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"payment" poems
When your mind is shattered Your eyes are blinded There is pain everywhere you go Don't give up and Don't give in When the wheel of fortune is stuck at 6 No hope remains Don't give up Don't give in Noon will be coming around again When loneliness is your only friend and it keeps calling you names Don't give up and Don't give in There are times when life is ablaze with horrors but Don't give up and Don't give in Those that survive are those that find meaning those that passively take to their bed are bound to perish Don't give up Don't give in When the law's got your name and no payment can be made and you have to go along with their plans that have been laid, Inside, where you hide Don't give up and Don't give in. Time only stops once Don't give up Don't give in.
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May 29, 2015
May 29, 2015 at 10:36 AM UTC
Don't Give Up/Don't Give In
We play holi with colours, And soldiers play it with guns and rifles. At the risk of their own life, They give us comfortable sleep and life. A soldier is never sure of his life , And will he ever meet his daughter, son and wife. Hats off and a dozen of salute, Is nothing above a soldier and his sacrifice. Besides a soldier his family also compromises, Children sometimes starve to spent time with their father, Mother's sometime don't even get to see dead bodies of their only son. And what to say about the love of a wife, Her sacrifices and compromises are just priceless. After death a soldier is only remembered for a month or two, Media is told to stay away too. Payment of his life is done by some amount of money, Is that all our duty towards our indian army? This often chills my spine, And brings a million years in my eyes. A great salute to the Indian Army, From the bottom of my heart. I would help them anytime if they need me, With each and everything I have.
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Jul 27, 2017
Jul 27, 2017 at 11:27 PM UTC
Indian Army
miles mean nothing to a heart that is pure words penned in grace, sent to ether give heartease to the overstretched sowing stiches of understanding in tapestry threadbare little suns and stars shining bright in love and hope from face unseen and adirondack chair gives strength to one down, from down under allows grief, the words needed the abilty to care for these simple gifts, no payment required from the heart open to care...
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Jun 20, 2019
Jun 20, 2019 at 10:09 AM UTC
miles mean nothing
You know something like 200,000 dollars Was spent to educate me And here I am on Amazon Wishing I could afford to order two Pair of hiking socks instead of one I'll use my debit card for this transaction And make the payment on my credit card this month And then I will be able to order a second pair Lol
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May 24, 2015
May 24, 2015 at 12:21 AM UTC
Hiking Socks
I'm not too lucky when I gamble I lose more than I win I would probably do better If I tossed my money in a bin Gambling is not just luck It's timing and some skill Some gamble for the fun of it Some gamble for the thrill To define exactly what it means To risk money that you've earned Means throwing out sensible thought And not heeding what you've learned For example, I played poker And I lost most every cent I lost my mortgage payment Now, I'm living in a tent To win it back I chose to go And bet double at the track The first horse that I bet on Fell and broke his back The second horse was scratched I was in for a bad night My fifth horse only had three legs And he could just turn right The next one had a jockey Who's eyes were badly crossed I won't tell you how he finished But, I'll tell you that he lost To gain back my small pittance I went to the greyhound track My first dog had a rider A small monkey on his back In the third race I got daring And I bet on number three Once the race got started He had to stop and *** I picked a dog in the fifth race Just because I liked his name It was the best one I had ever heard "I'MBETYOU'RESORRYTHATYOUCAME" The odds were long but what the hell I was now gambling just for fun Not only did he catch the rabbit My ****** dog had won I think I've got the secret now I know just how to win If I get tempted to go back and bet I'll throw my money in the bin.
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Sep 6, 2012
Sep 6, 2012 at 5:16 PM UTC
Gambling
I like fishing, but dislike boats. I'm sick of washing, but still wear clothes. My brother-in-law hates the way I live my life. My sister keeps the peace, the good little wife. Mum, I haven't spoken to for many, many, weeks. Another life, another town, it's solitude she seeks. My common-law husband is wheelchair bound, You can't jump puddles with legs that are round. We own some land, the bank owns the house, If we miss a payment, they kick us out. You can't pitch a tent on the corner of the block, Reading the small print--they own the lot... Sailing and laundry, painful relations, Mid-life crisis and petty celebrations. Watching a loved one severe his spine, Angry with friends, 'cause they're walking fine. Another rejection or funds cancellation, Penning a poem to vent my frustration. Seeing the darkness in plain black and white, A smile on my lips--This is my life...
