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"tidied" poems
To strive, for recognition An assembly point for thought Triumphed within an open page Paper evidence of unspoken verse Retrieved from the place behind this heart Do you mind? Don’t look over my shoulder at my vulnerability Private stance is mine Do not mock as I turn the page A personal preview of this unlocked memory Back of my neck, prickling Anticipating on the spot reaction Young, ill at ease Crying from the yard Hiding the scars Don’t rush away the memories, a deluge When time was so limited Become brave Force open the private recess Cobwebbed and masked by dust Speak clearly, not from mumbling Mouth, I need to………….. know I am blemished So glad to be alongside you Reunited, forgotten, forgiven.....now ribbon tied Can we bury? It would seem not......but wait and remember Deceived by the dark Under dressed for the occasion Battered suitcase dragged and kicked open Essays of remembrance Headlines screaming for discussion Released for a while Obeyed and tidied Press down and close the rusty catches My new day transcribed here I don’t mind, lean on my shoulder See my vulnerability It makes me strong
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Aug 20, 2012
Aug 20, 2012 at 6:29 AM UTC
Strive
Scribbled in a pre-sex haste of hormones and awful music taste, your name on the back of a receipt is no way to treat a one night stand that you met at the bar; held hands with in the street; and subsequently left when the night became light and neat, tidied up in a 10am alarm clock call. Could’ve waited until we were both awake, that way the alcohol would’ve warn off and we could take this major issue for what it was- excitement; and much anticipation; and placing into action every lesson learnt from Nick Hornby books, or pieces of information tucked deep within our internet bookmark lists. At least stay until after Desert Island Discs next time, because then buses shall be running on time, and you won’t have to risk the public transport roulette table that spins around this town, this great noun in the Anglia east. Now it's the news, and the news is you've gone. For a moment I slipped back into a sleepy cement, making for rough fingers- that last night made the ascent up to warmer climates. And now back to lonelier nights and Nick Hornby books, afternoon wake-up calls from Mum, back home, asking how to download the latest Google Chrome.
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Feb 14, 2013
Feb 14, 2013 at 6:00 AM UTC
FICTIONAL VALENTINES DAY BREAKUP #1
We all want someone to hold whilst the music plays but this is a delayed reaction to teenage hormones, you're clutching to not-a-lot-of-nothings, smart jeans and smart cologne, a stolen ring from your step-father's collection tidied away, deep, in a box under bed sheets in that drawer. Your mum says the right one will come 'round soon enough, but so far the results of dressing differently have resulted in women speaking like spray from under a van: rainwater white noise and not a lot else; though you're still searching, if not for you, for your mother instead, elderly and re-married: some else's burden, another husband to carry. Carry out of the bottom of drunken wine glasses and into clear meadows on weekly walks where discussions take place, peace treaty talks about holidays in the Mediterranean, upon balcony ledges they'll embrace, learn about fading stars, the history behind buildings visit local bars to drink sober cocktails conjured up in off-the-web smoothie makers bought with the ambition to make a living and help the community out. If not now then when, your **** shouts hiding beneath moneyed material cut in sweat shops, washed in sweat heaps, delivered by the sweaty mail man of the Bronx, will women love me you'll say, will women want a house with me, stay the night under reclaimed, bought from thrift shop, lights and kiss until mornings turn into weeks, those weeks into new jobs and before you know it, retirement plots in allotments off Broadway?
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Sep 17, 2013
Sep 17, 2013 at 7:49 AM UTC
Bronx & Broadway
We all want someone to hold whilst the music plays but this is a delayed reaction to teenage hormones, you're clutching to not-a-lot-of-nothings, smart jeans and smart cologne, a stolen ring from your step-father's collection tidied away, deep, in a box under bed sheets in that drawer. Your mum says the right one will come 'round soon enough, but so far the results of dressing differently have resulted in women speaking like spray from under a van: rainwater white noise and not a lot else; though you're still searching, if not for you, for your mother instead, elderly and re-married: some else's burden, another husband to carry. Carry out of the bottom of drunken wine glasses and into clear meadows on weekly walks where discussions take place, peace treaty talks about holidays in the Mediterranean, upon balcony ledges they'll embrace, learn about fading stars, the history behind buildings visit local bars to drink sober cocktails conjured up in off-the-web smoothie makers bought with the ambition to make a living and help the community out. If not now then when, your **** shouts hiding beneath moneyed material cut in sweat shops, washed in sweat heaps, delivered by the sweaty mail man of the Bronx, will women love me you'll say, will women want a house with me, stay the night under reclaimed, bought from thrift shop, lights and kiss until mornings turn into weeks, those weeks into new jobs and before you know it, retirement plots in allotments off Broadway?
