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In The Prison Of Winter, No Rise, No Set orbit nearly closed, the radio announcer gleefully chirruping, the twittering fool, "only ** graves to X off till                                                spring" the weight of the prior the wait of the more no matter how little yet to come                     too much insufferable having suffered multiple life sentences you snit **** u don't know better, ha, they don't even run                                          concurrently there are no sunsets in the girding grays of harsher enough and words that fail me, are the winners in the winter of the **** tests and hunts, I have successfully                                  failed of course I'm wrong you petulant hobgoblin wringing nyet from me you'll get no concession, **** science, there are no sunsets in the winter and the sunrises, short unsweetened, light-less, less of less, frigid glaring revealers of dead trees and deader                     men maybe in the Rockies, perhaps the Alps, wonderlands photoshopped, pretty lies on the Internet BS posted where I live, wear the wear the weary neath the sweat stink of layers of unbundled choking hands, winter's damage assessed and assessment is never overdue, payable in                                              immediacy heating bills I can't pay, a job that said no more of you, unpretty please, a woman who sorcerer-scarced herself right freaking black magic quick, trust me I have certified verified, me and Nixon, X's on the kitchen calendar, there is daylight, there is mighty night, almighty in long and colorless and nothing in between, but the smog stained slush of                                                     smothered life but definitely no sunrises and no sunsets watched all day from the imprisoning kitchen window which doubles as a **** you                        mirror there are no, not any, you know what, cannot even say them, the pipe dreams of better yet, pipes that have beaten down me and my disassociated senses, signed sealed and now delivered, from the formerly known as The Summer Man
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Mar 14, 2015
Mar 14, 2015 at 9:39 AM UTC
In the Prison of Winter, No Rise, No Set
In The Prison Of Winter, No Rise, No Set orbit nearly closed, the radio announcer gleefully chirruping, the twittering fool, "only ** graves to X off till                                                spring" the weight of the prior the wait of the more no matter how little yet to come                     too much insufferable having suffered multiple life sentences you snit **** u don't know better, ha, they don't even run                                          concurrently there are no sunsets in the girding grays of harsher enough and words that fail me, are the winners in the winter of the **** tests and hunts, I have successfully                                  failed of course I'm wrong you petulant hobgoblin wringing nyet from me you'll get no concession, **** science, there are no sunsets in the winter and the sunrises, short unsweetened, light-less, less of less, frigid glaring revealers of dead trees and deader                     men maybe in the Rockies, perhaps the Alps, wonderlands photoshopped, pretty lies on the Internet BS posted where I live, wear the wear the weary neath the sweat stink of layers of unbundled choking hands, winter's damage assessed and assessment is never overdue, payable in                                              immediacy heating bills I can't pay, a job that said no more of you, unpretty please, a woman who sorcerer-scarced herself right freaking black magic quick, trust me I have certified verified, me and Nixon, X's on the kitchen calendar, there is daylight, there is mighty night, almighty in long and colorless and nothing in between, but the smog stained slush of                                                     smothered life but definitely no sunrises and no sunsets watched all day from the imprisoning kitchen window which doubles as a **** you                        mirror there are no, not any, you know what, cannot even say them, the pipe dreams of better yet, pipes that have beaten down me and my disassociated senses, signed sealed and now delivered, from the formerly known as The Summer Man
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Soulless, We quenched our dreams with thirst; bought the heavens, Waving a country of radio love As fee, United under one Internet Two Chocolate paper ******* announcements And $6 New York Halal meat. The mortal man always drinks his sea-- So ask your doctor about Nixon And lift the verbs off your skirt For Nemo who replaced Icarus And now twerks at synods With strip club oven oil glued To his left fin; The same one God used to bet Satan over the soul of man.
