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"tires" poems
Do you ever wonder if the painter tires of his colors?
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Jan 17, 2019
Jan 17, 2019 at 12:53 AM UTC
Wonder
A wild flight into drizzled dark night The chorus line thumping Overcome by roar and strain Of metal tested to limits as we race An endless risk disregarded as thought And the sound of a bright giggle Wondrous eyes lit in thrill of threat Fear has no place in this setting A manic gleam and set to her face Sharing a secret as we laugh and howl Because this is who we are For all out control and desire We scream endlessly through life eternally silent Until we do not have to be And in glory we release! Fear is a thing to be learnt A feeling to ******* and freeze Is it felt here? A resounding no! Shatters the question In the screech of tires In the surge of adrenaline In the wild savage smile of freedom Of a shout into the night in defiance of order! Does my heart race as we tear around? Not even a tremor! Until I turn, My face from the moaning wind rushing past And i gaze upon this savage exposed Lips pulled back in ferocious glee A focused and fierce glare to the world We deny life and taunt the spectre Come to us, we cry! The paths are slick with tears of the gods The roads tempestuous writhing in deceit I sit in peace, relaxed A warrior companion at my side We know no fear of what may come For trust Ah trust Is the colour of life Ever shadowed as a challenge to endings! She lights as a fire of the brightest stars And i would embrace her Burning endlessly.
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Apr 6, 2014
Apr 6, 2014 at 1:29 AM UTC
Trust
They drove me across the country, from the busy city where we departed to intimate villages where they recessed, and spent a star filled, moonlit night singing songs, their bodies casting long, wavy shadows from campfires they huddled around. Just as I got too cold and my wheels couldn't turn anymore did they finally turn the spark plugs, revving and igniting my despair and sensitivity producing heat. Sometimes they pushed until I shoved and scraped my rubber on asphalt, on rocks, on sand, on boulders big and small, and I hit a flat-line; the air I could hold in no longer. They rode me into a forest whose undergrowth was as thick as a bears' fur during the winter, and redwood that spanned the horizon you thought it could pat the constellations. A forest teeming with life that one would react like Wendy from Peter Pan-- never wanting to leave Neverland. And I could see it in their soft faces and squinting eyes, bright and lit up with joy, every detail apparent as if I burst my headlights into high-beam, directly on them. It was there I ran out of gas and my engines parched for oil, from the endless adventure that was exhilarating and memorable. One could, as a result, easily forget responsibilities. There was no service or refill station nearby, so I was abandoned where I parked, flat tires, rusty hood, broken chassis, dilapidated suspension. I've proved my worth from when I was brought in and over time it wasn't enough. Only repairing, never maintaining.
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Dec 15, 2014
Dec 15, 2014 at 2:11 AM UTC
The Walking Engine
Route 84 would not lend me the light of a star last night Radio blazing at 75 mph nonsense noise to chew gum by Crackling political commentary Static of distance and thick clouds Invisible mountains blocking Memories seeping through the cracks coating the music in a film I rub my eyes watch myself punch alert buttons But it’s the angels’ jukebox tonight Roll down the window Watch the heat escape Summer again I am building a castle of ancient stones pulverized by relentless tides Dragged across maps by mastodons and mammoth glaciers The scouring hiss the ocean sighs Time has lulled these smoothly rolling them in the softest hands of sand and gels of life’s comings and goings tenderly tumbling in the millionth moonrise— Time deposits them here wet and glistening For the girl with the plaid two-piece to gather Shoulders sun-burnt barely say one week only, one week of the fifty two “It’s the time of the season…” and daddies on the beach are watching…. She has chosen yet another stone And the castle continues— in oblivion to all but her legend…      The queen will be safe here      from the rabble      The disgraced Tristan will surely seek her      Among these lofty cliffs      Between the raging circuit of the tide      Here winds forbid the vengeful mob      Here lovers learn      the debt of love’s bad timing      “Drink ye all of it!”      --the potion that assigns our sorrow….      She will not sleep—      while I chew this gum--  GUM? Roll down the window! Angels escape with the heat Waking me with the brush of their wings As that eighteen-wheeler hugs my flank And leans on the horn Lights flashing Rude rumbling under right tires Tantrum of snow In the draft of mass and velocity …and the angels? They’ve chosen another good one! They must’ve liked the 80’s Their wings slapping the windshield madly   Their hands steady the wheel
