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The puppy sat by the door. Near dying to go out. Crying an abysmal wail As if a naughty child. Pawed and clawed the kitchen door. No-one heard the honey pup. Everyone was out. Owner running late for work. Neglected to let her run. However could she forget. It got to six a clock at night. No-body came. The tension built up. Fluid build up. Exploded sweet pup. (metaphorically of course) Owner came home. Just couldn't be cross. Cleaned up the muddle-some puddle. Gave her puppy a hug. Smiled to herself. Said to puppy how sorry she was. Cautionary tale acquired from here. No matter how ever late you ever may be. Put your cute puppy out to *** By ladylivvi1 © 2013 ladylivvi1 (All rights reserved)
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Sep 29, 2013
Sep 29, 2013 at 9:36 AM UTC
Puppy!
THE BUFFALOES are gone. And those who saw the buffaloes are gone. Those who saw the buffaloes by thousands and how they pawed the prairie sod into dust with their hoofs, their great heads down pawing on in a great pageant of dusk, Those who saw the buffaloes are gone. And the buffaloes are gone.
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Buffalo Dusk
Blue is the color of the dragon-winged girl, The color of the girl whose life was lost. Blue is the color of the deity girl, The color of the one who wouldn't pay the cost. Teal is the color of the water-loving girl, The girl who lead into a new world. Teal is the color of the frightened-eyed girl, The girl who into a new life was hurled. Grey is the color of the logical girl, The color of the girl who teaches demons how to love. Grey is the color of the snake-tongued girl, The color of the boy who thought he was above. Green is the color of the story-telling girl, The color of her brother who would fight and **** to own. Green is the color of the blind and mute child, The color of those who may have yet to be known. Orange is the color of the reckless girl, The color of the girl filled by desire, Orange is the color of the samurai man, The color of the man filled with fire. Red is the color of the five-fold girl, The color of the demon at the core. Red is the color of the half-vampire, The color of the one who wanted more. Purple is the color of the plaid-skirted girl, The color of the feral demon child. Purple is the color of the girl who lived in the sky, The color of the eyes that watch the wild. White is the color of the once-afraid man, The color of the child who never got to have a say. White is the color of the defender in the skies, The color of the one who took her own life away. Black is the color of the white-pawed cat, The color of the girl who shows one their mind. Black is the color of the silhouetted man, The color of the world they left behind.
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Jun 29, 2013
Jun 29, 2013 at 1:09 AM UTC
Colors
Blue is the color of the dragon-winged girl, The color of the girl whose life was lost. Blue is the color of the deity girl, The color of the one who wouldn't pay the cost. Teal is the color of the water-loving girl, The girl who lead into a new world. Teal is the color of the frightened-eyed girl, The girl who into a new life was hurled. Grey is the color of the logical girl, The color of the girl who teaches demons how to love. Grey is the color of the snake-tongued girl, The color of the boy who thought he was above. Green is the color of the story-telling girl, The color of her brother who would fight and **** to own. Green is the color of the blind and mute child, The color of those who may have yet to be known. Orange is the color of the reckless girl, The color of the girl filled by desire, Orange is the color of the samurai man, The color of the man filled with fire. Red is the color of the five-fold girl, The color of the demon at the core. Red is the color of the half-vampire, The color of the one who wanted more. Purple is the color of the plaid-skirted girl, The color of the feral demon child. Purple is the color of the girl who lived in the sky, The color of the eyes that watch the wild. White is the color of the once-afraid man, The color of the child who never got to have a say. White is the color of the defender in the skies, The color of the one who took her own life away. Black is the color of the white-pawed cat, The color of the girl who shows one their mind. Black is the color of the silhouetted man, The color of the world they left behind.
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we brought home this puppy, black fuzz with caramel spots - he has german flowing through his small bodied, big pawed liveliness. he is already wise like a shepard, he lives up to his breed. the boy that i love, his affection has bloomed for something so stealthy, so strong; all he needs is his dog. i thought i was just irrationally thinking, but, he only grazed my skin, kissed my lips a total of four times today. maybe tomorrow, it will be five.
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Nov 13, 2011
Nov 13, 2011 at 8:18 PM UTC
puppy love
The pavement neath my pad pawed feet is sometimes rough (They seldom Sweep) I tour my little concrete Fief with a boy on a chain dragged off his feet. I sniff and check each rock and tree to find which dogs have stopped to *** I roll a growl deep in my throat if I see rivals here about. If perchance, Fifi I meet I wag my tail and act real sweet. She's French you know, and , when in heat, worlds can collide and blend tout suite.
