ask Germany for they surely know The tales of Heil ****** death and gray snow As the blonde Fraulein's with blue eyes Strolled the avenues inviting and slow. Delicate flakes kissed the putrid air   Neath their feet lay the ashes of innocent souls The ****** winds of approaching war and salvation would blow. Oh Germany my liebchen There is no denial Mitt dear you were patriotically complacent Turning your eyes away in shame Pretending you could not face it Sipping schnaps ignoring and abetting the genocide from afar In warm cafes that closed its doors tightly shut Smugly shunning the arm branded gold stars 6 million and counting were blindly lead to slaughter There was no preference Only Jews non human Beneath their feet It was of little matter. Cast your eyes to the floor For my lady you most surely did know When the smell of fresh death filled your nostrils Drifting down from tall stacks   The scent of pungent thick gray snow Some would feign surprise Others of course truly were But those touched by evil Denied ****** freely committed and known   Whence sprang the fire source The smell of charred flesh Into the sky ablaze the souls arose   So came the infamous days Of falling gray snow. Tammy M. Darby Jan. 17, 2018.
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Jan 12, 2018
Jan 12, 2018 at 6:12 PM UTC
The Gray Snow
some days, his eyes are full with angst his arms down his sides, with his fists as closed as his ears and all I want to say is *I know how it is to be so angry you don't know where to go because the whole world lights you up like a dry stick of explosives, how it is to have your feelings being so big they start to feel like extensions of your limbs, waving uncontrollably and all you can do to avoid their friction from setting you on fire is either to cut them off or keep your arms down your sides* but I step aside, because he can no longer take in my words his six year old eyes are filled with the nothingness of an anger so big and unlabeled but someday, I will tell him and he will understand I will tell him that even though my blood is not in his veins, I will cleanse it from soot and silt, I will be his human shield from this world I will tear kingdoms apart and slay every last creeper just to help him level up and I will uncontrollably, explosively and unconditionally love him // vissa dagar är hans ögon fyllda med ångest hans armar längs sidorna, med nävar lika hårt stängda som hans öron och allt jag vill säga är att *jag vet hur det är att vara så arg att du inte vet vars du ska ta vägen, för hela världen får en att tända som en torr bunt sprängämnen, hur det är att ha känslor så stora att de börjar kännas som förlängningar av dina egna armar och ben, okontrollerbart viftande och allt du kan göra för att förhindra att deras friktion tänder eld på dig är att antingen hugga av dem eller hålla armarna längs sidorna* men jag går undan, för han kan inte ta in mina ord längre hans sexåriga ögon fyllda med ingentinget av en ilska så stor och oettikerad ilska men någon dag ska jag berätta för honom och han ska förstå jag ska berätta för honom att även fast mitt blod inte flyter genom hans artärer, ska jag rensa det från smuts och sot, jag ska vara hans mänskliga sköld från den här världen jag ska slita kungariken itu och döda varenda creeper bara för att hjälpa honom att levla upp och jag ska okontrollerbart, explosivt och villkorslöst älska honom
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May 30, 2013
May 30, 2013 at 4:46 AM UTC
someday
some days, his eyes are full with angst his arms down his sides, with his fists as closed as his ears and all I want to say is *I know how it is to be so angry you don't know where to go because the whole world lights you up like a dry stick of explosives, how it is to have your feelings being so big they start to feel like extensions of your limbs, waving uncontrollably and all you can do to avoid their friction from setting you on fire is either to cut them off or keep your arms down your sides* but I step aside, because he can no longer take in my words his six year old eyes are filled with the nothingness of an anger so big and unlabeled but someday, I will tell him and he will understand I will tell him that even though my blood is not in his veins, I will cleanse it from soot and silt, I will be his human shield from this world I will tear kingdoms apart and slay every last creeper just to help him level up and I will uncontrollably, explosively and unconditionally love him // vissa dagar är hans ögon fyllda med ångest hans armar längs sidorna, med nävar lika hårt stängda som hans öron och allt jag vill säga är att *jag vet hur det är att vara så arg att du inte vet vars du ska ta vägen, för hela världen får en att tända som en torr bunt sprängämnen, hur det är att ha känslor så stora att de börjar kännas som förlängningar av dina egna armar och ben, okontrollerbart viftande och allt du kan göra för att förhindra att deras friktion tänder eld på dig är att antingen hugga av dem eller hålla armarna längs sidorna* men jag går undan, för han kan inte ta in mina ord längre hans sexåriga ögon fyllda med ingentinget av en ilska så stor och oettikerad ilska men någon dag ska jag berätta för honom och han ska förstå jag ska berätta för honom att även fast mitt blod inte flyter genom hans artärer, ska jag rensa det från smuts och sot, jag ska vara hans mänskliga sköld från den här världen jag ska slita kungariken itu och döda varenda creeper bara för att hjälpa honom att levla upp och jag ska okontrollerbart, explosivt och villkorslöst älska honom
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It is Christmas in July The neighbor's having BBQ's Inviting not just a few, but as many as they can fit To roast Smores and sing songs around the fire pit They even gave a poor boy a soft ball mitt They fed some local homeless men and women too They also inspired some random acts of kindness I hope the trend spreads like wildfire It is a wonderful time to put aside any family feuds I don't know if the story will make the news It is really up to me and you, to make it Christmas In July and all year too!
