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"tonnes" poems
World is given through her womb Life by her love She's a shooting star Fulfilling the dreams of others Forgetting her ones. We don't dare to appreciate her We don't care to her feelings, Nor her dreams. She swallows her pride To serve us might. Love her, she loves you tonnes Ignore her, she loves you loads Ignores our ignorance And tolerates our flaws Complaining never Her cries are often unheard With tears invisible, Trauma a smile Patience at infinity With words unspoken. She's a ocean Vast to explore Hard to understand But plain as river With thoughts deeper. Her self respect Often misspelled as ego, Society mocks her down earth And she raises like a tree From a buried seed Her every move Is judgemental, With several eyes poking her And so she became unpredictable. Never try to understand, rather love her. She gives life. She is a mother. She makes home. She is a wife. She is a sister, a savior till the ends. She is precious because she is a daughter She refuses to retire because she's born a woman. And do you feel she deserves just a single day!?
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Mar 7, 2017
Mar 7, 2017 at 9:50 PM UTC
Untitled
There once lived a boy young of age, Candy he loved so much his teeth had caves. Not one or two could satisfy his urge, Tonnes could go down his tiny throat. This one time to the market he went, His mother holding him firm in the grasp of her hand. Seeing him sad she saw him standing then, "Go get some candy" she said putting two pennies in his arm band. Off he ran to in search of candy prime, His eyes moving vigorously from left to right in search of the candy store. Then he saw it, that glorious gleaming colourful shop, His one and final destination, his stop. It was small yet filled with people from all over the city, Every one, young and old wanted a piece of candy. The little kid pushed and pulled with all his might, A piece of candy he craved like the elders craved shandy. The din and crowd couldn't lower his spirit, His eyes set on this sugary treat, his favourite. But till the time he could get to the counter, The last treat the man in front bought for his little daughter. The kid got all teary eyed and walked out of the store, Standing outside he watched all the other kids happily walk out of the door, Drops started falling to the ground, The girl from inside watched him all along as he cried and frowned. The little kid's world had fallen apart for a minute, Till this cute brown eyed girl decided to do something about it, She went up to him and asked him if he wanted some? All she wanted was for him not to be so sore. The teary eyed kid looked up with a smile, He nodded in cheer as he wiped his tears. A huge bit of candy he took as he reached for his arm band. Searching for the two pennies to repay the little girl. To his dismay only to realize, The money had fallen down somewhere in the struggle. Gulping down saliva he dared to let her know the truth, "I have no money to give you", he said. "Its ok", said she with a beaming smile, The boy nevertheless decided to give her his favourite arm band. That day those little kids exchanged more than just candy and a piece of cloth, They exchanged smiles, kindness and pieces of their heart.
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Jun 4, 2017
Jun 4, 2017 at 7:24 AM UTC
Kid in a Candy Store
There once lived a boy young of age, Candy he loved so much his teeth had caves. Not one or two could satisfy his urge, Tonnes could go down his tiny throat. This one time to the market he went, His mother holding him firm in the grasp of her hand. Seeing him sad she saw him standing then, "Go get some candy" she said putting two pennies in his arm band. Off he ran to in search of candy prime, His eyes moving vigorously from left to right in search of the candy store. Then he saw it, that glorious gleaming colourful shop, His one and final destination, his stop. It was small yet filled with people from all over the city, Every one, young and old wanted a piece of candy. The little kid pushed and pulled with all his might, A piece of candy he craved like the elders craved shandy. The din and crowd couldn't lower his spirit, His eyes set on this sugary treat, his favourite. But till the time he could get to the counter, The last treat the man in front bought for his little daughter. The kid got all teary eyed and walked out of the store, Standing outside he watched all the other kids happily walk out of the door, Drops started falling to the ground, The girl from inside watched him all along as he cried and frowned. The little kid's world had fallen apart for a minute, Till this cute brown eyed girl decided to do something about it, She went up to him and asked him if he wanted some? All she wanted was for him not to be so sore. The teary eyed kid looked up with a smile, He nodded in cheer as he wiped his tears. A huge bit of candy he took as he reached for his arm band. Searching for the two pennies to repay the little girl. To his dismay only to realize, The money had fallen down somewhere in the struggle. Gulping down saliva he dared to let her know the truth, "I have no money to give you", he said. "Its ok", said she with a beaming smile, The boy nevertheless decided to give her his favourite arm band. That day those little kids exchanged more than just candy and a piece of cloth, They exchanged smiles, kindness and pieces of their heart.
