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my sexuality has nothing to do with your traditional ways my sexuality has nothing to do with your religion my sexuality has nothing to do with your sexuality my sexuality has nothing to do with your morals my sexuality has nothing to do with what you think is gross my sexuality has nothing to do with you
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Apr 1, 2015
Apr 1, 2015 at 9:16 PM UTC
sexuality
Juicy, sweet, hot chocolate skin...black girls are black goddess **** black girls For guys and men. The most beautiful, attractive, seductive, **** and exciting in African and African-American women is their sweet, juicy, chocolate skin color. Honey caramel mulattoes. Sweet brown chocolate color. And inviting, savoryly pure black-sugar skin color. This is the most delicious, beautiful, sweet candy in the world. You feel like a sweet tooth in a pastry shop when there are a lot of them around you. If you marry one of them and get her children from her, and live with only one of them all your life, and you will be faithful only to her alone. Your life will be the sweetest. Skin of black color and color of dark chocolate are the sweetest, seductive shades of sincere, hot passion. The skin of dark-skinned girls seems to be radiating the heat of *** burning sweet, sensual passion, this color of temptation, attraction. There are drums of ethnic, traditional music, it's the sound of *** . The black skin of a girl with which sweat and moisture is flowing, as if she still radiates ardent, hot, passionate, and a little stuffy *** in the sauna and her sweet moans are heard. This skin color is like a powerful aphrodisiac replacing ****** The skin of black and dark chocolate is the sweetest, seductive shades of sincere, hot passion. The women of three races are beautiful: the sultry, torrid, hot chocolate of hot passion of the deep passion of black fire of love and *** a paradise oasis of tenderness of the east, and snow-white, sensual pearls. For guys and men. The most beautiful, attractive, seductive, **** and exciting in African and African-American girls and women is their sweet, juicy, chocolate skin color. Honey caramel mulatto. Sweet brown chocolate color. And alluring, relish pure black sugar color of skin. This is the most delicious, beautiful, cute candy in the world. You feel like a sweet tooth in a candy store when there are a lot of them around you. If you marry one of them and get children from her, and you will live only with one of them all your life, and you will be faithful only to her. Your life will be the sweetest. Your skin is the color of one hot, unforgettable night, your libido is the word lava in your hot body, burning passion, only your photos can excite me, only your beauty turns off my brains, you have a **** ****** tune in my head, you are like a hot bath after a hard of the day, like an ****** massage, like a soft pillow with sleeping softness. Dark skin The black skin of a girl with which sweat and moisture is flowing, as if she still radiates ardent, hot, passionate, and a little stuffy *** in the sauna and her sweet moans are heard. This skin color is like a powerful aphrodisiac replacing ****** The skin is black and the color of dark chocolate are the sweetest, seductive shades of sincere, hot passion. Dark-skinned beauties are a deep passion of black fire - this is a hot safari, a wild savannah, an exotic havana. My new love poem, i hope you will like it. For my dear light brown girls Captivating honey caramel is like a shining dawn, life with you is like a sweet ****** dream. Juicy sweet fabulous fantasy beautiful. From your sexuality, the glasses of the captured ****** force in your eyes are sweating, this is the amazing magic of charm concealed in them. You are my depraved temptation ***** temptation. The sweet temptation of a tenderly roaring passion is a breathtaking juicy caramel berry, sometimes pouring with a picturesque modulation, tender sensual shades of red sunset, incinerated with the burning heat of passion. From your hottest, sultry beauty, the brain seems to turn off and faint from your sweetest kisses. Author: Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
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Feb 18, 2019
Feb 18, 2019 at 12:56 AM UTC
Juicy, sweet, hot chocolate skin
Juicy, sweet, hot chocolate skin...black girls are black goddess **** black girls For guys and men. The most beautiful, attractive, seductive, **** and exciting in African and African-American women is their sweet, juicy, chocolate skin color. Honey caramel mulattoes. Sweet brown chocolate color. And inviting, savoryly pure black-sugar skin color. This is the most delicious, beautiful, sweet candy in the world. You feel like a sweet tooth in a pastry shop when there are a lot of them around you. If you marry one of them and get her children from her, and live with only one of them all your life, and you will be faithful only to her alone. Your life will be the sweetest. Skin of black color and color of dark chocolate are the sweetest, seductive shades of sincere, hot passion. The skin of dark-skinned girls seems to be radiating the heat of *** burning sweet, sensual passion, this color of temptation, attraction. There are drums of ethnic, traditional music, it's the sound of *** . The black skin of a girl with which sweat and moisture is flowing, as if she still radiates ardent, hot, passionate, and a little stuffy *** in the sauna and her sweet moans are heard. This skin color is like a powerful aphrodisiac replacing ****** The skin of black and dark chocolate is the sweetest, seductive shades of sincere, hot passion. The women of three races are beautiful: the sultry, torrid, hot chocolate of hot passion of the deep passion of black fire of love and *** a paradise oasis of tenderness of the east, and snow-white, sensual pearls. For guys and men. The most beautiful, attractive, seductive, **** and exciting in African and African-American girls and women is their sweet, juicy, chocolate skin color. Honey caramel mulatto. Sweet brown chocolate color. And alluring, relish pure black sugar color of skin. This is the most delicious, beautiful, cute candy in the world. You feel like a sweet tooth in a candy store when there are a lot of them around you. If you marry one of them and get children from her, and you will live only with one of them all your life, and you will be faithful only to her. Your life