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"trader" poems
That workaholic lady who's always on call, keeping up with the market fall. That newly married lady with chunky red bangles, returning to her father's big castles. That person who's scared to get lapse, so stays active on the google maps. That person who swings like a kid at the back door, Or the one who perform calisthenics on an empty floor. That next door girl with a red lipstick, flicking her shinny hair & gossiping with her clique, That dreamer gazing outside the window, That overworked soul dozing on his elbow. That 21st century kid, listening to Eminem & playing video games. Or That 90’s kid, listening to Jenga Boys & playing outdoor games. That banker with a big fat stomach, filled with his beautiful wife’s love. That lady who eats like a thief, in her big fat bag hiding a beef. That old man who can’t stand Bombay's winding turns. That granny spotting & criticing  every fashion trends. That man who has Raju Rastogi’s concerns, thinking & chanting for earns & returns. Those kids who believe their job is to fill the voids in a battlefield, in the still crowd surpassing like electrons into a magnetic field. That lady sitting under cold seat like a glacial, than standing with 7kgs in a crowded central, & tryna stay sane listening to George Michael. That geek who switchs from Linkedin to Arjun Reddy, when the masses flee into the scenery. That trader crunching numbers so rapidly, when the stock prices go down hourly. That person on the last seat, diagressing from work & gazing around, soaking in her pashmina, with a career newfound.
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Jul 23, 2018
Jul 23, 2018 at 1:35 AM UTC
Your's truly, Travelogue.
That workaholic lady who's always on call, keeping up with the market fall. That newly married lady with chunky red bangles, returning to her father's big castles. That person who's scared to get lapse, so stays active on the google maps. That person who swings like a kid at the back door, Or the one who perform calisthenics on an empty floor. That next door girl with a red lipstick, flicking her shinny hair & gossiping with her clique, That dreamer gazing outside the window, That overworked soul dozing on his elbow. That 21st century kid, listening to Eminem & playing video games. Or That 90’s kid, listening to Jenga Boys & playing outdoor games. That banker with a big fat stomach, filled with his beautiful wife’s love. That lady who eats like a thief, in her big fat bag hiding a beef. That old man who can’t stand Bombay's winding turns. That granny spotting & criticing  every fashion trends. That man who has Raju Rastogi’s concerns, thinking & chanting for earns & returns. Those kids who believe their job is to fill the voids in a battlefield, in the still crowd surpassing like electrons into a magnetic field. That lady sitting under cold seat like a glacial, than standing with 7kgs in a crowded central, & tryna stay sane listening to George Michael. That geek who switchs from Linkedin to Arjun Reddy, when the masses flee into the scenery. That trader crunching numbers so rapidly, when the stock prices go down hourly. That person on the last seat, diagressing from work & gazing around, soaking in her pashmina, with a career newfound.
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what is this mind that was given to me that is able to see things i print on screen with my digital zip drive of a brain that is stuck inside a laptop main frame, ******* server uploading and crashing sending pings and things to hackers who perform doss attacks and web cracks and serial cracks while eating cereal going over javascript material program landslide juno got bit by emails and other technical software jargin computer guy got the blue screen of death corruption on the web the spider metacrawling and setting it on angelfire i google the facebook twitter and hot wire my car on the trader the wall street journal and the white house, **** sites and white owls, getting arrested and being hired by the government, the money's spent, criminal punishment, in cells locked up no breakfast but lunch under the crack of a door inside ur naked *** on irc chat, the warez rat, pirates on bays and whispers from kittens, brown paper packages exploding a smidgeon, binary, metamorphosis, code program gold, warning anti virus and spywares, baghdad to china, spy on private, eyes on cameras, cell phones like trackers, global position mappers, predator drones, video games, nfl madden, mad men, and happy wal marts, hacking wal mart, with social engineers, traveling the silk road with a cloak ip address revoked
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May 26, 2013
May 26, 2013 at 4:15 AM UTC
The Silk Engineer
A true story of a chance gathering of strangers in the back room of a Gelato Parlor *** restaurant, two years ago, in a little village near the bay, on a land surrounded by vineyards. Come visit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gelato Nation There is a place, location secret, mine to keep, mine with which you to tease, make you envious, a back room 'office' jealous guarded by a barkeep, whose chosen invites sweeps you into a reality that is what you will it to be. But nota bene, note well, remembrances of things swell from your past be the only tongue spoken here.   Code word entry only, a shared whisper. Perhaps One Woman, may reveal its pleasures, if she so chooses, which are: gelato laughs, poetry snaps, Beatle songs sung ensemble, by rag tag strangers self-collected accidentally, sung de rigeur off key by voices lubricated by cognac, laughter, and the coldest of white wines, issue of the very soil upon which we sit.   Words to value properly, not in my possess to capture the few moments in time when; Strangers transform themselves into a triple A nation united, that will never be S&P; downgraded. A holy alliance celebrating July 4th all night long, all participants signatory witnesses to its gelato conception, as well as pallbearers to its last drink dissolution, the fullness of its lifetime a vintage of a few hours extant, a vintage, once drunk, is a history, forever gone. Mixologists please record: One playwright, a psychologist, bond trader and a social scientist with a dash of museum director, and do not forget the Hundred Year Old Woman, whose Dowager Princess Daughter (she, a mere eighty)' from Central Park West clarifies all of life dilemmas with the singular analytical tool of: But is it good for the Jews? **But t'is the barkeep who is the leavening in this evenings human pastry-petrie dish.** He makes the pastiche,         the ions of personalities, coalesce best, guitar strummer, singer of songs that were our multiple national anthems when we were pseudo-rebels starting out on our long and winding roads.   Long the King of the Keep! Long live the memory of our Gelato Nation, may it stay sweet in our antique collection of the best moments of our intersecting lives. July 2011
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Jul 4, 2013
Jul 4, 2013 at 6:00 PM UTC
Gelato Nation (July 4th, 2011)
