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"nudges" poems
Make your choices Make them well Make them firm And do not dwell The crevice beckons Gaping wide The patience and moral Of time and tide Subtle hints to change your mind Breaking passion in its prime Gentle nudges, slight whispers Slow steps, slyness sublime Pave the way, set in stone Bleeding thorns, satisfying rose Brighten path, shining through Awaken from your long repose So walk the plank They’ll tell you all For the blinding light At the end of it all
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Dec 11, 2014
Dec 11, 2014 at 11:30 AM UTC
Choices.
Friend one: Reads "Rotten Tomatoes" Always early, parks in a handicap zone Friend two: quietly disapproves knows Friend one walked her dog a mile earlier Friend one: moves her car digs out two waters, chocolate and back pillow buys peace and tickets Friend two: catches sneeze with *** of tissue aggravated exchange: about walking too fast ahead. “Are you not my friend?  Walk with me!” Buys popcorn Friend one:    wants seats on the end for handy bathroom runs Friend two: does not want “the blow by blow” of reasons just not in rafters sneezes, and says so trips spills popcorn on the stairs Friend one: Sets up “camp” Friend two: holds crap Friend one:   Settles in, builds her "nest" opens water bottles arranges back pillow half-a-million napkins “Want your jacket?” Friend two: holds popcorn, helps Friend one with jacket Friend one:    pushes button for her seat back seat sounds like a **** Friend two: says so, both laugh like fools   Friend two sneezes loudly, rubs her eyes loses self in movie Friend one: starts to snore quietly Friend two: nudges her Friend one: (Who is never really snoozing) runs out to restroom misses best part of movie Comes back, “What happened?” What happened?” Friend two: aggravated hushes her takes allergy pill Friend one: weeping at the end, watches all the credits starts her review apologizing to the kids of theater-cleaning-crew popcorn, napkins, tissues everywhere Friend two:   Sneezes yet again Friend one: Knows all the stars-- of friendship being how she is one :)
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Oct 7, 2018
Oct 7, 2018 at 11:52 PM UTC
Two Friends at a Movie-- for my friend, Joanne
Friend one: Reads "Rotten Tomatoes" Always early, parks in a handicap zone Friend two: quietly disapproves knows Friend one walked her dog a mile earlier Friend one: moves her car digs out two waters, chocolate and back pillow buys peace and tickets Friend two: catches sneeze with *** of tissue aggravated exchange: about walking too fast ahead. “Are you not my friend?  Walk with me!” Buys popcorn Friend one:    wants seats on the end for handy bathroom runs Friend two: does not want “the blow by blow” of reasons just not in rafters sneezes, and says so trips spills popcorn on the stairs Friend one: Sets up “camp” Friend two: holds crap Friend one:   Settles in, builds her "nest" opens water bottles arranges back pillow half-a-million napkins “Want your jacket?” Friend two: holds popcorn, helps Friend one with jacket Friend one:    pushes button for her seat back seat sounds like a **** Friend two: says so, both laugh like fools   Friend two sneezes loudly, rubs her eyes loses self in movie Friend one: starts to snore quietly Friend two: nudges her Friend one: (Who is never really snoozing) runs out to restroom misses best part of movie Comes back, “What happened?” What happened?” Friend two: aggravated hushes her takes allergy pill Friend one: weeping at the end, watches all the credits starts her review apologizing to the kids of theater-cleaning-crew popcorn, napkins, tissues everywhere Friend two:   Sneezes yet again Friend one: Knows all the stars-- of friendship being how she is one :)
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A bag full of water Little goldfish swim around Nudge the bag, explore your world Tell me all that you have found Let me know your in there  Little nudges, little kicks Let me see those acrobatics Show me all your tricks You are my little goldfish With tiny little feet  Little arms Little legs I can't wait for us to meet
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May 17, 2012
May 17, 2012 at 3:02 PM UTC
Little Goldfish
Probably just a man with his gloves on backwards Darkwood doves in his outercoat pocket figs and fossils hanging off his earlobes silky cigarette smoke scooting up his fingers got a moody mad eye and he knows how to use it when he gets a brain block, he breaks it with a breeze block nudges out mice and shrews from his foot box fixes up his old bow-tie for the foxtrot there gonna see his burnt out knees and elbows easy to fix though, with a bit of Velcro
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Jun 24, 2013
Jun 24, 2013 at 12:17 PM UTC
Mad-eye Moody
Charlie and D sitting in a tree, Henry VIII comes along, chops down the tree. part of me constantly and perversely anticipates what Islam holds dear, the cult of the moon rather than the sun - sleeping nudges of inquiry and reminiscence of Freud rather than this constant pulverisation of scientific safety-nets - the sun and the scam of diet - Narcissus myth all too apparent, too self-conscious to feed the beauty, laboratory type beauty, statistician's paradise - sun and skin cancer collective, i'm not an Arab, and i never will be, but this sort of weather and jet-stream excess isn't exactly helping either - Einstein might have saved you from exacting the thought process (never experiment with it, never) behind Newtonian cause & effect, but this **** isn't going away, and you won't be exactly barnacle jumping mad with Jack & Jill if you voice your concerns; for all that urbanity the village life is having a comeback - hello brick, hello tree, hello tomorrow: the day of never-be - the Spaniards had a second try at an inquisition via Gibraltar - the Scots sailed to Brussels - the village life is having a comeback - the Americans are hoarding guns prior to enacting scenes from Bastille Sq. with the guillotine - they don't know it yet, but they're hoarding guns to topple the government over - elsewhere a bunch of Palestinians were throwing stones at bullseyes for a fluffy toy in a theme park.
