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We live in a time of uncertainty No jobs Climate change Mass killings warnings of pandemics Where is our utopia where is our heaven on Earth 1900's we had San Fransisco's earthquake McKinley was assassinated First Nobel prize The Tunguska Event nothing as changed in my eyes 1910's we had Spanish flu The sinking of the unsinkable ship, the Titanic and World War 1 What else is needed to say about this decade nothing changed as the human race lived on 1920's we had Discovery of penicillin The great depression and prohibition 1930's we had Bonnie and Clyde Hindenburg disaster Discovery of Pluto Al Capone imprisoned 1940's we had World War 2 Mount Rushmore completed Big bang theory formulated Israel founded Nothing changed but who knew 1950's we had Castro becomes Dictator of Cuba Laika the dog goes into space Korean War began History never changed and neither will the Human Race 1960's we had The rise of the Berlin wall First man on the moon Vietnam War Nothing changed and won't any time soon 1970's we had First test tube baby Tangshan Earthquake Kent state shootings Elvis died 1980's we had Chernobyl Tiananmen square massacre Exxon oil spill Nothing changed and never will 1990's we had Oklahoma city bombing Princess Diana died Columbine massacre World Trade Center bombed End of the Cold War 2000's we had Hurricane Katrina Pluto reclassified Obama elected September 11th 2010's we had Haiti Earthquake Japan Earthquake Bin Laden killed BP oil spill England riots Brazil riots China banned time travel. We're only 4 years in. **** sapiens are nearly 200,000 years old nothing changed and never will
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Jun 8, 2014
Jun 8, 2014 at 6:07 AM UTC
Nothing Changed
We live in a time of uncertainty No jobs Climate change Mass killings warnings of pandemics Where is our utopia where is our heaven on Earth 1900's we had San Fransisco's earthquake McKinley was assassinated First Nobel prize The Tunguska Event nothing as changed in my eyes 1910's we had Spanish flu The sinking of the unsinkable ship, the Titanic and World War 1 What else is needed to say about this decade nothing changed as the human race lived on 1920's we had Discovery of penicillin The great depression and prohibition 1930's we had Bonnie and Clyde Hindenburg disaster Discovery of Pluto Al Capone imprisoned 1940's we had World War 2 Mount Rushmore completed Big bang theory formulated Israel founded Nothing changed but who knew 1950's we had Castro becomes Dictator of Cuba Laika the dog goes into space Korean War began History never changed and neither will the Human Race 1960's we had The rise of the Berlin wall First man on the moon Vietnam War Nothing changed and won't any time soon 1970's we had First test tube baby Tangshan Earthquake Kent state shootings Elvis died 1980's we had Chernobyl Tiananmen square massacre Exxon oil spill Nothing changed and never will 1990's we had Oklahoma city bombing Princess Diana died Columbine massacre World Trade Center bombed End of the Cold War 2000's we had Hurricane Katrina Pluto reclassified Obama elected September 11th 2010's we had Haiti Earthquake Japan Earthquake Bin Laden killed BP oil spill England riots Brazil riots China banned time travel. We're only 4 years in. **** sapiens are nearly 200,000 years old nothing changed and never will
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Feeling claustrophobic doing emotional aerobics, can’t breath so I take a breath and breath in, and if you can’t be with the one you love, then love the one you can be with, time is precious, can’t waste it, even though I’m at this terminal, feeling like a rebel that’s complacent, typing on these keys, like they could make a difference, met Jay-Z and respect Alicia keys, but this New York State of Mind is indignant, feels like the world is ending, feels like no one cares, feeling like no one feels things, feels like feeling don’t matter any more, anyways, you know what they say, one moment you feel like you’re on top of the world, the next moment that feeling goes away, we’ve got pandemics, we’ve got floods and fires, we’ve got a worldwide lockdown, we’ve got misdirected desires, we’ve got not a lot left to believe in, see people I know in the street, and feel like, I’ve got nothing to say to them, dead inside, still sparked and alive, still I log on just to turn off, but I’m not grabbed by anything online, nothing is exciting, nope nothing at all, so I try to drown out my anxieties, with orange juice and alcohol, wishing I knew which directions to go in, wishing I knew if life was real or not, it’s 2020 it feels like that doesn’t mean anything, feels like we got way but somehow we are still caught, here in this moment, with no one except ourselves, what do you do if ignorance is bliss, but knowledge is wealth, which to choose, the choice is up to you, I can’t give you any advice, because I don’t even know what’s true, though I do know one thing, when I take a breath and breath it’s, if you can’t be with the one you love, then love the one you can be with….