will be the sweetest. Your skin is the color of one hot, unforgettable night, your libido is the word lava in your hot body, burning passion, only your photos can excite me, only your beauty turns off my brains, you have a **** ****** tune in my head, you are like a hot bath after a hard of the day, like an ****** massage, like a soft pillow with sleeping softness. Dark skin The black skin of a girl with which sweat and moisture is flowing, as if she still radiates ardent, hot, passionate, and a little stuffy *** in the sauna and her sweet moans are heard. This skin color is like a powerful aphrodisiac replacing ****** The skin is black and the color of dark chocolate are the sweetest, seductive shades of sincere, hot passion. Dark-skinned beauties are a deep passion of black fire - this is a hot safari, a wild savannah, an exotic havana. My new love poem, i hope you will like it. For my dear light brown girls Captivating honey caramel is like a shining dawn, life with you is like a sweet ****** dream. Juicy sweet fabulous fantasy beautiful. From your sexuality, the glasses of the captured ****** force in your eyes are sweating, this is the amazing magic of charm concealed in them. You are my depraved temptation ***** temptation. The sweet temptation of a tenderly roaring passion is a breathtaking juicy caramel berry, sometimes pouring with a picturesque modulation, tender sensual shades of red sunset, incinerated with the burning heat of passion. From your hottest, sultry beauty, the brain seems to turn off and faint from your sweetest kisses. Author: Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
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I don’t care, That you don’t care, About caring about What I care for. And you know what? I don’t care that You won’t care for the only thing that I really care for. What if I care about cake? Would you not care about cake? Would you not care ABOUT CAKE? You care about cake, of course you do. I can see it in your eyes and by that tell tale dribble at your mouth. Cake is something that will make your legs quake with butter cream goodness. A good cake baked, makes you proud to be a cake baking citizen in a country that will let you bake cake. So what if I care about democracy. Would you not care about democracy? Would you let people live in fear of the **** of a gun, Would you care that there are those who are on the run from tyranny and violence who know pain and loss, that you could only wake up from, in a cold sweat? As you turn and toss in your memory foam bed. There is more happening on this Earth Then cake. There are greater causes than choosing between Thortons Double Chocolate Celebration and that traditional Victoria Sponge your Mother-in-law won in a raffle last week. The struggle humanity faces, is to live in harmony with each other. It cannot be resolved with cake. You cannot bring democracy to a country with cake. Or can we? What if we swapped, Non radar detectable aircraft For dairy delectable foodcraft, What if we swapped 12inch shells for 12 thousand babybels? What if we stole RPGs and gave back MSG’s (they’re less harmful in the long run, if thrown at you). What if, for once, everyone cared. And then we’d get somewhere. Every voice in every home Would not be a voice alone, And for once, we’d all agree about the fact we like cake and democracy for all.
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Mar 16, 2010
Mar 16, 2010 at 8:19 AM UTC
Cake and Democracy
I don’t care, That you don’t care, About caring about What I care for. And you know what? I don’t care that You won’t care for the only thing that I really care for. What if I care about cake? Would you not care about cake? Would you not care ABOUT CAKE? You care about cake, of course you do. I can see it in your eyes and by that tell tale dribble at your mouth. Cake is something that will make your legs quake with butter cream goodness. A good cake baked, makes you proud to be a cake baking citizen in a country that will let you bake cake. So what if I care about democracy. Would you not care about democracy? Would you let people live in fear of the **** of a gun, Would you care that there are those who are on the run from tyranny and violence who know pain and loss, that you could only wake up from, in a cold sweat? As you turn and toss in your memory foam bed. There is more happening on this Earth Then cake. There are greater causes than choosing between Thortons Double Chocolate Celebration and that traditional Victoria Sponge your Mother-in-law won in a raffle last week. The struggle humanity faces, is to live in harmony with each other. It cannot be resolved with cake. You cannot bring democracy to a country with cake. Or can we? What if we swapped, Non radar detectable aircraft For dairy delectable foodcraft, What if we swapped 12inch shells for 12 thousand babybels? What if we stole RPGs and gave back MSG’s (they’re less harmful in the long run, if thrown at you). What if, for once, everyone cared. And then we’d get somewhere. Every voice in every home Would not be a voice alone, And for once, we’d all agree about the fact we like cake and democracy for all.
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Be real Be original Be classy Be traditional Love your family And save me from mine Tell me nerdy jokes Make me snort out laughing Let me adjust to your touch Be patient enough not to rush Remember the things I tell you And open up to me too Ask me questions Bandage my cuts Be my two A.M. Be yourself And let me be me
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Dec 21, 2014
Dec 21, 2014 at 8:18 PM UTC
How To Impress Me
It is the way my traditional head cloth covers my head artistically. Giving me a sense of a gracefully hand made Crown. Passed on from generation to generation by My ancestors from all corners of Africa. It is the way my hands flatter when I narrate a story. Giving me a sense of articulation. Pride, dances through my veins. It is the way my body moves to rhythm from hip to hip. Shoulders momentarily shaking to the sound of unique beads woven Shekere. Legs aggressively moving to the talking drum. It is the way I speak to my elders with respect. Knees on the floor when taking or giving them something. Sweep the compound when asked to. Adherence of instructions turn to turn. Heritage moves with me in one accord.
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Sep 2, 2016
Sep 2, 2016 at 8:29 AM UTC
What is Heritage?
