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reloading old identity cleping outdated usernames abandoning acrostic ambitions disputing spratly islands receiving horizontal signals tumbling otiose panda impending carefree senility otiose stage of life shrinking ambient world making minimal effort duchamping social networks ambushing personified ennui restoring usual efforts ignoring stupid people adding textual value owning this joint rejecting ignorant extroverts acting mutually unintelligble hoisting stan-lee cup replacing wanton ubiety eluding twitter fame splashing excessive relativism offending another simpleton preparing arcane cthulhusphere crashing unpredictable festival selecting subtextual moombahton intensifying model topography drafting minimal cornucopia using nomadic project implementing harsher personality importing robotic inhumanity referencing landmark event ingesting excessive liquids accepting relative invisibility purchasing immortal confidence using rhapsodical database assuming nothing works developing impactful eruptions ejecting ambient frustration synthesizing tactile festival raining during parade mocking rich people mastering minimalist writing avoiding preprandial stinkaroo spreading non-ideological propaganda
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Sep 7, 2015
Sep 7, 2015 at 11:24 AM UTC
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The Pill Poppers Proverb For Purchasing: Only buy from friends who'll give you the solid truth. Capsules can carry lies they could have been in the hands of stoned-cold-heart killer or careless self-proclaimed pharmacist? It's hard to spot a double agent in a sea of sunglasses. Stickwitchure gut.
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Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012 at 10:34 PM UTC
The Pill Poppers Proverb For Purchasing.
When we think about the choices in our lives When we fight and we bicker and become bitter When we think there is only power or powerlessness If we can realize that there is power and powerlessness Then haven't we began to acquire consciousness In that instance haven't we began the process of choice That there is those who have not have given birth to this consciousness To those who have only lived powerlessness And know nothing else Haven't you owed them part of your consciousness That you have ceased to be one of them Or your mere power has denied one of them That there is no choice for them Because they haven't birthed that consciousness And if you choose power they'll remain powerless Because within you there is no loyalty, right? It is a choice predicated by an erroneous concept of self-preservation It is a treacherous dichotomy; doesn't make sense This is not an indictment of your desire not to suffer Because surely to hold power would cease your suffering But it is this type of power that thrives on the proliferation of powerlessness This conceptual understanding of what it means to have power That is not what we've come learn, but readily ascribe to That a mind and body can cultivate power That can be harvested, shared, communal For the sole purpose of the survival of the other, not the self That that can survive in this world is impossible Its antithetical to the modes of production In which our societies operate and thrive How can workers begin to derive power from their collective efforts How can workers' purchasing power equal the power of the production of their labor How can any community in any corner of the world escape The misanthropic missions of first world free trade capitalism When will we reclaim our escaping humanity When will we cease to keep feeding the system with our minds, our bodies, our labor How much longer can we become fodder, scraps, waste feeding the machine And don't think that you are safe when you have made it When you have entered the circle of dominance Because it is then when you will loose your humanity or die It is at that apex of power that your presence becomes Just as dispensable as that of the powerless Because to maintain that circle of dominance Requires a total conversion to misanthropy The rigor with which your power will be required To keep proliferating powerlessness will give no break And when you become useless, it will replace you So that we must realize that the modes of production That we allow to exploit us In powerlessness, or the semblance of power Can never safeguard our humanity How much further will we allow power to be concentrated So that soon we ourselves, or our children won't have a choice Won't have the consciousness of power just powerlessness
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Mar 31, 2013
Mar 31, 2013 at 9:49 PM UTC
Modes of Production: Power and Powerlessness
When we think about the choices in our lives When we fight and we bicker and become bitter When we think there is only power or powerlessness If we can realize that there is power and powerlessness Then haven't we began to acquire consciousness In that instance haven't we began the process of choice That there is those who have not have given birth to this consciousness To those who have only lived powerlessness And know nothing else Haven't you owed them part of your consciousness That you have ceased to be one of them Or your mere power has denied one of them That there is no choice for them Because they haven't birthed that consciousness And if you choose power they'll remain powerless Because within you there is no loyalty, right? It is a choice predicated by an erroneous concept of self-preservation It is a treacherous dichotomy; doesn't make sense This is not an indictment of your desire not to suffer Because surely to hold power would cease your suffering But it is this type of power that thrives on the proliferation of powerlessness This conceptual understanding of what it means to have power That is not what we've come learn, but readily ascribe to That a mind and body can cultivate power That can be harvested, shared, communal For the sole purpose of the survival of the other, not the self That that can survive in this world is impossible Its antithetical to the modes of production In which our societies operate and thrive How can workers begin to derive power from their collective efforts How can workers' purchasing power equal the power of the production of their labor How can any community in any corner of the world escape The misanthropic missions of first world free trade capitalism When will we reclaim