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Sep 13, 2016
Sep 13, 2016 at 1:20 PM UTC
Angel's Jukebox
Route 84 would not lend me the light of a star last night Radio blazing at 75 mph nonsense noise to chew gum by Crackling political commentary Static of distance and thick clouds Invisible mountains blocking Memories seeping through the cracks coating the music in a film I rub my eyes watch myself punch alert buttons But it’s the angels’ jukebox tonight Roll down the window Watch the heat escape Summer again I am building a castle of ancient stones pulverized by relentless tides Dragged across maps by mastodons and mammoth glaciers The scouring hiss the ocean sighs Time has lulled these smoothly rolling them in the softest hands of sand and gels of life’s comings and goings tenderly tumbling in the millionth moonrise— Time deposits them here wet and glistening For the girl with the plaid two-piece to gather Shoulders sun-burnt barely say one week only, one week of the fifty two “It’s the time of the season…” and daddies on the beach are watching…. She has chosen yet another stone And the castle continues— in oblivion to all but her legend…      The queen will be safe here      from the rabble      The disgraced Tristan will surely seek her      Among these lofty cliffs      Between the raging circuit of the tide      Here winds forbid the vengeful mob      Here lovers learn      the debt of love’s bad timing      “Drink ye all of it!”      --the potion that assigns our sorrow….      She will not sleep—      while I chew this gum--  GUM? Roll down the window! Angels escape with the heat Waking me with the brush of their wings As that eighteen-wheeler hugs my flank And leans on the horn Lights flashing Rude rumbling under right tires Tantrum of snow In the draft of mass and velocity …and the angels? They’ve chosen another good one! They must’ve liked the 80’s Their wings slapping the windshield madly   Their hands steady the wheel
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not much chance, completely cut loose from purpose, he was a young man riding a bus through North Carolina on the wat to somewhere and it began to snow and the bus stopped at a little cafe in the hills and the passengers entered. he sat at the counter with the others, he ordered and the food arived. the meal was particularly good and the coffee. the waitress was unlike the women he had known. she was unaffected, there was a natural humor which came from her. the fry cook said crazy things. the dishwasher. in back, laughed, a good clean pleasant laugh. the young man watched the snow through the windows. he wanted to stay in that cafe forever. the curious feeling swam through him that everything was beautiful there, that it would always stay beautiful there. then the bus driver told the passengers that it was time to board. the young man thought, I'll just sit here, I'll just stay here. but then he rose and followed the others into the bus. he found his seat and looked at the cafe through the bus window. then the bus moved off, down a curve, downward, out of the hills. the young man looked straight foreward. he heard the other passengers speaking of other things, or they were reading or attempting to sleep. they had not noticed the magic. the young man put his head to one side, closed his eyes, pretended to sleep. there was nothing else to do- just to listen to the sound of the engine, the sound of the tires in the snow.
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Nirvana
Well I drive the speed limit, When I'm on the blacktop, Because ya ain't gonna know, If yer gettin eyeballed by the cops. When I see the gravel, Comin' up around the bend, I turn the corner, hit the gas, And my tires start to spin. I get my get 'em up stuck, In my pickup truck. The gravel gets my guages, goin' up, up, up. In my pickup truck, Ain't no slowin' me down. I love my pickup truck, Kickin' up dust clouds. If it's rainin', you're complainin', About the mud and the muck, But ya know that I'll be playin, In my pickup truck. I get my get 'em up stuck, In my pickup truck. The mud gets my guages, goin' up, up, up. In my pickup truck, Ain't no slowin' me down. I love my pickup truck, Throwin mud around. When your rollin' around, On the ice and in the snow Sittin' in the ditch, your car don't wanna go. Who's the one ya call, To get ya unstuck, Ring-a-ding-a-ling-a-ling, Ya need my pickup truck. I get my get 'em up stuck, In my pickup truck. The winter gets my guages, goin' up, up, up. In my pickup truck, Ain't no slowin' me down. I love my pickup truck, Haulin' people 'round, Time to move is here, And I back up to your door. Packing out your things, Until my truck can't fit no more. I get my get 'em up stuck, In my pickup truck. Helpin' friends gets my guages, goin' up, up, up. In my pickup truck, Ain't no slowin' me down. I love my pickup truck, Helpin' friends movin' 'cross town I can't get enough, Of my pickup truck. If I had to do without it, then my life would **** Ya know my life would **** Without my pickup truck. I would feel like half a man, Without my pickup truck.
