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There are five widely known senses. Sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. We've got some minor ones as well, such as balance, temperature and many more. However, people fail to realise that there's also the sixth major sense. Thoughts themselves.    If we look closely, all these five senses have the same base. Specified cells in eye react to energy of light, cells of ear recieve energy in form of air's vibrations, skin cells pick up energy of mechanical changes, and so tasting and hearing depend on translation of certain substances' chemical energy.    These cells in different organs differ in their structure and the way they appear, however, if we stop looking at them in such small scale, we can see that ALL of the cells or organs responsible for any sense translate the energy.    So, a light enters the eye, certain wavelenght of certain energy stimulates the eye's rod or cone cells with a certain intensity. Then the energy of light is translated to energy of electrical impulse, which goes straight to the brain, creating the sensation of sight.    If it comes to smell, a certain particle enters the nose, binds to a smell receptor cell, and the chemical energy of this particle is, again, translated to energy of electrical impulse, which goes straight to the brain, creating the sensation of smell.    Now, let's move to the crucial part. The sense of thoughts.    During the creation of thought, pathways in our brain that collect memories(and many more known or unknown pathways) connect. First, there's this spark of electricity, that moves all along the neuron and releases a dose of neurotransmitters(amount of different NTs is equiavlent to strength of this spark, basically resulting in "creating" various thoughts). Then, chemical energy of NEUROTRANSMITTER is translated to energy of electrical impulse, which happens in the brain, creating the sensation of thought.    Therefore the 'sense of thoughts' reacts to and is stimulated by neurotransmitters themselves, with receptors on neurons' membrane being receptors of the stimulus. So, kind of like smell, the stimulus is chemical, compared to sight, where it's electromagnetic wave; anyways the result in all of these is electric impulse in neurons (hence the idea of "thoughts" as a sense, due to the same basic layout; transfer of energy).    The 'smell particle' connects to receptor and is translated to a certain amount of neurotransmitters/certain strenght of neuronal impulse. SO, again, we can see that when the first outer layer of this communication is cut off, we're left only with the neurotransmitters and impulses themselves. Anyway, the transduction of energy remains.    If it comes to "sense of thoughts" the receptor lies within us, whereas in sight or smell or touch it's external. However, does it matter if it's on the surface of skin or under it if it all comes down to neurons of our brain?    When you lie in a dark, silent room, without any external stimuli, you still retain your thoughts, colorful, vivid or complex. All the magic of the brain - still happens. So, how isn't it a separate, full-fledged sense?
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Aug 9, 2018
Aug 9, 2018 at 6:49 AM UTC
Thoughts#22 ; Senses
There are five widely known senses. Sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. We've got some minor ones as well, such as balance, temperature and many more. However, people fail to realise that there's also the sixth major sense. Thoughts themselves.    If we look closely, all these five senses have the same base. Specified cells in eye react to energy of light, cells of ear recieve energy in form of air's vibrations, skin cells pick up energy of mechanical changes, and so tasting and hearing depend on translation of certain substances' chemical energy.    These cells in different organs differ in their structure and the way they appear, however, if we stop looking at them in such small scale, we can see that ALL of the cells or organs responsible for any sense translate the energy.    So, a light enters the eye, certain wavelenght of certain energy stimulates the eye's rod or cone cells with a certain intensity. Then the energy of light is translated to energy of electrical impulse, which goes straight to the brain, creating the sensation of sight.    If it comes to smell, a certain particle enters the nose, binds to a smell receptor cell, and the chemical energy of this particle is, again, translated to energy of electrical impulse, which goes straight to the brain, creating the sensation of smell.    Now, let's move to the crucial part. The sense of thoughts.    During the creation of thought, pathways in our brain that collect memories(and many more known or unknown pathways) connect. First, there's this spark of electricity, that moves all along the neuron and releases a dose of neurotransmitters(amount of different NTs is equiavlent to strength of this spark, basically resulting in "creating" various thoughts). Then, chemical energy of NEUROTRANSMITTER is translated to energy of electrical impulse, which happens in the brain, creating the sensation of thought.    Therefore the 'sense of thoughts' reacts to and is stimulated by neurotransmitters themselves, with receptors on neurons' membrane being receptors of the stimulus. So, kind of like smell, the stimulus is chemical, compared to sight, where it's electromagnetic wave; anyways the result in all of these is electric impulse in neurons (hence the idea of "thoughts" as a sense, due to the same basic layout; transfer of energy).    The 'smell particle' connects to receptor and is translated to a certain amount of neurotransmitters/certain strenght of neuronal impulse. SO, again, we can see that when the first outer layer of this communication is cut off, we're left only with the neurotransmitters and impulses themselves. Anyway, the transduction of energy remains.    If it comes to "sense of thoughts" the receptor lies within us, whereas in sight or smell or touch it's external. However, does it matter if it's on the surface of skin or under it if it all comes down to neurons of our brain?    When you lie in a dark, silent room, without any external stimuli, you still retain your thoughts, colorful, vivid or complex. All the magic of the brain - still happens. So, how isn't it a separate, full-fledged sense?