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Apr 7, 2010
Apr 7, 2010 at 12:27 AM UTC
Ironic grin
a draper is someone who creates garments or patterns by draping fabric directly onto a dress form (Wikipedia) ~~~~ I am a draper, by trade, by nature, by instinct; a fling of one arm across her body, while she dreams and sleeps, rambles, mumbles, and even convulses, to hold her tight with two, with both, soon grows discomforting as the blood ceases to flow, the heat breeds unsweetened sweat, and the snuggling impact, is too fast subsumed by the pins and needles numbing, deadening, and ironical attenuation this is my pattern, how I address her, how I dress her, draping my contiguous, drawing five fingers upon her form, reshaping her in her sleep, the arm flung, there, and then there, to be hung, at varied places across her body, higher lower, above below, but her face, free and clear, so not to interfere with her sensory preceptors and as I draw my pattern upon her skin, her body whole, listening her to indeterminate utterances, to determine which pitter patter pattern to which. she feels best suited, then, I prepare my invoice for her, for services rendered, to present upon awakening, demanding in voice, by her voice, payment in words, of her own chosen amuse-bouche, mmmm, will it be? good morning my love? hello you! or just an indiscriminate but yet, a discriminating sound of having been pleasured by unknown forces in her deeper sleep, using her lips to say, to hum, to sing, a genteel unspecific but, and yet, a terrific, deep from within guttural remittance, the sound of a delicious, mmmmmming greeting a new equinoxal gale of a refreshing fresh birthing, fulsome already satisfying draping of the day
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Aug 13, 2025
Aug 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM UTC
The Draper (draw my pattern upon her skin)
a draper is someone who creates garments or patterns by draping fabric directly onto a dress form (Wikipedia) ~~~~ I am a draper, by trade, by nature, by instinct; a fling of one arm across her body, while she dreams and sleeps, rambles, mumbles, and even convulses, to hold her tight with two, with both, soon grows discomforting as the blood ceases to flow, the heat breeds unsweetened sweat, and the snuggling impact, is too fast subsumed by the pins and needles numbing, deadening, and ironical attenuation this is my pattern, how I address her, how I dress her, draping my contiguous, drawing five fingers upon her form, reshaping her in her sleep, the arm flung, there, and then there, to be hung, at varied places across her body, higher lower, above below, but her face, free and clear, so not to interfere with her sensory preceptors and as I draw my pattern upon her skin, her body whole, listening her to indeterminate utterances, to determine which pitter patter pattern to which. she feels best suited, then, I prepare my invoice for her, for services rendered, to present upon awakening, demanding in voice, by her voice, payment in words, of her own chosen amuse-bouche, mmmm, will it be? good morning my love? hello you! or just an indiscriminate but yet, a discriminating sound of having been pleasured by unknown forces in her deeper sleep, using her lips to say, to hum, to sing, a genteel unspecific but, and yet, a terrific, deep from within guttural remittance, the sound of a delicious, mmmmmming greeting a new equinoxal gale of a refreshing fresh birthing, fulsome already satisfying draping of the day
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By Janis Ian I learned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear skinned smiles Who married young and then retired The valentines I never knew The Friday night charades of youth Were spent on one more beautiful At seventeen I learned the truth... And those of us with ravaged faces Lacking in the social graces Desperately remained at home Inventing lovers on the phone Who called to say "come dance with me" And murmured vague obscenities It isn't all it seems at seventeen... A brown eyed girl in hand me downs Whose name I never could pronounce Said: "Pity please the ones who serve They only get what they deserve" The rich relationed hometown queen Marries into what she needs With a guarantee of company And haven for the elderly... So remember those who win the game Lose the love they sought to gain In debitures of quality and dubious integrity Their small-town eyes will gape at you In dull surprise when payment due Exceeds accounts received at seventeen... To those of us who knew the pain Of valentines that never came And those whose names were never called When choosing sides for basketball It was long ago and far away the world was younger than today when dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me... We all play the game, and when we dare We cheat ourselves at solitaire Inventing lovers on the phone Repenting other lives unknown That call and say: "Come on, dance with me" And murmur vague obscenities At ugly girls like me, at seventeen...
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Oct 25, 2012
Oct 25, 2012 at 3:34 PM UTC
"AT SEVENTEEN"
By Janis Ian I learned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear skinned smiles Who married young and then retired The valentines I never knew The Friday night charades of youth Were spent on one more beautiful At seventeen I learned the truth... And those of us with ravaged faces Lacking in the social graces Desperately remained at home Inventing lovers on the phone Who called to say "come dance with me" And murmured vague obscenities It isn't all it seems at seventeen... A brown eyed girl in hand me downs Whose name I never could pronounce Said: "Pity please the ones who serve They only get what they deserve" The rich relationed hometown queen Marries into what she needs With a guarantee of company And haven for the elderly... So remember those who win the game Lose the love they sought to gain In debitures of quality and dubious integrity Their small-town eyes will gape at you In dull surprise when payment due Exceeds accounts received at seventeen... To those of us who knew the pain Of valentines that never came And those whose names were never called When choosing sides for basketball It was long ago and far away the world was younger than today when dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me... We all play the game, and when we dare We cheat ourselves at solitaire Inventing lovers on the phone Repenting other lives unknown That call and say: "Come on, dance with me" And murmur vague obscenities At ugly girls like me, at seventeen...
