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"unprofessional" poems
Slipping into my apron, Hungry in body and soul Humming as a song played... I grab my knife and chop-board Unsure of what to cook Strange inspirations possess me Filling me with ***** My kitchen becomes a stage In my hands- a plectrum and fretboard Silver utensils- my live audience!* As I play divine recipes Strumming master acoustic chords Chopping fresh, colorful vegetables. I dash to the remote, Punch "Repeat" and dash back on stage Landing on E♭ minor, Scaling impossible notes, I slice with razor-sharp plectrum, On onions and other root chords My fret arrayed with colors, Of spinach, lettuce, tomatoes Carrots, potatoes, olives Pepper, cabbage and cucumbers. I hear a thunder of applause As I ignite the cooker Butter sizzling in the hot pan A staccato of sharp notes, *Ready to modulate innocent vegetables Through spicy aromatic crescendos!* I fight hard to suppress a sneeze, No sneezing on-stage! Unprofessional! Multitudes of seconds rush by and… Voila!!! I stand for a moment Salivating, awed at my bravura! Wishing I could hang it on my wall Tis beautiful like art But I can’t eat this cake and have it! So I dig in… Heaven and earth kiss for a moment L U S C I O U S!!! Luckily, it didn’t taste nauseating Like my last attempt. No time for ceremonies I munch from pan to mouth Pausing for what may pass for a prayer, I relish every bite! Not that I’m a foodie or something, But nothing beats this combo- Of good food and soul music. And yes, *Music is indeed food to the soul!* I devour, in view- the next meal... © Raphael Uzor
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Apr 4, 2014
Apr 4, 2014 at 2:42 PM UTC
Guitar Sauce
Slipping into my apron, Hungry in body and soul Humming as a song played... I grab my knife and chop-board Unsure of what to cook Strange inspirations possess me Filling me with ***** My kitchen becomes a stage In my hands- a plectrum and fretboard Silver utensils- my live audience!* As I play divine recipes Strumming master acoustic chords Chopping fresh, colorful vegetables. I dash to the remote, Punch "Repeat" and dash back on stage Landing on E♭ minor, Scaling impossible notes, I slice with razor-sharp plectrum, On onions and other root chords My fret arrayed with colors, Of spinach, lettuce, tomatoes Carrots, potatoes, olives Pepper, cabbage and cucumbers. I hear a thunder of applause As I ignite the cooker Butter sizzling in the hot pan A staccato of sharp notes, *Ready to modulate innocent vegetables Through spicy aromatic crescendos!* I fight hard to suppress a sneeze, No sneezing on-stage! Unprofessional! Multitudes of seconds rush by and… Voila!!! I stand for a moment Salivating, awed at my bravura! Wishing I could hang it on my wall Tis beautiful like art But I can’t eat this cake and have it! So I dig in… Heaven and earth kiss for a moment L U S C I O U S!!! Luckily, it didn’t taste nauseating Like my last attempt. No time for ceremonies I munch from pan to mouth Pausing for what may pass for a prayer, I relish every bite! Not that I’m a foodie or something, But nothing beats this combo- Of good food and soul music. And yes, *Music is indeed food to the soul!* I devour, in view- the next meal... © Raphael Uzor
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When I was young, I had long curly hair That cascaded down my back Like an ominous waterfall; So dark and thick, it seemed to go on forever. But, when I was in school, it was always tied up. It was a challenge for my mother to tame it with a brush And keep it in the confines of a bun. She said it was to keep my hair from getting to my and others’ faces. But some people still managed to make me feel bad for having such “unruly” hair when the most it’s been exposed is when I take out my hair tie just to tie it back up again. For years I tried to straighten it; Hair rebonding every year, Straightening iron ever morning, Damaged hair and damaged pride every day. They say a woman’s hair is her crown; She must wear it with her chin up And flaunt it unabashedly. This is to the girls who do. This is to the girls who dye their hair magnificent colors To match their colorful personalities. This is to the girls who cut their own hair Because hair salons charge so much for a trim. This is to the girls who shave all their hair for charity Or for support of the girls in chemotherapy. But this is also for the girls in chemotherapy, Who are still thriving even though they’re suffering. This is also to the girls whose hair are being treated like an anomaly, Their braids being pulled and afros being patted. This is also to the girls who can’t land a job Because their skills were degraded by their “unprofessional” hair. A woman’s hair is her crown But a queen does not need a crown. A queen is not just some girl with a shiny thing on her head. A queen is a figure of power, compassion and grace. She wears the crown, not the other way around.