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For the lonely, for the loveless, for the forgotten and overlooked, for the discarded and trodden on, for the neglected, for the ignored and mocked, for societies weeds, for circumstantial weeds. For you outcasts are weeds the flowers nobody wants, but weeds are resilient. They persevere where others can not. Often mistaken for weak, but no, weeds are strong and tough enough to break through tonnes of concrete and metal. Clever enough to find growth in places others perish in. Adaptable to every habitat and brave enough to exist on barren wasteland. Weeds need only the tiniest of a chance to flourish For the unwanted, for the unclaimed. You are beautiful. You are equal to every other flower. You are the Charlock, the Buttercup, the Clover, the Pinapple-May-Weed and so much more. Next time you see a **** by the roadside, or peeking out from a crack in a wall, or between paving slabs in a busy city, or overgrown in a garden, or weaving through rubble and debris, take heart lonely ones. You are not worthless You are magnificent.
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Oct 19, 2014
Oct 19, 2014 at 6:53 PM UTC
Charlock, buttercups, clovers and more
Let's **** Gandhi Let's **** Gandhi Again and Again Multiple Times Gandhi Must be killed He deserves to be killed Because he killed no one Neither human nor animal Collect all your weapons Load missiles and guns Get some good Gun powder Quintals and tonnes of it Make sure to **** this time Be sure, you mustn't fail again But can you really **** Gandhi No you can't, I bet you can't You already tried and retried But Gandhi remained alive Gandhi Never died He will never ever die Gandhi is not a person Gandhi is thought Gandhi is Philosophy Gandhi is Lifestyle Gandhi is Liberation Gandhi is Struggle Gandhi is Courage Gandhi is Peace Gandhi is Gentle Gandhi is Strong Gandhi is Treasure Gandhi is Heritage Gandhi is immortal You fools are mortal
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May 18, 2019
May 18, 2019 at 2:05 AM UTC
Let's **** Gandhi
i know it today, life is a short stay, amidst all wants and desires, of which one never retires, desires for self and self ones, greed together of million tonnes, such things though many times, force me to think of crimes, betraying someone's trust, for things less worthier than dust, seeing death every other day, still thinking we are here to stay, for and ever till, our pocket affords the bill, but no thought is given, wether we go to hell or heaven, our debts money won't pay, karmas will be counted for each day, during our life's course, when we did things with force, which was given temporarily to us, to display whoz god and what he does, acts of humans should be such, giving an estimate of how much, greatness would be in the one, who owes such a nice son, who loves him and all, whoz values are infinitely tall, whoz presence inaugrates all ethical energies, whoz work is beyond all intelligent strategies, who realises god's omnipresence, and make him his life's essence, remember all my dear friends, when all of our life ends, our powers won't accompany us, as in life's course it does, what goes with thw soul then, is all of those times when, we have made someone smile, and loved some other for a little while, laughed in someone's good times, cried in other time of destiny's sad rhyme. I know it today..........................
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Mar 22, 2013
Mar 22, 2013 at 4:20 PM UTC
I Know it Today
I wish I was strong I wish I was strong enough to get out from under the comfort of my sheets Or the warm water washing over my body in the shower I wish I was strong enough to open my books, Instead of listening to the same five songs again I wish I was strong enough to get over a loss, Be it a failed exam or a boss I can’t beat in a video game I wish I was strong enough to help my friends Because that's the person I strive to be I wish I was strong enough to keep that job … I wish I was strong enough to like my own works But it’s hard to when they look like this No rhyme scheme or metaphors Only thing this poem has got going for itself is that repeating stanza Real clever or whatever You call it slam poetry But you might as well call it sham poetry Slam poetry Because you need to be slammed drunk to enjoy your poems And don’t even pretend like you didn’t notice How no one seems to give a **** about this This series of ‘works’ that you’ve been putting out Where all you do is ******* swear and shout At yourself ******* hell I bet your last line would have been “I wish I was strong enough to love myself.” Boo ******* hoo Too ******* bad Because you’ll only love me the moment you realize That what I say is true I’m not gonna say that I’m only rude Because I love you I hate your guts too much for something so… Sappy You’re a bit of a sentimental, right, boo? If sentimental meant pushover Criticism! Sorry, didn’t mean to scare Oh wait, no, I don’t really care Because even you’re aware How you’ve locked yourself in an echo room And the moment someone tries to break through… “Don’t worry, I can take it.” And then you write something edgy like this You can’t take advice for **** Because that’s your ******* deal You’ve got tonnes of people giving you the advice that you need to heal And you ignore every single one of them Acquaintances, friends, family And what about me? DO I REALLY NEED TO ******* YELL TO GET THROUGH TO YOU But It’s pointless anyway You’re on auto-pilot already Just cut the act and write your cringy addendum poem We’re done here
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Mar 18, 2018
Mar 18, 2018 at 3:55 AM UTC
Are you even trying?
