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"riddler" poems
Though perception is interesting, how many was it really, wait, the joker never drank really? did he? **** I forget. um, but I think I recall the riddler had , wait, maybe not. um,, way under the legal limit is below two , but did he, the joker, you know how he is. considering, wait, who was counting those things? what, one and what, oh **** and we... what a **** this kat can be, wait, did he really, run the gauntlet just to show the world , oh **** pull the skit, it is too rich, and he was spotted at the bank earlier speaking of laughing next time he visited. **** writers and those skits. troublesome, and grrr, they forget to keep it clean. lol
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Jul 17, 2015
Jul 17, 2015 at 1:28 AM UTC
Walks on the wild side, while moon walking the two step with you in my heart.
The Commissioner has summoned Batman and Robin The Bat signal had just came on It was a night being long Batman and Robin came in a flash on the scene The villains will all eventually come clean It seemed there was a big plot becoming an act But when it comes to crime, it gets a big smack The villains trying to get Batman and Robin dissolved They wanted the crusader’s out of the way, and not involved High above the Thrift building overlooking Gotham City To the citizens below it will be a pity Sleeping gas has been spreading to knock the city out However Batman and Robin are trapped in a trunk being no where about Every citizen has fallen asleep Are the Gotham City citizens in a song of my soul to keep? Will Batman and Robin escape being ocean deep? The Bat channel continues on far as long Batman was holding his breath, and suddenly broke from his bonds and cut Robin loss as well They immediately headed for the Thrift building When Batman and Robin arrived, all the villains were shocked in surprise The question came up with how did you escape? I’m Batman, and what saved me was my cape Robin replied, “Let’s put these villains to their own sleep in jail deep” POW from Batman to the RIDDLER BANG from Robin to the JOKER YONK to the other villains Batman and Robin stated to the villains, “Crime truly doesn’t pay and you now received our relay” Good Bat night and Batman and Robin turned crime into a justice sight.
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Mar 20, 2014
Mar 20, 2014 at 3:45 AM UTC
GOTHAM CITY VILLAINS
We are absurd You and I Fragments   We have created a fermentative reality, Where words are symbols of relation That you and I falsify   And Bingo was his name-o!   Ah!   Oh holy onomatopoeic jargon   What do you mean? And how shall we bargain?   And mora is but a half step to a whole   Eek gad!   January Febuary March and April May I introduce you to June and July August, Sept Oct Nov Dec   Randomly systemized organs organized Abstract or… dissonant? But who is in charge?   12345 12345678 12345 12345678   12344 12344556 12344 12344556   “Why so serious?” said The Riddler Mellow dramatic Melodrama Melancholy     Pantomimes! Pantomimes EVERYWHERE! They are able to speak But alone I mime, “Do you have the time?”   Together we fall! United I stand.   Backwards Upside down Inside out And grammar   What’s in a name? Please don’t be lame Sarcastic and the glamour   Synonymous nonsense Homophones and nyms Where are the polysemes? In the antonyms In the antonyms!   Repitition Exclamation Annunciation tions…   verbage verbage verbage syllables and such meaningless meaning defining definitions with such   True or False? Hide and Seek   Ring around the rosy We all fall down… We all fall down.   Black hat, white shoes, and I’m red all over.   Salt Sour And bitter And dill And And And And And And Ampersand   Institutionalized poetry But I am for rhythmic prose! No, not you Listen to the hue that the colors protrude red green blue red green blue   Black is not a color Chrome is my favorite I will not believe otherwise   You are an alien. I have divided by zero Musical dissonance *(asterisk) A beautiful disaster A shadow without its owner Wild natured wilderness And naturally a wildcard.   **** **** **** **** **** Etcetera.