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Aug 8, 2013
Aug 8, 2013 at 7:20 PM UTC
If Abe Lincoln had a twitter account
unsuccessful potatoes & you found a tree in the ocean i spent the afternoon digging, digging my fingernails into my own fear of commitment the fear of my own reputation now the cat's in heat & richard nixon (the dog) is teasing her with his trump card she takes it & squeezes it very gently then rips it open madly & snarls & it oozes and drips out of her mouth we all pick up a thousand pieces of a minute i cremated my sister this morning & new spirits arrived at my doorstep before noon they sang to me of instinct, whinnying about the antique zenith up in cheyenne "gimmie some secrets" she said so i carved them into my arm into a minotaur's chest into a giant looking glass into a wooden boat & i set sail for the sundial, "there is no truth" my eyes are wax & the ocean means nasty filth but everything is useless now frogs carry high powered harmonicas & walk into the spells of Poe & into the hexagrams of Hamlet i do not want to carry a pitchfork across some godforsaken desert i do not want to feel my own evaporation while the real artists brood in the meantime i want to waste away on a slushy evening i will live in my armpit & hate you & never wear deodorant "your mind is small--it is limited--why must you understand?"
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Jan 10, 2012
Jan 10, 2012 at 9:11 PM UTC
supper ruined
Peculiar Agreed? How ******** clad lassies Get the pass to show their *** Long as nobody touches Jiving gyrations In counter-clockwise rotation Seldom unescorted by damnation By God, sense the relation She's losing her patience Can't afford to be a patient So being patient... That **** is ancient Swanging ******* before eyes Eyes that can't see Eyes blind by the fuckery ***** get hickory And the tic tickory of the clock Stops Drop drop Shake that body for the coin Make those men yearn to join Their meat to your groin Blind men throw out the presidents Nixon Jackson Benjamin Facts is That these hoes stay cashing in More than ****** busting traps And toting gats to make stacks Peculiar Agreed? How a ***** sell and smoke **** High off they own supply Baby mamas multiply Covered all the **** by a lie Making these young girls cry And the innocent have to die For this boy to strive When you mad at the *** clap Fat *** on a mans lap Slow wine then fast Slow grinding for cash But no harm is caused No obstruction of laws But men be a "Boss" & a woman... A loss
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Oct 19, 2013
Oct 19, 2013 at 1:47 AM UTC
Stripper Love
A dying man does nothing easy,“Lock and load. Let's do it”,said G.W. Green Right before Jack Pursley sent 3-5 grams of sodium thiopental coursing through his veins in Texas. Sticking with the states motto it was probably 5. As lethal drugs flowed into his arms, he used an obscenity to describe life, gasped once and made no further movement. Imagine his brief confidence in the face of this adversity, before the heart’s blood Settled in the ventricles. Some have called such confidence a monstrosity titled, “Hubris”-- Alexander of Macedonia thought it necessary, to cross the turbulent river against fear -ful odds. For destiny demanded imitation of his exemplar Achilles Quickly eroded was this by the pleas of Parmenio, who reasons it would be,“failure at the outset.” Imagine Alexander reciting the words of G.W. Green, instead of heeding to this squelching caution How quickly we’d throw this decisions bones in the pile, with ****** In Stalingrad & Nixon in Vietnam All to be shoved in to, a mass grave of faulted zealots. Covered with soil, bitter compost not to be forgotten Rosemary sprouts next to a burning bush in Iraq.
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Dec 25, 2012
Dec 25, 2012 at 5:36 AM UTC
Hubris and History
I have a new big brother He's dressed in tory blue He's not just my big brother I think he's your bro too! He sits up in his tower Pulling strings across the land But when a string of his should break It's not his *** that gets canned I found out my incumbent Goes to Africa every year In fact I'm told he stays there For as long as he stays here I don't really believe it But you know it must be true My Big Brother called to tell me I'm surprised that he got through Six months away is what we're told Glen Pearson spent away But tales like this sound more like they Were told by Stockwell Day So late at night, my phone did ring To tell me how to vote They told me how the Liberals Were up the creek without a boat I know that I'm supposed to go To the church across the street That's where the poll is and I know It's where our local voters meet But when my bro called down to me And said, "You don't go there" This time you vote in Ingersoll There is no line up there My big brother said we were wrong His party would not stoop To do phone calls to folks like us That was a bunch of **** Why would he lie, he is the King I've read his license plate He's my brother, one I'm told That holds on to my fate His party gave out tax rewards To companies for jobs They took all of the money And they closed the shop down....slobs It's funny how one person can Phone ridings, not one missed But I can't get their calls to stop And I'm on the no call list Robo calling is what it is A heinous crime at best Nixon used it in the States Although he never did confess Comparing my Big Brother now To Tricky Dicky Nixon Well, I've got to say Those PC's sure know just the way to fix one. To hang one man out for this task It surely can't be true I wonder if he'll change his mind And his suit of Tory Blue I ask around and all I hear is I voted NDP So, how in hell, explain to me they'e a majority I know that my Big Brother Would not do such a thing Excuse me for a moment But my phone's about to ring!