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Jul 23, 2017
Jul 23, 2017 at 5:51 AM UTC
A Queen's Crown
When I was young, I had long curly hair That cascaded down my back Like an ominous waterfall; So dark and thick, it seemed to go on forever. But, when I was in school, it was always tied up. It was a challenge for my mother to tame it with a brush And keep it in the confines of a bun. She said it was to keep my hair from getting to my and others’ faces. But some people still managed to make me feel bad for having such “unruly” hair when the most it’s been exposed is when I take out my hair tie just to tie it back up again. For years I tried to straighten it; Hair rebonding every year, Straightening iron ever morning, Damaged hair and damaged pride every day. They say a woman’s hair is her crown; She must wear it with her chin up And flaunt it unabashedly. This is to the girls who do. This is to the girls who dye their hair magnificent colors To match their colorful personalities. This is to the girls who cut their own hair Because hair salons charge so much for a trim. This is to the girls who shave all their hair for charity Or for support of the girls in chemotherapy. But this is also for the girls in chemotherapy, Who are still thriving even though they’re suffering. This is also to the girls whose hair are being treated like an anomaly, Their braids being pulled and afros being patted. This is also to the girls who can’t land a job Because their skills were degraded by their “unprofessional” hair. A woman’s hair is her crown But a queen does not need a crown. A queen is not just some girl with a shiny thing on her head. A queen is a figure of power, compassion and grace. She wears the crown, not the other way around.
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young kid my age on the news for being partially beheaded in South Vancouver his girlfriend blurry pixels in shock. he was majoring in criminology, sweet God I miss him already, oh my sweet sweet whatever. My heart aches and a tear wells and crawls down my cheek to my chin to my neck to my chest. I'm at work. this is unprofessional.
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Jan 24, 2013
Jan 24, 2013 at 9:30 PM UTC
'Vancouver police arrest five men after 19-year-old man killed in sword attack'
There’s something about you that makes me want to write bad poetry and half-assed short stories. Something about you that makes me want to take all my unspoken words and turn them into something beautiful, something worthwhile. You make me want to be an artist like Van Gogh or Sylvia Plath; you make me want to create. Maybe it’s that blue wave that crashes down like an incoming tide on the beach— your eyes when you look at me in a certain way, in a certain light. Or maybe it’s the way that you say my name and then say all those horrible things that make me want to rip something open. Those words that rip me open. You make beautiful stanzas get stuck in my head like lyrics to a bad pop song; I can’t erase them and the only way I can think of to cope with it is to write them down like a schoolgirl with a well worn diary. I think I might as well have hypergraphia. I am an unprofessional medical doctor with a pen, paper, and Word Document suffering from a form of verbal ***** because I can’t possibly think of a way to speak my mind. I think I would make a very good mute. I wish I lacked a voice box because then I wouldn’t have to be the one that has to say all the right, comforting things at the all the right times and all the right places. Sometimes it feels as if I’m being eaten from the inside out by some sort of paratrophic organism that sits atop my frontal lobe and dictates my life and fluctuates my anxiety and I can’t even think about some things anymore because of this nervous clench I get in my gut when I let my thoughts get too jumbled. But you—you make me want to write the most heartfelt and sappy sentences and you make me want to be more than just ordinary. You make me want to be extraordinary. I guess that what I’m writing is an apology in the shape of a few stanzas and a few metaphors. And this is an “I forgive you” for that night that we spent outside your house arguing over the stupidest of things, so stupid that I can hardly remember a single word I said to you. Nothing gratifying is ever painless to obtain and I want to be a fighter like Hercules or Alexander the Great. I want to be extraordinary with you.
