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"quart" poems
I am unsolved, I am a statue in mortality, my smile has had an impact on society but my life has never been absolved All I wanted to do was entertain, but instead, someone betrayed me and let my blood fall like rain and with nothing to gain Before and after, my eyes have always been open so while you figure out who's the killer wheather it was Rob, Ed, or that guy Hansen, I have to wait, invisible to the world and lost until then I've been killed, tortured but you all just talk about which side they cut first or how my body tore, the name is Black Dahlia and that name has become a media ***** My smile has been smeared ear to ear, my body severed in half, my veins drained of every quart but I am still proud to say my name is Elizabeth Short
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Jan 21, 2016
Jan 21, 2016 at 3:05 PM UTC
Black Dahlia
Kingsville, Texas, 1955 A loaf of bread from the Piggly Wiggly A quart of milk because MawMaw forgot A Coke and a Mickey Mouse funnybook A water pistol and Eskimo Pies A pack of PawPaw’s brand of cigarettes So he can watch his Yankees this afternoon On the Sylvania with the rabbit ears In gloriously static-y black-and-white Plays called by Dizzy Dean and PeeWee Reese In our childhood world, forever at peace
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Jul 20, 2018
Jul 20, 2018 at 4:05 PM UTC
A Summer Afternoon at 209 East Huisache Avenue
Dream of the Melbourne Cup by Banjo Paterson Bring me a quart of colonial beer And some doughy damper to make good cheer,
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Dec 22, 2014
Dec 22, 2014 at 4:00 AM UTC
Dream of the Melbourne Cup by Banjo Paterson
There can be certain potions needled in the clock for the body's fall from grace, to untorture and to plead for. These I have known and would sell all my furniture and books and assorted goods to avoid, and more, more. But the other pain I would sell my life to avoid the pain that begins in the crib with its bars or perhaps with your first breath when the planets drill your future into you for better of worse as you marry life and the love that gets doled out or doesn't. I find now, swallowing one teaspoon of pain, that it drops downward to the past where it mixes with last year's cupful and downward into a decade's quart and downward into a lifetime's ocean. I alternate treading water and deadman's float. The teaspoon ought to be hearable if it didn't mix into the reruns and thus enlarge into what it is not, a sea pest's sting turning promptly into the shark's neat biting off of a leg because the soul wears a magnifying glass. Kicking the heart with pain's big boots running up and down the intestines like a motorcycle racer. Yet one does get out of bed and start over, plunge into the day and put on a hopeful look and does not allow fear to build a wall between you and an old friend or a new friend and reach out your hand, shutting down the thought that an axe may cut it off unexpectedly. One learns not to blab about all this except to yourself or the typewriter keys who tell no one until they get brave and crawl off onto the printed page. I'm getting bored with it, I tell the typewriter, this constantly walking around in wet shoes and then, surprise! Somehow DECEASED keeps getting stamped in red over the word HOPE. And I who keep falling thankfully into each new pillow of belief, finding my Mercy Street, kissing it and tenderly gift-wrapping my love, am beginning to wonder just what the planets had in mind on November 9th, 1928. The pillows are ripped away, the hand guillotined, dog **** thrown into the middle of a laugh, a hornets' nest building into the hi-fi speaker and leaving me in silence, where, without music, I become a cracked orphan. Well, one gets out of bed and the planets don't always hiss or muck up the day, each day. As for the pain and its multiplying teaspoon, perhaps it is a medicine that will cure the soul of its greed for love next Thursday.
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The Big Boots Of Pain
There can be certain potions needled in the clock for the body's fall from grace, to untorture and to plead for. These I have known and would sell all my furniture and books and assorted goods to avoid, and more, more. But the other pain I would sell my life to avoid the pain that begins in the crib with its bars or perhaps with your first breath when the planets drill your future into you for better of worse as you marry life and the love that gets doled out or doesn't. I find now, swallowing one teaspoon of pain, that it drops downward to the past where it mixes with last year's cupful and downward into a decade's quart and downward into a lifetime's ocean. I alternate treading water and deadman's float. The teaspoon ought to be hearable if it didn't mix into the reruns and thus enlarge into what it is not, a sea pest's sting turning promptly into the shark's neat biting off of a leg because the soul wears a magnifying glass. Kicking the heart with pain's big boots running up and down the intestines like a motorcycle racer. Yet one does get out of bed and start over, plunge into the day and put on a hopeful look and does not allow fear to build a wall between you and an old friend or a new friend and reach out your hand, shutting down the thought that an axe may cut it off unexpectedly. One learns not to blab about all this except to yourself or the typewriter keys who tell no one until they get brave and crawl off onto the printed page. I'm getting bored with it, I tell the typewriter, this constantly walking around in wet shoes and then, surprise! Somehow DECEASED keeps getting stamped in red over the word HOPE. And I who keep falling thankfully into each new pillow of belief, finding my Mercy Street, kissing it and tenderly gift-wrapping my love, am beginning to wonder just what the planets had in mind on November 9th, 1928. The pillows are ripped away, the hand guillotined, dog **** thrown into the middle of a laugh, a hornets' nest building into the hi-fi speaker and leaving me in silence, where, without music, I become a cracked orphan. Well, one gets out of bed and the planets don't always hiss or muck up the day, each day. As for the pain and its multiplying teaspoon, perhaps it is a medicine that will cure the soul of its greed for love next Thursday.