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Middle School Full of friends and love Hate and lust Being thrown under the bus Doing the right thing Is harder than it sounds Harder than it looks, too Always wanting to be found Rescued from the abyss That feeds off of your sadness That doesn’t know when to stop That will make you collapse Needing support Wherever you can find it Taking it from others If it means peace Life upside-down Never know how To turn your life over That frown upside-down So when you find peace Wherever you find it You never want to leave it But sometimes you must Coming back to resurface After all the sadness You see the world differently Then you saw it before. People can help But sometimes they don’t Sometimes they think their helping But really they’re not Don’t fall for the lies The deceptions they place To try and make you come with them And do the wrong things Because in the end, you’ll find You never wanted to be with them You just want to be you And not just some hologram Embrace who you are And what you’ve gone through No matter what it is Walk up with open arms Take what you have And don’t worry about what you don’t Because in the end, you’ll find There’s nothing wrong with you You’ve been through high times And low ones, too But no matter what had happened You found your way through Through the darkness, you emerged Opening your eyes To a new world of color Without wearing a disguise Learning who you are Can change how you act Change how you feel Even change how you react Because now you know How to see in color No longer in the darkness World seeming brighter Every day can be a good one If you know how to live it All you have to do Is change how you see it
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Dec 5, 2017
Dec 5, 2017 at 3:30 PM UTC
Middle School
Middle School Full of friends and love Hate and lust Being thrown under the bus Doing the right thing Is harder than it sounds Harder than it looks, too Always wanting to be found Rescued from the abyss That feeds off of your sadness That doesn’t know when to stop That will make you collapse Needing support Wherever you can find it Taking it from others If it means peace Life upside-down Never know how To turn your life over That frown upside-down So when you find peace Wherever you find it You never want to leave it But sometimes you must Coming back to resurface After all the sadness You see the world differently Then you saw it before. People can help But sometimes they don’t Sometimes they think their helping But really they’re not Don’t fall for the lies The deceptions they place To try and make you come with them And do the wrong things Because in the end, you’ll find You never wanted to be with them You just want to be you And not just some hologram Embrace who you are And what you’ve gone through No matter what it is Walk up with open arms Take what you have And don’t worry about what you don’t Because in the end, you’ll find There’s nothing wrong with you You’ve been through high times And low ones, too But no matter what had happened You found your way through Through the darkness, you emerged Opening your eyes To a new world of color Without wearing a disguise Learning who you are Can change how you act Change how you feel Even change how you react Because now you know How to see in color No longer in the darkness World seeming brighter Every day can be a good one If you know how to live it All you have to do Is change how you see it
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**No Justice, No Peace If we can't get it from the Court then we'll take it from the Streets No Justice, No Peace **** the Police and what you believe!** Whatever happened to Revolution Being the American way? When your voice remains unheard For which you suffer every day, Your life is constantly stepped on, Your rights keep getting taken away, And in spite of the lies they spin to protect your oppressors, You still keep the rage at bay Because you are not Above the Law and neither is anyone else. So taking matters into your own hands Isn't going to help. You entrust the justice system to do what it's supposed to Even though you know it never has and is probably never going to. But if you haven't done anything wrong and the Law doesn't serve you, and only seems to defend the people who've already hurt you, then honestly I think it's insane and completely absurd to not only expect the People not to react, but to honor a curfew. **** YOU** Do you hear us yet? **** YOU** Oh, it's inappropriate? You don't wanna talk about it? You don't wanna think about it? You don't wanna deal with it? Well guess what? Nobody ******* does, nobody ******* would, nobody ever ******* could. But for the people who don't look like you - Aryan Beauty Standards Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue Fair-skinned, light-skinned European skeleton, It was never a choice they had. Oppression doesn't pick you Based on qualifications Any more than Privilege does, If you think this case Is not about race You better check your Privilege, cuz. I love my home, America But I hate what it's become Land of the greedy, home of the afraid Kingdom of the Loud and Dumb Slut-shaming, victim-blaming, race-hating, race-baiting Sensationalization of the worst crimes in the nation Religious intolerance, homophobic misogyny, blatant racial discrimination Can't get with it, can't hang At least not in the lynch mob sense I am blown the **** away at the grievous absence of common sense. So when they lit those flags on fire in the center of the town *I understand, and I can't blame them the flag is truer up in flames now* And if they so decide to burn the city to the ground, *I understand, and I can't blame them I would wanna burn it down* **No Justice, No Peace If we can't get it from the Court then we'll take it from the Streets No Justice, No Peace **** the Police and **** your Beliefs!**
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Nov 26, 2014
Nov 26, 2014 at 5:57 PM UTC
Injustice (Warning: Offensive)