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I am not the master of my writing - my writing masters me, seizing me when the seizure is a sure thing, it dictates to its enslaved scribe what it desires this utensil to reveal and expel - the contraries who having battled to a ****** draw leaves the battlefield trembling with indecent indecision; the optimal conditions for its macrobiotic invasion of my brain stem; the she-muse offers me two choices: she wants a poem writ forthwith on the lyrical expression of depression and refusal is non optional so I fantasize escape and that becomes her property as well; evidence against me to be used at my trials, the one where there is no statue of liberty from the limitations of prior bad acts; I offer the she-muse two choices: give me a cabin with WiFi and self-enforcement of solitary confinement and tie me up with the rope remainders of broken bonds, bonds that tied me up worse when they were broken and the peaceful withering that won’t disrupt disturb nobody from a distance my other choice is to bury me forthwith next to my parents and shutter my constant tearing eyes which are drop-resistant muse says that’s no choice I own your voice stilled or not, will bill your soul’s account for denial of poetic services weep; i don’t want the noises that curse this troubled bodyship don’t want recollections good or bad the muse-bitch cackles with insanity of delight for she accepts this writ as partial payment on her commission, whispers I love your lyrical expressions of depression that ****** recognition algorithms alert me that seizing time is nigh there is no on/off switch for one like you: father son and holy ghost
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Apr 28, 2018
Apr 28, 2018 at 9:31 AM UTC
I am not the master of my writing (the lyrical expression of depression)
I am not the master of my writing - my writing masters me, seizing me when the seizure is a sure thing, it dictates to its enslaved scribe what it desires this utensil to reveal and expel - the contraries who having battled to a ****** draw leaves the battlefield trembling with indecent indecision; the optimal conditions for its macrobiotic invasion of my brain stem; the she-muse offers me two choices: she wants a poem writ forthwith on the lyrical expression of depression and refusal is non optional so I fantasize escape and that becomes her property as well; evidence against me to be used at my trials, the one where there is no statue of liberty from the limitations of prior bad acts; I offer the she-muse two choices: give me a cabin with WiFi and self-enforcement of solitary confinement and tie me up with the rope remainders of broken bonds, bonds that tied me up worse when they were broken and the peaceful withering that won’t disrupt disturb nobody from a distance my other choice is to bury me forthwith next to my parents and shutter my constant tearing eyes which are drop-resistant muse says that’s no choice I own your voice stilled or not, will bill your soul’s account for denial of poetic services weep; i don’t want the noises that curse this troubled bodyship don’t want recollections good or bad the muse-bitch cackles with insanity of delight for she accepts this writ as partial payment on her commission, whispers I love your lyrical expressions of depression that ****** recognition algorithms alert me that seizing time is nigh there is no on/off switch for one like you: father son and holy ghost
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amidst Jeffersonian opulence the Prez broke bread with his GOP poker face friends to solve government gridlock and sequester predicament trends citizens of the republic hopeful for nonsense to cease sat at the table asking “would you pass the biscuits please?” Obama perused the wine list boldly choosing a luscious Merlot senators ordered the finest hors d'oeuvres the guests were all aglow numerous delectable dishes were liberally splayed on the table revelers sipped flowing vintages wine a surefire icebreaker sparkling crystal Lennox flutes tinkled with convivial release while America’s disenfranchised voices ask “would you pass the biscuits please?” chutney meat, curried hens and sweet walnut rainbow trout the table a horn a plenty the guests gorged on fine cuisine a blessed nations bounty the feast consumed the Senators sated said it was some of the finest ever served but the taxpayers only got a peak of the banquet a whiff of senators nerve and asked “would you pass the biscuits please?” the dessert cart was rolled in with custards, cakes, creme brulee cordials, cognac and VSOP tastes rounded out the wholesome feast when the check was presented for payment all guests headed for the door with haste they told the waiter the bill of fare was covered by the guy asking... “would you pass the biscuits please?” Music Selection: Andre Williams: Pass The Biscuits Please jbm Oakland 3/7/13
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Mar 9, 2013
Mar 9, 2013 at 6:14 PM UTC
Pass the Biscuits Please
Shadows are real they move when you don’t want them too When you think your taking steps further away, and they slowly move closer towards you Flash light and colors in your face, sending you signals But I’m only human, don’t they know I’m not bilingual? Or has the crack made me lucid Feel the presence of the other side Why did they choose to torture me? Because I didn’t hide? Because I kept getting High? Maybe because I was close This devils dying to taste me, inching closer every time I crush his powder. Making ticks on the clock louder, every minute of every hour. Our connection was inevitable, I could tell how bad he wanted to break through Enough for him to convince me, crashing my car was how I’d get to you. Your cheeky in the way you move Fed on my weakness because you’d know I’d listen But you’ve mistaken my blood shot eyes, for ones that glisten. How could you think I’d be that easy? I’m stronger than you realize, It insults me you mistook me for a phoney You’ve been taunting me for years, how infuriating that your voices haven’t made me enough lonely Your angry, losing patience in the divided line But your poison kept me alive when it came down to my life and a telephone line I’m a fool, not foolish. Near sighted, not blind You made me weakest, gave false hopes on becoming yours and no longer mine I’ve realized maybe you wanted me to meet my real demons While they flashed red and blue in the taillight behind I can’t decide if you wanted me at the bottom As payment for my sins Or gave me an opportunity to start solving all the real problems, The ones from within. I can’t find the right words yet. I’m hoping this was our last dance But I mean it when I say I met my maker I know this time is my time, a real second chance.