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Jul 7, 2016
Jul 7, 2016 at 11:35 AM UTC
village life comeback
Giant yellow paws tap-dance on the porch Her fat tail wags so violent you stand clear of the back end Hip-hop, hip-hop, and an occasional skip Her whole body shouts "It's time! It's time! Hooray!" You might think she had never been fed Except that she is huge Her half-crazy labrador grin is fixed She nudges you toward the bowl Thanks you with a wet nose on clean clothes Happiness in the morning Happiness in a 40lb bag
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Oct 9, 2013
Oct 9, 2013 at 8:52 AM UTC
Breakfast
Dear Friend whom I love, Yes I said love, but don't worry I am not talking about dates or chocolate hearts or kisses I'm just talking about being a person you trust, who actually listens and who you actually listen to the one relentlessly praying, who nudges and even slaps you around sometimes, that points you in the right direction and in doing so, I'm reminded of the right direction as well So listen to me now: stop stop lying to, cheating, short changing, manipulating, exhausting, angering, upsetting, breaking ..... yourself I know those are strange things to hear, because you are "just fine" ... But you gotta know: you deserve more than what you accept believe me, I've done the same thing for the past three years not exactly the way you have, but it doesn't matter I know you think I'm naive but the root of the problem is the same we are accepting the love we think we deserve and i know that is a movie line but for a long time I believed it wasn't scripted for me to have love so I accepted none, gave none and I know you felt that as well, then we both started consuming what we could find at the bottom of the barrel because trying to open up to the right thing seems like it would hurt so much more but you don't have to sit at the bottom you can have better and better is being okay with who you are; not seeking comfort or validation from any part of this world (I hope You know what I mean) and I realize that abandonment requires giving up things, but sometimes thats what we need I am still trying to give up some of my closet secrets But it is SOOO worth it! and it is possible, if you want it and I know you feel you want what you have now But I know that you want more! If nothing else, stop for my sake. Yes, I'll be selfish. I don't care. I haven't even known you for a year but… Watching your heart break through the window where I have to watch your life as you hold onto brokenness is breaking me ...               (Maybe cause it reminds me of myself) I wish I could say it doesn't nearly bring me to tears, but I am not that calloused. Life has served me a hard play, like you but His Love restored my softness; has kept me sane. Kept me from taking my life when I felt useless and worthless because He told me I was worth something, even in a dark psychiatric ward. And I am still learning how in Him I am worth something He reminds me when people, like you, reach out to me… I know you hear it every Sunday, but the love you want is not that far. It is not a secret, or shallow touch, it is not security, attention, momentary bliss of distractions… its nothing but sacrifice of The Loving Friend. Recognize you are loved by the One who knows you and understands, Far better than a girl with years of experience in psychological analyzing and running on broken parts I love you friend, and I would love for you to hear me.
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Feb 9, 2013
Feb 9, 2013 at 3:32 PM UTC
I would love for you to hear me
Dear Friend whom I love, Yes I said love, but don't worry I am not talking about dates or chocolate hearts or kisses I'm just talking about being a person you trust, who actually listens and who you actually listen to the one relentlessly praying, who nudges and even slaps you around sometimes, that points you in the right direction and in doing so, I'm reminded of the right direction as well So listen to me now: stop stop lying to, cheating, short changing, manipulating, exhausting, angering, upsetting, breaking ..... yourself I know those are strange things to hear, because you are "just fine" ... But you gotta know: you deserve more than what you accept believe me, I've done the same thing for the past three years not exactly the way you have, but it doesn't matter I know you think I'm naive but the root of the problem is the same we are accepting the love we think we deserve and i know that is a movie line but for a long time I believed it wasn't scripted for me to have love so I accepted none, gave none and I know you felt that as well, then we both started consuming what we could find at the bottom of the barrel because trying to open up to the right thing seems like it would hurt so much more but you don't have to sit at the bottom you can have better and better is being okay with who you are; not seeking comfort or validation from any part of this world (I hope You know what I mean) and I realize that abandonment requires giving up things, but sometimes thats what we need I am still trying to give up some of my closet secrets But it is SOOO worth it! and it is possible, if you want it and I know you feel you want what you have now But I know that you want more! If nothing else, stop for my sake. Yes, I'll be selfish. I don't care. I haven't even known you for a year but… Watching your heart break through the window where I have to watch your life as you hold onto brokenness is breaking me ...               (Maybe cause it reminds me of myself) I wish I could say it doesn't nearly bring me to tears, but I am not that calloused. Life has served me a hard play, like you but His Love restored my softness; has kept me sane. Kept me from taking my life when I felt useless and worthless because He told me I was worth something, even in a dark psychiatric ward. And I am still learning how in Him I am worth something He reminds me when people, like you, reach out to me… I know you hear it every Sunday, but the love you want is not that far. It is not a secret, or shallow touch, it is not security, attention, momentary bliss of distractions… its nothing but sacrifice of The Loving Friend. Recognize you are loved by the One who knows you and understands, Far better than a girl with years of experience in psychological analyzing and running on broken parts I love you friend, and I would love for you to hear me.
