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"stash" poems
I'll see what I can make out of the leftovers I have. Although, it's never too long until the milk turns bad, until a love turns sour in an online second; since, an online minute wastes a real-life hour. But in a snap-shot moment, I can find life for weeks on my stash of sugar truths, until I forget to eat; forget to breathe; 'til I don't even need to sleep because the lovehearts on my photos sing such soft melodies. And despite the fact that often I can't sit at ease, somehow this perfect madness always tastes so bittersweet.
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Aug 4, 2018
Aug 4, 2018 at 11:06 AM UTC
A recipe for disaster
I broke up with McDonalds On Valentine's day People said she was no good for me I had to get away So I told her, It's not you, It's just a phase I'm going through But as we all know - Dumping fast food is not a pleasant thing to do. So I broke up with McDonalds, didn't see her for a while Was doing pretty well - there was the occasional drunk-dial When I walked up to the window And I slipped into the queue - But then I came back to my senses And realised the thing to do... Was to keep on walking Keep on walking Right past her Ignore the temptation To suckle On those golden arches Ignore those bed-like burgers And those oh-so-easy fries Divide our shared world up And sever all ties! Yes! I broke up with McDonalds and my life is better for it When my girlfriend serves up rabbit food I simply adore it I was scared of life alone with no kebab to walk me home But...       What I once spent on burgers...                                                      I now spend on...                                                                                  Haribo! Oh Haribo! Haribo!   You are a fruit tree in a sack And although it feels wrong to see you Behind my girlfriend's back She can not be hurt by wrongs she does not know! No - the new love of my life is Haribo, oh Haribo! But then one evening after work My girfriend came home early. Caught me curled up on the couch   Soaking up her girly   DVDs In front of me A bowl of Not nuts, nor seeds... But fizzy, yes fizzy, Cola bottles   That were   FIZZY! How could you do this? My girlfriend screamed at me. Cannot you see the damage that they do-eth to your teeth? (She'd been reading Shakespeare) No, my eyes are on my face, I can't see in my mouth. Right, she said, If you think I'm joking then I'm going to kick you out. So she kicked me out the flat and that was that she said. Not quite... I grabbed my stash of Haribo from underneath the bed. I told her all the things about her that I really hated And the moral is: Relationships with things that you can't eat are over-rated.
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Feb 20, 2011
Feb 20, 2011 at 2:52 PM UTC
McDonalds
I broke up with McDonalds On Valentine's day People said she was no good for me I had to get away So I told her, It's not you, It's just a phase I'm going through But as we all know - Dumping fast food is not a pleasant thing to do. So I broke up with McDonalds, didn't see her for a while Was doing pretty well - there was the occasional drunk-dial When I walked up to the window And I slipped into the queue - But then I came back to my senses And realised the thing to do... Was to keep on walking Keep on walking Right past her Ignore the temptation To suckle On those golden arches Ignore those bed-like burgers And those oh-so-easy fries Divide our shared world up And sever all ties! Yes! I broke up with McDonalds and my life is better for it When my girlfriend serves up rabbit food I simply adore it I was scared of life alone with no kebab to walk me home But...       What I once spent on burgers...                                                      I now spend on...                                                                                  Haribo! Oh Haribo! Haribo!   You are a fruit tree in a sack And although it feels wrong to see you Behind my girlfriend's back She can not be hurt by wrongs she does not know! No - the new love of my life is Haribo, oh Haribo! But then one evening after work My girfriend came home early. Caught me curled up on the couch   Soaking up her girly   DVDs In front of me A bowl of Not nuts, nor seeds... But fizzy, yes fizzy, Cola bottles   That were   FIZZY! How could you do this? My girlfriend screamed at me. Cannot you see the damage that they do-eth to your teeth? (She'd been reading Shakespeare) No, my eyes are on my face, I can't see in my mouth. Right, she said, If you think I'm joking then I'm going to kick you out. So she kicked me out the flat and that was that she said. Not quite... I grabbed my stash of Haribo from underneath the bed. I told her all the things about her that I really hated And the moral is: Relationships with things that you can't eat are over-rated.