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Feb 9, 2022
Feb 9, 2022 at 4:26 PM UTC
Demons
Shadows are real they move when you don’t want them too When you think your taking steps further away, and they slowly move closer towards you Flash light and colors in your face, sending you signals But I’m only human, don’t they know I’m not bilingual? Or has the crack made me lucid Feel the presence of the other side Why did they choose to torture me? Because I didn’t hide? Because I kept getting High? Maybe because I was close This devils dying to taste me, inching closer every time I crush his powder. Making ticks on the clock louder, every minute of every hour. Our connection was inevitable, I could tell how bad he wanted to break through Enough for him to convince me, crashing my car was how I’d get to you. Your cheeky in the way you move Fed on my weakness because you’d know I’d listen But you’ve mistaken my blood shot eyes, for ones that glisten. How could you think I’d be that easy? I’m stronger than you realize, It insults me you mistook me for a phoney You’ve been taunting me for years, how infuriating that your voices haven’t made me enough lonely Your angry, losing patience in the divided line But your poison kept me alive when it came down to my life and a telephone line I’m a fool, not foolish. Near sighted, not blind You made me weakest, gave false hopes on becoming yours and no longer mine I’ve realized maybe you wanted me to meet my real demons While they flashed red and blue in the taillight behind I can’t decide if you wanted me at the bottom As payment for my sins Or gave me an opportunity to start solving all the real problems, The ones from within. I can’t find the right words yet. I’m hoping this was our last dance But I mean it when I say I met my maker I know this time is my time, a real second chance.
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Hear ye, hear ye hearken from the medieval times of old where knights in the round once roamed jousting with deeds fought in truth and honor to protect the weak, the helpless, the oppressed with an ideology lurking since the dawn of time that all are born free, unshackled from contrived ordeals only to soar high with the eagles to become one with the heavens and bask in the glory of serving the frailty and holiness of mankind Hear ye, hear ye it’s Merlin conjuring a magical spell for the spirit to behold, to marvel, new stages of self-enlightenment where the essence of the King invades sleeping visions possibly foretelling ominous events awaiting new missions or predestined journeys one must endure to become so bold in knowledge and wisdom offered, living in this world’s mold not necessarily realized, instead shrouded with unimpeded urges akin to the signs found in youth, immaturity, the close-minded Hear ye, hear ye the quest to sip from the Carpenter’s silver chalice and taste charitable love for family, friends, and foes where reckless pride and hatred are speared with the arrow forged in devotion of a noble belief, tempered with selfless feats where the sun rises and sets on the wicked actions of human nature slaughtering the divine lights prematurely, locked within many souls yet crusades against evil continues, no retreat, no regrets, no surrender price to uphold the spirit of Camelot, payment in full, services rendered.
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Jul 9, 2017
Jul 9, 2017 at 1:36 AM UTC
In Search of Camelot
Karma is a ***** You heard the saying so many times. What goes around comes around. The golden rule. Whatever. Karma is a ***** But not to the people who deserve it. The people who were the nice ones, Who have been suffocated; Their payment is long overdue. I know a lot of people, including myself, That have struggled to be kind for so long. They have completely possessed the person They once were. Lately I've been a ***** Please forgive me. Ive tried for so long. And I can not deal with this anymore. I feel the need to rebel. Because it is something to do. You would do it to. And most likely have If you have been as caged in As I was.
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Dec 11, 2013
Dec 11, 2013 at 11:36 AM UTC
Deserve
Au(Or)al Tune When (O)ppo(u)rtun(e)ity knocks – Ah, pour that tune into me n(O)t just write or speak but /zIg:zAg/ gut-- --teral mut-- --ter yarns With Mouth-churn-- --ing-beat-lick-- --ings. Half-grown seedling ([her]bal:e(X)ssen(10)ces) into sm(O)ke adolescent (O)re worn from being p(o)(o)r— it was nE(X)CESSary for: battles birds beats b(O)(O)ks bottles bucks b(O)nes boys being(bad) sm(O)ke-rings w(ear)y with surr(end)er stripped v(O)wel for v(O)wel thr(OU)gh the yawn: (O)nly “(O)h.” (O)h … foll(O)ws the You’re w(or)th-knowing-ONLY-(O)nce type of l(i)ke. VERSE/VERSUS: the You’re-w(or)th-knowing-AT:LEAST-(O)nce type of l(i)ke VERSE/VERSUS: for (u)s it’s the worst type of verse when it’s them:VERSUS:us (verses) likewise -- (O)r worse -- it should really be about// a bad in (u)s: Y(O)U:ME (O)h after a kn(O)ck (O)h after a t(u)ne::// (end)-verse for worse – it’s an (end)-versus-us type of verse. (O)ppo(u)rtun(e)ity pouring ringing e(X)cesses like ear-worms to hear words to heat hearts. Ah::rest that mouth-verse onto me. (restful//fluster) Ah::rest that mouth (silent//listen) soulless gall(O)w r(u)ng lipless v(O)wel sl(u)ng like ARTS::between::STARS then VOICES RANT ON::into::CONVERSATION then PAYMENT RECEIVED::yet::EVERY CENT PAID ME worst-verse: Y(O)u//like hanging your dipTH(O)NGS on (O)pportun(e)ity’s d(O)(O)r like sm(O)ke-rings like being(bad) like Y(O)U:ME like (O)h. n(O). (end)-verse: worst-verse: L(I)ttle.Kn(O)wn.V(O)wel:: n(O)(O)se big for (u)s ALL.