**No Justice, No Peace If we can't get it from the Court then we'll take it from the Streets No Justice, No Peace **** the Police and what you believe!** Whatever happened to Revolution Being the American way? When your voice remains unheard For which you suffer every day, Your life is constantly stepped on, Your rights keep getting taken away, And in spite of the lies they spin to protect your oppressors, You still keep the rage at bay Because you are not Above the Law and neither is anyone else. So taking matters into your own hands Isn't going to help. You entrust the justice system to do what it's supposed to Even though you know it never has and is probably never going to. But if you haven't done anything wrong and the Law doesn't serve you, and only seems to defend the people who've already hurt you, then honestly I think it's insane and completely absurd to not only expect the People not to react, but to honor a curfew. **** YOU** Do you hear us yet? **** YOU** Oh, it's inappropriate? You don't wanna talk about it? You don't wanna think about it? You don't wanna deal with it? Well guess what? Nobody ******* does, nobody ******* would, nobody ever ******* could. But for the people who don't look like you - Aryan Beauty Standards Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue Fair-skinned, light-skinned European skeleton, It was never a choice they had. Oppression doesn't pick you Based on qualifications Any more than Privilege does, If you think this case Is not about race You better check your Privilege, cuz. I love my home, America But I hate what it's become Land of the greedy, home of the afraid Kingdom of the Loud and Dumb Slut-shaming, victim-blaming, race-hating, race-baiting Sensationalization of the worst crimes in the nation Religious intolerance, homophobic misogyny, blatant racial discrimination Can't get with it, can't hang At least not in the lynch mob sense I am blown the **** away at the grievous absence of common sense. So when they lit those flags on fire in the center of the town *I understand, and I can't blame them the flag is truer up in flames now* And if they so decide to burn the city to the ground, *I understand, and I can't blame them I would wanna burn it down* **No Justice, No Peace If we can't get it from the Court then we'll take it from the Streets No Justice, No Peace **** the Police and **** your Beliefs!**
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The photos were leaked today They were of a **** woman with brown skin Love making as she stared straight into the lenses I was showed by a man who did not know how to react once I had been shown My reaction was not shock I merely stated "That's baad" I did not know how to react to the staunch cyber-bully who was sure he was doing himself a justice by being so open about his anger at the naked, brown, humiliated, naked, shamed, beautiful I am shamed by his shaming I am naked by his ********** I am beautiful by myself sometimes Sometimes I take the tape off my camera and position it near my bloom I am not alone in this activity and yet I feel alone in an intimate situation, feel less alone, in a private situation. Sometimes I work it so that every part of my dark lips are shadowed and my fingers seem to work for a living rather than play My body is not a string It is a temple of dark things It is a ossuary filled with the dust of former lives It is not to be dangled for cats for play It has no puppet hands Or puppet face It smiles because it sees you smile And she frowns when she sees you laugh It is alive The misfortune you hope her body will bring her is shame I hope it will bring other people enlightenment The fault is not in her The fault is in the malicious, villainous, caricature of man who is hallow and made of maddening bells Every time you disturb him he rings in announcement "This lady I had once an intimate relationship and she abused me. Here is her punishment." We are all cavernous tunnels with lights to shoot out of the pins and needles sensational feelings we do not desire this but we must desire to be freed from being owned by this We all think we're exempted from shame until we are ashamed There are no exemptions, only more bells They ring, until background noise renders them obsolete to us
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Oct 3, 2017
Oct 3, 2017 at 10:43 AM UTC
Beautiful, brown, naked, woman
The photos were leaked today They were of a **** woman with brown skin Love making as she stared straight into the lenses I was showed by a man who did not know how to react once I had been shown My reaction was not shock I merely stated "That's baad" I did not know how to react to the staunch cyber-bully who was sure he was doing himself a justice by being so open about his anger at the naked, brown, humiliated, naked, shamed, beautiful I am shamed by his shaming I am naked by his ********** I am beautiful by myself sometimes Sometimes I take the tape off my camera and position it near my bloom I am not alone in this activity and yet I feel alone in an intimate situation, feel less alone, in a private situation. Sometimes I work it so that every part of my dark lips are shadowed and my fingers seem to work for a living rather than play My body is not a string It is a temple of dark things It is a ossuary filled with the dust of former lives It is not to be dangled for cats for play It has no puppet hands Or puppet face It smiles because it sees you smile And she frowns when she sees you laugh It is alive The misfortune you hope her body will bring her is shame I hope it will bring other people enlightenment The fault is not in her The fault is in the malicious, villainous, caricature of man who is hallow and made of maddening bells Every time you disturb him he rings in announcement "This lady I had once an intimate relationship and she abused me. Here is her punishment." We are all cavernous tunnels with lights to shoot out of the pins and needles sensational feelings we do not desire this but we must desire to be freed from being owned by this We all think we're exempted from shame until we are ashamed There are no exemptions, only more bells They ring, until background noise renders them obsolete to us
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They drove me across the country, from the busy city where we departed to intimate villages where they recessed, and spent a star filled, moonlit night singing songs, their bodies casting long, wavy shadows from campfires they huddled around. Just as I got too cold and my wheels couldn't turn anymore did they finally turn the spark plugs, revving and igniting my despair and sensitivity producing heat. Sometimes they pushed until I shoved and scraped my rubber on asphalt, on rocks, on sand, on boulders big and small, and I hit a flat-line; the air I could hold in no longer. They rode me into a forest whose undergrowth was as thick as a bears' fur during the winter, and redwood that spanned the horizon you thought it could pat the constellations. A forest teeming with life that one would react like Wendy from Peter Pan-- never wanting to leave Neverland. And I could see it in their soft faces and squinting eyes, bright and lit up with joy, every detail apparent as if I burst my headlights into high-beam, directly on them. It was there I ran out of gas and my engines parched for oil, from the endless adventure that was exhilarating and memorable. One could, as a result, easily forget responsibilities. There was no service or refill station nearby, so I was abandoned where I parked, flat tires, rusty hood, broken chassis, dilapidated suspension. I've proved my worth from when I was brought in and over time it wasn't enough. Only repairing, never maintaining.