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He switched off the TV and turned to his wife; “That's the worst news report that I've seen in my life!” She tidied their supper away and she said, “I’ll be dreaming of that when we’ve long gone to bed.” “Did you see all that famine, starvation and drought? Well it sure makes you think what this world’s all about! Global warming and climate change melting the poles; I just wish someone used some pollution controls.” He nodded and sighed as he straightened the chairs; “Can’t believe all that bloodshed caught me unawares! It’s just seems there’s a war every place that you look; Religion and greed?  Hell, they’ve written the book!” With his arm round her shoulder they looked down below as the Moon bathed the Earth in a silvery glow. In her cute alien ear then she heard his grim mutter; “Here we are in the stars looking down at the gutter.”
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Jul 29, 2018
Jul 29, 2018 at 2:38 PM UTC
Late Night TV
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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Crest of the wave shoulders moulded into the final box; Russian doll soldiers have nothing on this once free-bus-pass holder. Open the windows to the let the fresh death out, past the PVC French doors, triple glazed and no doubt worth their weight in gold. Tidy up her lips with thread reinforced with care and a careful hand tidied up in a well healed white gloved pair. The next-to-the-cemetery funeral home sits not far from Wakefield
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Aug 29, 2013
Aug 29, 2013 at 2:49 PM UTC
WAKEFIELD CEMETERY
Matt... get up Not in an angry tone, but in that slightly disappointed tone that your mum uses. The tone I use to myself at times like this. Get up. But how shall I "get up"? Do I simply climb off this sofa and clean up that Lego my kids left? Seems so... basic... Or is this something else? Does "get up" mean I need to "get" something that's missing from me? And what is this "up" anyway? Up is higher, better, stronger, more positive, more productive, more useful, more, just ... more... more than I am. Scary thought being more than i am. Not because I have to do more than I am doing. Just because I haven't done it already. That I already wasted so much time when I could have been doing more. When I could have tidied up the Lego and be using this very time reflecting on a job well done. But the Lego is still sitting there. "It's not going to pick itself up." There it is again As I watch this Lego, still not picking itself up, I reflect on the lessons you learn from Lego. One brick at a time. Think outside the blocks. Create something great from small beginnings. Or, in the words of Clutch Powers "we build on each other". Valuable lessons, if I get up. Up. The opposite of down. The opposite of where I am on this sofa. Unless you consider my position relative to the ground. I'm not rock bottom. There are people starving in the world you know? No. I'm on a sofa. Looking at some Lego bricks. Which still haven't picked themselves up. Get up. Get UP. Up UP down? No up. Ugh Ok I'm up. At last! Now get dressed.
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Jun 4, 2017
Jun 4, 2017 at 7:07 PM UTC
Matt... get up
Matt... get up Not in an angry tone, but in that slightly disappointed tone that your mum uses. The tone I use to myself at times like this. Get up. But how shall I "get up"? Do I simply climb off this sofa and clean up that Lego my kids left? Seems so... basic... Or is this something else? Does "get up" mean I need to "get" something that's missing from me? And what is this "up" anyway? Up is higher, better, stronger, more positive, more productive, more useful, more, just ... more... more than I am. Scary thought being more than i am. Not because I have to do more than I am doing. Just because I haven't done it already. That I already wasted so much time when I could have been doing more. When I could have tidied up the Lego and be using this very time reflecting on a job well done. But the Lego is still sitting there. "It's not going to pick itself up." There it is again As I watch this Lego, still not picking itself up, I reflect on the lessons you learn from Lego. One brick at a time. Think outside the blocks. Create something great from small beginnings. Or, in the words of Clutch Powers "we build on each other". Valuable lessons, if I get up. Up. The opposite of down. The opposite of where I am on this sofa. Unless you consider my position relative to the ground. I'm not rock bottom. There are people starving in the world you know? No. I'm on a sofa. Looking at some Lego bricks. Which still haven't picked themselves up. Get up. Get UP. Up UP down? No up. Ugh Ok I'm up. At last! Now get dressed.