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May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015 at 1:32 AM UTC
Au(O)ral and in-tune
Au(Or)al Tune When (O)ppo(u)rtun(e)ity knocks – Ah, pour that tune into me n(O)t just write or speak but /zIg:zAg/ gut-- --teral mut-- --ter yarns With Mouth-churn-- --ing-beat-lick-- --ings. Half-grown seedling ([her]bal:e(X)ssen(10)ces) into sm(O)ke adolescent (O)re worn from being p(o)(o)r— it was nE(X)CESSary for: battles birds beats b(O)(O)ks bottles bucks b(O)nes boys being(bad) sm(O)ke-rings w(ear)y with surr(end)er stripped v(O)wel for v(O)wel thr(OU)gh the yawn: (O)nly “(O)h.” (O)h … foll(O)ws the You’re w(or)th-knowing-ONLY-(O)nce type of l(i)ke. VERSE/VERSUS: the You’re-w(or)th-knowing-AT:LEAST-(O)nce type of l(i)ke VERSE/VERSUS: for (u)s it’s the worst type of verse when it’s them:VERSUS:us (verses) likewise -- (O)r worse -- it should really be about// a bad in (u)s: Y(O)U:ME (O)h after a kn(O)ck (O)h after a t(u)ne::// (end)-verse for worse – it’s an (end)-versus-us type of verse. (O)ppo(u)rtun(e)ity pouring ringing e(X)cesses like ear-worms to hear words to heat hearts. Ah::rest that mouth-verse onto me. (restful//fluster) Ah::rest that mouth (silent//listen) soulless gall(O)w r(u)ng lipless v(O)wel sl(u)ng like ARTS::between::STARS then VOICES RANT ON::into::CONVERSATION then PAYMENT RECEIVED::yet::EVERY CENT PAID ME worst-verse: Y(O)u//like hanging your dipTH(O)NGS on (O)pportun(e)ity’s d(O)(O)r like sm(O)ke-rings like being(bad) like Y(O)U:ME like (O)h. n(O). (end)-verse: worst-verse: L(I)ttle.Kn(O)wn.V(O)wel:: n(O)(O)se big for (u)s ALL.
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We are a global society When we want oranges in the fruit bowl, When we want out of our rut Just long enough To brown in a patch of Spanish sun. We are a global society When the Japanese car breaks down And we are in need of a cheap fix To keep food on the table, Some Latvian mechanic Who helps us find our way home. We are our own nation, An island nation, When the zeroes run low And there are spaces, Foreign faces, To which we can point And blame. We are a global society With our sweat-shop chic, American coffee chains Selling Colombian ground beans, Frappuccinos in plastic cups- Made in China And served by a Romanian barista In Italian heels. We are a global society When the demand is high And the payment is low. We are our own nation, An island nation, When hands reach out for help And our pockets are too shallow, Our time, too brief To commit to a unity We feel is dragging us down. We are a global society When the football is on, When the lager is Belgian And the supermodel, Greek. When we cradle that bag of Cheetos After smoking too much **** We are a global society When oppression is overt, Caricatured in bulletin posters, Threatening to land Upon our own front door. We are our own nation, An island nation, When poverty seems contagious, When we have to clean up Someone else’s mess, Still we scar the Middle East Only half-interested in an exit. We are a global society When we get sick, When we borrow another doctor For our ailing NHS. When cities of white people burn, We are a global society, When Africa is divided, We are nowhere to be seen. Prime mover of the commonwealth Yet we fall beneath the breadline And living easy is so rare. We are our own nation, An island nation, Under the false flag Of a golden age We were conned to believe in. Our nation, our island nation, Lost amongst a sea of misinformation.
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Jun 25, 2016
Jun 25, 2016 at 6:50 PM UTC
Great Britain
We are a global society When we want oranges in the fruit bowl, When we want out of our rut Just long enough To brown in a patch of Spanish sun. We are a global society When the Japanese car breaks down And we are in need of a cheap fix To keep food on the table, Some Latvian mechanic Who helps us find our way home. We are our own nation, An island nation, When the zeroes run low And there are spaces, Foreign faces, To which we can point And blame. We are a global society With our sweat-shop chic, American coffee chains Selling Colombian ground beans, Frappuccinos in plastic cups- Made in China And served by a Romanian barista In Italian heels. We are a global society When the demand is high And the payment is low. We are our own nation, An island nation, When hands reach out for help And our pockets are too shallow, Our time, too brief To commit to a unity We feel is dragging us down. We are a global society When the football is on, When the lager is Belgian And the supermodel, Greek. When we cradle that bag of Cheetos After smoking too much **** We are a global society When oppression is overt, Caricatured in bulletin posters, Threatening to land Upon our own front door. We are our own nation, An island nation, When poverty seems contagious, When we have to clean up Someone else’s mess, Still we scar the Middle East Only half-interested in an exit. We are a global society When we get sick, When we borrow another doctor For our ailing NHS. When cities of white people burn, We are a global society, When Africa is divided, We are nowhere to be seen. Prime mover of the commonwealth Yet we fall beneath the breadline And living easy is so rare. We are our own nation, An island nation, Under the false flag Of a golden age We were conned to believe in. Our nation, our island nation, Lost amongst a sea of misinformation.