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Oct 24, 2010
Oct 24, 2010 at 4:55 PM UTC
My Pickup Truck
Well I drive the speed limit, When I'm on the blacktop, Because ya ain't gonna know, If yer gettin eyeballed by the cops. When I see the gravel, Comin' up around the bend, I turn the corner, hit the gas, And my tires start to spin. I get my get 'em up stuck, In my pickup truck. The gravel gets my guages, goin' up, up, up. In my pickup truck, Ain't no slowin' me down. I love my pickup truck, Kickin' up dust clouds. If it's rainin', you're complainin', About the mud and the muck, But ya know that I'll be playin, In my pickup truck. I get my get 'em up stuck, In my pickup truck. The mud gets my guages, goin' up, up, up. In my pickup truck, Ain't no slowin' me down. I love my pickup truck, Throwin mud around. When your rollin' around, On the ice and in the snow Sittin' in the ditch, your car don't wanna go. Who's the one ya call, To get ya unstuck, Ring-a-ding-a-ling-a-ling, Ya need my pickup truck. I get my get 'em up stuck, In my pickup truck. The winter gets my guages, goin' up, up, up. In my pickup truck, Ain't no slowin' me down. I love my pickup truck, Haulin' people 'round, Time to move is here, And I back up to your door. Packing out your things, Until my truck can't fit no more. I get my get 'em up stuck, In my pickup truck. Helpin' friends gets my guages, goin' up, up, up. In my pickup truck, Ain't no slowin' me down. I love my pickup truck, Helpin' friends movin' 'cross town I can't get enough, Of my pickup truck. If I had to do without it, then my life would **** Ya know my life would **** Without my pickup truck. I would feel like half a man, Without my pickup truck.
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Depression is "I should shower now, while I'm still feeling okay." Depression is Drinking water with every bite because you don't want to eat. Depression is Having an audiobook on while you sleep to keep yourself from waking up vulnerable. Depression is Taking risks to try and reach yourself. Depression is Vivid memories overlaying themselves on reality. Depression is Wanting to do your schoolwork but being unable to find the strength. Depression is Not answering texts because too much interaction tires you out. Depression is Having to work harder than everyone else for the same result, and being called lazy anyhow. Depression is Sleeping for 14 hours and still being tired. Depression is The guilt that comes with finding one person who makes you feel good, and knowing you will burden them. Depression is Being left by your lovers or friends because they don't understand. Depression is Piles of ***** laundry you wish you had the inner fortitude to do. Depression is Wandering the empty roads in the middle of the night because you can't sit still. Depression is Reading a book whenever you are in public to ease the stress. Depression is Not always Visible.
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Apr 25, 2016
Apr 25, 2016 at 12:34 AM UTC
Depression
navigator’s balcony cocktail hour rocket orbit ocean liner rising clenched no teeth no guernica no bam bam bam correspondent notary republic address book dial figure 8 charred with a thousand jigsaw pieces false as a beach chiaroscuro black on black graveyard womb naked milk glass lit footprint tourism by candlelight and flare vaccination fatigue puke fingernail fish moving a bandaged echo **** him **** her familiar bell music **** them both **** them all stretched shirtsleeves spanish toffee slashed tires (failure as a painter he shaved his wife’s fur coat) bust your ***** Barcelona red alert knock-kneed broken squeezebox no hands standing room only ladies first (please) unbuttoned interrogation coffee rolls (stop) marine’s vegetation (stop) early morning tea (stop) armless menus (stop) pink cathedral fingers (stop) and (begin again) move we move moving inside an eye this eye that advances step by step
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primary colors
This was just published so it is copyright 2015 by Holy Cow Press ~ mce Poverty is the fence around your life. Poverty wakes you up at 4 AM only to whisper meaningless slogans in your ear. It is the school of Piranha nibbling at the back of your brain. It is two hours waiting in the anteroom of despair for $22 worth of food stamps and being glad to be there. It is changing your phone number frequently because bill collectors are such boring conversationalists. It is the empty space your heels used to fill. It is letting your hair grow long and scraggly and your grizzled beard sprout because you know that although you sleep in rented rooms tonight, the street is not far off, and you want to fit in when you arrive. Poverty scalds the lint from your pockets. It is your private Treblinka within which you rage but are crushed. It is desperate prayers against dental catastrophes, blown tires, surprises of any sort. Poverty is when everything you own is frayed including your nerves from sleepless moments spent trying to solve the equation that will make X number of dollars cover X + ? number of bills, knowing that such math would defeat Newton or Einstein. Poverty is eying the cat's kibble imagining that with a bit of sugar and a splash of milk it might be fine and then eyeballing the cat himself thinking of protein of last resort and trying not to measure him against the microwave door. You ration your cigarettes; whiskey is a fading memory. Passing a diner on the street, you catch a whiff of burgers too expensive to consider and experience a Pavlovian moment. Poverty is trying to keep your head up and then remembering you pawned your neck. Poverty is watching the needle eat your last few gallons of gas. Poverty is the archeology of despair. It portends the death of irony. There is nothing ironic about a car with 217,000 miles and no insurance on it. Facts are facts in the world of poverty. Poverty is the last quarter reclaimed from beneath the cushions. It is too much time and not enough quarters. It is the specious logic of the self-righteous proclaiming that you deserve to be poor because you are, which in Amerika passes for wisdom. Poverty makes each day like the next because nothing does not vary. It is who you are and where you are going, although you won't get far. It is the life you lead inside the fence. It is the sum of what you lack. It just is. - mce
