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"robbery" poems
Last week, among friends black and white, among some discussion of protests in Ferguson and the related looting of stores, I invoked the word. It was an admission, in a round of confessions, of something about myself that I didn't like: that I had perceived Michael Brown in that way based on his possible participation in a strong-armed robbery. When Travon Martin was in the news, I was inflamed like many others who wanted George Zimmerman in jail for ****** The outcome of that trial was an injustice, I was utterly certain. Why does this case in Missouri feel different? More importantly, Who is inside me that still wants to rise in defiance of 48 years of learning how to be a better person, a person without prejudices, stereotyping, labeling of others, hurtful language? Where is the hippie girl now? How does she live with this other person? Am I Sterling, Gibson, a hater and spewer of viciousness, a lover of separation and separateness, that I should invite damage to my own relationships with those I love and cherish and respect? What is a **** but a bully, and what is a bully but someone who pushes words around like weapons, spits them out indiscriminately, so that they land on the already bruised heart and set it on fire. Whose heart, besides mine, now sits in smoke and ash, with that word like a brand still sore and permanent, having been spoken aloud?
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Aug 25, 2014
Aug 25, 2014 at 11:44 AM UTC
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Hidden Weapon By: James Desire See me walking on the vacant street What’s your first thought? Black kid up to no good See me- surrounded by others, my brothers What is your second thought? Black kid in some gang Must be tattooed and tough Discrimination- Hidden Weapon See the clothes I am wearing Big baggy pants, dark Du-Rag and Ripped shirt What is your final thought? Poor old ****** living in a ghetto Discrimination- Hidden Weapon Now Listen, You see me jetting through the silent streets What would you assume then? Arrest! Call the cops Must have been a ****** a robbery, Another black boy crime Discrimination- Hidden Weapon I am just a black boy trying to survive Trying to enjoy-just to stay alive On the street People judging me cause The blackness of my skin The types of clothes I’m in Discrimination- Hidden Weapon Unsuspecting black child taunted, haunted… Fearing that one word-nigga Should I be blamed for crimes committed in the past? Choice-less decisions made Pressure reaches ****** Everything seems lost At the end I feel blamed Nevertheless, I blame you Whites Rejecting Hurting Me- hopeful Pride-earned-not given Defending Defending my dignity Discrimination- Hidden Weapon Should I be judged/blamed for past generations? Then, blame me for… The jazz of Louis Armstrong The voice of Billie Holiday The poetry of Langston Hughes The photography of Gordon Parks The character of Martin Luther King Jr. The power of Coretta Scott King The dignity of Fredrick Douglas Finally, the individuality of James Desire You seek evil in blacks The past has also proven a positive… A positive outcome That helped the development… OF OUR WORLD!
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Sep 24, 2010
Sep 24, 2010 at 11:07 AM UTC
Hidden Weapon
Hidden Weapon By: James Desire See me walking on the vacant street What’s your first thought? Black kid up to no good See me- surrounded by others, my brothers What is your second thought? Black kid in some gang Must be tattooed and tough Discrimination- Hidden Weapon See the clothes I am wearing Big baggy pants, dark Du-Rag and Ripped shirt What is your final thought? Poor old ****** living in a ghetto Discrimination- Hidden Weapon Now Listen, You see me jetting through the silent streets What would you assume then? Arrest! Call the cops Must have been a ****** a robbery, Another black boy crime Discrimination- Hidden Weapon I am just a black boy trying to survive Trying to enjoy-just to stay alive On the street People judging me cause The blackness of my skin The types of clothes I’m in Discrimination- Hidden Weapon Unsuspecting black child taunted, haunted… Fearing that one word-nigga Should I be blamed for crimes committed in the past? Choice-less decisions made Pressure reaches ****** Everything seems lost At the end I feel blamed Nevertheless, I blame you Whites Rejecting Hurting Me- hopeful Pride-earned-not given Defending Defending my dignity Discrimination- Hidden Weapon Should I be judged/blamed for past generations? Then, blame me for… The jazz of Louis Armstrong The voice of Billie Holiday The poetry of Langston Hughes The photography of Gordon Parks The character of Martin Luther King Jr. The power of Coretta Scott King The dignity of Fredrick Douglas Finally, the individuality of James Desire You seek evil in blacks The past has also proven a positive… A positive outcome That helped the development… OF OUR WORLD!
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No Money No Toys No Books No Boys No Fun On the Run Catch me if you can! Door Open Fly Out Cops Chasing All About In the Car Driving Far Catch me if you can! Turn Corner Wheels Screeching Heat On Freedom Teasing Made It Round The Corner Bend Let's do it again!
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Oct 31, 2013
Oct 31, 2013 at 11:43 AM UTC
Robbery Failed
i know a god stronger than religion who speaks sign language with his lips. i'll be a wayward dove; watch me soar and get hit. please sin with me tomorrow, steal the revolver from the crate. i'll just wait. eye sockets burn red; a color mistaken for hate.
