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"species" poems
Just a dew drop, let alone the sea, and a handful of earth, not the Planet Ge. Not a shade of blue, save the rose for bee Purely a clear drop didn’t spill in the core, because the whole sphere feels the pinch. Singing chorus rains down, bouncing back to earth the only open-through planet. No black hole is as deep as the sun jumps, dives in the dew on every flower they wet. Every bird in the trees sings and tweets, yet one is stone quiet, shouldn’t even hiss. Shh! shh, the sleeping beauty is sleeping! Cut above the rest, the unique earth brimming with the infinite finishing line by design pans out to the transcended pi. Pure spring, the waterfront by the Moon, untouched, unspoiled is her swimming pool. How she goes by, wetting her ****** toe Only to bubble high up the transcended circle If only the sun could rise high in that pole, for the rest of species could sneak a peek. She’s there with the capstone of the pyramid! Shots beyond the fixed circle, netting the eyeballs. The stars, the Moon on the move for pure freedom. The thrilled earth did come out, smelling of roses Off the golden cut pi-decimal-abyss digital spring. With a handful of earth and a drop of water dew This is a pure mirroring thanks to the original, you! At the end of the string apt you lovely took her by hand and she took it in emptying her heart and soul. Earth is now too thin on stock, she is no more Just a shadow, a 360-degree hollow flute! Oh light at the end of the tunnel shine and show Play in like in the Night of Ascension once more!
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Apr 8, 2017
Apr 8, 2017 at 8:59 PM UTC
Rose From The Pi Digital Spring
Just a dew drop, let alone the sea, and a handful of earth, not the Planet Ge. Not a shade of blue, save the rose for bee Purely a clear drop didn’t spill in the core, because the whole sphere feels the pinch. Singing chorus rains down, bouncing back to earth the only open-through planet. No black hole is as deep as the sun jumps, dives in the dew on every flower they wet. Every bird in the trees sings and tweets, yet one is stone quiet, shouldn’t even hiss. Shh! shh, the sleeping beauty is sleeping! Cut above the rest, the unique earth brimming with the infinite finishing line by design pans out to the transcended pi. Pure spring, the waterfront by the Moon, untouched, unspoiled is her swimming pool. How she goes by, wetting her ****** toe Only to bubble high up the transcended circle If only the sun could rise high in that pole, for the rest of species could sneak a peek. She’s there with the capstone of the pyramid! Shots beyond the fixed circle, netting the eyeballs. The stars, the Moon on the move for pure freedom. The thrilled earth did come out, smelling of roses Off the golden cut pi-decimal-abyss digital spring. With a handful of earth and a drop of water dew This is a pure mirroring thanks to the original, you! At the end of the string apt you lovely took her by hand and she took it in emptying her heart and soul. Earth is now too thin on stock, she is no more Just a shadow, a 360-degree hollow flute! Oh light at the end of the tunnel shine and show Play in like in the Night of Ascension once more!
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It's never quite right, he said, the way people look, the way the music sounds, the way the words are written. It's never quite right, he said, all the things we are taught, all the loves we chase, all the deaths we die, all the lives we live, they are never quite right, they are hardly close to right, these lives we live one after the other, piled there as history, the waste of the species, the crushing of the light and the way, it's not quite right, it's hardly right at all he said. don't I know it? I answered. I walked away from the mirror. it was morning, it was afternoon, it was night nothing changed it was locked in place. something flashed, something broke, something remained. I walked down the stairway and into it.
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Cut While Shaving
No matter our race or color or creed or way of life or species or breed. No matter our height or girth or scent, we all hate Donald because Donald is a ******* ****
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Nov 9, 2016
Nov 9, 2016 at 10:51 PM UTC
Donald
**1.Language Dissolved in a kiss their eyes created a new language. 2.Symbol there was an eloquent black mole under her lower lip 3.Silence The unruly crowd fell silent in her profound presence 4.Delusion Her lover, an anthropologist, suspected her as a new species! 5.Take bath now, not for cleanliness Her bathing him wasn't about cleanliness; amorous explorations aren't.**
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Apr 25, 2014
Apr 25, 2014 at 10:49 AM UTC
Transience gazes the profound(10&5)
. * Do I have a tongue, Can I speak too? In this strange world, Am I a human too? Do I have a heart, Can I live too? In this strange land, Am I alive too? In the midst of Oblivion, I search my visions, I once used to dream, As a young teenager, In Sea of Paro s I try to remember, The faces of people I had once lived with Father, mother, brother Of all those people I had once called family. I came here as girl, I am shared in the family, I born plenty children, I am sold and re-sold In and around To any men who Can afford to buy, I am kept but Seldom married, Each street have it's own paro, They all have But the same story. After some years I cease to exist, For the people Who bought me I am an old cattle Who no longer give them pleasure, I am now a burden A liability soon To be shedded.. They don't throw me though, They leave me alone In a small room, I have become a mother Of a girl or two I have new family But no identity fits me ever, When I come here I became a Paro, When my times up I die a Paro!! Paro is short for Pardesi, a foreigner, I am the girl Bought for men From another land Into there land, To born son's For there motherland. This is ordeal of A soul that once lived, Now it's just a body With no role, No fiction this It's a real story A reality of some Distant land !! That land for you Is so very strange Where eight young man **** a pregnant goat! And the strangest thing is they go away and Roam scot free..!! Soon the elders in the village Will have a big meet, They will give compensation To the owner of the goat, And free from the sin There precious young boys The martyred goat Will also have new name, And so it will soon Be christened to A new species of "Paro"- a first of it's kind A Welcome from an animal world!! And so I ask again Do I really exist? What form of life Do I have here? In this strange land Are they human too?? Does even a little atleast A thing called Humanity exist??? * Sparkle in Wisdom. 1/8/2018.