our escaping humanity When will we cease to keep feeding the system with our minds, our bodies, our labor How much longer can we become fodder, scraps, waste feeding the machine And don't think that you are safe when you have made it When you have entered the circle of dominance Because it is then when you will loose your humanity or die It is at that apex of power that your presence becomes Just as dispensable as that of the powerless Because to maintain that circle of dominance Requires a total conversion to misanthropy The rigor with which your power will be required To keep proliferating powerlessness will give no break And when you become useless, it will replace you So that we must realize that the modes of production That we allow to exploit us In powerlessness, or the semblance of power Can never safeguard our humanity How much further will we allow power to be concentrated So that soon we ourselves, or our children won't have a choice Won't have the consciousness of power just powerlessness
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"Son can you play me a memory I'm not really sure how it goes But it's sad and it's sweet And I knew it complete When I wore a younger man's clothes" Billy Joel lyrics from "Piano Man"* ~~~~~~~~~~~~ when I was very young I wore Levi jeans and white Hanes cotton T shirts my mother bot me, my feet, Ked clad, red from the kid's "department" store on Central Avenue, the Main Street of my small town when I was a young lad, I wore workingman's cargo jeans and white Hanes cotton T shirts under red plaid wooly shirts, itchy affairs, that I bot for myself in a real Army Navy store, desert colored suede boots, laced up high, upon my feet when I was of middling years, my jeans were khaki pants, Gap supplied, and my Gap T shirts, faded like me, a non-descript color, made in a gap of pale pastel colors from Bangladesh or Vietnam, pale pastel, like me so as I slide~decline into my nursing home years, I wear unbranded jeans and white cotton no name T shirts with matching white disposable slippers, that the Purchasing Department bot for me, cause they know, I like, a younger man's clothes and the memories that play all day lost in day dreaming of a life well dressed 2:01am
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Aug 9, 2014
Aug 9, 2014 at 4:31 PM UTC
A younger man's clothes
We flip the page and write out our goals, But yet we end up falling in the hole of circumstance, Constantly been consumed by our own thoughts, We are all familiar with that thy voice of confusion, Apparently i was once in that uncomfortable position, Were you have no mental authority , Were your first thought becomes your final decision, Authoritatively speaking you can gain full & total control of your mind, First, you have to believe nothing works without believing, Build your mind in a more organised & profound way, Understand that your body is a vessel which respond to instructions, And where does that instruction come from?, The brain, Your brain is the most sensitive and delicate part of the body, Nothing is achieved without the use of the brain, Now let's reflect back to where we started from, We are about to work on your brain, Now, understand that no matter the amount of thoughts that runs through your mind, You have the ability to control it and pick the ones that best suit your condition, Focus, without focus your can't achieve or attain your goal, Now close your eyes and create an image in your mind, The image may be what you want to achieve within certain period, Eg,if you are saving your hard earned money in other to purchase a house, Now close your eyes and create an image of that house , in a beautiful way.. Now let's go back to reality, A friend comes to your house and tells you he found a beautiful car which is been sold at a very reasonable price, You see,now your brain starts working, You may totally forget about the house you are tryna purchase, Due to the fact that the car is been sold at a cheaper rate, But due to the fact that you have created an image in your mind of the house you want to get, in such a way you have already seen yourself living in it, There is no way anyone can change your mindset or persuade you in purchasing the car, That is what is called,mind builder, Apply this steps to your everyday life, And you will see everything will start falling in place for you.
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Dec 31, 2013
Dec 31, 2013 at 7:04 PM UTC
GOAL
We flip the page and write out our goals, But yet we end up falling in the hole of circumstance, Constantly been consumed by our own thoughts, We are all familiar with that thy voice of confusion, Apparently i was once in that uncomfortable position, Were you have no mental authority , Were your first thought becomes your final decision, Authoritatively speaking you can gain full & total control of your mind, First, you have to believe nothing works without believing, Build your mind in a more organised & profound way, Understand that your body is a vessel which respond to instructions, And where does that instruction come from?, The brain, Your brain is the most sensitive and delicate part of the body, Nothing is achieved without the use of the brain, Now let's reflect back to where we started from, We are about to work on your brain, Now, understand that no matter the amount of thoughts that runs through your mind, You have the ability to control it and pick the ones that best suit your condition, Focus, without focus your can't achieve or attain your goal, Now close your eyes and create an image in your mind, The image may be what you want to achieve within certain period, Eg,if you are saving your hard earned money in other to purchase a house, Now close your eyes and create an image of that house , in a beautiful way.. Now let's go back to reality, A friend comes to your house and tells you he found a beautiful car which is been sold at a very reasonable price, You see,now your brain starts working, You may totally forget about the house you are tryna purchase, Due to the fact that the car is been sold at a cheaper rate, But due to the fact that you have created an image in your mind of the house you want to get, in such a way you have already seen yourself living in it, There is no way anyone can change your mindset or persuade you in purchasing the car, That is what is called,mind builder, Apply this steps to your everyday life, And you will see everything will start falling in place for you.