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May 27, 2014
May 27, 2014 at 7:27 PM UTC
robbery
I pledge allegiance to the flag of a country that’s done nothing for me. I pledge allegiance to a ticking corporate time bomb, counting down the number of people left outside of its marketing cage. Corporate fat cats full of rage, a million dollars isn’t enough, Give me ten. Corporate law superseding human rights, tying us tight to the system justifying injustice done to us. I pledge allegiance to “by the people for the people”, turned “by the people, for the money”, the fuel of the freedom we value so highly as to put a price tag on it as if that is an acceptable measure of its worth, How can we get much worse than now when there are thousands of people wondering how they are going to survive this month? I pledge allegiance to impossibility highlighted on HD screens, the clarity not giving us a clear view of reality, our beauty is not, Should not, Will not be measured by the numbers on a scale. The girls in the magazines don’t even look like the girls in the magazines, so why don’t we focus on something that can be reached? I pledge allegiance to the flag of a country where being smart enough to expose rapists can have greater consequences than ****** somebody, Where violating firewalls and proxies is worse than violating human bodies. I pledge allegiance to “She was asking for it”, “Boys will be boys”, and “What was she wearing?” When a robbery is committed in a home, the police do not ask if your door was unlocked, or if your laptop was in plain view, So when a robbery is committed on a body, why is that exactly what they do? I pledge allegiance to a country where love is still illegal in 33 states. We are the country of change, so long as nothing changes, I mean Women still get paid lower wages. I pledge allegiance to a place where who you are does not mean you get to be yourself, Where masculinity is blue and being feminine is pink. If you have ever been stared at for wanting to be a rainbow, I will stand by you and stare right back. And I will no longer pledge allegiance to a country consumed by consumerism, Nationalism, Commercialism, Racism, Sexism, Fear. Instead, I will pledge allegiance to the memory of one nation under God, Indivisible, With liberty and justice for all.
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Mar 12, 2014
Mar 12, 2014 at 9:56 AM UTC
I Pledge Allegiance (revised)
I pledge allegiance to the flag of a country that’s done nothing for me. I pledge allegiance to a ticking corporate time bomb, counting down the number of people left outside of its marketing cage. Corporate fat cats full of rage, a million dollars isn’t enough, Give me ten. Corporate law superseding human rights, tying us tight to the system justifying injustice done to us. I pledge allegiance to “by the people for the people”, turned “by the people, for the money”, the fuel of the freedom we value so highly as to put a price tag on it as if that is an acceptable measure of its worth, How can we get much worse than now when there are thousands of people wondering how they are going to survive this month? I pledge allegiance to impossibility highlighted on HD screens, the clarity not giving us a clear view of reality, our beauty is not, Should not, Will not be measured by the numbers on a scale. The girls in the magazines don’t even look like the girls in the magazines, so why don’t we focus on something that can be reached? I pledge allegiance to the flag of a country where being smart enough to expose rapists can have greater consequences than ****** somebody, Where violating firewalls and proxies is worse than violating human bodies. I pledge allegiance to “She was asking for it”, “Boys will be boys”, and “What was she wearing?” When a robbery is committed in a home, the police do not ask if your door was unlocked, or if your laptop was in plain view, So when a robbery is committed on a body, why is that exactly what they do? I pledge allegiance to a country where love is still illegal in 33 states. We are the country of change, so long as nothing changes, I mean Women still get paid lower wages. I pledge allegiance to a place where who you are does not mean you get to be yourself, Where masculinity is blue and being feminine is pink. If you have ever been stared at for wanting to be a rainbow, I will stand by you and stare right back. And I will no longer pledge allegiance to a country consumed by consumerism, Nationalism, Commercialism, Racism, Sexism, Fear. Instead, I will pledge allegiance to the memory of one nation under God, Indivisible, With liberty and justice for all.
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your trash filled sidewalks your smog filled air and morning traffic I could not bear your streets that crawl with poverty that engage your people in robbery your marketplace called 'monument' a paradise I've always dreamt your night sky stars I cannot see as clouds of smoke keep blocking me your reckless drivers your petty thieves your nearest supplier comes down at eve your gangsters stronger than authority and the victim cries so hopelessly your city lights soon will be gone as your electric bill fills up to tons your ambitious leaders up to now, they wonder what is the best that they could offer? O Manila, O Manila I keep longing for thee true is thy beauty in irony
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Jun 24, 2015
Jun 24, 2015 at 10:36 AM UTC
Manila
Evil & crime so predictable & stale. Stupid how arrested suspects get bail. Convicted when their victims tell. Prison is where some stay & are jailed. They have to communicate by mail. Sometimes their focus goes in another direction. Where probation happens after correction. Child & spousal abuse, drug use, & rehab that is no use. History repeats Wives & children still get beat. Their isn't always a Superman or Batman to be your hero. With a sword or crossbow. Details of armed robbery , drug dealing & smuggling. Stabbings & muggings. On the inside homosexual love with cuddling. Human trafficking & prostitution. Violating amendments & constitutions. They are how they are from how they were raised. If their victims could speak from the grave Or had they been saved. They could explain & describe how their rapists & killers behaved. Male & females do their time. Years in custody for their crimes. Seriousness of their offenses vary. Some educate, get jobs, or marry. Behind bars is where violence belongs. To be punished for all that they did wrong. Some from death row are now dead. Similar to the wildlife in a zoo behind bars they get fed.
