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"rival" poems
If the moon smiled, she would resemble you. You leave the same impression Of something beautiful, but annihilating. Both of you are great light borrowers. Her O-mouth grieves at the world; yours is unaffected, And your first gift is making stone out of everything. I wake to a mausoleum; you are here, Ticking your fingers on the marble table, looking for cigarettes, Spiteful as a woman, but not so nervous, And dying to say something unanswerable. The moon, too, abuses her subjects, But in the daytime she is ridiculous. Your dissatisfactions, on the other hand, Arrive through the mailslot with loving regularity, White and blank, expansive as carbon monoxide. No day is safe from news of you, Walking about in Africa maybe, but thinking of me.
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The Rival
Lead us, Evolution, lead us Up the future's endless stair; Chop us, change us, **** us, **** us. For stagnation is despair: Groping, guessing, yet progressing, Lead us nobody knows where. Wrong or justice, joy or sorrow, In the present what are they while there's always jam-tomorrow, While we tread the onward way? Never knowing where we're going, We can never go astray. To whatever variation Our posterity may turn Hairy, squashy, or crustacean, Bulbous-eyed or square of stern, Tusked or toothless, mild or ruthless, Towards that unknown god we yearn. Ask not if it's god or devil, Brethren, lest your words imply Static norms of good and evil (As in Plato) throned on high; Such scholastic, inelastic, Abstract yardsticks we deny. Far too long have sages vainly Glossed great Nature's simple text; He who runs can read it plainly, 'Goodness = what comes next.' By evolving, Life is solving All the questions we perplexed. Oh then! Value means survival- Value. If our progeny Spreads and spawns and licks each rival, That will prove its deity (Far from pleasant, by our present, Standards, though it may well be).
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Evolutionary Hymn
I was shacked with a 24 year old girl from New York City for two weeks- about the time of the garbage strike out there, and one night my 34 year old woman arrived and she said, "I want to see my rival." she did and then she said, "o, you're a cute little thing!" next I knew there was a screech of wildcats- such screaming and scratch- ing, wounded animal moans, blood and **** . . I was drunk and in my shorts. I tried to seperate them and fell, wrenched my knee. then they were through the screen door and down the walk and out into the street. squadcars full of cops arrived. a police heli- coptor circled overhead. I stood in the bathroom and grinned in the mirror. it's not often at the age of 55 that such splendid things occur. better than the Watts riots. the 34 year old came back in. she had ****** all over her- self and her clothing was torn and she was followed by 2 cops who wanted to know why. pulling up my shorts I tried to explain.
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Who In The Hell Is Tom Jones?
The end of the affair is always death. She's my workshop. Slippery eye, out of the tribe of myself my breath finds you gone. I horrify those who stand by. I am fed. At night, alone, I marry the bed. Finger to finger, now she's mine. She's not too far. She's my encounter. I beat her like a bell. I recline in the bower where you used to mount her. You borrowed me on the flowered spread. At night, alone, I marry the bed. Take for instance this night, my love, that every single couple puts together with a joint overturning, beneath, above, the abundant two on sponge and feather, kneeling and pushing, head to head. At night, alone, I marry the bed. I break out of my body this way, an annoying miracle. Could I put the dream market on display? I am spread out. I crucify. My little plum is what you said. At night, alone, I marry the bed. Then my black-eyed rival came. The lady of water, rising on the beach, a piano at her fingertips, shame on her lips and a flute's speech. And I was the knock-kneed broom instead. At night, alone, I marry the bed. She took you the way a women takes a bargain dress off the rack and I broke the way a stone breaks. I give back your books and fishing tack. Today's paper says that you are wed. At night, alone, I marry the bed. The boys and girls are one tonight. They unbutton blouses. They unzip flies. They take off shoes. They turn off the light. The glimmering creatures are full of lies. They are eating each other. They are overfed. At night, alone, I marry the bed.
