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"thumped" poems
If you want my ex girlfriend, she's up for grabs. But if you sleep with her, you will get the ***** It's possible that you may get ****** too. Sleeping with her is a stupid thing to do. I caught her in bed with my cousin and I thumped her. She sleeps with a lot of men, that's why I dumped her. I'm giving you valuable advice so you'd better listen to me. If you ****** my ex girlfriend, you are sure to get an STD.
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May 8, 2015
May 8, 2015 at 12:40 PM UTC
STD
She sang the trot like she owned the narrative, as if she was singing about her inner most secret. -The  lady who lost her lover The place where she met him The Place with the Camellia flower It was a place of summer and ray bloomed while it matched the radiance of the two Paramour and a reminder of their internal chest thumped in unison In the street where they first met she stood alone fatigued with no more breath to give Many nights shed her tears by the Camellia flowers Now the flower leave crumbled The petals showed it's red bruises and falling like the tear drops When will the lover come back to her To the lonely Camellia Flower When will he come back- The song ends with a grasp as this German lady song ends with her whisper To the Korean Trot song of the past To the song "Lady Camellia!"
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Nov 29, 2014
Nov 29, 2014 at 11:33 PM UTC
Camellia Flower Lady Song
I saw you today. My heart thumped so fast like I can barely hold it. I saw you today. And I still feel everything like our story ended yesterday. I saw you today. There was no Hi or Hello along the way. We pretended like one isnt existing. We saw each other today. I saw you today. I like to stop and say Hi. But chance wasnt given to me. I felt like someone's pinching my heart. I saw you today. You looked more than fine. Because I saw you today... With her.
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May 27, 2016
May 27, 2016 at 3:26 AM UTC
I Saw You Today
Harsh light falls on my fearful face She stop thumped against my heart Gliding night on crinkled tights She worked and quirked her way in to me Shoulders clinched as she spun her drift She stomped trod on my soul Set aloft in the ***** air My eyes slopped their tears Wet down her hair as she clenched Lips dragged drug down my neck Lamp lit light flung down and low Fearful thoughts because I’ll crawl back Fearsome thoughts as she works again. cc1210
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Dec 27, 2010
Dec 27, 2010 at 2:37 PM UTC
Lamp Lit Light
It seemed that out of battle I escaped Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped Through granites which titanic wars had groined. Yet also there encumbered sleepers groaned, Too fast in thought or death to be bestirred. Then ,as I probed them, one sprang up, and stared With piteous recognition in fixed eyes, Lifting distressful hands, as if to bless. And by his smile, I knew that sullen hall, - By his dead smile I knew we stood in Hell. With a thousand pains that vision's face was grained; Yet no blood reached there from the upper ground, And no guns thumped, or down the flues made moan. 'Strange friend,' I said, 'here is no cause to mourn.' 'None,' said that other, 'save the undone years, The hopelessness. Whatever hope is yours, Was my life also; I went hunting wild After the wildest beauty in the world, Which lies not calm in eyes, or braided hair, But mocks the steady running of the hour, And if it grieves, grieves richlier than here. For by my glee might many men have laughed, And of my weeping something had been left, Which must die now. I mean the truth untold, The pity of war, the pity war distilled. Now men will go content with what we spoiled, Or, discontent, boil ****** and be spilled. They will be swift with swiftness of the tigress. None will break ranks, though nations trek from progress. Courage was mine, and I had mystery, Wisdom was mine, and I had mastery: To miss the march of this retreating world Into vain citadels that are not walled. Then, when much blood had clogged their chariot-wheels, I would go up and wash them from sweet wells, Even with truths that lie too deep for taint. I would have poured my spirit without stint But not through wounds; not on the cess of war. Foreheads of men have bled where no wounds were. I am the enemy you killed, my friend. I knew you in this dark: for so you frowned Yesterday through me as you jabbed and killed. I parried; but my hands were loath and cold. Let us sleep now...'
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Strange Meeting
It seemed that out of battle I escaped Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped Through granites which titanic wars had groined. Yet also there encumbered sleepers groaned, Too fast in thought or death to be bestirred. Then ,as I probed them, one sprang up, and stared With piteous recognition in fixed eyes, Lifting distressful hands, as if to bless. And by his smile, I knew that sullen hall, - By his dead smile I knew we stood in Hell. With a thousand pains that vision's face was grained; Yet no blood reached there from the upper ground, And no guns thumped, or down the flues made moan. 'Strange friend,' I said, 'here is no cause to mourn.' 'None,' said that other, 'save the undone years, The hopelessness. Whatever hope is yours, Was my life also; I went hunting wild After the wildest beauty in the world, Which lies not calm in eyes, or braided hair, But mocks the steady running of the hour, And if it grieves, grieves richlier than here. For by my glee might many men have laughed, And of my weeping something had been left, Which must die now. I mean the truth untold, The pity of war, the pity war distilled. Now men will go content with what we spoiled, Or, discontent, boil ****** and be spilled. They will be swift with swiftness of the tigress. None will break ranks, though nations trek from progress. Courage was mine, and I had mystery, Wisdom was mine, and I had mastery: To miss the march of this retreating world Into vain citadels that are not walled. Then, when much blood had clogged their chariot-wheels, I would go up and wash them from sweet wells, Even with truths that lie too deep for taint. I would have poured my spirit without stint But not through wounds; not on the cess of war. Foreheads of men have bled where no wounds were. I am the enemy you killed, my friend. I knew you in this dark: for so you frowned Yesterday through me as you jabbed and killed. I parried; but my hands were loath and cold. Let us sleep now...'
