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Brandon, To see you grow up and turn into the man you are is a gift... A young man, smart, kind, thoughtful to others. I have no criticisms to offer you in regards to the path and choices you have taken and made. I feel swelling pride for you as I write this and cannot wait to see and hear the adventures you will embark on in your life. Having you as my cousin touches me and reminds me that I have an impact on the world, and for as long as you have looked up to me as your older cousin, I will always feel a sense of responsibility and caring for you, invigorating in purpose, which helps craft the home in my heart. Seeing time pass as sand in an hour glass, I can only glance in retrospect and see the years and times as a family you have shared with us; if it were a scoreboard, a test, the sum of all of your actions: a resounding win or success story on all counts. You are a gift to those around you and your happiness and caring will change this world for the better as it already has changed mine. Thank you for being my cousin, but more so for being the person you always are. You are a blessing and a light. Don't ever let anybody tell you otherwise or believe differently... To end my letter to you, I will leave you with this: I can't wait to grow old and share more time with you; to go fishing, to go camping, to carry on our family's traditions and dinners which are so special among families, to share this chance to be alive and breathing, and to share our hearts with others. Go forth Brandon. Go forth and share your love with the world. Light your torch and burn it. I love you Brandon. Your Cousin, -Kevin
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Jan 16, 2016
Jan 16, 2016 at 1:53 PM UTC
A Farewell Letter To My Beloved Cousin
Brandon, To see you grow up and turn into the man you are is a gift... A young man, smart, kind, thoughtful to others. I have no criticisms to offer you in regards to the path and choices you have taken and made. I feel swelling pride for you as I write this and cannot wait to see and hear the adventures you will embark on in your life. Having you as my cousin touches me and reminds me that I have an impact on the world, and for as long as you have looked up to me as your older cousin, I will always feel a sense of responsibility and caring for you, invigorating in purpose, which helps craft the home in my heart. Seeing time pass as sand in an hour glass, I can only glance in retrospect and see the years and times as a family you have shared with us; if it were a scoreboard, a test, the sum of all of your actions: a resounding win or success story on all counts. You are a gift to those around you and your happiness and caring will change this world for the better as it already has changed mine. Thank you for being my cousin, but more so for being the person you always are. You are a blessing and a light. Don't ever let anybody tell you otherwise or believe differently... To end my letter to you, I will leave you with this: I can't wait to grow old and share more time with you; to go fishing, to go camping, to carry on our family's traditions and dinners which are so special among families, to share this chance to be alive and breathing, and to share our hearts with others. Go forth Brandon. Go forth and share your love with the world. Light your torch and burn it. I love you Brandon. Your Cousin, -Kevin
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Teammates supplement for family Black and white pentagons are the walls around me Studded shoes fit snug as skin Practices beg for offerings We give them Blood Wanting more, we give sweat Arguments with my family bring tears We fight for every moment Our pulse pumping with the seconds on the scoreboard The score is never important All that matters is our sisterhood We are one
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Nov 3, 2012
Nov 3, 2012 at 10:50 PM UTC
Kayla
it's a friday night and i am sat at the top of the bleachers with three packs of maltesers i told the cashier were for my friends with a blurry grin and the hot chocolate in my hands lied. it's lukewarm and tastes of milk, not sweets, and the taste of it still taints my lips because i'm forcing myself to drink it anyways. the stars are yellow set against navy hues and they're blinking down at me. there's announcers shouting something about the game occurring on the field but i'm not listening, never listening, never apathetic or empathic enough to want to. the music blares, cheers roar, announcers boom, the scoreboard flashes-  it's cold enough to be huddled beneath blankets but i've only got a sweatshirt hiding my hands, hiding my fingers, hiding me. my ribs shiver and the ghosts in the spaces between them gather closer for a warmth that won't come. the moon says hello to me and i struggle to catch enough air to say it back. my friends are nowhere to be found and i can't feel my fingertips and the flavor of lukewarm hot chocolate leaves me and i'm closing my eyes, shutting them tight, disconnecting. there's suddenly no one here, just me and the blackness behind my eyelids. it's like i'm watching humans but never being one of them. maybe i'm meant to be an alien- maybe that one star blinking at me is a planet welcoming me home- maybe if i lay my lungs to rest they'll leave me be. i can feel my heart giving up on me.
