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"reunions" poems
Photography, Photo journalistic, Everyday, realistic. Commercial, architecture, landscape, artistic, Industrial, fashion, ethnographic, pornographic. Big Brother, fallace, stealer of souls, vouyer. News seller, instant gratifier, man pleaser, woman abuser. Barthes, Sontag, Cindy Sherman, Virginia Woolf, Warhol. Weegie, Francesca Woodman, Leibovitz, Adams, Arbus, Tina Modotti, Nan, Evans, Hoffer and even the Paparazzi. Cheap ***** digital manipulator, image poser, Center fold, coupons, Jackie O and Marilyn Monroe. Where did they go: Lifeless paper product, painter's picture mess, C-type, digital archival, Sepia, black and white, hard drive retrival. Image addict, Image taker, Image maker, image seller, image buyer. Newspaper, magazine, graphics and ads, TV, dreams, even the trash. Billboards, subways, phones and buses: Utopia: Surreal, crop, stretched and air brushes. Modern ideal. Surface manipulator. Brain conditioner. Consent manufacturer. Oh Photography, I got you in my eye. A few thousand dollars, A BFA, A critical scholar. Or maybe a nerd, Just boys with toys. Telephoto genitals, with motor drive action. Studio lights, umbrella traction. Oh Photography, You proprietor of obscene. Detailed, de-sensitized. Court ordered, jury analyzed. Click, image, copy, edit, paste, print or post. Myfacespace, twitter, flicker, An internet media overdose. Pry, spy, your friend's friend's acquaintances. Parties, picnics, reunions and shows. Visits, vacation, style, shoes and clothes. Pics, photos, images, jpegs and giffs. Snap shot, portrait, panoramic, Kodak kiss. Exacerbate: Divorce, break-ups, jealousy, envy, love and fears. Devour and captivate society for years. Slaves to Western and Capitalist desires, Destruction of Earth with psychological, monetary empires.
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Jan 11, 2010
Jan 11, 2010 at 7:05 AM UTC
On Photography
Photography, Photo journalistic, Everyday, realistic. Commercial, architecture, landscape, artistic, Industrial, fashion, ethnographic, pornographic. Big Brother, fallace, stealer of souls, vouyer. News seller, instant gratifier, man pleaser, woman abuser. Barthes, Sontag, Cindy Sherman, Virginia Woolf, Warhol. Weegie, Francesca Woodman, Leibovitz, Adams, Arbus, Tina Modotti, Nan, Evans, Hoffer and even the Paparazzi. Cheap ***** digital manipulator, image poser, Center fold, coupons, Jackie O and Marilyn Monroe. Where did they go: Lifeless paper product, painter's picture mess, C-type, digital archival, Sepia, black and white, hard drive retrival. Image addict, Image taker, Image maker, image seller, image buyer. Newspaper, magazine, graphics and ads, TV, dreams, even the trash. Billboards, subways, phones and buses: Utopia: Surreal, crop, stretched and air brushes. Modern ideal. Surface manipulator. Brain conditioner. Consent manufacturer. Oh Photography, I got you in my eye. A few thousand dollars, A BFA, A critical scholar. Or maybe a nerd, Just boys with toys. Telephoto genitals, with motor drive action. Studio lights, umbrella traction. Oh Photography, You proprietor of obscene. Detailed, de-sensitized. Court ordered, jury analyzed. Click, image, copy, edit, paste, print or post. Myfacespace, twitter, flicker, An internet media overdose. Pry, spy, your friend's friend's acquaintances. Parties, picnics, reunions and shows. Visits, vacation, style, shoes and clothes. Pics, photos, images, jpegs and giffs. Snap shot, portrait, panoramic, Kodak kiss. Exacerbate: Divorce, break-ups, jealousy, envy, love and fears. Devour and captivate society for years. Slaves to Western and Capitalist desires, Destruction of Earth with psychological, monetary empires.
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Spiders. Snakes. Late nights, due to the fact that once I saw a possum in our garage when it was dark out. Good looking people not thinking I'm good looking. Holding children. I might drop them. My brothers growing up to be just like me. Shark attacks. Jumping off high places. Headphones that go too deep into my ears. Going the opposite direction of so many cars. I'm the only one going my way.  They're probably headed the right way. They're probably having more fun. Realizing that, after being on the road for a while, my high beams have been on the whole time. Sorry. Cockroaches. Family reunions where I'm not sure if that really attractive girl is my family or someone's friend. Climbing up the stairs of the Bombay ride at Wet N' Wild because there just slabs of stone I can see under. I could slip and fall right through. Enjoying bad bands. Letting my girlfriend look into my eyes. Talking on the phone. Growing up. Refusing to grow up. Reading this over if I ever finish it and realizing that I am something less than a regular human being.  Probably an animal of some kind. Frogs. Big animals. Waking up one day as the same person I always have been. Standing still. My parents. Not spending the rest of my life with the girl I swore I would. Texting people too often. My parents dying. Whales. My teeth being this awful the rest of my life. Braces. Making people think they offended me.  People never offend me. Writing anything that's ever as good as Ernest Hemingway.  How dare I think that I ever could. Running too hard.  My heart might burst. Being unreasonable. Am I unreasonable? Sticking my finger inside an air conditioning vent in a car.  I don't know if there's a fan in there.  I don't know if it'll take my finger off. Getting people's hopes up. Letting people down. Fish. Bees. Being a teacher. My laugh. Wearing bad clothes. Holding her hand too hard.  I might cut off circulation.  She might get mad. My brother disapproving of what I do. Heaven because it sounds awful doing the same thing for the rest of forever. Finding out I've been gay this whole time. Cracking my fingers. Being a parent. Whales. Final exams. Paranormal Activity 4. Singing on cue. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Eating insects. Whales. Silence. The open ocean. Whales. Whales.
