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"stowed" poems
tell me... will tomorrow bring,      all the things i'm longing...     stowed upon its elusive wings, tirelessly beating     and fighting to show what's dangling and hanging...           ready for the picking...                           awaiting... such time so it could begin its need for unloading,                    delivering                                       and dropping, its gleaming                       treasures on those who are deserving,         in no way lacking so they could be at the receiving end of this pressurising,            inking                       of dwindling                                         words... careless thoughts conceived only to               fuel            my deranged ramblings... incessant mutterings of a shattering                          mind...            bending backwards, almost breaking,          risking... the chance of ever fully                                           mending... hoping and praying    for a sentence that's pending dawn's approval... allowing    the rising of the sun...                   paving             ways for thriving                                           wishes, unbarring                   gates for soaring                                                 dreams, unlocking                    latches, relieving... the heightening                      anxieties of grieving                                                          hearts. constantly whispering                                utterances, promising good will, happiness                               and titillating                                                       sanity. we're thinking...      the earth is spinning,          the moon is setting,      so the sun must be rising                          but...              tell me,                            tomorrow...                                 is it coming?
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Oct 12, 2014
Oct 12, 2014 at 3:25 PM UTC
tomorrow
tell me... will tomorrow bring,      all the things i'm longing...     stowed upon its elusive wings, tirelessly beating     and fighting to show what's dangling and hanging...           ready for the picking...                           awaiting... such time so it could begin its need for unloading,                    delivering                                       and dropping, its gleaming                       treasures on those who are deserving,         in no way lacking so they could be at the receiving end of this pressurising,            inking                       of dwindling                                         words... careless thoughts conceived only to               fuel            my deranged ramblings... incessant mutterings of a shattering                          mind...            bending backwards, almost breaking,          risking... the chance of ever fully                                           mending... hoping and praying    for a sentence that's pending dawn's approval... allowing    the rising of the sun...                   paving             ways for thriving                                           wishes, unbarring                   gates for soaring                                                 dreams, unlocking                    latches, relieving... the heightening                      anxieties of grieving                                                          hearts. constantly whispering                                utterances, promising good will, happiness                               and titillating                                                       sanity. we're thinking...      the earth is spinning,          the moon is setting,      so the sun must be rising                          but...              tell me,                            tomorrow...                                 is it coming?
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We embarked upon a titanic voyage to a new world. It’s said that behind every great man there's a great woman; But a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle. 7 bells rang late that night, as our ship stuck fast; between the devil and the deep blue sea. Fingers frantic! tapping code…—-… Sailors quickly battened down the hatches and stowed away the Riff-raff, for they knew fine words would butter no parsnips, Better here than there in third class. Some fiddlers on the deck played “Nearer My God to Thee", As the bubbles rose from beneath the sea, come buckle down boys for the devils to pay, come hell or high water he’ll have his pay. Mothers row, land lubbers row, it's time to leave this god forsaken place. pulling hard for freedom. Ten steel decks split and snap, as they join the ***** and hundreds either shriek or pray; as La dolce vita slowly ebbed away. Mercifully the cacophony descends ever silent, as fifteen hundred souls become neither fish nor flesh, rotting from the head down. Save our souls •••- - - •••. … — …
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Oct 10, 2018
Oct 10, 2018 at 4:15 PM UTC
Gigantic
you had a chapstick tube stowed away in your bag of things you never put to use those scarred chapped lips scratching, tearing crevice of your mouth craved my heart bleeding, uncaring and subsequently my mango chapstick would serve it's purpose on your lips and never mine. among other things, you had a pair of white socks. you never wore them, too pristine (you'd ruin them as you teetered on slippery suspended logs) you reminded me of a cracked open window, always hoping you would be at the mullioned panes chapped lips, white socks and all but the only thing that pushed against the glass was the scent of mango air. and mango never smelt so bitter. when will you come home replace the mango air with your feverish cologne. a swaying of the breeze and your tee shirt wraps a cotton arm around your waist the bitter aftertaste your tongue like grapefruit wedged against my teeth i missed the smell of burnt bread bottom, when we were in the kitchen and the gown of silver hemmed water that danced down the roof, tapping again and again and again but, when you come home next month. I will be gone. the mango around our home had long since turned bitter and that brown picket fence no longer bends around my heart i am somewhere where the mango still smells sweet and boys give my their chapstick for i've long since run out of mine.