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sweetly swimming in the colder tides of emptiness— tidier than the backseat and your umbrellas; tidier than the rolling crests of suburbia; tidied by the frayed smoothness of sea.
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Mar 13, 2018
Mar 13, 2018 at 11:42 PM UTC
tide
Unintended circumstances brought me back Where the wild things are. Or were. Youthful images reemerge as I traverse my old home. A senseless vagabond roaming former lands With bittersweet observations and nothing short of good intentions. Old landmarks remain, others disappeared as I did. My room remains open and lonely with tidied sheets And outdated athletic apparel scattered throughout. A sign that my presence here is obsolete. I've been dreading this day for some time now. Not due to my father's underwhelming support Or my mother's overbearing nature. I've been dreading this day because of the monsters under my bed. They don't exist anymore. I'm not afraid anymore. My biggest childhood worry vanished the minute I stepped foot out of the house for good. So when I stepped foot back into my room to fall asleep I gave one last look where my nightmares once resided. Just in case I had fooled myself into becoming one of The vast majority of adults too mature for childhood villains. And then it happened- my innocence evaporated from my body. My sophisticated eyes were no match for my former foes. I had confirmed the last traces of my youth had been eliminated From my very existence- migrating under mattresses around the block. So all I can do now is lie here and reminisce about Where the wild things are now.
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Jul 1, 2013
Jul 1, 2013 at 1:31 AM UTC
Where Do The Wild Things Go?
The North Wind doth blow,
 And we shall have snow, 
And what will poor Robin do then, Poor thing…

 The house that poor young Robin bought, You’d scarcely call it a house, A single room on a farmer’s farm You’d not swing even a mouse. But he moved on in, and tidied it up And asked Rosemary to stay, She sat in silence, her knees clamped tight, And her first response, ‘No way!’ ‘There isn’t a cupboard to keep a broom, The kitchen’s there by the wall, We couldn’t live in this tiny room To even think, I’m appalled.’ But Robin said, ‘It’s just for a start, I’m going to build on a wing, I’m making the bricks from mud and straw It will all be done by the Spring.’ So Rosemary had unpacked her case, And hung her clothes on a hook, Then looked in vain for a tiny shelf, There wasn’t even a book. But Robin slaved, out in the yard, Making his bricks from straw, The walls went up and the roof went on, And he laid the wood for the floor. At first they slept on the floor inside, And Rosemary kept it clean, She said, ‘Don’t touch, till I am a bride,’ And pillows went in between. He put his love all into his wing, All carpeted now, and swish, And set it up as a bedroom then, ‘Are you coming to bed?’ ‘You wish!’ She only ever kissed with a peck, She never opened her lips, He wanted more, but couldn’t be sure, As he nibbled her fingertips. Then one day, down came the winter rain And the wind it was blowing cold, Rosemary lay there shivering so She allowed him just one hold. His hand had strayed, down where it would You’ll admit we’d do the same, But he found down there, in that neighbourhood Something that changed the game. He leapt on up, and he washed his hands, Said, ‘You’re not even a girl!’ ‘Didn’t you guess,’ said Rosemary, ‘It’s not the end of the world.’ She chased him all around in that room, ‘I thought you wanted to play,’ While Robin stood, his back to the wall, While holding her off, ‘No way!’ He fled into his favourite wing, And hammered and bolted the door, His bricks were melting out in the rain And mud flowed over the floor. She went on back to the troupe ‘Les Girls’, While Robin stayed on the farm, You’ll not see him venturing out these days He lives in a state of alarm. With just the sight of a petticoat He’s a shuddering, gibbering wreck, And ask him if he will leave his wing, The answer comes back, ‘Like heck!’ He’ll flee to his farm, 
To keep him from harm,
 And hide his head under his wing, 
Poor thing! David Lewis Paget
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Feb 10, 2017
Feb 10, 2017 at 7:37 AM UTC
Poor Robin
The North Wind doth blow,
 And we shall have snow, 
And what will poor Robin do then, Poor thing…

