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"robberies" poems
I remember the history well: The soldiers and politicians emerged With briefcases and guns And celebrations on city nights. They scoured the mess Reviewed our history Saw the executions at dawn Then signed with secret policemen And decided something Had to be done. They scoured the mess Resurrected old blue-prints Of vicious times Tracked the shapes of sinking cities And learned at last That nothing can be avoided And so avoided everything. I remember the history well. 2 We emerged from our ******* mounds Discovered a view of the sky As the air danced in heat. Through the view of the city In flames, we rewound times Of executions at beaches. Salt streamed down our brows. Everywhere stagger victims of rigged elections Monolithic accidents on hungry roads The infinite web of ethnic politics Power-dreams of fevered winds. The nation was a map stitched From the grabbing of future flesh And became a rush through Historical slime 3 We emerged on edge Of time future With bright fumes From burning towers. The fumes lit political rallies. We started a war Ended it And dreamed about our chance. Fat fish eat little fish Big ones arrange executions And armed robberies. Our ******* shapes us all. I remember the history well. The tiger’s snarl is bought In currencies of silence. Eggs grow large: A monstrous face is hatched. On the edge of time future I am a boy With running sores Of remember history Watching the stitches widen Waiting for the volcano’s laughter In the fevered winds Hearing the gnash Of those who will join us At the mighty gateways With new blue-prints With dew as seal And fire as constant And a trail through time past To us Who remember the history well. We weave words on red And sing on the edge of blue. And with our nerves primed We shall spin silk from ******* And frame time with our resolve. ________ Source: http://www.universeofpoetry.org/nigeria.shtml
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On Edge of Time Future
I remember the history well: The soldiers and politicians emerged With briefcases and guns And celebrations on city nights. They scoured the mess Reviewed our history Saw the executions at dawn Then signed with secret policemen And decided something Had to be done. They scoured the mess Resurrected old blue-prints Of vicious times Tracked the shapes of sinking cities And learned at last That nothing can be avoided And so avoided everything. I remember the history well. 2 We emerged from our ******* mounds Discovered a view of the sky As the air danced in heat. Through the view of the city In flames, we rewound times Of executions at beaches. Salt streamed down our brows. Everywhere stagger victims of rigged elections Monolithic accidents on hungry roads The infinite web of ethnic politics Power-dreams of fevered winds. The nation was a map stitched From the grabbing of future flesh And became a rush through Historical slime 3 We emerged on edge Of time future With bright fumes From burning towers. The fumes lit political rallies. We started a war Ended it And dreamed about our chance. Fat fish eat little fish Big ones arrange executions And armed robberies. Our ******* shapes us all. I remember the history well. The tiger’s snarl is bought In currencies of silence. Eggs grow large: A monstrous face is hatched. On the edge of time future I am a boy With running sores Of remember history Watching the stitches widen Waiting for the volcano’s laughter In the fevered winds Hearing the gnash Of those who will join us At the mighty gateways With new blue-prints With dew as seal And fire as constant And a trail through time past To us Who remember the history well. We weave words on red And sing on the edge of blue. And with our nerves primed We shall spin silk from ******* And frame time with our resolve. ________ Source: http://www.universeofpoetry.org/nigeria.shtml
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If I could, I would pick up my ink pen and drown an ocean into you instead of drowning you in it. Extract these rotting feelings for the sake of your ignorance. Carve scriptures into each delicacy of your brain so you wouldn’t have to dwell in such misery every day. Wire faith to your blemished heart.   Imbue purity to your sullied soul. If I could, I would write you through all depths of insanity without any harm so that your mind no longer persists the thought of death. There was a time I thought you were dead. Only you were painted red in a black and white world. Like you have been walking barefoot on a broken road your whole life. Your demons imitate life And life imitates the demons. You are the one being tied down by invisible, nonexistent chains. So unaccepting of help that has come for you Watch   the sun touch the horizon reach the meeting of sun and ground and Find further still, The limits you would like to reach only run from you. You have such a murderous tongue for society   people. But one day I hope to see you write yourself into existence Rather than to let yourself drown in it. Why has you dying become something so habitual? Darling, death is not a friend of yours Nor are you a friend of his. But I know of your frequent dates with death Tell me Does his neck feel like happiness And do his lips relieve you of your suffocation Now are you lost? or are you found? Do you recognize the irony   Of the most terrifying things happening in the most angelic places Charm yourself upon that bridge Whose lights light up the city in golden arrays With a glazed look you’d think. In sadness seen go by You are charmed by either war or hope. These occurred robberies have taken much But they left opportunity Important people And a moon in your window A future that only you know the ending of   And a slice of the midnight sky. So it goes.
