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"travis" poems
2003, where did you go? My Scene dolls and All Time Low Red Jeeps and glitter cheeks Thirteen and hip hop beats Tube tops, pop n lock Don't forget your frosted lipgloss Butterflies and Blink's First Date "Forever Yours" on a silver keychain Belly rings, snorting pills stings Tiered skirts and ankle bling TLR, Summerland South of Nowhere, Degrassi: The Next Gen Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton Travis Barker and Ashlee Simpson Fall Out Boy and Timbaland Pete Wentz almost ended it Promiscuous, Grand Theft Autumn Jeans hung low, and girl you got em I wanna live there over again Everything was better then
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Oct 25, 2013
Oct 25, 2013 at 3:57 AM UTC
2000's
Tory Lanez Drake The Weeknd PartyNextDoor Post Malone ILoveMakonnen RDGLDGRN Kyle G-Eazy Rae Sremmurd Future Travis Scott Lana Del Rey Bryson Tiller Jhene Aiko Cal Scruby Twenty-one pilots The Neighbourhood Zayn Malik Jimi Hendrix Nina Simone Damian Marley ft Nas Stephen Marley ft Wyclef Jean ft Nina Simone (Song:keeper of the flame) No-Maddz (Song: Shotta) Jesse Royal
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Dec 29, 2015
Dec 29, 2015 at 8:51 PM UTC
You know who is awesome (r&b/ rappers/singers)
Chameleon of Pretense True colors Not always colorful No absolutes No boundaries Shades of gray Deep dark deceit Disguises shallow self A chameleon of pretense Forever changing Their spectrum of sincerity To temporarily fit The moment at hand Pretending and professing Haughty hypocrites are we Selfishly And single-handedly Glorifying A colorful Glittering glutton Of pride... (C)~Travis
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Nov 12, 2011
Nov 12, 2011 at 10:41 PM UTC
Chameleon of Pretense
i couldn't stand the heat, spent most of the time in the shade, everyone made fun of the guy standing by the pool reading a book, pretending to be a sundial; i was called the whiskey-man; one night i slept outside and by the time i woke up my glass of brandy disappeared; mingled with the "auctioneers" of a good time; boy one of those kenyan girls was hot... oomph, she looked like oiled coal, slimy bits and raw *** i know i was a tourist... played a stupid drinking game with two english girls, snogged one at the end of the game, wasn't invited back to the room for a ********* spent hours at night looking at the tide splashing the shore, cried at the painting so alive all the museums and galleries became graveyards of appreciation; it was a holiday resort, i admit, although one bartender asked me to do a local tour of the place, go clubbing, supposedly a colonial ******* i was upon first reading; but the heat though! god almighty, couldn't stand the temperature, i was literally an ice-cream cone most of the time, took to the shades, wrote a short story for my grandfather about an elephant dunking his trunk into a bottle of brandy... one day got chatting to a scottish pair and a russian couple, told the scottish guy about travis' 12 memories album, i was originally asking for a cigarette, so we drank and chatted about mickey mouse politics of america... the scottish guy eventually ran off and jumped into the kids' shallow pool veering on blind-drunk-happy... another time i too jumped into a pool with my clothes on... ******* this heat... ha, hmm, those kenyan macaques were funny esp. on prompt of being fed on the balcony... but boy that baboon was a menace, a real anarchist, charged in like a donkey with meningitis and stole food... although one baboon had massive haemorrhoids... and given his fat pinky *** it was even funnier to watch. oh yeah, and this guy muhammad wanted to take me to a crocodile sanctuary of his... i sort of refused the invitation, and no, i didn't go on the zoological escapade of a safari to see the Masai tribesmen... just gave c. g. jung's modern man in search of soul to one of the caretakers of the resort.
