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I had to walk out of physics today, make my way to the back of the room shoot for the door with my hands on my hips. Just started pacing. I just stated pacing and pacing and pacing. I followed the thin grey lines between the linoleum tiles with my toes counting every second I was out of class and weighing that against how many more it would take on a chance against hell to get me back in there again. I wasn't smart. I never had been. I just filled in bubbles correctly and I wrote all the right things on a convincing, cliché college paper. I don't even know why I took physic, but it sounded like a good idea when I was eighteen and scared and had some woman with a long braid screaming at me, "advising" me that it was the "right direction." I didn't even know who I was then so how could she. I could mouth off a good response or two and I probably embody every great literary character in commercial fiction that is the guy in the grey skinny jeans reading Shakespeare in the corner of the dining hall. Well, I'm not. I'm not some stereotype for your next creative writing assignment. I just happen to think my *** looks good in skinny jeans, I actually hate Shakespeare, and the corner of the dining hall has the best air conditioning. It's that simple. There's your answer. But my fingertips were shaking and my mind was racing and there I was just pacing and pacing and pacing because this is ******** This class is ******** This college is ******** And the whole world might as well be ******** right along with it. I never went back into class that day. Which ***** actually because I lost a good backpack and calculator, but in the long run it worked out alright because here I am writing this and getting paid for it, not that I'm greedy or anything (I get paid a whole lot if you care to know) but I'm writing more than just about that day I couldn't breathe in physics class. I'm writing to tell you that there's quite a great deal of superficial things in this world and if you find yourself a part of it I'm demanding you leave. Leave your good notebook, your steady job, your filthy marriage. Leave it because it's actually true no matter how stupid it sounds that life is too short and things that are real need to be attacked and clutched onto if you want them to last. I guess I can thank that institution actually for teaching me everything I never wanted to know, and for getting me to where I am with multiple publications, a book signing or to, a beautiful wife, three kids, a screenplay, oh and a big F U to those that said I would never do it. (Dr. Hefer, that means you).
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Aug 31, 2013
Aug 31, 2013 at 12:17 PM UTC
My Panic Attack in Physics
I had to walk out of physics today, make my way to the back of the room shoot for the door with my hands on my hips. Just started pacing. I just stated pacing and pacing and pacing. I followed the thin grey lines between the linoleum tiles with my toes counting every second I was out of class and weighing that against how many more it would take on a chance against hell to get me back in there again. I wasn't smart. I never had been. I just filled in bubbles correctly and I wrote all the right things on a convincing, cliché college paper. I don't even know why I took physic, but it sounded like a good idea when I was eighteen and scared and had some woman with a long braid screaming at me, "advising" me that it was the "right direction." I didn't even know who I was then so how could she. I could mouth off a good response or two and I probably embody every great literary character in commercial fiction that is the guy in the grey skinny jeans reading Shakespeare in the corner of the dining hall. Well, I'm not. I'm not some stereotype for your next creative writing assignment. I just happen to think my *** looks good in skinny jeans, I actually hate Shakespeare, and the corner of the dining hall has the best air conditioning. It's that simple. There's your answer. But my fingertips were shaking and my mind was racing and there I was just pacing and pacing and pacing because this is ******** This class is ******** This college is ******** And the whole world might as well be ******** right along with it. I never went back into class that day. Which ***** actually because I lost a good backpack and calculator, but in the long run it worked out alright because here I am writing this and getting paid for it, not that I'm greedy or anything (I get paid a whole lot if you care to know) but I'm writing more than just about that day I couldn't breathe in physics class. I'm writing to tell you that there's quite a great deal of superficial things in this world and if you find yourself a part of it I'm demanding you leave. Leave your good notebook, your steady job, your filthy marriage. Leave it because it's actually true no matter how stupid it sounds that life is too short and things that are real need to be attacked and clutched onto if you want them to last. I guess I can thank that institution actually for teaching me everything I never wanted to know, and for getting me to where I am with multiple publications, a book signing or to, a beautiful wife, three kids, a screenplay, oh and a big F U to those that said I would never do it. (Dr. Hefer, that means you).
