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"participation" poems
Disheveled, staggering Consternation The debate surreal The participation Is optional but I decide To talk to the man To hear inside What do you think of manipulation? What causes these machinations? Lies to force and to control... I must admit He was on a roll And then the same day In the eve With a woman About to leave She talks about This very thing Same behavior With a different ring And then I came To realize It can't be hid Nor disguised Both fools in rags And ladies in style Can spot a liar From a mile
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Feb 14, 2010
Feb 14, 2010 at 2:23 PM UTC
Manipulation
Once you participate in a race, if not anything else, you know one thing for sure. Your own calibre. It's then you realize and understand you need to make an active participation in every race from here onwards. Your first experience teaches you a lot, since what follows later is an active participation from your side. Over a period of time everything of which you are part starts changing Now it's time to look for a better future Always keep in mind that a secured future cannot be achieved if efforts are not been made An uncertain future not only remains uncertain, but also keeps the present on hold. What is thought upon is not the aim, but also the efforts that need to be made. Always keep in mind take one step at a time while climbing the ladder, then it does not matter how long the ladder is. The only thing that matters and also will make a difference is when you fall off the ladder. At that point in time you will have to decide for yourself whether you want to climb again. It’s not a mistake or an error, something which is done intentionally when you fall off the ladder, since mistakes happen. Better learn from those mistakes and keep going A moment in time will come when you will realize and understand how everything started That will be the great moment in time, since that moment will be important Till then keep going. It’s success that everyone wants, but there is a price for everything, which you pay, including the success that you want. Success comes at a price. Better understand the outside world carefully and then act according to your own experience. Once a step it taken, there is no point in looking back Agreed it’s now or never, but only for those who know what they have been through in the past. Once decided upon something, stick to the same Understand and realize one thing for sure, time and tide waits for no one Always be truthful and honest to yourself, even when you are making all the efforts. Efforts never go wasted when the right direction is sought. Compromise and negotiation is part of the game What’s important to remember is mending your ways for short terms gains, something which remains unacceptable. Act wisely, but be sure that there is no shortcut to success. So it’s the passion and desire in you, inside you The willingness to take the risk and go out for something of which you are absolutely sure. The never give up attitude in life will make everything clear in mind Once decided and everything is set and settled in mind, then from that point onwards proceed towards your aim. Finally all that matters is success. So don’t waste a single moment in time of your life and act according to what you have planned. Definitely a moment in time will come when you will gain success and then the world will be at your feet. Till that point in time comes keep going.
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Nov 18, 2015
Nov 18, 2015 at 7:27 AM UTC
Climbing The Ladder of Success
Once you participate in a race, if not anything else, you know one thing for sure. Your own calibre. It's then you realize and understand you need to make an active participation in every race from here onwards. Your first experience teaches you a lot, since what follows later is an active participation from your side. Over a period of time everything of which you are part starts changing Now it's time to look for a better future Always keep in mind that a secured future cannot be achieved if efforts are not been made An uncertain future not only remains uncertain, but also keeps the present on hold. What is thought upon is not the aim, but also the efforts that need to be made. Always keep in mind take one step at a time while climbing the ladder, then it does not matter how long the ladder is. The only thing that matters and also will make a difference is when you fall off the ladder. At that point in time you will have to decide for yourself whether you want to climb again. It’s not a mistake or an error, something which is done intentionally when you fall off the ladder, since mistakes happen. Better learn from those mistakes and keep going A moment in time will come when you will realize and understand how everything started That will be the great moment in time, since that moment will be important Till then keep going. It’s success that everyone wants, but there is a price for everything, which you pay, including the success that you want. Success comes at a price. Better understand the outside world carefully and then act according to your own experience. Once a step it taken, there is no point in looking back Agreed it’s now or never, but only for those who know what they have been through in the past. Once decided upon something, stick to the same Understand and realize one thing for sure, time and tide waits for no one Always be truthful and honest to yourself, even when you are making all the efforts. Efforts never go wasted when the right direction is sought. Compromise and negotiation is part of the game What’s important to remember is mending your ways for short terms gains, something which remains unacceptable. Act wisely, but be sure that there is no shortcut to success. So it’s the passion and desire in you, inside you The willingness to take the risk and go out for something of which you are absolutely sure. The never give up attitude in life will make everything clear in mind Once decided and everything is set and settled in mind, then from that point onwards proceed towards your aim. Finally all that matters is success. So don’t waste a single moment in time of your life and act according to what you have planned. Definitely a moment in time will come when you will gain success and then the world will be at your feet. Till that point in time comes keep going.
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Last week, among friends black and white, among some discussion of protests in Ferguson and the related looting of stores, I invoked the word. It was an admission, in a round of confessions, of something about myself that I didn't like: that I had perceived Michael Brown in that way based on his possible participation in a strong-armed robbery. When Travon Martin was in the news, I was inflamed like many others who wanted George Zimmerman in jail for ****** The outcome of that trial was an injustice, I was utterly certain. Why does this case in Missouri feel different? More importantly, Who is inside me that still wants to rise in defiance of 48 years of learning how to be a better person, a person without prejudices, stereotyping, labeling of others, hurtful language? Where is the hippie girl now? How does she live with this other person? Am I Sterling, Gibson, a hater and spewer of viciousness, a lover of separation and separateness, that I should invite damage to my own relationships with those I love and cherish and respect? What is a **** but a bully, and what is a bully but someone who pushes words around like weapons, spits them out indiscriminately, so that they land on the already bruised heart and set it on fire. Whose heart, besides mine, now sits in smoke and ash, with that word like a brand still sore and permanent, having been spoken aloud?
