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Katherine Fuguet Jul 2011
Barum, Pum.
Barum, Pum.
Barum, Barum, Barum.
Barum, Pum.
Barum, Pum.
Barum, Barum, Barum.

Little boy, Says the mother,
Play on your drum.
For your father follows its sound,
Wherever it goes.
Play on your drum.
Lead him to victory,
And lead your father home.

Barum, Pum.
Barum, Pum.
Barum, Barum, Barum.
Barum, Pum.
Barum, Pum.
Barum, Barum, Barum.

Son, Says the father,
Play on your drum.
For I once followed its sound,
Wherever it went.
Play on your drum.
Play on to victory,
And always come home.

Barum, Pum.
Barum, Pum.
Barum, Barum, Barum.
Barum, Pum.
Barum, Pum.
Barum, Barum, Barum.

Man, Says the Soldier,
Don’t play on your drum.
For I once followed its sound,
Wherever it went.
Well, play on your drum.
Play on to victory,
But you might not come home.

Barum, Pum.
Barum, Pum.
Barum, Barum, Barum.
Barum, Pum.
Barum, Pum.
Barum, Barum, Barum.

Soldier, Says the colonel,
Play on your drum!
And we will follow its sound,
Wherever you go.
Play on your drum!
Lead on to victory,
And Lead us all home.

Barum, Pum!
Barum, Pum!
BaRUM, BaRUM, BaRUM!
Barum, Pum!
Barum, Pum!
BaRUM, BaRUM, BaRUM!

Friend, says the boy,
Don’t play on my drum.
Don’t follow its sound,
Where I have to go.
Don’t Play on this Drum.
Fall back from victory,
But at least you’ll go home.
Geno Cattouse Nov 2012
sweet an nice.mek mi mash a pum pum
Like a lizad pon lim a goin mash a pum pum.
Me can't. Feel sewwt relief les I mash a pum pum.

Peaches an cream.
Cunnamon dream
Rock and come in
Fi go mash apum pum.

Drive yu wild when I masha pum pum
Lone free style fi go mash a pumpum.
Zach Lubline Jan 2016
I threw a coin off the ledge and when it struck the ground
It was perfect
The sound was all worth it
Because I feel this beat of the Earth
It's like the beat of a drum
A steady pur um pum pum
Like the world is alive
Its playing its music live
And if you only take the time
You'll hear it's beat and it's rhyme

I threw my wallet off the ledge and when it struck the ground
It was perfect
I needed a louder sound
To join in with the planet
Sitting in the audience is something I can't stand
It's so much much better to join in with the band.
And my wallet it kept that steady beat
Louder than the tapping of my feet
After that fall, so much more sweet.

I threw my radio, my backpack, my spare tire
Off the ledge and when they each struck the ground
It was perfect
The song deserved this.
It was so loud with no one around to hear it.
But the steady beat went on.
The Earth in its constant drum
Pur um pum pum,
Pur um pum pum.
Nothing has such beauty as that constant hum.
But it can't be over yet, it can't be done.

I threw myself off the ledge, and when I struck the ground,
I was perfect.
Matt Dec 2015
La da di
La da di
La da da

*** pum pum
Pum pum pum
Pum pum pum

This is fun
Oh what fun
Life is fun!

As I dance
With this life in the sun

And if life is my dance partner there

I dance and let go
Without a care

Then I sit back and watch
As she moves all alone

In this world
I drift from place
To place
Without a home
I am engaged in a dance with life.  She is my dance partner.  Sometimes I step back and watch her dance alone.  

And so I approach life, my dance partner, not holding her too closely, not too tenderly.  Perhaps being polite and kind, but not really loving her.  Why should I totally love you, life?  You play games with me, and so I will play games with you.

But these are playful games, in good spirit and good fun.
Mike Ash Oct 2013
The best way to forget the truth is to celebrate the lie
Poppies poppies poppies POPPIES and a big brass band
sea cadets in my home town forty miles inland.
Please dont be swayed to get your feet wet dont be fodder for a war
And you will if you forget.