A true story of a chance gathering of strangers in the back room of a Gelato Parlor *** restaurant, two years ago, in a little village near the bay, on a land surrounded by vineyards. Come visit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gelato Nation There is a place, location secret, mine to keep, mine with which you to tease, make you envious, a back room 'office' jealous guarded by a barkeep, whose chosen invites sweeps you into a reality that is what you will it to be. But nota bene, note well, remembrances of things swell from your past be the only tongue spoken here.   Code word entry only, a shared whisper. Perhaps One Woman, may reveal its pleasures, if she so chooses, which are: gelato laughs, poetry snaps, Beatle songs sung ensemble, by rag tag strangers self-collected accidentally, sung de rigeur off key by voices lubricated by cognac, laughter, and the coldest of white wines, issue of the very soil upon which we sit.   Words to value properly, not in my possess to capture the few moments in time when; Strangers transform themselves into a triple A nation united, that will never be S&P; downgraded. A holy alliance celebrating July 4th all night long, all participants signatory witnesses to its gelato conception, as well as pallbearers to its last drink dissolution, the fullness of its lifetime a vintage of a few hours extant, a vintage, once drunk, is a history, forever gone. Mixologists please record: One playwright, a psychologist, bond trader and a social scientist with a dash of museum director, and do not forget the Hundred Year Old Woman, whose Dowager Princess Daughter (she, a mere eighty)' from Central Park West clarifies all of life dilemmas with the singular analytical tool of: But is it good for the Jews? **But t'is the barkeep who is the leavening in this evenings human pastry-petrie dish.** He makes the pastiche,         the ions of personalities, coalesce best, guitar strummer, singer of songs that were our multiple national anthems when we were pseudo-rebels starting out on our long and winding roads.   Long the King of the Keep! Long live the memory of our Gelato Nation, may it stay sweet in our antique collection of the best moments of our intersecting lives. July 2011
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armed and dangerous, 20 oz. of hot hot coffee, tablet on lap, sitting on the deck overlooking the bay, and once again, unusual for me, I am touched by the sanctity of the serenity pervading, assuaging, by waves just loud enough to sway to, the off/on chatter of the early bird's convocation of the morning's blessing, have survived another night to greet greatly the outlines of loveliness in the all~of~surroundings, which hacks my brain, for I am by forty years of habitation more accustomed to a rough and tumble city boy trader, screamer of: buy/sell/straddle/strangle/crush/kill/mercilessness, no quarter, no mindfulness in me naturally, until nature robs my tools of denial,  and I smell the sanctity of fresh sheets laid on bed, the warmed blood, vein coursing, suggesting just listen, listen, the hot shower water eradicating the prior day's sinfulness, the highly valued sensations of sensational emptiness, and words drifting from the surround movie theater of a vista beloved, coming for to fill and fulfill this always~in~mourning soul by the overhauling of a crisp, cleansing day break I, familiar with notions of perpetuity, and at best, conceptual, though my mind permits a drift to the thoughtfulness that this place, this moment, this performance art  of spectacular breathing of another dawning day, after thousands upon thousand of its predecessors, and the possibility, not remote, but not promised, to anyone, just may occur at least once more, and one must learn contentment from but that idea, and sip the cooling dregs of coffee, the sounds of human interference, car door slamming, the heaving breathing of morning joggers, the wind rising, the white caps snapping, precursors and signs that natural perfection is never permanent, always in transition, and a whispery smile crosses my cheeks, as a silly thought invades, nature is so very human~like and yet, immortal… composed between 6:30 and 8:30 am this day Wed Aug 20 twenty twenty-five Silver Beach
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Aug 20, 2025
Aug 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM UTC
the moment of sanctity...the sanctity of the moment
armed and dangerous, 20 oz. of hot hot coffee, tablet on lap, sitting on the deck overlooking the bay, and once again, unusual for me, I am touched by the sanctity of the serenity pervading, assuaging, by waves just loud enough to sway to, the off/on chatter of the early bird's convocation of the morning's blessing, have survived another night to greet greatly the outlines of loveliness in the all~of~surroundings, which hacks my brain, for I am by forty years of habitation more accustomed to a rough and tumble city boy trader, screamer of: buy/sell/straddle/strangle/crush/kill/mercilessness, no quarter, no mindfulness in me naturally, until nature robs my tools of denial,  and I smell the sanctity of fresh sheets laid on bed, the warmed blood, vein coursing, suggesting just listen, listen, the hot shower water eradicating the prior day's sinfulness, the highly valued sensations of sensational emptiness, and words drifting from the surround movie theater of a vista beloved, coming for to fill and fulfill this always~in~mourning soul by the overhauling of a crisp, cleansing day break I, familiar with notions of perpetuity, and at best, conceptual, though my mind permits a drift to the thoughtfulness that this place, this moment, this performance art  of spectacular breathing of another dawning day, after thousands upon thousand of its predecessors, and the possibility, not remote, but not promised, to anyone, just may occur at least once more, and one must learn contentment from but that idea, and sip the cooling dregs of coffee, the sounds of human interference, car door slamming, the heaving breathing of morning joggers, the wind rising, the white caps snapping, precursors and signs that natural perfection is never permanent, always in transition, and a whispery smile crosses my cheeks, as a silly thought invades, nature is so very human~like and yet, immortal… composed between 6:30 and 8:30 am this day Wed Aug 20 twenty twenty-five Silver Beach
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The meeting is at 10:00 AM So let’s begin High above on the 38th Floor In the Conference room, a view of new World Trade Center right across for everyone to explore The Business Manager gave his welcomed speech It’s was to everyone he was trying to reach The Board shows the arrows of sales elevation in 90% results flow However during the months of May and June show a decline of 70% Due to the economy being extremely slow Yet Oppenheimer helped everyone feel assured After that, there was hands of applause The Business Manager stated, “Oppenheimer has a solid portfolio foundation handshake So we are known in the financial world and assets in what’s at stake Oppenheimer Trader’s are well trained We hit the bull’s eye being the aim Let’s keep Oppenheimer on top Keep focused and don’t stop Now with that said I will take questions from the floor As you ask the questions, I will think then I will analyze and my outcome in concept planning surprise Later the meeting was adjourned Now go out and continue to produce in using what you learned You are Oppenheimer’s success story and our talent is our glory.
