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Slipping into my apron, Hungry in body and soul Humming as a song played... I grab my knife and chop-board Unsure of what to cook Strange inspirations possess me Filling me with ***** My kitchen becomes a stage In my hands- a plectrum and fretboard Silver utensils- my live audience!* As I play divine recipes Strumming master acoustic chords Chopping fresh, colorful vegetables. I dash to the remote, Punch "Repeat" and dash back on stage Landing on E♭ minor, Scaling impossible notes, I slice with razor-sharp plectrum, On onions and other root chords My fret arrayed with colors, Of spinach, lettuce, tomatoes Carrots, potatoes, olives Pepper, cabbage and cucumbers. I hear a thunder of applause As I ignite the cooker Butter sizzling in the hot pan A staccato of sharp notes, *Ready to modulate innocent vegetables Through spicy aromatic crescendos!* I fight hard to suppress a sneeze, No sneezing on-stage! Unprofessional! Multitudes of seconds rush by and… Voila!!! I stand for a moment Salivating, awed at my bravura! Wishing I could hang it on my wall Tis beautiful like art But I can’t eat this cake and have it! So I dig in… Heaven and earth kiss for a moment L U S C I O U S!!! Luckily, it didn’t taste nauseating Like my last attempt. No time for ceremonies I munch from pan to mouth Pausing for what may pass for a prayer, I relish every bite! Not that I’m a foodie or something, But nothing beats this combo- Of good food and soul music. And yes, *Music is indeed food to the soul!* I devour, in view- the next meal... © Raphael Uzor
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Apr 4, 2014
Apr 4, 2014 at 2:42 PM UTC
Guitar Sauce
Slipping into my apron, Hungry in body and soul Humming as a song played... I grab my knife and chop-board Unsure of what to cook Strange inspirations possess me Filling me with ***** My kitchen becomes a stage In my hands- a plectrum and fretboard Silver utensils- my live audience!* As I play divine recipes Strumming master acoustic chords Chopping fresh, colorful vegetables. I dash to the remote, Punch "Repeat" and dash back on stage Landing on E♭ minor, Scaling impossible notes, I slice with razor-sharp plectrum, On onions and other root chords My fret arrayed with colors, Of spinach, lettuce, tomatoes Carrots, potatoes, olives Pepper, cabbage and cucumbers. I hear a thunder of applause As I ignite the cooker Butter sizzling in the hot pan A staccato of sharp notes, *Ready to modulate innocent vegetables Through spicy aromatic crescendos!* I fight hard to suppress a sneeze, No sneezing on-stage! Unprofessional! Multitudes of seconds rush by and… Voila!!! I stand for a moment Salivating, awed at my bravura! Wishing I could hang it on my wall Tis beautiful like art But I can’t eat this cake and have it! So I dig in… Heaven and earth kiss for a moment L U S C I O U S!!! Luckily, it didn’t taste nauseating Like my last attempt. No time for ceremonies I munch from pan to mouth Pausing for what may pass for a prayer, I relish every bite! Not that I’m a foodie or something, But nothing beats this combo- Of good food and soul music. And yes, *Music is indeed food to the soul!* I devour, in view- the next meal... © Raphael Uzor
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He knows so many techniques He has proven his recipes The ingredients are there And he's ready to create But instead of waiting for his ideas to marinate Sometimes it's better To just go raw. Because like any good chef he can make things up on the go. And like every chef He is the first to taste and first impressions dominate. For better or worse.
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Jun 16, 2016
Jun 16, 2016 at 10:43 PM UTC
The Chef
3-2-2017 (unknown date of origin) Something's wrong... you don't belong here. I said, looking down at the pineapple on my pizza. I said, looking down at the ketchup on my macaroni. I said, looking down at the cream of mushroom soup on my meatloaf. He said, looking down at me and my boyfriend, holding hands in public. Like I'm a creep.  I'm a ****** What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here. You see there's these things that we learn at the dinner table. When we're kids we have certain items served to us on our plates. Whatever doesn't end up there, isn't a part of the discussion. After all, they say if you don't have a seat at the table, you are likely to be on the menu. So, when ****** orientation and gender identity aren't seated at the table of childhood, they get served for the first time in unexpected places.   Like an avante garde celebrity chef's designer meal, prepared for critiques by the food bloggers.   They get served in college classroom debates or in dorm rooms with freshman roommates.   They're on the menu in in some movies but served with a side of stereotypes and silly trope toppings.   They get grinded into glitter dust sprinkled on the annual PRIDE Parades like an overly salty seasoning mix.   They're on the menu in workplace diversity trainings, but too little too late - they get lost in the marginalized buffet.   They get served at the oppression Olympics, or actually at the Olympics unwillingly by a journalist who only pretends to eat a well-balanced diet, but really has LGBT food allergies,  if you know what I mean. In reality, these should be staple dishes consumed by commoners, consumed by you and me, consumed by children along with their healthy daily dose of broccoli and cauliflower, squash and zucchini, even eggplant.   They should be in every ******* cookbook with pictures and all different kinds of recipes! I want every child to have gay on their dinner plate, lesbian lunch, gender nonconforming on the brunch menu, and bisexual breakfast.   And everything in between in the queer spectrum served during snack breaks.   I want every child to look down at their plate and see pineapple pizza and say, gee that looks great!   I love all of the pizza toppings, no matter whether gay or nay. ... except for anchovies, of course.