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Sep 15, 2012
Sep 15, 2012 at 7:08 AM UTC
Sermon Monsieur
We are absurd You and I Fragments   We have created a fermentative reality, Where words are symbols of relation That you and I falsify   And Bingo was his name-o!   Ah!   Oh holy onomatopoeic jargon   What do you mean? And how shall we bargain?   And mora is but a half step to a whole   Eek gad!   January Febuary March and April May I introduce you to June and July August, Sept Oct Nov Dec   Randomly systemized organs organized Abstract or… dissonant? But who is in charge?   12345 12345678 12345 12345678   12344 12344556 12344 12344556   “Why so serious?” said The Riddler Mellow dramatic Melodrama Melancholy     Pantomimes! Pantomimes EVERYWHERE! They are able to speak But alone I mime, “Do you have the time?”   Together we fall! United I stand.   Backwards Upside down Inside out And grammar   What’s in a name? Please don’t be lame Sarcastic and the glamour   Synonymous nonsense Homophones and nyms Where are the polysemes? In the antonyms In the antonyms!   Repitition Exclamation Annunciation tions…   verbage verbage verbage syllables and such meaningless meaning defining definitions with such   True or False? Hide and Seek   Ring around the rosy We all fall down… We all fall down.   Black hat, white shoes, and I’m red all over.   Salt Sour And bitter And dill And And And And And And Ampersand   Institutionalized poetry But I am for rhythmic prose! No, not you Listen to the hue that the colors protrude red green blue red green blue   Black is not a color Chrome is my favorite I will not believe otherwise   You are an alien. I have divided by zero Musical dissonance *(asterisk) A beautiful disaster A shadow without its owner Wild natured wilderness And naturally a wildcard.   **** **** **** **** **** Etcetera.
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We are absurd You and I Fragments We have created a figmentative reality, where words are symbols of relation that you and I falsify And Bingo was his name-o! Ah! Oh holy onomatopoeic jargon What do you mean? and how shall we bargain? And mora is but a half step to a whole Eek gad! January Febuary March and April May I introduce you to June and July August 28th Sept Oct Nov Dec Randomly systemized organs organized Abstract or… dissonant? But who is in charge? 12345 12345678 12345 12345678 12344 12344556 12344 12344556 “Why so serious?” said The Riddler Mellow dramatic Melodrama Melancholy Pantomimes! Pantomimes EVERYWHERE! They are able to speak But alone I mime, “Do you have the time?” Together we fall! United I stand. Backwards Upside down Inside out And grammar What’s in a name? Please don’t be lame Sarcastic and the glamour Synonymous nonsense Homophones and nyms Where are the polysemes? In the antonyms In the antonyms! Repetition Exclamation Annunciation tions… verbage verbage verbage syllables and such meaningless meaning defining definitions with such True or False? Hide and Seek Ring around the rosy We all fall down… We all fall down. Salt Sour And bitter And dill And And And And And And Ampersand Institutionalized poetry But I am for rhythmic prose! No, not you Listen to the hue that the colors protrude red green blue red green blue Black is not a color Chrome is my favorite I will not believe otherwise You are an alien. I have divided by zero Musical dissonance Asterisk* A beautiful disaster A shadow without its owner Wild natured wilderness And naturally a wildcard. **** **** **** **** **** Etcetera.
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Sep 19, 2012
Sep 19, 2012 at 12:26 AM UTC
Sermon Monsieur
We are absurd You and I Fragments We have created a figmentative reality, where words are symbols of relation that you and I falsify And Bingo was his name-o! Ah! Oh holy onomatopoeic jargon What do you mean? and how shall we bargain? And mora is but a half step to a whole Eek gad! January Febuary March and April May I introduce you to June and July August 28th Sept Oct Nov Dec Randomly systemized organs organized Abstract or… dissonant? But who is in charge? 12345 12345678 12345 12345678 12344 12344556 12344 12344556 “Why so serious?” said The Riddler Mellow dramatic Melodrama Melancholy Pantomimes! Pantomimes EVERYWHERE! They are able to speak But alone I mime, “Do you have the time?” Together we fall! United I stand. Backwards Upside down Inside out And grammar What’s in a name? Please don’t be lame Sarcastic and the glamour Synonymous nonsense Homophones and nyms Where are the polysemes? In the antonyms In the antonyms! Repetition Exclamation Annunciation tions… verbage verbage verbage syllables and such meaningless meaning defining definitions with such True or False? Hide and Seek Ring around the rosy We all fall down… We all fall down. Salt Sour And bitter And dill And And And And And And Ampersand Institutionalized poetry But I am for rhythmic prose! No, not you Listen to the hue that the colors protrude red green blue red green blue Black is not a color Chrome is my favorite I will not believe otherwise You are an alien. I have divided by zero Musical dissonance Asterisk* A beautiful disaster A shadow without its owner Wild natured wilderness And naturally a wildcard. **** **** **** **** **** Etcetera.