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talent I peered upon the clouds I drive through the ocean of talent I sat on the stage I sank the expresses of talent I relish the cliff of talent I consinder the lands of talent I rush toward the cliff of talent I stayed on the stage the stage became me the commander of talent thumped my spirit in the end I withdrew.
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Mar 2, 2016
Mar 2, 2016 at 7:02 PM UTC
Talent
There's folk on the news on the tele tonight and all of them making me sad, they're all of them thumping on tubs tonight and waving American flags, and it's not so much the waving I mind, or the sound of tubs being thumped, it's more the thought that human kind will thump them for someone like Trump..
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Dec 12, 2015
Dec 12, 2015 at 12:54 PM UTC
..
And I like to pretend... I like to pretend that my Thoughts mean nothing That my heart's beat Is drumming to something I like to pretend that The school bus Wasn't The first place that I Learned to trust I like to pretend that This technology hasn't Completely consumed me, That I still have a chance At saving or being saved, That my soul Isn't always running on Empty I like to pretend that These skies can truly Lift me into the clouds That my pulse has never Thumped so loud That every night and Every star isn't Praying to tumble down I like to pretend that I'm a girl in a dress Instead of the girl In my head, The one that's always Swimming in a Drug induced mess I like to pretend that These crayons make Some type of valuable art That my life hasn't Been splattered on the Walls from the start I like to pretend.. I like to pretend that The air isn't what suffocates That the death of expression Isn't why my heart breaks That my thoughts have Always found a way To halt earth quakes I like to pretend that I don't know how to rhyme And that these stupid ******* words aren't Eating up all my time That everything I've Ever imagined was real Outside the brink of my mind I like to pretend that The lighter's flame at night Wraps me in faux warmth Cozy and tight That I've never dreamed Of dying in spite I like to pretend That this world is real That no one has ever Taken my soul to steal Every ounce of happiness Away, So that I could never again Learn how to feel I like to pretend Because I never let the child Die inside my head And I've never let mild Attacks boil my blistering skin And I've never done Anything I couldn't love After a while I like to pretend Because it's all that I have Left Because it's the only Thing that I've Kept And out the door you Stepped So still I pretend Because it keeps me Well slept
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Dec 13, 2010
Dec 13, 2010 at 5:00 PM UTC
Pretending.
And I like to pretend... I like to pretend that my Thoughts mean nothing That my heart's beat Is drumming to something I like to pretend that The school bus Wasn't The first place that I Learned to trust I like to pretend that This technology hasn't Completely consumed me, That I still have a chance At saving or being saved, That my soul Isn't always running on Empty I like to pretend that These skies can truly Lift me into the clouds That my pulse has never Thumped so loud That every night and Every star isn't Praying to tumble down I like to pretend that I'm a girl in a dress Instead of the girl In my head, The one that's always Swimming in a Drug induced mess I like to pretend that These crayons make Some type of valuable art That my life hasn't Been splattered on the Walls from the start I like to pretend.. I like to pretend that The air isn't what suffocates That the death of expression Isn't why my heart breaks That my thoughts have Always found a way To halt earth quakes I like to pretend that I don't know how to rhyme And that these stupid ******* words aren't Eating up all my time That everything I've Ever imagined was real Outside the brink of my mind I like to pretend that The lighter's flame at night Wraps me in faux warmth Cozy and tight That I've never dreamed Of dying in spite I like to pretend That this world is real That no one has ever Taken my soul to steal Every ounce of happiness Away, So that I could never again Learn how to feel I like to pretend Because I never let the child Die inside my head And I've never let mild Attacks boil my blistering skin And I've never done Anything I couldn't love After a while I like to pretend Because it's all that I have Left Because it's the only Thing that I've Kept And out the door you Stepped So still I pretend Because it keeps me Well slept
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It’s hard to intervene when people fight. Recall being thumped for “bullying” a lad Who’d harassed ME. So hard to tell Who’s right or wrong. Who made the first jibe Or struck the first blow? The same with global conflicts too: Irish Catholic or Protestant? Israel or Palestine? Communist Country or Capitalist? The list goes on… Best keep out of it if you can. Do not make judgement, Just mediate as best you can. Preach fairness and conciliation: Do your best to facilitate Peace. Paul Butters
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Jul 12, 2016
Jul 12, 2016 at 4:33 AM UTC
Rights and Wrongs