I wish I was strong I wish I was strong enough to get out from under the comfort of my sheets Or the warm water washing over my body in the shower I wish I was strong enough to open my books, Instead of listening to the same five songs again I wish I was strong enough to get over a loss, Be it a failed exam or a boss I can’t beat in a video game I wish I was strong enough to help my friends Because that's the person I strive to be I wish I was strong enough to keep that job … I wish I was strong enough to like my own works But it’s hard to when they look like this No rhyme scheme or metaphors Only thing this poem has got going for itself is that repeating stanza Real clever or whatever You call it slam poetry But you might as well call it sham poetry Slam poetry Because you need to be slammed drunk to enjoy your poems And don’t even pretend like you didn’t notice How no one seems to give a **** about this This series of ‘works’ that you’ve been putting out Where all you do is ******* swear and shout At yourself ******* hell I bet your last line would have been “I wish I was strong enough to love myself.” Boo ******* hoo Too ******* bad Because you’ll only love me the moment you realize That what I say is true I’m not gonna say that I’m only rude Because I love you I hate your guts too much for something so… Sappy You’re a bit of a sentimental, right, boo? If sentimental meant pushover Criticism! Sorry, didn’t mean to scare Oh wait, no, I don’t really care Because even you’re aware How you’ve locked yourself in an echo room And the moment someone tries to break through… “Don’t worry, I can take it.” And then you write something edgy like this You can’t take advice for **** Because that’s your ******* deal You’ve got tonnes of people giving you the advice that you need to heal And you ignore every single one of them Acquaintances, friends, family And what about me? DO I REALLY NEED TO ******* YELL TO GET THROUGH TO YOU But It’s pointless anyway You’re on auto-pilot already Just cut the act and write your cringy addendum poem We’re done here
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T Rex thought he was the king but truly he was no such thing he was a bully sad and weak who prayed on those to young to speak Then came the day when baby Trice got to close to Rexies lair Rexie thoughg his luck had changed and now would play the Rexie game Which was to take the young and weak so soft and tender, good to eat Rex thought I will have some of that the baby trice will be quite a snack and fill a corner of my tum But Rex had made a big mistake, oh dear a grave mistake For round the corner came trice's mum weighing a bit more than about three tonnes Three big horns upon her head One jab from those could leave Rex dead She gave poor Rex an evil stare said "Bite young Trice if you dare" Then I will deal you a mighty thump and I promise you your bone will crunch Poor Rexie backed away in fear and in his eyes salty tears People thought for many years that Rex was king and had no fear But they didn't know Triceratops,  the bravest dinosaur of the lot
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Jun 12, 2014
Jun 12, 2014 at 3:51 PM UTC
T Rex V Triceratops
.                         I was born with a defect. It has a great impact. One testacle, one less Than everyone else. I can't tell my partner. She'll think less of me then. Aren't they supposed to be a symbol Of manliness? One less thimble Of mass, results in a loss Of ounces of courage, And a weight of tonnes On my shoulders. I've been led into Believing manhood is paramount. Without it, I'm less of a person, Less of a reason To be whom I should; to be desired. It's hard to stop thinking it When it's you yourself telling it. External influences become internal doctrine. Inescapably real, incessantly there. Loss of masculinity, Yet retaining functionality. It seems people never notice something's wrong As long as you appear to act 'normally'.