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Apr 6, 2015
Apr 6, 2015 at 7:54 PM UTC
Poverty At Sixty
This was just published so it is copyright 2015 by Holy Cow Press ~ mce Poverty is the fence around your life. Poverty wakes you up at 4 AM only to whisper meaningless slogans in your ear. It is the school of Piranha nibbling at the back of your brain. It is two hours waiting in the anteroom of despair for $22 worth of food stamps and being glad to be there. It is changing your phone number frequently because bill collectors are such boring conversationalists. It is the empty space your heels used to fill. It is letting your hair grow long and scraggly and your grizzled beard sprout because you know that although you sleep in rented rooms tonight, the street is not far off, and you want to fit in when you arrive. Poverty scalds the lint from your pockets. It is your private Treblinka within which you rage but are crushed. It is desperate prayers against dental catastrophes, blown tires, surprises of any sort. Poverty is when everything you own is frayed including your nerves from sleepless moments spent trying to solve the equation that will make X number of dollars cover X + ? number of bills, knowing that such math would defeat Newton or Einstein. Poverty is eying the cat's kibble imagining that with a bit of sugar and a splash of milk it might be fine and then eyeballing the cat himself thinking of protein of last resort and trying not to measure him against the microwave door. You ration your cigarettes; whiskey is a fading memory. Passing a diner on the street, you catch a whiff of burgers too expensive to consider and experience a Pavlovian moment. Poverty is trying to keep your head up and then remembering you pawned your neck. Poverty is watching the needle eat your last few gallons of gas. Poverty is the archeology of despair. It portends the death of irony. There is nothing ironic about a car with 217,000 miles and no insurance on it. Facts are facts in the world of poverty. Poverty is the last quarter reclaimed from beneath the cushions. It is too much time and not enough quarters. It is the specious logic of the self-righteous proclaiming that you deserve to be poor because you are, which in Amerika passes for wisdom. Poverty makes each day like the next because nothing does not vary. It is who you are and where you are going, although you won't get far. It is the life you lead inside the fence. It is the sum of what you lack. It just is. - mce
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*She will lose herself in a book and find herself in poetry She thinks that religion is a sacrilege and that long showers are sacred She makes love when she's tired and never tires of making love She is irreverent in her humor and pious in her gravity She is diligent in completing her work and ambitious of her quest for leisure She is the personification of romanticism and the embodiment of compassion She exists harmoniously in my mind*
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Mar 7, 2014
Mar 7, 2014 at 8:32 PM UTC
Embedded
Here I stood with ***** crystals beneath my feet and waited for the sky to turn golden. Here I laughed into the echoing tunnel under my home as wet earth dripped on my skin. Here I learned about parenthood among feathers and little eggs and ungodly morning crows. Here I gloated about the manhood which sprouted from under my arms and in my mischievous thoughts. Here I waited till dark to meet him in secret all the while dreading the sound of tires on gravel. Here I buzzed with excitement as the boys had their lazy Sunday afternoon. Here his freckles came close to mine as he softly said "you're so beautiful" with Bruno Mars playing in the background. Here I said I would never grow up. Here I comforted her with my pain because I had to be brave. Here I forgot that being called "muddy children who act like savages " was considered an insult. Here I cried into the stars for reasons I didn't understand. Here I walked on hands and feet with happy little scratches and silent giggles. Here only the sound of our beating hearts and delicate pride could be heard as I held him close. Here I sang at the top of my favorite tree and waited for the words to hurt him as much as he hurt me. Here the glow of a flashlight illuminated our tent as I asked her if she liked me like that. Here a little piece of me was left sitting on a branch waiting to capture the next magical heart. Here I wrote "I love you" on a mango leaf only to realize that he spelled love differently. Here I sat beneath bright green trees and pondered my not-so-complicated life. Here my words came out blurry and my stomach swayed like a sail boat out on a windy morning. Here my hands went numb as I raced to the end of his life. Here I visit through pictures and messy journals to remember the little things that are now so so big. Here I left muddy footprints now covered with grass, but here they will stay.
