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"pickles" poems
I am a miserable **** Traffic jam thoughts. Aimless speech. Fever dreams, coffee with no cream, love with no pulse, alone at restaurants,             at grocery stores,             at parties. I have no identity. Shifting shape, black to blue, trading girls, red hair for Persian skin, parents and gods, politicians and lost purpose mobs, all asking me to be sacred,                             to be loving,                             to be trusting,                             to be active,                             to have no spine. All I want is a bit of my own time. A grenade of change, to end the coagulation of my brain, to leave me hungry for anything other than me, didn't somebody say I was promised something?                                             I was going somewhere?                                             I was unique? I am the same miserable **** As every other miserable **** The ******* that cut you off on Highway 62, The person that complained about too many pickles, on his precious fast food, The boy yelling at his baby sister for getting too much attention, The girl sexting your boyfriend, The boy sexing your girlfriend, The generation divorcing everyone it knows so it can fall in love with itself. All different, in exactly the same way. Traffic jam thoughts. Traffic jam thoughts.                    Traffic jam thoughts. Traffic jam thoughts.             trafficjamthoughts. traffic. Traffic Jam Thoughts. Thoughts. Traffic. Traffic. Traffic. Traffic. Traffic. Traffic. Jam. thoughts. traffic. trafficjam. trafficjam. traffic jam thoughts.traffic. traffic jam. traffic, traffic, traffic. I am a miserable **** Traffic jam.
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Aug 16, 2010
Aug 16, 2010 at 9:28 AM UTC
Density
I am a miserable **** Traffic jam thoughts. Aimless speech. Fever dreams, coffee with no cream, love with no pulse, alone at restaurants,             at grocery stores,             at parties. I have no identity. Shifting shape, black to blue, trading girls, red hair for Persian skin, parents and gods, politicians and lost purpose mobs, all asking me to be sacred,                             to be loving,                             to be trusting,                             to be active,                             to have no spine. All I want is a bit of my own time. A grenade of change, to end the coagulation of my brain, to leave me hungry for anything other than me, didn't somebody say I was promised something?                                             I was going somewhere?                                             I was unique? I am the same miserable **** As every other miserable **** The ******* that cut you off on Highway 62, The person that complained about too many pickles, on his precious fast food, The boy yelling at his baby sister for getting too much attention, The girl sexting your boyfriend, The boy sexing your girlfriend, The generation divorcing everyone it knows so it can fall in love with itself. All different, in exactly the same way. Traffic jam thoughts. Traffic jam thoughts.                    Traffic jam thoughts. Traffic jam thoughts.             trafficjamthoughts. traffic. Traffic Jam Thoughts. Thoughts. Traffic. Traffic. Traffic. Traffic. Traffic. Traffic. Jam. thoughts. traffic. trafficjam. trafficjam. traffic jam thoughts.traffic. traffic jam. traffic, traffic, traffic. I am a miserable **** Traffic jam.
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In India pongal is the best festival It is not a mere ritual We celebrate it in January It is very very customary It lasts for three days Bhogi,sankranti and kanuma are the days. On the first day we have a holy bath Thinking that it sets us on the right path Early in the morning we sit around the bhogi fire Thinking it is the demon Ravana’s pyre We put on a new and attractive attire Dreaming life is a joyful boat shire Children make wreaths of cowdung Throw them into the fire like a gold ring The villages are full of colourful bullocks We sing folk songs taking neem sticks The bride groom leaves for the mother-in-law’s house The bride waits for him wearing a new saree and a blouse Father-in-law gives the groom a costly gift Mother-in-law makes a sumptuous feast Younger sister-in-law teases the groom The bride and the groom confine to the room Mother prepares delicious dishes and pickles Father goes to the farm worshipping the sickles On the last day we go to the temple fair I hope I made the happy pongal very clear Yours sincerely, JVL NARASIMHA RAO
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Dec 28, 2010
Dec 28, 2010 at 7:32 PM UTC
HAPPY PONGAL
1 My mother would say: “Little boy Raj… Go to Muthu’s and get some cinnamon, betel leaves and ginger and garlic” And so I go to the shops singing all the way and when Muthu asks me what I’d want I rattle off a list: “Sesame seeds, onions tomatoes and pickles” And back home, Mother twists my ears Ouch! 2 And inevitably I grew up and inevitably I got married and inevitably my wife says to me: “Dear husband whom I married in a fire-ceremony; could you kindly go to Woolies and get me some flour, castor sugar, pepper, pasta sauce and pancakes…” And so I drive to Woolies singing all the way; and walking down the aisles I throw the following into the trolley: cinnamon, betel leaves and ginger and garlic… And back home though my wife does not twist my ears I feel Mother reach forward from the other world and she twists my ears Ouch!
