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"squealed" poems
*The time had come for two hearts to go their own way. 
 It wasn’t sad; it wasn’t angry; just profoundly honest;* In the whirlwind of young life Their love sudden He blew her away She caught his breath The lust explosive Captivated by each others touch Living the dream Fancy London apartment Chanel and Bottega Veneta Cap D Antibes Woke to keys of an MG Squealed with delighted ***** and Wine Yet in the depth of this life Fighting to be free To own their souls Losing sight of love The power of another life Kept them chained In the birth of her breath It came to an end *The legacy off their passion A sparkling spirit In the shadow of that spirit Never to know The geniuses of Her soul No captured memories His dying voice Silent to her life*
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Jan 9, 2014
Jan 9, 2014 at 4:11 PM UTC
Young Life
*She was way too tough for me. no it's more I was not hard enough for her. The old ***** brick houses of Englands industrial north caught between industrial revolution and social unrest . I was just a youth back then. The big war fading from memory. I stopped at my friend's back yard it was a hot summer back then. His souped up bike was gleaming like a prize racehorse. She pulled a flask of ***** and took a long pull her bright red hair like glowing coal her eyes as black as darkness she was hard pretty. Her mini skirt flashing her shaply legs. a stray dog big and hard just like her. jumped up and licked her face. she Laughed they were like two kindred spirits like sisters by nature wild and drifting and free. She had *** with me the first time I met her and told me I was not rough enough for her. I just was a bit scared of telling her I wanted out of it. The kick-started bike roared like the steel lion it was. She squealed in delight. then the stray dog peed on the concrete. she lifted her skirts like the hard ***** she was and peed next to it. she jumped on the back of his bike and they went off at full speed. To test his bike out at the racetrack. I hear they shacked up together. and we're very happy. I dated a nerdy young woman quiet and conservative who became a librarian. We got married four years later. had two kids and a housetrained dog. She never once told me I was not rough enough in bed.*
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Apr 1, 2016
Apr 1, 2016 at 3:49 PM UTC
Nerdy Jude and the motor bike mama.
tattooed girl hello kitty in need of a purge she **** first in the whip me with a wet noodle pain Olympics her fruit launcher like a summer papaya ***** gush kissey squirts candy crush all gobbledygoo and lickyfu ooow she swayed to the whip back crack her torso bent heaven sent dipped in hot *** and laughing lady sauce she squealed for bok choy eel **** and slippy toy **** buttered waffles and gummy worms lime and cherry ***** with candy sperms you can find her in the bend over den eating puffer fish so very Zen toes gooey wet spread on a cot oh so high **** and squat ******* baby tied in a knot **** bobba bubble and chrysanthemum tea nut scented black beer and milk pearl *** its the end of the line ready to dine get the gag flex the spine face to the ground feet to the sky held like a dove ***** splash cry
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Aug 6, 2017
Aug 6, 2017 at 12:16 PM UTC
*THE FUKFU BAR SHABARI STAR...Ero ****
"Look!" she said, Proudly holding A tiny painted doll; "I can make it dance!", She squealed, Excitement in her voice; I watched, bewitched, As the doll danced And twitched; Grinning like an idiot, I joined the dance, Arms flailing madly; "Now watch!" she gasped, Taking a darning needle, Stabbing repeatedly; "Urghh!", I laughed, Bending over, Feigning pain; The doll moved faster, Limbs blurring, As she made it dance; "I can't keep up!" I laughed so hard, Feeling sharp pain in my side; I tried to stop dancing, But my aching limbs Kept on flailing madly; She held my gaze, Her eyes laughing With manic intensity; With a final ****** She pushed the needle Straight through the heart, The doll slipped from her grasp, Tumbling to lay beside My still twitching body; The last thing I ever saw, Her reaching into a silken bag And picking up another doll.
