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Big **** The Head ******** was the head of all the ********* in the ******** Shed. What made Big **** so skilled and keen at dickheadedness was to be seen. Big **** had a certain ******* flair, for tugging at everyone's short and curly hair. He never had an important specialty, except for being a type-A personality. His skills were near to nothing great. He kinda looked like a backward ape, with a necktie 20 years gone out of style, and his middle-management bullshitty wiles; "I'm better than any ******** here!" He'd proclaim everyday with a prickish sneer. So they put him on his own cocky shelf, where he could reign all by himself, and every ******** ***** or asshole-wanna-be, would come to the ******** Shed just to see, what they could achieve if they'd observe instead, the ways and means of Big **** The Head ******** ___________ Dedicated to every single uptight, middle-management, pain in the **** you have ever had to work with or for.
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Aug 8, 2010
Aug 8, 2010 at 1:07 PM UTC
Big **** The Head ********
In frames as large as rooms that face all ways And block the ends of streets with giant loaves, Screen graves with custard, cover slums with praise Of motor-oil and cuts of salmon, shine Perpetually these sharply-pictured groves Of how life should be. High above the gutter A silver knife sinks into golden butter, A glass of milk stands in a meadow, and Well-balanced families, in fine Midsummer weather, owe their smiles, their cars, Even their youth, to that small cube each hand Stretches towards. These, and the deep armchairs Aligned to cups at bedtime, radiant bars (Gas or electric), quarter-profile cats By slippers on warm mats, Reflect none of the rained-on streets and squares They dominate outdoors. Rather, they rise Serenely to proclaim pure crust, pure foam, Pure coldness to our live imperfect eyes That stare beyond this world, where nothing's made As new or washed quite clean, seeking the home All such inhabit. There, dark raftered pubs Are filled with white-clothed ones from tennis-clubs, And the boy puking his heart out in the Gents Just missed them, as the pensioner paid A halfpenny more for Granny Graveclothes' Tea To taste old age, and dying smokers sense Walking towards them through some dappled park As if on water that unfocused she No match lit up, nor drag ever brought near, Who now stands newly clear, Smiling, and recognising, and going dark.
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Essential Beauty
Was with  a salacious witch       with amazing quick silver tongue, Confidence personified    she challenged me to chase her, If I so wish, not in words.  Her liquid eyes and gestures, made me mad with pleasure by the time we reached the peacock hill. Peacocks, big  blue eyes painted on feathers,    each, was in love with her, it seemed. Danced vying with each other,  to please her, while she winked at me. As if to say"They'll **** each other   to get my glad eye"wouldn't I feel jealous? Helpless, I did surrender to her spell,  like others in the line, in my front and back. When just one touch of her index finger,   would evoke magic, I'll get Transformed to a young peacock  of  exquisite beauty, with blue green plumes none have ever seen before,to flaunt at others of the ilk, on seeing it they'd back out. Such a witch is one of a kind,my mind     whispers, it's she who assures me this, On the full moon night, due in a week     we'll fly to the far away  hill where She'll be with me helping to build a nest, turning to a peafowl herself, She'll lay a dozen eggs, yes, in  to my ear, she says, this is only later, h When, she with index finger will    gently touche me and proclaim, thus: "This is the peacock I enticed and    with my witchcraft ,bound for life"
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Apr 13, 2016
Apr 13, 2016 at 8:46 AM UTC
The witch and the Peacock
when i was a freshman one of my friends told me that there was a girl who was talking about me asking why i was pretending to be straight and that everyone could tell that i was gay my friends and i laughed it off like children and i quipped “i’m not pretending anything, just ask anyone and they’ll know” now, i think of the rainbow socks, the only thing i own with a rainbow on it, being shoved down to the bottom of my sock drawer as if it would pop out at any minute and proclaim it’s existence if it were any higher. now, i think of the rainbow highlight that i applies in the bathroom at midnight, pausing every now and again to make sure i was alone. Now, i think of the pride nail art that i scrubbed off my nails minutes