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Mar 19, 2014
Mar 19, 2014 at 6:33 PM UTC
THE OPPENHEIMER HANDSHAKE ANTHOLOGY
"Werewolves Of London" I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain He was looking for the place called Lee ** Fook's Going to get a big dish of beef chow mein Werewolves of London If you hear him howling around your kitchen door Better not let him in Little old lady got mutilated late last night Werewolves of London again Werewolves of London He's the hairy handed gent who ran amuck in Kent Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair Better stay away from him He'll rip your lungs out, Jim I'd like to meet his tailor Werewolves of London Well, I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen Doing the werewolves of London I saw Lon Chaney, Jr. walking with the Queen Doing the werewolves of London I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's His hair was perfect Werewolves of London again Draw blood
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Sep 28, 2015
Sep 28, 2015 at 2:56 PM UTC
"Werewolves Of London
I used to know you, You used to know me, I was told to hold you higher. You were told I pushed you down. I am a Slave Owner, That must make you my slave, Or so I am told. Or so you are told. I am entitled and in charge, You are oppressed and left to discard, Or so you tell me. Or so I tell you. I may speak freely, You may only speak with permission, So why must I bite my tongue? So why do you shout at my sons? When I go left I am a hero, a champion. When you go right you are a trader to your kin. You tell me I hate. They tell you to hate. I want to know you as I have before. You say you know enough. My canvas is blank, you've taken my brush. I say the portrait you paint is unfamiliar to me. You tell me to hush.
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Jan 10, 2019
Jan 10, 2019 at 5:08 PM UTC
Privilege
We awake to morning sounds Of pavements washing down Everyone's a trader In this terracotta town Wander through the winding streets Drink in sights and sounds A trader or an artist In this terracotta town Time to find a slice of shade Siesta hour has come around All is quiet, all is still In this little tourist town The waiters they are waiting No-one wears a frown Everybody holds a stake In this their terracotta town The fishermen are coming in The sun is going down We hold onto a painted pebble To remind us of the peace we found
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Jul 20, 2012
Jul 20, 2012 at 3:16 PM UTC
Terracotta town
The only role I ever land is "outcast tortured by the cruelty and pain of his past" I sure didn't choose this path, feels more as though I've been typecast, or maybe I am a ********* holding out for every last ounce of pain before I blast this trader living in my head for the last 30 years off my shoulders, through a window pane, then, just as fast, turn to the vast hole in my chest that once held my heart and press the cold steel to it with the mass of my dread firmly in my grasp, gun fire drowned out by echoing laughs, fulfilling a prophecy of my future while neglecting lessons from my past, the game of life feels less like a game of chance and more like a test that's harder to advance than all the rest and wouldn't you know it, I fell asleep in class and didn't pass, apparently I even tuned out the emergency broadcast. Went and amassed a losing record that'd be impressive if not for the direct contrast the win column presents and the enormous shadow my downfall casts. Harassed by the devil on each shoulder, I thought that maybe once I got older, if I could just stay on task and remain steadfast, I would be able to open a can of whoop a$$ and trespass the evil within this house of glass but alas I must telegraph my every move or they've seen a future telecast because they lambast each strike and I'm not sure I'll outlast these issues, I'm gassed, plus, problems have started showing up in mass from a much higher weight class, they must have bypassed the weigh in process but I've always known who the deck was stacked against, hence why I never win, I only survive and my methods would flabbergast most, the truth finds it's way to the surface and I find myself aghast, crying like I've been teargassed with no gas mask but I've surpassed the point where waterworks will bring forth empathy, gotta own my involvement in the crash, volunteer to take out my own trash and this time I'll throw my pain out with the bath water and be free at last...free at last, free at last, no thanks to god almighty I'll be free at last ©2021
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Jan 8, 2021
Jan 8, 2021 at 5:10 AM UTC
~•§•~ Typecast ~•§•~
The only role I ever land is "outcast tortured by the cruelty and pain of his past" I sure didn't choose this path, feels more as though I've been typecast, or maybe I am a ********* holding out for every last ounce of pain before I blast this trader living in my head for the last 30 years off my shoulders, through a window pane, then, just as fast, turn to the vast hole in my chest that once held my heart and press the cold steel to it with the mass of my dread firmly in my grasp, gun fire drowned out by echoing laughs, fulfilling a prophecy of my future while neglecting lessons from my past, the game of life feels less like a game of chance and more like a test that's harder to advance than all the rest and wouldn't you know it, I fell asleep in class and didn't pass, apparently I even tuned out the emergency broadcast. Went and amassed a losing record that'd be impressive if not for the direct contrast the win column presents and the enormous shadow my downfall casts. Harassed by the devil on each shoulder, I thought that maybe once I got older, if I could just stay on task and remain steadfast, I would be able to open a can of whoop a$$ and trespass the evil within this house of glass but alas I must telegraph my every move or they've seen a future telecast because they lambast each strike and I'm not sure I'll outlast these issues, I'm gassed, plus, problems have started showing up in mass from a much higher weight class, they must have bypassed the weigh in process but I've always known who the deck was stacked against, hence why I never win, I only survive and my methods would flabbergast most, the truth finds it's way to the surface and I find myself aghast, crying like I've been teargassed with no gas mask but I've surpassed the point where waterworks will bring forth empathy, gotta own my involvement in the crash, volunteer to take out my own trash and this time I'll throw my pain out with the bath water and be free at last...free at last, free at last, no thanks to god almighty I'll be free at last ©2021