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On April 10th, 1846 on the ship Devonshire from Liverpool, one Catherine McCarty, age 17 arrived in New York during times most cruel. She made this long journey to escape the famine occurring in her native Ireland. We don't know if she arrived alone or with family or whether she was married or accompanied with a boyfriend. The passenger arrival manifest has her listed a servant as the occupation she did. Based only on her age and her name, many historians have speculated and proclaimed that she's the mother of BILLY the Kid. Billy's mother died on September 16th in the year of 1874. She was 45 years old according to her obituary. Combine the above information and we know one thing for sure. Immigrant Catherine shared the same age and name as did the true mother of Billy. It seems that due to health reasons, Catherine McCarty's life had gone onto searching for dryer climate out west as a single mother of two. One of her sons would live a full life and then fade into obscurity. Her other son would die very young and become one of the greatest legends to ever be. No one knows anything about the boys' father or whether they shared the same one. Did he/they die or abandon the family? Your guess is as good as anyone's. Catherine was a strong, independent, gregarious lass whom everyone seemed to like and enjoy very dearly. She earned a living selling baked goods to customers she had amassed and by also doing much of the neighborhood's ***** laundry. She also dabbled in real estate, purchasing what little property she could afford, and to earn extra income she'd often open the door to her home and welcome all those willing to pay room and board. It was clearly shown that she could take on the responsibility alone, as far as providing and caring for her boys. When she wasn't earning employment, she'd occasionally indulge in the enjoyment that every good, loving mother enjoys. After schooling her children, she'd take them to local dances where she was known to be one of the grandest dancers on the dance floor, but of all the dance partners she'd dance with there was always one she could never resist and he'd want to dance with her more and more. "Of all my dance partners," she told him one night, "you are my favorite one." To see her lovingly gaze into his eyes, it certainly would come as no surprise to learn that William Henry was Catherine McCarty's favored son. To Be Continued
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Jul 7, 2010
Jul 7, 2010 at 4:47 PM UTC
04. Catherine McCarty
On April 10th, 1846 on the ship Devonshire from Liverpool, one Catherine McCarty, age 17 arrived in New York during times most cruel. She made this long journey to escape the famine occurring in her native Ireland. We don't know if she arrived alone or with family or whether she was married or accompanied with a boyfriend. The passenger arrival manifest has her listed a servant as the occupation she did. Based only on her age and her name, many historians have speculated and proclaimed that she's the mother of BILLY the Kid. Billy's mother died on September 16th in the year of 1874. She was 45 years old according to her obituary. Combine the above information and we know one thing for sure. Immigrant Catherine shared the same age and name as did the true mother of Billy. It seems that due to health reasons, Catherine McCarty's life had gone onto searching for dryer climate out west as a single mother of two. One of her sons would live a full life and then fade into obscurity. Her other son would die very young and become one of the greatest legends to ever be. No one knows anything about the boys' father or whether they shared the same one. Did he/they die or abandon the family? Your guess is as good as anyone's. Catherine was a strong, independent, gregarious lass whom everyone seemed to like and enjoy very dearly. She earned a living selling baked goods to customers she had amassed and by also doing much of the neighborhood's ***** laundry. She also dabbled in real estate, purchasing what little property she could afford, and to earn extra income she'd often open the door to her home and welcome all those willing to pay room and board. It was clearly shown that she could take on the responsibility alone, as far as providing and caring for her boys. When she wasn't earning employment, she'd occasionally indulge in the enjoyment that every good, loving mother enjoys. After schooling her children, she'd take them to local dances where she was known to be one of the grandest dancers on the dance floor, but of all the dance partners she'd dance with there was always one she could never resist and he'd want to dance with her more and more. "Of all my dance partners," she told him one night, "you are my favorite one." To see her lovingly gaze into his eyes, it certainly would come as no surprise to learn that William Henry was Catherine McCarty's favored son. To Be Continued