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My walls will cave in (just like placards stacked up horizontally fall back with the wind) along with every wave of anxiety- Right then, I will fall short of words, or rather lose the intelligence of speaking- Goosebumps, butterflies, shivers and my heart dipping into the cold Pacific won't just be defense mechanisms. My heart will appear to jolt awake and then dead repeatedly by the society I put myself in; I will feel electricity running around in my veins, often sparking out of my eyes as the salty tears that trigger short circuits The ones they say could be caused by the heat- Indeed- but it's also the cold, the wind, rain and the snow Words like unknown, unforeseen and anonymous manifesting and getting under my skin- make my jaws quiver and heart dip. Often my gut nudges me to stand and to speak and to, for once, not fear an omen before I deliver a speech, But when I speak, though my mouth moves to enunciate what I remembered from the paper, And as I attempt to collect and reflect my confidence through my features, My fingers tremble as I try to fit them into my fists behind my back- These legs shiver behind the pedestal, hidden under slacks. For people think these mere trifles shouldn't ******* the silhouette that I bear, Fear of the unknown? Don't be scared, scared! My nerve ends nervously make my fingers dance as I attempt to provide them a temporary occupation- 'Cross your fingers, close your fists, Pretend to text, you're better than this.' So dear me, oh dear me I am sorry- I am sorry for constantly holding you back; Sorry for all the chances I did not let you take, all because I sometimes tend to diverge my faults out as through a prism, And have always been someone who can never jeopardize her pursuit for perfection. Sorry, for the seeds of my anxiety have given birth to the roots of my skepticism- For I paint doubt over every pretty scenery you etch in my mind, My inhibitions and myself, thinking things over, rewind, rewind. If I were Rapunzel my anxiety would be the tower that holds me encapsulated- a hostage; With no demands whatsoever, only a plain, ruthless, endless need to cause damage.
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Aug 5, 2016
Aug 5, 2016 at 9:05 AM UTC
Anxiety's Choreography
My walls will cave in (just like placards stacked up horizontally fall back with the wind) along with every wave of anxiety- Right then, I will fall short of words, or rather lose the intelligence of speaking- Goosebumps, butterflies, shivers and my heart dipping into the cold Pacific won't just be defense mechanisms. My heart will appear to jolt awake and then dead repeatedly by the society I put myself in; I will feel electricity running around in my veins, often sparking out of my eyes as the salty tears that trigger short circuits The ones they say could be caused by the heat- Indeed- but it's also the cold, the wind, rain and the snow Words like unknown, unforeseen and anonymous manifesting and getting under my skin- make my jaws quiver and heart dip. Often my gut nudges me to stand and to speak and to, for once, not fear an omen before I deliver a speech, But when I speak, though my mouth moves to enunciate what I remembered from the paper, And as I attempt to collect and reflect my confidence through my features, My fingers tremble as I try to fit them into my fists behind my back- These legs shiver behind the pedestal, hidden under slacks. For people think these mere trifles shouldn't ******* the silhouette that I bear, Fear of the unknown? Don't be scared, scared! My nerve ends nervously make my fingers dance as I attempt to provide them a temporary occupation- 'Cross your fingers, close your fists, Pretend to text, you're better than this.' So dear me, oh dear me I am sorry- I am sorry for constantly holding you back; Sorry for all the chances I did not let you take, all because I sometimes tend to diverge my faults out as through a prism, And have always been someone who can never jeopardize her pursuit for perfection. Sorry, for the seeds of my anxiety have given birth to the roots of my skepticism- For I paint doubt over every pretty scenery you etch in my mind, My inhibitions and myself, thinking things over, rewind, rewind. If I were Rapunzel my anxiety would be the tower that holds me encapsulated- a hostage; With no demands whatsoever, only a plain, ruthless, endless need to cause damage.
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i. caren forgot about her morning.  caren forgot it was wednesday.  caren had an event and she was not there. caren is a shadow.  caren is an absence of space.  caren is a gap that people shy away from, women in black dresses sidestepping past her memory. caren is a woman with a streetcar.  caren is a woman with an office job.  caren is a woman with a social network.  caren goes to functions.  caren is no longer a function, but a product of her own actions. caren forgot herself. ii. shattered windshields. broken glass like triangle teeth. more monsters lurk in mirrors than in the recesses of the closet.  behemoths wait by water coolers, demons sit in sweaty three-by-fours.  the devil wears a motorcycle helmet and caren hasn't learned from her mistakes. iii. run a red light.  it's december and she's egging on the new year.  frosted features and blinkers hide hot flashes.  she's impatient for her age, a businesswoman at her best.   a shift in gear. a change in mood.  road rage, road rash.  a few words from a dark knight on a whinnying bike. iv. lane changes and unintentional nudges. motorcycle launches the devil like a dove to heaven. caren stays earthbound, blood spilled to nourish the ground.  fertilizer runs through her veins, and vampire trees in city parks drink it up. bystanders drink it up. v. caren is a casualty.  caren is the victim of her own habits. caren is a corpse in a coffin. caren is an elephant in the viewing room.   caren is to blame in eyes and minds. caren is condemned in whispers, but caren is lamented out loud, so caren is proud. caren got **** done.
