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This trumpeter of nothingness, employed To keep our reason dull and null and void. This man of wind and froth and flux will sell The wares of any who reward him well. Praising whatever he is paid to praise, He hunts for ever-newer, smarter ways To make the gilt seen gold; the shoddy, silk; To cheat us legally; to bluff and bilk By methods which no jury can prevent Because the law's not broken, only bent. This mind for hire, this mental ********** Can tell the half-lie hardest to refute; Knows how to hide an inconvenient fact And when to leave a doubtful claim unbacked; Manipulates the truth but not too much, And if his patter needs the Human Touch, Skillfully artless, artlessly naive, Wears his convenient heart upon his sleeve. He uses words that once were strong and fine, Primal as sun and moon and bread and wine, True, honourable, honoured, clear and keen, And leaves them shabby, worn, diminished, mean. He takes ideas and trains them to engage In the long little wars big combines wage... He keeps his logic loose, his feelings flimsy; Turns eloquence to cant and wit to whimsy; Trims language till it fits his clients, pattern And style's a glossy **** or limping slattern. He studies our defences, finds the cracks And where the wall is weak or worn, attacks. lie finds the fear that's deep, the wound that's tender, And mastered, outmanouevered, we surrender. We who have tried to choose accept his choice And tired succumb to his untiring voice. The dripping tap makes even granite soften We trust the brand-name we have heard so often And join the queue of sheep that flock to buy; We fools who know our folly, you and I.
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Attack On The Ad-Man
This trumpeter of nothingness, employed To keep our reason dull and null and void. This man of wind and froth and flux will sell The wares of any who reward him well. Praising whatever he is paid to praise, He hunts for ever-newer, smarter ways To make the gilt seen gold; the shoddy, silk; To cheat us legally; to bluff and bilk By methods which no jury can prevent Because the law's not broken, only bent. This mind for hire, this mental ********** Can tell the half-lie hardest to refute; Knows how to hide an inconvenient fact And when to leave a doubtful claim unbacked; Manipulates the truth but not too much, And if his patter needs the Human Touch, Skillfully artless, artlessly naive, Wears his convenient heart upon his sleeve. He uses words that once were strong and fine, Primal as sun and moon and bread and wine, True, honourable, honoured, clear and keen, And leaves them shabby, worn, diminished, mean. He takes ideas and trains them to engage In the long little wars big combines wage... He keeps his logic loose, his feelings flimsy; Turns eloquence to cant and wit to whimsy; Trims language till it fits his clients, pattern And style's a glossy **** or limping slattern. He studies our defences, finds the cracks And where the wall is weak or worn, attacks. lie finds the fear that's deep, the wound that's tender, And mastered, outmanouevered, we surrender. We who have tried to choose accept his choice And tired succumb to his untiring voice. The dripping tap makes even granite soften We trust the brand-name we have heard so often And join the queue of sheep that flock to buy; We fools who know our folly, you and I.
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The blood comes dilute, as if to refute What is, or was ever at all To challenge the must, The is and the thus The ever, the will, and the Fall The Winter, the Spring, the Summer that brings A freedom, an illusion anew A time to recline--in dreams and unwind The idea that you can, that you will The will, O the will, O the untempered can Of worms which one opens and finds Full to the brim, before and again "Reality"" which tries to unbid The self from the mind The meaning from line The reason from rhyme And the is from all time Separates Us: from passion From Trust. From belief in ourselves From love From true wealth From magic. From tragic At least in true measure Dulling the pain, But denying the pleasure The Roar and the Ring A Hell of a Thing To make the time pass or To fill up Your Glass. ~D.B. Guy August 15, 2011 12:11AM PDT
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Nov 3, 2012
Nov 3, 2012 at 2:39 AM UTC
Alcohol
Hypnotized by you, I am drowning, Day by day. In the emotion, Of your love, Gleefully. I'm drowning wilfully, Really not to be save, Listen when I say. Effortlessly I let my body sink, Not struggling at all to escape, I only fear distance from you. Not the physical distance, But the distance of hearts, A distance of heartbreaks. You say similar things, Claiming I stole your heart, An eternal truth this we share. Dreaming on & on, We even struggle often, Our struggle goes on & on. Looking into these calm dark eyes, On your face full of beauty & truth, I gain an escape from worldly lies. You claim I jinxed you the first time, So true- weren't we bound to meet, It's just Time choreographed this. I can't easily refute the blame, After all I am an equal partner, In this lyrical life & this game. So I bear morally equal liability, As we observe our love garner, After all I am older than you. We can't give into these tough times, Not now, today, tomorrow nor ever, For our relationship is a challenge. A challenge for changing our world it is, A bright change for a brighter future, A betterment of your & my lives. I know you're with me in life, I know you're surely lighter, I know you're much young. Younger than my experience, Younger than my sad lifespan, Younger than my reborn avatar. Happier than my own best happy, Happier than my ever-so-pale face, Happier than my knowledge can be.