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Aug 16, 2014
Aug 16, 2014 at 11:43 PM UTC
Tiny Painted Doll
He rubbed his weary eyes... What trickery could this be? Was it a signboard draped in disguise Or the reflection of light off a tree? Seconds ticked as he drew closer. The lady materialised to rule out prior suspicions. His fingers wrestled over the rusty brake lever, Wheels squealed their futile objections. The lady wore a face he could barely see... She had long tresses that bore an alluring fragrance. Her beauty tipped the scales allowing him bravery, Unafraid he asked, "Miss, may I be of assistance?" Her voice seemed to ride the subtle night breeze, Coating his ears like sugar laden candy. Soft and demure... Yet laced with a hint of tease, She had said, "I'm stranded in the dark as you can see..." "What luck!", he thought, seizing the opportunity He removed his sack to make space for her. His heart raced being in the damsel's good company, The lady slid herself onto the rack before they both rode together. As he pedalled hard, he felt a tap on his shoulder. Her voice came again, a tender little whisper, *"I live rather close... Not far off from here... A little over the hill... Just over yonder..."*
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Feb 3, 2015
Feb 3, 2015 at 5:59 AM UTC
Passenger (II)
Just like Orpheus, I descended. Though, my digression was for different reasons. Yeah, I tried to rescue you from your hell. Bring you out of the degradation, the debauchery. It smelled like ***** and **** The swine squealed. The harpies shrieked. And, I looked too long. I became you. Thank God I escaped. Fate dragged me out by the scruff of my neck. I will never visit your underworld again. You've made it your home.
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Mar 25, 2023
Mar 25, 2023 at 2:00 PM UTC
Orpheus Rebooted
we met one night hearts of fire kisses sweet passions dire out came rope and string we found white gauze wrapping honey ***** bound kisses hot mouths like butter i tied her hard her eyes did flutter ankles to arms head to feet she started to sweat her joints did meet stressed and pink i love her so she looked up and started to glow oh you mean man she said you brute hurt me baby am i not cute i slapped her hard on the face and the *** bit her feet she quaked and gasped i used her mouth oh she ****** and ****** and licked with lust and then got ****** i love her *** it was really fun we loved and cumed i am her sun kisses torrid i ate her like pie for her love i would gladly die i tied her and bended she arched and she folded crushed her to pieces and then re-moulded she cried and begged oh i adore and hollered and squealed give me some more all in a swirl eyes crossed and diffused bent out of shape and begged to be used love turned to passion and passion to madness i did terrible things she kissed me with gladness we consumed each other let out all that we feel couldn't help our selves and thats how we heal out came rope and string we found white gauze wrapping honey ***** bound
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Aug 9, 2016
Aug 9, 2016 at 9:20 AM UTC
Honey ***** Bound
#*The little squirrel enjoyed its nutty meal Happy it squealed The preying bird perched high in the tree Happy, enjoyed its meal As the squirrel squealed its last While the little squirrel lived its nutty fruity dream*#
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May 23, 2019
May 23, 2019 at 8:14 AM UTC
Squirrel and the Bird
*Sighting her image in truth's mirror with anger she squealed. Scratched her woolly hair and ripped off her brown veil. Broke everything in her way and shamelessly walked bare. But I had immense respect for women, I give heed, I do care. I went to market and brought a bread while continued the unrest. I gave her the bread so that along with it her anger she could digest.*
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Nov 25, 2014
Nov 25, 2014 at 11:20 AM UTC
Mad with anger
She let the tape go— on record one evening for an ordinary hour Five years later, we play it back for laughs after dinner—then as now “Remember how the stove door screeched at the house on Olive Street?” And our voices! Phoeb’s, lighter–tired wrapping the nine’s tables in elastic yawns like flash cards in a rubber band “Phoeb, your pitch changed so— while I turned...” to run water in the tub lamenting the **** of Two in frenetic escape of hands Unruly! Running rebel taunts in Time’s strict face who would not dare disturb her dawns only mine— Roused by the first round of another day’s ring of twelve digits that insist like uniform with apron waiting on ironing board that’s never folded Now the **** of Two cries out Exultant! of success in ***** Then, Oratorio for Soap! The splashy version with endless bubblings of “Rocky Baby!” and obbligato of “Where’s Shampoo?” in jubilant glissadal plunge an octave through vocal whoops! …I had not thought she hardly talked but sang and squealed or whined in tunes Her voice lay open to her soul a roost of piercing humming birds small of words but filled with sweet and want incessant wings and things to say.... How could we have forgotten? “Are these your boots? Your clothes laid out?” From sound and talk, we still can hear frost phantoms in winter window rattles—then as now And Phoebe remarks how one voice didn’t change though— “Still talking to herself” We laugh and let the tape go....