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# 935 This is what it says on the front and on the back of my newest bookmark. On one side the number is green, the other side shows a red number. It used to hang from the rearview mirror. My car was in the shop. The problem was minor, but set me back by $65 nonetheless. So, I paid $65 for bookmark #935. The cashier swiped my card and didn’t look me in the eye. I swiped my new bookmark and felt just a microscopic bit better about the money. Not really though. *** -JBClaywell © P&Z Publications 2019
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Oct 4, 2019
Oct 4, 2019 at 9:08 AM UTC
Bookmark #935
Free unrestricted journal publications Words are bombs, dropping ink and paper Typeface whistle blower and in your face Chasing stories and truth, free the gonzo The revolution in print, internet, television Notepads, computers, and wi-fi Liberated publication for all open eyes A world of free thinkers and literary fact No comment from the silent advertisers Their payment in truth concealing lies The United Censoring Of America The political principles of censorship Glory or death, guts and congratulations No justice, no peace, no surrender We’ve got the voice louder than power The accuracy of enigmatic liberty
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Apr 3, 2012
Apr 3, 2012 at 4:02 PM UTC
Journalist
The car and I, we made our way into the downtown portion of this Midwest mini-metropolis. The sun was out, snow melting, and it sounded a lot like rain as everything, everywhere dripped and plopped creating a slurry of grey road juice that hissed under the tires as we passed by. At the intersection nearest to my friend’s shop, there was a refrigerator box that had been tossed in the street. It, like most things, was on its way to disintegration. The red letters that were inked to the sides of the box had started to run, making the box look to be some kind of suburban roadkill. I wondered briefly, as the next holiday rounded the corner if the contents of the box might be a gift. Or… Maybe a: ********* The fridge is shot!” kind of unexpected expense. Either way, the car and I had other destinations to reach. So, I let my thoughts wander still as the tires turned underneath. “What would it be like to climb the steel stairs on the sides of those buildings nearest the scrapyard?” Someday, I’ll find out. Surrounded by the steam that comes from those buildings doing whatever it is that they might do, I’ll smoke a cigarette, count the pigeons that land nearby, and think of the best way to tell you all about it. *** -JBClaywell © P&Z Publications 2018
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Nov 30, 2018
Nov 30, 2018 at 5:12 PM UTC
As The Tires Turned Underneath
English Translations of Russian Poems by Vera Pavlova Shattered I shattered your heart; now I limp through the shards barefoot. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Seasons Winter―a beast. Spring―a bud. Summer―a bug. Autumn―a bird. Otherwise I'm a woman. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Pygmalion Immortalize me! With your bare, warm palm please sculpt and mold my malleable snow. Polish me until I glow. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Scales Scales: on the one hand joy; on the other sorrow. Sorrow is weightier; therefore joy elevates. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Muse A muse inspires when she arrives, a wife when she departs, a mistress when she’s absent. Would you like me to manage all that simultaneously? ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Stone Wall You, my dear, are my shielding stone: to sing behind, or bash my head on. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Fluttering Remember me as I am this instant: abrupt and absent, my words fluttering like moths trapped in a curtain. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Flight I have been dropped and fell from such immense heights for so long that perhaps I still have enough time to learn how to fly. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch God saw it was good. Adam saw it was impressive. Eve saw it was improvable. —Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Three versions of Vera Pavlova's "tightrope" poem: I test the tightrope, balancing a child in each arm. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch I walk a tightrope, balanced by a child in each arm. —Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch I test the tightrope, balanced by a child in each arm. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Vera Pavlova is a Russian poet. Born in Moscow, she is a graduate of the Schnittke College of Music and the Gnessin Academy of Music, where she specialized in music history. She is the author of twenty collections of poetry, four opera librettos, and the lyrics to two cantatas. Her poetry has appeared in The New Yorker and other major literary publications. Keywords/Tags: Pavlova, Russian, translations, epigrams, woman, female, shards, seasons, scales, tightrope, child, arm, sorrow, joy, shattered, heart, broken, glass, limp, limping, barefoot, snow, sculpt, mold, polish
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Mar 20, 2020
Mar 20, 2020 at 1:25 AM UTC
Vera Pavlova "Shattered" translation
English Translations of Russian Poems by Vera Pavlova Shattered I shattered your heart; now I limp through the shards barefoot. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Seasons Winter―a beast. Spring―a bud. Summer―a bug. Autumn―a bird. Otherwise I'm a woman. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Pygmalion Immortalize me! With your bare, warm palm please sculpt and mold my malleable snow. Polish me until I glow. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Scales Scales: on the one hand joy; on the other sorrow. Sorrow is weightier; therefore joy elevates. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Muse A muse inspires when she arrives, a wife when she departs, a mistress when she’s absent. Would you like me to manage all that simultaneously? ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Stone Wall You, my dear, are my shielding stone: to sing behind, or bash my head on. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Fluttering Remember me as I am this instant: abrupt and absent, my words fluttering like moths trapped in a curtain. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Flight I have been dropped and fell from such immense heights for so long that perhaps I still have enough time to learn how to fly. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch God saw it was good. Adam saw it was impressive. Eve saw it was improvable. —Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Three versions of Vera Pavlova's "tightrope" poem: I test the tightrope, balancing a child in each arm. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch I walk a tightrope, balanced by a child in each arm. —Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch I test the tightrope, balanced by a child in each arm. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Vera Pavlova is a Russian poet. Born in Moscow, she is a graduate of the Schnittke College of Music and the Gnessin Academy of Music, where she specialized in music history. She is the author of twenty collections of poetry, four opera librettos, and the lyrics to two cantatas. Her poetry has appeared in The New Yorker and other major literary publications. Keywords/Tags: Pavlova, Russian, translations, epigrams, woman, female, shards, seasons, scales, tightrope, child, arm, sorrow, joy, shattered, heart, broken, glass, limp, limping, barefoot, snow, sculpt, mold, polish
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I don’t like knowing that there’s a YouTube channel out there for gun-nuts called “The Warrior Poets”. I’ve looked at some the videos. None of them have anything to do with poetry. I guess that’s okay, but, I still don’t have to like it, so I don’t. It does give me a reason to write down the fact that I believe that I, in fact, am a warrior-poet. My friends are too. John, Hans, Larry, Kristopher, and Josh… We’re a gang. We’re a conclave, a klatch of bare-knuckle sophists, street-wise surgeons of verse drunk on our own power. Beautiful bruises, pooled blood, split-lipped ripped pages broken pens shattered lenses. We’re the dogs of war. *** -JBClaywell © P&Z Publications 2019
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Mar 11, 2019
Mar 11, 2019 at 5:14 PM UTC
Dogs of War
when in the world’s leading democracy a new president starts his office with      making life more expensive for average home owners      signing orders threatening the health of millions      restricting the publications of researchers      denying global warming      encouraging coal and oil companies      forbidding federal employees to talk to the media      going on fantasy trips about “alternative facts"           to justify his ridiculous lies      blaming the media when asking questions and checking facts      barring leading media companies from press conferences      waffling about his Russian connections      refusing to release his tax returns      ordering to build walls to keep out all those aliens,           like the old Chinese did, to little avail      issuing poorly formulated presidential orders           causing confusion and harm and even deaths      banning even green card holders from entering the country      filling his cabinet with all the alligators from the swamps           he promised to clean during his campaign           people who know how to avoid paying taxes and beating the system           but have no clue how to govern now that they ARE the system           and think they can run the USA with its 350 million citizens           as Trump&Cronies;, USA, Inc.,           like their private family businesses, for profit courting kings and monarchs & wannabe sultans in the near east 'democratic dictators' in the far southeast and wannabe czars in russia but hesitating to confirm ties to old allies in Europe, NATO, and the Far East suggesting that having undeclared secret meetings is quite OK with his campaign team members his son and son-in-law [ctd. fron line 2...] it is high time to seriously ask what concept     if any of democracy he has in mind
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Feb 15, 2017
Feb 15, 2017 at 5:11 PM UTC
democracy USA? - work in progress (updated whenever necessary...)...
