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"newsflash" poems
The pressure’s building up I feel like soda that’s been dropped. I feel like I’m about to explode And I know that soon I’ll pop. I know what’s about to happen And I need to escape this room. Where I go, I don’t know. But I need to flee the impending doom. I need to get to the clinic. There I know I’ll be fine. They always knows what to do; But can I make it in time? But no, it’s too late. My soda bottle has blown. I am no longer able to move, for The seed of anxiety has grown. Now I’ve collapsed, and My rational side has died. I can’t handle this-make it stop! My strength is again being tried. All the techniques I’ve memorized Have completely flown my mind. All the things I have prepared Are suddenly unable to find. “Don’t forget to just breathe!” Ah, yes, the mantra of those “helpful” ones. Well, here’s a newsflash for you- Being told that helps NONE! My lungs are overworking now, And my heart is beating fast. And every single breath I take I fear it might be my last. My hands have spiders in them. My brain has gone offline. My vision’s getting foggy; Please- just don’t pass out this time. My mind is leaving my body And it’s floating freely in air. I’m no longer able to feel anything Please help me; I’m so scared. Now I’m descending back to my body And I can feel every atom around me. It’s too much-make it stop! Why can’t anybody hear my plea? Luckily I calm down Before my monster gets his way. He’s returning back to hiding now But I know he’ll soon come back to play.
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Jan 25, 2016
Jan 25, 2016 at 2:05 PM UTC
Panic Attacks Personified
The pressure’s building up I feel like soda that’s been dropped. I feel like I’m about to explode And I know that soon I’ll pop. I know what’s about to happen And I need to escape this room. Where I go, I don’t know. But I need to flee the impending doom. I need to get to the clinic. There I know I’ll be fine. They always knows what to do; But can I make it in time? But no, it’s too late. My soda bottle has blown. I am no longer able to move, for The seed of anxiety has grown. Now I’ve collapsed, and My rational side has died. I can’t handle this-make it stop! My strength is again being tried. All the techniques I’ve memorized Have completely flown my mind. All the things I have prepared Are suddenly unable to find. “Don’t forget to just breathe!” Ah, yes, the mantra of those “helpful” ones. Well, here’s a newsflash for you- Being told that helps NONE! My lungs are overworking now, And my heart is beating fast. And every single breath I take I fear it might be my last. My hands have spiders in them. My brain has gone offline. My vision’s getting foggy; Please- just don’t pass out this time. My mind is leaving my body And it’s floating freely in air. I’m no longer able to feel anything Please help me; I’m so scared. Now I’m descending back to my body And I can feel every atom around me. It’s too much-make it stop! Why can’t anybody hear my plea? Luckily I calm down Before my monster gets his way. He’s returning back to hiding now But I know he’ll soon come back to play.
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while there at 26 other people present in this room, i feel alone; or at least my mind has convinced me that i am. either way, it's nice i suppose. and i can't really focus on anything but do i really want to? i could honestly not care less whether Graph B is steeper than Graph A and how it has an equation of -2x-2. i don't care if it's a linear quadratic exponential or cubic root equation all i can seem to care about at this moment in time is you you keep trying to bust your way into my head and make a reservation like i have extra room. NEWSFLASH: i don't. but somehow, someway, you have made your way in. and i don't think you don't plan on leaving.
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Apr 3, 2014
Apr 3, 2014 at 9:54 AM UTC
please leave.
I...am a man No, I am a black man One who walks around with this curse mark upon his hand As he is drenched with this scorched abomination Frowned upon by society as if his very existence is a sin As if he asked to be born this way Well newsflash for all naive buffoons in the world, he didn't Now I'm a being who can envision himself soaking in his own blood Always afraid to walk out his front door  because if he does... He becomes public enemy number one Forcing him to duck behind cars Trying to dodge the bullet he got beaming towards his head I'm a dead man walking attempting to live a normal life But according to society I can't According to society I'm a foul beast who acts on impulses And goes on a rampage because simply can't help it So I must die before I'm even given a chance to prove myself I...am a man
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Jul 21, 2016
Jul 21, 2016 at 7:39 PM UTC
DBM
and i’m probably wrong, but- good. everyone else gets to be wrong, and be proud of it, and be supported in their fallacies shallow girls with their fickle girlfreinds so eager to agree that “guys **** hey, newsflash, if you want to earn the right to be so fragile, stop treating other people like they’re made of stone, and these girlfriends who are there for you now, was it only last week that they were all ******* and didn’t you hate them for all the things they said about you to each other behind your back (all the same things you say about them behind theirs) all the girls you would call fat and ugly then turn to me hours later for consolation about insecurities or insult to your own appearance, all the friends you forced me to get to know, then forced me to hate, the warnings you ignored, only to overreact at the end as if you didn’t know, and still somehow blame it or take it out on me. this is for the beanie baby turtle you made me throw out of the window because it was a christmas present to me from your now ex-best friend. this is for the girl i’ve known since i was a toddler that came to my dad’s fiftieth birthday party with my aunt who used to babysit us both. she came along because she thought it would be fun to see all the people that she hadn’t for the greater part of ten years. she came to see me. she was very beautiful. i forced myself to ignore her because i knew how you would have reacted. i will never forgive myself for that. i’ll probably never see her again. this is for the class i failed staying up the night before because “i HAD to call you” the night before the big test because you were so upset over something that was literally nothing at all and i told you it was stupid to act like it was a real problem but i still talked to you well into the early morning as i stumbled around the dark streets in the cold because i needed privacy to talk to you and my roommate was in the room. and so was my calculus book i was trying to read through. but no- you’re not selfish, that’s me. the truth is you need me more than i need you and the truth is when i first met you, you put on an innocent girl act but you were just a **** you and all your friends, the easy, broken girls who didnt get enough love, from semi-broken homes, who didn’t know what normal or okay were, and i gave you everything i could. and you took it all and then you took it for granted and then you took me so far in that i never could get back out i’m tired of being your soft spoken boy don’t tell me i’m inconsiderate. don’t tell me i’m not understanding. don’t tell me you love me when we make up. you wouldn't know the first thing about it.