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Sep 17, 2013
Sep 17, 2013 at 11:56 PM UTC
An Archetypal Editorial
There’s something about you that makes me want to write bad poetry and half-assed short stories. Something about you that makes me want to take all my unspoken words and turn them into something beautiful, something worthwhile. You make me want to be an artist like Van Gogh or Sylvia Plath; you make me want to create. Maybe it’s that blue wave that crashes down like an incoming tide on the beach— your eyes when you look at me in a certain way, in a certain light. Or maybe it’s the way that you say my name and then say all those horrible things that make me want to rip something open. Those words that rip me open. You make beautiful stanzas get stuck in my head like lyrics to a bad pop song; I can’t erase them and the only way I can think of to cope with it is to write them down like a schoolgirl with a well worn diary. I think I might as well have hypergraphia. I am an unprofessional medical doctor with a pen, paper, and Word Document suffering from a form of verbal ***** because I can’t possibly think of a way to speak my mind. I think I would make a very good mute. I wish I lacked a voice box because then I wouldn’t have to be the one that has to say all the right, comforting things at the all the right times and all the right places. Sometimes it feels as if I’m being eaten from the inside out by some sort of paratrophic organism that sits atop my frontal lobe and dictates my life and fluctuates my anxiety and I can’t even think about some things anymore because of this nervous clench I get in my gut when I let my thoughts get too jumbled. But you—you make me want to write the most heartfelt and sappy sentences and you make me want to be more than just ordinary. You make me want to be extraordinary. I guess that what I’m writing is an apology in the shape of a few stanzas and a few metaphors. And this is an “I forgive you” for that night that we spent outside your house arguing over the stupidest of things, so stupid that I can hardly remember a single word I said to you. Nothing gratifying is ever painless to obtain and I want to be a fighter like Hercules or Alexander the Great. I want to be extraordinary with you.
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You are not cute Poem 3/5/2014 “You are cute.” No. Cute is a creature, A little woodland chipmunk, And I have news for you. I don’t eat acorns or live my life in that wrong tree you’re barking up. I’m not the poster child of a PETA campaign. No. Cute is a bow on a neatly packaged gift. One with some fancy pattern. And I have news for you. There is nothing neat about this package, nor is it seasonal, It won’t arrive on your doorstep for a special occasion. I’m packaged with so many deep layers you couldn’t have it open in time for next year’s Christmas. No. Cute is young and unprofessional. A little child playing with toys. And I have news for you. I’m not your toy. You can’t pick me up to play, at your convenience, to then drop me on the floor forgotten. And I’m a grown *** man – nothing cute about hangovers, hair loss, bills to pay, and unwashed laundry. No. Cute is not what we should aim for. Cute is a one-liner and I am a Master’s Thesis. Cute is what you’ll say before you cruise me online, ***** me, and then you’ll try to use me. I’ll tell you what is cute though – you feeding me such a shallow compliment, When really you should be treating me to the five-course conversation. Ask me about my credentials darling, Bachelors Degree with double majors, working on law school and a PhD. And finally, No. I’m not **** *** ***** ‘tool,’ ‘trick,’ or **** either… That’s only on Tuesdays.
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Mar 6, 2014
Mar 6, 2014 at 1:58 AM UTC
You are not cute
She thought she has understood it clear That love is only a game to play When she feels bored and out of place Someone is there,  a game to share with She understood it so very clearly A game of heart, so let's play it fair To Win some, To lose some A love game between two players The game of hearts, Attracting, flattering, sweet talking, seducing... losing or winning doesn't really matter... the pleasure is the game... Just a fling of romance, In the name of a game Steal each others heart... and be safe and sound a risky game... to love for to die for and  to leave free upon a game over no strings attached....understood it clear after all.... its only a game of love She thought the game is in the grip of her hands understood the game so clear Played with the rules of the game... A game is nothing but a game... Too egoistic to admit... That emotions and feelings cannot be bought can never be part of a game... To these..... She Lost herself in her own game Unplanned, Unprepared, Unprofessional... Both players were A dangerous game... love is... What she thought as a play of love Is a strong flame indeed, hard to put out.. hard to cool off... what a dangerous game of  heart to play fire with fire a fire of real desire... it burns the skin so deep.... The players are hooked in the end.. lost their navigation....in the game they thought They have understood... What they thought a GOODBYE after They grabbed some tokens as the exchange of love.. is an unexpected FOREVER stays... In this game of the hearts Success or defeats... unskillful Players become lovers... attached... inseparable... even when the game is OVER! When she falls, she falls hard... play not with the game of heart...