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Jul 13, 2020
Jul 13, 2020 at 12:59 PM UTC
Breathe The One You Love
Feeling claustrophobic doing emotional aerobics, can’t breath so I take a breath and breath in, and if you can’t be with the one you love, then love the one you can be with, time is precious, can’t waste it, even though I’m at this terminal, feeling like a rebel that’s complacent, typing on these keys, like they could make a difference, met Jay-Z and respect Alicia keys, but this New York State of Mind is indignant, feels like the world is ending, feels like no one cares, feeling like no one feels things, feels like feeling don’t matter any more, anyways, you know what they say, one moment you feel like you’re on top of the world, the next moment that feeling goes away, we’ve got pandemics, we’ve got floods and fires, we’ve got a worldwide lockdown, we’ve got misdirected desires, we’ve got not a lot left to believe in, see people I know in the street, and feel like, I’ve got nothing to say to them, dead inside, still sparked and alive, still I log on just to turn off, but I’m not grabbed by anything online, nothing is exciting, nope nothing at all, so I try to drown out my anxieties, with orange juice and alcohol, wishing I knew which directions to go in, wishing I knew if life was real or not, it’s 2020 it feels like that doesn’t mean anything, feels like we got way but somehow we are still caught, here in this moment, with no one except ourselves, what do you do if ignorance is bliss, but knowledge is wealth, which to choose, the choice is up to you, I can’t give you any advice, because I don’t even know what’s true, though I do know one thing, when I take a breath and breath it’s, if you can’t be with the one you love, then love the one you can be with….
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We are not the voice to elect a king We are anonymous I am not the one you want to convene because I question everything I am just a voice of honesty as degenerates overtake my home Life in the wake of calamity cast on a pile of bones It’s the new order of the ages, welcome to the end of days The beast controls our lives impeding our ability to thrive induced into a system designed for wealth, power, and lies A price is paid for not conceding to an affirmation worth repeating as I join the enlightened ones and wage a massive war A circularity that deviates from its path is not a circle anymore They will invoke internal and external threats then establish many secret prisons Slowly restricting the freedom of the Press while surveying ordinary citizens Chem-trails from government jets will be dismissed as urban legends Mandatory vaccinations designed to lower urban intelligence Radio-frequency identification chips mandatory for men, women, and children Man-made global pandemics separated for segregated sterilization Espionage becomes the new word for criticism And dissent will be the new word for treason In the name of self-preservation they will subvert the rule of law We are broken beyond repair, slaves for all we have As they divide our families, we ignore another false flag As history repeats, we are kept under control But we are not the voices to elect a king because we are anonymous
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Apr 9, 2013
Apr 9, 2013 at 4:07 AM UTC
We Are Anonymous
The Wildest Conclusion Who are you To tell me My thoughts Aren't worth being heard I deserve And demand my rights I might Shout amendments First, Then commence To irregular common sense My stability Is retained By the imbalance In my brain You see, I can't enable These "Cain and Able" angels That rest on your shoulders Because I ain't able Fables Fly out the mouth Of an astounding author His sound Is profound His prowess authorized By his copy written Signature Which is his style Italicized and laid back Now, Crack open Another pack of pens And draw out The wildest conclusions In deep thought Then listen... .The world disapproves. The extent Of my intentions Were wilder than I could imagine So I didn't know I would take it this far The words written Were forbidden In the foulest belief system I wouldn't have wrote them If my outrageous mind Wasn't dying From boredom Boarding off the monsters That alter ideas From beneath the bed They reach my head And toy with my Emotions Tantalize and Taint my tender mind Then morph it To be the tainter! To picture death You'll need help From this Morbid painter Why do I Write so wickedly Then spread like pandemics It's Pandemonium momentarily Shared with you With whatsoever You should do With Evil knowledge Is truth Look in your hands I say "Vice is right" Can I persuade? Like a gun used to ****** a murderer Some executions Are executed At the exact moment Of redemption How tempting Is it for A wholesome man To make A half-hearted attempt At prosperity Sparingly Laying in Evil's bed But never staying When he awakes Will he use the tools Because he learned the trade Or teach others To not It's hard to reach others When all they believe Is a happy ending I conclude But The true ending You can't imagine Because it's too wild For you.
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Oct 4, 2011
Oct 4, 2011 at 4:03 PM UTC
The Wildest Conclusion
The Wildest Conclusion Who are you To tell me My thoughts Aren't worth being heard I deserve And demand my rights I might Shout amendments First, Then commence To irregular common sense My stability Is retained By the imbalance In my brain You see, I can't enable These "Cain and Able" angels That rest on your shoulders Because I ain't able Fables Fly out the mouth Of an astounding author His sound Is profound His prowess authorized By his copy written Signature Which is his style Italicized and laid back Now, Crack open Another pack of pens And draw out The wildest conclusions In deep thought Then listen... .The world disapproves. The extent Of my intentions Were wilder than I could imagine So I didn't know I would take it this far The words written Were forbidden In the foulest belief system I wouldn't have wrote them If my outrageous mind Wasn't dying From boredom Boarding off the monsters That alter ideas From beneath the bed They reach my head And toy with my Emotions Tantalize and Taint my tender mind Then morph it To be the tainter! To picture death You'll need help From this Morbid painter Why do I Write so wickedly Then spread like pandemics It's Pandemonium momentarily Shared with you With whatsoever You should do With Evil knowledge Is truth Look in your hands I say "Vice is right" Can I persuade? Like a gun used to ****** a murderer Some executions Are executed At the exact moment Of redemption How tempting Is it for A wholesome man To make A half-hearted attempt At prosperity Sparingly Laying in Evil's bed But never staying When he awakes Will he use the tools Because he learned the trade Or teach others To not It's hard to reach others When all they believe Is a happy ending I conclude But The true ending You can't imagine Because it's too wild For you.