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Apr 25, 2018
Apr 25, 2018 at 12:45 PM UTC
A List of Things I'm Afraid of
Spiders. Snakes. Late nights, due to the fact that once I saw a possum in our garage when it was dark out. Good looking people not thinking I'm good looking. Holding children. I might drop them. My brothers growing up to be just like me. Shark attacks. Jumping off high places. Headphones that go too deep into my ears. Going the opposite direction of so many cars. I'm the only one going my way.  They're probably headed the right way. They're probably having more fun. Realizing that, after being on the road for a while, my high beams have been on the whole time. Sorry. Cockroaches. Family reunions where I'm not sure if that really attractive girl is my family or someone's friend. Climbing up the stairs of the Bombay ride at Wet N' Wild because there just slabs of stone I can see under. I could slip and fall right through. Enjoying bad bands. Letting my girlfriend look into my eyes. Talking on the phone. Growing up. Refusing to grow up. Reading this over if I ever finish it and realizing that I am something less than a regular human being.  Probably an animal of some kind. Frogs. Big animals. Waking up one day as the same person I always have been. Standing still. My parents. Not spending the rest of my life with the girl I swore I would. Texting people too often. My parents dying. Whales. My teeth being this awful the rest of my life. Braces. Making people think they offended me.  People never offend me. Writing anything that's ever as good as Ernest Hemingway.  How dare I think that I ever could. Running too hard.  My heart might burst. Being unreasonable. Am I unreasonable? Sticking my finger inside an air conditioning vent in a car.  I don't know if there's a fan in there.  I don't know if it'll take my finger off. Getting people's hopes up. Letting people down. Fish. Bees. Being a teacher. My laugh. Wearing bad clothes. Holding her hand too hard.  I might cut off circulation.  She might get mad. My brother disapproving of what I do. Heaven because it sounds awful doing the same thing for the rest of forever. Finding out I've been gay this whole time. Cracking my fingers. Being a parent. Whales. Final exams. Paranormal Activity 4. Singing on cue. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Eating insects. Whales. Silence. The open ocean. Whales. Whales.
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*Morpheus has never been kind to me His somniferous ways leave me wanting Grasping at the cusp of a reality As evanescent as the morning mist That greets this reluctant gaze. He exists to these sheathed Bourbon eyes Within the veiled carapace Of the only form I've ever wanted more Than necessity and air. His torment lies In false reunions, in joining and parting lips In forest eyes that linger behind in my thoughts Like the echo of a cannon Long after it's wrought its own havoc. Yes, that twisted Lothario That Grecian sandman Exists to overcharge the soul with Hope so poisonous Bodies and minds are wracked with it Inspired by it Haunted on into the waking world Where he waits on the periphery Eyes narrowed in the light Of the waking world that renders him useless.
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Sep 14, 2015
Sep 14, 2015 at 9:37 AM UTC
Sleep Has Never Been Kind.
Her beauty shined from within With her golden hair and fair skin But she still wasn't enough for him back then. Ugly duckling... She was soon labeled All of  her peers, joined in Chanting and ranting Ugly duckling, ugly duckling She bowed her head and cried again and again Time passed And people moved on She found she was better off on her own. Reunions come and gone She opted to stay at home, Til one day she realized She had become a swan... No longer would she sit at home... All alone... No more...No more Opening her door She found freedom to explore And everyone swore... Anna May...Was gorgeous... More so than the "chosen ones"... Back in the school days. One day she come face to face with... Juan...but he was to good for her back then... She sat smiled and listened while he chat... How did this come about... Your gorgeous lips, pout... Round thighs and hips... She smiled and said... I am who I have always been... You just never saw my beauty from within... Juan, gathered courage and asked her on a date... She smiled and said... To late... This swan...already has a mate. Epilogue... Never Judge a person from the outside...whats on the inside, is what really counts.