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Lamenting lost love hidden behind harmonies, (synonymous to symphony) resonates absently. Like making love to a stranger. Like you make love to me. Void of all passion, like revenge of apathy. Apathetic entirely, the emptiness that fuels you emphasizes decrees. Standard-less standards validate your need to dismantle the mantled, and devour the diseased, to command and to seize, to exploit the exploited, and explore every scene— every pelvis, and every scream. How did I fall for such a— loveless being? Better yet, How do I disintegrate re-memories, Or abolish aplitic fallacies, and survive soullessly? (How must I do these things!?) Here I plead surrounded, unattentively, summoning recognition for the being whom resides in me. Resurrecting old wounds, (chore almost seems daily) almost seems like it’s alive, like maybe one day it might save me. More likely, one day it will concave me.   But without knowledge there is no upset. And no upset means no you and me.
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Mar 9, 2012
Mar 9, 2012 at 9:03 PM UTC
Riddler's Revenge
Batman in his belfry Robin at the all you can eat buffet Batgirl in my bedroom things going, all my way Riddler plying his prose Gordon on patrol Catwoman in my trousers happily, loosing all control Joker playing the saboteur Penguin relaxing at the shore Harley-quinn in my shower as golly gee and will-a-curs I can't ask for nothing more
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Sep 23, 2016
Sep 23, 2016 at 10:15 PM UTC
Super Heroines my Villainess
Rapidly writing his ragged riddles he giggles and flips furiously through his pad Glad to be in his element weaving his meanings out of their words hides dead drop spikes and microfiche behind his verbs Slice him open he bleeds black and white like ink and computer screens The Enigma becomes a riddle to himself lost in the context of his own twisted reality he falls into his own textual mazes and is enslaved, as a hologram, a nightmare, or three, the happy family and the RaceCyst Scarecrow stands silent stealthily concealed behind a simile. I observe the Riddler weaving word nets and lines of buried treasure truth commandeered from the pits of shared despair The Riddler knows what evil lurks in the deepest black, even now he is giggling at the thought of it.
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Aug 4, 2012
Aug 4, 2012 at 7:45 AM UTC
Riddler
I watch you sleeping, Impossibly long eyelashes, black as rooks flutter against yesterday's sun blushed cheeks, small digits twitching, right thumb firmly in mouth suckling salt soaked skin. You are the sea my boy, the earth, the moon and stars. I sip at my coffee, eyed by Spiderman as the Joker grins and the Riddler envies Dr Seuss. This moment is perfection, a little bit of calm before the tornado hits with the blue of your eyes.
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Jun 22, 2014
Jun 22, 2014 at 4:29 AM UTC
My boy
I wanna be bigger than the Hulk Louder than Shatner yelling "Kaaaaahn!” Gorshin cackling as the Riddler With Meredith waddling behind Faster than the Flash Stronger than Superman Richer than Bruce Wayne More wonderful than lasso woman I need an origin story Radioactive tick bite Radiodactive side kick Radio waves from fingertips I need drama that’s not mellow ***** show in a shitstorm Facing the hounds of hell In my Deus ex Machina
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Aug 10, 2018
Aug 10, 2018 at 11:07 AM UTC
COMICAL
I'm the riddler whithout a fiddler what a joker with out a poker.
