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"negligence" poems
I forgive your lies. Although I'm saddened that I had to see past your disguise. I forgive your selfishness. I forgive all of your negligence. I forgive all the times you made me cry. I forgive all the times you hurt me deep inside. I forgive you and I don't want to. But I still forgive you and all of your ignorance. So I can move on with my life in bliss.
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May 10, 2015
May 10, 2015 at 2:43 PM UTC
Forgiveness
Calamitous collapse of structure forged With steel and concrete built for time, Since Roman times a formula endured With engineers additional design. Why, then, did this structure fail, Did mortar crack, did reinforcing strong, Shear and plummet in an instants time To crush and doom this bridges song. In teeming rain a  silence hung Where watchers gaped in stunned awe, A magnitude of devastation lay Pulverized in valley floor. Astonishing this expanse of space Where seconds past, huge edifice, Imbued with its’ charge of lives Unknowingly to meet abyss. Innocence has lost its’ life Blame resounds around the room Someone shall pay the price For negligence in causing doom. Truth be told it’s shared by all For Italy has lagged behind Cost cutting infrastructures’ purse Because of economic bind. Time to reassess the plan Time to weep and bury dead, Clear the rubble from the land Rebuild well then forge ahead. Blame not the engineer Nor the man who drew design, Blame not the hardhat Who poured the concrete in the line. Reassign the budget spend To infrastructure, pay its share For sentiment is running hot To axe the fool who pares the fare. M. Storeman Civil Infrastructure Hamilton, NEW ZEALAND
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Aug 15, 2018
Aug 15, 2018 at 10:41 PM UTC
The Genoa Calamity
* More Structure, Bald Nature. Intelligences without a Heart of Conscience. Lost in the battle of Negligence. *
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Mar 11, 2015
Mar 11, 2015 at 2:59 AM UTC
Environment ~
we hail from synonyms replicate those isles of dirt jagged colossal terrains of earth which sprouts to scrape the wisps of pearly clouds where marble and stone splintered scorches of gnarled bark where the soft paws of preying lions roam within the sea of swaying golden grass where each stroke of a feathered wing flourishes the air with its mighty swing and the threshold of mysterious beings idle in mischief of deep blue seas and those salty shores swallow the iron hulk of ships and ferocious savages of nature's call groaning in mourn for her body her crevasses and pools of spilling crystal cerulean water where the malachite moss sits in stone of endless time and trees groomed of wind and sun prideful beneath the drink of the setting morrow she yearns for the claim of her shape for the purity of her waters like blood her parched throat of sandy desert lands amputated into wells of gorging oil she suffocates from her very existence a poison to herself and as the days wan to a fast massacre to her own suicidal mission to feed our negligence we label: humanity
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Jul 20, 2015
Jul 20, 2015 at 7:14 PM UTC
Motherland
a)  i am the mortar incurring blow after blow      from the abrasive quality of your negligence.       no, i am herb between pestle and mortar       the full realization of 'rock and a hard place' b)  i am the mortar between each brick you lay,      in blue collar glory, or rock star slumming,      to bind shaky corridors of past serenity      and bear indiscretions on my limestone shoulders c)  i am the mortar you fire before crawling under covers      for inexpensive *** and trashier beer      by a lake on a camping trip where tents trump love      like the queen of spades in a hand of hearts        d)  in fact, these are false, merely possibilities --      actuality: you were never enough       to make me spew homonyms in metaphor       because you were nothing like them,       always appearing changed but monotonous in meaning,       and if you're so into contraposition,       are we not but names for each other?
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Jun 18, 2013
Jun 18, 2013 at 3:28 AM UTC
the final will not be multiple choice
Happenstance to the melancholic gives leave the sin of pride. Inbound reconnaissance tells not the bearer of influence. Squeamish at first: a foreshadowing of calamitous bonding. A space between the mark of corporeal and the ethereal; a stringent hiatus That which rattles the concrete foundation of morality is scarcely a malleable recourse. Regret stains the unfounded soul: an enigma of ephemeral perforations. A separation of the unmitigated humanities; misandry topples the writhing snake. Impact; a cleansing of the maker's flaws integrated solemnly. Complacency arrests the administration of the abhorred; unbridled is the autonomy of a guru.   Ambivalent giftedness burdens the reliant and haughty. A flick of the tongue brings forth the cinema mortem. Castaway: alone to wade in the sea of obscenities. A temporal causality allows no mourning to abscond. Negligence is not the enemy, but indulgent wrath. Hesitant: a stroke of qualia begets the end of a maiden.
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Feb 6, 2014
Feb 6, 2014 at 11:13 AM UTC
The Horseless Jockey
That night, I stared at the night sky, Soaked up the stars Enough to form constellations of my own And named them after you. That is the thing about stars, The more you look The more you find. Scars, alike. Though, I am a novice In the realm of Pain and suffering, I have already understood The difference between Papercuts and broken hearts Chaining souls and holding hands Flying paper airplanes and shooting darts Abandonment and negligence. And for once, I want to believe in afterlives, Wishing on shooting stars that are Confused with fireflies, If only it was as simple as The art behind tracing your lips, Falling asleep to the rhythm of your breath, Your glinting eyes floating in pools of bliss. But, we are more than music. A noise That beats in our ears; A scream That burns our throats. Of Shattered vintage vases, Wrecked ships And sinking boats.