 The house that poor young Robin bought, You’d scarcely call it a house, A single room on a farmer’s farm You’d not swing even a mouse. But he moved on in, and tidied it up And asked Rosemary to stay, She sat in silence, her knees clamped tight, And her first response, ‘No way!’ ‘There isn’t a cupboard to keep a broom, The kitchen’s there by the wall, We couldn’t live in this tiny room To even think, I’m appalled.’ But Robin said, ‘It’s just for a start, I’m going to build on a wing, I’m making the bricks from mud and straw It will all be done by the Spring.’ So Rosemary had unpacked her case, And hung her clothes on a hook, Then looked in vain for a tiny shelf, There wasn’t even a book. But Robin slaved, out in the yard, Making his bricks from straw, The walls went up and the roof went on, And he laid the wood for the floor. At first they slept on the floor inside, And Rosemary kept it clean, She said, ‘Don’t touch, till I am a bride,’ And pillows went in between. He put his love all into his wing, All carpeted now, and swish, And set it up as a bedroom then, ‘Are you coming to bed?’ ‘You wish!’ She only ever kissed with a peck, She never opened her lips, He wanted more, but couldn’t be sure, As he nibbled her fingertips. Then one day, down came the winter rain And the wind it was blowing cold, Rosemary lay there shivering so She allowed him just one hold. His hand had strayed, down where it would You’ll admit we’d do the same, But he found down there, in that neighbourhood Something that changed the game. He leapt on up, and he washed his hands, Said, ‘You’re not even a girl!’ ‘Didn’t you guess,’ said Rosemary, ‘It’s not the end of the world.’ She chased him all around in that room, ‘I thought you wanted to play,’ While Robin stood, his back to the wall, While holding her off, ‘No way!’ He fled into his favourite wing, And hammered and bolted the door, His bricks were melting out in the rain And mud flowed over the floor. She went on back to the troupe ‘Les Girls’, While Robin stayed on the farm, You’ll not see him venturing out these days He lives in a state of alarm. With just the sight of a petticoat He’s a shuddering, gibbering wreck, And ask him if he will leave his wing, The answer comes back, ‘Like heck!’ He’ll flee to his farm, 
To keep him from harm,
 And hide his head under his wing, 
Poor thing! David Lewis Paget
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Its a Sunday morning when the world works to a different pattern housework claws in and takes control of the daily tasks last weeks work looks at me with doleful eyes and a feather duster tickles my fancy. Soon the clutter will unclutter itself the vacuum cleaner will **** out the symphony of dust and dirt and unhidden memories and my desk will be tidied up and paper towels will do their job.I spend time re-arranging ******* in a more distinct pattern " Ah, so there's that telephone number I scribbled last week!" I return after an hours homework and settle at my desk. " Now where did I leave that phone number again?" I survey the scene on AP and skim through the comments "God, he did not like my last poem, She said :Keep it real He said: What does this mean?" and and and The Green Eyes are forever smiling Its a worthwhile Sunday I better take up Chapter 36 of my book but open Mathematical Universe instead. Those eyes are haunting! Its a beautiful Sunday.
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Mar 2, 2014
Mar 2, 2014 at 1:34 PM UTC
Sundae Morning!
A house perched On solid foundation Provides shelter for a generation. Homes aren't made of brittle bricks, Wanning woods or crumbling stones; You can't raze a well-built home. A divided house will not stand, A listing castle on shifting sands. The peaks, dales and family travails, At home are not abnormal, They're common and diurnal; Yet the undaunted home prevails. Your house comprises various rooms For eating, sleeping, and mundane routines. Homes furnish rooms with smiles and tears, And gatherings throughout your years, To be shared or on one's own, The choice is offered, You're not alone. Houses grow proud, though gratifying, With amenities truly satisfying. Homes swell with smells of love, The sounds of children snug above, A sense that all is safe and sure; This day has given more than enough. Houses get tidied, cleaned and aired, Decorated for special affairs; Homes are fingers, toes and hair, Hampers, dishes, and underwear. Its doors lead to who knows where. Doors to let you out; Doors to let me hear When you're back again; Welcoming your return. Homes fill us With memories Houses never will.