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Enchanted shore descendant Branch upon the kapok tree In forests of El Yunque The coqui songs compelling me To write of the Taino sol Still burning to be free From The Lion's sword that bled The pages of our history Stolen land attendant Encomienda living property From roots of our ancestral bones Was grown the crown's economy Then baptized in the crosses' greed They cleansed us of our savagery A genocide of cultures made Them rich with inhumanity Kept at bay our independent Luminescent solidarity   Then poured in streams of Lares cries To fields of pure cane tyranny Yet caverns of Camuy echoed The fleeting winds of liberty To tempest warships harboring A hurricane democracy By '98 dependent In '17  a new decree Final draft trenches fulfilled The ballot box with empty Then sharpened territory clause Reconstituted colony Campos prison cancer cell Vieques poisoned casualty Infecting the resplendent Contagious hope of sovereignty Pandemics of oppressions past Injecting present poverty Virulent exploitation plagues Still draining veins systemically Indebted to the parasites' Uncommon wealthy travesty
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Sep 25, 2016
Sep 25, 2016 at 1:00 AM UTC
Taino Sol
There are pandemics, epidemics,enmity, earthquakes, floods, famine, wildfire, volcanic eruptions, cyclones,simoom, tornadoes,hurricanes, peril, disease, death, war,weapons,moreover, oppressors in this planet Do you want and love peace? Earth is not the suitable place to live for you.
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Oct 13, 2023
Oct 13, 2023 at 1:43 AM UTC
Worldly Life
Who are you To tell me My thoughts Aren't worth being heard I deserve And demand my rights I might Shout amendments First, Then commence To irregular common sense My stability Is retained By the imbalance In my brain You see, I can't enable These "Cain and Able" Angels That rest on your shoulders Because I ain't able Fable's fly out The mouth Of an astounding author His sound is profound His prowess authorized By his copywritten Signature Which is his style Italized And laid back Now, Crack open Another pack of pens And draw out The wildest conclusions In deep thought Then listen... The world dissapproves The extent Of my intentions Were wilder than I could imagine So I didn't know I would take this far The words written Were forbidden In the foulest belief system I wouldn't have Took it this far If my outrageous mind Wasn't dying From boredom Boarding off The monsters That try to alter ideas From beneath the bed They reach my head And toy with my Emotions Tantilize and Taint my tender mind Then morph it To be the tainter! To picture death You'll need help From this Morbid painter Why do I Write so wickedly Then spread like pandemics It's Pandamonion momentarily Shared with you With whatsoever You should do With Evil knowledge Is truth Look in your hands I say "Vice is right" Can I persuade? Like a gun used to ****** a murderer Some executions Are executed At the exact moment Of redemption How tempting Is it for A wholsome man to make A half-hearted attempt At prosperity Sparingly Laying in Evil's bed But never sleeping When he awakes Will he use the tools Because he learned the trade Or teach others It's hard to reach others When all they believe Is a happy ending I conclude But The true ending You can't imagine Because it's too wild For you
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Sep 30, 2010
Sep 30, 2010 at 12:51 PM UTC
The Wildest Conclusion
Who are you To tell me My thoughts Aren't worth being heard I deserve And demand my rights I might Shout amendments First, Then commence To irregular common sense My stability Is retained By the imbalance In my brain You see, I can't enable These "Cain and Able" Angels That rest on your shoulders Because I ain't able Fable's fly out The mouth Of an astounding author His sound is profound His prowess authorized By his copywritten Signature Which is his style Italized And laid back Now, Crack open Another pack of pens And draw out The wildest conclusions In deep thought Then listen... The world dissapproves The extent Of my intentions Were wilder than I could imagine So I didn't know I would take this far The words written Were forbidden In the foulest belief system I wouldn't have Took it this far If my outrageous mind Wasn't dying From boredom Boarding off The monsters That try to alter ideas From beneath the bed They reach my head And toy with my Emotions Tantilize and Taint my tender mind Then morph it To be the tainter! To picture death You'll need help From this Morbid painter Why do I Write so wickedly Then spread like pandemics It's Pandamonion momentarily Shared with you With whatsoever You should do With Evil knowledge Is truth Look in your hands I say "Vice is right" Can I persuade? Like a gun used to ****** a murderer Some executions Are executed At the exact moment Of redemption How tempting Is it for A wholsome man to make A half-hearted attempt At prosperity Sparingly Laying in Evil's bed But never sleeping When he awakes Will he use the tools Because he learned the trade Or teach others It's hard to reach others When all they believe Is a happy ending I conclude But The true ending You can't imagine Because it's too wild For you