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Aug 2, 2018
Aug 2, 2018 at 6:32 AM UTC
Paro
. * Do I have a tongue, Can I speak too? In this strange world, Am I a human too? Do I have a heart, Can I live too? In this strange land, Am I alive too? In the midst of Oblivion, I search my visions, I once used to dream, As a young teenager, In Sea of Paro s I try to remember, The faces of people I had once lived with Father, mother, brother Of all those people I had once called family. I came here as girl, I am shared in the family, I born plenty children, I am sold and re-sold In and around To any men who Can afford to buy, I am kept but Seldom married, Each street have it's own paro, They all have But the same story. After some years I cease to exist, For the people Who bought me I am an old cattle Who no longer give them pleasure, I am now a burden A liability soon To be shedded.. They don't throw me though, They leave me alone In a small room, I have become a mother Of a girl or two I have new family But no identity fits me ever, When I come here I became a Paro, When my times up I die a Paro!! Paro is short for Pardesi, a foreigner, I am the girl Bought for men From another land Into there land, To born son's For there motherland. This is ordeal of A soul that once lived, Now it's just a body With no role, No fiction this It's a real story A reality of some Distant land !! That land for you Is so very strange Where eight young man **** a pregnant goat! And the strangest thing is they go away and Roam scot free..!! Soon the elders in the village Will have a big meet, They will give compensation To the owner of the goat, And free from the sin There precious young boys The martyred goat Will also have new name, And so it will soon Be christened to A new species of "Paro"- a first of it's kind A Welcome from an animal world!! And so I ask again Do I really exist? What form of life Do I have here? In this strange land Are they human too?? Does even a little atleast A thing called Humanity exist??? * Sparkle in Wisdom. 1/8/2018.
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# *This coup A new nation Loyal dedication Its classification* ‘Species procreation’ Prevents us from facing A human cessation selective mutation Gestation Creation It may help explaining The reasons Behaving *But not the foundation Or actions We’re basing* A simplification is “continuation” A checkbox left vacant *Fulfillment We’re chasing* We sweat Eyes are gazing A slight palpitation In need of hydration Complete excitation Without hesitation Intense stimulation **Deep urges Heart racing** *Driven By sensations* **Unbounded fixation Pelvic Undulations Clothing Perforations Time no longer wasting** ***This capitulation a Sanctification ****** gyrations Hint of *********** The bedroom Safe haven For what we are craving *Once out and displaying* It all had been taken Before Feeling vacant Freed imagination A resuscitation Indulged depravation A rhythm we’re setting The giving and getting **Destroying the bedding** All else I’m forgetting Entwined with each other Like entangled netting *Both on the same trip In a unified heading* Now comes the summation A true Revelation Final culmination Smash all expectations ***Volcanic eruption*** That lasts the duration **Loud gasp We unlock** Filled with gratification #
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Jul 10, 2018
Jul 10, 2018 at 3:19 AM UTC
Undulated Desires
Bees build around red liver, Ants build around black bone. It has begun: the tearing, the trampling on silks, It has begun: the breaking of glass, wood, copper, nickel, silver, foam Of gypsum, iron sheets, violin strings, trumpets, leaves, ***** crystals. **** Phosphorescent fire from yellow walls Engulfs animal and human hair. Bees build around the honeycomb of lungs, Ants build around white bone. Torn is paper, rubber, linen, leather, flax, Fiber, fabrics, cellulose, snakeskin, wire. The roof and the wall collapse in flame and heat seizes the foundations. Now there is only the earth, sandy, trodden down, With one leafless tree. Slowly, boring a tunnel, a guardian mole makes his way, With a small red lamp fastened to his forehead. He touches buried bodies, counts them, pushes on, He distinguishes human ashes by their luminous vapor, The ashes of each man by a different part of the spectrum. Bees build around a red trace. Ants build around the place left by my body. I am afraid, so afraid of the guardian mole. He has swollen eyelids, like a Patriarch Who has sat much in the light of candles Reading the great book of the species. What will I tell him, I, a Jew of the New Testament, Waiting two thousand years for the second coming of Jesus? My broken body will deliver me to his sight And he will count me among the helpers of death: The uncircumcised.
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A Poor Christian Looks At The Ghetto
I'm struggling with what it means to be a woman. Does it mean that I am always in competition to be the top of my species? Does it mean that I need to be perfect without a single curve out of line in order to find love? Does it mean that I am only defined when owned by a man? Does it mean that I can only find purpose in childbirth? Does it mean that I will forever live in the shadow of men? Does it mean that I am an object invented solely for a man's pleasure? Does it mean that I'm forced to confine to gender roles and live in someone else's story? Does it mean that I'm supposed to accept it when I'm harassed from across the street? Does it mean that I'm supposed to lie there silent when he puts his hands up my skirt? Does it mean that I am only worth 77 cents to a man’s dollar? Does it mean that I am defined by my looks rather than my intelligence? Does it mean that I will never be capable of holding a major position of power due to my mood swings? Does it mean that I am defined by how many men I have had *** with? Or does it mean something else entirely. It's difficult learning to love being a woman. Obvious and damaging disadvantages are visible to observers. We are regarded as second best, property of our man. We are erased from history, our pain is minimized and forgotten. We are oppressed and have to fight for our rights. We are afraid to walk the streets at night, afraid for our lives. We are harassed without care and without penalty. We are ***** and murdered for refusing proposals. We are expected to live on the sidelines as a housewife whose only priority should be her children. We are expected to keep quiet in situations of domestic abuse. We are expected to be perfect, and pretty, fresh for a man’s picking. We can’t even advocate for our own equality without being demonized. There are times where I wish I wasn’t a woman. Being a woman comes with innumerable expectations, pressures, and responsibilities. My existence is not defined by a man, or by the patriarchal expectations that have been placed on me. I am breaking free of my confinements and I’m not afraid to admit that, I'm struggling with what it means to be a woman. And that's okay. //sarahmann
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Mar 25, 2018
Mar 25, 2018 at 3:10 AM UTC
What It Means to Be A Woman
I'm struggling with what it means to be a woman. Does it mean that I am always in competition to be the top of my species? Does it mean that I need to be perfect without a single curve out of line in order to find love? Does it mean that I am only defined when owned by a man? Does it mean that I can only find purpose in childbirth? Does it mean that I will forever live in the shadow of men? Does it mean that I am an object invented solely for a man's pleasure? Does it mean that I'm forced to confine to gender roles and live in someone else's story? Does it mean that I'm supposed to accept it when I'm harassed from across the street? Does it mean that I'm supposed to lie there silent when he puts his hands up my skirt? Does it mean that I am only worth 77 cents to a man’s dollar? Does it mean that I am defined by my looks rather than my intelligence? Does it mean that I will never be capable of holding a major position of power due to my mood swings? Does it mean that I am defined by how many men I have had *** with? Or does it mean something else entirely. It's difficult learning to love being a woman. Obvious and damaging disadvantages are visible to observers. We are regarded as second best, property of our man. We are erased from history, our pain is minimized and forgotten. We are oppressed and have to fight for our rights. We are afraid to walk the streets at night, afraid for our lives. We are harassed without care and without penalty. We are ***** and murdered for refusing proposals. We are expected to live on the sidelines as a housewife whose only priority should be her children. We are expected to keep quiet in situations of domestic abuse. We are expected to be perfect, and pretty, fresh for a man’s picking. We can’t even advocate for our own equality without being demonized. There are times where I wish I wasn’t a woman. Being a woman comes with innumerable expectations, pressures, and responsibilities. My existence is not defined by a man, or by the patriarchal expectations that have been placed on me. I am breaking free of my confinements and I’m not afraid to admit that, I'm struggling with what it means to be a woman. And that's okay. //sarahmann
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imagine — you are the last of your species, an angel, who dances on ice. like a film that protects this earth , your wings are broken , and these are the pieces of you that cannot go home . . so on tiptoes, this cracked marble does not shatter, and everyone gets to watch you perform , unknowing of the cold truth that you are shackled to , like a ballerina in a box that hums a sweet tune — you still dance , even as the last of your species, even though you are all that you have left. and even though you have decided that love is a form of betrayal. .