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The Ballad Of The Lonely Masturbator
The end of the affair is always death. She's my workshop. Slippery eye, out of the tribe of myself my breath finds you gone. I horrify those who stand by. I am fed. At night, alone, I marry the bed. Finger to finger, now she's mine. She's not too far. She's my encounter. I beat her like a bell. I recline in the bower where you used to mount her. You borrowed me on the flowered spread. At night, alone, I marry the bed. Take for instance this night, my love, that every single couple puts together with a joint overturning, beneath, above, the abundant two on sponge and feather, kneeling and pushing, head to head. At night, alone, I marry the bed. I break out of my body this way, an annoying miracle. Could I put the dream market on display? I am spread out. I crucify. My little plum is what you said. At night, alone, I marry the bed. Then my black-eyed rival came. The lady of water, rising on the beach, a piano at her fingertips, shame on her lips and a flute's speech. And I was the knock-kneed broom instead. At night, alone, I marry the bed. She took you the way a women takes a bargain dress off the rack and I broke the way a stone breaks. I give back your books and fishing tack. Today's paper says that you are wed. At night, alone, I marry the bed. The boys and girls are one tonight. They unbutton blouses. They unzip flies. They take off shoes. They turn off the light. The glimmering creatures are full of lies. They are eating each other. They are overfed. At night, alone, I marry the bed.
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That sweet scent wafted in the warm breeze the moment before we met. From then on my life was changed love came with your perfume. Each of my emotions in hyper drive until then not alive. Your perfume was so intoxicating a doting slave I became. One direction to achieve your attention passion drew me under it's spell. This energy and intensity could not last one day a shadow was cast! I became yesterdays man brushed away when somebody else was snared. Like me the perfume pulled them within my heart shattered as I watched. Another laying prostrate at your feet no way could I take defeat. Jealousy never far from the passion of love not caring when I sighted you. Unable to control my basic human instincts attacking forcibly my rival. Feeling betrayed and the only one hurt soon my body would hit the dirt! Standing here a noose around my neck guilty of deeply loving you! Even as the trap door beneath me is released the perfume will linger always. Never regretting that deep emotional ride you will be with me inside! Love and jealousy unceasing like your perfume! The Foureyed poet.
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Jun 26, 2011
Jun 26, 2011 at 2:53 AM UTC
Perfume
Moon is not beautiful She doth not shine golden She drops weakened, white light on creatures craving sleep She sits there and stares At a frightened little world with her cold, chilling glow and a hostility deep It's ingrained in her soul to make the nimbus look fearsome ghastly and pale like a place to hide demons She debases belief We forget our star-wish and thick, we go fishing at nighttime And then, Moon releases a loneliness, cold and we can't elude we're stuck in the hole of This brooding solitude mood and its tole. There's no escaping anytime soon As we start to fear the burning sun And I suppose, this is my loathing of Moon. Moon is contagious. She offers the aid of her presence, unfailing When we're washed down like willows, weakened and wailing And we can sail under her Just as the dime It's a lie that the night's only clock-start for crime When she's out from the hiding place to be bright as Moon can There's not a direction No footpath No overworked plan And when I remember: Beauty needs not a rival I suppose I'll be loving Moon, soon again.
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Apr 15, 2014
Apr 15, 2014 at 10:54 AM UTC
Moon
ᗩIᑎᕼᗩᖇᗩ ~ ⚪♫⚪ ~ Out of the Palace, into the Queen's Garden. *'One that could rival King Paul's Luciuscemian Gardens,'* she thinks as she walks under the high cream arches and Grecian columns with ivy vines coiling around them. She stands on the white marble steps. *'Truly, this is the Queen Mother's finest work yet...'* ~ ⚪♫⚪ ~ The young Queen Lyn spares no expense in expanding her library, filling it with leather-bound books and scrolls, new and old. She spares no expense when it comes to her love for herbal teas, near and far... But her mother? ~ ⚪♫⚪ ~ The Queen Mother is known for her keen eye, fast wits, bladed tongue and for her love for fashion, gardening and a frugal nature. *'Like frugal mother, like bookish daughter!'* Ainhara can not help but to chuckle. ~ ⚪♫⚪ ~ She watches as the gardeners trim the mint-green grass, beech hedges and shrubby. But what Ainhara marvels most are the flowers. Pots of lavender and roses, rosemary and mint are placed around carefully, by the white lilies, orange lilies, yellow lilies, flushing lilies. ~ ⚪♫⚪ ~ She notices that green lilies and blue lilies; the gifts from Queen Yidna; plants native to her Puhan Kingdom, are in full bloom. They remind her of the colours of the Seas that she, Esshi and Lyn had sailed when they visited Queen Yidna. *'Puhan has the calmest seas of the brightest colours,'* She recalls how her Queen was happy and relaxed then...