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Sep 22, 2014
Sep 22, 2014 at 9:03 PM UTC
disconnected
I'm speechless That's my approach as you approach me And usually I'm too focused on finding the perfect words To penetrate the simple space I provide So when beautiful girls intentionally invade my atmosphere My need for speech is satisfied Your beauty speaks sufficiently for two So while I'm struggling for oxygen, I hope you recognize Your presence is all I've ever needed to breathe easily I'm stuck Between unexpressed elegance And helplessness My mouth is screaming out But frozen completely shut I'm worried my compliments May be complications That my suggestions Might suppress my objective here We typically rely on our words To settle the score As if you and I are in overtime Of a tie ballgame Looking for phrases to frame the scoreboard With an absolute victor But I was hoping that you'd be willing to join forces To break through the proverbial force field That prohibits rivals from overthrowing obstacles Because I've always believed the input overpowers the outcome What if it were possible To eliminate our speech So our ears could erase the need to draw conclusions We don't etch our words in pencil Our words are enunciated in permanent marker Brutally beating through our eardrums Rhythmically reminding us That silence can be more sweet sounding than any set of syllables All I know is I'm hell-bent on remaining a straight shooter My arrows will always be designed for the bulls-eye But lately I've been questioning my targets They haven't been painted red and white for all the world to see They've been camouflaged by constricted communication Secretly searching for statements that haven't met the airwaves yet So I'd much rather absorb your definite thoughts Than accept your remarks as absolute    The truth is I'm not sure What needs to be said. The syllables I've learned to form Don't apply to situations where Words remain inherently absent. And too often we force our hand To make phrases appear Where they don't belong. But something about Silent speeches is appealing to me. Because the power in your eyes reduce The need for any type of sound. And the shock waves your steps make As you inch closer to mine Create the sweetest melodies. So all I will tell you is this: Let's leave words out of this.
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Dec 19, 2013
Dec 19, 2013 at 6:53 AM UTC
Silent Speeches
I'm speechless That's my approach as you approach me And usually I'm too focused on finding the perfect words To penetrate the simple space I provide So when beautiful girls intentionally invade my atmosphere My need for speech is satisfied Your beauty speaks sufficiently for two So while I'm struggling for oxygen, I hope you recognize Your presence is all I've ever needed to breathe easily I'm stuck Between unexpressed elegance And helplessness My mouth is screaming out But frozen completely shut I'm worried my compliments May be complications That my suggestions Might suppress my objective here We typically rely on our words To settle the score As if you and I are in overtime Of a tie ballgame Looking for phrases to frame the scoreboard With an absolute victor But I was hoping that you'd be willing to join forces To break through the proverbial force field That prohibits rivals from overthrowing obstacles Because I've always believed the input overpowers the outcome What if it were possible To eliminate our speech So our ears could erase the need to draw conclusions We don't etch our words in pencil Our words are enunciated in permanent marker Brutally beating through our eardrums Rhythmically reminding us That silence can be more sweet sounding than any set of syllables All I know is I'm hell-bent on remaining a straight shooter My arrows will always be designed for the bulls-eye But lately I've been questioning my targets They haven't been painted red and white for all the world to see They've been camouflaged by constricted communication Secretly searching for statements that haven't met the airwaves yet So I'd much rather absorb your definite thoughts Than accept your remarks as absolute    The truth is I'm not sure What needs to be said. The syllables I've learned to form Don't apply to situations where Words remain inherently absent. And too often we force our hand To make phrases appear Where they don't belong. But something about Silent speeches is appealing to me. Because the power in your eyes reduce The need for any type of sound. And the shock waves your steps make As you inch closer to mine Create the sweetest melodies. So all I will tell you is this: Let's leave words out of this.
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Time: 1 Us: 0 Will it always be like this? Swinging our racquets at Einstein's illusion. Singing, singing, singing 'Stop the World I Wanna Get Off With You' when nobody hears over the relentless tick-tocks. As      as the clock's hands push          push pull us together, apart. Hey, you. Are we lovers or are we opponents? Let's look at the scoreboard. Time: 1 Us: 0 In school, they taught us perseverance. So we keep dancing, dancing, dancing                                               around the hands of the clock. I'm on number 3 and you face me. What's it like on number 9? What's it like to be on the edge of the next hour, the next day, the next big thing? You're on number 9, I'm on number 3. I face you, you face me. Are we lovers or are we opponents? I face you,                    you face me. So easy for us to... So easy for us to love, but so easy for us to leave. So easy to fight, to wrap our hands                             around each other's throats simultaneously. So easy to embrace, so easy to walk away when you are the west and I am the east. I'll ask you again: Are we lovers or are we opponents? Eyes flit up to the scoreboard, even though                       we don't want to look away from each other. Time: 1 Us: 0 The ball is in no one's court anymore. No more back and forth, stichomythia, repartee. Nor round and                            round when it's all an illusion, isn't it? Don't look. Don't bring it up. Time: 1         Us: 0 The figures are getting bolder, louder than the ticking. Tell me, tell me, before you move to 10 and our angles get skew, tripping over the clock's hands, because we forgot the steps of our dance. Tell me, tell me, what it's like when you see me all the way from number 9 while I'm on number 3. The scoreboard's screeching like a train ready to leave. Time: 1 Us: 0 The audience is already beginning to clap. They have loved us and so have we. We put on quite the show, enough to rival Djokovic or Murray. But neither of us will walk out with gold. Not when we've lost to an abstraction that can swallow us into memories. We get silver medals. Around our necks, choking but we clasp them tightly so they can sparkle on our chests. My silver beams to you,                                            your silver beams to me. On and off, a Morse code speech. When we can't speak,                                        can't breathe, that seems to suffice. Here is a case of beautiful irony: How did we meet? Your eyes                  saw in my eyes                that silver gleam. My eyes                saw in your eyes                  the very same thing. Remember: I face you, you face me. Are we lovers or are we opponents? The scoreboard screams: Time: 1 Us: 0 I bought a watch today, why did I do that? I'm so smart but I'm so stupid. I face you, you face me. It's not an illusion, is it? Look at me. Is it? Time: 1 Us: 0 We're finished. But then how could we have ever won when neither of us knew how to play tennis? We look at each other so the scoreboard can dissolve instead of us. Like your eyes                           in my eyes a tethering glance, could hold us in an eternal position. Like a single look could sustain us stationary. I face you, you                           start to leave. It doesn't matter now. Everything's spilling out on the loudspeaker. (And for once, you don't wish to seek this one truth.) Time: 1 Us: 0 It will always be like this. Time: one. Us: love.