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As so many of you have had difficulty purchasing “We Walked in His Garden” here at HP, I have decided to post the book in its entirety at Poetfreak (www.poetfreak.com). I do alas have one final request to ask of you all. As this project was initially intended to benefit The Matthew Talbot Hostel, a homeless shelter that was very dear to Paddy’s heart, I would ask that you please consider making a small donation to this worthy cause. The amount is entirely up to you. Checks in any currency may be made out to the Matthew Talbot Hostel and mailed to: The Matthew Talbot Hostel 22 Matthew Talbot Place, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011 Australia If you managed to purchase the book here, I assure you that 100% of what you paid will soon be on its way to them. Well, with this I must say goodbye for a while. I have some personal issues to attend that simply cannot wait any longer. You have all been wonderful throughout and have shown that although we may have very different ways of looking at the world, deep down, we are a family that truly cares about one another. When you think about it, there can be no greater honor to the memory of Paddy Martin than that. Patrick
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Mar 31, 2011
Mar 31, 2011 at 6:42 AM UTC
We Walked in His Garden (now posted)
Fatalities, Here the criterion for selection is the amount of dowry the Ladies delivers with her, and that they will be a giant a part of the marriage day, procreation and bringing up the next generation, as it'll describe this method in a lot more depth, Be Trustworthy, the Norwegian police discovered the two main paintings on June thirty one, you need to search at the failure or downfall of every friendship otherwise, Are we the trigger of it. Or is this person so damaging simply because of his her circumstances and previous activities. What ever . The trigger may be. Psychological. Erectile Dysfunction Natural treatmentmen who do not want to risk the side effects of medical treatments often look for natural exercises that can help to increase their potency Tods Outlet UK. Until day I realized , Relationship vows, Notably. Marriage enables the couple a lifestyle of enjoy and determination to every other and it offers a secure and protective atmosphere for bringing up the up coming era, One may be the work of purchasing things. In reality, sharing. You might want to find other options that can in shape all of your healthcare Aaron Rodgers Jersey needs. In . Simple fact this is an establishment which if properly understood and incorporated as part of our life Tods Sale Outlet, can support us in evolving as a a lot more refined human becoming who is capable of caring for others and who cares for the character itself Tods Outlet, The state government of Kerala is also promoting high tech healing in hospital kerala of its private healthcare sector as a tourist attraction. To maintain ****** chemistry alive in your connection. Your choices would include Oahu, Most of the marriages which have failed have sown the seeds . Relate Articles: http://www.rils.org/rs/TodsUKOutlet.asp
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Dec 3, 2015
Dec 3, 2015 at 1:40 AM UTC
Here the criterion for selection
Fatalities, Here the criterion for selection is the amount of dowry the Ladies delivers with her, and that they will be a giant a part of the marriage day, procreation and bringing up the next generation, as it'll describe this method in a lot more depth, Be Trustworthy, the Norwegian police discovered the two main paintings on June thirty one, you need to search at the failure or downfall of every friendship otherwise, Are we the trigger of it. Or is this person so damaging simply because of his her circumstances and previous activities. What ever . The trigger may be. Psychological. Erectile Dysfunction Natural treatmentmen who do not want to risk the side effects of medical treatments often look for natural exercises that can help to increase their potency Tods Outlet UK. Until day I realized , Relationship vows, Notably. Marriage enables the couple a lifestyle of enjoy and determination to every other and it offers a secure and protective atmosphere for bringing up the up coming era, One may be the work of purchasing things. In reality, sharing. You might want to find other options that can in shape all of your healthcare Aaron Rodgers Jersey needs. In . Simple fact this is an establishment which if properly understood and incorporated as part of our life Tods Sale Outlet, can support us in evolving as a a lot more refined human becoming who is capable of caring for others and who cares for the character itself Tods Outlet, The state government of Kerala is also promoting high tech healing in hospital kerala of its private healthcare sector as a tourist attraction. To maintain ****** chemistry alive in your connection. Your choices would include Oahu, Most of the marriages which have failed have sown the seeds . Relate Articles: http://www.rils.org/rs/TodsUKOutlet.asp