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Jul 4, 2013
Jul 4, 2013 at 4:04 PM UTC
The game of heart
She thought she has understood it clear That love is only a game to play When she feels bored and out of place Someone is there,  a game to share with She understood it so very clearly A game of heart, so let's play it fair To Win some, To lose some A love game between two players The game of hearts, Attracting, flattering, sweet talking, seducing... losing or winning doesn't really matter... the pleasure is the game... Just a fling of romance, In the name of a game Steal each others heart... and be safe and sound a risky game... to love for to die for and  to leave free upon a game over no strings attached....understood it clear after all.... its only a game of love She thought the game is in the grip of her hands understood the game so clear Played with the rules of the game... A game is nothing but a game... Too egoistic to admit... That emotions and feelings cannot be bought can never be part of a game... To these..... She Lost herself in her own game Unplanned, Unprepared, Unprofessional... Both players were A dangerous game... love is... What she thought as a play of love Is a strong flame indeed, hard to put out.. hard to cool off... what a dangerous game of  heart to play fire with fire a fire of real desire... it burns the skin so deep.... The players are hooked in the end.. lost their navigation....in the game they thought They have understood... What they thought a GOODBYE after They grabbed some tokens as the exchange of love.. is an unexpected FOREVER stays... In this game of the hearts Success or defeats... unskillful Players become lovers... attached... inseparable... even when the game is OVER! When she falls, she falls hard... play not with the game of heart...
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I couldn't believe the pathetic look you were giving me, As if I was the one who needed saving. Let me profess once and for all that I do not want your pity. Once and for all, that you never realized what I needed from you. Friends, He shrugged at me when the fiery arrows came, And he kept my secrets, but only when I was present. Friends, I gave him my utmost devotion and he dismissed it for the bat of pretty eyelashes Friends! He abandoned the sacredness of friendship For the sake of professionalism. It's "unprofessional" to care for someone Who sacrificed everything for you.
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Aug 23, 2014
Aug 23, 2014 at 7:29 PM UTC
Professionalism
so there's this girl that i met about a month ago yeah, maybe a little over a month ago might be two months, for all i know but i digress my point is that this girl she likes me she likes me a lot and i like her i like her a little more than a lot maybe a little too much more but there's this problem it's been around since the first words we spoke and it's been clouding my brain for as long as i know her and i just can't seem to let it go and i'm usually good at that sort of thing but i guess everyone gets a little broken sometimes see, this girl i work with her we talk for hours and hours while we're serving customers and trying to hide the fact that we might talk a little too much from the other employees and the management because that's bad for business, you see customers can't take notice or even have the slightest cause even for a moment to wonder or think that anything may or may not be going on behind the scenes between the people that serve them behind the counters at the movie theatre it's just unprofessional people have gotten fired for this lots of them, so i hear we have a problem with that though see, when we're around eachother it's hard to act normal per say it's hard to seem unassuming when the person you want is right there only inches away from you it's hard to fake something that's just so real so we don't do that good of a job to say the least of keeping what we are what we have going on the down low so we constantly get things like "you two better be dating" and "you two act so much like a couple" and, the classic "aww, you guys are so cute together" i shrug it off for the most part or i just smile just a bit (because i can't help it) and say something like "no, we're just friends" or "no, it's not like that" but it is it is like that i want it to be like that i wish and i hope that it could be like that but going back to what i was saying that little problem that's been shadowing me and prodding at my thoughts and my dreams is that she already has a boy
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Sep 5, 2013
Sep 5, 2013 at 5:08 PM UTC
self-conscious confessional complaints and self-indulgent thoughts