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Sep 30, 2010
Sep 30, 2010 at 4:03 AM UTC
absent-mindedness; or I Dream of Spices
Albert had an ARTHRITIC knee which gave him curry The core of a BOIL is oft hard to extract Yesterday June experienced a server stomach CRAMP Too much dry weather can cause the outer DERMAL layer to peel Never read in a poorly lit room for you'll have EYE strain After eating spicy pickles dad had bad FLATULENCE Some twenty eight years ago my friend Helen had her GALLBLADDER removed They say that a glass of water will stop HICCUPS From end to end our INTESTINAL tract is thirty foot long On Sunday afternoon John broke his JAW playing football Some people have very boney KNUCKLES One of my work colleagues is prone to getting LARYNGITIS Colin suffers terribly with MIGRAINE headaches Sometimes people tend to endlessly NAVAL gaze A woman's OVARIES need to be checked on a regular basis for any abnormalities The PANCREAS secrets a hormone known as insulin QUININE once was extensively used in the treatment of Malaria Since my sister has put on weight she cannot find her RIBS The STIRRUP bone lies within one's ear Dan Aykroyd the famous comic star has webbed TOES Should you bump your ULNA bone it may give you reason to groan The VARICOSE VEINS is great aunt Ruby's legs were very pronounced Does anyone know of a good remedy for unsightly WARTS At our local hospital we have an antiquated X-RAY machine As tiredness and weariness sets in one YAWNS quite a lot ****** ZOSTER can make a person constantly itch
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Oct 20, 2013
Oct 20, 2013 at 1:31 AM UTC
ABC Poem (Medical Stuff )
and Pickles from the jar, and tiny little cars, lined up against a hospital, far.
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Oct 19, 2014
Oct 19, 2014 at 10:45 PM UTC
Watermelon Scars
The Peppered Pickle Clown (Peppered Pickle Day) This is a story you may not know And it's banned in pickle town It's about a peppered pickle That became a circus clown He started out his short life Looking through a stained glass jar Watching his sweet pickled brother Become a kosher star Although his peppered pickled life was sweet This peppered pickle wanted more He would join the circus as a clown And be a smash that fans adored At first it started slowly No fans would call his name But a peppered pickle as a clown Well thats funny just the same As time went on he made them laugh They started yelling for him more Then a show was given just to him And a peppered pickle day was born All the fans they ordered pickles On peppered pickles they would gorge Then one day there came a time When peppered pickles they ran short The peppered pickle clown knew right then That it was time to make his mark So he made a deal with Vlasic corp. To put peppered pickles in their jars Well Vlasic corp. invited him To come take a private tour They said that he would relish it And be a cut up in the stores They put the peppered pickle clown In a clown chair and tied him down They said it was for safety As the belt showed him all around The belt went slow when starting out Picked up speed as it went along The peppered pickle clown was sliced and diced Vlasic didn't clown around So remember the peppered pickle clown When you shop at your home store He gave his life for stardom And thats why you now pay more Today is peppered pickle day And should be known the world around Made famous by a sweet delight The peppered pickle clown Carl J. Roberts
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Oct 7, 2013
Oct 7, 2013 at 7:14 AM UTC
Thank The Peppered Pickle Clown...... ( Peppered Pickle Day)
The Peppered Pickle Clown (Peppered Pickle Day) This is a story you may not know And it's banned in pickle town It's about a peppered pickle That became a circus clown He started out his short life Looking through a stained glass jar Watching his sweet pickled brother Become a kosher star Although his peppered pickled life was sweet This peppered pickle wanted more He would join the circus as a clown And be a smash that fans adored At first it started slowly No fans would call his name But a peppered pickle as a clown Well thats funny just the same As time went on he made them laugh They started yelling for him more Then a show was given just to him And a peppered pickle day was born All the fans they ordered pickles On peppered pickles they would gorge Then one day there came a time When peppered pickles they ran short The peppered pickle clown knew right then That it was time to make his mark So he made a deal with Vlasic corp. To put peppered pickles in their jars Well Vlasic corp. invited him To come take a private tour They said that he would relish it And be a cut up in the stores They put the peppered pickle clown In a clown chair and tied him down They said it was for safety As the belt showed him all around The belt went slow when starting out Picked up speed as it went along The peppered pickle clown was sliced and diced Vlasic didn't clown around So remember the peppered pickle clown When you shop at your home store He gave his life for stardom And thats why you now pay more Today is peppered pickle day And should be known the world around Made famous by a sweet delight The peppered pickle clown Carl J. Roberts
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he, hardly fit, sleeps fitfully he, like a baby, up and down at 2am the cerebrum racked, like a street *** so needy, for a low caloric, non-alcoholic snack pickles - the almost zero solution, dill in particular, or even the slightly bad boy cousins, the buttered variety so in his customized original 100% sleeping skin gear, standing in front of the shiniest fridge gleaming, his unfortunate reflection somewhat steamy, indecisive, which, his pickle, to to choose, which to eat, completely complete, to celebrate his dietetic restraint so she, the yoga ballerina lioness, finds him upright but not uptight, leaving him in an awkward so to speak, poem, pickling, naked and speechless, as the mouth is fully engorged and on point she summarizes most eloquently, the ****** and the crudités and the et. al., with a succinctly pithy observation: *"ah, I see (me wincing), still crazy after all these years* ...and other stories*