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Sep 11, 2018
Sep 11, 2018 at 5:02 PM UTC
One Less
On the first day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the second day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the third day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the fourth day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Four massive oil leaks, three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the fifth day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Five pandemic viruses, four massive oil leaks, three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the sixth day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Six countries' electronic waste, five pandemic viruses, four massive oil leaks, three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the seventh day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Seven world-powers downplaying, six countries' electronic waste, five pandemic viruses, four massive oil leaks, three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the eighth day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Eight pointless wars, seven world-powers downplaying, six countries' electronic waste, five pandemic viruses, four massive oil leaks, three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the ninth day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Nine last elephants Asian, eight pointless wars, seven world-powers downplaying, six countries' electronic waste, five pandemic viruses, four massive oil leaks, three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the tenth day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Ten million famishing, nine last elephants Asian, eight pointless wars, seven world-powers downplaying, six countries' electronic waste, five pandemic viruses, four massive oil leaks, three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the eleventh day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Eleven million hectares deforesting, ten million famishing, nine last elephants Asian, eight pointless wars, seven world-powers downplaying, six countries' electronic waste, five pandemic viruses, four massive oil leaks, three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the twelfth day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Twelve million tonnes plastic waste, eleven million hectares deforesting, ten million famishing, nine last elephants Asian, eight pointless wars, seven world-powers downplaying, six countries' electronic waste, five pandemic viruses, four massive oil leaks, three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea
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Apr 13, 2021
Apr 13, 2021 at 7:01 AM UTC
On the first day ...
On the first day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the second day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the third day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the fourth day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Four massive oil leaks, three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the fifth day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Five pandemic viruses, four massive oil leaks, three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the sixth day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Six countries' electronic waste, five pandemic viruses, four massive oil leaks, three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the seventh day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Seven world-powers downplaying, six countries' electronic waste, five pandemic viruses, four massive oil leaks, three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the eighth day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Eight pointless wars, seven world-powers downplaying, six countries' electronic waste, five pandemic viruses, four massive oil leaks, three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the ninth day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Nine last elephants Asian, eight pointless wars, seven world-powers downplaying, six countries' electronic waste, five pandemic viruses, four massive oil leaks, three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the tenth day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Ten million famishing, nine last elephants Asian, eight pointless wars, seven world-powers downplaying, six countries' electronic waste, five pandemic viruses, four massive oil leaks, three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the eleventh day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Eleven million hectares deforesting, ten million famishing, nine last elephants Asian, eight pointless wars, seven world-powers downplaying, six countries' electronic waste, five pandemic viruses, four massive oil leaks, three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea On the twelfth day of maliciousness my true love gave to me Twelve million tonnes plastic waste, eleven million hectares deforesting, ten million famishing, nine last elephants Asian, eight pointless wars, seven world-powers downplaying, six countries' electronic waste, five pandemic viruses, four massive oil leaks, three million toddlers' deaths, two ballistic missiles and nuclear waste in the Pacific Sea