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Jan 12, 2014
Jan 12, 2014 at 10:21 PM UTC
For Ellen:
If I could, I would pick up my ink pen and drown an ocean into you instead of drowning you in it. Extract these rotting feelings for the sake of your ignorance. Carve scriptures into each delicacy of your brain so you wouldn’t have to dwell in such misery every day. Wire faith to your blemished heart.   Imbue purity to your sullied soul. If I could, I would write you through all depths of insanity without any harm so that your mind no longer persists the thought of death. There was a time I thought you were dead. Only you were painted red in a black and white world. Like you have been walking barefoot on a broken road your whole life. Your demons imitate life And life imitates the demons. You are the one being tied down by invisible, nonexistent chains. So unaccepting of help that has come for you Watch   the sun touch the horizon reach the meeting of sun and ground and Find further still, The limits you would like to reach only run from you. You have such a murderous tongue for society   people. But one day I hope to see you write yourself into existence Rather than to let yourself drown in it. Why has you dying become something so habitual? Darling, death is not a friend of yours Nor are you a friend of his. But I know of your frequent dates with death Tell me Does his neck feel like happiness And do his lips relieve you of your suffocation Now are you lost? or are you found? Do you recognize the irony   Of the most terrifying things happening in the most angelic places Charm yourself upon that bridge Whose lights light up the city in golden arrays With a glazed look you’d think. In sadness seen go by You are charmed by either war or hope. These occurred robberies have taken much But they left opportunity Important people And a moon in your window A future that only you know the ending of   And a slice of the midnight sky. So it goes.
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Cause I can't be Your restless refugee On the run Baby I'm not the one And I can see Endless possibilities Without your guns Baby your lies are done   And I'm ashamed Ashamed to become astray Lost at all cost Unable to maintain This time fourth And forever more stuck in parlay Proceed to ones greed Greed of today Cause I can't be Your restless refugee On the run Baby I'm not the one And I can see Endless possibilities Without your guns Baby your lies are done Hallowed life Life full of grief Sacred sacrifice upon a thief Hobbies of robberies Nightmare full of dishonesty Lust for guts and glory Never bothered me Cause I can't be Your restless refugee On the run Baby I'm not the one And I can see Endless possibilities Without your guns Baby your lies are done Both hunger and thirst Plundering lies Lies came first Followed by the cursed Wasn't for the rain The pain would never hurt Coming undone Just a negative sum Cause I can't be Your restless refugee On the run Baby I'm not the one And I can see Endless possibilities Without your guns Baby your lies are done Harvesting hateful desires Disgraceful taste behind his gun to expire blast comes the wrath before the fire Fountain the blood thick as mud dresses his attire Cause I can't be Your restless refugee On the run Baby I'm not the one And I can see Endless possibilities Without your guns Baby your lies are done
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Jul 13, 2022
Jul 13, 2022 at 2:06 AM UTC
Lost at all cost
Dr Manmohan Singh is the most honest Prime Minister Ms Sonia Gandhi is his dearest sister India is proud of Her Silvery Himalayas And her Inestimable super scandals If She is able to progress with such a large scale corruption Which is as vibrant and furious as volcanic eruption, Every foreigner must be jealous of her glorious future If the politicians become a bit patriotic in nature G2 spectrum is the greatest scandal in India of incredible magnitude The politicians and the bureaucrats need to be complimented on their fortitude Mother India is a benign Goddess of great treasure She can withstand any arson , looting,robbery or exploitation beyond any measure
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Dec 28, 2010
Dec 28, 2010 at 2:18 AM UTC
The robberies of time
Look What We've Become! SOO SCARED to Live On! WHY? And Yet Even Much More Scared To Give Up And Die. Scared of our ourselves making failures; Scared of Others. Scared Of War(s), Oppression & Victimisations. Scared Of the enemies, scared of Hate and Hatred; Scared of Evil; Scared Every Single Day, Even More Scared at Night. Much too Scared to to trust anyone-Even So called Friends or Family. Nearly Always Scared; Forever Scared....though feeling Sacred. The Feeling Will Not Go Away. Too Scared To Sleep, Scared to awake to another day. Scared to lose friends , or loved ones' Scared friends might turn on Us, Scared to Trust anyone. Scared of the Hypocrisy & Double Standards; Too Scared to go for a walk at Night. Scared of the Young gunslingers. Scared of Viruses & Corona. Scared of the Murders and Robberies andCrimes. Scared To even watch a movie. Scared to eat; Scared of Becoming fat. It's So Soo Scary!!  Too Scared!