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Mar 26, 2016
Mar 26, 2016 at 7:43 AM UTC
while in kenya
i couldn't stand the heat, spent most of the time in the shade, everyone made fun of the guy standing by the pool reading a book, pretending to be a sundial; i was called the whiskey-man; one night i slept outside and by the time i woke up my glass of brandy disappeared; mingled with the "auctioneers" of a good time; boy one of those kenyan girls was hot... oomph, she looked like oiled coal, slimy bits and raw *** i know i was a tourist... played a stupid drinking game with two english girls, snogged one at the end of the game, wasn't invited back to the room for a ********* spent hours at night looking at the tide splashing the shore, cried at the painting so alive all the museums and galleries became graveyards of appreciation; it was a holiday resort, i admit, although one bartender asked me to do a local tour of the place, go clubbing, supposedly a colonial ******* i was upon first reading; but the heat though! god almighty, couldn't stand the temperature, i was literally an ice-cream cone most of the time, took to the shades, wrote a short story for my grandfather about an elephant dunking his trunk into a bottle of brandy... one day got chatting to a scottish pair and a russian couple, told the scottish guy about travis' 12 memories album, i was originally asking for a cigarette, so we drank and chatted about mickey mouse politics of america... the scottish guy eventually ran off and jumped into the kids' shallow pool veering on blind-drunk-happy... another time i too jumped into a pool with my clothes on... ******* this heat... ha, hmm, those kenyan macaques were funny esp. on prompt of being fed on the balcony... but boy that baboon was a menace, a real anarchist, charged in like a donkey with meningitis and stole food... although one baboon had massive haemorrhoids... and given his fat pinky *** it was even funnier to watch. oh yeah, and this guy muhammad wanted to take me to a crocodile sanctuary of his... i sort of refused the invitation, and no, i didn't go on the zoological escapade of a safari to see the Masai tribesmen... just gave c. g. jung's modern man in search of soul to one of the caretakers of the resort.
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There’s something about the way your words just flow when you speak of what you love that gives me a sense of peace. This is the same kind of peace felt when the Florida wind caresses against my skin on a warm afternoon, and sometimes I like to think your touch is just as gentle and welcoming. Sometimes, convincing myself that your touch is as smooth as the words you use to lure me to you drives away the monster inside seeking what to taunt me with next. Lately, it’s been picking at you, but when you smooth out the bumpy road and just drive, my mind is at peace. The peace growing in this careless mind which I used to call home has a name: Travis; my new home. There’s something about your eyes; profound, delicate, confidential; they describe you. Just by the gaze of your brown/green eyes, your personality is revealed. And it’s that confidentiality in your stare, and the delicacy in your gaze that gives me security. I can’t wait for the day that it’s no longer the way you observe people, but the way you hold me that gives me that sense of security. Where it’s no longer the way you talk, but that “Florida wind” impression you give off when your breath strokes against my skin that gives me that same sense of peace. When I’m home and I can rest and hear the music of your heartbeat putting me to sleep. I can’t wait for that day, when I can just put those demons to the side and breathe to the rhythm of the music. Because with your peace and security orbiting my mind, I can finally rest again.
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Jul 3, 2015
Jul 3, 2015 at 12:07 AM UTC
Peace & Security
There’s something about the way your words just flow when you speak of what you love that gives me a sense of peace. This is the same kind of peace felt when the Florida wind caresses against my skin on a warm afternoon, and sometimes I like to think your touch is just as gentle and welcoming. Sometimes, convincing myself that your touch is as smooth as the words you use to lure me to you drives away the monster inside seeking what to taunt me with next. Lately, it’s been picking at you, but when you smooth out the bumpy road and just drive, my mind is at peace. The peace growing in this careless mind which I used to call home has a name: Travis; my new home. There’s something about your eyes; profound, delicate, confidential; they describe you. Just by the gaze of your brown/green eyes, your personality is revealed. And it’s that confidentiality in your stare, and the delicacy in your gaze that gives me security. I can’t wait for the day that it’s no longer the way you observe people, but the way you hold me that gives me that sense of security. Where it’s no longer the way you talk, but that “Florida wind” impression you give off when your breath strokes against my skin that gives me that same sense of peace. When I’m home and I can rest and hear the music of your heartbeat putting me to sleep. I can’t wait for that day, when I can just put those demons to the side and breathe to the rhythm of the music. Because with your peace and security orbiting my mind, I can finally rest again.
