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"smog" poems
In The Prison Of Winter, No Rise, No Set orbit nearly closed, the radio announcer gleefully chirruping, the twittering fool, "only ** graves to X off till                                                spring" the weight of the prior the wait of the more no matter how little yet to come                     too much insufferable having suffered multiple life sentences you snit **** u don't know better, ha, they don't even run                                          concurrently there are no sunsets in the girding grays of harsher enough and words that fail me, are the winners in the winter of the **** tests and hunts, I have successfully                                  failed of course I'm wrong you petulant hobgoblin wringing nyet from me you'll get no concession, **** science, there are no sunsets in the winter and the sunrises, short unsweetened, light-less, less of less, frigid glaring revealers of dead trees and deader                     men maybe in the Rockies, perhaps the Alps, wonderlands photoshopped, pretty lies on the Internet BS posted where I live, wear the wear the weary neath the sweat stink of layers of unbundled choking hands, winter's damage assessed and assessment is never overdue, payable in                                              immediacy heating bills I can't pay, a job that said no more of you, unpretty please, a woman who sorcerer-scarced herself right freaking black magic quick, trust me I have certified verified, me and Nixon, X's on the kitchen calendar, there is daylight, there is mighty night, almighty in long and colorless and nothing in between, but the smog stained slush of                                                     smothered life but definitely no sunrises and no sunsets watched all day from the imprisoning kitchen window which doubles as a **** you                        mirror there are no, not any, you know what, cannot even say them, the pipe dreams of better yet, pipes that have beaten down me and my disassociated senses, signed sealed and now delivered, from the formerly known as The Summer Man
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Mar 14, 2015
Mar 14, 2015 at 9:39 AM UTC
In the Prison of Winter, No Rise, No Set
In The Prison Of Winter, No Rise, No Set orbit nearly closed, the radio announcer gleefully chirruping, the twittering fool, "only ** graves to X off till                                                spring" the weight of the prior the wait of the more no matter how little yet to come                     too much insufferable having suffered multiple life sentences you snit **** u don't know better, ha, they don't even run                                          concurrently there are no sunsets in the girding grays of harsher enough and words that fail me, are the winners in the winter of the **** tests and hunts, I have successfully                                  failed of course I'm wrong you petulant hobgoblin wringing nyet from me you'll get no concession, **** science, there are no sunsets in the winter and the sunrises, short unsweetened, light-less, less of less, frigid glaring revealers of dead trees and deader                     men maybe in the Rockies, perhaps the Alps, wonderlands photoshopped, pretty lies on the Internet BS posted where I live, wear the wear the weary neath the sweat stink of layers of unbundled choking hands, winter's damage assessed and assessment is never overdue, payable in                                              immediacy heating bills I can't pay, a job that said no more of you, unpretty please, a woman who sorcerer-scarced herself right freaking black magic quick, trust me I have certified verified, me and Nixon, X's on the kitchen calendar, there is daylight, there is mighty night, almighty in long and colorless and nothing in between, but the smog stained slush of                                                     smothered life but definitely no sunrises and no sunsets watched all day from the imprisoning kitchen window which doubles as a **** you                        mirror there are no, not any, you know what, cannot even say them, the pipe dreams of better yet, pipes that have beaten down me and my disassociated senses, signed sealed and now delivered, from the formerly known as The Summer Man
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Shriveled & shrunken. Intoxicated & drunken. Hung over & agitated. Mild to moderate brain activity. Common sense & basic reason lacks mental ability. Bad with money & squanders financial stability. Passing a psychological mental health evaluation not quite. Kept in a straight jacket & sedated in isolation they do spit & bite. They go through everyone's trash day & night. They panhandle at the street lights. They have tempers & pick fights. Nothing they do is legal or right. Slobs with no jobs. They lack work ethics. The sight & stench of them is sick. They're sad story is lies & tricks. Not a truth that sticks. They cuss & their pocked face oozes **** Their frontal lobe is filled with dust. About telling your teacher the truth they get homicidal & make a fuss. They drive a piece of **** car consisting of smog & rust. Getting arrested for 365 × 3 + 2 counts of child **** is never a bust. Keep your children away from drunks. Some drunks get violent, beat you & lock you on a trunk. Most pedofiles & rapists are drinkers. Not religious or moral thinkers. With shingles, hpv virus, ****** & boyles. Zero morals as hideous as an ugly *** gargoyle. Enjoy arguing,  screams & shouts. Daily drunk driving & behind the wheel blackouts.