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Mar 2, 2017
Mar 2, 2017 at 4:28 AM UTC
Pineapple Pizza
3-2-2017 (unknown date of origin) Something's wrong... you don't belong here. I said, looking down at the pineapple on my pizza. I said, looking down at the ketchup on my macaroni. I said, looking down at the cream of mushroom soup on my meatloaf. He said, looking down at me and my boyfriend, holding hands in public. Like I'm a creep.  I'm a ****** What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here. You see there's these things that we learn at the dinner table. When we're kids we have certain items served to us on our plates. Whatever doesn't end up there, isn't a part of the discussion. After all, they say if you don't have a seat at the table, you are likely to be on the menu. So, when ****** orientation and gender identity aren't seated at the table of childhood, they get served for the first time in unexpected places.   Like an avante garde celebrity chef's designer meal, prepared for critiques by the food bloggers.   They get served in college classroom debates or in dorm rooms with freshman roommates.   They're on the menu in in some movies but served with a side of stereotypes and silly trope toppings.   They get grinded into glitter dust sprinkled on the annual PRIDE Parades like an overly salty seasoning mix.   They're on the menu in workplace diversity trainings, but too little too late - they get lost in the marginalized buffet.   They get served at the oppression Olympics, or actually at the Olympics unwillingly by a journalist who only pretends to eat a well-balanced diet, but really has LGBT food allergies,  if you know what I mean. In reality, these should be staple dishes consumed by commoners, consumed by you and me, consumed by children along with their healthy daily dose of broccoli and cauliflower, squash and zucchini, even eggplant.   They should be in every ******* cookbook with pictures and all different kinds of recipes! I want every child to have gay on their dinner plate, lesbian lunch, gender nonconforming on the brunch menu, and bisexual breakfast.   And everything in between in the queer spectrum served during snack breaks.   I want every child to look down at their plate and see pineapple pizza and say, gee that looks great!   I love all of the pizza toppings, no matter whether gay or nay. ... except for anchovies, of course.
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there was a little mouse he just loved to cook lots of different recipes from his little book he longed to be a chef cooking up a dish work in some hotel was his only wish cooking different meals fish and beef and steak all these different things he could learn to make doing lots of sweets apple pie and rice lots of chocolate pudding dishes that were nice he could wear his hat and his coat of white a proper chef in uniform would give him such delight cooking all day long to a recipe be a master chef just like he long to be buy a big hotel five star maybe more a hotel of his own just like he longed for cooking all day long as busy as can be cooking lots of things to a different recipe
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Mar 25, 2014
Mar 25, 2014 at 10:37 AM UTC
mouster chef
Four blocks down, A man who never gives the same name Stands every day selling condoms With Tiger’s face telling us to “Protect Our Wood”, And next to him is the vendor where I just bought my new favorite scarf. His name is Lorenzo. He’s 6 foot 4, Old school Italian, and after two months I’ve yet to see him wear the same shoes twice. Natalie played softball in high school. She now owns a hot dog stand just outside That I’ve seen fifty people wait in line for. After a heartfelt conversation we had On a certain rainy Thursday morning, Natalie now throws me a free Polish sausage with peppers Once in a while when I open my second story window. She hasn’t missed once. My one neighbor is a Latina grandmother named Sofia. She brought her kids here illegally, And they’ve since used their success To cut all ties to dear old Mexico And to her. I eat with her once a week, And we share cooking recipes And small tales about life BNY (Before New York). There’s a homeless man downtown Whose sign says “A quarter a day Keeps my teeth off your leg”, And ever since he’s proven it to me I’ve dropped fifty cents a day, Hoping for extra protection. When my friends from college come to visit, They were all curious about Lorenzo’s shoes And Natalie’s pitching arm And when Sofia’s daughter would show up (Tyler had a thing for hispanic girls). I never tried to explain, because I never felt the need to know the answer myself. All I cared about were Natalie’s smile, Sofia’s homemade tortilla chips, And how a guy like Lorenzo ended up in New York City selling scarves.