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Jan 12, 2017
Jan 12, 2017 at 8:14 AM UTC
Your House and Home
The little vacuum was happy as could be, he was Being treated to a trip where he had never been. It was out side where the light was real, to feel the Air on his hose, would it be sunny, cold, blustery. Excitement was growing his cord extended with Help of a friend the extension cord Barry. So the door opened eager to see what could be seen, Was the outside world all he had heard sites, sounds, Smells, now he was cleaned regularly he could take In the smells and sites he was about to see. They stepped out side it was all he had dreamed no Longer in the box time to play to be happy, there was Big Garry the family car gave me a wink with the Indicator when he saw me. Time for a clean was spoken, As like me  not tidied up Much, but now was his turn to smell fresh and clean, Garry was big but not much older than me. Beep, beep Went the horn, was that the neighbour couldn't be my Car as I'm  not in the seat. So we started to vacuum the mess was not the best but Clean Garry would soon be, Then left alone as the phone Rang, alone with Garry, then out of the corner I saw you. Approached we were, I didn't like the look of this  person, Specially as they had waited till we were alone. my Daddy Told me never talk to those you don't know, as a stranger Can be dangerous, not friendly. He spoke saying hello who left you out here all  alone, I hovered but could not be heard by my family, he was Trying to take me where I wished  not to go, but I was Not alone, I had my friend Garry. Garry did honk his horn his alarm startled the stranger, Running out, to what could be seen, saw  what was Happening and came to protect me. The police were called, flashing lights did I  see, told was He never to leave alone things that are part of the family, As strangers are danger don't you see, Gary was lucky As no keys did he have on he. So stranger danger we both learnt that day, never to be left Alone for any time, as it only takes a moment to be lost to Be taken by those that are not family. *--This was the story of how a stranger should Never be spoken to, or go with no matter what they Promise to give. The only people to talk to are family And the polite police men and woman who will get you Back if left alone or lost away from family--*
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May 31, 2015
May 31, 2015 at 11:20 AM UTC
The Little Vacuums Day Out
The little vacuum was happy as could be, he was Being treated to a trip where he had never been. It was out side where the light was real, to feel the Air on his hose, would it be sunny, cold, blustery. Excitement was growing his cord extended with Help of a friend the extension cord Barry. So the door opened eager to see what could be seen, Was the outside world all he had heard sites, sounds, Smells, now he was cleaned regularly he could take In the smells and sites he was about to see. They stepped out side it was all he had dreamed no Longer in the box time to play to be happy, there was Big Garry the family car gave me a wink with the Indicator when he saw me. Time for a clean was spoken, As like me  not tidied up Much, but now was his turn to smell fresh and clean, Garry was big but not much older than me. Beep, beep Went the horn, was that the neighbour couldn't be my Car as I'm  not in the seat. So we started to vacuum the mess was not the best but Clean Garry would soon be, Then left alone as the phone Rang, alone with Garry, then out of the corner I saw you. Approached we were, I didn't like the look of this  person, Specially as they had waited till we were alone. my Daddy Told me never talk to those you don't know, as a stranger Can be dangerous, not friendly. He spoke saying hello who left you out here all  alone, I hovered but could not be heard by my family, he was Trying to take me where I wished  not to go, but I was Not alone, I had my friend Garry. Garry did honk his horn his alarm startled the stranger, Running out, to what could be seen, saw  what was Happening and came to protect me. The police were called, flashing lights did I  see, told was He never to leave alone things that are part of the family, As strangers are danger don't you see, Gary was lucky As no keys did he have on he. So stranger danger we both learnt that day, never to be left Alone for any time, as it only takes a moment to be lost to Be taken by those that are not family. *--This was the story of how a stranger should Never be spoken to, or go with no matter what they Promise to give. The only people to talk to are family And the polite police men and woman who will get you Back if left alone or lost away from family--*
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Cloud gazing, and yet head hung low Duct workers maintain their pumps Assumptions of the first red curtain show Will the Black Lady come up trumps? Defending she does of a savage blow Boundaries pass, still have that lump Fear dissipates fast, you just know Wet fish slap, touch down bump Mission seamed so clear at this fresh start No predictions of a brain confuddulation Hike, zigzag, spin to the coldest part Lump no longer lonely, face mutation Back to back days of kart Winning is a fictitious temptation Easy(ish)-flow braced up for the heart No longer now is there frustration Excitement and passion, give me a smack ‘Give a **** overtakes fear in a split Dee Bath bound, spells **** good craic ‘cos you know darlin’, you are fit! Anticipations of caressing your back I’ve even tidied up my flat of a pit! Panic not of spending a whack Fly when cheapest, I’ll see you in a bit…
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Jul 16, 2010
Jul 16, 2010 at 2:46 AM UTC
Monkey 4 Pink
surprising, probably teasing, hopefully. it was said. deflated, we walked the lane, watched the flood. water everywhere, washed the car needlessly. tidied the outbuilding, swept the cellar. it has been raining a lot recently. be careful what you say.