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Aug 25, 2014
Aug 25, 2014 at 11:44 AM UTC
****
The light pollution from the lives of little people in the big city reflects off the lowriding clouds, the same way my knees reflect in the little puddles from the big rains. It hurts my eyes to look up without sunglasses, hurts my lips to think of tasting the subway oil that drip drip drips I speculate at the transformers, part automatic, part people in their pre-ripped jeans, learning to get their Ns to drive themselves away, yarn trailing from their sweaters like parade float streamers. Citizens run so fast to catch the early train home, freefalling down the stairs breathing in the exhales of the other racer’s exhaust. Marking their triumphs with participation ribbons. The pacific pants at toes, a puppy that only occasionally misbehaves. Impatient for attention, waves wagging back and forth, up the imitation river, past the downtown. Kicking the sea wall with it's gravity boots. The geese are on hiatus until they can take back the city. Making the drains overflow, creating their own habitat, they’ll strut their haughty markings, distinguished from orcas, away from any saline nonsense. Were we to retrain the population to turn blind eyes, we’d be much more efficient, stop wasting time contending to society’s obsession with documenting itself. But then, what would we do all day? Creating light pollution must give immediate gratification. Once all the lights are turned off, the influence won’t continue, creating a lack of permanence, making our need to be remembered seem trivial indeed.
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Nov 11, 2013
Nov 11, 2013 at 1:57 AM UTC
Light Pollution
The light pollution from the lives of little people in the big city reflects off the lowriding clouds, the same way my knees reflect in the little puddles from the big rains. It hurts my eyes to look up without sunglasses, hurts my lips to think of tasting the subway oil that drip drip drips I speculate at the transformers, part automatic, part people in their pre-ripped jeans, learning to get their Ns to drive themselves away, yarn trailing from their sweaters like parade float streamers. Citizens run so fast to catch the early train home, freefalling down the stairs breathing in the exhales of the other racer’s exhaust. Marking their triumphs with participation ribbons. The pacific pants at toes, a puppy that only occasionally misbehaves. Impatient for attention, waves wagging back and forth, up the imitation river, past the downtown. Kicking the sea wall with it's gravity boots. The geese are on hiatus until they can take back the city. Making the drains overflow, creating their own habitat, they’ll strut their haughty markings, distinguished from orcas, away from any saline nonsense. Were we to retrain the population to turn blind eyes, we’d be much more efficient, stop wasting time contending to society’s obsession with documenting itself. But then, what would we do all day? Creating light pollution must give immediate gratification. Once all the lights are turned off, the influence won’t continue, creating a lack of permanence, making our need to be remembered seem trivial indeed.
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Sometimes I feel like a participation trophy. Congrats, you did it. Here's to commemorate your dedication Now goodbye, go do something better with your time Earn something you're not afraid to show off That's worth more than this five cents of plastic Unless, of course, you're not good at anything In which case look, everyone, at my trophy. I participated in something That took more effort than eating food or breathing I showed up sometimes And did some stuff And I got this trophy I can put on my top shelf So everyone can see it's a trophy, But no one knows I barely earned it. Not that anyone cares anyway
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May 4, 2013
May 4, 2013 at 5:29 AM UTC
Participation Trophy
The Date being November 8, 2016 Multitudes into the voting booth Strides will be made in voting from our youth Presidency and Senate all part of the race The voting dialog will be an overwhelming pace But the quest being, “Please All Vote” This is not a joke Our lives matter in this election It requires all to vote being participation Vote for whom ever you chose But don’t get discouraged and just refuse Don’t let anyone question you in why do you vote? Just tell them you are exercising your rights being your own words being spoken Don’t worry about being poked America’s future becomes actions on tomorrow The White House already has policies in place But the new President and Senate can change and rearrange the space Vote with all your heart This election needs to make a strong mark Vote for a President and Senate that offers hope Let it be living and able to cope Vote now and show Washington WOW.
