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There used to be a bottle on the wall. It was very green. I'm sure it was the loneliest green bottle that I had ever seen It used to sit on the wall all day and all night And every day, when I looked out of the window, it was always in my line of sight Then one day, a cat came along. Something was going to happen; I could tell The cat then accidentally nudged it and off the wall, it fell When it had fallen off the wall it had dropped with a very loud sound. There were all these little pieces of the green bottle all over the ground Then the cat yelped and I knew it had gotten hurt I could quite obviously see its paws were caked in blood and dirt The bottle wasn't harmful in the beginning it did not look the slightest bit treacherous but after a nudge in the wrong direction it became very dangerous Now I look back at you smiling next to me on the big armchair Your fingers running through your soft locks of hair. You remind me a lot of that green bottle. In the beginning, you were harmless you were all sorts of fun. Now you hurt me. Could you tell me why as I don't quite know what I've done
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Jun 5, 2019
Jun 5, 2019 at 4:34 PM UTC
Green bottle
It's funny how you apologise for slight and minimal accidents, but you don't give a **** about creating explosions of Hell. You're so ironic that your names could be the definition. I'd rather you'd have accidently nudged me than destroy my every thought.
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Mar 23, 2016
Mar 23, 2016 at 5:09 PM UTC
Untitled (23/3/16)
the girls had been chattering and laughing in the dining room when suddenly nan, zoey, and madison charged in the room. making everyone stop and look at them. "Alright ******* Madison stood with her arms crossed and an enraged look in her dark brown eyes. "who the **** stole my money???" she questioned. the girls just sat there and looked at her quietly. "okay, none of you broke *** hos want to fess up? you're ballsy enough to take my **** but you're not ballsy enough to stand up to me? i see" Madison shouted. sadness and hostility in her eyes and voice. "who took Madisons money? i wanna know right now!" Cassie stood up in anger. quickly rushing to Madisons aid. Madison nudged her alittle and rolled her eyes. Cassie folded her arms, mimicking exactly what Madison had been doing. "BROKE *** HOESSSS!" Cassie screamed, pointing at all the girls. Pyper rolled her big blue eyes and flipped her long crimson red hair laughing, "nobody stole your money you idiot, you probably just misplaced it." she laughed, fearlessly looking madison straight in the eyes. which made nan look at pyper very suspiciously as she read her mind. "hold my earrings please." Madison began to put her hair up in a bun. "what is going on in here?" Cordelia stormed in the room with her arms folded. "put your shoes on Madison." Cordelia looked at Madison in confusion. "nothing, Madisons spazing out because she thinks that someone took her money. and now she's getting all 'ghetto' and bent out of shape about it. taking her payless heels off like she's actually going to do something." pyper rolled her eyes and joked, making the rest of the girls laugh aswell. "payless? i only wear chanel." Madison flipped her hair. Nan looked Pyper in the eyes suspiciously, shaking her head from side to side. "i'm going to say this once and once only." cordelia shouted. "i will not have any fighting or steeling in this house. and if anyone is caught fighting or steeling, you will be expelled. it's a big bad world out there girls, up until now you've all lived very sheltered lives and i'd hate to send you out in it to fend for yourselves." Cordelia sighed. pyper got a very sad look in her eyes. "sheltered" she snickered, "right." Nan looked at pyper sadly, still reading her mind. "what are you looking at?" Pyper shouted at nan viciously. "i'm not sure yet." Nan replied curiously.