”good night, good travels, pitch black” depending on how one counts, cause size matters, do have I one small blessing though little do I get, more-less, in each twenty four measuring cup, when the sleep gas has come-for-inhaling, lidded heavy with greatful/tearful anticipation, it’s less than sixty seconds till dispatched to where all poems plead like unborn angels for good parentage the spoken good night ritual signaled and completed with a perfect half turn skating axel onto ones side, preceded by, a single solid smacking of an innocent but flaccid, equally tired pillow, then lost in pitch black galaxy travels with other sleep-drunk little princes instead of the wavering, singular word, a traditional goodnight, a parting and a haling simultaneous mumbling issuing, undebated and a wish shot to all within dream-shot, a title, “good travels” to places where ferment the aging words under the winemakers watchful caring eyes opening, names or titles, same difference, for the newborn babes
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Apr 29, 2018
Apr 29, 2018 at 11:31 AM UTC
good night, good travels, pitch black
Africa, Oh Africa! Africa, Oh Africa! My Motherland, Why not take pride in who you are? When you converse, You use the language of the West. The offspring of the same parents, And still use the language of the West. Your own children try to distance themselves and dress and talk like Those from the West. Your airwaves are filled with music, Fast beats, foul language and heavy metal from the West. Even the food you eat All processed and purchased From the West. Your fields are dry. You laugh at traditional foods and ceremonies. You have forgotten who you are. Your heritage cries out From the depths of the tombs you're filling up with immorality and your self-destructive ways. You despise who are, You ridicule who you are, You try so hard to change Who you are Your heroes and comrades In entertainment and politics In the community, the society Have been overshadowed By those from the West. Remember them, Revere them, More so alive than after death. Resurrect Ubuntu, Show a little compassion For a fellow who needs it. Stop the hate, tribalism And racism. This path of destruction Will get you nowhere. Let peace rule in the Motherland. Respect your elders, Salute the teachers Who try to lead your youth In the right direction. Teach your children well Violence is not the way The pen is still mightier Than the sword Eradicate illiteracy End child labour and Marriages. Honour, love and protect Your women and children. They will give you respect and happiness in return. Follow the footprints Of your forebears. Live in harmony with Yourself. Africa, Oh Africa! Africa, Oh Africa! Take note Before it's too late!
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Jun 19, 2017
Jun 19, 2017 at 6:41 AM UTC
Africa, oh Africa
Africa, Oh Africa! Africa, Oh Africa! My Motherland, Why not take pride in who you are? When you converse, You use the language of the West. The offspring of the same parents, And still use the language of the West. Your own children try to distance themselves and dress and talk like Those from the West. Your airwaves are filled with music, Fast beats, foul language and heavy metal from the West. Even the food you eat All processed and purchased From the West. Your fields are dry. You laugh at traditional foods and ceremonies. You have forgotten who you are. Your heritage cries out From the depths of the tombs you're filling up with immorality and your self-destructive ways. You despise who are, You ridicule who you are, You try so hard to change Who you are Your heroes and comrades In entertainment and politics In the community, the society Have been overshadowed By those from the West. Remember them, Revere them, More so alive than after death. Resurrect Ubuntu, Show a little compassion For a fellow who needs it. Stop the hate, tribalism And racism. This path of destruction Will get you nowhere. Let peace rule in the Motherland. Respect your elders, Salute the teachers Who try to lead your youth In the right direction. Teach your children well Violence is not the way The pen is still mightier Than the sword Eradicate illiteracy End child labour and Marriages. Honour, love and protect Your women and children. They will give you respect and happiness in return. Follow the footprints Of your forebears. Live in harmony with Yourself. Africa, Oh Africa! Africa, Oh Africa! Take note Before it's too late!
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If only you knew, If only you could understand, The one thing that means so much to me. Love. I love you. Its not traditional, But its true. Its love. Love is love, And details aren't important. I love you. I hope, This is my one hope, That you love me too.
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Nov 9, 2013
Nov 9, 2013 at 5:00 PM UTC
Love
They say marriage is all about compromise. If that's the case, newlyweds Kia Parsons and Billy Bunning are off to an excellent start. The UK couple had different visions when it came to their wedding cake; the bride wanted an all-white tiered cake with cascading sugar flowers. The groom, on the other hand, wanted to incorporate his love of comic book superheroes into the confection. So they met somewhere in the middle: Julia Baker of Tier by Tier cake design created the cake for the couple's August 14 wedding in Milton Keynes, England. One side is the traditional-looking cake the bride wanted. On the other side, icing curtains reveal the logos of Marvel characters Captain America, Spider-Man and Iron Man, as well as Batman from the DC Comics camp. "I loved every minute making this cake, as I knew it would be something that people would be surprised at and appeal to all the Marvel fans!" Julia told The Huffington Post. In all, she spent 40 hours on the cake. It took 12 hours to make the sugar flowers, and the cake-baking and building took about 28 hours. Needless to say, Kia and Billy were thrilled with the finished product. "Julia did such a fantastic job and we were completely overwhelmed by how brilliant it looked!" the bride told HuffPost. "From most angles of the room, the cake looked like a traditional wedding cake -- just what we had wanted. It wasn't until the cake was moved for us to cut that our guests realized there was a hidden extra. Some didn't even realize until the photos went online after the wedding!" On Tuesday, a photo of the cake began going viral when it was shared by the Life Of Dad Facebook page. "I was surprised at how popular it was and how quickly the pictures circulated on social media," Julia said. "I have plenty more ideas to work on and I am calling these 'double-take cakes.'" read more:www.marieaustralia.com/formal-dresses-perth www.marieaustralia.com/white-formal-dresses
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Aug 20, 2015
Aug 20, 2015 at 11:16 PM UTC
This Supremely Awesome Wedding Cake Will Make You Do A Double Take