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Dec 15, 2014
Dec 15, 2014 at 2:11 AM UTC
The Walking Engine
Don't tell, your lips speak only the truth I'll understand you better, reading in between the lines. The bottom lines, never lies. Your flesh approves of our ties. the way you react; you can't deny Your skin's reaction to your action. You couldn't hide it if you even try. Hard commands demand your attention, like a distraction; our chain reaction crossing the line; drawing attention to our raw attraction
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Mar 7, 2018
Mar 7, 2018 at 5:14 PM UTC
Attraction
Oh black negus. Why do you hate me so much? Noticed I called you by your rightful title. Negus King, Ruler, Emperor Not ***** or ****** The derogatory term originating from the crackers, or ***** the mild disparagement softened by society made to think that it's acceptable. But anyway let's get back to it. Why do you hate me? Is it because of my full lips or my round hips? My low tolerance for ******** The way that my stretch marks are engraved in my skin? Or how the roots of my hair aren't so thin. Is it my naturally sun kissed skin? Even toned complexion? It just can't be my uncanny resemblance to Isis the Egyptian Goddess! So why not praise me for my natural features Why go on one knee for their paid for enhancements Should I react like Angela Basset in Waiting to Exhale? Screaming and shouting while my face is growing pale. But pardon my melanin I was perplexed by this darkness that stared at me in the mirror That stared at me looking in my lovers eyes and taunted me Smiles behind hidden hate they constantly berate my beauty But pardon my melanin My superiority is in my melanin Encased in my skeleton Our ancestors wouldn't like this They would not be proud of that colorism that exist They slander us for our features yet they list after it This systematic thinking has our men slandering us but they won't admit You continue to beat me down yet I am your mother. I am the fruit of this nation. But pardon my melanin So I'll ask again Why do you hate me? We are carved in the same beauty and without each other we can't exist I still remember the first day that we kissed but a few months later you left me for hailey in an unfortunate bliss Melanin filled girls I am here to say You are a queen never be afraid to be seen The brother that disrespect and degrade are absolutely absurd! You are not ratchet bitter or mean Youre a stunning melanin queen So pardon my melanin? Naw enlightened by me melanin.
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Mar 3, 2019
Mar 3, 2019 at 1:02 AM UTC
Pardon my melanin
Oh black negus. Why do you hate me so much? Noticed I called you by your rightful title. Negus King, Ruler, Emperor Not ***** or ****** The derogatory term originating from the crackers, or ***** the mild disparagement softened by society made to think that it's acceptable. But anyway let's get back to it. Why do you hate me? Is it because of my full lips or my round hips? My low tolerance for ******** The way that my stretch marks are engraved in my skin? Or how the roots of my hair aren't so thin. Is it my naturally sun kissed skin? Even toned complexion? It just can't be my uncanny resemblance to Isis the Egyptian Goddess! So why not praise me for my natural features Why go on one knee for their paid for enhancements Should I react like Angela Basset in Waiting to Exhale? Screaming and shouting while my face is growing pale. But pardon my melanin I was perplexed by this darkness that stared at me in the mirror That stared at me looking in my lovers eyes and taunted me Smiles behind hidden hate they constantly berate my beauty But pardon my melanin My superiority is in my melanin Encased in my skeleton Our ancestors wouldn't like this They would not be proud of that colorism that exist They slander us for our features yet they list after it This systematic thinking has our men slandering us but they won't admit You continue to beat me down yet I am your mother. I am the fruit of this nation. But pardon my melanin So I'll ask again Why do you hate me? We are carved in the same beauty and without each other we can't exist I still remember the first day that we kissed but a few months later you left me for hailey in an unfortunate bliss Melanin filled girls I am here to say You are a queen never be afraid to be seen The brother that disrespect and degrade are absolutely absurd! You are not ratchet bitter or mean Youre a stunning melanin queen So pardon my melanin? Naw enlightened by me melanin.
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When clocks strike twelve and trainings end — lurk not, they say, in school at night. Age-old stories tell of how there’re things that throng in fluorescent light. In toilets silence screeches loud, for when school’s empty, they arise: Ghosts of pregnant girls lie wailing, with cleaner-uncle poltergeists. For now I sit on chilling white, resounding prayers in my mind; my heart racing with dire wish a friend of Casper’s I won’t find — Then eeeeeeek! Is that a door creaking? Perhaps it stemmed from my own mind, Hinges sing as they fly open! Thou who entered, oh be my kind! A thud thud thud as shoes traverse across the glinting marble floor; and louder, louder as they get much nearer to my sacred door! THEN SILENCE or so I wish! But a loud knock takes my breath away. The unlatched bolt lies there lazing HOW’D I FORGET TO LOCK TODAY? A hand thrusts in so hard and swift, door’s open ‘fore I can react! I’m facing now a girl my age, She bawls at me with little tact — Eyes bloodshot and tummy bloated, “YOU DISGUSTING PIG! HOW DARE YE?!” I dash out of the girls’ toilet before she tries to castrate me.
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Sep 6, 2014
Sep 6, 2014 at 12:19 PM UTC
COMEDIC TOILET GHOST POEM
She gave love a fair chance, he took it for granted. She believed in every word he said, he lied to her all along. She promised to stay with him, he left her saying it's over. She didn't know how to react, he couldn't care less now. She told herself to be strong, he belonged to her past. She stood firm, shining in the dark like a lighthouse, he was just a boat that passed by.
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Nov 18, 2014
Nov 18, 2014 at 7:52 AM UTC
Lighthouse
A catalyst is a chemical that speeds up reactions. At least that’s what I learned in chemistry class. Catalysts sometimes are the major factors in a reactions and without them, The reaction could never happen. Catalyst can be lab chemicals, alcohol, drugs, coffee even, or a person. While lounging around one afternoon you were talking physics And I turned it on your head and spoke of chemistry, Knowing full well that I was speaking of our personal chemistries. You were right, the physics of a relationship gives us the laws, But CHEMISTRY can predict the outcome. If you do the math and follow the directions, you can determine the product without even doing the experiment. Unless the reaction you are creating has never been attempted before by the scientists preforming the experiment. They can flip through the books, Read the essays, Study the theorems, Even attempt the calculations, But if they don’t do the actual experiment, They will never find their outcome. Some things need a push, A catalyst, For them to form a bond, React, And combine into a stable combination. Hypotheses must be TESTED, ACCEPTED, and RATIFIED Before becoming a law. No matter how based in logic your hypothesis might be, You need the universe and its fundamental laws to back it up. There are still surprises left in the universe. Maybe you and I can be one of them.