My mates grandads wife never got his war pension
he got shot on the wrong day
I think there was an R in the month or was it a why (Y)
there's a statue on top of our cenotaph  the Angel of the Somme
thee sea cadets parade around it tiddley um pum pum
Tiddley um pum pum
Pum pum pupum

The best way to forget the truth is  to forget the lie.
i know some guys were heroes in wars but lets not buy into the lie that they died for their country . lets not forget the other heroes like Alan Turing who did more than his bit only to be persuaded to ****** himself because we couldnt allow a homosexual to be seen as a magnificent hero.
s and governments dont exist for the good of the people ,they exist so that warmongers can collect tax to pay for their wars...
I will never forget Harry Patch ,the oldest surving veteran of 2 world wars. who said just before he died in his 90s. War is just organised ******. He should know he was there.
Tashea Young Mar 2017
I must Confess,
I am Baring witness to the beautiful sight of your nakedness even though you are physically and completely dressed.
Its such a sight to behold as you bare the essence of your soul, revealing it uncovered and undressed
Now I have you right where i want you with Your heart under my arrest.
So come lay your Kingly crown upon my chest As I caress you with my love and tenderness.
Listen to the rhythm of heart beating like an African drum, *** pum pum pum pum.
Feel my Energy impermate your atmen flowing thru all of you, from me.
Here in this place is where we meet, its that place of serenity.
While you Delight in my words as they gently kiss your ears.
Let me Take my pencil and an Erase all your fears leaving behind not a single trace. Only a smile upon your face.
Allow me to take these soft delicate hands to massage the beatings your masculine stallion body you had endured today
each touch Is like fire to ice melting all of your stress away.
Now we can sit here in silence mediating thru out the day. King to Queen Nasmaste
xavier thomas May 2021
If the pum-pum can stop a war
It can definitely make your man do some chores
Sputnik Andrade Feb 2013
But release your precious heart to its feast.*

A veces imagino tu mano que se posa suave, muy suave como un viento anónimo, en mi mejilla. Y me tocas el cuello y el lóbulo de la oreja con mucho cuidado.

Imagino sólo tu mano. Quisiera morderla y beberme la sangre que emane de tus dedos. Quisiera que me mancharas los labios con esa sangre negra muy negra, suave y muy tibia.

Sueño que estoy muy cerca. Puedo contarte las pestañas. Te mueves al ritmo de tu respiración. No te mueves. Tus ojos se llenan de brillo conforme la navaja se llena más de ti. No he visto nunca nada tan hermoso. Y no gimes, no luchas. Piensas que todo nos llevó a esto y yo te lo confirmo cuando pongo mi oreja en tu pecho y escucho lo últimos latidos

pum, pum

pum

p

Te sigo con la mirada. Tienes las manos frías y las estrellas apenas alcanzan a resplandecer. Tu sombra es tan ligera que puedo tomarla y hacerla mía para siempre. Y lo haré. Serás mío para toda la vida. Y tus manos heladas, tu piel y tu carne. No conocerás nada más que mi lengua sobre tu espalda, mis dientes en tus nudillos, mis uñas arañando tu cabeza.

Tendrás los colores de un atardecer:  escarlata, azafrán, índigo y luego muy ***** y muy brillante, como una noche luminosa.

Eres extraordinario. Y me comeré tu corazón.
Jay Dee Aug 2016
She is moon queen of the darkest night.
She makes unicorns in the moonlight.

He is ruler of both dark and light.
He uses dragons breath when he has to fight.
He turns it into an angels hum.
Beautiful whispers for her ear drum.
*** pum pum pum.

In the dry desert sun.
They are devine.
Two of one kind.
Together they can scribble outside the lines.


-Jennifer DeAngelo
Copyrighted 2016
For the ruler of dark and light.
Who writes his blessings and fights.
PARTY PARTY PARTY