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Feb 4, 2017
Feb 4, 2017 at 12:31 AM UTC
This is -- a Recording
She let the tape go— on record one evening for an ordinary hour Five years later, we play it back for laughs after dinner—then as now “Remember how the stove door screeched at the house on Olive Street?” And our voices! Phoeb’s, lighter–tired wrapping the nine’s tables in elastic yawns like flash cards in a rubber band “Phoeb, your pitch changed so— while I turned...” to run water in the tub lamenting the **** of Two in frenetic escape of hands Unruly! Running rebel taunts in Time’s strict face who would not dare disturb her dawns only mine— Roused by the first round of another day’s ring of twelve digits that insist like uniform with apron waiting on ironing board that’s never folded Now the **** of Two cries out Exultant! of success in ***** Then, Oratorio for Soap! The splashy version with endless bubblings of “Rocky Baby!” and obbligato of “Where’s Shampoo?” in jubilant glissadal plunge an octave through vocal whoops! …I had not thought she hardly talked but sang and squealed or whined in tunes Her voice lay open to her soul a roost of piercing humming birds small of words but filled with sweet and want incessant wings and things to say.... How could we have forgotten? “Are these your boots? Your clothes laid out?” From sound and talk, we still can hear frost phantoms in winter window rattles—then as now And Phoebe remarks how one voice didn’t change though— “Still talking to herself” We laugh and let the tape go....
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"Surreal skeptic, cynical cryptic! Licentious lecheries fabulist façade fantasias. Wild eyed spectral serene. Dream of catenary concoctions, ethereal salacious conjugation, bridge the gap in metaphysical mystique. Erotica erectile errantry’s exserted protuberance is a kinesiology kleptomaniac with his embark embargo extraditions and his eventuation evocative execrations, a positive amalgamated anathema android of a terminus thrall. The shadow in the shade of the silhouette sojourn. The bailiff’s rakeness rails incarnate, unicorn railway nails and all. He will paint mirador bartizan panorama tableaus all over your proximity parameter perimeter peripherals. Force the enmity to acquiesce into impunity.” “Why this is not but an ogling ogre of an oligarchy omelet” she shrieked as he continued to tickle her. “Down here at the bizarre bazaar we all believe in the blasphemous farcical fugueness,” he said. “Positive orchestration renditions of transpositional interlude.” “Come here,” she said “let my clambering clamorous clangor write you a wield wile treatise expose’.” “The legions of Chinga da are battling the hoards of Gunga din saying ‘kinetic supremacy temporize tractive fluent’ , it’s sheer genocide. That plasty goop nosed Gumby ****** Gunga doesn’t stand a chance. Coax cacophony clout, catatonic phonics, grizzly grotto grouches all”, She squealed. “Now you’re gumption dreaming”, he chimed. “Chutzpah panache spontaneous generation complicity, gambit alluvium aloof succor.”
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Jan 13, 2013
Jan 13, 2013 at 7:17 PM UTC
Salacious
"Surreal skeptic, cynical cryptic! Licentious lecheries fabulist façade fantasias. Wild eyed spectral serene. Dream of catenary concoctions, ethereal salacious conjugation, bridge the gap in metaphysical mystique. Erotica erectile errantry’s exserted protuberance is a kinesiology kleptomaniac with his embark embargo extraditions and his eventuation evocative execrations, a positive amalgamated anathema android of a terminus thrall. The shadow in the shade of the silhouette sojourn. The bailiff’s rakeness rails incarnate, unicorn railway nails and all. He will paint mirador bartizan panorama tableaus all over your proximity parameter perimeter peripherals. Force the enmity to acquiesce into impunity.” “Why this is not but an ogling ogre of an oligarchy omelet” she shrieked as he continued to tickle her. “Down here at the bizarre bazaar we all believe in the blasphemous farcical fugueness,” he said. “Positive orchestration renditions of transpositional interlude.” “Come here,” she said “let my clambering clamorous clangor write you a wield wile treatise expose’.” “The legions of Chinga da are battling the hoards of Gunga din saying ‘kinetic supremacy temporize tractive fluent’ , it’s sheer genocide. That plasty goop nosed Gumby ****** Gunga doesn’t stand a chance. Coax cacophony clout, catatonic phonics, grizzly grotto grouches all”, She squealed. “Now you’re gumption dreaming”, he chimed. “Chutzpah panache spontaneous generation complicity, gambit alluvium aloof succor.”
