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"monks" poems
It was the twilight of the iguana. From the rainbow-arch of the battlements, his long tongue like a lance sank down in the green leaves, and a swarm of ants, monks with feet chanting, crawled off into the jungle, the guanaco, thin as oxygen in the wide peaks of cloud, went along, wearing his shoes of gold, while the llama opened his honest eyes on the breakable neatness of a world full of dew. The monkeys braided a ****** thread that went on and on along the shores of dawn, demolishing walls of pollen and startling the butterflies of Muzo into flying violets. It was the night of the alligators, the pure night, crawling with snouts emrging from ooze, and out the sleepy marshes the confused noise of scaly plates returned to the ground where they began. The jaguar brushed the leaves with a luminous absence, the puma runs through the branches like a forest fire, while the jungle's drunken eyes burn from inside him. The badgers scratch the river's feet, scenting the nest whost throbbing delicacy they attack with red teeth. And deep in the huge waters the enormous anaconda lies like the circle around the earth, covered with ceremonies of mud, devouring, religious.
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Some beasts
"Patience," flapped the Butterfly's wings "Patience," said Thomas Edison "Patience," said Abraham Lincoln "Patience," said the Diamond's sparkle "Patience," said the Pearl's smoothness "Patience," said Columbus' sailors "Patience," the monks prayed "Patience," the Mountains yawned "Patience," Maturity recollected "Patience," Healing nodded "Patience," Insight demanded! "Patience," winked the stars of the Milky Way
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Oct 21, 2013
Oct 21, 2013 at 10:40 PM UTC
Patience?
Once I undertook a journey, upon the very face of our entire world. To view for myself the many pictures, and written descriptions in all the geography books and History Classes, National Geographic magazines and movies seen. A Quest to see with my own eyes what I had only experienced second hand. In my mid twenties, like a dream, one foot in front of the other, I went about exploring. I sniffed and tasted the scents of foreign lands, Incense, Sage and Frankincense, fish curry, fried snake and even monkey brains. Walked in lush Jungle Bush and Desert sands, Along the shores of Islands and the coasts of many lands. Heard the voices of 30 divergent Dialects and cultures, smiling and laughing with the families and children of all of them. Set beside the fires of primitive tribal men, heard their chants to their gods above, the moon, stars and the sun, the ocean, the land. Clapped my hands and moved my feet in their ancient mystic dances. Drank their tea, Kava or whatever they shared grateful for their offered unselfish brotherhood. Stood on the flanks of the tallest Mountains in the world, on my toe tips, to try to see the face of the God of my youthful teachings, disappointed when I did not see him, or Her. Found instead an inner tranquility, imparted to me by Red robbed Monks from within their chants of Peace and wise earthly enlightenments. Strolled the cobbled streets of two thousand year old Cities. Walked among the ruined remnants of nearly forgotten once great Civilizations. Explored Modern European Citadels' of wealth and learning. Over time rode on planes, ships, buses, backs of open trucks, Horse pulled carts and human drawn rickshaws, taxis, subways, rented motorcycles and cars.  Walked perhaps 1000 miles. In all a journey of the mind and heart lasting three years. And why you might ask, "What qualifies you as a pilgrim of any kind, to travel so far, and wide?" "What was I looking for, what did I hope to find?"   All indeed, fare questions. When a boy, I read a simple five word line, “Seek and thee shall find". Curiosity and Horizon Lust compelled me.   The next obvious question you might ask is, after all that; “What did you find?” That answer is very simple, I found myself.
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Dec 10, 2013
Dec 10, 2013 at 7:14 PM UTC
. . . . . . . . Seek . . .
Once I undertook a journey, upon the very face of our entire world. To view for myself the many pictures, and written descriptions in all the geography books and History Classes, National Geographic magazines and movies seen. A Quest to see with my own eyes what I had only experienced second hand. In my mid twenties, like a dream, one foot in front of the other, I went about exploring. I sniffed and tasted the scents of foreign lands, Incense, Sage and Frankincense, fish curry, fried snake and even monkey brains. Walked in lush Jungle Bush and Desert sands, Along the shores of Islands and the coasts of many lands. Heard the voices of 30 divergent Dialects and cultures, smiling and laughing with the families and children of all of them. Set beside the fires of primitive tribal men, heard their chants to their gods above, the moon, stars and the sun, the ocean, the land. Clapped my hands and moved my feet in their ancient mystic dances. Drank their tea, Kava or whatever they shared grateful for their offered unselfish brotherhood. Stood on the flanks of the tallest Mountains in the world, on my toe tips, to try to see the face of the God of my youthful teachings, disappointed when I did not see him, or Her. Found instead an inner tranquility, imparted to me by Red robbed Monks from within their chants of Peace and wise earthly enlightenments. Strolled the cobbled streets of two thousand year old Cities. Walked among the ruined remnants of nearly forgotten once great Civilizations. Explored Modern European Citadels' of wealth and learning. Over time rode on planes, ships, buses, backs of open trucks, Horse pulled carts and human drawn rickshaws, taxis, subways, rented motorcycles and cars.  Walked perhaps 1000 miles. In all a journey of the mind and heart lasting three years. And why you might ask, "What qualifies you as a pilgrim of any kind, to travel so far, and wide?" "What was I looking for, what did I hope to find?"   All indeed, fare questions. When a boy, I read a simple five word line, “Seek and thee shall find". Curiosity and Horizon Lust compelled me.   The next obvious question you might ask is, after all that; “What did you find?” That answer is very simple, I found myself.