after i painted it on. now, i think of the last word in a poem that i wrote and turned in, scared i was being too obvious with the word they. now, i think of the horrible creature sitting in my chest that simultaneously begs to never tell my secrets and to also scream them from the roof tops. i think of the sludge that lives in me and climbs up my throat, whispering safety into my ear while also ripping apart everything it touches. i think of the pain i feel whenever i say that i’m gay, because it makes things easier if the works sees me as a girl who loves other girls. before thinking of this poem i had sat back and wondered how many bottles it would take of the various prescription medicines that my parents kept in the kitchen cabinet to **** me. when i remembered the name they would put on the tombstone i stopped and walked away. i remember the time where i couldn’t walk away and i had reached in and grabbed a full bottle of ibuprofen and i took a single one, hoping that my screaming head could be sated by the feeling of a single pill crawling down my throat. i had a dream last night about someone called addison. they looked me in the eyes and before i even knew what they looked like their physical form flickered until they were a bright shining star in a vaguely human form. they sat next to me as we floated in a void on a picnic blanket and they put their arm around my shoulder which felt like a hug from someone i used to know but had forgotten i stared at their glasses that looked too much like mine as they flickered in and out of existence and they told me i was not where i was supposed to be. i didnt ask them where but they heard it anyways as if breaking into my thoughts. they answered that they could not tell me and when i thought why they said they didn’t want to spoil the fun of a brighter future for them and me. i woke up with the taste of lavender on my tongue and the desire to change my name.
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Aug 6, 2018
Aug 6, 2018 at 1:11 AM UTC
closeted
when i was a freshman one of my friends told me that there was a girl who was talking about me asking why i was pretending to be straight and that everyone could tell that i was gay my friends and i laughed it off like children and i quipped “i’m not pretending anything, just ask anyone and they’ll know” now, i think of the rainbow socks, the only thing i own with a rainbow on it, being shoved down to the bottom of my sock drawer as if it would pop out at any minute and proclaim it’s existence if it were any higher. now, i think of the rainbow highlight that i applies in the bathroom at midnight, pausing every now and again to make sure i was alone. Now, i think of the pride nail art that i scrubbed off my nails minutes after i painted it on. now, i think of the last word in a poem that i wrote and turned in, scared i was being too obvious with the word they. now, i think of the horrible creature sitting in my chest that simultaneously begs to never tell my secrets and to also scream them from the roof tops. i think of the sludge that lives in me and climbs up my throat, whispering safety into my ear while also ripping apart everything it touches. i think of the pain i feel whenever i say that i’m gay, because it makes things easier if the works sees me as a girl who loves other girls. before thinking of this poem i had sat back and wondered how many bottles it would take of the various prescription medicines that my parents kept in the kitchen cabinet to **** me. when i remembered the name they would put on the tombstone i stopped and walked away. i remember the time where i couldn’t walk away and i had reached in and grabbed a full bottle of ibuprofen and i took a single one, hoping that my screaming head could be sated by the feeling of a single pill crawling down my throat. i had a dream last night about someone called addison. they looked me in the eyes and before i even knew what they looked like their physical form flickered until they were a bright shining star in a vaguely human form. they sat next to me as we floated in a void on a picnic blanket and they put their arm around my shoulder which felt like a hug from someone i used to know but had forgotten i stared at their glasses that looked too much like mine as they flickered in and out of existence and they told me i was not where i was supposed to be. i didnt ask them where but they heard it anyways as if breaking into my thoughts. they answered that they could not tell me and when i thought why they said they didn’t want to spoil the fun of a brighter future for them and me. i woke up with the taste of lavender on my tongue and the desire to change my name.