so there's this girl that i met about a month ago yeah, maybe a little over a month ago might be two months, for all i know but i digress my point is that this girl she likes me she likes me a lot and i like her i like her a little more than a lot maybe a little too much more but there's this problem it's been around since the first words we spoke and it's been clouding my brain for as long as i know her and i just can't seem to let it go and i'm usually good at that sort of thing but i guess everyone gets a little broken sometimes see, this girl i work with her we talk for hours and hours while we're serving customers and trying to hide the fact that we might talk a little too much from the other employees and the management because that's bad for business, you see customers can't take notice or even have the slightest cause even for a moment to wonder or think that anything may or may not be going on behind the scenes between the people that serve them behind the counters at the movie theatre it's just unprofessional people have gotten fired for this lots of them, so i hear we have a problem with that though see, when we're around eachother it's hard to act normal per say it's hard to seem unassuming when the person you want is right there only inches away from you it's hard to fake something that's just so real so we don't do that good of a job to say the least of keeping what we are what we have going on the down low so we constantly get things like "you two better be dating" and "you two act so much like a couple" and, the classic "aww, you guys are so cute together" i shrug it off for the most part or i just smile just a bit (because i can't help it) and say something like "no, we're just friends" or "no, it's not like that" but it is it is like that i want it to be like that i wish and i hope that it could be like that but going back to what i was saying that little problem that's been shadowing me and prodding at my thoughts and my dreams is that she already has a boy
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I wanted to hug you but it would have be unprofessional. Four years, we have worked together, and I was finally able to talk to you. You started to joke with me but it didn't feel unprofessional. You said, 'I almost didn't recognize you!' and we walked along the canyon rim. Every time out paths cross my thoughts become unprofessional. Your blue eyes, make me dizzy and I get tongue-tied, maybe that's why I couldn't speak. I packed you a lunch since you forgot yours and it didn't seem at all unprofessional. You said, 'You've made me week!' and the baked goods were all you could talk about. I offered to make you a cheesecake for your birthday and I hope our relationship gets unprofessional. You said, 'We can trade beer and baked goods!' and I couldn't keep the smile off my face. Now I have to wait until April and I'll try to be professional. Believe me, I still want to hug you and I hope you call me for that cheesecake.
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Mar 27, 2013
Mar 27, 2013 at 11:03 PM UTC
Unprofessional
Cloud-vacant darkened sky, muffled ears under woolly coolness of chocolate-icing water, choppy, unsmooth, iced by an unprofessional child-chef. Stretched-out limbs like a blown-up starfish floating dumb and mindless and alone. Bobbing apples, eyes obscured temporarily, under cold salt swishing swashing slipping sliding. Sticky candy-apple lips pursed tight against salty smoothness licking lapping lisping loving. Slow breaths flow freely through nose, sticking upright from the water like ancient uncovered bones from sand; Wind whipping off years of hiding to reveal the unknown death. Slowly floating, bobbing silent, unaware from the sand: waves washing gently, nudging against the starfish boy. Leading him away from shore.
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Apr 27, 2014
Apr 27, 2014 at 4:53 AM UTC
Backfloat
I slept. I woke up early. I got ready for my day early too. I slept in my clothes, hair done and makeup too. I had plans for the library and to wash the car, but i did nothing I slept I had dreams of things ill never remember. I had dreams of things ill never relive I had much needed sleep ill never give. And then i met him and went to the doctors Where i was treated out of taste "Did he at least make you *** Says my doctor His tongue hanging out Hes going back to teaching His divorce on the rise I told him nothing only moved my head thinking to myself the unprofessional words he said When my appointment was over and it was time to go He said if things dont work out with my fiancee To let him know. Today I slept and the world still went by Looking out the car window watching the trees fly by. Here comes the crisp of night. Im wrapped up with my love Protected and safe Away from inappropriate doctors Away from the chores I put off Tomorrows already here And Im rested to go Time to sleep and forget about yesterday woes.
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May 1, 2013
May 1, 2013 at 11:36 PM UTC
i didnt write today
My poems don't have a sentence. They're vague, unfinished, unclear. And they certainly don't address the reader, For that would be unprofessional, dear. My poems don't have a meaning. They're meant to be read and understood. And they certainly don't have a title. Yes, guidance is not at all good. | | \/ Commas and them old fullstops. Questions? Hah! What do they even do? Exclamations? What silly ideas! My poems don't need you! Yes, my poems never rhyme. For what use will it lend? Yes, my poems never hold ironic lies. And of course, they'll never end.