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Jan 29, 2015
Jan 29, 2015 at 1:14 PM UTC
coven fan fic part 4
the girls had been chattering and laughing in the dining room when suddenly nan, zoey, and madison charged in the room. making everyone stop and look at them. "Alright ******* Madison stood with her arms crossed and an enraged look in her dark brown eyes. "who the **** stole my money???" she questioned. the girls just sat there and looked at her quietly. "okay, none of you broke *** hos want to fess up? you're ballsy enough to take my **** but you're not ballsy enough to stand up to me? i see" Madison shouted. sadness and hostility in her eyes and voice. "who took Madisons money? i wanna know right now!" Cassie stood up in anger. quickly rushing to Madisons aid. Madison nudged her alittle and rolled her eyes. Cassie folded her arms, mimicking exactly what Madison had been doing. "BROKE *** HOESSSS!" Cassie screamed, pointing at all the girls. Pyper rolled her big blue eyes and flipped her long crimson red hair laughing, "nobody stole your money you idiot, you probably just misplaced it." she laughed, fearlessly looking madison straight in the eyes. which made nan look at pyper very suspiciously as she read her mind. "hold my earrings please." Madison began to put her hair up in a bun. "what is going on in here?" Cordelia stormed in the room with her arms folded. "put your shoes on Madison." Cordelia looked at Madison in confusion. "nothing, Madisons spazing out because she thinks that someone took her money. and now she's getting all 'ghetto' and bent out of shape about it. taking her payless heels off like she's actually going to do something." pyper rolled her eyes and joked, making the rest of the girls laugh aswell. "payless? i only wear chanel." Madison flipped her hair. Nan looked Pyper in the eyes suspiciously, shaking her head from side to side. "i'm going to say this once and once only." cordelia shouted. "i will not have any fighting or steeling in this house. and if anyone is caught fighting or steeling, you will be expelled. it's a big bad world out there girls, up until now you've all lived very sheltered lives and i'd hate to send you out in it to fend for yourselves." Cordelia sighed. pyper got a very sad look in her eyes. "sheltered" she snickered, "right." Nan looked at pyper sadly, still reading her mind. "what are you looking at?" Pyper shouted at nan viciously. "i'm not sure yet." Nan replied curiously.
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*To every soul who offered me joy, Comforting and cajoling, To you, I am grateful. To every soul who taught me hurt, Gifting me lessons of woe, To you, I am grateful. To every soul who loved me, Your love is my beacon, I have discovered you in that warmth, I have beheld you in that luminescence, To you, I am grateful. To every soul who abandoned me, You have nudged me on Nearer and surer, to my grand source. To you, I am grateful. Whether I may realize, Whether I may trust, I have found the supreme Radiance In this universe Just as simply as I opened my eyes. To you, I am grateful.*
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Apr 22, 2015
Apr 22, 2015 at 12:18 PM UTC
I am Grateful !
Devised by Cosmic Boss Sourced by parents Aided by obstetrician Nursed by pediatrician Nurtured by nutritionist Counseled by sexologist Treated by orthopedist Stressed by physiotherapist Directed by dietician Nudged by nephrologist Nerved by neurologist Contained by cardiologist Consoled by psychologist Interspersed by dentist, Sighted by ophthalmist Conditioned by physiology Terminated by mortuary The inexorable Lifeline Express Of hospitalized hospitality
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Feb 18, 2015
Feb 18, 2015 at 6:42 AM UTC
Hospitality
""I cannot avoid the pensive glaze nudged off the percipience days blood so clean under the artificial moons releasing into my toxic dreams the nameless face, and the withered heart unable to break chains of past go away, let me rise...."" Debbie Brooks
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Dec 18, 2014
Dec 18, 2014 at 9:34 PM UTC
Toxic Dreams..
. Adrift...                     Time has no hold over these currents that carry me. Coursing over this seemingly endless journey. Caressed and nudged by an invisible hand... Perhaps my grave awaits below... Where light is swallowed and is too afraid to show. The desolate demeanor of the submerged tombless land. Adrift...                     Blind to what lays in store... Oblivious to... The faint whispers of a distant shore. The mythical horizon is but a dream, worthy only to the steadfast and the resilient. Not to those who'd fray at the seams. Adrift...                     Ripples amass and finally cresting. Wake up... Waves are breaking. The sand beckons bearing open arms to home and sanctuary. I glance back to the calm of the watery plain. My feet aren't ready to be received by the grit and grain. I'd like to linger here... In the water, with the shore so near. For I've longed and travelled far... but I'm still not yet ready... .
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Aug 11, 2015
Aug 11, 2015 at 12:11 PM UTC
Adrift
His head kept bumping on my shoulder and he was not my father or anyone I knew he smelled as if a bath was overdue and slept like wasn't a place better than the ***** briefness of my shoulder. Breaking down was my brittle patience needled by his bristled cheek brushed by his shabby dress, was for rest the man hard pressed? Wouldn't I have been nudged by pride if the head on my shoulder was my father happy to have him by my side? as he gets older does his blurry mind miss a place where he is not alone one or any shoulder for an untimely nap in peace a quiet stranger to rest upon?