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Feb 8, 2015
Feb 8, 2015 at 10:51 PM UTC
Innocence Unattended
i’ve never had feelings for anyone who could be good for me. i’ve never been interested in someone where a good, healthy relationship could’ve resulted, and maybe that’s why i’m so jaded, because everyone i’ve ever liked has just been a distraction or a house on fire— someone i know i shouldn’t be involved with, but i’ll give myself just a few more days to run around frantically with my hands over my eyes, peaking through the cracks between my fingers, searching for things i know i don’t really need, and then i’ll dash out and run down the driveway and the smog will linger for a little while, and the neighbors will complain, and i’ll sit on the curb with my forehead on my knees, holding nothing but intangible regret. next, i’ll either get over it, or obsessively think about him and the ashes smudged on the inside of my eyelids for longer than my sanity. i’ve never really liked someone and been able to daydream about the real possibility of us turning into something greater; of tire swings and painted mailboxes and overgrown, green lawns. it’s always been pretending and fake hope and melodramatic doom. i think it’s messed up my perception of having feelings for someone, because i can never take it seriously— either i know he’s not right for me, or i know the circumstances prohibit the possibility of us. it makes me never want to give anyone a chance (i can’t even see anyone worth chance-giving) because i know how it ends. i don’t like having this closed off heart so early on; i’m too young to be this bitter.
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Oct 22, 2014
Oct 22, 2014 at 10:10 PM UTC
such a sinking feeling
i’ve never had feelings for anyone who could be good for me. i’ve never been interested in someone where a good, healthy relationship could’ve resulted, and maybe that’s why i’m so jaded, because everyone i’ve ever liked has just been a distraction or a house on fire— someone i know i shouldn’t be involved with, but i’ll give myself just a few more days to run around frantically with my hands over my eyes, peaking through the cracks between my fingers, searching for things i know i don’t really need, and then i’ll dash out and run down the driveway and the smog will linger for a little while, and the neighbors will complain, and i’ll sit on the curb with my forehead on my knees, holding nothing but intangible regret. next, i’ll either get over it, or obsessively think about him and the ashes smudged on the inside of my eyelids for longer than my sanity. i’ve never really liked someone and been able to daydream about the real possibility of us turning into something greater; of tire swings and painted mailboxes and overgrown, green lawns. it’s always been pretending and fake hope and melodramatic doom. i think it’s messed up my perception of having feelings for someone, because i can never take it seriously— either i know he’s not right for me, or i know the circumstances prohibit the possibility of us. it makes me never want to give anyone a chance (i can’t even see anyone worth chance-giving) because i know how it ends. i don’t like having this closed off heart so early on; i’m too young to be this bitter.
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Songs of Oregon: No. 1 “Gonna Make You Crazy, That Place” nuts, crazy peeps whomever wherever, regardless of race creed color or gender (did I get ‘em all?) current state of residence (geo-identified) a poem - the very same recited, as a disclaimer, a yellow finger wagging warning: “Don’t go! If you go, you won’t come back” now kids, I’m a veteran of foreign travel, many continents, cold and hot, rivers and seas, some living, some dead, some so big they named it Endless, been to the great cities, Swiss villages, pyramids, climbed Masada, danced on grapes (why can’t I recall where) skied the Alps, trekked the Sinai Desert, clubbed in Rio, and danced till morn, on a certain Greek Isle that rhymes with Mickey’s Nose even been to L.A and San Fran, left poorer but in sync, always came home with my mind decently reshaped me/ a product of gritty unpretty grime, streets of normal humans acting like normal escaped mad persons, this brutal city island instilled a layer of fat and smog neath my skin, a kind of migrating duck-like survival kit, came with a homing beacon included the those of you who know me, perhaps too well, ken we citified islanders love our beaches (fire hydrants) cherish our sun dappled blessings upon on farms (window sill herb gardens) and sunning settlements (rooftops) they say our tap water is secretly bottled, sold in places where the springs purportedly run crystalline though we don’t got no pinot, just sweet concord grape, so sweet, the wine of children and street nodders, needy for instant sugar highs so as we new Yorkers proudly say on our license plates, prove it or stfup! so a first hand investigation for which the taxpayers won’t be charged even a lousy mill, deemed necessary to put to rest this crazy claiming warning “Don’t go! If you go, you won’t come back” guessing must be something in the water and the wine
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Jun 5, 2018
Jun 5, 2018 at 9:00 AM UTC
Songs of Oregon: No. 1 “Gonna Make You Crazy, That Place”