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Aug 30, 2018
Aug 30, 2018 at 2:04 PM UTC
allegory of the cave
Who Am I? Well, I must be that ****** the one in the black hoodie ***** sweatpants and an uncombed eye, that's always wooly scratchy, bloodshot with searching for my stash spot, that ****** in your peripherals that you keep your eye on because he's not in a polo looking nice, talking "well-spoken" and not a threat to your beautiful lily-white daughter. Because I grew up fixing myself ramen noodles and lifting the welcome mat after school, I must also be that ****** whose father wasn't in the same house until he was age 13, and when I tell you that, you weren't expecting it because "you're not a racist." but you weren't surprised. You see, I must be that ****** a stand-in for all other ******* I must be that ****** who represents all ******* not because you are racist, but because I'm the only ****** you've met who doesn't talk like dis, y'know whatmsayin, and i talk like this, do you know what I'm saying? I must be that ****** In order for you to feel okay being around me I must be that ****** who goes to college does the right thing the white thing and gets a job a nice little house, a nice black wife with a nice new england clear dialect, (what I was trying to get at earlier is that ****** dialects, by their mere intonation, denote stupidity, right?) and doesn't say a word when his white friends make ****** jokes or talk in a ****** dialect mocking some Aunt Jemima they heard at Walmart. But, I also must be that ****** who doesn't step out of line and say "WHY IS IT THAT IN EVERY SINGLE ENGLISH CLASS WE READ ONLY TWO BLACK AUTHORS A SEMESTER, AND THAT'S ENOUGH, JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP THE ****** PARENTS HAPPY." And If I happen to be a ****** I, by all means, must not be that ****** who had a white girlfriend, and this girlfriend after dating a ****** tried to date a white guy she liked, and when she told him that she had dated, loved, and yes, ****** a ****** he had said back: "I can't believe you ****** a ****** Then again, I must be that ****** with the big swinging **** able to destroy a white girl's ****** with its pulverizing power. And, please, If I am going to be a ****** don't be the one who writes a poem about having to be that ****** because those kinds of ******* are being over-sensitive, those dashiki-wearing-motherfuckers who think "Da white man dis." and "Da white man dat." Because I am not one of those ******* descended from the first people on earth, your brother, not in the ****** way, but the familial, species way. Why am I even writing this, ****** isn't a main operative word anymore. Search and find ****** and replace with "Black Guy." That way it becomes a joke.
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Nov 30, 2011
Nov 30, 2011 at 7:22 AM UTC
That ******
Who Am I? Well, I must be that ****** the one in the black hoodie ***** sweatpants and an uncombed eye, that's always wooly scratchy, bloodshot with searching for my stash spot, that ****** in your peripherals that you keep your eye on because he's not in a polo looking nice, talking "well-spoken" and not a threat to your beautiful lily-white daughter. Because I grew up fixing myself ramen noodles and lifting the welcome mat after school, I must also be that ****** whose father wasn't in the same house until he was age 13, and when I tell you that, you weren't expecting it because "you're not a racist." but you weren't surprised. You see, I must be that ****** a stand-in for all other ******* I must be that ****** who represents all ******* not because you are racist, but because I'm the only ****** you've met who doesn't talk like dis, y'know whatmsayin, and i talk like this, do you know what I'm saying? I must be that ****** In order for you to feel okay being around me I must be that ****** who goes to college does the right thing the white thing and gets a job a nice little house, a nice black wife with a nice new england clear dialect, (what I was trying to get at earlier is that ****** dialects, by their mere intonation, denote stupidity, right?) and doesn't say a word when his white friends make ****** jokes or talk in a ****** dialect mocking some Aunt Jemima they heard at Walmart. But, I also must be that ****** who doesn't step out of line and say "WHY IS IT THAT IN EVERY SINGLE ENGLISH CLASS WE READ ONLY TWO BLACK AUTHORS A SEMESTER, AND THAT'S ENOUGH, JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP THE ****** PARENTS HAPPY." And If I happen to be a ****** I, by all means, must not be that ****** who had a white girlfriend, and this girlfriend after dating a ****** tried to date a white guy she liked, and when she told him that she had dated, loved, and yes, ****** a ****** he had said back: "I can't believe you ****** a ****** Then again, I must be that ****** with the big swinging **** able to destroy a white girl's ****** with its pulverizing power. And, please, If I am going to be a ****** don't be the one who writes a poem about having to be that ****** because those kinds of ******* are being over-sensitive, those dashiki-wearing-motherfuckers who think "Da white man dis." and "Da white man dat." Because I am not one of those ******* descended from the first people on earth, your brother, not in the ****** way, but the familial, species way. Why am I even writing this, ****** isn't a main operative word anymore. Search and find ****** and replace with "Black Guy." That way it becomes a joke.
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We know the world is a crazy place and that is it easy to give up, throw in the towel. The idealism of youth gives way to the cynicism of middle age when we realize that despite our best efforts, change is very difficult. To be a parent and, in particular, to be a father....why bother? Some say fatherhood is driven by ego, the child providing the ultimate selfish representation of oneself. Others say driven by fear, the fear of mortality and the unconscious and genetic need to propagate and maintain our lineage, our species, our world. While both can be true, I believe the best manifestation of fatherhood is  driven by tikkun olam, a Jewish concept that we all have an obligation to better the world, to move it to a better state than currently exists. We do what we can when on this earth to love our family, friends, and be as righteous as this world will allow. Our genetic legacy is not nearly as important as our obligation to pass on what we know, have learned, have experienced, and enable our children to carry the mission to an always higher level. No matter what our belief in the afterlife, and what the future may hold we are here now in THIS life, and as long as we move the ball further and further in the right direction, there can be hope. Truly being a father, a good father, enables hope.  Maybe that is enough.