They say marriage is all about compromise. If that's the case, newlyweds Kia Parsons and Billy Bunning are off to an excellent start. The UK couple had different visions when it came to their wedding cake; the bride wanted an all-white tiered cake with cascading sugar flowers. The groom, on the other hand, wanted to incorporate his love of comic book superheroes into the confection. So they met somewhere in the middle: Julia Baker of Tier by Tier cake design created the cake for the couple's August 14 wedding in Milton Keynes, England. One side is the traditional-looking cake the bride wanted. On the other side, icing curtains reveal the logos of Marvel characters Captain America, Spider-Man and Iron Man, as well as Batman from the DC Comics camp. "I loved every minute making this cake, as I knew it would be something that people would be surprised at and appeal to all the Marvel fans!" Julia told The Huffington Post. In all, she spent 40 hours on the cake. It took 12 hours to make the sugar flowers, and the cake-baking and building took about 28 hours. Needless to say, Kia and Billy were thrilled with the finished product. "Julia did such a fantastic job and we were completely overwhelmed by how brilliant it looked!" the bride told HuffPost. "From most angles of the room, the cake looked like a traditional wedding cake -- just what we had wanted. It wasn't until the cake was moved for us to cut that our guests realized there was a hidden extra. Some didn't even realize until the photos went online after the wedding!" On Tuesday, a photo of the cake began going viral when it was shared by the Life Of Dad Facebook page. "I was surprised at how popular it was and how quickly the pictures circulated on social media," Julia said. "I have plenty more ideas to work on and I am calling these 'double-take cakes.'" read more:www.marieaustralia.com/formal-dresses-perth www.marieaustralia.com/white-formal-dresses
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Oct 13, 2015
Oct 13, 2015 at 2:37 PM UTC
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One winter night The wind blows with its might She walks alone through the wood Her name’s Little Red Riding Hood The willow trees along the forest trail Sway their empty branches and wail And afar, the white bright moon Tries hard to shine like it were noon “I will eat you”, the whisper sounded near Sending her into a state of fear Holding her basket she spun around Only to see darkness from the sky to the ground Awake and alert, she waited a moment Her fast beating heart giving her a torment To go on or to go back, she couldn’t decide How she wished her mother by her side The wolf couldn’t wait to claim his food So he started to plan how he could For he knew which way she’s heading to It’s probably the route earlier too The wolf figured out a plan He wouldn’t share this to his clan So he ran and ran and wait for her at her granny’s place But here comes the twist in this tale For Riding Hood is a modern child And the wolf is still traditional and wild Riding Hood reached for her cellphone, and placed a call Calling her granny in no time at all “Im scared, Im going home”, she cried It was a failed effort, but she tried A wise decision, granny couldn't agree more Soon, there was a knock on the door “Whos that?”, Granny asked “Red Riding Hood”, his voice was masked What an impostor Posing as her granddaughter Granny picked up her whistle and blew it hard Down came running the guard Before he knew it, he was put in a sack What a pity, the wolf became a catch In a mere mobile phone He found his match.
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Oct 18, 2015
Oct 18, 2015 at 11:37 AM UTC
Little Red Riding Hood; Twisted
One winter night The wind blows with its might She walks alone through the wood Her name’s Little Red Riding Hood The willow trees along the forest trail Sway their empty branches and wail And afar, the white bright moon Tries hard to shine like it were noon “I will eat you”, the whisper sounded near Sending her into a state of fear Holding her basket she spun around Only to see darkness from the sky to the ground Awake and alert, she waited a moment Her fast beating heart giving her a torment To go on or to go back, she couldn’t decide How she wished her mother by her side The wolf couldn’t wait to claim his food So he started to plan how he could For he knew which way she’s heading to It’s probably the route earlier too The wolf figured out a plan He wouldn’t share this to his clan So he ran and ran and wait for her at her granny’s place But here comes the twist in this tale For Riding Hood is a modern child And the wolf is still traditional and wild Riding Hood reached for her cellphone, and placed a call Calling her granny in no time at all “Im scared, Im going home”, she cried It was a failed effort, but she tried A wise decision, granny couldn't agree more Soon, there was a knock on the door “Whos that?”, Granny asked “Red Riding Hood”, his voice was masked What an impostor Posing as her granddaughter Granny picked up her whistle and blew it hard Down came running the guard Before he knew it, he was put in a sack What a pity, the wolf became a catch In a mere mobile phone He found his match.
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On the land molded by footsteps and ruled by obnoxiously bleached clowns, Visited by swarms of neighborhood guttersnipes and the opulent from uptown. Allured by the traditional Irish circus music and the grinding of rusted gears, To arrive at dawn and to leave only when the night sky is tired of fireworks and flares. Skittish and gleaming eyes would roll on the floor, struck by daze and lost in wonderment, At the marvel of giant steel rides and god forsaken and socially foretoken genetic mutants. The word of a woman with two faces and the boy with a tail would make any catholic priest run. Amusing the rational ones, alongside the man with elastic skin and the girl with the forked tongue. The opera lady with outlandish proportions and tumorous lips sings to break a piece of cheap glassware. Little do people know,that the magician’s red gloves are actually stained with blood of rabbit that disappeared. Their noses get caught in the medley of fragrances from the exotic perfumes shop, Blended with the saccharine tang from the stall that sells candy floss and soda pops. Indulging over the overly priced confectioneries at the stall of the baker with the forbidding grin. Try it a hundred times,try it a thousand,you’ll never get the fifth one right in the game of rings. People will come out screaming from the haunted house,only to laugh about it later, Little do they know,that skeletons that drove them pale and white couldn't get any realer. They’ll jostle and struggle to make their way through the crowd to various rides and attractions. Hustling to navigate through the maze the carnival is, encountered by countless illusions. And once your body wears out and senses give in,that’s when you've truly entered the carnival state of mind. Your ears stinging ,nose stifled,tongue baffled, eyes exhausted,and your sense of judgment blinded. That’s when my masked act begins,the most profitable act at the carnival, Diving into the heart of the crowd,to draw an act of brilliance lasting an ephemeral. Slithering across the crowd in a different disguise every hour,concealed by stealth. Sneaking into every nook and corner and slipping my furtive hands into your pockets for a little bit of wealth. Only to dine with the clowns and the carnival family at the haunted house at the end of the day. And of course, rabbits for dinner,if the baker may
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May 7, 2015
May 7, 2015 at 3:13 AM UTC
Carnival