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Sep 18, 2012
Sep 18, 2012 at 2:03 PM UTC
Big City Dreams
Four blocks down, A man who never gives the same name Stands every day selling condoms With Tiger’s face telling us to “Protect Our Wood”, And next to him is the vendor where I just bought my new favorite scarf. His name is Lorenzo. He’s 6 foot 4, Old school Italian, and after two months I’ve yet to see him wear the same shoes twice. Natalie played softball in high school. She now owns a hot dog stand just outside That I’ve seen fifty people wait in line for. After a heartfelt conversation we had On a certain rainy Thursday morning, Natalie now throws me a free Polish sausage with peppers Once in a while when I open my second story window. She hasn’t missed once. My one neighbor is a Latina grandmother named Sofia. She brought her kids here illegally, And they’ve since used their success To cut all ties to dear old Mexico And to her. I eat with her once a week, And we share cooking recipes And small tales about life BNY (Before New York). There’s a homeless man downtown Whose sign says “A quarter a day Keeps my teeth off your leg”, And ever since he’s proven it to me I’ve dropped fifty cents a day, Hoping for extra protection. When my friends from college come to visit, They were all curious about Lorenzo’s shoes And Natalie’s pitching arm And when Sofia’s daughter would show up (Tyler had a thing for hispanic girls). I never tried to explain, because I never felt the need to know the answer myself. All I cared about were Natalie’s smile, Sofia’s homemade tortilla chips, And how a guy like Lorenzo ended up in New York City selling scarves.
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I sit and try and be a lotus after killing the third fly of the evening with a pocket book of recipes and a thirty centimetre ruler stolen from bathroom **** measuring contests to our knees. Young professionals tread these boards and I watch, trying to paint them lotus. I listen and learn like I was told to do then clock watch, mop, cycle home to you; I am still trying to be a lotus even in wet shoes and no socks. With less than five-hundred pounds to my various names, an office-chair-cum-clothes-horse, eight USB charging ports and a future that stretches to Sunday’s last reluctant second, I am sitting, trying to be lotus figuring out the professional path David Attenborough heard in his gentleman’s class: that son of a- - I walked into an army recruitment vault with dreams of being Gulliver, though was asked to leave out the cat flap cathedral door back into war as they’d got their laugh and didn’t applaud. Perhaps I should’ve been better at maths where apparently a career can be predicted on a scatter graph, and the pigeons of today were the pigeons of next year and the months that’ll follow the century after that. I am still trying to figure out the hoo-ha of ************ and ring fingers and collar sizes and the inner circles of hyenas when the winter solstice splits the seasons. There is no reason for this lotus procrastination when what’s there to live for but a crooked world and one bandage left.
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Oct 17, 2016
Oct 17, 2016 at 2:18 PM UTC
I am trying to be a lotus for the millenniu’nth time
Snip Cut Bang Simmer I want a transit, a travel against my skin, that keeps going until I command it to stop. My mouth begged for light, to feel warmth on my face Heat oven to 450 You laughed and tossed me, a rag, away from the mahogany scent of your chest to the cold, hard floor that I am stuck to. I miss you I try to imagine you so that I can delude myself into continuing, but my mind strangely has already forgotten you. I cannot remember your eyes, or even your favorite color anymore. Some wish for that type of amnesia, but I am solemn. I wanted a piece of you to carry with me always. Cook for fifteen minutes or until dark I hear my other side in my head; She is the evil within me. I am brunbrunette, she is red. I wear flats--her long legs are attracted to heels. She smiles and with a curvy, smooth voice, much like a fiery dame from 1920: "He has a piece of you though; you gave him your whole heart, and he only took a bite! That's alright, you don't need him or anything like him! You are a woman.... " I drown her out with recipes, 4 cups of music and 1 cup chardonnay (okay maybe MORE than one)-- therapy that I have made many appointments for. Adding bits and pieces of me that I share, and some I don't One thing I know, if a new one comes along, he is going to have to be patient, I learned my lesson from burning out on the first batch Take out--let cool Don't eat all at once--savor. Enjoy a slice at a time.