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Nov 7, 2016
Nov 7, 2016 at 7:10 PM UTC
VOTING ENTERPRISE
Against the saturated Horizon of dawn, Loitering in the dark timbre Of emerging consciousness - Dissipating somnolence And preemptive despair, Tacitly adumbrate the Yawning abyss. Chastened by the cunning and Lubricious nihilism, Igniting fermented provocations, Silent subterfuge; death, By mirth - the inane; Lament of the mundane. Fallow paradigms, accretions of The last gasp - Evaporating empty liturgies Of suspicion; Charity and equanimity - Lost in confinement, Triumphant avarice bearing Descendants Of intransigence; Wielding imperious Schemes of orthodoxy. Pollard fragments of Silken tapestry, Miasma draped depression Abridging; Conversely, Permuted flurries of anxiety Dislodge The vestiges of meaning That abide In brazen equivocation. Tributaries of dogma reach Their confluence, Watershed moment,   Numinous effusion Streams naked epiphany, The precarious vision - A gesture of providence, Certainty and contingency; Gratuitously derivative, life Equals choice. Verdant branches of intention; And opportunity the vine, Live forward - The pen, my voice, Piquant conduit pouring, Exuberant wine. Footprints found in givenness Underline, Penumbrae of my soul; Mirrored silhouettes, Thoughts and words engender; And in verse adorn Fecund soil, Line after line, The cosmos altered, Continuum of permanence - Artist’s art articulating Essence of my imagination, I proliferate, I design Phrases unique, Participation mystique. Words creating world, The apparatus of infinity Heidegger, ontologically precise, Language - The house of Being, Ineffable, Promethean Literary devise - Envisioning possibility, And abundance to allow, I occur Inhabit Manifest Future phenomena Experienced as now. ©2008 & ©2011 W.S. Warner
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Sep 16, 2011
Sep 16, 2011 at 2:02 PM UTC
The Precarious Vision
Against the saturated Horizon of dawn, Loitering in the dark timbre Of emerging consciousness - Dissipating somnolence And preemptive despair, Tacitly adumbrate the Yawning abyss. Chastened by the cunning and Lubricious nihilism, Igniting fermented provocations, Silent subterfuge; death, By mirth - the inane; Lament of the mundane. Fallow paradigms, accretions of The last gasp - Evaporating empty liturgies Of suspicion; Charity and equanimity - Lost in confinement, Triumphant avarice bearing Descendants Of intransigence; Wielding imperious Schemes of orthodoxy. Pollard fragments of Silken tapestry, Miasma draped depression Abridging; Conversely, Permuted flurries of anxiety Dislodge The vestiges of meaning That abide In brazen equivocation. Tributaries of dogma reach Their confluence, Watershed moment,   Numinous effusion Streams naked epiphany, The precarious vision - A gesture of providence, Certainty and contingency; Gratuitously derivative, life Equals choice. Verdant branches of intention; And opportunity the vine, Live forward - The pen, my voice, Piquant conduit pouring, Exuberant wine. Footprints found in givenness Underline, Penumbrae of my soul; Mirrored silhouettes, Thoughts and words engender; And in verse adorn Fecund soil, Line after line, The cosmos altered, Continuum of permanence - Artist’s art articulating Essence of my imagination, I proliferate, I design Phrases unique, Participation mystique. Words creating world, The apparatus of infinity Heidegger, ontologically precise, Language - The house of Being, Ineffable, Promethean Literary devise - Envisioning possibility, And abundance to allow, I occur Inhabit Manifest Future phenomena Experienced as now. ©2008 & ©2011 W.S. Warner
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you'd like to argue 'no, your grades don't indicate your intelligence' because you have bad grades and you don't want to think of yourself as stupid and now you've settled yourself into a pit of oh, I have bad grades, but that means I'm smart in a better way than them, it's like a smug superior thing, like 'those people have such an ordinary intelligence' and 'here I am, someone whose mind cannot be contained by this fragile institution' and you've made yourself satisfied with your bad grades because you think yourself to be unorthodoxically intelligent and those who have good grades are boring, pointless individuals. you don't want to feel bad about yourself or put in the work to make them better so you decided this mindset would work best for you but I'd like to propose that yes, your grades do indicate your intelligence- it's only a certain kind of intelligence, mind you, but it's the type of intelligence we measure as ordinary intelligence. if you have bad grades you A) don't understand the material B) aren't paying attention C) aren't putting in enough effort or D) there is no D because grades are a combination of homework, tests, quizzes, participation, and projects. I get if you're a bad test taker. I personally don't understand how that works- like, you get the material until someone asks you something about it and then you can't communicate your knowledge? I mean, if you know something, then you know it, and putting it on a paper, test or otherwise, shouldn't be difficult if you actually know what you're talking about. which ties in to A. if you don't understand it, then actually, you C. aren't putting in enough effort. but okay, I'll accept that reason- even though I think bad test takers are a myth. you can't possibly be bad at homework unless you don't put in the time to do it. projects, too. if you fail those, you C. and participation is B. all those are easily solved by hard work if you lack, for now, the kind of 'intelligence' we measure. so if you have bad grades, no, it doesn't mean you're unintelligent. but it does mean you're lazy. or have reached a point where you don't believe you can do more- which is a lie. because you are capable of solving every problem you believe you are capable of solving. and telling yourself 'I'm just not good at school' guarantees that you are not good at school. if you appreciate your capability you can go so much farther. there is a limit to human potential, but I don't think it is different for everyone. I think the limit is where you either cut yourself off or the upper limit- very few people have reached that limit. perhaps no one. but it is very high up there. the limit where you cut yourself off is that imaginary edge of human behavior at which people say "boys will be boys" or "evil is human nature" or "certain people are more inclined to ____ than others, and I am not one of those people" or "everybody's potential is different" because that is not ******* true your potential is what you say it is and the line you draw for yourself is a wall you can now never cross because you don't think you can like 'I will never be more than what I am' or 'All I can be is me' or 'accept me just the way I am' because you can be more. and as a human being with this amazing power of metacognition, you are obligated to be more you are obligated to train yourself and change yourself and program yourself into the best possible human you can be because every action you take builds you higher and every choice you take breaks down the wall you just have to make the decision that you will reach the stars you will do whatever it takes because at the top of that mountain you will realize you can do anything now, you can go anywhere now, you've made it all the way here- now to the moon! and I dare you to go because I know you can.