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the banners are blowing steady (fully extended in the hot august wind) contemporary in style tightly trimmed and all gloriously dressed in the latest colors and hues it’s a fleeting distraction though as the caskets and children and grieving widows are rolled steadily across the burning tarmac it’s the beginning of that inevitable two part proceeding a skotoma for the ages delusionary in nature rich in grays and eerily reminiscent of that foreign reign clipped in silence with dark roots of fear set deep in the bowels of a chapter of unimaginable sin indifference as pronounced as the accompanying salutes haphazard sentiments that are cloaked in the horror of endless aborted days forgotten buggies and bunkers and rat packs *how could the switch be set so wrong?* it’s truly an illusion (this way of the world) simple indulgence can grow so beastly and consuming try telling the tale to the tibetan monks or broad peak sherpas (those boys know how to get it done!) how to bask in the ice cold waters how to savor the lava hot falls *couldn’t the others have figured this one out?* the flags have settled at half mass and are tinted in a charred yellow brown the lifeless dreams and inspirations now in the rear view leif running solo (exempt of his trusted gunners) ready for the numbered lines his eyes open to the ever changing enemy at hand
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Aug 18, 2017
Aug 18, 2017 at 11:45 PM UTC
bring the boys back home
I could run away to you, world. drink in your every scent, the dust the hurt. backpedal through Venetian streets, high-five Buddhist monks, paddle softly through the Dead Sea, eat Vietnamese fish with blind children, pound out piles of dough in back-alley German bakeries, kiss the single root of an aspen tree and post it all online. grinning like a devil, silently screaming *my life is better than yours my life is better than yours*
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Nov 25, 2013
Nov 25, 2013 at 12:14 PM UTC
The Traveler and His Boasting
I need to read love poetry For the same reason monks read bibles the irrepressible need to believe That love exists That love is omnipresent, omniscient, all powerful That it is eternal For someone somewhere, at least The emptier I feel, the more I read Let me believe Someone kisses Crusty eye-lids in perfect bliss
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Mar 28, 2015
Mar 28, 2015 at 5:20 AM UTC
Unicorns
Wake up with the sun. Watch the sky turn a pastel sorbet. Feel the wet in the still air. Feel the refreshment of the moving wind. On the way to school. Pass neighbors and village folk with alms awaiting Monks giving morning prayers. Sun begins to show its orb just over the tree tops. Clouds are rare and welcome. Watch the sky turn a pale blue. Day passes, never asking, always abiding as we watch the sky turn.
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Jun 6, 2014
Jun 6, 2014 at 6:34 AM UTC
Morning
Viking chiefs Valhalla bound, at death, were not interred I've found. On a fire ship they 'd place their chief and cremate him per their belief. Was it an obsequious grief that gave rise to this strange belief? For seafaring folk it scarce seems mete to lose a captain, then burn the fleet. With Dragon heads fixed fore and aft Those ships brought terror, sword and shaft. Irish Monks would think its fine to burn one to the water line. The ship of death was burning bright as it sank within the fjord that night carrying the Viking chiefs cremains to his Viking gods' domains. Was it conspicuous consumption that drove the Vikings to this junction? Perhaps after a life , ****** and gory, they craved going out in a blaze of glory.
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May 26, 2012
May 26, 2012 at 8:17 AM UTC
Fiery Dragon
O rescue help the boys in dreadful cave. Those adventurers could meet their demise Unless in hour of crisis comes the brave; But one by one emerge and none yet dies, Unscathed though bruised from historic ordeals, Escaped the jaws of death. Those left behind, Our prayers they overcome their perils. The tears flowing freely cruel minutes grind. A strange surging water locking them in, The force push them up to higher chambers. Upon a mount waited; with anxious kin, With families, monks believe still embers. We salute rescuers' courage to save, And one to God his precious life he gave.