It was a beautiful rainy day.The rains showered like blessings from the sky to mother earth.The drops drizzled over several stunning creations of God. The ***** frog winked in fright when the tiny drop thumped on its peeping head which it had kept out from its water world curious to know what's happening outside.The lazy ladybird hides itself in the rug of leaves it hopped and played till then.Little dusty leaves quivered with joy as they rejoiced and celebrated the long waited bath.       Far aloof,the village looked so spanking new than ever after it was wetted by the light rain.so modest,so composed,the radiating sun put itself out of sight making way to the pompous clouds.Besides all these petite feelings,the livid eagle gaped at the sky sniping for it had missed its daily glide over the rusty mountains.       All these tiny things shaped out the background,while the main subject remains undescribed yet.The big fat buffalo stands aright in tranquility as if nothing new happened.Its skin so tight,shining so bright,created a beautiful sight as the raindrops tapped on it pitter patter.Its horns like engraved artifacts mirrored each other and stood still amazed at their similarity.The momentary muddy puddle covered up its hooves.       And now comes the most interesting foreground of the picture. It’s the little cute boy!!! Small dark brown eyes...Umpteen hopes filled in them. He wore the most beautiful jewel on his face....it’s his smile gleaming with merriment. While his tiny hands held tight the wicker, his entire little body hid itself behind the huge gunny he wore to shield against the shower. He hopped over the small puddle creating beautiful waves and exquisite splashes.       And that forms the most beautiful picture about which my dad told me.The little boy is none other than my dad. :) :) .
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Apr 28, 2013
Apr 28, 2013 at 7:19 AM UTC
When the most beautiful pictures uncaptured spoke - 2
It was a beautiful rainy day.The rains showered like blessings from the sky to mother earth.The drops drizzled over several stunning creations of God. The ***** frog winked in fright when the tiny drop thumped on its peeping head which it had kept out from its water world curious to know what's happening outside.The lazy ladybird hides itself in the rug of leaves it hopped and played till then.Little dusty leaves quivered with joy as they rejoiced and celebrated the long waited bath.       Far aloof,the village looked so spanking new than ever after it was wetted by the light rain.so modest,so composed,the radiating sun put itself out of sight making way to the pompous clouds.Besides all these petite feelings,the livid eagle gaped at the sky sniping for it had missed its daily glide over the rusty mountains.       All these tiny things shaped out the background,while the main subject remains undescribed yet.The big fat buffalo stands aright in tranquility as if nothing new happened.Its skin so tight,shining so bright,created a beautiful sight as the raindrops tapped on it pitter patter.Its horns like engraved artifacts mirrored each other and stood still amazed at their similarity.The momentary muddy puddle covered up its hooves.       And now comes the most interesting foreground of the picture. It’s the little cute boy!!! Small dark brown eyes...Umpteen hopes filled in them. He wore the most beautiful jewel on his face....it’s his smile gleaming with merriment. While his tiny hands held tight the wicker, his entire little body hid itself behind the huge gunny he wore to shield against the shower. He hopped over the small puddle creating beautiful waves and exquisite splashes.       And that forms the most beautiful picture about which my dad told me.The little boy is none other than my dad. :) :) .
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I stood as still as I could. Trying to hold in my breath, trying to turn invisible, trying to melt into the wall I steadied myself upon. My heartbeat thumped in my ears drowning out all other sounds. Were my feet nailed to the floor by fascination? or was it disgust? The knot in my stomach laid no reliable argument to these rushing emotions. My eyes followed his hands; the way he gripped her hips, the way his fingers traced her jaw. My eyes also followed his lips; how he pressed them almost reverently against the base of her clenched neck. I watched as he inhaled her scent like he was being squeezed out of breath. She struggled against his grip. Her eyebrows knit together in an unsightly frown. She halfheartedly pushed him off her weak body. It almost looked like she didn't want to resist, but her pride pulled her away from yielding. She was shaking, her form disheveled, yet it wouldn't sway him. I felt a stinging in my eyes, that all familiar burning I experienced when I felt that twinge of paranoia. That burning paranoia that plagues me now, as my worst fears are embodied. How could she easily dismiss him like that? When I lay nights awake craving his skin, his breath, his words. I have spiraled out of view, just a faceless backdrop in his hopeless love story. How could a person hate and love so much at the same time? It just goes to show that the world doesn't work that way, it works to crush you. All these emotions spurt out at once, as a lesson for all the lucky fools watching you.