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. "That there Is'belle's house stinks wunderful turr'ble,"croaked Emma Beiler at their quilting bee. "Jah...vell," sighed Rosanna Yoder. "All them there katzes , ain't so?" Accordingly the two ladies set out to pay Travis and Isabella Salter a visit, only to be politely told that they had were in the process of taking some cats to a local shelter. Two weeks passed and to the Amish folks' disgust the odour had merely intensified. "Them there Englisch are chust liars!" Potato Sam spat the words out along with a *** of chewing tobacco. " Ach, vell," sighed  his wife Rosanna, unaware of her heavily sweating underarms. The Ordnung  strictly forbade deodorant as well as perfume. "Reckon I best  mosey over and see fur myself." Travis opened the door with a tired sigh. 'Chust thought I'de ask vhat fur stinks yer house up so vonderful tur'ble...Izzy tells us youse gettin' rid of them but-" A puzzled look crossed Travis weary face as he glanced toward the kitchen. Irritation gripped him, not lessened as Rosanna glowered at Tabby washing her face on the couch. Then a waft of a familiar scent, overpowering, drifted toward him from the kitchen. Brussel sprouts enhanced by -. With all the stress, Isabelle was increasing her calming herbs, mixing the powders.... Valerian? "Good evening, Mrs. Yoder." He motioned her toward the door, locking it firmly behind her. For a long time after she was gone he stood staring out the window.
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Jun 12, 2013
Jun 12, 2013 at 1:39 AM UTC
Untitled
The itty bitty city kitty She thought she was the best She thought she was so witty; Much better than the rest. The itty bitty city kitty Begged to be put to the test That’s the reason for this ditty She felt there was no contest. The itty bitty kitty Runs home to her nest. She hates the nitty gritty; Her voice loudly expressed. The itty bitty kitty Will always request Travis Tritt and Conway Twitty For her country music zest. The little bitty kitty In the cold she wears a vest. She never learned to knitty Though we’d have been impressed. The itty bitty kitty Takes scorn as just a jest. She doesn’t need your pity. She’s on a kitty quest. The little bitty kitty Likes her covers messed. It kind of makes her giddy. Likes her comfort best.
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Oct 31, 2016
Oct 31, 2016 at 4:12 PM UTC
ITTY BITTY KITTY
The curves on a brachiosaurus make Queen Latifah seem like a beach towel. The jaws on a tyrannosaurus rex make Jay Leno augment his chin. The spikes on a stegosaurus make Travis Barker shave his head. Latifah Leno Barker hunt for dino flesh like aboriginals chase mammoth with sticks stones and fire dances. Yeah, I'd pay to see that.
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Oct 4, 2010
Oct 4, 2010 at 9:23 PM UTC
Rocko's Prehistoric Life
New day, with dawn of rising sun off the docks, cruising towards horizon light and breezy all, felt like blessed by Poseidon Skinny dipping for happiness, hope I find some. Many I got bon voyage, many I curses, many were on board, many kraken lurks. Head straight, high sail, ignored all, focused on right trail. Pleasant journey until now, premonitions around, dark clouds, high tide, ensuing panic in crowd, blinded became Travis, undermined the upcoming crisis Darkness engulfed, realized too late, next moment...   **** hit the fan down came the rain, followed by storm and a huge hurricane. Bulldozed through, but that's just iceberg's tip, it's gonna be titanic soon, already feel like losing grip. Beyond horizon, can't see, calm sea or whirlpool will there be. All I know, strength of these sails, sailors and that mysterious gentle gale.
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May 25, 2022
May 25, 2022 at 9:52 AM UTC
Voyage...
he missed the days when he could sit down and relax a paradox a parallax the stories of youth and tales of old the nights of flame and soot and coals colors blurred and faces too he needs a way to get him through the night is his home but the day is too long so he spreads his worth till the yawn of dawn and he gets by because he needs to he's gotta prove them wrong a soul who has been flushed but the drain is clogged they would have let him go but hearts are softer now then ever before travis was a wise man who got caught up in the feel now *** and mary j replace his every meal
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Apr 8, 2012
Apr 8, 2012 at 12:17 AM UTC
travis the wiseman
Travis Bickle and Kurt Cobain are sitting in a Diner and drinking coffee. "I couldn't take it anymore", says Travis "so I went in there and shot them all." Kurt silently drinks his coffee. "*Life has a tendency to kick you in the ***** every chance it gets.*", Travis sighs. Kurt takes a bite from his apple pie and flushes it down with some more coffee. "*The hole in my neck still hurts sometimes.*", Travis continues. "Man, that really hurt." Kurt throws a few bucks on the counter and slides down slowly from his stool. "*Fuckin' ***** he whispers as he leaves the diner. The waitress takes the money and moves on to the kitchen. Her name is Chantalle. She has breast-cancer but does not know it yet. Life has a tendency to kick you whether you have ***** or not.