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Jul 1, 2015
Jul 1, 2015 at 11:37 AM UTC
Game, Set, Match
Time: 1 Us: 0 Will it always be like this? Swinging our racquets at Einstein's illusion. Singing, singing, singing 'Stop the World I Wanna Get Off With You' when nobody hears over the relentless tick-tocks. As      as the clock's hands push          push pull us together, apart. Hey, you. Are we lovers or are we opponents? Let's look at the scoreboard. Time: 1 Us: 0 In school, they taught us perseverance. So we keep dancing, dancing, dancing                                               around the hands of the clock. I'm on number 3 and you face me. What's it like on number 9? What's it like to be on the edge of the next hour, the next day, the next big thing? You're on number 9, I'm on number 3. I face you, you face me. Are we lovers or are we opponents? I face you,                    you face me. So easy for us to... So easy for us to love, but so easy for us to leave. So easy to fight, to wrap our hands                             around each other's throats simultaneously. So easy to embrace, so easy to walk away when you are the west and I am the east. I'll ask you again: Are we lovers or are we opponents? Eyes flit up to the scoreboard, even though                       we don't want to look away from each other. Time: 1 Us: 0 The ball is in no one's court anymore. No more back and forth, stichomythia, repartee. Nor round and                            round when it's all an illusion, isn't it? Don't look. Don't bring it up. Time: 1         Us: 0 The figures are getting bolder, louder than the ticking. Tell me, tell me, before you move to 10 and our angles get skew, tripping over the clock's hands, because we forgot the steps of our dance. Tell me, tell me, what it's like when you see me all the way from number 9 while I'm on number 3. The scoreboard's screeching like a train ready to leave. Time: 1 Us: 0 The audience is already beginning to clap. They have loved us and so have we. We put on quite the show, enough to rival Djokovic or Murray. But neither of us will walk out with gold. Not when we've lost to an abstraction that can swallow us into memories. We get silver medals. Around our necks, choking but we clasp them tightly so they can sparkle on our chests. My silver beams to you,                                            your silver beams to me. On and off, a Morse code speech. When we can't speak,                                        can't breathe, that seems to suffice. Here is a case of beautiful irony: How did we meet? Your eyes                  saw in my eyes                that silver gleam. My eyes                saw in your eyes                  the very same thing. Remember: I face you, you face me. Are we lovers or are we opponents? The scoreboard screams: Time: 1 Us: 0 I bought a watch today, why did I do that? I'm so smart but I'm so stupid. I face you, you face me. It's not an illusion, is it? Look at me. Is it? Time: 1 Us: 0 We're finished. But then how could we have ever won when neither of us knew how to play tennis? We look at each other so the scoreboard can dissolve instead of us. Like your eyes                           in my eyes a tethering glance, could hold us in an eternal position. Like a single look could sustain us stationary. I face you, you                           start to leave. It doesn't matter now. Everything's spilling out on the loudspeaker. (And for once, you don't wish to seek this one truth.) Time: 1 Us: 0 It will always be like this. Time: one. Us: love.