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Apr 2, 2017
Apr 2, 2017 at 8:03 PM UTC
**** pickles and other stories
Supposedly too much television will rot your brain away BUT... you can 't believe what everyone may say KERMIT told us it ain't easy being green TAYLOR SWIFT taught us people can be trouble & really mean SEBASTIAN the CRAB told us it is better down where it is wetter CINDERELLA taught us that eventually things will get better SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS told us over & over he's READY! he's READY! THE TORTOISE taught us that being quick may not always work KAYNE WEST taught us people are rude, interrupting, annoying & huge jerks MR KRABS taught us some people are money hungry & greedy LINDSAY LOHAN taught us some people are attention needy DORA THE EXPLORER taught us to live our life as an adventure & go explore SWIPER taught us to always go for more SQUIDWARD taught us not everyone has happiness to share PATRICK STAR taught us that some people's heads are filled with air PLANKTON taught us that you can never give up on reaching your goal ALICE's curiosity taught us don't chase white rabbits with pocket watches down their hole PETER PAN taught us to live carefree & have no worries at all HORTON taught us that a person is a person no matter how small THE LORAX taught us to take care of our trees SNOW WHITE taught us that there maybe more than what the eye sees TOMMY PICKLES taught us sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do THE GRINCH taught us that deep down inside, the cruel have hearts too NEMO'S DAD MARLIN taught us you can't protect people from all & or any danger BARNEY taught us not to talk to a stranger TIMONE & PUMBA taught us "HAKUNA MATATA" LILO & STITCH taught us no one gets left behind or forgotten, that is "OHANA" SOUTH PARK taught us not to give a **** & some friends can be a huge ****** BAG JUSTIN BIEBER taught us what isn't "SWAG" STEWIE taught us that even if you're talking not everyone is listening NELLY taught us that not everywhere has air conditioning "HOT IN HERRE" DOROTHY taught us is you want to go home just click your heels three times & repeat "THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME" SOUTH PARK'S TWEAK taught us that your underwear get stolen by the underwear gnomes So much we've unknowingly managed to obtain secretly stored in our brain celebrities, songs, shows & even cartoons have taught us a lot & that's what life lessons are all about little hidden lessons & messages everywhere & completely unaware you pass it on & share
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Aug 17, 2015
Aug 17, 2015 at 4:00 AM UTC
Consciously Unaware, Taught Subconsciously..
Supposedly too much television will rot your brain away BUT... you can 't believe what everyone may say KERMIT told us it ain't easy being green TAYLOR SWIFT taught us people can be trouble & really mean SEBASTIAN the CRAB told us it is better down where it is wetter CINDERELLA taught us that eventually things will get better SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS told us over & over he's READY! he's READY! THE TORTOISE taught us that being quick may not always work KAYNE WEST taught us people are rude, interrupting, annoying & huge jerks MR KRABS taught us some people are money hungry & greedy LINDSAY LOHAN taught us some people are attention needy DORA THE EXPLORER taught us to live our life as an adventure & go explore SWIPER taught us to always go for more SQUIDWARD taught us not everyone has happiness to share PATRICK STAR taught us that some people's heads are filled with air PLANKTON taught us that you can never give up on reaching your goal ALICE's curiosity taught us don't chase white rabbits with pocket watches down their hole PETER PAN taught us to live carefree & have no worries at all HORTON taught us that a person is a person no matter how small THE LORAX taught us to take care of our trees SNOW WHITE taught us that there maybe more than what the eye sees TOMMY PICKLES taught us sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do THE GRINCH taught us that deep down inside, the cruel have hearts too NEMO'S DAD MARLIN taught us you can't protect people from all & or any danger BARNEY taught us not to talk to a stranger TIMONE & PUMBA taught us "HAKUNA MATATA" LILO & STITCH taught us no one gets left behind or forgotten, that is "OHANA" SOUTH PARK taught us not to give a **** & some friends can be a huge ****** BAG JUSTIN BIEBER taught us what isn't "SWAG" STEWIE taught us that even if you're talking not everyone is listening NELLY taught us that not everywhere has air conditioning "HOT IN HERRE" DOROTHY taught us is you want to go home just click your heels three times & repeat "THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME" SOUTH PARK'S TWEAK taught us that your underwear get stolen by the underwear gnomes So much we've unknowingly managed to obtain secretly stored in our brain celebrities, songs, shows & even cartoons have taught us a lot & that's what life lessons are all about little hidden lessons & messages everywhere & completely unaware you pass it on & share
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Its 3am and I'd rather be somewhere else. I made a veggie burger. And ate a jar of pickles. And thought about crying, But I didn't want to exert the energy.