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Jul 26, 2014
Jul 26, 2014 at 12:34 PM UTC
Agoraphobia
I stood as still as I could. Trying to hold in my breath, trying to turn invisible, trying to melt into the wall I steadied myself upon. My heartbeat thumped in my ears drowning out all other sounds. Were my feet nailed to the floor by fascination? or was it disgust? The knot in my stomach laid no reliable argument to these rushing emotions. My eyes followed his hands; the way he gripped her hips, the way his fingers traced her jaw. My eyes also followed his lips; how he pressed them almost reverently against the base of her clenched neck. I watched as he inhaled her scent like he was being squeezed out of breath. She struggled against his grip. Her eyebrows knit together in an unsightly frown. She halfheartedly pushed him off her weak body. It almost looked like she didn't want to resist, but her pride pulled her away from yielding. She was shaking, her form disheveled, yet it wouldn't sway him. I felt a stinging in my eyes, that all familiar burning I experienced when I felt that twinge of paranoia. That burning paranoia that plagues me now, as my worst fears are embodied. How could she easily dismiss him like that? When I lay nights awake craving his skin, his breath, his words. I have spiraled out of view, just a faceless backdrop in his hopeless love story. How could a person hate and love so much at the same time? It just goes to show that the world doesn't work that way, it works to crush you. All these emotions spurt out at once, as a lesson for all the lucky fools watching you.
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May 2013 Memorial day weekend It was warm with promises of sun Beautiful blue skies And no cloud in sight Seattle prepared for crowds People swarming the Center For folk music, food Laughter and smiles shining bright My leg, a bright red I woke up Burning hot with red seeping up my leg Pain swarmed my back Tears gathering In corners of my eyes As I was admitted To the emergency room Greeted with morphine, leaving me in a haze *** induced haze Lingering around the fountain Families occupied the edge Children running in and out Collecting droplets of water Along with sunburns While groups of friends Gathering in drum circles Slow rhythmic thumping could be heard for miles My son’s heartbeat Thumped in my ears I watched the fear As he focused on the antibiotic drips Invading my body The days in clipped moments Passing in and out With each wave of fever And the doctors Tattooed my leg with sharpie Artwork was only one thing Found in the vendor alley People flooded the booths Snatching up Brightly colored creations As they headed to find Dance troupes, bollywood Inspired activities With stomping feet, swaying arms They placed the central line Into my right arm My body had clogged each IV the doctors warned me If the redness started To show patterns of serrating Then they would have to take my leg Diazepam had me slurring out I am fine, I am fine Memorial Day A time of remembrance Services to be held Events to commemorate All the fallen From a concert at Museum of Flight To baseball game with Seattle Mariners To appreciate, appreciate It took ten days For me to be released May 2013, Memorial Day weekend I would always remember As the beginning Of my growing struggle With gradual loss of mobility I am fine, I am fine
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Nov 12, 2020
Nov 12, 2020 at 12:03 AM UTC
May 2013
May 2013 Memorial day weekend It was warm with promises of sun Beautiful blue skies And no cloud in sight Seattle prepared for crowds People swarming the Center For folk music, food Laughter and smiles shining bright My leg, a bright red I woke up Burning hot with red seeping up my leg Pain swarmed my back Tears gathering In corners of my eyes As I was admitted To the emergency room Greeted with morphine, leaving me in a haze *** induced haze Lingering around the fountain Families occupied the edge Children running in and out Collecting droplets of water Along with sunburns While groups of friends Gathering in drum circles Slow rhythmic thumping could be heard for miles My son’s heartbeat Thumped in my ears I watched the fear As he focused on the antibiotic drips Invading my body The days in clipped moments Passing in and out With each wave of fever And the doctors Tattooed my leg with sharpie Artwork was only one thing Found in the vendor alley People flooded the booths Snatching up Brightly colored creations As they headed to find Dance troupes, bollywood Inspired activities With stomping feet, swaying arms They placed the central line Into my right arm My body had clogged each IV the doctors warned me If the redness started To show patterns of serrating Then they would have to take my leg Diazepam had me slurring out I am fine, I am fine Memorial Day A time of remembrance Services to be held Events to commemorate All the fallen From a concert at Museum of Flight To baseball game with Seattle Mariners To appreciate, appreciate It took ten days For me to be released May 2013, Memorial Day weekend I would always remember As the beginning Of my growing struggle With gradual loss of mobility I am fine, I am fine
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Someone smoked a pipe too long and dark tufts filled the cyan expanse, then they rumbled and thumped too loud startling us below, enough to crane our neck and look above. They must have sneezed, and excuse them please, for the rushing wind could have stolen their mumbled apology. And amidst the puffy mist, there could have been adrift, a downy, now wet, handkerchief.