when in the world’s leading democracy a new president starts his office with      making life more expensive for average home owners      signing orders threatening the health of millions      restricting the publications of researchers      denying global warming      encouraging coal and oil companies      forbidding federal employees to talk to the media      going on fantasy trips about “alternative facts"           to justify his ridiculous lies      blaming the media when asking questions and checking facts      barring leading media companies from press conferences      waffling about his Russian connections      refusing to release his tax returns      ordering to build walls to keep out all those aliens,           like the old Chinese did, to little avail      issuing poorly formulated presidential orders           causing confusion and harm and even deaths      banning even green card holders from entering the country      filling his cabinet with all the alligators from the swamps           he promised to clean during his campaign           people who know how to avoid paying taxes and beating the system           but have no clue how to govern now that they ARE the system           and think they can run the USA with its 350 million citizens           as Trump&Cronies;, USA, Inc.,           like their private family businesses, for profit courting kings and monarchs & wannabe sultans in the near east 'democratic dictators' in the far southeast and wannabe czars in russia but hesitating to confirm ties to old allies in Europe, NATO, and the Far East suggesting that having undeclared secret meetings is quite OK with his campaign team members his son and son-in-law [ctd. fron line 2...] it is high time to seriously ask what concept     if any of democracy he has in mind
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Early summer's eve Green ash leaves on blue sky and seagulls wheeling 'round (c) White Mountain Publications 2012
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Aug 30, 2012
Aug 30, 2012 at 12:42 PM UTC
On the Side Deck
Vera Pavlova: English Translations of Russian Poems by Vera Pavlova Shattered I shattered your heart; now I limp through the shards barefoot. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Seasons Winter―a beast. Spring―a bud. Summer―a bug. Autumn―a bird. The rest of the time I'm a woman. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Pygmalion Immortalize me! With your bare, warm palm please sculpt and mold my malleable snow. Polish me until I glow. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Scales Scales: on the one hand joy; on the other sorrow. Sorrow is the weightier; therefore joy elevates. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Muse A muse inspires when she arrives, a wife when she departs, a mistress when she’s absent. Would you like me to manage all that simultaneously? ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Stone Wall You, my dear, are my shielding stone: to sing behind, or bash my head on. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Fluttering Remember me as I am this instant: abrupt and absent, my words fluttering like moths trapped in a curtain. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Flight I have been dropped and fell from such immense heights for so long that perhaps I still have enough time to learn how to fly. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Three versions of Vera Pavlova's "tightrope" poem: I test the tightrope, balancing a child in each arm. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch I walk a tightrope, balanced by a child in each arm. —Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch I test the tightrope, balanced by a child in each arm. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch God saw it was good. Adam saw it was impressive. Eve saw it was improvable. —Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Vera Pavlova is a Russian poet. Born in Moscow, she is a graduate of the Schnittke College of Music and the Gnessin Academy of Music, where she specialized in music history. She is the author of twenty collections of poetry, four opera librettos, and the lyrics to two cantatas. Her poetry has appeared in The New Yorker and other major literary publications. Keywords/Tags: Pavlova, Russian, translations, epigrams, woman, female, shards, seasons, scales, tightrope, child, arm, sorrow, joy, shattered, heart, broken, glass, limp, limping, barefoot, snow, sculpt, mold, polish
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Mar 20, 2020
Mar 20, 2020 at 2:37 AM UTC
Vera Pavlova translations of Russian Poems
Vera Pavlova: English Translations of Russian Poems by Vera Pavlova Shattered I shattered your heart; now I limp through the shards barefoot. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Seasons Winter―a beast. Spring―a bud. Summer―a bug. Autumn―a bird. The rest of the time I'm a woman. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Pygmalion Immortalize me! With your bare, warm palm please sculpt and mold my malleable snow. Polish me until I glow. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Scales Scales: on the one hand joy; on the other sorrow. Sorrow is the weightier; therefore joy elevates. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Muse A muse inspires when she arrives, a wife when she departs, a mistress when she’s absent. Would you like me to manage all that simultaneously? ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Stone Wall You, my dear, are my shielding stone: to sing behind, or bash my head on. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Fluttering Remember me as I am this instant: abrupt and absent, my words fluttering like moths trapped in a curtain. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Flight I have been dropped and fell from such immense heights for so long that perhaps I still have enough time to learn how to fly. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Three versions of Vera Pavlova's "tightrope" poem: I test the tightrope, balancing a child in each arm. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch I walk a tightrope, balanced by a child in each arm. —Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch I test the tightrope, balanced by a child in each arm. ―Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch God saw it was good. Adam saw it was impressive. Eve saw it was improvable. —Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Vera Pavlova is a Russian poet. Born in Moscow, she is a graduate of the Schnittke College of Music and the Gnessin Academy of Music, where she specialized in music history. She is the author of twenty collections of poetry, four opera librettos, and the lyrics to two cantatas. Her poetry has appeared in The New Yorker and other major literary publications. Keywords/Tags: Pavlova, Russian, translations, epigrams, woman, female, shards, seasons, scales, tightrope, child, arm, sorrow, joy, shattered, heart, broken, glass, limp, limping, barefoot, snow, sculpt, mold, polish