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Jul 9, 2018
Jul 9, 2018 at 3:39 PM UTC
Save The Boys; Sonnet #8
FOR WHAT ARE WORDS WORTH I wandered lonely through a crowd lost to myself now that I'd lost you gathering even your footsteps peeling your shadow from my wall remembering that lost last kiss did it have to end like this "...beside the lake, beneath the trees.... ...when all at once I saw a...." host of saffroned monks their robes " ...fluttering and dancing in the breeze..." and behind them bunches and bunches  of daffodils outside a florist chanting Hare Krishna in all their yellow voices delighting in their day and for a second I forgot my pain dancing across a zebra crossing with an old old woman and a little yapping dog.
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Aug 6, 2018
Aug 6, 2018 at 3:28 PM UTC
FOR WHAT ARE WORDS WORTH?
You are glancing out of the window Taking a look at nature's creation Wisps of your hair gently stroking your face Feeling a cold wave against you Walking slowly amidst the misty clouds The endless curves of the mighty mountain Spinning your head around Deep down there lies deathly valleys Defining life beyond explanation All you can see is plush green colour Ranging from warm to tender While I travel,I try not to grasp at people By their devotion towards work An independent river flows curvily to reach its destination Given much ore of its freedom Captivating nature in just one go isn't enough You have to soak in as much as possible Sure one becomes perplexed at the first sight of the beautiful sunrise And I bet the day couldn't get that better otherwise The air had its own charm,its own charisma While the chants and prayers of monks completed the atmosphere I smile as I currently jot this poem down Words fail to express my happiness crown I say to myself-" This isn't imagination,This is reality" Confused, are you reader? My heart beats and  quenches for the aroma of green tea leaves Hmm,I'll miss this heaven on earth, This place,these people,their lives,their struggles Their homeland. Their Birthplace. So this is my travelogue And currently you were into my experience My "Darjeeling Experience" And not a dream,or a part of paper Cause its far more than your mere imagination.
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Mar 13, 2015
Mar 13, 2015 at 5:36 AM UTC
Imagine
she gave me her cell #, in a crowded bar inked upon my forearm, "in case in my drunkness, I dare forget," a common come-on technique, that reeks of all good things to come but I failed to see, in the little letters, "@ your own peril" a warning, poorly heeded, inflaming my now unimaginable needy neededs, just a **** come on, or a warring warning of tumult, vampirish blood ******* with cautious haste, her number I did paste into my contact list, 'in case of loss, call,' when sudden notifications galore, came unbidden from everywhere: Are you really sure? these digits seems were posted on a Do Not Call list, maintained by monks and bro's, no, no, not a list of what-rhymes-with-bro's, but of fallen angels, who knew the secrets of heaven the price extracted for their revealing, could cause you life long arthritis of the heart, per the Surgeon General, for which the only cure, endure, endure, endure... the prize? endless wonderful new poems, freely given, but with one strictest of restrictions, if published, it meant your slow extinction! *that is why the world calls me Poet of the Way, forever trying to find a way, to away these treasured glories* then one day, he laughed and laughed, when he first he read the magic key, your poem, successfully saved *on Hello Poetry!* and now the poet endures, even possibly, self-saved, quite happily
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Sep 4, 2017
Sep 4, 2017 at 7:30 AM UTC
she gave me her cell #
Hare Krishna's In their Pickups Depressed Comics Down on their Luck Teenage Girls Screaming Meme's ****** Pinko's* Leftward Leaning Vincent Price Flo and Eddie Rodger Rabbit Priscilla Presley Nuns in Habits Dwarf's in Ponchos Deadbeat Dads Munching Nachos Right-Wing Nut Jobs Trading Slogans A few Hero's Including Hogan Are just a few of the sights you see At the front gates of Graceland Memphis, Tennessee Buddhist Monks With Electric Banjos Holding Signs Up Of Marlon Brando Taxi Cabs Blaring Show Tunes Pregnant Women Down-loading Soon Derby Jockeys Flying Monkeys Kool-Aidholics Skittle Junkies Bozo The Clown Bumper Stickers Psychedelic Crazed Toad Lickers Rhinestone Cowboys In their Skivvies Gothic Girls Heebie Jeebies Are just a few of the sights you see At the front gates of Graceland Memphis, Tennessee Blue Haired Granny's In pink Moo Moos Ballerina's In Tattered Tutus Mathematician's Number Crunchers Even have Some Out to Lunchers Model 50's *Do *** Daddies* One More Round Of Flo and Eddie People Sneaking Across the Border Lonely Fry Cooks Taking Orders A Few Wannabes Not Saying Much Will The Real Elvis Please Stand Up Are just a few of the sights that you see At the front gates of Graceland Memphis, Tennessee Thank you...Thank you very Much Ladies and Gentlemen Elvis...Has Left The Building
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Mar 12, 2013
Mar 12, 2013 at 8:59 AM UTC
The Front Gates Of Graceland
In Kohln, a town of monks and bones, And pavements fang’d with murderous stones And rags, and hags, and hideous wenches; I counted two and seventy stenches, All well defined, and several stinks! Ye Nymphs that reign o’er sewers and sinks, The river Rhine, it is well known, Doth wash your city of Cologne; But tell me, Nymphs, what power divine Shall henceforth wash the river Rhine?