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Jul 30, 2013
Jul 30, 2013 at 9:19 AM UTC
*****
*And suddenly I realized that all of this, The gun, the bombs, the revolution Has got something to do With a girl named Marla Singer.* Cornelius, Rupert, Travis, Tyler Durden Who could really tell how many are we in a single body? Mind creating multiple personas, good or bad Or both could mean the same thing, A label, a name as it is, Could mean something or nothing ***And there could always be a Tyler Durden The Bold and Free, The Enlightened one*** We see ourselves as we’d like to be Good or Bad? Again, we decide what is right Founder of our own fellowship For our own Project Mayhem For a girl named Marla Singer.. What again is a Project Mayhem? ***All I know is… First and Second Rule: You do not ask questions about PROJECT MAYHEM.***
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Apr 25, 2017
Apr 25, 2017 at 12:15 PM UTC
Project Mayhem
Momma was a bleeder ***** on the stairs outside the complex Mainstays all unraveled mildewed and rotting on the concrete decks Her ceaseless curtain calls belied the prescriptions for falling down She was a butterfly hurricane comin’ from the coast makin’ eddies swirl sanguine pools Even Kruger wasn’t dumb enough to jump in her grey-outs the guy simply walked away
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Feb 10, 2010
Feb 10, 2010 at 7:01 PM UTC
Travis Coates Ate Bambi's Young with a Nice Chianti
A song and I'm wayfaring Me small things tall No questions I'm guided Acoustic Travis Drifting under bridges Moving with the flow Nothing degrading What is a worry Picked up and taken places In others arms and eyes They talk for me I watch things and play on stuff This compilation is leading me astray But I just want to stay Haven't heard in years Where have I gone these years Who have I been Oh the thoughts are warm My heart is poached Sunny side up I recall Letters spoke to conceal a word Tree sap sticky I climbed not that tall Idle with my fun plans Loll to a place holding a safe hand Stroll through this gate I'm seeing good people today Sit down to play Hard skates won't fit my feet hurt my toes Old toy car won't turn corners Make do wear my jelly blue shoes What's a schedule what is time I don't think ahead Explain it to me in a nursery rhyme Kiss goodbye can't stay Red sky at night shepherds delight Blue sky and baby faced sun tomorrow Going home sleeping tight Won't let the bed bugs bite
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Nov 8, 2015
Nov 8, 2015 at 3:47 PM UTC
winding tapes
This isnt a poem, it is an open invitation to any member of this community to attend a poetry reading that myself, Travis McCullers, and Jaysen Good are hosting. It will be held in our homely hometown of Live Oak, Florida at a certain Spirit of the Suwannee cafe on Sunday, March 4th. You all are more than welcome to attend and any contributions you wish to make to the performance will be considered. The cafe is a full service restaurant and bar, so please feel free to get obscenely drunk on the premises. Directions and contact information will ne provided to serious inquirers via private message. Please feel free to ask any other general questions that may occur to you in your comments below. thanks for reading, David Badgerow
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Feb 20, 2012
Feb 20, 2012 at 11:39 AM UTC
Open Invitation (that means YOU!)