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Dec 30, 2014
Dec 30, 2014 at 9:47 AM UTC
Joker
Another ****** up morning Gray light transforming The walls Arcing displays Of my never ending failures Souls connected And ripped apart like bailing twine Remains burned Put out with sacrilegious wine Trampled and ground into misery I eat the misery My daily bread Needs, wants, fated jaunts Blatant disregards Constant circling carrion birds Salivating over my stumbles I mumble, and cite The glorious night But I have failed yet again. A Joker laughs A Riddler giggles I stumble and fall into the pit At least there is no bottom.
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Aug 10, 2012
Aug 10, 2012 at 8:02 AM UTC
If You Aren't In Pain, You're Dead
I am a misunderstood girl Not a lunatic On the brink of snapping Not a walking target With a bull's-eye taped to her back My feelings are greatly guarded By barbed wired fences Taller than the Eiffel Tower By stone walls Stronger than diamonds I wear a merry mask As deceiving as The Riddler With yellow and orange feathers And a smile of emeralds
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May 31, 2019
May 31, 2019 at 12:32 AM UTC
Misunderstood Girl
Why does a TV series, Bat Phone, Villains and Gotham City have in common? Batman played by Adam West Adam West, you fought a good fight Your name will continue to shine written in the Batman light Villains always felt they had you trapped But along with Robin you give them a tough lesson of smack Your thinking plans were always sharp as a tack But leave it to the Bat computer to figure villains out It was words of POW, KABOOM and CRASH But you were Batman and it was business as usual in justice in Gotham City Yet to the villains no one had a pity The RIDDLER always had a plot The JOKER tried to tie you in a knot The MADHATTER in look into my hat MR. FREEZE with his chilling detail But throughout was always a villain fail Justice always triumphant and the villains went to jail Who could forget a voice, “Will Batman and Robin make it through their fate, but is too late. Be sure to find out Same Bat station and Channel Commissioner Gordon and Chief O’hara all sadden in having a loss But Batman and Robin you a team being a force You will be missed in your acting ability ways Yet the remembrance is here to stay Acceleration in my mind being the Batmobile and Bat Cycle Crime Fighting TV will never be the same However, the thought of TV Batman and Robin will continue to remain Your mission going forward in Heaven will be to recruit faithful Souls But it will be the face of Adam West that will be the behold Commissioner Gordon says, “Thanks for being Gotham City’s Protector and always being on call” Adam West response is “To My Fans, Thank You All”.
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Jun 10, 2017
Jun 10, 2017 at 2:38 PM UTC
BAT CAVE IN THE SKY TRIBUTE OF ADAM WEST
Why does a TV series, Bat Phone, Villains and Gotham City have in common? Batman played by Adam West Adam West, you fought a good fight Your name will continue to shine written in the Batman light Villains always felt they had you trapped But along with Robin you give them a tough lesson of smack Your thinking plans were always sharp as a tack But leave it to the Bat computer to figure villains out It was words of POW, KABOOM and CRASH But you were Batman and it was business as usual in justice in Gotham City Yet to the villains no one had a pity The RIDDLER always had a plot The JOKER tried to tie you in a knot The MADHATTER in look into my hat MR. FREEZE with his chilling detail But throughout was always a villain fail Justice always triumphant and the villains went to jail Who could forget a voice, “Will Batman and Robin make it through their fate, but is too late. Be sure to find out Same Bat station and Channel Commissioner Gordon and Chief O’hara all sadden in having a loss But Batman and Robin you a team being a force You will be missed in your acting ability ways Yet the remembrance is here to stay Acceleration in my mind being the Batmobile and Bat Cycle Crime Fighting TV will never be the same However, the thought of TV Batman and Robin will continue to remain Your mission going forward in Heaven will be to recruit faithful Souls But it will be the face of Adam West that will be the behold Commissioner Gordon says, “Thanks for being Gotham City’s Protector and always being on call” Adam West response is “To My Fans, Thank You All”.