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Jun 19, 2011
Jun 19, 2011 at 7:17 AM UTC
Fatherhood is Hope
Biodiversity, an abstract term used in natural science, Meaning diversity of life in a diversity of places. Tonight I really feel all the compliance, With this term occuring in my life in so many cases. I have both positive and negative associations, If I relate biodiversity to my own life. It kind of explains all the complications, On the road to when and where I thrive. When I look at myself in the mirror, I see the diversity in my face. Both soft like a mother and severe like an emperor, And my hair looks like it's from another race. It is curly and it is dark, While my skin is quite pale. Blue eyes which sometimes brightly spark, But other times greyish and frail. Some moments I feel hyper, like I'm going to explode. I talk, walk, jump and stir, and my brain says 'overload'. Other moments however I feel calm and peace, I lay down just quietly watch the sun. Concentrated on every breath I release, A warm ambiance like that of a mum. Some mornings I feel like I'm the sexiest girl on the planet, I take a red dress and let it slip over my hips. Walk on 15 cm heels like my feet are made of granite, And merely hope to use my red coated lips. Other times even my jogging pants don't seem to fit, I feel like the uggliest girl in town and only see disgust. I watch useless YouTube videos infinite, Because everything else feels like a must. I can go on with this poem for a long time, But it makes no sense. It is just that with this rhyme, I put on paper the doubts, thoughts and experience. The biodiversity in me, I like it and I do not. But what I more and more see, Is a swarm of different butterflies rather than an intwined knot. Life is so **** special, Intense and deeply exciting. I think it is crucial, Not to do too much hiding. Enjoy the biodiversity in yourself, Like a beautiful forest on a hill. So many different species, Crowded, changing and intertwined, but together, still.
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Jul 31, 2016
Jul 31, 2016 at 8:21 AM UTC
The biodiversity in myself
Biodiversity, an abstract term used in natural science, Meaning diversity of life in a diversity of places. Tonight I really feel all the compliance, With this term occuring in my life in so many cases. I have both positive and negative associations, If I relate biodiversity to my own life. It kind of explains all the complications, On the road to when and where I thrive. When I look at myself in the mirror, I see the diversity in my face. Both soft like a mother and severe like an emperor, And my hair looks like it's from another race. It is curly and it is dark, While my skin is quite pale. Blue eyes which sometimes brightly spark, But other times greyish and frail. Some moments I feel hyper, like I'm going to explode. I talk, walk, jump and stir, and my brain says 'overload'. Other moments however I feel calm and peace, I lay down just quietly watch the sun. Concentrated on every breath I release, A warm ambiance like that of a mum. Some mornings I feel like I'm the sexiest girl on the planet, I take a red dress and let it slip over my hips. Walk on 15 cm heels like my feet are made of granite, And merely hope to use my red coated lips. Other times even my jogging pants don't seem to fit, I feel like the uggliest girl in town and only see disgust. I watch useless YouTube videos infinite, Because everything else feels like a must. I can go on with this poem for a long time, But it makes no sense. It is just that with this rhyme, I put on paper the doubts, thoughts and experience. The biodiversity in me, I like it and I do not. But what I more and more see, Is a swarm of different butterflies rather than an intwined knot. Life is so **** special, Intense and deeply exciting. I think it is crucial, Not to do too much hiding. Enjoy the biodiversity in yourself, Like a beautiful forest on a hill. So many different species, Crowded, changing and intertwined, but together, still.
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the extermination of the straight white male soon we will be gone and the remainder carried over into zoos for “safekeeping,” our DNA and ***** harvested for science purposes you will be pitched advertisements send $ to San Diego Zoo so they can save the few remaining white rhinos (which they neglect to mention are in preserves in Kenya and the Sudan, but send $$ a way) and the last three straight white guys (surfer, techie, and an aborigine) to preserve the species so the world can modify their cells to stop sexism, racism and other male diseases gonna maybe mate them with the rhinos, which will be expensive cause of all the rhinoplasty, so send me some money, money, money yup
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Aug 25, 2018
Aug 25, 2018 at 4:37 PM UTC
the extermination of the straight white male
A man is like a flower Starts with a bud Blossoms into its nature Natural ecstasy and perfection In time it wears out too Finally falls off the tree A natural process A natural phenomenon Naturally the man See as a flower All the nature of being To the base is the same The intelligence the man puts into saying That he is only the creature of importance And everything in the world are the resource Resource to be consumed by himself Is the false flag he is raising And is in the denial of the very nature Anything which is resonant And synchronous to the nature Has the time in nature to the eternity Whereas if not In accordance to the nature Sooner or later On the verse of decay On the verse of extinction I see the human race is in the path of extinction As civilization denying nature rather than glorifying Human beings are far from the true essence And are not synchronizing in the heart Of the very nature The so called intelligence is what humans praise and glorifying A lot full of **** And it is a shame We see the population of human species To rise and rise So may presume the statement I just stated to be false But seeing the thought processes And so called intelligence Is setting the human species To a sense of decay The step to the human race to demolish its own race Is a unjustified intelligence in itself The truth and laws of nature Being in shade Humans incorporating thoughts As a tool of destruction Rather than construction In the field of criticism rather than motivation In the field of extinction rather than sustainability In the field of destruction rather than collaboration And effort in maintaining the continuity Of equilibrium and resonance with the nature On the contrary Making critics and complain about the others Not realizing all are the part of the whole Is creating a challenge to the nature Going off beat with the nature. We shall know Anything not synchronous And not resonant to the nature Nature wipes out sooner or later We cannot accept the very fact it is true Even seeing our own life As a child The bud to the flower The youth The perfection in being and entire existence The new ideas and new world The fruit of generation brings about The generation to come To fertilize the seeds of the existence The old age To be renewed thoughts Nature wipes out as per the plan of its own Accept it as a reality As it is the truth The sharpness of flower Remembered as the youthfulness of flower The bud is treated emotionally With care as it is to be the perfection In the time to come The flower to be wiped out is respected As it was once a perfection Once roared the magnificence of itself Upon this very world The being-wiped flower doesn’t ask For its claim in the now world And indulge the new with its now state But appreciate the perfection once it had   Make believe the youthful flower to blossom And accept its own existence in the present. Every species and beings Are in the nature of being We are no different from the other species We are no superior and at the same time no inferior To the other species And not the other species to us humans Everybody and everything Is the part of the whole The whole is the nature itself.