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Jun 19, 2012
Jun 19, 2012 at 1:32 PM UTC
fight
and i’m probably wrong, but- good. everyone else gets to be wrong, and be proud of it, and be supported in their fallacies shallow girls with their fickle girlfreinds so eager to agree that “guys **** hey, newsflash, if you want to earn the right to be so fragile, stop treating other people like they’re made of stone, and these girlfriends who are there for you now, was it only last week that they were all ******* and didn’t you hate them for all the things they said about you to each other behind your back (all the same things you say about them behind theirs) all the girls you would call fat and ugly then turn to me hours later for consolation about insecurities or insult to your own appearance, all the friends you forced me to get to know, then forced me to hate, the warnings you ignored, only to overreact at the end as if you didn’t know, and still somehow blame it or take it out on me. this is for the beanie baby turtle you made me throw out of the window because it was a christmas present to me from your now ex-best friend. this is for the girl i’ve known since i was a toddler that came to my dad’s fiftieth birthday party with my aunt who used to babysit us both. she came along because she thought it would be fun to see all the people that she hadn’t for the greater part of ten years. she came to see me. she was very beautiful. i forced myself to ignore her because i knew how you would have reacted. i will never forgive myself for that. i’ll probably never see her again. this is for the class i failed staying up the night before because “i HAD to call you” the night before the big test because you were so upset over something that was literally nothing at all and i told you it was stupid to act like it was a real problem but i still talked to you well into the early morning as i stumbled around the dark streets in the cold because i needed privacy to talk to you and my roommate was in the room. and so was my calculus book i was trying to read through. but no- you’re not selfish, that’s me. the truth is you need me more than i need you and the truth is when i first met you, you put on an innocent girl act but you were just a **** you and all your friends, the easy, broken girls who didnt get enough love, from semi-broken homes, who didn’t know what normal or okay were, and i gave you everything i could. and you took it all and then you took it for granted and then you took me so far in that i never could get back out i’m tired of being your soft spoken boy don’t tell me i’m inconsiderate. don’t tell me i’m not understanding. don’t tell me you love me when we make up. you wouldn't know the first thing about it.
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Are you sorry for things you've done? For the violent attacks on your little son? "It'll make you a man" that's what you said As you kicked him and beat him around the head? Or do you still think that it's ok To treat your family that way? More secrets hidden over years gone by? Will you truly repent before you die? Well, forgiveness to you isn't mine to give After all your crimes do you really want to live With the consequences of what you've done? You blame it on trauma from carrying a gun? But you beat your wife and you beat your kid There's just no excuse for what you did You hide behind your public face Little man, you're a disgrace You thought that this was buried in the past But karma's a ***** and she's catching you fast For the people you pretend to have been your brothers Here's the kicker pal, some of us are mothers Here comes the reckoning for what you've done For the torture you visited upon your son So don't blame the job for what you did Newsflash - a warrior doesn't hit kids!
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Jul 22, 2015
Jul 22, 2015 at 10:10 AM UTC
No Excuse
Dislike to love love to hate hate to indifference Besties? don’t make me laugh ***** please you flaunt around like you own this place but NEWSFLASH you only think you do Nobody cares what you drink Nobody cares where you go Nobody cares who you **** You became selfish greedy a monster or were you just hiding? Try actually giving a **** sometime you hurt your “best friend” and she never got an apology none of us did Of course, we don’t have fights anymore we’re “over that kind of stuff” we’ve “grown up” but really you’re just not worth my time I’ll fake friends for now don't want unneeded drama come August it won’t matter you can sleep in the bed you made
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Feb 21, 2012
Feb 21, 2012 at 11:32 PM UTC
***** please.
I know what we have is really quite solid. But today I convinced myself of an earthquake. Perhaps it began on screen Some distant, modern tragedy. I felt The gravity You know the kind Some feel in a theme park ride At first It was a calculated calm A day in the park Vision shot through pixilated Bedding me under in **** fixation. Such is my kaleidoscope to our collective, defecate, fantasy. When the world turns 'round those candy colors dissolve into perfect fractals geometry. Single-file they beam-- pushing out pop-cultural enemas like frosting. And then— too bright! A riveting newsflash the kaleidoscope is cracked. flickering gasps. We watch a city as its body's streets-- collapsed. see the banner of blood now runs down the news anchor's face: There's been a catatonic quake. Interrupting this program the woman with a saccharine smile makes A Devastating Report: Yes. We're all undertow Evacuate then buy this ****** cream move and upgrade your resume The water broke and the oil spilled, but the economy is definitively under control. This puppetry is sedation by generalized asphixiation, this American Dream glaring from the T.V. screen is mindless work -our salvation- Harder work? Isolated suffering. What with toxic invasion, designer cantaloupe to nuclear waste, more storms and third world turnover rates. Higher and higher inflation, predatory insurance claims- minimum wage won't cover my education. Bloated babies not on T.V. and not in Africa but holding Mamma's hand loitering downtown, near the grocery chains. See the quake perpetuate: These are American hunger pangs. Occupy for Change.