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May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018 at 10:31 AM UTC
Fellow Passenger
The country road like  poet’s fancies unravels Through the   giant hanky- sized paddy fields And  the dream  sized ponds Dotting  the landscape in perfect  squires and riots of skewed and regular shapes The green spread and the muddy beds, spell the village beauty. Parrot green fields And  stark blue skies  look at each other In perfect silence, like mother and babe And a   great , grey house  exposing its ragged bricks, Bared like  the buck tooth of the old Provokes a  village memory Past picking itself slowy and ambling into the future Its wooden columns stand like mute exclamation marks! or so it may look to me. Flies  the  skidding scaly tarred  snake   Fast and spreading like the traveler travelling on it. Patchy it looks, now;   And  full like the  misery  of the scorned lover Eager like  the  maiden speech of a parlimentarian   The country road, runs fluid like a stream after the rains. As the rustle of the engine   trips and   falls into the  divine  air. A  roaming peacock calling adds  charm to the great whole fare A winged beauty, struts across Nudged by the sputtering , speeding me. The exotic avian   attains the hedges galore With its   metal blue  feathery strangeness blurred in my glancing eye A species rare, found only in ornithologists diary. A  clamour in the  air And the   school boys emerge in buddy pairs Beneath the village banyan That let loose its tresses to dry like a country maid. I see, a promising glint in their eyes The will make themselves of king and ministers of the modern days The  sonority of ringing bell   clubs the cacophony of school boys in into two dead parts. They return to their classes, sanctified by the silence, And open their minds to the feminine vocie. A Glorious moment , As the  morn of wisdom is born Rich are the sightings of poor country side And many are the mappings on the way, My sensibilities recouped, I drove back not spent But profound. sound.
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Sep 13, 2010
Sep 13, 2010 at 5:15 AM UTC
The country side
The country road like  poet’s fancies unravels Through the   giant hanky- sized paddy fields And  the dream  sized ponds Dotting  the landscape in perfect  squires and riots of skewed and regular shapes The green spread and the muddy beds, spell the village beauty. Parrot green fields And  stark blue skies  look at each other In perfect silence, like mother and babe And a   great , grey house  exposing its ragged bricks, Bared like  the buck tooth of the old Provokes a  village memory Past picking itself slowy and ambling into the future Its wooden columns stand like mute exclamation marks! or so it may look to me. Flies  the  skidding scaly tarred  snake   Fast and spreading like the traveler travelling on it. Patchy it looks, now;   And  full like the  misery  of the scorned lover Eager like  the  maiden speech of a parlimentarian   The country road, runs fluid like a stream after the rains. As the rustle of the engine   trips and   falls into the  divine  air. A  roaming peacock calling adds  charm to the great whole fare A winged beauty, struts across Nudged by the sputtering , speeding me. The exotic avian   attains the hedges galore With its   metal blue  feathery strangeness blurred in my glancing eye A species rare, found only in ornithologists diary. A  clamour in the  air And the   school boys emerge in buddy pairs Beneath the village banyan That let loose its tresses to dry like a country maid. I see, a promising glint in their eyes The will make themselves of king and ministers of the modern days The  sonority of ringing bell   clubs the cacophony of school boys in into two dead parts. They return to their classes, sanctified by the silence, And open their minds to the feminine vocie. A Glorious moment , As the  morn of wisdom is born Rich are the sightings of poor country side And many are the mappings on the way, My sensibilities recouped, I drove back not spent But profound. sound.
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I’ve been given a book, a Book of Instruction, A book of what’s right and what’s wrong. But when I am nudged towards this path of perfection, I turn the other direction. If I were not told of the wrong thing to do, I would never think to even do it. But because of my sin and my enmity of the true, My promises to do right, simply fall through. This book gave the path to life, But all my sin saw was a chance. A chance to bring death like a cutting knife, To make me live through the strife. Sin go away! Leave me be! No matter how much I wish to follow whatever the LORD may say, You’re right there, to keep my decisions at bay. I leave Sunday morning on fire for the LORD, But the week goes on, And not once have I gone and explored, The opportunities the LORD for me has stored. It is not who I who act, but the sin that lives within me. But when does that sin become who I am? When does my selfish ambition become not an entity, But a part of the person I am to be? What a wretched man I remain, Only lukewarm: saying not acting, thinking not doing. I want to act but the sin restrains. Who can cleanse my countless stains? Jesus, Only Jesus Thank you LORD Jesus, for loving me nonetheless, For delivering me from death more times than I can comprehend. Your Book of Instruction does not just judge and assess, It is the Book of Life, made to bless.