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Cologne
Coming from the shadows a six armed samurai, Followed closely by glowstick wielding neon ninji, Grips of *** swigging pirates swing from the rafters, Swallowed alive by blacklight monsters, Gangs of ***** smoking gurus, Armed to the teeth with translucent didgeridoos, Monks parade in swirling vestments, Whilst the shaman trip in lotus testament, Gods transfixed by blood tear beauty,, As humanity’s heroes slay bejeweled dragons, The king with two faces is beheaded, By his charlatans, harlequins, fools and jesters, Chaotic, prophetic killers run amok, The order of lunatics chant as the time is struck, A battle royale then follows, As robots and aliens envelope, Brilliant beams and whirring mechanics, Clash with steel, rock, bone and sticks, Screams from the heads of the thieves, As their brains are devoured by zombies
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Nov 15, 2012
Nov 15, 2012 at 11:44 PM UTC
COOL
HaHA, I've done it!  I've created a device That can tap into my subconscious and translate it for all to hear. I will win the Nobel Prize! I will be rich beyond my wildest dreams! People will LIKE me! So let's see here....I put on the cap, set the throttobombulator to 8. Adjust for fuzzy dialation...set the circuit threshold to .79, make sure the lucid translation synapses are firing...and yes.  The next words you hear will surely be written in History books one day, much like Thomas Edison's first phonograph recording, or the first telephone call! Neural connection is active.  Transmitting **TRANSGENDERED KANGAROOS FORNICATE IN THE PURPLE SHADE OF BETTE MIDLER'S THIGHS.  PLEASE PERFORM ******** AT THE BEHEST OF BUDDHIST MONKS WITH LISPS.  COUNT TO TEN AND BECOME A BUXOM BLONDE ***** WITH BOUNCY *******   WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE, CINDARELLA IS ON HER KNEES AND ELBOWS BECAUSE IT'S ****** HARD TO GET LOW ENOUGH TO PLEASURE A DWARF** Oh dear.  This can't be right....now where's that 'off' switch? **JACK AND JILL WENT OFF THE PILL SO JACK COULD BE A FATHER.  JACK WENT DOWN TO LONDON TOWN AND PUNCHED THE DALAI LAMA.  EDIBLE ******* GIVE YOU INDIGESTION.  DO YOU KISS YOUR MOTHER WITH THAT MOUTH, BECAUSE YOU SHOULD. (AND USE SOME TONGUE THIS TIME)** Oh My...Ladies and Gentlemen, It's clear that my invention is experiencing technical difficulties.  If you would please be patient--- **SATIN BRAS DON'T CHAFE.  NONE OF THE SMURFS HAD BLUE ***** THANKS TO SMURFETTE.  I WONDER WHAT MARY MAGDELINE WAS LIKE IN THE SACK?  ** STUPIDSmashPieceSmashof GARBAGESMASH DoNT LikE iT?  tucK iT bAcK!! Connection Lost I...erm...clearly have some more work to do before it is ready for the pubic--er..public.  I have run into some...translation errors...and need to re lubricate--CALIBRATE a few things. Please don't tell my mother.