Songs of Oregon: No. 1 “Gonna Make You Crazy, That Place” nuts, crazy peeps whomever wherever, regardless of race creed color or gender (did I get ‘em all?) current state of residence (geo-identified) a poem - the very same recited, as a disclaimer, a yellow finger wagging warning: “Don’t go! If you go, you won’t come back” now kids, I’m a veteran of foreign travel, many continents, cold and hot, rivers and seas, some living, some dead, some so big they named it Endless, been to the great cities, Swiss villages, pyramids, climbed Masada, danced on grapes (why can’t I recall where) skied the Alps, trekked the Sinai Desert, clubbed in Rio, and danced till morn, on a certain Greek Isle that rhymes with Mickey’s Nose even been to L.A and San Fran, left poorer but in sync, always came home with my mind decently reshaped me/ a product of gritty unpretty grime, streets of normal humans acting like normal escaped mad persons, this brutal city island instilled a layer of fat and smog neath my skin, a kind of migrating duck-like survival kit, came with a homing beacon included the those of you who know me, perhaps too well, ken we citified islanders love our beaches (fire hydrants) cherish our sun dappled blessings upon on farms (window sill herb gardens) and sunning settlements (rooftops) they say our tap water is secretly bottled, sold in places where the springs purportedly run crystalline though we don’t got no pinot, just sweet concord grape, so sweet, the wine of children and street nodders, needy for instant sugar highs so as we new Yorkers proudly say on our license plates, prove it or stfup! so a first hand investigation for which the taxpayers won’t be charged even a lousy mill, deemed necessary to put to rest this crazy claiming warning “Don’t go! If you go, you won’t come back” guessing must be something in the water and the wine
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having the low down blues and going into a restraunt to eat. you sit at a table. the waitress smiles at you. she's dumpy. her *** is too big. she radiates kindess and symphaty. live with her 3 months and a man would no real agony. o.k., you'll tip her 15 percent. you order a turkey sandwich and a beer. the man at the table across from you has watery blue eyes and a head like an elephant. at a table further down are 3 men with very tiny heads and long necks like ostiches. they talk loudly of land development. why, you think, did I ever come in here when I have the low-down blues? then the the waitress comes back eith the sandwich and she asks you if there will be anything else? snd you tell her, no no, this will be fine. then somebody behind you laughs. it's a cork laugh filled with sand and broken glass. you begin eating the sandwhich. it's something. it's a minor, difficult, sensible action like composing a popular song to make a 14-year old weep. you order another beer. jesus,look at that guy his hands hang down almost to his knees and he's whistling. well, time to get out. pivk up the bill. tip. go to the register. pay. pick up a toothpick. go out the door. your car is still there. and there are 3 men with heads and necks like ostriches all getting into one car. they each have a toothpick and now they are talking about women. they drive away first they drive away fast. they're best i guess. it's an unberably hot day. there's a first-stage smog alert. all the birds and plants are dead or dying. you start the engine.
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Another Day
having the low down blues and going into a restraunt to eat. you sit at a table. the waitress smiles at you. she's dumpy. her *** is too big. she radiates kindess and symphaty. live with her 3 months and a man would no real agony. o.k., you'll tip her 15 percent. you order a turkey sandwich and a beer. the man at the table across from you has watery blue eyes and a head like an elephant. at a table further down are 3 men with very tiny heads and long necks like ostiches. they talk loudly of land development. why, you think, did I ever come in here when I have the low-down blues? then the the waitress comes back eith the sandwich and she asks you if there will be anything else? snd you tell her, no no, this will be fine. then somebody behind you laughs. it's a cork laugh filled with sand and broken glass. you begin eating the sandwhich. it's something. it's a minor, difficult, sensible action like composing a popular song to make a 14-year old weep. you order another beer. jesus,look at that guy his hands hang down almost to his knees and he's whistling. well, time to get out. pivk up the bill. tip. go to the register. pay. pick up a toothpick. go out the door. your car is still there. and there are 3 men with heads and necks like ostriches all getting into one car. they each have a toothpick and now they are talking about women. they drive away first they drive away fast. they're best i guess. it's an unberably hot day. there's a first-stage smog alert. all the birds and plants are dead or dying. you start the engine.
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loneliness has defined this old soul. Bittersweet melody has tuned my way of living. I don't know how much my heart could stand the weight and wait for that simple moment, that single spark to feel alive and stop breathing the ashen smog of reality.
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Mar 20, 2016
Mar 20, 2016 at 10:48 AM UTC
ashen smog
Round about is deep black darkness, Darker than the blackest night, Whispering deep 'n dreadful murmurs. Bird dropped dead in midflight. Blind and weeping, lifeless attle, What you see is your own soul, Burnt and weary from the battle. Disenchanted from its goal. In the ash, a spark she smoulders, Crackling, rasping, wounded warrior, Briars squeeze her neck and shoulders, Suffocating in smog-fill'd air. Deep within stagnating waters, Crystal-clear elixir tear, Movement rippling, life astir, Phoenix rises from the slaughter. Still she rises, Golden Daughter, Fears no longer yonder fright, Strength within from those who fought Her, Blackest night turned brightest light.