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Aug 23, 2013
Aug 23, 2013 at 1:50 AM UTC
Hypnotized
sound of waves crashing against shore she says it’s the tone in your voice sound of waves crashing against shore he asks what tone are you referring to what are you hearing sound of waves crashing against shore she says i’m an artist too you don’t have to tell me sound of waves crashing against shore he explains i was simply affirming my vocation in order to elucidate why i perceive another way sound of waves crashing against shore she says you don’t need to pose or differentiate for me you are so ******* self-absorbed sound of waves crashing against shore he answers self-conscious possibly not self-absorbed i think it is intelligent to question everything to suspect all we see think we know maybe a greater mystery than any of us realize exists beyond all our beliefs sound of waves crashing against shore she says i think it’s time for us to stop talking sound of waves crashing against shore he says why can’t you make it easy why must everything be a fight sound of waves crashing against shore her ****** becomes a deep dark narrowing tunnel he is trapped in thinning air smells like ocean sound of waves crashing against shore her voice detached distant disaffected says fine sound of waves crashing against shore he questions fine? find? line? sign? can you hear me? anyone hear me? sound of waves crashing against shore she purposely ignores his panting gasping shrieking sound of waves crashing against shore later she tells the surgeon who performs the extraction then the police detectives who conduct the investigation she had no idea he was lost in there sound of waves crashing against shore unanimous jury finds her guilty she screams out at courtroom he was a self-absorbed dreamer this is all wrong sound of waves crashing against shore the judge declares mistrial dismisses case based on prosecution’s inability to refute so-called artist’s willingness to enter of his own volition sound of waves crashing against shore late at night she feels his voice whisper circulating through her body haunting her sound of waves crashing against shore
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Oct 17, 2010
Oct 17, 2010 at 8:47 AM UTC
sound of waves crashing against shore
sound of waves crashing against shore she says it’s the tone in your voice sound of waves crashing against shore he asks what tone are you referring to what are you hearing sound of waves crashing against shore she says i’m an artist too you don’t have to tell me sound of waves crashing against shore he explains i was simply affirming my vocation in order to elucidate why i perceive another way sound of waves crashing against shore she says you don’t need to pose or differentiate for me you are so ******* self-absorbed sound of waves crashing against shore he answers self-conscious possibly not self-absorbed i think it is intelligent to question everything to suspect all we see think we know maybe a greater mystery than any of us realize exists beyond all our beliefs sound of waves crashing against shore she says i think it’s time for us to stop talking sound of waves crashing against shore he says why can’t you make it easy why must everything be a fight sound of waves crashing against shore her ****** becomes a deep dark narrowing tunnel he is trapped in thinning air smells like ocean sound of waves crashing against shore her voice detached distant disaffected says fine sound of waves crashing against shore he questions fine? find? line? sign? can you hear me? anyone hear me? sound of waves crashing against shore she purposely ignores his panting gasping shrieking sound of waves crashing against shore later she tells the surgeon who performs the extraction then the police detectives who conduct the investigation she had no idea he was lost in there sound of waves crashing against shore unanimous jury finds her guilty she screams out at courtroom he was a self-absorbed dreamer this is all wrong sound of waves crashing against shore the judge declares mistrial dismisses case based on prosecution’s inability to refute so-called artist’s willingness to enter of his own volition sound of waves crashing against shore late at night she feels his voice whisper circulating through her body haunting her sound of waves crashing against shore
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I have left, pig-mudding drunk, having sipped from stock to stock on fraying cheer, stages. I have stood in foreign basements; sweaty cellars of youth; begot by attitude breeding spaces of the hip; drawn circles searching for love in recreating nonsense: a silly pupil, moon-eyed, out of breathe. I have heard them quack, reveal their cords; heard them whisper a thousand and one secrets, heard them deconstruct their circumstances as pilgrims, penniless and sick. I have their memories now, an image of a depressed, ass-imprinted pillow soaked in liquor and a feeling of nausea where ribs sleep on this couch tonight, every night. I have heard one refute the weight of living, ****** on the banks of his best friends hospitality, and thought How much is it worth? And I have envied every **** greasy pored hipster, the ones fixing on makingitnew now kind of clan; stared blankly at fashion, a culture back door where pink fish scales sparkle high from runway halters to the tops of grown men, bearded and chesty. And your mothers pearls sit, not your mother’s pearls but your mother’s, mother’s pearls, that old world clout ornamented around those hairy ******* Oh yes, I have seen men become peacocks, charmed animals of ********** seen them teeth at discourse in the noise they create, wide-mouthed and pointed; I have seen them masked like frantic felines: wooly bully cats trying-to-roll their own meter, their tobacco stained black charcoal over soft bricked lips quiver to their beats: those painted lemmingings, without a parachute: kamikaze felons. I have desired absolute sterility: white china, in the egg of a toilet bowl I spewed out, shut-up my exuberance for the night; sorry-pleaded my resolutions to gag out the naughty nouns in my life. I have quit; turned in my lust for performing the lioness, paw-licking, snarly creature: the predator of my youth, and now, I am pretty-headed, tamed in bath oils and schedules; a spotted fox, in plain view, one medium-sized mammal getting by.