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Feb 8, 2015
Feb 8, 2015 at 11:11 PM UTC
Darkness Prevails
it's not the large things that send a man to the madhouse a woman, a tire that's flat, a disease, a desire: fears in front of you, fears that hold so still you can study them like pieces on a chessboard... it's not the large things that send a man to the madhouse. death he's ready for, or ****** ****** robbery, fire, flood... no, it's the continuing series of small tragedies that send a man to the madhouse... not the death of his love but a shoelace that snaps with no time left ... The dread of life is that swarm of trivialities that can **** quicker than cancer and which are always there - license plates or taxes or expired driver's license, or hiring or firing, doing it or having it done to you, or roaches or flies or a broken hook on a screen, or out of gas or too much gas, the sink's stopped-up, the landlord's drunk, the president doesn't care and the governor's crazy. light switch broken, mattress like a porcupine; $105 for a tune-up, carburetor and fuel pump at sears roebuck; and the phone bill's up and the, market's down and the toilet chain is broken, and the light has burned out - the hall light, the front light, the back light, the inner light; it's darker than hell and twice as expensive. then there's always ***** and ingrown toenails and people who insist they're your friends; there's always that and worse; leaky faucet, Christ and Christmas; blue salami, 9 day rains, 50 cent avocados and purple liverwurst. or making it as a waitress at norm's on the split shift, or as an emptier of bedpans, or as a car wash or a busboy or a stealer of old lady's purses leaving them screaming on the sidewalks with broken arms at the age of 80. suddenly 2 red lights in your rear view mirror and blood in your underwear; toothache, and $979 for a bridge $300 for a gold tooth, and China and Russia and America, and long hair and short hair and no hair, and beards and no faces, and plenty of zigzag but no *** except maybe one to **** in and the other one around your gut. with each broken shoelace out of one hundred broken shoelaces, one man, one woman, one thing enters a madhouse. so be careful when you bend over.
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Jun 25, 2015
Jun 25, 2015 at 3:48 PM UTC
the shoelace by Charles Bukowski
it's not the large things that send a man to the madhouse a woman, a tire that's flat, a disease, a desire: fears in front of you, fears that hold so still you can study them like pieces on a chessboard... it's not the large things that send a man to the madhouse. death he's ready for, or ****** ****** robbery, fire, flood... no, it's the continuing series of small tragedies that send a man to the madhouse... not the death of his love but a shoelace that snaps with no time left ... The dread of life is that swarm of trivialities that can **** quicker than cancer and which are always there - license plates or taxes or expired driver's license, or hiring or firing, doing it or having it done to you, or roaches or flies or a broken hook on a screen, or out of gas or too much gas, the sink's stopped-up, the landlord's drunk, the president doesn't care and the governor's crazy. light switch broken, mattress like a porcupine; $105 for a tune-up, carburetor and fuel pump at sears roebuck; and the phone bill's up and the, market's down and the toilet chain is broken, and the light has burned out - the hall light, the front light, the back light, the inner light; it's darker than hell and twice as expensive. then there's always ***** and ingrown toenails and people who insist they're your friends; there's always that and worse; leaky faucet, Christ and Christmas; blue salami, 9 day rains, 50 cent avocados and purple liverwurst. or making it as a waitress at norm's on the split shift, or as an emptier of bedpans, or as a car wash or a busboy or a stealer of old lady's purses leaving them screaming on the sidewalks with broken arms at the age of 80. suddenly 2 red lights in your rear view mirror and blood in your underwear; toothache, and $979 for a bridge $300 for a gold tooth, and China and Russia and America, and long hair and short hair and no hair, and beards and no faces, and plenty of zigzag but no *** except maybe one to **** in and the other one around your gut. with each broken shoelace out of one hundred broken shoelaces, one man, one woman, one thing enters a madhouse. so be careful when you bend over.
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I once found the moon in a forest of fir two hundred foot tall, it's face being lovingly polished by fish in a silver pool, the water was deep like a riddle, as dark underneath as the pine, I swam like a thief to the middle but that slippery silver refused to be mine.
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Jan 17, 2016
Jan 17, 2016 at 3:33 AM UTC
Moonlight robbery..
Hello it's me again the one with the crooked grin hear to take your money and steal your honey so sweet now on your feet don't even think about calling the beat cause I got you and you know what to do wallets and jewelry this is a robbery.
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Aug 19, 2014
Aug 19, 2014 at 9:50 PM UTC
Robbery
Believe or not Falsehood, suspicion, anger Anger, bully, dispute Unjust, pride, jealousy Envy, deceit, backbiting Abusing, exploitation, loot Adultery, robbery, usury ****** curruption, treachery Fraud, laundering and bribery Eat up human virtues Bring terrible ruins Devour all faith Lead to fall And at the end Push you into the hell. ..........BOOM............! ****************** 20-07-2013
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Jul 22, 2013
Jul 22, 2013 at 2:35 AM UTC
BOOM...!
Debates, filled with hate, candidates, go irate. Put it on national television, for everyone to see. Make a disgrace, of our beloved country. News lies, babies cry, watching innocent people die. The world falls apart in front of your face, with issues like the economy, borders, and race. The news lies, babies cry, watch our innocent people die. The world falls apart in front of your face, with issues like the economy, borders, and race. ****** scams, and robbery, all over the **** TV. Bias reports on politics, this is how we get our kicks. Violence, lies, and trickery, overload the dying TV. You will soon find, they’re hypnotizing our weak minds. News lies, babies cry, watching innocent people die. The world falls apart in front of your face, with issues like the economy, borders, and race. The news lies, babies cry, watch our innocent people die. The world falls apart in front of your face, with issues like the economy, borders, and race. Don’t try to misguide, the evidence we provide. Don’t try to hide, your disgusting genocide. Don’t try to hide, don’t hide, don’t hide, don’t hide, don’t hide, don’t hide, don’t hide, your nationwide genocide. Genocide, genocide News lies, babies cry, watch those innocent people die. Stand to the side, watch a genocide.