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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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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, Money in the pocket of the biggest shareholder Day by day, we grow older Love is lost, hearts grow colder So while you still can, you should hold her Say what you feel, before you wish you'd told her Don't stash your dreams away, in that folder As you care less what they think, you'll get bolder Listen to those, who need a shoulder Let her live, don't try to mold her Don't sell your soul, for something golder
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Dec 8, 2015
Dec 8, 2015 at 10:03 AM UTC
Life Lessons
Our family got the news today Our bubba's gettin' hitched Young Daisy Mae, she's near fourteen Got our boy bewitched He's sayin' that he loves her He's making her his bride She's the first to get him this close Though not too many tried We've got to get things ready Send invitations and make candles We've got to get the good jars out The one's that still have handles The minister is on alert We've got to make some shine Grandpa says he'll make some up But, it will not all be mine Gonna have a wedding, a real old fashioned bash With all sorts of kissin cousins drinkin from their secret stash The food will be impressive, there'll be turkey, pig and cow The family won't get bigger, since we're related anyhow This time there'll be no shotgun Like the last time for old Ben This time the guns are empty Not the way they were back then The banjos will be tuned up There'll be music in the air The cops won't try to stop it I think most will all be there The ladies will be planning Just how to serve up all the grub While Bubba has to find a suit And therein lies the rub He's never worn a suit at all Not even for a day He's only dressed in coveralls And that's how he's gonna stay Gonna have a wedding, a real old fashioned bash With all sorts of kissin cousins drinkin from their secret stash The food will be impressive, there'll be turkey, pig and cow The family won't get bigger, since we're related anyhow It'll be a **** dang doodle A hell of a good time It'll only be completed When they run out of the shine there'll be singing and some dancing Underneath the harvest moon We can't wait for it to happen It cannot come too soon There'll be readings from the bible Which the minister will read And as good holy Christians Everyone will heed There's sure to be some fighting Before the couple say "I do" I mean, they are both cousins I'm gonna go...aren't you? Gonna have a wedding, a real old fashioned bash With all sorts of kissin cousins drinkin from their secret stash The food will be impressive, there'll be turkey, pig and cow The family won't get bigger, since we're related anyhow
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Oct 23, 2013
Oct 23, 2013 at 11:45 PM UTC
Gonna be a redneck wedding
Our family got the news today Our bubba's gettin' hitched Young Daisy Mae, she's near fourteen Got our boy bewitched He's sayin' that he loves her He's making her his bride She's the first to get him this close Though not too many tried We've got to get things ready Send invitations and make candles We've got to get the good jars out The one's that still have handles The minister is on alert We've got to make some shine Grandpa says he'll make some up But, it will not all be mine Gonna have a wedding, a real old fashioned bash With all sorts of kissin cousins drinkin from their secret stash The food will be impressive, there'll be turkey, pig and cow The family won't get bigger, since we're related anyhow This time there'll be no shotgun Like the last time for old Ben This time the guns are empty Not the way they were back then The banjos will be tuned up There'll be music in the air The cops won't try to stop it I think most will all be there The ladies will be planning Just how to serve up all the grub While Bubba has to find a suit And therein lies the rub He's never worn a suit at all Not even for a day He's only dressed in coveralls And that's how he's gonna stay Gonna have a wedding, a real old fashioned bash With all sorts of kissin cousins drinkin from their secret stash The food will be impressive, there'll be turkey, pig and cow The family won't get bigger, since we're related anyhow It'll be a **** dang doodle A hell of a good time It'll only be completed When they run out of the shine there'll be singing and some dancing Underneath the harvest moon We can't wait for it to happen It cannot come too soon There'll be readings from the bible Which the minister will read And as good holy Christians Everyone will heed There's sure to be some fighting Before the couple say "I do" I mean, they are both cousins I'm gonna go...aren't you? Gonna have a wedding, a real old fashioned bash With all sorts of kissin cousins drinkin from their secret stash The food will be impressive, there'll be turkey, pig and cow The family won't get bigger, since we're related anyhow