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Ah, the season of gifting. Antagonist of year-long thrifting. Tradition sadistic, Materialistic, Four quarters in pockets worth sifting. This year I hereby proclaim I shan’t be consumed by the game. Cycle of curse Purpose perverse The namesake, an oversight became. Christ’s birth did in fact begin, Holiday distracted by sin. Misguided it be To forget idly The sacrifice He made for all men. We naively regard generosity As holiday’s behavioral piosity. But if dollars and cents Are the tools of offense Over shadow favor luminosity. Water in Africa is ***** American child in poverty. Politics aside, Convenient homicide, To enable the ills of society. In the global economy we flaunt Wealth by comparison, bitter taunt. First world problems abound Pass the turkey around Central heating and air, what a jaunt! What if this season we decide To extend two palms open wide? Sacrificing ourselves Rather than stocking our shelves Dying whispers echo true: “we tried.” Don’t spend your money on me this year. Not iPhones, not tickets, not Blu-ray or beer. Instead know you can Distribute more than A snort, a lie, and a tear. (optional conclusion to assist interpretation of last line) Snort of derision, Lies of provision, Tears, even true, Hardly subdue Anguish deprived of tradition’s revision.
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Dec 26, 2012
Dec 26, 2012 at 5:25 PM UTC
Stewardship (a series of limericks)
Sexting Texting What a mess! Texting sexting Do you wanna have *** Flirting How about that ***** Taking naked pictures galore? How can I compete With all that meat That’s got you hooked On a fishing reel Pulling you in So you can spill All over them All the time While you’re here On my dime Resurfacing What’s going on On your phone Am I the only one you’re surfing? I think not! I doubt it a lot! No wonder I didn’t get it. Rehearsing I need a shot! For what I got, Is not enough! Working On this thing, Give me a swing, Stuck in a child. Nursing Or did you not **** the breast Big and full On your mama’s chest? Churching What happened to that spot? Not enough. You got a lot. Cursing Sexting texting Guess I’ll join the game. Texting sexting Maybe this will bring me fame. Or will I proclaim Your name? Listen to the poetry podcast for more inspiration: https://www.buzzsprout.com/12801/101854-sexting-and-texting-episode-of-relationship-rock-building-relationships-that-last or listen to “Sexting and Texting” on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/relationship-rock-shirah-chante/id670836453# Watch "Sexting and Texting" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=AQmw9N1rrKE&video;_referrer=watch
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Sep 29, 2014
Sep 29, 2014 at 10:45 PM UTC
Sexting and Texting
do it for the ***** Laura yes sore for all the reasons because sometimes i want a **** that destroys jeans and all forms of pants unequivocally feel powerful workout the body and rip the peanut butter lid off the jar proclaim to the universe i have something that you should all stare at i go home and eat chips and salsa and think nothing of it
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Sep 13, 2018
Sep 13, 2018 at 2:30 AM UTC
leg day :0
No, I don’t have a boyfriend. I don’t have the desire to see another end; after exhaustive months of getting to know a fictionalised persona, fragmented, so No, I don’t have a boyfriend. The last one hurt and you didn’t see, but that doesn’t proclaim the scar less prominent to me, my feelings numb, I no longer crave the intimacy - detrimental to me. No, I don’t have a boyfriend. The last boys touch was for him not for me and my body still screams cause he won’t let it be and you’ll never understand as the trauma won’t subside and my self esteem is diminished by his lies. No, I don’t have a boyfriend. I humoured a guy who gave it a try but all I could feel was nothing inside and when someone bumps into me sauntering by the unwanted touch still makes me cry. No, I don't want a boyfriend.
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Oct 14, 2018
Oct 14, 2018 at 5:33 PM UTC
Dear Grandad...