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Nov 16, 2014
Nov 16, 2014 at 6:55 PM UTC
Romans 7
i woke with a **** and a windpipe full of butterflies, so i swallowed them down to my chest my stomach and below and it was then that i realized they weren't butterflies but backward flies that turn to maggots and eat dead things so it was then that i realized i was dead, in between that chasing-my-breath consciousness and sepia splotched dream which featured my favorite human being waking me, winding me up... hey saige, come on, so i unlocked my eyes even though i knew it was my little brother all along... bright cobwebbed windows at my feet and brighter fringe above me brushing my forehead, like fingers he leaned over me, nudged me hugged me, come on saige... i began to rise, which is why he stopped me, that's when he kissed me, and that's when i forgave him because i knew it was an accident except for, that was when he did it again... my lips inside his, and i kept my eyes open kept telling myself to just kiss back, since we'd already ruined everything, because that was all he wanted because maybe we could go back, maybe we'd still be inseparable if i hadn't screamed, enough! maybe nightmares are second chances at being better best friends... i was torn worn threadbare and i felt it in every fiber of me lying there, but i couldn't pull away and i've never wished to hurt him, so i couldn't push, either just clamped my eyes shut, as he did the same with his mouth... and that was when i woke without a soul nor a shame save for the maggots in my veins
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May 5, 2018
May 5, 2018 at 2:53 PM UTC
dying to forget
Little bits of fallout are scattered at my very feet. Mingling with dust motes and spilt tears. These little shards of time. Whether, they were fragments of clocks & antique watches or the very iridescent pockets of dusty memories. I am not sure. Few things that I do know is, please do not try to pick them up. If you do, be careful, be cautious. Hold your breath if you need to. One little cut is the doorway for all those creased and crinkled memories to tip-toe in. I did both. I held you in my hands. Wisps of your warmth flitted through my outstretched fingertips. You flowed gently in my veins, kissed my ribcage, gently nudged my heart. Then, it was n o t h i n g. I gasp on some days at this emptiness that fills me up. The silence lends itself to hear my words; the truth. I            had you   in the dusty       past. The present is one my eyelids cannot close to, not without your heart-beat saying 'I am here' to mine. Little bits of fallout- burnt and crinkled memories mingled with shards of you then me.
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Apr 10, 2014
Apr 10, 2014 at 8:06 AM UTC
Stay
The photo reminded her of bruised fruit. Well first and foremost:fruit. Her body, curled around itself, sheltering the fibrous crunchy pit of her, her body white and frayed looking, rounded buttock, calf gently sloping, feet modest, willowy toes toenails like shale face blurred, questionable dark spots where her eyes could have been. they closed as the shudder buckled, her mouth sagged open, lip lolling to one side, brow ancient furrowed like folds of sand nudged by a lazy tide. None of it concise, only guessing. Her knees brought up, squeezed against small crunch-able chest. Full, heavy with pulp (stringy sweet, what snags on the teeth) but what if it were to fall from an appreciable height? Filmy is the flesh. Daring the looker to look closer, see what mite be hidden there. Ripe:questionable. Sweet like nothing, pouring from the corners of a mouth: what a bite it would be. That first bite. The bruising comes in when she thinks of the brain beneath, that open, limitless figure so pale and forefront and brimming with intent, so crush-able with careless fist, so lovable with thirsty mouth. But what of the mind that put her before you, that turned her vulnerable, shameless, open for discussion? Put her before you. naked.
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Feb 2, 2010
Feb 2, 2010 at 1:01 PM UTC
Figure Study 3
I was shocked, confused, bewildered As I entered Heaven's door, Not by the beauty of it all, Nor the lights or its décor. But it was the folks in heaven Who made me sputter and gasp -- The thieves, the liars, the sinners, The alcoholics and the trash. There stood the kid from seventh grade Who swiped my lunch money twice. Next to him was my old neighbor Who never said anything nice. Bob, who I always thought Was rotting away in hell, Was sitting pretty on cloud nine, Looking incredibly well. I nudged Jesus, 'what's the deal? 'I would love to hear Your take. 'how'd all these sinners get up here? 'God must've made a mistake.' 'And why is everyone so quiet, 'so somber -- give me a clue.' 'hush, child,' He said, 'They're all in shock! 'No one thought they'd see you.' Unknown Author
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Jun 27, 2015
Jun 27, 2015 at 9:03 AM UTC
Judge Not
Palms overhead sway, nudged by the occasional breeze. The chatter crescendoes before dying down... To make way for the call of prayer. It called to its followers. So calm... So sincere... People hunched over their tables. Savouring delights that came on plates. Wafting aromas, mingle like the swirls on candy. Drenching our senses... As we immerse ourselves further in such good company. I looked at the eyes that surrounded me... Only soft, kind gazes greeted back. There are no shadows here... No silhouettes... Only faces I know generous with their gift of glow. A rising warmth emanates from the pits within. In this here circle, no matter how motley, I feel alive. I'm drinking up to a stupor... This lovely band of five.