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Oct 15, 2017
Oct 15, 2017 at 2:30 AM UTC
Chapstick
*I may not be yours But you will always be mine In my mind My fetish you Like stowed in the cellar An ageold bottle of wine* Bharti
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Apr 10, 2015
Apr 10, 2015 at 6:27 AM UTC
Like a bottle of wine...
A woman drew herself up from wrecked wood at the bottom of the ocean; whispered sea-songs into the wistful ear of a long lost love; shook her locks 'til his heart beat faster; looked longer than she should into the deep pools of his pleading eyes. "I will call you when I want to; I will call you when I want." Cooled his temples; breathed her watery breath as silvered beads streamed down his shocked skin.                                        ....... Rumors rock an empty drifting boat; a glazed shell faced with priceless pearl broken from its moorings, strangled by a knotted rope. "You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you" Hold fast the bestowed gift, your Quinquireme of stowed treasure. Protect its precious structure. "Who are you, the one who stripped my soul? Who is the third who stole yours?"                                             ......... Broken from netting I lie a beached starfish on burning sand, wishing the waves to wash me back through Time's receding current to find the silence that once was; to turn away before the sacrifice, before the Eye of the storm. copyright © Caroline Grace 2010
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May 20, 2010
May 20, 2010 at 2:05 AM UTC
The Eye of the storm
Oh there once was a swagman camped in the billabong, Under the shade of a Coolabah tree; And he sang as he looked at his old billy boiling "Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me." Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, my darling. Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda and leading a water-bag — Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me. Down came a jumbuck to drink at the waterhole, Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him in glee; And he sang as he stowed him away in his tucker-bag, "You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me." Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, my darling. Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda and leading a water-bag — Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me. Down came the squatter a-riding his thoroughbred; Down came policemen — one, two, and three. "Whose is the jumbuck you've got in the tucker-bag? You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with we." Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, my darling. Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda and leading a water-bag — Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me. But the swagman, he up and he jumped in the waterhole, Drowning himself by the Coolabah tree; And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the billabong "Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?" Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, my darling. Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda and leading a water-bag. Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
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Waltzing Matilda
I pride, In many things. Little and big. Existing and imaginary. Useful and unnecessary. Almost ubiquitously. I take pride in my mind, most of all. In the many wonders it brings me. It lets me wave at the voyagers that zip by as I swim, weightless and cold in the eternal stardust of would bes. It lets me simmer in the memory of a younger day. Of all the loves loved and the ones lost I pride the ones that never gave way. Like old paintings stowed away deeply fragments, moving, ageing effortlessly. I take pride in the fact that I have one true friend and not many. I don't know why I take pride in it though I would understand culling a herd, if I had any. I take pride in a soul that has learnt to love so deeply. Deeper than the rivers of the world and tumultuous as the sea I take pride in my dog, sitting when I command it. I take pride in the fact that, At least he understands it. I take pride in the words that I think and regret the ones I don't. I take pride in understanding the existence of truth and its relentless need to run and hide away. I take pride in my people and in their endless rebellion against sanity. I take pride in their manic displays of affection despite their distaste for the same affectations. I take pride in their synchronized entropy, beautiful, much like the death of a galaxy.   I take pride in the songs I hear, the sonnets of love and despair. of first discoveries, and fevered dreams. Of Kings and conquerors and knights against the regime. Of their legends that soar and rise and go beyond where the grave lies. I take pride in the mirror. Though broken and shattered beyond repair it bestows me with honesty about the one that I care. I take pride in all these aberrations, in these tiny little manipulations. These effervescent little marionettes forever dancing within constellations.