Old-Self :D By: Travis R. K. Sanders Part 1 Ok so most of you think you know who I am and what I am about because you may hang out or communicate with me on a day to day basis but you don’t know anything. Fiend and slave to my body. How the urges are so powerful and how everything else quickly becomes irrelevant. Almost like living a double life but this is who I am and there is no escape. Sleeping with the enemy of the enemies. Uncontrollable and over-powering this ****** desire can be. Finish with one maybe two then moving on to two or three more. What kind of life is this for the beautiful and brilliant mind of such a insecure and vulnerable Virgo? Maybe it has to do with not having a father and I need comfort? Maybe I am over sexed and need it all the time or maybe I am looking for that someone to call my own? I don’t know what it is but it is filthy, ***** and disgusting that I give myself to so many others and have a hard time turning down those who wish to give themselves to me. Is it the lifestyle I live? Being a homosexual man. Surely not all homosexuals are overtly ****** and are in need of some type of ****** gratifications 24/7. Is it nature and has nothing to do with being homosexual but male? Maybe so but I can only imagine and pray that the day that I wake up diseased and infectious never comes. In need of a reality check and soul saving. This nail biting life is not for the faint hearted which I thought once beat with inside of me. Too many men to count but I know the exact number I think but I am no longer sure because that part of me will not open up completely. Yet I want to give it my all and let you in on why I am ashamed to approach those I find attractive not just physically but in mind and soul as well. Instead I lie myself to bed with someone I do not know. Strangers are easy to sleep with, oh my god did I just say that? But I know it is true because I have done it on numerous and multiple occasions. I need help I need it bad, this life I live is so sad. But yet through the weeks the months the years I develop a true heart beat and not the beat of pleasure and I realize finally that this was my old-self.
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Feb 7, 2013
Feb 7, 2013 at 9:42 AM UTC
Old-Self
Old-Self :D By: Travis R. K. Sanders Part 1 Ok so most of you think you know who I am and what I am about because you may hang out or communicate with me on a day to day basis but you don’t know anything. Fiend and slave to my body. How the urges are so powerful and how everything else quickly becomes irrelevant. Almost like living a double life but this is who I am and there is no escape. Sleeping with the enemy of the enemies. Uncontrollable and over-powering this ****** desire can be. Finish with one maybe two then moving on to two or three more. What kind of life is this for the beautiful and brilliant mind of such a insecure and vulnerable Virgo? Maybe it has to do with not having a father and I need comfort? Maybe I am over sexed and need it all the time or maybe I am looking for that someone to call my own? I don’t know what it is but it is filthy, ***** and disgusting that I give myself to so many others and have a hard time turning down those who wish to give themselves to me. Is it the lifestyle I live? Being a homosexual man. Surely not all homosexuals are overtly ****** and are in need of some type of ****** gratifications 24/7. Is it nature and has nothing to do with being homosexual but male? Maybe so but I can only imagine and pray that the day that I wake up diseased and infectious never comes. In need of a reality check and soul saving. This nail biting life is not for the faint hearted which I thought once beat with inside of me. Too many men to count but I know the exact number I think but I am no longer sure because that part of me will not open up completely. Yet I want to give it my all and let you in on why I am ashamed to approach those I find attractive not just physically but in mind and soul as well. Instead I lie myself to bed with someone I do not know. Strangers are easy to sleep with, oh my god did I just say that? But I know it is true because I have done it on numerous and multiple occasions. I need help I need it bad, this life I live is so sad. But yet through the weeks the months the years I develop a true heart beat and not the beat of pleasure and I realize finally that this was my old-self.
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i think about you every day and every night why wouldn't i you are my life if you ever leave i won't ever stay if i can't go with you i will just fade away your love is the blood beneath my skin where the sidewalk ends Heaven begins forever my heartbeat is stronger my only wish is of timeless gift to love you longer
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Oct 7, 2016
Oct 7, 2016 at 1:46 AM UTC
Dear Travis,
Like warm water from a soothing shower Running down my skin Like the pollen of a flower into the belly Of the bee You are everything to me You are the sweetest sin My love Where do I begin Becoming one is my favorite part We make love with our hearts You bite my shoulder I move over You pull me close Don't let me go Like sunsets on gleaming oceans our toes sink into sand My cheeks burn red When you kiss my hand Lead me not into temptation But to the sweetest land Where forever does exist And roses never die Where losers always win And mothers never cry Where I am you And you are me Where two bound souls Are finally free My love Don't you know what you mean to me? My love for you is undying My love for you is true My love for you will never fade But it will always remain