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Hey, I'm not a lumberjack, or a fur trader there's only one pelt I'm interested in.... I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber, or own a dogsled Global warming has taken all the snow away.... and I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzy from Canada, i do know Partel, Kareem, Xi Chein and Steve and they're really really nice. I have a Prime Minister who is ******** not a president. I speak English and a little French, not American though we like to mock southern accents... And I pronounce it 'aboot, not about... I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack along with with motorhead and misfits patches... I believe in peace keeping, not policing unless you count the G20... diversity, not assimilation, unless it's the borg... and that the ****** is a truly proud and noble animal and a bald one is truely a wonder to behold... A toque is a hat that douchbags wear all year round, a chesterfield is a couch that my dunken friends sleep on, and it is pronounced 'zed' not 'zee', 'zed' unless its Zebra because Zedbra sounds stupid!!! Canada is the second largest landmass that can be pilfered by multinational conglomerates! The first nation of hockey! and the best part of North America... except vegas! My name is Josh!! And I am Canadian!!! EH?
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Jan 22, 2014
Jan 22, 2014 at 2:18 PM UTC
I AM CANADIAN
I'll take it back to those dark dim light streets and start again. I'll never look back over my cold shoulder. There is now static  in the midst.  Like the final curtain call of a tragic happy ending. Deranged by this false pretension that you have embedded into my beautiful flaws. Lost in my own Dark morgue holding a ciggerate in my hand. Every drag closer to my dead line, but more bliss than dying next to a harlot, liar, and trader. Baby why couldn't of you of just trusted my word? Now just look at this mess. Your beautiful mess. My disaster. My best gentlemen suit  now ruined.  I can wash out the stains of regret, but not the blood on your  filthy hands that isn't your own. Set the trial. Prosecute the guilty. **** the false idols and beat the cheeks of the ignorant. Your a addict for  those tall tale  accusations that feed your hunger. Like the deep belly of the beast that is never satisfied. Seeking the image of your face to destroy, but your  faceless to my devine  perspective of a fake object I once looked up too. Set the trial. Prosecute the guilty. **** the false idols and beat the cheeks of the ignorant. Your beautiful mess. My disaster.
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Dec 18, 2014
Dec 18, 2014 at 10:03 PM UTC
Beautiful mess, My disaster
Two great minds On each other they land Each never knew the other But they fought each other The secret was kept Not to let unconscious conscious So there were two men One a poacher The other trader. Trader:my friend, make me a sword, My honey I give in return. Poacher:ok,let us meet tomorrow. (They part) The trader was a liar The poacher was a cheat The day came Each sent a boy to pick the items Trader:(sent soil,smeared by honey,) Received a wood carefully Chopped and a sword It looked. Caught amazed Just laughed at himself Pocher:(sent the "sword") Received the "honey" Caught amused Laugh at the haux ... Again, The poacher invite the trader They go poach The day was set And it came,off they set The bush rough, Grass wet, Poach on the lead! Poach:(seeing an angry beast,) My friend,the coarse has Turned rough,come lead this Shrubby path! Trader:is it ***** or thorny? Poach: ***** Trader:I lead we go back home,turn And follow me! They went back home The danger was evaded. The liar and the cheat were clever. The trader invited the poach Come for this honey we got to harvest And he came Trader:(climbs the tree,he realises that there was a big snake inside) My friend,the bees are fierce Come help me. Pocher:is it smooth or sticky? Trader:smooth my friend! Poacher: come we go,we have to set another day then The clever men went home save The liar lost,the cheat lost They were clever. The cheat invited the liar, Come home for a meal! That day he drank a cow! And the friend arrived A heavy lunch then, Poacher:I have a problem,for years This my cow has been sick! What kind of sickness This can be? Trader:(taking his time,'staggering?') If cows could take alcohol I can say this one is drank! ...... The men laughed jointly And the wisdom minds Got them by surprise. The liar and the cheater Were the best wisdom Of the time
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Jan 17, 2015
Jan 17, 2015 at 1:59 AM UTC
Two wisdoms fighting