THE MUSIC IS SWEET, AND VERY VERY COOL
YA SEE IT'S VEG OUT MUSIC TRUE AND TRUE
STARSHIPS ARE MEANT TO FLY
SO HIGH TO TOUCH THE SKY
**** ALL YA WANT **** ALL YA LIKE
AND WE PARTY WITH THIS MUSIC CAUSE IT'S REALLY REALLY COOL
OH YEAH, SHAKE YOUR THANG BUDDY
SHAKE IT ****** RIGHT
SHAKE IT IN THE MORNING, AND INTO THE NIGHT
PARTY, UP AND PARTY DOWN
YEAH SHOW EACH SQUAREHEAD WHO LETS OUT A FROWN
THEN TAKE THIS MUSIC TO THE DANCEFLOOR
AND GET A BOURBON AND COKE, AND ***** AND SCOTCH
YEAH THIS SOUNDS REALLY RAD
PARTY PARTY PARTY
INTO COSMIC DREAMING, YEAH MATE YEAH
COME ON MEN TRY AND STEAL MY BEER
I THINK YOU CAN OPEN THE LID BY USING YA EAR
COME ON PARTY PEOPLE TRY A NICE COLD BEER
THEN HEAD DOWN TO THE FAMOUS NIGHT CLUB
HEAR THE BIG BAND SINGING THE XM,AS CAROL
RUPPA PUM PUM
COME THEY TOLD ME, YOU ARE THE OLD ME, STUPID VOICE OF OLD MATE
THE OLD ME, PLAYING COOL FOR MY FATHER, LIKE A DRINKING BOOZING
YOUNG DUDE DOES
I BIT THE TOP OF THE COKE CAN, MAN
AS I HEARD STARSHIPS FLYING IN THE SKY
I YELLED BRIAN, MAKES STARSHIPS REALLY FLY, OH YEAH
SO MUCH, IN FACT THEY'LL HIT THE SKY
BRIAN HAS THE POWER TO LIFT UP A STARSHIP NOW
THEN I SANG THE WORDS OH YEAH, BOW BOW
PARTY PARTY PARTY
I DRINK A COCA COLA SO STRAIGHT
CAUSE ALCOHOL DIDN'T WORK FOR ME
I KNOW I COULD'VE SAID NO, BUT IF I SAID NO
I WOULDN'T KNOWN IF THEY WERE BAD FOR ME, NOW WOULD I
I PARTY PARTY PARTY THROUGH THE STREETS OF CANBERRA TOWN
OH CANBERRA TOWN IN SUMMER IS VERY HUMID
OH YEAH CANBERRA TOWN, CAN CHANGE THE WEATHER
WHEN ONE MINUTE IT'S HUMID THE NEXT IT'S ICE COLD RAIN
AND THIS RAIN ONLY LASTS 5 MINUTES AND IT'S ****** HUMID AGAIN
OH YEAH CANBERRA TOWN, WILL STAY HOT IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY
OH YEAH WE ALL FEEL LIKE A COLD DRINK IT'S SO FUN
TO PARTY IN THE HEAT OF CANBERRA TOWN
AND WE'LL PARTY PARTY PARTY ALL YEAR LONG
HAVE A NICE COLD BEER TO MY GREAT MATE BRIAN
Qualyxian Quest Apr 2023
Andrew Greeley like Bing Crosby
Gonzaga, Bing is Back
Spoke out against George W.
Spoke out for Iraq

Bing sang with David Bowie
Par *** pum pum pum pum pum
Here said I, with a sudden cry
Is my crematorium!

David Bowie somewhat Buddhist
Never gonna fall for Modern Love
Help comes from my dad
And from Andy Dove

Bishop Blackie Ryan
The beggar girl of St. Germain
Not primarily scriptural
Maybe someday Spain

       Darling Nikki. Purple Rain.


             La Mancha: the Stain.
Mariana Seabra Mar 2022
Escrevo esta fábula em forma de poema,

Na tentativa que seja mais fácil de a recordar.

Agarro numa folha e desenho algumas letras,

Penso em dois animais que nos possam caracterizar.

E assim, começa, como é suposto qualquer fábula começar:



Era uma vez um leão

Perdido na floresta.

Os homens que o viam, fugiam...

Pobre leão! que fizeram que ti uma besta,

Condenaram-te ao exílio,  

Sem terem qualquer razão.

Idiotas! Que já nem diferenciam

Um animal a rugir de medo

De uma besta humana  

Que foge dele em desespero.  



Andou meses e meses  

Às voltas, desorientado,  

No meio da extensa vegetação.

Não havia uma voz que o guiasse,

Não havia uma alma amiga que lhe esticasse a mão.



Só ele conhece e sente o horror  

de ser chamado de predador.