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Mar 11, 2011
Mar 11, 2011 at 5:05 PM UTC
Watching Genocide
The rock slept Genghis Khan clamped fingers Over the edge of a land mass And peeled freedom away from the East The rock slept The mob beheaded a woman who aided the American Revolution Americans denied it later But every town called Marietta is named after her The rock slept A vegetarian who didn’t drink and smoke Commandeered information technology and chemical engineering To commit the biggest murder-robbery In the history of daylight and star-shine The rock slept The vegetarian cowered from justice Committed suicide like the milksop/milquetoast he was The rock slept A fourteen-year-old boy clamped his fingers Around it Aimed it at High Strength Lexan riot shields Protecting flesh, blood, and bone minimally paid Protecting shields of numbers, theories, interchangeable office holders Until he realized the futility of it Dropped the rock Turned south (or maybe north) And walked away The rock slept Snoring unheard through the next spurt of tyranny
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Sep 23, 2012
Sep 23, 2012 at 6:33 PM UTC
The Sleeping Small Thing
Highway Heart Mobile Replacement Specialists, Exchange and Mart ‘Phone for personal quote. Highway Heart Can offer you Life, By renewing That Part With a razor sharp Knife. Highway Heart Buy and Sell, For the sake of Art Sometimes never tell. Highway Heart When you begin to Fade, We’ll give you a new Start Never mind who paid.
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Oct 10, 2009
Oct 10, 2009 at 12:15 PM UTC
Highway Robbery
I will not wait for you to strip the last oxygen molecule from my decrepit body.
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Aug 13, 2012
Aug 13, 2012 at 9:14 PM UTC
Robbery
I'm pouring out my thoughts on to this paper.....letting my mind free for the next caper. I've been a superhero and a lovesick man. A few stories about putting a ring on that special woman's hand. A story about suicide and my last ride....sound similar.....but they are not the same.....different car same lane. Will eyes ever see this creation by me? When I look at my comments.....it says none......I'm not Drake so I'm not on one. I guess I didn't move the crowd with my words.....if I read it to the masses would I even be heard. It's absurd that my fellow poets just don't know......they are the gasoline that helps me go......and when I blow it will be because of the fire they ignited and kept lit...... all because they didn't consider it robbery to read my shit. I apologize for that last line... but it went with the flow.....I just get frustrated when people don't leave a kind or even a bad word.......especially when I drop a piece that I think is great and I really do.....when I create it......it's definitely for me.....but I share it first with you.... The first eyes to see my baby....but you act like she's ugly .....looking at her face....and retreating in disgrace. I guess you never met a poet who was poor ....but had expensive taste. That's why my pen stays attached to my waist..... I wrote this poem sitting in my car after I got off of work and now I'm in the parking lot. TheTeacher penning jewels and looking to hit that jackpot...... Comments raining when I hit.......I quit! Take this pen and shove it!
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Oct 7, 2012
Oct 7, 2012 at 4:52 PM UTC
Silent Outburst
I'm pouring out my thoughts on to this paper.....letting my mind free for the next caper. I've been a superhero and a lovesick man. A few stories about putting a ring on that special woman's hand. A story about suicide and my last ride....sound similar.....but they are not the same.....different car same lane. Will eyes ever see this creation by me? When I look at my comments.....it says none......I'm not Drake so I'm not on one. I guess I didn't move the crowd with my words.....if I read it to the masses would I even be heard. It's absurd that my fellow poets just don't know......they are the gasoline that helps me go......and when I blow it will be because of the fire they ignited and kept lit...... all because they didn't consider it robbery to read my shit. I apologize for that last line... but it went with the flow.....I just get frustrated when people don't leave a kind or even a bad word.......especially when I drop a piece that I think is great and I really do.....when I create it......it's definitely for me.....but I share it first with you.... The first eyes to see my baby....but you act like she's ugly .....looking at her face....and retreating in disgrace. I guess you never met a poet who was poor ....but had expensive taste. That's why my pen stays attached to my waist..... I wrote this poem sitting in my car after I got off of work and now I'm in the parking lot. TheTeacher penning jewels and looking to hit that jackpot...... Comments raining when I hit.......I quit! Take this pen and shove it!