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Sep 16, 2018
Sep 16, 2018 at 5:13 PM UTC
Muddy Footprints
Here I stood with ***** crystals beneath my feet and waited for the sky to turn golden. Here I laughed into the echoing tunnel under my home as wet earth dripped on my skin. Here I learned about parenthood among feathers and little eggs and ungodly morning crows. Here I gloated about the manhood which sprouted from under my arms and in my mischievous thoughts. Here I waited till dark to meet him in secret all the while dreading the sound of tires on gravel. Here I buzzed with excitement as the boys had their lazy Sunday afternoon. Here his freckles came close to mine as he softly said "you're so beautiful" with Bruno Mars playing in the background. Here I said I would never grow up. Here I comforted her with my pain because I had to be brave. Here I forgot that being called "muddy children who act like savages " was considered an insult. Here I cried into the stars for reasons I didn't understand. Here I walked on hands and feet with happy little scratches and silent giggles. Here only the sound of our beating hearts and delicate pride could be heard as I held him close. Here I sang at the top of my favorite tree and waited for the words to hurt him as much as he hurt me. Here the glow of a flashlight illuminated our tent as I asked her if she liked me like that. Here a little piece of me was left sitting on a branch waiting to capture the next magical heart. Here I wrote "I love you" on a mango leaf only to realize that he spelled love differently. Here I sat beneath bright green trees and pondered my not-so-complicated life. Here my words came out blurry and my stomach swayed like a sail boat out on a windy morning. Here my hands went numb as I raced to the end of his life. Here I visit through pictures and messy journals to remember the little things that are now so so big. Here I left muddy footprints now covered with grass, but here they will stay.
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I pulled down vicious KKK flyers, listened to members amplify hate. Their harmful words only frustrate, hoping to cease their cruel desires. Harassment at work occurred hablas ingles? a lady replied. I let the racist remark subside, when I realized I was not heard. Being bullied at school would soon follow. A boy shout the Spanish slur at me, write vile notes for all to see. Slashed my tires with archery arrows. I never thought that they would presume, I was an illegal immigrant. Their logic absent, only based on looks they assume.