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ADAM WEST HAS PASSED AWAY ROBIN IS NOW ALONE NO MORE WILL BATMAN CALL COMMISSIONER GORDON ON THE BAT PHONE CAT WOMEN THE JOKER AND THE RIDDLER WILL MISS THIS CRIME FIGHTING BAT ROBIN ALFRED AND COMMISSIONER GORDON WILL MISS THE INCREDIBLE COMBAT THE LEGEND OF BATMAN WILL LIVE ON FOR EVER MORE THE CRIME FIGHTING HERO'S OF TODAY WE SALUTE YOU ADAM WEST ONCE MORE
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Jun 10, 2017
Jun 10, 2017 at 7:10 PM UTC
ADAM WEST BATMAN
I am a riddle, Wrapped in a mystery Inside an enigma And riddles is what I love I am a master of crime A bundle of vicious wit Combined with callous creativity Instead of petty violence For brute strength Is far from refined Compared to this mastermind I am one of a kind So riddle me this, Riddle me that And get used to the fear For the Riddler is here
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Mar 22, 2016
Mar 22, 2016 at 10:25 AM UTC
The Riddler
A poem a day Keeps the demons away.
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Apr 13, 2016
Apr 13, 2016 at 7:29 PM UTC
Riddler
Darkness feels great...grunge is the Feeling of teeth grinding on a steel plate it still hates and seems to thrive under...like a mean bear in its cold slumber they ask how high are you? I say real low...self-esteem is negative zero steam blows through the nose of the enemy of the hero...which is stellar enemies pretend to be civilians in red sweaters..killers of all colors no surprise for the eyes of the blind..for they think deep thoughts and feel deep vibes. in these's times there is no true winner the good guy is blurred out by the bad guys glimmer...well aren't you chipper? No, I'm bitter "I'm as salty as a beach in my presidential suite" really? Well I **** it all like bleach so please get your stain on...and if you take it away I will get my gain on green light seems right...I call it game on your all like crooked pictures with their frames off. One pop to your face will knock your frame off...I will **** everybody..call me Adolf...The stickler...? What is a joker to a riddler? the past peel's like old paint stickers Shadows become thicker... Water becomes liquor Girlfriends become strippers. Darkness engulfs all including the small glimmers
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Oct 19, 2016
Oct 19, 2016 at 11:46 AM UTC
The Darkness
In an inter-galactic ice cream van he arrived and whizzed me away to countless nether-space lands - through a universe of broken jigsaw pieces, where rich diamanté flowers grew in shape-shifting sands. He took me up the scarlet mountains of the cotton candy clouds - we both stood upon the smouldering brink of Hell and gazed upon the ****** souls and tortuous shrouds. He shown me light wherein it seemed only eternal darkness prevailed, he cracked the Astro-Riddler's code, and what the aliens contempt language entailed, with blistering fury he spat in the pitiless face of greed - with an almighty FLASH! And a rip-roaring DASH! He travelled back to when God first planted mankind's seed. He witnessed the future of the human race fall horrifically out of place as the cunning serpent tempted Eve; once he even stood before his coming demise just to witness what the dead perceive. O' those star-studded journeys were amazing infinite wonders and simple love he exhaled, but the most important thing he ever shown me, was to never give up no matter how often I failed.
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Apr 21, 2015
Apr 21, 2015 at 6:33 PM UTC
The Inter-Galactic Ice-Cream Van Man's Guide To The Galaxy
She doesn't do landscapes, she does landfills. No ocean liners on the sea, only shipwrecks on the bottom. She states: Jesus was the best Riddler.
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Jun 9, 2022
Jun 9, 2022 at 7:59 AM UTC
Puzzling Behaviour
Give me a riddle, riddler. Something to puzzle my mind. Give me something to consider. To keep me occupied. A way to pass the time. Give me a riddle, riddler. So I don’t go mad before dinner...
