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Mark A. Williams                             SEPTEMBER 14, 1962 – JULY 23, 2018 ___________________________________________________________ Wow Mark, Was so, so saddened to hear this news. I haven't seen you in over ten years, but as kids, we had some amazing adventures, didn't we? Partying, camping and swimming at the Hudson lime pits. Mowing down on Pizza and pitchers of Pepsi (and as we grew up, BEER!) at Pizza Hut. (We knew the numbers to ALL the songs on that jukebox by heart!) Hanging out and looking at the stars through Budvido's telescope, listening to Doctor Demento. Laughing hysterically as we ran through Monty Python skits as everyone looked on in total puzzlement because THEY wouldn't discover them until YEARS later! Building underground forts in the North Woods. You, Budvido, Zeke and I playing pinball at 7-11 for hours and hours. Watching Bands, chasing girls and playing Foosball or Pool at the Touch of Class Teen Club. You gave me my first Imported beer . . . a Lowenbrau. I will always owe my passion for those German beers to you and it was fitting that Budvido bestowed you with that moniker. All through Jr. High, sharing a seat on the school bus. You, Matt, Tom, Buddy and I cruising around late night on our bikes for hours. Hanging around in the Jasmine Lakes sign with hijacked beer or getting free bags of Burgers from Burger Queen when they closed at night! Jousting with shopping carts on our bikes in the Winn-Dixie parking lot. Sitting up all night in Jimi's room after climbing in through the window or going on endless space cruises with him and Raymond in the Toyota. (RIP Jimi Carlsen) Sneaking into the nudest Colony and skinny dipping! Always cracking up at the school lunch table. Swimming in my pool and terrorizing my sister and her friends. (Allegedly) Trashing that crook Fast Eddie's produce stand after he refused to pay us for a full day of picking watermelons! Good times, indeed . . . Some of my most precious memories. I can only pray that you know that I wouldn't trade my youth or you in it for anything in the world and you will be sadly missed, Lowenbrau, my old friend. I hope that where you are, your beers are ice cold and that you and Jimi aren't having to glue the Hookah back together. Jeff Gaines July 28, 2018
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Aug 2, 2018
Aug 2, 2018 at 7:00 AM UTC
Message to a Friend
Mark A. Williams                             SEPTEMBER 14, 1962 – JULY 23, 2018 ___________________________________________________________ Wow Mark, Was so, so saddened to hear this news. I haven't seen you in over ten years, but as kids, we had some amazing adventures, didn't we? Partying, camping and swimming at the Hudson lime pits. Mowing down on Pizza and pitchers of Pepsi (and as we grew up, BEER!) at Pizza Hut. (We knew the numbers to ALL the songs on that jukebox by heart!) Hanging out and looking at the stars through Budvido's telescope, listening to Doctor Demento. Laughing hysterically as we ran through Monty Python skits as everyone looked on in total puzzlement because THEY wouldn't discover them until YEARS later! Building underground forts in the North Woods. You, Budvido, Zeke and I playing pinball at 7-11 for hours and hours. Watching Bands, chasing girls and playing Foosball or Pool at the Touch of Class Teen Club. You gave me my first Imported beer . . . a Lowenbrau. I will always owe my passion for those German beers to you and it was fitting that Budvido bestowed you with that moniker. All through Jr. High, sharing a seat on the school bus. You, Matt, Tom, Buddy and I cruising around late night on our bikes for hours. Hanging around in the Jasmine Lakes sign with hijacked beer or getting free bags of Burgers from Burger Queen when they closed at night! Jousting with shopping carts on our bikes in the Winn-Dixie parking lot. Sitting up all night in Jimi's room after climbing in through the window or going on endless space cruises with him and Raymond in the Toyota. (RIP Jimi Carlsen) Sneaking into the nudest Colony and skinny dipping! Always cracking up at the school lunch table. Swimming in my pool and terrorizing my sister and her friends. (Allegedly) Trashing that crook Fast Eddie's produce stand after he refused to pay us for a full day of picking watermelons! Good times, indeed . . . Some of my most precious memories. I can only pray that you know that I wouldn't trade my youth or you in it for anything in the world and you will be sadly missed, Lowenbrau, my old friend. I hope that where you are, your beers are ice cold and that you and Jimi aren't having to glue the Hookah back together. Jeff Gaines July 28, 2018
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an oval antique photograph from the century just passed six youthful brothers must be sunday dressed exuding life and promise facing forward all in line symmetry pervading sister mary in their center on the photos right a startling recognition an image seen before colins great grandfather raymond often ray in features and a gaze seemed as colin would have stood photo has a crease fading but still clear now with photos recent privileged to compare colin next to ray both fully present yet a gaze away rays gaze anticipating army time in paris fortune seeking in the west fortunes to be found four generations branching to colin and beyond colins gaze capturing a journey now beginning does he see montana paris or the stars repeating patterns forward reflect photographic truth music completes the pattern with colorings of sound rays trumpet and harmonica introducing a guitar which colin has absorbed thus in his confirmation new dimensions now foreseen confirming four generations reflecting many more expanding light and love carrying our gratitude for the glimpse an old photograph favored us to find (poem written for my grandson's confirmation....)