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Feb 8, 2012
Feb 8, 2012 at 12:12 AM UTC
The Dam is Breached
HaHA, I've done it!  I've created a device That can tap into my subconscious and translate it for all to hear. I will win the Nobel Prize! I will be rich beyond my wildest dreams! People will LIKE me! So let's see here....I put on the cap, set the throttobombulator to 8. Adjust for fuzzy dialation...set the circuit threshold to .79, make sure the lucid translation synapses are firing...and yes.  The next words you hear will surely be written in History books one day, much like Thomas Edison's first phonograph recording, or the first telephone call! Neural connection is active.  Transmitting **TRANSGENDERED KANGAROOS FORNICATE IN THE PURPLE SHADE OF BETTE MIDLER'S THIGHS.  PLEASE PERFORM ******** AT THE BEHEST OF BUDDHIST MONKS WITH LISPS.  COUNT TO TEN AND BECOME A BUXOM BLONDE ***** WITH BOUNCY *******   WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE, CINDARELLA IS ON HER KNEES AND ELBOWS BECAUSE IT'S ****** HARD TO GET LOW ENOUGH TO PLEASURE A DWARF** Oh dear.  This can't be right....now where's that 'off' switch? **JACK AND JILL WENT OFF THE PILL SO JACK COULD BE A FATHER.  JACK WENT DOWN TO LONDON TOWN AND PUNCHED THE DALAI LAMA.  EDIBLE ******* GIVE YOU INDIGESTION.  DO YOU KISS YOUR MOTHER WITH THAT MOUTH, BECAUSE YOU SHOULD. (AND USE SOME TONGUE THIS TIME)** Oh My...Ladies and Gentlemen, It's clear that my invention is experiencing technical difficulties.  If you would please be patient--- **SATIN BRAS DON'T CHAFE.  NONE OF THE SMURFS HAD BLUE ***** THANKS TO SMURFETTE.  I WONDER WHAT MARY MAGDELINE WAS LIKE IN THE SACK?  ** STUPIDSmashPieceSmashof GARBAGESMASH DoNT LikE iT?  tucK iT bAcK!! Connection Lost I...erm...clearly have some more work to do before it is ready for the pubic--er..public.  I have run into some...translation errors...and need to re lubricate--CALIBRATE a few things. Please don't tell my mother.
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I think I might be a pervert. I mean, a mere bite of her lip, stroke of the hair or flick of her hip sends fire around my body criminalises my mind and throws me outside, to look pressed nose against the glass, breath blurring up the window, and my view of her *** Yep, I think I might be a pervert. Aren't you? I mean when it's hot, don't you get thirsty from sitting beside the fountain? Course you do, we're all perverts, even those baldy monks up on some breast-like mountain.
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Nov 20, 2011
Nov 20, 2011 at 10:15 PM UTC
I think I might be a pervert
Somewhere in your wardrobe, I'd be willing to bet There's a t-shirt probably bearing the silhouette of Che Guevara He was revolutionary, yeah, he wore a cool hat But behind the design I think you might find it's not quite as simple as that Che was a bit of a homophobe, Che was a bit of a homophobe, I think... apparently.. who knows? Che was a bit of a homophobe, Che was a bit of a homophobe This is my song in defence of the fence A little sing along, a anthem to ambivalence The more you know, the harder you will find it To make up your mind, it, doesn't really matter if you find You can't see which grass is greener Chances are it's neither, and either way it's easier To see the difference, when you're sitting on the fence Somewhere in your house, I'd be willing to bet There's a picture of that grinning hippy from Tibet - the Dalai Llama He's a lovely, funny fella, he gives soundbites galore But let's not forget that back in Tibet, those funky monks used to **** the poor, yeah And the Buddhist line about future lives is the perfect way to stop the powerless rising up And he tells the poor they will live again, but he's rich now so it's easy for him to say I'm taking the stand in defense of the fence I got a little band playing anthems to ambivalence We divide the world into terrorists and heroes Into normal folk and weirdos Into good people and pedo's Into things that give you cancer and the things that cure cancer And the things that don't cause cancer, but there's a chance they will cause cancer in the future We divide the world to stop us feeling frightened Into wrong and into right and Into black and into white and Into real men and fairies Into status quo and scary Yeah we want the world binary, binary But it's not that simple. And your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive Yea your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive And your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive And so does your baby, maybe you oughta trade HIM in for a Prius- ROCK! I'm taking the stand in defence of the fence I got a little band playing tributes to ambivalence We divide the world into liberals and gun-freaks Into atheists and fundies Into tee-tot'lers and junkies Into chemical and natural Into fictional and factual Into science and supernatural But it's actually naturally not that white and black You'll be Dividing us into terrorists and heroes Into normal folk and weirdos Into good people and pedos Into things that give you cancer and the things that cure cancer And things that don't cause cancer, but there's a chance they will cause cancer in the future We divide the world to stop us feeling frightened Into wrong and into right and Into black and into white and Into real men and fairies Into parrots and canaries Yeah we want the world binary, binary - 011101! The more you know, the harder you will find it To make up your mind, it doesn't really matter if you find You can't see which grass is greener Chances are it's neither, and either way it's easier To see the difference Cause it's not that simple...