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Jan 25, 2015
Jan 25, 2015 at 8:19 PM UTC
sinner
i. caren forgot about her morning.  caren forgot it was wednesday.  caren had an event and she was not there. caren is a shadow.  caren is an absence of space.  caren is a gap that people shy away from, women in black dresses sidestepping past her memory. caren is a woman with a streetcar.  caren is a woman with an office job.  caren is a woman with a social network.  caren goes to functions.  caren is no longer a function, but a product of her own actions. caren forgot herself. ii. shattered windshields. broken glass like triangle teeth. more monsters lurk in mirrors than in the recesses of the closet.  behemoths wait by water coolers, demons sit in sweaty three-by-fours.  the devil wears a motorcycle helmet and caren hasn't learned from her mistakes. iii. run a red light.  it's december and she's egging on the new year.  frosted features and blinkers hide hot flashes.  she's impatient for her age, a businesswoman at her best.   a shift in gear. a change in mood.  road rage, road rash.  a few words from a dark knight on a whinnying bike. iv. lane changes and unintentional nudges. motorcycle launches the devil like a dove to heaven. caren stays earthbound, blood spilled to nourish the ground.  fertilizer runs through her veins, and vampire trees in city parks drink it up. bystanders drink it up. v. caren is a casualty.  caren is the victim of her own habits. caren is a corpse in a coffin. caren is an elephant in the viewing room.   caren is to blame in eyes and minds. caren is condemned in whispers, but caren is lamented out loud, so caren is proud. caren got **** done.
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leather skinned harlots in their pre-washed jeans and make with sticky fingers the shiny jewels and the keys to proverbial kingdoms but nobody notices everybody is too busy celebrating the return of the same old same old and her ten trick pony shes a fire in the ***** of many a man good thing most of them take medications for it but she is as hard to cure as her burning desires the happy girls are neatly dressed perfumed and powdered in evening dresses nothing it would seem can get in the way of tonight's entertainment song and dance numbers performed with zeal and more than a touch of class by some famous actor who name has faded away but his dreams are still alive up there in bright lights on the marquee all he wants is that second chance like lightening striking a third time the townsfolk all gather there at the edge of the stage to see the show and cheer on his rise to stardom everyone except the girl with the rose tattoo she was still at the bar trying to drowned her sorrows in whiskey and spilled tears her and her pony had enough of this town but they had no place else to go aint much room in the world for someone like her the same old same old is hard way to live she tries to smile but it comes out shouts of misery her pony nudges her arm and looks to the east and the rising sun time to go but she dosn't care shes got a few tricks of her own shes gonna marry the actor squeeze out a few ankle-biters and get the picket fence to put around the little brats keep em in check seems like every time you turn around there is somebody trying to one up you the new girl in town has a mechanical pony and comes with a text book on std's of the soul she will make alot of men happy someday but not today today they all have leather skinned harlots
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Jan 26, 2014
Jan 26, 2014 at 10:14 PM UTC
leather skinned harlots
leather skinned harlots in their pre-washed jeans and make with sticky fingers the shiny jewels and the keys to proverbial kingdoms but nobody notices everybody is too busy celebrating the return of the same old same old and her ten trick pony shes a fire in the ***** of many a man good thing most of them take medications for it but she is as hard to cure as her burning desires the happy girls are neatly dressed perfumed and powdered in evening dresses nothing it would seem can get in the way of tonight's entertainment song and dance numbers performed with zeal and more than a touch of class by some famous actor who name has faded away but his dreams are still alive up there in bright lights on the marquee all he wants is that second chance like lightening striking a third time the townsfolk all gather there at the edge of the stage to see the show and cheer on his rise to stardom everyone except the girl with the rose tattoo she was still at the bar trying to drowned her sorrows in whiskey and spilled tears her and her pony had enough of this town but they had no place else to go aint much room in the world for someone like her the same old same old is hard way to live she tries to smile but it comes out shouts of misery her pony nudges her arm and looks to the east and the rising sun time to go but she dosn't care shes got a few tricks of her own shes gonna marry the actor squeeze out a few ankle-biters and get the picket fence to put around the little brats keep em in check seems like every time you turn around there is somebody trying to one up you the new girl in town has a mechanical pony and comes with a text book on std's of the soul she will make alot of men happy someday but not today today they all have leather skinned harlots
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I look at you .. your countenance and demeneour .. how one eyes follows the other and curls of your hair address this courtship unknowingly .. and at a gaze when all at once, my eyes brush off your glance, . hiding in plain sight, what our gentle nudges couldn't hide .. You do not say .. in fear and worry for what might, I do not ask .. illusions of my habits overcomes.. and yet, we nurture that infinitesimally small fire .. hoping meekly in our hearts .. that something or some force would cater to our reconciliation .. but it never does.