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May 9, 2012
May 9, 2012 at 12:38 PM UTC
confirmation
I'm No born free I tasted the dust of apartheid My mother was hiding behind the trees screaming for help No one was there No time to sleep We were cursed for struggle My father never smiled when my mother would say "the baby is kicking" Cause he knew,it wasn't the kick of joy It wasn't a sign of being a soccer star It was the struggle! 1990 Mandela was out of prison 1993 I was born 1994 the Dom's were free No more Dom-pass,but not uhuru still Innocent souls were lost What was the fighting worth for? I can forgive but never forget When De klert called black fools He said they do nothing but barking We turned to dogs now This is for Steve Biko Chris Hani Hector Paterson Raymond mhlaba Let not my skin define who I am Let not the earth describe me I know my future because of my history I was raised in a town of fallen angels Where blacks were deceived Whites felt free Turn the lights off we all the same colour Don't turn them on I want my son to know the history But to not repeat it. They say follow your leader How can you follow corruption? Zuma this zuma that Its all illusion I'll only follow u twitter I want you to retweet all the ish I'll be posting about you,the Raping,The Nkandla part,The Cheating,The Art and the bunch of wives Yes I voted,I still don't know why I voted Helen Zille only speaks xhosa in time of elections Jacob Zuma gives free taxis only to the voting station Julius Malema will bring apartheid back it is said on radio stations Mandela spent most time in hospital All of a sudden his dead Was he even in jail before? Oscar Pistorius ran to **** His now a criminal. Mandela note on my hand But valueless Our economy is dying Our world is dying My Dear South Africa..No Power!
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May 13, 2014
May 13, 2014 at 11:30 AM UTC
Not yet uhuru
I'm No born free I tasted the dust of apartheid My mother was hiding behind the trees screaming for help No one was there No time to sleep We were cursed for struggle My father never smiled when my mother would say "the baby is kicking" Cause he knew,it wasn't the kick of joy It wasn't a sign of being a soccer star It was the struggle! 1990 Mandela was out of prison 1993 I was born 1994 the Dom's were free No more Dom-pass,but not uhuru still Innocent souls were lost What was the fighting worth for? I can forgive but never forget When De klert called black fools He said they do nothing but barking We turned to dogs now This is for Steve Biko Chris Hani Hector Paterson Raymond mhlaba Let not my skin define who I am Let not the earth describe me I know my future because of my history I was raised in a town of fallen angels Where blacks were deceived Whites felt free Turn the lights off we all the same colour Don't turn them on I want my son to know the history But to not repeat it. They say follow your leader How can you follow corruption? Zuma this zuma that Its all illusion I'll only follow u twitter I want you to retweet all the ish I'll be posting about you,the Raping,The Nkandla part,The Cheating,The Art and the bunch of wives Yes I voted,I still don't know why I voted Helen Zille only speaks xhosa in time of elections Jacob Zuma gives free taxis only to the voting station Julius Malema will bring apartheid back it is said on radio stations Mandela spent most time in hospital All of a sudden his dead Was he even in jail before? Oscar Pistorius ran to **** His now a criminal. Mandela note on my hand But valueless Our economy is dying Our world is dying My Dear South Africa..No Power!