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Apr 15, 2020
Apr 15, 2020 at 6:46 AM UTC
SCARED
607 Of nearness to her sundered Things The Soul has special times— When Dimness—looks the Oddity— Distinctness—easy—seems— The Shapes we buried, dwell about, Familiar, in the Rooms— Untarnished by the Sepulchre, The Mouldering Playmate comes— In just the Jacket that he wore— Long buttoned in the Mold Since we—old mornings, Children—played— Divided—by a world— The Grave yields back her Robberies— The Years, our pilfered Things— Bright Knots of Apparitions Salute us, with their wings— As we—it were—that perished— Themself—had just remained till we rejoin them— And ’twas they, and not ourself That mourned.
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Of nearness to her sundered Things
Ashamed to become astray.   Lost at all cost unable to sustain. This Time forth and forevermore in a parlay. Perceived to one's greed of today.   Hallowed life full of grief. Sacred sacrifice upon a thief. Hobbies of robberies. Haunting Nightmares of dishonesty. Lust for guts and glory never bothered me. Both hunger and thirst. Plundering lies came first followed by the curse.   If it wasn't for the rain the pain would never hurt. Coming Undone. Restless refuge on the run.   Harvesting hateful desires.   Disgraceful taste behind his gun to expire.   Fountain of blood thick as mud dressed his attire
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Oct 8, 2017
Oct 8, 2017 at 3:23 AM UTC
Lost emotions
I turned on the news today, And realized *We live in a really ****** world* Four robberies A **** A ****** Oh hey look; There's someone supporting cancer Oh wait; It's because their baby died More robberies A mugging Child abuse And I learned all this, Before the first commercial break This is what the news teaches kids: *We live in a really ****** world* Yet we wonder Why more kids are depressed
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May 30, 2015
May 30, 2015 at 5:18 PM UTC
News
We're so many yet so alone, We live in a prison and call it a home.. Only if I could die, I could be well, Since over 7 billion people on this planet, And not even a single has time for me, What The hell... whenever I cry, I just have a blanket, My friends - they're so busy, I feel like John Cena - Saying you can't see me.. Somebody has a life to make, Somebody is busy in the life already made, And somebody's somebody has problems from me.. That's what the world's population sounds to me! I want to die, I want to end my life, Maybe a dagger, a bottle of pills, A gun or just the kitchen knife.. Or else, Maybe this world could be made a better place, And this Earth can too have better grace... Where all are the winners of the same race, Where there's no religion, no gender and no race.. Where the news  isn't flooded with - murders, robberies, corruption, abduction and **** Where people love humanity, and equality, Where people love animals and are against them the cruelty, Where mother nature is treated with all the novelty.. And where people don't live for money.. And where there is no liquor, no smoking pipe, All humans, living a peaceful life.. No army - fighting for borders, No policemen killing innocent 'cause of orders, No terrorists no racists, And humanity has no horrors... I know that world is kinda impossible to create, But maybe this does happen, If  a little  step  we  initiate.. *We're so many yet so alone, We live in a  prison and call it a* home..
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Dec 1, 2015
Dec 1, 2015 at 2:46 AM UTC
Appeal - please do read it..
We're so many yet so alone, We live in a prison and call it a home.. Only if I could die, I could be well, Since over 7 billion people on this planet, And not even a single has time for me, What The hell... whenever I cry, I just have a blanket, My friends - they're so busy, I feel like John Cena - Saying you can't see me.. Somebody has a life to make, Somebody is busy in the life already made, And somebody's somebody has problems from me.. That's what the world's population sounds to me! I want to die, I want to end my life, Maybe a dagger, a bottle of pills, A gun or just the kitchen knife.. Or else, Maybe this world could be made a better place, And this Earth can too have better grace... Where all are the winners of the same race, Where there's no religion, no gender and no race.. Where the news  isn't flooded with - murders, robberies, corruption, abduction and **** Where people love humanity, and equality, Where people love animals and are against them the cruelty, Where mother nature is treated with all the novelty.. And where people don't live for money.. And where there is no liquor, no smoking pipe, All humans, living a peaceful life.. No army - fighting for borders, No policemen killing innocent 'cause of orders, No terrorists no racists, And humanity has no horrors... I know that world is kinda impossible to create, But maybe this does happen, If  a little  step  we  initiate.. *We're so many yet so alone, We live in a  prison and call it a* home..