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Aug 3, 2018
Aug 3, 2018 at 6:07 AM UTC
Hypocrisy
- I - I am Death and I am sorry. Sorry that I robbed you of your youth your vigor and your vitality. I am sorry that I gave you days and months and years of black days and months and years better spent under the sun dancing in the rain prancing in the snow. I am sorry that I robbed you of your very first love your child, your sister your mother or father your one care in the world. I am sorry that I took away those things that were the light of your life the salt of your earth whether those be tangible or intangible. I am sorry for all this and more. - II - But this is what I do. This is the burden that Fate and Destiny have placed upon my shoulders. This is the task that has been assigned to me by the cosmos. The universe needs a Reaper a Soul-Harvester a Life-Taker and that’s me. Death. It is my unfortunate task to remind you – man, woman and child that you are not invincible. I am an omnipresent reminder of your own mortality an ever-present red ribbon tied around your finger. Believe me when I tell you that I enjoy it very little and detest it very much. That I should be the one who coaxes your tears from your eyes burns my soul – MY soul. Yes, I have one, too however hardened it may be after all these years. That I should have to swoop in to your homes, your hospital wards, your cars, barge in on your meals, your vacations, your special time with loved ones is, to me, awful, a sin. Me stealing from you those years, people and other things from you is vagrancy, indecency, criminal. Nothing less. - III - I, Death, am a vagabond. A cold hearted ******* A demon borne in the fiery pits of Hell. I am cruel, calculating and ruthless with impeccable timing, I know it. I know it, and yet I have not the heart to give up what I do. It is the only thing I know. But every day that I do it is a day where my heart aches. My heart aches and it has for some time now. It is a pain of which I shall never be rid. I am sure of it. Would you believe me if I told you that I listen to your pleas? Your moaning, your agonized begging, your take-me-not-hers, your why-him-not-me’s fall on ears. Attentive ones listening ones. I promise you, I hear you, and I hold your hearts in my hands. But I just cannot give you what they seek. It would be unfair. Me letting your brother live and not his would be unbalanced, unnatural unseemly, unprofessional. Mercy defeats the purpose of death. Mercy defeats the purpose of me and I hate it but it is so and that is that. - IV - I am Death. I am black I am dark I am night. I know your secrets, your darkest ones. I know what you desire to know. When you shall die. I know it. You all shall die. I know it. You know it. And that scares you. You are all afraid of me. Do not lie. I know it. It’s true. You all think you are doomed. You think you are doomed? You are doomed to succumb to death? I am doomed to be death. I am sorry but I am Death.
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Sep 20, 2011
Sep 20, 2011 at 7:31 PM UTC
Death
- I - I am Death and I am sorry. Sorry that I robbed you of your youth your vigor and your vitality. I am sorry that I gave you days and months and years of black days and months and years better spent under the sun dancing in the rain prancing in the snow. I am sorry that I robbed you of your very first love your child, your sister your mother or father your one care in the world. I am sorry that I took away those things that were the light of your life the salt of your earth whether those be tangible or intangible. I am sorry for all this and more. - II - But this is what I do. This is the burden that Fate and Destiny have placed upon my shoulders. This is the task that has been assigned to me by the cosmos. The universe needs a Reaper a Soul-Harvester a Life-Taker and that’s me. Death. It is my unfortunate task to remind you – man, woman and child that you are not invincible. I am an omnipresent reminder of your own mortality an ever-present red ribbon tied around your finger. Believe me when I tell you that I enjoy it very little and detest it very much. That I should be the one who coaxes your tears from your eyes burns my soul – MY soul. Yes, I have one, too however hardened it may be after all these years. That I should have to swoop in to your homes, your hospital wards, your cars, barge in on your meals, your vacations, your special time with loved ones is, to me, awful, a sin. Me stealing from you those years, people and other things from you is vagrancy, indecency, criminal. Nothing less. - III - I, Death, am a vagabond. A cold hearted ******* A demon borne in the fiery pits of Hell. I am cruel, calculating and ruthless with impeccable timing, I know it. I know it, and yet I have not the heart to give up what I do. It is the only thing I know. But every day that I do it is a day where my heart aches. My heart aches and it has for some time now. It is a pain of which I shall never be rid. I am sure of it. Would you believe me if I told you that I listen to your pleas? Your moaning, your agonized begging, your take-me-not-hers, your why-him-not-me’s fall on ears. Attentive ones listening ones. I promise you, I hear you, and I hold your hearts in my hands. But I just cannot give you what they seek. It would be unfair. Me letting your brother live and not his would be unbalanced, unnatural unseemly, unprofessional. Mercy defeats the purpose of death. Mercy defeats the purpose of me and I hate it but it is so and that is that. - IV - I am Death. I am black I am dark I am night. I know your secrets, your darkest ones. I know what you desire to know. When you shall die. I know it. You all shall die. I know it. You know it. And that scares you. You are all afraid of me. Do not lie. I know it. It’s true. You all think you are doomed. You think you are doomed? You are doomed to succumb to death? I am doomed to be death. I am sorry but I am Death.