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I believed I was an immortal Until you began opening portals To the future and the past To the needle and the flask Portals that warp my mind Like space and time Until I dematerialize From the appearance of lies This portal I must climb back through When all the lies have become true Like when they said portals couldn't be climbed For there are no ledges Only pledges Of a hatred death wish That leaves me breathless The portals had to be sealed You became my quantum mechanic The tires of the DeLorean squealed As we abandoned my stationary driveway And started rectifying my past By driving forward The portals' gravitational pull was lifted And I could walk again A pedestrian in paradise Until you teleport into the rain And I teleport into my brain Becoming a prisoner To thoughts that travel at the speed of light And create a beautiful spectrum in the mirror you presented to me I fear the day you shatter our light barrier You'll see you're more mature And fly away like a jet that's harrier Because once you can see my thoughts You'll sell all the stock you bought You'll see I'm merely mortal And you'll open new portals
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Aug 14, 2017
Aug 14, 2017 at 1:51 PM UTC
Portals
I miss your sun and all its warmth as it gave me hugs when I stepped outside The way you took the clouds and held them in your big blue space You let me feel the green grass grow beneath my feet Can we just lay here a while, in complete simplicity? Rain or shine, I enjoy the whispers you sent me through the wind Now the ice is melting, like sprinkling rain upon my head Lately I’ve been dreaming of how your embers used to shine Of how you took care of me in times of need and in times of goodness Bring me back to the times where I could just close my eyes in the outdoors And fall in love with you again I can’t wait for your birds to sing to me their sweet melodies I want nothing but your open air and open water Just let me take it all in again, bring back your long lost friend The trees are bare but I remember when you had them surrounded by leaves of green Oh and all the creatures you sent out, especially the ones at night How they clattered and squealed, I could watch them from my window You would bring me out on lonely nights and distract me with your beauty I miss your beauty, the way every single thing captured my eye I can’t wait to gaze up at your sky without any worry in the world Bring back the colors you loved to blend, the same ones I fell in awe to Let me travel your rivers and streams again, barefoot, the only way to feel I want to get ***** in your mud again, creating pictures with my limbs Bring me to an open field, just so I can run, and fall into you, and laugh, and smile. Just come back, bring it all back and give me something to enjoy again.
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Nov 8, 2011
Nov 8, 2011 at 11:50 PM UTC
Missing Summer. (February 2011)
I miss your sun and all its warmth as it gave me hugs when I stepped outside The way you took the clouds and held them in your big blue space You let me feel the green grass grow beneath my feet Can we just lay here a while, in complete simplicity? Rain or shine, I enjoy the whispers you sent me through the wind Now the ice is melting, like sprinkling rain upon my head Lately I’ve been dreaming of how your embers used to shine Of how you took care of me in times of need and in times of goodness Bring me back to the times where I could just close my eyes in the outdoors And fall in love with you again I can’t wait for your birds to sing to me their sweet melodies I want nothing but your open air and open water Just let me take it all in again, bring back your long lost friend The trees are bare but I remember when you had them surrounded by leaves of green Oh and all the creatures you sent out, especially the ones at night How they clattered and squealed, I could watch them from my window You would bring me out on lonely nights and distract me with your beauty I miss your beauty, the way every single thing captured my eye I can’t wait to gaze up at your sky without any worry in the world Bring back the colors you loved to blend, the same ones I fell in awe to Let me travel your rivers and streams again, barefoot, the only way to feel I want to get ***** in your mud again, creating pictures with my limbs Bring me to an open field, just so I can run, and fall into you, and laugh, and smile. Just come back, bring it all back and give me something to enjoy again.