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Children, all of me was all for you, from towers I commended, from basement I sympathized, and god, how I find all of me, missing all your adoring stares. I stood by, I watched your birth in the garden all those years ago, and how your cries floated to heaven, and how heaven answered with meadowlarks, I handed you the apple, I kissed your brow, you would coo and grasp my coat, I felt love, you felt vital. I waged war, with all the saints and arthouse critics. We drank their blood by the moon and our temperate speech did flow from the fount, under the table we were, grew we did, proper adolesence looking for classical supremacy. And Children, I know the darkness was always creeping, crippling every satellite, every sandy shoreline, withering us in mirror, you asked if the tide could claim us, I patted your shoulder, kissed your hand, there is no enemy capable of victory, oh, how the prophets betrayed me. When your compliance was absolute, when our neighbors pledged allegiance, when I crushed the throats of Solomon, Gilgamesh, and the sons of Zeus, leagues made banners, few made poison. I gave you slaves, girls, and sport. I gave you a voice, blankets, and victims. The crowd and chants, my pride and concubines, the grass never faded, nor the flowers wilted. Children, why did the publications turn against me? I erased the existence of all you wanted dead, I gave you dreams, I gave plenty to sup, plenty to remain drunk, Children, why did the prophets lie to me? The priests carried daggers, preyed upon me, prayed for my passing-by, the stares were there, empty of adoration, only hungry for my sacred blood. I watched seas of my own, pull down every cast, my form laid to waste on the streets I built under your feet. My royal guards chained my hands, I could only stare at my blue veins, my royal guards, dragged my feet, and in the senate they made me watch, as my record was blotted out. As the sun set, the streets were lit by effigy. As the sun set, I found myself in the garden. I stood straight, back to a stake, all eyes on me, all shouts for me, all the rage, effigy, effigy, they poured pitch at my feet, they said prayers and incantations, the flowers were in full bloom, and the sound of buzzing flies buried the cries. I tried to be a friend to everyone. Now history's vapor, I tried to be a friend to everyone.
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Oct 15, 2010
Oct 15, 2010 at 11:13 AM UTC
Damnatio Memoriae
Children, all of me was all for you, from towers I commended, from basement I sympathized, and god, how I find all of me, missing all your adoring stares. I stood by, I watched your birth in the garden all those years ago, and how your cries floated to heaven, and how heaven answered with meadowlarks, I handed you the apple, I kissed your brow, you would coo and grasp my coat, I felt love, you felt vital. I waged war, with all the saints and arthouse critics. We drank their blood by the moon and our temperate speech did flow from the fount, under the table we were, grew we did, proper adolesence looking for classical supremacy. And Children, I know the darkness was always creeping, crippling every satellite, every sandy shoreline, withering us in mirror, you asked if the tide could claim us, I patted your shoulder, kissed your hand, there is no enemy capable of victory, oh, how the prophets betrayed me. When your compliance was absolute, when our neighbors pledged allegiance, when I crushed the throats of Solomon, Gilgamesh, and the sons of Zeus, leagues made banners, few made poison. I gave you slaves, girls, and sport. I gave you a voice, blankets, and victims. The crowd and chants, my pride and concubines, the grass never faded, nor the flowers wilted. Children, why did the publications turn against me? I erased the existence of all you wanted dead, I gave you dreams, I gave plenty to sup, plenty to remain drunk, Children, why did the prophets lie to me? The priests carried daggers, preyed upon me, prayed for my passing-by, the stares were there, empty of adoration, only hungry for my sacred blood. I watched seas of my own, pull down every cast, my form laid to waste on the streets I built under your feet. My royal guards chained my hands, I could only stare at my blue veins, my royal guards, dragged my feet, and in the senate they made me watch, as my record was blotted out. As the sun set, the streets were lit by effigy. As the sun set, I found myself in the garden. I stood straight, back to a stake, all eyes on me, all shouts for me, all the rage, effigy, effigy, they poured pitch at my feet, they said prayers and incantations, the flowers were in full bloom, and the sound of buzzing flies buried the cries. I tried to be a friend to everyone. Now history's vapor, I tried to be a friend to everyone.
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when in the world’s leading democracy a new president starts his office with      making life more expensive for average home owners      signing orders threatening the health of millions      restricting the publications of researchers      denying global warming      encouraging coal and oil companies      forbidding federal employees to talk to the media      going on fantasy trips about “alternative facts           to justify his ridiculous lies      ordering to build walls to keep out all those aliens,           like the old Chinese did, to little avail issueing poorly formulated presidential orders causing confusion and harm and even deaths      banning even green card holders from entering the country      filling his cabinet with all the alligators from the swamps           he promised to clean during his campaign           people who know how to avoid paying taxes and beating the system           but have no clue how to govern now that they ARE the system and think they can run the govnerment of the USA with its 350 million citizens as Trump&Cronies; USA, Inc., like their private family husiness for profit it is high time to seriously ask what concept     if any of democracy he has in mind
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Jan 25, 2017
Jan 25, 2017 at 3:41 PM UTC
democracy USA? (work in progress...)