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Jun 20, 2018
Jun 20, 2018 at 7:04 AM UTC
Circle of Life
If I were doing my Laundry I'd wash my ***** Iran I'd throw in my United States, and pour on the Ivory Soap, scrub up Africa, put all the birds and elephants back in the jungle, I'd wash the Amazon river and clean the oily Carib & Gulf of Mexico,   Rub that smog off the North Pole, wipe up all the pipelines in Alaska,   Rub a dub dub for Rocky Flats and Los Alamos, Flush that sparkly Cesium out of Love Canal Rinse down the Acid Rain over the Parthenon & Sphinx, Drain Sludge out of the Mediterranean basin & make it azure again, Put some blueing back into the sky over the Rhine, bleach the little Clouds so snow return white as snow, Cleanse the Hudson Thames & Neckar, Drain the Suds out of Lake Erie   Then I'd throw big Asia in one giant Load & wash out the blood & Agent Orange, Dump the whole mess of Russia and China in the wringer, squeeze out the tattletail Gray of U.S. Central American police state, & put the planet in the drier & let it sit 20 minutes or an Aeon till it came out clean.                                                      Allen Ginsberg                                                     Boulder, 26 April, 1980 .
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Apr 6, 2014
Apr 6, 2014 at 5:51 AM UTC
Homework (by Allen Ginsberg)
Our mortal sins and fatal flaws, our selfishness for "the better cause". Our greed, our envy and lust, our desire for acceptance, our ignorant trust. Our broken promises and tainted lies, the human race, the smog filled skies.
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Jul 16, 2014
Jul 16, 2014 at 3:54 PM UTC
Humanity
Yank myself out of bed Peel the film of sleep from 'round my head It's 4:00 AM And all the world is dead. It's 4:00 AM and all the world is dead. From the streets every man has fled. But in hours it again shall be Brimming with potential; energy set free. I assemble my appearance. Staring into the mirror, I say to myself: "One last time. "One final tour." The door is open, before it I stand To face morning's faint chill Surrounded by paling blue. There! The first bird's trill. The air is sweet And free of smog. The faintest fog Is draped on the trees. The empty street beckons And freely I obey. I have things I need to do Before the commencement of the day. I pass the playground on the corner, Where I wasted time as a child. Where many a battle was fought And we had adventures in the wild. Past the playground and to my left There is the river bank Where I went fishing with my father And my friends and I made our mothers mad: Where we lit our little fires And we had our first drinks. Where we shared our first joint And came to talk and think. Our school is down the way. We all can safely say It's the place where we first learned Classes and books have less to say than the real world. We became: Artists. Athletes. Academics. Our achievements Are scrawled upon The stone walls That lined that same river. A little further on, And there's the little store Where I kissed my first fleeting love Just outside the door. I keep walking, I keep walking, Until I reach the shore. I put my back against a rock And rest on that sandy floor. The life that I'll soon be leaving Lies behind me asleep While I watch the sun lazily rise Over the mysterious, unexplored deep. I built myself in this town And it built me as well. But I cannot stay much longer: In a few hours I will bid it farewell. Will I ever make it back? Will I ever return To trace the scrawlings by the riverbank With bare fingers full of nostalgia? Nothing at all is sure. Therefore I must take this last chance To make my final tour.
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May 8, 2015
May 8, 2015 at 8:25 AM UTC
Final Tour
Yank myself out of bed Peel the film of sleep from 'round my head It's 4:00 AM And all the world is dead. It's 4:00 AM and all the world is dead. From the streets every man has fled. But in hours it again shall be Brimming with potential; energy set free. I assemble my appearance. Staring into the mirror, I say to myself: "One last time. "One final tour." The door is open, before it I stand To face morning's faint chill Surrounded by paling blue. There! The first bird's trill. The air is sweet And free of smog. The faintest fog Is draped on the trees. The empty street beckons And freely I obey. I have things I need to do Before the commencement of the day. I pass the playground on the corner, Where I wasted time as a child. Where many a battle was fought And we had adventures in the wild. Past the playground and to my left There is the river bank Where I went fishing with my father And my friends and I made our mothers mad: Where we lit our little fires And we had our first drinks. Where we shared our first joint And came to talk and think. Our school is down the way. We all can safely say It's the place where we first learned Classes and books have less to say than the real world. We became: Artists. Athletes. Academics. Our achievements Are scrawled upon The stone walls That lined that same river. A little further on, And there's the little store Where I kissed my first fleeting love Just outside the door. I keep walking, I keep walking, Until I reach the shore. I put my back against a rock And rest on that sandy floor. The life that I'll soon be leaving Lies behind me asleep While I watch the sun lazily rise Over the mysterious, unexplored deep. I built myself in this town And it built me as well. But I cannot stay much longer: In a few hours I will bid it farewell. Will I ever make it back? Will I ever return To trace the scrawlings by the riverbank With bare fingers full of nostalgia? Nothing at all is sure. Therefore I must take this last chance To make my final tour.