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Feb 19, 2018
Feb 19, 2018 at 11:30 PM UTC
Pride
I pride, In many things. Little and big. Existing and imaginary. Useful and unnecessary. Almost ubiquitously. I take pride in my mind, most of all. In the many wonders it brings me. It lets me wave at the voyagers that zip by as I swim, weightless and cold in the eternal stardust of would bes. It lets me simmer in the memory of a younger day. Of all the loves loved and the ones lost I pride the ones that never gave way. Like old paintings stowed away deeply fragments, moving, ageing effortlessly. I take pride in the fact that I have one true friend and not many. I don't know why I take pride in it though I would understand culling a herd, if I had any. I take pride in a soul that has learnt to love so deeply. Deeper than the rivers of the world and tumultuous as the sea I take pride in my dog, sitting when I command it. I take pride in the fact that, At least he understands it. I take pride in the words that I think and regret the ones I don't. I take pride in understanding the existence of truth and its relentless need to run and hide away. I take pride in my people and in their endless rebellion against sanity. I take pride in their manic displays of affection despite their distaste for the same affectations. I take pride in their synchronized entropy, beautiful, much like the death of a galaxy.   I take pride in the songs I hear, the sonnets of love and despair. of first discoveries, and fevered dreams. Of Kings and conquerors and knights against the regime. Of their legends that soar and rise and go beyond where the grave lies. I take pride in the mirror. Though broken and shattered beyond repair it bestows me with honesty about the one that I care. I take pride in all these aberrations, in these tiny little manipulations. These effervescent little marionettes forever dancing within constellations.
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To even commence to define how profoundly I fell in love with you, I would need the capacity of a thousand-page manuscript written in the most romantic idiom. Each, and every retention of us is stowed into the back of my conscious, and concealed deep into my heart. Every beautiful memory plays through my head like soft music. I would say my heart is immovable.  There are days that I try to sojourn the thoughts of you, but its intolerable for me to do so. I am so engulfed in your perfection. I do not think there has been a single day that you have escaped my thoughts. I can feel your presence with me if I ponder our memories deeply enough. Your presence weighs heavily in my heart. It is as if part of your soul occupies its crevasses, and fills my cracks. Your eyes are echoes of a hundred distant galaxies no man has ever revealed. Vast windows that reflect the constellations. My heart is certain the universe resides in them. As I begin to study your face, I feel like nothing but love can exist. Your porcelain perfection never ceases to weaken me. You weaken me with love, trust, and desire. Like the finest specimen created by the hands of Gods. As I anticipate the connotation of love, the implication is “you”. Even if the fire for what you feel for me dies, I do not reason the passion I have for you will ever dim. I do not begin to recollect if I had ever felt this susceptible. I let this passion be valued like the rarest stone. I would give up the entire world if it meant I could have you in my life endlessly. Your happiness is of grave importance to me, when I study your smile, I can overlook the darkness of this decaying reality.    Every heartbeat of time my mouth declares three unpretentious words. “I love you”. I say it like an invocation. Not one moment did my tongue express profanity against these golden words of poetry. I love you. “ I Love You” . And solitarily just you.   I wallow in my own sorrows at the thought of the culmination, when we shall one day part at death's hand. For I deeply distinguish that you love me equally, and this brings vast pleasure to my temperament. I sense security in your encirclement, your heart is my home. My heart qualms of my fragile weakness that I consume when I dream of you. You make me susceptible to the sickness of love. If love was a poem, you would be the title.
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Jan 30, 2018
Jan 30, 2018 at 10:30 PM UTC
If Love Was A Poem, That Poem Would Be You.
To even commence to define how profoundly I fell in love with you, I would need the capacity of a thousand-page manuscript written in the most romantic idiom. Each, and every retention of us is stowed into the back of my conscious, and concealed deep into my heart. Every beautiful memory plays through my head like soft music. I would say my heart is immovable.  There are days that I try to sojourn the thoughts of you, but its intolerable for me to do so. I am so engulfed in your perfection. I do not think there has been a single day that you have escaped my thoughts. I can feel your presence with me if I ponder our memories deeply enough. Your presence weighs heavily in my heart. It is as if part of your soul occupies its crevasses, and fills my cracks. Your eyes are echoes of a hundred distant galaxies no man has ever revealed. Vast windows that reflect the constellations. My heart is certain the universe resides in them. As I begin to study your face, I feel like nothing but love can exist. Your porcelain perfection never ceases to weaken me. You weaken me with love, trust, and desire. Like the finest specimen created by the hands of Gods. As I anticipate the connotation of love, the implication is “you”. Even if the fire for what you feel for me dies, I do not reason the passion I have for you will ever dim. I do not begin to recollect if I had ever felt this susceptible. I let this passion be valued like the rarest stone. I would give up the entire world if it meant I could have you in my life endlessly. Your happiness is of grave importance to me, when I study your smile, I can overlook the darkness of this decaying reality.    Every heartbeat of time my mouth declares three unpretentious words. “I love you”. I say it like an invocation. Not one moment did my tongue express profanity against these golden words of poetry. I love you. “ I Love You” . And solitarily just you.   I wallow in my own sorrows at the thought of the culmination, when we shall one day part at death's hand. For I deeply distinguish that you love me equally, and this brings vast pleasure to my temperament. I sense security in your encirclement, your heart is my home. My heart qualms of my fragile weakness that I consume when I dream of you. You make me susceptible to the sickness of love. If love was a poem, you would be the title.