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Sep 12, 2025
Sep 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM UTC
.twelfth night.
Lizbeth's mum tidied up Lizbeth's room such a mess plates and cups on the floor and LPs here and there underwear cast aside not picked up then she found the *** book in Lizbeth's chest of drawers opened up saw pictures of women and **** men positions and advice she sat down on the bed going red hands shaking closed the book didn't know anything of those things that she'd seen other than the basic position should she say to Lizbeth what she'd found? just 13 why would she need the book? and has she done those things? Lizbeth's mum put the book back again tidied up polished round went downstairs in a trance turned on her radio on came Bach concertos the cellos.
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May 2, 2016
May 2, 2016 at 3:29 PM UTC
THE *** BOOK 1961.
I realised too late That I should not have Tidied us into separate picture frames When we could Perhaps Have shared one between us Like those other lovers Who sit together on swings And giddy themselves And that I should not have Scribbled over every thought And possibility And guess I should not have hemmed back The inch of romance I once set aside for you Because the only thing that stopped me Was fear You remain my one love story The sole great un-requited affair The unspoken words Between each conversation line The coffee stains on the pages of my novel That will forever anticipate a you that is past And you remain my one love story You are the love story that I told myself Was not love And we were never anything other than silence And holes in the conversation Like dropped stitches When we were twelve You asked me out via someone else And I stamped hard on your offered palm Never stopping to learn Whether you meant it And I hope now that you did Because then it is not so foolish to call you a love affair And I still do not quite believe that I love you Only I saw you today And my chest Ceased to be that glacier it chooses to be Pinned under the lining of every coat I own And you said Hey! And I hoped I wasn't imaging it That you were pleased to see me Because I know that the Global Warming Of my world had to be worth something to you And I have always been something of an Introvert And you have always been something of a skateboarder But you are immortal In my Sort-of Maybe-not Half-way Down-trodden Hold-back Confused melting As I paint the pavement With the contents of my Ribcage.
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Mar 9, 2015
Mar 9, 2015 at 6:14 PM UTC
Global Melting
I realised too late That I should not have Tidied us into separate picture frames When we could Perhaps Have shared one between us Like those other lovers Who sit together on swings And giddy themselves And that I should not have Scribbled over every thought And possibility And guess I should not have hemmed back The inch of romance I once set aside for you Because the only thing that stopped me Was fear You remain my one love story The sole great un-requited affair The unspoken words Between each conversation line The coffee stains on the pages of my novel That will forever anticipate a you that is past And you remain my one love story You are the love story that I told myself Was not love And we were never anything other than silence And holes in the conversation Like dropped stitches When we were twelve You asked me out via someone else And I stamped hard on your offered palm Never stopping to learn Whether you meant it And I hope now that you did Because then it is not so foolish to call you a love affair And I still do not quite believe that I love you Only I saw you today And my chest Ceased to be that glacier it chooses to be Pinned under the lining of every coat I own And you said Hey! And I hoped I wasn't imaging it That you were pleased to see me Because I know that the Global Warming Of my world had to be worth something to you And I have always been something of an Introvert And you have always been something of a skateboarder But you are immortal In my Sort-of Maybe-not Half-way Down-trodden Hold-back Confused melting As I paint the pavement With the contents of my Ribcage.