Two great minds On each other they land Each never knew the other But they fought each other The secret was kept Not to let unconscious conscious So there were two men One a poacher The other trader. Trader:my friend, make me a sword, My honey I give in return. Poacher:ok,let us meet tomorrow. (They part) The trader was a liar The poacher was a cheat The day came Each sent a boy to pick the items Trader:(sent soil,smeared by honey,) Received a wood carefully Chopped and a sword It looked. Caught amazed Just laughed at himself Pocher:(sent the "sword") Received the "honey" Caught amused Laugh at the haux ... Again, The poacher invite the trader They go poach The day was set And it came,off they set The bush rough, Grass wet, Poach on the lead! Poach:(seeing an angry beast,) My friend,the coarse has Turned rough,come lead this Shrubby path! Trader:is it ***** or thorny? Poach: ***** Trader:I lead we go back home,turn And follow me! They went back home The danger was evaded. The liar and the cheat were clever. The trader invited the poach Come for this honey we got to harvest And he came Trader:(climbs the tree,he realises that there was a big snake inside) My friend,the bees are fierce Come help me. Pocher:is it smooth or sticky? Trader:smooth my friend! Poacher: come we go,we have to set another day then The clever men went home save The liar lost,the cheat lost They were clever. The cheat invited the liar, Come home for a meal! That day he drank a cow! And the friend arrived A heavy lunch then, Poacher:I have a problem,for years This my cow has been sick! What kind of sickness This can be? Trader:(taking his time,'staggering?') If cows could take alcohol I can say this one is drank! ...... The men laughed jointly And the wisdom minds Got them by surprise. The liar and the cheater Were the best wisdom Of the time
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You said I did something wrong so I have to stay in your box can’t go to Trader Joe’s to buy bananas. I guess you see a world of good and bad boxes and everyone has to be in one or the other. I will explore your box cut holes in all six sides let the light of freedom in and when I’m done there won’t be much of your box left, just more holes and light than cardboard and tape. That’s all your box ever was just a bivouac that grew soggy when the first rain fell and the directions you wrote on the outside of the box started to fade and run down the sides in ribbons of color that made a nice pattern in the shape of a bunch of bananas.
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Dec 2, 2012
Dec 2, 2012 at 10:27 AM UTC
BANANA BOX
Today I write an ode to Joe’s Procurator, seller, and trader  For my better half it is your coffees For me, your store entire, for Your bounty fills my refrigerator Treasures spicy from India, Japan Brought to us by your Trader San From south of the border  Travel goodies galore-a  Compliments of Trader Jose Then there’s Trader Giotto from Italy Without a doubt, his yummies call me There are Jo-Jo’s, curries, oh cho-co-late sweet And did I mention lotions for feet There is Pilgrim Joe’s and Trader Ming’s Who bring to us the finer things  The wines, the drinks, the healthy oils I dream at night of all your spoils By way of mention, I cannot forget  Baker Josef who serves to us Tasty bagels, delicious baguettes Arabian Joe’s and Joseph Brau Bring us falafels and rings in our beer  Oh, Trader Johann's and Trader Jacques' For bodies clean and lips that are fresh Your Joe's Kids keep mummy's happy Trader Darwin's help us all stay healthy Did I, could I, miss anyone?  Don’t want to leave out even one Your marinated meats, your frozen treats From Diner Joe’s there are lunches quick  For us working stiffs, his heat-n-eats Oh, pumpkin scones and cereal O’s I should not forget your sample bar  Where tastys await to test for my plate And did I say how amazing you are? While others sell just fluff and stuff Of your yummy goodness I cannot get enough So if one day soon the Joe’s disappear I’ll not fret, no i’ll not fear On me for sure you can count the cause Right down to your last breadcrumb For shelves will be bursting in my garage Where I'll be holding them all, without ransom
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Oct 27, 2013
Oct 27, 2013 at 4:10 PM UTC
Ode to Joe’s
Today I write an ode to Joe’s Procurator, seller, and trader  For my better half it is your coffees For me, your store entire, for Your bounty fills my refrigerator Treasures spicy from India, Japan Brought to us by your Trader San From south of the border  Travel goodies galore-a  Compliments of Trader Jose Then there’s Trader Giotto from Italy Without a doubt, his yummies call me There are Jo-Jo’s, curries, oh cho-co-late sweet And did I mention lotions for feet There is Pilgrim Joe’s and Trader Ming’s Who bring to us the finer things  The wines, the drinks, the healthy oils I dream at night of all your spoils By way of mention, I cannot forget  Baker Josef who serves to us Tasty bagels, delicious baguettes Arabian Joe’s and Joseph Brau Bring us falafels and rings in our beer  Oh, Trader Johann's and Trader Jacques' For bodies clean and lips that are fresh Your Joe's Kids keep mummy's happy Trader Darwin's help us all stay healthy Did I, could I, miss anyone?  Don’t want to leave out even one Your marinated meats, your frozen treats From Diner Joe’s there are lunches quick  For us working stiffs, his heat-n-eats Oh, pumpkin scones and cereal O’s I should not forget your sample bar  Where tastys await to test for my plate And did I say how amazing you are? While others sell just fluff and stuff Of your yummy goodness I cannot get enough So if one day soon the Joe’s disappear I’ll not fret, no i’ll not fear On me for sure you can count the cause Right down to your last breadcrumb For shelves will be bursting in my garage Where I'll be holding them all, without ransom
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I, am an invisible post office A trader of words The journals to graffiti wall work Modern yellowed pages Of forgotten letters In back rooms Desk drawers Old books with dog eared pages Taking in all of these Sending them on Watching the forgotten word spread A verbal wild fire Doors close The invisible post office Is heading for the next station
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Apr 25, 2012
Apr 25, 2012 at 9:42 PM UTC
Invisible post office