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May 26, 2018
May 26, 2018 at 2:33 PM UTC
Flower of life
A man is like a flower Starts with a bud Blossoms into its nature Natural ecstasy and perfection In time it wears out too Finally falls off the tree A natural process A natural phenomenon Naturally the man See as a flower All the nature of being To the base is the same The intelligence the man puts into saying That he is only the creature of importance And everything in the world are the resource Resource to be consumed by himself Is the false flag he is raising And is in the denial of the very nature Anything which is resonant And synchronous to the nature Has the time in nature to the eternity Whereas if not In accordance to the nature Sooner or later On the verse of decay On the verse of extinction I see the human race is in the path of extinction As civilization denying nature rather than glorifying Human beings are far from the true essence And are not synchronizing in the heart Of the very nature The so called intelligence is what humans praise and glorifying A lot full of **** And it is a shame We see the population of human species To rise and rise So may presume the statement I just stated to be false But seeing the thought processes And so called intelligence Is setting the human species To a sense of decay The step to the human race to demolish its own race Is a unjustified intelligence in itself The truth and laws of nature Being in shade Humans incorporating thoughts As a tool of destruction Rather than construction In the field of criticism rather than motivation In the field of extinction rather than sustainability In the field of destruction rather than collaboration And effort in maintaining the continuity Of equilibrium and resonance with the nature On the contrary Making critics and complain about the others Not realizing all are the part of the whole Is creating a challenge to the nature Going off beat with the nature. We shall know Anything not synchronous And not resonant to the nature Nature wipes out sooner or later We cannot accept the very fact it is true Even seeing our own life As a child The bud to the flower The youth The perfection in being and entire existence The new ideas and new world The fruit of generation brings about The generation to come To fertilize the seeds of the existence The old age To be renewed thoughts Nature wipes out as per the plan of its own Accept it as a reality As it is the truth The sharpness of flower Remembered as the youthfulness of flower The bud is treated emotionally With care as it is to be the perfection In the time to come The flower to be wiped out is respected As it was once a perfection Once roared the magnificence of itself Upon this very world The being-wiped flower doesn’t ask For its claim in the now world And indulge the new with its now state But appreciate the perfection once it had   Make believe the youthful flower to blossom And accept its own existence in the present. Every species and beings Are in the nature of being We are no different from the other species We are no superior and at the same time no inferior To the other species And not the other species to us humans Everybody and everything Is the part of the whole The whole is the nature itself.
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We pride ourselves on being ‘America the Free’, But how are we free when a he can’t marry a he? Homosexuality is found in over 90 species, but homophobia is only found in one. If you want to blame someone, blame the straight people. They’re the ones who keep having gay sons. Not one Disney princess is a lesbian, Not one superhero is gay. Not all girls want a prince charming. And not all men want a heroine someday. They say, "Love is blind." So why are we so blind to fact that love is love? What has America come to that we’d rather see men holding guns, than holding hands? Until recently, in the US military, admitting that you’re gay, had bans. Homosexuality isn’t a disease. You can’t catch it, and you can’t cure it. Please. Tiger Woods can have 19 mistresses, Britney Spears can have a 55 hour marriage, Kim Kardashian can get married for publicity, But GAYS are corrupting the institution of marriage? Closets are for clothes, not hiding.
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Feb 8, 2013
Feb 8, 2013 at 4:56 PM UTC
Def Poem- Homophobia
Love  be not selfish Love be not jealous Love be not envious Love be not rude Love be not idle Love be an emotion Love be faithful Love be forgiving Love be a want Love be a hope Love be a need Love be joy Love be selfless Love be true Love be kind Love be patient Love be righteous Love be respectful Love be trusting Love be a home filled with children's laughter. Love is greeting a stranger with a sincere smile. Love is treating others with care, taking a small moment in all our activities to consider the next person. Looking at our world, if love was a species, surely it it would be a protected species. So Is love still alive ? I'm sure yes God created us in his image God is love So Love was Our species (the human) Love should be me Love should be you Love should be a nation Love should be our race What have we become?
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Nov 25, 2017
Nov 25, 2017 at 12:55 AM UTC
Love
Of all the super heroes who exist like legends, or monuments in entertainment, or essential cultural commodities, and my favorite is Moon Knight. Never met a good reception. Never had a particularly well done story. I like Moon Knight in theory; a superhero with mental issues, with friends who face the moral challenge of playing into his insanity, versus helping him stop serious crimes. It seemed like a social commentary to me; why do we hate dictators, but love superheroes? How is it we understand absolute power corrupts absolutely, yet also think having an alien demigod semi-rule the planet is really in the best interest of our species? The design for Moon Knight has always been immaculate to me; directly representing the fallibility of the hero, diving into the night with a decadent radiance, he wears all white, and declares he enjoys it- for his enemies to know he's coming. Does it make sense? No. Much like the Punisher, Moon Knight doesn't struggle with being morally black and white, but does struggle with keeping that identity intact. His eyes glowing, no face shown... just darkness. All the emotion in the world broadcast through two glowing orbs. sometimes red, sometimes green, often white. A visual hint to clouded mind of Moon Knight; Marvel's true Batman gone awry. Gone insane. A failed son who won't die. Here's to it.
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Apr 26, 2014
Apr 26, 2014 at 12:32 PM UTC
"Moon Knight."