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poems are like the seasons, constantly changing yet always beautiful in their own way-- ironic, tragic, sadistic, blasphemous. i can smell the sweet scent of the crescent moon as it's cold white rays dance across my eyes, around my head, in one ear and out the other so quickly that a whistling whisper reverberates inside my dome, yet unknown to me was the feeling of fleeing-- running away to a land of John and Jane Doe's, nobodies to me, though somebodies to themselves, I suppose. here we would sit, regressing our last lines, of crescent moons, yet now the sun shines. how can it be? such a social tragedy, to escape and relate life as it was to the life chosen to take. no more "dudes", "dawgs", crude words or flaws-- just life as we know it, no need for applause. the dying days of life astray have taught us and led us on our way to the tundra of thunder, it crashes down and haunts us, once cold, no light, now steaming and much too bright. go ahead, raise me to the Heavens, i dread the day my angels no longer beckon, "His path is now set, we can intervene no longer." demons will rise in rupturing riptides as Hell freezes over, yet flames override. Carpe Diem, Carpe Nox, i've seized the seasons squealed the silver fox. the crescent moon looked down that day, upon us all, upon the choices we made.
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Nov 18, 2011
Nov 18, 2011 at 1:53 PM UTC
The Crescent Moon
On a spring day, Emelia soared through the field, like a baby robin learning to fly, running in diagonals with her hands brushing against every shrub and leaf she saw. Mud drenched pink overalls and a bright blonde bowl cut. She ran like a bumble bee on a mission to pick the freshest, prettiest flower. Stepping over bugs and playing tag with chipmunks, she giggled uncontrollably and was a friend to all that walked nature's green carpet, tripping over wild, wispy grasses. She looks up with innocent eyes, beaming like two sunflowers, "We have to share," she announced to the big tree that resembled Grandmother Willow. She had just seen Pocahontas for the first time and wanted nothing more than to become a color of the wind. The wind blew the leaves in a nodding fashion, showing agreeance to the young sprites statement. She whipped and whirled her arms toward the sun as it danced on her skin through the branches of her friends. "I want to do this forever," she squealed. So, she did. 20 years later, the girl grew But with a dimmer light Weaker legs And a hole in her chest. On a cold night, Emelia staggered through the barren field, fueled by a magic dust that made her feel like a crashing plane Running in diagonals with her hands Brushing against her watery eyes, keeping them from flooding. Mud drenched ripped jeans and a long, shaggy haircut mirroring the bark on the trees. She ran like she was being chased by a vicious monster trying to find the safest space for her to vent after feeling her brain bleed from her nose and heart deflate in its cage. Stumbling over broken bottles and playing tag with her inner demons, she was a slave to all that walked nature's casket, tripping over roots and graves, smashing against a tree. She looks up with innocent eyes, welling with painful tears, "We have to share," she whispered to the big tree that resembled Grandmother Willow. She felt an unbearable pain that no one should live with and wanted nothing more than to be numb. The wind stopped in it tracks, the leaves stagnant on their branches, showing heart wrenching dismay to the old skeleton's statement. She sobbed and heaved with her arms wrapped tight to her torso as her skin danced with her shuttering bones and tightening muscles. "I don't want to do this forever," she helplessly breathed. But, she did.
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Jan 2, 2019
Jan 2, 2019 at 12:39 PM UTC
Girlhood
On a spring day, Emelia soared through the field, like a baby robin learning to fly, running in diagonals with her hands brushing against every shrub and leaf she saw. Mud drenched pink overalls and a bright blonde bowl cut. She ran like a bumble bee on a mission to pick the freshest, prettiest flower. Stepping over bugs and playing tag with chipmunks, she giggled uncontrollably and was a friend to all that walked nature's green carpet, tripping over wild, wispy grasses. She looks up with innocent eyes, beaming like two sunflowers, "We have to share," she announced to the big tree that resembled Grandmother Willow. She had just seen Pocahontas for the first time and wanted nothing more than to become a color of the wind. The wind blew the leaves in a nodding fashion, showing agreeance to the young sprites statement. She whipped and whirled her arms toward the sun as it danced on her skin through the branches of her friends. "I want to do this forever," she squealed. So, she did. 20 years later, the girl grew But with a dimmer light Weaker legs And a hole in her chest. On a cold night, Emelia staggered through the barren field, fueled by a magic dust that made her feel like a crashing plane Running in diagonals with her hands Brushing against her watery eyes, keeping them from flooding. Mud drenched ripped jeans and a long, shaggy haircut mirroring the bark on the trees. She ran like she was being chased by a vicious monster trying to find the safest space for her to vent after feeling her brain bleed from her nose and heart deflate in its cage. Stumbling over broken bottles and playing tag with her inner demons, she was a slave to all that walked nature's casket, tripping over roots and graves, smashing against a tree. She looks up with innocent eyes, welling with painful tears, "We have to share," she whispered to the big tree that resembled Grandmother Willow. She felt an unbearable pain that no one should live with and wanted nothing more than to be numb. The wind stopped in it tracks, the leaves stagnant on their branches, showing heart wrenching dismay to the old skeleton's statement. She sobbed and heaved with her arms wrapped tight to her torso as her skin danced with her shuttering bones and tightening muscles. "I don't want to do this forever," she helplessly breathed. But, she did.