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Dec 7, 2011
Dec 7, 2011 at 9:42 PM UTC
The Pug
We, too, had known golden hours When body and soul were in tune, Had danced with our true loves By the light of a full moon, And sat with the wise and good As tongues grew witty and gay Over some noble dish Out of Escoffier; Had felt the intrusive glory Which tears reserve apart, And would in the old grand manner Have sung from a resonant heart. But, pawed-at and gossiped-over By the promiscuous crowd, Concocted by editors Into spells to befuddle the crowd, All words like Peace and Love, All sane affirmative speech, Had been soiled, profaned, debased To a horrid mechanical screech. No civil style survived That pandaemonioum But the wry, the sotto-voce, Ironic and monochrome: And where should we find shelter For joy or mere content When little was left standing But the suburb of dissent?
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We Too Had Known Golden Hours
Frosty Ghosts Escape My Throat, Showing Themselves In The Damp Winter Air, The Mist Sheilding My Eyes, As Rusty Hinges Squeal--Brutally Forced Open, Fingers Pawed In Soft Plush-Green Irises Plead, Begging To The Three Remaining Stars To Change, A Thin Layer Of Snow Coats The Dormant Grass, A Soul Tries To Mimic The Effects, Of Animated Slumber, The Frosty Ghosts Swim In The Icy Air, Dissolving In The Frigid Turquoise Sky, Artifical Lights Blinding In The Refreshing Black, Of The Dawning World, Creatures Stur--Their Viewing Session Over, Ghosts Swirls Around My Head, A Stream Of Unspoken Words, Entwined In Refuge
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Nov 26, 2012
Nov 26, 2012 at 8:23 AM UTC
Frosty Ghosts
I was last on the register, so as soon as I said that I was still there everyone stood up and left. Katie was still there and she pointed at me and asked me if I was coming tonight. I said that guessed not and she asked me If I knew that she wasn’t my girlfriend. I didn’t answer so she informed me that I wasn’t allowed to be jealous that she goes to parties that I don’t. I asked, ‘what party?’ and she rolled her eyes and left. I walked out of the classroom alone and wondering what the hell just happened. James saw me across the yard and shouted if I was coming tonight. I told him to **** off and walked quicker every time he tried to call me back. A few kids on the bus swore at me through the open window, their middle fingers and crude words working together in pitiless tandem. I turned up the volume in my ipod and kept on walking. It carried on snowing. It had been three days now and three times we had been called to assembly so the headmaster could announce which schools had been closed for the day. That morning he was proud to tell us that we were the only school in the area to still be open. The snow was four inches deep and rising and grey and dangerous. Through the frosted windows in the front door I could see my keys. I kicked the wall and nearly shattered my toes. I climbed over my gate to the back of my house. For a while I thought about breaking a window. The cat found me and pawed me shins and I told her I was sorry, but I couldn’t let her in the house. I sat in a frozen plastic chair and looked across the white and green garden. The cat joined me, and sat on my lap, her body as close to me as possible. I zipped her up inside my jacket so only her head poked out and we sat there, watching cartoon’s on my ipod. Batman fought The Joker again, and Gumball finally got to kiss Penny. The Joker escaped again and Gumball realised that it was all a dream. It got cold and dark and eventually both the cat and I fell asleep. My mother shook me awake and unzipped my jacket to let the cat out. She asked me if I had a good day at school, and I rubbed my eyes and told her that I couldn’t remember.
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Oct 12, 2012
Oct 12, 2012 at 10:53 AM UTC
Snow Night
I was last on the register, so as soon as I said that I was still there everyone stood up and left. Katie was still there and she pointed at me and asked me if I was coming tonight. I said that guessed not and she asked me If I knew that she wasn’t my girlfriend. I didn’t answer so she informed me that I wasn’t allowed to be jealous that she goes to parties that I don’t. I asked, ‘what party?’ and she rolled her eyes and left. I walked out of the classroom alone and wondering what the hell just happened. James saw me across the yard and shouted if I was coming tonight. I told him to **** off and walked quicker every time he tried to call me back. A few kids on the bus swore at me through the open window, their middle fingers and crude words working together in pitiless tandem. I turned up the volume in my ipod and kept on walking. It carried on snowing. It had been three days now and three times we had been called to assembly so the headmaster could announce which schools had been closed for the day. That morning he was proud to tell us that we were the only school in the area to still be open. The snow was four inches deep and rising and grey and dangerous. Through the frosted windows in the front door I could see my keys. I kicked the wall and nearly shattered my toes. I climbed over my gate to the back of my house. For a while I thought about breaking a window. The cat found me and pawed me shins and I told her I was sorry, but I couldn’t let her in the house. I sat in a frozen plastic chair and looked across the white and green garden. The cat joined me, and sat on my lap, her body as close to me as possible. I zipped her up inside my jacket so only her head poked out and we sat there, watching cartoon’s on my ipod. Batman fought The Joker again, and Gumball finally got to kiss Penny. The Joker escaped again and Gumball realised that it was all a dream. It got cold and dark and eventually both the cat and I fell asleep. My mother shook me awake and unzipped my jacket to let the cat out. She asked me if I had a good day at school, and I rubbed my eyes and told her that I couldn’t remember.