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__I__ alone and happy on the 14th i rise to the occasion; as it's beautiful rose __II__ roses that are red, and violence not so new. sugar lips of a nightmarish diabetic kiss, but what stops a love sick fool                ..i sit back, and watch the view __III__ a heart made of steel someone stole your heart easily, cos you're leaving the windows of your eyes so open; there's going be a lot of robberies this Valentine's day __IV__ here's to a valentine red: red as the flags of one you should avoid with caution red as the daring run of emotions being chased by a bull red as the tomato of a terrible first kiss, causing acid reflux red as the overdrawing of your account all to prove you value someone for a day __V__ "would you be my Valentine," he asked her on his knees A chuckle she gave, "tis these only few times I have a man on his knees, afterwards spoiling me with dinner and eating out"                                                _wink, wink._
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Feb 10, 2023
Feb 10, 2023 at 3:58 PM UTC
Valentine verses
when the word **** resonates from the lips of any teacher, i cannot help but perceive how many students' heads fall downward, staring at their disquieted hands. i am wondering how many people are closing in on themselves, lips pressed together in thin lines, burying themselves six feet under into graves constructed however long ago. somewhere within the catastrophic enclosings of their minds, they are the people reminiscing violent robberies, not of television sets or radios, but of innocent souls. they are suffering from the post-traumatic stress of feeling  naked skin and cracked ribcages and heaving lungs never burn in the turbulent wildfires left behind in their burnt lives; a simple word is enough to have them reliving the mournful affair forming their empty chest. i glance around the room for students whose memory gnaws at their scarred skin, and the  problem is is that there are too many.
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Jun 15, 2014
Jun 15, 2014 at 9:50 PM UTC
their abuse was authentic.
He was known as the roof top poet He was good, but he wouldn’t show it. He wrote about everything on the streets While listening to the Latin beat. His upbringing inspired him To write about crime and sin. He wrote about street drugs everywhere And ***** needles that they would share. He played the conga and bongos too This is what he had learned to do. There was not a topic that he would not touch For he loved life much to much. He wrote about robberies, muggings And ****** prostitution, gambling Corruption and all the rest His talent for street writing made him the best. But there was a soft side to him That people did not know And where ever children needed him He would go. He was a volunteer in the children s hospital And the orphanages too, which was Something that nobody knew. He would give them love, affection, and laughter Wealth or fame he wasn’t after. He gave them the key elements for the Children to survive, HOPE, LOVE, FAITH With hope in their hearts and faith in GOD There was nothing that they could not do. If to themselves they would be true. Now if we could be such as HE The world would be better for the children you see. HOPE IS THE KEY TO SET YOURSELF FREE louis rams :
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May 31, 2013
May 31, 2013 at 11:41 PM UTC
roof top poet
a curious family of raptor children, a lake of caterpillar carcasses (boulder soup), a grocer for the taliban, gas powered anything, the exposed midsection of a tree, bank robberies or bear maulings in progress, triangles, an irascible bus driver thinking in isosceles, the itinerant story of a mama mammoth, starquakes and extinctions, massive roaches, a neck bath in hot breath, sudden abeyance from behind, the way gravity kills caterpillars and spares us because all angles of gravity make 180 degrees and this is stillness. fear running a straight line from behind us, through us, and in front of us. what i consistently get caught up in, the third point might be my final resting. this is why i ******* hate triangles.
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Jul 19, 2020
Jul 19, 2020 at 6:33 PM UTC
things to be still for
He was known as the roof top poet He was good , but he wouldn’t show it. He wrote about everything on the streets While listening to the Latin beat. His upbringing inspired him To write about crime and sin. He wrote about street drugs everywhere And ***** needles that they would share. He played the conga and bongos too This is what he had learned to do. There was not a topic that he would not touch For he loved life much to much. He wrote about robberies, muggings And ****** , prostitution, gambling Corruption and all the rest His talent for street writing made him the best. But there was a soft side to him That people did not know And where ever children needed him He would go. He was a volunteer in the children s hospital And the orphanages too, which was Something that nobody knew. He would give them love, affection, and laughter Wealth or fame he wasn’t after. He gave them the key elements for the Children to survive, HOPE, LOVE, FAITH With hope in their hearts and faith in GOD There was nothing that they could not do. If to themselves they would be true. Now if we could be such as HE The world would be better for the children you see. HOPE IS THE KEY TO SET YOURSELF FREE
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Aug 7, 2010
Aug 7, 2010 at 2:18 PM UTC
ROOF TOP POET
Homelessness to evictions to robberies, Why all the poverty and violence? Why can't we share wealth, peace and love? Is it that hard? It shouldn't be so hard, It's actually pretty easy, You eating while your people starving, What kinda person are you? We can all eat not just you, Treat our brothers and sisters as equals, Not treat em like peasants. It has to get better, We gotta treat our brothers and sisters better, If you eating then feed your family, Never let your family starve, There's more love to be shared than hate. Our way of living has to change, Things only change when we change them, Change doesn't happen on its own.