There was egg salad in the fridge, half a container of that store bought, neon-green guacamole that nobody else likes but me, tortilla chips too. So, we sat together and ate this hodgepodge lunch, the dog and I. She never once complained that there were no crackers or a few pieces of soft, white or even dark, crusty pumpernickel bread. We thought about whatever it was that we thought about while we chewed thoughtfully. I looked up the word: tincture in the dictionary that I keep in my office, right off the kitchen. A friend of mine had used the word in correspondence, and I was rather embarrassed that I’d not known what it meant. But, I found that embarrassment wanes when one is scraping the last few globs of guacamole out of the container with one’s finger and is saddened because the accompanying tortilla chips have been reduced to crumbs. The dog wasn’t embarrassed of me. She was busy cleaning the remnants of egg salad from the inside of the old butter dished I’d packed it away in. I’d already packed what had been enough for a decent sandwich away in my guts using tortilla-chip spoons, doing my best not to ***** more silverware than I had to. The hour was almost up; I had to be back at the office in about 15 minutes. We, the dog and I, took this small measure of time as an opportunity to listen to a couple of songs… one by Iron Maiden. the other by John Coltrane. While the discs spun, the dog wiped any excess egg salad or tortilla chip crumbs from her muzzle onto the living room carpet, by sliding around on her face. It was funny to watch. I’ll have to be sure and not tell Angela about it. Soon enough, it’s once more around the yard dear doggie, a Marlboro for me, another few hours at the office, little friend, and I’ll sail back home to thee. *** -JBClaywell © P&Z Publications 2019
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Mar 29, 2019
Mar 29, 2019 at 5:32 PM UTC
Sailing Back Home
There was egg salad in the fridge, half a container of that store bought, neon-green guacamole that nobody else likes but me, tortilla chips too. So, we sat together and ate this hodgepodge lunch, the dog and I. She never once complained that there were no crackers or a few pieces of soft, white or even dark, crusty pumpernickel bread. We thought about whatever it was that we thought about while we chewed thoughtfully. I looked up the word: tincture in the dictionary that I keep in my office, right off the kitchen. A friend of mine had used the word in correspondence, and I was rather embarrassed that I’d not known what it meant. But, I found that embarrassment wanes when one is scraping the last few globs of guacamole out of the container with one’s finger and is saddened because the accompanying tortilla chips have been reduced to crumbs. The dog wasn’t embarrassed of me. She was busy cleaning the remnants of egg salad from the inside of the old butter dished I’d packed it away in. I’d already packed what had been enough for a decent sandwich away in my guts using tortilla-chip spoons, doing my best not to ***** more silverware than I had to. The hour was almost up; I had to be back at the office in about 15 minutes. We, the dog and I, took this small measure of time as an opportunity to listen to a couple of songs… one by Iron Maiden. the other by John Coltrane. While the discs spun, the dog wiped any excess egg salad or tortilla chip crumbs from her muzzle onto the living room carpet, by sliding around on her face. It was funny to watch. I’ll have to be sure and not tell Angela about it. Soon enough, it’s once more around the yard dear doggie, a Marlboro for me, another few hours at the office, little friend, and I’ll sail back home to thee. *** -JBClaywell © P&Z Publications 2019
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Mad in my envy. Mad in the irrational stresses of "love". Mad at all the happiness I isolate. Mad with the visions of success. Mad with my prewar publications. Mad with your gestures of bliss. Mad in how we can't get carried away. Mad at how the money always talks back. Mad when I am making this a monologue. Mad when I haven't crossed the minds of strangers. Mad when they declare the eyes of reason to be obscene for the children. Mad at the fame that they call existence. Mad when I see the lackluster descriptive lies within their Bibles. Mad that you became the society we ****** Mad toward the rebirth of the minister's daughter who sang for forgiveness and love but lied about both, Wasting our time on useless Norwich sonnets, and naming the theoretical infants— Wouldn't anyone be mad as hell? II. GENESIS. Beautiful in your powerful gaze, upgrading constantly, tossing me aside, casting countless new euphoric darlings into the void since my dismissal. Draining each meaningful vein from the poor souls who fall under your magnetic pull—who want to brave the human castle (floor lined with pitfalls) and then you, *** Incarnate! Most perfect amongst us! Blessed be your Godly word, you execute them with joy! Holy in your immaculate beauty, dear Saint! Now it is your time of reckoning. Happy Birthday. Don't forget who made you.
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Dec 12, 2015
Dec 12, 2015 at 1:26 PM UTC
Mad in America.
Vampires by Michael R. Burch Vampires are such fragile creatures; we fear the dark, but the light destroys them . . . sunlight, or a stake, or a cross—such common things. Still, late at night, when the bat-like vampire sings, we heed his voice. Centuries have taught us: in shadows danger lurks for those who stray, and there the vampire bares his yellow fangs and feels the ancient soul-tormenting pangs. He has no choice. We are his prey, plump and fragrant, and if we pray to avoid him, he prays to find us, prays to some despotic hooded God whose benediction is the humid blood he lusts to taste. Published by Monumental Moments (Eye Scry Publications), Weirdbook, Gothic Fairy and Raiders’ Digest. Keywords/Tags: vampires, fragile, creatures, stake, cross, dark, darkness, light, bat, bat-like, shadows, fangs, pangs, prey, blood, lust, lusts, red, lips, night, voice, sings, darkness, evil, incarnate, soul, hell, tormented, pale, eyes
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Apr 15, 2020
Apr 15, 2020 at 11:32 PM UTC
Vampires are such fragile creatures
Late fall, grey skies and just enough snow on the road to swirl and blow c. White Mountain Publications 2011
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Aug 29, 2011
Aug 29, 2011 at 5:38 PM UTC
First Snow
Those times I would write poems and submit for publications,they were all rejected, but now i have found my thing And I am living a Superstar lifestyle , my name buzzing everywhere. Poems that have been rejected are the ones now trending Thank you HP family for making me a better poet. Many love to you all. To all who comment, love, like my poems you are the real Superstars
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Jan 5, 2021
Jan 5, 2021 at 10:17 AM UTC
Superstar
Our observant minds will be the best and worst aspects of any relationship. I don't know if you notice how your fingertips curl at my waistline, but I do. Don't stop that heaven even if the devil is in the details. 8:21am turns to magic when you put the sun in our eyes via white screens with bouncing letters. "Good morning, babe" was all I ever needed to transform me into a morning person on the weekends. Never underestimate the Power of the Pen. You told me the stars on the island reminded you of my beauty; worthy of a dedication page. You didn't find the time to say goodbye; worthy of being written off. Inspiration comes in the darkest hours. Give me something other than desperation to grace my pages with at 4am. You will never disappear, even when you do. Forever engrained in journals and failed publications, as we all wish your memories could smear as easily as pen ink we're just not that simple.