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Her press on nails graced her sunken in cheek Tracing the bone that seemed to cut like glass Remembering days of endless driving Her high heels out the window The sun whispered sweet nothings But no one knew how personal those were And here she is At the vanity of a ****** motel Dusting powder across lesions that spattered her skin ****** patches on her skin Just like holes in her skin She cries Removing the brown wig that she tossed for years Brushing it in her hands The tears held on as if they didn’t want to let go Standing She slips off her briefs Gazing into the mirror Horrified at the person staring back at her Invisible bones now visible Crevices and cavities too deep Webs of veins that were colored too brightly Wearing the anatomy of a man that was no longer there A body not worth surgery Wiping sweat off her forehead Smearing her drawn on eyebrows All she can hear is “Your mother and I gave birth to a son named Raymond. What happened?” That name echoed in her head Drawing pleads from her ears She collapsed Her thighs bruised from one too many needle-pricks Tracing each hole with her finger As if to draw out an answer She A forgotten woman Who only tried to cope Her t-shirts were too big “Raymond, Your T-Cell count is too low” A forgotten woman Who only tried to cope “Is this ‘cause you’re a ****** Raymond?” A forgotten woman Who only tried to cope “Raymond, there is no cure for AIDS” She wept Mascara staining her pale face Press on nails clutching her arms Hugging herself Because no one else was would Rayon died alone She was no longer forced to love from an infected vessel To hurt from a torn home To pray on laced knees This hotel room became a mausoleum Smelling of death and perfume Rayon was a forgotten woman Who only needed to cope But exiled by a community of people For loving too much
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Apr 9, 2014
Apr 9, 2014 at 11:46 PM UTC
Rayon
Her press on nails graced her sunken in cheek Tracing the bone that seemed to cut like glass Remembering days of endless driving Her high heels out the window The sun whispered sweet nothings But no one knew how personal those were And here she is At the vanity of a ****** motel Dusting powder across lesions that spattered her skin ****** patches on her skin Just like holes in her skin She cries Removing the brown wig that she tossed for years Brushing it in her hands The tears held on as if they didn’t want to let go Standing She slips off her briefs Gazing into the mirror Horrified at the person staring back at her Invisible bones now visible Crevices and cavities too deep Webs of veins that were colored too brightly Wearing the anatomy of a man that was no longer there A body not worth surgery Wiping sweat off her forehead Smearing her drawn on eyebrows All she can hear is “Your mother and I gave birth to a son named Raymond. What happened?” That name echoed in her head Drawing pleads from her ears She collapsed Her thighs bruised from one too many needle-pricks Tracing each hole with her finger As if to draw out an answer She A forgotten woman Who only tried to cope Her t-shirts were too big “Raymond, Your T-Cell count is too low” A forgotten woman Who only tried to cope “Is this ‘cause you’re a ****** Raymond?” A forgotten woman Who only tried to cope “Raymond, there is no cure for AIDS” She wept Mascara staining her pale face Press on nails clutching her arms Hugging herself Because no one else was would Rayon died alone She was no longer forced to love from an infected vessel To hurt from a torn home To pray on laced knees This hotel room became a mausoleum Smelling of death and perfume Rayon was a forgotten woman Who only needed to cope But exiled by a community of people For loving too much
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"Have you ever sailed across an ocean, Donald? On a sail boat surrounded by sea with no land in sight. Without even the possibility of sighting land for days to come. To stand at the helm of your destiny. I want that, one more time. I want to be in the Piazza Del Campo in Sienna. To feel the surge as ten race horses go thundering by. I want another meal in Paris, at L'Ambroisie in the Place Des Vosges. I want another bottle of wine. And then another. I want the warmth of a women in the cool set of sheets. One more night of jazz at the Vanguard. I want to stand on summits and smoke cubans and feel the sun on my face for as long as I can. Walk on the wall again. Climb the tower. Ride the river. Stare at the frescoes. I want to sit in the garden and read one more good book. Most of all I want to sleep. I want to sleep like I slept when I was a boy. Give me that. Just one time. That's why I won't allow that punk out there to get the best of me, let alone the last of me."
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Aug 24, 2014
Aug 24, 2014 at 6:25 AM UTC
Raymond Reddington
orchids exotic captured the man's botanical eye they were so beautiful in display with delicate petals and a scent of heady romance the wheelchair bound New York cop saw defining evidence of the exquisite bloom his heart elated by the flower's gorgeous loom there under his real name of Raymond Burr he established an orchid garden on a Fiji island the climate perfect for growing and nurturing the plant species arresting of sight so sublime its vision's delight
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Jun 2, 2017
Jun 2, 2017 at 7:08 PM UTC
Of Orchids and Iron-side
The pot-bellied Mercedes squealed As Meursault withdrew and Marvelled at the flames Licking The air Like marigolds on Ritilin. 'Raymond would have no reason not to admire this act.' He stopped by a shimmering sea of Ubers. The scrape and drawl of siren made no impression on him. Leaking smoke reminded him of Snow White’s Cottage Where he had taken Marie when Lucie was born: The place where he would go out at dawn to chop wood. He liked the way her roses played With the restlessness of children. Then he thought: 'if only mother could see me now.'
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Mar 22, 2021
Mar 22, 2021 at 6:57 AM UTC
Revolt-on-Avon
[Dedicated to Raymond Radclyffe] I am that hawk of gold Proud in adamantine poise On the pillars of tourqoise, See,beyond the starry fold, Where a darkling orb is rolled. There, beneath a grove of yew, Plays a babe. Should I despise Such a foam of gold, and eyes Burning beryline, so blue That the sun seems peeping through? Did I swwop, were Heaven amazed? With my beak I strike but once; Out there leap a million suns. Through the universe that blazed Screams theit light, and death is dazed. In my womb the babe may leap; Seek him not within my eye! Nor demand thou of me why I should plunge from crystal steep Like a plummet to the deep! See yon solitary star! What a world of blackness wraps Round it! Unimagined gaps! Let it be! Content thy car With the voyage to things that are! Nor, an thou perchance behold How I plunge and batten on Earth's exentrate carrion, Deem torquoise match midden-mould Or deny the Hawk of Gold!