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How can simple nonoffensive words hurt so much? How can the plain question: "who am I?" make my stomach clutch? Why does the disability to answer make me feel like a bird in a hutch? I try to look for answers, but I end up too weak straying from my goal looking for a crutch. Speaking of going astray, here goes my mind once again. Even I don't know the depths of my thoughts, not the tenth of my brain. After all, I am just a demo, a soul in a chain. What if: "What am I?" is saner? That I can say. I am a human that yet did not drain. A believer of the old saying "no pain no gain." Oh no! I am more than that! I am a grain. And I hold within me the power of a reign. All I need is to grow, all I need is rain. Rain... rain ladies and gentlemen is nature's beloved soundtrack. It is the pitter-patter that makes my heart crack. Sky, why are you so black? What is it that you feel you lack? I promise I won't stand back. Dear horizon ease your anxiety attack, for you are more loved than FLACK. I am a 16RAM program of a telegram whose programmer programmed to deprogram all pogrom to the last gram by the use of an epigram. In simpler terms, I am a poet. I love the world when I'm high and when I'm at my lowest. I believe that I am a poet because poetry is the highest expression of love. I am a lover of this earth and the heavens above. Love isn't just a myth, it does exist. I could go on like this, naming all that I love with a never-ending list. I have learned to adore the darkest of times, I have learned to be fascinated by all lives. Earth why are you falling apart? Why are you so angry? Why are you committing all of these crimes? Ease your typhoons your tornadoes pandemics tsunamis and volcanoes. Dear planet no need for more hives. I can't promise you that we will behave, for mankind is foolish, him who once lived in a cave. I understand your wish for the extinction of all humans. But like any other love story, our love did not last. While earth took us in her arms in the past, whilst earth lovingly caressed humans otherwise. In the present, it has harassed us as if we were Pennywise. The touch of life used to give me butterflies. But for now, all I hear is earth's cries. The earth has loved us so purely, although earth is 22 500 times older than man she has welcomed him so demurely. And yet, man polluted destructed and poisoned. Oh isn't man such a disgrace? How can he look earth in the face?
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Apr 9, 2020
Apr 9, 2020 at 3:28 PM UTC
A Toxic Love
How can simple nonoffensive words hurt so much? How can the plain question: "who am I?" make my stomach clutch? Why does the disability to answer make me feel like a bird in a hutch? I try to look for answers, but I end up too weak straying from my goal looking for a crutch. Speaking of going astray, here goes my mind once again. Even I don't know the depths of my thoughts, not the tenth of my brain. After all, I am just a demo, a soul in a chain. What if: "What am I?" is saner? That I can say. I am a human that yet did not drain. A believer of the old saying "no pain no gain." Oh no! I am more than that! I am a grain. And I hold within me the power of a reign. All I need is to grow, all I need is rain. Rain... rain ladies and gentlemen is nature's beloved soundtrack. It is the pitter-patter that makes my heart crack. Sky, why are you so black? What is it that you feel you lack? I promise I won't stand back. Dear horizon ease your anxiety attack, for you are more loved than FLACK. I am a 16RAM program of a telegram whose programmer programmed to deprogram all pogrom to the last gram by the use of an epigram. In simpler terms, I am a poet. I love the world when I'm high and when I'm at my lowest. I believe that I am a poet because poetry is the highest expression of love. I am a lover of this earth and the heavens above. Love isn't just a myth, it does exist. I could go on like this, naming all that I love with a never-ending list. I have learned to adore the darkest of times, I have learned to be fascinated by all lives. Earth why are you falling apart? Why are you so angry? Why are you committing all of these crimes? Ease your typhoons your tornadoes pandemics tsunamis and volcanoes. Dear planet no need for more hives. I can't promise you that we will behave, for mankind is foolish, him who once lived in a cave. I understand your wish for the extinction of all humans. But like any other love story, our love did not last. While earth took us in her arms in the past, whilst earth lovingly caressed humans otherwise. In the present, it has harassed us as if we were Pennywise. The touch of life used to give me butterflies. But for now, all I hear is earth's cries. The earth has loved us so purely, although earth is 22 500 times older than man she has welcomed him so demurely. And yet, man polluted destructed and poisoned. Oh isn't man such a disgrace? How can he look earth in the face?