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Mar 20, 2016
Mar 20, 2016 at 11:52 PM UTC
A Riddle from the Riddler
The shadow of the moon passes over me That colossal creature is an absolute beauty It slithers exquisitely over the yard It snickers dangerously in the mind of the bard A cold ruthlessness settles when the trees grin Attend the rise of the pumpkin king While myths and monsters uncover Watch out for the Riddler Trudge carefully on this day The day of Halloween “…or you might, never come back…”
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Feb 2, 2014
Feb 2, 2014 at 7:39 PM UTC
The day of legends
All is quiet in the house. Your slumber is almost the loudest voice in my head. I can only sit idly by and watch faceless creatures of my rage battle with no armor. Reaching outward, spinning within, I grasp at letting go. All I know is something I treasure, yet wish to lose. Empty pockets don’t drop many coins. Eternity taunts my limited time ticking without a halt towards a future that ceases to exist. Faith in lack seems to be all we’re granted. The riddler laughs at my fate. Surrender to this cruel joke is all I can do within its confinement. The escape route has a road block, and armed guards ordered to shoot on sight. Every pleasure is lined with thorns and ***** my weakened hands. Alone is all we can ever be. The gift of senses is our curse in this nightmare dressed as enchantment. Wolf in sheep's clothing, he nips at my ankles. If I stumble I lose a foot, If I fall I lose my life. Buried amongst the leaves is my hope to comprehend. But no knowledge can ever cut through these chains that bind my ability to be free. My tears contain my rage, my rage contains my innocent notion that drives me to madness. The simple yearning to love without condition, to touch without getting burned. Where did goodness lose the battle? Eve ate the fruit that grants her breath, birthing her condemnation. No handbook to guide us. No map to get us through this maze. We cannot know what kills us till we die. This utopia has no order. No leader. no captain at the helm. So many souls lost at sea, until the waves break their vessels and swallow their strength to persevere. I ache to be a shepherd without consequence. It's hard to stand on broken limbs. The pain is all that cradles my fall. Hush little baby, don't say a word when you're mockingbird cannot fly. The dish ran away with the spoon, The little girls laughs as I eat with my hands.
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Mar 1, 2017
Mar 1, 2017 at 6:33 PM UTC
Looking Through Blind Eyes
All is quiet in the house. Your slumber is almost the loudest voice in my head. I can only sit idly by and watch faceless creatures of my rage battle with no armor. Reaching outward, spinning within, I grasp at letting go. All I know is something I treasure, yet wish to lose. Empty pockets don’t drop many coins. Eternity taunts my limited time ticking without a halt towards a future that ceases to exist. Faith in lack seems to be all we’re granted. The riddler laughs at my fate. Surrender to this cruel joke is all I can do within its confinement. The escape route has a road block, and armed guards ordered to shoot on sight. Every pleasure is lined with thorns and ***** my weakened hands. Alone is all we can ever be. The gift of senses is our curse in this nightmare dressed as enchantment. Wolf in sheep's clothing, he nips at my ankles. If I stumble I lose a foot, If I fall I lose my life. Buried amongst the leaves is my hope to comprehend. But no knowledge can ever cut through these chains that bind my ability to be free. My tears contain my rage, my rage contains my innocent notion that drives me to madness. The simple yearning to love without condition, to touch without getting burned. Where did goodness lose the battle? Eve ate the fruit that grants her breath, birthing her condemnation. No handbook to guide us. No map to get us through this maze. We cannot know what kills us till we die. This utopia has no order. No leader. no captain at the helm. So many souls lost at sea, until the waves break their vessels and swallow their strength to persevere. I ache to be a shepherd without consequence. It's hard to stand on broken limbs. The pain is all that cradles my fall. Hush little baby, don't say a word when you're mockingbird cannot fly. The dish ran away with the spoon, The little girls laughs as I eat with my hands.