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The Land of Nod (Hebrew: ארץ נוד‬, eretz-Nod) is a place mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, located "on the east of Eden" (qidmat-‘Eden), where Cain was exiled by God after Cain had murdered his brother Abel; According to Genesis 4:16: _And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden._ (וַיֵּ֥צֵא קַ֖יִן מִלִּפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב בְּאֶֽרֶץ־נֹ֖וד קִדְמַת־עֵֽדֶן‬) "Nod" (נוד) is the Hebrew root of the verb "to wander" (לנדוד). Therefore, to dwell in the land of Nod is usually taken to mean that one takes up a wandering life. Genesis 4:17 relates that after arriving in the Land of Nod, Cain's wife bore him a son, _Enoch_, in whose name he built the first city; "Nod" (נוד‬) is the Hebrew root of the verb "to wander" (לנדוד‬). Therefore, to dwell in the land of Nod can mean to live a wandering life; Gesenius defines (נוּד‬) as follows: _TO BE MOVED, TO BE AGITATED_ (Arab. ناد Med. Waw id.), used of a reed shaken by the wind, 1Ki.14:15; hence to wander, to be a fugitive, Jer. 4:1; Gen. 4:12, 14; Ps.56:9; to flee, Ps. 11:1; Jer. 49:30. Figuratively, Isa. 17:11, נֵד קָצִיר‬ "the harvest has fled" ["but see נֵד‬ ," which some take in this place as the subst.] Much as Cain's name is connected to the verb meaning "to get" in Genesis 4:1, the name "Nod" closely resembles the word "nad" (נָ֖ד‬), usually translated as "vagabond", in Genesis 4:12. (In the Septuagint's rendering of the same verse, God curses Cain                   to τρέμων, "trembling") A Greek version of Nod written as Ναίν appearing in the _Onomastica Vaticana_ possibly derives from the plural נחים‬, which relates to resting and sleeping; This derivation, coincidentally or not, connects with the English pun on "nod"; Josephus wrote in Antiquities of the Jews (c. AD 93) that Cain continued his wickedness in Nod: resorting to violence and robbery; establishing weights and measures; transforming human culture from innocence into craftiness and deceit; establishing property lines; and building a fortified city; Nod is said to be outside of the presence or face of God: Origen defined Nod   as the land of trembling and wrote   that it symbolized the condition of all who forsake God; Early commentators treated it as the opposite of Eden (worse still than the land of exile for the rest of humanity);  In the English tradition Nod was sometimes              described as a desert     inhabited only by ferocious beasts or monsters; Others interpreted      Nod as dark or even underground—away from the face of God— Augustine described unconverted Jews as dwellers in the land of Nod, which he defined as commotion and "carnal disquietude"
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Jul 21, 2018
Jul 21, 2018 at 12:16 PM UTC
The Land of Nod
The Land of Nod (Hebrew: ארץ נוד‬, eretz-Nod) is a place mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, located "on the east of Eden" (qidmat-‘Eden), where Cain was exiled by God after Cain had murdered his brother Abel; According to Genesis 4:16: _And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden._ (וַיֵּ֥צֵא קַ֖יִן מִלִּפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב בְּאֶֽרֶץ־נֹ֖וד קִדְמַת־עֵֽדֶן‬) "Nod" (נוד) is the Hebrew root of the verb "to wander" (לנדוד). Therefore, to dwell in the land of Nod is usually taken to mean that one takes up a wandering life. Genesis 4:17 relates that after arriving in the Land of Nod, Cain's wife bore him a son, _Enoch_, in whose name he built the first city; "Nod" (נוד‬) is the Hebrew root of the verb "to wander" (לנדוד‬). Therefore, to dwell in the land of Nod can mean to live a wandering life; Gesenius defines (נוּד‬) as follows: _TO BE MOVED, TO BE AGITATED_ (Arab. ناد Med. Waw id.), used of a reed shaken by the wind, 1Ki.14:15; hence to wander, to be a fugitive, Jer. 4:1; Gen. 4:12, 14; Ps.56:9; to flee, Ps. 11:1; Jer. 49:30. Figuratively, Isa. 17:11, נֵד קָצִיר‬ "the harvest has fled" ["but see נֵד‬ ," which some take in this place as the subst.] Much as Cain's name is connected to the verb meaning "to get" in Genesis 4:1, the name "Nod" closely resembles the word "nad" (נָ֖ד‬), usually translated as "vagabond", in Genesis 4:12. (In the Septuagint's rendering of the same verse, God curses Cain                   to τρέμων, "trembling") A Greek version of Nod written as Ναίν appearing in the _Onomastica Vaticana_ possibly derives from the plural נחים‬, which relates to resting and sleeping; This derivation, coincidentally or not, connects with the English pun on "nod"; Josephus wrote in Antiquities of the Jews (c. AD 93) that Cain continued his wickedness in Nod: resorting to violence and robbery; establishing weights and measures; transforming human culture from innocence into craftiness and deceit; establishing property lines; and building a fortified city; Nod is said to be outside of the presence or face of God: Origen defined Nod   as the land of trembling and wrote   that it symbolized the condition of all who forsake God; Early commentators treated it as the opposite of Eden (worse still than the land of exile for the rest of humanity);  In the English tradition Nod was sometimes              described as a desert     inhabited only by ferocious beasts or monsters; Others interpreted      Nod as dark or even underground—away from the face of God— Augustine described unconverted Jews as dwellers in the land of Nod, which he defined as commotion and "carnal disquietude"
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THE Roaring Tinker if you like, But Mannion is my name, And I beat up the common sort And think it is no shame. The common breeds the common, A lout begets a lout, So when I take on half a score I knock their heads about. From mountain to mountain ride the fierce horsemen. All Mannions come from Manannan, Though rich on every shore He never lay behind four walls He had such character, Nor ever made an iron red Nor soldered *** or pan; His roaring and his ranting Best please a wandering man. From mountain to mountain ride the fierce horsemen. Could Crazy Jane put off old age And ranting time renew, Could that old god rise up again We'd drink a can or two, And out and lay our leadership On country and on town, Throw likely couples into bed And knock the others down. From mountain to mountain ride the fierce horsemen. II My name is Henry Middleton, I have a small demesne, A small forgotten house that's set On a storm-bitten green. I scrub its floors and make my bed, I cook and change my plate, The post and garden-boy alone Have keys to my old gate. From mountain to mountain ride the fierce horsemen. Though I have locked my gate on them, I pity all the young, I know what devil's trade they learn From those they live among, Their drink, their pitch-and-toss by day, Their robbery by night; The wisdom of the people's gone, How can the young go straight? From mountain to mountain ride the fierce horsemen. When every Sunday afternoon On the Green Lands I walk And wear a coat in fashion. Memories of the talk Of henwives and of queer old men Brace me and make me strong; There's not a pilot on the perch Knows I have lived so long. From mountain to mountain ride the fierce horsemen. III Come gather round me, players all: Come praise Nineteen-Sixteen, Those from the pit and gallery Or from the painted scene That fought in the Post Office Or round the City Hall, praise every man that came again, Praise every man that fell. From mountain to mountain ride the fierce horsemen. Who was the first man shot that day? The player Connolly, Close to the City Hall he died; Catriage and voice had he; He lacked those years that go with skill, But later might have been A famous, a brilliant figure Before the painted scene. From mountain to mountain ride the fierce horsemen. Some had no thought of victory But had gone out to die That Ireland's mind be greater, Her heart mount up on high; And yet who knows what's yet to come? For patrick pearse had said That in every generation Must Ireland's blood be shed. From mountain to mountain ride the fierce horsemen.