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Nov 19, 2020
Nov 19, 2020 at 9:51 AM UTC
Courtships at dawn
Surreptitious incitement, Deliberate grazes, Salacious gazes, Languid depravity, Lazily gnawing at my cravings. Nudges of adoration, Filling my concavities of falsehoods. Seemingly small pensive moments, Instigating momentous intrigue. Cavernous aches where your heart should beat against mine. Brushing against destitution, While we wrestle involuntary solitude. Day dreams leave me shamelessly wondering, For you are abstract, Asunder, Yet even quixotically, You leave me enamored.
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Oct 24, 2013
Oct 24, 2013 at 5:59 AM UTC
Asunder
She comes in nuzzling, full of salt, full of froth; lingers, indulging in sun Slowly then goes, taking some tender earth making it pure. She nudges again, this time with a shell, pouring its secrets, a hum and some cries. I hold it naively, by my ear it soothes and smothers, her perpetual low rumble. She comes in nuzzling, and parts again Our oft affair remains...
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Aug 23, 2014
Aug 23, 2014 at 11:41 PM UTC
She
Eve's on Highway 70. Been on it for some four hours. After dialing the ten digits on the cracked cell screen, she turns it on speakerphone. It rings once. To the side of the road, a sign reads, World's Tallest Prairie Dog. It rings twice. She wonders how long the wind has been red; how long until the red sun gives up. It rings three times. There are birds flying up ahead. She wants to call them by name. But what good would it do? It rings four times. He picks up. Her lips are chapped. I'm fine, Jay. Thanks. Just calling to tell you that I'm in the state. What state? Your state? What do you mean? I'm in Colorado. What? What are you doing here? Am I not welcome? No, no. It's not that. Why didn't you tell me? I wanted it to be a surprise. I hate surprises. Nobody hates surprises. I do. She's silent for a beat. The birds are still ahead; she races toward them but never gains. Why didn't you tell me? he asks. I just told you. I think something's wrong with my phone. I can hear an echo. I have you on speaker. Why? My internal mic is broken. Internal mic? What does that mean? I don't know. Where are you going? Fort Collins. I have family out there, I guess. Some cousins. Are you on the way? Am I on the way to Fort Collins? Yes. No. That's not what I want you to say. What do you want me to say? Just try again. Eve, I don't think this is a good idea. Try again. What? Try again. I can hardly hear you. There's wind or something. With her index finger she nudges the volume **** to no effect. She puts her knee on the steering wheel. She rolls up her window. Say what I want you to say, she says. I'm on the way, Jay says, if you take the long way. I'll be there by six. What should we do? You could start by apologizing. So could you, Jay. What should we do? Say that one more time--the phone. What should we do when I get there? We'll figure something out. I hope, she says.
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Oct 24, 2013
Oct 24, 2013 at 11:51 AM UTC
The Pleading Hands of Women
Eve's on Highway 70. Been on it for some four hours. After dialing the ten digits on the cracked cell screen, she turns it on speakerphone. It rings once. To the side of the road, a sign reads, World's Tallest Prairie Dog. It rings twice. She wonders how long the wind has been red; how long until the red sun gives up. It rings three times. There are birds flying up ahead. She wants to call them by name. But what good would it do? It rings four times. He picks up. Her lips are chapped. I'm fine, Jay. Thanks. Just calling to tell you that I'm in the state. What state? Your state? What do you mean? I'm in Colorado. What? What are you doing here? Am I not welcome? No, no. It's not that. Why didn't you tell me? I wanted it to be a surprise. I hate surprises. Nobody hates surprises. I do. She's silent for a beat. The birds are still ahead; she races toward them but never gains. Why didn't you tell me? he asks. I just told you. I think something's wrong with my phone. I can hear an echo. I have you on speaker. Why? My internal mic is broken. Internal mic? What does that mean? I don't know. Where are you going? Fort Collins. I have family out there, I guess. Some cousins. Are you on the way? Am I on the way to Fort Collins? Yes. No. That's not what I want you to say. What do you want me to say? Just try again. Eve, I don't think this is a good idea. Try again. What? Try again. I can hardly hear you. There's wind or something. With her index finger she nudges the volume **** to no effect. She puts her knee on the steering wheel. She rolls up her window. Say what I want you to say, she says. I'm on the way, Jay says, if you take the long way. I'll be there by six. What should we do? You could start by apologizing. So could you, Jay. What should we do? Say that one more time--the phone. What should we do when I get there? We'll figure something out. I hope, she says.