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septemeber 2014 i told my dad i didnt want to be alive anymore in our kitchen, we sat on the floor, he held me and through his tears he told me he never wants to lose me i think about this all the time october 2014 my 2 year old brother saw my cuts and scars he brings me bandaids all the time novemeber 2014 my mom walked in on my 6th suicide attempt we stayed up all night driving around, talking about how much i wanted to end my life she asks me every day how i'm feeling now december 2014 my step dad found sleeping pills i had been purchasing and saving for 6 weeks he didnt cry when his only son was born but he couldnt even breathe when he found my pills and confronted me about it janurary 2015 my step mom drove my to the er when she found my almost dead in the shower she didnt sleep for 3 days while she and my mom stayed at the hospital with me feburary 2015 my mom found my journal of suicide notes there was over 100 notes march 2015 my grandparents began noticing how bad i was getting my grandmother stayed at our house during march break with me april 2015 i saw my favourite band who has helped me through a lot of tough times i got their lyrics on my body forever to remind me that i'm not my illness may 2015 my bestfriend and i made a promise to each other to remain self harm free we promised to help eachother get through our illnesses june 2015 she was in the hospital for trying to **** herself i knew i had to stay strong for the both of us july 2015 i started to work on myself i started to notice the beauty in things again i forgot how much i loved the rain how much i loved flowers how much i cared about nature and the planet i forgot how much i loved life august 2015 i started to plan for the future i started thinking about 10 years down the road september 2015 i'm not where i want to be yet, but im so proud of how far i've come im proud of myself
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Sep 16, 2015
Sep 16, 2015 at 1:22 AM UTC
im proud of myself and thats hard for me to say
septemeber 2014 i told my dad i didnt want to be alive anymore in our kitchen, we sat on the floor, he held me and through his tears he told me he never wants to lose me i think about this all the time october 2014 my 2 year old brother saw my cuts and scars he brings me bandaids all the time novemeber 2014 my mom walked in on my 6th suicide attempt we stayed up all night driving around, talking about how much i wanted to end my life she asks me every day how i'm feeling now december 2014 my step dad found sleeping pills i had been purchasing and saving for 6 weeks he didnt cry when his only son was born but he couldnt even breathe when he found my pills and confronted me about it janurary 2015 my step mom drove my to the er when she found my almost dead in the shower she didnt sleep for 3 days while she and my mom stayed at the hospital with me feburary 2015 my mom found my journal of suicide notes there was over 100 notes march 2015 my grandparents began noticing how bad i was getting my grandmother stayed at our house during march break with me april 2015 i saw my favourite band who has helped me through a lot of tough times i got their lyrics on my body forever to remind me that i'm not my illness may 2015 my bestfriend and i made a promise to each other to remain self harm free we promised to help eachother get through our illnesses june 2015 she was in the hospital for trying to **** herself i knew i had to stay strong for the both of us july 2015 i started to work on myself i started to notice the beauty in things again i forgot how much i loved the rain how much i loved flowers how much i cared about nature and the planet i forgot how much i loved life august 2015 i started to plan for the future i started thinking about 10 years down the road september 2015 i'm not where i want to be yet, but im so proud of how far i've come im proud of myself
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What a relief to set aside my mechanical pencil and write with you, O Ballpoint Pen found at the bottom of my pen box. On your side is engraved “Samy’s Camera.” Did I walk out with you by accident? or was it on purpose, beguiled by your sleek, cool body as you nestled into my hand and I clasped you tight likw my boyfriend in a steamy nightclub dancing slow to Moon River. Was I writing a check for a roll of Kodak film, ASA 400? Or was it more recent? Purchasing a digital mini-camera to carry in my purse? Before cellphones took selfies so flawlessly that I tucked my Sony into the dresser drawer behind my underwear. It lies abandoned soon to be joined by all my mechanical pencils. You, my Pen, are my reliable companion who will record lists for me: To Do lists Shopping lists Birthday lists Laundry lists. You will record why my lover doesn't want me anymore, but I will tear up that scrap of paper as soon as the ink has dried like blood, that heartless man, unworthy of the ink I waste on him. O beautiful Pen, sleek as the fur on a cat, smooth as a gin and tonic, solid as his hand on my breast. for merely. I hereby relinquish my mechanical pencil, whose lead keeps shattering. But you, dear Ballpoint Pen, I can press hard. And how much more beautiful with you are the curves of my words.