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Sep 13, 2014
Sep 13, 2014 at 1:23 PM UTC
Scars
We humans have messed around With Mother Nature and her eco-system For years and years Decades and decades Centuries and centuries Felling gazillions of trees Turning forests into concrete jungles Filling ponds, lakes, rivers and seas With tons and tons of toxic waste Releasing enough carbon monoxide into the air To wreck the entire troposphere The list of sins against Nature goes on and on With no end in sight Given all this, who are we to complain When Mother Nature has had enough And unleashes her fury on us Through earthquakes and tsunamis Avalanches and volcanoes Hurricanes and tornadoes Floods and droughts And so on Remember, Mother Nature has blessed us With oodles of riches In the form of plants and trees Mountains and forests Ponds, lakes, rivers, seas and oceans And last but not the least, oxygen! It is time we show her some gratitude And more importantly, respect and compassion And stop messing around with the eco-system Remember the famous old saying Live and let live It doesn't mean infrastructure shouldn't be developed We can build roads We can build a railway network We can build houses We can build schools and colleges We can build hospitals We can build libraries However, as my grandfather used to say There is a limit to everything And we should also plant trees Build gardens and parks Switch to renewable sources of energy And cut down severely on emissions A balance should be maintained After all, messing around with Mother Nature Will only bring about our own downfall There have been enough natural disasters Caused by human negligence Let's not add to the list Which is already longer than the river Nile!
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May 9, 2022
May 9, 2022 at 12:54 PM UTC
Why We Shouldn't Mess Around with Mother Nature
We humans have messed around With Mother Nature and her eco-system For years and years Decades and decades Centuries and centuries Felling gazillions of trees Turning forests into concrete jungles Filling ponds, lakes, rivers and seas With tons and tons of toxic waste Releasing enough carbon monoxide into the air To wreck the entire troposphere The list of sins against Nature goes on and on With no end in sight Given all this, who are we to complain When Mother Nature has had enough And unleashes her fury on us Through earthquakes and tsunamis Avalanches and volcanoes Hurricanes and tornadoes Floods and droughts And so on Remember, Mother Nature has blessed us With oodles of riches In the form of plants and trees Mountains and forests Ponds, lakes, rivers, seas and oceans And last but not the least, oxygen! It is time we show her some gratitude And more importantly, respect and compassion And stop messing around with the eco-system Remember the famous old saying Live and let live It doesn't mean infrastructure shouldn't be developed We can build roads We can build a railway network We can build houses We can build schools and colleges We can build hospitals We can build libraries However, as my grandfather used to say There is a limit to everything And we should also plant trees Build gardens and parks Switch to renewable sources of energy And cut down severely on emissions A balance should be maintained After all, messing around with Mother Nature Will only bring about our own downfall There have been enough natural disasters Caused by human negligence Let's not add to the list Which is already longer than the river Nile!
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It is funny to see banners wishing Happiness displayed with cinematic glamour, the pictures and hordings of Banner heroes. The one at Tannery Road junction was peculiar to mention. Here it was common The captions "Happy" used to summon names of sundry festivals-Local  and national, even internstional. What's uncommon was the bold prints of a hero's name ARUMALAI outshining The caption and his larger than life picture establishing the photographer's digital brushing skills. A passer by wondered who'd be this Arumalai, Is he so great as to be advertised in polivynil? His glorious deeds may be what they want you to heed Still never ever seen or heard of his manners Anywhere than in these motley banners Just as a function at the Tannery road junction Each one passed by this colossal glance attracted provoking  protracted ruminance what do this expensive banners really mean? In another occasion the  glaring glorifying picture of ARUMALAI followed the tag Corporator, Below the man posing a DICTATOR. That was a period to a period of mystery! Banners changed with seasons with greetings on religious occasions Festivals of importance Birthdays of men even with crowded profiles of hailers Whose unrully manners Too clogging up the banners Like a wanted list of jailors. One day a strange banner hooked by the Tannery cross over Spooked and shocked every passer-by There the usual banner cut out the larger than life image blings-out Arumalai the BBMB corporator Posing as dictator! There was no wish of any kind. It was a notice startling any mind The sad demise of ARUMALAI The BBMB corporator Still possed as dectator By his living promoters. "He was sick and the local dispensary advised a minor operation. He was administered the necessary treatment. Was referred to a super-speciality centre and was declared dead. His sad demise was advertised, he was forty. His chummies complained of medical negligence", was the only news summary in major news papers... What was the reason for the minor surgery What're the preparations for the corporator's  operation All are mystery for a  causal itinerary passer by crossing over the Tannery Road junction, wondering at the strange envountering with banners that come and go Keeping no annals Floating on the mind for a while Stopping at the red's knell, Moving with the green signal The rise and fall of heroes As binary one and zero The banners tell a story tertiary Of the rise and fall of a luninary Within a plane ofmomentary Variation of red and green On the Tannery road's screen.
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Dec 7, 2018
Dec 7, 2018 at 5:13 AM UTC
BANNER HEROES
It is funny to see banners wishing Happiness displayed with cinematic glamour, the pictures and hordings of Banner heroes. The one at Tannery Road junction was peculiar to mention. Here it was common The captions "Happy" used to summon names of sundry festivals-Local  and national, even internstional. What's uncommon was the bold prints of a hero's name ARUMALAI outshining The caption and his larger than life picture establishing the photographer's digital brushing skills. A passer by wondered who'd be this Arumalai, Is he so great as to be advertised in polivynil? His glorious deeds may be what they want you to heed Still never ever seen or heard of his manners Anywhere than in these motley banners Just as a function at the Tannery road junction Each one passed by this colossal glance attracted provoking  protracted ruminance what do this expensive banners really mean? In another occasion the  glaring glorifying picture of ARUMALAI followed the tag Corporator, Below the man posing a DICTATOR. That was a period to a period of mystery! Banners changed with seasons with greetings on religious occasions Festivals of importance Birthdays of men even with crowded profiles of hailers Whose unrully manners Too clogging up the banners Like a wanted list of jailors. One day a strange banner hooked by the Tannery cross over Spooked and shocked every passer-by There the usual banner cut out the larger than life image blings-out Arumalai the BBMB corporator Posing as dictator! There was no wish of any kind. It was a notice startling any mind The sad demise of ARUMALAI The BBMB corporator Still possed as dectator By his living promoters. "He was sick and the local dispensary advised a minor operation. He was administered the necessary treatment. Was referred to a super-speciality centre and was declared dead. His sad demise was advertised, he was forty. His chummies complained of medical negligence", was the only news summary in major news papers... What was the reason for the minor surgery What're the preparations for the corporator's  operation All are mystery for a  causal itinerary passer by crossing over the Tannery Road junction, wondering at the strange envountering with banners that come and go Keeping no annals Floating on the mind for a while Stopping at the red's knell, Moving with the green signal The rise and fall of heroes As binary one and zero The banners tell a story tertiary Of the rise and fall of a luninary Within a plane ofmomentary Variation of red and green On the Tannery road's screen.