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Feb 3, 2013
Feb 3, 2013 at 5:05 PM UTC
From the Barn
I have left, pig-mudding drunk, having sipped from stock to stock on fraying cheer, stages. I have stood in foreign basements; sweaty cellars of youth; begot by attitude breeding spaces of the hip; drawn circles searching for love in recreating nonsense: a silly pupil, moon-eyed, out of breathe. I have heard them quack, reveal their cords; heard them whisper a thousand and one secrets, heard them deconstruct their circumstances as pilgrims, penniless and sick. I have their memories now, an image of a depressed, ass-imprinted pillow soaked in liquor and a feeling of nausea where ribs sleep on this couch tonight, every night. I have heard one refute the weight of living, ****** on the banks of his best friends hospitality, and thought How much is it worth? And I have envied every **** greasy pored hipster, the ones fixing on makingitnew now kind of clan; stared blankly at fashion, a culture back door where pink fish scales sparkle high from runway halters to the tops of grown men, bearded and chesty. And your mothers pearls sit, not your mother’s pearls but your mother’s, mother’s pearls, that old world clout ornamented around those hairy ******* Oh yes, I have seen men become peacocks, charmed animals of ********** seen them teeth at discourse in the noise they create, wide-mouthed and pointed; I have seen them masked like frantic felines: wooly bully cats trying-to-roll their own meter, their tobacco stained black charcoal over soft bricked lips quiver to their beats: those painted lemmingings, without a parachute: kamikaze felons. I have desired absolute sterility: white china, in the egg of a toilet bowl I spewed out, shut-up my exuberance for the night; sorry-pleaded my resolutions to gag out the naughty nouns in my life. I have quit; turned in my lust for performing the lioness, paw-licking, snarly creature: the predator of my youth, and now, I am pretty-headed, tamed in bath oils and schedules; a spotted fox, in plain view, one medium-sized mammal getting by.
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Worlds physical? Or worlds mental? It makes all the difference. Without the sciences it wouldn't matter either way The last time I was taken from earth without moving? Excepting when reading, with math. Tesselations and fractals and numbers Numbers have a flow all their own Without numbers, meter and rhyme couldn't be Even now, without numbers this discussion could not be held Even now this typing is numbers It may not look it, but its all ones and zeroes The angle and curvature of every letter defines language I say nay my friend, nay I never spoke the words declaring math and science the crown of humanity And the words stating english its clothes They are important, both in their own way, But think of this: you cannot do math Nor calculate the distance from venus to the Andromodean galaxy without math But think also of this: communication may exist without english Numerical codes and codexes and letters written entirely in numbers or symbols Do exist I dare not refute the value of english, but do you argue the language or the study? The study can be done away with and easily Put to rest, as it had to be created The language too was created and came from Some mother language But we always had math. Does not even an ape know that an even split To a banana is half? Apes have no words as we think of them But still, they do not have english They don't have a grammar and spelling system nor manner of speaking, They communicate perfectly well, even without words But how are they to place value on objects without math? Even some crude understanding of value Is math A banana must be worth less than two, no? English resides on emotion and feeling, whereas math and numbers rest upon fact How does one win an arguement without numbers? Even now you use them.
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Nov 21, 2012
Nov 21, 2012 at 12:26 PM UTC
the last one (mine)
Worlds physical? Or worlds mental? It makes all the difference. Without the sciences it wouldn't matter either way The last time I was taken from earth without moving? Excepting when reading, with math. Tesselations and fractals and numbers Numbers have a flow all their own Without numbers, meter and rhyme couldn't be Even now, without numbers this discussion could not be held Even now this typing is numbers It may not look it, but its all ones and zeroes The angle and curvature of every letter defines language I say nay my friend, nay I never spoke the words declaring math and science the crown of humanity And the words stating english its clothes They are important, both in their own way, But think of this: you cannot do math Nor calculate the distance from venus to the Andromodean galaxy without math But think also of this: communication may exist without english Numerical codes and codexes and letters written entirely in numbers or symbols Do exist I dare not refute the value of english, but do you argue the language or the study? The study can be done away with and easily Put to rest, as it had to be created The language too was created and came from Some mother language But we always had math. Does not even an ape know that an even split To a banana is half? Apes have no words as we think of them But still, they do not have english They don't have a grammar and spelling system nor manner of speaking, They communicate perfectly well, even without words But how are they to place value on objects without math? Even some crude understanding of value Is math A banana must be worth less than two, no? English resides on emotion and feeling, whereas math and numbers rest upon fact How does one win an arguement without numbers? Even now you use them.
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Two faced Many minds Shifter of shapes Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde Past lives Intertwined Most mean Few kind All vie for equal time All determine to shine The writer The fighter Drama king *** machine The revolution ignite-r The brave slave One with Passion and fire The singer Dead ringer One who points the finger Conspiracy theorist Lyricist Soulful swagger Hip Hop demeanor The teacher and student The dude with attitude And no one can refute it A brother and a son The one that has been shunned One who leaves them stunned With the selfish things I’ve done The secret me The enemy The one whose heart is numb There are a lot of us No stopping us And yes there’s more to come I’ll never alter My alter selves Incarcerate them In individual cells Even when they scream and yell All are a part of me And they refuse to be veiled You ask me Is there a pill? A remedy…? Because this has to be Insanity Did you disrespect My dissociative identities? Do you really want to make all of us your #1 enemy? We’re laughing Its killing me We flip the script easily Me- and all of my inner entities Chillingly You’re triggering A very sad memory Oh, what a tragedy You’re just another casualty Unfortunate fatality Of my Multiple Personalities…
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Oct 1, 2012
Oct 1, 2012 at 12:49 AM UTC
Multiple Personalities
Some people have faith… In a God that they can’t see. They pray and beckon to this being. That doesn’t make sense to me. Some people seek out love… They say it’s all they need. A notion that can’t be defined. That doesn’t make sense to me. Some people seek the truth. They claim it will set them free. All too often it brings only pain. That doesn’t make sense to me. Some people claim to care. And they do so unconditionally. Expecting absolutely nothing in return. That doesn’t make sense to me. Some people refute predestination. Yet believe in destiny. Fate and free will intertwined. That doesn’t make sense to me. Some people outstretch their hands. When the world leaves them to bleed. Giving to a world that doesn’t care. That doesn’t make sense to me. Some people follow only logic. Decisions made to a tolerable degree. Yet logic turns our hearts so cold. That doesn’t make sense to me. Some people look for life’s purpose. Proposing doctrines and various decrees. That purpose varies from one to the next. That doesn’t make sense to me. The world is full of confounds and query. And in that, I rarely find the answers I seek. But still, I wonder every day. That doesn’t make sense to me. Perhaps we need not find an answer. Perhaps, by nature, we are curious beings. We need faith, wisdom, truth, and love. At least, that much, I can see. But I invite you to justify this world. Elaborate on the answers I need. Or maybe life just doesn’t make sense. I invite you to enlighten me.