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people romanticize self-harm as if it's nothing special and really, no one is alarmed everyone's stopped being careful it's not just about the blood it really eats your heart out the suffering makes your head flood and everything seems so loud you can't just seek pitiful attention saying "oh, look, i'm depressed" you really do deserve a lecture because the real deal would say so much less cutting ruins your body it also pierces your soul you seek a friend or just anybody but you always end up alone the cup of coffee in the morning is the only thing keeping you alive the rest of the time you're crying trying to get thoughts out of your mind you've got a stash of blades hiding under your bed today your sister got engaged and you might end up dead you try to down twenty pills with a chug of burning ***** maybe then you'd see flowery hills but it's just likely to cause you trauma you stare at your own blank wall trying to find a slimmer of hope and nobody's there to watch you fall as you exit this life with some dope
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Aug 23, 2015
Aug 23, 2015 at 4:27 PM UTC
stop romanticizing self-harm
"lie still and let it wash over you, the was and is and soon to be. How frightening yet effervescent the next 24 hours. The lust, and musts of future days revert to the ancient past..." patty m. >< the irony! when I am stilled, the effervescence of me unbounded, unleashed, and the torrential rain of words fulfilling and departing from my interior I am a Grand Central Station of trains labelled "the was and is and soon to be'' all moving in an unscheduled mayhem, but never crashing. never accidenting, only accenting my racing against time, my oldest and fiercest Super Villian, and one just knows, never can you beat time, time, that old rascally up his sleeve card magician, who when shuffling the deck, he knows what was, what is, and here his red eyes gleam with satisfaction, soon to be... He and I, old familiar adversaries addicted to living. never leave the table, never leave a *** or a poem on the felt, and having always felt, firm believed, there will always be one more, one more gamble, another day, to write another poem and turning my cards over to reveal, to revel, in my Royal Flush of creativity, when time, smiling face, with his wild card, **** time, who trumps me for it, in possess of a Five-of-a-Kind(1) ~' and the new players, the young poets, slap me on the back, saying I had a great run, but they don't know 'bout my secret stash, preprogrammed to appear, long after these fingers cease their tangled tango of tap dancing, my dust, my lusts and musts will unstilled yet be blowing, floating in the soon to be so ha!                          nml 6:30am Wed Sep 10 Twenty Twenty Five
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Sep 10, 2025
Sep 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM UTC
the was and is and soon to be...
"lie still and let it wash over you, the was and is and soon to be. How frightening yet effervescent the next 24 hours. The lust, and musts of future days revert to the ancient past..." patty m. >< the irony! when I am stilled, the effervescence of me unbounded, unleashed, and the torrential rain of words fulfilling and departing from my interior I am a Grand Central Station of trains labelled "the was and is and soon to be'' all moving in an unscheduled mayhem, but never crashing. never accidenting, only accenting my racing against time, my oldest and fiercest Super Villian, and one just knows, never can you beat time, time, that old rascally up his sleeve card magician, who when shuffling the deck, he knows what was, what is, and here his red eyes gleam with satisfaction, soon to be... He and I, old familiar adversaries addicted to living. never leave the table, never leave a *** or a poem on the felt, and having always felt, firm believed, there will always be one more, one more gamble, another day, to write another poem and turning my cards over to reveal, to revel, in my Royal Flush of creativity, when time, smiling face, with his wild card, **** time, who trumps me for it, in possess of a Five-of-a-Kind(1) ~' and the new players, the young poets, slap me on the back, saying I had a great run, but they don't know 'bout my secret stash, preprogrammed to appear, long after these fingers cease their tangled tango of tap dancing, my dust, my lusts and musts will unstilled yet be blowing, floating in the soon to be so ha!                          nml 6:30am Wed Sep 10 Twenty Twenty Five