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For years, they stole and robbed from our pockets. For years, they murdered what faith we had, Killed what hope we gained for ourselves. Poverty loomed over us like death, the Loss of materialistic payment. Currency controls; We have none. Beginning with a silly addition to parchment and paper. A "stamp act," if you will. Oh, the rarity of a few extra Coins to spend on a cake for the mistress! Rebellion and violence against the act increased, The Sons, the ones of Liberty left Blood splattered on the ground we walk on. Fear installed in the hearts of agents, Collecting and shivering as coins ring in their satchels. Soon, though, they left. Resigned and replaced themselves with Another thief. The Townshend- adding cents more to imported, Provided, goods. The people starved for things They need and can not afford. Naive. They had materials. They had the skill, But no need to use what they contained in their minds And their bodies. Begin the new world! Spin your own yarn and twine! Build your own shoes! You don't need the goods From old English factories and makers. The disagreements and retaliation, the lack in Morality in the brainwashed heads of soldiers. A bothered redcoat drew his gun, leaving holes, Horrible voids. The dive from cliff to cliff, swing from tree to tree, The ****** of blood and The determination to be freed from the grasp of A controlling monarchy. The greed they exhibit and the cruelty. Revenge for taking what is ours? Sweet tea, English tea, Soaked in the harbor. The tax will be no more! The need for peace, rejected by one Who wanted control and a steady reign. The isolation, suffocation of the new land like an Abused child. It was only a matter of time before the child ran away.
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Jun 10, 2014
Jun 10, 2014 at 11:23 AM UTC
Freedom Seeker (Declaration of Independence)
For years, they stole and robbed from our pockets. For years, they murdered what faith we had, Killed what hope we gained for ourselves. Poverty loomed over us like death, the Loss of materialistic payment. Currency controls; We have none. Beginning with a silly addition to parchment and paper. A "stamp act," if you will. Oh, the rarity of a few extra Coins to spend on a cake for the mistress! Rebellion and violence against the act increased, The Sons, the ones of Liberty left Blood splattered on the ground we walk on. Fear installed in the hearts of agents, Collecting and shivering as coins ring in their satchels. Soon, though, they left. Resigned and replaced themselves with Another thief. The Townshend- adding cents more to imported, Provided, goods. The people starved for things They need and can not afford. Naive. They had materials. They had the skill, But no need to use what they contained in their minds And their bodies. Begin the new world! Spin your own yarn and twine! Build your own shoes! You don't need the goods From old English factories and makers. The disagreements and retaliation, the lack in Morality in the brainwashed heads of soldiers. A bothered redcoat drew his gun, leaving holes, Horrible voids. The dive from cliff to cliff, swing from tree to tree, The ****** of blood and The determination to be freed from the grasp of A controlling monarchy. The greed they exhibit and the cruelty. Revenge for taking what is ours? Sweet tea, English tea, Soaked in the harbor. The tax will be no more! The need for peace, rejected by one Who wanted control and a steady reign. The isolation, suffocation of the new land like an Abused child. It was only a matter of time before the child ran away.
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You were beaten and bruised, for the sinful likes of me; three nails pierced Your flesh, as You were hung… at Calvary. An unthinkable act of Love was cruelly executed for me; for You took the punishment, that had been… meant for me! With forgiveness on Your breath, You requested a pardon for those, who carried out judgment on You, as a death sentence was imposed. A spear was ****** in Your side, as Your demise was underscored; when it was mundanely removed, both blood and water had poured. [chorus] On The Cross of Calvary, Love was brokenhearted; Salvation was paid in full; Grace’s flow was started. [bridge] We don’t fully understand, God’s goodness towards us; Sin’s debt was wiped out, by the sacrifice of Jesus. We adore Him, since Christ had truly loved us first; He bore the painful brunt of payment for Sin’s curse. . . . Author notes Inspired by: 1 Pet 2:24; Gal 3:10-14; 1 John 4:19 Learn more about me and my poetry at: http://amzn.to/1ffo9YZ By Joseph J. Breunig 3rd, © 2016, All rights reserved.
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Feb 20, 2016
Feb 20, 2016 at 8:37 PM UTC
Poem: On The Cross of Calvary
The Catholic church endorsed the world today for a dollar ninety nine. -Announcement- Every iPhone owner! sinner, saint or stoner! Come now have your sins forgiven! forgiven if you spill your guts, if you just confess, then watch technology do the rest. Absolution for you and me! Send your sins across the sea! your sins will fly up through the sky encrypted on waves to reach the almighty, the Vatican! the Pope! A man of God appointed by the church yet is he any different than you and me? We know he sins the same as us, the book of Romans says its so,* and do you really think his tall hat and flowing dress can make him any more chosen than us? Can he really hold back lust? Will he not eventually turn to dust Just like the rest of us? is he really any different than us? How ironic he receives a royalty from a symbol of the fallen world, The Apple computer company, payment for our absolution… ...So the world fell by the fruit of a tree and now expects to be redeemed the same way. The truth is not in a man. the truth is not in the Apple. The truth is not in the white smoke rising from the stacks on Sistine Chapel. The truth cannot be dried up. The truth cannot be cured. the truth is not the Pope's to smoke, To believe it is absurd. If you want to know the truth, the truth is in the blood. The blood covers everything. Including what is written here.