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At this time of my life I find myself wearing hats… I’m not happy with my head you see, In short, being able to see it it just doesn’t thrill me. Not through those depressing, disappearing strands. So it’s that time - It’s hat time! Hats are warm, comforting things; take it off and, for a while at least, it feels still there - a phantom hat. Not quite as spooky or worrying as a phantom arm or leg - after that severed limb thing, but right there! It really is that time - It’s hat time! My Grandma Lamplough, that’s on my mother’s side, was an avid knitter of things to order, She was even a freelancer for Jaeger… matinée jackets, mittens, cardies, pullovers But in later days mostly just tea cosies. If there was no immediate customer in mind… “Everybody needs a cosy and one size fits all” she would say… and anyway, commissions were rare for cosies back in the day She’d wear it boldly herself with handle and spout slots front & back, proud She’d start the next one and announce to every visitor right out loud… ”Hey…Do you want a cosy for your *** Mr Watling, the milkman, he had quite a lot! But then he showed up every day! A quart is it Mrs L?… and yes, I WILL have a cosy today! Me? I’ve never fancied a toupee, wig or go in for a Bobby Charlton tribute gig …. I’ll be happy just to settle for a beret, news boy or Fedora… to hide the offending pate and avoid the comb over till a later date. Meanwhile I’ll maybe settle for Grandma’s cosy special?
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Nov 6, 2020
Nov 6, 2020 at 9:32 AM UTC
It’s That Time... It’s Hat Time!
At this time of my life I find myself wearing hats… I’m not happy with my head you see, In short, being able to see it it just doesn’t thrill me. Not through those depressing, disappearing strands. So it’s that time - It’s hat time! Hats are warm, comforting things; take it off and, for a while at least, it feels still there - a phantom hat. Not quite as spooky or worrying as a phantom arm or leg - after that severed limb thing, but right there! It really is that time - It’s hat time! My Grandma Lamplough, that’s on my mother’s side, was an avid knitter of things to order, She was even a freelancer for Jaeger… matinée jackets, mittens, cardies, pullovers But in later days mostly just tea cosies. If there was no immediate customer in mind… “Everybody needs a cosy and one size fits all” she would say… and anyway, commissions were rare for cosies back in the day She’d wear it boldly herself with handle and spout slots front & back, proud She’d start the next one and announce to every visitor right out loud… ”Hey…Do you want a cosy for your *** Mr Watling, the milkman, he had quite a lot! But then he showed up every day! A quart is it Mrs L?… and yes, I WILL have a cosy today! Me? I’ve never fancied a toupee, wig or go in for a Bobby Charlton tribute gig …. I’ll be happy just to settle for a beret, news boy or Fedora… to hide the offending pate and avoid the comb over till a later date. Meanwhile I’ll maybe settle for Grandma’s cosy special?
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I knew an undergraduate at college who spent his days asleep, or drinking beer; he never needed academic knowledge until the day of reckoning drew near, when, as he found his time was growing short, he’d borrow books, or photocopy them, and, downing frantic coffee by the quart, he’d burn the midnight oil, till five a.m. It puzzles me a little when I find the ones who press conversion at the end expecting atheists to change their mind in panic, like our coffee-drinking friend, with fingers crossed and hoping for the best in case this life’s continuously assessed.
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Aug 21, 2010
Aug 21, 2010 at 8:26 AM UTC
Finals
The human is a whole and the whole is in parts The whole is for God and for you it is in quarts A quarter you can keep, and the rest give away The half and the quarter that are left mustn't stay The half you should save for your better part So that leaves a quarter for me and my heart What makes me believe I'm your quarter, you ask Well something has to account for Those half unfinished sentences finished by me Those half erupted laughters joined by me Those half-hearted secrets whispered to me And those half eaten rolls and the half drunk juice You see, I deserve a half but I'll settle with a quart Because, well I just remembered the 20 rupee note And the 2rupees returned ignited in me The generosity you may expect only from your Quart.