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The Hawk and the Babe
Preparations are gearing up for the iD Dunedin Fashion Show, which this year opens with a tribute to Australasian style on Anzac weekend. The 120m-long platform of Dunedin's railway station is again the venue for shows on April 24 and 25, which are preceded by the iD International Emerging Designer Awards on Thursday night at the Town Hall. Saturday night is sold out and about 100 tickets are still available to Friday's show, organisers say. Labels Carlson, Mild-Red and NOM*d, brands synonymous with Dunedin fashion, were in the original show in a local bar in 2000 and they're still show stalwarts. Company of Strangers, Charmaine Reveley, DADA Vintage, Storm, Perriam, Deval, GG (from Shanghai), Liann Bellis, BEATS clothing, Jason Lingard and Jane Sutherland are also strutting their stuff this year. The shows open with a section titled Together Alone, Revisited, put together by Doris De Pont, featuring garments by four New Zealand and three Australian designers shown at an exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in 2009. International guest judge Doris Raymond, the star of documentary series LA Frockstars, is also bringing some garments with her for the show. The owner of vintage emporium The Way We Wore has a fabulous collection of outfits and she will talk about them at an event in the city on Friday. Six fashion graduate designers from the Otago Polytechnic School of Design will also show their collections in the shows on Friday and Saturday night. Garments made by the winner of the emerging designer awards are also in the show. The finalists were selected from nearly 100 entries from seven countries and 14 fashion schools. There's a strong showing from Australian schools, especially from Sydney, says judge Tanya Carlson.Read more here:www.marieaustralia.com/evening-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/short-formal-dresses
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Apr 15, 2015
Apr 15, 2015 at 10:35 PM UTC
iD Dunedin Fashion Show pays tribute to Australasian style
Preparations are gearing up for the iD Dunedin Fashion Show, which this year opens with a tribute to Australasian style on Anzac weekend. The 120m-long platform of Dunedin's railway station is again the venue for shows on April 24 and 25, which are preceded by the iD International Emerging Designer Awards on Thursday night at the Town Hall. Saturday night is sold out and about 100 tickets are still available to Friday's show, organisers say. Labels Carlson, Mild-Red and NOM*d, brands synonymous with Dunedin fashion, were in the original show in a local bar in 2000 and they're still show stalwarts. Company of Strangers, Charmaine Reveley, DADA Vintage, Storm, Perriam, Deval, GG (from Shanghai), Liann Bellis, BEATS clothing, Jason Lingard and Jane Sutherland are also strutting their stuff this year. The shows open with a section titled Together Alone, Revisited, put together by Doris De Pont, featuring garments by four New Zealand and three Australian designers shown at an exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in 2009. International guest judge Doris Raymond, the star of documentary series LA Frockstars, is also bringing some garments with her for the show. The owner of vintage emporium The Way We Wore has a fabulous collection of outfits and she will talk about them at an event in the city on Friday. Six fashion graduate designers from the Otago Polytechnic School of Design will also show their collections in the shows on Friday and Saturday night. Garments made by the winner of the emerging designer awards are also in the show. The finalists were selected from nearly 100 entries from seven countries and 14 fashion schools. There's a strong showing from Australian schools, especially from Sydney, says judge Tanya Carlson.Read more here:www.marieaustralia.com/evening-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/short-formal-dresses
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He has never been like other little boys That play so happily with their toys He is different is young Raymond Bliss He wants to grow up to be....a mad scientist While others play with toy soldiers and cars Or pretend to be astronauts in the stars Little Raymond is chasing his pet cat instead Determined he will catch him and cut off his head He tried getting the dog who put up a fight Poor Raymond gave up when he got a nasty bite So he dug up his hamster, who passed away when overfed He tied the body to a car battery to try and raise the dead Unfortunately the dead hamster fizzled and went pop It made Raymond jump in fright, it made him hop So he decided to dig up the goldfish as well Then he decided against it, because of the smell Now there are plans drawn up, to be unfurled His evil scheme now hatched to take over the world Raymond wants to set vampire robot bunnies on man kind It is just a shame because his pocket money he can not find His mother says "time for bed" so he sulks up to his room This his prison from whence he plots doom and gloom He is a very strange boy is little Raymond Bliss Determined to be the most evil mad scientist
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Jul 27, 2010
Jul 27, 2010 at 1:37 AM UTC
257: Raymond Bliss
She has a baby, the other has a honey, the last is lonely three ladies all loving, sweet and independently hot they all having various mediate metamorphosis the beats of a Barry white song airing my sensors i feel like they're all with me in this studio hut what do i say to get away from this love prone stampede she has a baby so only a voice like Barry White can suite her flaring flames of Mother hood "Believe me , I used to but I ain't a boy anymore there's no love that can touch me anymore than all you've given me, My baby carrying my baby..." exhales in slow paces, how do i survive this longer the beats of a Usher Raymond song hits me up **** mama, you're the same girl i saw with him oh! no i ain't jealous of your man, i'm just sure he ain't man enough for you like i would don't call me when he wants you no more take this i got to go, i really have to go now i ain't leaving you, if you're going with me Exhales in heightened paces, i'm getting there loneliness only brings you closer to your inner man togetherness brings out the best in you and your man at the corner of the crowded dance floor beauty sat alone glaring at all the gesticulations and rigorous body movements how lonely she looked alone in the corner rejecting all invites
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Apr 28, 2014
Apr 28, 2014 at 11:30 AM UTC
"Lonely Baby Honey"
Don't ask - If that was there in the 1950's... Chances are, it was. Don't ask - Where the Jabberwock is... It is currently whiffling through the Tulgey wood. Don't ask - What normal is... We don't give a Tumtum tree. Don't ask - What a Bandersnatch is... We've been arguing about that since the 1950's. Don't ask - About our Gallbladders... It's one thing we have in common. Don't ask - How to get Raymond started on European history... He'll do it himself. Don't ask - How to say thank you... Just flick the cat off you tongue and get it over with.