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Jun 16, 2016
Jun 16, 2016 at 8:19 AM UTC
What they don't tell you about dating a writer
So here we are again, sitting by our fireplaces waiting for yet another story to be told waiting for yet another mystery to be solved a mystery of politicians corrupting the world and while you are wondering the answer to the above questions I will start the story for tonight.... This story begins from a myth that is made by the story tellers worldwide. Its about cats... If this raises suspicions then it will be all the more better. Cats are the feline masters Smallest in their family of cats and the most agile pet they roam where it pleases them but this one cat Oscar was very different This cat liked to drink blood instead of the usual water It killed more mice than ANY other cat in town This was very strange because, well... its a house cat House cats don't **** mice... But because the cat loved blood so much, It sometimes went out of bounds and killed a few humans. And once a person saw him attack a human He rushed to his help a little bit late The human died on the spot Though it was considered abnormal behavior it was ignored..... Months later people kept reporting being attacked by CATS everyone who owned a cat was supposed to either exterminate it OR give it to the government EVERYONE chose the latter thinking it would save their "precious" cats' life Little did they know those cats would be used for experiments Years later, The Government published their article of "Why the cats behaved the way they behaved" All the previous cat owners read it over and over trying to console themselves saying - "It's just a disease, it's just a disease" But the Government had forgotten to take ONE cat The very cat that had caused this trouble They had forgotten to test... And it was this cat that managed to ask the other cats to help it overthrow the Government because of its wrong publications about science on cats. Their plan was almost immediately foiled because the cats were killed on the very day their plan was supposed to take effect. and while this cat (Oscar) isn't remembered today We need to remember him, because he was one of the first of his kind of rebellers. The first...
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May 3, 2013
May 3, 2013 at 7:36 AM UTC
CAATTSS
So here we are again, sitting by our fireplaces waiting for yet another story to be told waiting for yet another mystery to be solved a mystery of politicians corrupting the world and while you are wondering the answer to the above questions I will start the story for tonight.... This story begins from a myth that is made by the story tellers worldwide. Its about cats... If this raises suspicions then it will be all the more better. Cats are the feline masters Smallest in their family of cats and the most agile pet they roam where it pleases them but this one cat Oscar was very different This cat liked to drink blood instead of the usual water It killed more mice than ANY other cat in town This was very strange because, well... its a house cat House cats don't **** mice... But because the cat loved blood so much, It sometimes went out of bounds and killed a few humans. And once a person saw him attack a human He rushed to his help a little bit late The human died on the spot Though it was considered abnormal behavior it was ignored..... Months later people kept reporting being attacked by CATS everyone who owned a cat was supposed to either exterminate it OR give it to the government EVERYONE chose the latter thinking it would save their "precious" cats' life Little did they know those cats would be used for experiments Years later, The Government published their article of "Why the cats behaved the way they behaved" All the previous cat owners read it over and over trying to console themselves saying - "It's just a disease, it's just a disease" But the Government had forgotten to take ONE cat The very cat that had caused this trouble They had forgotten to test... And it was this cat that managed to ask the other cats to help it overthrow the Government because of its wrong publications about science on cats. Their plan was almost immediately foiled because the cats were killed on the very day their plan was supposed to take effect. and while this cat (Oscar) isn't remembered today We need to remember him, because he was one of the first of his kind of rebellers. The first...
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No concern for the frowning faces, even though some expressed sadness with their teardrops, frantic moods in rushing vision based thoughts, encouraging me to leave. And it’s alright to rip their hearts apart. To who I praise is the bearer of light that can illuminate any individual. With no delusion I devote myself by choice too, because to the contrary I’ll be enslaved to morals that are predetermined with no freedom to move around in. lurking in my dreams, still when I’m waking, I’m alive in forever. It’s calming in the abyss, providing space to meditate, turning hour clock pouring down the sand grains as a representation for how long Lucifer had been fighting for the hearts of humanity. The only deity one can meet before my timely earthly death. Hope you don’t get mad at me, I told him you have dreams to be fulfilled, he says he’s looking for foot soldier, knows they can but won’t say ‘no’, told him how much you like it from behind. (checkout some of my current publications on Amazon. Just search 'Darcy Prince'
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Aug 10, 2018
Aug 10, 2018 at 8:38 PM UTC
A Bearer Of Light.