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Jun 6, 2014
Jun 6, 2014 at 3:15 AM UTC
--I'm your Quarter--
Found on the corner of sleeping dogs lie Came to the spotlight with one crooked eye Painted a portrait in spite of the light Hoping the canvas was centered and tight Poured off the foam before going to bed It’s easy to sleep when you don’t have a head Dreams are the reason I tend to escape Picking up pieces that fell off the cake Coupled with sailors now off on a trip Some sunken treasure on some sunken ship Last time the cannons did roar at the sea Green was the canvas of the canopy Blown into port with a quart in your bag Looking quite close at the half masted flag Wondering who might have swam with the fish And ended up sinking and getting their wish The mist in the air hung so thick on the ground The bell in the lighthouse could broadcast the sound Ringing that rang as the tide wandered in As night storms from southern most points did begin Anchors were dropped to the depths of the deep Big leaks were fixed but the little ones seeped Batons were hatched or whatever that means Opening gaps welded closed at the seams Swabbing the deck seemed like pure wasted time As buckets were emptied with rain in the sky Sails were pulled down, pulled in, put away While clouds housed a marvelous lightening display A bottle of *** and a parrot named bill They drank and they sang until they had their fill When off now to sleep they did fall with a thud Tomorrow the war and the spilling of blood The enemies’ close they could feel in their bones Because of the bank and some late payment loans They shuffled us off to some brightly lit rooms And offered low interest in brand new doubloons They had us signing here page after page As if fountain pens were just coming of age Now put them away this place sure is a mess Or move them to somebody else’s address If the dog is not home and the cats on the chair Licking his tail with the long flowing hair For after this voyage we look up above And whisper a poem that doesn’t speak love
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Nov 26, 2013
Nov 26, 2013 at 7:30 AM UTC
Anchors-a-Weigh
Found on the corner of sleeping dogs lie Came to the spotlight with one crooked eye Painted a portrait in spite of the light Hoping the canvas was centered and tight Poured off the foam before going to bed It’s easy to sleep when you don’t have a head Dreams are the reason I tend to escape Picking up pieces that fell off the cake Coupled with sailors now off on a trip Some sunken treasure on some sunken ship Last time the cannons did roar at the sea Green was the canvas of the canopy Blown into port with a quart in your bag Looking quite close at the half masted flag Wondering who might have swam with the fish And ended up sinking and getting their wish The mist in the air hung so thick on the ground The bell in the lighthouse could broadcast the sound Ringing that rang as the tide wandered in As night storms from southern most points did begin Anchors were dropped to the depths of the deep Big leaks were fixed but the little ones seeped Batons were hatched or whatever that means Opening gaps welded closed at the seams Swabbing the deck seemed like pure wasted time As buckets were emptied with rain in the sky Sails were pulled down, pulled in, put away While clouds housed a marvelous lightening display A bottle of *** and a parrot named bill They drank and they sang until they had their fill When off now to sleep they did fall with a thud Tomorrow the war and the spilling of blood The enemies’ close they could feel in their bones Because of the bank and some late payment loans They shuffled us off to some brightly lit rooms And offered low interest in brand new doubloons They had us signing here page after page As if fountain pens were just coming of age Now put them away this place sure is a mess Or move them to somebody else’s address If the dog is not home and the cats on the chair Licking his tail with the long flowing hair For after this voyage we look up above And whisper a poem that doesn’t speak love
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Your sweet sugar bubbles Boil rolling in the pan Heavy bottomed, 3 quart stunner With attitude for a handle Luscious amber satin evolving into Dark velvety ribbons If allowed to cool Heat from the stove opens pores I'm gathering your heavenly scent Into every inch of me Salted caramel sauce is on the way Covering special occasion cheesecake You'll blow out your candles and make a wish Mouth full of the love I cooked up for you
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Oct 10, 2014
Oct 10, 2014 at 10:38 AM UTC
Caramel Sauce Celebration
Amid the glory times of darkness, Sitting on the edge of the white tablecloth, Brilliant white from bleached soaking, and stained with yesterdays Clouds and air of desperation, was the cup, the coffee cup, Its broken flower coloration, its yellowish hue, Half full of what was once blistering hot, now the juice of warmth And the morning begins its wakening time. Four burners atop the gas stove, each with its black *** stand, Covered with blackened skillets, grease from the bacon, popping And sizzling and bringing the best of the day together, With the tablespoons of lard, from the five gallon silver bucket, Covered in white stained T-towels, and the shallow bowl in which you washed your hands. You dried your hands, loosely, leaving each damp and warm, As the biscuit dough was rolled, and broken up, and pinched into the skillet And then placed, with ringing noise, Deep within the ovens hole, no light there, and you could smell It all cooking, and see the hands that made it, With their wrinkles of days of and months and years, Making the breakfast of today, just as if it had made, no; it had made For many years. Bacon grease taken up on the tablespoon, and poured into the other skillet Black, and hot, and making that little sizzling noise, as the bacon fried, The biscuits backed, and the flours was spread in the skillet, Browning, hard little clumps; stirred around, spoon on the pan, And the milk poured from the quart jar, which was left on the porch this morning with four others, Before life as we knew it began, and the spoon turning, the heat from the stove Almost too much, and the gravy was stirred and turned, and stirred, Thickened up, burner down, and a dozen eggs cracked into the fourth skillet, Bubbling and popping, bacon taken up, put on a plate, the gravy stirred again, Biscuits pulled, placed on a potholder, their greasy tops looking fine and brown, Fresh butter, salt and pepper, breakfast was made again. For the umpteenth time in this umpteenth world.