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Jun 30, 2012
Jun 30, 2012 at 6:59 PM UTC
My Big Brother
I have a new big brother He's dressed in tory blue He's not just my big brother I think he's your bro too! He sits up in his tower Pulling strings across the land But when a string of his should break It's not his *** that gets canned I found out my incumbent Goes to Africa every year In fact I'm told he stays there For as long as he stays here I don't really believe it But you know it must be true My Big Brother called to tell me I'm surprised that he got through Six months away is what we're told Glen Pearson spent away But tales like this sound more like they Were told by Stockwell Day So late at night, my phone did ring To tell me how to vote They told me how the Liberals Were up the creek without a boat I know that I'm supposed to go To the church across the street That's where the poll is and I know It's where our local voters meet But when my bro called down to me And said, "You don't go there" This time you vote in Ingersoll There is no line up there My big brother said we were wrong His party would not stoop To do phone calls to folks like us That was a bunch of **** Why would he lie, he is the King I've read his license plate He's my brother, one I'm told That holds on to my fate His party gave out tax rewards To companies for jobs They took all of the money And they closed the shop down....slobs It's funny how one person can Phone ridings, not one missed But I can't get their calls to stop And I'm on the no call list Robo calling is what it is A heinous crime at best Nixon used it in the States Although he never did confess Comparing my Big Brother now To Tricky Dicky Nixon Well, I've got to say Those PC's sure know just the way to fix one. To hang one man out for this task It surely can't be true I wonder if he'll change his mind And his suit of Tory Blue I ask around and all I hear is I voted NDP So, how in hell, explain to me they'e a majority I know that my Big Brother Would not do such a thing Excuse me for a moment But my phone's about to ring!
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When did news parody stop being funny? Was it somewhere between Alan Jackson’s 9/11 cash-in and Donald Trump’s hair? Was it BoJo stranded on a zipline over London, or Cameron’s alleged porcine relations (bizarrely black-mirroring fiction)? When did the news start doing Chris Morris’ job for him? When did they start pre-satirising the headlines? “No evidence mermaids exist,” says US Government. Swimming pool evacuated after prosthetic leg is mistaken for ********** Robots follow Marco Rubio to South Carolina. I swear, I didn’t make any of those up. The actors on Saturday Night Live are more statesmanlike than the Presidential Primary Candidates they’re lampooning. How the hell do they breed these creatures? These gurning, overgrown foetuses with their conveniently dead ****** sisters to get all wet-eyed and tumescent over, their boomingly hollow controversy and their total, catastrophic crashes of personality. These loathsome organic constructs who would seem more relatable and trustworthy if their image consultants made them wear Nixon masks for every public appearance. When did it all become this strange, sick spoof of itself? Is there no one left in Britain who can make a sandwich? Man dressed as penguin receives more votes than the Liberal Democrats. Piers Morgan given jail time for illegally hacking ‘phones and gloating about it. Okay. I made the last one up.
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Feb 14, 2016
Feb 14, 2016 at 6:07 AM UTC
Those are the headlines. God, I wish they weren't.