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Oct 15, 2014
Oct 15, 2014 at 1:16 PM UTC
Catalyst for Change
I know I won't get to all but ****** I'm gonna try thumb up to every comment up until the day I die I can't react to every line and word but ****** I can try thumbs up to ever poet/poetess maybe no one has, to cry I'm just a singularity but ****** all too hell we, as a community stand up, and hear the yell I'm not you, and you're not me but when you see thumbs down chime in with words and thumbs chase the trolls, outta HP town
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Aug 20, 2018
Aug 20, 2018 at 9:20 AM UTC
Remove Thumbs Down Eliot, It's a troll tool :(
She said she would be willing to get a matching tattoo with me. A flower permanently imprinted on our skin. She likes orchids, I like lilies. And even after moving away she understands my addictions; growing old, the rain, Team Gibbs, bats, my love for pistachios and maybe even my need to come back home. As much as I love Ohio, it’s nice to go home every once and awhile. Saving up for my tattoo is not easy when I keep spending my money on M&M;’s and pistachios, especially when my mother isn’t there to pinch my skin and tell me to put my wallet away. She’s not old— but I certainly feel like I am when she says she’s moving away from me. I toss and turn and move in my sleep thinking about how home will never be the same without her. The cats are getting old; their time is coming. Maybe we should get a tattoo of them instead of flowers—light and dark brown skin warm and cuddled together, munching on pistachios. I remember when I first became addicted to pistachios. It was a church Christmas party and the wine was moving closer to my hands. Mom said I could, as I felt the buzz of my skin react to my fourth glass. She shook her head and drove me home laughing at my sneaky attempts to act sober. A tattoo was out of the question; what would I think when I got old? Our relationship now has changed, intimate friends never too old to dance or talk about our *** lives, throwing pistachios at each other or plan out our future tattoos. I am going to miss her, and she me, as she moves on with her dreams, starting over, building a new home In a place we’ve never known, but always in the same skin that I have loved my whole life.  A soft, toasted skin that has been passed down to me for my days of old. Born, nurtured, taught and loved in my mother’s home; home-cooked meals that surpass the freshest of pistachios so I would one day learn how to cook. No matter where she moves, my mother will remain deep in my heart, my skin—like a tattoo. She gave me my skin and approved of my tattoo, provided me with a home complete with pistachios and an old promise: her heart is unmoving.
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Feb 28, 2011
Feb 28, 2011 at 8:03 AM UTC
Orchids and Lilies
She said she would be willing to get a matching tattoo with me. A flower permanently imprinted on our skin. She likes orchids, I like lilies. And even after moving away she understands my addictions; growing old, the rain, Team Gibbs, bats, my love for pistachios and maybe even my need to come back home. As much as I love Ohio, it’s nice to go home every once and awhile. Saving up for my tattoo is not easy when I keep spending my money on M&M;’s and pistachios, especially when my mother isn’t there to pinch my skin and tell me to put my wallet away. She’s not old— but I certainly feel like I am when she says she’s moving away from me. I toss and turn and move in my sleep thinking about how home will never be the same without her. The cats are getting old; their time is coming. Maybe we should get a tattoo of them instead of flowers—light and dark brown skin warm and cuddled together, munching on pistachios. I remember when I first became addicted to pistachios. It was a church Christmas party and the wine was moving closer to my hands. Mom said I could, as I felt the buzz of my skin react to my fourth glass. She shook her head and drove me home laughing at my sneaky attempts to act sober. A tattoo was out of the question; what would I think when I got old? Our relationship now has changed, intimate friends never too old to dance or talk about our *** lives, throwing pistachios at each other or plan out our future tattoos. I am going to miss her, and she me, as she moves on with her dreams, starting over, building a new home In a place we’ve never known, but always in the same skin that I have loved my whole life.  A soft, toasted skin that has been passed down to me for my days of old. Born, nurtured, taught and loved in my mother’s home; home-cooked meals that surpass the freshest of pistachios so I would one day learn how to cook. No matter where she moves, my mother will remain deep in my heart, my skin—like a tattoo. She gave me my skin and approved of my tattoo, provided me with a home complete with pistachios and an old promise: her heart is unmoving.
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I have a sickness, which is contagious, spreading with quickness, which is outrageous. Every person I look upon, is struck with the feelings of hate, soon these feelings will be gone, as someone else carries this weight. Is there a cure for what I feel? Must i react with such zeal?
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May 19, 2014
May 19, 2014 at 6:48 PM UTC
Anger
The process of becoming other than,   the shedding of the old by way of time   the hands upon the clock traverse their span,   the ever fleeting moment reigns, sublime. The emptiness of all objective forms,   the rushing river, never stepped in twice,   the reconfiguration of all norms,   the virtues of lost ages seen as vice, The elements converge and then react,   the caterpillars weave themselves cocoons,   the world amends its stock of gathered facts,   the moths emerge, in flight to greet the moon,       The firmament, destroyed and rearranged,      the universal essence, found in change.