*Inebriated blue cloud, I know you well enough libertine ways you have make you a lover of deep thunder and meek rainbow and also a chit of a lark that loses itself in a song be it is in grief or mirth. Strange is the ways of my heart, how much I long to fall in love with you and proclaim this to the world scheming to disrupt the pleasures one seeks without any reason at all "Look! love has no limits, no reason even the lovely cloud, softness personified caresses my foliage with sensuous abandon kisses me with her wispy lips of moisture" I know you understand, though unmindful of my unbridled passion making breaches in the limits, I have no illusion about our improbable union. True, how can we live happily ever after? I envy your gift of wings though you have none visible, you borrow it from the wayward wind, too willing to carry your sweet load around. I stood on the hill top, wistfully thinking that you will come and take me within your soft folds though I am a tree with deep running roots that has become a restraining thing. Freedom without any limit gets you inebriated every minute, your love for love,  makes you desirable you live in the present, suspend thoughts on time to come as it is hypothetical, you say. You are in a hurry to roam wherever lovers lead you one after the other do you have an urge to dissolve and pour- as water, without any remorse? Do you know my  penitence for your love on this hilltop is a true sacrifice? My love for you doesn't bring anything except my wilting hour after hour. Let me be on your blue breast for moments when my boiling love will seek your shining center that melts, melts we'd freeze as one, how long my darling? Time would simply stand still to a distance, i'd be transported, where tree or cloud means nothing we are an incessant rain lasting for ever.*
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Feb 13, 2014
Feb 13, 2014 at 10:13 AM UTC
A lovelorn tree to a cloud said
*Inebriated blue cloud, I know you well enough libertine ways you have make you a lover of deep thunder and meek rainbow and also a chit of a lark that loses itself in a song be it is in grief or mirth. Strange is the ways of my heart, how much I long to fall in love with you and proclaim this to the world scheming to disrupt the pleasures one seeks without any reason at all "Look! love has no limits, no reason even the lovely cloud, softness personified caresses my foliage with sensuous abandon kisses me with her wispy lips of moisture" I know you understand, though unmindful of my unbridled passion making breaches in the limits, I have no illusion about our improbable union. True, how can we live happily ever after? I envy your gift of wings though you have none visible, you borrow it from the wayward wind, too willing to carry your sweet load around. I stood on the hill top, wistfully thinking that you will come and take me within your soft folds though I am a tree with deep running roots that has become a restraining thing. Freedom without any limit gets you inebriated every minute, your love for love,  makes you desirable you live in the present, suspend thoughts on time to come as it is hypothetical, you say. You are in a hurry to roam wherever lovers lead you one after the other do you have an urge to dissolve and pour- as water, without any remorse? Do you know my  penitence for your love on this hilltop is a true sacrifice? My love for you doesn't bring anything except my wilting hour after hour. Let me be on your blue breast for moments when my boiling love will seek your shining center that melts, melts we'd freeze as one, how long my darling? Time would simply stand still to a distance, i'd be transported, where tree or cloud means nothing we are an incessant rain lasting for ever.*
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Beautiful and hungry, They proclaim my fears. They scream out of the darkness, They whisper into my ears. "A moment on the lips, Adds ten pounds to your hips." It rips into my sides, It makes my stomach churn. I guess I'll always think this way. I guess I'll never learn.
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Mar 25, 2014
Mar 25, 2014 at 7:47 PM UTC
Ana & Mia (2013)
The moths followed the little square Like he was a flame The little square wrote a book about his despair And the moths made a proclaim The little square didn't like us So he told the moths to find us, "the mess" He told them to do it without fuss 'Cause without us his garden would be flawless The moths came out to his garden They found me and my kind And pulled us out with a gun Treating us like we aren't apart of mankind We were put on trial by them And thrown into fire We were shoved into a room by 'em And gassed because it was "prior" Occasionally the moths were bored So they played hangman with us This was a game that they adored All we could do was stare at the hanging carcass They were our friends and family They were the only medals we had left We were too broken to be angry So we ignored the theft When the moths got rid of us They went for the most damaged weeds That often made us anxious Because of it some did misdeeds Some couldn't deal with the pain and fear So those weeds jumped to the birds On the floor they left a smear The smears thought jumping would send them homewards Though we saw death so many times a day We were still able to eat and treat people with hate It was because from our god we have gone astray Maybe because we were all under weight In our stomachs prowled lions Our hunger was so severe If we found stray scraps we would go for the **** If you went for the food you were a volunteer One time we ran out of food So we complained even more The moths got tired of our complaining mood So we ran to a new camp door We were often moved We went from camp to camp Of course we all disapproved On the house that was based by our stamp On each of our wrist Was and inky black stamp It was on the moths checklist It was our name in each concentration camp When we were saved from hell We were all broken weeds We couldn't even sleep well But the ones that saved us answered our needs The ones that saved us helped end the war And some were normal citizens Everyday we are grateful for their loving core Even if we had great differences Though the Holocaust made us different And the memories haunt us It was kind of a movement Because now people won't walk into war without a fuss