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.*well **** me, after writing such a revealing piece, i really need a double whiskey gob-smack... i need a drink... i really need to have drink... but it's honesty, i'm not ashamed of it... people have a harder time owning up to gay bar pop songs in their closet, like a Belinda Carlisle song... ooh... personally? i've never come across anything more **** than a pregnant woman ************ or, to mind the pursuit of the Wendol idol? exhibitionism to boot; a striptease? pare by comparison... you can't exactly possess the carnality of a woman, and the concept of the mind's eye... with a fetus, to boot.* in terms of jerking off... **** me,   i moved away from fine art nudes...   found an alternative outlet.... https://tinyurl.com/ybhzl3x5 i.e.? the exhibitionism of pregnant women... it's like peering into a wormhole, of sorts...     who the hell needs ****** glory-holes, ******** crap?    pull me to sight a pregnant woman encouraging exhibitionism and i'll be there, within second, with a tissue... **** it... she can do it, and doesn't shy away from?     **** is so lost... been catching up on the whole American Pie franchise... m.i.w.i.l.f.     mom in waiting i'd love to **** who said that jerking off leads men to ******* *** ****** *****   who said we would turn the ******** avenue?      oops? for not being adventurous enough?   adventurous consisting of watching a pregnant woman exhibition herself, oiling herself, jerking off...     what... if i were married... could probably become the mouth and tongue of God in terms of oral *** ******* losers... having the negligence stipend in allowing a wife, as pregnant as she is... to exhibition herself like that... for me to pick up the crumbs from the table... ******* losers... i'll admit it... jerking off to a pregnant woman exhibit herself beats jerking off to fine art nudes.
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Sep 13, 2018
Sep 13, 2018 at 9:46 PM UTC
***********
.*well **** me, after writing such a revealing piece, i really need a double whiskey gob-smack... i need a drink... i really need to have drink... but it's honesty, i'm not ashamed of it... people have a harder time owning up to gay bar pop songs in their closet, like a Belinda Carlisle song... ooh... personally? i've never come across anything more **** than a pregnant woman ************ or, to mind the pursuit of the Wendol idol? exhibitionism to boot; a striptease? pare by comparison... you can't exactly possess the carnality of a woman, and the concept of the mind's eye... with a fetus, to boot.* in terms of jerking off... **** me,   i moved away from fine art nudes...   found an alternative outlet.... https://tinyurl.com/ybhzl3x5 i.e.? the exhibitionism of pregnant women... it's like peering into a wormhole, of sorts...     who the hell needs ****** glory-holes, ******** crap?    pull me to sight a pregnant woman encouraging exhibitionism and i'll be there, within second, with a tissue... **** it... she can do it, and doesn't shy away from?     **** is so lost... been catching up on the whole American Pie franchise... m.i.w.i.l.f.     mom in waiting i'd love to **** who said that jerking off leads men to ******* *** ****** *****   who said we would turn the ******** avenue?      oops? for not being adventurous enough?   adventurous consisting of watching a pregnant woman exhibition herself, oiling herself, jerking off...     what... if i were married... could probably become the mouth and tongue of God in terms of oral *** ******* losers... having the negligence stipend in allowing a wife, as pregnant as she is... to exhibition herself like that... for me to pick up the crumbs from the table... ******* losers... i'll admit it... jerking off to a pregnant woman exhibit herself beats jerking off to fine art nudes.
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There are beetles on my skin Attacking my bark With pincers sharp -trying to get in And as they cover me Head to toe in a blanket of living death They tickle in bitter giggles At my senses, set ablaze By their exo-skeletal steps I do not build a scream For the sound would die out in between The sheet of beetles And my trodden lips Instead I lie still Commanding them with my negligence Fusing with their fear-mongering They take my shape; I don’t take theirs I am the alpha insect The form of their nature And now I stand In beetled armor A figure against the sun My shadow raining over the undergrowth Reigning over the under. In this symbiosis we travel Across valley and valley Coleoptera-covered Rand McNally Covering the earth, showing The dominance of man The man the man He who holds the plan In the palm of his life-colored hand I am he The guardian of land and sea Infected with a voice-in-hand Who writes eternity Whose pen is the land filled with ink of the sea And with beetles of lead I harmonize That between myself And quaking skies As the world shakes in its roots During a spacequake That bends our atoms like dried glue But then I am not alone And as I rest on grass of gold The heroes step forth, dressed in animals In a dark, ****** harmony That is the nature of our home, our Terra The brute beauty in black void Swimming through time like a turtle On which the souls of man rest On golden grass Our spherical nest And our evils are justified By the good of our pursuit of beauty Though selfish maybe Though hellish for he That swims on land But drowns as he walks the sea We are multitudes. We are Gaia, we are the mother tree The ****** bliss of humanity Dark and light, both are we.