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Aug 3, 2011
Aug 3, 2011 at 1:22 AM UTC
Quaking Times (99%)
I know what we have is really quite solid. But today I convinced myself of an earthquake. Perhaps it began on screen Some distant, modern tragedy. I felt The gravity You know the kind Some feel in a theme park ride At first It was a calculated calm A day in the park Vision shot through pixilated Bedding me under in **** fixation. Such is my kaleidoscope to our collective, defecate, fantasy. When the world turns 'round those candy colors dissolve into perfect fractals geometry. Single-file they beam-- pushing out pop-cultural enemas like frosting. And then— too bright! A riveting newsflash the kaleidoscope is cracked. flickering gasps. We watch a city as its body's streets-- collapsed. see the banner of blood now runs down the news anchor's face: There's been a catatonic quake. Interrupting this program the woman with a saccharine smile makes A Devastating Report: Yes. We're all undertow Evacuate then buy this ****** cream move and upgrade your resume The water broke and the oil spilled, but the economy is definitively under control. This puppetry is sedation by generalized asphixiation, this American Dream glaring from the T.V. screen is mindless work -our salvation- Harder work? Isolated suffering. What with toxic invasion, designer cantaloupe to nuclear waste, more storms and third world turnover rates. Higher and higher inflation, predatory insurance claims- minimum wage won't cover my education. Bloated babies not on T.V. and not in Africa but holding Mamma's hand loitering downtown, near the grocery chains. See the quake perpetuate: These are American hunger pangs. Occupy for Change.
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newsflash: no one is relationship material that's why everyone pretends maybe i'm a cool retro chick---or a hot biker mama we'll see what gains the most friendsss simple tasteful elegant and refined shall we go a courting Sir or do i cross your mind? Tired and unforgiving the judgements soon continue tried to play the dating game but then i got a call from Granny
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May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012 at 10:52 PM UTC
single still
I am not who everyone expects me to be, some think I'm a ditzy blonde who can't think for herself, some think I am one to be pushed over, repeatedly hurt, some know I have a brain, but expect too much from me. I do not even know myself anymore... always compared to my brother, my aunt, my cousins.... newsflash, I'm not them!! I am who I am. I am a teenage girl... I love classical music, I don't just hear the music, I feel it. I love the opera, there is so much emotion in these. I love the fine arts, music, museums, art. It's true I don't love reading, but yet my favorite book is 'To **** a Mockingbird'. I am homeschooled, so what? Homeschoolers are some of the most brilliant people out there, no one should call us dumb. I am a blonde, I'm not ditzy, I don't need everyone to tell me things I already know. I love nature, and photography. I am great at math, I love it, along with science. I have a 4.0 GPA. I'm not mall, gossip, and makeup. I am, sports, cars, weaponry, and music. I don't wear dresses, and skirts. I am gym shorts, jeans, tees. I am a fantastic cook, but I ain't no "house wife" type. I clean, but if I didn't who else would? I love kids, but not in my life until after college, and marriage. Do you get it yet? I am one of the most honest, trustworthy, kind person there is. I love easily, but I do not trust as easy. I trust no one, but I love, and get hurt. I am a broken spirit, I love, and I forgive too much, I am too trusting. No one knows me, like they think they do. I am who I am, not who everyone wants me to be.
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Jan 12, 2016
Jan 12, 2016 at 11:46 AM UTC
The truth
I am not who everyone expects me to be, some think I'm a ditzy blonde who can't think for herself, some think I am one to be pushed over, repeatedly hurt, some know I have a brain, but expect too much from me. I do not even know myself anymore... always compared to my brother, my aunt, my cousins.... newsflash, I'm not them!! I am who I am. I am a teenage girl... I love classical music, I don't just hear the music, I feel it. I love the opera, there is so much emotion in these. I love the fine arts, music, museums, art. It's true I don't love reading, but yet my favorite book is 'To **** a Mockingbird'. I am homeschooled, so what? Homeschoolers are some of the most brilliant people out there, no one should call us dumb. I am a blonde, I'm not ditzy, I don't need everyone to tell me things I already know. I love nature, and photography. I am great at math, I love it, along with science. I have a 4.0 GPA. I'm not mall, gossip, and makeup. I am, sports, cars, weaponry, and music. I don't wear dresses, and skirts. I am gym shorts, jeans, tees. I am a fantastic cook, but I ain't no "house wife" type. I clean, but if I didn't who else would? I love kids, but not in my life until after college, and marriage. Do you get it yet? I am one of the most honest, trustworthy, kind person there is. I love easily, but I do not trust as easy. I trust no one, but I love, and get hurt. I am a broken spirit, I love, and I forgive too much, I am too trusting. No one knows me, like they think they do. I am who I am, not who everyone wants me to be.