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May 30, 2012
May 30, 2012 at 3:59 PM UTC
small town hate
I'd heard about problems with police hard to hear harder to believe personally I never had a problem oh a few well deserved speeding tickets probably cut a break no definitely I drove very fast especially in the turns roll-the-tires fast in the turns that was me and the more I heard the faster I turned as a young kid I applied and was accepted to six colleges six for six piece of cake why the stress my SAT score equated to an I.Q. of 1 above plant life accepted open arms those WASPs loved me graduate school one for one       best in the country bar none MBA with honors that was easy they called it the golden passport yes passports are even faster I never had problems with band-aids        the bank the insurance company       the healthcare system never turned down       for a credit card car loan life insurance policy       or request for a specialist experience is the best teacher       and the more I learned the less I wanted to know       and the faster I turned then I learned    about certain specifics       certain policies with regard to traffic stops bank loans rental property heath care voting rights marriage read the color purple and then that invaluable government          syphilis experiment that would have been inconceivable        even to doctor mengele that the star spangled banner        has more than one stanza?   really there were four stanzas? MY country ‘tis of ME       and it was making me feel ***** learned that no one       voluntarily held that flag up that hellish night       o’er the ramparts WE watched as slave and freedmen               were ordered       to their near certain death with the threat of absolute       certain death then I watched a cop        shoot a kid in the back               in cold blood near a merry-go-round on a playground in baltimore maryland I liked baltimore fast very fast he emptied the 10 round clip of a semi-automatic 9mm Glock 27 into THAT kid's back no hesitation ****** baltimore baltimore baltimore baltimore I hit the brakes hard       on those fast decades and decades generations generations generations       of turning I slowed down way way way down       stopped took a deep deep deeper breath then did what I always did and do best I turned turned turned I turned around and as I turned I woke to kneel
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Mar 8, 2019
Mar 8, 2019 at 11:05 AM UTC
As I Turned I Woke
I'd heard about problems with police hard to hear harder to believe personally I never had a problem oh a few well deserved speeding tickets probably cut a break no definitely I drove very fast especially in the turns roll-the-tires fast in the turns that was me and the more I heard the faster I turned as a young kid I applied and was accepted to six colleges six for six piece of cake why the stress my SAT score equated to an I.Q. of 1 above plant life accepted open arms those WASPs loved me graduate school one for one       best in the country bar none MBA with honors that was easy they called it the golden passport yes passports are even faster I never had problems with band-aids        the bank the insurance company       the healthcare system never turned down       for a credit card car loan life insurance policy       or request for a specialist experience is the best teacher       and the more I learned the less I wanted to know       and the faster I turned then I learned    about certain specifics       certain policies with regard to traffic stops bank loans rental property heath care voting rights marriage read the color purple and then that invaluable government          syphilis experiment that would have been inconceivable        even to doctor mengele that the star spangled banner        has more than one stanza?   really there were four stanzas? MY country ‘tis of ME       and it was making me feel ***** learned that no one       voluntarily held that flag up that hellish night       o’er the ramparts WE watched as slave and freedmen               were ordered       to their near certain death with the threat of absolute       certain death then I watched a cop        shoot a kid in the back               in cold blood near a merry-go-round on a playground in baltimore maryland I liked baltimore fast very fast he emptied the 10 round clip of a semi-automatic 9mm Glock 27 into THAT kid's back no hesitation ****** baltimore baltimore baltimore baltimore I hit the brakes hard       on those fast decades and decades generations generations generations       of turning I slowed down way way way down       stopped took a deep deep deeper breath then did what I always did and do best I turned turned turned I turned around and as I turned I woke to kneel
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I used to read I used to write Songs, Stories, Poetry. I used to knit I used to sew Plushies, Scarfs, Roses. What happened to the days Where I found enjoyment from the little things? Why is it now That what I once loved Feels like a chore That tires me, Bores me, Makes me contemplate everything. What happened to my carefree childhood Where nothing mattered Other than when I could write Songs, Stories, Poetry? When I uses to knit and sew Plushies, Scarfs, Roses? What happened? And why?
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Apr 1, 2018
Apr 1, 2018 at 5:51 AM UTC
Depression killed my creativity
Why am I the outcast Who was I to know That everybody tires Of the ones who love them most Why am I being punished What did I do wrong Why do you have to push me away When I've tried so hard for so long Why can't I give up on you When your already so far gone I've secluded myself, I have no one And you said you want me to move on Why am I the one With the broken heart Why is your life Being ruined Why won't family talk to me Why am i turned away No one in this world wants love from me No one has ever stayed Why have I been outcasted Why have I been pushed away Why can't somebody love me Why can they not stay Is everyone a liar? Is everyone like you? Or is it me that's the tragedy Why do they hate me more than you
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Oct 4, 2018
Oct 4, 2018 at 9:29 PM UTC
Outcast
lonely as a dry and used orchard spread over the earth for use and surrender. shot down like an ex-pug selling dailies on the corner. taken by tears like an aging chorus girl who has gotten her last check. a hanky is in order your lord your worship. the blackbirds are rough today like ingrown toenails in an overnight jail--- wine wine whine, the blackbirds run around and fly around harping about Spanish melodies and bones. and everywhere is nowhere--- the dream is as bad as flapjacks and flat tires: why do we go on with our minds and pockets full of dust like a bad boy just out of school--- you tell me, you who were a hero in some revolution you who teach children you who drink with calmness you who own large homes and walk in gardens you who have killed a man and own a beautiful wife you tell me why I am on fire like old dry garbage. we might surely have some interesting correspondence. it will keep the mailman busy. and the butterflies and ants and bridges and cemeteries the rocket-makers and dogs and garage mechanics will still go on a while until we run out of stamps and/or ideas. don't be ashamed of anything; I guess God meant it all like locks on doors.