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Choose **** Choose a dealer. Choose your rolling papers. Choose a **** Choose mind numbingly long conversations about **** all. Choose home grown. Choose frequent holidays to amsterdam. Choose red eyes. Choose the biggets pizza ever for when the munchies kick in. Choose paranoia. Choose chilling with mates. Choose hallucinating about a giant green hedgehog following you home. Choose watching Cheech and Chong. Choose skunk. Choose super skunk. Choose hiding your stash from the police. Choose spilling ***** **** water on your carpet. Choose a fake jamaican accent. Choose space cakes. Choose your future. Choose ****
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Apr 26, 2014
Apr 26, 2014 at 6:08 AM UTC
Choose ****
Your stars glimmers Belching, wrenching Exposing my ethnic aura A tape of heavenly bliss The acoustic rhythm Essentially subliminal Satiably insatiable Tracked traces covered Your tree branching out Railing through my bark My bosoms blossoming Tip-toe to my bareness Your entirely arousing A summation of beauty A firefly to enlighten Encased within to liven A body I hold twinkles Whistle magnetic presence Sprinkle my mind to entwine Assign your soul peacefully A might, a light at sight A whole in me,a one in you Pluck, nip,smash,trap,stash In dreamscapes and reality
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Mar 4, 2016
Mar 4, 2016 at 11:37 AM UTC
Spanking Melancholy
Handbag~ 1994 exam timetable £5 from my Mum shiny key for the front door fresh-mint chewing gum Handbag~ 1998 keys for work keys for home £20 and a bit of change photo of my best mate and a bloke that's twice my age lipstick~ lacy knickers condoms~ ID card ticket for a bus to town UV sparkly stars Handbag~ 1999 keys for work keys for home spare key for his flat condoms~ contraceptive pills No.7 powder-ivory/matt VISA/Delta debit card paper gel ink pens number of a bloke who says our love will never end Handbag~ 2000 keys for work keys for home key for the gas meter Teletubbies picture book list of baby-sitters new mobile phone herbal teething gel lipstick~ Anadin vanilla impulse body spray children's Nurofen photo of my baby boy really tiny socks under-eye concealer secret stash of chocs Handbag~ 2002 keys for work keys for home pull-back-and-go car baby wipes mobile phone estate agents' cards picture of my little boy list of things to do Boots own brand pregnancy test both windows coloured blue Handbag~ 2005 keys for home card from work tissue full of tears photo of my boy in school that shows his gappy teeth photo of my baby girl and one of both of them a ring that used to be my Mum's Pro-Plus~ Diazepam Handbag~ 2009 keys for work keys for home one SLIM~FAST bar one Cadbury's wrapper Haribo~ Calpol~ tissues assorted Disney plasters treasured stones~ special shells sand and bits of twig money to buy ice creams photos of my kids
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Oct 14, 2011
Oct 14, 2011 at 4:52 PM UTC
Handbag 1994~2009
I can't write...      I have a stash of twenty drafts, bearing a couple of lines each I can't crack...      Every draft seem to have developed a shell I can't breach I can't gather...      My thoughts so I could nurture these drafts to fruition I can't think...      The clatter in my head meant only to deafen I can't fathom...      What went right from what had gone completely awry I can't find...      Much needed sanity to let soar and fly I can't cry...      The tears I've beckoned for so very badly I can't scream...      Only muffled gurgles of notions drowned at sea I can't see...      The bigger picture...that consumed us both I can't hear...      Except for the dreaded voice of reason that I loathe I can't piece...      Together one decent little write ***I can't breathe...      I can't breathe...***I'm losing this fight
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Jan 29, 2015
Jan 29, 2015 at 6:19 AM UTC
I Can't...