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with half closed eyes, dry and prickly eye lid shuts i can barely see the one who rambles in a classroom filled with chattering chickens. so there i think of the swans by the lake, in switzerland, they were served strawberries, cranberries and oranges for dinner. white heart shaped necks in flirtation and in-between twirls a strawberry orange smoothie. when i think of them, they seem unusually stunning, like never before. a month later than when swans had their first strawberries I saw they came to the markets here several swan bite like packages expensive as one crown swan can be again in class.   the same swans came to my mind. only half dead still chewing on pieces of papaya. it is sad. the task was to think of something sad. only they seem to have sat in the strawberry cranberry mush they have pawed while in heat of mating. they are turning pink. to be a swan in switzerland you would get more sensation and meaning than to be existing in this so called class among headless chickens.
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Apr 20, 2015
Apr 20, 2015 at 9:41 AM UTC
swans and papaya
Who’s to say how He might come back for a second inhumanely heaped-up helping, if we grant that immensity of our assumption He did come kingly first into this inside- out size from a do-you-miss-me- yet’s mirthfully mythical realm I have seen Him lurking in a particle-board fine finish on the thin outer membranes of our estranged and better faces; He’s Higgs-boson omnipresent, but far too theoretical for our broadly practical, turned- away gazes to rediscover There He is now rising in the favela’s gap- toothed grins with fabulously naughty corners this glee-pawed grandpa twists using cur jests his ***** charges imagine as flightless quarrels grey-hooded pigeons would gaggle were they over-stuffed on golden grain And there again on a Calcutta mound’s cluttered conic end, smog-like He slowly lifts with the crust-gnawed, razor-wire crimps of a soup-can’s unconsummated lid as dainty fingers crawl in toward a gelatinous glob still clinging to the powerful pretense it’s meat And there once more, conceding oms, He restless flickers at the margins of blocky beige Beijing screens as crisply clicked clacks circumnavigate the darkling smooth patches and spit-spark a few conscious drips to squiggle out from the babble of noxious red seas Emerged, this welp won’t toddle off to dribble-stain the dressy linens of a made-up nanny’s well-mannered and ornate evil; it will curl up instead, a swaddled yawn with no yearn to suckle under His real mother’s gaping wide and grungy bloused best
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Oct 20, 2010
Oct 20, 2010 at 11:04 AM UTC
In the minute coming of His second, all hours turn to dusk
Who’s to say how He might come back for a second inhumanely heaped-up helping, if we grant that immensity of our assumption He did come kingly first into this inside- out size from a do-you-miss-me- yet’s mirthfully mythical realm I have seen Him lurking in a particle-board fine finish on the thin outer membranes of our estranged and better faces; He’s Higgs-boson omnipresent, but far too theoretical for our broadly practical, turned- away gazes to rediscover There He is now rising in the favela’s gap- toothed grins with fabulously naughty corners this glee-pawed grandpa twists using cur jests his ***** charges imagine as flightless quarrels grey-hooded pigeons would gaggle were they over-stuffed on golden grain And there again on a Calcutta mound’s cluttered conic end, smog-like He slowly lifts with the crust-gnawed, razor-wire crimps of a soup-can’s unconsummated lid as dainty fingers crawl in toward a gelatinous glob still clinging to the powerful pretense it’s meat And there once more, conceding oms, He restless flickers at the margins of blocky beige Beijing screens as crisply clicked clacks circumnavigate the darkling smooth patches and spit-spark a few conscious drips to squiggle out from the babble of noxious red seas Emerged, this welp won’t toddle off to dribble-stain the dressy linens of a made-up nanny’s well-mannered and ornate evil; it will curl up instead, a swaddled yawn with no yearn to suckle under His real mother’s gaping wide and grungy bloused best
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Singing honey    sucrose stream Tidy shelving snug underneath Nestled neatly inter-wing Feather down cream Mothers stroking cradle   rocks A thousand ***** of foam spill Softly avalanche and bury Pure angels in snow    hands Petal sky smeared casual Walks warmly sweetly Silken fur raises brow     At       the coming Lily padded velvet pawed Strong slender limbs graceful dancing The Supple strength Holds a breath for dawn Long stalks arch backs Purring release modesty Pure unction weeps    complete Smooth shell face washed in milk A banner sail widened arms Outstretched for breeze’s kiss A wishing penny glides Through water falling   leaf Mallow clouds woolen sheep Dandelion umbrellas    borne away Slowly sinking Sun dyes autumn Watercolour cascades melt Thinly  delicately   imagined Fragile world Mary’s peace Doll dependent doting Soul canopied sanctuary Silence speaks
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Jun 9, 2013
Jun 9, 2013 at 1:20 AM UTC
Singing Honey