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Sep 20, 2018
Sep 20, 2018 at 8:40 AM UTC
Broken Weeds
The moths followed the little square Like he was a flame The little square wrote a book about his despair And the moths made a proclaim The little square didn't like us So he told the moths to find us, "the mess" He told them to do it without fuss 'Cause without us his garden would be flawless The moths came out to his garden They found me and my kind And pulled us out with a gun Treating us like we aren't apart of mankind We were put on trial by them And thrown into fire We were shoved into a room by 'em And gassed because it was "prior" Occasionally the moths were bored So they played hangman with us This was a game that they adored All we could do was stare at the hanging carcass They were our friends and family They were the only medals we had left We were too broken to be angry So we ignored the theft When the moths got rid of us They went for the most damaged weeds That often made us anxious Because of it some did misdeeds Some couldn't deal with the pain and fear So those weeds jumped to the birds On the floor they left a smear The smears thought jumping would send them homewards Though we saw death so many times a day We were still able to eat and treat people with hate It was because from our god we have gone astray Maybe because we were all under weight In our stomachs prowled lions Our hunger was so severe If we found stray scraps we would go for the **** If you went for the food you were a volunteer One time we ran out of food So we complained even more The moths got tired of our complaining mood So we ran to a new camp door We were often moved We went from camp to camp Of course we all disapproved On the house that was based by our stamp On each of our wrist Was and inky black stamp It was on the moths checklist It was our name in each concentration camp When we were saved from hell We were all broken weeds We couldn't even sleep well But the ones that saved us answered our needs The ones that saved us helped end the war And some were normal citizens Everyday we are grateful for their loving core Even if we had great differences Though the Holocaust made us different And the memories haunt us It was kind of a movement Because now people won't walk into war without a fuss
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The Emperor left his palace with something shiny on his shoulder it weighed as much as an apple but was the size of a boulder it was the greatest weapon his workers could build the town awaited its appearance even though they had foot the bill Amazing said the scholar as the emperor passed so much power but such little weight this right here can save a country what you hold will educate we will teach people and they will listen and if they won't we will show them this weapon splendid said the old lady as the emperor trotted by I have been waiting all my life for this we must end all wars that is my dying wish now we can do that we can fight off the opposition and make sure peace reigns while our leaders stay in top position I don't get it said the kid and the emperor stopped what could you not understand about my gun? the boy answered this world is full of idiots and while you are surely not one there are people out there who would **** for that gun let's not act like one large weapon can change everybody under the sun what's more likely is that it will only amplify the issues that should be regional we'll proclaim "Our gun is big!" to justify that our choice is final the bigger the gun the more people it could **** and the more people that can die the more people that will
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Aug 11, 2014
Aug 11, 2014 at 4:22 PM UTC
The Emperor's New Gun
. . . I have been seeking a new kingdom to call home and your heart, like a castle hides behind great walls, where both the strong and weak share embarassing flaws. Unlike just any castle, yours is not on top of a great hill, nor in the midist of a forest beyond where the waters chill, its right infront of everyones face who decides to pay attention, funny that many by pass it because they never seek it, but are ever seeking attention. Unlike in fairytales, its guarded by pride, humbleness, care and a huge ego, it rages against anyone who tries to love and care for it, but when it loves back, it never lets go. Like any castle out there, forcing yourself in will hurt both you and those in it, the hours you'll take destroying can not be compared to the years you'll take rebuilding it. So I made up my mind to stand at the gates of these great walls, perfectly built brick for brick, to proclaim my honour and loyalty for you,to make a promise and stick to it, because I would rather help you guard it, than play pirate to break down your walls. So Knight me your majesty, as I report for duty to guard and protect everything that lays behind your great walls. . . . . . let me make it my new home. . .