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Jan 1, 2014
Jan 1, 2014 at 2:05 PM UTC
Morning In My House
Amid the glory times of darkness, Sitting on the edge of the white tablecloth, Brilliant white from bleached soaking, and stained with yesterdays Clouds and air of desperation, was the cup, the coffee cup, Its broken flower coloration, its yellowish hue, Half full of what was once blistering hot, now the juice of warmth And the morning begins its wakening time. Four burners atop the gas stove, each with its black *** stand, Covered with blackened skillets, grease from the bacon, popping And sizzling and bringing the best of the day together, With the tablespoons of lard, from the five gallon silver bucket, Covered in white stained T-towels, and the shallow bowl in which you washed your hands. You dried your hands, loosely, leaving each damp and warm, As the biscuit dough was rolled, and broken up, and pinched into the skillet And then placed, with ringing noise, Deep within the ovens hole, no light there, and you could smell It all cooking, and see the hands that made it, With their wrinkles of days of and months and years, Making the breakfast of today, just as if it had made, no; it had made For many years. Bacon grease taken up on the tablespoon, and poured into the other skillet Black, and hot, and making that little sizzling noise, as the bacon fried, The biscuits backed, and the flours was spread in the skillet, Browning, hard little clumps; stirred around, spoon on the pan, And the milk poured from the quart jar, which was left on the porch this morning with four others, Before life as we knew it began, and the spoon turning, the heat from the stove Almost too much, and the gravy was stirred and turned, and stirred, Thickened up, burner down, and a dozen eggs cracked into the fourth skillet, Bubbling and popping, bacon taken up, put on a plate, the gravy stirred again, Biscuits pulled, placed on a potholder, their greasy tops looking fine and brown, Fresh butter, salt and pepper, breakfast was made again. For the umpteenth time in this umpteenth world.
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Imitation Of Tibullus Cruel Cerinthus! does the fell disease Which racks my breast your fickle ***** please? Alas! I wish’d but to o’ercome the pain, That I might live for Love and you again; But, now, I scarcely shall bewail my fate: By Death alone I can avoid your hate.
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Sulpicia Ad Cerinthum (Lib. Quart.)
With careful ease he kissed my hand. It's chemical burns that make a man. With every quart of blood lost Salvation, gained. I know this because he knows this And you don't even know my name. It's every broken bone and every lost tooth That brings us closer to the truth.
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Jan 1, 2010
Jan 1, 2010 at 11:28 PM UTC
Single Serving Friend
a quart of tequila, still no feelings, spinning ceilings beneath me, in my venomous state, we went to comedy night at the viper room. torn to shreds in the front row, of a gung ** americanised show. i came because the river still flows, with depp and the stageshows from the whiskey a go go, directly opposite the pavement. the boulevard was full of cars, and homeless superstars, that made it far, but not past the stars on the walk of fame, Holly would never be the same again. ******* ******* we walked past the cast of a bottomless flask, cast in the shadows of the sorrows of rodeo drive, staying alive is easy, follow, the yellow brick road and wish for a dollar. tomorrow is another day. i seen a man of my same age, he was a traveller, vocabular immaculate, hair cut ****** dindn’t shave much, one of the same touch. grubby hands and unfinished plans. his sign said, were ****** i teared up, he looked up and stood up and we hugged. i could see me in his weird look. just another rhyme in my page book. i gave him a bag of survival necessities, i hunted him down after 24 hours. i was worried to go back, and finish what i started. i consider the concept as an artist, but the truth is this, the humanist within, could never miss that appointment. he sat there in the same spot, and if i didn’t come, he could of lost faith in the promise of a circumstance. i took a certain stance, he said he was a traveller, a poet with grubby hands, i held him with open arms. i don’t worry about him, i worry about you, a ***** and the truth, trumps and mansion and no use. i’ve read between the lines, and wrote this motion on tightropes and suspended emotion. they want a showman, but when we show them the ocean, the don’t want to know the deepest minds inclined. absolutley, mutiny in the ranks, my heart sank when you decided to revamp, your opinion of me implicitly. minor to me, skeleton key to multiple routes. i never gave a **** about your opinions then, and I certainly don't give a **** now, nor have i ever, stared the gift horse in the mouth.
