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"shushing" poems
She was the rain when I was spring but summer became I, alas it was just a fling Naked branches in a dendritic pattern fastening on to leaves as Fall fell. But drives away the soft snow the blizzards unwanted a stormy winter unexpected Skyward, the dark side of the moon drawn to the faint traces of light - continuously teased the edges of the forgotten surface obsession consumed I to start a spin I grow to become the hunter only to see the chamois conquering my struggle like an insect trapped in the strings of the eight legged she beast beating a rhythmic tune signalling a tell tale heart the end of me no bang only a cleaver silently shushing with an overdrawn whimper and repeat.
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Aug 6, 2014
Aug 6, 2014 at 3:31 AM UTC
Monsoon Season
Why are librarians always mean? They act like they are the queen of the library scene They are in charge, that is true they make that clear when shushing you if only they actually knew people only go to the library to pass through they ***** and fuss all day and treat children like their prey they all turn into a cliche if only there was another way they are lonely crotchety old ladies who took their dreams and turned them into maybes some of them had wished to write or edit famous books into the night but alas here they are in old schools screamin' and yellin' all day about the rules I think that's probably why they take pleasure in making children cry Forever they'll sit at their desk growing in old age grotesque when you see a librarian make sure to scurry unless you want to feel her wrath and fury
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Feb 12, 2015
Feb 12, 2015 at 9:08 AM UTC
****** Librarian
there was no poem neath my pillow no poem on my tongue, none from eye envisionaries, no dew gift from my grassy emissaries, parting residue of an unknowable finger touch nothing stirring, the mother muses mushing their shushing noises, only breathy quietude, an airy surround sound tissue, the cadence of intermingled hearts, the mother and the child two awakenings, one instantaneous, the other restless unhurried slow, but within an impatience to intersect, the overlap is love stars crossing, impatience weaponized to make momma aware her companions refreshed status, a needy for love’s suckling, embrace of fresh baked smiles from hot heartedly hearth furnaces thus a-born a new poem, a welcomed well coming, in words, the alliance of alliterated words from the interlacing of the mother’s chest heaving and the sniffling joy of a five year old boy reimagining the dreams that crossed from mother to son, and back again, requiring composition and joint authorship of them *the only and only true authentic authorship, mother and child, their owned unique duality of singularity*
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Feb 7, 2019
Feb 7, 2019 at 2:30 PM UTC
There was no poem welcome neath my pillow (mother and child)
As soon as I heard the rumble of my husbands car fade into the distance, I put down my Bible, stepping out of bed. I smoothed out the covers, like always. because I'm not one to leaves things messy because cleanliness is close to Godliness, that’s what they say. I fiddled with the faucet testing the water on my hands. The kids don’t like it too warm. I left the door open so I could hear the faucet running all the way down the hall. I opened the bedroom door and squinted as I flicked a switch. Let there be light! Three sleepy faces peeked out at me from underneath their blankets. Such precious eyes looked up at me. Poor things, Daddy had just put them to bed. They yawned and blinked their shiny eyes and we all held hands as we walked down the hall. They told me Mommy, Mommy, it’s not bathtime. I answered, No, it’s not bathtime, it’s time to go. They asked and asked, but I just smiled down at them. What curious little miracles! The boys went first. I placed one hand on each of their heads, my fingers in cornsilk hair. Their confused wailing bounced off of the tile walls. I silenced them with shushing sounds. I told them don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid, Mommy’s got you. Mommy won’t let go. Mommy won’t ever let go. I smiled at their tiny, twitching hands and laughed along with their gurgling voices. I wish they wouldn’t have splashed so much. That’s just like the boys; they were always making trouble. How inconsiderate of them to leave less water for their sister! I laid the boys down to rest and gave each one a kiss on their clammy foreheads. They were side by side on Earth, now side by side in Heaven. I lined them up next to each other Like sweet little packages. Little packages sent up to God. I left my princess to float. She just looked so pretty I couldn’t move her. I could see her so clearly once the splashing had stopped and the water settled. She was so beautiful with her hair swaying just beneath the surface. My perfect angel. I left her to float like Moses on the River Jordan. With my little cherubs put to rest, I return now to my Bible, but this time it’s not for reading. I place it in the oven and lay my head on it like a tiny sacred pillow. So that I can rest too. and I'm not afraid because it's time to go.