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Nov 30, 2010
Nov 30, 2010 at 6:15 PM UTC
Swan...
three sets of withered, wrinkly hands with chipped tired pale-pink nailpolish flutter in the air, describing. three froofy perms one browny-gray one white one salt and pepper bob jutting forward, one wobbles a little. Grandma wears a green-foam party hat with a thin, white elastic band that runs under her wrinkled chin it sits atop her fuzzy perm comically... she smiles at me. "Ah! my cappuccino! you remembered i like it, didn't you?" she chucks her great-granddaughter under the chin, grins "oohh! look at these gardening gloves! Cidi! look at these gloves! i like the green ones." she hands them to her white-haired sister aunt cidi told me this year she is ninety-one oh, and the gloves were really blue. aunt cidi misses uncle harland he was buried three or four years ago in his uniform i remember sitting next to him at awkward family reunions eating hotdogs i never saw so much mustard in my life he could never hear me when i tried to talk to him but he smiled anyway. the talk turns serious suddenly over our black coffee crossed legs sweaters and chocolate cake grandma turns grim in her lime-green party hat "did you end up killing that trumpet vine in your yard, Jeanie?" aunt jeanie's head wobbles a bit she squints wrinkles her nose "i TRIED to!" she scowls. schemes of ****** plotted by three chunky-earringed sweet old ladies who are a little late for the 1940's but never too late for a handsome soldier "we're older..." says aunt jeanie "but not THAT old!" they all giggle.
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May 11, 2013
May 11, 2013 at 7:42 PM UTC
how to ****** a trumpet vine.
three sets of withered, wrinkly hands with chipped tired pale-pink nailpolish flutter in the air, describing. three froofy perms one browny-gray one white one salt and pepper bob jutting forward, one wobbles a little. Grandma wears a green-foam party hat with a thin, white elastic band that runs under her wrinkled chin it sits atop her fuzzy perm comically... she smiles at me. "Ah! my cappuccino! you remembered i like it, didn't you?" she chucks her great-granddaughter under the chin, grins "oohh! look at these gardening gloves! Cidi! look at these gloves! i like the green ones." she hands them to her white-haired sister aunt cidi told me this year she is ninety-one oh, and the gloves were really blue. aunt cidi misses uncle harland he was buried three or four years ago in his uniform i remember sitting next to him at awkward family reunions eating hotdogs i never saw so much mustard in my life he could never hear me when i tried to talk to him but he smiled anyway. the talk turns serious suddenly over our black coffee crossed legs sweaters and chocolate cake grandma turns grim in her lime-green party hat "did you end up killing that trumpet vine in your yard, Jeanie?" aunt jeanie's head wobbles a bit she squints wrinkles her nose "i TRIED to!" she scowls. schemes of ****** plotted by three chunky-earringed sweet old ladies who are a little late for the 1940's but never too late for a handsome soldier "we're older..." says aunt jeanie "but not THAT old!" they all giggle.
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Within those walls were crowded halls with classmates never met. Tormented now and evermore with sorrow and regret. Passersby we remember well but really never knew, A feeling of remorse today for not befriending you. Pleasant greetings should not have been so difficult to say, Immaturity and shyness somehow got in the way. Perhaps we should inspire youth - It’s not a daunting feat - To greet others with open arms, no matter whom we meet. Within those walls were crowded halls with classmates never met. Tormented now and evermore with sorrow and regret. Those halls and walls are sure to fall, ramparts will crumble, too, But maybe we are bound to rise as we will follow you. When the final class has ended, and bricks are never-more, Perhaps God’s all-gracious grade book will balance out the score. In His luminescent classroom, with bright and lucid view, I pray that there’s an empty desk where I may sit by you. Within those walls were crowded halls with classmates never met. Tormented now and evermore with sorrow and regret. The poem above was written for our 45th class reunion, for the 1970 class of Forest Hills High School, Sidman, PA #classmates #high #school #reunions #regrets #sorrow #passingon Written by Dave Potchak 67/M/Central PA — The End —
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Mar 2, 2020
Mar 2, 2020 at 9:56 AM UTC
Classmates Never Met
Forgetting is the only clarity. It was a day of forgetting. No unquiet dreams or casual reunions with the dead who wander the halls of sleep, the bodies of someone else’s loss. No ghosts in the gazebo. No echoes in the fading light. Exiting sleep’s empty waiting room, She woke. Blue sky blinked into her eyes.   The room’s climate began to clear. There was writing on the wall. Old fragments came to closure. The windows slowly turned to mirrors. She fiddled. She soared.   She played with her ancestors’ building blocks. She lent a myth to god. She stood in a garden with five black stones. She foretold an eclipse, Burned the witch of winter, Stepped in the same river twice. The moment froze. Then there it was. The compound inviolate paradox at the heart of things, the answer flickering in light and shade, to the sound of a child’s voice, then the roaring wind. She chuckled as it faded to a point of light then vanished, like the picture on an old TV, Like the moon shrinking into the alarm clock’s face. Her breath brewed clouds above her forehead. She sat aloof in the empty air, Alone in the immense morning, At rest in this inviolable disconnection, the clear cold innocence of now.
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Jun 4, 2016
Jun 4, 2016 at 4:22 PM UTC
A Day of Forgetting
To it, I've never been. but I've dreamed of a place where everything is coated in corn and comfort. Wished the past had taken me, can't help but feel it was about my skin. Cactus candy and cowboy boots. Zydeco and haunted hotels. The voodoo Frank sang about in the end. The horns sound the streets. Close curtains, be discreet. Encircle the barest neck, with colorful beads. His family reunions made me realize I'm on my own. Until I met a prettier soul. I don't kiss frogs for love. I forget the ease in slime. and let the grease define an unhealthy outlook. Sip another lime or a sour. A ginger begs the hour. Lonely never leaves, but warmth is a soco shower.