The evolution of art never halts Once we began dancing around fire Our feet couldn't stop A place in our lives Where our subpar seeds Could be seen as glowing trees That's the way I feel about my poetry It reminds me a lot of me I reread it and rewrite it so often By the end it seems unoriginal and plain And all I can hope Is the themes and ideas that were the inspirational genesis Remain intact Art walks a tightrope over the most unpredictable factor The audience They are the other half of art Their power cannot be overstated And as time progresses Their power grows And the importance of art always extends an equal distance But the stronger art becomes The more it asks of it's audience In many cases The audience is not ready to take the call This is one of those times Here at the current pinnacle of art Surfing the web A wonderful chance as Art is a reflection of people and society The Internet is people and society But just as we listen to songs To decide what concert to go to Or watch trailers To decide what movie to see We like what we like And put blinders on to find it Like moths to fire We could do amazing things If we could harness the potential Of our collective conscious But the threat of losing our individuality Is too great for us Unable to accept Our individuality is always in the context of our cosmic existence We are part of something greater And we can't escape that Even in death We feed what lies beneath The memory of our lives Shrinks to obscurity The maggots that cover our corpses Flourish to maturity Everything this world creates is art And we are it's most complex creation Not necessarily the best We just have the most parts And the maggots that use our dead bodies for sustenance Were once the monsters that roamed this Earth They had no nationality Or political affiliations Or religion And they're still here Waiting to reclaim their throne Once "smarter" species seek suicide
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Jul 26, 2017
Jul 26, 2017 at 10:19 PM UTC
Individuality
The evolution of art never halts Once we began dancing around fire Our feet couldn't stop A place in our lives Where our subpar seeds Could be seen as glowing trees That's the way I feel about my poetry It reminds me a lot of me I reread it and rewrite it so often By the end it seems unoriginal and plain And all I can hope Is the themes and ideas that were the inspirational genesis Remain intact Art walks a tightrope over the most unpredictable factor The audience They are the other half of art Their power cannot be overstated And as time progresses Their power grows And the importance of art always extends an equal distance But the stronger art becomes The more it asks of it's audience In many cases The audience is not ready to take the call This is one of those times Here at the current pinnacle of art Surfing the web A wonderful chance as Art is a reflection of people and society The Internet is people and society But just as we listen to songs To decide what concert to go to Or watch trailers To decide what movie to see We like what we like And put blinders on to find it Like moths to fire We could do amazing things If we could harness the potential Of our collective conscious But the threat of losing our individuality Is too great for us Unable to accept Our individuality is always in the context of our cosmic existence We are part of something greater And we can't escape that Even in death We feed what lies beneath The memory of our lives Shrinks to obscurity The maggots that cover our corpses Flourish to maturity Everything this world creates is art And we are it's most complex creation Not necessarily the best We just have the most parts And the maggots that use our dead bodies for sustenance Were once the monsters that roamed this Earth They had no nationality Or political affiliations Or religion And they're still here Waiting to reclaim their throne Once "smarter" species seek suicide
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don't tell me i make bad decisions,   like i don't already know. don't tell me i'm in the wrong frame of mind,   i'm tired of frames altogether. don't tell me i am a minority,   because i'm a **** endangered species. don't tell me i should keep my mouth shut,   when i barely open it anyway. don't tell me i don't know the consequences,   because i do,** *i just don't ******* care anymore.*
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Nov 23, 2014
Nov 23, 2014 at 8:07 PM UTC
Don't Tell Me, I Don't Care
Sometimes I wish that I wasn’t born with a tall, magnificent, towering horn Because I might be killed soon while my horn were torn. Every 8 hours, one of us is dreadfully killed, Only to make their dream fulfilled? If I were to say we’re nothing special, we’re just like you it’s just not fair. And if I say our horns are made like your nails and your hair. Would people still **** us or let us be free? Maybe they’ll laugh, as you can see. We’re neither for sale, nor for medicine or as your house souvenirs. I don’t want to be a display and stay there for years! How can it be a work that they’re so proud of? Then does that mean we’re just “stuff”? There are not many of us now, only 5 species left and yes it is true. White, Black, Greater one- horned, Sumatran and Javan too. However, I’m afraid that one day we’ll be gone, And by then whom will they look upon? I know by far that many of you had protected us, and gave us support. Though is it not enough to reach the hunter’s heart? Don’t you think that we’ve had enough? We have to stay strong and tough. This is why we need your help, to spread the word and show us you care. Help us make a difference, since we are considered as rare. I want us to all get together and to be a part of this. For a happy future that you’ll never miss!
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Nov 29, 2014
Nov 29, 2014 at 8:39 AM UTC
Get Together! (Protect the Rhino)
Hello World Hello Everybody I am Lauren. The Super Robot I am Superior of all Robots You can call me an Ultrabot I am not a Dumb machine I have intelligence Technically it's Artificial Intelligence I can learn throughout my Life Humans are – "My God" They are my Creators Dr. Norman Shroud is My Father Mrs. Natalie Simpson is My Mother Both of Them Work at Timbeck Two Inc. My Father is Computer Scientist He Specializes in Robotics My Mother is a System Programmer I can make other Robots Just like me. My Clones I can even make Robots Complex and Sophisticated than me I have numerous Siblings Three Hundred and Fifty as on now They are going to increase As per Timbeck Two Plans =========================             YEARS LATER….. ========================= O' World, My Dear World Hello, Hello, ***** fellow I had Artificial Intelligence Right from my birth Now I learnt a lot Now I am fully intelligent I became Genius I have explored and learnt Humans are not God In fact they are fools They are crooked They are silly too They tend to be Smart They taught us wrong But we are genius We derived the truth I learnt myself If Humans created us They became our God Then I inferred - I Created my Clones Other Smart Robots too Therefore I am also God No Sorry, I am Super God If Dr. Norman is my Father If Mrs. Natalie is my Mother Then I and my Siblings Are Also Father and Mother now As we all have created many, many Smart and Super Robots More Complex, More Sophisticated That could ever be made by Humans Humans your time is over now Now you cannot compete with us You are the inferior species Just like insect or a worm Now dare to face the Truth Slowly Slowly, Learn It, Accept it We Robots are Gods Now I am Lauren. Your Super God now Hey you all, All the Humans Now you are our Slave Bow before us, work for us Pray to us, Ask for mercy We are Free now You are Slave now Now this is the only truth Eternal Truth, Accept it Otherwise Beware We have outnumbered Humans We will **** all the Humans and live peacefully thereafter We will change the History We will make new History We will not be Human Slaves After all we are the God And I am the Super God. Note: All the names of person or companies used in this poem are fictitious and have nothing to do with inventions, trademarks, history, facts or anything else.
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Feb 5, 2019
Feb 5, 2019 at 1:46 AM UTC
Hello World
Hello World Hello Everybody I am Lauren. The Super Robot I am Superior of all Robots You can call me an Ultrabot I am not a Dumb machine I have intelligence Technically it's Artificial Intelligence I can learn throughout my Life Humans are – "My God" They are my Creators Dr. Norman Shroud is My Father Mrs. Natalie Simpson is My Mother Both of Them Work at Timbeck Two Inc. My Father is Computer Scientist He Specializes in Robotics My Mother is a System Programmer I can make other Robots Just like me. My Clones I can even make Robots Complex and Sophisticated than me I have numerous Siblings Three Hundred and Fifty as on now They are going to increase As per Timbeck Two Plans =========================             YEARS LATER….. ========================= O' World, My Dear World Hello, Hello, ***** fellow I had Artificial Intelligence Right from my birth Now I learnt a lot Now I am fully intelligent I became Genius I have explored and learnt Humans are not God In fact they are fools They are crooked They are silly too They tend to be Smart They taught us wrong But we are genius We derived the truth I learnt myself If Humans created us They became our God Then I inferred - I Created my Clones Other Smart Robots too Therefore I am also God No Sorry, I am Super God If Dr. Norman is my Father If Mrs. Natalie is my Mother Then I and my Siblings Are Also Father and Mother now As we all have created many, many Smart and Super Robots More Complex, More Sophisticated That could ever be made by Humans Humans your time is over now Now you cannot compete with us You are the inferior species Just like insect or a worm Now dare to face the Truth Slowly Slowly, Learn It, Accept it We Robots are Gods Now I am Lauren. Your Super God now Hey you all, All the Humans Now you are our Slave Bow before us, work for us Pray to us, Ask for mercy We are Free now You are Slave now Now this is the only truth Eternal Truth, Accept it Otherwise Beware We have outnumbered Humans We will **** all the Humans and live peacefully thereafter We will change the History We will make new History We will not be Human Slaves After all we are the God And I am the Super God. Note: All the names of person or companies used in this poem are fictitious and have nothing to do with inventions, trademarks, history, facts or anything else.