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Feb 9, 2021
Feb 9, 2021 at 12:12 PM UTC
We can all eat.
it wasn't like we didn't know what was right or wrong but sitting under abandoned structures at two in the morning, talking about work, money and betrayal felt like neither. i held the big bottle of beer for the first time while stretching it out to her. "Add ciga join oga", was her next response. so i pulled it out from inside the pack. her pack. "who you be? you be pastor? why you come? you dey n.g.o? abi you dey dea dey form good boy siddon dea!" so she blew out some smoke from her mouth, blew what was left out of her nostrils took another sip from the green bottle some spilling off the side of her mouth she scratched her back and waited for the next line we managed to talk about what we did in the day. i, a popular janitor, for better job to hang on to. she, trader in Brazilian hair, owed by all her friends. but i admitted being jobless at night while she pleased other men for cash. so she blew out some smoke from her mouth, blew what was left out of her nostrils took another sip from the green bottle some spilling off the side of her mouth she scratched her back and waited for the next line "teach me facebook", she said putting the sudden silence to shame. so i grabbed her phone with in disgust, but with plenty of curiosity, while wondering what i was doing here. "na ikenna send me dis fone" so she shows me ikennas picture. a young man with another woman beside her. i quickly flipped through other pictures and messages. some were about fights, some about clubs, the others about robberies. she blew out some smoke from her mouth, i stand to go. so she asks, 'you go come shrine, fela shrine tomorrow?' with a smile only familiar friends can read, i accepted. afterwards, she told the security men to let me go. 'na my friend'. a wicked smile scratched on the faces of these men who stood for balogun street's security. and we were friends. familiar friends. many months have passed, i blow the heat from my lungs with a sigh i scratched my back and wait for this memory to erase. what was i doing there?
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May 18, 2014
May 18, 2014 at 5:27 AM UTC
Friends and Criminals
it wasn't like we didn't know what was right or wrong but sitting under abandoned structures at two in the morning, talking about work, money and betrayal felt like neither. i held the big bottle of beer for the first time while stretching it out to her. "Add ciga join oga", was her next response. so i pulled it out from inside the pack. her pack. "who you be? you be pastor? why you come? you dey n.g.o? abi you dey dea dey form good boy siddon dea!" so she blew out some smoke from her mouth, blew what was left out of her nostrils took another sip from the green bottle some spilling off the side of her mouth she scratched her back and waited for the next line we managed to talk about what we did in the day. i, a popular janitor, for better job to hang on to. she, trader in Brazilian hair, owed by all her friends. but i admitted being jobless at night while she pleased other men for cash. so she blew out some smoke from her mouth, blew what was left out of her nostrils took another sip from the green bottle some spilling off the side of her mouth she scratched her back and waited for the next line "teach me facebook", she said putting the sudden silence to shame. so i grabbed her phone with in disgust, but with plenty of curiosity, while wondering what i was doing here. "na ikenna send me dis fone" so she shows me ikennas picture. a young man with another woman beside her. i quickly flipped through other pictures and messages. some were about fights, some about clubs, the others about robberies. she blew out some smoke from her mouth, i stand to go. so she asks, 'you go come shrine, fela shrine tomorrow?' with a smile only familiar friends can read, i accepted. afterwards, she told the security men to let me go. 'na my friend'. a wicked smile scratched on the faces of these men who stood for balogun street's security. and we were friends. familiar friends. many months have passed, i blow the heat from my lungs with a sigh i scratched my back and wait for this memory to erase. what was i doing there?
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*It feels good to not levitate beneath your "broad, wise" wings. Where the weight of the world-- or who won the argument-- while missing parents canoodled their partners or pole dancing classes swept them from their normal floors; and kids fought with sticks and warpaint for fun; until it was war and the kids battled kitchen knives on the floor and the weight of the blame fell to the little girl who stood watching from a safe distance while her two best friends fought over tator tots. {whose side would she take?}* *Those tator tots sadly evolved into **** packs and late night robberies & unfortunately the kids on the block become thieves-- and the weight of this economy this system dancing on the knapsacks {as the kids ransack and abandon for dead} on the briefcases {as the adult clones corrupt til dead}* *And it feels good to not hover beneath the view of chemical dusted skies and factory worked feathers.* There is a world in the sky where none of this has happened-- It's a place where humans don't exist-- {where we cant crush the earth with our weighted machines}
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Aug 16, 2013
Aug 16, 2013 at 2:54 AM UTC
These Two Tons
That night, you stole, Something precious from me. One glance, my heart, Couldn’t disagree. Everything was fine until I walked in on your last **** Even though the signs all showed, I didn’t know That you’re just evil. I catch you sneaking out at night, I knew something wasn’t right. I thought that I knew you. It’s always robberies in progress Or some threat you made to Congress. By the way you got some blood on your shoes. Don’t try to distract me, You always side track me Your outfit does attract me, let’s get back to my point. Thought it was love at first sight But you just want to plan heists. Am I just someone you see you can exploit? And she said “You’re my minion now.”