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Jun 20, 2015
Jun 20, 2015 at 1:46 PM UTC
Bathtime
As soon as I heard the rumble of my husbands car fade into the distance, I put down my Bible, stepping out of bed. I smoothed out the covers, like always. because I'm not one to leaves things messy because cleanliness is close to Godliness, that’s what they say. I fiddled with the faucet testing the water on my hands. The kids don’t like it too warm. I left the door open so I could hear the faucet running all the way down the hall. I opened the bedroom door and squinted as I flicked a switch. Let there be light! Three sleepy faces peeked out at me from underneath their blankets. Such precious eyes looked up at me. Poor things, Daddy had just put them to bed. They yawned and blinked their shiny eyes and we all held hands as we walked down the hall. They told me Mommy, Mommy, it’s not bathtime. I answered, No, it’s not bathtime, it’s time to go. They asked and asked, but I just smiled down at them. What curious little miracles! The boys went first. I placed one hand on each of their heads, my fingers in cornsilk hair. Their confused wailing bounced off of the tile walls. I silenced them with shushing sounds. I told them don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid, Mommy’s got you. Mommy won’t let go. Mommy won’t ever let go. I smiled at their tiny, twitching hands and laughed along with their gurgling voices. I wish they wouldn’t have splashed so much. That’s just like the boys; they were always making trouble. How inconsiderate of them to leave less water for their sister! I laid the boys down to rest and gave each one a kiss on their clammy foreheads. They were side by side on Earth, now side by side in Heaven. I lined them up next to each other Like sweet little packages. Little packages sent up to God. I left my princess to float. She just looked so pretty I couldn’t move her. I could see her so clearly once the splashing had stopped and the water settled. She was so beautiful with her hair swaying just beneath the surface. My perfect angel. I left her to float like Moses on the River Jordan. With my little cherubs put to rest, I return now to my Bible, but this time it’s not for reading. I place it in the oven and lay my head on it like a tiny sacred pillow. So that I can rest too. and I'm not afraid because it's time to go.
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Lars lifts opens the toilet seat. The hinge squawks and he mimics the sound with his mouth. A dumb smile folds out on his face like someone unrolling a beach towel. He sits without dropping his pants or underwear. The cops are just about to leave through the screen door. Maggie offers a departing sacrament of right out of the oven of crispy flakey Pillsbury biscuits. They wave their hands parallel to the ground refusing. Maggie pulled the biscuits out too early. The bottoms are tan and dimensional but the tops are sloppy. They look like they have a glaze but they don’t have a glaze. They are pasty but still hot to the touch. The pan is hot. Maggie is wearing maroon oven mitts. One of the cops gets his foot snagged on the throw rug. They walk with their heads down but don’t notice the curled edges of the throw rug. They notice a black pug named Roger instead and nearly avoid fumbling over him. The cops scatter outside quickly like ducklings crossing the street. Lars’ dumb smile lingers and he laughs with a shushing lisp. He reaches between his legs into the toilet bowl. His hand disturbs the water. His nose is bleeding. Maggie closes the doorwall after the cops leave. The cops left the screen open. Maggie reopens the doorwall, closes the screen, shakes her head, and then closes the doorwall again. The kitchen is humming with improper wires. The light is electric pastel blue. The linoleum is too ***** to sleep on. Maggie’s ******* can be seen through her shirt. Lars wipes his nose with his arm and shoulder. He is hunched digging into the toilet bowl. He pulls out a baggie with a twist tie on top. The baggie looks reused. Maggie enters under the frame of the door and her lips roll out like a beach towel. The ******* in the baggie is very very dry.
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Sep 16, 2016
Sep 16, 2016 at 7:56 PM UTC
Hideaway
Lars lifts opens the toilet seat. The hinge squawks and he mimics the sound with his mouth. A dumb smile folds out on his face like someone unrolling a beach towel. He sits without dropping his pants or underwear. The cops are just about to leave through the screen door. Maggie offers a departing sacrament of right out of the oven of crispy flakey Pillsbury biscuits. They wave their hands parallel to the ground refusing. Maggie pulled the biscuits out too early. The bottoms are tan and dimensional but the tops are sloppy. They look like they have a glaze but they don’t have a glaze. They are pasty but still hot to the touch. The pan is hot. Maggie is wearing maroon oven mitts. One of the cops gets his foot snagged on the throw rug. They walk with their heads down but don’t notice the curled edges of the throw rug. They notice a black pug named Roger instead and nearly avoid fumbling over him. The cops scatter outside quickly like ducklings crossing the street. Lars’ dumb smile lingers and he laughs with a shushing lisp. He reaches between his legs into the toilet bowl. His hand disturbs the water. His nose is bleeding. Maggie closes the doorwall after the cops leave. The cops left the screen open. Maggie reopens the doorwall, closes the screen, shakes her head, and then closes the doorwall again. The kitchen is humming with improper wires. The light is electric pastel blue. The linoleum is too ***** to sleep on. Maggie’s ******* can be seen through her shirt. Lars wipes his nose with his arm and shoulder. He is hunched digging into the toilet bowl. He pulls out a baggie with a twist tie on top. The baggie looks reused. Maggie enters under the frame of the door and her lips roll out like a beach towel. The ******* in the baggie is very very dry.