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Jun 2, 2013
Jun 2, 2013 at 1:42 PM UTC
First Showers
~ There she was chasing a rabbit with 1 am coffeecakes and weak tea She didn’t notice I was watching from the branches of an olive tree A lone smile hidden amongst swirling smoke rings in a foreign accent To the gazebo she ran with its straw grass tables and pleated cushions in hibiscus print fabric no one would sit on My eyes followed her as she darted around manicured boxwoods and cherub statues spitting water onto sleeping lily pads She came upon a dandelion and asked politely, “Pardon me, but have you seen a…” The **** interrupted, “Didn’t, don’t do drama dreams dancing deliriously down donut distracted ditches” “That’s dumb” she replied with a giggle and a snort   This must be her fun, I think, trying to catch a white ball of fur, big, then small, then smaller still like a thimble seeking a thread, when now she is stopped in her ziggy zagging tracks by a June bug singing, “I see, I see, in front of me Dessert, dessert, set out for free A chocolate pie, a chocolate pie in menus written on the sky” Perplexed she climbed upon its back, red leather shoulder pads with black dots changing shapes, ducking winged arches that covered the vestibule they soared through when a sharp turn pitched her to the opposite side… Landing with a thud, her new dress now soiled between the wrinkles in time that had ticked away on a clock faced sun named Ray She cried carrot tears, orange sherbet streams on peach tone cheeks, marmalade miseries and mango miscues piddling on her patent leather shoes, ready to give up When it appeared hopping happily, jumping into her lap and licking her face She caressed its fur, removing sticker burs and scratching just the right spot, as its right rear leg thumped with joy Then lifting the bundled bunny to her face, she kissed it tenderly with wild cherry gloss lips, or should I say…kissed me for you see, all along, it was me And you thought I was nothing more than a pretty smile…..
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Aug 14, 2015
Aug 14, 2015 at 1:11 PM UTC
A pretty smile
~ There she was chasing a rabbit with 1 am coffeecakes and weak tea She didn’t notice I was watching from the branches of an olive tree A lone smile hidden amongst swirling smoke rings in a foreign accent To the gazebo she ran with its straw grass tables and pleated cushions in hibiscus print fabric no one would sit on My eyes followed her as she darted around manicured boxwoods and cherub statues spitting water onto sleeping lily pads She came upon a dandelion and asked politely, “Pardon me, but have you seen a…” The **** interrupted, “Didn’t, don’t do drama dreams dancing deliriously down donut distracted ditches” “That’s dumb” she replied with a giggle and a snort   This must be her fun, I think, trying to catch a white ball of fur, big, then small, then smaller still like a thimble seeking a thread, when now she is stopped in her ziggy zagging tracks by a June bug singing, “I see, I see, in front of me Dessert, dessert, set out for free A chocolate pie, a chocolate pie in menus written on the sky” Perplexed she climbed upon its back, red leather shoulder pads with black dots changing shapes, ducking winged arches that covered the vestibule they soared through when a sharp turn pitched her to the opposite side… Landing with a thud, her new dress now soiled between the wrinkles in time that had ticked away on a clock faced sun named Ray She cried carrot tears, orange sherbet streams on peach tone cheeks, marmalade miseries and mango miscues piddling on her patent leather shoes, ready to give up When it appeared hopping happily, jumping into her lap and licking her face She caressed its fur, removing sticker burs and scratching just the right spot, as its right rear leg thumped with joy Then lifting the bundled bunny to her face, she kissed it tenderly with wild cherry gloss lips, or should I say…kissed me for you see, all along, it was me And you thought I was nothing more than a pretty smile…..
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Someone special Della’s mother told her. A Downs with a lovely smile and bright, slightly narrow eyes. She had waited outside the school grounds when her mother drove up. Sorry I’m late, her mother said, got caught in the traffic. Della frowned, her tongue sitting on her lower lip. Man said you sent him, Della said. What man? Man in a car. What man in a car? Della looked at her mother, puzzled. Man in the car. What did he say? Said you sent him to pick me up. Called me Dearie. But I’m Della. Her mother got out of the car and went and knelt down beside her daughter. You didn’t get in the car did you? No he drove off fast when Mrs Penbridge came over. He said I was Dearie, but I’m Della. Yes, you are. Not Dearie. No not Dearie. He smiled at me. You mustn’t get in to a stranger’s car unless I tell you it’s all right. I didn’t get in. Good. He drove off, Della said, lowering her eyes to her new shoes. He smiled. Yes, but that doesn’t mean he was nice. He seemed nice. Yes, but men like that aren’t. Why? Della looked at her mother. Because he may have hurt you. Why would he hurt me, I’m special. Yes, you are special. You are angry with me. No, not with you. You’ve got your angry voice. Not with you. Seems angry with me. Not you, the man. Why are you angry with the man? Because he may have taken you away from me. Della looked at her mother’s hair, newly done. Where? Where would he have taken me? Away from me. Why? Because he’s bad. Her mother held Della to her tightly. He didn’t look bad, he had a nice smile. Nice car, too. Blue. Nice blue. Like a summer sky blue. Never get in a stranger’s car. Never. You are angry. Not with you. Sounds angry. But not with you. Not with me? No, you are special. Special. Yes. Very special? Yes, very special. Not to get in a stranger’s car? No. Not in a stranger’s car. I got in your friend’s car the other day. What friend? The man who brings your groceries and you and he talk and he makes you laugh. Her mother stared. When did you get in his car? The other day. Why did you get in his car? He said, you said. Did he drive off with you? Yes. The mother held Della out in front of her. Where to? We went to look at the ducks in the pond. Why did you get in the car? He said, you said. But I didn’t tell him that. He said, you said. Did he touch you? Touch me? Did he touch you anywhere? He held my hand to go to the ducks. Anywhere else? He said I was special. You are. Did he touch you anywhere? My hand. Anywhere else? No. Just my hand to feed the ducks. What happened after you saw the ducks? He said I was special. Where did he drive you? I thought Mrs Rice was going to pick you up that day? I went with your friend. Did he touch you? He held my hand. Anywhere else? Della shook her head. He said I was pretty and had nice legs. Her mother’s heart thumped. Am I pretty? Yes you are, but he shouldn’t have said so. Why not? He didn’t mean it nicely. Why? Because he shouldn’t tell you that. Why? Because he’s no right to say you’re pretty. You say I’m pretty. I love you. He said I was pretty and had nice legs. Did he touch your legs? No he just looked at them. Nice legs he said and nice eyes. Have I got nice legs and eyes? Yes you have but he shouldn’t say so. You’re angry again. Not with you. Seems like me. It’s not. Seems like. I’m not. Seems like. Never get in his car again. Della looked at the sky. I won’t. It looked like rain.