We encountered a white-tiled wall whose             purity lingered behind earthly browns,            salmon, grass, lavender acrylic paint. And this frozen scene chilled like hot breath on winter             glass, soil-mixed dividing stories of young, smiley-touched             girls whose hair was flaxen hills in             the country and whose             eyes were opalescent azures whose opalescence             was truly the only sign of thought beyond a             glassy grin. Porcelain doll made of giggles and bubbles. She fanned her fingers in a glorious sky and leaf peacock-feathered exuberance and pawed at the dry, gritty scene of a sailboat floundering towards a sunset. She sees this world feelingly – one touch, two touch Her smile is prayer-folded hands extending across her own little world A prayer for this textured caricature of a little girl,             a happy puppet stuck until dark,             like the form the woman she’ll soon become             with her child-like fingers spidering across the stories she hopes to [but never will] tell. Her dusty hands against the comforting tinge of a watermelon’s epicenter.             So pink, so raw, so vulnerable with the valor of another brush’s turn.
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May 31, 2012
May 31, 2012 at 7:11 PM UTC
Movement Break
Early this morning, not quite the shilling, my hair rustled like a recent killing of something black and once alive, big black Lucifer dived at my head. We tussled for five in the warmth of my bed, he pawed my hand like a prize and his yellow eyes were electric and light. He likes to fight. His tail beats black against my navel. He plays under the sheets like an excitable angel.
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Sep 8, 2013
Sep 8, 2013 at 12:08 PM UTC
The many faces of Lucifer : No.1 - Excited
She walked outside to get a breath of fresh air She saw that there was snow on the ground But she didn't have a jacket on Just a skirt With nylon leggings The wind started to blow And she felt the snow Blow her around And then it stopped She shut the door And went back inside She walked over to the computer And sat down in a wooden chair And kind of shivered a little As the snow was melting on her hair She moved her head back and forth really quickly And shaked the snow off of her hair I don't look pretty she giggled She kind of smoothed out her hair With her hands And curled it around her fingertips Then she felt kinda hungry And left her chair And started sliding a little She got to the refrigerator door She looked around And there was a mountain dew Yeah She turned around quickly And was spinning And got a little dizzy She drank her mountain dew And burped I'm drunk She staggered back to the wooden chair And set her pop by the computer Which she's not suppose to do But always does anyways Hmmm Hmmm Hmm Hmm Hmmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm She clicked on a video on youtube And clicked out really quick And made a sour face and squinted She typed something else in She looked down the screen Scrolled down Double clicked Waiting for it to load Clicked out Didn't load She kinda got a little upset And grabbed her mountain dew Got up from the computer And smashed her knees against the stupid computer thingy Spilled a little mountain dew on her skirt Whatever She grabbed her mountain dew Held it by the inner tab And spun around slowly Didn't cut herself Spinned around again Heart racing Didn't cut herself Slowly took her pointer finger out And started drinking again She walked into the living room Going Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmm Sat down on the couch With her kitten in the kitchen By the computer She turned the tv on And watched spongebob squarepants It was in the middle of the episode where mermaid man was saying Evil Eeeeevil She just sipped her mountain dew quickly And didn't swallow it right away Then she rubbed her feet against the ground And her kitten Hopped away from the kitchen And waited by her feet She looked down Made a face And placed her foot on top of her kitty's head And the kitten backed off and bumped into the tv While the episode of spongebob was still playing She changed the channel Started kicking her feet Back and forth Without touching the ground She looked outside And the snow was blowing harder So she got off of the coach Opened the door And felt the snow blow against her skin again She shivered again Shut the door Shaked her head Brushed down her hair Ran into the kitchen Then ran back upstairs To her room Turned around And the kitten was at the bottom of the steps She shut the door quickly Fell to the ground And looked under the door And saw the kitten She came close to the door And pawed at it a little Then hopped back down stairs On the last step Tumbled She's left alone a lot That's why she's so strange She felt her stomach make a hungry noise She was craving tacos I wonder if there's any leftover tacos from yesterday in the fridge She walks downstairs Slides to the fridge Kitten hops away She opens the door Nothing She shuts the door Slides back to the computer Sat down And started to feel really bored Then got out of the chair Walked over to the door And felt it with her hand Without opening it It was cold out
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Dec 8, 2014
Dec 8, 2014 at 5:47 PM UTC
If You Were Trapped In A Closet Your Whole Life Then Why Didn't You Just Stay In Your Mom's Belly?