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Mar 20, 2014
Mar 20, 2014 at 8:59 AM UTC
Beetles
There are beetles on my skin Attacking my bark With pincers sharp -trying to get in And as they cover me Head to toe in a blanket of living death They tickle in bitter giggles At my senses, set ablaze By their exo-skeletal steps I do not build a scream For the sound would die out in between The sheet of beetles And my trodden lips Instead I lie still Commanding them with my negligence Fusing with their fear-mongering They take my shape; I don’t take theirs I am the alpha insect The form of their nature And now I stand In beetled armor A figure against the sun My shadow raining over the undergrowth Reigning over the under. In this symbiosis we travel Across valley and valley Coleoptera-covered Rand McNally Covering the earth, showing The dominance of man The man the man He who holds the plan In the palm of his life-colored hand I am he The guardian of land and sea Infected with a voice-in-hand Who writes eternity Whose pen is the land filled with ink of the sea And with beetles of lead I harmonize That between myself And quaking skies As the world shakes in its roots During a spacequake That bends our atoms like dried glue But then I am not alone And as I rest on grass of gold The heroes step forth, dressed in animals In a dark, ****** harmony That is the nature of our home, our Terra The brute beauty in black void Swimming through time like a turtle On which the souls of man rest On golden grass Our spherical nest And our evils are justified By the good of our pursuit of beauty Though selfish maybe Though hellish for he That swims on land But drowns as he walks the sea We are multitudes. We are Gaia, we are the mother tree The ****** bliss of humanity Dark and light, both are we.
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Oppression, a monarch with a crown, Limits resources in every town. No reason to hasten, no reason to strive, Content with meager offerings, barely alive. With corruption and barriers abound, Progress is hindered, hope is drowned. The bright minds, afraid to take flight, Chained to the system, a slave to the night. No greater malice than silence so deep, Stifling progress, and secrets keep. Perfection in negligence, light in the shade, Obfuscation the art, truth to evade. The God that troubles, the tyrants that bind, Crushing brilliance, dulling the mind. In quiet desperation, with hopeful elation, This poem, a message, a call to liberation. May it strike deep, may it shake the ground, May it expose the corruption that's found. May it pierce through the veil, and bring forth the light, May it break the chains, and set things right. The oppression, corruption, and silence enthralled, May they all fall to the might of my words so bold. May it be a catalyst, a spark that ignites, A revolution, a change in sight. I hope my poem strikes a mighty blow, A wakeup call, for all to know. The power in words, the power to call, I hope my poem, I hope my poem kills them all.
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Aug 15, 2013
Aug 15, 2013 at 5:33 PM UTC
The Chains That Bind Us
..//.. () ..\\.. We are gathered here :: This YES! This the very hour That always Calls out to us Calls Out to our very souls and by our TRUTH And by out TRUE NAMES ! •• No no no! We are not joking anymore The egotistical quest is gone (The subtle games the pettiness) • It is ......! It is REALLY REAL! In the fragile sense of holy human beings •• MY LIFE! (The one that ends) YOU! You live My love! What am I ! I must know ! •• We are gathered here On these rocky straits We We We who breath The poisoned air We who face the falling fire We who stare the ****** face to face Gathered here this the very hour Of supreme negligence Needing repentance Needing .......... Needing us to be here • We ? We ARE gathered here (Perhaps reluctantly!) But we are here •• We will do whatever it takes Just do what must be done
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Mar 20, 2014
Mar 20, 2014 at 2:00 AM UTC
Audition
There goes Lady Fate, donned in solar sparks and her lace corset whose  overt promiscuity catches the attention of one unsuspecting astronaut– his helm fogs as he exhales, his breath crude and lascivious. Even Neptune’s eyes themselves glitter wetly with passion as she struts towards Polaris in her pinprick stilettos. She adjusts her stance accordingly: I. Purse lips into a smoulder (might as well look pretty while ya get the job done.) II. Aim for the desired target (that there’s the bull’s eye.) III. Wreak havoc just as any Fate is meant to do. (But, of course.) She picks up her staff and fires. The universe tremors in an unbridled spiral of colour and chaos as the planets d    a    r    t about like billiards, * * *                           colliding/|\with/|\ the/|\ stars who,  in the midst of the madness, d i v e r g e and c* r* o* s s for fear of being vanquished. A cluster of mismatched constellations and forsaken cosmic particles settle into a state of mutual negligence and destruction. And, together, they liquefy into a festering pool of molten silver. Lady Fate grins– yes, she has the stars right where she wants them now– and, in a final act of defiance, she strikes against the earth and watches with satisfaction as it hurtles towards the silver and sinks down into the molten like an eight ball. (And everyone knows it’s Game Over once you’ve sunk the eight ball). From where she stands– bent over Polaris in seductive pretentiousness — she relishes in the screams of some wretched lover– the first to ever be betrayed by the stars.