Full dark; late autumn Lights flicker yellow and white on Grand Traverse Bay (c) White Mountain Publications 2012
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Aug 30, 2012
Aug 30, 2012 at 12:47 PM UTC
Traverse City
Late winter at dusk Blue-white puzzle pieces float Mosaic in ice c. White Mountain Publications 2011
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Aug 29, 2011
Aug 29, 2011 at 5:42 PM UTC
The View From Mackinac Bridge
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Mexico, Syria and Palestine, Fiji, South America, South Pacific, California, United Nations and Bhutan. Therefore, this common symbol of the HIV/AIDS epidemic 9 (7) 251002013 is that trial period. 2016, Syria, Palestine, United Nations, United Kingdom, East Africa, Africa 7, 2016, Yassin (Asia) and other years 2016, Aspergillus niger is a fungus and one of the most common species of the genus Aspergillus. It causes a disease called "black mold" on certain fruits and vegetables such as grapes, apricots, onions, and peanuts, and is a common contaminant of food. It is ubiquitous in soil and is commonly reported from indoor environments, where its black colonies can be confused with those of Stachybotrys; *** / AIDS affects health. Is the city long enough and the competition is 3-18-18 and 19-5-40, 6-13? 60; 35, 41, 60 John 2 (blood). 1 won the victory in the village. By 2018, 15, 15, teachers and students are weaker, brave and younger than 60 days ago. "201 to 100 memorabilia 1 60 60 60 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 UN, Macedonia, South Africa, Africa and Libya, Lebanon, Mexico, Syria, Palestine and Aids 9 (7) 16, 2016 and 2017/1000 / 1000 / 2000 California, Syria, UN, 16, 16 and 201 Germany and 7- 100 200 South Africa) 2017 200 000. 2017/1000/1000/1000 VHU Care for Others in Baghdad 77cv Adults are Benefits 1 in This can be fast and Both, 6-13 years 5: 1-14-18: 41-60 and 60-40 with 60,000 60-60, 0-2 minutes with 60 people and From Person Point to View, the others are in low temperature (5) and 15 in Latifa, 2016 and "Mexico" are sworn. "Well, about a car. "For example, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Mexico, Syria and Palestine, Fiji, South America, South Pacific, California, USA, *** / AIDS 7 and 9 and Kenya, USA, Aspergillus niger 2016, 2017, Syria compared to the city 13 -13-19-40-40-3-18-18 60 and the United Nations, the United Kingdom and *** / AIDS will not have any impact on health and *** prevention. 2. Blood and some furniture in 2018 And these buildings are coming to be less than 15 and 15 years old and will be among his teachers and students. "In February to 60 days, Africa, West Africa, Africa and Libya, Lebanon, Mexico, Palestine and Work 6 / Africa are not good for all tasks. Western Syria and Palestine and Yemen 16/1000/1000/1000 UN. For example, the differences between the United Nations and Germany, for example 16161100200 in South Africa, 7/201 201 201 201 201 201 2017 7000 000 000 200 000 CCC *** / Baghdad. She followed me here. 1. PROGRAM, PUBLICATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS. 6-13 people: 5: 1-14-18 41-60 and 60-40 and 2 2000 of the human eye. Strong pistons (5), modern skimmers. In 2015 for 15 years prostitutes. "Philippines". Here are some of us. Take for example a "car", Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, mexico, Syria and Palestine, Fiji, south america, south Africa, California. USA, USA, Canada, East Africa, 7, 2016, Peninsula, Nigeria, Unfortunately, *** / AIDS and *** / AIDS. The city has six-day behavior 3-18-18 19-5-40 6-13; 60; 35: 41: 1. 60 John lives in the village in the brain's grip. By 2018, 15 teachers and 15 students will be weak, violent and "only for the first 60 years" in the UN, South Africa, Libya, Liberia, Mexico, Palestine, APPLE, AIDS, 9 (7).
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Nov 28, 2018
Nov 28, 2018 at 10:41 PM UTC
9 (7) 251002013 [Aspergillus niger]
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Mexico, Syria and Palestine, Fiji, South America, South Pacific, California, United Nations and Bhutan. Therefore, this common symbol of the HIV/AIDS epidemic 9 (7) 251002013 is that trial period. 2016, Syria, Palestine, United Nations, United Kingdom, East Africa, Africa 7, 2016, Yassin (Asia) and other years 2016, Aspergillus niger is a fungus and one of the most common species of the genus Aspergillus. It causes a disease called "black mold" on certain fruits and vegetables such as grapes, apricots, onions, and peanuts, and is a common contaminant of food. It is ubiquitous in soil and is commonly reported from indoor environments, where its black colonies can be confused with those of Stachybotrys; *** / AIDS affects health. Is the city long enough and the competition is 3-18-18 and 19-5-40, 6-13? 60; 35, 41, 60 John 2 (blood). 1 won the victory in the village. By 2018, 15, 15, teachers and students are weaker, brave and younger than 60 days ago. "201 to 100 memorabilia 1 60 60 60 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 UN, Macedonia, South Africa, Africa and Libya, Lebanon, Mexico, Syria, Palestine and Aids 9 (7) 16, 2016 and 2017/1000 / 1000 / 2000 California, Syria, UN, 16, 16 and 201 Germany and 7- 100 200 South Africa) 2017 200 000. 2017/1000/1000/1000 VHU Care for Others in Baghdad 77cv Adults are Benefits 1 in This can be fast and Both, 6-13 years 5: 1-14-18: 41-60 and 60-40 with 60,000 60-60, 0-2 minutes with 60 people and From Person Point to View, the others are in low temperature (5) and 15 in Latifa, 2016 and "Mexico" are sworn. "Well, about a car. "For example, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Mexico, Syria and Palestine, Fiji, South America, South Pacific, California, USA, *** / AIDS 7 and 9 and Kenya, USA, Aspergillus niger 2016, 2017, Syria compared to the city 13 -13-19-40-40-3-18-18 60 and the United Nations, the United Kingdom and *** / AIDS will not have any impact on health and *** prevention. 2. Blood and some furniture in 2018 And these buildings are coming to be less than 15 and 15 years old and will be among his teachers and students. "In February to 60 days, Africa, West Africa, Africa and Libya, Lebanon, Mexico, Palestine and Work 6 / Africa are not good for all tasks. Western Syria and Palestine and Yemen 16/1000/1000/1000 UN. For example, the differences between the United Nations and Germany, for example 16161100200 in South Africa, 7/201 201 201 201 201 201 2017 7000 000 000 200 000 CCC *** / Baghdad. She followed me here. 1. PROGRAM, PUBLICATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS. 6-13 people: 5: 1-14-18 41-60 and 60-40 and 2 2000 of the human eye. Strong pistons (5), modern skimmers. In 2015 for 15 years prostitutes. "Philippines". Here are some of us. Take for example a "car", Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, mexico, Syria and Palestine, Fiji, south america, south Africa, California. USA, USA, Canada, East Africa, 7, 2016, Peninsula, Nigeria, Unfortunately, *** / AIDS and *** / AIDS. The city has six-day behavior 3-18-18 19-5-40 6-13; 60; 35: 41: 1. 60 John lives in the village in the brain's grip. By 2018, 15 teachers and 15 students will be weak, violent and "only for the first 60 years" in the UN, South Africa, Libya, Liberia, Mexico, Palestine, APPLE, AIDS, 9 (7).