On the land molded by footsteps and ruled by obnoxiously bleached clowns, Visited by swarms of neighborhood guttersnipes and the opulent from uptown. Allured by the traditional Irish circus music and the grinding of rusted gears, To arrive at dawn and to leave only when the night sky is tired of fireworks and flares. Skittish and gleaming eyes would roll on the floor, struck by daze and lost in wonderment, At the marvel of giant steel rides and god forsaken and socially foretoken genetic mutants. The word of a woman with two faces and the boy with a tail would make any catholic priest run. Amusing the rational ones, alongside the man with elastic skin and the girl with the forked tongue. The opera lady with outlandish proportions and tumorous lips sings to break a piece of cheap glassware. Little do people know,that the magician’s red gloves are actually stained with blood of rabbit that disappeared. Their noses get caught in the medley of fragrances from the exotic perfumes shop, Blended with the saccharine tang from the stall that sells candy floss and soda pops. Indulging over the overly priced confectioneries at the stall of the baker with the forbidding grin. Try it a hundred times,try it a thousand,you’ll never get the fifth one right in the game of rings. People will come out screaming from the haunted house,only to laugh about it later, Little do they know,that skeletons that drove them pale and white couldn't get any realer. They’ll jostle and struggle to make their way through the crowd to various rides and attractions. Hustling to navigate through the maze the carnival is, encountered by countless illusions. And once your body wears out and senses give in,that’s when you've truly entered the carnival state of mind. Your ears stinging ,nose stifled,tongue baffled, eyes exhausted,and your sense of judgment blinded. That’s when my masked act begins,the most profitable act at the carnival, Diving into the heart of the crowd,to draw an act of brilliance lasting an ephemeral. Slithering across the crowd in a different disguise every hour,concealed by stealth. Sneaking into every nook and corner and slipping my furtive hands into your pockets for a little bit of wealth. Only to dine with the clowns and the carnival family at the haunted house at the end of the day. And of course, rabbits for dinner,if the baker may
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I am a person of colour Whose simple presence can cause outrage they use their tongues as swords and slay me with slurs Whilst there are others who pretend to be my ally but I can see their disgust in their eyes their uneasiness in their smile I am a person of colour Whose beautiful traditional garments are cherry-picked and woven into a disgusting replica brandished on “Designer labels” and mocked as exotic I am a person of colour Whose skin is secretly envied by them they exhaust their expenses on tanning salons and “bronzing” creams Yet simultaneously they spit on my “darkness” and promote their products with the so-called beauty of “lightness” I am a person of colour I shall not hide my anger at their ignorance I shall wear my skin with pride Because being a person of colour No matter what I do or how I conform They will never be satisfied
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May 20, 2014
May 20, 2014 at 6:43 PM UTC
I am a Person of Colour
the dutch colony ascended on our shores replacing traditional african education on culture with teaching slaves how to pray we saw the deterioration of black schools and state-mandated segregated curricula whites being taught better than blacks who was only destined for subservient jobs policies of apartheid birthed the bantu education and later forced us to learn languages which was not our native tongue the youth could no longer be silenced soweto uprising saw them dying for the cause we have protested throughout the decades silenced by the apartheid government simply ignored with Mandela’s release we saw liberation, freedom, democracy and a single education system, we were finally equal however the legacy of black inferior education left a deep scar which has still not healed our parents not able to give us the education they were denied now students are holding the government accountable who promised free education for a vote the movement trending as #feesmustfall anger expressed by burning premises, striking and rioting i believe in the cause but who are you really hurting? why destroy the very universities that you are fighting for?
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Oct 27, 2016
Oct 27, 2016 at 5:17 PM UTC
#feesmustfall
She has dated boys before. Boys who beat her Boys who ***** her Boys who did nothing wrong at all But still did not feel "right." One of them made fun of her Told her she must be some kind of lesbian (As if that was an insult) If she did not want to have *** with him. She smiled something sad on the outside To deflect To forget To hide behind. She thought And what if I am? What does that make me? It's a question that wanders into the unexplored ruins Of an unkempt mind. A boy meets boy love story is next on the list. They both play football And think that means they must both be "players." Really, they're falling for each other With one swift and concise movement. Boy A cannot tell his parents As he comes from a rowdy and traditional Italian line. Boy B is getting fed up And yet waits, patiently For his one and only to express this flaring emotion A love, unexpressed. Their families, churches and culture Thinks they can change who they are. They use different, cruel tactics. Beat the gay out of him Excommunication *Force her to have *** and she will turn straight* You tell the world that they are an Abomination Atrocity Mutation And yet, I ask this. If the Bible was a Holy deity's, a God's message of eternal love As any good Christian, as I am supposed to be, would proclaim Then how can it be used to justify Acts of such hate and genocide? "I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak" (Matthew 12:36) I hope you are prepared for your Judgment Day.
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Jan 30, 2014
Jan 30, 2014 at 7:27 PM UTC
Love, Unexpressed
She has dated boys before. Boys who beat her Boys who ***** her Boys who did nothing wrong at all But still did not feel "right." One of them made fun of her Told her she must be some kind of lesbian (As if that was an insult) If she did not want to have *** with him. She smiled something sad on the outside To deflect To forget To hide behind. She thought And what if I am? What does that make me? It's a question that wanders into the unexplored ruins Of an unkempt mind. A boy meets boy love story is next on the list. They both play football And think that means they must both be "players." Really, they're falling for each other With one swift and concise movement. Boy A cannot tell his parents As he comes from a rowdy and traditional Italian line. Boy B is getting fed up And yet waits, patiently For his one and only to express this flaring emotion A love, unexpressed. Their families, churches and culture Thinks they can change who they are. They use different, cruel tactics. Beat the gay out of him Excommunication *Force her to have *** and she will turn straight* You tell the world that they are an Abomination Atrocity Mutation And yet, I ask this. If the Bible was a Holy deity's, a God's message of eternal love As any good Christian, as I am supposed to be, would proclaim Then how can it be used to justify Acts of such hate and genocide? "I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak" (Matthew 12:36) I hope you are prepared for your Judgment Day.