In an apartment on 53rd street A fire is burning Out of a keyhole & Into a cigarette. Smoke comes in walls & is heavier than rocks & it takes an artist To hate oneself. Moon-faced Serbians sipped Drain-O from sandals While red-lipped nomads Gazed & sharpened their blades. A fat lady walks in & Before she can say “Burger & fries” There are spears in her ears. The body is dragged to the River by sheepish failures, but The boxer knew what was afoot & Had removed all the water from the river. But no-one cared because a riot had Started in the streets “Flay the feminazis,” they chanted “Pour molten oil on the devout,” they screamed. & all the flat-eyed artists & all the drag-queen mobsters Danced around the fire like evolution & an ape got in the middle of it. His fingertips calloused His elbows like spears His eyes w/ more blood Than white. Richard Nixon or A Richard Nixon costume Entered stage right w/ Boxing gloves & cocktails. They would throw children Across the fire & artists on the other side would be Waiting w/ nets & knives. But then tear gas came & they cried & their Tears were like the eyes that Glinted at them. Out of a keyhole & Into a cigarette.
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Oct 1, 2013
Oct 1, 2013 at 2:13 AM UTC
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Oh Henry What a star you are! You always loved to be at the center of attention Your accomplishments in diplomacy are well known You brokered the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt You effected detente with the Soviet Union You opened up the way for Nixon in China You negated the Communist threat in Chile You said it yourself "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.” You have admitted that mistakes were "Quite possibly made" By administrations in which you served. You have questioned whether, 30 years after the event, "Courts are the Appropriate means by which determination is made". And Cambodia Henry? You were complicit In the illegal carpet bombing of neutral Cambodia Which sowed the seeds for the murderous Pol *** regime Pinochet was indicted for human rights violations Diplomacy is a ***** business You did what you thought needed to be done You remain cold and secretive Do you have any remorse or regret? The old Russian proverb is wrong Henry Time does not heal all wounds There is blood on your hands
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Sep 14, 2014
Sep 14, 2014 at 11:06 PM UTC
Henry Kissinger
In 1972, Nixon shook hands with Mao and the world turned its back on Taiwan. In 1972, Ceylon changed its name to Sri Lanka, Okinawa returned to Japan, and Jane Fonda became Hanoi Jane. In 1972, twin Olympics were held, hungry tigers on wooden skis dashing down the white slopes of Sapporo, while the streets of Munich ran red with the blood of slain Israelis. In 1972, Elvis was still the king, Elton wasn’t quite the queen and Prince was still a quiet teen. On September 21, 1972, Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos placed my grandmother’s homeland under martial law. I was born that day while my grandmother wept.
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Jan 5, 2021
Jan 5, 2021 at 9:17 PM UTC
1972
Into the Seasons of my mind I wander. The gentle laughter that teased my tender ears, Of my grandmother and her friends meeting, Like ladies used to do. The aroma of fresh baked cookies, cakes and pies, Wafting in the cool Autumn breeze. Back when women baked and were proud of it, Back when there was Time... Time to gather and just be glad to be together. No harmful gossip, just the joy of friends Willing to help each other through trials That Life throws. The strength of velvet bonds Tied together for the common good of all. Leading by examples, not needing to pontificate On the deportment young ladies should show. And me, proud to be included. My Grandma's Shadow, adding my Youth and exuberance to the occasion. Learning about Life on that vine covered porch. My apron was sized for my small frame, I wore a dress, like the ladies present always did. My hair coiffed, just because I wanted to make my Grandma proud. Oh yes, those were the days. Before emails and internet, When we spoke to each other and Learned how important communication truly is. Days, when it was good for girls to look like girls And be proud of approaching womanhood. Not subservient, but a partnership That made men proud. Yes, those were the Days! Unforced laughter, Able to face the world without fear, Because we knew "Good" would win. I'm grown now, I don't always wear a dress. I live in a "Man's" world, contrary to my early years. But I still smell the baking cookies, pies and cakes. I still sit on my front porch . My heart remembers my childhood Though I must adjust to this fast moving Life, I will always carry in my Soul, As I long for the days of Poise and Ivy. Deb Nixon