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Apr 4, 2013
Apr 4, 2013 at 7:06 PM UTC
The Fence by Tim Minchin
Somewhere in your wardrobe, I'd be willing to bet There's a t-shirt probably bearing the silhouette of Che Guevara He was revolutionary, yeah, he wore a cool hat But behind the design I think you might find it's not quite as simple as that Che was a bit of a homophobe, Che was a bit of a homophobe, I think... apparently.. who knows? Che was a bit of a homophobe, Che was a bit of a homophobe This is my song in defence of the fence A little sing along, a anthem to ambivalence The more you know, the harder you will find it To make up your mind, it, doesn't really matter if you find You can't see which grass is greener Chances are it's neither, and either way it's easier To see the difference, when you're sitting on the fence Somewhere in your house, I'd be willing to bet There's a picture of that grinning hippy from Tibet - the Dalai Llama He's a lovely, funny fella, he gives soundbites galore But let's not forget that back in Tibet, those funky monks used to **** the poor, yeah And the Buddhist line about future lives is the perfect way to stop the powerless rising up And he tells the poor they will live again, but he's rich now so it's easy for him to say I'm taking the stand in defense of the fence I got a little band playing anthems to ambivalence We divide the world into terrorists and heroes Into normal folk and weirdos Into good people and pedo's Into things that give you cancer and the things that cure cancer And the things that don't cause cancer, but there's a chance they will cause cancer in the future We divide the world to stop us feeling frightened Into wrong and into right and Into black and into white and Into real men and fairies Into status quo and scary Yeah we want the world binary, binary But it's not that simple. And your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive Yea your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive And your dog has a bigger carbon footprint than a four wheel drive And so does your baby, maybe you oughta trade HIM in for a Prius- ROCK! I'm taking the stand in defence of the fence I got a little band playing tributes to ambivalence We divide the world into liberals and gun-freaks Into atheists and fundies Into tee-tot'lers and junkies Into chemical and natural Into fictional and factual Into science and supernatural But it's actually naturally not that white and black You'll be Dividing us into terrorists and heroes Into normal folk and weirdos Into good people and pedos Into things that give you cancer and the things that cure cancer And things that don't cause cancer, but there's a chance they will cause cancer in the future We divide the world to stop us feeling frightened Into wrong and into right and Into black and into white and Into real men and fairies Into parrots and canaries Yeah we want the world binary, binary - 011101! The more you know, the harder you will find it To make up your mind, it doesn't really matter if you find You can't see which grass is greener Chances are it's neither, and either way it's easier To see the difference Cause it's not that simple...
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Awake to a slowly beating drum morning meditation drifting up the hill in the garden, tiny birds add sweet highs tuneless ravens, the bass undertone trees whisper ancient lyrics on the passing breeze. We stroll the Path of Philosophy through massive wooden gates into carefully sculpted gardens exploring the endless number of temples dotting Kyoto each more lovely than the last. Quiet Nanzen-Ji is where I feel the most following worship worn steps to a cave-shrine heady with wet and incense we are purified by waterfall spray before returning the way we came voices hushed buoyed by eternity’s hand. The hotel lobby is filled with crimson and saffron glistening heads and broad smiles from monks gathered there we bow to each other and are one may it never be forgotten revelers arrive by busload for hanami, cherry blossom viewing beneath a revered tree decked out in pink splendor lit from below to radiate surreal, internal light we sample Kobe yakitori soba and corn grilled over open flame as we flow through the smiling celebratory crowd we savor what is transitory as sparks and blossoms whirl settling on our hair and skin.
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Jan 13, 2016
Jan 13, 2016 at 12:15 PM UTC
Kyoto
Zen monks sit quietly on stern pillows of effervescent soul. I do not, My patchwork pillow is filled with styrofoam-- artificial. Hasidic Rabbis rub their tired pious books adding more wear marks from years worrying which appear like a foreign tongue on the cover. My book is full of yellowed, empty pages sitting, dust-ridden on a abandoned shelf. The head of the Shiite rests against solid stone The penitent countenance like a mirror of Mecca. My forehead bears only the reddened mark of my forearm from the vibrant narcolepsy of life. The Atheist sits in the coffee house lecturing the disinterested Baristas about the tomfoolery of religion. I sit alone, nodding sagely, sipping wine that tastes flat against my tongue. What does a depth of spiritual belief offer? There is an unwritten, unquantifiable, essence that belief gives the human. A depth of meaning, like a shot of penicillin to a case of chlamydia.