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Jul 8, 2014
Jul 8, 2014 at 4:10 PM UTC
A Knight Without A Castle
My generations at a hold up Force fed lies by society We're never gonna grow up Preoccupied with what we need We subconsciously become devoured by greed Insecurity is at the bottom of consumption "You need ____ to succeed" We're the last of a dying breed Materialistic makeup Our genetics have mutated We're no longer able to wake up From the nightmare we've created Identification has taken a new definition You are what you posess Unaware the latest trend is only repetition Sheltered by our ignorant need Progress is our main goal Yet we're unsure of how to proceed So instead we proclaim our need for change While spending the last of our common sense On a fee to enter this stage Which acts as our cage Locking us into society's game It's the final act Our last chance to fame
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Apr 19, 2011
Apr 19, 2011 at 9:53 PM UTC
materialistic makeup
We have never had to compete. You are so much older than I am So much prettier So much wittier (you have said so yourself). You are healthy Not very wealthy You proclaim your wisdom. But I don't think you are as wise as you think. With your doctorate, You may have book learnin' But you never learned how to be a part of our family. I don't live in a liberal state I don't eat all organic things I am not involved in as many things as you feel I should be But I am trying to find my way Without destroying our mother. Every time you come You bring chaos And hurtful words. You bring blame and hate And you spew it. You never think of anyone except For yourself And you twist the truth In your mind, Like you lied about being kidnapped, Until you believe that you are the wronged. You don't feel safe? I don't feel safe with you. I'm glad we don't compete... There's no way I could win, And hurt Mom, or our sister, or our nephew... Or anyone As much as you do.
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Jun 17, 2010
Jun 17, 2010 at 7:45 AM UTC
Sibling rivalry
She has dated boys before. Boys who beat her Boys who ***** her Boys who did nothing wrong at all But still did not feel "right." One of them made fun of her Told her she must be some kind of lesbian (As if that was an insult) If she did not want to have *** with him. She smiled something sad on the outside To deflect To forget To hide behind. She thought And what if I am? What does that make me? It's a question that wanders into the unexplored ruins Of an unkempt mind. A boy meets boy love story is next on the list. They both play football And think that means they must both be "players." Really, they're falling for each other With one swift and concise movement. Boy A cannot tell his parents As he comes from a rowdy and traditional Italian line. Boy B is getting fed up And yet waits, patiently For his one and only to express this flaring emotion A love, unexpressed. Their families, churches and culture Thinks they can change who they are. They use different, cruel tactics. Beat the gay out of him Excommunication *Force her to have *** and she will turn straight* You tell the world that they are an Abomination Atrocity Mutation And yet, I ask this. If the Bible was a Holy deity's, a God's message of eternal love As any good Christian, as I am supposed to be, would proclaim Then how can it be used to justify Acts of such hate and genocide? "I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak" (Matthew 12:36) I hope you are prepared for your Judgment Day.
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Jan 30, 2014
Jan 30, 2014 at 7:27 PM UTC
Love, Unexpressed
She has dated boys before. Boys who beat her Boys who ***** her Boys who did nothing wrong at all But still did not feel "right." One of them made fun of her Told her she must be some kind of lesbian (As if that was an insult) If she did not want to have *** with him. She smiled something sad on the outside To deflect To forget To hide behind. She thought And what if I am? What does that make me? It's a question that wanders into the unexplored ruins Of an unkempt mind. A boy meets boy love story is next on the list. They both play football And think that means they must both be "players." Really, they're falling for each other With one swift and concise movement. Boy A cannot tell his parents As he comes from a rowdy and traditional Italian line. Boy B is getting fed up And yet waits, patiently For his one and only to express this flaring emotion A love, unexpressed. Their families, churches and culture Thinks they can change who they are. They use different, cruel tactics. Beat the gay out of him Excommunication *Force her to have *** and she will turn straight* You tell the world that they are an Abomination Atrocity Mutation And yet, I ask this. If the Bible was a Holy deity's, a God's message of eternal love As any good Christian, as I am supposed to be, would proclaim Then how can it be used to justify Acts of such hate and genocide? "I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak" (Matthew 12:36) I hope you are prepared for your Judgment Day.