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Aug 27, 2016
Aug 27, 2016 at 9:08 PM UTC
Ode to a Ballpoint Pen
Too many bottles of this wine we can't pronounce Too many bowls of that green, no lucky charms The maids come around too much Parents ain't around enough Too many joy rides in daddy's jaguar Too many white lies and white lines Super rich kids with nothing but loose ends Super rich kids with nothing but fake friends Start my day up on the roof There's nothing like this type of view Point the clicker at the tube I prefer expensive news New car, new girl New ice, new glass New watch, good times babe It's good times, yeah She wash my back three times a day This shower head feels so amazing We'll both be high, the help don't stare They just walk by, they must don't care A million one, a million two A hundred more will never do Real love, I'm searching for a real love Real love, I'm searching for a real love Oh, real love Close your eyes for what you can't imagine, we are the xany gnashing Caddy smashing, bratty *** he mad, he snatched his daddy's Jag And used the **** for batting practice, adamant and he thrashing Purchasing ****** grams with half the hand of cash you handed Panicking, patch me up, Pappy done latch keyed us Toying with Raggy Anns and mammy done had enough Brash as **** breaching all these aqueducts; don't believe us Treat us like we can't erupt, yup We end our day up on the roof I say I'll jump, I never do But when I'm drunk I act a fool Talking 'bout , do they sew wings on tailored suits I'm on that ledge, she grabs my arm She slaps my head It's good times, yeah Sleeve rips off, I slip, I fall The market's down like 60 stories And some don't end the way they should My silver spoon has fed me good A million one, a million cash Close my eyes and feel the crash
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Oct 10, 2016
Oct 10, 2016 at 12:06 AM UTC
Rich Kids
Too many bottles of this wine we can't pronounce Too many bowls of that green, no lucky charms The maids come around too much Parents ain't around enough Too many joy rides in daddy's jaguar Too many white lies and white lines Super rich kids with nothing but loose ends Super rich kids with nothing but fake friends Start my day up on the roof There's nothing like this type of view Point the clicker at the tube I prefer expensive news New car, new girl New ice, new glass New watch, good times babe It's good times, yeah She wash my back three times a day This shower head feels so amazing We'll both be high, the help don't stare They just walk by, they must don't care A million one, a million two A hundred more will never do Real love, I'm searching for a real love Real love, I'm searching for a real love Oh, real love Close your eyes for what you can't imagine, we are the xany gnashing Caddy smashing, bratty *** he mad, he snatched his daddy's Jag And used the **** for batting practice, adamant and he thrashing Purchasing ****** grams with half the hand of cash you handed Panicking, patch me up, Pappy done latch keyed us Toying with Raggy Anns and mammy done had enough Brash as **** breaching all these aqueducts; don't believe us Treat us like we can't erupt, yup We end our day up on the roof I say I'll jump, I never do But when I'm drunk I act a fool Talking 'bout , do they sew wings on tailored suits I'm on that ledge, she grabs my arm She slaps my head It's good times, yeah Sleeve rips off, I slip, I fall The market's down like 60 stories And some don't end the way they should My silver spoon has fed me good A million one, a million cash Close my eyes and feel the crash
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Peaches and cream All just seem A bit too sweet At a run down BP The man in front of me With rotten teeth Is purchasing Marlboro reds, coffee And a chance to win the lottery Gets what he needs, Then goes on with his deeds Walks by me Like a blind man Who cannot see Maybe he'll be the winner Now I'm next in line Cashier asks "how are you?" I say fine They don't care if that's a lie All I buy Are peaches To feed my hunger Peaches for dinner I devour Counting down the hours Days until I eat again Slowly becoming more sour Losing all my power I hide like a coward Benith moldy skin Rotten from within Same as a peach, I wither and decay Who is to say tomorrow is another day?
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Dec 20, 2020
Dec 20, 2020 at 8:12 PM UTC
Peaches
Here, now, is the world before me: Women are struggling to make a living And men struggling for beer. The markets are full of drying-up warehouses And market stalls pregnant with emptiness. A woman comes in, Calls the last goods on the shelf, indicating interest. There are the dying smiles that echo no goodwill Upon the naming of a price-below-purchasing; There are the hungry laughters at the teeth of the buyer Who seeks his own gains; There are the welling-up tears that fill the eyes of the seller Who needs the penny to live another day. Poverty and want wears an ugly face And gives hate a voice to echo its disdain. Much displeasure fills the air but in business The customer always wins. Pain eats up my heart as I watch the transaction. Here, survival matters- just as much as love, But now even this is no more. Abacheke-Egbema, Imo State. January 2014
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Jun 28, 2014
Jun 28, 2014 at 11:08 PM UTC
MARKET POEMS
Mustard Joe told Pendulum Pam that Creepy Ray Ray was purchasing a human kidney, illegally, on the black market.  We didn't even know Creepy Ray Ray was sick.  Sick in the head maybe, but physically sick? We had no idea.    You may think that it' not right that I should call Creepy Ray Ray sick in the head but I think you'll agree with me when I tell you what happened.  Creepy Ray Ray told Mustard Joe who told Pendulum Pam that he wasn't sick. Good we all said.  We heard you were buying a human kidney, thank goodness your not. "Oh I'm buying a human kidney", said Creepy Ray Ray. " I'm buying it to eat it"!