She walked outside to get a breath of fresh air She saw that there was snow on the ground But she didn't have a jacket on Just a skirt With nylon leggings The wind started to blow And she felt the snow Blow her around And then it stopped She shut the door And went back inside She walked over to the computer And sat down in a wooden chair And kind of shivered a little As the snow was melting on her hair She moved her head back and forth really quickly And shaked the snow off of her hair I don't look pretty she giggled She kind of smoothed out her hair With her hands And curled it around her fingertips Then she felt kinda hungry And left her chair And started sliding a little She got to the refrigerator door She looked around And there was a mountain dew Yeah She turned around quickly And was spinning And got a little dizzy She drank her mountain dew And burped I'm drunk She staggered back to the wooden chair And set her pop by the computer Which she's not suppose to do But always does anyways Hmmm Hmmm Hmm Hmm Hmmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm She clicked on a video on youtube And clicked out really quick And made a sour face and squinted She typed something else in She looked down the screen Scrolled down Double clicked Waiting for it to load Clicked out Didn't load She kinda got a little upset And grabbed her mountain dew Got up from the computer And smashed her knees against the stupid computer thingy Spilled a little mountain dew on her skirt Whatever She grabbed her mountain dew Held it by the inner tab And spun around slowly Didn't cut herself Spinned around again Heart racing Didn't cut herself Slowly took her pointer finger out And started drinking again She walked into the living room Going Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmm Sat down on the couch With her kitten in the kitchen By the computer She turned the tv on And watched spongebob squarepants It was in the middle of the episode where mermaid man was saying Evil Eeeeevil She just sipped her mountain dew quickly And didn't swallow it right away Then she rubbed her feet against the ground And her kitten Hopped away from the kitchen And waited by her feet She looked down Made a face And placed her foot on top of her kitty's head And the kitten backed off and bumped into the tv While the episode of spongebob was still playing She changed the channel Started kicking her feet Back and forth Without touching the ground She looked outside And the snow was blowing harder So she got off of the coach Opened the door And felt the snow blow against her skin again She shivered again Shut the door Shaked her head Brushed down her hair Ran into the kitchen Then ran back upstairs To her room Turned around And the kitten was at the bottom of the steps She shut the door quickly Fell to the ground And looked under the door And saw the kitten She came close to the door And pawed at it a little Then hopped back down stairs On the last step Tumbled She's left alone a lot That's why she's so strange She felt her stomach make a hungry noise She was craving tacos I wonder if there's any leftover tacos from yesterday in the fridge She walks downstairs Slides to the fridge Kitten hops away She opens the door Nothing She shuts the door Slides back to the computer Sat down And started to feel really bored Then got out of the chair Walked over to the door And felt it with her hand Without opening it It was cold out
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snow ribbons the night behind blinds, white crackle over vinyl, black in ravines undulating silt whisks the sea, bed conversation of springs, yawn to sleep on a twin mattress, turtle, interred: orange branch to grove floor, hear-witness flutes in unbearable dawn unposessable, flesh and lavender stir in sleepy eye beds, rosebuds and breath condense warm on rickety panes, chipped beams stray suspended through poplar clouds, dissolve avocado in manila teem, damp hush to skin folds, pores, unseen burrows, pawed and pinhead heartbeats, meek but if in unison: rainfall tremendous on canvas cover, sinuous as the shanty cat spine, lilting: raking grain to wispy tail, cursive trickle over creekbed washboard scrubs, whisper sudding lace over iris-leather bed, wheat murmurs iridescent in squint-eyed flaxen wind.