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Oct 19, 2014
Oct 19, 2014 at 11:35 PM UTC
Scheibe Chef
Forget the days we shared Forget the smiles, the tears, the words too coarse to bear. Forget the blooms in Spring dancing through the air Forget the garden we abandoned there Leave thorns of plenty, and roses rare Forget the voice of a sweet melody Forget the buzzing bees tending to honey Forget the notion of you and me Forget the spices in recipes spoilt The taste is a bitter sweet result Forget what weather we braved together Forget the cliche that everything gets better Forget what you want to remember Forget what should be and what doesn't matter Revoke your thoughts, the hypocrisy they flatter. Forget waking up in warming arms, Seducing me with your charms Forget whatever you gave me, though it wasn't much A breath, A kiss, A touch. Enough! Forget all that I've said These thoughts turning in my head Filling me with dread The words I've written and you have read Forget it! Those days are over my mind is set Forget we ever met.
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Mar 1, 2011
Mar 1, 2011 at 2:56 PM UTC
Forget Me, Forget Me Not
.                             A hard-on                         doesn't  count                       as personal  gro                      wth.If  you  want                      to  hear  the  pitte                        r - patter of littl                        e feet,  I'll put s                        hoes on my cat.                        This isn't an off                        ice , it's hell wit                        h florescent lig                        hting.How do I                        set a lazer prin                        ter to stun? I m                        ajored in Libera                        l arts. Will that                        be for here or t                        o go? Too many                        freaks, not eno                        ugh circuses.  I                        have a comput                        er, a ******** a                        nd pizza delive                        ry .Why should                        I leave the hou       se? Stress is wh   en you wake up scr eaming and you re    alize you  haven't  fal *** asleep yet. I like  dogs  too .  Let's  exch   ange recipes.  And   yo u r      c r y b a b y             whiny- assed   o      pinion      is?      Al        low me to intro       duce my selves.
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Nov 1, 2014
Nov 1, 2014 at 2:00 PM UTC
Sarcastic ****
.                             A hard-on                         doesn't  count                       as personal  gro                      wth.If  you  want                      to  hear  the  pitte                        r - patter of littl                        e feet,  I'll put s                        hoes on my cat.                        This isn't an off                        ice , it's hell wit                        h florescent lig                        hting.How do I                        set a lazer prin                        ter to stun? I m                        ajored in Libera                        l arts. Will that                        be for here or t                        o go? Too many                        freaks, not eno                        ugh circuses.  I                        have a comput                        er, a ******** a                        nd pizza delive                        ry .Why should                        I leave the hou       se? Stress is wh   en you wake up scr eaming and you re    alize you  haven't  fal *** asleep yet. I like  dogs  too .  Let's  exch   ange recipes.  And   yo u r      c r y b a b y             whiny- assed   o      pinion      is?      Al        low me to intro       duce my selves.
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For Naomi Lazard Sometimes I can't wait until I look like Nadezhda Mandelstam. -- Naomi Lazard My friends are tired. The ones who are married are tired of being married. The ones who are single are tired of being single. They look at their wrinkles. The ones who are single attribute their wrinkles to being single. The ones who are married attribute their wrinkles to being married. They have very few wrinkles. Even taken together, they have very few wrinkles. But I cannot persuade them to look at their wrinkles collectively. & I cannot persuade them that being married or being single has nothing to do with wrinkles. Each one sees a deep & bitter groove, a San Andreas fault across her forehead. "It is only a matter of time before the earthquake." They trade the names of plastic surgeons like recipes. My friends are tired. The ones who have children are tired of having children. The ones who are childless are tired of being childless. They love their wrinkles. If only their were deeper they could hide. Sometimes I think (but do not dare to tell them) that when the face is left alone to dig its grave, the soul is grateful & rolls in.
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Wrinkles
In Grandma’s kitchen, There’s the old raggety rocker, The one that always tips back too far And my heart skips a beat as I Secretly enjoy the thrill. In Grandma’s kitchen, There’s the mounds of old recipes on The counter, yellowing with age, being Ripped from ancient editions of House and Home magazines. In Grandma’s kitchen, There’s the constant pleasant aroma of Cookies, chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin And snickerdoodle, the presence of cookie Jars that are quickly ransacked by us. In Grandma’s kitchen, There is the collection of teapots on The shelf, the daily weather forecast that Grandpa writes out every day on the table, The forest of palms and tiger lilies in the center. In Grandma’s kitchen, Time seems to stand still, and everything Is perfect, familiar, right. Even when the room itself doesn’t belong to Her anymore, it will always be to me Grandma’s kitchen.