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Three Songs To The One Burden
THE Roaring Tinker if you like, But Mannion is my name, And I beat up the common sort And think it is no shame. The common breeds the common, A lout begets a lout, So when I take on half a score I knock their heads about. From mountain to mountain ride the fierce horsemen. All Mannions come from Manannan, Though rich on every shore He never lay behind four walls He had such character, Nor ever made an iron red Nor soldered *** or pan; His roaring and his ranting Best please a wandering man. From mountain to mountain ride the fierce horsemen. Could Crazy Jane put off old age And ranting time renew, Could that old god rise up again We'd drink a can or two, And out and lay our leadership On country and on town, Throw likely couples into bed And knock the others down. From mountain to mountain ride the fierce horsemen. II My name is Henry Middleton, I have a small demesne, A small forgotten house that's set On a storm-bitten green. I scrub its floors and make my bed, I cook and change my plate, The post and garden-boy alone Have keys to my old gate. From mountain to mountain ride the fierce horsemen. Though I have locked my gate on them, I pity all the young, I know what devil's trade they learn From those they live among, Their drink, their pitch-and-toss by day, Their robbery by night; The wisdom of the people's gone, How can the young go straight? From mountain to mountain ride the fierce horsemen. When every Sunday afternoon On the Green Lands I walk And wear a coat in fashion. Memories of the talk Of henwives and of queer old men Brace me and make me strong; There's not a pilot on the perch Knows I have lived so long. From mountain to mountain ride the fierce horsemen. III Come gather round me, players all: Come praise Nineteen-Sixteen, Those from the pit and gallery Or from the painted scene That fought in the Post Office Or round the City Hall, praise every man that came again, Praise every man that fell. From mountain to mountain ride the fierce horsemen. Who was the first man shot that day? The player Connolly, Close to the City Hall he died; Catriage and voice had he; He lacked those years that go with skill, But later might have been A famous, a brilliant figure Before the painted scene. From mountain to mountain ride the fierce horsemen. Some had no thought of victory But had gone out to die That Ireland's mind be greater, Her heart mount up on high; And yet who knows what's yet to come? For patrick pearse had said That in every generation Must Ireland's blood be shed. From mountain to mountain ride the fierce horsemen.
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Initially you were fragrance Wind used to give me your address Then you became a name Streets were known by your footsteps Then you became eyes It penetrated my days so badly, That I had to bury my time Then…you became a face…and then ******* And this expedition cost me my innocence And before I could have find a trail A dense jungle swallowed me. Now you become, home of a naked tribal man And whenever people shout your name I become aware of my nakedness.
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Dec 1, 2012
Dec 1, 2012 at 11:03 PM UTC
Robbery
A fluff of feathers Black and white, Hide the scrawny scavenger Whose "Rick, Rick, Rick!" Identify some place of death, This careful bandit's visiting. He leaves outright robbery To his cousin jay, And flits, One disaster to the next, To see how he may capitalize. Dead carrion, his usual fodder... Yet one subzero winter day I saw a magpie perched Upon a shivering cow Belly deep in snow, and Chilled in minus 30 air, Peck-scratching through a healing scab And pulling living flesh away.
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Apr 28, 2015
Apr 28, 2015 at 8:19 AM UTC
Magpie
this just in: a needless road rage killing a senseless movie theater killing a pointless middle school shooting a meaningless ****** suicide an irrational child homicide an illogical workplace massacre a specious robbery shooting a mistaken identity ****** an inane ****** for hire plot a random killing of a farm family a worthless gang related ****** a futile car jacking slaughter a crazy serial killing an groundless paperboy shooting an unnecessary police shooting an unfounded revenge ****** a juvenile crime gone wrong a harebrained scheme ending in blood a mad shooting spree more at eleven
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Jan 14, 2014
Jan 14, 2014 at 11:45 AM UTC
a small slice of reality
The earth cracked under every step he took, weighed down with the burdens of tomorrow; self-involved, caught up in his own sorrow. See, he wouldn't even bother to look in the eyes of others, he was a crook, stealing hope, leaving only the shadow of a once happy soul, now left hollow. He's gone through every excuse in the book, explaining why he has the right to hurt she who let him be the sun in her sky. She never let anyone see her cry; upon seeing weakness, she would revert to building a wall nobody could climb or ever break down, protecting her heart.