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Nov 27, 2011
Nov 27, 2011 at 3:18 PM UTC
Poise And Ivy
Into the Seasons of my mind I wander. The gentle laughter that teased my tender ears, Of my grandmother and her friends meeting, Like ladies used to do. The aroma of fresh baked cookies, cakes and pies, Wafting in the cool Autumn breeze. Back when women baked and were proud of it, Back when there was Time... Time to gather and just be glad to be together. No harmful gossip, just the joy of friends Willing to help each other through trials That Life throws. The strength of velvet bonds Tied together for the common good of all. Leading by examples, not needing to pontificate On the deportment young ladies should show. And me, proud to be included. My Grandma's Shadow, adding my Youth and exuberance to the occasion. Learning about Life on that vine covered porch. My apron was sized for my small frame, I wore a dress, like the ladies present always did. My hair coiffed, just because I wanted to make my Grandma proud. Oh yes, those were the days. Before emails and internet, When we spoke to each other and Learned how important communication truly is. Days, when it was good for girls to look like girls And be proud of approaching womanhood. Not subservient, but a partnership That made men proud. Yes, those were the Days! Unforced laughter, Able to face the world without fear, Because we knew "Good" would win. I'm grown now, I don't always wear a dress. I live in a "Man's" world, contrary to my early years. But I still smell the baking cookies, pies and cakes. I still sit on my front porch . My heart remembers my childhood Though I must adjust to this fast moving Life, I will always carry in my Soul, As I long for the days of Poise and Ivy. Deb Nixon
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Dead people are no doubt bored, so I'm sure these folks would be happy for free food and conversation. Of course, this is just a partial list, subject to addition and deletion. Feel free to add your own in comments. Buddha, but a light lunch. Jesus, but kosher of course. ****** come on, who wouldn't. James Joyce, just to mock him. George Washington, to try to catch him in a lie. Hemingway, but just for drinks. Reagan, to deliver some Depends. Bakunin, for mutual aid. William Butler, my ancestor who survived The Wheatfield at Gettysburg. Audrey Hepburn, but a date, not lunch. Ingmar Bergman, just to cheer me up. Ervin Schrödinger, about that cat. Shakespeare, because I've always wanted to meet an extra-terrestrial. Ezra Pound, to tell him he was right about usury. God, to let her know how disappointed I am. Richard Nixon, so I could drive a stake through his heart. Julia Child, just to hear her voice again. Lenin, because he was a self-starter. Mozart, because he would be fun. Emma Goldman, to dance. James Dean, as we look so much alike. Janis Joplin, because I might get lucky. Come on, I'm sure you can add to the list. Don't be shy, try. mce
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Apr 11, 2015
Apr 11, 2015 at 7:27 PM UTC
A Few People I'd Like To Have Lunch With When I'm Dead
Rubber faces. Foreheads sweat, stream clown makeup when cheeks meet. Sweet blood: corn syrup, water, starch. Lick then smell. Vampires pick jolly rancher debris from teeth. Blue fangs. A skeleton in the closet undresses a nun. Open door open window sit three cats. Watch the sun set. Crows murdered around oak trees. Darkness. Lights, music, karaoke, Elvis sings Franki Valli. Richard Nixon gropes a slutty nurse. Left hand, right breast. Alcohol permeates air. Skin, sweat. Touch. Marilyn Monroe hoards candy corn souped with beer broth in her stomach. Passes out. Steve Irwin wears a sting ray through his chest, ***** tail through his shirt, surrounded in blood. First place in the costume contest. Alter egos. Fred Flintstone feels snubbed. So does a saran wrapped girl. Nipples hidden with black fabric circles. Black balloons. Orange ones. Red balloons. Popped. Silent girl in white stands in the corner. Caresses a small bottle of cyanide in her fingers. Thumb, middle, pointer, pointed at Marilyn. She knows she will not wake up. They’ll call it suicide. Elvis finishes his song in a falsetto, Oh, what a night.