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Dec 13, 2012
Dec 13, 2012 at 8:55 PM UTC
pastaural
From puppyhood's hour I have not peed, As others sniffed, I have not gleaned, As others pawed, I could not seem, To bark along with the canine teams. From the hydrants red and wet with drizzle, I have ne'er to leave my yellow stream, For my bladder had all fizzled, Clogged with endless hordes of fleas. Then- at the vet's, one gloomy dawn, A very strange device was drawn, And poked and prodded where I ill, Then I was forced to take a pill. Then from  the torrent of this river, My shaggy fur began to quiver, Upon my haunches did indeed I rose, Feeling wetly coldness on my nose, Then the raging yellow stream, At last dislodged itself of fleas, And to my great and sweet relief, They lay a bone befor my feet. _____________________ The original poem:    Share | Alone From childhood's hour I have not been As others were; I have not seen As others saw; I could not bring My passions from a common spring. From the same source I have not taken My sorrow; I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same tone; And all I loved, I loved alone. Then- in my childhood, in the dawn Of a most stormy life- was drawn From every depth of good and ill The mystery which binds me still: From the torrent, or the fountain, From the red cliff of the mountain, From the sun that round me rolled In its autumn tint of gold, From the lightning in the sky As it passed me flying by, From the thunder and the storm, And the cloud that took the form (When the rest of Heaven was blue) Of a demon in my view. --edgar allan poe
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Jun 27, 2010
Jun 27, 2010 at 9:40 AM UTC
A Bone- A Parody
From puppyhood's hour I have not peed, As others sniffed, I have not gleaned, As others pawed, I could not seem, To bark along with the canine teams. From the hydrants red and wet with drizzle, I have ne'er to leave my yellow stream, For my bladder had all fizzled, Clogged with endless hordes of fleas. Then- at the vet's, one gloomy dawn, A very strange device was drawn, And poked and prodded where I ill, Then I was forced to take a pill. Then from  the torrent of this river, My shaggy fur began to quiver, Upon my haunches did indeed I rose, Feeling wetly coldness on my nose, Then the raging yellow stream, At last dislodged itself of fleas, And to my great and sweet relief, They lay a bone befor my feet. _____________________ The original poem:    Share | Alone From childhood's hour I have not been As others were; I have not seen As others saw; I could not bring My passions from a common spring. From the same source I have not taken My sorrow; I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same tone; And all I loved, I loved alone. Then- in my childhood, in the dawn Of a most stormy life- was drawn From every depth of good and ill The mystery which binds me still: From the torrent, or the fountain, From the red cliff of the mountain, From the sun that round me rolled In its autumn tint of gold, From the lightning in the sky As it passed me flying by, From the thunder and the storm, And the cloud that took the form (When the rest of Heaven was blue) Of a demon in my view. --edgar allan poe
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So you got the lips, the tongue, the tadpoles that slide, sliver, and slip into wet crevices, the insatiable lust, that kind of desire that spreads wildfires; the one, two, southern pawed knock out kiss, and right hook that brings me back in; you got the moves, your motions like neon flashing arrows scattered all over the dance floor; they remind me of shards of glass glistening beneath the burning sun; O' how I ache for the day I get to hold you in these skinny arms; beating on and on with a worn out heart steady and abiding; a minimum wage soul that rages and rages until it can't take no more and settles like the pedals of honey scented flowers where I thought I called you mine and you were, for that one fine day, 'till I opened my mind and set you free; O' how you happily flew away.
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May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016 at 2:08 PM UTC
1st Thot
A burning Desire roars deep within, an existing scarlet desire that i will not feed, drip drop drip but always she exists golden-maned lion, velvet-pawed lion I know your hunger gnaws, and I hear your hunger gnaws, no- I feel your hunger gnaws dispatched to my direction I think You think that I cannot hear you I think you think that I do fear you But do you know to whom you speak? These weathered hands have gripped Tragedy by its neck and dropped it on its head You tug at my sleeve with eyes fixed potent in plea for a satisfaction begging for a satisfaction that grant it I won't Golden-maned lion I will starve you til every rib shows.