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Dec 7, 2013
Dec 7, 2013 at 3:16 AM UTC
**** me.
The mirror stained with our memories, pictures I am not in many of them I count; four pictures, we look happy The bleeding sky was the only thing that gave  us release Like the winter would fill our bones and cigarette smoke would ignite the fire in our eyes that had long since burned out we lay on that floor on the balcony till dawn talking about how we will never be good enough and life is pointless I show her my scars apathetically nothing effects me anymore My bubble cant be burst surrounded by static scream want to scream
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Aug 4, 2012
Aug 4, 2012 at 11:35 PM UTC
Id rather ******** your mom using a cheese wrapper as a ****** while tickling her armpits with pickles than **** you.
As the warm days of summer give way to chill, and shadows grow longer as days shed their hours. High winds and rain storms scrub the tired landscape down. Colours are changing from rich green to gold, from yellow to red and orange to brown. The grain has been gathered, wheat, barley and oats, cut and collected, sifted and sorted and put into store. Grown by God, and by man with machine and by effort of hand. Poppies and stalks now mark the spot, of the return for their labour. The wealth of the land. Birds follow the tractor, rising and falling, swirling and soaring they move like a cloud. The farmer is out and turning the stubble into the ground. Rooks and crows, gulls and wood pigeons, starlings and magpies follow him round. Hay long since mown is now bailed and in barns, or rolled up and bagged, ferments now in high silage towers. The countryside has yielded reward for all Adam’s toil. Work done in rhythm with the seasons, sowing, growing, reaping, ploughing and tilling the soil. Gathering goodness, from garden, and greenhouse, carrots and courgettes, tomatoes in bunches. Fresher than any you can get in the shops. Picking the bounty gleaned from the hedgerow. Rosehips and cobnuts, damsons and hops. Elder and sorrel, mushrooms and puffballs, sour green crab apples, and brambles in tangles. Sloes that were missed by the late winter frost. Not all are pleasant and some really can hurt you, pick only those that you know and trust. Take full advantage of God’s generosity, share it with gladness, with thanks, there is plenty for all. Sticky syrups and cider, wines, cordial and beer. Pies, puddings, sorbets and ice creams, jam, jelly, and chutney and enough pickles to last into next year. As the warm days of summer give way to chill, and shadows grow longer as days shed their hours. High winds and rain storms scrub the tired landscape down. Colours are changing from rich green to gold, from yellow to red and orange to brown.
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Oct 23, 2011
Oct 23, 2011 at 3:16 PM UTC
Harvest
As the warm days of summer give way to chill, and shadows grow longer as days shed their hours. High winds and rain storms scrub the tired landscape down. Colours are changing from rich green to gold, from yellow to red and orange to brown. The grain has been gathered, wheat, barley and oats, cut and collected, sifted and sorted and put into store. Grown by God, and by man with machine and by effort of hand. Poppies and stalks now mark the spot, of the return for their labour. The wealth of the land. Birds follow the tractor, rising and falling, swirling and soaring they move like a cloud. The farmer is out and turning the stubble into the ground. Rooks and crows, gulls and wood pigeons, starlings and magpies follow him round. Hay long since mown is now bailed and in barns, or rolled up and bagged, ferments now in high silage towers. The countryside has yielded reward for all Adam’s toil. Work done in rhythm with the seasons, sowing, growing, reaping, ploughing and tilling the soil. Gathering goodness, from garden, and greenhouse, carrots and courgettes, tomatoes in bunches. Fresher than any you can get in the shops. Picking the bounty gleaned from the hedgerow. Rosehips and cobnuts, damsons and hops. Elder and sorrel, mushrooms and puffballs, sour green crab apples, and brambles in tangles. Sloes that were missed by the late winter frost. Not all are pleasant and some really can hurt you, pick only those that you know and trust. Take full advantage of God’s generosity, share it with gladness, with thanks, there is plenty for all. Sticky syrups and cider, wines, cordial and beer. Pies, puddings, sorbets and ice creams, jam, jelly, and chutney and enough pickles to last into next year. As the warm days of summer give way to chill, and shadows grow longer as days shed their hours. High winds and rain storms scrub the tired landscape down. Colours are changing from rich green to gold, from yellow to red and orange to brown.
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behind velvet cloth I saw your quail's eggs, I saw your gentleman's relish too, protruding as it was, an Etonian slap to the face of the marmite jar which it was reluctantly sat next to. and although the relish would happily admit that to sit next to marmite was certainly preferable to finding oneself positioned next to Bovril or Cup-a-Soup, it certainly was a far cry from the delicatessen counter he was once accustomed to. oh the delicatessen! how the tear ducts performed with nostalgic aplomb as memories of stuffed vine leaves and caramelised baby shallots filtered back to the gentleman. what he'd have given to be back there now, to once again share the company of proper food, of handmade chutneys and pickles, not this common oafish tar. this brutish black gunk. 'You may not have been factory made' retorted Marmite, 'or contain E325,' 'but that isn't to say that your place on this shelf is any more valid than mine.'