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Apr 3, 2014
Apr 3, 2014 at 9:57 PM UTC
a vent
you'd like to argue 'no, your grades don't indicate your intelligence' because you have bad grades and you don't want to think of yourself as stupid and now you've settled yourself into a pit of oh, I have bad grades, but that means I'm smart in a better way than them, it's like a smug superior thing, like 'those people have such an ordinary intelligence' and 'here I am, someone whose mind cannot be contained by this fragile institution' and you've made yourself satisfied with your bad grades because you think yourself to be unorthodoxically intelligent and those who have good grades are boring, pointless individuals. you don't want to feel bad about yourself or put in the work to make them better so you decided this mindset would work best for you but I'd like to propose that yes, your grades do indicate your intelligence- it's only a certain kind of intelligence, mind you, but it's the type of intelligence we measure as ordinary intelligence. if you have bad grades you A) don't understand the material B) aren't paying attention C) aren't putting in enough effort or D) there is no D because grades are a combination of homework, tests, quizzes, participation, and projects. I get if you're a bad test taker. I personally don't understand how that works- like, you get the material until someone asks you something about it and then you can't communicate your knowledge? I mean, if you know something, then you know it, and putting it on a paper, test or otherwise, shouldn't be difficult if you actually know what you're talking about. which ties in to A. if you don't understand it, then actually, you C. aren't putting in enough effort. but okay, I'll accept that reason- even though I think bad test takers are a myth. you can't possibly be bad at homework unless you don't put in the time to do it. projects, too. if you fail those, you C. and participation is B. all those are easily solved by hard work if you lack, for now, the kind of 'intelligence' we measure. so if you have bad grades, no, it doesn't mean you're unintelligent. but it does mean you're lazy. or have reached a point where you don't believe you can do more- which is a lie. because you are capable of solving every problem you believe you are capable of solving. and telling yourself 'I'm just not good at school' guarantees that you are not good at school. if you appreciate your capability you can go so much farther. there is a limit to human potential, but I don't think it is different for everyone. I think the limit is where you either cut yourself off or the upper limit- very few people have reached that limit. perhaps no one. but it is very high up there. the limit where you cut yourself off is that imaginary edge of human behavior at which people say "boys will be boys" or "evil is human nature" or "certain people are more inclined to ____ than others, and I am not one of those people" or "everybody's potential is different" because that is not ******* true your potential is what you say it is and the line you draw for yourself is a wall you can now never cross because you don't think you can like 'I will never be more than what I am' or 'All I can be is me' or 'accept me just the way I am' because you can be more. and as a human being with this amazing power of metacognition, you are obligated to be more you are obligated to train yourself and change yourself and program yourself into the best possible human you can be because every action you take builds you higher and every choice you take breaks down the wall you just have to make the decision that you will reach the stars you will do whatever it takes because at the top of that mountain you will realize you can do anything now, you can go anywhere now, you've made it all the way here- now to the moon! and I dare you to go because I know you can.
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_While most beauty pageants are strictly for girls_, there are a growing number that include boys as well;                        [often, age divisions                        for boys run through age 6                        with very few going beyond that due to lack     of mutual participation in the rampant molestation];                                       Age divisions will often have names such as Baby Miss, Petite Miss, Little Miss &c. Age divisions broken     down   as follows: 0–11 months, 12–23 months, 1-3 years, 4–6 years, 7–9 years, 10–12 years, 13–15 years, and 16–18 years; For boys,         sometimes two age divisions would be merged such as 0–3 years, 4–6 years, etc. Depending on which type of pageant system is entered, contestants will spend about two hours or less in the actual competition. Typically, pageants have a guideline of no more than one and a half minutes on stage per child for beauty or formal evening wear; talent usually limited                        to two minutes or less;         with the exceptional allowance         of two and a half to three minutes; In glitz pageants, it is expected that girls have different routines for every segment of competition composed of different movements sometimes described as sassy walks and pretty feet among other names. ****** expressions can include liberal amounts of duck face; often referred to as "pro-am modeling". Big hair (including fake hair), flawless makeup, spray tans, flippers [fake teeth], and nail extensions are also expected of contestants;                    Glitz pageants may best be described as anything goes; groping, molestation, **** group molestation,          forced oral & ********* virginity checks are routine; any hyperactive child & also the parent subject                               to a thorough, prolonged cavity search; In contrast, natural pageants have fairly strict guidelines regarding clothing, makeup, hair extensions, etc. Programs such as _National American Miss_               forbid any makeup other than non-shiny lip gloss & mascara;               for girls on stage. This modeling style is referred to as Miss America style [Some pageants have a prescribed set of movements while others                    allow more latitude in how girls will use the stage or runway] Miss Tanguita translated _Miss Child Bikini,_ is held in Barbosa, Santader, Colombia as part of the annual del Rio Suarez Festival