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;fear We felt it, with our hands pressed tightly against our child-chests. Boom Boom Boom. It sounded nothing like a heartbeat, But explosions being let off in the distance. And it smelt nothing like fear, It smelt like sweat and dried ***** caked onto torn pajama pants. We grew to know the insides of our mouths, with our soft gums clutched between our teeth - We learned that our voices were safer kept stowed away there. We picked at their hands like we picked at our scabs, Because pulling off healing skin, felt like pulling off a rooted burn, And prying off desperate fingers from off our bones, Meant prying off something that terrified us. This was our strength; This was our paralysis. We felt it, with our ears pushed against the door, Please Please Please It sounded nothing like a pleading mother But warm air, creeping through vents with a sudden force. And it smelt nothing like fear, It smelt of fresh blood, kissing the lips of a weeping woman. We worshipped knives like they worshiped our baby-soft skin, Because cutting open ourselves meant cutting out what they left inside, And watching the filth flee down our wrists, down our knees, Felt like draining water Out of a clogged tub. It felt nothing life fear It smelt nothing like decay It was a continual clutch of the knife against their throats This one's for you, daddy
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Feb 6, 2018
Feb 6, 2018 at 9:42 PM UTC
;peur
Just a Game. . . In the comfortable stockade of my mind Hide and seek cannot be won Tip­toe away and find a hollow, The solitary spot Slipping between turmoil Festering in alcoves Always waiting; back tensed, Adrenalin sheathing the silence If I remain undetected Perhaps the seeker will ease off, Forget the ollie ollie in comfree Leave me stowed away. Much later, I could creep into safety Call a truce, change spots... Yet unmarred, the same old rules; Vicious whispers that ask of unknown. Meaningful glances and gritted teeth, The shock of lush green eyes chasing down memory lane. Wake up, Maple. Wake up. But I wouldn’t, and it didn’t matter. Because the stabbing whispers would continue inside; Dueling emotions I long ago left at bay. Reside there, waiting. Counting. Watching. *Ready or not, Here We Come.*
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Feb 12, 2016
Feb 12, 2016 at 9:24 PM UTC
Hide and Seek and Hide and Hide
with guns and knives stowed in our suits we may be called as sons of brutes but even in this place of fright we find our state of pure delight delight me with your cunning smile which makes false countries reconcile firm grip and all that attitude young girls will hope that you'd include include them in your precious mind and never leave them far behind it must have been your glorious hair that makes them stop and love and stare stare at your retreating back with me as selfish and intact in truth, when all is said and done you only have to raise your gun
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Feb 28, 2015
Feb 28, 2015 at 10:28 AM UTC
guns
In the winter you will lie soul beguiled and rested eye deathly dreams that dream to die In the dead of dusk In December you will sleep Stowed away the dreams you keep The sea inside you, swirling deep In the dead of dusk Daytime thoughts of innocence happiness and diligence follow you to requiem In the dead of dusk Lightest thoughts on surface, you forget about what's real what's true until the dusk envelops you that dead and demon dusk Now Winter's winds are calling you shadows cast on what is true white cat, now black cat sun now moon in the dead of dusk Everything you thought you knew sleep will twist and mangle you nightmares creep inside of you in the dead of dusk Morning follows sun rises up nightmares dangle on the cusp disappear now, Twelve hours burn up then drag you down back to the dead of dusk
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Nov 22, 2013
Nov 22, 2013 at 6:25 PM UTC
In the dead of dusk
Hwenne, och! slawlie IT, an’ unco Licht! Afoyr th' wounded frae Lyife Ghaist-Ancestors, At Calanais Stane Sirkill Auld, an’ Verra IT, Micht! Wae th' Lost ay! o'er Deep Tyme Unforgivin’, Hidden Bleezan ay, Sacrificial Rite at Myrk Nicht! Th' Stowed Oot Moon Conquerin’ rayses IT, tae mee! Amydde Thae Verra Bluish, cannae nowe ye a' see? Cauld Cluds ay flashin', an' Verra Thay A' Hye! Ainlie, ainlie Raw Rid Bridie sloch Ah! NVNC RVBRA CLARO FVLMINE REFVLGENS LVNA QVIA REDACTA EST AD FVLGOREM RES RVBRA TOTALITER INTRA SACRVM CIRCVLVS VICTRIX MIHI VBI REX INVICTVS AC MAXIME VLTOR OVERMAN RVBRO LAPIDI CVM MAGNO NECNON PHANTASMATE ALTA HIC FLAMMA POTENTER ADVENIT RVBRA.