Ouvir mais gritos do que risos,  

Levar mais pancada do que amor.

Só quem o conhece sabe que não o faz por mal.

Faz sim, por sobrevivência, por instinto natural.





Pobre leão!  

Nessa floresta,  

Desencantada,

Por qualquer trilho que andava

Só encontrava a solidão…



Num belo dia de chuva,

Caída como que por compaixão,

Espreitou uma pequena aranha

Através do denso pêlo do leão.



Arrastada pelo vento,

Para sua maior alegria ou desalento,

Foi no seu pêlo que, ela, decidiu pousar.



Terá visto, no leão,

Um porto seguro

Para se refugiar?





Tinha medo da chuva?  

Ou era nele que se queria hospedar?



Habituado a estar sozinho,

Forçosamente isolado,

Este pobre leão cansado,

Ao mínimo toque da aranha

Saiu a correr disparado…



Não estava habituado

A ter companhia.



Aquela doce aranha,

Que nem por um segundo o largou,

Entendeu porque é que ele a temia...

Decidiu correr a seu lado e,

Como se fosse pura magia,

Fez brotar no leão  

As sensações que há muito ele desligou.



Foi o ceder do coração,

O reavivar das memórias,

Que logo o abrandou.



Quando se encontraram,

Um ao outro,

Entrelaçados num olhar,

Não foram precisas  

Quaisquer palavras

Para lhes revelar:

Que apesar de qualquer diferença que possam encontrar,

ambos têm o mesmo tamanho

No que toca ao Amor

Que ambos têm  

Para dar.



A aranha sobe ao seu ouvido,

Para lhe poder murmurar:

“Calma, meu pequeno leão,

Sei que estás cansado,

Ferido e traumatizado...

Nunca foi minha intenção te assustar.

Não me temas, nem me afastes!

Não pretendo deixar-te desamparado,

Estou aqui para te curar.

Segue-me tu, agora,  

Tenho um lugar para te mostrar…

O sítio perfeito

Onde vais conseguir descansar.”



O caminho era longo, mas pareceu-lhe menos demorado,

Só porque caminhavam lado a lado.



E quando chegou ao destino,

Ou quando o destino se foi com ele esbarrar,  

O leão nem conseguiu acreditar

Que naquela floresta,

Muito menos solitária,

Era exatamente  

Onde ele precisava de estar…



O tal destino,  

Já traçado,

Assim o veio relembrar

Que às vezes é preciso se perder,

Para mais tarde,

Se reencontrar.



Nessa mesma noite,

A floresta parecia encantada.

Só se ouvia  

dois corações

a bater em sintonia.  

Pum…pum…pum...pum…

Só se viam  

Duas almas nuas

Deitadas e embaladas

Numa teia perfeitamente desenhada.



Quem se atreve a dizer que o leão pertence à savana?

Anda esta gente toda enganada!

Nunca leram a pequena história

Do leão e da aranha.



E quem a ler, talvez dirá, que história mais estranha!
ryn Nov 2015
.
•atop the mast billows
my wind-tossed rag•grinning skull embla-
zoned proud•the starkness of black upon my flag
•piercing the encroaching sea mist and shroud•her-
ald the sight of the jolly roger • instilling trepidation
in all who sail through my turf • fuelled by the thirst
to pillage and plunder•others before, have sunk into
graves beneath the surf•my salt encrusted timber
creaks                   a frightening low                growl•
my hull                       would pum-                     mel thro-
ugh the opposing waves•    my sails bloat full trapping
winds that howl•my       deck bears the screams
of a thousan-            d slaves•know
me, seafarers... i am no legend but
truth•avast! seafarers, i am the tale
that looms•believe me, seafarers for i
am ca-        pable         of all         things



•••                                                 ­        •••
  uncouth                                                 •fear me,
seafarers for                                            i am your
doom•you could                                 sail the seas with
the world's most                    skillful of crew•
you cannot deny the
inevitable
heavy hand of fate•be-
cause once my vessel comes
within view                             •you would
know for certain                                that it's already
•••••••                                       •••••••
•••••                                               •••••

*too late•
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McKayla Kimpel Sep 2017
Stay in bed until your body hurts from staying in bed,
Gain 5 pounds,
Go through a nasty breakup,
Distance yourself from every bit of humanity,
Feel bad that you're distancing yourself from every bit of humanity

Get spontaneous bangs,
Think about the universe and human socialization,
Decide maybe it's just not for you.
Decide that's silly.