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Apr 26, 2016
Apr 26, 2016 at 7:47 PM UTC
Metamorphosis
Theres this guy named David Bojay.. hes like one of my closetest friends.. not many people know his story or what he has gone through but he opened up to me and told me everything.. i didnt know how to react or what to say.. everything he told me , you would never think he would go through because of how chill, funny, polite he is.. Once he told me , i worried about him and i thought differently about him because he was a great friend and i didnt want anything to happen to him.. if only you guys knew how great this guy is , you would understand why im writing this.. me and him have gone through practically the same **** hes like my twin but come from different familys.. honestly consider him my brother. i try not to stay to distant from him but lately weve been busy and weve been really distant.. his story is my story.. god brought us together for a reason , maybe he is the one that is leading back to the right path because before i was ****** up in the mind and i was a trouble maker.. lately ive been chilling with him and lately ive just been quiet and acting better.. all thanks to my bestfriend David Bojay.
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May 20, 2014
May 20, 2014 at 11:30 AM UTC
David My bestfriend
Being present means I'm not mentally labeling Creating inner space and stillness, a being's haven Being present means I'm not feeling emotionally drained Creating inner space and stillness, more and more gained Being present means I'm not waiting to react Creating inner space and stillness, a being's habitat Being present means I'm not clinging to the past Creating inner space and stillness, it is so vast Being present means I'm not worrying about the future Creating inner space and stillness, and this I will nurture Being present means I'm not compulsive thinking Creating inner space and stillness, to God I am linking Being present means I'm not judging what others think, say or do Creating inner space and stillness, a being's point of view Being present means I'm not resisting what is Creating inner space and stillness, a native of this Being present means I'm not attached to any kind of form Creating inner space and stillness, a being's norm Being present means I'm alert and alive Creating inner space and stillness, a being's high five Being present means I have the time for you Creating inner space and stillness, and wholeness too Being present means I enjoy what I do Creating inner space and stillness, consciously too Being present means I am consciously speaking, doing and acting Creating inner space and stillness, of which there is no lacking Being present means I am aligned to my purpose Creating inner space and stillness, alive and alertness Being present means I am at peace Creating inner space and stillness, and flowing with ease Being present means I accept its isness Creating inner space and stillness, that is growing within us Being present means I know there is no more important moment Creating inner space and stillness, and feeling atonement Being present means I'm connecting to a depth within Creating inner space and stillness, for all to live in Being present means there's nowhere else I'd rather be Creating inner space and stillness, and the power To Be Plant your flower ........ Being present means I know there's no more Important moment Than NOW © Delores Wiltse 2008 Excerpt from: A Door Is Opening/AuthorHouse.com Fresh Spiritual Poetry via: http://peacefromwithin.shawwebspace.ca/
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Sep 14, 2010
Sep 14, 2010 at 6:35 AM UTC
Being Present
Being present means I'm not mentally labeling Creating inner space and stillness, a being's haven Being present means I'm not feeling emotionally drained Creating inner space and stillness, more and more gained Being present means I'm not waiting to react Creating inner space and stillness, a being's habitat Being present means I'm not clinging to the past Creating inner space and stillness, it is so vast Being present means I'm not worrying about the future Creating inner space and stillness, and this I will nurture Being present means I'm not compulsive thinking Creating inner space and stillness, to God I am linking Being present means I'm not judging what others think, say or do Creating inner space and stillness, a being's point of view Being present means I'm not resisting what is Creating inner space and stillness, a native of this Being present means I'm not attached to any kind of form Creating inner space and stillness, a being's norm Being present means I'm alert and alive Creating inner space and stillness, a being's high five Being present means I have the time for you Creating inner space and stillness, and wholeness too Being present means I enjoy what I do Creating inner space and stillness, consciously too Being present means I am consciously speaking, doing and acting Creating inner space and stillness, of which there is no lacking Being present means I am aligned to my purpose Creating inner space and stillness, alive and alertness Being present means I am at peace Creating inner space and stillness, and flowing with ease Being present means I accept its isness Creating inner space and stillness, that is growing within us Being present means I know there is no more important moment Creating inner space and stillness, and feeling atonement Being present means I'm connecting to a depth within Creating inner space and stillness, for all to live in Being present means there's nowhere else I'd rather be Creating inner space and stillness, and the power To Be Plant your flower ........ Being present means I know there's no more Important moment Than NOW © Delores Wiltse 2008 Excerpt from: A Door Is Opening/AuthorHouse.com Fresh Spiritual Poetry via: http://peacefromwithin.shawwebspace.ca/
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LOSING YOU HAS BEEN THE MOST NUMBING EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE IT'S BEEN PAINFUL BUT IT'S THE MOST COMFORTABLE PAIN I'VE EVER BEEN BROUGHT UPON IN THE PROCESS OF LOSING YOU I'VE LEARNED THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF NUMBNESS THERE'S THE NUMBNESS YOU FEEL WHEN THE DOCTOR PRESCRIBES YOU MEDICATION AND YOUR BODY DOESN'T REACT THE RIGHT WAY AND THEN THERE'S THE NUMBNESS YOU EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU'RE COMING OFF OF NOVACANE BUT THE TYPE OF NUMBNESS YOU'VE CAUSED ME TO FEEL IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NUMBNESS I THINK A PERSON CAN FEEL BECAUSE I FEEL FREE AND NOW THAT YOU'RE GONE I REALIZED IT DOESN'T FEEL ANY DIFFERENT FROM WHEN YOU WERE SUPPOSEDLY IN MY LIFE SO CAN A PERSON REALLY LOSE SOMEONE THEY FEEL THEY NEVER REALLY HAD IN THEIR LIFE TO BEGIN WITH?