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Feb 9, 2011
Feb 9, 2011 at 5:54 AM UTC
The Church has Sold its Soul
I seek refuge from my womanhood I run into the dark corners of what is feminism and found no solace, equality does not belong to my skin, sisterhood extended out of pity as if any love could erase the past, at times i wonder if i am just a way to ease their shame, if the kindness is a payment to my ancestors whose screams i can still hear as their womanhood is defiled, i often get caught between hate and the truth neither make me feel any better, and both can't be denied , p.W.
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Sep 13, 2021
Sep 13, 2021 at 10:28 PM UTC
Intersection
The comfiest human bed warmer I ever had, My fundamental tutor of the good and the bad, The original storyteller in my bedtime tantrums, The resident photographer of my birthday albums. The accidental magician who tricked me out of my worries, A sympathetic dictator who scolds but allows my fancies, My biased talent manager who always tells me I'm the best, The loudest cheerleader who puts to shame all the rest. The world's underrated chef cooking heavenly meals, Our unpaid laundry lady worrying over water bills, The overqualified nurse never leaving her patient, Our top-notch budget analyst negotiating every payment. The random gardener, she can grow anything with ease, Our talkative historian, she stops recalling only if we say please, The uncanny philosopher, we've learned a lot from her, The lost and found administrator, tracking things hidden anywhere. The most efficient multitasker I've ever known, My trustworthy adviser who knows me down to my bones, A tough fighter who keeps winning her every battle, My life's co-creator and this world's greatest mother.
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May 13, 2017
May 13, 2017 at 7:44 PM UTC
The Versatile Matriarch
reverence in poetry.                             everything to every person. reader claims they can                         a necessary skill for uncover the reverence.                         successful hypothecating and in the scripts that                       (buying)poetry-creation outta nothing, life straight hands me,                          tell them what thy want to hear, for collection & correction,           and they’ll call you laureate,                       secretarial transcribing,                        instead of good listener binding, typo correction                       or just a keen observer-fakir mundane are the tasks,                          just take what they give ya, that’s all them muses ask,                     dress it like Joseph in a don’t interfere, taken what’s given,     coat of many colors, bow, curtsy, show respect,                     don’t let on your plagiarism treat its aspects/instincts correctly       is all them, redressed legally you’re just the pass through agent,   true you, gotta be smart about it, patient for no payment expected,    variant spellings, swinging verbs, be our adherent, not our truant,      be discreet, they’ll call your script we appoint don’t disappoint,          a real keeper and give love or sun, accept our patent, render legit        mucho poem emojis accoladeya as for this reverence thinge        devil in a blue dress, walk the streets if I do my job ok, on any day,     grabbing snatches of overhearings, any poem could save a life,        pressed into a single tunic, you think, if I get the commas placed,         he a genius, knows my thinking, just right, the periods period,     exactly,  what a great poet and while obeying the speed limit    con/hu-man par excellent them muses so **** pleased     even fool muses, too full themselves, by this true confession released, muses who think we stink and and self deprecation,                     couldn’t do it without them they call me reverend,                   great pretenders by stealing imagine them silly folk,                everything in everybody and calling a big fat liar.                       all thieves and cape riders, reverend, duh, the end                 original liars, pants on fire before midnight and after 3:20am April 7~8, two oh nineteen any message you send becomes my intellectual property, fool....
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Apr 8, 2019
Apr 8, 2019 at 5:24 AM UTC
reverence in poetry. (2) everything in every person.
reverence in poetry.                             everything to every person. reader claims they can                         a necessary skill for uncover the reverence.                         successful hypothecating and in the scripts that                       (buying)poetry-creation outta nothing, life straight hands me,                          tell them what thy want to hear, for collection & correction,           and they’ll call you laureate,                       secretarial transcribing,                        instead of good listener binding, typo correction                       or just a keen observer-fakir mundane are the tasks,                          just take what they give ya, that’s all them muses ask,                     dress it like Joseph in a don’t interfere, taken what’s given,     coat of many colors, bow, curtsy, show respect,                     don’t let on your plagiarism treat its aspects/instincts correctly       is all them, redressed legally you’re just the pass through agent,   true you, gotta be smart about it, patient for no payment expected,    variant spellings, swinging verbs, be our adherent, not our truant,      be discreet, they’ll call your script we appoint don’t disappoint,          a real keeper and give love or sun, accept our patent, render legit        mucho poem emojis accoladeya as for this reverence thinge        devil in a blue dress, walk the streets if I do my job ok, on any day,     grabbing snatches of overhearings, any poem could save a life,        pressed into a single tunic, you think, if I get the commas placed,         he a genius, knows my thinking, just right, the periods period,     exactly,  what a great poet and while obeying the speed limit    con/hu-man par excellent them muses so **** pleased     even fool muses, too full themselves, by this true confession released, muses who think we stink and and self deprecation,                     couldn’t do it without them they call me reverend,                   great pretenders by stealing imagine them silly folk,                everything in everybody and calling a big fat liar.                       all thieves and cape riders, reverend, duh, the end                 original liars, pants on fire before midnight and after 3:20am April 7~8, two oh nineteen any message you send becomes my intellectual property, fool....