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The pot-bellied Mercedes squealed As Meursault withdrew and Marvelled at the flames Licking The air Like marigolds on Ritilin. 'Raymond would have no reason not to admire this act.' He stopped by a shimmering sea of Ubers. The scrape and drawl of siren made no impression on him. Leaking smoke reminded him of Snow White’s Cottage Where he had taken Marie when Lucie was born: The place where he would go out at dawn to chop wood. He liked the way her roses played With the restlessness of children. Then he thought: 'if only mother could see me now.'
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Mar 22, 2021
Mar 22, 2021 at 6:57 AM UTC
Revolt-on-Avon
Born in a spiders web So silky and neat Spreading over her crown To her tiny, pink feet A family of spiders Scuttled and stalked Weaving their way Through dust and chalk As the baby grew The web threatened to break But they repaired and spun Around her like snakes She was different to them So innocent and pure They tried to trap her spirit With lies, secrets and lures The child, now a teen Succumb to their ways Her truth unspoken The web's now a maze She knew no love No heart or care Just lies and jealousy A world of traps and snares Through the tunnel she shuffled In front of her stood A girl just like her Someone she understood This girl smiled and unwrapped her From many years of web From her bare, mucky feet To the top of her head What freedom she felt! She smiled and laughed It echoed in bright lights Through the tunnels and shafts The spiders squealed in the light Angry and eight eyes blind They could no longer contain her No longer bind The girls escaped together Hands held and then she knew This was all I ever needed Love from me to you
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May 31, 2016
May 31, 2016 at 4:35 PM UTC
Along came a spider
The giant fin whale swam along with the tide A nineteen-foot calf was swimming by her side They were swimming away from her mate’s now dead shell Trapped in a lagoon and then all shot to hell. She’ll raise her young calf on her own from now on Not mating again as they only take one Her mate had followed a herring shoal in with the tide And for a short while there were those who had tried To help him turn and head back to sea But the cruelty of nature would not let it be At eighty feet long and a shallow cliff lea It could not turn around to escape and be free. And then a vile streak in the locals took hold A most wicked shooting match began to unfold The most handsome of whales was trapped and revealed As shooters took aim and young children squealed. They fired and they fired and they fired and they fired Stopping only to reload and then when they got tired They even drove speedboats across his shot back Leaving deep deep prop cuts as a further attack. And when they were done and the whale was no more His body burst open and in death he’d now score For the stench of his now rancid corpse was so rotten This beautiful creature wasn’t easily forgotten. There was a man who tried hard to get him free But one man alone is as a wood with one tree And by the time he had got national press all aware The whale was now dead, so bored, they’d not now care. ©Joe Wilson – A Whale shouldn’t die like that 2014 Many years ago I was enthralled by the work of Farley Mowat the renowned Canadian environmentalist who died last month. From reading his book, based on real events ‘A Whale for the Killing’ published in 1972, I took to studying whales as a hobby and I quickly realised just what a perfect creature the Fin Whale is. It is the only whale that is match coloured along both sides giving it the same symmetrical beauty as a dolphin and is the second largest creature to live, the Blue Whale being the only creature bigger. It is so amazing it can lift its entire body out of the water. Why on earth would you fire thousands of rounds of ammunition into a creature so beautiful? Why? This is a small tribute to the memory of Farley Mowat (May 12, 1921 – May 6, 2014) and to people like him who try so hard, such as the Sea Shepherds who try to stop the massacre of bottle-nose dolphins each year in Taiji, Japan ostensibly for food, even though most Japanese people shun the whale-meat.