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May 24, 2018
May 24, 2018 at 11:54 AM UTC
Grandma's Kitchen
My cousin came to my house And stayed after Thanksgiving I thought that Thanksgiving food was enough Boy, was I wrong. He woke me up at noon At noon. Didn’t he know I had to sleep off the Thanksgiving meal? And he said As if I should have known. Could you get me the cheeseburger pizza salad slice? I replied, From where? Who would have such a concoction? But I knew him. He would be the type To ask for a cheesy gordita crunch taco from Burger King And look at their confusion with his own puzzlement. Then when they told him, we don’t serve that. He would reply, It’s okay, I have the recipe I can tell you how it is made. So I get up and put on my coat. And gloves. Because I don’t want grease all over me And start to walk. And just my luck The first snow of the season starts. Not heavy enough for me to turn back Just enough snow to turn it into an experience That made me wish I would have slept upstairs In the closet So my cousin could not find me. Its like the Making the Band 2 show When Puff Daddy tells them That he wants cheesecake in a different borough. So I guess my cousin’s Puffy now. He said he was into producing…. I get to the pizza place And tell them what my cousin wants But it took me three tries to get it all out. They said, I’m sorry, but we don’t have the cheeseburger pizza salad slice But we have the chicken pizza salad slice I said Good enough I’m sure my cousin would be happy I would regret those words I brought the pizza home. And told him that I got it. He seemed happy Until he saw that the meat was chicken Not cow. He asked me Had the audacity to ask Couldn’t they remove the chicken And put hamburger meat? I tried to tell him, That is not how it works They don’t respect your recipes They have their own What is the difference? He then pointed at the pizza and said Chicken goes on burgers It does not go on pizza! I was stunned into silence By that logic I don’t know how cheeseburger and pizza go together. I told him I would eat it for lunch So at least one of us was satisfied. The other had his own ideas But couldn’t find a store to cook them.
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Oct 31, 2017
Oct 31, 2017 at 2:21 PM UTC
Go get me pizza that they do not sell
My cousin came to my house And stayed after Thanksgiving I thought that Thanksgiving food was enough Boy, was I wrong. He woke me up at noon At noon. Didn’t he know I had to sleep off the Thanksgiving meal? And he said As if I should have known. Could you get me the cheeseburger pizza salad slice? I replied, From where? Who would have such a concoction? But I knew him. He would be the type To ask for a cheesy gordita crunch taco from Burger King And look at their confusion with his own puzzlement. Then when they told him, we don’t serve that. He would reply, It’s okay, I have the recipe I can tell you how it is made. So I get up and put on my coat. And gloves. Because I don’t want grease all over me And start to walk. And just my luck The first snow of the season starts. Not heavy enough for me to turn back Just enough snow to turn it into an experience That made me wish I would have slept upstairs In the closet So my cousin could not find me. Its like the Making the Band 2 show When Puff Daddy tells them That he wants cheesecake in a different borough. So I guess my cousin’s Puffy now. He said he was into producing…. I get to the pizza place And tell them what my cousin wants But it took me three tries to get it all out. They said, I’m sorry, but we don’t have the cheeseburger pizza salad slice But we have the chicken pizza salad slice I said Good enough I’m sure my cousin would be happy I would regret those words I brought the pizza home. And told him that I got it. He seemed happy Until he saw that the meat was chicken Not cow. He asked me Had the audacity to ask Couldn’t they remove the chicken And put hamburger meat? I tried to tell him, That is not how it works They don’t respect your recipes They have their own What is the difference? He then pointed at the pizza and said Chicken goes on burgers It does not go on pizza! I was stunned into silence By that logic I don’t know how cheeseburger and pizza go together. I told him I would eat it for lunch So at least one of us was satisfied. The other had his own ideas But couldn’t find a store to cook them.
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I got no more ***** on my arms, vaginal schemes and gospel psalms. Very private skinny tribes, lit up with oversized black lights. In the very end, everybody walks this way, they all move like idioms, they all wanna be lit up like stars. Some could be prevalent like cascading dreams, nauseous just like mesquite BBQ baby-back wings. Fly away little bird, fly away. But don't try to leave Or you won't get paid. I know very well, just what kinda caption your capsaicin Can be, lit up like honey blunts, golden stars on top of your christmas tree. Strawberry Swisher Sweets, Blueberry Dunhill flavors, poke your hand through the fence, make friendly on your neighbors. If you like Kimmel Live, Conan at Midnight too, recipes for the zombies, SS ****** Youth. Blow-up and be a party. Get off work and drink your check. Get down, get off- I'll show you. Just how Martin pays the rent.