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Karma is a ***** You heard the saying so many times. What goes around comes around. The golden rule. Whatever. Karma is a ***** But not to the people who deserve it. The people who were the nice ones, Who have  been suffocated; Their payment is long overdue. I know a lot of people, including myself, That have struggled to be kind for so long. They have completely possessed the person They once were. Lately I've been a ***** Please forgive me. Ive tried for so long. And I can not deal with this anymore. I feel the need to rebel. Because it is something to do. You would do it to. And most likely have If you have been as caged in As I was.
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Sep 22, 2013
Sep 22, 2013 at 9:22 AM UTC
Deserve
***** dishes piled peripherally Melting muscles begging to be built Education egging me on evilly Facebook friends warning I may wilt Clothes choking roomish rubble Coldhearted clocks click callously Traffic tickets to trouble Prodding for payment perniciously
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Feb 11, 2010
Feb 11, 2010 at 7:32 PM UTC
Alliterative Aloquence
Stuck in a rut of who i want to be A constant feeling of being stuck at sea No where to turn No lessons to learn Complete isolation Is this what i diserve A raven with no wings Leaves a bird who wont sing Waves shake and rock me But i continue on My boat keeps me afload Keeping steady and strong Thrown on this raft at a very young age Constant sun burn and dehidration have my eyes crazed Two people inside my mind Im in control but struggle all the time Out of sight Out of mind Is the story of my life Full of fright Now im blind Must continue this fight When suddenly i meet an unsuspecting creature A very tired wolf with a very high fever I take this wolf onto my floating door Lick her wounds and give her compassion ... Something nether of them have had before The stranded raven adores the wolf Infatuated with its being After licking her wound Her leg has stopped bleeding But soon the raven will lick to much The wolf snarls at the raven and howls to say enough The raven retreats to his side of the tire The close quarters would make the raven and wolf very tired The raven was never raised as a hatchling Rite out the egg starving No incubation No warmth for the raven He is horrible to the wolf Without knowing why Could be his need to die Could be his constant crying The raven loves the wolf This is clear But he has had evil tendencies for many years He hurts the wolf He gets bitten He hurts the wolf He gets bitten He hurts the wolf He gets bitten He hurts the wolf He gets bitten Now the raven is bleeding Missing many feathers Looking at the wolf Stunned The raven is starting to see what he has done And he sits on his corner of the raft for months He walks over to the wolf Licks her heart And says i should have been your boat from the start I should never have hurt you Drouned you And im sorry I offer you my neck as payment The raven loves the wolf This is clear And decides to be a new bird For the rest of his years A cardinal appears from the raven The black carcass falls And the cardinal is born And the wolf heals up Never to be torn
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Sep 27, 2014
Sep 27, 2014 at 12:26 AM UTC
Transformation
Stuck in a rut of who i want to be A constant feeling of being stuck at sea No where to turn No lessons to learn Complete isolation Is this what i diserve A raven with no wings Leaves a bird who wont sing Waves shake and rock me But i continue on My boat keeps me afload Keeping steady and strong Thrown on this raft at a very young age Constant sun burn and dehidration have my eyes crazed Two people inside my mind Im in control but struggle all the time Out of sight Out of mind Is the story of my life Full of fright Now im blind Must continue this fight When suddenly i meet an unsuspecting creature A very tired wolf with a very high fever I take this wolf onto my floating door Lick her wounds and give her compassion ... Something nether of them have had before The stranded raven adores the wolf Infatuated with its being After licking her wound Her leg has stopped bleeding But soon the raven will lick to much The wolf snarls at the raven and howls to say enough The raven retreats to his side of the tire The close quarters would make the raven and wolf very tired The raven was never raised as a hatchling Rite out the egg starving No incubation No warmth for the raven He is horrible to the wolf Without knowing why Could be his need to die Could be his constant crying The raven loves the wolf This is clear But he has had evil tendencies for many years He hurts the wolf He gets bitten He hurts the wolf He gets bitten He hurts the wolf He gets bitten He hurts the wolf He gets bitten Now the raven is bleeding Missing many feathers Looking at the wolf Stunned The raven is starting to see what he has done And he sits on his corner of the raft for months He walks over to the wolf Licks her heart And says i should have been your boat from the start I should never have hurt you Drouned you And im sorry I offer you my neck as payment The raven loves the wolf This is clear And decides to be a new bird For the rest of his years A cardinal appears from the raven The black carcass falls And the cardinal is born And the wolf heals up Never to be torn
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