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Top of congregates   sorrowed skulls blending a reality of sunken oil paintings in the pavement- -depravity reflection metallic on the NOISY superstructure of false Eden struggling with numerous pandemics- -dawn cooling break of day before dissolution and the rackety BANG that is worldly affairs beginning early on in the coral sunrise/ seaside city losing it's scorch from the ocean- -distant Port Angeles murky in the humidity of Summer. Black coffee sweeps away the sleepies and I'm ready to throw myself into the -ULTRAMODERN CATASTROPHE-
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Jun 16, 2015
Jun 16, 2015 at 10:16 AM UTC
Victoria June
Deep in a forest of fake news Where headline games are people’s views where pandemics become plandemics where anti Vaxxers avoid vaccinations and billionaires avoid taxation. The forest of fake news didn’t just spring up watered by raining lies governed by media moguls and Facebook spies Google and the internet shows us what we want to see inverted mirrors of reality each showing trees a forest for all with no clarity How do see the forest from the trees? or the trees that are fake? life is forest full of trees but they are increasingly on the make or plastic or diseased or just tricks in our sight digital trees born out of spite then cut down into newspapers there’s no one to save us we want to see the truth that wasn’t always hidden but we’d rather see the fake that’s not guilt ridden. Truth the tree of life is now overrun No one can see it It’s been over come and in the dark all trees look the same it’s you and I who are to blame We allowed them to plant there fake news trees and lies and untruths are a disease.
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Oct 2, 2020
Oct 2, 2020 at 2:39 PM UTC
Deep in a forest of fake news
1. Out of control growth of government and related debt spending 2. The explosion of global viral pandemics and superbugs 3. The collapse of abundant underground water aquifers 4. The collapse of a failed medic system that no one can afford 5. The chemical destruction of croplands and the coming food collapse
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Nov 5, 2014
Nov 5, 2014 at 12:54 AM UTC
Disasters Looming In Our Future
Religious stand offs, the prophecy foretold. The holy war that only the bible could have known. Blacks and whites could fight for days and nights. Mainstream media makes the battle go, ignite. Pandemics spread with haste, we know there's no controller, the final form takes place, a demon named Ebola. You know that famous saying That money is the root, And all that I keep saying is that there's no substitute, for evil. One part materialistic with two parts ballistics, a society insane with seven heads that are twisted. I've got words and melodies that are beautiful like Pete Townsend's. But when I'm angry at the world my power level's over nine thousand! It takes a lot of devastation to learn a little appreciation. Mother nature's in control, under God, one nation. The sun will rise tomorrow if we make the right choices. Stop listening to what's trending and start listening to your inner voices. There's beauty in the world, with a lot of negative spaces. Find some one who's less fortunate than you and try to trade places. The dirt, the trees, and the water is important. It's the material things in our lives that we need to forfeit. We can wait for all of time but time waits for no man. Live your life to the fullest, your only one man son you cant dodge bullets. It could all be gone in the blink of and eye, wake up with gray and see how time flies. The hate has to stop. The listening needs to start. Stop getting offended with every jab to the heart. I am no one, small wisdom that don't compare. Learn from everyone, even those that don't care. Dark to light is how this story is told. The human race has reached a crossroad, which way will we go? Years from now will we sing the Star Spangled Banner, or will we all live in the War Strangled Manner.   By Matt Drake
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Oct 15, 2014
Oct 15, 2014 at 3:20 AM UTC
The War Strangled Manner
Religious stand offs, the prophecy foretold. The holy war that only the bible could have known. Blacks and whites could fight for days and nights. Mainstream media makes the battle go, ignite. Pandemics spread with haste, we know there's no controller, the final form takes place, a demon named Ebola. You know that famous saying That money is the root, And all that I keep saying is that there's no substitute, for evil. One part materialistic with two parts ballistics, a society insane with seven heads that are twisted. I've got words and melodies that are beautiful like Pete Townsend's. But when I'm angry at the world my power level's over nine thousand! It takes a lot of devastation to learn a little appreciation. Mother nature's in control, under God, one nation. The sun will rise tomorrow if we make the right choices. Stop listening to what's trending and start listening to your inner voices. There's beauty in the world, with a lot of negative spaces. Find some one who's less fortunate than you and try to trade places. The dirt, the trees, and the water is important. It's the material things in our lives that we need to forfeit. We can wait for all of time but time waits for no man. Live your life to the fullest, your only one man son you cant dodge bullets. It could all be gone in the blink of and eye, wake up with gray and see how time flies. The hate has to stop. The listening needs to start. Stop getting offended with every jab to the heart. I am no one, small wisdom that don't compare. Learn from everyone, even those that don't care. Dark to light is how this story is told. The human race has reached a crossroad, which way will we go? Years from now will we sing the Star Spangled Banner, or will we all live in the War Strangled Manner.   By Matt Drake
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So I say, it's wonderful; definitely wonderful that we have ambitious generous teachers who cares for us                      who? I mean they will drop their personal matters for sake of us Respect them, they are the heroes I call them christ, they allow their powers to care                       and put their future in hazards Who do you think can live his or her family matters for you? The one with a pile of expenses? The one with a number of cars? Either the one with a double storey house? Give them the blessings, care as they care they must be motivated incentives The future of our society relies on their sacrifices Education can cure all pandemics together with social problems Be available, they are there for you and the future is yours.