Get another piercing,
Decide you hate your bangs,
Decide you like your bangs.
Tell people to call you the little drummer boy,
Pa *** pum pum pum.
Remember that people support you regardless of anything previously mentioned.

Decide you're still a good person.
Mostly.

Have an ongoing Harry Potter marathon as a coping mechanism.
Because Harry wouldn't do this to you, okay
Be reminded of your childhood,
Miss being a kid.

Immerse yourself deeper into more cult classics.
Is Donnie Darko god?

Wonder how people describe you to others.
Get really insecure about how people describe you to others.
Realize you're normal,
Realize everyone thinks about this.

Like about existing
And the butterfly effect
And how it's important that you're here.

Realize you're glad you're here too.
Like the world around me is live art.
knows what to say. I love them so much.
I'm a spectator of life.
But not the people. Just him.
Watch it put on a show
Yell it louder so people can feel you.
Who knew a high could ever
"I'm happy just because." They don't
feel so low and cold.
have to be new and popular. Just
Rivers in my throat, frightening
popular because they're old. Yell it
my insides.
louder until my heart seams split
people are talking levels outside
*** *** *** *** ***
me. Why do they talk?
unnecessary marks on the paper because
let only the drummer a-****-
you were counting. I feel like they
a-pum-pum. Let it out.
should know. Ax me in half so a
look at yourself from inside
different part can move. Another ending.
the levels. I'm not the yellow
I can't handle these types of noises.
man. Purple blob in the corner.
Or writing between the lines. There's nothing
Why did they skip that part?
to hold that will let you hold still
That part's all I look forward to
How are people still thinking while I'm gone?
Until the end. No one can ever
Should I ever come to the end of my road,
when I  meet the doorman of death,
I shall hope that he care just enough to heed my last request.

I would not pray for hope, nor life, nor freedom.

I should ask him, "Dear Death,
might you listen to me now?

I beg to find my final breath
upon Earth's broken brow;

the crashing waves, day or night,
the pum'ling seaside cloud,

the falling rocks, their endless plight,
and distant ******* growls,

the fading sun, the rising moon;
I even feel their gaze.

Dear Death, I shall not wait the more,
please take me where I lay."
There is a breathing wish,
a wish that lies beneath the ***** of man;
the desire to feel connection.
'Round the orange warm pit of fire
Phantom dancers enter in
Where the sparks were rising higher
Smudging face paint near our din

Beating loudly, harder, faster
They drift up inside the smoke
Smoke that's swirling in wind circles
Rhythmic funnels of split oak

In connected, spinning trance state
We could see them, could we not?
With their beaded braids a shaking
And the red glow fire hot

Through the cloud puffs
of our drum smoke
With the magic of our minds
We saw ghostly lupine beings
Come from feathered years behind

We were beating, harder, faster
With hypnotic drumstick hands
Frozen hands kept pa pa pumming
To invoke the spells of man

Healing sounds of pa pum drumbeats
Ice and fire wolf moon clan
They soft footed round our powwow
Took our spirits to their land