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Feb 11, 2022
Feb 11, 2022 at 5:11 AM UTC
Wlf
All are limitory, but each has her own nuance of damage. The elite can dress and decent themselves, are ambulant with a single stick, adroit to read a book all through, or play the slow movements of easy sonatas. (Yet, perhaps their very carnal freedom is their spirit's bane: intelligent of what has happened and why, they are obnoxious to a glum beyond tears.) Then come those on wheels, the average majority, who endure T.V. and, led by lenient therapists, do community-singing, then the loners, muttering in Limbo, and last the terminally incompetent, as improvident, unspeakable, impeccable as the plants they parody. (Plants may sweat profusely but never sully themselves.) One tie, though, unites them: all appeared when the world, though much was awry there, was more spacious, more comely to look at, it's Old Ones with an audience and secular station. Then a child, in dismay with Mamma, could refuge with Gran to be revalued and told a story. As of now, we all know what to expect, but their generation is the first to fade like this, not at home but assigned to a numbered frequent ward, stowed out of conscience as unpopular luggage. As I ride the subway to spend half-an-hour with one, I revisage who she was in the pomp and sumpture of her hey-day, when week-end visits were a presumptive joy, not a good work. Am I cold to wish for a speedy painless dormition, pray, as I know she prays, that God or Nature will abrupt her earthly function?
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Old People's Home
Closed like confessionals, they thread Loud noons of cities, giving back None of the glances they absorb. Light glossy grey, arms on a plaque, They come to rest at any kerb: All streets in time are visited. Then children strewn on steps or road, Or women coming from the shops Past smells of different dinners, see A wild white face that overtops Red stretcher-blankets momently As it is carried in and stowed, And sense the solving emptiness That lies just under all we do, And for a second get it whole, So permanent and blank and true. The fastened doors recede. Poor soul, They whisper at their own distress; For borne away in deadened air May go the sudden shut of loss Round something nearly at an end, And what cohered in it across The years, the unique random blend Of families and fashions, there At last begin to loosen. Far From the exchange of love to lie Unreachable insided a room The trafic parts to let go by Brings closer what is left to come, And dulls to distance all we are.