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Jan 10, 2014
Jan 10, 2014 at 11:09 AM UTC
Velvet Lion
I didn’t blow up on Wednesday although I heard the sirens outside my locked window and pawed the dusty floor with my feet. It was electric, the linoleum, humming from hallways doors clicking closed like the pink gun the cab driver shot out the window on Purim (he was a cowboy), like plastic soldiers clipped down in play war. I didn’t blow up on Wednesday. I ran this over in my head, hands raking kotel grooves, and it got to me.
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Jun 12, 2011
Jun 12, 2011 at 6:58 AM UTC
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(PARODY, SATIRE & TRIBUTE) From puppyhood's hour I have not peed, As others sniffed, I have not gleaned, As others pawed, I could not seem, To bark along with the canine teams. From the hydrants red and wet with drizzle, I have ne'er to leave my yellow stream, For my bladder had all fizzled, Clogged with endless hordes of fleas. Then- at the vet's, one gloomy dawn, A very strange device was drawn, And poked and prodded where I ill, Then I was forced to take a pill. Then from the torrent of this river, My shaggy fur began to quiver, Upon my haunches did indeed I rose, Feeling wetly coldness on my nose, Then the raging yellow stream, At last dislodged itself of fleas, And to my great and sweet relief, They lay a bone befor my feet. _______ The original poem: Share | Alone From childhood's hour I have not been As others were; I have not seen As others saw; I could not bring My passions from a common spring. From the same source I have not taken My sorrow; I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same tone; And all I loved, I loved alone. Then- in my childhood, in the dawn Of a most stormy life- was drawn From every depth of good and ill The mystery which binds me still: From the torrent, or the fountain, From the red cliff of the mountain, From the sun that round me rolled In its autumn tint of gold, From the lightning in the sky As it passed me flying by, From the thunder and the storm, And the cloud that took the form (When the rest of Heaven was blue) Of a demon in my view. --edgar allan poe
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Sep 18, 2010
Sep 18, 2010 at 6:23 AM UTC
A Bone- A Parody (2010 POETRY CONTEST)
(PARODY, SATIRE & TRIBUTE) From puppyhood's hour I have not peed, As others sniffed, I have not gleaned, As others pawed, I could not seem, To bark along with the canine teams. From the hydrants red and wet with drizzle, I have ne'er to leave my yellow stream, For my bladder had all fizzled, Clogged with endless hordes of fleas. Then- at the vet's, one gloomy dawn, A very strange device was drawn, And poked and prodded where I ill, Then I was forced to take a pill. Then from the torrent of this river, My shaggy fur began to quiver, Upon my haunches did indeed I rose, Feeling wetly coldness on my nose, Then the raging yellow stream, At last dislodged itself of fleas, And to my great and sweet relief, They lay a bone befor my feet. _______ The original poem: Share | Alone From childhood's hour I have not been As others were; I have not seen As others saw; I could not bring My passions from a common spring. From the same source I have not taken My sorrow; I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same tone; And all I loved, I loved alone. Then- in my childhood, in the dawn Of a most stormy life- was drawn From every depth of good and ill The mystery which binds me still: From the torrent, or the fountain, From the red cliff of the mountain, From the sun that round me rolled In its autumn tint of gold, From the lightning in the sky As it passed me flying by, From the thunder and the storm, And the cloud that took the form (When the rest of Heaven was blue) Of a demon in my view. --edgar allan poe
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I wish I could cry quietly. I wish I could cry in peace and no one would disturb me. Instead I'm cursed by these gut-wrenching wheezes that leave me gasping for air. I wish my cheeks didn't squeeze up when I cry. I look like a clown, I feel like a fool. I wish people would have the decency to leave me alone. Instead I'm patted and pawed at like a family dog. Poor thing. Is there anything I can do? No. Get out. No one knows how to cry quietly.
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Sep 4, 2012
Sep 4, 2012 at 11:43 AM UTC
Crying Quietly
My cat, one day, Discovered the mirror. He jumped onto a table And looked into it, sideways And saw another reality And was fascinated And enchanted And he just wouldn't let go And again and again Went after it. The other cat was enchanted too And he kept pawing at my cat And meowing a similar meow And he wouldn't let go either. Though I tried telling him That it was futile, That his reality was different. But my cat seemed not to agree. Did he see something that I didn't? He pawed at it every day And kept pawing and meowing Until, one day, he made it there. Or so it seems. For he's not here now And neither is my dad Nor my grandma, my little sister And so many others And many things, besides. And little wisps of memories even. They all seem to have succeeded Like my cat.