This is Uganda My motherland My home that I love so much Boom, boom, boom,boom Another prominent leader has been shot dead Who is it? Abiriga, the yellow man Panic here, panic there Some arrests here and there And that’s it He is gone And the killers too are nowhere to be seen This is Uganda Around that time, it’s party here and party there Many of my brothers and sisters have come to the beginning of the end of their time in school and some totally done The graduation has brought well-wishers, relatives, friends and family from different places Happiness is all in the air But for many, the excitement ends there Because months and years after that, they are still hoping to find their first job and the hopes seem to be withering down and getting further like the sun setting at dusk Some have chosen paths totally different from what they studied for The professional doctor is now a trader The one that studied engineering is now a farmer This is Uganda The neighbor’s dogs are feasting on meat, chicken bones or even the chicken itself and maybe some serious Dog food sold in supermarkets but they  slept on empty stomachs the previous night, The mother is the main breadwinner for the husband abandoned them There is very thin hope for a meal the next day Maybe a Good Samaritan will do a miracle But it certainly is not going to be their most immediate neighbor While kids from well-to-do families are picked from the gates of their parents’ homes to go to school and brought back later in the evening, Somewhere in the same age range or slightly older has also woken up to start his/her day With his/her old & ***** sack on the back, held by the neck, he traverses the whole village throughout the day in search for scrap metal, plastics and some metallic cans that ***** hopes to sell off and find a little something to buy some food and also enjoy some ‘luxuries’ like maybe buying a secondhand T-shirt/Dress Imagine that! This is Uganda We pay for justice Some pay to deny other justice And that’s the way it is A police officer will ask you for a bribe openly with no shame And that’s the order of the day Disguised as a small token for ‘Ka-soda’ or ‘Ka-lunch’ This is Uganda
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Dec 11, 2019
Dec 11, 2019 at 10:43 AM UTC
This Is Uganda
This is Uganda My motherland My home that I love so much Boom, boom, boom,boom Another prominent leader has been shot dead Who is it? Abiriga, the yellow man Panic here, panic there Some arrests here and there And that’s it He is gone And the killers too are nowhere to be seen This is Uganda Around that time, it’s party here and party there Many of my brothers and sisters have come to the beginning of the end of their time in school and some totally done The graduation has brought well-wishers, relatives, friends and family from different places Happiness is all in the air But for many, the excitement ends there Because months and years after that, they are still hoping to find their first job and the hopes seem to be withering down and getting further like the sun setting at dusk Some have chosen paths totally different from what they studied for The professional doctor is now a trader The one that studied engineering is now a farmer This is Uganda The neighbor’s dogs are feasting on meat, chicken bones or even the chicken itself and maybe some serious Dog food sold in supermarkets but they  slept on empty stomachs the previous night, The mother is the main breadwinner for the husband abandoned them There is very thin hope for a meal the next day Maybe a Good Samaritan will do a miracle But it certainly is not going to be their most immediate neighbor While kids from well-to-do families are picked from the gates of their parents’ homes to go to school and brought back later in the evening, Somewhere in the same age range or slightly older has also woken up to start his/her day With his/her old & ***** sack on the back, held by the neck, he traverses the whole village throughout the day in search for scrap metal, plastics and some metallic cans that ***** hopes to sell off and find a little something to buy some food and also enjoy some ‘luxuries’ like maybe buying a secondhand T-shirt/Dress Imagine that! This is Uganda We pay for justice Some pay to deny other justice And that’s the way it is A police officer will ask you for a bribe openly with no shame And that’s the order of the day Disguised as a small token for ‘Ka-soda’ or ‘Ka-lunch’ This is Uganda
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My roommates are all up and about. It’s finals week and everyone is hustling about. Lisa came in from an early exam, it was snowing lightly, she looked right at home. “How’d it go?” I quizzed. “E-Z,” she replied, shedding her long navy coat and mango cashmere beanie. After dumping it all on her bed she joined us in the common room. “Blue State (coffee) is closing,” She announced. Leong gasped, “What?” “Three of the four Blue State locations are closing,” Lisa confirmed, “not Orange Street.” “Why?” Leong moaned. “What are you why? Lisa queried. “They’re so popular!” Leong exclaimed, “There’s always SO many people in there.” “That’s real,” I chimed in, “those places are packed and noisy.” “They got bought out,” Lisa attested. “By whom?” Leong wondered. “By another coffee company.. maybe,” Lisa guessed soothingly. “Oh, I hope so.” Leong stated, sounding depressed. “You know what? Lisa added, “rumors were thick that Book Trader would close too.” “No!” Leong bemoaned. “I’m happy to announce that they’re not.” Lisa assured, “That’s something to celebrate.” “I love studying at Book Trader.” I professed. “And their bagels..” Leong mentioned dreamily. “Oh, yeah,” Lisa agreed, “so good, so cheap.” “Change is ineluctable,” Anna sighed.   “WHAT?” Leong replied, looking confused. “Inevitable,” Lisa told her, “change is inevitable.” “Then just say that.” Leong grumbled at Anna, who shrugged. “I need to go support my favorite coffee shop soon,” I declared. “Which is?” Leong inquired. “Coffee with a K,” Lisa and I blurted out, both at once. “It has an intimate, date spot vibe,” I explained, “and the chairs that are perfect for putting an arm around someone.” “The Benjamin and Acorn (two on campus coffee shops) are going to be so crowded.” Sunny stated, joining the conversation as she started putting on her shoes to go out. “True THAT.” I agreed. “Common Grounds Cafe,” Sophie revealed, coming from her room, drying her hair with a towel, “bought out Blue State,” she confirmed. “it was in the Yale News.” “OK,” I pronounced, satisfied. “Perfect.” Lisa declared. “Thank God.” Leong agreed. “Coffee’s important.” Sunny proclaimed, picking up her coffee cup and book bag. “See ya!” she waved to the room absently, with her coffee cup, as she opened the door and stepped out.