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Beads of sweat roll down my forehead as my fingers fly all over the keyboard There's not much time, I need to get it done, I need this to be perfect It's my saving grace for my lousy performance through high school It's the leap that will take me to the next level How's my grammar? Did I spell these words correctly? Will they finish reading it with a lasting impression? Am I thought-provoking? Too serious? Too unprofessional? These questions only continue to clog my mind I handed the type-written output over And ask the guidance counselor if I'll do fine She nods and fills my head with reassuring words I swallowed them down and stiffly said 'thanks' The car ride home summoned a couple of daydreams I pictured myself getting into the honoree list And making my parents' hearts swell with pride But let's be real: Am I even going to make it? Here I sit in front of the laptop again, fingers ready To explore a wide range of prestigious universities Maybe they'll require me to write an essay again I swear on everything I'll write them better than the last
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Aug 13, 2014
Aug 13, 2014 at 7:39 AM UTC
College Application Essay
Someone told me I was someone But I didn't get it. Sure, I write Google knows my name I've been "published" But it feels empty still. What do I want? Reviews Comments Tell me you hate it, Tell me you love it. Tell me it made you laugh, Tell me it made you cry. That you threw my book out That you couldn't put it down. Something. Anything. I'm wondering, you know... Am I good enough? Will I be discovered? Or am I full of hot air, A childish, Unprofessional Hack. I other words, Am I a nobody, or Someone?
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Dec 4, 2009
Dec 4, 2009 at 3:16 PM UTC
Someone
Being a girl is hard But being a black girl... Let me tell you about being a black girl Leave Out Twist Frontal Perm Pick your poison "Unprofessional" Or falling for " European Beauty Standards" " Why are you so quiet?" Do you expect me to be aggressive And snap my fingers in an A-Z formation Light Skin is the best skin Or so they say I'm jealous of my brother, for his caramel skin Oh what I'd do for that caramel skin You think that's the worst of it but have you see **** Cute girl makes love to -insert famous **** star here Ebony ***** gets banged till she squirts Which would you rather watch? If you ever turned on a TV you'd see reality shows with the perfect blue eyed blond hair cast and the one black kid who doesn't get enough attention Ever since Rachel was the Bachelorette I too prayed one day I'll find the man of my dreams Have you ever had a crush on someone and ever think if they even like girls your skin color? Being a girl is hard But being a black girl Oh let me tell you about being a black girl
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Nov 27, 2017
Nov 27, 2017 at 4:13 PM UTC
Diary Of A Black Girl
January- I’m trying to forget the sound of your voice. Just a few days ago your cries for attention were echoing in my ears. I don’t know how to turn down the volume. February- Grape vines twist through my ribcage. My blood turns to wine. March- The sun pokes its head out the curtain. The stars tell it not too. That is unprofessional. No one can know what goes on behind the scenes. April- I wear birthday cake frosting as lipstick. I resemble a clown. I balance on boxes filled with my favorite books. Another year older. May- I’m a time bomb. I’m ticking down. I’m sorry you had to find out this way. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6. The confessions burble out of my throat. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Silence. June- Like the flowers, I am reborn. My petals spread out and greet the warmth. My pretty colors distract me from my inevitable death. July- I can’t breathe under this heat. The air has stilled, the Earth has stopped moving. How am I still not over this? August- I hide from the sun. From the sky and the stars. I am ashamed of what I am. September- Everyone is looking at me. I don’t fit inside my skin. They all know. It is written across my forehead. It is tattooed in braille on the soles of my feet. October- The leaves fall from trees. I follow suit. We change and die together. I knew there was a reason I liked this weather. November- I have long stopped being a person. I am your lost inhaler. I am snow in the summer. An afterthought of a girl. I am sorry. December- Its the anniversary of the assault. I’ve only ever spoken about in poetry. Compared it to bees. Compared it to cats’ claws stuck in moth eaten sweaters. To irritated scars now opened despite months of bandages and stitches. I’ve left it folded in between pages of diary entries. I hope one day you find them. And you realize what you’ve done.