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Dec 19, 2013
Dec 19, 2013 at 12:17 AM UTC
LOOKED LIKE RAIN.
Someone special Della’s mother told her. A Downs with a lovely smile and bright, slightly narrow eyes. She had waited outside the school grounds when her mother drove up. Sorry I’m late, her mother said, got caught in the traffic. Della frowned, her tongue sitting on her lower lip. Man said you sent him, Della said. What man? Man in a car. What man in a car? Della looked at her mother, puzzled. Man in the car. What did he say? Said you sent him to pick me up. Called me Dearie. But I’m Della. Her mother got out of the car and went and knelt down beside her daughter. You didn’t get in the car did you? No he drove off fast when Mrs Penbridge came over. He said I was Dearie, but I’m Della. Yes, you are. Not Dearie. No not Dearie. He smiled at me. You mustn’t get in to a stranger’s car unless I tell you it’s all right. I didn’t get in. Good. He drove off, Della said, lowering her eyes to her new shoes. He smiled. Yes, but that doesn’t mean he was nice. He seemed nice. Yes, but men like that aren’t. Why? Della looked at her mother. Because he may have hurt you. Why would he hurt me, I’m special. Yes, you are special. You are angry with me. No, not with you. You’ve got your angry voice. Not with you. Seems angry with me. Not you, the man. Why are you angry with the man? Because he may have taken you away from me. Della looked at her mother’s hair, newly done. Where? Where would he have taken me? Away from me. Why? Because he’s bad. Her mother held Della to her tightly. He didn’t look bad, he had a nice smile. Nice car, too. Blue. Nice blue. Like a summer sky blue. Never get in a stranger’s car. Never. You are angry. Not with you. Sounds angry. But not with you. Not with me? No, you are special. Special. Yes. Very special? Yes, very special. Not to get in a stranger’s car? No. Not in a stranger’s car. I got in your friend’s car the other day. What friend? The man who brings your groceries and you and he talk and he makes you laugh. Her mother stared. When did you get in his car? The other day. Why did you get in his car? He said, you said. Did he drive off with you? Yes. The mother held Della out in front of her. Where to? We went to look at the ducks in the pond. Why did you get in the car? He said, you said. But I didn’t tell him that. He said, you said. Did he touch you? Touch me? Did he touch you anywhere? He held my hand to go to the ducks. Anywhere else? He said I was special. You are. Did he touch you anywhere? My hand. Anywhere else? No. Just my hand to feed the ducks. What happened after you saw the ducks? He said I was special. Where did he drive you? I thought Mrs Rice was going to pick you up that day? I went with your friend. Did he touch you? He held my hand. Anywhere else? Della shook her head. He said I was pretty and had nice legs. Her mother’s heart thumped. Am I pretty? Yes you are, but he shouldn’t have said so. Why not? He didn’t mean it nicely. Why? Because he shouldn’t tell you that. Why? Because he’s no right to say you’re pretty. You say I’m pretty. I love you. He said I was pretty and had nice legs. Did he touch your legs? No he just looked at them. Nice legs he said and nice eyes. Have I got nice legs and eyes? Yes you have but he shouldn’t say so. You’re angry again. Not with you. Seems like me. It’s not. Seems like. I’m not. Seems like. Never get in his car again. Della looked at the sky. I won’t. It looked like rain.