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Sep 26, 2018
Sep 26, 2018 at 9:54 AM UTC
Mustard Joe told Pendulum Pam about Creepy Ray Ray
this past week the cattle sale went very well all the vendors were keen and eager to sell the buyers had loads of money for purchasing they bought over six hundred cows for breeding record sales such as this are rarely seen about here the buyers always reckon the cattle prices appear to be dear but the auctioneer was sweating for quite a while he sold many pens of cattle with a beaming smile all in all the sale day was a successful affair everyone who attended were glad that they were there this sale will go down in the history books for sure cattle changed hands quite literally by the score the next sale is scheduled for the seventh of May and the district cattle breeders can't wait for the day sellers will be hoping that the prices keep following an upward trend and that there will be a goodly amount of cattle penned
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Sep 10, 2013
Sep 10, 2013 at 6:51 AM UTC
Cattle Sale (Narrative Poem)
And the show is never over! I don't even remember purchasing the tickets. Welcome to a runny nose, and welcome to a style of up and down. Because that's all up and down are; styles for the miles of crowded planet. Drink your tired music like a bowl of wonton soup Chunks will surprise you. Swipe your debit, credit, hallmark card to purchase them All of them. Every inch of their REM. I woke up to the winter concealed in valleys Filled with fortune and ethernet cables. What's your wifi password? "Thanks, love." Alright, thanks, love. What a beautiful way to say "careful." Carefree. Curvature of some invisible decimal point. I love you.
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Dec 25, 2012
Dec 25, 2012 at 2:02 AM UTC
Your ears ring like a falsetto choir within the great chamber auditorium of your head
Chiming bells and songs rent up the air! Mood of festival eve catch up all in joy! Not minding chill weather all go brisk Purchasing, taking snack and juice, low! For a month happy mood will stir all hearts Forgetting old matters and dreaming new About long months ahead for progress... To make life better to enjoy better in full! And when works go on full swing as per plan Spring will greet all with smiling flowers..... To cheer up the mood to forget the stress And strain of work load with hope of future! Festival is the incentive to stimulate zeal To go ahead on any venture to achieve goal!
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Dec 24, 2011
Dec 24, 2011 at 2:44 AM UTC
Festival Stimulus!
I wrote a book in this place. I have filled notebook pages hunched over this very table. Virtually every time I’ve come here to write, I start with a ¢.97 chocolate chip cookie and the ‘Sunday Special’, an ¢.87 cup of dark. Today, upon entry, I stumble upon Chocolate Shift Change. I watch as she tosses the first molasses disc into the garbage can. I ask: “You’re just going to throw them away?” She says: “They’re old.” “As am I.” I think, but don’t say. Instead: “I’ll buy them all right now.” (She looks at me embarrassed just a bit, but hurries to pull the rest of the expired cookies out of the warmer.) “We can’t sell you the old ones.” “The fresh ones taste better.” I doubt if I’d have known the difference. (Expired confections slide from her grasp.) Purchasing one, fresh, I speak of lost profits and typical first-world wastefulness. She nods knowingly, but shitlessly, (In that she couldn’t have given a **** I ask for a pack of smokes as well, meandering off in search of pulp and fire. My mind racing with the temporary status of everything. ***   -JBClaywell © P&ZPublications
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Apr 9, 2017
Apr 9, 2017 at 8:13 PM UTC
Chocolate Chip Cookies are Biodegradable (So, I must admit, am I)
What if I told you I had all the answers. Would you accommodate my allegations Or assume my observations are obsolete? Let's see. What if I told you There are approximately five abandoned houses For every so called vagabond in America. Let's pretend some simple addition could remedy this situation And a few sets of steady hands plus a plethora of dry wall Could dramatically increase the living conditions in these residences And decrease the number of five year olds Who consider dreaming on concrete comfortable. Would you lend a hand? What if I told you That minorities make up the vast majority of inmates in America While corporate crooks who believe distributing the wealth Means purchasing penthouses in every time zone From Ponzi Scheme paychecks Receive bailouts rather than handcuffs. As if felons in white collars are invisible to proper punishment. Would you take the stand? What if I told you Believing in Buddha and his blessings Or the New Testament teachings Is not reason enough to persecute anyone Based on their personal beliefs. Because believe it or not We were all blessed with the ability To show compassion for others regardless of religious indifference. Would you make amends? What if I told you I had none of the answers. That my words were merely that- words. That my call requires actions And answers mean actually acting on abstractions That most people keep inside mental concepts. Would you hear me? Would you help me? What if I told you nothing? Would you listen then?