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Jun 1, 2014
Jun 1, 2014 at 6:57 PM UTC
A Whale shouldn't die like that
The giant fin whale swam along with the tide A nineteen-foot calf was swimming by her side They were swimming away from her mate’s now dead shell Trapped in a lagoon and then all shot to hell. She’ll raise her young calf on her own from now on Not mating again as they only take one Her mate had followed a herring shoal in with the tide And for a short while there were those who had tried To help him turn and head back to sea But the cruelty of nature would not let it be At eighty feet long and a shallow cliff lea It could not turn around to escape and be free. And then a vile streak in the locals took hold A most wicked shooting match began to unfold The most handsome of whales was trapped and revealed As shooters took aim and young children squealed. They fired and they fired and they fired and they fired Stopping only to reload and then when they got tired They even drove speedboats across his shot back Leaving deep deep prop cuts as a further attack. And when they were done and the whale was no more His body burst open and in death he’d now score For the stench of his now rancid corpse was so rotten This beautiful creature wasn’t easily forgotten. There was a man who tried hard to get him free But one man alone is as a wood with one tree And by the time he had got national press all aware The whale was now dead, so bored, they’d not now care. ©Joe Wilson – A Whale shouldn’t die like that 2014 Many years ago I was enthralled by the work of Farley Mowat the renowned Canadian environmentalist who died last month. From reading his book, based on real events ‘A Whale for the Killing’ published in 1972, I took to studying whales as a hobby and I quickly realised just what a perfect creature the Fin Whale is. It is the only whale that is match coloured along both sides giving it the same symmetrical beauty as a dolphin and is the second largest creature to live, the Blue Whale being the only creature bigger. It is so amazing it can lift its entire body out of the water. Why on earth would you fire thousands of rounds of ammunition into a creature so beautiful? Why? This is a small tribute to the memory of Farley Mowat (May 12, 1921 – May 6, 2014) and to people like him who try so hard, such as the Sea Shepherds who try to stop the massacre of bottle-nose dolphins each year in Taiji, Japan ostensibly for food, even though most Japanese people shun the whale-meat.
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I woke up very early this morning, restless and bothered, itchy for the day to happen. As dawn broke orange, the city was revealed. I’ll never get tired of watching that. The snow was gone but a gloss over the city streets indicated ice. I scanned the landscape for movement - for life - like a predator. Lisa and I are headed back to school today, at 11am, by air, which our parents feel is the best way to avoid our old, holiday nemesis omicron (doesn’t that make us sound like secret agents?). Once everyone was finally up, Lisa and I got our busy-on, doing the last load of laundry and final packing. Lisa, packs a suitcase, by throwing clothes in without bothering to fold them, while I meticulously fold and roll my clothes, like a marine headed for deployment. As Lisa and I worked, Leeza (12) was lying on Lisa’s bed, on her back with her head hanging over the edge - watching us pack upside down. Her red hair looked like a thrown plate of spaghetti. Leeza was talk, talk, talking and gnawing on a toasted bagel at the same time. “How do you feel about going back to school?” she asked us. “OH, feelings!” I gasped, “A free therapy session!” “No, really,” she said, grown serious and rolling right side up. Leeza is cute as a button and vulnerable - I could almost feel her anxiety. As the youngest sibling I’d been left behind too - you don’t want the holiday to end and your big sister to leave - it’s a singularly lonesome feeling. I wanted to grab her, like a puppy, wrestle her and tell her I love her and I’d miss her - like my sister used to do with me. I decided that as soon as we were done packing, I would. “My GOD,” Lisa said to Leeza, “will you PLEASE shut up! I have to think.” Leeza blushed and shrugged “I’m just making conversation, grump-face, you’ve packed a million times before haven’t you?” “Does counting to 10 make ****** premeditated?” Lisa asked the ceiling. Suddenly, Lisa dropped the blouse she’d been holding and pounced on Leeza, tickling her as she squealed with delight. In a second they’d become a ball of flailing arms, legs, hair and playful noise. I slunk out of the room to give them their sister’s goodbye. Besides, I smelled bacon.