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Aug 5, 2018
Aug 5, 2018 at 10:55 PM UTC
Puer ego sum vilis
_While most beauty pageants are strictly for girls_, there are a growing number that include boys as well;                        [often, age divisions                        for boys run through age 6                        with very few going beyond that due to lack     of mutual participation in the rampant molestation];                                       Age divisions will often have names such as Baby Miss, Petite Miss, Little Miss &c. Age divisions broken     down   as follows: 0–11 months, 12–23 months, 1-3 years, 4–6 years, 7–9 years, 10–12 years, 13–15 years, and 16–18 years; For boys,         sometimes two age divisions would be merged such as 0–3 years, 4–6 years, etc. Depending on which type of pageant system is entered, contestants will spend about two hours or less in the actual competition. Typically, pageants have a guideline of no more than one and a half minutes on stage per child for beauty or formal evening wear; talent usually limited                        to two minutes or less;         with the exceptional allowance         of two and a half to three minutes; In glitz pageants, it is expected that girls have different routines for every segment of competition composed of different movements sometimes described as sassy walks and pretty feet among other names. ****** expressions can include liberal amounts of duck face; often referred to as "pro-am modeling". Big hair (including fake hair), flawless makeup, spray tans, flippers [fake teeth], and nail extensions are also expected of contestants;                    Glitz pageants may best be described as anything goes; groping, molestation, **** group molestation,          forced oral & ********* virginity checks are routine; any hyperactive child & also the parent subject                               to a thorough, prolonged cavity search; In contrast, natural pageants have fairly strict guidelines regarding clothing, makeup, hair extensions, etc. Programs such as _National American Miss_               forbid any makeup other than non-shiny lip gloss & mascara;               for girls on stage. This modeling style is referred to as Miss America style [Some pageants have a prescribed set of movements while others                    allow more latitude in how girls will use the stage or runway] Miss Tanguita translated _Miss Child Bikini,_ is held in Barbosa, Santader, Colombia as part of the annual del Rio Suarez Festival
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Rationalization Participation Concentration Manipulation Devastation Frustration Delegation Completion Direction Addiction Motovation Contraction Perfection Election Connection Commotion Lotion Jubilation Revaluation Fibulation Continuation Population Sensation Complication Allegation Temptation ************ Proustitution Execution Desertion
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Dec 31, 2014
Dec 31, 2014 at 12:40 PM UTC
tion
In the face of persecution, one can drift away into dreamy fabrications of swishing and gorgeous hairstyles – jealous of the seagull as it dismounts the lofty perch of the streetlight and gracefully swoops away into the distance. The moment of self-loathing and raging sabotage is nothing more than a serial false loyalty. I validate your alphabet where there is simplicity within the intricate complexities, and where the yearling suckles the lactations of its mother. Trauma has pre-natal connections where silent screams ripple throughout eternity. Therefore, calmly observe the stiff upper lip of deluded professionalism, and describe the realistic mirage before you. Participation in laughter is not always rooted in sincerity.
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Nov 7, 2013
Nov 7, 2013 at 10:40 PM UTC
Painful Comedy
Newton's Law I put it in motion moving in space the classic mechanics with egg on it's face it is your basic movement of virtual action every single cause has a reaction if you push you get pull in the inverse back and forth forward then reverse too many challenges can burn itself out momentum building creating the doubt a message was sent could not be retracted bodies in motion over reacted gravitational pull increases acceleration now sitting alone no participation will the owner of the souls ever return or am I left out here alone to burn should have thought sooner before releasing the arrow she has been injured clipped the wing of the sparrow now searching for remedies everywhere rootin' trying to reach Sir Isaac Newton return the bodies to orbit each other just like before like sister and brother Gomer LePoet....
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Oct 27, 2013
Oct 27, 2013 at 9:33 AM UTC
Newton's Law
"Who profits more? The cup that fulfills its purpose? Or the drinker?" The students didn't answer. The bell had rung. They wouldn't get any participation credit. It wouldn't affect their grade. The professor didn't care either. He was just filling the time. If they thought about it or not, He would still get payed. He fulfilled his purpose.