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Jan 22, 2020
Jan 22, 2020 at 3:02 PM UTC
My Girlfriend Is A Supervillain
The Harbor freeway was without the congestion and the gridlock that made this highway famous. Empty freeways demand speed and in Los Angeles everyone's in a hurry with somewhere to go. It was a rare sight in a city full of men and their machines A rare sight that was quietly becoming normal. The lack of cars made the otherwise thick layer of ***** brown smog become a minor smear on an otherwise beautiful blue Southern California day. With the changing of the guard the nameless planes with their exaggerated white lines across our skies magically returned. There's more of us noticing things today than any other time before. To the far West Venice is dying and the beach has become a refugee camp full of tents and blue tarps all wasting in the wind. Handball courts now occupied by old bikes, tents and an array of useless garbage someone calls their property. And the California girls' no longer come here to tan. The girls on Figueroa stand half naked on 64th street waving like debutants at the lonely men as they window shop for *** from the safety of their vehicles. The girls here never tell you their real name and all the men are called John. The Gang members in the Hoods on the West side and in the Varrios and the Projects on the East all use Graffiti as a way to convey their threats to one another. The Taggers bright, bold pieces bring colors to the otherwise grey concrete freeways. Downtown is nowhere you want to be without a million dollars or a side arm and a reason. They gave Skid Row up to the people and the graffiti then watched in horror as it grew into what it has become today. South Central continues to bleed red, brown, blue and black. Curbside motive candles dot the city corners like mile markers along the highway. There's been far too much death to ever mention peace here. Hollywood is slowly dying and Melrose is at 50% capacity with robberies happening almost everyday on Rodeo. The Cranes along the Harbor stand like giant monuments to a God no one prays to anymore. And there's a lot less Cargo trucks on the road today then any other time before. Yet we are told to "Stay home ,we'll pay you to do so". While outside our city is dying and there is no where to spend the money we're given anyway.
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Apr 14, 2022
Apr 14, 2022 at 11:48 PM UTC
Stimulate the Angels
The Harbor freeway was without the congestion and the gridlock that made this highway famous. Empty freeways demand speed and in Los Angeles everyone's in a hurry with somewhere to go. It was a rare sight in a city full of men and their machines A rare sight that was quietly becoming normal. The lack of cars made the otherwise thick layer of ***** brown smog become a minor smear on an otherwise beautiful blue Southern California day. With the changing of the guard the nameless planes with their exaggerated white lines across our skies magically returned. There's more of us noticing things today than any other time before. To the far West Venice is dying and the beach has become a refugee camp full of tents and blue tarps all wasting in the wind. Handball courts now occupied by old bikes, tents and an array of useless garbage someone calls their property. And the California girls' no longer come here to tan. The girls on Figueroa stand half naked on 64th street waving like debutants at the lonely men as they window shop for *** from the safety of their vehicles. The girls here never tell you their real name and all the men are called John. The Gang members in the Hoods on the West side and in the Varrios and the Projects on the East all use Graffiti as a way to convey their threats to one another. The Taggers bright, bold pieces bring colors to the otherwise grey concrete freeways. Downtown is nowhere you want to be without a million dollars or a side arm and a reason. They gave Skid Row up to the people and the graffiti then watched in horror as it grew into what it has become today. South Central continues to bleed red, brown, blue and black. Curbside motive candles dot the city corners like mile markers along the highway. There's been far too much death to ever mention peace here. Hollywood is slowly dying and Melrose is at 50% capacity with robberies happening almost everyday on Rodeo. The Cranes along the Harbor stand like giant monuments to a God no one prays to anymore. And there's a lot less Cargo trucks on the road today then any other time before. Yet we are told to "Stay home ,we'll pay you to do so". While outside our city is dying and there is no where to spend the money we're given anyway.
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When the sun peaked down behind the frown of the clouds, He smiled. He had no choice! What else was he going to do? Wallow in the worlds new-found darkness? When the bullets didn’t stop, and the guns didn’t drop, And the murders and robberies still occurred worldwide and on top of it all, He smiled. He had no choice! What else was he going to do? Wallow in the worlds greed, idiocy, and blatant barbarism? When his phone rang at the dinner table, and he discovered that his wife was emotionally unstable, and he got electrocuted whilst plugging in the cable, And he discovered the real-life truth to the story of Cain and Abel, He smiled. He had no choice. What else was he going to do? Wallow in the fact that the past can’t be changed, or a previous series of events cannot be re-arranged, or that he would rather die than have his wife exchanged? No. When the world had its hands around his throat, or he misplaced his coat or remote, or fell victim to an arrogant mans gloat, He smiled. What else was he going to do? He didn’t feel like falling into the same misery trap that you do, Because he knew that trap wasn’t truth, and that misery is aloof, unlike happiness, So… He smiled.