I am the flightless pelican. I’ve found myself with my mouth full, my stomach full, and so much still on my plate. Possessed by an inhuman hunger, I will gorge upon pure potential. I will yowl on and on, without sleep. - I have sand between my toes. My shoes are glued to my feet. Keep on running ‘til the calluses come. There has to be a point where I stop to sweat, and I’ll finally get my sigh of relief. I have one ride left on my bus pass. - I have a tendency to ramble and languish in my own stench. People tend to forget this at first; lured in by the false face of a genetic fluke. They want to know the impression I left, not the procrastinator; the cud-chewing goat. - I can’t sleep being held, or if I feel someone’s breath in the still. I start to feel the urge to burrow into the quiet quilts; patchwork Promised Land. I cater to the crowd that caters to themselves, but I’m no Utilitarian. Fox and Lion. - I have cousins like brothers, and I have brothers like strangers. Stray cats with names and a copy of The Mahabharata that I stash my money in. I’m sitting on a sunny pier with my hook in the water; avoiding conflict with no bait.   - Paper cuts from the gold leaf on the edges of hymn book pages with burgundy leather covers. These guilty cuts, bleeding for what seems like hours, while we steadily forget that anyone was singing. Alone with our thoughts in the crowd.
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Jan 6, 2015
Jan 6, 2015 at 9:54 PM UTC
I Am the Flightless Pelican
Is burrowing a web weaving a collection, accumulating an anthology For a far gone day Stash them away set them aside with a what, when, why rather than right now ambitious zeal discoverable. findability. Its the nature of the undertaking. My minds an unavoidable reciprocal Gratified by wasting time, It’s just there filling space Tucked away for a rainy day In every nook and cranny Tickling the fancy. Affording a kind of intellectual gusto that's borderline deplorable accumulatively downright trifling. Nonetheless, even if it's unnecessary I'll never get my fill paper to hand typing away uncovering all of life's mysteries
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Oct 14, 2017
Oct 14, 2017 at 10:09 AM UTC
This Nervous Squirrel
Extra Extra ...Read all about it!!!..The time for the righteous ***** is dead...You claim Your stature of limitations..But all you got is knowledge...Let me reconstruct the past...That the ones you preaching to don't see...Slavery...to share croppers.. to steal mill workers...Cotton pick en...to bootleg ‘en...to crack rock..slag ‘en...They got Aids from monkeys..So lets give it to all the monkeys..They know to much lets bury the smart ones under all the dummies...Rise up you righteous *** Shabazz..With more medals then Marcus Garvey...but this dispositions is thicker than the stash on Steve Harvey. Cuz the kids they love the Wiz...and all the green he smoke...Forget the yellow brick road...its these white bricks they see as Gold...But you so righteous with black power on Your bumper sticker...And so sweet that your water start to be thicker...then blood...with a hood that attack your own progression..You Been righteous for so long..with hope you feel depression..that you accuse your brother of mental retardation...urban gentrification...when he still live in the same house he did the year before...but you been moved to the east side on the top floor..You righteous *** ***** you been pronounced dead...back when them bombs hit over Bagdad...they waved the white flag..but you just made it easy...cuz you still so righteous...you done Got Fat, Turned Gay...and rallying for pride marches...Cuz you don’t know what else to do...your time is over..Them black cats use to be panthers, now you dress them up...and placed us all in a new minority...just to keep your righteous priority...Are You still looking East, or have you finally excepted the West..
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Nov 20, 2012
Nov 20, 2012 at 1:02 PM UTC
Death to the Righteous *****
Extra Extra ...Read all about it!!!..The time for the righteous ***** is dead...You claim Your stature of limitations..But all you got is knowledge...Let me reconstruct the past...That the ones you preaching to don't see...Slavery...to share croppers.. to steal mill workers...Cotton pick en...to bootleg ‘en...to crack rock..slag ‘en...They got Aids from monkeys..So lets give it to all the monkeys..They know to much lets bury the smart ones under all the dummies...Rise up you righteous *** Shabazz..With more medals then Marcus Garvey...but this dispositions is thicker than the stash on Steve Harvey. Cuz the kids they love the Wiz...and all the green he smoke...Forget the yellow brick road...its these white bricks they see as Gold...But you so righteous with black power on Your bumper sticker...And so sweet that your water start to be thicker...then blood...with a hood that attack your own progression..You Been righteous for so long..with hope you feel depression..that you accuse your brother of mental retardation...urban gentrification...when he still live in the same house he did the year before...but you been moved to the east side on the top floor..You righteous *** ***** you been pronounced dead...back when them bombs hit over Bagdad...they waved the white flag..but you just made it easy...cuz you still so righteous...you done Got Fat, Turned Gay...and rallying for pride marches...Cuz you don’t know what else to do...your time is over..Them black cats use to be panthers, now you dress them up...and placed us all in a new minority...just to keep your righteous priority...Are You still looking East, or have you finally excepted the West..