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There are players in the penalty box that don't belong Because the refs start tripping When people skate on thin ice But they're not fighting Or slashing The winning team keeps them down by charging them Until some go to the box just for boarding And that's only the icing It's difficult to not misconduct yourself during this game When the score is ran up By a team with a wall for a goalie And a rifle for a stick They score when we hit the post Yet we're penalized for trying to achieve our goals Forcing us to defend As they shoot at us For being on a different team We need to make a power play And **** some penalties Don't fear too many men on the ice The gloves come off but it's futile The refs never wore gloves to begin with And apparently don't need them the way I do I sit on the bench in defeat Praying they have a ****** overtime Because right now In the time of regulation We're stuck on ice As the scoreboard hangs out of reach above us
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Jul 5, 2017
Jul 5, 2017 at 10:40 PM UTC
Penalties
say for example, that you love to play baseball. [it is your favorite thing in the world, and you're quite good at it, too]. and before your game, your coach says to the team, "if we win, i'll take everybody to Pizza Hut!" upon hearing this, the players' faces light up- each one can taste the delicious stuffed crust that awaits them, and visions of breadsticks dance through their heads. the coach even brought a coupon book to allude to their possible futures... just before the team takes the field, the coach pulls you aside and says, "actually, i'm going to take the whole team to Pizza Hut even if we lose." well, you would know right then that outcome of the game is irrelevant, but the true joy of playing comes from competition regardless of winning or losing, so you vow to play your best game ever. however, everyone else on the team, not knowing the ultimate truth, will play very seriously, but with great anxiety and nervousness. they desperately want Pizza Hut, but know that they might not getting it. this game is the most important thing in the universe, and it is the most serious test of all time. every at-bat is tense for them, each fly ball could result in ultimate damnation. nothing is fun. with tension and anxiety, they strike out, play conservatively, and don't take the risks that make the game enjoyable. quickly, the team finds itself trailing by a few runs, and sweating profusely because of it. you, on the other hand, would feel more relaxed during the game. you would swing for the fences, knocking a couple out of the park, steal a base or two, make a diving catch. play your best game ever. you can do this comfortably because you realize that you're just playing for fun. you're going to Pizza Hut after game, whatever the outcome! soon, in your exuberance, you'd let slip the secret to a couple other players. you'd tell them, "guys, we were always going to Pizza Hut, let's just have some fun while we play this game." most of them rejoice! [a couple real serious ones doubt you and resent you. you'd surely smile, bend a knee, and applaud their solemnity.] but in your state of joy you include the doubters, and you let them believe what they will until the final innings over. you think, they'll wake up soon enough. with the last out made and the last run scored, maybe you look at the scoreboard and see yourself in the lead, maybe you are a few runs behind, but the smile on the coach's face says it all: the peace and joy within you brought into your world happiness... ... and a large pepperoni pizza.
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Jun 21, 2014
Jun 21, 2014 at 1:55 PM UTC
the hindu yankees
say for example, that you love to play baseball. [it is your favorite thing in the world, and you're quite good at it, too]. and before your game, your coach says to the team, "if we win, i'll take everybody to Pizza Hut!" upon hearing this, the players' faces light up- each one can taste the delicious stuffed crust that awaits them, and visions of breadsticks dance through their heads. the coach even brought a coupon book to allude to their possible futures... just before the team takes the field, the coach pulls you aside and says, "actually, i'm going to take the whole team to Pizza Hut even if we lose." well, you would know right then that outcome of the game is irrelevant, but the true joy of playing comes from competition regardless of winning or losing, so you vow to play your best game ever. however, everyone else on the team, not knowing the ultimate truth, will play very seriously, but with great anxiety and nervousness. they desperately want Pizza Hut, but know that they might not getting it. this game is the most important thing in the universe, and it is the most serious test of all time. every at-bat is tense for them, each fly ball could result in ultimate damnation. nothing is fun. with tension and anxiety, they strike out, play conservatively, and don't take the risks that make the game enjoyable. quickly, the team finds itself trailing by a few runs, and sweating profusely because of it. you, on the other hand, would feel more relaxed during the game. you would swing for the fences, knocking a couple out of the park, steal a base or two, make a diving catch. play your best game ever. you can do this comfortably because you realize that you're just playing for fun. you're going to Pizza Hut after game, whatever the outcome! soon, in your exuberance, you'd let slip the secret to a couple other players. you'd tell them, "guys, we were always going to Pizza Hut, let's just have some fun while we play this game." most of them rejoice! [a couple real serious ones doubt you and resent you. you'd surely smile, bend a knee, and applaud their solemnity.] but in your state of joy you include the doubters, and you let them believe what they will until the final innings over. you think, they'll wake up soon enough. with the last out made and the last run scored, maybe you look at the scoreboard and see yourself in the lead, maybe you are a few runs behind, but the smile on the coach's face says it all: the peace and joy within you brought into your world happiness... ... and a large pepperoni pizza.
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These streets knew feet in days gone by, bustling sidewalks, crowded storefronts, laughter, light and dancers leaking out of smoke-filled bars. Cars would wind through intersections, blood cells between neighborhoods. From The Corner came The Roar. He remembers how the Autumn sounded                        back in '84 when Alan Trammell brought The Series home, the arcing shot off Gibson's bat, the rolling wave of soaring voices.                       Old English                              "D"               tattooed on the hearts                         of a city      who's been hurting since the 50's. Bless You Boys. Ya did it-- went and Sparked up Michigan and lit a dimming town again in Corktown's widening eyes. In 20 years, though, losses pile up. 55 and starved for signs of trends reversing, luck upending, impending relief or just some kind of                   something. Sickening, cloying rapid decay        as neighborhoods die. These streets know crumbling cinderblock walls and blistered paint coats don't cover ribcages starting to show-- steel girder bones--and windows blown out, like teeth lost from a well-spoken mouth, allow the Lake Michigan wind to howl                       out the tale--             through oxidized bones--        of just what it looks like       when economic war hits home. Heartbeats still find footing in Motor City streets, beneath          the Old English "D," but mind the scoreboard smart; the Tigers lost a hundred games                     in 2003.