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I might be “Here,” And you might be “There,” Better yet, We might be both “Now,” But “Newsflash!” – The glass, Between us, Is just thick enough To let me see you, And keep you From hearing me.
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Jul 6, 2016
Jul 6, 2016 at 10:47 PM UTC
Activist X102
i get it i ******* up i get it im sorry im sorry im not reserved and obedient im sorry im not a genius im sorry im not always polite and kind but let's take a second and rewind ive never been the smartest or the most obedient i dont know why you think that would change or if you thought i'd rearrange my thoughts and my mentality let's face it - let's get back to reality take off this blindfold that covers the intense brutality im not your perfect child im not the kind loving daughter people always try to change me well stop-dont even bother they say your personality is set at age twelve well newsflash i've been like this since way before then and it is NOT going to change then again. maybe i do need to change but theres only so much i can do before i completely cease to exist. see to exist is pain for others so wouldn't it be better not to exist at all? to cease to exist is what state i wish for to sink in the depths to fall through the floor to melt out the windows and drip through the pipes if i were to cease to exist it would ease all the strife you wouldn't have to waste your breath and i wouldn't be "ruining the ******* family" that tone of your voice tears at the very last shred of composure my mind has to offer i feel trapped and negated call this a dramatic teenage "plea" but i've been going through it for far more long than you know see that brutal anxiety mocks me as i try to distract myself maybe there is something wrong with me eating inside my mind this thought has always come to me throughout this course of time i wish to know why it haunts me whatever did i do because when i think of that moment my mind splits into two by better judgement and conscious out one window and in comes through the door visions of slaughter and violence i am ashamed but can't ignore ****** maybe i am being over dramatic well **** now i really don't know. is there really something wrong with me? i am evil. so she says... twists the words so that it's my fault thats all i've ever thought but maybe it's actually my fault for not giving this a thought i cant seem to deal with this. cant melt or run or scream for this God gave me these trials to go through, but what if there isn't a God? amateur. **** horrible. you are a *** confused? you should be i am too. im just writing what im feeling because lately its the best i can do. music and writing- ill turn to you. it seems you're the only one that doesn't try to change me. maybe one day i'll change for better or for worse but for now it will remain a mystery
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Dec 7, 2012
Dec 7, 2012 at 4:27 AM UTC
the angry and confused thoughts of a teenager
i get it i ******* up i get it im sorry im sorry im not reserved and obedient im sorry im not a genius im sorry im not always polite and kind but let's take a second and rewind ive never been the smartest or the most obedient i dont know why you think that would change or if you thought i'd rearrange my thoughts and my mentality let's face it - let's get back to reality take off this blindfold that covers the intense brutality im not your perfect child im not the kind loving daughter people always try to change me well stop-dont even bother they say your personality is set at age twelve well newsflash i've been like this since way before then and it is NOT going to change then again. maybe i do need to change but theres only so much i can do before i completely cease to exist. see to exist is pain for others so wouldn't it be better not to exist at all? to cease to exist is what state i wish for to sink in the depths to fall through the floor to melt out the windows and drip through the pipes if i were to cease to exist it would ease all the strife you wouldn't have to waste your breath and i wouldn't be "ruining the ******* family" that tone of your voice tears at the very last shred of composure my mind has to offer i feel trapped and negated call this a dramatic teenage "plea" but i've been going through it for far more long than you know see that brutal anxiety mocks me as i try to distract myself maybe there is something wrong with me eating inside my mind this thought has always come to me throughout this course of time i wish to know why it haunts me whatever did i do because when i think of that moment my mind splits into two by better judgement and conscious out one window and in comes through the door visions of slaughter and violence i am ashamed but can't ignore ****** maybe i am being over dramatic well **** now i really don't know. is there really something wrong with me? i am evil. so she says... twists the words so that it's my fault thats all i've ever thought but maybe it's actually my fault for not giving this a thought i cant seem to deal with this. cant melt or run or scream for this God gave me these trials to go through, but what if there isn't a God? amateur. **** horrible. you are a *** confused? you should be i am too. im just writing what im feeling because lately its the best i can do. music and writing- ill turn to you. it seems you're the only one that doesn't try to change me. maybe one day i'll change for better or for worse but for now it will remain a mystery
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They've always told you to "pick your battles". But I'm coming to disagree with that whole concept. Here's to hoping you will too.                                                         Newsflash.                                                               Your choice isn't which battle to fight.                                                                       Never was. Because your choice was yesterday,    and the day before that,       and the year before that.                                                                                              Because your time to choose was then,                                                                                                 when you decided your values                                                                                                    and determined where you stand.                                                        From there,                                     your battles are clear,                 and you don't get to pick them.                                                                                To believe in something and not                                                                                                  fight for it                                                                                 is the highest form of falsehood.             Once you know where you stand, you fight the battles coming your way,                           no second thought.                                               So when they they tell you to pick your battles,                                                                     tell them to step aside,                                                          show them how little they know.                                            How duped they will feel,            finding out the war began a long time ago,                           and you're coming out ahead.                                                             Find your place on the battlefield,                                                                   not your place in a society                                                        that demands order with trembling lips.                                                                             See.                                                                                  You're already in this war,                                                                                            armed and ready. You're the commander. Pick your stance. But never your battles.