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find friends someone sent you a friend request look, some people you might know nudges to connect the more the merrier spend more time looking at screens immerse yourself in technology who needs real life? hey, you need a new phone it's brand new it's brand name it's calling for you, my dear
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Jun 7, 2013
Jun 7, 2013 at 1:23 AM UTC
connection disconnects
dedicated to all of the women~poets here I love not-so-secretly early to bed, early to rise, stunned to sleep by a superhero trio, sunset extraordinaire, food and drink, but, nonetheless  I am awakened by a poem birthing, water breaking, now in full labor, burning borning, inside a man's womb full wattage, thus empowered, the moonlight nudges me awake at 300am with something real halfway between a slap and a tonguing kiss of pure white ****** light This night sun has an entourage clouds in attendance, attend-dance, exactly, so many fawning, that the bright light upon the water, normally a claro path, tonight, but, just, a moon spot smudged by the shapes of cloud interlopers intervening tween me and she... (nature is female, everybody knows that!) yet, the night sun is so overwhelming bright that everything is perfect outlined edged sharp in relief, the stand of six, our bedroom guardians, six oaks strong, are quiet, at-attention still, their leafy dress uniforms perfectly pressed, as I am too, at full attention now I understand why soldiers award themselves oak leaf clusters as medals of decoration, bravery poor man's mind weak with admiration, plots alternative W courses, a. Walk on water as invited b. Wake her with your tongue, in order to put her back to sleep,                                        (with your tongue) c. Write a poem with eye light d. W-all of the above unable to decide, no, that's wrong, incapable of decide, I do the bravest act, self-decorate myself with a white badge of courage, go back to sleep, thinking I should not drink so much wine on weekends, but write of love and desire, moons in July not June, like the inner kid wants to and I look at the title this poem gave itself, Full Moon Woman Life wondering where the commas should be placed, then realize it is all one word
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Jul 12, 2014
Jul 12, 2014 at 4:40 AM UTC
Full Moon Woman Life
dedicated to all of the women~poets here I love not-so-secretly early to bed, early to rise, stunned to sleep by a superhero trio, sunset extraordinaire, food and drink, but, nonetheless  I am awakened by a poem birthing, water breaking, now in full labor, burning borning, inside a man's womb full wattage, thus empowered, the moonlight nudges me awake at 300am with something real halfway between a slap and a tonguing kiss of pure white ****** light This night sun has an entourage clouds in attendance, attend-dance, exactly, so many fawning, that the bright light upon the water, normally a claro path, tonight, but, just, a moon spot smudged by the shapes of cloud interlopers intervening tween me and she... (nature is female, everybody knows that!) yet, the night sun is so overwhelming bright that everything is perfect outlined edged sharp in relief, the stand of six, our bedroom guardians, six oaks strong, are quiet, at-attention still, their leafy dress uniforms perfectly pressed, as I am too, at full attention now I understand why soldiers award themselves oak leaf clusters as medals of decoration, bravery poor man's mind weak with admiration, plots alternative W courses, a. Walk on water as invited b. Wake her with your tongue, in order to put her back to sleep,                                        (with your tongue) c. Write a poem with eye light d. W-all of the above unable to decide, no, that's wrong, incapable of decide, I do the bravest act, self-decorate myself with a white badge of courage, go back to sleep, thinking I should not drink so much wine on weekends, but write of love and desire, moons in July not June, like the inner kid wants to and I look at the title this poem gave itself, Full Moon Woman Life wondering where the commas should be placed, then realize it is all one word
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I've been having these... Audacious ideas lately. Ideas better left contracepted by reason before taking root in my mind; I've been playing hopscotch with What If so long that I forgot he was just and imaginary friend. I've been thinking about you. They're just thoughts but see, These feelings I have for you are so very contradictory because the very reason I like you is the reason you keep your distance. You pray to a god I don't believe in and according to my church, you might be called a heathen Yet I couldn't imagine anyone else in heaven with more ease. I've been having these... Audacious ideas lately. Ideas that took root and for the life of me, won't scoot for things like logic. These here ideas are utterly tragic. We share the same basic morals but you stick to the script, and I'm a little more improv; with my Saturday Nights Live, while you're at home praying prayer number five. Trust me when I say I didn't mean to think about you dream about you pray for you constantly. It wasn't until I heard you. Every word was poetry, and all I could ever do was stutter. When I think of these audacious thoughts, I begin to shutter. Mainly because I'm walking down the plank into heartbreak, and those nudges at my back pushing me forward are the smiles you beam like lighthouses in this dark world. It's as if they start at the ground floor of your soul, take an elevator to the corners of your lips and Spread. I don't beleive in the prophet Mohammed but am I a horrible Christian if I thank him for inspiring someone to be so angelic? Not only are you peaceful, you're revolutionary. You could change the world with two hands behind your back and still have prayer time in tact. MSA President, captain of the school team, superlative for the biggest dream. I like you for who you were, are, and who you will become. And it seems as though every one of your actions is rhythmic to my hearts drum. I've been having these... Audacious ideas lately, Ideas better left unsaid, Ideas better left dead.