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Jul 2, 2013
Jul 2, 2013 at 8:47 PM UTC
Robbery
Now I'm An UNTOUCHABLE... !!! UNLIKE.... Cliff Huxtable... !!! Or YES I Mean... " Bill "... !!! I'm UNTOUCHABLY... ILL... When It Comes To My Will... !!! I Lyrically **** Well I Hope... NOT **** !!! But WILL- FULLY Build... Verse That INSTILS... UNTOUCHABLE Levels... of Using Your MENTAL... !!! Stencilled Pencilled... ... Mental Rhymes.... Kinda Like UNTOUCHABLE Guys... When It Comes To The Mic... !!! ME... Well INDEED... Some Do Believe... That I Flow My Rhymes Alright... Now That's A Humble Line... UNTOUCHABLY Designed... To Let... YOU Decide... If I Flow Like MIKE... ?!? AIR JORDAN Like... !!!!!! Well ONE THING I'll Claim... !!! Is That My Wordplay... Deserves A Place... In Halls Where Fame... ONLY HOLD What's GREAT... !!!!! But Skill On A Mic' Is NOT A Claim... I... Choose To MAKE... !!! Because UNTOUCHABLE Names... !!! DESERVE.... Such PRAISE... In How They're Viewed... And That's The TRUTH... !!!!! I'm UNTOUCHABLE Yeah... Just Like... " JERU' "... !!! Because I've Walked Through... Where... DARKNESS RULES... !!! But Moved TOO COOL... For UNTOUCHABLE Crews... To... Want To PULL... Their TOOLS And ABUSE... Because They KNEW... " Big Virge Is Cool ! AND UNTOUCHABLE Dude ! " Because I Choose... To Just... " Hang Loose "... EVEN WHEN Violence Is Used... Because of... Moods... UNTOUCHABLY Crude... !!! Where IGNORANCE Moves... To... FEEDING FEUDS... !!!!! I RISE......... ABOVE....... So DO NOT Touch... The... IGNORANT... !!!!!! Because In TRUTH... They're UNTOUCHABLE Too... !!!! Because of How... Their Energies Sound... FAR TOO LOUD.... !!!!!! For Me To Receive... !!!!!!!! Because Like THIEVES... They Feed DECEIT And ROBBERY... !!! of Things I KEEP... UNTOUCHABLE... !!! Like The Way My CHI... DENIES These FIENDS... A Chance of Getting... TOO CLOSE To....... ME... UNTOUCHABLE... IS... The Theme of THIS Piece... Because YES It's TRUE... !!!! My Poetry Is UNTOUCHABLY.... A Way For Me To Offer YOU... A Piece of..... ME..... A Piece of My Heart... And YES... My Soul... !!! Now It Can Get DARK... Like...... Al Capone...... !!!!! But Shows MORE LOVE... Than... GANGSTER Thugs... !!!! It's More Like... " NESS "... !!! When I EXPRESS... !!!!!! NOT ELLIOT.... Or... Loch MONSTER Bred... !!! I'm Just Blessed With A... NESS... That Moulds And Blends In... With......... " FINESSE ".......... !!!!!!! That's ME... BIG VIRGE... !!! So My Final Words... In TRUTH... " ACCEPT "... That When It Comes To... ... Government... Their Court Systems... And FEDERAL Friends... They'll TRY Their Best... !!! To Cause... PROBLEMS... BUT NO Matter WHAT... !?! They TRY TO.... PULL.... My SPIRIT Will Stay UNCRUSHABLE... !!! So I'll... ETERNALLY Be... ...... " UNTOUCHABLE "..... !!!