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Ambulances
The simple life of burgers and fries maybe not the best for your health but they're a feast for the eyes The very thought of 'em just makes ya feel good whether you're on the road or at home in the hood Yep burgers and fries your waist might despise but who the hell cares when you're out with the guys Go get you some Wendy's or Micky-D's down the road Sonic or Five-Guys let some fat now get stowed Once you start eatin' some burgers and fries you're doin' it right when you let out your belt and your pants are too tight
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Jul 5, 2015
Jul 5, 2015 at 8:59 PM UTC
Burgers and Fries
Arrrh, here we be again at "Talk like a Pirate day" we'll spew our gaffs and have some laughs slappin wenches bums, while we're at play We'll have some grog mockin the captain's log reading lines of sea bound times and cabin boys, he's flogged When the eve be ov'r and drunken we'll awake it's out to sea, we'll all be nursing our headache Our love for wenches stowed miseries bandon'd in the hold mainsail's set, we'll not ferget we be pirates, young and old
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Sep 19, 2018
Sep 19, 2018 at 8:55 AM UTC
Arrrgggh Pirates, revisited
I sit alone in this connected world, separated from the selfishness I see spreading amongst everyone around me with everything to gain by filling their hands before filling their hearts, by silencing their inner voice and shouting out loud.   It must not be hard to live life in the singular, letting words and sounds crash against guarded ears and eyes.   The true trouble starts when a mind becomes a collective, letting in every thought, every notion, leaving judgment to fend for itself.   It becomes harder to keep your identity in an overflowing sea of mediocrity from not allowing any idea to rise above.   How does one feel empathy when living life in the former, cast away on an inner island?   Is it a feigned truth to goad the soul into cooperation with a strictly selfish mind?   Is it the weight of expectation crowding out viewpoints and virtue?   I can’t tell because for once in my life, I stand staring at this alien concept and see no wisp of familiarity floating in our shared air.   So my lungs seize at this ether bereft of merit, and I collapse.   Only to wake in a suspended reality, one where the naïveté of my mind rationalizes the incongruity of the external world long enough for me to delve within.   In these cloistered rooms of society, I find sparks without kindling, wasting away into ash, I find whispers discarded from distracted diaphragms, but most importantly, I find recognition, recognition of this middle ground, neither reached nor acknowledged by that strange outer land.   It is in these discarded thoughts stowed far beneath consciousness that I seek my own truth.
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Jun 26, 2012
Jun 26, 2012 at 1:24 AM UTC
Sparks Into Ash
I sit alone in this connected world, separated from the selfishness I see spreading amongst everyone around me with everything to gain by filling their hands before filling their hearts, by silencing their inner voice and shouting out loud.   It must not be hard to live life in the singular, letting words and sounds crash against guarded ears and eyes.   The true trouble starts when a mind becomes a collective, letting in every thought, every notion, leaving judgment to fend for itself.   It becomes harder to keep your identity in an overflowing sea of mediocrity from not allowing any idea to rise above.   How does one feel empathy when living life in the former, cast away on an inner island?   Is it a feigned truth to goad the soul into cooperation with a strictly selfish mind?   Is it the weight of expectation crowding out viewpoints and virtue?   I can’t tell because for once in my life, I stand staring at this alien concept and see no wisp of familiarity floating in our shared air.   So my lungs seize at this ether bereft of merit, and I collapse.   Only to wake in a suspended reality, one where the naïveté of my mind rationalizes the incongruity of the external world long enough for me to delve within.   In these cloistered rooms of society, I find sparks without kindling, wasting away into ash, I find whispers discarded from distracted diaphragms, but most importantly, I find recognition, recognition of this middle ground, neither reached nor acknowledged by that strange outer land.   It is in these discarded thoughts stowed far beneath consciousness that I seek my own truth.
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There was a porcelain teacup on the shelf hidden away behind the others Long ago she had found it in a dusty old shop and held it with care as many would close to her heart cradling it like something precious She took it home that day There on her shelf was a little teacup on the shelf shown proudly on display Dainty and sweet with little tea stains lips had left a little pink smudge on the corner Loved and appreciated the teacup sat There was a dusty teacup on the shelf among the packed boxes it went Surrounded by windows draped by black and the smell of salt in the air Packed away and stowed in a closet it stayed There in the box lay a little teacup dusty and chipped a bit on the edge A reminder of times went by of tea parties at the kitchen table of little ladies dancing on the carpet There among the other cups and such the teacup lay as they mourned another lost and pulled their lips to a smile remembering good times gone by and loves lost Seeing the disrepair and with much care they took the teacup from the box There on the counter a teacup sat freshly dusted and glued together It stood filled with rosy tea and healing herbs brought to a mouth kissed gently They let out a sigh sat the cup down and began to cry
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Jan 10, 2019
Jan 10, 2019 at 3:18 PM UTC
The Teacup
. **•not all of us were born with the gift of health •not all were born into a bassinet  fashioned out of gold•but all of us here, be- stowed with a treasure tro- ve of literary wealth•an e- ndowment to last a life- time, that never gets old•one must take it and s- oar to great- er hei- ghts..• ...ones should never... forsake such  a boon • let  the ...black- ness of our ink coat...... the  em- ptiest of nights • let the p- ermanen- ce   in  our words over- whelm... the** finiteness of the silver spoon• .