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Oct 14, 2012
Oct 14, 2012 at 10:38 AM UTC
The Gentleman
love eating pickles love putting pickles in my shoes love the pickles on my toes love that stinky pickle smell love eating pickles
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Oct 19, 2013
Oct 19, 2013 at 6:28 PM UTC
pickles
Pickles for one Pickles for two Pickles for some Pickles for few Pickles for smiles Pickles for laughs Pickles in wholes Pickles in halves Pickles for Henry Pickles for Sue Pickles for everyone Pickles for you
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Sep 10, 2013
Sep 10, 2013 at 8:37 PM UTC
The Pickle Poem
Luna Tickle eats only pickles and ***** up all the brine When her brother tells their mother she begins to whine: “Yes I did it! And left no tidbit Is that such a crime? My brother smells and raises hell And leaves the loo full of slime.” Now their mother dear began to fear her children were obstructions Never listening, since their christening, and wished for their abduction So she planned a slaughter and called her daughter Outside to the woodshed, then chopped her neck in two She put Luna’s head in her brother’s bed and said, “Now, they’ll be no more Boo-Hoos” Now you know of Luna and her tragic ending But there’s more to this rhyme that’s pending For the Tickle name is quite insane And was never worth defending But that’s just what her brother did When Mrs. Tickle met Judge Knuckle And almost flipped her lid Screaming: “I never liked that kid from the day she began to suckle! Why she couldn’t be more like me, or her lovely sister Tess” Twas all Mrs. Tickle could confess that day to Judge and jury Until brother **** chimed-in and confessed his sin And did so in such a fury, it was heard throughout and within The entire state of Missouri: “I am Richard Tickle and do confess I am not fickle In fact I am quite pugnacious If you do not see the circumstances like me I’ll be forced to be disputatious” Interjects Judge Knuckle: “Boy, I’ll have you buckled this instance to electric chair If you’re not scared I’ll be splitting hairs In a place where the sun does not shine So if you care, you’d best beware Or your Gherkin will be in a brine” Now Tess screamed out and her mother did shout In perfect unison: **** is my love and none the likes of any other hooligan” At this there was a scuffle Each dame was muffed and ruffled They could not contain All their angst and their pain And it led to the ugliest tussle For each thought **** Was devoted to she And apparently, this could not be As we know of the trouble with Luna So the jury was not out Or even in doubt Of these sinister makings and troubles It was the sickest of affairs Mass-producing glaring stares From everyone within the court Missouri Gazette’s headlines that day Told of how they did slay And burn the Tickle chalet Leaving it in incestuous rubble The lesson today to this horrific ballet Is don’t live your life in a bubble
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Nov 21, 2015
Nov 21, 2015 at 6:39 PM UTC
The Tickle Family **** Us
Luna Tickle eats only pickles and ***** up all the brine When her brother tells their mother she begins to whine: “Yes I did it! And left no tidbit Is that such a crime? My brother smells and raises hell And leaves the loo full of slime.” Now their mother dear began to fear her children were obstructions Never listening, since their christening, and wished for their abduction So she planned a slaughter and called her daughter Outside to the woodshed, then chopped her neck in two She put Luna’s head in her brother’s bed and said, “Now, they’ll be no more Boo-Hoos” Now you know of Luna and her tragic ending But there’s more to this rhyme that’s pending For the Tickle name is quite insane And was never worth defending But that’s just what her brother did When Mrs. Tickle met Judge Knuckle And almost flipped her lid Screaming: “I never liked that kid from the day she began to suckle! Why she couldn’t be more like me, or her lovely sister Tess” Twas all Mrs. Tickle could confess that day to Judge and jury Until brother **** chimed-in and confessed his sin And did so in such a fury, it was heard throughout and within The entire state of Missouri: “I am Richard Tickle and do confess I am not fickle In fact I am quite pugnacious If you do not see the circumstances like me I’ll be forced to be disputatious” Interjects Judge Knuckle: “Boy, I’ll have you buckled this instance to electric chair If you’re not scared I’ll be splitting hairs In a place where the sun does not shine So if you care, you’d best beware Or your Gherkin will be in a brine” Now Tess screamed out and her mother did shout In perfect unison: **** is my love and none the likes of any other hooligan” At this there was a scuffle Each dame was muffed and ruffled They could not contain All their angst and their pain And it led to the ugliest tussle For each thought **** Was devoted to she And apparently, this could not be As we know of the trouble with Luna So the jury was not out Or even in doubt Of these sinister makings and troubles It was the sickest of affairs Mass-producing glaring stares From everyone within the court Missouri Gazette’s headlines that day Told of how they did slay And burn the Tickle chalet Leaving it in incestuous rubble The lesson today to this horrific ballet Is don’t live your life in a bubble
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I sensually rub pickles on your torso. My lust for you is like black coffee. Really strong with an after effect of diarrhea I am jittery for you my dear Let me rub this yo-yo all over your ear. A thief broke into my house and saw a naked grandma so he left.