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Jul 19, 2011
Jul 19, 2011 at 7:46 AM UTC
Audacious Ideas
I've been having these... Audacious ideas lately. Ideas better left contracepted by reason before taking root in my mind; I've been playing hopscotch with What If so long that I forgot he was just and imaginary friend. I've been thinking about you. They're just thoughts but see, These feelings I have for you are so very contradictory because the very reason I like you is the reason you keep your distance. You pray to a god I don't believe in and according to my church, you might be called a heathen Yet I couldn't imagine anyone else in heaven with more ease. I've been having these... Audacious ideas lately. Ideas that took root and for the life of me, won't scoot for things like logic. These here ideas are utterly tragic. We share the same basic morals but you stick to the script, and I'm a little more improv; with my Saturday Nights Live, while you're at home praying prayer number five. Trust me when I say I didn't mean to think about you dream about you pray for you constantly. It wasn't until I heard you. Every word was poetry, and all I could ever do was stutter. When I think of these audacious thoughts, I begin to shutter. Mainly because I'm walking down the plank into heartbreak, and those nudges at my back pushing me forward are the smiles you beam like lighthouses in this dark world. It's as if they start at the ground floor of your soul, take an elevator to the corners of your lips and Spread. I don't beleive in the prophet Mohammed but am I a horrible Christian if I thank him for inspiring someone to be so angelic? Not only are you peaceful, you're revolutionary. You could change the world with two hands behind your back and still have prayer time in tact. MSA President, captain of the school team, superlative for the biggest dream. I like you for who you were, are, and who you will become. And it seems as though every one of your actions is rhythmic to my hearts drum. I've been having these... Audacious ideas lately, Ideas better left unsaid, Ideas better left dead.
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the day in the park when you told me you loved me i noticed things that i never noticed before. your hair looked darker than usual and i ran my fingers through it almost absent-mindedly, a quick action that happened before i could process it. my fingertips came back wet. saturday morning and clearly straight from the shower you smelt of deodorant, that lovely boy smell, of something fresh and clean but with the hint of sweat already from the walk over here which made me wonder why you ever even bothered with showers, when i liked the ***** sweatiness of your skin more than anything. spring was sprung, flowers everywhere, the council gardeners pruning and weeding every afternoon when i wandered this way after school, but blissfully absent this morning, you and i lone lovers on a lark. i noticed the dandelions were swaying, how picturesque, us in that strange place between friends and more, and the grass wet and dewy beneath our feet, rose bushes lining the path. but we strayed from that path, we did. you stole my hand and we started running, you raucous and wild, a lion inside a boy, and me, following and cautious but laughing. there was this lovely weeping willow, the branches dangling gorgeous leaves, sweeping the ground, a curtain of green which you parted and brushed aside like the way you sometimes brush my hair from my face. under that weeping willow things happened. “i can’t deny it,” you said. you said, as you touched my hair and my face and no other part of me, so intimate and courageous with my heart beating faster than any other saturday morning. “i can’t deny the fact that i love you,” and you were pushing me back as you stepped forward, little nudges in the hip and the shoulder and then maybe just hard enough to leave a bruise you pushed me against the trunk of the tree. as steady as i was weak. i checked later, at home, safe in my bedroom with the curtains closed, in the almost dark i pulled off my shirt and checked, and yes you did, you did leave a bruise, but it was not as painful nor as potent as when you finally finally finally kissed me, your lips air as i was drowning, against that weeping willow with your hands finally finally finally on my waist and stomach and ******* and the fire you started in my heart as stupid as it sounds that has not and will not burn out, the pain of having to leave you at my doorstep and waiting until the next time you could relinquish my need, and now after we’re broken up the pain of not knowing if i’ll ever feel those lips again. the bruises on my skin do not even begin to rival the internal bruising of that first kiss.
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Aug 14, 2014
Aug 14, 2014 at 5:41 PM UTC
dandelions
the day in the park when you told me you loved me i noticed things that i never noticed before. your hair looked darker than usual and i ran my fingers through it almost absent-mindedly, a quick action that happened before i could process it. my fingertips came back wet. saturday morning and clearly straight from the shower you smelt of deodorant, that lovely boy smell, of something fresh and clean but with the hint of sweat already from the walk over here which made me wonder why you ever even bothered with showers, when i liked the ***** sweatiness of your skin more than anything. spring was sprung, flowers everywhere, the council gardeners pruning and weeding every afternoon when i wandered this way after school, but blissfully absent this morning, you and i lone lovers on a lark. i noticed the dandelions were swaying, how picturesque, us in that strange place between friends and more, and the grass wet and dewy beneath our feet, rose bushes lining the path. but we strayed from that path, we did. you stole my hand and we started running, you raucous and wild, a lion inside a boy, and me, following and cautious but laughing. there was this lovely weeping willow, the branches dangling gorgeous leaves, sweeping the ground, a curtain of green which you parted and brushed aside like the way you sometimes brush my hair from my face. under that weeping willow things happened. “i can’t deny it,” you said. you said, as you touched my hair and my face and no other part of me, so intimate and courageous with my heart beating faster than any other saturday morning. “i can’t deny the fact that i love you,” and you were pushing me back as you stepped forward, little nudges in the hip and the shoulder and then maybe just hard enough to leave a bruise you pushed me against the trunk of the tree. as steady as i was weak. i checked later, at home, safe in my bedroom with the curtains closed, in the almost dark i pulled off my shirt and checked, and yes you did, you did leave a bruise, but it was not as painful nor as potent as when you finally finally finally kissed me, your lips air as i was drowning, against that weeping willow with your hands finally finally finally on my waist and stomach and ******* and the fire you started in my heart as stupid as it sounds that has not and will not burn out, the pain of having to leave you at my doorstep and waiting until the next time you could relinquish my need, and now after we’re broken up the pain of not knowing if i’ll ever feel those lips again. the bruises on my skin do not even begin to rival the internal bruising of that first kiss.