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Miryam was sitting in the bar of the base camp outside Madrid you sat next to her on your second Bacardi drawing on a smoke she was sipping a glass of white wine where'd you get to last night? she asked thought you were going to come to my tent? thought your tent mate would be there you said no we had a row and she went to share with Moaning Margaret Miryam said didn't know you said else I'd have come along she sipped her wine looking around the bar spent a lonely night she said you exhaled smoke and looked at her taking in her frizzy red hair her eyes her small tight **** her tongue licking the lips I had that army guy with me you said ex-army I should say he got thrown out why was that? she asked he didn't say you said and you thought on the guy and how he went on and on about his mother's new boyfriend and how he felt pushed out and the army life was getting him down and he did something whatever and got thrown out Miryam drained her glass I'm going now where to? you asked my tent she said been a long day touring around Madrid you stumped out your cigarette **** in the glass ashtray are you coming? she asked you looked uncertain you don't have to she said I can always sleep alone again what if your tent mate comes back? you asked she won't Miryam said too much was said you drained your glass and put it down on the bar top now? don't you want to go to the disco in the other bar by base camp? no I'm tired she said ok you said see you later later? she moaned I want to go to the disco you said she shrugged her shoulders and stormed off out the bar into the night air you went outside and she had gone between tents into the darkness disco music thumped from the other bar across the way sounds of laughter and voices calling out and Bill waving to you from his tent on his way to the other bar his long wavy hair caught in the breeze and jeans with holes or tears in the knees and you thinking of Miryam in her tent alone no longer waiting maybe fuming getting undressed wanting you not wanting to rest and back at your tent the army guy lying there full of woe waiting for your return to tell his tale of life that fate had sent walking to the other bar (with Bill) you wished you'd gone to Miryam's tent.
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Sep 19, 2013
Sep 19, 2013 at 9:33 AM UTC
MIRYAM'S TENT.
Miryam was sitting in the bar of the base camp outside Madrid you sat next to her on your second Bacardi drawing on a smoke she was sipping a glass of white wine where'd you get to last night? she asked thought you were going to come to my tent? thought your tent mate would be there you said no we had a row and she went to share with Moaning Margaret Miryam said didn't know you said else I'd have come along she sipped her wine looking around the bar spent a lonely night she said you exhaled smoke and looked at her taking in her frizzy red hair her eyes her small tight **** her tongue licking the lips I had that army guy with me you said ex-army I should say he got thrown out why was that? she asked he didn't say you said and you thought on the guy and how he went on and on about his mother's new boyfriend and how he felt pushed out and the army life was getting him down and he did something whatever and got thrown out Miryam drained her glass I'm going now where to? you asked my tent she said been a long day touring around Madrid you stumped out your cigarette **** in the glass ashtray are you coming? she asked you looked uncertain you don't have to she said I can always sleep alone again what if your tent mate comes back? you asked she won't Miryam said too much was said you drained your glass and put it down on the bar top now? don't you want to go to the disco in the other bar by base camp? no I'm tired she said ok you said see you later later? she moaned I want to go to the disco you said she shrugged her shoulders and stormed off out the bar into the night air you went outside and she had gone between tents into the darkness disco music thumped from the other bar across the way sounds of laughter and voices calling out and Bill waving to you from his tent on his way to the other bar his long wavy hair caught in the breeze and jeans with holes or tears in the knees and you thinking of Miryam in her tent alone no longer waiting maybe fuming getting undressed wanting you not wanting to rest and back at your tent the army guy lying there full of woe waiting for your return to tell his tale of life that fate had sent walking to the other bar (with Bill) you wished you'd gone to Miryam's tent.
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He sang to me on the porch step. I watched him whimper hitting the last note. It thumped, and I wished I didn't hear it. So soft and ridged, like rivers stones, and waterfalls. Such a happy imagination at first glance and a sad and seapy way down. Ears on fire notes like water my voice slacks in such ways. Feel it! Believe in it! for voices will not stay! Him singing there like songs are not melodies. Such a sad way to be.
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Sep 3, 2013
Sep 3, 2013 at 10:53 PM UTC
Waterfall Thoughts
Janice you thought prettier than Helen more refined whose voice was softly spoken as if her words had been fresh baked in an oven in her mouth and her hair fair and well groomed but Helen had that down to earthiness that brought her closer to you and something about her thin framed thick lens glasses made her seem more lovable to your boyish world and she stared at you through them and smiled that shy smile and said things with a rough edge as if she’d bounced the words around before she uttered them aloud you can come to tea and we’ll have bread and jam and a big mug of tea or if mum’s remembered lemonade she said at playtime in the playground out of hear shot of the other boys who kicked ball or who swapped cards or threw marbles along the ground or fought battles with imaginary swords or shot pretend bullets from rat-a-tat guns and she said to entice you more you can see my new doll my dad brought back from the store ok you said sure and she smiled and her nose creased up and her glasses moved and some small place in your chest thumped like furniture being dropped or a bed being bounced in some small hotel and you watched her go off to play skip rope that thin framed thick lens glasses working-class school girl.