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May 3, 2014
May 3, 2014 at 1:27 AM UTC
Sensual Pickle Rubs
Arrive in a neighborhood not mine. Phoenix sun splits the mailboxes, Cracked cement, bald lawns, deflated kiddie pools, sippy cups gone brittle in the sun. A toddler screams until a sibling gathers him inside. Helios whips his chariot down the street, steals my parking space. White Shell Woman hushes the child with a wind of cool dust. I buy donuts, Cheetos, pickles- eat them in the car. Gas station sink, hair and grit. I scrub off orange powder. Kokopelli swings from the paper towel rack, flicking drops of water onto my face, flirting, laughing at my small hungers. Cemetery, sitting on the hood. Graves hum in the heat. Yours more-so. Hecate steps from the shadow of a mesquite, offers me three paths, none of them home. Coyote pads along the stone wall, head cocked, grin sharp, watching my pulse quicken. White Shell Woman whispers: _Run._ The blood in me stirs- knife-bright, restless. I step off the hood, already fleeing toward any other life.
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Aug 2, 2025
Aug 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM UTC
White Shell Woman Whispers
My grandfather passed away on a dewy September morning; About 17 years ago; My grandmothers glass eyes still draw a picture of fright in front of me; I remember as she sat silently for hours; Cold , vulnerable; As if she was robbed of her breath; Since then she has sliced her life into two parts; Before baba, after baba. Yesterday as we sorted her cupboard; Over hot chai; I asked her about a saree; " I think it was before baba" she says , like an unconditioned reflex , an involuntary knee **** They don't teach you how to love like that anymore; Love like this swallows dictionaries and renders meanings, meaningless; It moves mountains and drowns rivers; It spoons the hatred and vaults it. My grandmother never went to school; Even at 24 today, whenever I see her; She presses a 500Rs note into my fist and asks me to buy something sweet for myself; Last time she did that, she told me he taught her how to count money after they were married; And to say words like "curd" and "rice"; Every year on his death anniversary; She still cooks food for people; With a metal rod holding the bones in her thighs; And pressing the bleeding points of her psoriatic palms; She keeps adding cards to her monument; And remembers love; Everyday; In hushed muted tones; In lemon pickles and measures of salt; And in a way that stuns me the most; Without even realising.
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Aug 29, 2018
Aug 29, 2018 at 2:46 PM UTC
Pickle & Salt.
I hate pickles neon green colored cubes of sweet bitter vinegar fermented cucumbers that have lost their identity in green no. 3 and dealing with oblivion seems like (green pickles) ......disgusting and it makes me lose my identity. so please give me adrenaline for whenever my heart sinks so I don't fall into oblivion sans-identity like pickles
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Apr 7, 2015
Apr 7, 2015 at 12:59 PM UTC
Pickles
A satisfied appetite is a simply joy Overlooked and simplified Like a growing urge, a salivating need That is entrancing and glorified. Everlasting for moments we call meals Forgotten in time, lingering above But the taste, the lonesome lover pushed aside Gazes afar and near wanting to be enjoyed again The young lady with a tongue of raspberry delight And the matured widow with darkened cacao lips Ripening nectar of a sliced peach center Halved and topped with mascarpone crème The man with a skin of caramel glaze Caressing and savoring With a fragrance and scent Of hazelnut coffee indulgence and sin In the pursuit of a brief love affair What oral sensation did my taste buds want? My odyssey of gustatory endeavors await Through the seas of lined people and waiting staff Generous portions and humble pies Decadent desserts so rich you’ll die Vine cherry tomatoes sliced and sauté Over al dente rigatoni in a roasted cashew sauce A robust aroma and savory appeal Basil leaves with garlic strips Olive oil to top the surreal Hubristic meatball aborigine Elysian cuisine or many dreams Teasing the senses, warming the pit Of flowing pleasures And tingling fingertips Without moral measures And succulent wines Rotisserie lamb falling of the bone Seasoned with Sicilian herbs And paired with broiled asparagus Drizzled with lemon juice And a glass of Merlot Spices I hardly know Lachrymose apologies beside a bottle of faded sorrows With love there is pain, passion endured through the names Thin soups, flavorless and dull, feeding street-thrown bums Breathing hard against the delicatessen glass Hickory smoked hams, pepper-seasoned pastrami Vinegar cultured pickles and hard dried salami Unpleasured, without measure, at one's leisure. Forever my endeavor Blackcurrant tea laced with slivers of gooping honey Layers of cinnamon hair atop olive skin red-painted doors with cedar trim crushed almonds mixed with hazelnut butter cream spread devilish rounds of crumbling rum-swirl bread Smells and wonders, tastes so ... oh god Divine and sublime.