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Feb 7, 2016
Feb 7, 2016 at 5:40 PM UTC
They care
A little cough, no worries, it will go away More irritable next day, worrisome by third Had better see a doc, but slept the last that night Scattered world wide, by planeloads, unrevealed, unknown Germinate in a week, spawn on breath, speech of death Revived ancient bug, mutated, drug resistant. Pandemics, long with us: Black Death was not the first Now global rapid spread, global rapid response Always ready, always surprised, always novel. The fit didn’t survive, the survivors, the fittest Catastrophic selection, months, not million years Emptied earth, cleaned, reclaimed, to be fought for, again.
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Apr 8, 2019
Apr 8, 2019 at 3:53 AM UTC
Pandemic
six trees gathered, a single stand, looking for a gathering, standing of four more, a prayer circle to make, branch to branch holding onto each other, to have their bark better heard, the question on the table, today’s agenda: why must trees die? overheard their human querying same, the proud trees too, puzzled, sending their inquiry to the heavens that feed them never failing, water to quench a rooted deep thirst, their role, job description well understood, purposed to shade the world, give off fruit, so tasked, so asked: why must trees die? Caught the busy Lord unawares, dealing with seasonal pandemics, endemic hatred from the frailings of  human weakness, who honor pretense by their mouth moving, but don’t believe their enunciation, oh! tiresome battlefront, millions of casualties inflicted on each other, Lord could not countenance another self-interested questioning of his earthly architecture why must trees die? on a beautiful paradisal day, cumulus whites decorating a blue coloratura that never be quite replicated, quieting, five-sense waters at ease, minimal moving, lunching noon hour,the birds, insects, rabbits all retired to cooling reservoirs, munch, gnaw, pollinate, yet the trees misjudge the sun dial iris quietude in the manger, the grove, as the Lord’s good graceful forgiving demeanor, therefore shocking, disbelieving the unforgiving ruthlessness of a deity of love, so the cracking of a single bolt of punishing, purposed lighting, that knocked all the trees down, single blow, roots embruing, ember glowed, a “sounding” the world hears unoften, unremitting, not understanding its other-worldliness, so rare appearing when an actualized answer is returned, declarative, tangible, glorious words: because I am who I am, The Eternal, alone, who keeps the imperfect balance of all my creations, without oversight, asking only from them acceptance of things beyond earthly comprehension...
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Jun 6, 2020
Jun 6, 2020 at 8:20 AM UTC
why must trees die?
six trees gathered, a single stand, looking for a gathering, standing of four more, a prayer circle to make, branch to branch holding onto each other, to have their bark better heard, the question on the table, today’s agenda: why must trees die? overheard their human querying same, the proud trees too, puzzled, sending their inquiry to the heavens that feed them never failing, water to quench a rooted deep thirst, their role, job description well understood, purposed to shade the world, give off fruit, so tasked, so asked: why must trees die? Caught the busy Lord unawares, dealing with seasonal pandemics, endemic hatred from the frailings of  human weakness, who honor pretense by their mouth moving, but don’t believe their enunciation, oh! tiresome battlefront, millions of casualties inflicted on each other, Lord could not countenance another self-interested questioning of his earthly architecture why must trees die? on a beautiful paradisal day, cumulus whites decorating a blue coloratura that never be quite replicated, quieting, five-sense waters at ease, minimal moving, lunching noon hour,the birds, insects, rabbits all retired to cooling reservoirs, munch, gnaw, pollinate, yet the trees misjudge the sun dial iris quietude in the manger, the grove, as the Lord’s good graceful forgiving demeanor, therefore shocking, disbelieving the unforgiving ruthlessness of a deity of love, so the cracking of a single bolt of punishing, purposed lighting, that knocked all the trees down, single blow, roots embruing, ember glowed, a “sounding” the world hears unoften, unremitting, not understanding its other-worldliness, so rare appearing when an actualized answer is returned, declarative, tangible, glorious words: because I am who I am, The Eternal, alone, who keeps the imperfect balance of all my creations, without oversight, asking only from them acceptance of things beyond earthly comprehension...
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Omicron, Omicron That name is a winner, Everybody is talking about it At breakfast, lunch and dinner, We're not blaming it on China No, Africa instead, Still, we have already imported it Along with wine, cheese and bread. Merry Christmas North America Let's party like 1969, Back when we laughed about pandemics And everything was fine, And now we have a new guest He is a party animal for sure, Omicron is the name And it's kind of catchy, that's for sure.
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Dec 3, 2021
Dec 3, 2021 at 3:28 PM UTC
Omicron, Omicron
I used to love you but now I don't know who you are... -mother She asks me why I am shape-shifted from nice to mean. Bang bang bang goes my body against the side of a bathroom door. I don't know what you mean, I told her, I have just lost my love for people. My friends tell me, 'You must've had a good time last night" When they see the back scratches etched up my spine. If only they saw my tears flowing free and wild like a raging river from a poster dentists put up in their offices so little kids can pretend like pulling teeth doesn't hurt when it happens next to someplace peaceful. What made you so mean? The clang clang crash of my head against a wall and his finger between my teeth made me mean. The taste of blood under the covers made me mean. He made me mean. I miss the subtle simplicity summer sweet electricity of my childhood julys. When I counted the clouds and made trees into palaces with my mind. Found time ties down my imagination and chips away at each childhood memory. Replacing hot happy colors with blue green and grey, laying positivity sweetly to its grave singing a song while sneering at its body secretly. That is why I am mean mom, it is not because of you, it is from the world, society kills itself every day Working ourselves to death and shaming those who take their own lives early. Pandemics freeze flash millions of people's lives, but in countless eyes third world tragedy simply doesn't exist. Hyperconnectivity and antidepressants define my generation, what about yours? And when he finally finished, he ran out of the stall, and into a crowded street, without looking me in the eye. That is why I am mean.