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*Here's to folly, to the great valley called love Which reminded me of forever through imperfections, Hardships and disappointments, of falling deeply Into discovery from self-doubt, of reaching freedom, The bore of a goal like contentment. Here's to pain, the antithesis of the stars, Of pretensions and incompletion, the middleground Between the starts and the endings, the covert catalyst, The grand surrealist, as we dread to know The fullness of our sanity, of our souls, Our fragility, of our very being. Here's to the machinery, the agitation Called dreams, the sweet fog of distant memories, Or the dark smoke of passion sometimes, Cunning as ever, like a freight train, Like wind, like havoc, like thypoon, Oftenly deprived of conclusive destinations. Here's to art, drama and poetry, the mystics, The sons and daughters of the grand mystics, Of philosophy, science and religion, not to mention History, the grand infidel, and mythology, the fibber. Answers overwhelm us, test us, and divide us, They appear when we're most not ready, Yet the questions keep us sane, ever growing, Ever sun, ever moon and ever cloud. Only time will tell and would not, The old grey, the clear dark, the pale light, It never learned a language, It only learned to live, noticed But never quite understood. How diaphanous. How vague. So here's to the confusion, to the uncertainty Like love always has been. Here's to us, to our ambitions, Our possessions, the treasures which speak Permanence in our hearts. Here's to the violent, the meek and the indifferent. Here's to the society and the humanity That's left in it. Here's to those who hate me. Here's to our faith and our fate. Here's to the poems that will never be written again. Here's to you, my love, my true. May we stay kind, mad, and human, Or something more, whatever that means, Despite the opposition, and deception and progression. So here's to the Universe. Here's to the grand riddler called existence.* © 2015 J.S.P.
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Feb 21, 2015
Feb 21, 2015 at 11:00 PM UTC
Unimagine
*Here's to folly, to the great valley called love Which reminded me of forever through imperfections, Hardships and disappointments, of falling deeply Into discovery from self-doubt, of reaching freedom, The bore of a goal like contentment. Here's to pain, the antithesis of the stars, Of pretensions and incompletion, the middleground Between the starts and the endings, the covert catalyst, The grand surrealist, as we dread to know The fullness of our sanity, of our souls, Our fragility, of our very being. Here's to the machinery, the agitation Called dreams, the sweet fog of distant memories, Or the dark smoke of passion sometimes, Cunning as ever, like a freight train, Like wind, like havoc, like thypoon, Oftenly deprived of conclusive destinations. Here's to art, drama and poetry, the mystics, The sons and daughters of the grand mystics, Of philosophy, science and religion, not to mention History, the grand infidel, and mythology, the fibber. Answers overwhelm us, test us, and divide us, They appear when we're most not ready, Yet the questions keep us sane, ever growing, Ever sun, ever moon and ever cloud. Only time will tell and would not, The old grey, the clear dark, the pale light, It never learned a language, It only learned to live, noticed But never quite understood. How diaphanous. How vague. So here's to the confusion, to the uncertainty Like love always has been. Here's to us, to our ambitions, Our possessions, the treasures which speak Permanence in our hearts. Here's to the violent, the meek and the indifferent. Here's to the society and the humanity That's left in it. Here's to those who hate me. Here's to our faith and our fate. Here's to the poems that will never be written again. Here's to you, my love, my true. May we stay kind, mad, and human, Or something more, whatever that means, Despite the opposition, and deception and progression. So here's to the Universe. Here's to the grand riddler called existence.* © 2015 J.S.P.
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You were always an enigma I was waiting to uncover Coming to me drunk and leaving sober It was clear we were never meant to be together But I constantly wandered, hoping I'll discover Who is this man I meet every winter? Whose touch is tender with words so bitter Someone I pined for while he cared lesser Maybe I should succumb under the snowflakes of surrender
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Mar 28, 2017
Mar 28, 2017 at 6:55 AM UTC
The Riddler in December