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Apr 29, 2014
Apr 29, 2014 at 1:11 AM UTC
Southern Comfort
People say I'm obsessive, and I wholeheartedly agree. I'd die for a favorite artist, and I reread stories I like until I hate them. I force myself to love every song performed by "my band", to a point where I'm not entirely sure which of their tunes actually earned their place in my heart. It brings to mind a modern-Hebrew term, "protektzia". It can be translated as social leverage, or "pull". Protektzia is when you are related to the administrator of an elite high school, or when you're friendly with the secretary of a sought-after doctor. It's as if songs walk up to me and say, "hey, I know I'm not that great, but I was written by so-and-so!" All that changes when old Depression drops by. Suddenly, things I cared so much for are meaningless. It's like quarreling with a close friend. Although, I don't hate my former faves so much as scorn them, for being silly enough to exist. Why does depression do this to me? Because depression is the drainage of passion. As a cow needs to be milked and a dripping air-conditioner needs a bucket, what are obsessions if not an outlet for the passion contained in the heart? But neither are necessary when the cow is dead and the AC off. Thankfully, depression to me is a mood rather than a condition, and so I host frequent reunions with my beloved idols. You are all invited!
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Jun 18, 2018
Jun 18, 2018 at 7:27 PM UTC
Why Depression Shouldn't Rhyme with Obsession, but Probably Should Rhyme with Disillusionment
Sewn together out of old flannel memories and work shirts of the past a network of veins plumping generations of angry blood We carry traces of mean, scared people Terrible things not fondly remembered at reunions And yet are present in the tapestry But There are many kind compassionate beautiful souls as well They are all on your tapestry Know it and display it well
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Nov 6, 2014
Nov 6, 2014 at 7:22 AM UTC
Tapestry
subway ed sheeran, especially give me love, our ******* wedding song black and white photos england, you wanted to show me everywhere 6"2' the fault in our stars always italian, why did you even feel the need to say ti amo ***** you were drunk when you said it the second time 5.30am scars on people's wrists, don't be silly, you said it was an accident collar bones tumblr dreams, the good ones were mine, the bad ones were yours voice recordings 11.11 wishes, the ones you promised you'd help make come true the word **** succulents, like on your windowsill bastille and cars, you would always sing along in the passenger seat postcards airport and train station reunions all those songs i played just for you on my guitar my sister's birthday, why did you have to choose that date you're perfect for me, you swore you weren't a liar *** the anne frank house, where you were ******* texting me from february 26th melbourne's federation square your name was in a movie and i started to cry
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Oct 22, 2014
Oct 22, 2014 at 9:27 PM UTC
reminders
*every life is unique and connected no one understands all or even most of human existence sometimes you need encouragement sometimes god really does cut you a break sometimes idols crack asking whom do i serve when i try to create a little celebrity out of a soul which is too precious to be reduced to numbers what is a world whose creatures hide inside machines fear of humans is enough of a prison fear of thoughts they probably aren't even thinking but who knows in this world at least the brothers tell the truth whom shall i fear and what control is an illusion when the tsunami almost comes i see we all must go to the calling only like you taught me if you're going to believe something believe it everyone has to come out about something, i had to come out about cannabis it's true there's two sides to everything if i judge you i condemn myself i don't know where those tears have been rhino pi and i by the fireplace tonight rhino gives me his soft stripe sweatshirt purple black white red i say i'll wear it and think of you all over the world and bring it back full of stories and mice and fire i was writing into the abyss when i was in the abyss, when the abyss was me, no longer who jesus bless no man curse born again into a rhythm of waves and reggae hey hey hey it's you i've been waiting for no one remembers the reunions of those who came before, what they did or them at all except the Creator who transcends lies and clocks who creates in wisdom acacias and watermelons and whales who keeps our tears in his bottles i bow my head at the door of his hut i stand by the light of his fire my bread i accept from his hand
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Apr 10, 2013
Apr 10, 2013 at 2:05 AM UTC
pygmy*
*every life is unique and connected no one understands all or even most of human existence sometimes you need encouragement sometimes god really does cut you a break sometimes idols crack asking whom do i serve when i try to create a little celebrity out of a soul which is too precious to be reduced to numbers what is a world whose creatures hide inside machines fear of humans is enough of a prison fear of thoughts they probably aren't even thinking but who knows in this world at least the brothers tell the truth whom shall i fear and what control is an illusion when the tsunami almost comes i see we all must go to the calling only like you taught me if you're going to believe something believe it everyone has to come out about something, i had to come out about cannabis it's true there's two sides to everything if i judge you i condemn myself i don't know where those tears have been rhino pi and i by the fireplace tonight rhino gives me his soft stripe sweatshirt purple black white red i say i'll wear it and think of you all over the world and bring it back full of stories and mice and fire i was writing into the abyss when i was in the abyss, when the abyss was me, no longer who jesus bless no man curse born again into a rhythm of waves and reggae hey hey hey it's you i've been waiting for no one remembers the reunions of those who came before, what they did or them at all except the Creator who transcends lies and clocks who creates in wisdom acacias and watermelons and whales who keeps our tears in his bottles i bow my head at the door of his hut i stand by the light of his fire my bread i accept from his hand