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Mar 31, 2012
Mar 31, 2012 at 1:12 AM UTC
Invitation To Enlightenment
Some people have faith… In a God that they can’t see. They pray and beckon to this being. That doesn’t make sense to me. Some people seek out love… They say it’s all they need. A notion that can’t be defined. That doesn’t make sense to me. Some people seek the truth. They claim it will set them free. All too often it brings only pain. That doesn’t make sense to me. Some people claim to care. And they do so unconditionally. Expecting absolutely nothing in return. That doesn’t make sense to me. Some people refute predestination. Yet believe in destiny. Fate and free will intertwined. That doesn’t make sense to me. Some people outstretch their hands. When the world leaves them to bleed. Giving to a world that doesn’t care. That doesn’t make sense to me. Some people follow only logic. Decisions made to a tolerable degree. Yet logic turns our hearts so cold. That doesn’t make sense to me. Some people look for life’s purpose. Proposing doctrines and various decrees. That purpose varies from one to the next. That doesn’t make sense to me. The world is full of confounds and query. And in that, I rarely find the answers I seek. But still, I wonder every day. That doesn’t make sense to me. Perhaps we need not find an answer. Perhaps, by nature, we are curious beings. We need faith, wisdom, truth, and love. At least, that much, I can see. But I invite you to justify this world. Elaborate on the answers I need. Or maybe life just doesn’t make sense. I invite you to enlighten me.
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I am the Lorax, who once spoke for the trees In the hope of bringing progress to its knees But now I have grown somewhat older and tired, My outlook and thought process being rewired (Sometimes to see forest, you must clear the trees.) Examine the case of the Brown Bar-ba-loots Whose interests for so long I worked in cahoots. Could such timid beasts truly thrive in the wild So innocent, trusting, submissive, and mild? (My former assertions I strongly refute.) Why, see how they frolic and scamper in zoos; How can one watch them and steadfastly refuse To see how much better their lot is today As joy for our children as opposed to prey (A happy condition where no one can lose.) Ah, scoff the nihilists, *but Truffula Trees, Those havens for birds and those homes for the bees. Why, what do you say now that they are all gone, Removed to make way for some suburban lawn?* (These angry young men—O Lord, take them all please!) I gently remind them it’s just nature’s way, That some species go while other ones stay, The carrier pigeon’s no longer alive Yet somehow we manage to live—indeed, thrive! (In the face of brute logic, they’ve little to say.) So don’t be dismayed or frightened or leery Of doomsday projections outlined by theory Suggesting that our time on this earth may be done; Consider the caged Bar-ba-loot having fun (And we hear fish do quite well in Lake Erie.)
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Jan 3, 2017
Jan 3, 2017 at 2:33 PM UTC
The Lorax Reconsiders
*A kiss from the night Drunk from all that pain Struggles to breath Can't remember her name Lost his eyes Love made him blind Hate made him see Scars remind A story that'll fade away Pages eaten by time Memories don't go away Weather is not kind Storms bash the home Walls ripped of from the bones All his secrets in the open Strangers are gone Who will love him now Caress and hold him now Wipe away all the blood stained tears Who will bring him down From the skies he wanders at nights Searching for a lost cause A moon that glows in anger A sun that's faux A wolf howls at a distance A dog barks nearby Night shows resistance Ghosts never pass-by A bleak view from a window And a madness from outside A letter of hatred Enough to hurt his pride He cannot see but whisper There's a tale hidden in the stones He warns once again About the rage hidden in his bones No one listens World won't skip a beat It Dosent matter Even if with blood he repeats They'll only see red Not what's in his head They look right through him Like staring at something dead He's afraid of the demons That guide him to scars Gently takes his hand Makes him draw on his arms Death , he mused Life had refused Where to walk now He is so confused And lies that destroyed lust Ashened black lies in dirt Forgiven but not forgotten In dark prisons they lurk Prisoners of darkness They weep solitude Embracing their fate Another sunrise they refute And to feed them love A mistake of the holy Wise seeks hurt Impervious of the story But a mother does worry If her child lives or not Thirteen cents For which he was bought She loved him and fed him hate Watched silently and smiled While he ate His mouth blood stained From the flesh of the saints Imploding the verses he preached Every rule he ever bleached Hands of god from heaven All hell broke loose when they reached And strangled his very neck Coldness in his eyes Staring at the mirrors that don't reflect*
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Jan 12, 2014
Jan 12, 2014 at 1:08 PM UTC
Mirrors dont reflect
*A kiss from the night Drunk from all that pain Struggles to breath Can't remember her name Lost his eyes Love made him blind Hate made him see Scars remind A story that'll fade away Pages eaten by time Memories don't go away Weather is not kind Storms bash the home Walls ripped of from the bones All his secrets in the open Strangers are gone Who will love him now Caress and hold him now Wipe away all the blood stained tears Who will bring him down From the skies he wanders at nights Searching for a lost cause A moon that glows in anger A sun that's faux A wolf howls at a distance A dog barks nearby Night shows resistance Ghosts never pass-by A bleak view from a window And a madness from outside A letter of hatred Enough to hurt his pride He cannot see but whisper There's a tale hidden in the stones He warns once again About the rage hidden in his bones No one listens World won't skip a beat It Dosent matter Even if with blood he repeats They'll only see red Not what's in his head They look right through him Like staring at something dead He's afraid of the demons That guide him to scars Gently takes his hand Makes him draw on his arms Death , he mused Life had refused Where to walk now He is so confused And lies that destroyed lust Ashened black lies in dirt Forgiven but not forgotten In dark prisons they lurk Prisoners of darkness They weep solitude Embracing their fate Another sunrise they refute And to feed them love A mistake of the holy Wise seeks hurt Impervious of the story But a mother does worry If her child lives or not Thirteen cents For which he was bought She loved him and fed him hate Watched silently and smiled While he ate His mouth blood stained From the flesh of the saints Imploding the verses he preached Every rule he ever bleached Hands of god from heaven All hell broke loose when they reached And strangled his very neck Coldness in his eyes Staring at the mirrors that don't reflect*