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May 21, 2011
May 21, 2011 at 7:20 PM UTC
So... He smiled.
Blue eyes And strawberry skies What else is there To think of? Fuzzy peach dreams And candy store robberies I run to you But I am unable to reach Through broken features And torn art Our hearts are ripped apart I try to forget But still All I can think of Are those blue eyes And strawberry skies
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Jan 21, 2019
Jan 21, 2019 at 4:48 PM UTC
Blue Eyes and Strawberry Skies
the **** kids gaol episode 1 today the **** kid met up with billy marcus, who was the most evil serial killer in this country and this was mighty hard for him to figure out the right reforming tool, because despite killing all these people, billy showed no remorse for his victims and the **** kid got on the computer to search for ways to make billy perform to reform, and that made the **** kid so devious and cunning in his plan, yes, the **** kid thought, billy will host a game show and each week he will meet the families of each of his victims, and boy they were so ****** off with billy, the **** kid had to nail down the furniture and when the first episode of the show came, the first guest was margaret roe, who was the aunty of harriett roe, who was the 12 year old girl billy bashed and murdered and to revenge the death of harriett, margaret threw 25 tins of spaghetti all over billy, and the second guest was rodney palmer, who was victim’s louise hines best friend, and everything he wanted to do to billy was illegal so rodney threw red paint all over billy, which made billy stink of turpentine but there were many more victims, but the **** kid said, that is it for the day, and then the **** kid brought out george and brad, who were the brotherly love team who robbed banks all over melbourne and sydney, and the **** kid put them in a drama group so they can learn how not to be antisocial, and this was a fun time for the terrible two as the **** kid got them to write their problems out of them and there was a lot of fake nice in the stories and the **** kid knew they were fake nice, just for reading it and then said how about next week you act these stories out, and i will edit them and put them on AAA TV and we’ll start the day with brad in the morning and i can see you should prepare your work and then robert noristine who killed 44 people in various bank robberies was brought in and straight away the **** kid thought straight away that he could do the weather for brad in the morning and while brad read the news, robert did the weather, telling each person know the weather forecast and brad had some great guests like the lord mayor, yetta timpson and at the end of each show brad and robert were pelted with oranges and lemons, and boy did they hurt, and it got so wild, the guards had to break it up and the **** kid took the prisoners back to their cells to get ready for dinner and talk about life behind bars being famous, the **** kids way
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Jun 11, 2015
Jun 11, 2015 at 8:19 AM UTC
great to be a **** kid, running a gaol
the **** kids gaol episode 1 today the **** kid met up with billy marcus, who was the most evil serial killer in this country and this was mighty hard for him to figure out the right reforming tool, because despite killing all these people, billy showed no remorse for his victims and the **** kid got on the computer to search for ways to make billy perform to reform, and that made the **** kid so devious and cunning in his plan, yes, the **** kid thought, billy will host a game show and each week he will meet the families of each of his victims, and boy they were so ****** off with billy, the **** kid had to nail down the furniture and when the first episode of the show came, the first guest was margaret roe, who was the aunty of harriett roe, who was the 12 year old girl billy bashed and murdered and to revenge the death of harriett, margaret threw 25 tins of spaghetti all over billy, and the second guest was rodney palmer, who was victim’s louise hines best friend, and everything he wanted to do to billy was illegal so rodney threw red paint all over billy, which made billy stink of turpentine but there were many more victims, but the **** kid said, that is it for the day, and then the **** kid brought out george and brad, who were the brotherly love team who robbed banks all over melbourne and sydney, and the **** kid put them in a drama group so they can learn how not to be antisocial, and this was a fun time for the terrible two as the **** kid got them to write their problems out of them and there was a lot of fake nice in the stories and the **** kid knew they were fake nice, just for reading it and then said how about next week you act these stories out, and i will edit them and put them on AAA TV and we’ll start the day with brad in the morning and i can see you should prepare your work and then robert noristine who killed 44 people in various bank robberies was brought in and straight away the **** kid thought straight away that he could do the weather for brad in the morning and while brad read the news, robert did the weather, telling each person know the weather forecast and brad had some great guests like the lord mayor, yetta timpson and at the end of each show brad and robert were pelted with oranges and lemons, and boy did they hurt, and it got so wild, the guards had to break it up and the **** kid took the prisoners back to their cells to get ready for dinner and talk about life behind bars being famous, the **** kids way