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At night I hear them Tiny footsteps Sneaky little feet running around my head The creatures they belong to Biting on my brain cells and Rummaging around my memories like They're trinket hunting in a dusty old attic and Pulling out the most repulsive, musty things they can find, The things I hid in boxes, embarrassed about, Old snapshots of a past I’d rather not remember But they always creep back out of there come family reunions. These sneaky little creatures that bite on the back of my brain Cackle over my most mortifying trinkets, The kind that I try to give away but the thrift stores won’t take them And I’d be too humiliated to sell them directly Because that would mean I’d have to share the fact that I had them When the fact of the matter is that I’m walking in the snow And trying to cover up my footprints With an evergreen branch That does nothing but leave bigger, clearer marks on The cold white unforgiving ground And makes the marks more visible But less obviously mine. And the sneaky little creatures don’t like this, Because it’s taking away from the treasures they keep Up in my attic with the moth-eaten shawls And dusty old rocking chair stashed in the corner. They love the old, repulsive musty things That I don’t want and cannot give away, And so they make me look them over and over And shove the hideous things into my face Dissolving my sense of self as easily as Salt into water And gradually changing my taste buds From honey to brine As I wonder Why, why, why And the sneaky little feet that run around my head Turn heavy, as if clad in iron boots And every little trinket that they share Makes them less and less easy to ignore.
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Jul 20, 2012
Jul 20, 2012 at 1:21 PM UTC
Sneaky Little Feet
At night I hear them Tiny footsteps Sneaky little feet running around my head The creatures they belong to Biting on my brain cells and Rummaging around my memories like They're trinket hunting in a dusty old attic and Pulling out the most repulsive, musty things they can find, The things I hid in boxes, embarrassed about, Old snapshots of a past I’d rather not remember But they always creep back out of there come family reunions. These sneaky little creatures that bite on the back of my brain Cackle over my most mortifying trinkets, The kind that I try to give away but the thrift stores won’t take them And I’d be too humiliated to sell them directly Because that would mean I’d have to share the fact that I had them When the fact of the matter is that I’m walking in the snow And trying to cover up my footprints With an evergreen branch That does nothing but leave bigger, clearer marks on The cold white unforgiving ground And makes the marks more visible But less obviously mine. And the sneaky little creatures don’t like this, Because it’s taking away from the treasures they keep Up in my attic with the moth-eaten shawls And dusty old rocking chair stashed in the corner. They love the old, repulsive musty things That I don’t want and cannot give away, And so they make me look them over and over And shove the hideous things into my face Dissolving my sense of self as easily as Salt into water And gradually changing my taste buds From honey to brine As I wonder Why, why, why And the sneaky little feet that run around my head Turn heavy, as if clad in iron boots And every little trinket that they share Makes them less and less easy to ignore.
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There is something about this House in Hackensack... It attracts people...like a magnet. They often gather here, and They are welcomed any time. Eyes and souls surround, Even strangers are drawn to it, Like bees attracted to the flowers. Reunions are looked forward to... Even short chats and visits For some coffee or wine Are always welcome. This house.... It makes people want to come back... It's not just the food, Or the help it offers... The comeliness of the place, The people that live within... The noise... ever-present, The shaking of the stairs, when the boys Chase, tease each other... The squabbles, replete with tears... Cabinets are real heavy, With weight-y stories to tell... The bedrooms, so inviting, where jokes And giggles underneath the covers Could be heard till late hours of the night... All gather in the kitchen, The hub in this house... Family, friends...even new guests Do not go to the living room... They walk straight to the kitchen. There, where the home scents Exude warmth, Fragrant with home-cooking. The long dining table says it all... A different kind of music Plays every time And invites everyone To stay for a while and relax... It beckons each time... It whispers... "Go, find your corner...do your thing, You'll be okay..." And so, the cozy sun room became A favorite spot in that house, Where beautiful poetry bloomed At any hour during that whole month. From out front, along the street, Circling around to the backyard, Then back inside... It has now finally dawned on this clouded mind, What that "something" is... This house, metamorphosed From an old, kind of cold Victorian, to a homier, More comfortable modernized domicile... Now radiates with love, warmth and kindness, The energy emitted by the family living within... The people are the crown and the charm... They are the smoke coming out of the chimney... The  A U R A  of this house, standing proud Along Catalpa Avenue......... ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Sally Copyright 2014 Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
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Jan 10, 2014
Jan 10, 2014 at 12:31 PM UTC
The House...