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Nov 3, 2015
Nov 3, 2015 at 5:02 AM UTC
Never Stare A Gift Horse In The Mouth
a quart of tequila, still no feelings, spinning ceilings beneath me, in my venomous state, we went to comedy night at the viper room. torn to shreds in the front row, of a gung ** americanised show. i came because the river still flows, with depp and the stageshows from the whiskey a go go, directly opposite the pavement. the boulevard was full of cars, and homeless superstars, that made it far, but not past the stars on the walk of fame, Holly would never be the same again. ******* ******* we walked past the cast of a bottomless flask, cast in the shadows of the sorrows of rodeo drive, staying alive is easy, follow, the yellow brick road and wish for a dollar. tomorrow is another day. i seen a man of my same age, he was a traveller, vocabular immaculate, hair cut ****** dindn’t shave much, one of the same touch. grubby hands and unfinished plans. his sign said, were ****** i teared up, he looked up and stood up and we hugged. i could see me in his weird look. just another rhyme in my page book. i gave him a bag of survival necessities, i hunted him down after 24 hours. i was worried to go back, and finish what i started. i consider the concept as an artist, but the truth is this, the humanist within, could never miss that appointment. he sat there in the same spot, and if i didn’t come, he could of lost faith in the promise of a circumstance. i took a certain stance, he said he was a traveller, a poet with grubby hands, i held him with open arms. i don’t worry about him, i worry about you, a ***** and the truth, trumps and mansion and no use. i’ve read between the lines, and wrote this motion on tightropes and suspended emotion. they want a showman, but when we show them the ocean, the don’t want to know the deepest minds inclined. absolutley, mutiny in the ranks, my heart sank when you decided to revamp, your opinion of me implicitly. minor to me, skeleton key to multiple routes. i never gave a **** about your opinions then, and I certainly don't give a **** now, nor have i ever, stared the gift horse in the mouth.
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The Letters Of My Name A is the first letter of my name, I belong in the Facebook hall of fame. Laura is the girl made for me, she is awesome and she would agree. Living in the lap of luxury, and we don't need to be wealthy. Everyday is filled with light, the sun has never shinned so bright. Never felt this happy before, my two kids, I so much adore. Wheels in the sky keeps on turning, the bed in our room is always burning. I used to be one ****** dork, people always stuck me with a fork. Living large, I wish came easy, most of my jokes are a bit cheesy. Because of all of you, I stay strong, no matter if I'm right or wrong. Everyday is filled with sunshine, life itself is its own punchline. Rhyming words is all I know, when aroused, a part of me will grow. Thank you all for your support, still don't know the difference, between a pint and a quart. I used all the letters in my name, I hope this rhyme don't put me to shame.
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Nov 10, 2013
Nov 10, 2013 at 2:15 AM UTC
The Letters Of My Name
assembled our living love being aligned I tell you we re-union my dream is boss run an image of my dad viral to come to me atoning tall alert and correct, stought 6'6"Utahan the all knowing blank look on the man Daaaaaad I say all long and drawn out something big of the future about something big say kanye west the time of the stars coming a being in the house of daughters mother the her happy and bright concerned loving looking like her youth in memory the web tumblr blog pleiadian-starseed hosting you celestial being honored  kanye west my pink quart shard from Louis' mom a deep one full breath the sound of 1000 honey bees buzzing my finger tips dripping how about you say the Dove cooing my eye explodes in vision of matrixs colors designed shapes patterns all life reflexed  is each other... all thru the mind watching me now about your shoe our moment over keen with family moving in the ground and patterns the non celestial beings losing in his shoe his eye of greed watching me maligning me from a half mile away all he knows is the **** in his shoe... neanderthal  evangelical living  dead meat stop exploiting creatures let them live amongst all to commune the cooing dove far ahead of  man mimicking the sounds of crows   I talk given back to the Dove without speaking the way of the dove Starlight insured      gjmars  6/27/15
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Jun 27, 2015
Jun 27, 2015 at 2:57 PM UTC
the hidden
The word was out around the street Tonight, behind Giannis bar There would be really something special From the bluesman and his guitar For locals not for punters Just for those upon the street You'd better bring a lawn chair If you wanted a good seat The word spread fast and no one Would miss this once they heard New works from the bluesman You had to take in every word The bluesman was a legend In this flawed, dark part of town He only played back in the alley That was where his show went down At precisely eleven seventeen The bluesman took his place Upon his beat up orange crate In his same familiar space It was just like a cathedral Underneath the golden moon Quiet and forboding As he started his first tune The alley was the bluesmans church As he sang to the street people But this church had no walls or pews No bells, it had no steeple The bluesman sang of love and loss Of dragons, ships and gin He sang of Shubert, Bach and Liszt He sang of constant sin He looked but he saw no one He was zoning, all alone He sang songs of faith and hunger Time to give the dog a bone He played and drank his med-cin For sometimes he got dry The bluesman had the crowd entrapped Beneath the shining moonlit sky He talked of how his smoking Through the years gave him his sound It only took me fifty years I'm surprised I'm still around He sang of love and window panes Of jealousy and trust Of walruses and potholes Of people turned to dust As people sat in wonder Of this prophet in disguise You could see a certain twinkle Deep in the bluesmans eyes Gianni, stood off to the side Timekeeper of the show He signalled to the bluesman One more and we must go He had to close the restaurant Turn the lights off in the back So the bluesman took another sip And grabbed a song from his minds pack He finished up with something Singing songs for all who came He made them feel it was their heartsong Although he never said a name He sang of waitresses and barkeeps Pawn brokers and of guests of family and train tracks of watchers and of quests He finished up and packed away His crate and his guitar And he collected appreciation In a two quart mason jar The crowd left thirty dollars almost ninety cents a seat A fortune to the bluesman And the folks here on the street