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The Blackbirds Are Rough Today
you were quiet and i was loud, talkative you asked to borrow a pencil so i gave you the one with the hellokitty stickers on it just to see you smile you gave it back with a note and i read in my car in the parking lot after class it said that you thought my hands were beautiful, but i always thought that they were too small and definitely too pudgy and said so underneath the scrawl of hellokitty’s graphite. oh, and thanks when i gave it back, you looked confused and turned the scrap over to show me the name on the front and it wasn’t mine that same day someone slashed the tires on your honda accord
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Feb 20, 2012
Feb 20, 2012 at 11:08 PM UTC
pencil
Just ten minutes after I'd revved the engine I was only nine miles away from the love of my life Day dreaming of when we’d met just eight short months ago Soaring at seventy down that country road Only six more miles until she’d be in my arms again Five years ago thoughts of love would have seemed so far out of sight Yet four times I've already proposed, “too soon,” she’d always say Amazing how in three seconds your entire life can change With just two tires there’s little room for error When one blew out I hit the asphalt, hard In a wreck like that there’s zero chance I’d survive One hour later the ambulance arrived at last EMTs pressed two paddles against my chest Shocks were delivered three times At the hospital doctors performed four operations Five months I spent in a coma Followed by six months of physical therapy relearning to walk In time all seventeen broken bones had set and healed It cost me eight grand to buy a new bike Now nine years later I’m still riding, fearless, wife on the back The tenth time I asked, she finally said yes
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Feb 4, 2014
Feb 4, 2014 at 9:04 PM UTC
The Countdown
I want to get hit by a BMW. I want to get hit by a Mercedes. I want to get run over by a Porsche. Something big. I want to get smeared against the pavement by a Cadillac Escalade. I want to get hit by one of those big ******** who drag gasoline across the continent, but I want the driver to be a manic psychopath. I want him to stalk me on the sidewalk and then run me over slowly. He's not any coward, not like those bald patriarchal Corvette drivers in polo shirts tucked into khakis. No, he's a great fat man, a hairy beast with a crooked stare that slows the pulse on impact. I want the police to cringe or get scared interrogating him, and haul his truck somewhere to be inspected. I want the price of gas in nearby areas to go up by at least fifteen cents for two weeks. I want to get hit by a BMW. I want to roll over the windshield, and drag under the bottom for about ten yards. I want to separate at the middle and leave organs on his left side view mirror and hanging on his hood ornament. I want to seep blood deep into his car, and when he turns on his heat, he'll smell my blood full blast in his face burning. I want to wreck the car inside and out. I want to get hit by a car with a McCain sticker on the bumper. I don't want to get hit by some middle class Ford or Honda, or someone's shit-level Chevy or beat up jalopy. I want to get hit by a BMW. I want the driver to make his tires scream like banshees, and leave four long streaks of rotten burned rubber on the asphalt. I want him to step out in business attire, and gasp, inwardly. I want to flip off the sky, because my aim is bad, and call him a coward for hitting the brakes. I want him to think, "What did I do? Is he Okay? What am I going to do? What if I lose my license? How will I get to work? How will I pay for this. Does my insurance cover vehicular manslaughter? I'm not alone right? I'll get through this. I'll survive. I'll just be another statistic. That's all."
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Jun 15, 2014
Jun 15, 2014 at 12:46 PM UTC
"Rich Man's Car."