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Jan 7, 2016
Jan 7, 2016 at 10:58 PM UTC
Band of Five
Dear my lovely soon to be, you were sitting at the cafe when I saw you. sitting in the corner, with your music playing. keeping quietly to yourself, thinking. I did not mean to stare, but what can I say, you caught my eye. an elderly couple walked in, the bells chimed, their time telling aged hands intertwined. it made me smile. knowing that love can last. He ordered his coffee black, no sugar. She ordered her tea, milk, two sugars. He nudged Her jokingly and said, " Don't worry sweetie, I got it this time." as if He had not paid for Her every other time throughout their long life together. they searched the small eatery only to find that all seats were taken. at that moment you looked up , and without thought, gathered your things. you directed the couple to where you were sitting, told them it was rightfully theirs. He shook your hand as if you were old friends. you turned to walk away, and met my smiling eyes, along with my now rosy blushed face. not knowing what to do I turned away thinking how I could let you catch me staring. looking up hoping you were gone, but secretly wishing you stayed, there you were, unexpectedly. you smiled, sat down, reached across the table took my hand, and said, " Hello, I'm Brian. I couldn't help but notice you looking, but don't worry, I only noticed because I was looking, too." With all the love in my heart, yours now and forever..
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Nov 20, 2011
Nov 20, 2011 at 2:13 AM UTC
coffeeshop.
August; Afraid, and lurking in corners at 2:00 a.m. In search of *** in search of someone to make love to me, but nothing compares to that one time it had happened before. Yelling out at 3:00 a.m. how much I had wanted it, at 3:30 how much I regretted it as I abused my skin in the powder room. Oh regret, still showing up for my duties but some switch had made itself know to myself before my consciousness.. I had begun to seek fulfillment, the likes of which I had never known before. My birthday comes and passes with a woopdy doo, and a firm lack of caring. Still I try, and still the she-demon inside lurks...dragging me into alleys into selling my heart for a thrill of being wanted. October; I am still with this man....but something is wrong with me... I have begun to play and it hurts me however the seperation and the dissonance begin to build this wall comes up around me and the emotions that still reside for my loved ones in my home valleys of Texas. I meet the realization of my demon, smelling sweet with a hint of Chlorox and Coke, cleansing me of my pain, here I come home to my hills and blue skys high, and I feel so tainted...but so full and lacking at the same time the more time I spend without her sweet enthusiasm pumping into me. Killing time and hearts on a ranch in West Texas, ******* in the fields giving my heart a wrenching once I realize that I am resembling the one who gave me this poison... the one who nudged me off the deep end. Punishing an innocent man, and torturing a criminal with ****** games, and false loyalty. I had become the grotesque...the bitter woman.... my love and impassioned glances growing dry day by day. No one cares.
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Feb 4, 2015
Feb 4, 2015 at 10:41 PM UTC
2012: A Forgetting Remembered Part I
August; Afraid, and lurking in corners at 2:00 a.m. In search of *** in search of someone to make love to me, but nothing compares to that one time it had happened before. Yelling out at 3:00 a.m. how much I had wanted it, at 3:30 how much I regretted it as I abused my skin in the powder room. Oh regret, still showing up for my duties but some switch had made itself know to myself before my consciousness.. I had begun to seek fulfillment, the likes of which I had never known before. My birthday comes and passes with a woopdy doo, and a firm lack of caring. Still I try, and still the she-demon inside lurks...dragging me into alleys into selling my heart for a thrill of being wanted. October; I am still with this man....but something is wrong with me... I have begun to play and it hurts me however the seperation and the dissonance begin to build this wall comes up around me and the emotions that still reside for my loved ones in my home valleys of Texas. I meet the realization of my demon, smelling sweet with a hint of Chlorox and Coke, cleansing me of my pain, here I come home to my hills and blue skys high, and I feel so tainted...but so full and lacking at the same time the more time I spend without her sweet enthusiasm pumping into me. Killing time and hearts on a ranch in West Texas, ******* in the fields giving my heart a wrenching once I realize that I am resembling the one who gave me this poison... the one who nudged me off the deep end. Punishing an innocent man, and torturing a criminal with ****** games, and false loyalty. I had become the grotesque...the bitter woman.... my love and impassioned glances growing dry day by day. No one cares.