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Apr 1, 2014
Apr 1, 2014 at 11:49 PM UTC
The Bluesman cometh
The word was out around the street Tonight, behind Giannis bar There would be really something special From the bluesman and his guitar For locals not for punters Just for those upon the street You'd better bring a lawn chair If you wanted a good seat The word spread fast and no one Would miss this once they heard New works from the bluesman You had to take in every word The bluesman was a legend In this flawed, dark part of town He only played back in the alley That was where his show went down At precisely eleven seventeen The bluesman took his place Upon his beat up orange crate In his same familiar space It was just like a cathedral Underneath the golden moon Quiet and forboding As he started his first tune The alley was the bluesmans church As he sang to the street people But this church had no walls or pews No bells, it had no steeple The bluesman sang of love and loss Of dragons, ships and gin He sang of Shubert, Bach and Liszt He sang of constant sin He looked but he saw no one He was zoning, all alone He sang songs of faith and hunger Time to give the dog a bone He played and drank his med-cin For sometimes he got dry The bluesman had the crowd entrapped Beneath the shining moonlit sky He talked of how his smoking Through the years gave him his sound It only took me fifty years I'm surprised I'm still around He sang of love and window panes Of jealousy and trust Of walruses and potholes Of people turned to dust As people sat in wonder Of this prophet in disguise You could see a certain twinkle Deep in the bluesmans eyes Gianni, stood off to the side Timekeeper of the show He signalled to the bluesman One more and we must go He had to close the restaurant Turn the lights off in the back So the bluesman took another sip And grabbed a song from his minds pack He finished up with something Singing songs for all who came He made them feel it was their heartsong Although he never said a name He sang of waitresses and barkeeps Pawn brokers and of guests of family and train tracks of watchers and of quests He finished up and packed away His crate and his guitar And he collected appreciation In a two quart mason jar The crowd left thirty dollars almost ninety cents a seat A fortune to the bluesman And the folks here on the street
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I wish inspiration could be injected intravenously, without delay. That I could wrap a rubber band around    my arm and pull it tight with my teeth. Then give myself several swi- ft slaps with my middle and index fingers to the inside crook of my arm to pop the vein. Then without look- ing, (because I am afraid of needles) slowly insert the thin metal spear in my skin and puncture the vein. Draw back a bit of blood and watch it mix with my concoction. Then voila: ins-    tant inspiration.         If only I could buy words by the bot- tle, so I could guzzle them down by the quart. And they could mix and swirl, swash and stir, with all my other ****** fluids. They could seep into my veins, via my stomach lining, and warm my body with a toxic glow. The words would blur my vision, mu- ddy my senses, and stumble my step.   Then, after I consume more words th- an I can handle, I would projectile vo- mit and spew the words all over the page. Then the next morning I could rearrange the words into something    remotely coherent. But there is no such luck. Instead I have to go toe-to-toe with each word, each syllable, with the utmost precision and vigilance. And let me tell you, these word “St- ing like a butterfly and float like a bee”. I give a left jab, a right hook, a shot to the kidneys, but it does no good. Most of the time I am on    my heels; forced to be on the defense But of course I take a hit, or twenty- two. Until I am punch drunk, and everything is brilliant to me.
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Feb 24, 2013
Feb 24, 2013 at 12:54 PM UTC
Punch Drunk
I wish inspiration could be injected intravenously, without delay. That I could wrap a rubber band around    my arm and pull it tight with my teeth. Then give myself several swi- ft slaps with my middle and index fingers to the inside crook of my arm to pop the vein. Then without look- ing, (because I am afraid of needles) slowly insert the thin metal spear in my skin and puncture the vein. Draw back a bit of blood and watch it mix with my concoction. Then voila: ins-    tant inspiration.         If only I could buy words by the bot- tle, so I could guzzle them down by the quart. And they could mix and swirl, swash and stir, with all my other ****** fluids. They could seep into my veins, via my stomach lining, and warm my body with a toxic glow. The words would blur my vision, mu- ddy my senses, and stumble my step.   Then, after I consume more words th- an I can handle, I would projectile vo- mit and spew the words all over the page. Then the next morning I could rearrange the words into something    remotely coherent. But there is no such luck. Instead I have to go toe-to-toe with each word, each syllable, with the utmost precision and vigilance. And let me tell you, these word “St- ing like a butterfly and float like a bee”. I give a left jab, a right hook, a shot to the kidneys, but it does no good. Most of the time I am on    my heels; forced to be on the defense But of course I take a hit, or twenty- two. Until I am punch drunk, and everything is brilliant to me.