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May 11, 2015
May 11, 2015 at 6:58 PM UTC
Old English "D"
These streets knew feet in days gone by, bustling sidewalks, crowded storefronts, laughter, light and dancers leaking out of smoke-filled bars. Cars would wind through intersections, blood cells between neighborhoods. From The Corner came The Roar. He remembers how the Autumn sounded                        back in '84 when Alan Trammell brought The Series home, the arcing shot off Gibson's bat, the rolling wave of soaring voices.                       Old English                              "D"               tattooed on the hearts                         of a city      who's been hurting since the 50's. Bless You Boys. Ya did it-- went and Sparked up Michigan and lit a dimming town again in Corktown's widening eyes. In 20 years, though, losses pile up. 55 and starved for signs of trends reversing, luck upending, impending relief or just some kind of                   something. Sickening, cloying rapid decay        as neighborhoods die. These streets know crumbling cinderblock walls and blistered paint coats don't cover ribcages starting to show-- steel girder bones--and windows blown out, like teeth lost from a well-spoken mouth, allow the Lake Michigan wind to howl                       out the tale--             through oxidized bones--        of just what it looks like       when economic war hits home. Heartbeats still find footing in Motor City streets, beneath          the Old English "D," but mind the scoreboard smart; the Tigers lost a hundred games                     in 2003.
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That sparkle, that immeasurably forgiving joy and affection is gone, but the sound of your voice is just familiar enough to make me remember it. What we're doing here is necrophilia. It's gross, but we're ******* something that's dead and we both know it. I think we thought we could bring it back to life with our selfish demands, but this coffin isn't as comforting as we'd hoped it would be. We've never talked about the time between, that period of time when we never talked. We should have talked. Without words, you had nowhere to be angry so you swallowed your truths and they turned into blame. I can feel it when you look at me, I don't sparkle anymore. Well, neither do you. When we talk we say the least, yet every word has a barb. Too jaded for affection we bob and weave through a minefield of unacknowledged truths. Our words rot in our bellies while we sew each others mouths shut. We never wanted this sort of intimacy. We let the poison out with play, the kind that's done with knives. So here we are, playing with knives in a minefield, the only sound is our own hollow laughter. Behind every "never mind" and "just kidding", behind the scoreboard of our interactions and every slap of my *** are two shadows; one covered in armor from breast to backbone, and one purging a river of poison. We're chasing a past we know we can't have back, and the echoes of our old feelings make the silence so much louder than it was when we didn't talk. We were beautiful this summer, helplessly alive. We had such good intentions but the silence and the miles and the fear have made this thing pale, dead looking. We try hard to be sorry. Every kindness hurts because it tastes like the past, so now instead we barter in bed. Turns out *** without affection falls under Services Rendered, but the shape of you so near to me makes me miss you more than I can bare and if you call me tonight, I'll probably answer.   I guess sometimes the only way to make sure something's not still alive is to poke it with a stick a few times.
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Jan 21, 2013
Jan 21, 2013 at 1:01 AM UTC
Something Like Necrophiles
That sparkle, that immeasurably forgiving joy and affection is gone, but the sound of your voice is just familiar enough to make me remember it. What we're doing here is necrophilia. It's gross, but we're ******* something that's dead and we both know it. I think we thought we could bring it back to life with our selfish demands, but this coffin isn't as comforting as we'd hoped it would be. We've never talked about the time between, that period of time when we never talked. We should have talked. Without words, you had nowhere to be angry so you swallowed your truths and they turned into blame. I can feel it when you look at me, I don't sparkle anymore. Well, neither do you. When we talk we say the least, yet every word has a barb. Too jaded for affection we bob and weave through a minefield of unacknowledged truths. Our words rot in our bellies while we sew each others mouths shut. We never wanted this sort of intimacy. We let the poison out with play, the kind that's done with knives. So here we are, playing with knives in a minefield, the only sound is our own hollow laughter. Behind every "never mind" and "just kidding", behind the scoreboard of our interactions and every slap of my *** are two shadows; one covered in armor from breast to backbone, and one purging a river of poison. We're chasing a past we know we can't have back, and the echoes of our old feelings make the silence so much louder than it was when we didn't talk. We were beautiful this summer, helplessly alive. We had such good intentions but the silence and the miles and the fear have made this thing pale, dead looking. We try hard to be sorry. Every kindness hurts because it tastes like the past, so now instead we barter in bed. Turns out *** without affection falls under Services Rendered, but the shape of you so near to me makes me miss you more than I can bare and if you call me tonight, I'll probably answer.   I guess sometimes the only way to make sure something's not still alive is to poke it with a stick a few times.
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universe, displace from me this trauma in the breaking of my father’s favorite scotch glass for it is simpler to clear glass shards from the dishwasher and laminate tile than ventricular shrapnel from my chest eyebrows straight as a net keep me serving lets racquet, arm, the ball is all i don't know 40-love scoreboard soothsayer divining the true value of affectionate devotion game, set, deuce off the bat [wrong sport] my serve is in returning paper bags brimming with your belongings (our volleys never lasted) game, set, match [applause]
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Jan 28, 2014
Jan 28, 2014 at 9:21 PM UTC
wimbledon of my seventeenth year.