Written by Sara Fielder © Jan 2016
Aiyo this are bells bells of the universal scales all else fails
Once I flip open ya shells wicked cast the spells rock sails
Of an ocean girls coasting love overdosing never posing
Stay real to the very thrill heart to **** thy will be done kingdom
Of Houston's slum sound the drum it went *** pum pum pum
***** drummer been funky since JBs stunners dance hall in the fall
See me at the mall shop cheap with a million dollars compete
Cant stop my fleet obsolete a weak more scholars than Greek
Philosophy cause tragedy bow before ya black majesty
Majestic prophetic athletic turning ya ligaments prosthetic
Prostrate strong sound the gongs girls never see wrong
Flip the song swords slashed over tapes night of the ****
Vocals laid midnight pate rapes the average mind state
Vengeance thus I said the godly eyes split the pies wide
These are just the samples giving from the raw bee hides
Delton Peele Mar 2022
Zero .
Dark..
Thirty...
Numb......
Spiritually....
And or metaphorically!?
The gravity of this
Mass hallucination ,
My mental conception  barely able to handle,
Literally a literary parable ,
So real its surreal .
Trepidation in the epiphany. ....
So how dumb are we,
We cant see bitting our tongues
Walk like an egyptian ..
Marching blindly
Without hesitating
Or resistance
One by one
The very epitome of mockery.
Verily I say unto you.
The purest form of love
The first thing established is the family.
And now how easily is it  forgotten and purchased
With a little currency.
Follow our shadows into the past we go....
So full of pride though
Walking away from the son
Into prophecy ,
A **** pa pum,
A **** pum pum. ......
To the cadence of the drum
played so softly
By the one
They call the subtle one..
The one who convinced
Every one .....
He never existed.
His venom lies in his words.............
And run through our veins......ist it too late.
Is it all just in vain .
Is it all just vanity?
Biting tongue ref.
One of the plagues of Egypt. Darkness so dark they bit thier tongues just to know they were still alive,
And a word play,,we go a long without voicing objections. And dumb as is we are so mortified at whats happening we cant speak.
Ref to family and currency.
The first thing established is the family unit,so of course the first line of attack would be to divide and conquer so so divide the family ..And the currency ....people got to realize real lies using real eyes you see that it os written
Money is "NOT" the root of all evil.....money is "A" moral.
It in itself cannot change us.
It is only a concept ,its like credit based off a mineral thats found in the ground.
It is the love of money that is the root of all evil.,
How much do we sacrifice at the expense of our childrens childhood years our putting our parents In homes .hell even our marriages can suffer great setbacks cause of work.
The devil isnt some giant shiny red beast with hooves or pointy tail and horns  with a pitchfork....
Shes the most subtle beast of the field.  Hes all the little white lies whisperd in our ears that justify bad behavior.
Idk . It's just a thought .
Another angle to view.
Not trying to offend anyone
Stained Glass Mar 2019
You haven't climbed the branches of hate
Disguised as a mansion
That are wrapped tight around
My once, young lungs
Playing a numb song:
"Ra-pa pum-pum."
You're a killer,
You're a fake,
You're a burden,
You're my mistake

Weaving lifetimes through the frame,
Slinging numbers, tossing names,
Your shallow heart is not to blame,
But sorrow will convert your shame

Waves of flesh conform before,
The tyrant ship, now come ashore,
Cannons sprawl a liquid spore,
To castigate the nameless *****

Seeking shelter from within,
Broth of brain and shoals of skin,
Free the body from its form,
A multitude of shadows born,
To kiss your grief or blunt your scorn

And once again you crooned in your unknown speak, with a:

"Hum-diddy,
Hum-adda,
Pum-padarray!"

Knowing what words to say,
But then you walked away...
Qualyxian Quest Sep 2023
Dune
The warning not to trust heroes
Even if, Especially if
They have special abilities

I'm intrigued
By the Bene Gesserit
Spice
Space ports

Jesuit Volunteer Corps
Chicago
Michael Dirda
Mark's fort

Trust in dailiness
Dreams may come
Chinese Hermits
Pa *** pa pum pum

            patience ...



If one little kiss is
Going to save my LOVERz
I am going to stop the battles
I am going, I am going
I am going to stop the WAR

So get your LOVE,
Get your hugs, get your kisses
And let us run for LOVE
For the PEACE of life

Listen to the heavens
Calling YOU and me
Our act of LOVE of
Surrendering bravery

Every child of Freedom
Every youth of Liberty
Every elderly of Independence
Should not delay...
Hurry right away
Let us go today
Let us "LOVE"

Let us make Angels glad
That such are LOVERz
Born even today
From the credo of sacrifices

Do not pine, Do not whine
Be proud that still
A few LOVERz are
Living in the line of fire
Buried alive
Lynched and burned
Hanged on cross
For the Act of LOVE

So send the word
Blow the bugle
The LOVERz are born
To show the way
To lead the way
Marching their way
Tara-***-pum

Be prepared
Say your prayers
Be awakened
We'll be over there soon
To LOVE, to Love, to love

We won't stop LOVING
Until all WAR is over
And there is PEACE
And there is LOVE
Filled in every core and bone







— The End —