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Just released from the sanitarium Cold cruel empty world took me down Malnourished, tooth  abscesses' Manic Depression Isolation Brought me to the brink a bad state of melancholy I went to a hospital ER for help They don't do dental work Dentists are Satan in disguise The AMA knows this and won't let them in their Genuine Doctors' tribunals I got released with the bogus diagnosis of ****** abuse I told them I took the medicine cabinet drank a quart of ***** and that would be it. THE END You have heard of Catch 22 here's Catch 23 If your in the nut house for a failed attempted suicide All you have to do to get out is say I don't feel suicidal any more. That easy. A foreshadow to this poem. Industry took away my know how I couldn't make my own shoes I couldn't make a yoke to mount the ox I don't have To plow the back 40 I'll never own If my life depended on it I can't build a house of logs Would die quickly without central utilities Food would vanish after days of no electricity People protect there own and I'm a lone So I pray I am not the first to go I try to be a human being The best was I can Trying to see through the muck With prayers, and great hopes And Luck I hope I can continue to be. A human being
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Aug 2, 2014
Aug 2, 2014 at 2:54 AM UTC
Hominid
You lubricate me Make me run smooth Careening through traffic With nothing to lose All oiled up No need for an inspection Plug in GPS Destination:  no affection Ignore the check engine light Pour in another quart Traffic is pretty slow And this one may abort
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Jan 12, 2013
Jan 12, 2013 at 2:24 AM UTC
WD40oz
The human is a whole and the whole is in parts The whole is for God and for you it is in quarts Because really a quart is all you need for yourself I like to believe there's a quart missing in you So that makes you a half and a quart The half you should save for your future self So that leaves a quarter for you and for me What makes me believe i'm a quarter of you Well that's easy, something has to account for Those half unfinished sentences finished by me Those half erupted laughters joined by me Those half hearted secrets whispered to me And those half eaten rolls and the half drunk juice You see, I deserve a half but I'll settle with a quart Because, well I just remembered the 20 rupee note And the 2rupees returned ignited in me The generosity you may expect only from your Quart.
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Oct 3, 2015
Oct 3, 2015 at 9:44 AM UTC
I'm your Quarter
No book of rules and regulations To warn the jar holds just one quart So all the pushing of the liquid Will not fit a gallon in And I will have to mop the spill Verses spelled on ***** sidewalks Written in 3 shades of chalk Embellished with fantastic flowers Only end up walked across And smudged from recognition ljm
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Apr 29, 2017
Apr 29, 2017 at 11:43 AM UTC
WISDOM
Pour les yeux de souveraine un coup de crayon pour redessiner les sourcils Une couche légère de mascara sur les cils des pointes à la racine Un petit gris léger sur les coins internes et externes de l 'oeil Et une couleur rose sur les paupières mobiles Et du khôl pour illuminer ce regard envoûtant de sirène qui hypnotise Les phalènes jusqu'au fin fond de sa mer d'airain Sans oublier le rouge à lèvres aubergine Kiotis Paris made in France Pour hydrater et satiner le cuivre de ses lèvres : Mon féminin céleste zéro fausse note est vite prête En deux temps trois mouvements Et des secondes interminables Il n 'est jamais trop **** pour Désirée et ses mille épigones : Judith, parée, poudrée, maquillée, parfumée Hérodiade, ****** et dressée sur son trente-et-un Eve, coiffée, habillée, décolletée, Sapphô, culottée, chaussée, toilettée Pandore, prête à jaillir de jour comme de nuit Hélène, légère comme un papillon Cléopatre fraîche comme la rosée : Pulchra Fatale et Désirée Elle est belle, elle est wow, elle est elles toutes en Une enrobée C'est l'ombre plurimillénaire romantique de Balkis, reine du Matin, C'est l'ombre plurimillénaire romantique de Makéda, reine du Midi C'est l'ombre plurimillénaire décadente de Salomè, reine du Soir Quelque part ressuscitée Et je l 'aime comme elle est Chaque jour que le soleil fait Jette un baiser couleur de belle lune de miel A ma sirène métissée de Matin, Midi, Soir ! Ce n'est pas pour rien que ma Pulchra est fille de Mnèmosuné Fille de Wainaha , saint dragon hémiarite Par son don de seconde vue Ma sulamite débusque au quart de tour les artifices, Les cernes, les imperfections, les camouflages Les faux cils, les faux ongles, les faux saints Et les faux poètes, les faux salomons et leurs fausses huppes Et leurs chants libertins en hexamètres dactyliques Au son de leur phorminx d'occasion Eh oui Ma Désirée est Pulchra authentique et fatale Elle chante tentatrice avec Kiotis Son cantique des cantiques ad libitum "Je suis bien, je suis wow , je supervise Et je m'aime comme je suis "
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Aug 22, 2019
Aug 22, 2019 at 1:59 AM UTC
Wow !