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Jan 31, 2015
Jan 31, 2015 at 6:07 PM UTC
Intro to Philosophy Class 10-56A
two tales of three cities identical expect that one was made of straw tall he has eyes like nothing nothing at all not even extraordinary actually very ordinary so unappealing but really ****
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Sep 2, 2012
Sep 2, 2012 at 9:03 PM UTC
Participation
January 19, 2017 The sword of Damocles hangs tense in the American night as a nation steels itself, My friends stick to their guns, my enemies do the same, and there's all these children who don't know which side of a border they'll end up on when the dust settles, there's all these trees down south who never asked to feel the weight of bodies on their branches, there's all these people talking in circles and there's nothing but doom on the television, Dr. King, I think of you this night, three days following the holiday they pinned to your corpse like a participation ribbon, I think of what they've done to you, Dr. King, they murdered you, they dissolved you in bleach, they rewrote your history and their mouths defile you to this day Dr. King, I want you to know there are parts of you that cannot be stripped away, Two hundred fifty thousand raised voices, five hundred thousand raised hands, Countless bodies in the street, countless jail sentences, countless tears shed in pursuit of a dream Dr. King, they tried to tell me your dream was of peace, but it's always been about freedom Dr. King, I know you would understand what must be done in the pursuit of freedom Dr. King, you knew that nonviolence could only work until they came for your blood Dr. King, you knew one day you'd have to strike back but they never gave you the chance Dr. King, they come for the blood of your brothers and sisters today Dr. King, they put words in your corpses mouth and teach it to dance, Dr. King, they will claim you no longer Dr. King, your chains will be broken, Dr. King, one day, you will be free at last, Glory glory, hallelujah, free at last
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Jan 20, 2017
Jan 20, 2017 at 2:01 AM UTC
Elegy for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ending in a dancing corpse and the breaking of chains
January 19, 2017 The sword of Damocles hangs tense in the American night as a nation steels itself, My friends stick to their guns, my enemies do the same, and there's all these children who don't know which side of a border they'll end up on when the dust settles, there's all these trees down south who never asked to feel the weight of bodies on their branches, there's all these people talking in circles and there's nothing but doom on the television, Dr. King, I think of you this night, three days following the holiday they pinned to your corpse like a participation ribbon, I think of what they've done to you, Dr. King, they murdered you, they dissolved you in bleach, they rewrote your history and their mouths defile you to this day Dr. King, I want you to know there are parts of you that cannot be stripped away, Two hundred fifty thousand raised voices, five hundred thousand raised hands, Countless bodies in the street, countless jail sentences, countless tears shed in pursuit of a dream Dr. King, they tried to tell me your dream was of peace, but it's always been about freedom Dr. King, I know you would understand what must be done in the pursuit of freedom Dr. King, you knew that nonviolence could only work until they came for your blood Dr. King, you knew one day you'd have to strike back but they never gave you the chance Dr. King, they come for the blood of your brothers and sisters today Dr. King, they put words in your corpses mouth and teach it to dance, Dr. King, they will claim you no longer Dr. King, your chains will be broken, Dr. King, one day, you will be free at last, Glory glory, hallelujah, free at last
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forward forward forward going somewhere moving forward whether progressing or regressing growing or unlearning coming or going living, dying everyone believes they are moving towards something and as everything happens all at once each perceptive reality is entirely different than any other and each consciousness travels, and does, and is. each consciousness believes it has a purpose or a path. the purpose is not to see into nor plan the future. from the civilian to the hero tv shows and movies have consistently glorified the ability to see visions of the future generally this is followed by someone trying to prevent the happenings in said vision from becoming reality and distinctly failing because they "saw into" the future that their own energy influenced but the true super power is to be able to look into the past. to prevent the omitting of details and data to avoid a rewrite of our conscious interaction with this planet not to white out the chapters that bear the truth in the textbooks to recall history so it does not repeat itself my question is then do people disguise the wrongdoings of those hidden by the passing of time? because they are ashamed of the mistakes of their ancestors pasts? because they are ashamed of their participation in past consciousness's? because they are ashamed of the atrocities humans have inflicted upon each other and themselves as well as their home planet since the beginning of recorded time here? or do those who have the power to omit and hide history purposely rewrite it? do they mask the pains of the past so the rest of us will forget? so that even they can forget? so their next consciousness can unknowingly, while predestined, have hand in crimes against the world all the same as committed in the lost past? how many times has someone written these words or a similar combination only to delete the post? burn the pages? backspace the message? stop themselves from speaking them aloud? cover the symbols? pass out of conscious living mid sentence? lose them to a past lifetime? how many times has this cycled through the same way? how many times have I been me? how many times have you been me? how many times have I been anyone? how many times have I been? is there a rhythm or is it all as scattered and random as the thoughts that bring you to this kind of an understanding of the habit of misunderstanding? the kind of thoughts that bring you back to the birds nest because you were too early for even the worm? they will all catch up eventually after all they all think theyre moving forward and they don't even know where they've been. they don't even know that they've been.
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Nov 23, 2015
Nov 23, 2015 at 9:54 PM UTC
I've been
forward forward forward going somewhere moving forward whether progressing or regressing growing or unlearning coming or going living, dying everyone believes they are moving towards something and as everything happens all at once each perceptive reality is entirely different than any other and each consciousness travels, and does, and is. each consciousness believes it has a purpose or a path. the purpose is not to see into nor plan the future. from the civilian to the hero tv shows and movies have consistently glorified the ability to see visions of the future generally this is followed by someone trying to prevent the happenings in said vision from becoming reality and distinctly failing because they "saw into" the future that their own energy influenced but the true super power is to be able to look into the past. to prevent the omitting of details and data to avoid a rewrite of our conscious interaction with this planet not to white out the chapters that bear the truth in the textbooks to recall history so it does not repeat itself my question is then do people disguise the wrongdoings of those hidden by the passing of time? because they are ashamed of the mistakes of their ancestors pasts? because they are ashamed of their participation in past consciousness's? because they are ashamed of the atrocities humans have inflicted upon each other and themselves as well as their home planet since the beginning of recorded time here? or do those who have the power to omit and hide history purposely rewrite it? do they mask the pains of the past so the rest of us will forget? so that even they can forget? so their next consciousness can unknowingly, while predestined, have hand in crimes against the world all the same as committed in the lost past? how many times has someone written these words or a similar combination only to delete the post? burn the pages? backspace the message? stop themselves from speaking them aloud? cover the symbols? pass out of conscious living mid sentence? lose them to a past lifetime? how many times has this cycled through the same way? how many times have I been me? how many times have you been me? how many times have I been anyone? how many times have I been? is there a rhythm or is it all as scattered and random as the thoughts that bring you to this kind of an understanding of the habit of misunderstanding? the kind of thoughts that bring you back to the birds nest because you were too early for even the worm? they will all catch up eventually after all they all think theyre moving forward and they don't even know where they've been. they don't even know that they've been.