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~ following “A Simple Poem”~ (1) But of course, we reference revelations, for our brief self-description are guises, meant to hide, meant to impress, reveal little, enhance our mystery, preserve our secrecy. expose and hide simultaneously within our mid-of-night aura mystiques Safe behind the curtain, we wizards speak in voices and tongues, giving up our innermost everything in verse, write of our blessings and our curses, holding  little back while we give ourselves away, hint by hinting, writ by writing, a series of +++++++’s I choose, I chose, to dress my chess pieces in a clear varnish, **** the consequences, sail towards the torpedoes, heading direct to meet your eyes, giving up my forest tree by tree, poem by poem, a leaf and a branch, only tinkering and fussing like a new parent over each new virtual birthing, and then once tidied, once spent, my secrets unconcealed, we wonder quick if each puzzle when connected to its predecessor is  understood as a tiny pointilisme dot, a speck and that you are wise enough to comprehend how each speck,   lives only unique in its conjunction, only tandem-with both the one nearest and the ones dabbed a decade long ago, and when you connect   my dots, I stand before you completely a full and a naked folio, one book of a single reveal, the sum of my totality, an addition of many integers,   summing up to 1 So, should we pass by each other, our eyes will pierce, each wrinkle, solving the equation of who we are… a single human, readily identifiable, total recognition, via the reconnaissance of our letterered footsteps
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Nov 20, 2024
Nov 20, 2024 at 11:12 AM UTC
The Basic Contradiction
~ following “A Simple Poem”~ (1) But of course, we reference revelations, for our brief self-description are guises, meant to hide, meant to impress, reveal little, enhance our mystery, preserve our secrecy. expose and hide simultaneously within our mid-of-night aura mystiques Safe behind the curtain, we wizards speak in voices and tongues, giving up our innermost everything in verse, write of our blessings and our curses, holding  little back while we give ourselves away, hint by hinting, writ by writing, a series of +++++++’s I choose, I chose, to dress my chess pieces in a clear varnish, **** the consequences, sail towards the torpedoes, heading direct to meet your eyes, giving up my forest tree by tree, poem by poem, a leaf and a branch, only tinkering and fussing like a new parent over each new virtual birthing, and then once tidied, once spent, my secrets unconcealed, we wonder quick if each puzzle when connected to its predecessor is  understood as a tiny pointilisme dot, a speck and that you are wise enough to comprehend how each speck,   lives only unique in its conjunction, only tandem-with both the one nearest and the ones dabbed a decade long ago, and when you connect   my dots, I stand before you completely a full and a naked folio, one book of a single reveal, the sum of my totality, an addition of many integers,   summing up to 1 So, should we pass by each other, our eyes will pierce, each wrinkle, solving the equation of who we are… a single human, readily identifiable, total recognition, via the reconnaissance of our letterered footsteps
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My springtime's never ending suns I carry sunglow from window to bed, planning, when the next day has come, just as soon as the pets are fed, and I've tidied up my empty head, walked the dog, give cat the cream, to run and jump and skip and play not laze around and sleep and dream... Too late! my pet's wet chomping jaws send my dreams to damp moist earthy days of screaming pterodactyls & dinosaurs... My summer sun's they always shone so brightly that they hurt my eyes, and I hid and wished it, Begone! with my false exasperated sighs... I lazed around and fantasied, conjured darkness for my needs, and willed self toy for troglodytes so dreamily these beasts use my hands on me on dark cave floor's breed in me, such dreams... Of Hekate's hounds entering... in my mind behind the private door's of my eyes. Now my Autumn comes crashing down there's earlier settings of darker suns, troglodytes and hell's hounds keep me bound on stiff stalking legs ***** one-eyed proud as creeping winters begin to run... My pale face mirrored as I count my sum, of my omniverse to find it finally means, of my dreams this whole world wide, dream leads to this... Whereof? I cannot dream...