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The urban legend going round the mummy club A woman On a tube Breastfeeding her baby, 5 months old, under her t shirt. Not **** out No feminist flags waving No brazen cocky smile. Just a hungry baby and a mother made by nature And some milk "Put em away Love", slurs an ugly man halfway down the carriage. The other passengers are divided. Some sink deeper into their headphones, under their broadsheets. The others are ready for revolution, sit up straighter and plan an attack phrase or a protective move. But this is what she's been waiting for since she so triumphantly became a successful, proud breastfeeder. With a wet plucking noise she pulls her baby from the ****** where he was so contentedly feeding, where his warm little head was halfway to milky coma dreamland. And she holds him aloft, her grip is confident and full. No one is afraid she will drop him, but he does not want to be there. And in the stark light of the carriage, arms and legs chilly and free in the air he begins to flail them about. His voice throws out mews to every window of the carriage, turning into scratchy shouts as his protest gets stronger. Until the baby, in a blue furry jumper, little bear ears for cute effect, is screaming. Red faced, and with tonsils and tongue vibrating in the storm of his voice. Arms and legs swimming frantically, looking for the bank of the river where warm mummy sits. And over the storm, mummy looks over at the swaying, squinting man and shouts, "WOULD YOU PREFER THIS?" In one movement she cradles the yelling blue cub, shushing and quietly speaking to him as only a mother can, offering her ****** to his mouth until his round fuzzy head is bobbing and his mouth quietly busy resuming his meal. "Or this? " She looks over at him. The man mutters to himself and looks away. At the next stop he gets off the train, tripping down the step onto the platform. The mother releases the challenge in one large breath. She looks up at the two young men sat in front of her. They are smiling, staring in awe. Choking and speechless one of them starts to applaud her. Clapping her and shaking his head, his mate joins in.
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Feb 17, 2017
Feb 17, 2017 at 6:01 PM UTC
Milk on the Tube.
The urban legend going round the mummy club A woman On a tube Breastfeeding her baby, 5 months old, under her t shirt. Not **** out No feminist flags waving No brazen cocky smile. Just a hungry baby and a mother made by nature And some milk "Put em away Love", slurs an ugly man halfway down the carriage. The other passengers are divided. Some sink deeper into their headphones, under their broadsheets. The others are ready for revolution, sit up straighter and plan an attack phrase or a protective move. But this is what she's been waiting for since she so triumphantly became a successful, proud breastfeeder. With a wet plucking noise she pulls her baby from the ****** where he was so contentedly feeding, where his warm little head was halfway to milky coma dreamland. And she holds him aloft, her grip is confident and full. No one is afraid she will drop him, but he does not want to be there. And in the stark light of the carriage, arms and legs chilly and free in the air he begins to flail them about. His voice throws out mews to every window of the carriage, turning into scratchy shouts as his protest gets stronger. Until the baby, in a blue furry jumper, little bear ears for cute effect, is screaming. Red faced, and with tonsils and tongue vibrating in the storm of his voice. Arms and legs swimming frantically, looking for the bank of the river where warm mummy sits. And over the storm, mummy looks over at the swaying, squinting man and shouts, "WOULD YOU PREFER THIS?" In one movement she cradles the yelling blue cub, shushing and quietly speaking to him as only a mother can, offering her ****** to his mouth until his round fuzzy head is bobbing and his mouth quietly busy resuming his meal. "Or this? " She looks over at him. The man mutters to himself and looks away. At the next stop he gets off the train, tripping down the step onto the platform. The mother releases the challenge in one large breath. She looks up at the two young men sat in front of her. They are smiling, staring in awe. Choking and speechless one of them starts to applaud her. Clapping her and shaking his head, his mate joins in.