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The sidewalk crow Picking at the stone Like the streets were still his home Nibbling at this mess Of concrete flesh Gasping and rasping To catch a smog-less breath Black thing shimmering In the sweltering city heat No worms to eat Because he can’t crack That grey concrete
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Dec 16, 2014
Dec 16, 2014 at 9:39 AM UTC
The Sidewalk Crow
As I light up This last blonde cigarette, I think of music, Of boats sailing through smoke, Smog. Stars that fall in the ocean, Cosmonauts drifting through space, Their ship destroyed Like a mother who has given birth. Memories of photographs. I think of her As usual.
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Oct 18, 2017
Oct 18, 2017 at 11:03 PM UTC
Last cigarette
Doves Flying, Crying, Dying, In City Smog, White Feathers Stained From Human Garbage, Stained From Society's Words, White Angels Turned Into Common Rock Doves, Tears Rolling Down Their Cheeks, Because They Know They're Lossing Themselves, Doves Crying, On The Statue Of Liberty, Because They Know Freedom Isn't Free, And They Know, No One Is Truly Accepted, Humans Ruthless, Society Clueless, Doves Released At Weddings Cry, Because They Understand That, The Bride And The Groom Will Both Be, Heartbroken, Doves Cry In The Streets, And In The Sky's, Wondering Why, The World Took A Turn For The Worst
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Nov 5, 2012
Nov 5, 2012 at 8:54 AM UTC
Doves Cry
A cloud of smoke and fog so toxic They had to give it a name. Out here, it coils around signs And slinks up the height of buses: Keen and watchful, like a python, Squeezing the life from My lungs. Heavy with ash And tar from the cigarettes. The fumes snake upwards, Swirling in fog, smog, Ashen clouds. There's a sight For sore minds.
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Nov 27, 2018
Nov 27, 2018 at 5:08 AM UTC
Smog
Packed like sardines inside a jeepney— Too full, with a jeepney strike going on. Rushing, mother and child ride along. Greasy, ***** malnourished… The woman holds a can— a makeshift drum. Little boy hands out envelopes, he looks like he's 3 years old, he's most likely 6. Woman beats her drum, nobody listens chatter drowning out the rhythm… Invisible ears to go with invisible envelopes His head touches my legs, dissipating heat— an indicator of how long he's been under the sun and smog The thought chills me… He stares at my sister's shopping bags with searing eyes… Windows that I can’t bear to look into, afraid to see my reflection of clouded guilt and frustration I shake my head, no food to share but my hands reach out to his, to give him some money. My sister remembers a bottle of iced tea, and hands it to him. He has a hard time opening it, and asks for help from the school girls… Invisible again. I reach out and get the bottle from him Temporary refreshment for a body that is parched, for a soul who is thirsty for so much more. I cannot help but gulp in guilty air. He sits on the aisle, savoring the tea as his mother thumps on the can. The little boy retrieves envelopes, all empty— as hollow as the sound of the beating drum. What do you do, what can you do? The jeepney stops. They alight from it... The mother looks back and says, "Salamat." It goes straight to my heart. Her eyes move me most— one eye is cloudy, grayed out, perhaps a manifestation of the storms in her life? That single word seared through me, and I felt how much she meant it… Her thank you made me want to give so much more, to call out to her and give whatever I had at the moment but they are gone... Lost in a crowd of faceless people, and I myself want to get lost, hide my face in shame… What can you do?