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Sep 23, 2020
Sep 23, 2020 at 1:03 AM UTC
"Untouchable" ... A Poem written by Big Virge 14/10/2016
Now I'm An UNTOUCHABLE... !!! UNLIKE.... Cliff Huxtable... !!! Or YES I Mean... " Bill "... !!! I'm UNTOUCHABLY... ILL... When It Comes To My Will... !!! I Lyrically **** Well I Hope... NOT **** !!! But WILL- FULLY Build... Verse That INSTILS... UNTOUCHABLE Levels... of Using Your MENTAL... !!! Stencilled Pencilled... ... Mental Rhymes.... Kinda Like UNTOUCHABLE Guys... When It Comes To The Mic... !!! ME... Well INDEED... Some Do Believe... That I Flow My Rhymes Alright... Now That's A Humble Line... UNTOUCHABLY Designed... To Let... YOU Decide... If I Flow Like MIKE... ?!? AIR JORDAN Like... !!!!!! Well ONE THING I'll Claim... !!! Is That My Wordplay... Deserves A Place... In Halls Where Fame... ONLY HOLD What's GREAT... !!!!! But Skill On A Mic' Is NOT A Claim... I... Choose To MAKE... !!! Because UNTOUCHABLE Names... !!! DESERVE.... Such PRAISE... In How They're Viewed... And That's The TRUTH... !!!!! I'm UNTOUCHABLE Yeah... Just Like... " JERU' "... !!! Because I've Walked Through... Where... DARKNESS RULES... !!! But Moved TOO COOL... For UNTOUCHABLE Crews... To... Want To PULL... Their TOOLS And ABUSE... Because They KNEW... " Big Virge Is Cool ! AND UNTOUCHABLE Dude ! " Because I Choose... To Just... " Hang Loose "... EVEN WHEN Violence Is Used... Because of... Moods... UNTOUCHABLY Crude... !!! Where IGNORANCE Moves... To... FEEDING FEUDS... !!!!! I RISE......... ABOVE....... So DO NOT Touch... The... IGNORANT... !!!!!! Because In TRUTH... They're UNTOUCHABLE Too... !!!! Because of How... Their Energies Sound... FAR TOO LOUD.... !!!!!! For Me To Receive... !!!!!!!! Because Like THIEVES... They Feed DECEIT And ROBBERY... !!! of Things I KEEP... UNTOUCHABLE... !!! Like The Way My CHI... DENIES These FIENDS... A Chance of Getting... TOO CLOSE To....... ME... UNTOUCHABLE... IS... The Theme of THIS Piece... Because YES It's TRUE... !!!! My Poetry Is UNTOUCHABLY.... A Way For Me To Offer YOU... A Piece of..... ME..... A Piece of My Heart... And YES... My Soul... !!! Now It Can Get DARK... Like...... Al Capone...... !!!!! But Shows MORE LOVE... Than... GANGSTER Thugs... !!!! It's More Like... " NESS "... !!! When I EXPRESS... !!!!!! NOT ELLIOT.... Or... Loch MONSTER Bred... !!! I'm Just Blessed With A... NESS... That Moulds And Blends In... With......... " FINESSE ".......... !!!!!!! That's ME... BIG VIRGE... !!! So My Final Words... In TRUTH... " ACCEPT "... That When It Comes To... ... Government... Their Court Systems... And FEDERAL Friends... They'll TRY Their Best... !!! To Cause... PROBLEMS... BUT NO Matter WHAT... !?! They TRY TO.... PULL.... My SPIRIT Will Stay UNCRUSHABLE... !!! So I'll... ETERNALLY Be... ...... " UNTOUCHABLE "..... !!!
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My heart was stolen Uh, I said I got my heart stolen from a robber With some high heels on There’s nothing I could do I couldn’t stop her From leading me on yeah Uh It’s a love robbery Ok the sun was setting; it was picture perfect when I met her She had me thinking her and I was gonna be together Forever? Wait hold up you thought this on the first date Man I know its like she got me hooked right away I, I couldn’t see it coming like a sucker punch Took my heart then she’s out that’s a hit and run Its like I’m at the police department broken hearted Time to figure out how it started Uh 5’2 with some attitude Its all good ‘cause honesty I think its kinda cute Last seen in a little black dress Watch out for those eyes ‘cause she’s armed and dangerous Like bow, hit you with that one shot Hands up she said give me everything you got And it’s your dib like it never even happened She can **** with those looks fatal attraction Uh, I said I got my heart stolen from a robber It's a Love Robbery Okay we got a 2-11 in progress Suspect is beautiful wanted for heart theft My baby on the run, hold up why did I call her that She did me so wrong and I still feel like I want her back Okay I’m getting it back matter of fact I’m gonna write it all down in a rap She thought she loved me Now she’s just a love thief I let her in my heart was always open Now I’m sitting here wondering how she could’ve stole it Stole it like a stick up stick up then she pulled the trigger She wore red lipstick and some heels kinda killa I got love struck hit me good too Do she love me do she love me not I never knew But that’s just how it goes when you fall for a heartbreaker Who’s heart has been broken before Scared to open the door won’t let nobody in Yeah but will she ever learn to love again It’s a love robbery Yeah <3
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May 14, 2014
May 14, 2014 at 12:25 PM UTC
Love Robbery
My heart was stolen Uh, I said I got my heart stolen from a robber With some high heels on There’s nothing I could do I couldn’t stop her From leading me on yeah Uh It’s a love robbery Ok the sun was setting; it was picture perfect when I met her She had me thinking her and I was gonna be together Forever? Wait hold up you thought this on the first date Man I know its like she got me hooked right away I, I couldn’t see it coming like a sucker punch Took my heart then she’s out that’s a hit and run Its like I’m at the police department broken hearted Time to figure out how it started Uh 5’2 with some attitude Its all good ‘cause honesty I think its kinda cute Last seen in a little black dress Watch out for those eyes ‘cause she’s armed and dangerous Like bow, hit you with that one shot Hands up she said give me everything you got And it’s your dib like it never even happened She can **** with those looks fatal attraction Uh, I said I got my heart stolen from a robber It's a Love Robbery Okay we got a 2-11 in progress Suspect is beautiful wanted for heart theft My baby on the run, hold up why did I call her that She did me so wrong and I still feel like I want her back Okay I’m getting it back matter of fact I’m gonna write it all down in a rap She thought she loved me Now she’s just a love thief I let her in my heart was always open Now I’m sitting here wondering how she could’ve stole it Stole it like a stick up stick up then she pulled the trigger She wore red lipstick and some heels kinda killa I got love struck hit me good too Do she love me do she love me not I never knew But that’s just how it goes when you fall for a heartbreaker Who’s heart has been broken before Scared to open the door won’t let nobody in Yeah but will she ever learn to love again It’s a love robbery Yeah <3
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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