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I am honey coated In the dawn yellow sun As I walk softly Through the glazing savanna Intimately married to My body I feel all Her strength and power My low center of gravity Pushes down 2 tonnes Of my power house weight Almost buckles the ground It is as though the earth Beneath me becomes concave As I stand on a spongy soil As the landscape rolls up To a brand new sun If the rest of me forgets Where I am going submerged In flaky doubt my hard horn Points the course through the Clouds of apposing forces As even the Gods are forced To part the way like the red sea As I plough through space and time Nothing dictates to me As I chase away darkness And carve out doubt Breaking spells while proceeding All ghost will run from me Possessed by the devil I will DRIVE him out For I am the AFRICAN EXORCIST Careful where you step Because I hang over The savanna like a Silent volcano Run and hide if you Ever hear the huff and Puff of my disgruntled being As you better get out the way Without any delay As I blaze new pathways Showing you a brand new day As I smash through obstacles You or the world I feel my center speaking Opening , EXPLODING into Inside out spaces Multiverses are vibrating As I ride on a wave Of infinite forces combusting I am fired forward With rocket fuel As I reach new places Expanding into worlds Of high and far out spaces Greater than I know Hesitation and procrastination Will be trampled on All those blown over by life Jump on my back And I will stampede you Through this world So dare you attack Or cover my track like weeds With feeble words and excuses As they strangle my future path And my lava filled belly Will blast them with fire Melting and molding My internal landscape As I imprint my freedom How I love you Black Rhino You have my attention So can you please point Your horn in the right direction   FORWARD AND UP Forward and up for me As I ride with the BLACK RHINO
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Nov 19, 2014
Nov 19, 2014 at 2:10 PM UTC
THE AFRICAN EXORCIST
I am honey coated In the dawn yellow sun As I walk softly Through the glazing savanna Intimately married to My body I feel all Her strength and power My low center of gravity Pushes down 2 tonnes Of my power house weight Almost buckles the ground It is as though the earth Beneath me becomes concave As I stand on a spongy soil As the landscape rolls up To a brand new sun If the rest of me forgets Where I am going submerged In flaky doubt my hard horn Points the course through the Clouds of apposing forces As even the Gods are forced To part the way like the red sea As I plough through space and time Nothing dictates to me As I chase away darkness And carve out doubt Breaking spells while proceeding All ghost will run from me Possessed by the devil I will DRIVE him out For I am the AFRICAN EXORCIST Careful where you step Because I hang over The savanna like a Silent volcano Run and hide if you Ever hear the huff and Puff of my disgruntled being As you better get out the way Without any delay As I blaze new pathways Showing you a brand new day As I smash through obstacles You or the world I feel my center speaking Opening , EXPLODING into Inside out spaces Multiverses are vibrating As I ride on a wave Of infinite forces combusting I am fired forward With rocket fuel As I reach new places Expanding into worlds Of high and far out spaces Greater than I know Hesitation and procrastination Will be trampled on All those blown over by life Jump on my back And I will stampede you Through this world So dare you attack Or cover my track like weeds With feeble words and excuses As they strangle my future path And my lava filled belly Will blast them with fire Melting and molding My internal landscape As I imprint my freedom How I love you Black Rhino You have my attention So can you please point Your horn in the right direction   FORWARD AND UP Forward and up for me As I ride with the BLACK RHINO
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133 billion pounds in America 4.2 million Tonnes in UK 50 million kilograms in Australia 230 million Tonnes in Africa 1.3 billion Tonnes in Switzerland 222 million Tonnes in Malaysia 580 billion Rupees(Indian currency) in India 33.79 million Tonnes in Saudi Arabia What are these numbers? Amount of food we are wasting per Year In Tonnes, Kilograms, pounds
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Jul 11, 2014
Jul 11, 2014 at 10:57 PM UTC
579. Hunger stats
Oh *** you and your puns I've had too much fun, laughter- tonnes and tonnes Happiness to me is like sticky toffee buns, bubble-shooting guns, or late night cartoon reruns But with you, it's like a thousand splendid suns
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Jan 15, 2016
Jan 15, 2016 at 7:40 AM UTC
Oh ***
Last July was the hottest month, ever. That is, ever since we ‘officially’ started tracking weather. The Earth is lying on the bathroom floor, wrists severed; I wonder whether this is a storm we can weather, Or whether we’ll all perish together. Greenland lost 12.5 billion tonnes of ice sheets. That is, The island that was 80% ice is becoming one, giant, puddle. The earth is about to be slain, a warrior conceding defeat; Huddle up, give your loved ones a cuddle, For we are so troubled that any aliens out there must be truly befuddled. My generation was born with a guillotine looming over our heads. An impending sense of dread, As corporations put on their executioner’s hoods, And reach for the lever. A sordid reality in which to save the planet, One must fight one’s own government; A reality in which we may have done permanent damage, A reality in which valour gets no monuments, But only condemnation and incarceration.   Remember these names: Julian Assange. Currently awaiting an 18-count indictment charge from the US. Edward Snowden. Could face up to 30 years in prison if the US get their hands on him. Chelsea Manning. Spent 7 years in prison. Abdullah Öcalan. In prison since 1999. Edem Bekirov. A man who has been dying in prison for the past year. Benny Tai. Sentenced to over a year for fighting for what is right. Nasser Zefzafi. In prison for the next 20 years. Kerry Shakaboona Marshall. A man who received a life sentence aged 17 years old. Simon Blevins, Richard Roberts, and Richard Loizou. Sentenced to over a year for fighting fracking. Tim DeChristopher. 21 months for fighting oil and gas pipelines. Stella Nyanzi. The raunchy Ugandan poetess who cannot be tamed, no matter how many times prison beckons. This list is basically endless. It is saturated in blood that drips from the corners of the page, Soaked in the rage of brave men and women, living in a cage. Depression. Exhaustion. Numbness. Oppression and a lack of caution, Leading us to this dumb mess. This can no longer be the norm. We can no longer conform, Nor can we compromise or haggle; We must reverse our own demise, For this is our generation’s battle.