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Great whales’ hearts thud Allah … Allah Eight times Each grey Minute The hummingbird calls Faster, much faster The name in A whir of Acclamation Knuckly stiff fingers Count misbaha beads In resin while The mind strokes Each for a second A baby’s colic cry And a mother’s Soft shushing Hold a meaning Understood The aches of the Lonely and penitent Are never felt By only One In everything lives The memory of An echo of that First word “Be”
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Apr 7, 2016
Apr 7, 2016 at 12:00 PM UTC
All in All
I know you'll be busy When you're back at home I know you'll forget me More often than not I know you'll find love Over and over again Without you by my side What am I to do? Life got much more enjoyable Since you arrived here Living seemed so easy You lifted weights off me How much can I take When you're no longer here? No longer by my side Shushing me to silence Peace came in your presence And so did simplicity and grace Loving became so easy Smiling, second nature now Please don't forget me For all the memories Will never be lost to me They'll be kept locked Far away in my heart On a treasure island Designed by our souls Hidden from all evil Keep in touch Till I come to see you And am allowed To peep into your life Even just a glimpse Will do of seeing your smile Even your tears will suffice As long as you remember That through it all I will be here or there Not to catch you When you fall But to prevent Your fall In the first place My friend Don't forget me When it's all done When we look back At the good old days Don't forget me When I become but A memory in a far away Past, so quiet, so lovely Honey, let us be friends Till the sun goes down and Lovers have stopped making love And raindrops fill the Earth Till the winter comes And the bears go to sleep And the Indians ain't got meat And the horizons are no longer in sight
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Jun 18, 2014
Jun 18, 2014 at 6:21 AM UTC
Don't you dare forget me
~~~ Happy Hanukkah Brother Nat! ~~~ *this poem is not for young lovers, seasoned soldiers of the heartfelt only need apply, give me my merry mercy-naries to save me from criminal holiday insouciance, shoot me with the rounds of caring, that come so fast and last as long as I can nod and wink...* ~~~ used to drink inspiration from Manhattan sidewalk rain riveted cracks, turn half overheard street conversation snatches into half decent poems by Nat(chez), professors turning phrases, upbringing a brain ratcheting, choreographers, dancing in body and spirit and word, in summation, a thief of opportunity... these days, the pattern prevailing, the El Niño de Natalino, is drawing up works from the wealth of messages and comments, my troubadours, my y'all youse guys, share, so as I compose, not knowing where this goes, I'm just simple knowing, that a heartfelt reach out, addressed as Happy Hanukkah Brother Nat! deserves the recognition of its sweet intent, in a lyric all its own, like a traditional festival Hanukkah jelly donut (true1) t'is the seasonal affectation of salutations all commencing with happy, never struck me as anything deeper than surficial superficial, but this time its textual emendation - the inclusion of genuine brotherly love, loops, Humpty Dumpty cracks and swoops, and here I am fastening word combos, when the clickty clack of the clock says uh-uh, poem in the making, natural verbal child birthing, sleep hours docked, and here I am, begetting instead of shushing a day-older brain to get-thee-to-a-hideaway... *this poem is not for young lovers, seasoned soldiers of the heartfelt only need apply, give me my mercy-naries to save me from criminal holiday insouciance, shoot me with the rounds of caring, that come so fast and last as long as I can nod and wink...* sooner than later it will be the Fourth, and in my eyes a day-deserving of a fireworks spectacular, though the month matters not, the sentiments of brotherhood and live love, independent and freely given, deserves enhanced ignition recognition and herein  supplied... you had me at the greeting so fleeting, then ask my advice, is there to be had a greater compliment, so my mien and demeanor are now modified an oath sworn, till the infamous 31st, every passerby and child will be bequeathed a shockingly rowdy, Happy and Merry, sincerity coated and tinged with you know what... ~~~ Dec. 3, 2015 nyc 11:12 pm
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Dec 3, 2015
Dec 3, 2015 at 11:27 PM UTC
Happy Hanukkah Brother Nat!