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Love triangles never work out you see. One loves another, who simply loves someone else. You wait to see if your love will notice you, or you just standby and watch the love that should've been yours. Sometimes they look at you and make you wonder, what if they have feelings for me too and just don't know how to show it! You talk to them and carefully drop hints, to which they never pick up. So you decide to be aggressive, and make the first move. You proclaim your love through letters, texts, and even posts. Only to be denied and publicly embarrassed. When you're the lowest you can possibly go, you notice something out of the corner of your eye. You turn and see someone sneaking quick glances at you. You quickly realize that they are in the same position as you. Stuck in the endless webs of love triangles. You walk over, introduce yourself( even though they clearly already know) You leave together realizing that you can't always have what you want, but you can sure help others try. You former lover is now single and lonely, but you no longer care. You're with someone 10 times better than they ever were.
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Aug 5, 2013
Aug 5, 2013 at 12:03 PM UTC
Love Triangles
Because of your faithfulness I am able to stand On the promise of you Not the wisdom of man Because of your faithfulness I can see past the pain Of what this world has to offer As I fall on your name Because of your faithfulness What tomorrow may bring Will not weigh me down It's your song I will sing Because of your faithfulness You pour out your love On a people in need Of the glory above Because of your faithfulness There is not a one That can't come to the Father In the name of the Son Because of your faithfulness I will boldly proclaim The power and glory Of your Holy name
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Mar 9, 2014
Mar 9, 2014 at 7:38 AM UTC
The faithfulness of God
The Alexandrians were gathered to see Cleopatra's children, Caesarion, and his little brothers, Alexander and Ptolemy, whom for the first time they lead out to the Gymnasium, there to proclaim kings, in front of the grand assembly of the soldiers. Alexander -- they named him king of Armenia, Media, and the Parthians. Ptolemy -- they named him king of Cilicia, Syria, and Phoenicia. Caesarion stood more to the front, dressed in rose-colored silk, on his breast a bouquet of hyacinths, his belt a double row of sapphires and amethysts, his shoes fastened with white ribbons embroidered with rose pearls. Him they named more than the younger ones, him they named King of Kings. The Alexandrians of course understood that those were theatrical words. But the day was warm and poetic, the sky was a light azure, the Alexandrian Gymnasium was a triumphant achievement of art, the opulence of the courtiers was extraordinary, Caesarion was full of grace and beauty (son of Cleopatra, blood of the Lagidae); and the Alexandrians rushed to the ceremony, and got enthusiastic, and cheered in greek, and egyptian, and some in hebrew, enchanted by the beautiful spectacle -- although they full well knew what all these were worth, what hollow words these kingships were.
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Alexandrian Kings
It lives in Him breathes in his vitals, Personifies him and nets out of his veins lethargy, It dampens what his heart has in offer, It lays in him waste, a bewitched rower to this boat, Who has yet to learn to stay afloat, His obfuscations lead him sober, His blind eye dictates his horror, A pearl beyond imagination he has yet to attain, To proclaim his name with no distain.
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Jun 27, 2025
Jun 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM UTC
Fear
I admire your each step, I admire the mystery around you, I admire each syllable of every poignant word you press to paper and the words you do not. I admire the love you proclaim to have for her, and if I knew her, I should think I'd admire her too. I don't know you nor shall I ever, but I can still watch you walk the school halls and wonder what makes you tick, what your family does and doesn't do, what you were like as a child how you became like this and how you are able to enchant the world with your writing- making me eternally frustrated with my own- ranking my words by whether or not you like or comment or repost them- which you don't, thus I feel a failure. You have a purpose with your words, something to say and you say it so strong and with such beauty and heartache I crave the next time you post- and I'll evermore continue to wonder how you became so mighty. Do you work on your poetry or is it natural? is it because you read so much? is it because you don't waste countless hours on the computer or watch TV? How did you become you which is so admirable and mysterious and deep and talented and unique? I know I don't have a right to ask these questions and with what little I know about you I certainly don't have the right to admire you and I don't deserve to know your life story, but I'd like to know anyways.
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Jun 17, 2014
Jun 17, 2014 at 4:55 AM UTC
J.D.