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I was fishing for a clue or the glue; I can't remember which one. But I found myself in black eyeliner - feeling cold and blue, talking gibberish and smelling foul. A rot of a thousand clowns. You circle me, shark-like. You foolishly engage me with your ***** infused breath. I nakedly Tango in my head - scream inwardly, but I see bulls laughing at me with untrusted eyes. I vow never to be that stupid again. Drifting beyond a state of here nor there. A bleeding truth, dreams. Have I gone way too far? I feel the break from the heat, cool breeze. The oven and its scent of fresh baked bread. I am washed of my sins now, but I still feel snakes in my bed. Or is it that I am dreaming it? Bizarre! The fog has covered my eyes - blindly. How will I continue to cope with my own sickening thoughts? No meds, just freelancing. How do you deal with the highs and lows of life? I imagine it and then put it down on paper. For private eyes only. But soon everything comes out to the light - exposed! I settle in for the night and leave all my worries for the morning. Clearly, I never wished to be more - happier. I think I just nudged myself awake!
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Jan 27, 2014
Jan 27, 2014 at 7:24 PM UTC
The Clown in the Red Scarf
Her online dating profile said she was "Outdoorsy". She asked if I wanted to go camping. I told her, "No, I'm done camping." I spent enough years sleeping outside, and even more sleeping in the dirt. It wasn't all bad. I got to sleep with the stars and wake up with the sun. once I woke up in the middle of a circle of deer. I opened my eyes and the fawn looked at me, and I smiled. She nodded at me, I swear to god she did. Then she nudged her little ones awake, and they went off to find another spot so I could get ready for the day. I've encountered ghosts along the rivers, and thieves among their banks. I've never successfully started a fire without the aid of Gasoline,     and it cost me the title of King of the Hobos one year. Even as a homeless guy, I was mediocre. I'm good at some things though. I have references, I told her. The next day, she deleted me from her favorites list.
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Sep 29, 2016
Sep 29, 2016 at 8:08 PM UTC
Camping is the Greatest Scam of the Century.
I laid nose-to-nose, in tall, old grasses, with a spirited coyote, some nights ago. He said to me, with lips unparted and low, shiny eyes - to listen. Hesitantly, I inched forward and nudged that coyote with my face, prodding him for something more. But, nothing came. He simply stared back at me, unblinkingly. “I listen!” I shouted with a heart on fire. “I listen more than anyone I know!” The coyote continued his staring game, quieting my bosomed flames. Stubborn - they erupted, something ugly, from the valley, into the mountaintop. Spilling from eyes, in the mountainside, I screamed back into his so loud, The mountain ached from its shut in echo. Patient " the coyote waited. So, I stopped. Somehow surprised, I found that, after the flames subsided into greys of ashes, in silence, I had begun to listen. That coyote’s eyes were urging eyes, unmoving " unrelenting. Obedient, I drew forth my worn, careful bag out and placed it, gently, in the dirt between us. The coyote snatched it, in the grain between our breaths, and held it between clenched teeth. I glared at him with challenging eyes " he stared back at me, just the same. I reached out to grab it, but halfway there, I heard the coyote command me, “Stop.” The coyote lay there, my ashes raging about loudly " still silent, my bag between his teeth. As the ashes settled, his glaring eyes mellowed, and I watched as he gobbled it up. -- A crow cawed somewhere. The full moon shone down approvingly. My soul sighed once. My body followed. The coyote slept - I bowed my head in silence.