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Dec 7, 2015
Dec 7, 2015 at 11:27 AM UTC
Wealth is Finite
(Went out today, Charter boat Trinidad Bay Limited out on rock fish in two hours Watching Elks Head from the ocean, Grandpa) Isadore Called him Izzy Chewing all day on a fat cigar Looked at lot like Jimmy Durante His father stowed away on a ship Wasn't going to be a Russian military conscript Genocidal pogroms were coming how he knew we'll never know. Ended up in Philadelphia town, Scranton Pennsylvania Moved along to Brooklyn Stubby Izzy fighting it out with the Irish immigrants Dreaming of having a chicken farm over there in New Jersey Izzy met Grandma Sarah at the family clothing store they fought it out for 70 years The 60's book Games People Play They were the star attraction The friction was the glue that kept them together The friction was the match that lit their passion. Grandpa Izzy funniest man I ever met Drove an old 48 Ford selling housewares in the Southern route. In the morning far too early Sneaking into his room tickling his feet to the sounds of ohhs and hoho's At five years old Grandpa Izzy took me fishing on some New Jersey pond - Afternoon sun with yellow colors bringing all the foliage alive Sun setting fish rising a hand held in mine defined the peace I seek in reoccurring dreams through out a lifetime A troubled teen all suicidal the drive in the 48 Ford with Grandpa Izzy running down the Malibu pier catching the half day boat before it disappeared Grandpa Izzy never lived far from a race track I don't know about those losing days but the secret he said Was to never lose your sense of humor Always be able to laugh at yourself Izzy smoked those big old chewed cigars lived until he was 94 Ended up not knowing Who or where he was Maybe we all end up that way too But in my memory there is sharp focus he remains alive in me If heaven is there I know I'll find Izzy and I on that New Jersey pond, a fishing line and peace inside.
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Sep 10, 2016
Sep 10, 2016 at 12:57 PM UTC
Generations
(Went out today, Charter boat Trinidad Bay Limited out on rock fish in two hours Watching Elks Head from the ocean, Grandpa) Isadore Called him Izzy Chewing all day on a fat cigar Looked at lot like Jimmy Durante His father stowed away on a ship Wasn't going to be a Russian military conscript Genocidal pogroms were coming how he knew we'll never know. Ended up in Philadelphia town, Scranton Pennsylvania Moved along to Brooklyn Stubby Izzy fighting it out with the Irish immigrants Dreaming of having a chicken farm over there in New Jersey Izzy met Grandma Sarah at the family clothing store they fought it out for 70 years The 60's book Games People Play They were the star attraction The friction was the glue that kept them together The friction was the match that lit their passion. Grandpa Izzy funniest man I ever met Drove an old 48 Ford selling housewares in the Southern route. In the morning far too early Sneaking into his room tickling his feet to the sounds of ohhs and hoho's At five years old Grandpa Izzy took me fishing on some New Jersey pond - Afternoon sun with yellow colors bringing all the foliage alive Sun setting fish rising a hand held in mine defined the peace I seek in reoccurring dreams through out a lifetime A troubled teen all suicidal the drive in the 48 Ford with Grandpa Izzy running down the Malibu pier catching the half day boat before it disappeared Grandpa Izzy never lived far from a race track I don't know about those losing days but the secret he said Was to never lose your sense of humor Always be able to laugh at yourself Izzy smoked those big old chewed cigars lived until he was 94 Ended up not knowing Who or where he was Maybe we all end up that way too But in my memory there is sharp focus he remains alive in me If heaven is there I know I'll find Izzy and I on that New Jersey pond, a fishing line and peace inside.