Butterflies kiss the sage, where sun drips off primrose into mute lily horns who know but cannot say: This is the day. In yonder Sycamore a cardinal's question is answered from afar: This is the day. Sleep no more fields of green. Arise and be heard all who dwell within. The night has been, has poured out all its darkness like water onto parched earth that cannot be gathered up again. When with eyes as good as closed we peered into the night what stain had we beheld? Was it ink upon our canvass, dripping from the trees, running on the lawns and fields, the gardens deep in slumber, staining dark foreboding hills? "Be thou, " we cried, "a lamp unto our feet, a light unto our eyes." What then should we have seen who could not see, or known who could not know, what has once been made, once beheld, once loved, what was once our own continues still? This is the day. Let all who have a sound to make proclaim. From among the pines, from within the thickets come. Let each one make his song. This is the day. We shall not sleep therein. Arrogant and proud the night, let all the living cry.  Profound the darkness. Grave the depth of night. Become a dew for unction of the lilies who know but cannot say this: This is the day. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
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Nov 10, 2012
Nov 10, 2012 at 4:05 PM UTC
Triumphal March
I find myself diving inside of you where the weird dream shamans draw sketches of naked humans. And you’re a human, and we're both naked. You’re purple, you’re just the perfect shade. I place my flag inside, to abscond us away inside of a womb where our world will open to portals to all of our favorite places. A floating haven, of cashmere. Gestating where the climate is warm and damp, and coloring me dark with wine—sweet wine of lovers, penal forgotten, and fermented anew in maternal rite, because… This swarming melodic nectar that swims through my nostrils and rolls in my eyes cannot be drank casually. It’s the elixir of love. I love you, And in you, I find that I love myself. What’s more, the shamanists exclaim, “She wants to give you all of herself.” Yes, they’re right. Even what I do not love so much, I want you to have, if you’ll take it, because I have to live with it, and if you live with me, you’ll have to live with it too. And then, when you crack open your sternum to let the things in, the scribes of my life’s doing, of ancient passion proclaim! They burn their papyrus scrolls soaked in the blood that I drew from my veins to pass unto yours— and you swallow them whole like divine burritos. And then we are ready for the world to fall suddenly, if it felt so inclined. Now that our chests are pressed together, and our tongues are fused tight. We are the daughters of the prima mother. We are the goddesses of our dreams.
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Apr 6, 2014
Apr 6, 2014 at 2:39 PM UTC
Floating Castle
The word love, Isn't even big enough. There aren't enough stars, enough sky- Or even enough space between circulating planets to desribe how much I love you. You couldn't count the seconds that I've waited, The lifetimes that I've lived, Searching for something bigger than love. No weight could ever tip this scale- There isn't a stage big enough, Or a mountain high enough to proclaim my feelings for you. Words just aren't sweet enough and syllables get mixed up like a foreign language... A distinguished poem or bestselling novel would still leave me empty and looking For the right word. No fight could ever be won- because I am forever in your favor with a word greater than love, For my two sons.
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Jan 26, 2013
Jan 26, 2013 at 6:05 PM UTC
a word greater than love.
I am a sunflower I am not a rose -- the bloom of the rose does not need to proclaim itself loudly to the world -- its very perfume is the witness of its own sweetness.   I was a psychiatric patient for awhile. This long period of enforced inactivity induced in me a love of reading which stood me in good stead. It made the inner life of thought and imagination intensely real to me at a very early stage. This used to absorb my attention so much, when a book was in my hand, that I became almost oblivious to what was going on around me. During these early days of rapid mental growth, a glorious treasure-trove suddenly opened up to me  (like a flower) a whole new world of fantasy and gave me its right of entrance into fresh realms of thought. My heart feel victim to my past lovers like the drug you were supposed to leave alone for awhile cigarettes became my only companions ; Lielanie too she helped with a sunflower like conversations I was enlightened and now I must grow again for my roots are starting to rot once again - my twitter followers and friends are the reason why I'm alive for I could vent and you; subliminally listen Thank You.
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Jun 5, 2014
Jun 5, 2014 at 11:20 AM UTC
Sunflowers.