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Jul 13, 2011
Jul 13, 2011 at 9:39 PM UTC
Just Don't Ask (Juncosa Family House Rules)
Masculinum Hyppeastrum, monstrum; the man eating botanica, the endlessly flowering plant, had enough of me. Went to sleep, or worse, he perished. I must have said something nasty about his size; doesn't flower anymore, all dried out, doesn't do a thing, his onion is weeping. Christmas roses, as I call the girls, lost the will to live. All my, previously green, flora is pointing her leafless finger at me. I've done nothing, that's the problem. I forgot all about my green plants; the environment is wrong, there is too much acidity, and that's my fault. I will search under the garden snow for snow drops, I left to themselves two years February, my snow tears. For colour, I have lemons and limes, green and yellow; sitting on a traditionally, blue, hand-painted Chinese china platter. River Yangtze is still running through my mind. Chai, Lemon tea and lemonade. ~ Author Notes *Flowering plants from Bahia : Hyppeastrum sp. From the 1970s, many plant novelties from Bahia came to light with the expeditions carried out by Howard Irwin and collaborators of NYBG (USA) and by Raymond Harley from RBG-Kew (UK). This provoked a renewal of interest, among botanists, in the flora of Bahia* (3-1-07)
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Oct 14, 2010
Oct 14, 2010 at 3:43 PM UTC
Not Only Hyppeastrum
When he speaks, I hear the sound, a president who's been around speaking of the wife with cankle not that she could care to rankle Yo, BT, he fights for freedom Rocky would be pleased to meet him late at night when lights are lunar on the road back home, a crooner fools rush in, no longer Bing the king of rock, old Pop can sing a whispered line from any song but suddenly I'm in the wrong and one tough stooge I hear he bought a tommy gun, and "why I oughta" tell you something you don't know it's Ahnold Schwanal ** dee doe and then another voice will join it's Raymond with his tenderloin this sailor's gal has quite a name he cooks his spinach in the same a wealthy man on distant isle who's wife is Lovey, makes me smile Every single voice he's got is good but when he's best it's not the person he'll impersonate but his own voice...it's getting late but wait, there's more, but I am spent on telling of the way it went or so it goes and what'll come the truth is, well, I love the ***
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Oct 1, 2013
Oct 1, 2013 at 12:48 PM UTC
My Impressionist
If things ever got so bad that our money became virtually worthless, it might be possible to use poetry as a medium of exchange. The better the poem, the greater the value. A Pablo Neruda or David Ignatow would be worth something like fifty dollars, whereas a Rod McKuen might buy you a candy bar. Maybe. Richard Brautigans would buy plenty, as well, but make you question why you were buying it at all. A Bukowski poem would be worth thousands, but looked upon as foreign currency. Of course, with the current rate of inflation, one would need more and more Nerudas and Ignatows just to get by, and eventually a loaf of bread might cost as much as a short story. To buy a car, one would need to come up with two or three novels...good novels...a couple of Haruki Murakamis. It would take a wallet full of Raymond Carver stories just to buy a motorcycle.