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Sep 14, 2018
Sep 14, 2018 at 11:33 AM UTC
♪♫♛♕ тнє мαѕкє∂ вαя∂ II ♕♛♫♪
and                                                                                                                           that backseat "love" lasted only as long as the night as the memories rush in that morning try as i might to keep you outta my mind, you're holed in there tight a battle between "love" and lust...(hint) love lost the fight. we                                                                                                                             caused kisses shared between those wet rival lips and bare skin touching, form a feeling at these hips down unbuttoned jeans that your small hand slips hear that sound, like tearing, as our "innocence" strips. *******                                                                                                                         formed foggy windows from our skin we shared and dissolved to nothing, ha, like we ever cared   discoveries made at night shed light on how we faired the sounds of "love" from my speaker actually blared (lust) .
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Dec 27, 2011
Dec 27, 2011 at 1:57 AM UTC
you can't spell "lust" without "us"
Show in contented rest bringing ghosts company wished greenly how did you know? Bleeding on too long they had to be cut down from hooks and ropes in order of feeding. Liars causing problems complicated sacrament with slickness under blackberry briars. Safe from hawks stay in Juicyland where it's prickly free from **** This song triples guessed foxy playing hard around leafy bush only snake does not miss. Dance my badger spirit agile amongst complexity ward off and wander. Kangaroo mouse prance. Survival in stickers only seasonal escape. Where to hide from next your sly rival?
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Apr 6, 2016
Apr 6, 2016 at 10:40 AM UTC
Code of Kangaroo Mouse
Oh Venerable Zeus, grant Persephone’s petition to retain Adonis! I, as Queen of the Underworld, can Protect his charming body from vicious men It is here where he found his safest den Here I’ll protect his flesh from being stricken Oh Venerable Zeus, grant Persephone’s petition to retain Adonis! I, as keeper of this handsome lad since his childhood Seeks for him nothing, but everything that’s good It is his well-being that lights up my mood I’ll badly be hurt when he’s hurt by someone shrewd Oh Venerable Zeus, grant Persephone’s petition to retain Adonis! Shrewd is his rival for the love of Aphrodite He will be in great danger with her, can’t see? Surely from Ares wrath, he’ll experience something nasty And also with the god of fire, he’ll surely die violently! Oh Venerable Zeus, grant Persephone’s petition to retain Adonis! Have mercy! Have mercy! To this youth so fine! Have mercy! Have mercy! To this youth of mine! To deadly earth above, don’t allow him to incline If this bad fate happens, my eyes will emit brine Oh Venerable Zeus, grant Persephone’s petition to retain Adonis! Witness me mourn for the loss of this lad! Do you want the Queen of the Dead to feel bad? If Adonis is gone, my brain will also be mad! Oh Venerable Zeus, grant Persephone’s petition to retain Adonis! From this sanctuary, do not take him away Do not let my life be in disarray To make him remain here, tell me the way I bow, I kneel, I prostrate, I pray! -02/09/2015 *Hopelessly Immortal Collection (Dumarao)
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Sep 21, 2019
Sep 21, 2019 at 9:52 PM UTC
Persephone’s Petition to Retain Adonis
Oh Venerable Zeus, grant Persephone’s petition to retain Adonis! I, as Queen of the Underworld, can Protect his charming body from vicious men It is here where he found his safest den Here I’ll protect his flesh from being stricken Oh Venerable Zeus, grant Persephone’s petition to retain Adonis! I, as keeper of this handsome lad since his childhood Seeks for him nothing, but everything that’s good It is his well-being that lights up my mood I’ll badly be hurt when he’s hurt by someone shrewd Oh Venerable Zeus, grant Persephone’s petition to retain Adonis! Shrewd is his rival for the love of Aphrodite He will be in great danger with her, can’t see? Surely from Ares wrath, he’ll experience something nasty And also with the god of fire, he’ll surely die violently! Oh Venerable Zeus, grant Persephone’s petition to retain Adonis! Have mercy! Have mercy! To this youth so fine! Have mercy! Have mercy! To this youth of mine! To deadly earth above, don’t allow him to incline If this bad fate happens, my eyes will emit brine Oh Venerable Zeus, grant Persephone’s petition to retain Adonis! Witness me mourn for the loss of this lad! Do you want the Queen of the Dead to feel bad? If Adonis is gone, my brain will also be mad! Oh Venerable Zeus, grant Persephone’s petition to retain Adonis! From this sanctuary, do not take him away Do not let my life be in disarray To make him remain here, tell me the way I bow, I kneel, I prostrate, I pray! -02/09/2015 *Hopelessly Immortal Collection (Dumarao)