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Jul 22, 2013
Jul 22, 2013 at 5:42 PM UTC
Lachrymose Taste
A satisfied appetite is a simply joy Overlooked and simplified Like a growing urge, a salivating need That is entrancing and glorified. Everlasting for moments we call meals Forgotten in time, lingering above But the taste, the lonesome lover pushed aside Gazes afar and near wanting to be enjoyed again The young lady with a tongue of raspberry delight And the matured widow with darkened cacao lips Ripening nectar of a sliced peach center Halved and topped with mascarpone crème The man with a skin of caramel glaze Caressing and savoring With a fragrance and scent Of hazelnut coffee indulgence and sin In the pursuit of a brief love affair What oral sensation did my taste buds want? My odyssey of gustatory endeavors await Through the seas of lined people and waiting staff Generous portions and humble pies Decadent desserts so rich you’ll die Vine cherry tomatoes sliced and sauté Over al dente rigatoni in a roasted cashew sauce A robust aroma and savory appeal Basil leaves with garlic strips Olive oil to top the surreal Hubristic meatball aborigine Elysian cuisine or many dreams Teasing the senses, warming the pit Of flowing pleasures And tingling fingertips Without moral measures And succulent wines Rotisserie lamb falling of the bone Seasoned with Sicilian herbs And paired with broiled asparagus Drizzled with lemon juice And a glass of Merlot Spices I hardly know Lachrymose apologies beside a bottle of faded sorrows With love there is pain, passion endured through the names Thin soups, flavorless and dull, feeding street-thrown bums Breathing hard against the delicatessen glass Hickory smoked hams, pepper-seasoned pastrami Vinegar cultured pickles and hard dried salami Unpleasured, without measure, at one's leisure. Forever my endeavor Blackcurrant tea laced with slivers of gooping honey Layers of cinnamon hair atop olive skin red-painted doors with cedar trim crushed almonds mixed with hazelnut butter cream spread devilish rounds of crumbling rum-swirl bread Smells and wonders, tastes so ... oh god Divine and sublime.
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Salty with a tang My Great Aunt Nita’s little gift To make us happy… They are I’m not I worry like a mother about her child She’s gone again Dead to the world No matter how much shaking and calling I do She’s gone Another breaded miracle in my mouth Yum Momentary bliss, a high Then the crash Fried pickles distract, but Once reality returns I’m still worried She’s still gone
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Mar 26, 2012
Mar 26, 2012 at 6:41 PM UTC
Fried Pickles
Did you know the East Indian Bottle Masala includes as many as 27 spices, or that an oil-free pickle served at their weddings is actually known as Wedding Pickle? These and many such authentic East Indian masalas and pickles are available at East Indian Cozinha (Portuguese for kitchen), a food store started by Christina Kinny at Kolovery Village in Kalina, Santacruz. "I started East Indian Cozinha with an attempt to preserve and highlight our cuisine and culture," says the 24-year old, who has studied Masters in Social Work and currently, works with an enterprise that helps tribal farmers. What’s in store? Going back 500 years, the East Indian cuisine enjoys influences from Portuguese, British and Maharashtrian fare. The staples include rice, coconut, tamarind, fish and meats, with spices forming an integral part of the cuisine. For instance, Prawn Atola is a dry dish comprising prawns coated only with Vindaloo Masala featuring Kashmiri chilli, cumin and turmeric. "Most people from our community were farmers and would be out on field all day. So, the masalas and lemon would help preserve their food for a longer time," reasons Kinny. At present, the store stocks six varieties of masala in 100g bottles (R150 onwards). These include Khuddi or Bottle Masala, Chinchoni (fish) Masala, Vindaloo Masala, Roast Rub, Kujit Masala and Tem Che Rose. She also offers Wedding Pickle, an oil-free variety prepared with raw papaya, carrots and dry dates. "All the recipes have been passed on from generations and are homemade," she informs. However, making the masalas is no cakewalk. "It takes three days to dry spices under the sun. Then, we hand pound them and pack them tightly in bottles with wider openings," says Kinny. She recalls that in her grandmother’s time, the masalas were tightly stuffed in beer bottles. The bottles were darker, and hence, helped preserve the masala for at least a year, at room temperature. Lugra love East Indian Cozinha also stocks traditional 10-yard saris known as lugras. These are hand embroidered by Kinny’s mother, Carol. Previously made only from cotton with authentic gold borders, now, lugras are embroidered with sequins and threads. "She has been in the garment industry for the last 30 years. She also makes traditional accessories like kapotas (earrings), karis (hair pins), anklets, etc," informs Kinny. read more:www.marieaustralia.com/formal-dresses www.marieaustralia.com/short-formal-dresses
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Dec 8, 2015
Dec 8, 2015 at 1:52 AM UTC
Buy East Indian wedding pickle in Kalina