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Apr 26, 2014
Apr 26, 2014 at 4:21 AM UTC
Payin' the Rent
only you can understand the pain that i’ve been through. cause you’ve been forwards and backwards as many times as I And lying on our backs we arrive at the gates the gates of infinity the recipes written down and the past all is we’ve got to hold on to As I spiral into oblivion All I can think about is you As I drown in my eternal misery all I can remember Is that there was a time When I thought everything would be all right There was a time When the world didn’t seem like such a bad place When I didn’t notice all the corruption And when the eruptions commence I shall remember your name But as my grasp on the earth recedes please, Please don’t forget me As a pawn in your game I can’t safely say What I feel However I renounce the position of pawn And demand the position of queen For no one but me understands What’s been clearly bestowed in your hands Hidden away in eternity Lies the key to immortality And as your memories begin to accumulate Mine slowly starts to fade away But don’t worry my dear It’s all still very clear Forget me not, darling I’ll forget you, in the morning.
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Jun 18, 2015
Jun 18, 2015 at 10:24 PM UTC
Gates of Infinity
Paper. Pen.     Let's write out our feelings.     "I'm having a rough time." Cell phone Online recipes.     I should cook that soon. Hotel websites.     Free breakfast? Eh I'm vegan now so just fruit.     Swimming pool? I'm sure it'll be busy     Fitness center. Leo wants to run in the morning.     Booked. Could be a good night. Paper. Pen.     Right. Writing.     "I can tell journaling is helpful     because I'm resistant to doing it." Text messages.     Leo thinks they were too mean to me.     I think I deserve it.     I love you. Paper. Pen.     Hm. I should write some poetry. Photos.     Wow look at how my face has changed, let's make a collage.     Oo what else.     Body pictures.     Pre-surgery picture.     Damm I've really sculpted up.     Reconsiders feeling gross physically.     Arguable. Paper. Pen.     How easy it is to ignore you.     How easy it is to ignore myself     And not listen to my feelings.
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May 4, 2019
May 4, 2019 at 10:58 PM UTC
Distractions
On this humid summer night, heartbreak is even more painful: here you lie scattered in trinkets and baubles. Half your name on an airplane tag; Old diary with hurriedly noted recipes; A bangle whose other in pair is now lost; The cherished handbag, hidden away behind clothes; That first scarf I bought for you. You lie scattered like this here, in every shadow and dream: why, Spirits, this fate for us?
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Oct 29, 2012
Oct 29, 2012 at 10:19 PM UTC
Heartbreak
Here come Jupiter child, You can hear the flowers crying as they plead for her to stay a while, She just collided with and intergalactic asteroid, But things were only created never destroyed, In the dark cool tunnels she found some pretty moon shrooms, sheltering growing seahorses wrapped in loose water droplet cocoons, Now towards earth you hear her come, Within the clouds she beats her tribal drums, The ocean sways and swells to the time of her rhythm and sound, Reaching deep into the sea forest to whales traveling homebound, She wears stars framed in turquoise, Like the kokopelli she gives birth to planets with grace and poise, Here comes Jupiter child, dread locks wound with comets, extracts from the universe, she mixes matter-less tonics, Recipes rooted deep in wizardry, she borrows knowledge from indians and aztecs to cure all misery, Her meteor showers made of her salty tears, Are earth's dream catcher, snaring all nighttime fears.