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Dec 20, 2022
Dec 20, 2022 at 1:13 PM UTC
Coffee’s important
My roommates are all up and about. It’s finals week and everyone is hustling about. Lisa came in from an early exam, it was snowing lightly, she looked right at home. “How’d it go?” I quizzed. “E-Z,” she replied, shedding her long navy coat and mango cashmere beanie. After dumping it all on her bed she joined us in the common room. “Blue State (coffee) is closing,” She announced. Leong gasped, “What?” “Three of the four Blue State locations are closing,” Lisa confirmed, “not Orange Street.” “Why?” Leong moaned. “What are you why? Lisa queried. “They’re so popular!” Leong exclaimed, “There’s always SO many people in there.” “That’s real,” I chimed in, “those places are packed and noisy.” “They got bought out,” Lisa attested. “By whom?” Leong wondered. “By another coffee company.. maybe,” Lisa guessed soothingly. “Oh, I hope so.” Leong stated, sounding depressed. “You know what? Lisa added, “rumors were thick that Book Trader would close too.” “No!” Leong bemoaned. “I’m happy to announce that they’re not.” Lisa assured, “That’s something to celebrate.” “I love studying at Book Trader.” I professed. “And their bagels..” Leong mentioned dreamily. “Oh, yeah,” Lisa agreed, “so good, so cheap.” “Change is ineluctable,” Anna sighed.   “WHAT?” Leong replied, looking confused. “Inevitable,” Lisa told her, “change is inevitable.” “Then just say that.” Leong grumbled at Anna, who shrugged. “I need to go support my favorite coffee shop soon,” I declared. “Which is?” Leong inquired. “Coffee with a K,” Lisa and I blurted out, both at once. “It has an intimate, date spot vibe,” I explained, “and the chairs that are perfect for putting an arm around someone.” “The Benjamin and Acorn (two on campus coffee shops) are going to be so crowded.” Sunny stated, joining the conversation as she started putting on her shoes to go out. “True THAT.” I agreed. “Common Grounds Cafe,” Sophie revealed, coming from her room, drying her hair with a towel, “bought out Blue State,” she confirmed. “it was in the Yale News.” “OK,” I pronounced, satisfied. “Perfect.” Lisa declared. “Thank God.” Leong agreed. “Coffee’s important.” Sunny proclaimed, picking up her coffee cup and book bag. “See ya!” she waved to the room absently, with her coffee cup, as she opened the door and stepped out.
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everywhere i look i stare through my surroundings in this lovely little market with hand drawn laminated signs and a somewhat not miserable work force i feel almost happy but it is like my eyes my eyes have gone numb and i wander sample and gaze blank i do not know what shook me out of it but i want i really want to go back to that fluorescent purity of fair trade peace of mind a non GMO existence among the antioxidants and coffee samples and those hawaiian shirts oh wow those hawaiian shirts my eyes like shattered glass refracting all this light inside and my mind going blank where did this goofy smile come from? but it's gone and all i am left with is the euphoria the wonder of missing something
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Nov 23, 2014
Nov 23, 2014 at 1:34 PM UTC
trader
Sitting packed in the back of a semi-decrepit white Subaru belonging to the Swedish Harpist driven by the Romanian Drummer with a literal car-full of perfectly tetrised musical instruments, including: Four cymbals, two toms, a hi-hat, and a stool, a Celtic double-Harp, an electric Piano, and two guitars (an acoustic-electric twelve-string and an electric six-string) with a few days' clothing and, not knowing where we're sleeping, a sleeping bag, all the while devouring Matza and pumpkin seeds (that we bought at Trader Joe's) as we barrel moderately safely down various back roads and Highways in this car weighted as a truck and driven as a motorcycle towards enigmatic San Francisco to play a couple shows, two days in a row: one, at a literally underground Theatre (in which improv comedy is, apparently, king of kings) smack-dab 'pon the border of Union Square, and another, for a private birthday party typified by oh so many avid Burners. Surely, our Psychedelic Jazz Funk-Rock will find some empathic ears! Y'know, last summer, when I said I wanted to be in a Gypsy Band, I sure didn't see this coming: this is pretty ******* Gypsy, in my observational opinion. Well, here I am, and I even asked for it. For us three, this will certainly be an interesting few days, down in the Bay, on our way to play wherever it is we may, and all I can say is: "Okay, this is the stuff books are made of," and, "Well, time to live one hell of a story!"
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Feb 23, 2014
Feb 23, 2014 at 4:46 AM UTC
Gypsy Band
Filled with the fullness of measure Of Christ, the wholeness of his stature In grace, endowment and wisdom-- No faliure alibi hast thou to tender Why you can't glitter in thy kingdom Calling in life, be it as a preacher, Sportsman, teacher, trader or musician, Save you are super fool--a politician That fritters away the flourishing treasure Of his country: promising always an elephant With vain bogus budgets and speech lofty; But for maze, could only deliver folks an ant. But here are the effulgent stars: Lo, Behold *baba Adeboye! see *bishop Oyedepo! Thy own gift can shine for the entire earth Also to see, without comparing thine glory With another's, focusing on the blessed berth Of heaven, when your labour and life cease.