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Oct 5, 2010
Oct 5, 2010 at 10:46 AM UTC
The Night Before the Day of the Dead
Tax man been comin’ round my door What the hell from me he wanting for? Old man saying there been riots in the streets That this just the price to pay for civil society Young man laughs at the foolish game The Hebrews cried out, "Give us a King!" there can be no rule by reason, only trust in God but the people cry out for the human bond With a warning, the TRUTH spoke out a roar He will enslave your sons and send them off to war he will take the best of your best, and keep your stock as his own only trust in Me, and the order will form a higher dimension that no mortal can conceive Believe my people, please believe forget the untruth of the safety lie The world is chaos, and you will surely die No man can save you from this eternal fate so why not live free in your given days? There is a plan within our shared channel Let's trust in that and see the thought forms dismantled some call it the system Authority, man Taking from you, all that they can Giving back, what isn't theirs to give We can work together and surely live Free of the tax man, his burden is forced deny him the money that unquenchable thirst Necessary evil, some will say Look at coercion, monster I'll slay They preach peace while practicing War Nixon targeted Peaceniks to settle a score don't be fooled by the rebranding attempts the new boss is the old boss time and time again Our fathers are tired, so let's give them a rest Usher in the New World give it our best
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Jan 26, 2014
Jan 26, 2014 at 6:09 PM UTC
Today in the Panopticon Thought Form
Mr. President, why do you lie? Mr. President, why do you lie? Mr. President, why do you lie? Mr. President, why do you lie? President Nixon, cheated his way, into the office, almost got away. Got himself impeached, thought he could lie. Went down in history, as a bad guy. President Nixon, why did you lie? President Nixon, why did you lie? President Nixon, why did you lie? President Nixon, why did you lie? President Clinton, ********** on Lewinsky's dress, and sealed his fate. Thought they could hide it, but a close friend spews, all of the details, about the two. President Clinton, why did you lie? President Clinton, why did you lie? President Clinton, why did you lie? President Clinton, why did you lie? Obama says, we'll be out soon. Three years later, he looks like a buffoon. Sitting, scorched in desserts, in Iraq and Iran. Lying to become president, what a great plan! President Obama, why did you lie? President Obama, why did you lie? President Obama, why did you lie? President Obama, why did you lie? No one will get away, with lying today. Because when the government lies, everybody dies.
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Dec 5, 2011
Dec 5, 2011 at 5:54 PM UTC
Mr. President
BANG CRASH BANG CRASH HuuuuBANGmmmmm. WhCRASHir. I hold my fist in the air against a specimen that would commit genocide against me, a semi-sapien in that humanity is devoid. CRASH the people we call monsters. BANG the sound of nuclear omnicide. whiirrrr. If we all die, it'll be a great CRASH to ignore. FUCK'em; I'll toss my plastic in the heap if it means we melt off the planet or drown in our own eventuality. If it BANGs it's head voluntarily why's it white like a straight jacket [?], why's isn't it a criminal like Nixon, like no bird and two Bushes. CRASH CRASH BANG CRASH BANG CRASH Hum. Whir.
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Jun 21, 2014
Jun 21, 2014 at 3:46 AM UTC
"My Jaundiced Fingertips Couldn't Write a Convincing Vulgarity for Every Dead President of the United States."
Cómo conocieron las uvas la propaganda del racimo? Y sabes lo que es más difícil entre granar y desgranar? Es malo vivir sin infierno: no podemos reconstruirlo? Y colocar al triste Nixon con el traste sobre el brasero? Quemándolo a fuego pausado con ****** norteamericano?