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Mar 20, 2014
Mar 20, 2014 at 10:53 PM UTC
for Travis
Watercolors Glorious golden embers Glowing and gleaming Glistening in the blowing wind Riding cool autumn breezes Embarking on a journey’s end A moment of truth revealed A kaleidoscope of color Meticulously painted and perfected Radiantly reflected On the canvas in my heart Where you came Painting an offering of acceptance Friendship Grace and love Leaving heart prints With every brush stroke Lasting forever But the moment Lasting only a season And God with all His reason Blurs the view While clouds of confusion Gather on the horizon The watercolors all run together As the rain rolls down my cheeks… ©~Travis 10.15.08
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Nov 12, 2011
Nov 12, 2011 at 10:33 PM UTC
Watercolors
There I sit, On my beautiful Nel, The big girl that always lights my world. A Russian Don by blood, But she’s a Texas cutter to me. Here we sit, Watching this wonderful West Texas sunset. She grazes on some prairie grass; I chew on a cat-tail. I wish we could have ridden, With Jesse and Bill, And become legends, Here in these hills. The canyons would echo our youthful cries, Of excitement and joy, While we just ride, run, Live. Maybe in those days, Nel could have run in the pastures, of an old Texas myth, and I could have wrassled some cows, to earn the spurs of my grand-father’s, father. If we were on the trail, Drivin’ some Angus and Belgian Blues, Up north to Kansas City, And maybe one night, The boys and I could sit around the fire, And stare up at the stars, Wondering which stellar painting, Looked most like our horse. I want the times, When Grand-dad and Nana Ma, Would sit on their porch, And gently swing another night away, Like they had done, For the last 50 years. Nel would be my company; My loyal bride; While I rode south towards San-Anton’. And we would meet up with, Travis and Bowie, To fight Santa Anna, As he rushed the ol’ palisade, Of the mission where I would die. The Bexar province would weep for we few, Who stood for the ideals of a noble, new nation. Yet, All ideals eventually come and go. Well, me and Nel, We ain’t never seen a cattle drive. We ain’t ever been outside this here pasture. So our dreams remain dreams, And our hope remains void. My Cowboy Dreams, And her beautiful mane, Grow faint and grey, Every Single Day.
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Feb 5, 2013
Feb 5, 2013 at 1:43 AM UTC
Cowboy Dreams
There I sit, On my beautiful Nel, The big girl that always lights my world. A Russian Don by blood, But she’s a Texas cutter to me. Here we sit, Watching this wonderful West Texas sunset. She grazes on some prairie grass; I chew on a cat-tail. I wish we could have ridden, With Jesse and Bill, And become legends, Here in these hills. The canyons would echo our youthful cries, Of excitement and joy, While we just ride, run, Live. Maybe in those days, Nel could have run in the pastures, of an old Texas myth, and I could have wrassled some cows, to earn the spurs of my grand-father’s, father. If we were on the trail, Drivin’ some Angus and Belgian Blues, Up north to Kansas City, And maybe one night, The boys and I could sit around the fire, And stare up at the stars, Wondering which stellar painting, Looked most like our horse. I want the times, When Grand-dad and Nana Ma, Would sit on their porch, And gently swing another night away, Like they had done, For the last 50 years. Nel would be my company; My loyal bride; While I rode south towards San-Anton’. And we would meet up with, Travis and Bowie, To fight Santa Anna, As he rushed the ol’ palisade, Of the mission where I would die. The Bexar province would weep for we few, Who stood for the ideals of a noble, new nation. Yet, All ideals eventually come and go. Well, me and Nel, We ain’t never seen a cattle drive. We ain’t ever been outside this here pasture. So our dreams remain dreams, And our hope remains void. My Cowboy Dreams, And her beautiful mane, Grow faint and grey, Every Single Day.
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Once fully liberated, she rides her antique, three-speed bike down the small hill from her campsite to the:  RESTROOMS – SHOWERS – PAYING CAMPERS ONLY. She dismounts and goes into the well-kept, recreational facilities and takes a hot, 50-cent, seven-minute shower, arching her soapy back against the white tiles, rubbing her soapy front in the same spot, up and down and up, and then, rinsed, she stands, dripping wet in front of the first full-length mirror she's seen in weeks, gyrating her hips, mocking pin-up poses to herself and all god's good-looking men with a sense of the absurd, then she wraps her towel around, tying the knot between her ******* She stands outside in the sweet, Santa Vidian air, finger-drying her hair and imagining, unabashedly imagining, guys in the campsite above, eating fresh-cooked meat and ogling her. Then she takes off down the road, pale green nightgown fluttering against the rear spokes, past Bonnie's trailer where from sundown till 11pm you can hear the best country music: Randi Travis, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams Sr. She pulls up to her sweet “Bleu Belle,” shushes the dogs reflexively, hops off the bicycle, and turns, eyes closed, face upraised into a rare shaft of redwood forest sun.