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In childhood, your father’s name is DAD Now grown, maybe with children of your own But his name is still DAD DAD, the teacher, the consoler, the advisor Admonishes: “Drive safe” and “Save your Money” Today he’s the bard “This is like prison,” DAD laments while rolling his eyes Tubes like thin plastic chains tether his deflated body to blinking panels; paintings (factory printed ones) pretend the hospital room is more than just a sterile space Today, DAD’s eyes cast a faraway gaze, projecting And I see the characters in his story I see the 10 year old boy he describes, who snuck to stash a set Of English Composition Texts in the boy’s bathroom To escape Mrs. McElroy’s Fourth Grade course in Morose Poetry I see the thin, sandy blond, 6 foot 2 high school rabblerouser Who broke into the Vice Principal’s old Fiat And buried Stilton cheese in the dashboard All done on a sweltering May school day The anecdote is punctuated with a smirk and a: “Who would do a thing like that?” Stories of when he spotted a shy brunette at the dance and knew Knew he was to marry her; Stories of when his own DAD grasped his infant grandson’s dimpled hand Before giving in to complications of a heart attack The bard stops and exhales a sigh He cringes in his crinkled skin Sunken eyes squeeze close “I’m sorry” the nausea interrupts his tale “These drugs are…” “It’s okay. Take your time” I console, trying to comfort the pain in the room Now I’m the consoler, taking on the job to ameliorate Now this man, vulnerable in his suffering, is no longer DAD Now mortal, a child, a brother, a lover, a patient A man chained by the body’s sickness He is distilled by chemo reduced to a soul, who, through affliction, Forgets As his children remember He is as helpless in this life as we are.
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Jun 17, 2016
Jun 17, 2016 at 12:38 AM UTC
My Father-In-Law in Chemo
In childhood, your father’s name is DAD Now grown, maybe with children of your own But his name is still DAD DAD, the teacher, the consoler, the advisor Admonishes: “Drive safe” and “Save your Money” Today he’s the bard “This is like prison,” DAD laments while rolling his eyes Tubes like thin plastic chains tether his deflated body to blinking panels; paintings (factory printed ones) pretend the hospital room is more than just a sterile space Today, DAD’s eyes cast a faraway gaze, projecting And I see the characters in his story I see the 10 year old boy he describes, who snuck to stash a set Of English Composition Texts in the boy’s bathroom To escape Mrs. McElroy’s Fourth Grade course in Morose Poetry I see the thin, sandy blond, 6 foot 2 high school rabblerouser Who broke into the Vice Principal’s old Fiat And buried Stilton cheese in the dashboard All done on a sweltering May school day The anecdote is punctuated with a smirk and a: “Who would do a thing like that?” Stories of when he spotted a shy brunette at the dance and knew Knew he was to marry her; Stories of when his own DAD grasped his infant grandson’s dimpled hand Before giving in to complications of a heart attack The bard stops and exhales a sigh He cringes in his crinkled skin Sunken eyes squeeze close “I’m sorry” the nausea interrupts his tale “These drugs are…” “It’s okay. Take your time” I console, trying to comfort the pain in the room Now I’m the consoler, taking on the job to ameliorate Now this man, vulnerable in his suffering, is no longer DAD Now mortal, a child, a brother, a lover, a patient A man chained by the body’s sickness He is distilled by chemo reduced to a soul, who, through affliction, Forgets As his children remember He is as helpless in this life as we are.