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something twas awry with the piper's flute a most inconsistent rhyme it did oft play twas very much like an out of tune lute he thought his flute twas cleverly cute but a listener did detect its disarray something was awry with the piper's flute of the tune's sound the listener did mute as it bought to the ear such dismay he thought his flute twas cleverly cute those discordant notes you can refute   they've a rather off putting sort of splay something twas awry with the piper's flute at all times hearing must be acute for the bearer of the instrument may stray he thought his flute twas cleverly cute whence tones don't uniformly salute there's a cacophony in the aural bay something twas awry with the piper's flute twas very much like an out of tune lute
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Nov 11, 2014
Nov 11, 2014 at 8:23 PM UTC
Piper's Flute (Villanelle Poem)
I promise to satiate each longing, each plea, With a cascade of pleasures applied delicately. In ways so profound, you cannot refute, The deep-seated yearning that stirs, resolute, In the hushed spaces between your sighs.
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Aug 5, 2024
Aug 5, 2024 at 11:38 PM UTC
longing
A short poem for all of you Special People that don't want to belong. I am a true radical. I am different. No one really knows who I am. Perhaps, this is the way I want it. Perhaps, this is "the real me." While growing up, I too didn't "belong" and still don't. Freedom is the right to choose. Often others want to impose their will on you. Too often, it seems that external pressures force us to do things which are not always necessarily in our better interests. Peer pressure, social pressures entrap us, and we end up "going with the flow." I went through my early education with very few friends. They were what I would define as friends of the moment. Sound advice, have many "friends," but find yourself one "true friend." This is the one to call friend for your entire life. With this true friend, you are going to grow in this world. Growing in confidence, in wisdom, in knowledge, in security and in realizing who you really are. They will be the "Real Mirror" whose reflection, in time, you will honestly be able to call your own. **For all you radicals, there is a time to stand up and shout refuse to belong to those that choose the easy way out For what purpose would he decree, when G-D granted us life if not to stand firm and avoid all forms of strife I'm a radical, to this I must admit always looked upon differently, as if I'm unfit But why follow others who think they suffice to control everyone else with the roll of their dice Having gone through a lot, one begins to discern there's a time for discipline, and a time for concern Stand up and be counted, you alone have begun to realize you can be different, and still be as one All you radicals, to you alone do I salute your ways may be different, but none could refute Imagine our world, without you, what it would be a place where individuality could never ever be Free....**
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Jul 27, 2015
Jul 27, 2015 at 1:34 AM UTC
All You Radicals
A short poem for all of you Special People that don't want to belong. I am a true radical. I am different. No one really knows who I am. Perhaps, this is the way I want it. Perhaps, this is "the real me." While growing up, I too didn't "belong" and still don't. Freedom is the right to choose. Often others want to impose their will on you. Too often, it seems that external pressures force us to do things which are not always necessarily in our better interests. Peer pressure, social pressures entrap us, and we end up "going with the flow." I went through my early education with very few friends. They were what I would define as friends of the moment. Sound advice, have many "friends," but find yourself one "true friend." This is the one to call friend for your entire life. With this true friend, you are going to grow in this world. Growing in confidence, in wisdom, in knowledge, in security and in realizing who you really are. They will be the "Real Mirror" whose reflection, in time, you will honestly be able to call your own. **For all you radicals, there is a time to stand up and shout refuse to belong to those that choose the easy way out For what purpose would he decree, when G-D granted us life if not to stand firm and avoid all forms of strife I'm a radical, to this I must admit always looked upon differently, as if I'm unfit But why follow others who think they suffice to control everyone else with the roll of their dice Having gone through a lot, one begins to discern there's a time for discipline, and a time for concern Stand up and be counted, you alone have begun to realize you can be different, and still be as one All you radicals, to you alone do I salute your ways may be different, but none could refute Imagine our world, without you, what it would be a place where individuality could never ever be Free....**