Rebound. Lead him with a leash, drag him along like the dog that has died but you won't give up your walk. Rebound. You took your shot at the love but you missed, now you think you can give it another try. Rebound. Bounce back in like there's no penalty, like hearts don't break, as if you can simply tape it back together and it will continue beating. Rebound. Just because you don't have a scoreboard in life doesn't mean the points don't count. Rebound. When everything is tallied up at the end of the day, will you really come out on top like you hope?
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Apr 21, 2017
Apr 21, 2017 at 11:41 AM UTC
Rebound
Typically British, rather insane. English men do walk on water. Ha ha, jolly hockey sticks, snooty noses up in the air. A game of jolly cricket, in the middle of the sea. Just an annual event; as  tide resides and holds up a bank. Supporting stumps and a scoreboard. The water got scared and bailed out. A gang of weird cricketers stroll across the Solent. In between the smiling waves. A quick match indeed, for after the sea recedes, the tide creeps in, the pitch is gone. Jolly funny posh folk, trot home for a scone and a bubbly fizz as stags and hens, they head off to the shore. In their cruisers of pleasure, hey ** off they go! As when the tide is in they cannot walk on water. To hold posh debate on the final score. To muse of experience just left at sea. Guess no groundsman needed and pitch never weeded. (c) Livvi
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Mar 23, 2014
Mar 23, 2014 at 1:05 PM UTC
Tally ** The Tale of Bramble Bank
Negatives and Positives they cancel each other out We're at zero now Tied on the scoreboard Sleep deprived and hollow on the inside Bags under my eyes, I was searching for something Remember that summer night on the roof? Smoking *** and singing RnB That's the only place I wanted to be cool thanks to that summer breeze But that summer breeze turned into a winter storm and it tore me away from our special place on the timeline
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Nov 4, 2017
Nov 4, 2017 at 10:51 AM UTC
the TL
Old cars and older voices, time begins anew (with awake) in the afternoon, chords and bronze-coated companionship, long- dead limbs singing, with not walking but floating as a mantra in the dark, wanderer of these expectant streets disheartened by the home scoreboard
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Oct 6, 2012
Oct 6, 2012 at 10:25 PM UTC
Today is Another, Speck
I'm just a writer Someone who molds letters I don't fight in battles Words are my sword I'm just a writer "Not really anything special" Most ignore the talent They're too busy with the scoreboard I'm just a writer Blending in with the crowd To try and soak in emotion Just to scribble it all down I'm just a writer I don't lift heavy things It's not like speaking out for lost hearts Is considered heavy lifting I'm just a writer No one to be noticed easily Invisible to the naked eye Because the world has lost appreciation I'm just a writer I won't be picked first I'm not on the winning team You'll see me on the bench I'm just a writer One who knows how to awaken A deadened sense inside of people One with the most open mind I'm just a writer One who is in the back Reveling in inner beauty Though I appear quite dull But when you read the words The expressions of heartbreaking and healing things You'll begin to wonder What have you been missing When you look at me And see a lot of nothing You'll notice the signs and ask yourself Am I really just a writer?
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Apr 9, 2014
Apr 9, 2014 at 11:50 AM UTC
I'm Just A Writer
He told me "I think I could love you." And buried under my skin. I've never felt better As nausea bubbles within I touch his cheeks So warm with blood I feel him He's harrier than you, And bigger too. If you're not catching my wind flow I feel as if you need to howl a bit more I reply to the irregularity of his Immaturity at age 22. Yet you're only 12 in space years. So I get it. I'm high off of singular drum beats And your breath is hot chocolate based. Kiss the scoreboard for luck. I want you to touch my neck again Maybe for a second You're so healthy.
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Jan 14, 2016
Jan 14, 2016 at 2:02 AM UTC
Nial Lydia reclaimed the law
Silently roaming through the astral plane Projected myself into the foreign, the strange. Tamed the mind to relinquish the bind, And so no longer does energy spent feel like a grind. I invest it in the right places. Surroundings change, as do the faces. Think of me as they wish, but in the mirror I am not looked down upon. So I wander free, barefoot, to soak up Mother Earth's electrons. I promise to share, With so much glorious emptiness, There's more than enough room to spare. For the next couple minutes though, I'm going to sit in this chair. Listen to a calming frequency, 528 Hz, for healing and DNA repair. I've done enough damage, and looked to too many tomorrows. The thoughts themselves didn't bring up enough motivation to borrow. So I must keep moving, and slip into the unknown, That way I can be certain. I've done enough work to my inner temple that I can now pull back the curtains. Anxieties, were nothing but lies to me, but now I see The ever-morphing puzzle that is this intricate reality. Situations wanna battle me, but I've become war-tested Cleaned more than I've caused, inevitable messes. There are times I find it hard to let go of the the stresses. And so to bless this, I turn inward ~ breathing becomes among all I've heard. The chatter ceases and worry decreases. Loosened the leashes to let the animals play I realized I was a pawn and today is my day. Traveling one way, and that's forward. Gonna make it to the end without looking at the scoreboard. With inner peace I will reach the destination without being bothered. Gonna show the king his reflection in my calm waters.