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Jan 25, 2012
Jan 25, 2012 at 1:06 AM UTC
Jeepney Ride
Packed like sardines inside a jeepney— Too full, with a jeepney strike going on. Rushing, mother and child ride along. Greasy, ***** malnourished… The woman holds a can— a makeshift drum. Little boy hands out envelopes, he looks like he's 3 years old, he's most likely 6. Woman beats her drum, nobody listens chatter drowning out the rhythm… Invisible ears to go with invisible envelopes His head touches my legs, dissipating heat— an indicator of how long he's been under the sun and smog The thought chills me… He stares at my sister's shopping bags with searing eyes… Windows that I can’t bear to look into, afraid to see my reflection of clouded guilt and frustration I shake my head, no food to share but my hands reach out to his, to give him some money. My sister remembers a bottle of iced tea, and hands it to him. He has a hard time opening it, and asks for help from the school girls… Invisible again. I reach out and get the bottle from him Temporary refreshment for a body that is parched, for a soul who is thirsty for so much more. I cannot help but gulp in guilty air. He sits on the aisle, savoring the tea as his mother thumps on the can. The little boy retrieves envelopes, all empty— as hollow as the sound of the beating drum. What do you do, what can you do? The jeepney stops. They alight from it... The mother looks back and says, "Salamat." It goes straight to my heart. Her eyes move me most— one eye is cloudy, grayed out, perhaps a manifestation of the storms in her life? That single word seared through me, and I felt how much she meant it… Her thank you made me want to give so much more, to call out to her and give whatever I had at the moment but they are gone... Lost in a crowd of faceless people, and I myself want to get lost, hide my face in shame… What can you do?
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skyscraper man on seattle time looms in the corner of swan lake and fry untouchable denim untouchable blueblack plaid jacket he's put together with clothespins he's put together with stipends he's crammed between taxi cab book ends skyscraper man on seattle time stoic as the jet engines roar by all his friends are magazines all his friends currentbrief he's got a little future he's got a few dimes he's got no father to call out the lies skyscraper man on seattle time watches smog children kick ***** on concrete vulnerable under trees writes his novels in purpleink he's married once before he's read crucifixion lore he's returned his money to the store skyscraper man on seattle time looking through spectacles of ***** and brine the rain falls hard the breeze sweet on the leaves he's emptying the soul of modern rock n' roll he's emptying the tray of ashed thought he's emptying the bank account cold skyscraper man on seattle time sheds crinkled skinmemory like the cicada a twin-sized deathbed deathbed in apt. 203 he's nothing. he's ever. he's happened. skyscraper man on seattle time carbon copied and eternal as saltwater as rust invisible and tapping at the runrain window he's nothing. he's ever. he's happened. skyscraper man on seattle time climbs himself to the cosmos lightheaded perfection ethereal visions of fullbloom love and legacy with measure he's nothing. he's ever. he's happened.
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Nov 20, 2012
Nov 20, 2012 at 11:04 AM UTC
nothingeverhappened
Where do you see yourself in a year? Still living here - A tactile skyline atop pillars of smoke Heavy with guilt And the craftsmanship of a generation of men To whom Earth is a rock, immortal Untouched by the bouts of the smog which ascend To hold up their forges? Where that which is green must also be man-made And an old plant-pot On an old window-sill Is the closest to what was here before? Is it a facsimile? Where your throat hurts, Chemicals an ersatz flowing stream Of purest water - And why is rainfall the freshest you can drink? You haven’t always been here. Where were you before? Was it green Or blue, or any other colour Besides this abiding grey? Perhaps There were rainbows and colours And sunlight, unfiltered by smog Or dust. Warm, purposeful. Her fragility charmed you. Because our Earth is not immortal. A wanderer In space, motherly, who are we to defile her? A species of smoke and tar turning her soft hues sour Colours unknown to nature Like a drop of arsenic in a stream flowing through rocks? Do you see yourself living In a fortress, tumultuous to its steel bones Each day burrowing deeper into her body, Claiming her for its own, and ruining her at the same time? So you think about your opportunity. This life which fills her air, pulsing and vibrant, To restore the purity we are missing - Because Human and Nature are as one, Invention is necessary but we are losing our time, Virescent leaves brushing in the wind, Our friends are loving, laughing, living And we realise now that we are able to do so much better. Or does none of that matter, somehow? We make money to spend on plastic. We are born, we work, we breathe, we die, But we are still yet to run out of time So where do you see yourself in a year?