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Jul 27, 2013
Jul 27, 2013 at 9:25 AM UTC
the cat's reality
This one is for my mother My only gift that maybe and probably On some levels just a re-gift Of the gift she has already given me Over the years and through the many Pages in the many books she has read to me The books that she pulled from her red-wooden shelves And sat on her lap on top of peach printed skirts And underneath her pale pink colored nails Words that grew legs in my mother’s mouth And were so well fed that they grew hands too Hands, that stretched out so far they reached my ears And tapped on my ear drums moors code Tales of other sleepy children who just Wanted to stay up, “please just one more chapter longer” “Please, I’m not even really tired” Tales that when looking back I hate to think I never realized   How these tales reminded me of her From every little detail minute as the Punctuations that penetrated the spaces between my mother’s long winded breath One story I remember in particular. The crescent moon that cradled the cat. The cat that escaped from her farm in search of more milk Than the farmer was feeding it That cat who ran to the sky thinking the Milky Way—was just that. Only to realize the love of the famer Tasted better than how stars Felt on patted and pawed feet So the moon held the cat and slowly dipped its semi- circle Cavernous cradle down to the earth again Into the hands of the farmer My farmer, my mother earth With one undone overall strap hanging below her shoulder That in my childhood I would tip-top to thumb the edges of That metal that spooned the silver button hook. The shiny metal like a bookmark That I hope will never find its page In a book I hope my mother will read forever.
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May 8, 2012
May 8, 2012 at 1:11 PM UTC
Mom.
This one is for my mother My only gift that maybe and probably On some levels just a re-gift Of the gift she has already given me Over the years and through the many Pages in the many books she has read to me The books that she pulled from her red-wooden shelves And sat on her lap on top of peach printed skirts And underneath her pale pink colored nails Words that grew legs in my mother’s mouth And were so well fed that they grew hands too Hands, that stretched out so far they reached my ears And tapped on my ear drums moors code Tales of other sleepy children who just Wanted to stay up, “please just one more chapter longer” “Please, I’m not even really tired” Tales that when looking back I hate to think I never realized   How these tales reminded me of her From every little detail minute as the Punctuations that penetrated the spaces between my mother’s long winded breath One story I remember in particular. The crescent moon that cradled the cat. The cat that escaped from her farm in search of more milk Than the farmer was feeding it That cat who ran to the sky thinking the Milky Way—was just that. Only to realize the love of the famer Tasted better than how stars Felt on patted and pawed feet So the moon held the cat and slowly dipped its semi- circle Cavernous cradle down to the earth again Into the hands of the farmer My farmer, my mother earth With one undone overall strap hanging below her shoulder That in my childhood I would tip-top to thumb the edges of That metal that spooned the silver button hook. The shiny metal like a bookmark That I hope will never find its page In a book I hope my mother will read forever.
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Before you ask--no, I have not seen your cat. Your cat left the house around 4:45 pm, while you were at work, I'm assuming. I'm assuming your room-mate left the door open and the cat saw an open space, a new world, waiting to be scratched and pawed and possibly snacked on. The cat walked out on you in this way. The cat padded along the wooden steps, peacefully, quietly. No one was around except a grasshopper, who died in the cat's mouth later. Meanwhile, your room-mate brushed her teeth and did mouth rinse for as long as thirty-five seconds. There were puddles in the road, and a car drove by and water splashed up into your cat's little face.  The little face of your cat winced, and the little body shook off the water, and kept cat walking to nowhere in particular.  Your cat--the zen master. Seemingly out of no where, a large tree appeared, and the cat walked around the tree to the other side.  A squirrel paused to observe the cat, cautiously.   Like the squirrel, the cat then proceeded cautiously around his or her own predator, the dog.  The dog was chained to a fence though, and your cat was free. When you came home from work, you were so tired you fell asleep and did not even notice that your cat was gone.
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Nov 1, 2014
Nov 1, 2014 at 7:02 PM UTC
Your Cat, the Zen Master
A Stirring. Three quivers of boldness coated in fur, Courage minutely pawed at short grass As that sunny day shone on a stirring Of babiest mouse-life near my feet, fast Yet unable to see, newborns on a spree Posed for pictures and nibbled on cake Like little pros, a shuffling trio of family Shrews busied minikin fingers, quaking Squeaky-delight as lips met free cuisine. Whiskers a-twitch munching until Mum Ushered them fussily holeward between Sun-warmed granite stones. I had begun To doubt the sighting encountered when One tiny snout ducked out for eats again.
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Oct 15, 2016
Oct 15, 2016 at 9:17 AM UTC
A Stirring.