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Apr 28, 2014
Apr 28, 2014 at 2:29 PM UTC
Zen Monks
An airplane crashes into an uncharted island and hundreds of people die in the burning debris, and somewhere a group of boys and girls are taking selfies as they stand next to a burning office building. Thousands of teenagers sit on the couch and eat ice cream until the buttons on their pants explode off. Kids light themselves on fires as if they were monks from the Tiananmen Square, trying to gain acceptance, their dreams of stardom translated through a series of YouTube comments. We can't afford books for college because the tuition is ridiculous, but these glossy tabloid magazines are only a few bucks; pick one to set the course of your life. Middle-aged people spend their lives indoors, away from the thirsty, hungry, withering children, and check how many likes did their photos receive on their smartphones. Pornographic images in front of our tired faces, our eyes locked to the screen and we do not blink as our memories become embedded with objectification. So we don't look up and see the chaos transpiring. Cat memes and colorful gifs hold our attention while our parents slave away at their boomerang-shaped desks, trapped in clustered cubicles. I saw a post on Facebook of a girl who was sexually assaulted at a house party and now her name was being hashtagged and kids were posing in photographs, laying on the floor, legs and arms sprawled out, left and right, trying to mimic the injustice. We swipe right to find our future hookups, but what if our future husbands and wives were on the left?   Society spends millions of dollars on drinks to numb our conscience, until our brain cells are wretched like the homeless guy on the street corner drinking liquor from a coffee mug. Israel and Palestine battle each other day after day while our generation gossips about Solange Knowles beating up Jay-Z with her patent leather purse as if that news conquers every other bit of information out there. The world will always be corrupt, but it suffers more from the apathy that belongs to us.
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Jun 24, 2016
Jun 24, 2016 at 7:56 PM UTC
Clean each cell with a rag
An airplane crashes into an uncharted island and hundreds of people die in the burning debris, and somewhere a group of boys and girls are taking selfies as they stand next to a burning office building. Thousands of teenagers sit on the couch and eat ice cream until the buttons on their pants explode off. Kids light themselves on fires as if they were monks from the Tiananmen Square, trying to gain acceptance, their dreams of stardom translated through a series of YouTube comments. We can't afford books for college because the tuition is ridiculous, but these glossy tabloid magazines are only a few bucks; pick one to set the course of your life. Middle-aged people spend their lives indoors, away from the thirsty, hungry, withering children, and check how many likes did their photos receive on their smartphones. Pornographic images in front of our tired faces, our eyes locked to the screen and we do not blink as our memories become embedded with objectification. So we don't look up and see the chaos transpiring. Cat memes and colorful gifs hold our attention while our parents slave away at their boomerang-shaped desks, trapped in clustered cubicles. I saw a post on Facebook of a girl who was sexually assaulted at a house party and now her name was being hashtagged and kids were posing in photographs, laying on the floor, legs and arms sprawled out, left and right, trying to mimic the injustice. We swipe right to find our future hookups, but what if our future husbands and wives were on the left?   Society spends millions of dollars on drinks to numb our conscience, until our brain cells are wretched like the homeless guy on the street corner drinking liquor from a coffee mug. Israel and Palestine battle each other day after day while our generation gossips about Solange Knowles beating up Jay-Z with her patent leather purse as if that news conquers every other bit of information out there. The world will always be corrupt, but it suffers more from the apathy that belongs to us.
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Tingly under the daisies; Glassy-eyed, glazed, greasy; Shaking, shivering, shuddering, Wishing, wandering, whimpering, Westernizing— Romanizing— Constitutionalizing— Institutionalizing— Perpetually searching And dying And living, Watching Death survive And scythe the frolickers, The prancers, The rompers, The merrymakers. A rose clamped between his Grinning teeth glistens brightly, And he dances so joyously. “Yes!” say the naysayers, Confused are the soothsayers, Lost are the cartographers. Oh, Utopia! The monks are extravagant; The meditations are a farce! The preachers are beggars And swindlers and chargers, And Machiavelli fulfills his wishes! Babies are stillborn, stabbed, and Ritualistically sacrificed, And their blood is spilled, drunk, Slathered over the ***** man. The evangelists scream and lie: “You are all predestined to die!” Oh, hail Utopia! Wedded are the girls to the girls; Wedded are the boys to the boys; Wedded is Death to Death, Life to Life, And Life to Death. Wedded are the living to the existent. And the milking babes are slaughtered Ceremoniously, Surreptitiously, Ostentatiously. Oh, hail great Utopia! We are all dead and unintelligent: Laugh, laugh, Einstein, at your Stupidity. Laugh, laugh, Temple Grandin at Your retardation. Laugh, laugh, laugh! Look at the sluggard, thou ant; Look at the boy, sobbing wolf; Aesop was drunk, Aristotle was delusional, Michelangelo was blind, Beethoven could hear, Poe was sane. And I can't read. They ramble, I watch. They sleep, I watch. They dream, I watch. They sleep-talk, I watch. They scream, I watch. They choke, I watch. They suffocate, I watch. Stone-faced, I stare; Raspingly, I breathe; Uncontrollably, I twitch; Inwardly, I rage. I hope you die, I hope you die. I hope you bleed, I hope you die. I want you begging and crying, I want you blubbering at my feet, I want you gnashing at my ankles, I want you writhing in pain, I want your arm twisted off, Cracking with the snapping sinews, I want your beating heart in my hands, I want your genitals uprooted and stuffed in your throat, I want your stomach so I can eat the still-digesting food, I want your shrunken head and I want to force my thumbs into your unblinking eyes and I want to tear your face in two and I want you to die, I want you to die, I want you to die, I want you to die, I want you to die, I want you to die, I want you to die, I want you to die, to die, to die, to die, to die, to die, to die, to die, to die, to die and die and die and die and die and die and die and die and die and die and die and die and die and die.