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Nov 8, 2018
Nov 8, 2018 at 4:46 AM UTC
Human Nature
Where do you see yourself in a year? Still living here - A tactile skyline atop pillars of smoke Heavy with guilt And the craftsmanship of a generation of men To whom Earth is a rock, immortal Untouched by the bouts of the smog which ascend To hold up their forges? Where that which is green must also be man-made And an old plant-pot On an old window-sill Is the closest to what was here before? Is it a facsimile? Where your throat hurts, Chemicals an ersatz flowing stream Of purest water - And why is rainfall the freshest you can drink? You haven’t always been here. Where were you before? Was it green Or blue, or any other colour Besides this abiding grey? Perhaps There were rainbows and colours And sunlight, unfiltered by smog Or dust. Warm, purposeful. Her fragility charmed you. Because our Earth is not immortal. A wanderer In space, motherly, who are we to defile her? A species of smoke and tar turning her soft hues sour Colours unknown to nature Like a drop of arsenic in a stream flowing through rocks? Do you see yourself living In a fortress, tumultuous to its steel bones Each day burrowing deeper into her body, Claiming her for its own, and ruining her at the same time? So you think about your opportunity. This life which fills her air, pulsing and vibrant, To restore the purity we are missing - Because Human and Nature are as one, Invention is necessary but we are losing our time, Virescent leaves brushing in the wind, Our friends are loving, laughing, living And we realise now that we are able to do so much better. Or does none of that matter, somehow? We make money to spend on plastic. We are born, we work, we breathe, we die, But we are still yet to run out of time So where do you see yourself in a year?
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Growing up there was chaos reshaping the love; it was the cycle that gave us our dynamic. A single thing acted like a looming shadow as it circled our warm home. It would **** them one by one into its cold smog. I grew used to its presence; making me numb to its touch. I had to settle the rest of their souls by ridding them of the darkness. I was young but I understood pain; I saw it in their eyes, heard it behind a smile, and felt it with the lingering touch - longing to be comforted. Eventually, the shadow turns to light. The pain dissolved, but I still remember every situation I made right - the memories of the darkness still live inside me.
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Sep 4, 2018
Sep 4, 2018 at 12:51 PM UTC
Peacemaker.
The end of Second Summer's day When rain and snow have ceased to be Will see the end of our delay And mark the death of our decree. *Elsewhere the despondent souls Of smoke-stacks rise up from the coals...* As plastic melts beneath the glare And long the Dream was dashed ashore, Then will smog-clouds light the air And cast the fires across the moor. *... Then, far beyond, the wand'ring mirth Will strike the land, and scorch the Earth...* Until the sky is raised in flame We'll walk the trail of frail regrets, And once the world glows hot with shame Shame will then our end beget. *... And so our doing will blaze the sky By MMXXVII*.
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Dec 1, 2018
Dec 1, 2018 at 5:32 PM UTC
MMXXVII
*Stranded in a car, Parking lot castaway, Babylonian sunset, A star sleeping on regret, The cold street lights now casting spells, Down upon a pale face with these eyes painted, With their shadows* The rain soldiers are marching in, They'll crown me with their arrows, I am the queen of the orphans, A city for a throne, And heartless chest for a scepter, It is rumored that there was a cool of the day, But it is not found here, If birds had songs then, They choke and spit out cruel laughter now, Therefore the gulls migrated to die on asphalt, To collect the filth I leave upon the earth, I have sticky fingers on me you see, Attached to soggy gloves **The rats keep eating at my bed, The rats keep eating at my bed, The rats keep eating at my bed,** I cannot sleep tonight, **The rats keep eating at my bed, But feed the rabbits, Feed the rabbits, Feed the rabbits, Feed the rabbits**, The Commercialized Army is pressing in, Following the systematic skein of procedure, **Knit the net, Produce, Consume, Expire, Produce, Consume, Expire, Knit the net, Catch me, Catch me, Catch me, Knit the net** I shouldn't be here                   Where can I find it? I shouldn't be here                   Where can I find it?                                    Will I stop myself? I shouldn't be here                   Where can I find it?                                     Will I stop myself?                                                       Time moves too slow I shouldn't be here,                   Where can I find it?                                     Will I stop myself?                                                       Time moves too slow I shouldn't be-                                                                                And The Sun Goes Down, In, My, Brown, Eyes, Twilight fixation, The orange star sleeps in the smog, My mind in its fog, Here comes the pale ghost eye, Peaking through his veil, Midnight fixation, Staring down, On my brown eye island Where I washed ashore
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Jul 1, 2013
Jul 1, 2013 at 12:44 AM UTC
The Dystopian Part IV: The Beholder
*Stranded in a car, Parking lot castaway, Babylonian sunset, A star sleeping on regret, The cold street lights now casting spells, Down upon a pale face with these eyes painted, With their shadows* The rain soldiers are marching in, They'll crown me with their arrows, I am the queen of the orphans, A city for a throne, And heartless chest for a scepter, It is rumored that there was a cool of the day, But it is not found here, If birds had songs then, They choke and spit out cruel laughter now, Therefore the gulls migrated to die on asphalt, To collect the filth I leave upon the earth, I have sticky fingers on me you see, Attached to soggy gloves **The rats keep eating at my bed, The rats keep eating at my bed, The rats keep eating at my bed,** I cannot sleep tonight, **The rats keep eating at my bed, But feed the rabbits, Feed the rabbits, Feed the rabbits, Feed the rabbits**, The Commercialized Army is pressing in, Following the systematic skein of procedure, **Knit the net, Produce, Consume, Expire, Produce, Consume, Expire, Knit the net, Catch me, Catch me, Catch me, Knit the net** I shouldn't be here                   Where can I find it? I shouldn't be here                   Where can I find it?                                    Will I stop myself? I shouldn't be here                   Where can I find it?                                     Will I stop myself?                                                       Time moves too slow I shouldn't be here,                   Where can I find it?                                     Will I stop myself?                                                       Time moves too slow I shouldn't be-                                                                                And The Sun Goes Down, In, My, Brown, Eyes, Twilight fixation, The orange star sleeps in the smog, My mind in its fog, Here comes the pale ghost eye, Peaking through his veil, Midnight fixation, Staring down, On my brown eye island Where I washed ashore
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Life and its shade canvased by god God made it beautiful But we are adding shades of greys and black enveloping the sky turning fog into smog Putting solute in water bodies that are not dispersible making it turbid mislaying its transparency water is not pure anymore Deforestation converting the forest into the barren land beautiful landscapes are mechanized by man buildings and more building watching stars sounds bookish nature is losing its charm Emotions are blowing over relationships changing accepting changes changing our own self mirrors are showing someone else image and asking you who you are?