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For 21 days I saw changes wrought by the freedom of 22 years Secrets of razor wire straight and taut Speak of those who continue to fear I saw nature’s beauty in land and face As black heel continues to rise Via school, ambition they prep for the race Even as secretly despised What’s changed in Soweto? I did not live But photos and newsreels survive Pictures of shanties bulldozed to give Whites room to extend their hives Now malls; monuments to white retail Built on Mandiba’s words Polished chrome and marble hail “Happy” workers in a black-faced world Monuments ringed with vendors tribal Carved goods for sale and cheap The rands they make do not rival What multi-nationals’ continue to reap Happiness is shallow until sundown When the curtain of decorum lifts Showing reality’s new shanty-town Where space and plumbing are gifts I wonder if He would be okay Seeing his people so used As pawns for labor with little say As black is seldom excused The young know the time is now As old hatred’s in shallow graves To be unearthed by book and plow Keeping dreams from stunting and fade
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Oct 12, 2016
Oct 12, 2016 at 8:48 AM UTC
SOUTH AFRICA - POST APARTHEID
you toss my feelings back and forth like a tennis ball. It was so asinine to think you cared at all. you make it out like you wanna meight, but end up stealing my heart, which isn't condusev in my healing. You make me six. With me, you didn't have a rival. I used to think you were necessary for my surfivel. therefour, from here on, I won't allow you to crush me, no more threel seeing my reaction when you touch me. I don't understand people who just get together to make you think you won and blow you off like a feather. I half had enough and this topic's not moot, I have zeroed in on my target and i am ready to shoot.
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Mar 19, 2015
Mar 19, 2015 at 9:42 PM UTC
countdown to heartbreak
Two young brothers are left at home, All by their lonesome selves, The older one notices a new toy, Sitting high up on a shelf. He climbs up and brings on down, What he believes is a toy gun, He thinks about the games they’ll play, Boy this sure will be fun. He aims the ‘toy’ at his little brother, And shoots him in the head, But that gun was not a toy at all, And soon the three-year-old is dead. When a child dies, All the stuffed animals cry, Alone on a shelf, They sit by themselves, In a cold lonely room, Like a final tomb. Johnny’s tired of being bullied at school, But every dog has its day, Though all his classmates seem so mean, Johnny will make sure they all pay. The next day at school will be different, From a knapsack he pulls out a gun, Suddenly he starts shooting his classmates, Shoots them in the back as they run. Soon most of the class has been shot, And their young bodies are lying there dead, With one bullet left in the chamber, Johnny puts the gun to his own head. When a child dies, All the angels cry, The tears flowing down, On the sad little town, It’s a cold, cold rain, But it won’t numb the pain. For Jose this is the biggest day in his life, It’s his gang initiation in the ‘hood, He must seek out a rival gang member, With a couple of shots he’ll be good. Jose packs his piece and extra clips, And his driver takes him to the spot, He takes aim at his helpless victim, And another is dead with just one shot. But that one bullet it ricocheted, You hear a young mother scream and cry, As she realizes her young son is hit, On a cold dark street he is left to die. When a child dies, The whole world cries, All lives matter, big and small, I ask you people, heed the call, Please stop the hate, before it’s too late, For the future of us all. 10-27-15.