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Jul 30, 2014
Jul 30, 2014 at 4:06 PM UTC
Christmas In July
Solskenet verkar bara stanna för en dag Värmen drar sig snabbt tillbaka och ger plats åt en välbekant kyla Som har satt sina spår under alla dessa år På väg mot nya skyar Ändå samma blåa färg Jag bosätter mig här och ger plats åt samma gamla tankar Som har satt sina spår under alla dessa år Regnmolnen verkar favorisera mitt hem Jag skulle aldrig nånsin kommit hit men det fanns plats åt samma gråa skurar Som har satt sina spår under alla dessa år
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May 13, 2015
May 13, 2015 at 1:48 PM UTC
Omformulerad
Cliche Life ***** then you die, try and laugh, no need to cry. Everyday is a new beginning, can't keep my head from spinning. Life's a journey, not a destination, waiting for my train at the local station. Same ole **** different day, always do things your own way. Don't you hate when that happens, food on face, with no napkins. Try walking in someone else's shoes, it doesn't really matter who's. Don't worry, be happy, no need to be snappy. Always do as your told, that cliche is getting old. Another day, another dollar, midgets are people too, just smaller. Don't bite the hand that feeds you, unless of course it's filled with poo. You can't always get what you want, but when you do, always flaunt. Every rose has its thorn, why does **** look like corn. Find the light at the end of the tunnel, I badly want a mistletoe belt buckle. Don't know what you got, till it's gone, if you got brains, you don't need brawn. Love will find a way, I once heard a band say. Fame is only fifteen minutes long, where you're at, is where you belong. Friends come and friends go, but it's family, you will always watch grow. There is always a mountain, you must climb, everyone will commit at least one crime. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, if you have a son, buy him a baseball mitt. Only believe in what you see, bad things always happen in three. Don't always believe what you hear or read, red blood, is what we all bleed. Knock, knock who's there, before you open, please beware. Knick, knack, paddy, whack, all girls love a good *** smack. Money don't grow on trees, in life there are no guarantees.
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Dec 16, 2013
Dec 16, 2013 at 10:24 PM UTC
Cliche
Cliche Life ***** then you die, try and laugh, no need to cry. Everyday is a new beginning, can't keep my head from spinning. Life's a journey, not a destination, waiting for my train at the local station. Same ole **** different day, always do things your own way. Don't you hate when that happens, food on face, with no napkins. Try walking in someone else's shoes, it doesn't really matter who's. Don't worry, be happy, no need to be snappy. Always do as your told, that cliche is getting old. Another day, another dollar, midgets are people too, just smaller. Don't bite the hand that feeds you, unless of course it's filled with poo. You can't always get what you want, but when you do, always flaunt. Every rose has its thorn, why does **** look like corn. Find the light at the end of the tunnel, I badly want a mistletoe belt buckle. Don't know what you got, till it's gone, if you got brains, you don't need brawn. Love will find a way, I once heard a band say. Fame is only fifteen minutes long, where you're at, is where you belong. Friends come and friends go, but it's family, you will always watch grow. There is always a mountain, you must climb, everyone will commit at least one crime. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, if you have a son, buy him a baseball mitt. Only believe in what you see, bad things always happen in three. Don't always believe what you hear or read, red blood, is what we all bleed. Knock, knock who's there, before you open, please beware. Knick, knack, paddy, whack, all girls love a good *** smack. Money don't grow on trees, in life there are no guarantees.
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Vårvind, kom in Kylan har tröttat mig och allt står still Vårvind, när jag var din betydde kylan ingenting Så starkt, hjärtat mitt var Vårvind, vart blir minnen av? Kylan är ännu kvar Vårvind viner stillsamt in Kylan besitter mitt skinn Så starkt, hjärtat mitt en gång var
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May 6, 2015
May 6, 2015 at 5:36 PM UTC
Bara så jag inte glömmer
umbrae for Genevieve your prayers include a terrible notebook, an invalid friend, and a man believing separately that we are here to place turtles upright. when you walk into the ocean you walk into the ocean on your hands. you do this to protect your knees. many think you are magnificent and these many you are on the verge of telling about the Saturdays that bore you and about the spider you repeatedly squash. the resurrected spider that is not a gift. if you could you’d give your youngest son a woman he could either swim through or swoon inside. a woman who could put him to sleep and rock in a chair the boat of her belly so untroubled to be thinking twice about twins. you’d be sad, or sleepy, and get to choose. before I go to war the dark readies in the oven. my father washes with a wet sock a knee exposed. my mother wears one dry sock which she removes and makes into a puppet. or an oven mitt. both silence the hand. idolatry a red wheelbarrow, maybe- but not so much depends on a poem about it
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Aug 15, 2012
Aug 15, 2012 at 5:27 PM UTC
(three)
I come from Bleeding gums Skinny arms And ketchup smothered chicken From dyed blue hair And chipped black nail polish From "There’s no use crying over spilt milk" And "You’re not the first person to fail history" I come from Cracked bathtubs Cracked skulls Crooked teeth Oversized sweaters Overly sweetened tea From diabetes Breast cancer And depression I come from black heads And pimples Frizzy hair Half filled journals Half empty coffee cups Purple lipstick Scars from dropping the oven mitt Seared flesh on wrists I come from Cigarette smoke curling under summer skies From fake fire places Freshly baked cookies Poetry in the form of blood cells From mental hospital stays From blinding headaches That vibrate through teeth I come from Pentacle necklaces And pearl bracelets Apple perfume New York City visits I come from Trees And grass And flowers I come from the beach From salty air And sandy toes I come from everywhere And I’m going nowhere
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Dec 22, 2013
Dec 22, 2013 at 7:16 PM UTC
I Come From...