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Xviii
I opened my eyes to a crystal day. Frost lay heavy on the ground. I look at my darkened Christmas Tree. There is silence all around. No one else astir at all. This is time for God and I. So, in this quiet of time alone, I wished this year good-bye. I thanked God for His blessings. So many, they were hard to count. His Grace for mistakes I made, Strength when troubles seem to mount. I shed tears of happiness With reflections of family and friends. For the good times and laughter, The times to make amends. My tears continued flowing. For my loved ones gone away. Their memories bright as diamonds For in my heart, they will always stay. Yes, this year was one of trials. But through tests, we are made strong. With no promises of tomorrow, I won't wait to right my wrongs. I thank God for His Mercy, His time He gives me, I'll use for good. And never take for granted, All the times I knew I could. For now, I shed the pain of the past. For the future, I'll grasp it tight. Knowing God is in full control, This next year will be brilliantly bright. I share with you my prayers. My loved ones, far and near. We'll make our mark in 2011 God's blessings for this coming year! Deb Nixon
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Nov 27, 2011
Nov 27, 2011 at 2:56 PM UTC
Reflections
he howled about the best minds of his generation   being lost, but I am not sure they were ever found   though I once lapped up his words like a cat with the sweet cream   or a ravenous dog licking the bottom of his bowl after a cold wet fast--yep, a dog, like that and who ever called us the dogs of war? canines don’t know **** about war: the waiting, the planning, the measuring, the murdering   they only know fear and what it tastes like to win what it sounds like to lose, but they didn’t choose   they didn’t have a moral dilemma when fur and teeth and flesh became a hot blur a la ****** cur, we, with our “best minds” he thought were festering were duped  only by ourselves, by our desire to believe the simple sweet lies rather than the shredding shedding truth   who could we blame? Walter Cronkite? Norman Mailer? John Wayne, Nixon or Peter Pan? yes, he howled; his howling wasn’t that of the wolf at the moon, revealing an eternal hunger for a full belly   but a desperate audible gasp for one honest line, one affluent aphorism before he slipped into the abyss I won’t give it to him, because I was one of the dogs of war not pretending to be wolf like he, not lamenting the loss of great minds, whatever the **** those are   I was washing the blood from my paws and snout trying to forget it came from some mother’s son   trying to silence the screaming of the other pups when they fell prey to my razor sharp teeth   given to me by the state, honed to perfection not by a washing of my brain, but a heart that lusted for the ****   long before I saluted my first flag, long before I swelled   with drunken pride at the bugler’s song, or marched in cadence with the deadly drums, he howled, but I didn’t hear an imploring sound when they lowered me into the godforsaken ground
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Dec 8, 2013
Dec 8, 2013 at 11:36 AM UTC
he howled (Allen Ginsberg is still dead)
he howled about the best minds of his generation   being lost, but I am not sure they were ever found   though I once lapped up his words like a cat with the sweet cream   or a ravenous dog licking the bottom of his bowl after a cold wet fast--yep, a dog, like that and who ever called us the dogs of war? canines don’t know **** about war: the waiting, the planning, the measuring, the murdering   they only know fear and what it tastes like to win what it sounds like to lose, but they didn’t choose   they didn’t have a moral dilemma when fur and teeth and flesh became a hot blur a la ****** cur, we, with our “best minds” he thought were festering were duped  only by ourselves, by our desire to believe the simple sweet lies rather than the shredding shedding truth   who could we blame? Walter Cronkite? Norman Mailer? John Wayne, Nixon or Peter Pan? yes, he howled; his howling wasn’t that of the wolf at the moon, revealing an eternal hunger for a full belly   but a desperate audible gasp for one honest line, one affluent aphorism before he slipped into the abyss I won’t give it to him, because I was one of the dogs of war not pretending to be wolf like he, not lamenting the loss of great minds, whatever the **** those are   I was washing the blood from my paws and snout trying to forget it came from some mother’s son   trying to silence the screaming of the other pups when they fell prey to my razor sharp teeth   given to me by the state, honed to perfection not by a washing of my brain, but a heart that lusted for the ****   long before I saluted my first flag, long before I swelled   with drunken pride at the bugler’s song, or marched in cadence with the deadly drums, he howled, but I didn’t hear an imploring sound when they lowered me into the godforsaken ground
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Prompt: Persona narrates what witnesses to a tragic accident do after the accident is over. Two days ago, Melody Nixon drowned after her car spun off the I90 Bridge and plunged into the water, trapping her inside her car like a prison. She was hit by a drunken college student, who wrongly assumed he was well enough to drive without any problem. On that night, Melody’s death was witnessed by two others. The first was Susan Baker, a successful business woman who spent more time in her office making plans and making deals to remember she was a mother. The second witness was Walter Price, a malignant *** who lived under the I90 Bridge during the summer. He had just felt the smooth familiar burn of his whiskey as it slid down his throat when he saw the two cars collide. After the accident, Mrs. Baker took a week off work and flew her family to Disney World, her sudden epiphany warning her to spend more time with her children. Walter Price took one last sip of his whiskey and smashed the bottle against the side of the bridge swearing it as his last drink; a hope for a different life. Melody’s father; however, could not seem to shake away the anger and the hurt from losing his daughter in such a tragic way. This was why the night of the funeral, he picked up a bottle of Captain Morgan and took his first swig of alcohol, starting his inevitable downfall, a routine pattern of crawling inside the bottle when reality became too much to bear.