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Jan 7, 2014
Jan 7, 2014 at 11:25 PM UTC
pick.your.battles
They've always told you to "pick your battles". But I'm coming to disagree with that whole concept. Here's to hoping you will too.                                                         Newsflash.                                                               Your choice isn't which battle to fight.                                                                       Never was. Because your choice was yesterday,    and the day before that,       and the year before that.                                                                                              Because your time to choose was then,                                                                                                 when you decided your values                                                                                                    and determined where you stand.                                                        From there,                                     your battles are clear,                 and you don't get to pick them.                                                                                To believe in something and not                                                                                                  fight for it                                                                                 is the highest form of falsehood.             Once you know where you stand, you fight the battles coming your way,                           no second thought.                                               So when they they tell you to pick your battles,                                                                     tell them to step aside,                                                          show them how little they know.                                            How duped they will feel,            finding out the war began a long time ago,                           and you're coming out ahead.                                                             Find your place on the battlefield,                                                                   not your place in a society                                                        that demands order with trembling lips.                                                                             See.                                                                                  You're already in this war,                                                                                            armed and ready. You're the commander. Pick your stance. But never your battles.
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Dear white boys in my class I hear your whisper I see your fingers pointing I see the way your thin lips curl into a smile when I mess up Dear white boys in my white class When I raise my hand it’s because I have an answer Don’t mistake it for a request to be your servant Dear white boys in my class You think you’re smart huh? You think you’re the bravest? You think you have the most history? I’d hate to burst your small white bubble but it’s about time you got a true history lesson Dear white boy in my class You say my hair blocks knowledge to my brain Well remember when you got a 13 on the ACT Yeah who got the 32….oh right not you Dear white boys in my class You say because you took your friend back to the “hood” you’re brave That you were the minority so you know what it feels like to be me Well dear white boys in my class You don’t know anything! You live in a world where you make pit stops when you wanna feel “ethnic” Newsflash this isn’t ethnic this is my life One I wish to get away from Because my world is full of gun shots and drunk family members Of young black boys pictures hung up in church But you say my struggles don’t count That because it’s normal it’s not brave And you’re right Dear white boys in my class The bravest thing I’ve ever done in my life is what you call a right The right to an education To wake up and go to school where everyone is against me Because my voice is different Because my skin is deeper Because I’m too loud Dear white boys in my class You think you’re history is the richest huh? You only think that because it’s all they teach Let’s go back to when you were the refugees And my grandmother’s tribe was nice enough to take you in Your payment: ****** Dear white boys in my class It has been engraved in your mind That since all the books in school look like you they must be right Must be holy Must be the standard Well dear white boys in my class You say you’re the standard Yet my scores matter more on standardized tests Dear white boys in my class It must **** to have the one thing you’re “good” at to be taken by the black kids ***** to have all you ever worked for dragged away I would know It’s my life First line in my autobiography is “I worked hard to show I could do it, but forced to write another name on it” Dear white boys in my class Why do you assume that the only way to end your problem is to **** us? Dear white boys in my class My name is not Keisha My name is not Jaden My name is Trayvon Martin My name is Michael Brown My name is officer I can’t breathe My name is silence Dear white boys in my class On graduation day When we stand next to each other I want you feel my presence I want you to see my glow See the pride I bare on my face And stand behind the one you tried, but couldn’t hold back
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May 13, 2016
May 13, 2016 at 10:25 AM UTC
Dear white boys in my class
Dear white boys in my class I hear your whisper I see your fingers pointing I see the way your thin lips curl into a smile when I mess up Dear white boys in my white class When I raise my hand it’s because I have an answer Don’t mistake it for a request to be your servant Dear white boys in my class You think you’re smart huh? You think you’re the bravest? You think you have the most history? I’d hate to burst your small white bubble but it’s about time you got a true history lesson Dear white boy in my class You say my hair blocks knowledge to my brain Well remember when you got a 13 on the ACT Yeah who got the 32….oh right not you Dear white boys in my class You say because you took your friend back to the “hood” you’re brave That you were the minority so you know what it feels like to be me Well dear white boys in my class You don’t know anything! You live in a world where you make pit stops when you wanna feel “ethnic” Newsflash this isn’t ethnic this is my life One I wish to get away from Because my world is full of gun shots and drunk family members Of young black boys pictures hung up in church But you say my struggles don’t count That because it’s normal it’s not brave And you’re right Dear white boys in my class The bravest thing I’ve ever done in my life is what you call a right The right to an education To wake up and go to school where everyone is against me Because my voice is different Because my skin is deeper Because I’m too loud Dear white boys in my class You think you’re history is the richest huh? You only think that because it’s all they teach Let’s go back to when you were the refugees And my grandmother’s tribe was nice enough to take you in Your payment: ****** Dear white boys in my class It has been engraved in your mind That since all the books in school look like you they must be right Must be holy Must be the standard Well dear white boys in my class You say you’re the standard Yet my scores matter more on standardized tests Dear white boys in my class It must **** to have the one thing you’re “good” at to be taken by the black kids ***** to have all you ever worked for dragged away I would know It’s my life First line in my autobiography is “I worked hard to show I could do it, but forced to write another name on it” Dear white boys in my class Why do you assume that the only way to end your problem is to **** us? Dear white boys in my class My name is not Keisha My name is not Jaden My name is Trayvon Martin My name is Michael Brown My name is officer I can’t breathe My name is silence Dear white boys in my class On graduation day When we stand next to each other I want you feel my presence I want you to see my glow See the pride I bare on my face And stand behind the one you tried, but couldn’t hold back
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Newsflash Newsflash: There will be not any Christmas this year. Santa's elves are on strike for better pay and no Obamacare. The FAA has grounded Rudoph. So Santa has to use Twikle toes for more light. Santa's doctor told Santa to lay off the cookies because he won't get off the ground. The other reindeer wants more feed because they don't like carrots. So no Christmas this Year Boys and Girls.