Pour les yeux de souveraine un coup de crayon pour redessiner les sourcils Une couche légère de mascara sur les cils des pointes à la racine Un petit gris léger sur les coins internes et externes de l 'oeil Et une couleur rose sur les paupières mobiles Et du khôl pour illuminer ce regard envoûtant de sirène qui hypnotise Les phalènes jusqu'au fin fond de sa mer d'airain Sans oublier le rouge à lèvres aubergine Kiotis Paris made in France Pour hydrater et satiner le cuivre de ses lèvres : Mon féminin céleste zéro fausse note est vite prête En deux temps trois mouvements Et des secondes interminables Il n 'est jamais trop **** pour Désirée et ses mille épigones : Judith, parée, poudrée, maquillée, parfumée Hérodiade, ****** et dressée sur son trente-et-un Eve, coiffée, habillée, décolletée, Sapphô, culottée, chaussée, toilettée Pandore, prête à jaillir de jour comme de nuit Hélène, légère comme un papillon Cléopatre fraîche comme la rosée : Pulchra Fatale et Désirée Elle est belle, elle est wow, elle est elles toutes en Une enrobée C'est l'ombre plurimillénaire romantique de Balkis, reine du Matin, C'est l'ombre plurimillénaire romantique de Makéda, reine du Midi C'est l'ombre plurimillénaire décadente de Salomè, reine du Soir Quelque part ressuscitée Et je l 'aime comme elle est Chaque jour que le soleil fait Jette un baiser couleur de belle lune de miel A ma sirène métissée de Matin, Midi, Soir ! Ce n'est pas pour rien que ma Pulchra est fille de Mnèmosuné Fille de Wainaha , saint dragon hémiarite Par son don de seconde vue Ma sulamite débusque au quart de tour les artifices, Les cernes, les imperfections, les camouflages Les faux cils, les faux ongles, les faux saints Et les faux poètes, les faux salomons et leurs fausses huppes Et leurs chants libertins en hexamètres dactyliques Au son de leur phorminx d'occasion Eh oui Ma Désirée est Pulchra authentique et fatale Elle chante tentatrice avec Kiotis Son cantique des cantiques ad libitum "Je suis bien, je suis wow , je supervise Et je m'aime comme je suis "
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Wow, that sounds like my Valentine drink. 2 cubes of happiness, one shot of kink. 2 lumps of heartache and regret by the case, Strain away the baggage, add enough “saltness” to taste. Maybe a squeeze of jealousy to wet any dried up memories With option to garnish at any point with glowing Blackberries. Taste all you want to, try let all the sweet parts last. Twirl it like champagne in your mouth, shake like antique glass And if by chance your head spins or scratch like a LP needle broke. Don’t cuss and badmouth my recipe or any other liquor on the truck. Just order another round, or two, unless your pockets short What else can drown you sorrow but love by the quart.
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Jun 6, 2014
Jun 6, 2014 at 3:06 PM UTC
“Love on the rocks”
Ce n'est pas parce que Ce sont des mots doux Que Les mots sont confits et éternels. Les mots peuvent aussi bien être Fumés, Salés Sans sel, Cochons, Tabous, Amers ou aigres-doux. Il y a des mots qui fondent dans la bouche Comme des bonbons acidulés Et d'autres qu'il faut mâcher Consciencieusement Pendant des heures Pour qu'ils rendent leur jus de jade pressé. D'autres qu'on congèle Qu'on conserve dans l 'alcool Ou le formol. Il y a des mots qu'on préserve Dans des réserves indigènes Et d'autres qu'on fume à froid Au bois de hêtre : Tous meurent un jour ou l'autre Sans crier gare Dans un quart de soupir De la même mort douce. Il y a même les mots sans sel, Fades, Sans saumure, Qui sont des nébuleuses Des nids à étoiles Qui piquent Comme le piment et les fourmis rouges Et qui vous embaument de mer lente Aux alentours de la onzième heure. Ceux-là comme les autres Sont voués à disparaître de mort douce. Cette petite mort en pente douce. Et ils y vont en bégayant leur mot de passe A travers les chemins de traverse Dans le parc sous-marin de nos mémoires Jusqu'à ce qu'ils trouvent leur place réservée Au  cimetière des mots morts De leur belle mort De leur bonne mort De leur petite mort. Certains d'envie Certains de crise cardiaque Certains de soif Certains de noyade Certains de peur Certains d'avoir trop vécu Certains de faim Certains de honte Certains de n'avoir pas assez vécu Certains de rire.
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Aug 29, 2019
Aug 29, 2019 at 5:56 AM UTC
Mots doux
Fort sort court report, tort port quart, consort contort retort cohort cavort snort. Black sack fact track Jack, smack wack maniac pack.  Back hack knack flack, lack kayak rack tack. Bust rust, dust crust, lust fussed, just must combust trust. Bought naught, fought caught ought, distraught draught.. Pent mint sent rent lent, vent bent, went dent, gent glint spent tent rent. Serene ravine green gene careen, obscene demean. Clean, preen queen, mean lean scene wean. Fin pin sin, men tin wren zen.
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Apr 13, 2018
Apr 13, 2018 at 1:56 AM UTC
Spunky