~~~ Happy Hanukkah Brother Nat! ~~~ *this poem is not for young lovers, seasoned soldiers of the heartfelt only need apply, give me my merry mercy-naries to save me from criminal holiday insouciance, shoot me with the rounds of caring, that come so fast and last as long as I can nod and wink...* ~~~ used to drink inspiration from Manhattan sidewalk rain riveted cracks, turn half overheard street conversation snatches into half decent poems by Nat(chez), professors turning phrases, upbringing a brain ratcheting, choreographers, dancing in body and spirit and word, in summation, a thief of opportunity... these days, the pattern prevailing, the El Niño de Natalino, is drawing up works from the wealth of messages and comments, my troubadours, my y'all youse guys, share, so as I compose, not knowing where this goes, I'm just simple knowing, that a heartfelt reach out, addressed as Happy Hanukkah Brother Nat! deserves the recognition of its sweet intent, in a lyric all its own, like a traditional festival Hanukkah jelly donut (true1) t'is the seasonal affectation of salutations all commencing with happy, never struck me as anything deeper than surficial superficial, but this time its textual emendation - the inclusion of genuine brotherly love, loops, Humpty Dumpty cracks and swoops, and here I am fastening word combos, when the clickty clack of the clock says uh-uh, poem in the making, natural verbal child birthing, sleep hours docked, and here I am, begetting instead of shushing a day-older brain to get-thee-to-a-hideaway... *this poem is not for young lovers, seasoned soldiers of the heartfelt only need apply, give me my mercy-naries to save me from criminal holiday insouciance, shoot me with the rounds of caring, that come so fast and last as long as I can nod and wink...* sooner than later it will be the Fourth, and in my eyes a day-deserving of a fireworks spectacular, though the month matters not, the sentiments of brotherhood and live love, independent and freely given, deserves enhanced ignition recognition and herein  supplied... you had me at the greeting so fleeting, then ask my advice, is there to be had a greater compliment, so my mien and demeanor are now modified an oath sworn, till the infamous 31st, every passerby and child will be bequeathed a shockingly rowdy, Happy and Merry, sincerity coated and tinged with you know what... ~~~ Dec. 3, 2015 nyc 11:12 pm
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The glamour, the lights and flashes, the gold and the silver, I call it home. Crowds filling the seats, then the shushing, then the quiet, and it starts. They watch and follow, little prying eyes, where your feet goes, where your fingers glide. After all, I'm a performer, and this is the stage that I call home. But who stays after the velvet curtain call. When the show is done, who remembers? And what is remembered? Aside from the weary bones, broken ribs, and flailing arms. Who stays? To sit on the red seats, in the dark, to watch a wretched performer?
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Oct 5, 2021
Oct 5, 2021 at 12:50 PM UTC
Performer
And the sun is rising. A crisp winter dawn is giving birth to this great city. Rays of light kissing one way signs with promises amidst the building chaos. The ear-spitting labour song gathers momentum and breaks into a cacophony of horns panting, rails screeching, breaks shushing, crowds pushing, rushing to the sound of can I get a hoagie? a bagel, black coffee, eggs scrambled into the pulsating clouds light with smiles and heavy with the fuming of exhaust pipes contracting to the crowning of car bonnets and head lamps and taxi cab signs dancing in a place, to a pace and a rhythm constructed, conducted by a lone woman in blue with benign brown eyes leading a symphony of brake light beating, feet pounding, bus groaning, venders sighing, newborns crying, school bus squealing, pedal revving, fingers drumming, foot tapping pedestrians building to erupt in a crescendo of a man asking to buy a cigarette for a dollar and refusing to accept it for free. To a heavy building door held open by a New York giant inviting me in; welcoming me to the raw, ragged, rich, beautiful carnage of the afterbirth.
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Dec 2, 2013
Dec 2, 2013 at 9:39 AM UTC
New York Morning
Envisioning that fruitful destination Syncing her beats to each seconds Yearning for a scented authority’s presence Losing herself into a euphoric voltage Pandemonium of such motives Were always there..Always will be She knows them. She longs for them Every single time. Every single night Surreal substances start to charge up Making such explosions ready Playing with an amorous fire, already Expanding. Flaring. Urging. Settling Surreal shade transforms Into a crashing truculence Calling that raw paradise of an ecstasy’s cage Spreading between such lusciousness Contemplating that dash of her lustrous rage Shushing herself, oh so quietly She awaits..
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May 11, 2017
May 11, 2017 at 11:07 AM UTC
Anticipation
I hear you calling me whispering softly blowing my hair gently a featherlike touch on my face I hear you calling me in my dreams silencing my screams shushing my troubles away I hear you calling me in tranquil times smiling benovently revelling in my good moments I hear you calling me always I hope I hear you always I miss you always I love you Grandad always
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Apr 12, 2013
Apr 12, 2013 at 7:53 AM UTC
I Hear You
By. Lauren Silence, Silence, Silence, Shushing. Why is it we sigh in relief? A leap for joy when no words are to be said. The fading of a pounding sensation in the head. The souls who most long for it seem to never find it. Silence, Silence, Silence, I must shush now before my words become poison to someone else's mind.