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Oct 28, 2015
Oct 28, 2015 at 1:34 AM UTC
When A Child Dies, The Whole World Cries
Two young brothers are left at home, All by their lonesome selves, The older one notices a new toy, Sitting high up on a shelf. He climbs up and brings on down, What he believes is a toy gun, He thinks about the games they’ll play, Boy this sure will be fun. He aims the ‘toy’ at his little brother, And shoots him in the head, But that gun was not a toy at all, And soon the three-year-old is dead. When a child dies, All the stuffed animals cry, Alone on a shelf, They sit by themselves, In a cold lonely room, Like a final tomb. Johnny’s tired of being bullied at school, But every dog has its day, Though all his classmates seem so mean, Johnny will make sure they all pay. The next day at school will be different, From a knapsack he pulls out a gun, Suddenly he starts shooting his classmates, Shoots them in the back as they run. Soon most of the class has been shot, And their young bodies are lying there dead, With one bullet left in the chamber, Johnny puts the gun to his own head. When a child dies, All the angels cry, The tears flowing down, On the sad little town, It’s a cold, cold rain, But it won’t numb the pain. For Jose this is the biggest day in his life, It’s his gang initiation in the ‘hood, He must seek out a rival gang member, With a couple of shots he’ll be good. Jose packs his piece and extra clips, And his driver takes him to the spot, He takes aim at his helpless victim, And another is dead with just one shot. But that one bullet it ricocheted, You hear a young mother scream and cry, As she realizes her young son is hit, On a cold dark street he is left to die. When a child dies, The whole world cries, All lives matter, big and small, I ask you people, heed the call, Please stop the hate, before it’s too late, For the future of us all. 10-27-15.
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There was once a small, dying flower Her beauty was dim Thoughts trapped her from deep below The roots that held her down made it hard to grow She lived a life of solitude No other flowers blossomed beside her Her sweet aroma nobody smelt In the lonely landscape in which she dwelt But then there came a day when something happened The piercing blue sky changed into oyster silver And as the flower proceeded to slowly die in pain The miracle came. Rain. The rain fell from the sky like liquid jewels Each drop nourished the flower Although the rain didn’t realize at first It had helped the flower overcome the worst Through the air the rain and flower shared silent whispers The rain understood the flower’s dying condition The flower was relieved that someone else knew Of the deep trauma that everyday grew For many weeks the rain showered on To help the flower continue to be strong But the rain didn’t know of the flower’s underground roots The rain wanted to know but the flower kept them as emotional loots One day another accompanied the rain A being called sunshine, a beaming white light Though slight droppings of rain spluttered down from the sky The flower was inevitably starting to die The flower didn’t want the rain to know How dependent she was of her nurturing The flower stood while its immunity could run As the rain started to fade into the sun The flower should be glad that the rain started to calm For the rain carried pain and distress from far above So the flower carried the trauma and rejection Into the roots where she was bullied by her reflection The sun was kindhearted, pure and bright It shone optimism and grace to all in its range It was actually a key to the flower’s survival But neglect and jealously made her the rival The flower started to push the rain away She didn’t want to hold the rain back from serenity So the rain dripped off the darkening petals As the flower wishes, the rain cools and settles The rain disappeared in the light of the sun Creating a spectrum of colours bleeding across the sky The flower sighed in relief of the petrichor As the flower died, and became no more.
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Apr 25, 2015
Apr 25, 2015 at 11:23 PM UTC
The Flower, The Rain and The Sun
There was once a small, dying flower Her beauty was dim Thoughts trapped her from deep below The roots that held her down made it hard to grow She lived a life of solitude No other flowers blossomed beside her Her sweet aroma nobody smelt In the lonely landscape in which she dwelt But then there came a day when something happened The piercing blue sky changed into oyster silver And as the flower proceeded to slowly die in pain The miracle came. Rain. The rain fell from the sky like liquid jewels Each drop nourished the flower Although the rain didn’t realize at first It had helped the flower overcome the worst Through the air the rain and flower shared silent whispers The rain understood the flower’s dying condition The flower was relieved that someone else knew Of the deep trauma that everyday grew For many weeks the rain showered on To help the flower continue to be strong But the rain didn’t know of the flower’s underground roots The rain wanted to know but the flower kept them as emotional loots One day another accompanied the rain A being called sunshine, a beaming white light Though slight droppings of rain spluttered down from the sky The flower was inevitably starting to die The flower didn’t want the rain to know How dependent she was of her nurturing The flower stood while its immunity could run As the rain started to fade into the sun The flower should be glad that the rain started to calm For the rain carried pain and distress from far above So the flower carried the trauma and rejection Into the roots where she was bullied by her reflection The sun was kindhearted, pure and bright It shone optimism and grace to all in its range It was actually a key to the flower’s survival But neglect and jealously made her the rival The flower started to push the rain away She didn’t want to hold the rain back from serenity So the rain dripped off the darkening petals As the flower wishes, the rain cools and settles The rain disappeared in the light of the sun Creating a spectrum of colours bleeding across the sky The flower sighed in relief of the petrichor As the flower died, and became no more.