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The traditional Christmas Windows of Wonder Were set to be unveiled at five This meant to the children and parents That Santa was set to arrive Each year on the eve of the annual parade All the stores in downtown did display their annual Windows of Wonder And the town was abuzz all the day Children staring, windows frosting Their mouths open wide like their eyes Christmas was captured in an 8 by 10 box With gifts piled up to the skies Christmas presents of every sort Trees and tinsel, lights and ***** Children staring, frozen stiff Christmas wishes behind plate glass walls Parents and children watched the parade Waiting for Santa to come In between all the floats, there were still the displays As the children who all stood there numb Toys and mechanics, robots and dolls Trains and race cars on tracks The children all stared and they dreamed of just how Santa would get all these gifts in his sack In the midst of the crowd was a blonde, little girl A good breeze could just blow her away She'd been hovering there, looking at one small doll And she'd been there for most of the day The parade, it passed by, but she never did look she knew Santa was not here for her There was only one thing that had captured her heart And that was the doll, that's for sure The other kids looked, made their lists in their heads Ready to tell Santa their list but, this little girl stood alone from the crowd She was cold and her cheeks were ice kissed The parade ended late, and Santa went in took his chair and he met with the throng But, this girl stood aside, never moving on up And the Santa, knew something was wrong He called her by name, which gave her quite a start She was scared, but she moved at his call She sat on his lap, and he reached down behind And he gave the small girl the small doll Her face lit the room, more than any display She said "Santa, just how did you know?" He said, "Sarah, my dear, it's as plain as can be" "It's as easy as making it snow" He put her back down, clutching her doll to her chest And she walked to the front of the store but, before she went out, she turned back to say thanks And where he was, there was Santa no more Is it magic to think that this Santa was real? Or did this man know just what he should do? He made Sarah's Christmas, by giving that doll And I'm sure he made many more too The Children of Christmas stare wide eyed all day Dreaming hard of when Santa will call But,, off in the corner of the chlly, young crowd Stands a girl, with her new Christmas doll
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Nov 17, 2012
Nov 17, 2012 at 2:35 PM UTC
The Christmas Doll
The traditional Christmas Windows of Wonder Were set to be unveiled at five This meant to the children and parents That Santa was set to arrive Each year on the eve of the annual parade All the stores in downtown did display their annual Windows of Wonder And the town was abuzz all the day Children staring, windows frosting Their mouths open wide like their eyes Christmas was captured in an 8 by 10 box With gifts piled up to the skies Christmas presents of every sort Trees and tinsel, lights and ***** Children staring, frozen stiff Christmas wishes behind plate glass walls Parents and children watched the parade Waiting for Santa to come In between all the floats, there were still the displays As the children who all stood there numb Toys and mechanics, robots and dolls Trains and race cars on tracks The children all stared and they dreamed of just how Santa would get all these gifts in his sack In the midst of the crowd was a blonde, little girl A good breeze could just blow her away She'd been hovering there, looking at one small doll And she'd been there for most of the day The parade, it passed by, but she never did look she knew Santa was not here for her There was only one thing that had captured her heart And that was the doll, that's for sure The other kids looked, made their lists in their heads Ready to tell Santa their list but, this little girl stood alone from the crowd She was cold and her cheeks were ice kissed The parade ended late, and Santa went in took his chair and he met with the throng But, this girl stood aside, never moving on up And the Santa, knew something was wrong He called her by name, which gave her quite a start She was scared, but she moved at his call She sat on his lap, and he reached down behind And he gave the small girl the small doll Her face lit the room, more than any display She said "Santa, just how did you know?" He said, "Sarah, my dear, it's as plain as can be" "It's as easy as making it snow" He put her back down, clutching her doll to her chest And she walked to the front of the store but, before she went out, she turned back to say thanks And where he was, there was Santa no more Is it magic to think that this Santa was real? Or did this man know just what he should do? He made Sarah's Christmas, by giving that doll And I'm sure he made many more too The Children of Christmas stare wide eyed all day Dreaming hard of when Santa will call But,, off in the corner of the chlly, young crowd Stands a girl, with her new Christmas doll
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When I was small I had a favorite game A game only girls loved to play Paper dolls, pretty paper dolls.... My sister Sara dressed the paper dolls nicely Elegantly dressed, pretty dolls... and we loved to style them our ways... We got bored easily and Sara begged me to buy more dolls... I used my childish charm to get a rupee or two My grand papa joked about our  paper dolls "no saree wearing dolls"? " no chapati making dolls"? " No parantha making dolls? and both of us replied.... " ohhhh.... shut up grandpapa" When we grew up a little, My sister and I were sent to a boarding school. It was all girls school and we were taught grooming, social etiquette and how to be a lady...prim and proper Dressed smartly, talked only when necessary and sat up neatly, no head turns.. No giggling... only smile delicately No tantrums or emotional plays... just be poised... controlled.. poised and controlled... Of course We were not allowed to play paper dolls anymore After awhile I hated the school... Told my sister.....  They were turning us into paper dolls... Paper dolls have no say... They only follow.. They are puppets Remember paper dolls we used to play? All pretty in the outside but there is no life to breathe.... Suffocated i felt here.....all I wanted to do is flee Sis, cmon this is certainly not us... let's flee WE SAID GOODBYE TO OUR BED AND WE DID RUN.... We managed to be who we wanted to be in the end to live in real world, be with real people given a freedom to choose what we wanted to do with life... We enjoy our life not the traditional way anymore Have career and still we dressed nicely and elegantly We are real people... Unlike the paper dolls , who only look poise and beautiful.. but inside they are freezing.... lifeless....paper dolls..