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Jul 27, 2011
Jul 27, 2011 at 2:09 PM UTC
I Ain't Cryin' At That Coyote No More
I laid nose-to-nose, in tall, old grasses, with a spirited coyote, some nights ago. He said to me, with lips unparted and low, shiny eyes - to listen. Hesitantly, I inched forward and nudged that coyote with my face, prodding him for something more. But, nothing came. He simply stared back at me, unblinkingly. “I listen!” I shouted with a heart on fire. “I listen more than anyone I know!” The coyote continued his staring game, quieting my bosomed flames. Stubborn - they erupted, something ugly, from the valley, into the mountaintop. Spilling from eyes, in the mountainside, I screamed back into his so loud, The mountain ached from its shut in echo. Patient " the coyote waited. So, I stopped. Somehow surprised, I found that, after the flames subsided into greys of ashes, in silence, I had begun to listen. That coyote’s eyes were urging eyes, unmoving " unrelenting. Obedient, I drew forth my worn, careful bag out and placed it, gently, in the dirt between us. The coyote snatched it, in the grain between our breaths, and held it between clenched teeth. I glared at him with challenging eyes " he stared back at me, just the same. I reached out to grab it, but halfway there, I heard the coyote command me, “Stop.” The coyote lay there, my ashes raging about loudly " still silent, my bag between his teeth. As the ashes settled, his glaring eyes mellowed, and I watched as he gobbled it up. -- A crow cawed somewhere. The full moon shone down approvingly. My soul sighed once. My body followed. The coyote slept - I bowed my head in silence.
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Pennarby shaft is dark and steep, Eight foot wide, eight hundred deep. Stout the bucket and tough the cord, Strong as the arm of Winchman Ford. 'Never look down! Stick to the line!' That was the saying at Pennarby mine. A stranger came to Pennarby shaft. Lord, to see how the miners laughed! White in the collar and stiff in the hat, With his patent boots and his silk cravat, Picking his way, Dainty and fine, Stepping on tiptoe to Pennarby mine. Touring from London, so he said. Was it copper they dug for? or gold? or lead? Where did they find it? How did it come? If he tried with a shovel might he get some? Stooping so much Was bad for the spine; And wasn't it warmish in Pennarby mine? 'Twas like two worlds that met that day-- The world of work and the world of play; And the grimy lads from the reeking shaft Nudged each other and grinned and chaffed. 'Got 'em all out!' 'A cousin of mine!' So ran the banter at Pennarby mine. And Carnbrae Bob, the Pennarby wit, Told him the facts about the pit: How they bored the shaft till the brimstone smell Warned them off from tapping -- well, He wouldn't say what, But they took it as sign To dig no deeper in Pennarby mine. Then leaning over and peering in, He was pointing out what he said was tin In the ten-foot lode -- a crash! a jar! A grasping hand and a splintered bar. Gone in his strength, With the lips that laughed-- Oh, the pale faces round Pennarby shaft! Far down on a narrow ledge, They saw him cling to the crumbling edge. 'Wait for the bucket! Hi, man! Stay! That rope ain't safe! It's worn away! He's taking his chance, Slack out the line! Sweet Lord be with him! 'cried Pennarby mine. 'He's got him! He has him! Pull with a will! Thank God! He's over and breathing still. And he -- Lord's sakes now! What's that? Well! Blowed if it ain't our London swell. Your heart is right If your coat is fine: Give us your hand! 'cried Pennarby mine.
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Pennarby Mine
Pennarby shaft is dark and steep, Eight foot wide, eight hundred deep. Stout the bucket and tough the cord, Strong as the arm of Winchman Ford. 'Never look down! Stick to the line!' That was the saying at Pennarby mine. A stranger came to Pennarby shaft. Lord, to see how the miners laughed! White in the collar and stiff in the hat, With his patent boots and his silk cravat, Picking his way, Dainty and fine, Stepping on tiptoe to Pennarby mine. Touring from London, so he said. Was it copper they dug for? or gold? or lead? Where did they find it? How did it come? If he tried with a shovel might he get some? Stooping so much Was bad for the spine; And wasn't it warmish in Pennarby mine? 'Twas like two worlds that met that day-- The world of work and the world of play; And the grimy lads from the reeking shaft Nudged each other and grinned and chaffed. 'Got 'em all out!' 'A cousin of mine!' So ran the banter at Pennarby mine. And Carnbrae Bob, the Pennarby wit, Told him the facts about the pit: How they bored the shaft till the brimstone smell Warned them off from tapping -- well, He wouldn't say what, But they took it as sign To dig no deeper in Pennarby mine. Then leaning over and peering in, He was pointing out what he said was tin In the ten-foot lode -- a crash! a jar! A grasping hand and a splintered bar. Gone in his strength, With the lips that laughed-- Oh, the pale faces round Pennarby shaft! Far down on a narrow ledge, They saw him cling to the crumbling edge. 'Wait for the bucket! Hi, man! Stay! That rope ain't safe! It's worn away! He's taking his chance, Slack out the line! Sweet Lord be with him! 'cried Pennarby mine. 'He's got him! He has him! Pull with a will! Thank God! He's over and breathing still. And he -- Lord's sakes now! What's that? Well! Blowed if it ain't our London swell. Your heart is right If your coat is fine: Give us your hand! 'cried Pennarby mine.