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We haven’t spoken like we did, Words feel like discarded currency; Useless now, and inconsequential in hindsight. Query into the why, I respond with what, Like a dam of unspokeness has burst, And words flow past; Powerful, but inevitably more destructive than I hoped, Pushing away the life preserver I am offered, I can do it alone, because that’s what it will come down to, Dismissive of pessimism, you make claims of happy endings, so I refute: “Babe, we’re fighting a cold war, No one can win when there’s everything to lose. Lines are drawn, allegiance implicit. Unspoken resentment. Vocal frustration. A couple’s quarrel that never was, Like Frankenstein’s monster, The rearranged parts of our whole, Pieces of fiction, Light folly with cruel consequences, Denial sets in, My road to hell will always be paved with your best intentions.” I will not hear, I will not see. Willful disability, Crippled with envy. I am a monster with emeralds in her eyes, Seeing the universe through glass tinted green instead of rose, I am the monster who is thin and jagged, Unable to produce my own warmth, Cutting everyone near. I am the monster who plays house, The monster who wants it to be home, The vicious beast with a place to rest its head, It’s easy to be alone, but somehow less satisfying. "My road to hell will always be paved with your best intentions.” Our destruction is mutually assured, No move is left unanalysed, Hyperawareness. Things we side aside before are the objects of argument; Proxy wars. I am a giraffe racing a gazelle, Long strides mean nothing; Beauty is the crowd favourite, Tripping over my own limbs, Tendons severed by chasing wildcats, Falling, devoured, as beauty reaches the finish line. Détente.
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Dec 19, 2013
Dec 19, 2013 at 7:42 PM UTC
Cold War
We haven’t spoken like we did, Words feel like discarded currency; Useless now, and inconsequential in hindsight. Query into the why, I respond with what, Like a dam of unspokeness has burst, And words flow past; Powerful, but inevitably more destructive than I hoped, Pushing away the life preserver I am offered, I can do it alone, because that’s what it will come down to, Dismissive of pessimism, you make claims of happy endings, so I refute: “Babe, we’re fighting a cold war, No one can win when there’s everything to lose. Lines are drawn, allegiance implicit. Unspoken resentment. Vocal frustration. A couple’s quarrel that never was, Like Frankenstein’s monster, The rearranged parts of our whole, Pieces of fiction, Light folly with cruel consequences, Denial sets in, My road to hell will always be paved with your best intentions.” I will not hear, I will not see. Willful disability, Crippled with envy. I am a monster with emeralds in her eyes, Seeing the universe through glass tinted green instead of rose, I am the monster who is thin and jagged, Unable to produce my own warmth, Cutting everyone near. I am the monster who plays house, The monster who wants it to be home, The vicious beast with a place to rest its head, It’s easy to be alone, but somehow less satisfying. "My road to hell will always be paved with your best intentions.” Our destruction is mutually assured, No move is left unanalysed, Hyperawareness. Things we side aside before are the objects of argument; Proxy wars. I am a giraffe racing a gazelle, Long strides mean nothing; Beauty is the crowd favourite, Tripping over my own limbs, Tendons severed by chasing wildcats, Falling, devoured, as beauty reaches the finish line. Détente.
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Foster, what family? Lower class, dream of  vacation ******** what trickles down, affecting a life situation White to Blue Collar; a rebuild or invasion? Millions inside the boxes of convention Justified superficial, backhanded salutations Refute Love, proposed as mankind’s invention Pulled by a string of instant gratification Finding freedom’s temporary If ever, long term locations Constricted, system of classifications The socially admissible connections, Not to mention gangs of corrections Flowing through the previous, my own generation For the infinite hours One after the other Trade integrity for the illusion of power Not all those with a gun should be considered a coward Face the souls sold on Wall Street, Remember those from Twin Towers Ground zero, abandoned. Now bare, desolate The idea of terrorism denied, while some wrestle it Rationales dislocate, post hairline fracture Frontal lobe imposter, posing in rapture As if talent, love, or hate could ever be captured Held at gun point, then forgotten years after My children will one day look to me for the answer What’s society, this twisted maze we live in? I will gaze in their eyes with the same exact question And don’t ever allow me again not to mention Real criminals can’t learn from minute or life-long detentions Some incapable of that level of retention As our battered soldiers forever sleep at attention Politically correct, tongues in consistent hesitation Kiss police *** only to go to the station Before the thought of who signed the citation Treated as if it were a felony violation Our basic rights according to our nation Arizona & Co for minority elimination Die fighting the statute of poverty’s limitations vi.i.xi
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Aug 3, 2012
Aug 3, 2012 at 6:22 AM UTC
Statute Of Limitations
Foster, what family? Lower class, dream of  vacation ******** what trickles down, affecting a life situation White to Blue Collar; a rebuild or invasion? Millions inside the boxes of convention Justified superficial, backhanded salutations Refute Love, proposed as mankind’s invention Pulled by a string of instant gratification Finding freedom’s temporary If ever, long term locations Constricted, system of classifications The socially admissible connections, Not to mention gangs of corrections Flowing through the previous, my own generation For the infinite hours One after the other Trade integrity for the illusion of power Not all those with a gun should be considered a coward Face the souls sold on Wall Street, Remember those from Twin Towers Ground zero, abandoned. Now bare, desolate The idea of terrorism denied, while some wrestle it Rationales dislocate, post hairline fracture Frontal lobe imposter, posing in rapture As if talent, love, or hate could ever be captured Held at gun point, then forgotten years after My children will one day look to me for the answer What’s society, this twisted maze we live in? I will gaze in their eyes with the same exact question And don’t ever allow me again not to mention Real criminals can’t learn from minute or life-long detentions Some incapable of that level of retention As our battered soldiers forever sleep at attention Politically correct, tongues in consistent hesitation Kiss police *** only to go to the station Before the thought of who signed the citation Treated as if it were a felony violation Our basic rights according to our nation Arizona & Co for minority elimination Die fighting the statute of poverty’s limitations vi.i.xi