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Apr 10, 2012
Apr 10, 2012 at 4:09 AM UTC
PRETTIER THAN HELEN.
a mother caught a cheating husband. a few minutes walk from their home in a high glass building. from below she knew which apartment it would be a green light shined from a Victorian lamp which she had gifted the thieving ***** as she ascended, the start of that beating drum thumped loudly with every step through the empty corridors she held her ear at every red frame for his voice of treason and on the seventy fifth floor at the eight hundred eighty eighth door   she listened on heard voices unthinkingly in love her heart could not bare what her ears had heard her joints and elbows contorted inward towards her chest where she beat it madly with her fists she slumped all the way home plotting a demise for he and she allowing malevolence to poison her good hearted soul she thought of a way to get rid of them both climbing an endless staircase dark and poorly lit cries and tears of a joyless woman unrequited passed her children without a momentary glance not a wave goodbye no more kisses goodnight from the rooftop passed the eight hundred eighty eighth door she found her cure she leapt as she stared out into the sky and not a tear no more she will cry
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Sep 9, 2011
Sep 9, 2011 at 12:42 PM UTC
Mother
The way things were when sunlight started to terrorize the morning and then eventually, the evening sky. My chest thumped at a glacial pace. A slow hibernating thaw. Those days I slept quite easily whilst my mind ran away with the time. Taking time with clowns & thieves alike. Sponges indeed, sponges after all. You crept in one night, hanging moons beneath your eyes. I had exploded. I closed. On the loom, black lace then white cotton. In my room, a screaming then a humming. Cigarettes scattered the floor like sacrifices to some distant deity. Who must have heard my prayers. Something about all your silence threw blankets on my lungs and off my bed. In your youth, I feel soft. Joy, I want more
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Jul 17, 2013
Jul 17, 2013 at 11:12 AM UTC
Scapegoat
On late the by-lanes one night, unusual spot I green, a bottle like any, but for words, may be, on the label printed: 'Old wine. Hamlin. Best before: the future' Scarred, the mouth, to fire a rocket used, ringing in a day when celebrating, a hero, Goliaths thumped by a David new. Hope, on the horizon, the word rising. Threw it away, almost I, when reversed comes, rolled up a parchment, by ash burned, from the ******* a part: a mix strange of clippings and retort. Marked, astonished, the date, I: was it from today, even of TV, a listings part; '...mesmerized by the language of hope'; 'Parks fill up as people gather to celebrate'; 'Our democracy is alive and how'. Of proportions messianic, news frothing how new born, a leader is. Familiar all : myself now, from one such, returning. But curious, written, the words indeed: *'Monuments wear and rivers thin, as boatmen sing the evening song, miracle-workers and peddlers of honey and mead, pipers at the gates of dawn, not men of mettle and deed'* Of a piper, suddenly, as in a fantasy a song, and heard I, helpless, wails of mothers, a hundred . Strained, to read, further my eye, when tore up the piece; Broke up green, a bottle on the street.
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Dec 15, 2013
Dec 15, 2013 at 2:16 PM UTC
Hamlin
Isolated I stood at the shadowed corner illuminated only by the street lamp across the decrepit road. Deafeningly silent I sat perched at the bench awaiting my vessel to deliver me. Coyly he drifted into my universe wearing a cloak and a smile that would charm a Queen's guard. Stiff like a board I stared at him existing at a medium between the end and the beginning. Puzzled I was at a loss of how to approach this drifter and his exceedingly charming demeanor. Thunderously my heart thumped waiting anxiously for my vessel that could not come soon enough. Do I dare succumb?
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Aug 16, 2018
Aug 16, 2018 at 2:19 PM UTC
Vessel
what would you say, if on your very last day   they got your order wrong, at McDonald’s   and when you told the pimpled faced nihilist you asked for no pickles on your Big Mac (!)   he stared at you through two gray sockets   that floated on his face, like the eyes of time     what would you think, if on your very last day         conjoined twins were born in Siberia   and one would be deaf , the other left   to listen for both for eternity, and feel the black swell of loneliness, even with blood of a brother coursing through his veins   what   would you do, if   on your very last day   you could buy more time   to create useless rhyme and it would only cost… ten cents     what would you know, if during the veil of night, your heart skipped a few beats, then thumped a final time, while you were still dreaming of a dance, under a gleaming sun, and cherished daylight   never to come
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Dec 16, 2014
Dec 16, 2014 at 10:01 PM UTC
the very last day--unwanted pickles
I wrote another neat bundle of words Knotted them with coarse string Smoothed the slick label over the bow And licked my lips in guilt. My heart has never thumped so hollowly in my chest. Will you forgive me?
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Dec 11, 2012
Dec 11, 2012 at 11:30 PM UTC
Apology
You have been only once on my bed Now I can’t get that image out of my head I can’t find sleep nor desire to eat I feel like a freak I’m writing all these poems Just to forget The feelings that I have For you just being an amazing friend I couldn’t stop staring At your lushes pierced lips Your gorgeous blue eyes That was a winners price The noises you made Girl, they made me suffocate My heart thumped, vision blurred I never wanted to kiss you so bad The hug at the end Where you wickedly smiled Knowing I adored you I knew I was being a hopeless child
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May 4, 2016
May 4, 2016 at 6:23 PM UTC
Wicked Girl