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May 29, 2013
May 29, 2013 at 3:06 PM UTC
~Silence; go
Silently roaming through the astral plane Projected myself into the foreign, the strange. Tamed the mind to relinquish the bind, And so no longer does energy spent feel like a grind. I invest it in the right places. Surroundings change, as do the faces. Think of me as they wish, but in the mirror I am not looked down upon. So I wander free, barefoot, to soak up Mother Earth's electrons. I promise to share, With so much glorious emptiness, There's more than enough room to spare. For the next couple minutes though, I'm going to sit in this chair. Listen to a calming frequency, 528 Hz, for healing and DNA repair. I've done enough damage, and looked to too many tomorrows. The thoughts themselves didn't bring up enough motivation to borrow. So I must keep moving, and slip into the unknown, That way I can be certain. I've done enough work to my inner temple that I can now pull back the curtains. Anxieties, were nothing but lies to me, but now I see The ever-morphing puzzle that is this intricate reality. Situations wanna battle me, but I've become war-tested Cleaned more than I've caused, inevitable messes. There are times I find it hard to let go of the the stresses. And so to bless this, I turn inward ~ breathing becomes among all I've heard. The chatter ceases and worry decreases. Loosened the leashes to let the animals play I realized I was a pawn and today is my day. Traveling one way, and that's forward. Gonna make it to the end without looking at the scoreboard. With inner peace I will reach the destination without being bothered. Gonna show the king his reflection in my calm waters.
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Another tally on my scoreboard. It was only supposed to have one, But now, there were four diagonal lines. Twenty x "now what have you done?" We pretended there was a chance, But every mark after III was a pawn. A new player in my game of control, Facing guns that were already drawn. Sharp breath, arched back, closed eyes. Each time, I felt something new. His scent, his breath, his voice... But none of it was what I felt with you. Number 8 had tattoos and baby blues. A first for both, but so much more. He was 1 for the first date, first time. ...Does that make me a ***** I'll always hate the number 10 Because I woke up to him touching me. He promised it was "just cuddling." I still got insomnia out of necessity. "Look in my eyes, don't say a word." Number 18, passion, attraction, allure. My biggest secret was that I loved him. And...he was my teacher. Secrets and embarrassments. More reasons for regret. Let me show you the truest part of me: Ruined by men, both evil and passionate.
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Sep 2, 2016
Sep 2, 2016 at 9:23 AM UTC
Scoreboard
The voices of my peers echo As either a comedy or a drama is spoken. Tears of the audience Either come from laughter or sadness, Emotions felt be the stories told By my peers on stage. Tales of soldiers or ****** Talking animals or mad hatters, Different tones being used For each character's profile. The difficulty of keeping a straight face When acting as though you suffer From Multiple Personality Disorder. As the tale concludes, Clapping and whistles erupt From the audience. The judges take their notes, Scribbling their views on the show. The suspense of waiting For the scoreboard to claim The first place Speaker. Poetic, Dramatic, Comedic Representations of stories, Are difficult to judge. But, of course, The best will rise And claim the satisfaction Of applause by the viewers. The only thing left To do now, is Wait for the next competition, Next Saturday.
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Jan 24, 2013
Jan 24, 2013 at 4:55 PM UTC
Speech
We do not burn books in America We just ignore them, for we light our nights And burn away our individual souls Upon an altar green, clean plastic grass Come together as one unto the lights The concept of the tablets now writ large An electronic scoreboard – and if we’re good We’ll see our snaggly grins all ten feet tall Eighty-thousand dollars of education Beaming civilization six nights each year
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May 22, 2018
May 22, 2018 at 3:31 PM UTC
We Do Not Burn Books in America
a blushing van rolls to a stop. he steps out onto the school parking lot walks around the embarrassed bumpers clad in duct tape and inaccurate repaintings brazenly so sure he has it all. she slides off the hood of a manicured foreign tank hulking and onyx. they embrace too long something is up he is wary. arms at her sides she reaches for his lips he does not look down he is wary she leads him to the grass his suspicion turns the green from vibrant to synthetic he is wary. they sit across from each other no table to negotiate over. she is sure of the future unsure of the way through the present searching for words. he prods she speaks she reaches for his hands he tries to sit back on them she catches his fingertips he knows. sitting she leaves him. sitting he calmly waves goodbye and heads in another direction. still on the grass he so it goes, eh? she hah, vonnegut. days weeks months years jubilantly lilt by. he is becoming a whole looking to pair up instead of a half scrabbling for completion. she takes trips draining coffers on other continents. in between vacations another party another one-word encounter become but tallies on a scoreboard no one reads until she finds him squeezed onto a full couch tripping. she slurs pre-vomit hurt and frustration. he looks at her he is weary. he was free. in this moment he is trapped on loop. she stuck a fork in him chest bleeding it was not enough. she honed his lust against his pride until the fork hummed a tune only for her. the vibrations cease he stops singing. he is hoarse. it is over this is overdue he finished with belting out softly speaks. she you just don’t say that he why not?