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It would appear that most Of these poems Reflect broken hearts and Weighted bones. Sitting, thinking, All alone. Surrounded by a happy home? Or are you truly all alone? Your misery a lonesome dome. No family to scratch your back? No bitter rival to attack? No **** buddy to fill your cup? So you stay empty, Shriveled up. I know that feeling, Isolation. Talk to someone, Change the station. There's more to life than Hugs and kisses. Do some drugs and Find what bliss is. Meditate atop a mountain. Transform yourself into a fountain. Let the water trickle down Onto dead leaves that was your frown. Or maybe torture **** a clown? Whatever gets ya off, mate.
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Aug 25, 2012
Aug 25, 2012 at 8:25 PM UTC
Cheer Up
H e r e we stand rocking in each other’s sweat and frothy anticipation we sell our individuality and purchase- The Personality a seething mass of vivid B l u e watery voices bathing the bleachers with rival cruelty. patriotic camaraderie. our future residing on the chasm that is the 1 0 0 y a r d line.
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Oct 10, 2013
Oct 10, 2013 at 2:31 AM UTC
Rivalry Game
I wish to gaze upon thee, look at the expanse of virtue. You truly are a rival for Aphrodite. An ethereal being. I am but a priestess, at your alter, worshipping. If I could meet those eyes, ghost fingers over satin skin, card through sleek locks, then surely I'd be blessed. For you I'd do as Orpheus for Eurydice, without looking back. To love a goddess such as yourself is eternal.
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Aug 19, 2018
Aug 19, 2018 at 3:46 AM UTC
Orpheus
It goes( as it always goes, to ) : ! PENALTIES ! A chorus of "Oh Noooos'!" rises from the fans like winter breath from cattle Hamlet, places it: ...steps back to take it &. . . "Do it England!" the fanatic fans chant "Dooooo....Itttt...Angle...la...and!" Hamlet thinks ( No...nOOOO Hamlet don't .     .     .think! ) But it is alas -too late he has already thunked! "If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come it will be now!" "Duh!" the fans think "Agggghh...just do it!" The thoughts sprout from his great big noggin like a cartoon speech bubble. "...if it be now now yet it will come!" "The readiness is all!" Hamlet runs up to the waiting ball. Hamlet hushes his thought process strikes the ball with his right foot &.     .     . "To be or, aggggghhhh noooooo!" After that comma  that negative sentence. 'NOT TO BE!" jeer the rival fans 'GIT THEEEE...TOA...NONE...ER...EEE!" Hamlet ends it all with a bare bodkin. "O, O, O, O." Dies "Football is not...." as Shankly so succinctly put it "...a matter of life and death. It's. . . much much more important than that!" The rest. Is. silence.
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Jun 15, 2015
Jun 15, 2015 at 5:09 PM UTC
HAMLET AT THE WORLD CUP
Like a lotus emerging Unsullied From the mud, So have you appeared, In this world, Yet not of it. I consider myself Most blessed of all men For having glimpsed upon your face. Not even Michelangelo, With all his magnificent frescoes, Could have conceived of such beauty. The most flowery prose of Marquez wilts, Inadequate to fully describe your radiance. The supple, rich compositions of Mozart Are a rancorous cacophony Compared to the melody of your voice. Your entire being is a testament To the masterful craftsmanship of our Lord. I may circumnavigate this world Sample the most luscious of delicacies Climb the lofty peak of Everest Swim the English Channel Trek the Ural Mountains Watch the Caribbean sunset Walk the entirety of the Great Wall But none of these shall hope to compare with the blissful moment When my eyes fell upon you. It was truly a day of days, One which no other can rival. You stood out A swan Regal in its repose Amongst Ducks Babbling away In their ignominy. I have found my muse -- Alas! -- But for a moment. Yet I shall not rage. Neither shall I weep. Just because He got to you first. Just because He is Perhaps More worthy Of you. I shall not fly Into a maelstrom of emotion Sulk with resentment And seethe with envy Just for losing Something Someone I never even had. Just because She will never be mine. I shall not have To lower and abandon myself To the maddening clutches Of grief To wantonly fling My artless soul At the burning altar Of undignified melancholy. For it is foolish. Yet I cannot help But do exactly this. Act like the boy, The child, That I am. For what else am I? I am not a man Like him After all. Not adequate For anything Resembling a soulmate For anyone Like her. I can never hold you In my arms Never gaze Into your eyes My ears can never hear you Whisper Sweet nothings. And My lips shall never Meet yours. So what Else Can I do But mourn?