There is something about this House in Hackensack... It attracts people...like a magnet. They often gather here, and They are welcomed any time. Eyes and souls surround, Even strangers are drawn to it, Like bees attracted to the flowers. Reunions are looked forward to... Even short chats and visits For some coffee or wine Are always welcome. This house.... It makes people want to come back... It's not just the food, Or the help it offers... The comeliness of the place, The people that live within... The noise... ever-present, The shaking of the stairs, when the boys Chase, tease each other... The squabbles, replete with tears... Cabinets are real heavy, With weight-y stories to tell... The bedrooms, so inviting, where jokes And giggles underneath the covers Could be heard till late hours of the night... All gather in the kitchen, The hub in this house... Family, friends...even new guests Do not go to the living room... They walk straight to the kitchen. There, where the home scents Exude warmth, Fragrant with home-cooking. The long dining table says it all... A different kind of music Plays every time And invites everyone To stay for a while and relax... It beckons each time... It whispers... "Go, find your corner...do your thing, You'll be okay..." And so, the cozy sun room became A favorite spot in that house, Where beautiful poetry bloomed At any hour during that whole month. From out front, along the street, Circling around to the backyard, Then back inside... It has now finally dawned on this clouded mind, What that "something" is... This house, metamorphosed From an old, kind of cold Victorian, to a homier, More comfortable modernized domicile... Now radiates with love, warmth and kindness, The energy emitted by the family living within... The people are the crown and the charm... They are the smoke coming out of the chimney... The  A U R A  of this house, standing proud Along Catalpa Avenue......... ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Sally Copyright 2014 Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
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Reunions are great. Catching up with old friends and family. After months or even years apart, that first meeting is sheer bliss. But with you, every meeting is a reunion. Every second air fills the space between our finger tips Every second our sweaty, caloused hands are apart time slows down. Slow enough to make seconds feel like days, days feel like weeks, weeks feel like months and years..... I'd rather not think about it. I just want to tell you that when Im with you, time feels right. Not too fast. Not too slow. Just right.
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Jan 2, 2015
Jan 2, 2015 at 5:38 AM UTC
Reunions
I lit the candle with two hydros, and burned the house down with a bottle of whiskey. The next morning I wandered through the ashes looking for shower invitations and aspirin. Back in bars, filled with screaming amps and glaring ex lovers I wove my way in-between old friends and mating dances, losing Hemingway and storm clouds. I dropped the anchor in your apartment, falling mid sentence into stain ridden furniture and empty Budweiser bottles. The only thing I broke that night, was my determination on not being a blow up doll molded after some girl I was never going to be. So I laid there kissing ghosts and shook with a fever and chills vibrating like telephones on silent. And you wondered where I went once the door closed. You can't define cordial as branding someone and mailing them back to a delusional soul falling in love with them after. Hot metal pokers weren't made for joyous reunions. They make sure you always know where you leave your scars.
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May 1, 2012
May 1, 2012 at 6:39 PM UTC
Branding
Morpheus has never been A kindly lover, nor precious friend Yet in this stead, he strives to be Replacement for reality. Sominiferous ways that heat my blood; Make my wilting spirits bud Leave me wanting, never free There on the cusp of reality. Like morning mist, not half so pleasant His remedies are evanescent From where he lives behind my eyes And plagues my shattered paradise. He wears the exquisite carapace For whom I yearn upon his face And therein's where my torment lies From golden skin and forest eyes- From false reunions, makeshift bliss From joining eyes and parting lips Like cannon fire, the sound's refrain Draw parallels to this cruel pain. That Grecian Sandman, Morpheus Lothario, for whom exists To overchage the soul with hope So poisonous, I gasp and choke- Yet bodies, minds, and souls alike Find inspiration from the strife And haunted persons, like myself Endure his falsehoods where we're held. He haunts the dreamless, lucid world Upon the cusp, the conscious swirl His narrowed eyes, his blunted sight Despise waking world of light.
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Sep 14, 2015
Sep 14, 2015 at 3:28 PM UTC
The Cruelty of Sleep
I aimlessly drifted in teenage years, From subtle scion to zaftig plebe. Seen phony glory, vanquished fears, And the stench of a wicked glebe. From below, saw the stars up high, Igniting horizons with callow wonder. Beheld colossal beauty with mine inner eye, Begged for chained thoughts asunder. Amidst the serene flock to be slain, Oft' a titan, seldom a vacant savant. Known sorrow, elation, gain, vain, pain, This mortal hour, hear joyful lament. How quick we are to bid farewell, How slow for friendship to pierce the cloth. The rhythmic ache of that darkened knell, The sobbing whimpers for a lover's warmth. Nix for reciprocated amity, yet! My seat of affection thrives in twilight. Herein discipline is adamantly set, Whence shall this ****** ire take flight? Into the night that covers my soul, Unleash that verdant star I see. The divine abyss have taken its toll, I pray the shadow is only me. Note the ease to neglect one's clan, Yet savored glee of reunions by blood. Fury cease my elder ties, an infant plan, By filial ardor, I still kneel in mud. Star-shine ablaze onto vivid blooms, Arise the stench of broiling debris. Beauteous summer-tide metronomes, The sinking scythe follow gales of peace. Labor come sweat yield sweet fruition, Tis annual come the bronze harvest. Wrongful vengeance seek humble redemption, Autumn under siege of well-fed zest. Stormy vista rime graying meadows, Entrench the sepsis by the ice age. Taste weeping woe of guilty widows, Lest their beloved hunger in cage. Arise young lilac out of barren frosts, Touch the vital aura to begin anew. Altruists gladly pay auric costs, To stalk vile leviathan into dew. May stones bear indistinct distinction, So my stride shall stumble and falter. Peace paint heroes of sluggish fiction, Chaos rouse prodigies from quiet slumber.