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Nov 11, 2022
Nov 11, 2022 at 7:05 AM UTC
halloeen
An apple a day keeps the doctor away The number thirteen is unlucky, they say But what do they know as they kneel, as they pray? Very little, or so I suspect. To know one does not is to follow a path Down which Socrates travelled through Plato's remarks In a dialogue 'twixt many men playing parts In a drama we cannot reject. The orchid expresses a testicle's tresses He yields to a woman's flosculous caresses Her petals wilt down as the flower undresses With a perfume unbottled, unkempt. The covers they rise and the muscles they twist The lovers meet under a treacherous tryst Yet nothing prepared for the moment they kissed And their eyes met with love heaven-sent. "Loco! Loco!" they bray, wanting neatness to stay Tidied rooms, closing doors as they're lost by the way Through which others have carried us day after day And they're bowing, conforming to norms. For it's hard when you're scarred to not simply be harmed By the things that they show you when you are unarmed By the people you see being not formed but farmed, Staring blankly with evident scorn.
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Jun 23, 2015
Jun 23, 2015 at 11:41 AM UTC
I have three
near the marches. it is my brother’s birthday soon, , stopped in the village to shop. it is a good store, post office at the back, steaming gently, brown paper, calculating. the candles are dear, just one pack left, perhaps a power cut come lately? anadin, i tidied, whilst i waited gently. outside she wondered at the ivy outside to inside the place. some one moved gently behind her. i could not sleep with all that wondering. the wandering through the marches. sbm.
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May 23, 2014
May 23, 2014 at 1:32 AM UTC
.meifod.
Milka wanted Benedict to take her across old Tom Dubbin’s bed, (the old boy was down stairs in the lounge waiting for death); she’d put aside her mop and bucket, unbuttoned her light blue overalls, but Benedict had refused, said it wasn’t the time or place. But still she lay, her blouse undone, her skirt hitched up, pouting her lips. They won’t miss you for a short while, she said, besides who will know? Benedict tidied the sink, washed away the spit from the old boy’s mug, straightened the towels. I could always scream and say you wanted to take me here, she said. He pulled back the yellow curtains, opened up the windows. For everything there’s a season, he said, this is not it. What if I say you pushed me on the bed? she said. They know you, Benedict said, they think you’re a ***** anyway; they know me, know what I’m like and will say, no way. Milka got off the bed, pulled down her skirt and buttoned up her blouse, tidied her blonde hair. One day you will, she said, one day. Maybe, he said, one day, yet in his mind or in sleep at night, he often had, taken her, as she called it, across some old boy’s bed, but so far not for real, just inside his young man’s head.
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Jun 30, 2013
Jun 30, 2013 at 8:05 AM UTC
HIS YOUNG MAN'S HEAD.
the memory starts clearly aged ten. kept in the fitted cabinet, second drawer down, mother’s scissors. i guess they were around before in a more muzzy state in mind. she may have kept my fringe tidy when i was not taken off to the barber in the village. he used a plank across the arms of the chair to seat me. i was small then. she said that hers were special, hairdressers’ scissors. we were never to cut paper with them, yet we did. once i saw her cutting greaseproof; different rules apply. we had only one pair. just one pair that i remember. i felt that mum gave them great importance, transfered this feeling. i wish i had kept them, even with the damage. the incident was one afternoon . a lamp needed moving, plug removing and my brother put it off for various reasons. we heard the noise, the bang , we saw the feathers. those days many people had budgies, ours was blue usually. i think green was a different price? so mum cut the electric wire with her special scissors to remove the plug, still plugged in. a hole then in the blade. mother put to bed, we probably took her tea. the budgerigar tidied and settled we all moved forward with experience. i wonder still if this is why i collect scissors here. sbm.
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Jun 6, 2017
Jun 6, 2017 at 12:48 AM UTC
. scissors .
maybe is the colours, red and white, that appeal, the patterns, or the retro items in the cupboard. he gasped, and proclaimed the beauty as the door was opened. so yesterday, all was tidied, categorised, more paper laid, for his, and my delight. he is home from holday. sbm
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Oct 12, 2013
Oct 12, 2013 at 1:57 AM UTC
1210. gingham