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Jun 3, 2015
Jun 3, 2015 at 1:07 PM UTC
Love at Last
Travis used to pick up pebbles Held them in his hand looking For gold... Or crystal, smooth sides Or even one with a strange color He wanted to throw them upstream So he could watch his collection Bounce before it drowns Now I've been collecting pebbles Since he shot one bouncing farther Than the heat could bend the light I learned religion that day I woulda started a church on the shore Hiring monks to unravel the secrets Of his backhand throw, I mean if I could even pick up The pebbles anymore without Watching half drip through fingertips Just to watch them drown, thudding Into last years promises, I swear if I had a pebble for every Promise I made to my future, I'd be forced to build a wall Between me and every half-thrown Analogy ripping your mind Out of the moment and hello This isn't a Poem, this is Uhhhhh.... Just words in a line and so if that Interruption wasn't enough to Send you Running Then you're stronger than the people Disappointed by my inattention to details If I really had a pebble for every Promise I've ever broken I'd do my best To pile them up in such a way that the right Light reflects my true intentions That wall, is a scarf, to keep you warm All the nights you had to cry yourself To sleepless tossing when I should've been There. To wipe away your tears and I'm sorry.. But I'm gonna have to leave You in that bed a few more times I still Haven't learned how to count sheep who can't jump over that wall we built
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Apr 19, 2016
Apr 19, 2016 at 5:18 PM UTC
pile of pebbles
It’s Monday afternoon, the first day after Fall Break. Several of my suitemates are here, relaxing a bit before we hit the dining hall and then scatter, like debris from a bomb. There are a zillion things to do on campus, on any given night. Lisa and I are going to a seminar, Anna and Sunny are going to a Uni play and Leong’s going to see a documentary. Leong was hunched over a cup of dark tea, reading ‘J-14’ magazine. “Do any of you guys think Travis Kelce is hot?” She asked, not looking up. Leong subscribes to several ‘teen’ magazines, like ‘J-14’, ‘Girls' World’ and ‘Girl’s Life.’ She says that Yale is her chance to be the ‘American teenager’ she could never be at home (Macaw, China). We’d make fun of her if we didn’t all read them after she finished, and they were lying around. “No,” said Lisa and I about the same time as Anna and Sunny said, “Yeah,” to varying degrees. “Did you think he was hot before he started dating Taylor?” she asked, pushing the enquiry even further. “No,” said Lisa and I repeated in unison - we had this down now. “He wasn’t on my radar,” Anna admitted. Sunny said, “Yeah, same here.” “Why do YOU think he’s hot?” Leong asked Sunny (who’s fem-facing). “I can appreciate a hot guy,” she said, sounding a little defensive, “as someone who could draw hetero interest.” Then Lisa reported, from head down in her textbook, “Your mouth retains the DNA of everyone you ever kissed.” She looked up and asked me, how many guys have you kissed? “You mean politely kissed or Deep-kissed,” I asked back, tilting my head, sticking out my tongue and slobbering it around, like a dog eating peanut butter. “They mean French-kissed,” she replied, rescanning the last paragraphs as I calculated. “So, the five guys I dated, but we used to play ‘spin the bottle’ at parties too.. so.. 25?” I said. “You **** she laughed. “I have my truth,” I updogged, “How about you?” “I’d forgotten ‘spin the bottle,’ Lisa admitted, recalculating.. “Yeah, 25 sounds about right.” “Leong?” she asked Leong. “Two,” Leong answered instantly. “Anna?” she asked Anna, so Lisa was going completely around the room with this survey. “25 sounds right” Anna answered, “including spin,” (the bottle). “Sunny?” Leong asked Sunny. “A HUNDRED,” I said, hijacking Sunny’s answer, and everyone chuckled. Every Friday night Sunny brings a different girl home to ‘spend the night.’ It’s rather impressive. “A few,” Sunny answered, shrugging nonchalantly, “A girl doesn’t kiss and tell.” “I’ve got a calculator,” Anna said, “if you change your mind,” holding her phone up like an offer.