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heavy traffic so we stash ourselves in the publix parking lot and watch the flashes of the departing thunderstorm she lays out on the buicks hood in a bikini top a bead of sweat kisses her bellybutton her thick dreadlocks spread like ropes i pick one up and stick it in her ear shes not happy with that afternoon is all sunshine and watered down sodas isles of plastic goodies and elevator musics the old woman pushing her empty cart while dragging a bag she goes to get her nails done i push pebbles into parking lot puddles and watch the sky drift in the reflection she is half my age she sticks her tongue in my ear i dont mind there are palm trees and lizzards everywhere and pebbles in puddles im a pebble and shes my puddle shes all wet im hard we laugh in the forever summer sunshine we dance in the parking lot puddles of the fiveashes publix lot and daydream the stars above this is no ordinary love this is passion's fire in the hearts eyes shes my jezebel im her poet
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Mar 19, 2014
Mar 19, 2014 at 11:42 AM UTC
dreadlock girl ( an elegant love affair)
we stash away our fears under our own beds before we slumber and so they crawl up to the sheets and when we dream that's when they'll eat
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Sep 11, 2014
Sep 11, 2014 at 9:10 AM UTC
Monsters
She took my stash, slapped my *** and grabbed my vinyls, took them for another. She ate my kimchi, and ate my **** and ate my grub. She reminded my of Morgan, and sometimes she acted.
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Jun 8, 2014
Jun 8, 2014 at 8:36 AM UTC
Naughty Girl
"montana-says-yoga-pants-illegal" Look up on Yahoo we got quite the stash, under the illegal grass, in our hidden home, bring 'em out when it's just the two of us, looking to get exercised o'course we have secret codes, (yogurt slackers) never call 'em by their real name in public, lest we get sent by drone to the new orange and black jail when we be feeling risky-frisky, under our coats we wear 'em semi-publicly, but to blend in, we only buy black, seeing as we live in new york seeity, where we reside, black be the only legal color for approved illegal street walking never when we travel domestically in case we get busted, don't want to face federal interstate charges of inciting others to riot sensationally! this land is not my land, maybe it is yours, but if you come alooking for us, we got a cabin in the deep words, where we practice dress code freedom, no ties, shirts untucked, navel (oranges) fully exposed, button down shirts always  unbuttoned, (my high school days revolutionary first strike) hoping to escape the idiots we place above us to "govern"
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Feb 17, 2015
Feb 17, 2015 at 4:34 PM UTC
Illegal yogurt pants
Baby Panda You called me A pussy-bitch When you woke And I smiled In response Baby Panda When eating Fruity pebbles With almond milk You croaked like A frog, croak Over 20 times And got up To spit in the sink Excessive saliva In between Each bite I asked you why You croak wha? I smiled And say Never mind Baby Panda You ran to me Sobbing as if The world was ending My socks!!! No more clean **** I forgot To dry them You pace Uncomfortable As you're forced To go barefoot *Feet **** For longer Than an hour Baby Panda I return to You're stash Of a room And picking up Your pajamas I smell an Accident Of both sorts Soiling your Clothes sorry Red faced you enter I smile and Remind you To let me know Next time And not to Throw it on the Wooden floor Baby Panda Socks on smooth Shoes tied with Quadrupled knots You head to your Room, radio blasting Some radio talk Station about comedy Until 8:21 rolls around And you run Like a bullet To the bus outside Our house I smile as you yell BUS IS HERE No matter what room I'm in Baby Panda I worry for you The second you walk Out the door Because you have such Big, terrifying emotions Yet a small filter On your words, thoughts Of your own body Despite the fact That you're turning Into a real teen Before the summers end Baby Panda I wish I could help In ways I cannot I can't read your mind Though you think I should Know how by now I can't make socks magically Not hurt, or have people Not get ****** When you randomly shout Profanities When your last conversation Was regarding food And I can't Stop the madness that Overtakes your body Every time you get ill Physically, mentally But Baby Panda I love you now And always will
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Feb 8, 2018
Feb 8, 2018 at 12:07 AM UTC
Baby Panda (Autism/PANDAS)