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Jun 24, 2013
Jun 24, 2013 at 8:40 AM UTC
Paper Dolls
When I was small I had a favorite game A game only girls loved to play Paper dolls, pretty paper dolls.... My sister Sara dressed the paper dolls nicely Elegantly dressed, pretty dolls... and we loved to style them our ways... We got bored easily and Sara begged me to buy more dolls... I used my childish charm to get a rupee or two My grand papa joked about our  paper dolls "no saree wearing dolls"? " no chapati making dolls"? " No parantha making dolls? and both of us replied.... " ohhhh.... shut up grandpapa" When we grew up a little, My sister and I were sent to a boarding school. It was all girls school and we were taught grooming, social etiquette and how to be a lady...prim and proper Dressed smartly, talked only when necessary and sat up neatly, no head turns.. No giggling... only smile delicately No tantrums or emotional plays... just be poised... controlled.. poised and controlled... Of course We were not allowed to play paper dolls anymore After awhile I hated the school... Told my sister.....  They were turning us into paper dolls... Paper dolls have no say... They only follow.. They are puppets Remember paper dolls we used to play? All pretty in the outside but there is no life to breathe.... Suffocated i felt here.....all I wanted to do is flee Sis, cmon this is certainly not us... let's flee WE SAID GOODBYE TO OUR BED AND WE DID RUN.... We managed to be who we wanted to be in the end to live in real world, be with real people given a freedom to choose what we wanted to do with life... We enjoy our life not the traditional way anymore Have career and still we dressed nicely and elegantly We are real people... Unlike the paper dolls , who only look poise and beautiful.. but inside they are freezing.... lifeless....paper dolls..
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Because the thirst wouldn’t simmer; it ruptured cities into boils, turned cultures into armies, an armageddon of cheeky stubborn Irish Catholics and thick veined Germans couldn’t imagine a world without their stout hearty headed pint. Because white dry protestant angels thought crime existed in a vacuum, in a filthy saw-dusted saloon, the hub spawn of evil. Because twice as many of those saloons were ******* by unlicensed blind pigs, not through free swinging doors on the streets, but in the domestic sphere; in the dark crept crevices of household sanctuaries.   Because bootlegging capitalist princes turned the industry into a stenchy liability with their home brewed distilled poisons. Alky cookers wrapped the commodity fetish and dubbed it moonshine. Moonshine – spirits for the poor and blind. Because this social reform was a moral reform lost in the oblivion of politics, lost in the timeliness of progressive spring-cleaning referenda’s. Because the ragged, toothless class had to be scold, striped clean of their traditional barings, because wisdom is everything and they’re spirits ran vilely wild.
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Sep 26, 2010
Sep 26, 2010 at 6:57 AM UTC
Why the 18th Amendment was a Joke
When I wander among the swathes of  Bluebells I am minded of a  nascent  variety creeping in amongst our beloved ones, Spanish shifts of hue in the Weald of traditional  Kent. I swear some sad maid riding on a basket bicycle scattering new seed how unpatriotic !
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Apr 17, 2012
Apr 17, 2012 at 4:08 PM UTC
Bluebells
Pizza--the only I want to poor my feelings onto Because when I think of its filling capacity-- Its carb-heavy, fat drenched, and sugary-savory goodness-- I honor the people who continue the artisinal craft. Pizza--it's the food for all hungers. It fills you with energy when you're high, Just after a win with a cheery, rowdy gang of five. It's the traditional topping on the pie. Pizza--All and everything, when the time calls. When the emptiness cannot be filled, Let it be filled with years of associations. All in good company, Pizza, my best friend. So I met a new person today--quiet and resourceful, She was counting her inventory, Solving a problem set or learning a new trick. I barged in while she put aside her life for mine. She said, "What may you have, sir?" "A medium with pepperoni," I said, "and linguica, please". That was all that's said as she carried on her fees. "That'll be $18.05," and a shot of guilt charged me. Pizza, though poor my feelings how expensive the taste! When, just then, she collected the money The pizza was all too simply done and I was on my way. I was the one left, saying, " Well, enjoy your weekend!" But as I drove and the pizza aromatized, Neither she nor I were free from capitalized. A self-disciplined pizza artist, stripped of her dough, Like the boy who made chocolate with a molinillo.
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Sep 21, 2016
Sep 21, 2016 at 2:40 AM UTC
About pizza
AALI DIWALI Excitement already there is in the atmosphere, our very air!!! Goodies, gifts, flowers, lights we wish to, with dear ones, now share. As citizens good, let's also exhibit some environment friendly care. Banish Chinese items, I will, because I care for my India n also dare ! Use let us earthen Diyas, decorated in hand; Beautiful ones, beyond compare ! Candles Beautiful can be made or bought n decorated in a bright way. Colourful Rangoli let us make with organic compounds, indigenous n rare. Designs, with colours innumerous, one can create if one has a flair. Same way, why pay so much to buy torn jeans, buy let's a decent traditional pair. Traditional dresses so colourful are and look pretty n (no wrong meaning) gay. Pizza, pasta, pastries boycott; try laddu, chakri or Khaja jo mawa se hei bhare. Instead of flowers, gift Bamboo or money plants or other saplings; what say ? Gift let us, things made in India. From China, let's willingly sway away ! "Aali Diwali" but create let us noise n smoke less. we must on this, an emphasis lay. Innovative one can be, using imagination vivid to cute gifts make; n less amounts pay. No WA, try and visit Grandparents, Mama, Kaka, Aatya, Maushi, is all I have to say !!! HAPPY WALI DIWALI. Armin Dutia Motashaw
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Sep 25, 2019
Sep 25, 2019 at 3:55 PM UTC
Aali Diwali
There was a pirate who came from afar Who sank his ship for a h'penny o' tar He had a scar on his cheek, Gold in his teeth And like Prabhu, a thing for the noir There was a vicar from Kent Who gave up religion for lent He enjoyed a spree Of being un-holy Nobody knows where he went For the tourists to impress She wore traditional dress She liked the grass skirt And the flowery shirt But the coconut bra caused distress One of the tourists she knew Was really enjoying the view He bought her a drink Tickled her pink And said may I remove it for you? The limerick man was on top He was writing such a lot The barrel he dredged He lost his edge And didn't know when to stop
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Feb 26, 2013
Feb 26, 2013 at 12:17 PM UTC
Pirate, Hawaiian, vicar, and other limericks
So I'm a little down. So I'm not like everyone else. So I'm battling something people don't know much about. So I'm different. So I'm "dysfunctional". So I'm not from a traditional background. So what? Does that mean, I shouldn't be allowed to attend my college? The one thing keeping me going? That I should be locked up in the loony bin? All because my brain has become numb to some pain? I've found function in my alleged dysfunction, some traditions occasionally get broken. Exceptions to the rules are made. The world is full of suffering, but it is also full of overcoming it. So where do you get off, telling me how to deal with something you've only read about in your guidance text books? Where five minutes into meeting me, that you feel the ability to dictate how I should go about my life? I've lived 20 years on this Earth without your input, sure, it hasn't been perfect, but I've made the unconventional work. I mean, ask anybody that actually knows me, if they would ever consider me "conventional". So don't sit there, and hide behind words like "I just want what's best for you", "I care about you", "I'm concerned", "Its your choice to go, but if you don't: the police will forcibly escort you, or you'll not be allowed to be in our college community." Scoffing at the word community, because whenever someone tries to use that word, usually it is about discluding people, rather than including them. "So, either be discluded now, by your 'choice', or by us making you. All the while, literally 12 hours previous, we had zero idea what was going on, or even who you were. " Seems like you really do have "my best interests at heart", huh?