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Twas the last day of school before a long winter break Not a student was learning, they were all munching on cake The children had tidied, supplies all snug in their places With candy cane smiles lighting up their sweet faces The artwork was stowed in their backpacks with care In the hope that they'd bring holiday cheer home to share When outside the portable there arose such a clatter Ms. G sprang from the party to see what was the matter The class followed her out, filling up the whole porch And right out in front of them, near as a bright as a torch Rudolph, nose blazing red through the dark Vancouver rain, Behind him the reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh like a train Santa jumped out spritely, red hat bouncing with glee He waved at the group and boomed out, "Hello there Ms. G," “And Division 14, all of you good girls and boys. We’re rehearsing our run to practice delivering toys” The reindeer pranced all round, putting on a fine show Santa offered his hand and said, “Come on Ms. G, let’s go,” “We’ll drop you in Mexico before we head back,” Ms. G happily agreed, asking “do you have time for a snack?” The class joyfully welcomed the jolly crew to the party They delighted in the games and the food, eating hearty Too soon it was time for the guests of honour to go Santa sprang to his sleigh and exclaimed, ** ** ** "Now, Rudoph and Dasher! Dancer, Prancer and ***** Now, Comet! on, Cupid! On, Donner on Blitzen! “To the top of the portable then over the school To Mexico we go, to Ms. G’s holiday by the pool.” And off the sleigh flew with Ms. G safely strapped in, Her pink toque a-bobbing, her face all a-grin They heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight— "Happy Holidays to all, and to all a good night!"
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Dec 20, 2019
Dec 20, 2019 at 2:37 PM UTC
Twas the last day of school
Twas the last day of school before a long winter break Not a student was learning, they were all munching on cake The children had tidied, supplies all snug in their places With candy cane smiles lighting up their sweet faces The artwork was stowed in their backpacks with care In the hope that they'd bring holiday cheer home to share When outside the portable there arose such a clatter Ms. G sprang from the party to see what was the matter The class followed her out, filling up the whole porch And right out in front of them, near as a bright as a torch Rudolph, nose blazing red through the dark Vancouver rain, Behind him the reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh like a train Santa jumped out spritely, red hat bouncing with glee He waved at the group and boomed out, "Hello there Ms. G," “And Division 14, all of you good girls and boys. We’re rehearsing our run to practice delivering toys” The reindeer pranced all round, putting on a fine show Santa offered his hand and said, “Come on Ms. G, let’s go,” “We’ll drop you in Mexico before we head back,” Ms. G happily agreed, asking “do you have time for a snack?” The class joyfully welcomed the jolly crew to the party They delighted in the games and the food, eating hearty Too soon it was time for the guests of honour to go Santa sprang to his sleigh and exclaimed, ** ** ** "Now, Rudoph and Dasher! Dancer, Prancer and ***** Now, Comet! on, Cupid! On, Donner on Blitzen! “To the top of the portable then over the school To Mexico we go, to Ms. G’s holiday by the pool.” And off the sleigh flew with Ms. G safely strapped in, Her pink toque a-bobbing, her face all a-grin They heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight— "Happy Holidays to all, and to all a good night!"
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Soggy, forgotten rotten eggs. Sink side. Gobbledy gnus cruising, fast acting cheetah be cheetah for the eggs are scare and the Time is new. The few are no longer fastened tightly to these hatchlings, the weather is near and all the tides are complicated. I could stand around in my underwear, but there isn't a single night song or nightengale that would hear me. There's a thud on my head and a knock on the door, I can't sing my best, or try to impress thee. All of these letters un rest to the sound of your voice, even in calfskin a vegetarian can begin to have trouble breathing. To the cables that untie thlemselves to a broom in a paradise, Pacific, galore. Forgot to. Invested. Contained poorl and drunks stowed in the holograms of hand-me-down prisms, here comes the infectuous lonely ol' lamb. This is the ewe song that sings you to sleep, keeps the sweat in your underwear. Where there is hunger there are poor but my gold chants forward to this Armageddon's sway. If it means it in Greek than it does in cyrillic, if it's toxin you have rotted your bell. Inside my pink, neon briefs is a tale of insanity, where I had tried to squeeze out every ounce of relief that commenced while I was asleep. There was only ever one of us that ran with the turmoil that romance does. Terminal two, Arizona-flu, carried through the ORD concourse I heard a saxophone tune. Final approach, a yawn. I'm home drinking ***** at 9:00am with my PJs on.
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Jan 23, 2015
Jan 23, 2015 at 11:27 PM UTC
Drinking ***** With My PJs On