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Mar 10, 2011
Mar 10, 2011 at 12:50 AM UTC
Who You Are?
Peter Pan once took me home To Neverland I met everyone From Captain Hook and Mr. Smee To Tiger Lily and Tinkerbell For as long as I could I stayed with the Lost Boys But I soon had enough Of the homesickness Swelling within So I left Neverland But once I returned I saw that the home I had Was gone And the world I knew Was hidden deep in smog And metal "Time passes quick on Neverland," Peter told me "Home is gone," Then we flew back to Neverland Where children came But never left
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Mar 12, 2016
Mar 12, 2016 at 12:40 AM UTC
Neverland
All of the Gnomes from around the globe Just sneezed their very last sneeze They've had enough of this allergy stuff And from the garden they're taking their leave They packed up their bags,  donned their bonnet's and caps Left in the cover of night Said goodbye to the trees along with the birds and the bees And headed out for the big city life No one had a clue from which wind the Gnomes blew It was Wa-La they were suddenly there From Bankers to Lawyers to Tele-marketer callers They infiltrated every career Soon they were drinking like fountains as the bills started mounting With the pressures of the ride to the top Pills became an everyday need to stay awake and fall asleep Not sure when this madness will stop On top of it all they started to cough from the smog And wondered which one was the worst The garden allergies or this black lung disease Either way the Gnomes felt mankind's curse So they turned in their suits and their ill gotten loot And took a trip back to the suberbs Now in the garden they smile cause they know all the while Yes...it could be a lot worse
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Apr 4, 2014
Apr 4, 2014 at 9:15 PM UTC
~Garden Gnomes~
your trash filled sidewalks your smog filled air and morning traffic I could not bear your streets that crawl with poverty that engage your people in robbery your marketplace called 'monument' a paradise I've always dreamt your night sky stars I cannot see as clouds of smoke keep blocking me your reckless drivers your petty thieves your nearest supplier comes down at eve your gangsters stronger than authority and the victim cries so hopelessly your city lights soon will be gone as your electric bill fills up to tons your ambitious leaders up to now, they wonder what is the best that they could offer? O Manila, O Manila I keep longing for thee true is thy beauty in irony
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Jun 24, 2015
Jun 24, 2015 at 10:36 AM UTC
Manila
Homage Kenneth Koch If I were doing my Laundry I'd wash my ***** Iran I'd throw in my United States, and pour on the Ivory Soap, scrub up Africa, put all the birds and elephants back in the jungle, I'd wash the Amazon river and clean the oily Carib & Gulf of Mexico, Rub that smog off the North Pole, wipe up all the pipelines in Alaska, Rub a dub dub for Rocky Flats and Los Alamos, Flush that sparkly Cesium out of Love Canal Rinse down the Acid Rain over the Parthenon & Sphinx, Drain the Sludge out of the Mediterranean basin & make it azure again, Put some blueing back into the sky over the Rhine, bleach the little Clouds so snow return white as snow, Cleanse the Hudson Thames & Neckar, Drain the Suds out of Lake Erie Then I'd throw big Asia in one giant Load & wash out the blood & Agent Orange, Dump the whole mess of Russia and China in the wringer, squeeze out the tattletail Gray of U.S. Central American police state, & put the planet in the drier & let it sit 20 minutes or an Aeon till it came out clean
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