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Nov 16, 2012
Nov 16, 2012 at 5:42 AM UTC
kind words (for spurious pretenses)
a blushing van rolls to a stop. he steps out onto the school parking lot walks around the embarrassed bumpers clad in duct tape and inaccurate repaintings brazenly so sure he has it all. she slides off the hood of a manicured foreign tank hulking and onyx. they embrace too long something is up he is wary. arms at her sides she reaches for his lips he does not look down he is wary she leads him to the grass his suspicion turns the green from vibrant to synthetic he is wary. they sit across from each other no table to negotiate over. she is sure of the future unsure of the way through the present searching for words. he prods she speaks she reaches for his hands he tries to sit back on them she catches his fingertips he knows. sitting she leaves him. sitting he calmly waves goodbye and heads in another direction. still on the grass he so it goes, eh? she hah, vonnegut. days weeks months years jubilantly lilt by. he is becoming a whole looking to pair up instead of a half scrabbling for completion. she takes trips draining coffers on other continents. in between vacations another party another one-word encounter become but tallies on a scoreboard no one reads until she finds him squeezed onto a full couch tripping. she slurs pre-vomit hurt and frustration. he looks at her he is weary. he was free. in this moment he is trapped on loop. she stuck a fork in him chest bleeding it was not enough. she honed his lust against his pride until the fork hummed a tune only for her. the vibrations cease he stops singing. he is hoarse. it is over this is overdue he finished with belting out softly speaks. she you just don’t say that he why not?
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I tell myself I’m a peaceful man That my day is sunny and calm That I’ll be tranquil if I can And the future is in my palm. But even as the hours go Beyond the wooden clock My anger begins to show And rationality is out of stock. Oh, but it’s not as bad as others. I hear it everyday, “He’s as stupid as his brothers.” And I look the other way. Perhaps it’s not as extreme As a pessimist gothic freak But the running or baseball team Makes hatred come to leak. I think that they’re wasting time With their pointless scoreboard numbers But look at me trying to rhyme With passionate booming thunders. I shouldn’t be one to spit on running Cause the grass once belonged to me But as long as I keep shunning Things won’t ever stay to be. I haven’t seen it all Or experienced everything Just cause I’ve hit a wall Doesn’t mean I ought to sing. In deepness truth inside Of what I truly feel Those talented people lacking pride I’m jealous to the peel.
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Jun 20, 2018
Jun 20, 2018 at 11:14 PM UTC
Philosophies of Hatred
That's why scientists use lawyers for experiments instead of rats Stumpy replied, I was gonna say something when Martha fell out- But ten dollars is ten dollars Don't listen to him- he isn't even your father But when I woke up in the morning I was on that guy's mustache again If she isn't good enough for her own family- She sure as hell isn't good enough for you. The parrot said, ''I give up, What'd you do with the ship?'' NASA responded with a one-line memo: "Thaw the chicken." I don't have to outrun the bear, I only have to outrun you! When I'm driving around, my zip code keeps changing. The cop asked, "What's he like?" The little boy replied, "Beer and women with big **** Frustrated the man said, "Put the cat on the phone, I'm lost and I need directions." The stoner looks at him for a second, smiles And says, "You're an ambulance!" That felt good, but my hand still hurts like crazy! You idiot! Now we have to **** in the boat! “But I'm not pregnant,” she says. “Well, you're not out of the ditch yet,” he says. The boy started off, "Hi, my name's Chuck… --" and the farmer shot him. 'Hey, I don't mind you ******* my wife, But can you stop using my *** as a scoreboard!?!' The police are looking for some hardened criminals 'Dear baby Jesus. If you ever want to see your mother again..' So the crocodile bit his legs off. And the string says, "Nope- I'm a frayed knot."
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Mar 18, 2010
Mar 18, 2010 at 8:09 PM UTC
Punch Lines: A Memorial
A big round orange ball dribbled with. Shooting the orange object into a 10 foot basket. Everyone is cheering for you as your team is trailing by two points. Ready or Not, 5 seconds left, 4.. 3.. 2.. You throw the ball up not knowing if it is going in or not. The buzzer goes off... You open your eyes hoping you made the shot. When you look up at the scoreboard you see that you have just won!!
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Mar 5, 2012
Mar 5, 2012 at 10:56 AM UTC
Buzzer Shot!!
Draining sweat out of my mind on the black line wondering how the hell did we get here???… one minute it’s 5on5. i’m on the JV squad beating varsity with ease. intense energy arise. next minute, coach is ****** has all of us on the line like soldiers. running in sections of groups of 3-4 varsity runs first JV next freshman third whoever’s left just run last. as we look at the scoreboard, the death clock is set for one minute. all we have to do is beat the clock before time runs out, otherwise we keep running. a full-court “Kentucky Derby” sprint and yet, we’ve been practicing for 7 hours on a school night. mentally exhausted from homework due tomorrow. physically in pain from the drills. Coach yells: “NEXT GROUP!” dam_. here we go. Coach: “GO!” tick, tick, tick
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Oct 15, 2021
Oct 15, 2021 at 1:48 AM UTC
8- Suicides of the Kentucky Derby