I want to get hit by a BMW. I want to get hit by a Mercedes. I want to get run over by a Porsche. Something big. I want to get smeared against the pavement by a Cadillac Escalade. I want to get hit by one of those big ******** who drag gasoline across the continent, but I want the driver to be a manic psychopath. I want him to stalk me on the sidewalk and then run me over slowly. He's not any coward, not like those bald patriarchal Corvette drivers in polo shirts tucked into khakis. No, he's a great fat man, a hairy beast with a crooked stare that slows the pulse on impact. I want the police to cringe or get scared interrogating him, and haul his truck somewhere to be inspected. I want the price of gas in nearby areas to go up by at least fifteen cents for two weeks. I want to get hit by a BMW. I want to roll over the windshield, and drag under the bottom for about ten yards. I want to separate at the middle and leave organs on his left side view mirror and hanging on his hood ornament. I want to seep blood deep into his car, and when he turns on his heat, he'll smell my blood full blast in his face burning. I want to wreck the car inside and out. I want to get hit by a car with a McCain sticker on the bumper. I don't want to get hit by some middle class Ford or Honda, or someone's shit-level Chevy or beat up jalopy. I want to get hit by a BMW. I want the driver to make his tires scream like banshees, and leave four long streaks of rotten burned rubber on the asphalt. I want him to step out in business attire, and gasp, inwardly. I want to flip off the sky, because my aim is bad, and call him a coward for hitting the brakes. I want him to think, "What did I do? Is he Okay? What am I going to do? What if I lose my license? How will I get to work? How will I pay for this. Does my insurance cover vehicular manslaughter? I'm not alone right? I'll get through this. I'll survive. I'll just be another statistic. That's all."
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It was a hand me down, An old Chevy that grandpa didn't need, It was just a little truck, But it would do, Blue and silver, with rust sprouting up here and there, A creaky tailgate, No ac, but a sunroof, Comfy seats that held you like a race car, The smell of dust wafting from the vents It had a little engine that needed work, It had old tires that needed to be replaced, A layer of dust that needed to be washed off. But I didn't care, It was my first truck! New engine, New tires, A deluxe wash at the co-op, And a black ice air freshener, This truck was born again. Spinning tires and dust flying, Rolling down the streets and tearing up the gravel roads, This truck purred like a kitten. I didn't care if people had bigger trucks, Newer trucks, Fancier trucks, This was my first truck And I loved it!
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Jun 9, 2014
Jun 9, 2014 at 11:49 AM UTC
My First Truck
escape the deluge of grays supposed hallowed streets pavement, machines splashing of rain being choked out by tires squealing no meaning here just a spare soul outside find it by rejecting everything lit by a screen
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May 14, 2015
May 14, 2015 at 12:00 PM UTC
hiking
Nineteen and my only problem is feeling, It tires and tears me at the seams, As if I should be a structure so perfect, Even I wish I knew what this means, But I know what to compare with a glance and a glare, Like I don’t know the face of a lie, And I’m sure she’s pretty and standing next to me, While I’m as boring as that train ride to truth, Matters will never matter when I get there, As though I’m your truth and you’re still scared, I would beg you to forget me if you can accept honesty, Then nineteen and feelings wouldn’t be so hard, honestly...
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Jan 10, 2013
Jan 10, 2013 at 12:09 AM UTC
Nineteen Ruined Me.
(athena) the sweaty, jacked-up summer is approaching quick fired from the mouth of april like a bullet from a handgun (aphrodite) we are fast, beautiful ***** like gasoline on someone’s palm ***** like fences that hold gardens of shredded tires ***** like blood dried on the sidewalk in the shape of a tightened fist (athena) ***** sneakers and ***** hair (aphrodite) with shampoo that never got washed all the way out (athena) ***** because of how we love (aphrodite) sharp-beautiful-longing! (athena) with our hands on other girls’ knees and thighs like birds out of their cage or the statue of liberty punching her light into a sky that holds as much desire as it holds stars (aphrodite) nameless-bursting-burning! (athena) rough and sweet and fresh from hell crawling to emancipation just wanting to love just wanting to live (aphrodite) just wanting to move her hair out of her face with our thumbs (athena) asking to be allowed to want what we are not supposed to have (aphrodite) quivering (athena) hot and sweaty like little kids under the covers with a flashlight reading harold and the purple crayon (aphrodite) but there is no flashlight this time (athena) and no picture book
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Jun 9, 2017
Jun 9, 2017 at 12:40 AM UTC
in the year 2017, athena and aphrodite are gay
I threw that stupid bracelet out the drivers side window as I sat in the parking lot of the liquor store. I was hoping that someone would come across it and not know it's history. Maybe it would be found by someone happy, or a little kid who spots the beads spread out on the concrete. Or maybe it would just get crushed by the tires of a car. I went inside the store, bought what I came for... And then walked over and picked it up before driving away.
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Aug 7, 2018
Aug 7, 2018 at 3:42 PM UTC
Dumb bracelet