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Jul 24, 2018
Jul 24, 2018 at 2:44 PM UTC
Lady Fate (The Invention of the Star Crossed Lover)
There goes Lady Fate, donned in solar sparks and her lace corset whose  overt promiscuity catches the attention of one unsuspecting astronaut– his helm fogs as he exhales, his breath crude and lascivious. Even Neptune’s eyes themselves glitter wetly with passion as she struts towards Polaris in her pinprick stilettos. She adjusts her stance accordingly: I. Purse lips into a smoulder (might as well look pretty while ya get the job done.) II. Aim for the desired target (that there’s the bull’s eye.) III. Wreak havoc just as any Fate is meant to do. (But, of course.) She picks up her staff and fires. The universe tremors in an unbridled spiral of colour and chaos as the planets d    a    r    t about like billiards, * * *                           colliding/|\with/|\ the/|\ stars who,  in the midst of the madness, d i v e r g e and c* r* o* s s for fear of being vanquished. A cluster of mismatched constellations and forsaken cosmic particles settle into a state of mutual negligence and destruction. And, together, they liquefy into a festering pool of molten silver. Lady Fate grins– yes, she has the stars right where she wants them now– and, in a final act of defiance, she strikes against the earth and watches with satisfaction as it hurtles towards the silver and sinks down into the molten like an eight ball. (And everyone knows it’s Game Over once you’ve sunk the eight ball). From where she stands– bent over Polaris in seductive pretentiousness — she relishes in the screams of some wretched lover– the first to ever be betrayed by the stars.
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Silently she's combing, Combing her long hair Silently and graciously, With many a pretty air. The sun is in the willow leaves And on the dappled grass, And still she's combing her long hair Before the looking-glass. I pray you, cease to comb out, Comb out your long hair, For I have heard of witchery Under a pretty air, That makes as one thing to the lover Staying and going hence, All fair, with many a pretty air And many a negligence.
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Silently She's Combing
Did you know that if you leave your car in your driveway, With the keys in the ignition, And someone sits down in the front seat like they own it, and drives away, You are the one who is liable for theft? They can drive that sucker to the coast. They can burn the upholstery with their cigarettes. They can bring their friends into the back seat, and fill the compartments with their refuse, and **** and they can leave it ruined in front of your house, or crushed into the median on the highway, or left in disconnected pieces under an overpass. It will be called, “unauthorized use of a vehicle.” It will be called a “misdemeanor.” But you left the car running. Weren't you kind of asking for it to happen? They said, This, (Gesturing to the skirt which fell to two inches above my kneecap), Is like that. If I walk outside of my house in jeans and a t-shirt, or a long dress with thin straps, Or with my chin tilted out, Or with long eyelashes, Or with full lips, Or with my hips swaying when I walk, It's like I left the car running. It's like I invited them to force their bodies into the front seat. In their minds, or with their hands, or with their lips to anyone who would listen to them. Little girls in leotards become like unlocked car doors; Where men can burn their cigarettes into their skin, Or stick their fingers in In plain view of their parents, And told to let it happen, Quietly. It isn't theft, It's “a medical examination.” What did they expect? It isn't a theft. She was just as guilty of negligence. It isn't really a felony. It's not THAT BAD. (Stop being so dramatic.) It's the unauthorized use of your body, for a time, or one night, or every time you close your eyes for the rest of your life, Sure- But you left the car running.
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May 22, 2018
May 22, 2018 at 1:25 PM UTC
Unlocked car doors
Did you know that if you leave your car in your driveway, With the keys in the ignition, And someone sits down in the front seat like they own it, and drives away, You are the one who is liable for theft? They can drive that sucker to the coast. They can burn the upholstery with their cigarettes. They can bring their friends into the back seat, and fill the compartments with their refuse, and **** and they can leave it ruined in front of your house, or crushed into the median on the highway, or left in disconnected pieces under an overpass. It will be called, “unauthorized use of a vehicle.” It will be called a “misdemeanor.” But you left the car running. Weren't you kind of asking for it to happen? They said, This, (Gesturing to the skirt which fell to two inches above my kneecap), Is like that. If I walk outside of my house in jeans and a t-shirt, or a long dress with thin straps, Or with my chin tilted out, Or with long eyelashes, Or with full lips, Or with my hips swaying when I walk, It's like I left the car running. It's like I invited them to force their bodies into the front seat. In their minds, or with their hands, or with their lips to anyone who would listen to them. Little girls in leotards become like unlocked car doors; Where men can burn their cigarettes into their skin, Or stick their fingers in In plain view of their parents, And told to let it happen, Quietly. It isn't theft, It's “a medical examination.” What did they expect? It isn't a theft. She was just as guilty of negligence. It isn't really a felony. It's not THAT BAD. (Stop being so dramatic.) It's the unauthorized use of your body, for a time, or one night, or every time you close your eyes for the rest of your life, Sure- But you left the car running.
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I brush my teeth all the time, But there are days when negligence prevails, And I can feel it with my tounge, Something growing, In between and on my calcium. It isn't pleasant but I know not a more interesting development, For I can feel something, first soft, then rigid forming in one of my most intimate places. And a coral reef grows, in my mouth of all spaces. Not pink, blue, or any other hue. I know not what to do, My mom describes it as "hairy teeth" but I know better, If I held a fish in my mouth now he would have the warmest of welcomes, Into my mouth he would feel at home, A tropical retreat, eggshell white, My new fish would try and spend the night. If all these things continued I'm afraid I would lose my job, and my life. To preserve my fish in his temperate reef, my mouth would never again open, I wouldn't eat, drink, or swallow again, All this for my little fishy friend. I would name him Bubbles, And he would tickle my jaw with his hubby breath. He would sleep beneath my tounge and wake me with little fishy kisses every sunrise for the rest of our lives no matter how brief- But this beautiful relationship would end when we grow more and more hungry and our thirst teases us in this reef, I can only hold so much salt water in between my cheeks, Surely not enough to last mare's two weeks. My oral reef would cut me, And Beal together would we, Bubbles and me.
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Apr 23, 2015
Apr 23, 2015 at 4:24 PM UTC
Coral Teef
Scarcity of phrase, Once regarded in adoration, Takes another phase, Undergoing a transformation. And hence, Negligence.