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Aug 22, 2019
Aug 22, 2019 at 1:56 AM UTC
Climate Grief
Last July was the hottest month, ever. That is, ever since we ‘officially’ started tracking weather. The Earth is lying on the bathroom floor, wrists severed; I wonder whether this is a storm we can weather, Or whether we’ll all perish together. Greenland lost 12.5 billion tonnes of ice sheets. That is, The island that was 80% ice is becoming one, giant, puddle. The earth is about to be slain, a warrior conceding defeat; Huddle up, give your loved ones a cuddle, For we are so troubled that any aliens out there must be truly befuddled. My generation was born with a guillotine looming over our heads. An impending sense of dread, As corporations put on their executioner’s hoods, And reach for the lever. A sordid reality in which to save the planet, One must fight one’s own government; A reality in which we may have done permanent damage, A reality in which valour gets no monuments, But only condemnation and incarceration.   Remember these names: Julian Assange. Currently awaiting an 18-count indictment charge from the US. Edward Snowden. Could face up to 30 years in prison if the US get their hands on him. Chelsea Manning. Spent 7 years in prison. Abdullah Öcalan. In prison since 1999. Edem Bekirov. A man who has been dying in prison for the past year. Benny Tai. Sentenced to over a year for fighting for what is right. Nasser Zefzafi. In prison for the next 20 years. Kerry Shakaboona Marshall. A man who received a life sentence aged 17 years old. Simon Blevins, Richard Roberts, and Richard Loizou. Sentenced to over a year for fighting fracking. Tim DeChristopher. 21 months for fighting oil and gas pipelines. Stella Nyanzi. The raunchy Ugandan poetess who cannot be tamed, no matter how many times prison beckons. This list is basically endless. It is saturated in blood that drips from the corners of the page, Soaked in the rage of brave men and women, living in a cage. Depression. Exhaustion. Numbness. Oppression and a lack of caution, Leading us to this dumb mess. This can no longer be the norm. We can no longer conform, Nor can we compromise or haggle; We must reverse our own demise, For this is our generation’s battle.
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i am one to talk in my head i rule galaxies glitter glimmer shimmer carrying tonnes to spare the time i pardon the satchel of hopes like a pendulum swinging and swaying waltzing back and forth tick tock tick tock mimics the hourglass, its contemptuous spine of granules are close to burying a hole on the ground oh crystal skies you were once so blue now i face the darkened hall air filled of hunger for time and i take the final cup of orange, purple and blue.
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Apr 3, 2017
Apr 3, 2017 at 9:58 AM UTC
Apology
Eyes feel heavy Lids weigh tonnes Counting sheep by the dozens Pillows not soft Beds not warm Quilt lies rigid Curtains not drawn Of course at first when I layed down It was for the purpose of sleep Yet it has not come to take me So at midnight I'll a creep Make my way to kitchen For a late night snack Open up the Milk Take a swig from the carton, then put it straight back. Creep back quite slowly, licking my lips I do love a good midnight milk trip Treading careful over creaky floorboards beneath After all I don't want to reveal that I'm the milk thief
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Apr 30, 2013
Apr 30, 2013 at 11:55 PM UTC
Midnight Milk Thief
My landlord is renovating the neighboring room. I inhale, eyes closed, and I'm faced with God. Unable to speak, I listen as he tells me that life is worth living and that love is worth loving. He says that I'm doing pretty well despite the circumstances and that often an ounce of a smile is worth ten tonnes of agony. I inhale, bleach and other cleaning solutions siphoning reality from my extremities, replacing it with a calming alternative.