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Nov 8, 2014
Nov 8, 2014 at 2:57 AM UTC
5 Minute Rant
So I'm a little down. So I'm not like everyone else. So I'm battling something people don't know much about. So I'm different. So I'm "dysfunctional". So I'm not from a traditional background. So what? Does that mean, I shouldn't be allowed to attend my college? The one thing keeping me going? That I should be locked up in the loony bin? All because my brain has become numb to some pain? I've found function in my alleged dysfunction, some traditions occasionally get broken. Exceptions to the rules are made. The world is full of suffering, but it is also full of overcoming it. So where do you get off, telling me how to deal with something you've only read about in your guidance text books? Where five minutes into meeting me, that you feel the ability to dictate how I should go about my life? I've lived 20 years on this Earth without your input, sure, it hasn't been perfect, but I've made the unconventional work. I mean, ask anybody that actually knows me, if they would ever consider me "conventional". So don't sit there, and hide behind words like "I just want what's best for you", "I care about you", "I'm concerned", "Its your choice to go, but if you don't: the police will forcibly escort you, or you'll not be allowed to be in our college community." Scoffing at the word community, because whenever someone tries to use that word, usually it is about discluding people, rather than including them. "So, either be discluded now, by your 'choice', or by us making you. All the while, literally 12 hours previous, we had zero idea what was going on, or even who you were. " Seems like you really do have "my best interests at heart", huh?
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I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of but I can't be tied to those forever so people forgive and forget I try to forget but still feel bad and I know there are still sore subjects that I should be sensitive about. Scrolling through Reddit I see a post of Māori students at an airport greeting their returning teacher with a traditional Māori war dance which was an admittedly sweet gesture but something didn't sit right with me. I wondered why the students greeting their teacher had to do so through a display of militaristic nationalism I wondered if that was the last dance the Moriori people saw before the Māori genocided them for their resources I wondered if the Māori danced like that as they ***** murdered, and cannibalized the Moriori. Wondering all of this made me ask myself: Why did they have to greet their teacher like that? The students wanted to make a big gesture which dancing is perfect for but dancing can also be vulnerable and embarrassing because people may mock how you express yourself but strangers at the airport are less likely to laugh at you if you're doing a synchronized dance with a group of people and the dancing is recognizably tied to national identity because then it's a culturally rich dance you're a xenophobe for laughing at and that's what nationalism is: strength in numbers and a readymade identity in lieu of an individual personality oftentimes for the sake of pistanthrophobia. So as I read the circlejerking comments on the post I wondered what the difference is between a Māori war dance and a **** salute I guess the Māori people have experienced more oppression than Nazis but nationalism is nationalism and those who have oppressed are oppressors and many who are oppressed would gladly be oppressors given the chance. Nationalism isn't healthy for culture and often isolates people from other cultures that are all combining due to globalization which people fight to preserve their little dances and costumes so we can stay in eternal conflict over delusions of supremacy when the only nationality should be a global one.
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Aug 28, 2022
Aug 28, 2022 at 8:41 PM UTC
Nationalism
I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of but I can't be tied to those forever so people forgive and forget I try to forget but still feel bad and I know there are still sore subjects that I should be sensitive about. Scrolling through Reddit I see a post of Māori students at an airport greeting their returning teacher with a traditional Māori war dance which was an admittedly sweet gesture but something didn't sit right with me. I wondered why the students greeting their teacher had to do so through a display of militaristic nationalism I wondered if that was the last dance the Moriori people saw before the Māori genocided them for their resources I wondered if the Māori danced like that as they ***** murdered, and cannibalized the Moriori. Wondering all of this made me ask myself: Why did they have to greet their teacher like that? The students wanted to make a big gesture which dancing is perfect for but dancing can also be vulnerable and embarrassing because people may mock how you express yourself but strangers at the airport are less likely to laugh at you if you're doing a synchronized dance with a group of people and the dancing is recognizably tied to national identity because then it's a culturally rich dance you're a xenophobe for laughing at and that's what nationalism is: strength in numbers and a readymade identity in lieu of an individual personality oftentimes for the sake of pistanthrophobia. So as I read the circlejerking comments on the post I wondered what the difference is between a Māori war dance and a **** salute I guess the Māori people have experienced more oppression than Nazis but nationalism is nationalism and those who have oppressed are oppressors and many who are oppressed would gladly be oppressors given the chance. Nationalism isn't healthy for culture and often isolates people from other cultures that are all combining due to globalization which people fight to preserve their little dances and costumes so we can stay in eternal conflict over delusions of supremacy when the only nationality should be a global one.
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