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Apr 28, 2012
Apr 28, 2012 at 3:18 AM UTC
Negligence
There is exemplary synergy in Nature Coexistence of the birthed life It’s a wonder for the wanderers We try to create an imbalance By our negligence and ambivalence Bound and cloaked in this invisible bond We are at risk of alienating ourselves Severing ties with the lifeline We cannot decipher the rich synergy Mortals we all are, but some, lesser mortals
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Mar 13, 2015
Mar 13, 2015 at 2:04 AM UTC
Nature’s Synergy
Mrs. Gabrielle Giovannitti comes along Peoria Street every morning at nine o'clock With kindling wood piled on top of her head, her eyes looking straight ahead to find the way for her old feet. Her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Pietro Giovannitti, whose husband was killed in a tunnel explosion through the negligence of a fellow-servant, Works ten hours a day, sometimes twelve, picking onions for Jasper on the Bowmanville road. She takes a street car at half-past five in the morning, Mrs. Pietro Giovannitti does, And gets back from Jasper's with cash for her day's work, between nine and ten o'clock at night. Last week she got eight cents a box, Mrs. Pietro Giovannitti, picking onions for Jasper, But this week Jasper dropped the pay to six cents a box because so many women and girls were answering the ads in the Daily News. Jasper belongs to an Episcopal church in Ravenswood and on certain Sundays He enjoys chanting the Nicene creed with his daughters on each side of him joining their voices with his. If the preacher repeats old sermons of a Sunday, Jasper's mind wanders to his 700-acre farm and how he can make it produce more efficiently And sometimes he speculates on whether he could word an ad in the Daily News so it would bring more women and girls out to his farm and reduce operating costs. Mrs. Pietro Giovannitti is far from desperate about life; her joy is in a child she knows will arrive to her in three months. And now while these are the pictures for today there are other pictures of the Giovannitti people I could give you for to-morrow, And how some of them go to the county agent on winter mornings with their baskets for beans and cornmeal and molasses. I listen to fellows saying here's good stuff for a novel or it might be worked up into a good play. I say there's no dramatist living can put old Mrs. Gabrielle Giovannitti into a play with that kindling wood piled on top of her head coming along Peoria Street nine o'clock in the morning.
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Onion Days
Mrs. Gabrielle Giovannitti comes along Peoria Street every morning at nine o'clock With kindling wood piled on top of her head, her eyes looking straight ahead to find the way for her old feet. Her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Pietro Giovannitti, whose husband was killed in a tunnel explosion through the negligence of a fellow-servant, Works ten hours a day, sometimes twelve, picking onions for Jasper on the Bowmanville road. She takes a street car at half-past five in the morning, Mrs. Pietro Giovannitti does, And gets back from Jasper's with cash for her day's work, between nine and ten o'clock at night. Last week she got eight cents a box, Mrs. Pietro Giovannitti, picking onions for Jasper, But this week Jasper dropped the pay to six cents a box because so many women and girls were answering the ads in the Daily News. Jasper belongs to an Episcopal church in Ravenswood and on certain Sundays He enjoys chanting the Nicene creed with his daughters on each side of him joining their voices with his. If the preacher repeats old sermons of a Sunday, Jasper's mind wanders to his 700-acre farm and how he can make it produce more efficiently And sometimes he speculates on whether he could word an ad in the Daily News so it would bring more women and girls out to his farm and reduce operating costs. Mrs. Pietro Giovannitti is far from desperate about life; her joy is in a child she knows will arrive to her in three months. And now while these are the pictures for today there are other pictures of the Giovannitti people I could give you for to-morrow, And how some of them go to the county agent on winter mornings with their baskets for beans and cornmeal and molasses. I listen to fellows saying here's good stuff for a novel or it might be worked up into a good play. I say there's no dramatist living can put old Mrs. Gabrielle Giovannitti into a play with that kindling wood piled on top of her head coming along Peoria Street nine o'clock in the morning.
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You had become an expert at Helping people go You knew exactly what they needed if they were going to palm tree skies or to breath that always looked minty fresh You had become an expert at Filling bellies You knew exactly how to gauge The potential of the suitcase according to all Scheduled meetings and recreational activities You had become an expert at Letting things through You knew exactly how to pull The thread through all his loose buttons While you waited for him to come back. You sewed back his negligence with fingers suppressed with haldi* That pushed deep into your nails like A home remedy for faster fingers, You watched reruns of who’s the boss Switching between Reversed gender roles and Madhuri dixit. When you ran out of buttons to sew you Opened up the windows so the dust can Bake you a cake on the shelves So you could eat it all on your own, with one clean sweep. It is your birthday. Everyday the clock is like a see saw you sit on all alone while he is on a swing set with his feet pushing the ground he knows how to move on his own how to touch the sky - you were never taught how to be your own friend. But it is never too late to make friends. Have you ever tried the slide? there are no limits To how many times you can climb So slide, glide let go of gravity, undress from reality We keep shedding like the moon, glowing like torches inside us that help us stand out from the crowd. take your turmeric magic and build a fire with the friction of your spine and your mind sprinkle it on the crackling heat... we all need fire to keep us warm.
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Sep 8, 2013
Sep 8, 2013 at 9:38 AM UTC
While he's gone...