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Jun 1, 2012
Jun 1, 2012 at 6:35 PM UTC
Medium of Exchange
San Francisco beat lit blues, got Raymond Carver in my bag on the train, flipping through my pages, thinking of you, my dear. Soft knuckles, big hands clumsy enough to take hold of a pen and write something beautiful; paint me a picture with words when I'm old and grey stuck in a nursing home wishing we'd met. Eating fruit in a distant park, hardened heart due to constant responsibility; foolish actions, little girl in a ford hits a truck and cries for him. Man with the soft knuckles, big hands, beautiful unforgettable ocean-coloured eyes. Come into me, I invite you: Swim in between these open layers of flesh and take flight within me. Dispersed genetics on a dreary hour, I've got you in my mind Mapping out the design of your face, and loving every second of it.
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Apr 3, 2012
Apr 3, 2012 at 5:07 AM UTC
Before San Francisco
CAST: Dr. Pepper Captain Morgan Tatoo Grey Goose & Kalua M. Raymond Villamor IN A DRUNK INSPIRED RHYME And the Doctor takes me under as the Captain begins to sail ... And my emotions start to drift - shall it be heaven or will it be hell? And the Doctor tipped the bottle to make shots more and more ... While the Captain weighed the anchor far from distant shore So now I sit floating, feeling numb and asking what it's all for ... Maybe the answers will come tomorrow ... but tonight I'm just not sure. And the Doctor dripped his happy poison as the Captain cut another wake ... So I sailed upon the Doctor’s highs and Captain’s choppy waves The Doctor finally had to quit ... medicine he had no more ... And the Capt's ship ran aground into the rocky shore ... So I befriended some Black Russians to keep from being bored. I just was not ready in sobriety to be moored And the Russians took me in and in their grip I drifted off to sleep All my sorrows and all my pain till the morrow it would keep
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Apr 26, 2010
Apr 26, 2010 at 2:51 PM UTC
To the Captain ... and the Doctor.
Changing the channels in the middle of the night Mixing old plots into a new program Ugatti sells tickets to an illegal fight Another quarter for the juke box, Sam Patrick McGoohan strides angrily into Rick’s But finds that he has lost his credit card Vultures, vultures everywhere, Number Six Ilsa falls for Major Strasser quite hard Rick’s Place is purchased by Raymond Massey And Leonard Cohen in his famous blue coat Emails of transit from Kate Beckinsale, so classy - ‘Tis she who leaves poor Rick that rain-stained note And Captain Reynaud? He ends his days pushing each shopping cart In from the parking lot down at Wal-Mart
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Sep 16, 2018
Sep 16, 2018 at 3:44 PM UTC
Everybody Comes to Rick's Pancake House Franchise
They were young high school boys at the time Too young to know what they wanted to do with the rest of their lives An ill fated night of fun and games with friends in the park After the street lights had just turned on and it was starting to get dark Unbeknownst to the boys, a female jogger was out for a run An unknown man had come out of the darkness and knocked her unconscious He committed horrific acts of physical violence and left her for dead After police at the scene first discovered the woman bleeding severely from her head They put out a call that “black and Hispanic teenagers” were out in the park “wilding” and up to no good An order was given to round everyone up and to bring them in for questioning At that point the young minors were beaten, terrorized, and coerced By the very police force that had promised to protect and to serve Family members were confused, separated, threatened, and lied to The boys and their family members were tricked into signing false statements Framed by police and convicted by the media even before their hearings The boys didn’t stand a chance despite having the support of their community and good legal representation There was no true peace of mind the wrongful convictions could have provided for Trisha, the jogger There was no true justice that could be served in those two courtrooms either Five innocent boys were convicted and served long sentences for a crime they did not commit Korey, Kevin, Yousef, Antron, and Raymond now use their experiences to help others who should have also been found innocent
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Jun 2, 2019
Jun 2, 2019 at 5:16 PM UTC
The Exonerated Five
They were young high school boys at the time Too young to know what they wanted to do with the rest of their lives An ill fated night of fun and games with friends in the park After the street lights had just turned on and it was starting to get dark Unbeknownst to the boys, a female jogger was out for a run An unknown man had come out of the darkness and knocked her unconscious He committed horrific acts of physical violence and left her for dead After police at the scene first discovered the woman bleeding severely from her head They put out a call that “black and Hispanic teenagers” were out in the park “wilding” and up to no good An order was given to round everyone up and to bring them in for questioning At that point the young minors were beaten, terrorized, and coerced By the very police force that had promised to protect and to serve Family members were confused, separated, threatened, and lied to The boys and their family members were tricked into signing false statements Framed by police and convicted by the media even before their hearings The boys didn’t stand a chance despite having the support of their community and good legal representation There was no true peace of mind the wrongful convictions could have provided for Trisha, the jogger There was no true justice that could be served in those two courtrooms either Five innocent boys were convicted and served long sentences for a crime they did not commit Korey, Kevin, Yousef, Antron, and Raymond now use their experiences to help others who should have also been found innocent