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Jan 10, 2018
Jan 10, 2018 at 4:26 PM UTC
My Mother Thinks That She Made Me a Bad Person but She Didn't
I used to love you but now I don't know who you are... -mother She asks me why I am shape-shifted from nice to mean. Bang bang bang goes my body against the side of a bathroom door. I don't know what you mean, I told her, I have just lost my love for people. My friends tell me, 'You must've had a good time last night" When they see the back scratches etched up my spine. If only they saw my tears flowing free and wild like a raging river from a poster dentists put up in their offices so little kids can pretend like pulling teeth doesn't hurt when it happens next to someplace peaceful. What made you so mean? The clang clang crash of my head against a wall and his finger between my teeth made me mean. The taste of blood under the covers made me mean. He made me mean. I miss the subtle simplicity summer sweet electricity of my childhood julys. When I counted the clouds and made trees into palaces with my mind. Found time ties down my imagination and chips away at each childhood memory. Replacing hot happy colors with blue green and grey, laying positivity sweetly to its grave singing a song while sneering at its body secretly. That is why I am mean mom, it is not because of you, it is from the world, society kills itself every day Working ourselves to death and shaming those who take their own lives early. Pandemics freeze flash millions of people's lives, but in countless eyes third world tragedy simply doesn't exist. Hyperconnectivity and antidepressants define my generation, what about yours? And when he finally finished, he ran out of the stall, and into a crowded street, without looking me in the eye. That is why I am mean.
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She came from a broken home She moved to New York to become an editor He fled Belfast City to make his way as a fighter After his brother was blown up in a car bombing It was summertime when the ocean breeze Climbs up the hills, flows through the fields into the trees. He could see the harbour. He could see the city lights The tall buildings, the millions of people He was alone, lonely, alien, afraid. Their paths intersected by mere chance By the ball fields on the edge of town Their eyes met each other As a summer storm blew in over the field The grey clouds rumbled And rained down on them They ran into the trees for cover In their scant summer clothes. Their heads turned slowly as their eyes met for a second time The laughter started when he said the rain ruined his haircut They embraced They kissed They made love in the rain She took him back to her place and did it all over again He moved into her apartment on the ugly side of town They would talk about the state of things The pandemics, the hysteria, the great writers The music, the people they hated, the people they loved They were at home with each other One day he woke up to find She had gone And not left a single thing behind No note, not even a goodbye He never fought another fight He drove around town for days chain smoking cigars The ones she hated the smell of but told him he looked He looked like a movie star when he smoked them He went to the undertaker and asked if they did walk-ins. He drove up the mountain Where people dumped their garbage He looked down the cliff to see the unwanted refuse. “That’s me.” he said. His body was never found The undefeated fighter met his match. She delivered the knockout punch.
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Apr 12, 2020
Apr 12, 2020 at 3:58 AM UTC
Knockout Punch
She came from a broken home She moved to New York to become an editor He fled Belfast City to make his way as a fighter After his brother was blown up in a car bombing It was summertime when the ocean breeze Climbs up the hills, flows through the fields into the trees. He could see the harbour. He could see the city lights The tall buildings, the millions of people He was alone, lonely, alien, afraid. Their paths intersected by mere chance By the ball fields on the edge of town Their eyes met each other As a summer storm blew in over the field The grey clouds rumbled And rained down on them They ran into the trees for cover In their scant summer clothes. Their heads turned slowly as their eyes met for a second time The laughter started when he said the rain ruined his haircut They embraced They kissed They made love in the rain She took him back to her place and did it all over again He moved into her apartment on the ugly side of town They would talk about the state of things The pandemics, the hysteria, the great writers The music, the people they hated, the people they loved They were at home with each other One day he woke up to find She had gone And not left a single thing behind No note, not even a goodbye He never fought another fight He drove around town for days chain smoking cigars The ones she hated the smell of but told him he looked He looked like a movie star when he smoked them He went to the undertaker and asked if they did walk-ins. He drove up the mountain Where people dumped their garbage He looked down the cliff to see the unwanted refuse. “That’s me.” he said. His body was never found The undefeated fighter met his match. She delivered the knockout punch.