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Mar 6, 2014
Mar 6, 2014 at 11:48 PM UTC
Lotus
Like a lotus emerging Unsullied From the mud, So have you appeared, In this world, Yet not of it. I consider myself Most blessed of all men For having glimpsed upon your face. Not even Michelangelo, With all his magnificent frescoes, Could have conceived of such beauty. The most flowery prose of Marquez wilts, Inadequate to fully describe your radiance. The supple, rich compositions of Mozart Are a rancorous cacophony Compared to the melody of your voice. Your entire being is a testament To the masterful craftsmanship of our Lord. I may circumnavigate this world Sample the most luscious of delicacies Climb the lofty peak of Everest Swim the English Channel Trek the Ural Mountains Watch the Caribbean sunset Walk the entirety of the Great Wall But none of these shall hope to compare with the blissful moment When my eyes fell upon you. It was truly a day of days, One which no other can rival. You stood out A swan Regal in its repose Amongst Ducks Babbling away In their ignominy. I have found my muse -- Alas! -- But for a moment. Yet I shall not rage. Neither shall I weep. Just because He got to you first. Just because He is Perhaps More worthy Of you. I shall not fly Into a maelstrom of emotion Sulk with resentment And seethe with envy Just for losing Something Someone I never even had. Just because She will never be mine. I shall not have To lower and abandon myself To the maddening clutches Of grief To wantonly fling My artless soul At the burning altar Of undignified melancholy. For it is foolish. Yet I cannot help But do exactly this. Act like the boy, The child, That I am. For what else am I? I am not a man Like him After all. Not adequate For anything Resembling a soulmate For anyone Like her. I can never hold you In my arms Never gaze Into your eyes My ears can never hear you Whisper Sweet nothings. And My lips shall never Meet yours. So what Else Can I do But mourn?
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On a New Year's Day in Reykjavik I stood at the very top of that old city, intending to visit the Cathedral there. All at once, there it was. And it was in charge. A gust of wind so strong that it grabbed and   slid me, speeding across several metres of ice, only to slam, face first, into the broad chest of a resident British Embassy staffer. Genially, he smiled down and introduced himself with gentlemanly aplomb. No wonder they had an empire. At least for a while. Oh, that wind! Ever seen snow moving horizontally? Or felt a hole being drilled, in one ear, almost out the other? Deep in the ancient countryside, on the way to the sea, is a lonely valley, held captive by the power of a brutal Gigantic troll. There, this wind has its greatest rival. Even if you can't see them, just tell me you don't feel them... In Reykholt now, that bullying wind buffets a cozy house, but to no avail, for angels watch over a newborn baby girl. Her mother, just a girl when we first met,   now sings tenderly to her own new daughter. Both are princesses of this beautiful island country. Finding kindness, that tough old wind has sent Halldora's lullaby across the open ocean,   over wide blue skies, and onto this snowy prairie where I hear it and cradle it softly, and so gently, to my heart.
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Jan 10, 2016
Jan 10, 2016 at 7:10 PM UTC
Song for the Icelandic Wind
Anwar Ibrahim Convicted of ****** in 2008 Acquitted in 2012 The Court of Appeal overturned the acquittal He is currently serving his sentence An aide to Anwar Said he was sodomized by Anwar ****** even if consensual Is punishable by up to 20 years in Malaysia Anwar responded the complaint was politically motivated Support for Anwar grown stronger His wife is battling his conviction Some say that political rival Dr. Mahathir Will recover from his decrease in popularity And remain in control Because he helped Malaysia through a though economic time Although it seems as though Anwar is gaining support From a majority of the Malaysian people Human rights groups accused Malaysia's government of using An anachronistic colonial era law that criminalizes "Carnal *********** against the order of nature" To persecute Anwar Anwar leads a three-party opposition that has become Increasingly popular in the predominantly Muslim nation This is not just Anwar has been wrongly accused I will pray for his wife And his supporters Stay strong Anwar You are an innocent man
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Feb 14, 2015
Feb 14, 2015 at 8:44 PM UTC
Anwar Ibrahim Wrongly Accused
Coffee on my breath, wearing a frown. Sunshine, my sweater, my soul turns brown. Lips slick with chapstick, chics' licking sack n' **** drag off a ******* *** n' lean, obscene in the sense, the ******* fags' a drag queen. Rival the bible, hell to sell any, whats worse, church bells smell ugly under my nose. I chose the shallow dirt road to death, even the tallest tales hail the same frail fate. Fill my urn to earn my fill, **** it. There is no still frame to capture the moment, fracture the film and leave it alone. Yellow toned, below me, sallow, cornered in color coordinates. Drenched cover but dry at the core of it; dazzled by **** dazzled by diction, you write the dirtiest fiction and I'm the ******* ***** in it. Leather bound, cable wound, leather bound. Black. Leather.