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Mar 24, 2016
Mar 24, 2016 at 7:06 PM UTC
Windex
My head is full of words; But they refuse the streams upon my face, They cannot pass the inner currents to the waterfalls in my neck, down the steady river in my arms, to explore the five sea-fingers around the oceans of paper. They stall, unwilling to battle the waves of rhythm, the dramatic pauses, the clichés, the stanzas demanding a neat, polished finesse. My head is just a mess; Nothing holds shape: no right, no wrong, no defined line for care, no clean space for apathy. Days blend as I pour sweet into sour, The casual joke a thin comfort against the deep gloom. My head is full of **** Tonnes and tonnes of it, a mounting, shapeless strain. I can’t begin to chart its depths or describe the sudden, sharp frustration it brings. I have no sense of rhyme, no anchor fixed on time, no guiding hand of form. My meaning turns from raw sadness to sudden, frantic glee in less than six words. All order, all feeling, utterly gone. My head is an empty pit; I write more about the struggle of writing poetry than poetry itself.
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Mar 22, 2014
Mar 22, 2014 at 7:02 PM UTC
The Blockade
If you rock me down from a mile, I'll still be smiling like a crazy fool It might hurt me for a while Coz I am not made of sheep wool The hatred you flare from your gaze Shows your inner most reflection The invisible flames that blaze Has burnt all my forward affection There, Chuckles a voice, only eyes could read From behind the screen Someone has planted a poisonous seed I can feel the evil smiky grin, hissing And your eyes fixed reading the fake I purely feel your emotions, missing For you've been long awake The delicious words spoken in tongues Seems, More like a ****** pretending to be God The enmity loads darkness in tonnes And slithers you, with a lizard tongue sword I've never seen you in such a state It's now visible whose behind it all You're just one of its bait It's just fishing, from the otherside of the wall The attraction is quite magnetic As the devil now, sounds more like God Making lives his slaves as pathetic It doesn't seem, like it's bored... ©sim
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Jul 9, 2017
Jul 9, 2017 at 2:04 AM UTC
On The Other Side
They told us, save your water keep the lakes and streams running blue conserve all that you can water the lawn only once a week, not two You'll save our city's tourism don't wash your car, or shower everyday be happy to contribute save and protect, our waterways We did as we were told we saved gallons, hectares, tonnes our tourism was saved for all each, and everyone The letter in the mail congratulations, now in order you used so little of this liquid resource we raised your bill, this quarter
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Jul 7, 2017
Jul 7, 2017 at 12:00 PM UTC
You did so well, here's the bill
The rule of law There was a storm over Sahara; waves of sand flew up, up, up – I wrote "up" thrice because my grammar checker tells me I can't it tend to be intrusive,- transformed into white dust it mixed with indigo clouds, drifted to Algarve and shed tonnes of dust layers of dust everywhere the morning village looked like a ghost town, we scan the sky hope for proper rain the type that clean and makes you wet, but it is a perilous wish, a deluge can last for days inundate the basement and drown a family of mice that live in accord are so discreet I have not seen them; more than can be said about the eleven million illegals in the USA that with the blessing by rancorous Democrats that let them rules the political agenda and give lawbreaker a safe heaven, where they are free to insult the president and the rule of law law
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Feb 24, 2017
Feb 24, 2017 at 10:10 AM UTC
the rule of law
The laundry is piled to the ceiling, The first layer of paint is peeling, There are mud-prints all over the stairs, Am I supposed to care? I have eighty-nine tonnes of homework, My mother keeps yelling to "get up! Put away those dishes over there!" Am I supposed to care? The teacher is mumbling and teaching And suddenly now she is screeching, "Pay attention! Sit up in your chair!" Am I supposed to care? I lie awake most nights crying, With idle thoughts of dying. Reality is my nightmare, I just wish somebody would care.