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Courage It can be found In unexpected moments When someone rises Up to meet the challenge Either through actions Or words Or both It can be someone That stands up Even when it’s hard For what’s right What we know deeply In our hearts of hearts Or someone that walks Into danger to help Or a healer helping the ill Courage is everywhere In adults and children Around the world There are those That stand up Speak out Even when it’s difficult Unpopular They do it At a time of turmoil In the world With pandemics Wars Unrest and violence We need the courageous More than ever
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Mar 1, 2025
Mar 1, 2025 at 6:28 AM UTC
Courage
invisible yet possibly deadly it empties streets makes us quarantine cities  regions  nations hits us unprepared reminds us that pandemics can also happen in our time a few days ago I walked downtown a strange quietness filled the air made me react to noises and sounds I had not even noticed when streets were full with people and cars      even the wail of distant ambulance sirens      sounded louder and more ominous I only saw occasional joggers a few women airing their pet dogs more bicycled food deliveries than usual they hardly acknowledged my existence glances did not meet my friendly nods were rarely returned we have all become solitary strangers keeping their safe distance
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Mar 25, 2020
Mar 25, 2020 at 12:53 PM UTC
virus
They say real eyes realize real lies Social improvement disguised as gentrification. Pandemics and self contained isolation, Still doesn't stop the industrialized racism of our nation. It's like they want me to be black, without being black, they say black is as beautiful as the night sky, but at the same time will make comparisons to my skin being the same colour as under the bed you made it so lay in it. dont try to justify your actions though the scapegoat of ignorance. Its not bliss, its blisters. The ice and fire of your words cause a chemical reaction that is more than skin deep, Internally screaming, angry tears from my third eye weep. But better not make a sound or a peep Being an angry black man can prove to be fatal. Labeled as a criminal but our melanin deficient counterpart's are simply mentally unstable, our innocence and resonable doubt was left in the cradle. Our depression was only made aparent after the dissolution of our family was concieved post-natal, but they still want us to be grateful? surpirsed that the thoughts from the recessess of my mind are ones that are hateful, thinking that these blanco diablos have nothing but ill itentions serenading me with affection and attention, while simultaneously executing their decpetion But.... real eyes realize real lies.
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Aug 7, 2020
Aug 7, 2020 at 8:08 AM UTC
Untitled
American Dream,      or better yet a nightmare? Look at the numbers                     Failure more likely the statistics just don't lie                      Just try to survive Politics, crime rates        terrorist plots, pandemics and everything else                Life is more about protecting yourself more than       focusing on growth                   A reality we all must accept right now           It's the bitter truth
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Sep 7, 2021
Sep 7, 2021 at 8:07 PM UTC
Bitter Truth
Today I feel a furious intensity About two years, ago Family members would always love to share The news about the passing of someone Either from the village, or someone, I once knew I remember during our conversations; I would tense up And asked of them not to called and give me bad news Death is a daily reminder, right up there on our calendars When I was away, my neighbor   Call and told me, that someone was Outside my door, all dress in black banging on my door Right away my thoughts were The Angel of Death, looking for me... During these pandemics' day, he is all over the place Like an Amazon Prime van, outnumbered by UPS trucks, While the world is being shut down, Some of the people, refused to give a rat *** They still refusing the vaccines Protecting themselves, or worried about this thing call death Death  will take us all, poets always write about it As they convey things that other forms of expression can’t. Quote: A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live. Lao Tzu My motto for today is live each day as if it's your last.
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Sep 14, 2021
Sep 14, 2021 at 3:41 PM UTC
Today I feel a furious intensity
Oh tea How you comfort me I want you pipping hot Curse the day if you're not Oh tea How you know me better than most You're with me through biscuits, curry and toast Through the sadness and the jokes Oh tea We're together when my slumber breaks Before and after afternoon naps The solid, the broken and the cracked You're my constant, that's a fact Oh tea You put your trust in me Making you is an art, you see My colleagues didn't understand The severity that was in their hands Oh tea I'm sorry for the disrespect For the long life milk and unsealed tubs For the dust and 2 second snubs The stained mugs and shrugs Oh tea You're the perfect friend When my social skills have come to an end Whether out ‘n’ about Or on the couch all cosy and slouched Oh tea I take you everywhere Without you? imagine the despair! I must declare, you make me feel like a millionaire A cup of you is like a prayer, without you I'd likely swear (a lot) Oh tea In a teapot, mug or cup The choice is lucious enough When someone comes through the door, the kettle goes on for sure Oh tea Through joy, celebration or pain Disaster, pandemics or vain Through loneliness or togetherness You've always been so generous
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Jan 27, 2021
Jan 27, 2021 at 10:05 AM UTC
Ode to a Cuppa Tea
Shannon sang: Life is hard, We have to change Global pandemics and Civil uprisings Nothing will be the same People in the streets Voices carry Did they hear us? No justice, No peace An echo Rubber bullets Mace in the face Independence day All lives matter, So they say Girl in the green shirt Costume covers Grieving mothers Life is hard, We have to change
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Jul 11, 2020
Jul 11, 2020 at 4:44 PM UTC
Change