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Aug 22, 2010
Aug 22, 2010 at 10:01 PM UTC
Jupiter Child
It may be time to go away Too many cookies are uneaten And a few are only nibbled I baked all night for many days And used up all my spices But few customers appeared I laid them on my very best tray And priced them as a bargain Now most of them are growing stale I think it’s time to close up shop The other’s cakes were obviously better Their customers waited in long lines It will be hard for me to stop My hands are white with flour And my apron’s tied so tightly Still, no farmer wants to plant a crop That never will be eaten - Are cookie bakers not the same Perhaps my wafers were too plain And lacking decoration I thought that flavor was enough But recognition brings me pain I felt my recipes were special But everyone had better ones It seems that I cannot sustain The dream of being Mrs. Fields When It comes to writing cookies                ljm
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Jan 29, 2017
Jan 29, 2017 at 4:46 PM UTC
INSECURITY
we create worlds here on the internet connecting we those we will never see chatting over virtual back fences about children, cats, recipes we meet those who have similar views and those who don't discuss things of import show sympathy with sad faced emoticons we wish each others pets happy birthdays with cartoon characters we share our art, music and photography then there are us poets who write our hearts for others to see it is a melting *** of thought and culture of the full spectrum of ability..... it is a place of secrets or exhibitionist excess it is in many ways a wonder and many ways a curse the internet, really just like the bottom of an old ladies purse full of useless lint and used tissues, but if you ferret arond long enough you will find a dollar or a hard candy
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Apr 8, 2017
Apr 8, 2017 at 2:22 AM UTC
the world wide web......
She was born unaware of what life was or what life held, You see her father taught her a lot when she was younger, He used to hold her hand and walk her to the bakery. Sometimes when they’d go he’d make her wait outside, Or sometimes he’d walk into the bakery with her following right behind him in his footsteps. Only the bakery wasn’t a place that made bread, It was a place that used baking soda as they’re well known recipe. This special bakery that the customers came in to every day, Itching for this special recipe ripping themselves apart slowly and surely to get it. Following her father in and out of bakery’s, Seeing firsthand what makes these bakery’s so special. The recipes from these bakery’s were all the same, But little did she known the recipe was crack ******* She got a little older when she started seeing her father on the weekends, She was about five when her father stopped holding her hand to walk to these bakery’s. But now her father was the baker and the house she stayed at was the bakery. All the new people she met, All coming and leaving with the same thing that they all craved. Her cousin started staying over every once and awhile with her, This started to get fun with all the excited people around. Her father’s mother knew a lot about baking, Because she was a loyal customer for years. Customers started coming over more and more. She wasn’t even six years old when the man approached her, Moving slowly towards her untouched body. She felt his fingers move in places nobody has touched before, She tried to move him away and cover the revealing places his hands were at. He wouldn’t stop no matter what she tried, The one thing they never told you, Was that the addicts daughter was molested that day, At the unaware and now ashamed age of five.
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Apr 10, 2017
Apr 10, 2017 at 12:41 AM UTC
The things they never told you about the Addicts Daughter
She was born unaware of what life was or what life held, You see her father taught her a lot when she was younger, He used to hold her hand and walk her to the bakery. Sometimes when they’d go he’d make her wait outside, Or sometimes he’d walk into the bakery with her following right behind him in his footsteps. Only the bakery wasn’t a place that made bread, It was a place that used baking soda as they’re well known recipe. This special bakery that the customers came in to every day, Itching for this special recipe ripping themselves apart slowly and surely to get it. Following her father in and out of bakery’s, Seeing firsthand what makes these bakery’s so special. The recipes from these bakery’s were all the same, But little did she known the recipe was crack ******* She got a little older when she started seeing her father on the weekends, She was about five when her father stopped holding her hand to walk to these bakery’s. But now her father was the baker and the house she stayed at was the bakery. All the new people she met, All coming and leaving with the same thing that they all craved. Her cousin started staying over every once and awhile with her, This started to get fun with all the excited people around. Her father’s mother knew a lot about baking, Because she was a loyal customer for years. Customers started coming over more and more. She wasn’t even six years old when the man approached her, Moving slowly towards her untouched body. She felt his fingers move in places nobody has touched before, She tried to move him away and cover the revealing places his hands were at. He wouldn’t stop no matter what she tried, The one thing they never told you, Was that the addicts daughter was molested that day, At the unaware and now ashamed age of five.
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We spend our whole life hoping that when life gives you lemons you can make lemonade from them you spend your whole life learning how to mix the sugar in just the way you like you spend year after year making up recipes hoping praying that other people will like it But when you get older all that learning and training and chiseling to learn how to make the worlds perfect lemonade life hands you an avocado
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May 2, 2014
May 2, 2014 at 1:22 AM UTC
Avocados
Green Refreshing Maturing to become Grains that will feed us WIth the sweat of the farmer WIth the tears of the widows and daughters WIth the sorrow of the indebted .. WIth the curse of the deprived and downtrodden.. We don't see the stories behind the scene We relish the fancy recipes of the Master Chefs Of fragrant rice, golden rice and the slim and slender grains We forget the dark, thin, slender bodies who make it for us...