You had become an expert at Helping people go You knew exactly what they needed if they were going to palm tree skies or to breath that always looked minty fresh You had become an expert at Filling bellies You knew exactly how to gauge The potential of the suitcase according to all Scheduled meetings and recreational activities You had become an expert at Letting things through You knew exactly how to pull The thread through all his loose buttons While you waited for him to come back. You sewed back his negligence with fingers suppressed with haldi* That pushed deep into your nails like A home remedy for faster fingers, You watched reruns of who’s the boss Switching between Reversed gender roles and Madhuri dixit. When you ran out of buttons to sew you Opened up the windows so the dust can Bake you a cake on the shelves So you could eat it all on your own, with one clean sweep. It is your birthday. Everyday the clock is like a see saw you sit on all alone while he is on a swing set with his feet pushing the ground he knows how to move on his own how to touch the sky - you were never taught how to be your own friend. But it is never too late to make friends. Have you ever tried the slide? there are no limits To how many times you can climb So slide, glide let go of gravity, undress from reality We keep shedding like the moon, glowing like torches inside us that help us stand out from the crowd. take your turmeric magic and build a fire with the friction of your spine and your mind sprinkle it on the crackling heat... we all need fire to keep us warm.
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I’ve recently developed a hypothesis It’s crazier than the idea of an atheist The truth is the hardest pill to swallow when it stings like a vaccination So I’m dealing with the fact that my love may be broken I’ve had a broken heart but those can be repaired With time, effort and divine intervention The fibers of the heart can be re-stitched together But my love – my ability to love – seems to be destructive When you care too much, you lose what you wanted most I wanted you; so I said so That worked like a poison, numbing your feelings for me My love is like a broken boomerang I throw it out with heartfelt emotions Hoping and waiting for your love in return But my love never comes back at all It doesn’t even come back as a letter ‘returned to sender’ It simply died when it was on its way Whether in your negligence or on the journey love take us on My love died like a single drop of water in the desert I wish I could figure out the enigma of love and the defect mine seems to have My love is broken like a bird without her wings Grounded against her nature and denied to possibilities of true life My love is withering in my own heart – you can only love yourself so much I was ready to give you all I am But somewhere along the way I feel like my love is not only broken… I tried another time to love another soul My broken love had a heart attack and died in route to the grave It wasn’t taken to a hospital because my love was a lost cause Something unworthy of its name; love My love was never seen as love by any other being It was seen as infatuations or crushes that crushed life out of attraction So now that my love is dead, what do I have to offer the world? We all respond to lost love in our own way I would fight until I had no breath or strength – then again Maybe it’s not my love you need, or even want That’s the trouble with loving you I overstep, overlook and over-wish My love was just too strong for it’s own good Now I weep in the arctic for the faithless cruelty An arctic that I call summer from the frozen tundra of my heart Hell has frozen over – hell has become my heart
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Aug 20, 2012
Aug 20, 2012 at 7:40 PM UTC
Hypothesis of My Broken Love
I’ve recently developed a hypothesis It’s crazier than the idea of an atheist The truth is the hardest pill to swallow when it stings like a vaccination So I’m dealing with the fact that my love may be broken I’ve had a broken heart but those can be repaired With time, effort and divine intervention The fibers of the heart can be re-stitched together But my love – my ability to love – seems to be destructive When you care too much, you lose what you wanted most I wanted you; so I said so That worked like a poison, numbing your feelings for me My love is like a broken boomerang I throw it out with heartfelt emotions Hoping and waiting for your love in return But my love never comes back at all It doesn’t even come back as a letter ‘returned to sender’ It simply died when it was on its way Whether in your negligence or on the journey love take us on My love died like a single drop of water in the desert I wish I could figure out the enigma of love and the defect mine seems to have My love is broken like a bird without her wings Grounded against her nature and denied to possibilities of true life My love is withering in my own heart – you can only love yourself so much I was ready to give you all I am But somewhere along the way I feel like my love is not only broken… I tried another time to love another soul My broken love had a heart attack and died in route to the grave It wasn’t taken to a hospital because my love was a lost cause Something unworthy of its name; love My love was never seen as love by any other being It was seen as infatuations or crushes that crushed life out of attraction So now that my love is dead, what do I have to offer the world? We all respond to lost love in our own way I would fight until I had no breath or strength – then again Maybe it’s not my love you need, or even want That’s the trouble with loving you I overstep, overlook and over-wish My love was just too strong for it’s own good Now I weep in the arctic for the faithless cruelty An arctic that I call summer from the frozen tundra of my heart Hell has frozen over – hell has become my heart
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Oh so many words with no way of forming logic so many words trapped in confusion So many words dying to be heard to be admired to be out gagging me but I just can't find my voice. I just can't make it come out. I'm alive, I'm breathing. I walk around but I'm not really living. Its the Pain. I can feel it cursing through my veins with tears streaming down and staining my face. Eroding all the life left on my face. I've lived so long in this low I don't really know what a high feels like no more. Even in love I'm down low and mournful. Insecure and pitiful. Crazy if you ask me. I know I have to get out this cycle but this low has stolen all my dreams like a quiet thief in the night,. Stolen my voice and I'm left with this burning desire for greatness with an empty vision. Because my dreams were too fragile , like a fetus in the womb killed by negligence and under nourishment. Or better yet ripped out by metal rods poking prodding in a ***** hidden backyard ally. I prayed. I cry. I believed. I cry. I had faith. I cry. I even used to look up to the stars and the moon. Mostly past tense now. Because nothing ever really came out of it. My hopes became the barren womb of a woman failing to produce. All past tense. But I still cry as if pouring my soul into this water that leaves my body will appaul the gods enough to have pity on me. Restore my faith and recharge my halo cause its been running on reserves for so long.  As though I'll finally see the God everyone raves about. As though I'll find my destiny. But I just end up dusting my rags and bearing this load that's nearly taken my life by my own hand so many times I could feature on a comedy. A cliche but I have a void in my heart. I tried ignoring it. Filing it with nonsensical things that always dry out. At a point I thought I'd found a solution but my heart now in pieces I learnt never to trust in a human what you can't do yourself. I let somebody take me through the fiery lanes of hell to leave me there Oh so many words with no way of forming logic so many words trapped in confusion so many words gagging me but I just can't find my voice. I just can't make it come out. So many words dying to be heard to be admired to be out. But I'm at a loss.