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when in the world’s (supposedly) leading democracy a new president starts his office with      making life more expensive for average home owners      signing orders threatening the health of millions      restricting the publications of researchers      denying global warming      encouraging coal and oil companies      forbidding federal employees to talk to the media      going on fantasy trips about “alternative facts"           to justify his ridiculous lies      blaming the media when asking questions and checking facts      barring leading media companies from press conferences      waffling about his Russian connections      refusing to release his tax returns      ordering to build walls to keep out all those aliens,           like the old Chinese did, to little avail      issuing poorly formulated presidential orders           causing confusion and harm and even deaths      banning even green card holders from entering the country      filling his cabinet with all the alligators from the swamps           he promised to clean during his campaign           people who know how to avoid paying taxes and beating the     system           but have no clue how to govern now that they ARE the system           and think they can run the USA with its 350 million citizens           as Trump&Cronies;, USA, Inc.,           like their private family businesses, for profit fraternizing with kings and monarchs & wannabe sultans in the near east      'democratic dictators' in the far southeast       and wannabe czars in russia but hesitating to confirm ties to old allies      in Europe, NATO, and the Far East suggesting that having undeclared secret meetings      is quite OK for his campaign team members      his son and son-in-law & cetera nominating well-known union busters     into the Federal Office of Labor     and a billionairess widely unaware     of the existence of non-private schools     as Secretary of Eduction banning grandparents. grandchildren      as well as aunts and uncles      of gratuitously selected countries      from joining their families in the USA  believing that the US president & his cronies stand above the law  [ctd. fron line 2...] THEN it is high time to seriously ask what concept     if any of democracy he has in mind
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Jul 19, 2017
Jul 19, 2017 at 12:35 PM UTC
Democracy USA? - Update 1 (further updates whenever considered necessary...)
when in the world’s (supposedly) leading democracy a new president starts his office with      making life more expensive for average home owners      signing orders threatening the health of millions      restricting the publications of researchers      denying global warming      encouraging coal and oil companies      forbidding federal employees to talk to the media      going on fantasy trips about “alternative facts"           to justify his ridiculous lies      blaming the media when asking questions and checking facts      barring leading media companies from press conferences      waffling about his Russian connections      refusing to release his tax returns      ordering to build walls to keep out all those aliens,           like the old Chinese did, to little avail      issuing poorly formulated presidential orders           causing confusion and harm and even deaths      banning even green card holders from entering the country      filling his cabinet with all the alligators from the swamps           he promised to clean during his campaign           people who know how to avoid paying taxes and beating the     system           but have no clue how to govern now that they ARE the system           and think they can run the USA with its 350 million citizens           as Trump&Cronies;, USA, Inc.,           like their private family businesses, for profit fraternizing with kings and monarchs & wannabe sultans in the near east      'democratic dictators' in the far southeast       and wannabe czars in russia but hesitating to confirm ties to old allies      in Europe, NATO, and the Far East suggesting that having undeclared secret meetings      is quite OK for his campaign team members      his son and son-in-law & cetera nominating well-known union busters     into the Federal Office of Labor     and a billionairess widely unaware     of the existence of non-private schools     as Secretary of Eduction banning grandparents. grandchildren      as well as aunts and uncles      of gratuitously selected countries      from joining their families in the USA  believing that the US president & his cronies stand above the law  [ctd. fron line 2...] THEN it is high time to seriously ask what concept     if any of democracy he has in mind
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There is still a magic of the rituals, especially when we’re vibing together, stimulating an extreme climate of moods and intense thoughts, that I sweat out blood, consolidating the past to my parent of my future, Lucifer for I’ve meet you before death, through lalent needling threads dusting aura in a silhouette of temptation that backs itself up in forms out reality fulfilling meaning. For the mysteries of mysticism isn’t replaced, just enhances, at least now I have forever to understand, while I’m formed into a symbol of light, where illumination is and I praise in the darkness. The Holy war provides more complex, while it’s veil is simple. People cannot win the world by using the world to fight for their purpose for society in false revolutions. Humanity isn’t worth fearing. I’ve peaked beyond the curtain and saw only horror on both sides of good and evil. It’s frightening to see what people do for their side and personal success. Do not feed into their fear. You have mind, use it, live your life, before they take your life, there is a lot more enlightenment within yourself. As for me siding with Lucifer, for he hates all religion, ideology and culture, uplifting individuality to allow them to master of their own realm. (please checkout current publications on Amazon. Just search Darcy Prince for titles.)
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Aug 15, 2018
Aug 15, 2018 at 8:10 PM UTC
Behind The Curtain
We’re the heavy eleven. Think about that number for a couple of seconds. It’s a pair of ones, side by side. When people talk about couples, significant others, they often say something about two people becoming one. I’ve always liked the idea of two ones. Two single and separate entities becoming a recognizably different thing, yet still able to be autonomous. What an enormously human achievement. And, the achievement in no way has to be relegated to romantic partners. We can all be friends, right? We can have each other’s backs, yeah? Support one another? Thick and thin, and all that kind of thing? Home team? Visiting team? Does it really matter? I’m one. Me. Alone, You’re one. Alone. Independent. Relevant. Real. Like the ones in the number eleven. One. one. Two ones. Side by Side. Each holding the other up. Supportive. Encouraging. Together. The heaviest of elevens. *** -JBClaywell © P&Z Publications 2019
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May 17, 2019
May 17, 2019 at 4:44 PM UTC
The Heavy 11