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Nov 3, 2015
Nov 3, 2015 at 9:47 PM UTC
Utopia
Tingly under the daisies; Glassy-eyed, glazed, greasy; Shaking, shivering, shuddering, Wishing, wandering, whimpering, Westernizing— Romanizing— Constitutionalizing— Institutionalizing— Perpetually searching And dying And living, Watching Death survive And scythe the frolickers, The prancers, The rompers, The merrymakers. A rose clamped between his Grinning teeth glistens brightly, And he dances so joyously. “Yes!” say the naysayers, Confused are the soothsayers, Lost are the cartographers. Oh, Utopia! The monks are extravagant; The meditations are a farce! The preachers are beggars And swindlers and chargers, And Machiavelli fulfills his wishes! Babies are stillborn, stabbed, and Ritualistically sacrificed, And their blood is spilled, drunk, Slathered over the ***** man. The evangelists scream and lie: “You are all predestined to die!” Oh, hail Utopia! Wedded are the girls to the girls; Wedded are the boys to the boys; Wedded is Death to Death, Life to Life, And Life to Death. Wedded are the living to the existent. And the milking babes are slaughtered Ceremoniously, Surreptitiously, Ostentatiously. Oh, hail great Utopia! We are all dead and unintelligent: Laugh, laugh, Einstein, at your Stupidity. Laugh, laugh, Temple Grandin at Your retardation. Laugh, laugh, laugh! Look at the sluggard, thou ant; Look at the boy, sobbing wolf; Aesop was drunk, Aristotle was delusional, Michelangelo was blind, Beethoven could hear, Poe was sane. And I can't read. They ramble, I watch. They sleep, I watch. They dream, I watch. They sleep-talk, I watch. They scream, I watch. They choke, I watch. They suffocate, I watch. Stone-faced, I stare; Raspingly, I breathe; Uncontrollably, I twitch; Inwardly, I rage. I hope you die, I hope you die. I hope you bleed, I hope you die. I want you begging and crying, I want you blubbering at my feet, I want you gnashing at my ankles, I want you writhing in pain, I want your arm twisted off, Cracking with the snapping sinews, I want your beating heart in my hands, I want your genitals uprooted and stuffed in your throat, I want your stomach so I can eat the still-digesting food, I want your shrunken head and I want to force my thumbs into your unblinking eyes and I want to tear your face in two and I want you to die, I want you to die, I want you to die, I want you to die, I want you to die, I want you to die, I want you to die, I want you to die, to die, to die, to die, to die, to die, to die, to die, to die, to die and die and die and die and die and die and die and die and die and die and die and die and die and die.
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There are no bells, but they are there lining the streets, palms outstretched women on their knees between cream-colored petals of orchids carelessly blooming by the drainage ditch their scrubbed feet free of rice paddy mud with palm fronds overhead in their hands, cut butter and fruit for the monks that file past in smart orange robes if you were here, you would watch them with me you would peel lychee fruits for breakfast at this hour the people are wide awake and the day is struggling to keep up somewhere behind the early clouds the sun is winking over the trees morning birds never seem to sing here where the rain has been falling for days
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Oct 11, 2010
Oct 11, 2010 at 6:55 AM UTC
Thai Aubade
Not every one knows who shall pass in the end, Watching the training of Monk ***** Defence. Who will manage the attack real well and defend, And who will step aside and run away with good sense. The time to compete is nearly at hand, With a new weaponry style to commence Come to training today and see how you withstand The attacks on you person with Monks ***** bare hand defense! And after all this that excellent Brew That we will share and enjoy immense. Look forward to training with You, That most awesome of styles which we call Shaolin Self Defence
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Jun 19, 2015
Jun 19, 2015 at 8:06 PM UTC
Kung Fu Self Defence
His face was all Angles Tall handsome Mysterious The tight jeans Fitted t-shirts The original Punk Traveled through time Mingling with Hippies Environmentalists Hard rockers Metal heads and Monks Who stopped traveling Today To be labeled Hipster And watch as history Was made around him And to change lives And make history Himself The hippie punk rock hipster time traveler who's now only moving forward
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Sep 18, 2013
Sep 18, 2013 at 10:48 AM UTC
time traveler