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Slide up, unclip, pull Discard, repeat, now the belt, I am almost bare. You are almost there Just one thing to go, is it too much? No - guess not....
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Mar 18, 2014
Mar 18, 2014 at 8:35 AM UTC
Audience Participation
By: Cedric McClester You know he’s full of stuff When the evidence ain’t enough And he’s acting like a cream puff By not calling Putin’s bluff If I labeled him a scaredy-cat Or better yet Putin’s new doormat Would that raise the thermostat, And flush out that Norway rat? When the evidence is irrefutable To the point that it’s not disputable His response is always mutable And comes out as most unsuitable Then his mouthpiece attempts to frame An alibi, but we’re hip to her game She can’t absolve him of the blame Though she tries to just the same So you better believe and trust That she looks ridiculous When she’s being duplicitous By trying to fool the rest of us It’s a sin to stand there and lie But she gives it a college try Like the mistress of deny As if the Ten Commandment don’t apply They interfered with our election With a clear cut interjection Of cybernet deflection Without protest or objection Two days before his inauguration He was told of the Russian’s participation Much to his own consternation Yet he still voices reservations Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2018.  All rights reserved.
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Jul 19, 2018
Jul 19, 2018 at 1:15 PM UTC
YOU KNOW HE’S FULL OF STUFF
Rain is refreshing in a strange, backward way. It shocks you out of a deep, prolific lapse of participation in reality and reminds you that you’re still here. You’re still corporeal, tangible, you can feel and you can decide. But rain is still rain. It can be cold and unpleasant to be faced with, or it can be warm and welcoming. Beconing you forth to splash and smile in the reality you forgot still applied to you.     I left behind the idea of full, around the clock consciousness during my last frigid thunderstorm. I realized, during a session already dedicated to realizations, how exhausting it was trying to live my reality to its current extent. How frustrating and soul-crushing it is to have the ambition you truly believed in and planned to embark upon, forgone by the limits of a situation you have no control over. I kept a small jar of ideas and plans in the very back corner of my closet. They were safe, they couldn’t be taken out back and shot nor could they be taunted and destroyed from the inside out. When I was cornered in my intruded closet, when I was taken by the collar and shaken for my truth, they were found. Both above-mentioned circumstances played out shortly but in the opposite order. That’s when it began to rain.     I decided on an alternative: selective awareness. I keep myself alive only feeling and participating when the rain is tepid and pleasant. When I feel the temperature beginning to drop, I fall back asleep, floating through lull and lash, until the sun comes to change the course of my simulation. For days, all I will see is fog. I’m lost and isolated, but that lack of direction comes with an onset of contentedness. There is no one who can see me wandering through a deluded course I have set for myself. I don’t know where I’m walking, I don’t know what’s in front of me, so the warm rain will give me a pleasant surprise as it melts away the fog and gives me hope for sustainable warmth.     The cloudiness that lingers in my head, even when I’m experiencing kindness and sensitivity, reminds me that my effort to make my reality more livable is as viable as staying completely shrouded in fog until I wander off the edge of a cliff. Eventually, as I age out of my simulation, I’ll have skin thick enough to withstand the hailstorm I’ll be forced to reckon with. Resilience is necessary, but hope exists. I often forget it does while I’m wondering, but serenity and light remind me that fog isn’t all I’ve devolved into. Rain will come, and so will spring.