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Id spend my afternoons in the garden with the flowers My only real friends. We’d talk while I drank my milk tea and laughed for hours about absolute nonsense The daisys would keep me updated on all the gossip going around the garden And the chamomile’s would offer their advice on anything I needed. The lavenders would make me laugh And the roses would compliment my makeup Since it was inspired by them I’d bring my diary there and share with them all my stories and the crazy things that had happened to me that day, since they were the only ones that would listen. They became my only source of joy One day I walked to the garden, ready to tell them all my new adventures But when I began to speak, I noticed something off. They weren’t responding. I nudged the orchids. “What’s wrong? Why aren’t any of you speaking?” I sat there for hours. No words. I came back the next day, hoping they’d speak again. But they never did.
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Oct 3, 2018
Oct 3, 2018 at 2:58 AM UTC
The garden
they've now got a toehold in the place, they're well established they've now got a toehold in the place, they're well established nowt will move them, these parts suit them nowt will move them, these parts suit them these parts suit them, they're well established they've now got a toehold in the place, nowt will move them the board is crammed with their posts, over a hundred counted to-day the board is crammed with their posts, over a hundred counted to-day no doubt they're insistent, they'll not be nudged   no doubt they're insistent, they'll not be nudged over a hundred counted to-day, no doubt they're insistent they'll not be nudged, the board is crammed with their posts some aren't impressed with their carry on, what bugbears they've become some aren't impressed with their carry on, what bugbears they've become they need to be escorted from here, HP management isn't listening they need to be escorted from here, HP management isn't listening what bugbears they've become, they need to be escorted from here some aren't impressed with their carry on, HP management isn't listening the board is crammed with their posts, they're well established they need to be escorted from here, what bugbears they've become some aren't impressed with their carry on, no doubt they're insistent they'll not be nudged, they've got a toehold in the place over a hundred counted to-day, these parts suit them nowt will move them, HP management isn't listening
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Dec 22, 2014
Dec 22, 2014 at 9:09 AM UTC
HP Management (Paradelle Poem)
I sat by the window side at the bus And ate some chocolate cake with gusto Headaches from last night's partying And suddenly I dozed off while eating How strange... Someone tapped me on the shoulder I ****** and opened up my eyes And saw you with your gentle smile My face with smudges of chocolate How embarrassing... You asked if the seat beside me was vacant I nodded unable to speak for shame and fear Of opening my mouth full with chocolate cake Too conscious how my teeth would look like How pathetic... Side by side, hip to hip, shoulder to shoulder Instantly felt the warmth of your smooth skin You glanced at me and smiled again very slowly My cheeks were blushing of my indecent thoughts How pitiful... You asked softly if where my destination was I answered politely afraid of looking directly Too distracted by the musky scent you have in you I wanted to ask what perfume you were wearing How awkward... The journey was tediously long and I had hangover We sat there for five hours in companionable silence But my insides were screaming with excitement By your mere presence, I felt I was safe and sound How weird... "Excuse me sir, may I pass?" I nudged you respectfully Your eyes widened a little bit and nodded in silence I got off the bus and stared as it continued on the road Regretted that I never even dared to ask for your name How hopeless...
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Aug 13, 2016
Aug 13, 2016 at 11:56 PM UTC
Beautiful Stranger
You finally gave in. I could feel how tense you were; How each nerve in your body felt- Rejecting the situation against their will. But then you gave in to yourself. And then me. You relaxed and your arm pulled in, Pulling me with; you felt strong. Your nose nudged the back of my head, Making me smile into the dark. You held me and the moment As if it were the most important thing. With each breath you took in It filled the curve of my back, And then I could breathe easy. Because you finally gave in to us.
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Apr 20, 2014
Apr 20, 2014 at 3:31 AM UTC
Giving In