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May 15, 2011
May 15, 2011 at 8:06 PM UTC
#8 Don’t Drink and Drive
I listen for the caramel sound of your sweet voice sitting on a weathered old bench at Vista 3 in Erna Nixon park the wind sighs where so many have waited I listen for the still small voice a mosquito whines in my ear and the lanky shadows of late afternoon backpacking through the swampy wetlands listen too…. flowers bloom, long trumpets from our ears I catch a glimpse of the One with lotus petaled lips and orange robes disappearing just beyond the vermilion horizon I run to catch up with You O elusive One always one step ahead of me listen to the pitter patter of my heart http://www.sairapture.com/karunanta-ranga.html
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Nov 20, 2015
Nov 20, 2015 at 11:38 PM UTC
Karunanta Ranga
I said I would zig And right then I zagged I tip toes into the vault Found the cold box Numbered 5545 And slid it out The treasure trove Of what you never wanted me to see Oh but I'm coy Confounding Slippery and seruptitous Admonished and allay Of any blame Cause you left the key On my ring And the doormen know my name Who needs a Nixon mask When you can walk right in With fling flongs and a parrot hat I came for what's in the back And when the sword was unsheathed The container cracked open The glow of your hidden life Shone upon What is now my bug bitten face But the the glow of horror A man can stand only so long And the chest And it's keepsakes Crashed onto the tile dropped But just before I faint I loose my liquid lunch
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May 31, 2013
May 31, 2013 at 2:01 AM UTC
Covert operations
You say the rate i'm going I'll be laying in an early grave But to bed and left to rest with no accomplishments to my name You say i better learn from my mistakes It's now or never to behave My mind is breaking My insecurities are looming Bringing me down way lower then i already am A ****** ****** loser Generation Why A ******* child of Nixon's drunks Born without talents or interests passed down upon INternet and social networking the hell with it The needle tears a hole And the hole never heals Because its always always scratched Never given time to let the wound scab And now their are scars on my arms Like tracks on the farm My mother she once said you better learn it right Or the bad habits you'll take to your grave I went away to rehab and now i'm still not right
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Aug 11, 2011
Aug 11, 2011 at 2:38 PM UTC
Early Grave unfinished
Pinnacle moments pass us by quickly and sharply. Cynical thoughts control the fear marking out goals in Sharpie. Mental games of why do I deserve such pain, even partly, and coinciding emotions of loss amongst those not even as lovely, I finally feel this pain heartily. One bad decision, one bad night, one terrible choice is the only ignition that was needed to begin the arson. My apology was weak and imitated the sincerity of a disgruntled garçon, still in disbelief that my train of thought was easily that of a ***** Love is a fickle sport we play and the secret formula is still out of my reach. I will metamorphize into the one who is cracking the glass towards the anticipatory breach. A lesson you subconsciously teach and I see that not all past stains can be cleaned with even the most powerful bleach. I now know how I hurt you with my actions and eternal contract breach, like Richard Nixon I deserve the death penalty charge of being impeached, making you now just out of reach. All I can say is sorry for all I have done, I love you, but I guess it's just a figure of speech.
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Dec 22, 2016
Dec 22, 2016 at 7:02 AM UTC
Out of Reach