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Banality reins supreme In our children’s dreams. What do you expect When principles defect And brand names Mark the scene, When rock stars sell their souls To executives in suits, Make perfumes From their dance room sweat And wear expensive boots, Then slap their name On random **** And sell how nice and cute Their clothes look on baby girls They know we can’t refute. As if they write their music, Or pen their awful hits, ******* souls for millions; Tear integrity to bits. When art is lost for money, And the formula is the norm, When thousands gyrate madly To aural chloroform, When children posture wildly In photos with no shame And send them to their idols Who don’t care to carry blame, When all we know is taken, Corrupted and perverse, And all our keen philanthropy Is squeezed into a hearse, When there’s nothing left But adverts on our doors, And mindless dancing robots Falling to the floor, Then we might just notice How much we had to lose When we turned our children loose To tie up their own noose. No matter how steep the cost, There’s always room to climb As soul-less music moguls Wrangle for a dime.
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Apr 1, 2015
Apr 1, 2015 at 2:51 PM UTC
The Business of Music
There’s this tree over there Blowing leaves in the air And it’s roots go far underground. Those apples so ripe, Hold the answer to life, They just need to bite if they dare. So monkey one said to monkey two Do as I say and watch as I do, And climbed high up the tree, Where the sky was so bright Before God’s endless night, And brought down an apple or two. With a wink and a grin He bit down in sin, Then sat down and thought for a bit. Monkey two did the same And in a moment she came As his knowledge washed down her chin. They danced under the tree, Unfettered and free, And played until day turned to night. As the sun went down low Monkey one went to sow His oats in the beautiful eve. Nine months flew on by And the monkeys did try To build a home under the tree. The first was born able And they dressed him in sable But the other used a cane to get by. Now night came on fast, And the monkeys at last Left from under the care of the tree. They walked far and wide With nothing to hide, No fear of a terrible past. But then God knew their route And remembered His fruit That He grew from a seed on the branch. So He sent them a curse, With some words in verse, That he knew that they could not refute. Now the monkeys grew tall And swung from trees not at all, As they played in the ever-tall grass. But wherever they went God’s curse that He sent Would follow them all to their fall. The knowledge they gained Was cursed to be blamed On the wonder of God up above. So all that they did Was always outbid By God and all He proclaimed.
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Apr 28, 2015
Apr 28, 2015 at 5:10 PM UTC
Monkeys in Paradise
There’s this tree over there Blowing leaves in the air And it’s roots go far underground. Those apples so ripe, Hold the answer to life, They just need to bite if they dare. So monkey one said to monkey two Do as I say and watch as I do, And climbed high up the tree, Where the sky was so bright Before God’s endless night, And brought down an apple or two. With a wink and a grin He bit down in sin, Then sat down and thought for a bit. Monkey two did the same And in a moment she came As his knowledge washed down her chin. They danced under the tree, Unfettered and free, And played until day turned to night. As the sun went down low Monkey one went to sow His oats in the beautiful eve. Nine months flew on by And the monkeys did try To build a home under the tree. The first was born able And they dressed him in sable But the other used a cane to get by. Now night came on fast, And the monkeys at last Left from under the care of the tree. They walked far and wide With nothing to hide, No fear of a terrible past. But then God knew their route And remembered His fruit That He grew from a seed on the branch. So He sent them a curse, With some words in verse, That he knew that they could not refute. Now the monkeys grew tall And swung from trees not at all, As they played in the ever-tall grass. But wherever they went God’s curse that He sent Would follow them all to their fall. The knowledge they gained Was cursed to be blamed On the wonder of God up above. So all that they did Was always outbid By God and all He proclaimed.
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Relegate your thoughts into the vault. The mind isn't ready to deal in absolute. Banish into oblivion, untimely discrepancies and faults. When infractions are unclear for you to refute. Consign the arrogance, into the darkest dark. Let them fester, never to see light of day. Cradle the fear, nurse it till ripe, engorged and stark. For everything now lies... Indefinite and in the grey.
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Jun 26, 2016
Jun 26, 2016 at 1:44 PM UTC
Vault
I wanted to be right. An accusation I didn't want to own. Denying I could be wrong as the cigarette was burning slow. You asked and I refute. An unknowing dance with misguided steps. A tango of denial, with the thorn from a rose buried within my sides. I never lied... more of twist of an evasion. An omission of truth, disappearing with the grey ribbons of smoke. You asked the question; did I not answer to the best of my knowledge? Of course, I speak more in a statement than with a query... I never lied, only gave you partial false-truths. An innuendo laced with a common courtesy. Was it such a crime? A honest seduction with the intent of never telling the whole story. I wanted to be right, with an accusation I would never own. "that I would love you" but how could that be true? I can see now my excuses are fading faster then your red tipped ember. So I'll just go now, goodbye my half told story. Fair thee well...The time we spent is in the past, and I am now, left with that hole in my head. I wanted to be right but fibbers never get to be the winners.