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Jul 14, 2015
Jul 14, 2015 at 9:19 AM UTC
The Green Killing Fields
A portrait of woman loving ; is a moment that records why you love her. Her sound while humming ; is her spirit ascending, and waiting at the lips. The clay that her body is made of ; is lovely to touch, in any shape. Recipes from her mind ; feed her children wisdom that grows strong souls.
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Feb 2, 2015
Feb 2, 2015 at 11:09 AM UTC
Makeup
3:8:15 - Kosher pinot noir toasts the snowflakes that the eider brings, just as the Ash bows ache; naked and starving. Hurdling through old bedroom windows, giving those reasons why pennies are wished first into window wells. Smoggy gawkers, locked into an image shaped by organic lines and gestures. The two smoker- cure their hours reconnoitering in skyrise stairwells, discussing recipes for fixing wounded hearts without the peaceful frequencies she speaks into two styrofoam cups with strings pierced through their innards. Much like the story of how two people meet within the timespan of the living. Even the Moon Men eat space cakes to loosen their chests, from the apathetic laws that began to govern their personalized truths. Not a mug with a name on it bought after an almost very cool free-art reenactment of Pirates of the Caribbean. Love is not a sentence I can choose not to awaken. It's the difference between having a one night stand rather than keeping a toothbrush at each other's places. Even on a Saturday night, we could fasten ourselves to one another. Even if it's only you and I, who are you to say it's not a party.
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Mar 8, 2015
Mar 8, 2015 at 9:47 AM UTC
BREAKING NEWS: Mandy Patinkin May Be Black
When I was little often I watched my mom in the kitchen working till late night kitchen was her cocoon kitchen was her heaven I had to pretend to be sick to take her out from there Once I caught her sobbing at the kitchen sink as a child I asked her so innocently "Did daddy make you cry" No darling she said She smiled and continued with dishes.. and left me with the question WHY? Years later.. and today I am a mother myself The tragedy in mom's kitchen still haunting my life watching my mom crying in her kitchen was not a good picture, not a good memory as a child not at all..... The kitchen was her castle In the warmth of her kitchen she made miracles…she created magic upon magic splendid recipes... superb dishes feeding her loved ones... with love but Today I realized  how my mother released herself and that could have made her survive By working so hard in the kitchen By often hiding her despairs and sorrows Her kitchen was her secret hiding place every time she was hurt... when the world treated her so unfairly In the comfort of her Kitchen She consoled herself.... How did I realize this after so many many years? today for the very first time I cried myself at the kitchen sink In my very own cozy kitchen over a pile of dinner plates , almost breaking a glass so afraid to lose control... but my kitchen is heaven that saves me... as my tears are falling over the bubbles in the sink How I came to understand my mother's feelings... by standing there in the kitchen... remisniscing... and.. breathing this life feeling this life experiencing with life living with life.... as long as mothers are alive they live their life to share the laughter and joy of their husband and children to endure the pain and sorrows but hide them once in a while.... in mom's heavenly kitchen
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Jun 11, 2013
Jun 11, 2013 at 1:42 PM UTC
Mom's kitchen...
When I was little often I watched my mom in the kitchen working till late night kitchen was her cocoon kitchen was her heaven I had to pretend to be sick to take her out from there Once I caught her sobbing at the kitchen sink as a child I asked her so innocently "Did daddy make you cry" No darling she said She smiled and continued with dishes.. and left me with the question WHY? Years later.. and today I am a mother myself The tragedy in mom's kitchen still haunting my life watching my mom crying in her kitchen was not a good picture, not a good memory as a child not at all..... The kitchen was her castle In the warmth of her kitchen she made miracles…she created magic upon magic splendid recipes... superb dishes feeding her loved ones... with love but Today I realized  how my mother released herself and that could have made her survive By working so hard in the kitchen By often hiding her despairs and sorrows Her kitchen was her secret hiding place every time she was hurt... when the world treated her so unfairly In the comfort of her Kitchen She consoled herself.... How did I realize this after so many many years? today for the very first time I cried myself at the kitchen sink In my very own cozy kitchen over a pile of dinner plates , almost breaking a glass so afraid to lose control... but my kitchen is heaven that saves me... as my tears are falling over the bubbles in the sink How I came to understand my mother's feelings... by standing there in the kitchen... remisniscing... and.. breathing this life feeling this life experiencing with life living with life.... as long as mothers are alive they live their life to share the laughter and joy of their husband and children to endure the pain and sorrows but hide them once in a while.... in mom's heavenly kitchen
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