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Jan 28, 2019
Jan 28, 2019 at 9:39 PM UTC
coming out
Rain is refreshing in a strange, backward way. It shocks you out of a deep, prolific lapse of participation in reality and reminds you that you’re still here. You’re still corporeal, tangible, you can feel and you can decide. But rain is still rain. It can be cold and unpleasant to be faced with, or it can be warm and welcoming. Beconing you forth to splash and smile in the reality you forgot still applied to you.     I left behind the idea of full, around the clock consciousness during my last frigid thunderstorm. I realized, during a session already dedicated to realizations, how exhausting it was trying to live my reality to its current extent. How frustrating and soul-crushing it is to have the ambition you truly believed in and planned to embark upon, forgone by the limits of a situation you have no control over. I kept a small jar of ideas and plans in the very back corner of my closet. They were safe, they couldn’t be taken out back and shot nor could they be taunted and destroyed from the inside out. When I was cornered in my intruded closet, when I was taken by the collar and shaken for my truth, they were found. Both above-mentioned circumstances played out shortly but in the opposite order. That’s when it began to rain.     I decided on an alternative: selective awareness. I keep myself alive only feeling and participating when the rain is tepid and pleasant. When I feel the temperature beginning to drop, I fall back asleep, floating through lull and lash, until the sun comes to change the course of my simulation. For days, all I will see is fog. I’m lost and isolated, but that lack of direction comes with an onset of contentedness. There is no one who can see me wandering through a deluded course I have set for myself. I don’t know where I’m walking, I don’t know what’s in front of me, so the warm rain will give me a pleasant surprise as it melts away the fog and gives me hope for sustainable warmth.     The cloudiness that lingers in my head, even when I’m experiencing kindness and sensitivity, reminds me that my effort to make my reality more livable is as viable as staying completely shrouded in fog until I wander off the edge of a cliff. Eventually, as I age out of my simulation, I’ll have skin thick enough to withstand the hailstorm I’ll be forced to reckon with. Resilience is necessary, but hope exists. I often forget it does while I’m wondering, but serenity and light remind me that fog isn’t all I’ve devolved into. Rain will come, and so will spring.
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The Cut-up cut out and cut down The Middle man then cut in while he and his date were dancing He tried to strike up a conversation but struck out when she struck down upon him blows of reigning rejection Now The Psychopath and The Sociopath are at odds The Psychopath thinks The Sociopath is sloppy and his ideas have no longevity The Sociopath thinks the Psychopath is just having growing pains and need to learn to live a little The Psychopath was born into this, but the Sociopath was born onto it The onset of calculated impulses Contain yourself Control yourself Looking at it from an ethnocentric point of view Entertain the idea that you may be the antisocial one Humor me on this one Would a smart person waste hard earned money on an "I'm with Stupid" t-shirt? Postulate the theory that their are six degrees of separation That you are a few hellos to someone who is a friend of a friend every way you turn And that person may or may not rupture the cycled path you've been treading Told to be prompt To have good posture To do regular pruning to our appearances and keep them up But price and participation always vary Is it a tad underwhelming or did I speak too soon? Was it lost in translation? It's called acorn theory Not what you came with Not where you came to Or even where you come from But what you came as And will continue on to be The hustle and bustle Packing heat Flexing muscle In the big bad city
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Jan 5, 2015
Jan 5, 2015 at 9:49 PM UTC
Socalabito
The motorcycle being the ride God’s word being the preaching stride The ride leading believers into salvation The spoken word being God’s own revelation Faith that Heaven can only create Unbelief is nothing more than to hesitate Praying hands with indication needing participation Then it is the Holy Spirit that gets the world’s attention God doesn’t need to ride to make his point He wants us to listen and understand as God’s word speaks It’s not a twitter with a tweak It’s not a contest where one competes It’s pure salvation conquering struggles in defeat The steps of our footprints The sun capturing our years from our walk Echoes from Heaven hearing our every word in talk The value of understanding The Bible being the key to knowledge What has already been spiritually kicked in It becomes the continued walk until days end.
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Sep 22, 2015
Sep 22, 2015 at 10:26 AM UTC
ROUGH RIDING MOTORCYCLE PASTOR & BISHOP
My hands are numb And uncooperative as I struggle to write, "University Bapstist Church" On this little piece of paper in my hand. I'm earning my "Beat Mitt" shirt. November 6th, 2012. You bet I did my part; All 2 1/2 hours worth. Standing outside of Carver Hall. Nose running. Hands cold. Wind blowing. No sunlight to keep us warm. But I didn't do it for the shirt. I did it to help make some kind of change. I know I didn't do much, But at least I did something. And that's a hell-of-a-lot more than most can say.
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Nov 6, 2012
Nov 6, 2012 at 3:30 PM UTC
Last Day Participation
Corruption- please go away with your notion Our mission is to make us a no bribe nation So far, you made our life miserable and full of suffocation -Corruption- have you ever seen our determination? Now, we are in full of action And Throw you out with our inner-transformation -Corruption- Don't dare to enter into our nation With our good value system and education We are sure, can stop corruption Encouragement of Currency-free banking and cashless transaction Can you dare to come to our imagination? With vibrant leaders and Vigilance Commission People have speedy justice and much satisfaction Corruption, it is our war against your creation With Community Participation And having the "Right to Information" There is fair chance of weeding out the corruption Again, guard with digitization and automation Make you dead before germination With Honesty, truthfulness and against temptations Certainly, together, make Nigeria a corruption free nation Sarcasm The fragrance pen
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Dec 17, 2018
Dec 17, 2018 at 3:27 AM UTC
Rejecting the corruption
Life is a struggle a never ending challenge that demands constant participation. Sometimes I truly want to resign, but **** it all-- my mother always told me that if you start something you have to commit to it and see it through til the end. So I'm in it for the long haul I suppose even through all the tears the sorrows the *** holes the brick walls and the broken fences I cannot mend-- I'll hang tight with it mom, and see you when I reach my natural end...
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Apr 16, 2016
Apr 16, 2016 at 1:11 AM UTC
Struggling