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Aug 28, 2010
Aug 28, 2010 at 5:12 AM UTC
The Vincible Cloak
I aimlessly drifted in teenage years, From subtle scion to zaftig plebe. Seen phony glory, vanquished fears, And the stench of a wicked glebe. From below, saw the stars up high, Igniting horizons with callow wonder. Beheld colossal beauty with mine inner eye, Begged for chained thoughts asunder. Amidst the serene flock to be slain, Oft' a titan, seldom a vacant savant. Known sorrow, elation, gain, vain, pain, This mortal hour, hear joyful lament. How quick we are to bid farewell, How slow for friendship to pierce the cloth. The rhythmic ache of that darkened knell, The sobbing whimpers for a lover's warmth. Nix for reciprocated amity, yet! My seat of affection thrives in twilight. Herein discipline is adamantly set, Whence shall this ****** ire take flight? Into the night that covers my soul, Unleash that verdant star I see. The divine abyss have taken its toll, I pray the shadow is only me. Note the ease to neglect one's clan, Yet savored glee of reunions by blood. Fury cease my elder ties, an infant plan, By filial ardor, I still kneel in mud. Star-shine ablaze onto vivid blooms, Arise the stench of broiling debris. Beauteous summer-tide metronomes, The sinking scythe follow gales of peace. Labor come sweat yield sweet fruition, Tis annual come the bronze harvest. Wrongful vengeance seek humble redemption, Autumn under siege of well-fed zest. Stormy vista rime graying meadows, Entrench the sepsis by the ice age. Taste weeping woe of guilty widows, Lest their beloved hunger in cage. Arise young lilac out of barren frosts, Touch the vital aura to begin anew. Altruists gladly pay auric costs, To stalk vile leviathan into dew. May stones bear indistinct distinction, So my stride shall stumble and falter. Peace paint heroes of sluggish fiction, Chaos rouse prodigies from quiet slumber.
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Have you been searching for that perfect gift? Want to say something special, give someone a lift? Are you popping the question?  Is it someone's birthday But you're just not quite sure of the right words to say? Is the one that you love feeling lonely or sick? If a card or a letter just won't do the trick... Pick up the phone call Poetically Correct With our help, you'll achieve the desired effect Just give us some details, and in a short time You can send someone special, a gift that's sublime Anniversaries ~ Apologies ~ Any Occasion ~ Baby Dedications ~ Bachelor/Bachelorette Party ~ Birth Announcements ~ Condolences ~ Congratulations ~ Eulogies ~ Father's Day ~ Get Well ~ Graduation ~ Holidays ~ Love ~ Proposals ~Reunions ~ Roasts ~ Secret Admirer ~ Special Friend ~ Surprise ~ Tell 'Em Off ~ Told U So ~ Valentines ~ You Name It
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Jun 16, 2019
Jun 16, 2019 at 11:48 AM UTC
Poetically Correct - A Business Proposal
goodbyes— there were always goodbyes and silence more silence but always more goodbyes goodbyes— ended without an hello just started we began again but always more goodbyes goodbyes— ended in our reunions maybe virtually perhaps personally but always more goodbyes goodbyes— this time it's goodbye that just could— that just might— that just may— stick.
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Apr 12, 2020
Apr 12, 2020 at 2:31 PM UTC
always more goodbyes
I am sending a parcel on its wings, Be careful when you open it. It has full of beautiful things inside, 108 of waves, you are searching for. The true colours you love, wrapped up in a blissful layer by layer, our doorway to knowledge path, Expounding the absolute power, As committed and receptive naturally. The parcel I am sending you, to say how much I miss you. Holding the heart- " the mystical heart", Where you always remain, beautifully inside it. I am sending a parcel on its wings, Be careful when you open it. The remaining just flower for you, the way the potters wheel is, Opens up various levels of perception, Everytimes puts out, when it silence, gets hurts. I am trying to be flower for you to your potential, external and largely fortunately internal. I am sending a parcel on its wings, be careful when you open it. Better to maintain conducive atmosphere Is called KAVACH, create a cocoon energy inside, That simply transmit that you wish. The parcel , it has , things inside, full of beautiness That you had initiated into meditativeness, generating receptivity , you transmitted into me, In a short time, as a doorway to knowledge. I am sending a parcel on its wings, Trying to praise your emotional integrity, Whatever i send, be careful when you open it. The beautiful things inside it, The thought Quiet powerful transforms spiritual process. Starting the aware of kundalini with the help of ganapati. I am sending a parcel on its red wings. Grounded bases of balance emotional issues. For reduction of anxiety to energize your powerful spirituality. With another parts of parcel on its orange wings. Which help you to open up for the feeling of Maintaining harmoneous relationship together. Because of human beings being empowered with this. To promote your beautifully things, self confedence and To be continued effective manner in which you are travelling miles and miles, See in this parcel. I am sending a power with its yellow wings, Be careful when you open it. It has full of beautiful heart , the mystical heart.. On its green wings Having full of love , kindness, experiencing compassion which you opened a balance of sympathetic love. During our conversations. I am sending a parcel on its blue wings . When you open it carefully, you will find positivity, Singing a song that you most love. It has also contain a indigo one called 3rd eye Helps you to visualize inside And connected the way the path of spiritual heaven. I am sending a parcel on its violet wings The crown you will find, When you open it carefully. Enjoying with spiritual connections. Creation of emotion, bonding meditative path. Melt completely wisdom. Leaving probably me alone In the world a path spiritual Where we will be reunions Our soul again and again.