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Oct 23, 2023
Oct 23, 2023 at 5:09 PM UTC
25
It’s Monday afternoon, the first day after Fall Break. Several of my suitemates are here, relaxing a bit before we hit the dining hall and then scatter, like debris from a bomb. There are a zillion things to do on campus, on any given night. Lisa and I are going to a seminar, Anna and Sunny are going to a Uni play and Leong’s going to see a documentary. Leong was hunched over a cup of dark tea, reading ‘J-14’ magazine. “Do any of you guys think Travis Kelce is hot?” She asked, not looking up. Leong subscribes to several ‘teen’ magazines, like ‘J-14’, ‘Girls' World’ and ‘Girl’s Life.’ She says that Yale is her chance to be the ‘American teenager’ she could never be at home (Macaw, China). We’d make fun of her if we didn’t all read them after she finished, and they were lying around. “No,” said Lisa and I about the same time as Anna and Sunny said, “Yeah,” to varying degrees. “Did you think he was hot before he started dating Taylor?” she asked, pushing the enquiry even further. “No,” said Lisa and I repeated in unison - we had this down now. “He wasn’t on my radar,” Anna admitted. Sunny said, “Yeah, same here.” “Why do YOU think he’s hot?” Leong asked Sunny (who’s fem-facing). “I can appreciate a hot guy,” she said, sounding a little defensive, “as someone who could draw hetero interest.” Then Lisa reported, from head down in her textbook, “Your mouth retains the DNA of everyone you ever kissed.” She looked up and asked me, how many guys have you kissed? “You mean politely kissed or Deep-kissed,” I asked back, tilting my head, sticking out my tongue and slobbering it around, like a dog eating peanut butter. “They mean French-kissed,” she replied, rescanning the last paragraphs as I calculated. “So, the five guys I dated, but we used to play ‘spin the bottle’ at parties too.. so.. 25?” I said. “You **** she laughed. “I have my truth,” I updogged, “How about you?” “I’d forgotten ‘spin the bottle,’ Lisa admitted, recalculating.. “Yeah, 25 sounds about right.” “Leong?” she asked Leong. “Two,” Leong answered instantly. “Anna?” she asked Anna, so Lisa was going completely around the room with this survey. “25 sounds right” Anna answered, “including spin,” (the bottle). “Sunny?” Leong asked Sunny. “A HUNDRED,” I said, hijacking Sunny’s answer, and everyone chuckled. Every Friday night Sunny brings a different girl home to ‘spend the night.’ It’s rather impressive. “A few,” Sunny answered, shrugging nonchalantly, “A girl doesn’t kiss and tell.” “I’ve got a calculator,” Anna said, “if you change your mind,” holding her phone up like an offer.
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follow your bliss- my bliss? Follow your heart- the heart that is shattered? selecting a single splinter? you must trust yourself you must know yourself I lay my thread bare soul on the ground and stare. shredded, tattered and dingy yet still- always seeking what else must I do To be me? is this me? or now? Wait--- is this me? -yet? still when cornered like prey contempt and remorse oozes from my pores at once You did this- BUT YOU DID THIS TO ME! how could you- why would you? what did I ever do to you? it's me alone distracting and attracting always hiding- waiting to be found by the dense shadows on the outside. duality duplicity my own back in which repeatedly and magically stabbed the stench of regret wafts up knowing engorged nostrils sting I've pierced myself once again - barely relinquishing a dab of the putridness, greedily turning and twisting the pain in my fists wringing the sopping rag out in hopes of just one more use... with the always present possibility of finally spinning this life story to gold Travis 2/18/13
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Feb 18, 2013
Feb 18, 2013 at 9:58 PM UTC
spinning
The idea had been growing in my brain, Queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal, They are all animals anyway, Become a person like other people, Organization is necessary, All the animals come out at night, There never has been any choice for me, Wash all this **** off the streets. My body fights, There is no escape. I am God's lonely man, Headaches that stay and never go away, Thank God for the rain. Wash the garbage and cannot put it back together again, One day there will be a knock on the door, and it will be me. What hope is there for (me?)
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Sep 17, 2020
Sep 17, 2020 at 6:57 PM UTC
A Sonnet for Travis Bickle