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Apr 11, 2019
Apr 11, 2019 at 7:31 AM UTC
Silence
not  the prophylactic kind, nor the rubber kiss road tire kind. but the rubber of bodies old and young, tired and tense, young and flexible migrained, played & splayed, pain paralyzed, soothed by cherubic fingertips oiled with, anointed by, a-custom cream of tenderizing aloe and gentling, kind loving quieting & shushing tho mine own temples, raging, feverish, combobulating as words spill as ********* and then *she sleepy whines: why did you stop rubbing me?* and for a sleep deep, she leaves me, going unanswered but happily nonetheless boy be typing The End
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Jun 22, 2025
Jun 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM UTC
My Primary Role, Rubb'er (To sleep, perchance to dream; aye, there's the rub)
good god a gaggle of girls read the dispatch thrice; the hierarchical lines some straight and some dotted but all I know they got a genealogical baseball team femi-nine and maybe an NFL eleven when the twins get older (husbands and sons ride the motorcycle bench and back up if necessary, and good for musical accompaniment) ~oh yeah, for Medusa~ this megillah message team meant for  me to assauge my mother hubbard accusations  only partial reveals the player’s names: but if you google a gaggle of strong women you become informed there is a: Queens Esther, Miriam, an Eve, four matriarchal outfielders, Batsheva pitching and only Ruth, can catch her **** curveball in between an occasional poem gig whose costs are covered under the mental health clause of a health care plan but only in California   too cavalier, get it, you prefer this perhaps sinewed strength in arms that can carry three children at once, age is not a factual issue, for there is an army of women soldiers who are a troop contingent, everyone’s back is covered always-full stop- they curve like the Earth’s crust, magma formed strong and mineral rich, curved to better resist the comets the heavens cannot resist to send & test the mettle of a gaggle of stronger women sinewy arms entwined reenforced alas the grandpa must here resist and rest, lunch prep before Sgt. Stubby movie at noon, in reclining chairs they ride like wild horses and all our shushing noisier than their giggles just google a gaggle of strong kids, you’ll see what I mean in this, we do possess a giggle of expertise sunday 10:15am
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Apr 15, 2018
Apr 15, 2018 at 10:28 AM UTC
good god a gaggle of girls
good god a gaggle of girls read the dispatch thrice; the hierarchical lines some straight and some dotted but all I know they got a genealogical baseball team femi-nine and maybe an NFL eleven when the twins get older (husbands and sons ride the motorcycle bench and back up if necessary, and good for musical accompaniment) ~oh yeah, for Medusa~ this megillah message team meant for  me to assauge my mother hubbard accusations  only partial reveals the player’s names: but if you google a gaggle of strong women you become informed there is a: Queens Esther, Miriam, an Eve, four matriarchal outfielders, Batsheva pitching and only Ruth, can catch her **** curveball in between an occasional poem gig whose costs are covered under the mental health clause of a health care plan but only in California   too cavalier, get it, you prefer this perhaps sinewed strength in arms that can carry three children at once, age is not a factual issue, for there is an army of women soldiers who are a troop contingent, everyone’s back is covered always-full stop- they curve like the Earth’s crust, magma formed strong and mineral rich, curved to better resist the comets the heavens cannot resist to send & test the mettle of a gaggle of stronger women sinewy arms entwined reenforced alas the grandpa must here resist and rest, lunch prep before Sgt. Stubby movie at noon, in reclining chairs they ride like wild horses and all our shushing noisier than their giggles just google a gaggle of strong kids, you’ll see what I mean in this, we do possess a giggle of expertise sunday 10:15am
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Walking around amsterdam airport with a bag smelling like tea tree oil a flight, a bus , a coach and a 25 min walk to go  --- but for now, I'm standing in the wrong line.                                                                                  Twice. He calls me out in 53 seconds bursts/ Stinging laughing tears trickle jump ooze -- It was only a matter of time until he would see this deeply, only I didn't think it would feel so much like questioning what it is I actually want from my actions and why I'm destroying so much to get there. Or finally knowing that my self consciousness manifests as a narcissistic, heavy missile on the other side of existence. Or that I'd be thanking him, even through this blurred pain in my chest. That I would push away just to feel that tidal pull of love's metaphysical gravity spool and spin , turning vortexes, drawing me back to him as the worlds we built burn , rendered to fragrant ashes. Some where else it feels different, lighter... In the world behind my eyes landscape weather systems.... swierall / cloaouudss! We are playing despite the uncertainty still, life lives her vibrant hues through me. watchu playin at fool !! Dance where the music is , let her 10pm sunset strokes caress you to sleep. My centre's essence clear water sustenance ready to flow through these charred veins, giving myself over to mystery, you are further away then you've been             still geographically I'm the closest I've been to you since last. board the plane love rushing forth for the angered tiredness from your voice  runs rings round my mind,                                      prompts me           I'm praying now, in ernest, to Great Spirit that I may have the humility and strength, humor and vision in this becoming.... time is shushing me now,                                                      give yourselves the healing space, she croons as I sleep sailing through the atmospheric ocean.