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The hearse set off through the mansion gates Pulled by a pair of greys, Stepping high, so they’d not be late For the church’s hymns of praise, Lord Gordon Knox on the catafalque Awaiting his final ride, Just down the hill where the graveyard spilled And spread on the eastern side. But staring out from behind the grass, From between each tree and bush, There gleamed the beam of a hundred eyes In a sacred kind of hush, The word was out it was Gordon Knox Set to take his pride of place, And from the woods had come every fox To afford his lordship grace. For Gordon had been the Master of The Aldermaston Hunt, Had chased them across the countryside More than a man can count, But somehow managed to lose the fox As it turned, became covert, And often seemed to confuse the hounds As the fox returned to earth. Three generations had come and gone Since the young Amelia Knox, Had left to walk in the countryside And found a secluded copse, The peasants say that she fell asleep By a well protected earth, And Reynard Fox had uncovered her Before she had given birth. So Raymond was the first of the breed In a mix of fox and man, A Knox by name but a fox by shame When his mother’s guilt began, And when he had a son of his own He could see that the eyes were sly, And every fox in the countryside Could tell him the reason why. Gordon carried the bloodline on Though he rode to fox and hounds, He ruled the hunt with an iron fist They were hunting in his grounds, And every time that the quarry went He would make a lame excuse, The scent was wrong, or the wind was strong Or the hounds were far too loose. And every time that the Master died And the hearse had trundled by, The foxes all came out to see, In a way, they said goodbye, But Gordon had left no son behind Just a daughter, Elspeth Knox, And I heard they’d given up on her Till they found her in some copse. David Lewis Paget
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Aug 19, 2015
Aug 19, 2015 at 1:24 AM UTC
To Fox and Hounds
The hearse set off through the mansion gates Pulled by a pair of greys, Stepping high, so they’d not be late For the church’s hymns of praise, Lord Gordon Knox on the catafalque Awaiting his final ride, Just down the hill where the graveyard spilled And spread on the eastern side. But staring out from behind the grass, From between each tree and bush, There gleamed the beam of a hundred eyes In a sacred kind of hush, The word was out it was Gordon Knox Set to take his pride of place, And from the woods had come every fox To afford his lordship grace. For Gordon had been the Master of The Aldermaston Hunt, Had chased them across the countryside More than a man can count, But somehow managed to lose the fox As it turned, became covert, And often seemed to confuse the hounds As the fox returned to earth. Three generations had come and gone Since the young Amelia Knox, Had left to walk in the countryside And found a secluded copse, The peasants say that she fell asleep By a well protected earth, And Reynard Fox had uncovered her Before she had given birth. So Raymond was the first of the breed In a mix of fox and man, A Knox by name but a fox by shame When his mother’s guilt began, And when he had a son of his own He could see that the eyes were sly, And every fox in the countryside Could tell him the reason why. Gordon carried the bloodline on Though he rode to fox and hounds, He ruled the hunt with an iron fist They were hunting in his grounds, And every time that the quarry went He would make a lame excuse, The scent was wrong, or the wind was strong Or the hounds were far too loose. And every time that the Master died And the hearse had trundled by, The foxes all came out to see, In a way, they said goodbye, But Gordon had left no son behind Just a daughter, Elspeth Knox, And I heard they’d given up on her Till they found her in some copse. David Lewis Paget
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Le Troquet le Méribel à Croix-Daurade (Chronique des années de Blues et de fièvres) C'était un bar de Croix-Daurade, Dans les années soixante-dix, Placé sur la route d'Albi, Près du Lycée Raymond-Naves Qui lui donnait sa clientèle De jeunes gens émerveillés De découvrir leur liberté **** des regards de leurs parents Ce bar était dans l’air du temps, Des banquettes de moleskine Un jukebox passant les tubes De ces «golden seventies» dont les jeunesses s’étaient saisies Pour jeter les bases d’un Monde Qui puisse leur ressembler un peu Les chansons étaient leurs bannières : Parfois «Let It Be» des Beatles, parfois «My Sweet Lord» de Georges Harrison Quelque fois, l'harmonica de Dylan Évoquant Monsieur «Tambourine Man», Et bien d'autres que j’ai oubliées. Nous buvions le plus souvent Des