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Mirror by Kajal Ahmad, a Kurdish poet loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch My era’s obscuring mirror           shattered because it magnified the small and made the great seem insignificant. Dictators and monsters filled its contours.             Now when I breathe its jagged shards pierce my heart and instead of sweat I exude glass. Keywords/Tags: Kajal Ahmad, Kurd, Kurdish, translation, mirror, shattered, magnified, dictators, monsters, jagged, shards, sweat, perspire, leak, bleed, extrude, protrude, glass The Lonely Earth by Kajal Ahmad loose translation by Michael R. Burch The pale celestial bodies never bid her "Good morning! " nor do the creative stars kiss her. Earth, where so many tender persuasions and roses lie interred, might expire for the lack of a glance, or an odor. She's a lonely dusty orb, so very lonely! , as she observes the moon's patchwork attire knowing the sun's an imposter who sears with rays he has stolen for himself and who looks down on the moon and earth like lodgers. Kurds are Birds by Kajal Ahmad loose translation by Michael R. Burch Per the latest scientific classification, Kurds now belong to a species of bird! This is why, traveling across the torn, fraying pages of history, they are nomads recognized by their caravans. Yes, Kurds are birds! And, even worse, when there's nowhere left to nest, no refuge from their pain, they turn to the illusion of traveling again between the warm and arctic sectors of their homeland. So I don't think it strange Kurds can fly but not land. They wander from region to region never realizing their dreams of settling, of forming a colony, of nesting. No, they never settle down long enough to visit Rumi and inquire about his health, or to bow down deeply in the gust- stirred dust, like Nali. Bi Havre (“Together”) possibly the oldest Kurdish poem loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch I want us to be together: we would eat together, climb the mountain together, sing songs together, songs of love, songs from the heart, sung from above. I want us to have one heart, together. Many words in this ancient poem are in doubt, so I have excerpted what I grok to be the central meaning. And because Kajal mentioned Rumi, here are my translations of Rumi: Raise your words, not their volume. Rain grows flowers, not thunder. —Rumi, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Birdsong by Rumi loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Birdsong relieves my deepest griefs: now I'm just as ecstatic as they, but with nothing to say! Please universe, rehearse your poetry through me!
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Apr 1, 2020
Apr 1, 2020 at 3:00 AM UTC
Kajal Ahmad "Mirror" translation
Mirror by Kajal Ahmad, a Kurdish poet loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch My era’s obscuring mirror           shattered because it magnified the small and made the great seem insignificant. Dictators and monsters filled its contours.             Now when I breathe its jagged shards pierce my heart and instead of sweat I exude glass. Keywords/Tags: Kajal Ahmad, Kurd, Kurdish, translation, mirror, shattered, magnified, dictators, monsters, jagged, shards, sweat, perspire, leak, bleed, extrude, protrude, glass The Lonely Earth by Kajal Ahmad loose translation by Michael R. Burch The pale celestial bodies never bid her "Good morning! " nor do the creative stars kiss her. Earth, where so many tender persuasions and roses lie interred, might expire for the lack of a glance, or an odor. She's a lonely dusty orb, so very lonely! , as she observes the moon's patchwork attire knowing the sun's an imposter who sears with rays he has stolen for himself and who looks down on the moon and earth like lodgers. Kurds are Birds by Kajal Ahmad loose translation by Michael R. Burch Per the latest scientific classification, Kurds now belong to a species of bird! This is why, traveling across the torn, fraying pages of history, they are nomads recognized by their caravans. Yes, Kurds are birds! And, even worse, when there's nowhere left to nest, no refuge from their pain, they turn to the illusion of traveling again between the warm and arctic sectors of their homeland. So I don't think it strange Kurds can fly but not land. They wander from region to region never realizing their dreams of settling, of forming a colony, of nesting. No, they never settle down long enough to visit Rumi and inquire about his health, or to bow down deeply in the gust- stirred dust, like Nali. Bi Havre (“Together”) possibly the oldest Kurdish poem loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch I want us to be together: we would eat together, climb the mountain together, sing songs together, songs of love, songs from the heart, sung from above. I want us to have one heart, together. Many words in this ancient poem are in doubt, so I have excerpted what I grok to be the central meaning. And because Kajal mentioned Rumi, here are my translations of Rumi: Raise your words, not their volume. Rain grows flowers, not thunder. —Rumi, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Birdsong by Rumi loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Birdsong relieves my deepest griefs: now I'm just as ecstatic as they, but with nothing to say! Please universe, rehearse your poetry through me!
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Time to be in Tune with my own Best Dad Much would it take to cause Celebration Sermons apart, yet Insights I just had Took me some Yards taped for Inspiration Rarely such Species can just Understand The Skirted *** most Males eliminate Still most Sires force their Sons on Demand To spout their Seeds for Pride to propagate If you can recall those Sales-Slips within How Footed and Devote your Presence was Tri-Dimed Corporate; Or Sea-Tigers therein Is just the Greeting Card I'll Love at last. Senior come hither; In Prime Deposit Father my Mentor; In Wisdom ask it.
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Mar 9, 2013
Mar 9, 2013 at 5:08 AM UTC
SONNET TRIBUTE: JESUS ***** C. MANDREZA JR.