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May 23, 2015
May 23, 2015 at 2:55 AM UTC
Coldness can burn fiercer than heat or Flushing out Phoenix Ashes
Walking around amsterdam airport with a bag smelling like tea tree oil a flight, a bus , a coach and a 25 min walk to go  --- but for now, I'm standing in the wrong line.                                                                                  Twice. He calls me out in 53 seconds bursts/ Stinging laughing tears trickle jump ooze -- It was only a matter of time until he would see this deeply, only I didn't think it would feel so much like questioning what it is I actually want from my actions and why I'm destroying so much to get there. Or finally knowing that my self consciousness manifests as a narcissistic, heavy missile on the other side of existence. Or that I'd be thanking him, even through this blurred pain in my chest. That I would push away just to feel that tidal pull of love's metaphysical gravity spool and spin , turning vortexes, drawing me back to him as the worlds we built burn , rendered to fragrant ashes. Some where else it feels different, lighter... In the world behind my eyes landscape weather systems.... swierall / cloaouudss! We are playing despite the uncertainty still, life lives her vibrant hues through me. watchu playin at fool !! Dance where the music is , let her 10pm sunset strokes caress you to sleep. My centre's essence clear water sustenance ready to flow through these charred veins, giving myself over to mystery, you are further away then you've been             still geographically I'm the closest I've been to you since last. board the plane love rushing forth for the angered tiredness from your voice  runs rings round my mind,                                      prompts me           I'm praying now, in ernest, to Great Spirit that I may have the humility and strength, humor and vision in this becoming.... time is shushing me now,                                                      give yourselves the healing space, she croons as I sleep sailing through the atmospheric ocean.
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Rules are only boundaries Set in place to break People only want to see The side of you that's fake. I walk on the wrong side of the street I live my life toe-tapping to the backbeat. I can't dance or even clap Rocking in my own little world They don't hear the backbeat And so call me absurd. Thunk-tap, thunk-tap ***** that bounce, jump ropes turn All you hear is thunk, the tap A language you can't learn. Try to cover me, the shushing falls in sheets But try as you might, you can't drown out the backbeat. Think of life with no backbeat Thunk thunk it's simple song A perfect and boring example Of where we all went wrong. Thunk-TAP, thunk-TAP The backbeat comes back in, beginning now to swell Thunk-TAP, thunk-TAP, thunk-TAP, thunk-TAP Faster, louder, a rhythm you can't quell. This is who I am, I'm turning up the heat Rendering you uncomfortable in the echo of my backbeat.
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Jul 2, 2016
Jul 2, 2016 at 2:57 PM UTC
Backbeat
Bobbing to a swaying gait, Torch light bounces at the edge of the world. Laughter and larks hushed like the shushing waves, As we crumple daisies and kick the tops off mole hills. Home is only a field away, But in the adjusting night, sleeping undercover never seemed so surplus to requirement. Clear skies, rum-bellies, A watery film between the heavens and earth make freckle impressions on the sky, Blemishes on perfect tone but it's all the more beautiful for it. Deep indigo, emerald green, pillar box red then bed. Zips bid the outside world goodnight. Goodnight to hedgerows and gorse and guide ropes. Goodnight rabbit warrens and linnet nests and bog asphodel. Goodnight puffins and the minky whales and the surf. Goodnight salty hair, goodnight cold noses, goodnight.
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Oct 23, 2019
Oct 23, 2019 at 10:51 AM UTC
Goodnight
"Do you think less of me?" "Why would you even consider that thought?" He sounded offended. "I guess failures make you less of a person." He pulled me into a hug and breathed to my hair. Shushing the chaos that took residence in the crevices of my thoughts. In that moment, failing seemed to be worlds away. He looked at me like I was magic, and maybe I was. Maybe I was too preoccupied highlighting my flaws, and there he was counting all the amazing things that I deny day in and day out. He looked at me like I can do anything, and maybe I actually could. Maybe I could be invincible, because it sure as hell felt like it whenever he smiles at me with the silent words saying "I'm proud of you, always." Maybe I am set for greater things, maybe I am so much more than I give myself credit for, maybe I am meant to be a supernova in the vastness of his galaxy. How could this amazing man hug a ticking bomb as if cradling a new born child? How could he see past the imperfection and still call me beautiful? How could a man like him exist in a world full of doubts and cynicism? And maybe I am actually winning in life despite the failures because I have him.