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Jul 7, 2013
Jul 7, 2013 at 2:18 AM UTC
Here are the Stars!
Wasted father other twisted ******* brother suffer further under cover crusher mother patient silent action stagnant talent tangent casket habit magnet vibrant fragment fraction soulless sister seller better error dealer shelter peddler killer vendor trader dweller (This is a new style I am working on. I am going to call it a 2-3-4 poem since it must have three, two syllable words in each line, and four lines per stanza. Also, the first and last line of each stanza must end in a rhyme.)
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Dec 23, 2013
Dec 23, 2013 at 1:44 AM UTC
Shelter Seller - New Style - 2-3-4 Poem
The psychiatrist looks young he seems Italian she sits opposite looking at his eyebrows thick but not too much so and his lips opening and closing as he speaks but she isn’t listening she’s wondering if he’s married where about he lives what size his house is how he looks undressed he leans forward his words slower now as if he thinks her imbecilic or maybe deaf he emphasizes his words his Italian accent coming through o what wonderful eyes what flesh his 9.0’clock shadow gives a blue tinged to his skin he gestures with hands opening them outward like some trader selling her something dodgy she can smell his aftershave it invades her nose makes her nerves tingle her knees touch she lets them spread beneath the desk to the limits her nightdress allows he sits back in his chair his words back to fast speed over her head his gestures are by fingers now pointing and twirling his eyes dark intense like Nietzsche’s she thinks she leans forward air pushing between her thighs as she spreads her legs as much as possible under his desk life’s one big adventure she thinks one big dare she puts her elbows on his desktop wearing no underwear but he doesn’t know it doesn’t show but if it did what then? what would he say or do? the window is open the sky a bright blue.
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Feb 1, 2013
Feb 1, 2013 at 3:26 AM UTC
GINA AND THE QUACK.
Sometimes a pleasant shower and sometimes show her power; Up to the expectation of someone or becoming a curse for someone; Many feelings many reactions for the same drops by the same people; Ask a trader whose skin pores are dry after a long time, how happy he is? Ask a farmer who watered his young grains last night, where his smile is? How can be you so unexpected so partial, to give joy and sorrow; When the cold breeze blow sprinkling the droplets of water; Lady of the house standing by the window letting her hair go; With a dancing heart like a peacock, wishing to get dissolve in air like sugar in water; But what about those droplets which became bullets for a Fishermans cottage; Oh! Lord Indra are you unaware from the pain and vain of earth; Sitting in nirvana are your blessings forgotten to be at right time; Why there are floods and drought faces of yours; Why can’t you be always symbol of joy and satisfaction? Joy that a child feels in facing towards raining sky; Rain oh! Rain don’t make us wait, is this our fate? Questions sweated bodies looking towards the sky; Sun overhead, shining mercilessly, extracting water of earth; Farmer sitting with bending knees can’t even spot a single cloud; Lands and roads are as dry as faces of people, asking the same question; All hells and heavens reside here only; Goods and bads, joys and sorrows, gifts and penalties; Nothing is in hand of anyone, none can stand against divine powers; Good and evil happens because god wanted them to happen; It’s all written somewhere, by someone, for everyone, "MAKTUB"
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Oct 18, 2010
Oct 18, 2010 at 8:59 PM UTC
Rain O Rain
Sometimes a pleasant shower and sometimes show her power; Up to the expectation of someone or becoming a curse for someone; Many feelings many reactions for the same drops by the same people; Ask a trader whose skin pores are dry after a long time, how happy he is? Ask a farmer who watered his young grains last night, where his smile is? How can be you so unexpected so partial, to give joy and sorrow; When the cold breeze blow sprinkling the droplets of water; Lady of the house standing by the window letting her hair go; With a dancing heart like a peacock, wishing to get dissolve in air like sugar in water; But what about those droplets which became bullets for a Fishermans cottage; Oh! Lord Indra are you unaware from the pain and vain of earth; Sitting in nirvana are your blessings forgotten to be at right time; Why there are floods and drought faces of yours; Why can’t you be always symbol of joy and satisfaction? Joy that a child feels in facing towards raining sky; Rain oh! Rain don’t make us wait, is this our fate? Questions sweated bodies looking towards the sky; Sun overhead, shining mercilessly, extracting water of earth; Farmer sitting with bending knees can’t even spot a single cloud; Lands and roads are as dry as faces of people, asking the same question; All hells and heavens reside here only; Goods and bads, joys and sorrows, gifts and penalties; Nothing is in hand of anyone, none can stand against divine powers; Good and evil happens because god wanted them to happen; It’s all written somewhere, by someone, for everyone, "MAKTUB"
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Love is a Phoenician breeze,   Purest abjad of Tyrian purple and royal blue, Pillow bearer of golden consonance between kings. Love is a Phoenician trader over deepest-sounded seas, Far-blown nomad that still wants for the thunder of golden drums And the rain that comes in rounded vowels of water. Because love has no tribe but is the purest nomad.
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May 28, 2019
May 28, 2019 at 12:17 AM UTC
Love is a Phoenician Breeze
don't call me that and don't call me astronaut or good provider businessman trader father lover all ******* up charges mark me plainly Cain stainedly mark me just as plain man for plain ordinary man, failure is an ok option too bad some hu-mens must be princes and princesses, even poets too, and all the rest *for them, failure is no option*
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Apr 24, 2014
Apr 24, 2014 at 3:55 AM UTC
Don't Call Me Prince or Poet