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Oct 12, 2014
Oct 12, 2014 at 12:11 PM UTC
Newsflash
I'm a freak. A ****** That's what I'm known as. Or I could just be different. Who said your favourite colour had to be pink to be cool? Who made this rulebook? So what if I prefer combat boots to stilettos? What if I want to be different? I am me. Just. Me. And if you don't like it, you can ignore it! And, newsflash: You don't have to like me. I'm not a facebook status! Because you know what? I tried being normal. But it got boring. So I went back to being myself.
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Oct 18, 2012
Oct 18, 2012 at 8:12 AM UTC
Different
Why is she so Negative Is it because she thinks she's cool or because she is at school. Her negativity makes me sick I wonder what makes her such a never mind Newsflash woman People do have it harder than you Some people like to smile Some peole need inspirational quotes Some people are happy Im so sorry That you feel so Negative
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May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015 at 2:38 PM UTC
Negative
I found you there, lying on the tarmac, Dressed in a suit, your hair gelled back, People walking by, hadn't got a clue, Too busy in their minds, but I could see you, ~~~ Car's driving by, gesturing at each other, Unaware of a body, lying undiscovered, Commuters in the way, I struggle through the rush, Stubborn moans, as they refuse to budge, ~~~ Twisting my ankle, stumbling off the kerb, Knocked off the pavement, by this one way herd, Calling out to you, I asked if you're okay. You didn't respond, so still that you lay, ~~~ Checking your vitals, your eyes open wide, Ignoring my calls, like you wanted to hide, I call for some help, a policeman walks by, Oblivious to us both, as you let out a cry, ~~~ More people look around, they see you there, Rubber necking as they, gather and stare, The policeman asked, if you were okay, You didn't respond, so still that you lay, ~~~ Calling an ambulance, as commuters watch, A vagrant on a bench, clutching his scotch, People calling over, Will he be okay? We didn't respond, so still that you lay, ~~~ Arrival of a paramedic, and an off duty Nurse, Reading your vitals, talking chapter and verse, Interrupting them both, we asked if you were okay, They didn't respond, so still that you lay, ~~~ Movement of your eyes, as you whisper a sound, A moment of silence, as you look around, I lay down beside you, to listen to your words, The commuters muted, in their gathering herd, ~~~ You said ~~~ The reason I'm lying in the road is.... ~~~ Newsflash on the Radio, A city sleeps, Thousands laying down, Refusing to speak, We asked for an update, from commissioner grey, He didn't respond, so still that he lay, ~~~ End of Transmission
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May 25, 2014
May 25, 2014 at 2:30 AM UTC
There you lay
I found you there, lying on the tarmac, Dressed in a suit, your hair gelled back, People walking by, hadn't got a clue, Too busy in their minds, but I could see you, ~~~ Car's driving by, gesturing at each other, Unaware of a body, lying undiscovered, Commuters in the way, I struggle through the rush, Stubborn moans, as they refuse to budge, ~~~ Twisting my ankle, stumbling off the kerb, Knocked off the pavement, by this one way herd, Calling out to you, I asked if you're okay. You didn't respond, so still that you lay, ~~~ Checking your vitals, your eyes open wide, Ignoring my calls, like you wanted to hide, I call for some help, a policeman walks by, Oblivious to us both, as you let out a cry, ~~~ More people look around, they see you there, Rubber necking as they, gather and stare, The policeman asked, if you were okay, You didn't respond, so still that you lay, ~~~ Calling an ambulance, as commuters watch, A vagrant on a bench, clutching his scotch, People calling over, Will he be okay? We didn't respond, so still that you lay, ~~~ Arrival of a paramedic, and an off duty Nurse, Reading your vitals, talking chapter and verse, Interrupting them both, we asked if you were okay, They didn't respond, so still that you lay, ~~~ Movement of your eyes, as you whisper a sound, A moment of silence, as you look around, I lay down beside you, to listen to your words, The commuters muted, in their gathering herd, ~~~ You said ~~~ The reason I'm lying in the road is.... ~~~ Newsflash on the Radio, A city sleeps, Thousands laying down, Refusing to speak, We asked for an update, from commissioner grey, He didn't respond, so still that he lay, ~~~ End of Transmission
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And what's worse cursed with something of a conscience that despite being disrespected and ***** will not let me leave. Vulnerability pressed to the face of death with a smile stretched ear to ear bowed down under the weight of fear. Courageousness breaks heavy pain. I use it against you. Prostrate to the matrons I begged for your courage for me. Surprise Surprise Even when you hurt your loved ones You focus on yourself Surprise Surprise Even when you hurt someone you love You protect yourself You double down in the name of pride. Newsflash: Your children are smart enough to purposefully see that they never procreate if only for the world to both act Atropos on this overgrown carcinogen to humanity and slash the path of another hillbilly bloodline
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Jun 1, 2018
Jun 1, 2018 at 3:34 PM UTC
Hillbilly Bloodline
Bored still wanting answers for fun things to do......I'M GOING TO BOSTON SOON!!!YAY!I'm staying in Arizona for ONE more week WELCOME BACK soon SNOW LOL