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May 4, 2016
May 4, 2016 at 12:11 PM UTC
Supernova
Somedays I'm so angry all I see is red And it can't be fixed by words said Sometimes I'm so lost in my own head I feel I've lost months of my life Theses moments filled with strife People all around, but it's just me crying in front of that mirror Am I ever gonna be someone's wife? Or are things as grim as they appear? They're are days so dark just the thought of leavin this bed hurts Another day no show at work The fact that most days I couldn't care less Well, that stress could lead to an early death Some nights I stare out my window Staring at all the twinkling stars I really question my life's purpose The moonlight shines bright on all my scars My head carries on like a circus I bury my head in my knees, covering my ears Shushing the negative voices that have been with me for years Everyday I know I'm whining All the time I want an easy fix But nothin every sticks All the time these chains are binding I have to break free This self hatred is quickly killing me The key to unlock this madness lays on the floor just outta my reach Taunting me I think I get it You gotta practice what you preach Today no matter who's near, I'm the only one who can change My eyes start to droop Been up for days, so it's not all that strange Over thinking, under doing Under going Glaring at the key As if its all knowing But I look at myself in the mirror again The key does know how to change this gloomy fate Going in this direction I'm clearly far from winning Still not sure what I'm losing Everything, everyone is gone And I'm fading out like an over played song I'm losing me to me I slide to the ground, chains clinking against each other All wrapped up I lay my head down Stare out the window My mind goes blank And tonight for a short period of time Life lets me be
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Aug 14, 2013
Aug 14, 2013 at 9:12 AM UTC
Life lets me be
Somedays I'm so angry all I see is red And it can't be fixed by words said Sometimes I'm so lost in my own head I feel I've lost months of my life Theses moments filled with strife People all around, but it's just me crying in front of that mirror Am I ever gonna be someone's wife? Or are things as grim as they appear? They're are days so dark just the thought of leavin this bed hurts Another day no show at work The fact that most days I couldn't care less Well, that stress could lead to an early death Some nights I stare out my window Staring at all the twinkling stars I really question my life's purpose The moonlight shines bright on all my scars My head carries on like a circus I bury my head in my knees, covering my ears Shushing the negative voices that have been with me for years Everyday I know I'm whining All the time I want an easy fix But nothin every sticks All the time these chains are binding I have to break free This self hatred is quickly killing me The key to unlock this madness lays on the floor just outta my reach Taunting me I think I get it You gotta practice what you preach Today no matter who's near, I'm the only one who can change My eyes start to droop Been up for days, so it's not all that strange Over thinking, under doing Under going Glaring at the key As if its all knowing But I look at myself in the mirror again The key does know how to change this gloomy fate Going in this direction I'm clearly far from winning Still not sure what I'm losing Everything, everyone is gone And I'm fading out like an over played song I'm losing me to me I slide to the ground, chains clinking against each other All wrapped up I lay my head down Stare out the window My mind goes blank And tonight for a short period of time Life lets me be
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Unlike the slow and groaning gloaming, A creeping darling Moaning morning Heavy lashed and lulling With a shushing fingered longing, Puts her eyes on, limp and limpid, And steals through fields of lamb-licked grass. In the city, roofs are cracking And the light is soundly whacking At the windows of the sisters Sharing bedrooms with their brothers And sunlight settles on the curtains Of a girl who is uncertain Of the boy she’s waking up with Who is feeling up her **** Politeness stops her yawning On this creeping darling moaning morning.
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Oct 27, 2013
Oct 27, 2013 at 2:01 PM UTC
dawn
I’m Coming for you Bob...
To Hull & Back... to Carver’s Just for the Mushy Peas!
 As a little lad, I think on a Sat’day morning, we’d go 
to a market somewhere, was it on the docks?
 Asked our Brian, he’s smart, he said it were... I thought - he’d know. ...After all the mooching, the tugging, the shushing, the rows and all me **** “where’s he gone nows?” 
If I stuck it out long enough wi’out gerrin’ a clout, we’d sit inside, or sometimes out,
 of a blue striped tent - and I’d eat mushy peas. There might have been chips,
 there could have been fish; Mam always had fish,
 Brian, would have had a pattie... well, he was 12(ish)
 Not sure I’d even have known about patties all them years back. But anyway peas is what sticks in my mind…
 and all down the front of me jumper...or sometimes on me mac. They say - if you haven’t been to Carver’s
 you haven’t been to Hull.
 Well Bob... I’m coming back!… And’ll
bet, when I was digging mushy peas
 with my fork back in Fifty Three,
 it were your Grandad, (also Bob) would have been serving me! Cheers! And, I know it's cheeky - but - Can I have scraps wi'that?
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Dec 30, 2020
Dec 30, 2020 at 10:27 AM UTC
Bob Carver’s Mushy Peas - Hull 1953