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Jan 15, 2014
Jan 15, 2014 at 7:20 AM UTC
Not A Poem
Oh so many words with no way of forming logic so many words trapped in confusion So many words dying to be heard to be admired to be out gagging me but I just can't find my voice. I just can't make it come out. I'm alive, I'm breathing. I walk around but I'm not really living. Its the Pain. I can feel it cursing through my veins with tears streaming down and staining my face. Eroding all the life left on my face. I've lived so long in this low I don't really know what a high feels like no more. Even in love I'm down low and mournful. Insecure and pitiful. Crazy if you ask me. I know I have to get out this cycle but this low has stolen all my dreams like a quiet thief in the night,. Stolen my voice and I'm left with this burning desire for greatness with an empty vision. Because my dreams were too fragile , like a fetus in the womb killed by negligence and under nourishment. Or better yet ripped out by metal rods poking prodding in a ***** hidden backyard ally. I prayed. I cry. I believed. I cry. I had faith. I cry. I even used to look up to the stars and the moon. Mostly past tense now. Because nothing ever really came out of it. My hopes became the barren womb of a woman failing to produce. All past tense. But I still cry as if pouring my soul into this water that leaves my body will appaul the gods enough to have pity on me. Restore my faith and recharge my halo cause its been running on reserves for so long.  As though I'll finally see the God everyone raves about. As though I'll find my destiny. But I just end up dusting my rags and bearing this load that's nearly taken my life by my own hand so many times I could feature on a comedy. A cliche but I have a void in my heart. I tried ignoring it. Filing it with nonsensical things that always dry out. At a point I thought I'd found a solution but my heart now in pieces I learnt never to trust in a human what you can't do yourself. I let somebody take me through the fiery lanes of hell to leave me there Oh so many words with no way of forming logic so many words trapped in confusion so many words gagging me but I just can't find my voice. I just can't make it come out. So many words dying to be heard to be admired to be out. But I'm at a loss.
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took 3 years for our orbit to weave such serendipity then you quickly leave took too long me for to finally see such negligence, green to brown leaves took every ounce of me to not bottle it away such strength it took to continue the day took too long for me to finally be ok dangerous, nefarious, warped awareness welcome back to the grey
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Sep 14, 2023
Sep 14, 2023 at 2:40 PM UTC
Changing hues
Lets talk about etiquette.. And if its morally good if not heaven sent.. The standards of man is irrelevant..To a man of God.. Can't rule over me if it lacks Biblical relevance No hats in church what's your scripture reference I looked and couldn't find a trace of evidence Doesn't mean  that God is in it.. just because it sounds intelligent Sounds like a lack of truth..in your Bible study there is negligence So in your mind I'm not a man if i don't represent what you represent. I was raised by a woman...well the gift of both parents I didn't have death shook my past but  there's a new father in the present,.. This life he gave..I was saved are you saved... Ruled by the standards of man makes you a slave.. Sad sight to see one embrace shackles and chains A man name Jesus said to embrace change.. Father, Son, Holy spirit one in the same.. To choose the contrary over Gods teaching is to embrace flames.. And God doesn't send use to Hell we make the choice we are blame.. Let's talk about etiquette It is morally good only if its heaven sent.. The standards of God has relevance..To a man of God its never irrelevant.. Only makes statements a pond the truth from Biblical reference.. If asked to give evidence.. It is given with love and Godly intelligence Hard to find reproach when the Bible is used contrary to  negligence... I cannot represent what you represent.. Despite not having both parents in the past I am  fine with Father God in the present.. His life he gave.. Represent being saved to live by God standards is what releases the  shackles and chains.. Its a beautiful thing when I think how Jesus releases the change. The Father, the Son and the Holy spirit simple and plain.. To choose Gods teaching over mans is to escape the flames.. One choice to die for us then rise into eternal life Jesus is to blame..
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May 23, 2013
May 23, 2013 at 12:40 AM UTC
Etiquette
Lets talk about etiquette.. And if its morally good if not heaven sent.. The standards of man is irrelevant..To a man of God.. Can't rule over me if it lacks Biblical relevance No hats in church what's your scripture reference I looked and couldn't find a trace of evidence Doesn't mean  that God is in it.. just because it sounds intelligent Sounds like a lack of truth..in your Bible study there is negligence So in your mind I'm not a man if i don't represent what you represent. I was raised by a woman...well the gift of both parents I didn't have death shook my past but  there's a new father in the present,.. This life he gave..I was saved are you saved... Ruled by the standards of man makes you a slave.. Sad sight to see one embrace shackles and chains A man name Jesus said to embrace change.. Father, Son, Holy spirit one in the same.. To choose the contrary over Gods teaching is to embrace flames.. And God doesn't send use to Hell we make the choice we are blame.. Let's talk about etiquette It is morally good only if its heaven sent.. The standards of God has relevance..To a man of God its never irrelevant.. Only makes statements a pond the truth from Biblical reference.. If asked to give evidence.. It is given with love and Godly intelligence Hard to find reproach when the Bible is used contrary to  negligence... I cannot represent what you represent.. Despite not having both parents in the past I am  fine with Father God in the present.. His life he gave.. Represent being saved to live by God standards is what releases the  shackles and chains.. Its a beautiful thing when I think how Jesus releases the change. The Father, the Son and the Holy spirit simple and plain.. To choose Gods teaching over mans is to escape the flames.. One choice to die for us then rise into eternal life Jesus is to blame..
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