petits noirs sans soif ni fin, Parfois quelques bières pour les garçons Des diabolos menthe pour les filles. Nos conversations infinies, S'enflammaient d'esquisses de flirt, Et nous étions tous fascinés, par leurs regards pareil à des aimants, Leurs les longs cheveux dénoués, et leurs yeux emplis de lumière. Les filles nous semblaient belles et douces Et nous n'osions pas assez le leur dire. Mais leur présence charmante Piquaient notre fièvre de «Tchatcher» Lorsqu'il y eu la grève au lycée, Suite aux blessures infligées au normalien, Richard Deshayes Le café devint un vrai QG, Où nous préparions nos expéditions, Des militants vinrent recruter, Et nous initièrent aux querelles Qui n'avaient rien à envier A celles des Byzantins assiégés. Il y avait le bel Alfredo, Et des étudiants qui faisaient Tourner la tête aux Lycéennes . C’étaient comme l’écrivit Louis Aragon : «Des temps déraisonnables» Mais c’était une époque de fantaisie Ou le demain se conjuguait Au rythme de notre insolence Et d’une soif de vivre sans pareil. Paul Arrighi
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Dec 10, 2016
Dec 10, 2016 at 7:09 AM UTC
Le Troquet le Méribel à Croix-Daurade
Le Troquet le Méribel à Croix-Daurade (Chronique des années de Blues et de fièvres) C'était un bar de Croix-Daurade, Dans les années soixante-dix, Placé sur la route d'Albi, Près du Lycée Raymond-Naves Qui lui donnait sa clientèle De jeunes gens émerveillés De découvrir leur liberté **** des regards de leurs parents Ce bar était dans l’air du temps, Des banquettes de moleskine Un jukebox passant les tubes De ces «golden seventies» dont les jeunesses s’étaient saisies Pour jeter les bases d’un Monde Qui puisse leur ressembler un peu Les chansons étaient leurs bannières : Parfois «Let It Be» des Beatles, parfois «My Sweet Lord» de Georges Harrison Quelque fois, l'harmonica de Dylan Évoquant Monsieur «Tambourine Man», Et bien d'autres que j’ai oubliées. Nous buvions le plus souvent Des petits noirs sans soif ni fin, Parfois quelques bières pour les garçons Des diabolos menthe pour les filles. Nos conversations infinies, S'enflammaient d'esquisses de flirt, Et nous étions tous fascinés, par leurs regards pareil à des aimants, Leurs les longs cheveux dénoués, et leurs yeux emplis de lumière. Les filles nous semblaient belles et douces Et nous n'osions pas assez le leur dire. Mais leur présence charmante Piquaient notre fièvre de «Tchatcher» Lorsqu'il y eu la grève au lycée, Suite aux blessures infligées au normalien, Richard Deshayes Le café devint un vrai QG, Où nous préparions nos expéditions, Des militants vinrent recruter, Et nous initièrent aux querelles Qui n'avaient rien à envier A celles des Byzantins assiégés. Il y avait le bel Alfredo, Et des étudiants qui faisaient Tourner la tête aux Lycéennes . C’étaient comme l’écrivit Louis Aragon : «Des temps déraisonnables» Mais c’était une époque de fantaisie Ou le demain se conjuguait Au rythme de notre insolence Et d’une soif de vivre sans pareil. Paul Arrighi
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I'll let my tears blend in with these puddles on the ground. Sorrow in my heart as this rain is pouring down. Giving it all up to You, the one who holds the plan. The Lord of heaven and of earth, of animal and man. I'll trust in you because I know that You will do what's best I'll just keep praying for Your will and let You do the rest. - Jamie
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Jun 15, 2012
Jun 15, 2012 at 4:21 PM UTC
For my Uncle Raymond
Raymond was strapped in grade four. Reportedly told a kid to **** off. True heresay. This happened a while ago. He could'a been stood against the board, With his nose in a circle for thirty minutes. (Lines were always a waste of everyone's time) Could'a stood him at the back for the morning, Or out in the hall, or suspended, Later expelled. He could'a been fired and unemployed, ****** off and unsocial, And, again, later, crooked. True heresy. Then we tell him to **** off, Which we should've done first, And left it at that.
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Dec 29, 2016
Dec 29, 2016 at 9:44 PM UTC
Corporeal Raymond
emancipated, sunken, lost in the fog. I am in love with an eternal concluder. no, sorry, I only love the fact that you took that imposter from this world, it is disturbing that he would even try to impersonate my papa. cheery, rosy tinted memories, shifted bleak. you embody total contentment through such a simple life. you are a true treasure, that is now swallowed in the mist of time. once these remarkable things became shadowed by the empty desolate version of yourself i decided i was in love in with deaths act of nullification, to clear off the gunk that tainted my papa's clean soul. I love that you put an end to a fraud who tried to make my papa look so far from himself. I love you, yourself, my papa. before the shadows. before the fog. -Raymond Pendergast 2018-
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Sep 25, 2018
Sep 25, 2018 at 10:39 AM UTC
sonnet to death
12-14: Jacob Harris. 14-16: Mykayla Bradshaw. 16: Raymond Crawford. 16: Gin Berry. 16: Mickaela Maxwell. 17-present: Khayllia Harrell. I gave Jacob my Innocence. I gave Mykayla my Trust. I gave Ray my Self-esteem. I gave Gin my Confidence. I gave **** my Hope. I am giving Khayllia my Brokenness.
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Mar 20, 2016
Mar 20, 2016 at 5:24 AM UTC
All The Pieces I've Lost