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Sep 18, 2010
Sep 18, 2010 at 7:30 PM UTC
Queen
The Second Book Forms of Pain Losing yourself to distress, Forgetting your own birthday, Unrequited love, The beauty of your rival, Plans on a rainy day, Vinegar on wounded skin, Saying ‘goodbye’ again, Roadblocks with no detour ©Copyright 2014 Written and Edited by Racquel Davis
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Jul 31, 2014
Jul 31, 2014 at 1:16 PM UTC
The Pillow Book of R. Davis
Hello Darkness, my old friend, The self-doubt that comes creeping in. Hello Darkness, fickle and fiendish, It is nice to see you again. Hello Ambition, my old mentor, The hunger that has me ceasing never. Hello Ambition, controlling and unending, It is good to see you again. Hello Fear, my old companion, The sickness that feeds my abandon. Hello Fear, raw and uncut, It is nice to see you again. Hello Anger, my old lover, The fire that never sated hunger. Hello Anger, lean and strong, It is nice to see you again. Hello Lust, my old partner, The taste that pushed me harder. Hello Lust, empty and rich, It is nice to see you again. Hello Love, my old ***** The red and gold double edged sword. Hello Love, lying and cheating, It is nice to see you again. Hello Night, my old mother, The love for which I killed another. Hello Night, deceitful and peaceful, It is good to see you again. Hello Envy, my old rival, The burning need for my survival. Hello Envy, cold and hard, It is good to see you again. Hello Curse, my old bride, The one who eats away my pride. Hello Curse, persistent and pursuant, It is good to see you again. Hello Gluttony, my old coach, The pain that ate away my hope. Hello Gluttony, empty and barren, It is good to see you again. Hello Pride, my old brother, I love you more than the others. Hello Pride, full and robust, It is good to see you again. Hello Darkness, my oldest of friends. It was from you that I was born. Hello Darkness, come to swallow me again, From the light I am torn.
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Mar 8, 2016
Mar 8, 2016 at 3:56 PM UTC
Hello Darkness
Hello Darkness, my old friend, The self-doubt that comes creeping in. Hello Darkness, fickle and fiendish, It is nice to see you again. Hello Ambition, my old mentor, The hunger that has me ceasing never. Hello Ambition, controlling and unending, It is good to see you again. Hello Fear, my old companion, The sickness that feeds my abandon. Hello Fear, raw and uncut, It is nice to see you again. Hello Anger, my old lover, The fire that never sated hunger. Hello Anger, lean and strong, It is nice to see you again. Hello Lust, my old partner, The taste that pushed me harder. Hello Lust, empty and rich, It is nice to see you again. Hello Love, my old ***** The red and gold double edged sword. Hello Love, lying and cheating, It is nice to see you again. Hello Night, my old mother, The love for which I killed another. Hello Night, deceitful and peaceful, It is good to see you again. Hello Envy, my old rival, The burning need for my survival. Hello Envy, cold and hard, It is good to see you again. Hello Curse, my old bride, The one who eats away my pride. Hello Curse, persistent and pursuant, It is good to see you again. Hello Gluttony, my old coach, The pain that ate away my hope. Hello Gluttony, empty and barren, It is good to see you again. Hello Pride, my old brother, I love you more than the others. Hello Pride, full and robust, It is good to see you again. Hello Darkness, my oldest of friends. It was from you that I was born. Hello Darkness, come to swallow me again, From the light I am torn.
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