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The horse is chasing the jockey Horse has a lotta moxy Trots round like she is real foxy Jockeys chase her down his play gets old makes her frown Turn of roles excites her soul Riders line up but she cannot be found Prize horse everyone thinks is trick She runs when things get thick Horses chase a finish line Panting hard before the finish line Wanting nothing more than to win the chase Watch the smile grow on her face As she chases that jockey down Nudges with her nose and knocks him down Wanting nothing more than to feel his hair Wave and wander all over this mare~
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Apr 6, 2014
Apr 6, 2014 at 3:30 PM UTC
Horse & Jockey
The mortals twiddle their thumbs, they entertain fickle thoughts. Eyes are fixed to electronics as they wait for the bus stop, for a promotion, for me to pass them by. In their last season, I'm finally observed. For the first Time, we mingle with intent. We sit watching grandchildren and drinking coffee--slowing down. A still moment; and then without fail the mortal will pack his trunk and journey to a place that I cannot travel. I am left, once again, to awaken the eyes of the young. Investing nudges and pushes, waging war against the clock-- All so that at life's end we might if only for a brief moment, be still, and sip joe.
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Nov 9, 2012
Nov 9, 2012 at 12:53 AM UTC
Time
Cool are the streets before sunrise I pedal my daily route through downtown Kalamazoo Past the Art Institute and Civic And out through Riverfront Park on the Valley Trail Across the river on M96 I head east toward sunrise The road is slightly dampened by the dew And the trees on each side of the highway stand tall Framing the sun as I make the first curve slightly east-north-east In symmetry, the sun lies between the trees Above the road, floating round, brilliant Just inside the zone of a photographer's eye The sun, the road, the trees, the mist – all ablaze in orange. A dangerous time to ride so close to traffic The lenses of my glasses scatter the light in condensation I pedal hard to pass through this section And ride into Galesburg stopping at the lights Passing through town out Michigan Ave I cross the Kalamazoo River but stop for a moment in stride As the cold air nudges swirls of fog to dance on the surface Lit from behind by the rising sun, golden, quiet, ghostly into the distance Out onto my last few miles where the road is rough It climbs out of the river valley up two hundred feet Into winding country roads away from most traffic And closer to the farms and woods The air is now heavy with the dampness of the woods There is only the breeze I bring with me I crest a hill after a long climb but I do not coast on the slight reprieve As there is new and old roadkill serviced by carrion birds in the mist I am at my destination on another beautiful morning and I think What wonders have I seen that my peers miss in their race on the highway What smells of wild garlic, split oak, and musk of raccoon, skunk, and possum, and sweat What satisfaction I have as I shower off the cold, and insects, and ride from my skin August 20, 2013 Kalamazoo, MI
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Aug 20, 2013
Aug 20, 2013 at 8:27 PM UTC
Tuesday Morning
Cool are the streets before sunrise I pedal my daily route through downtown Kalamazoo Past the Art Institute and Civic And out through Riverfront Park on the Valley Trail Across the river on M96 I head east toward sunrise The road is slightly dampened by the dew And the trees on each side of the highway stand tall Framing the sun as I make the first curve slightly east-north-east In symmetry, the sun lies between the trees Above the road, floating round, brilliant Just inside the zone of a photographer's eye The sun, the road, the trees, the mist – all ablaze in orange. A dangerous time to ride so close to traffic The lenses of my glasses scatter the light in condensation I pedal hard to pass through this section And ride into Galesburg stopping at the lights Passing through town out Michigan Ave I cross the Kalamazoo River but stop for a moment in stride As the cold air nudges swirls of fog to dance on the surface Lit from behind by the rising sun, golden, quiet, ghostly into the distance Out onto my last few miles where the road is rough It climbs out of the river valley up two hundred feet Into winding country roads away from most traffic And closer to the farms and woods The air is now heavy with the dampness of the woods There is only the breeze I bring with me I crest a hill after a long climb but I do not coast on the slight reprieve As there is new and old roadkill serviced by carrion birds in the mist I am at my destination on another beautiful morning and I think What wonders have I seen that my peers miss in their race on the highway What smells of wild garlic, split oak, and musk of raccoon, skunk, and possum, and sweat What satisfaction I have as I shower off the cold, and insects, and ride from my skin August 20, 2013 Kalamazoo, MI
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Alert! Oh. It's only a reminder. Automated, automatically sent to us. An email, a text. They pop on devices, trained that way. Tomorrow's a birthday. Always tomorrow an Alert! Someone's born. Yet, the helper has become a daemon. Friendly assistance become nudges of melancholy. A Daemon for grieving? How many Alerts can the heart take? Yearly jolts, automated realization that our family is fading. Not tomorrow's children born into midnight's Alert, but the child father, mother, sister, and brother we remember in bleaching photos. Chemically fading away, decaying like data on hard drives. Our stormy lives remembered with a half-life of gentle reminders. Remembered as ghostly background processes sending alerts of birthdays so long ago there's no trace except in shared memories.
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Dec 12, 2015
Dec 12, 2015 at 12:21 PM UTC
A helper becomes a daemon