Did you know the East Indian Bottle Masala includes as many as 27 spices, or that an oil-free pickle served at their weddings is actually known as Wedding Pickle? These and many such authentic East Indian masalas and pickles are available at East Indian Cozinha (Portuguese for kitchen), a food store started by Christina Kinny at Kolovery Village in Kalina, Santacruz. "I started East Indian Cozinha with an attempt to preserve and highlight our cuisine and culture," says the 24-year old, who has studied Masters in Social Work and currently, works with an enterprise that helps tribal farmers. What’s in store? Going back 500 years, the East Indian cuisine enjoys influences from Portuguese, British and Maharashtrian fare. The staples include rice, coconut, tamarind, fish and meats, with spices forming an integral part of the cuisine. For instance, Prawn Atola is a dry dish comprising prawns coated only with Vindaloo Masala featuring Kashmiri chilli, cumin and turmeric. "Most people from our community were farmers and would be out on field all day. So, the masalas and lemon would help preserve their food for a longer time," reasons Kinny. At present, the store stocks six varieties of masala in 100g bottles (R150 onwards). These include Khuddi or Bottle Masala, Chinchoni (fish) Masala, Vindaloo Masala, Roast Rub, Kujit Masala and Tem Che Rose. She also offers Wedding Pickle, an oil-free variety prepared with raw papaya, carrots and dry dates. "All the recipes have been passed on from generations and are homemade," she informs. However, making the masalas is no cakewalk. "It takes three days to dry spices under the sun. Then, we hand pound them and pack them tightly in bottles with wider openings," says Kinny. She recalls that in her grandmother’s time, the masalas were tightly stuffed in beer bottles. The bottles were darker, and hence, helped preserve the masala for at least a year, at room temperature. Lugra love East Indian Cozinha also stocks traditional 10-yard saris known as lugras. These are hand embroidered by Kinny’s mother, Carol. Previously made only from cotton with authentic gold borders, now, lugras are embroidered with sequins and threads. "She has been in the garment industry for the last 30 years. She also makes traditional accessories like kapotas (earrings), karis (hair pins), anklets, etc," informs Kinny. read more:www.marieaustralia.com/formal-dresses www.marieaustralia.com/short-formal-dresses
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A Pickle is Many Things A Kosher Dill, A Gherkin You can Pickle Beets and You can pickle pigs feet Pickles for Bread and Butter Sweet Pickles Canned by Mother Pickled Herring can be found or Pickled Eggs that are so round A Pickle's a fine thing to be But...don't get yourself in a Pickle All the Work here is licensed under the Name ®SilverSilkenTongue and the © Property of J.Flack
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Mar 22, 2015
Mar 22, 2015 at 11:42 AM UTC
Pickle
oh sure, forgiveness of sin... or perhaps crimes... or just fetishes? like John Paul II forgiving sin, once polite society answered and John Paul staged the forgiveness session in a prison cell... forgiveness alright, acted out, with all the preliminary provisions readied - ode to Mehmet Ali Ağca, forgiveness always played out great for photography when all the Chinese laws were passed - Siberia welcomes all keen joggers; but you know one thing? raised in a canine environment as a child i learned to attach a different perspective with felines: like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse - you keep teasing - you keep teasing - you keep teasing - you just wait... crocodile or boa insomniac - and when the opposite party has banked enough to cry about having lost it... you spit at your enemy's mother's face while ****** her; **** me! you get to prove god along the way! how's that for a Camden Market daytrip? and if you don't? well, it was a nice thought - feels like being a woman with a foetus craving doughnuts and pickles.
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Jul 14, 2016
Jul 14, 2016 at 10:11 PM UTC
Christian antagonism / ode to Mehmet Ali Ağca
oh sure, forgiveness of sin... or perhaps crimes... or just fetishes? like John Paul II forgiving sin, once polite society answered and John Paul staged the forgiveness session in a prison cell... forgiveness alright, acted out, with all the preliminary provisions readied - ode to Mehmet Ali Ağca, forgiveness always played out great for photography when all the Chinese laws were passed - Siberia welcomes all keen joggers; but you know one thing? raised in a canine environment as a child i learned to attach a different perspective with felines: like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse like you'd play with a mouse - you keep teasing - you keep teasing - you keep teasing - you just wait... crocodile or boa insomniac - and when the opposite party has banked enough to cry about having lost it... you spit at your enemy's mother's face while ****** her; **** me! you get to prove god along the way! how's that for a Camden Market daytrip? and if you don't? well, it was a nice thought - feels like being a woman with a foetus craving doughnuts and pickles.
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needing refreshment in oswestry, later rather than sooner, crept up the chalk painted staircase, seems to work well, in this case. i note the dstressed nature of the furniture. this place. having regular coffee, a fruit scone will certainly do, i listen to the server, who clasping the china teapot, tells us revelations of those who live, who divorce and warm the *** i have to say that the scone was lovely. later i bought a potting bench. sbm.
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Mar 28, 2015
Mar 28, 2015 at 2:30 AM UTC
. pickles .