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Mar 18, 2014
Mar 18, 2014 at 3:49 PM UTC
Am I Supposed to Care?
i’ve been locked behind a brick wall for seventeen years i’ve painted every inch of it with dreams of freedom i’ve filed away centimetres of mortar hours after I was ordered into bed i've slimmed myself down before I was noticed until i could slip through the cracks “it must be her fault if she’s trapped.” people hear me singing. they must think i am not captive people see me smiling. they believe that i am free but most days the tonnes of concrete around me are just too heavy. some then tell me i do not need to destroy myself - i tell them that otherwise i cannot breathe. i always sleep with the windows open. i’ve been locked behind a brick wall for seventeen years i’ve painted every inch of it with dreams of freedom most days i want to take a hammer to my painted wall to hell with the iron chains. i want to take rainbow shard and chipped mortar mixed with tears to build my own **** house one with wide open windows and wide open doorways to hell with the bolts on the gates. i spent fourteen of seventeen years trying to climb the wall the next three trying to outrun it i haven’t found where the bricks have stopped to catch their breath i am not in the habit of giving up. and when the bricks, one by one, do lift from the wall and the shackles slowly rust away i suppose i will be told to shudder at this thought i suppose i will be expected to thank the gate-keepers for making **** sure I wasn’t allowed to live until they decided so.
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Aug 20, 2014
Aug 20, 2014 at 7:50 PM UTC
the childhood wall
Gathered up the sticks and stones, metalic chains that tied down  bones. twist gibberish from  mithered mind, poisonous scolpamine that makes it bind. throw in  angst,  grief ,abuse and pain, the manic , depressed clown, sudden sane, projections coloured, in black and blue, silvered mirror, which reflects you too, tapping feet, to tell his story, vibrating, whirring, hate and gory, tangled hair, in love and war, left the house, she went too far, Eve's cursed with all  honest, gentle, meek, an act of love, was taught to seek, not in public, lies, their great shame, it's ***** ops, they got it covered, none Independent to Post, All is hidden in the Sun, With ***** Mirror, one cannot find junk Mail sings to tapped Telegragh. none Express the Times, News reels out fear, in pantomimes, bowed to the fiddle player, President, Minister, Senator , Mayor, dressed in copper, gold, inked paper, bit coins, buried in weighted tonnes, aground, strawman arguments,  plentiful found, mutter mumbo jumbo, about survival of fittest, serfs was born, to be that hitlist, elequent etonians, buzzing fabian tales, once bolting cheetahs, now, well fattened snails, More occult jibes, from outer polished cups, with poisoned inner, She passes up, If sinning became winning, patient, with time locked down, spinning, weaving multicoloured threads, of too man-y voices in her head. Found alchemical gold  in solitary cell, Thanks to the Fathers Heavenly spell, unravelled her story, from sickness to well. Omnipresent, all round, all high, nothing hidden from his all seeing eye. Good things come, for those who wait, lockdown will serve the meek and kind, the architects soon stricken blind, believe their own lies, think their bots are real, love is truth, for those who feel.
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Feb 12, 2022
Feb 12, 2022 at 12:50 AM UTC
Rumplestiltskin a Halloween cauldron of coloured threads from the jungle
Gathered up the sticks and stones, metalic chains that tied down  bones. twist gibberish from  mithered mind, poisonous scolpamine that makes it bind. throw in  angst,  grief ,abuse and pain, the manic , depressed clown, sudden sane, projections coloured, in black and blue, silvered mirror, which reflects you too, tapping feet, to tell his story, vibrating, whirring, hate and gory, tangled hair, in love and war, left the house, she went too far, Eve's cursed with all  honest, gentle, meek, an act of love, was taught to seek, not in public, lies, their great shame, it's ***** ops, they got it covered, none Independent to Post, All is hidden in the Sun, With ***** Mirror, one cannot find junk Mail sings to tapped Telegragh. none Express the Times, News reels out fear, in pantomimes, bowed to the fiddle player, President, Minister, Senator , Mayor, dressed in copper, gold, inked paper, bit coins, buried in weighted tonnes, aground, strawman arguments,  plentiful found, mutter mumbo jumbo, about survival of fittest, serfs was born, to be that hitlist, elequent etonians, buzzing fabian tales, once bolting cheetahs, now, well fattened snails, More occult jibes, from outer polished cups, with poisoned inner, She passes up, If sinning became winning, patient, with time locked down, spinning, weaving multicoloured threads, of too man-y voices in her head. Found alchemical gold  in solitary cell, Thanks to the Fathers Heavenly spell, unravelled her story, from sickness to well. Omnipresent, all round, all high, nothing hidden from his all seeing eye. Good things come, for those who wait, lockdown will serve the meek and kind, the architects soon stricken blind, believe their own lies, think their bots are real, love is truth, for those who feel.
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