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Jan 14, 2022
Jan 14, 2022 at 9:19 AM UTC
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I woke up very early this morning, restless and bothered, itchy for the day to happen. As dawn broke orange, the city was revealed. I’ll never get tired of watching that. The snow was gone but a gloss over the city streets indicated ice. I scanned the landscape for movement - for life - like a predator. Lisa and I are headed back to school today, at 11am, by air, which our parents feel is the best way to avoid our old, holiday nemesis omicron (doesn’t that make us sound like secret agents?). Once everyone was finally up, Lisa and I got our busy-on, doing the last load of laundry and final packing. Lisa, packs a suitcase, by throwing clothes in without bothering to fold them, while I meticulously fold and roll my clothes, like a marine headed for deployment. As Lisa and I worked, Leeza (12) was lying on Lisa’s bed, on her back with her head hanging over the edge - watching us pack upside down. Her red hair looked like a thrown plate of spaghetti. Leeza was talk, talk, talking and gnawing on a toasted bagel at the same time. “How do you feel about going back to school?” she asked us. “OH, feelings!” I gasped, “A free therapy session!” “No, really,” she said, grown serious and rolling right side up. Leeza is cute as a button and vulnerable - I could almost feel her anxiety. As the youngest sibling I’d been left behind too - you don’t want the holiday to end and your big sister to leave - it’s a singularly lonesome feeling. I wanted to grab her, like a puppy, wrestle her and tell her I love her and I’d miss her - like my sister used to do with me. I decided that as soon as we were done packing, I would. “My GOD,” Lisa said to Leeza, “will you PLEASE shut up! I have to think.” Leeza blushed and shrugged “I’m just making conversation, grump-face, you’ve packed a million times before haven’t you?” “Does counting to 10 make ****** premeditated?” Lisa asked the ceiling. Suddenly, Lisa dropped the blouse she’d been holding and pounced on Leeza, tickling her as she squealed with delight. In a second they’d become a ball of flailing arms, legs, hair and playful noise. I slunk out of the room to give them their sister’s goodbye. Besides, I smelled bacon.
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The others never got to Jane quite like tequila had. While sober one might think her plain, Jose turned good girl, bad. In a haze of salt and lime she thought herself a hero. A partying vigilante, but powers? She had zero. That never stopped Jane in her tracks. She thought herself quite brave. Jane’s friends disagreed with these facts, and wished she would behave. On the night before prom they drank, Each kid grabbing a brew. Jane grabbed her bottle with a “thanks” and drank the whole night through. The tequila was pumping through her veins and Jane felt strong, as she did a slurred rendition of her favorite song. Though the words were a bit muddied and she was quite off key the group all sang along with her, the crowd howling with glee. “I’m strong!” They stared. “And you know it!” The drunken hero rose. One boy yelled, “She’ll fall and eat **** They watched, all on their toes. “She’ll try and fly again.” one said. Tequila Jane was nuts. “Last time she slipped, and fell and bled!” ***** made Jane a klutz. “Get down from there!” her friend growled, grabbing her by the hand. “Back off man! Total party foul!” Jane squealed, trying to stand. But the liquor was too much, those the shots had made her woozy. Jane passed out, thus the story goes, of our favorite ******
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Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014 at 4:49 PM UTC
The Ballad of Tequila Jane
***“We're all mad here.” Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland*** Go ask Alice about the adventure, how she fell from grace into that ungodly space amongst mad people places that go meow in the night yesterday, she was a different kind of gal believing in the impossible before breakfast out of touch with smoking caterpillars she left the rabbit hole with new frightful insight it hardly matters which way you go it's always a huge puzzle It was no secret she was entirely bonkers, whence the queen squealed off with her head Mad Hatter served tea with uncommon nonsense whilst chasing dust bunny shrooms chatting backwards, then asked curiouser & curiouser 'why is a raven like a writing desk'? They all jammed yesterday and today, into clouds, sand & sea, so that eventually, logic and proportion of the Red Queen, only made eccentric sense to the dormouse feeding your head... & uncle Walt getting richer on the hookah smokin' blonde ***** pill popper, ~too bad the moral of the story is frozen for posterity...
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Jan 21, 2014
Jan 21, 2014 at 9:31 AM UTC
~Go Ask Dark Alice