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Jun 30, 2014
Jun 30, 2014 at 10:27 PM UTC
Beautiful Numbness
It been a while now I'm back, playing the beat on a track, Lyrically I attack, I'm an M C, So naturally, That's how I react, You might not get my psych, goin ape shyte crazy, chasin these monkeys of my back, I guess opposites still attract. Rapidly rapping raps, spitting facts, I'm what these other cats lack, cut from another cloth, Can't cut'em no slack, This rifts, rat, I'm way better than that I master my craft Like captain kirk taking a bath higher than an aircraft Plotting my path like a hovercraft Fully prepared for the crash. These other guys, think they fly, I just laugh. They get puff up, While I pass by, getting Roughed up, crossing my path Iooking like ironman with this mic in my hand, Feels like I'm hold a staff. Like a titan, I clash. I am the better man, check my clasp, I got a better plan, Better lyrical grasp, I'm so smooth, These other rappers, rap sound like *** I land minds, no gymnastic class my geographic quadgraphics better than a veteran with a can of V8 in his hand Still crazy from the war, tasted the blood of a warrior, Now I'm thirsty for more. I'm dropping bombs like the army core in 94 With more confidence than Al b sure on tour Finding common sense scattered all over the floor Picking up feed back on channel 4 Turning the microphones up, Then slam it to the floor, Cause I don't want to rap anymore, Back and forth I go, It's all a part of the flow, I'm just putting on a show, rhythm book, pinned up, It's a wrap, flow after flow, Pulling up, getting my spins up, The treble and bass doing chin ups, While I'm spitting rhythms galore,
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Sep 22, 2014
Sep 22, 2014 at 8:09 AM UTC
Rap Artist Freestyle
It been a while now I'm back, playing the beat on a track, Lyrically I attack, I'm an M C, So naturally, That's how I react, You might not get my psych, goin ape shyte crazy, chasin these monkeys of my back, I guess opposites still attract. Rapidly rapping raps, spitting facts, I'm what these other cats lack, cut from another cloth, Can't cut'em no slack, This rifts, rat, I'm way better than that I master my craft Like captain kirk taking a bath higher than an aircraft Plotting my path like a hovercraft Fully prepared for the crash. These other guys, think they fly, I just laugh. They get puff up, While I pass by, getting Roughed up, crossing my path Iooking like ironman with this mic in my hand, Feels like I'm hold a staff. Like a titan, I clash. I am the better man, check my clasp, I got a better plan, Better lyrical grasp, I'm so smooth, These other rappers, rap sound like *** I land minds, no gymnastic class my geographic quadgraphics better than a veteran with a can of V8 in his hand Still crazy from the war, tasted the blood of a warrior, Now I'm thirsty for more. I'm dropping bombs like the army core in 94 With more confidence than Al b sure on tour Finding common sense scattered all over the floor Picking up feed back on channel 4 Turning the microphones up, Then slam it to the floor, Cause I don't want to rap anymore, Back and forth I go, It's all a part of the flow, I'm just putting on a show, rhythm book, pinned up, It's a wrap, flow after flow, Pulling up, getting my spins up, The treble and bass doing chin ups, While I'm spitting rhythms galore,
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Welcome to the dawn of a new age Open up the book turn the page Let's excel to highest degree Recognize evolution of humanity Back on track showing I don't lack Doing what I do to make you react Let's take a trip through my mind Poetry prophecy perfectly combine Who has the answer? Let's ask the question Seems no one is paying attention To "Money" which is created by man It separates people Are you starting to understand It's a trap set by death it wont stop Till you breathe your last breath Hmm that's right... Not even death is free Money is the maker of poverty Overpopulation, segregation a messed up nation Leads to mass annihilation Wartime the battles rage on Is it about hatred? Or some politician's song? Time and space The final frontiers Bombs explode people run in fear Annihilation of a species unknown Aliens from space invade our home Pledge allegiance to a flag Whichever may wave whatever they have Science is it fiction or fact? Sometimes it's hard to believe all that Who's gonna do it? Who has the answer? Prophets fall but not from cancer GOD.. Labeled "Almighty One" Spoke to us on earth through his son Whether you agree or disagree Intentions were to save humanity Who'll stand up? Who'll be the one? To bring about change without firing a gun? Each generation builds off the legacy of the last Ignorance of history doom us to repeat our past..
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Jun 17, 2013
Jun 17, 2013 at 2:47 AM UTC
Dawn Of A New Age
Just when I've reached my max, you climb on and ****** body shaking, your soul relaxed. Then lay you down, and give you more of that. I'm so deep, I got your back, you smile, As I pulled your legs further back. The deeper I reach, the more you react. the harder i push, the harder you push back. Grabbed your hair, Turned your head back. Rough love, Hitting it from the back, I get you off like that. now there's no going back.