Baby Panda You called me A pussy-bitch When you woke And I smiled In response Baby Panda When eating Fruity pebbles With almond milk You croaked like A frog, croak Over 20 times And got up To spit in the sink Excessive saliva In between Each bite I asked you why You croak wha? I smiled And say Never mind Baby Panda You ran to me Sobbing as if The world was ending My socks!!! No more clean **** I forgot To dry them You pace Uncomfortable As you're forced To go barefoot *Feet **** For longer Than an hour Baby Panda I return to You're stash Of a room And picking up Your pajamas I smell an Accident Of both sorts Soiling your Clothes sorry Red faced you enter I smile and Remind you To let me know Next time And not to Throw it on the Wooden floor Baby Panda Socks on smooth Shoes tied with Quadrupled knots You head to your Room, radio blasting Some radio talk Station about comedy Until 8:21 rolls around And you run Like a bullet To the bus outside Our house I smile as you yell BUS IS HERE No matter what room I'm in Baby Panda I worry for you The second you walk Out the door Because you have such Big, terrifying emotions Yet a small filter On your words, thoughts Of your own body Despite the fact That you're turning Into a real teen Before the summers end Baby Panda I wish I could help In ways I cannot I can't read your mind Though you think I should Know how by now I can't make socks magically Not hurt, or have people Not get ****** When you randomly shout Profanities When your last conversation Was regarding food And I can't Stop the madness that Overtakes your body Every time you get ill Physically, mentally But Baby Panda I love you now And always will
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He wore a purple knitted cap. He had a carrot nose This snowman figurine wore skates with black buttons on his clothes. His cheeks were daubed a cherry red His bootless feet looked cold. His smiling was perpetual His was a hopeful soul. Yet now he lay out near the curb He was destined for the trash His mistress found a figurine that had a bit more flash. He looked back sadly at the house. The only home he'd known His colleagues, perched on windowsills looked out at him alone. The trash-men came and grabbed the bags hydraulics crushed and smashed One trash man took the figurine and put it with his stash The trash man and his little girl since Spring had lived alone. It was hard since Emma's mother died but he tried to make a home. With no insurance and one salary his house this year looked bare Where once they'd had a festive Spruce now a pitiful fake stood there. Such decorations as they had were pilfered from the trash of folks with little sentiment and too much spending cash. In his workshop in the basement He made the snowman shine His silver skates were polished He repainted every line. Little Emma loved the snowman When she saw him near the tree He is no longer called unwanted since he found a new family.
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Dec 2, 2011
Dec 2, 2011 at 10:19 PM UTC
The Unwanted Snowman
In Brooklyn, in these hectic times, if Mom-hood gets you down you need a little pick me up so you won't fret and frown. When we boomers were just babies Mom might have a glass of wine. Just enough to take the edge off and leave her feeling fine. But Generation X and Y are more like Cheech and Chong when baby gets your dander up It's time to light a **** A little **** of Mary Jane gives Moms a pause to sigh. "Good night Moon" is a gripping read when Mom is flying high. Put the little Prince to bed before Mom has a fit. Motherhood is stressful she just needs to take a "hit" When the" little terrors" get you down Just think - "this too will pass" sneak off and roll yourself a joint We know you have a stash.
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Dec 26, 2011
Dec 26, 2011 at 7:58 AM UTC
Joint Custody ( comic)
I wish I was a big fat brown furry squirrel Up in the walnut trees I'd scamper and twirl Collect my delicious nuts for the frigid winter time Invite squirrl friends over to party and dine Take sweltering summer days to run, jump and play Frighten some silly song birds along the way No worries of the coming days No bill collectors at the door to pay To just live wildly free Like nature was ment to be Live out my life in a comfy hole I made in that old walnut tree That tree was here in my grandpa's days, it's as sturdy as can be In the winter curl into a warm ball and try to remember Of where I hid my stash of nuts, come December I want to be a big fat happy squirrel Never angain a sad woman-girl
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May 19, 2016
May 19, 2016 at 8:26 AM UTC
Big Fat Furry Squirrel
Nothing comes easy never let your honey down when creating that stash put your money where your mouth is Ow Money, Ow Money money, Ow Money money but your money goes back to the rich that bottomless *****
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Jul 19, 2012
Jul 19, 2012 at 4:22 PM UTC
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