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Dec 11, 2014
Dec 11, 2014 at 2:18 PM UTC
NEWSFLASH
I was half hung the **** over and feeling like total **** left to die. The ***** was gone and the room looked like someone had set a bomb off in a ********** . The phone rang out a ******* annoying *** banshee much like a Selena Gomez record sure everyone likes spoiled little ****** just not with the sound on. I answered the phone with all my southern charm. What the **** do you want ! ? There was a dead silence when finally a voice spoke on the other end. Um MR Robbins is this a bad time? Well considering I haven't had a drink and my head feels like it was hit by a plane nobody can find yeah sure it's a great ******* time. Well MR Robbins the man continued on about **** I could care less about going through his whole pitch trying to sell me some over priced life insurance . Yeah you got to love a paycheck you'll never see newsflash after I kick the bucket I don't give a **** if you roll me up in a carpet and toss me in a landfill . Well MR Robbins can we sign you up ? I paused just to simply to hold up the works and make you the reader say where the **** is he going with this **** My friend I get this is your job but the only thing certain in this existence is death and I have far better things and strippers to waste my money on than a fund for when I kick the bucket . Sure I could put money aside for a time I wont enjoy it, yeah and I could settle down get married become a regular dude who works his *** off till I retire to sit in a recliner **** myself and watch commercials about pills that'll give you a stiff **** and so many ******* side effects you'll do everything but glow in the ******* dark. There is no ******* promise of tomorrow kids so live your **** off today and **** the future we can only know the present. I slammed the phone down and poured what was left of a dead solider in a pint glass . It was bitter and almost warm and as I chased it with a good cigarette and thought to myself as the jukebox came to life . Dam I sure hope that was a beer if not someone probably needs to go to the free clinic . Stay crazy hamsters . Gonzo
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Mar 22, 2014
Mar 22, 2014 at 3:09 PM UTC
A Moment Of Reflection Yeah I'm Still Alive Gonzo
I was half hung the **** over and feeling like total **** left to die. The ***** was gone and the room looked like someone had set a bomb off in a ********** . The phone rang out a ******* annoying *** banshee much like a Selena Gomez record sure everyone likes spoiled little ****** just not with the sound on. I answered the phone with all my southern charm. What the **** do you want ! ? There was a dead silence when finally a voice spoke on the other end. Um MR Robbins is this a bad time? Well considering I haven't had a drink and my head feels like it was hit by a plane nobody can find yeah sure it's a great ******* time. Well MR Robbins the man continued on about **** I could care less about going through his whole pitch trying to sell me some over priced life insurance . Yeah you got to love a paycheck you'll never see newsflash after I kick the bucket I don't give a **** if you roll me up in a carpet and toss me in a landfill . Well MR Robbins can we sign you up ? I paused just to simply to hold up the works and make you the reader say where the **** is he going with this **** My friend I get this is your job but the only thing certain in this existence is death and I have far better things and strippers to waste my money on than a fund for when I kick the bucket . Sure I could put money aside for a time I wont enjoy it, yeah and I could settle down get married become a regular dude who works his *** off till I retire to sit in a recliner **** myself and watch commercials about pills that'll give you a stiff **** and so many ******* side effects you'll do everything but glow in the ******* dark. There is no ******* promise of tomorrow kids so live your **** off today and **** the future we can only know the present. I slammed the phone down and poured what was left of a dead solider in a pint glass . It was bitter and almost warm and as I chased it with a good cigarette and thought to myself as the jukebox came to life . Dam I sure hope that was a beer if not someone probably needs to go to the free clinic . Stay crazy hamsters . Gonzo
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You know what would be miraculous. The comprehension of reality among the populace in general. That would be a miracle. We live in an age where these twenty something tweens believe that they are all, One second from stardom. Newsflash! It doesn't matter how many people Follow you on Twitter, Friend you on Facebook, Or how many followers you have for your YouTube channel, If you can't find a single original thought for yourself In that pop music filled- Romance and Action movie watching- Book of the month club reading- Head of yours, If you can't think and feel for yourself YOU ARE NOT A STAR You are a hack. You are just normal. Like the rest of us. So stop trying to get discovered, And start Thinking, Feeling, And Creating Something for yourself. Something for the world to see. Something original. Because you can't get by on the coat tails of others forever. Sooner or later you will need to survive on your own. And then when you've created something on your own. Something worthwhile. Something from your heart. Then you have a chance. A small chance, But still a chance To be a star.