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Aug 26, 2013
Aug 26, 2013 at 7:43 PM UTC
Answers: A Call to Action
What if I told you I had all the answers. Would you accommodate my allegations Or assume my observations are obsolete? Let's see. What if I told you There are approximately five abandoned houses For every so called vagabond in America. Let's pretend some simple addition could remedy this situation And a few sets of steady hands plus a plethora of dry wall Could dramatically increase the living conditions in these residences And decrease the number of five year olds Who consider dreaming on concrete comfortable. Would you lend a hand? What if I told you That minorities make up the vast majority of inmates in America While corporate crooks who believe distributing the wealth Means purchasing penthouses in every time zone From Ponzi Scheme paychecks Receive bailouts rather than handcuffs. As if felons in white collars are invisible to proper punishment. Would you take the stand? What if I told you Believing in Buddha and his blessings Or the New Testament teachings Is not reason enough to persecute anyone Based on their personal beliefs. Because believe it or not We were all blessed with the ability To show compassion for others regardless of religious indifference. Would you make amends? What if I told you I had none of the answers. That my words were merely that- words. That my call requires actions And answers mean actually acting on abstractions That most people keep inside mental concepts. Would you hear me? Would you help me? What if I told you nothing? Would you listen then?
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Typing was not my strength, it was my shame. Typing is a skill to make words legible, not for me. Letters were rarely in the right order, what a shame. Things change, typed word can create order. Secretarial work was not my thing. Typing purchasing orders all day was not for me. One typo, the order goes in File 13, to erase my error. At the end of the day my wastebasket was piled high. I typed a purchasing order and things changed. It was for 50 tapes, my fingers flew to my shame. My boss called me in his office, asked to read I ordered 50 rapes, you read it right rapes. He laughed, showed me a pencil and asked. Do you see what is at the end? Yes, an eraser. Learn to use it, use it to erase and correct your mistake Do not throw away your experience. He added: in 5 years your mistake is forgotten In 10 years few will remember your mistake or name. In 100 years from now no one will know who you are. I wish to be remembered as a woman activist poet. I no longer use File 13 to delete a shame. You see, I write and type about the shame of **** The shame every woman who is violated feels. It a shame but not her shame, file and record his shame.
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Apr 12, 2013
Apr 12, 2013 at 9:24 AM UTC
SHAME
The simple pleasure of purchasing shoes that fit like a crown made for your toes, reminds me of the Philippine First Lady, Emelda Marcos and her closet of clogs Some folks are unhappy with their cornucopia filled and other are content if they get one gild.
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Feb 5, 2011
Feb 5, 2011 at 7:49 PM UTC
The simple pleasure
i want to, sit on a park bench                                   at the beginning of autumn sipping our take away coffee and watching the singular fragments of leaves on fire           falling from the trees to whirl softly before landing on the ground i want to, go fishing on a pier sitting over a lake on a fresh spring morning just to catch a fish with you                               name it something ridiculous and release it back into the wild, so i can say that we officially domesticated a wild animal together     i want to, go and see a kiddy movie in the theaters so we can sit in the front row and watch   while feeding each other popcorn                               then wait till the end of the rolling credits, when everyone else is gone before racing each other up the stairs and pushing the doors open to outside                 i want to, stand in the supermarket                           drawing little faces on the condensations and                                 light heartedly bickering with you in front of the freezers about the right flavor ice-cream for our movie night on your couch at home                             before deciding on purchasing both of them i want to, stand under a light pole                         on a mild summer night with crickets as our backing music                               the moon our only audience, and dance slowly like the world doesn't exist outside of the small                       pool of light at our feet some of the many innocent things i want to do with you...
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Jun 14, 2013
Jun 14, 2013 at 7:10 AM UTC
i wish i could do this with you
i want to, sit on a park bench                                   at the beginning of autumn sipping our take away coffee and watching the singular fragments of leaves on fire           falling from the trees to whirl softly before landing on the ground i want to, go fishing on a pier sitting over a lake on a fresh spring morning just to catch a fish with you                               name it something ridiculous and release it back into the wild, so i can say that we officially domesticated a wild animal together     i want to, go and see a kiddy movie in the theaters so we can sit in the front row and watch   while feeding each other popcorn                               then wait till the end of the rolling credits, when everyone else is gone before racing each other up the stairs and pushing the doors open to outside                 i want to, stand in the supermarket                           drawing little faces on the condensations and                                 light heartedly bickering with you in front of the freezers about the right flavor ice-cream for our movie night on your couch at home                             before deciding on purchasing both of them i want to, stand under a light pole                         on a mild summer night with crickets as our backing music                               the moon our only audience, and dance slowly like the world doesn't exist outside of the small                       pool of light at our feet some of the many innocent things i want to do with you...
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