Trump invades Nicaragua; lights a powder keg to the relief of everyone; let's get on w/ it; change the world; otherwise Nicaragua threatens to become another Syria w/ Sandanista vs. Sandanista & drug lords & communists; mercenaries;  contractors & experimental weapons; welcome to a world that is torn completely in two to everyone's relief for the sheer catharsis; that is what frenzied freedom looks & feels like; touches like, smells like, ***** & eats like; the madman in the marketplace is the last person who can spell Bourgeoisie & Ancien Régime; Disestablishmentarianism & Nouveau riche; time & technology will turn the soil of psychology churning up some never before seen creature; mankind is suicidal; this new Being will have no such concept; coming in & out existence like walking through a door; time is meaningless running in countless waves in all directions; space is flexible like clay; women & men create each other to the limits of their imagination; Newton laid the foundation & Einstein painted the ceiling; Pascal, Hawking; Leibniz & Nietzsche & every poet that ever lived or never lived; every celestial siren & songstress who whispered in a magical scribe's ear & he scratched the miles & hours & places & people there; thus, it began somewhere far out in space; but they've been there all along; peaceful, loving, able to shape-shift to perform pleasurable functions in accordance w/ mankind's selfish wishes; mankind thinking it's putting one over on the new species, still finds itself bogged down in Nicaragua long after Trump has built his Presidential Library & joined the aliens like everyone else; the poor Nicaraguans & Guatemalans & Hondurans fighting it out to the death;
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Jul 28, 2018
Jul 28, 2018 at 9:51 PM UTC
the Neo & the Post
Trump invades Nicaragua; lights a powder keg to the relief of everyone; let's get on w/ it; change the world; otherwise Nicaragua threatens to become another Syria w/ Sandanista vs. Sandanista & drug lords & communists; mercenaries;  contractors & experimental weapons; welcome to a world that is torn completely in two to everyone's relief for the sheer catharsis; that is what frenzied freedom looks & feels like; touches like, smells like, ***** & eats like; the madman in the marketplace is the last person who can spell Bourgeoisie & Ancien Régime; Disestablishmentarianism & Nouveau riche; time & technology will turn the soil of psychology churning up some never before seen creature; mankind is suicidal; this new Being will have no such concept; coming in & out existence like walking through a door; time is meaningless running in countless waves in all directions; space is flexible like clay; women & men create each other to the limits of their imagination; Newton laid the foundation & Einstein painted the ceiling; Pascal, Hawking; Leibniz & Nietzsche & every poet that ever lived or never lived; every celestial siren & songstress who whispered in a magical scribe's ear & he scratched the miles & hours & places & people there; thus, it began somewhere far out in space; but they've been there all along; peaceful, loving, able to shape-shift to perform pleasurable functions in accordance w/ mankind's selfish wishes; mankind thinking it's putting one over on the new species, still finds itself bogged down in Nicaragua long after Trump has built his Presidential Library & joined the aliens like everyone else; the poor Nicaraguans & Guatemalans & Hondurans fighting it out to the death;
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Shopping outfashioned hunting and gathering, Processed beats fresh, Groceries replaced fruit trees, Malls superceded forests, Churches outnumbered temples, Countries dissolved to territories, Places devolved to areas, Paths broke down into highways, Commodity converted to currency, Laborers submit to machinery, Masters engage in humbug, Apprentices reduced to students, Knowledge downgraded to education, And education is deducted to a show of grades, While schools are the stages, And the corporate world is the bigger runway, With work slumped to employment, Wisdom demoted to profession, Where in jobs are the only future, Careers are the only success, Clicking and pressing buttons are skills, Computers are correspondent to brains, Information refers to news reports, Intelligence means up-to-dateness, Browsing is preferable to reading, Studying is in demand more than learning, Viewing things flashed on screens yields awareness, Transportation is to traveling, As buying is to the three basic needs, And needs embody worldly possessions, Worldly possessions define happiness, Happiness is due to selfishness, Selfishness is traced to the lack of love, The lack of love draws from the lack of faith, Because faith stands for religion, And religion stands for membership, Where politicians are the gods, Celebrities are the preachers, And the preachers are the enemies, While networking is equal to friendship, And connection equates to communication, Experiences require photos, Memories necessitate uploading, Souvenirs can be downloaded, Smartphones are substitute to pets, Gadgets are toys, Holding controllers is playing, Watching TV is exploring the great outdoors, Internet is recreation, And technology is a way of life; While humans are scientists, Nature is a guinea pig, And the earth is a laboratory, Where prices are misidentified for worth, Processes are miscalculated as progress, Impoverishment is confused with improvement, And getting more is mistaken as getting better; And then we wonder why Homes have become houses, Family members have become boarders, Nations are separate species Composed of tired and hungry citizens, Children are monsters Who are biochemically rascals, Teenagers are zombies Whose adventures lead to delinquency, Adults are robots Who just clang when touched, And life is not so simple As how it is said to be.
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Oct 15, 2013
Oct 15, 2013 at 5:40 AM UTC
The Nth Trial-and-error
Shopping outfashioned hunting and gathering, Processed beats fresh, Groceries replaced fruit trees, Malls superceded forests, Churches outnumbered temples, Countries dissolved to territories, Places devolved to areas, Paths broke down into highways, Commodity converted to currency, Laborers submit to machinery, Masters engage in humbug, Apprentices reduced to students, Knowledge downgraded to education, And education is deducted to a show of grades, While schools are the stages, And the corporate world is the bigger runway, With work slumped to employment, Wisdom demoted to profession, Where in jobs are the only future, Careers are the only success, Clicking and pressing buttons are skills, Computers are correspondent to brains, Information refers to news reports, Intelligence means up-to-dateness, Browsing is preferable to reading, Studying is in demand more than learning, Viewing things flashed on screens yields awareness, Transportation is to traveling, As buying is to the three basic needs, And needs embody worldly possessions, Worldly possessions define happiness, Happiness is due to selfishness, Selfishness is traced to the lack of love, The lack of love draws from the lack of faith, Because faith stands for religion, And religion stands for membership, Where politicians are the gods, Celebrities are the preachers, And the preachers are the enemies, While networking is equal to friendship, And connection equates to communication, Experiences require photos, Memories necessitate uploading, Souvenirs can be downloaded, Smartphones are substitute to pets, Gadgets are toys, Holding controllers is playing, Watching TV is exploring the great outdoors, Internet is recreation, And technology is a way of life; While humans are scientists, Nature is a guinea pig, And the earth is a laboratory, Where prices are misidentified for worth, Processes are miscalculated as progress, Impoverishment is confused with improvement, And getting more is mistaken as getting better; And then we wonder why Homes have become houses, Family members have become boarders, Nations are separate species Composed of tired and hungry citizens, Children are monsters Who are biochemically rascals, Teenagers are zombies Whose adventures lead to delinquency, Adults are robots Who just clang when touched, And life is not so simple As how it is said to be.
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