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May 29, 2015
May 29, 2015 at 1:10 AM UTC
One Second From Stardom
Lookin' back on a memory I seen the treachery scorn from.slavery No realness that's what I feel.in me blacks performing without the make up take a look around you coonin' for you the audience is the trick elites can **** a **** if that ain't feelin' my **** I shake up Hells Pits I'm telling the truth open up ya eyes I can't compromise this new ******** settin' us back centuries? Did Malcolm Martin and Edgers die for free??? Naw lookin' at the black community with an hawks eye view look how the new media spew pawnin' off all this garbage *** new pop emcees whites wanna be like me so bad they glamorize off us cause they kids can't feel us our real **** bust play only old school records that's my taste eradicatin' smiles off corporate elites pushin' Black face Now some say the past is the past how when I keep gettin' a newsflash about the past twelve years a slave the help now the butler I despise the ******** muthaphukka and they say I'm racist I spit the truth so what if it comes out chopped tooth blowin' brains on the roof once the topic is dropped **** all these phonies givin' them.props I swear these nigguhs be actin like cops steadily plottin' and waitin' See a brother rise consciously he's suddenly look down upon as an enemy to America's epitome yo I don't let the ******** worry me.bury me with no name no tears to follow I'll be remembered today but forgotten tomorrow but my young thugs you can make.a change powers in mind and pistols my word hit like missile blowin' minds like land mines watch me climb to the top though I'll be labeled as a hater lil deebie riff raff iggy is straight up trash I know there greater talent on the earth my own kind can get the shine but these white youth puttin' Hip hop on the flat line **** these company's pushin' Black face without the make up look at Andy and Amos straight racism now wake.up black America they lockin' us down and we ain't even makin' a sound sometimes I wonder if it worth dying for my peeps I rather conversate with the dead like they still here feelin' no no fear in this black face world
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Feb 25, 2015
Feb 25, 2015 at 7:40 PM UTC
Blackface
Lookin' back on a memory I seen the treachery scorn from.slavery No realness that's what I feel.in me blacks performing without the make up take a look around you coonin' for you the audience is the trick elites can **** a **** if that ain't feelin' my **** I shake up Hells Pits I'm telling the truth open up ya eyes I can't compromise this new ******** settin' us back centuries? Did Malcolm Martin and Edgers die for free??? Naw lookin' at the black community with an hawks eye view look how the new media spew pawnin' off all this garbage *** new pop emcees whites wanna be like me so bad they glamorize off us cause they kids can't feel us our real **** bust play only old school records that's my taste eradicatin' smiles off corporate elites pushin' Black face Now some say the past is the past how when I keep gettin' a newsflash about the past twelve years a slave the help now the butler I despise the ******** muthaphukka and they say I'm racist I spit the truth so what if it comes out chopped tooth blowin' brains on the roof once the topic is dropped **** all these phonies givin' them.props I swear these nigguhs be actin like cops steadily plottin' and waitin' See a brother rise consciously he's suddenly look down upon as an enemy to America's epitome yo I don't let the ******** worry me.bury me with no name no tears to follow I'll be remembered today but forgotten tomorrow but my young thugs you can make.a change powers in mind and pistols my word hit like missile blowin' minds like land mines watch me climb to the top though I'll be labeled as a hater lil deebie riff raff iggy is straight up trash I know there greater talent on the earth my own kind can get the shine but these white youth puttin' Hip hop on the flat line **** these company's pushin' Black face without the make up look at Andy and Amos straight racism now wake.up black America they lockin' us down and we ain't even makin' a sound sometimes I wonder if it worth dying for my peeps I rather conversate with the dead like they still here feelin' no no fear in this black face world
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Grow up and compromise because you can't win every time you can sure try but sometimes you have to share the victory and let me tell you that feels pretty great too Grow up and shut up not everyone is going to love you and there is bound to be at least one person you hates you for no particular reason but fighting with words behind their back will only make you more angry Grow up and listen your opinion is fan-frickin'-tastic but do you know you just regurgitated the quiet child's words someone else may have the solution and you would know that if you just took the time to hear it Grow up and stop listening find right and wrong for yourself stop caring what the girl behind you or the boy down the hallway is saying guess what, newsflash, it probably isn't about you! develop selective hearing so when people are being flat out dumb you can dance over their words Grow up and grow up it's fine to be a child but don't be stuck in your childhood there are better things ahead if you just compromise shut up listen stop listening you'll find your place and it will feel amazing and all those sickening words in the back of your head won't matter anymore Grow up
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Dec 8, 2014
Dec 8, 2014 at 10:25 PM UTC
Grow Up
Pitt A Poem by Corset How could anyone mistake her for a Pitt Bull? Those soft jowls and square headed wrinkles Sweet Mana-T, we are the Walrus Koo Koo ka choo... Pops with his skin on fire, a real hair -hell-raiser we didn't buy that white castle no moats, no boats no tight sunned mailman at the door pony tailed to his *** what... I'm old, ... not dead. makes the Buddha smile it does... She went and got herself all God polished, cartooned very High and very mighty, it's the only way to hang incognito, Sometimes overcome with joy, he is writing somewhere, like a lovers bite to the breast black and blue like bruising...like hickies tickle it makes him happy. in return, it makes me happy ...and weird **** just keeps ...happening... we should talk. No, Now I live on top of a garden, a virtual Gnomes paradise, the owner of this garden is a wrinkly Lady Gaga-Gnome centuries old thumping up to my door at three A.M. duct taping the bad news to the dark of my vacuum-less door. "You, ma'am- are breaking the rules" She; who thinks the homeowners association should KNOW about my extremely "timid hide under the bed at the slightest movement" This sable mini Shar pei-looking Pitt Bull- steel jawed Staffordshire Bull Terrier trembling at the reflection of her ferocious self. Newsflash: This just in...daughter... terror stricken...out shopping for handgun.
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Oct 10, 2016
Oct 10, 2016 at 11:12 PM UTC
Pitt