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(Preta प्रेत (Sanskrit) or Peta (Pāli) is the name for a type of (arguably supernatural) being described in Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, and Jain texts that undergoes more than human suffering, particularly an extreme degree of hunger and thirst. They are often translated into English as “hungry ghosts”, from the Chinese, which in turn is derived from later Indian sources generally followed in Mahayana Buddhism.) The series of blurs that was summer 2006 makes me wonder what kind of evils we committed in past lives. What otherworldly desires plagued us with this need to feed upon the surging tidal wave of young blood? The days from May 16th to August 23rd were black mirror images, indiscernible. I kept the 1997 Honda Accord running, tapping my fingers to the beats of Built to Spill on the dashboard, waiting for you outside your father’s newly constructed home on ice. You would bleed forth, blue sun light reflecting off windows to face like an eight point filter. What we did with the day mattered not. It was as important to us as the script of action flicks. We were the only people that we wanted to know and we were the places that we wanted to go. The day lived and died, as the nighttime was when our karma sprung curse would take us. Turn off blurred screens, ignore details of the war, pull the hatch shaded curtains tight. We shared a bed in which we did not sleep, bodies silent, blaring alarms. The same hungry ghosts feeding and choking on ash all night. We burned out, successful slow turns into frail husks. It was then that we couldn’t get full anymore, we realized that we fit like clothes made out of wasps. It hasn’t gotten better for either, a ghoul roaming in the night, hunting for the next lay like a record skipping. We will asphyxiate on stones or have our throats burned by water. Hopefully we’ve suffered enough to respawn into more advanced forms. I hope I see you in the next life as anything else.
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Oct 14, 2012
Oct 14, 2012 at 7:16 PM UTC
Pretas (Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts)
(Preta प्रेत (Sanskrit) or Peta (Pāli) is the name for a type of (arguably supernatural) being described in Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, and Jain texts that undergoes more than human suffering, particularly an extreme degree of hunger and thirst. They are often translated into English as “hungry ghosts”, from the Chinese, which in turn is derived from later Indian sources generally followed in Mahayana Buddhism.) The series of blurs that was summer 2006 makes me wonder what kind of evils we committed in past lives. What otherworldly desires plagued us with this need to feed upon the surging tidal wave of young blood? The days from May 16th to August 23rd were black mirror images, indiscernible. I kept the 1997 Honda Accord running, tapping my fingers to the beats of Built to Spill on the dashboard, waiting for you outside your father’s newly constructed home on ice. You would bleed forth, blue sun light reflecting off windows to face like an eight point filter. What we did with the day mattered not. It was as important to us as the script of action flicks. We were the only people that we wanted to know and we were the places that we wanted to go. The day lived and died, as the nighttime was when our karma sprung curse would take us. Turn off blurred screens, ignore details of the war, pull the hatch shaded curtains tight. We shared a bed in which we did not sleep, bodies silent, blaring alarms. The same hungry ghosts feeding and choking on ash all night. We burned out, successful slow turns into frail husks. It was then that we couldn’t get full anymore, we realized that we fit like clothes made out of wasps. It hasn’t gotten better for either, a ghoul roaming in the night, hunting for the next lay like a record skipping. We will asphyxiate on stones or have our throats burned by water. Hopefully we’ve suffered enough to respawn into more advanced forms. I hope I see you in the next life as anything else.
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Sonha em se vestir com as nuvens Cantar para uma platéia no topo da montanha mais alta Sentir a luz do sol infiltrando seu corpo Compartilhando o brilho entre si. Beijar sem machucar Divertir sem causar alvoroço Ver sem precisar matar nem correr para qualquer pescoço. Beber um licor no bar mais caro Flertar com os bonitões Um volume a mais em suas calças Escapando-lhes os botões. A única platéia daquelas asas pretas, aveludadas Era o limo da gruta Não corria, nem se assustava Batia palmas quando ela cantava. Se apaixonara. Como poderia dar certo? Ela queria o mundo Saia todo dia por um segundo Queimando-se Por um breve trinfo.
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Nov 7, 2016
Nov 7, 2016 at 7:09 PM UTC
O fabuloso caso da menina morcego
Imagino um caminho fechado, ***** e sujo, Dentro do escuro, saem sombras despidas, Suas almas são vertidas, na solidão e eu fujo, Deixo para trás cores pretas, ficam perdidas! Apela-me ao coração, tantas vezes, a voz perfeita, Diz-me segredos da cor magnifica, a cor do arco iris, E agora que ficaria eu fazendo, fugindo da tal ceita, Que entrou na minha vida e saiu, como liquido que fiz! Transformou-se toda a minha vida, e a sujidade saiu, Como do túnel que antes descrevi e de lá almas libertei, Alegra-me plenamente o valor que meu coração adquiriu, Se entregou a ti alma gémea que amo e sinto, eu encontrei! De que serviu todo o antibiótico que tomei, senão para cura, Foi remédios de sentimentos sombrios, me transformaram, Meu ser é hoje de um homem, completamente de alma pura, Necessito apenas de oportunidade segura, que me partilharam! A tua entrega neste momento difícil, merece um festejo celestial, Não terá de ser festejado amanha, porque é hoje a tal festa ******* Meu coração encheu-se de sonhos, minhas armas carregaram igual, Completamente firme, penetro no mundo que deste, é o divinal! Autor: António Benigno Código de autor: 2013.07.31.02.12
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Aug 31, 2013
Aug 31, 2013 at 5:06 AM UTC
Como seria, agora o é!
iufoje mi fartas ke la stratoj fakte promenas sur mi mallumo neniam timis min nek morteco sed la noktoj longiĝos per pli cigaredoj mi fumos, mi fumos, mi fumos ĝis mi ne plu eblas kaj mi provos ne forpeli denove kraĉaĵo punktas la trotuaron kiel DNA petanta helpon ĝi ne troviĝos bedaŭrinde vojeto da soleco "iru kacen" al la bluaj flagoj aprilo cedas al majo kaj majo cedos al sunbruligoj kaj malgracia babilado tamen, mi pretas por ĉio
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Apr 27, 2021
Apr 27, 2021 at 11:27 AM UTC
vespera promeno
eu costumava sonhar em me tornar o mar imenso e vasto como tal, com a mesma selvageria caótica que é viva e dissemina a calmaria e se eu puder ser mar receber-te-ei como um dos meus que banham-se em meu colo enquanto se libertam das âncoras mundanas às pressas de escapar desse não-lugar onde me esconderam me vi na areia, em mutação preto no branco gritando e a natureza fundindo eu me vi fruto da miscigenação eu me tornei mar e agora tenho um amante que queima em meu horizonte mas se esconde ao anoitecer na manhã ele retorna e logo põe-se a iluminar todas as almas pretas que ainda procuram um lar escapei do esconderijo que era um tipo de prisão pra que ninguém mais seja preso longe da escuridão por isso enquanto eu for mar te deixarei livre, na leveza de existir te emprestarei meu amante pois sei da tua vontade vai ter calor no teu corpo em todo amanhecer felizmente hoje eu sou mar então recebo-te como um dos meus e lhe convido a nadar
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Jun 17, 2018
Jun 17, 2018 at 8:37 PM UTC
ser mar.