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Dec 22, 2020
Dec 22, 2020 at 10:53 PM UTC
Parcel of divinity: chakras
I am sending a parcel on its wings, Be careful when you open it. It has full of beautiful things inside, 108 of waves, you are searching for. The true colours you love, wrapped up in a blissful layer by layer, our doorway to knowledge path, Expounding the absolute power, As committed and receptive naturally. The parcel I am sending you, to say how much I miss you. Holding the heart- " the mystical heart", Where you always remain, beautifully inside it. I am sending a parcel on its wings, Be careful when you open it. The remaining just flower for you, the way the potters wheel is, Opens up various levels of perception, Everytimes puts out, when it silence, gets hurts. I am trying to be flower for you to your potential, external and largely fortunately internal. I am sending a parcel on its wings, be careful when you open it. Better to maintain conducive atmosphere Is called KAVACH, create a cocoon energy inside, That simply transmit that you wish. The parcel , it has , things inside, full of beautiness That you had initiated into meditativeness, generating receptivity , you transmitted into me, In a short time, as a doorway to knowledge. I am sending a parcel on its wings, Trying to praise your emotional integrity, Whatever i send, be careful when you open it. The beautiful things inside it, The thought Quiet powerful transforms spiritual process. Starting the aware of kundalini with the help of ganapati. I am sending a parcel on its red wings. Grounded bases of balance emotional issues. For reduction of anxiety to energize your powerful spirituality. With another parts of parcel on its orange wings. Which help you to open up for the feeling of Maintaining harmoneous relationship together. Because of human beings being empowered with this. To promote your beautifully things, self confedence and To be continued effective manner in which you are travelling miles and miles, See in this parcel. I am sending a power with its yellow wings, Be careful when you open it. It has full of beautiful heart , the mystical heart.. On its green wings Having full of love , kindness, experiencing compassion which you opened a balance of sympathetic love. During our conversations. I am sending a parcel on its blue wings . When you open it carefully, you will find positivity, Singing a song that you most love. It has also contain a indigo one called 3rd eye Helps you to visualize inside And connected the way the path of spiritual heaven. I am sending a parcel on its violet wings The crown you will find, When you open it carefully. Enjoying with spiritual connections. Creation of emotion, bonding meditative path. Melt completely wisdom. Leaving probably me alone In the world a path spiritual Where we will be reunions Our soul again and again.
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Grandmother, Do not feed me with the scent of tomorrow - it has a certain pungency that I cannot stand. After all, I am still full with the taste of this bitter residue lurching in my stomach left by memory.
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May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015 at 10:01 AM UTC
on family reunions
I know I shouldn’t be Digging up graves Unlocking tombs So I can listen to Your breath I know I shouldn’t be Picturing you That way that I did Moonlight pouring through windows Onto perfect dark skin One of many reunions And so many unions between Timid lips Our alliance was strong But never quite steady Two years later I’ve got that steady Got that “hey honey you’re home and dinner’s ready” Two years later I’m a liar lying in bed My ****** fan is loud He is breathing sleeping but all I hear are raindrops from summer afternoons where we collided again The shhh Your lips made Trying to keep quiet in that closet at your dads place I can’t decide if it’s my youth Or you that I miss If it’s Your smile When your kid sister beat me at video games Or the perfect simplicity Of living like kids
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Oct 13, 2012
Oct 13, 2012 at 12:08 AM UTC
Tombs
We're all dramatic goodbyes and tearful reunions. It's like something from a movie. My heart has been broken by the miles between us, my mind and body abused. I wish I wasn't the way I am. I wish I could turn things the right way up.
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Nov 10, 2012
Nov 10, 2012 at 10:41 AM UTC
The Right Way Up.
2 years of separation leads to reunions & dissections of the shared heart we once betrayed split symmetric down the chamber veins & drained into a vacant maze of muscle-coated misdirection: from a gory war of self-destruction to a boring morning-long discussion on the proper functions of affection, a lecture on the subtle pressure of stitching missing years together. so we descended through the memories of manipulation tendencies & our blended lungs breathed in relief at our splendid self-discovery: you're a different you & i'm no longer me; thick skin grafts & habit transplants transformed us to an image abstract from a former siamese attachment, our blurry split from commitment carried independence infinite & we soared more weightless through the clouds with our orphaned organs on the ground
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Jul 9, 2010
Jul 9, 2010 at 6:41 AM UTC
(re/de)construction