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Oct 18, 2013
Oct 18, 2013 at 4:05 PM UTC
I Love You. (A well placed half truth.)
Two-tongued and long, Slander and smooth, Naked and wicked. Moves hissing, Delivers kisses of death, With tongue flicking. A revered reptile. Lives in dead piles of woods In trees, and deserts, The cold earth's hugger Crawls like nature's gymnast. Never has he ever laughed Never made any friends Never trusted by anybody. Sadly he has a king, Black like me But has no soul he lives in Africa And in parts of Asia He bites and hisses But I don't bite only on my food He doesn't chew. I do, and I swallow. Him, his preys whole I despise him. I have many reasons He social-engineered his ways Around Adam"s woman One day, he ****** eve up With smooth lies What this even implies, Empirically, logically, I really don't know, All I know, I was told! Hold on, I know not From whence it came,   Maybe from the good book, That's a Long and twisted story. It says he used his tongue Not on her as a woman, But to break her home. Adam was a **** fool, To leave that girl home alone. Unannounced, he came in kool Using his double tongues. Was she kinda blind? He isn't even cute. This story I can't refute Yet millions have concurred   I'm not a friend. Not of the story. Of him, the notorious, The venomous The infamous heel biter Once again, I hate him Never was a friend Never will be, Because of that poor woman. He's the First home breaker, Frickin' liar Cursed by God His head to be severed Using a sword, A stone or stick, Day or night, Right or wrong, Because of poor little eve Adam's kids will strike At his tiny little head. Death to the serpent! Eternal condemnation Even if he repents, Strike his elongated body With a double-edged cutlass. Don't you ever feel sorry For this sorry *** Chinese add him cooked segments by segments to curry. He has no class He Kills at will. I hate him very much And I do have my reasons. He's the infamous snake The symbol of evil Father of confusion With evil intention Perpetual guide To eternal hell From the garden of Eden Who gave Eve a heartbreak. He's toxic and venomous. ©IvanBrooksPoetry 29/8/2018
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Aug 29, 2018
Aug 29, 2018 at 3:25 AM UTC
Venomous
Two-tongued and long, Slander and smooth, Naked and wicked. Moves hissing, Delivers kisses of death, With tongue flicking. A revered reptile. Lives in dead piles of woods In trees, and deserts, The cold earth's hugger Crawls like nature's gymnast. Never has he ever laughed Never made any friends Never trusted by anybody. Sadly he has a king, Black like me But has no soul he lives in Africa And in parts of Asia He bites and hisses But I don't bite only on my food He doesn't chew. I do, and I swallow. Him, his preys whole I despise him. I have many reasons He social-engineered his ways Around Adam"s woman One day, he ****** eve up With smooth lies What this even implies, Empirically, logically, I really don't know, All I know, I was told! Hold on, I know not From whence it came,   Maybe from the good book, That's a Long and twisted story. It says he used his tongue Not on her as a woman, But to break her home. Adam was a **** fool, To leave that girl home alone. Unannounced, he came in kool Using his double tongues. Was she kinda blind? He isn't even cute. This story I can't refute Yet millions have concurred   I'm not a friend. Not of the story. Of him, the notorious, The venomous The infamous heel biter Once again, I hate him Never was a friend Never will be, Because of that poor woman. He's the First home breaker, Frickin' liar Cursed by God His head to be severed Using a sword, A stone or stick, Day or night, Right or wrong, Because of poor little eve Adam's kids will strike At his tiny little head. Death to the serpent! Eternal condemnation Even if he repents, Strike his elongated body With a double-edged cutlass. Don't you ever feel sorry For this sorry *** Chinese add him cooked segments by segments to curry. He has no class He Kills at will. I hate him very much And I do have my reasons. He's the infamous snake The symbol of evil Father of confusion With evil intention Perpetual guide To eternal hell From the garden of Eden Who gave Eve a heartbreak. He's toxic and venomous. ©IvanBrooksPoetry 29/8/2018
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O my star, that shines so bright Why are you so dim tonight? Have your dreams gone bad? Is the sky too high? Have other stars fallen from the sky? Is the sea too low To scoop down below The dreams of mountains you have wanted so? O my star, I can’t refute The gloom and dark that grasps your foot Even more so, I cannot shake The pain and agony that it makes To rid of stuff that breaks your bones, - The twisted lies, the painful moans And all I can do is wait. Reflecting on my sins and testing faith. O my dear star, I am in despair For things went out of hand, and I am aware. The sorrow that you have been feeling out in space Is showering down on my cold, damp face And every tear that trickles from your eyes - It breaks my heart and a part of me dies. Surely, I am always trying to be strong But the question is, for how long?
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Apr 4, 2015
Apr 4, 2015 at 7:38 AM UTC
Agony/Polarity
His smirk was the stuff of legends. When taunted with loud rude remarks  And thoughtless offensive assumptions. His expression a quick stark reminder. He did not need to raise his voice  Or wage war with fists or words For the source of his power Was in the curve of his brow His refute neatly imbued In his wry handsome semi-smile. That made them shrink back To feel small and absurd.
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May 21, 2014
May 21, 2014 at 3:33 PM UTC
The smirk