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Sep 6, 2014
Sep 6, 2014 at 2:04 AM UTC
******
You don't show any clear emotion, don't permit Me to begin to understand why this is the way You react, there is never a real explanation You never thought i deserved one. i don't think You know how much i truly felt that need for You to just accept me, not judge me but You don't know when to stop because You enjoy it, enjoying hurting Me
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May 19, 2017
May 19, 2017 at 11:27 AM UTC
You #3
6:30 PM 15/10/18 slam poem "What's her name?" An excited voice whispered. My benchmate asked me, Just as the new girl entered, With all her glowing ebony beauty. I thought about something, Ignored him and simply so, Continuing my reading of the drama. He prodded on like a nagging child, *"Tell me, Atul, what's her name? Who's that **** girl?"* His whisper was loud enough now, The girl heard it as she climbed, Climbed higher on the back seats and how. I glared at my benchmate, In disappointment & disgust, It was him who I had befriended. 'Him! I befriended him!! Out of them all!!!' I thought about my vulnerability in our society, But I did not react to him out of that anger. I just said, "What's in a name?" He raised his eyebrows and moaned, "Huh?" I said with mirth, "Yes! Someone like you will get her renamed!" 7:00 PM
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Oct 19, 2018
Oct 19, 2018 at 6:20 AM UTC
What's In A Name
Haply but Sweetly, Serene Volumes mix And Summer's Fornication took its toll Please don't React. I am not here to fix Those very Clouds you hard-worked to install My name is Supporter; Though it sounds strange To write this Foreword which read too extreme Trust me this fully; I am well within range To lend you my Honest and Golden Ring Indeed Family does matter; Much on Sport An Athlete like you needs Supplement Prime This I can assure: They Love you formore Never to betray your Sensitive Time. Much grateful am I to scribble this Verse Now win your Medal; Let Nike converse.
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Mar 7, 2013
Mar 7, 2013 at 10:52 PM UTC
SONNET TRIBUTE: RACHEL BUGG
Don't judge a book by it's cover The saying is true Don't judge me till you know me Or know what I've been through This book you judge Holds more than you see Don't just react Based on what you feel I've experienced a lot of things Both good and bad Some made me happy :) Most made me sad :( I've let people get to me People that don't really matter But I believe It will all turn out for the better They say people's experiences make up their characters Some can be changed, others cannot It all depends On how deep you've gotten I've gone really deep And don't know how to get out So if you want to help me Pray for me, love me But don't judge me
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Apr 11, 2017
Apr 11, 2017 at 4:38 PM UTC
Don't Judge Me
A fashion designer has defended models who were labelled as "gaunt and unwell" on Facebook. Andrea Moore's I AM range is sold at Farmers, and an image from its current campaign was posted on that company's Facebook page on Friday. The picture features Chiara and Norina Gasteiger, who are twins represented by Clyne Model Management. Farmers customers did not react well to the now-deleted post. "They so look gaunt and unwell. I'm really disappointed," Newshub says Anna Webster commented. "You cannot look at these girls with their bones sticking out and believe that they are a good role model for a family store," Jo Austwick wrote. "I have enough trouble with body image arguments with my daughters without these images being depicted. They do not look healthy." Moore said the imagery had never been intended to cause offence, and that she felt for the Gasteiger twins, who have worked with the brand for three years. "The twins are actually healthy, fun models who are busy university students... We love working with them because of their sense of self-worth and uniqueness as twins," she said. "We have been in touch with the models and they were most upset by the whole thing. Fortunately, they have received a lot of support from their peers. "The campaign was about preppy grunge, print with an edge. [It was not] about promoting unhealthy body types [or] anything else," Moore added. Farmers posted the following statement on Facebook after deleting the I AM image: "Dear valued Farmers customers! We appreciate you taking the time to send us your comments and concerns on a recent post for I AM. Please know it is not taken lightly and we in no way mean to promote an image for women in NZ to follow that could be regarded as unhealthy. "We understand that no two bodies are the same and we always seek to show a range of body types throughout all our advertising. These images were supplied by the brand Andrea Moore as part of a wider campaign and were published by us. We will endeavour going forward to work closely with all our partners to ensure an appropriate image is portrayed. "Thank you once again for your valued feedback." Clyne Model Management have been approached for comment.Read more at:http://www.marieaustralia.com/cocktail-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/one-shoulder-formal-dresses
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Sep 5, 2016
Sep 5, 2016 at 10:30 PM UTC
Designer Andrea Moore defends models called 'gaunt and unwell'
A fashion designer has defended models who were labelled as "gaunt and unwell" on Facebook. Andrea Moore's I AM range is sold at Farmers, and an image from its current campaign was posted on that company's Facebook page on Friday. The picture features Chiara and Norina Gasteiger, who are twins represented by Clyne Model Management. Farmers customers did not react well to the now-deleted post. "They so look gaunt and unwell. I'm really disappointed," Newshub says Anna Webster commented. "You cannot look at these girls with their bones sticking out and believe that they are a good role model for a family store," Jo Austwick wrote. "I have enough trouble with body image arguments with my daughters without these images being depicted. They do not look healthy." Moore said the imagery had never been intended to cause offence, and that she felt for the Gasteiger twins, who have worked with the brand for three years. "The twins are actually healthy, fun models who are busy university students... We love working with them because of their sense of self-worth and uniqueness as twins," she said. "We have been in touch with the models and they were most upset by the whole thing. Fortunately, they have received a lot of support from their peers. "The campaign was about preppy grunge, print with an edge. [It was not] about promoting unhealthy body types [or] anything else," Moore added. Farmers posted the following statement on Facebook after deleting the I AM image: "Dear valued Farmers customers! We appreciate you taking the time to send us your comments and concerns on a recent post for I AM. Please know it is not taken lightly and we in no way mean to promote an image for women in NZ to follow that could be regarded as unhealthy. "We understand that no two bodies are the same and we always seek to show a range of body types throughout all our advertising. These images were supplied by the brand Andrea Moore as part of a wider campaign and were published by us. We will endeavour going forward to work closely with all our partners to ensure an appropriate image is portrayed. "Thank you once again for your valued feedback." Clyne Model Management have been approached for comment.Read more at:http://www.marieaustralia.com/cocktail-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/one-shoulder-formal-dresses
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