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Penelope is sitting at the kitchen table. She has a large manila envelope spilled out across the red plastic surface. There are about 50 blank greeting cards, the fronts of these have pictures of butterflies, palm trees, puppies, strawberry patches, assorted flowers and birds, and artist’s renderings of quiet places in nature. Penelope is writing things down on a yellow legal pad and contemplating the art on the fronts of the blank cards. Penelope is working. About once a month, the Renaissance Greeting Card Co. sends one of these manila envelopes full of blank cards for her to ponder. Sometimes while she ponders, she drinks wine. Other pondering sessions require ginger ale or coffee. She tells me that the wine is the best lubricant for the ponderings of wholesale sentiments and she writes one down on her legal pad. When she has turned each blank into, what she believes to be, a suitable greeting card, we will sit together and number the blanks with black marker, I will type up the sentiments and match them to their corresponding blank, we will stuff these into the supplied return envelope and mail the whole mess back to Renaissance Greeting Card Co. A few weeks later, Penelope will receive a check in the mail. I am in the bedroom. I have a little corner desk set up in there. On this desk, is a typewriter, an ashtray, and a tennis ball. Sometimes, if I run out of ideas, I’ll chuck the tennis ball at the wall and catch it on the return bounce for a while. Usually, I drink coffee while I do the chucking, sometimes it’s whiskey. I write stories about bank robberies, diamond heists, or other tales of daring do. Sometimes I write prose poems about what Penelope and I do on a Wednesday afternoon. When I have enough of these to fill a manila envelope or two, I send them off to various editors/publishers of magazines/rags I have found that serve a particular audience for these sorts of writings. Sometimes I get a check in the mail, sometimes I don’t. But, there’s always another Wednesday afternoon. *** -JBClaywell ©P&ZPublications; 2016
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May 7, 2016
May 7, 2016 at 3:22 PM UTC
Penelope & Charlie (A Wednesday Afternoon)
Penelope is sitting at the kitchen table. She has a large manila envelope spilled out across the red plastic surface. There are about 50 blank greeting cards, the fronts of these have pictures of butterflies, palm trees, puppies, strawberry patches, assorted flowers and birds, and artist’s renderings of quiet places in nature. Penelope is writing things down on a yellow legal pad and contemplating the art on the fronts of the blank cards. Penelope is working. About once a month, the Renaissance Greeting Card Co. sends one of these manila envelopes full of blank cards for her to ponder. Sometimes while she ponders, she drinks wine. Other pondering sessions require ginger ale or coffee. She tells me that the wine is the best lubricant for the ponderings of wholesale sentiments and she writes one down on her legal pad. When she has turned each blank into, what she believes to be, a suitable greeting card, we will sit together and number the blanks with black marker, I will type up the sentiments and match them to their corresponding blank, we will stuff these into the supplied return envelope and mail the whole mess back to Renaissance Greeting Card Co. A few weeks later, Penelope will receive a check in the mail. I am in the bedroom. I have a little corner desk set up in there. On this desk, is a typewriter, an ashtray, and a tennis ball. Sometimes, if I run out of ideas, I’ll chuck the tennis ball at the wall and catch it on the return bounce for a while. Usually, I drink coffee while I do the chucking, sometimes it’s whiskey. I write stories about bank robberies, diamond heists, or other tales of daring do. Sometimes I write prose poems about what Penelope and I do on a Wednesday afternoon. When I have enough of these to fill a manila envelope or two, I send them off to various editors/publishers of magazines/rags I have found that serve a particular audience for these sorts of writings. Sometimes I get a check in the mail, sometimes I don’t. But, there’s always another Wednesday afternoon. *** -JBClaywell ©P&ZPublications; 2016
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If you fit the description of those upon the news. Than realize that's all certain factors know. Upon the news you'll find that young black male connected to robberies. And mainly because of the news reporters. Than it's all cause of a certain element of truth. But if the shoes fit. Don't wear it. Change it. Don't promote it. For others will believe it. We hear not about the cars robbers. We hear not about the element of truth. Than we are the minorities constantly shown upon the news. If the shoes fit. Don't wear it. Don't let others buy into it. Notice when certain politicians get busted the excuses they uses. I mixed champagne with medication. I had an reaction to certain medication. And they win than they have judges as political friends. One bad excuse is a good excuse.
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Mar 27, 2016
Mar 27, 2016 at 9:52 AM UTC
If The Shoe Fits (Don't Wear It)