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Jan 31, 2014
Jan 31, 2014 at 11:52 PM UTC
Diary Entries
January- I’m trying to forget the sound of your voice. Just a few days ago your cries for attention were echoing in my ears. I don’t know how to turn down the volume. February- Grape vines twist through my ribcage. My blood turns to wine. March- The sun pokes its head out the curtain. The stars tell it not too. That is unprofessional. No one can know what goes on behind the scenes. April- I wear birthday cake frosting as lipstick. I resemble a clown. I balance on boxes filled with my favorite books. Another year older. May- I’m a time bomb. I’m ticking down. I’m sorry you had to find out this way. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6. The confessions burble out of my throat. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Silence. June- Like the flowers, I am reborn. My petals spread out and greet the warmth. My pretty colors distract me from my inevitable death. July- I can’t breathe under this heat. The air has stilled, the Earth has stopped moving. How am I still not over this? August- I hide from the sun. From the sky and the stars. I am ashamed of what I am. September- Everyone is looking at me. I don’t fit inside my skin. They all know. It is written across my forehead. It is tattooed in braille on the soles of my feet. October- The leaves fall from trees. I follow suit. We change and die together. I knew there was a reason I liked this weather. November- I have long stopped being a person. I am your lost inhaler. I am snow in the summer. An afterthought of a girl. I am sorry. December- Its the anniversary of the assault. I’ve only ever spoken about in poetry. Compared it to bees. Compared it to cats’ claws stuck in moth eaten sweaters. To irritated scars now opened despite months of bandages and stitches. I’ve left it folded in between pages of diary entries. I hope one day you find them. And you realize what you’ve done.
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"Don't leave any marks," she says as I nip playfully at her neck; "It's unprofessional," she mutters while squirming from the waltz of my lips, and at the dance of my fingertips; everything was electric and it was great, truly breathtaking- at the time- but that time- has passed; sacrificed; killed. If only One so edified, dark, and **** in Her ways would grace me with Her Time and Temple; whilst true to Herself upon Her unfolding Path, that I may also be true to my Self upon my unfolding Path. Truly, that would be a Dream come true and the Moon would stop and stand still for us. Though, think not that I seek merely a toy, that I want someone for mere fun; this is not a question of mere Lust: I want Love. I want to feel Love. Truest of Love; Metaphysically, as well as physically; I want someone who would make it seem as if the Moon stands still for us; Alas, though a gleam, it doth indeed seem to be merely a Dream within illusioned Dream -__-_-__-_-__-_-__-_-__-_-__-_-__-_-__-
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Aug 26, 2013
Aug 26, 2013 at 4:56 AM UTC
The Moon stands still for us
Underlying secrets hidden well within the drift currents of civil conversations Accusations and insinuations all sensually dressed as ordinary citations Anticipations build while I wait for you to stroll through, my double doors. You open it wide and come inside As I beg for you to stay for more… of your stimulating conversations mischievous contemplations Enlarged by the sight of your muscular arms Please don’t be alarmed! I realize that my intentions are unprofessional and corrupt But I can’t get enough As I fantasize and visualize you between my thighs, I won’t deny these intense vibes of pleasure you send As I’m more inclined to live in this moment - No excuses – just own it As we realize our omitted restrictions mutually hidden well within our underlying conversations
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Oct 28, 2013
Oct 28, 2013 at 4:09 PM UTC
Hidden conversations
The way you scrapped me solidly so the meat on my bones is picked clean. Malingering with the charm of a sweet cream but filled with distaste underneath, neatly putting me in the box beneath your bed. I find it unweildy, inconvenient; To be carrying such a scene in parts of me that you outlined without knowledge They tell you to say grace before a meal or at least wipe your hands first.
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Jul 2, 2014
Jul 2, 2014 at 10:55 PM UTC
I find it unprofessional
On 11/16/15 at 4:45 p.m. near 338a Main St., a Hackensack Police Dept. patrolman in car #107 slowed his vehicle down to text on his computer which he had positioned on the passenger side of the vehicle.  While using his right hand to use the computer his left hand was on the window slot of the driver's side door.  Keep in mind now that no hands were on the steering wheel and the patrol car was still in motion.  When I mentioned to the driver "no texting while driving officer."  He then turned to face me and stated **** you."  Then he drove away.  This was the most unprofessional act of an uniformed officer that I have ever witnessed Here in hackensack.
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Nov 17, 2015
Nov 17, 2015 at 3:06 PM UTC
Moving Violation (explicit)
I have nothing against the person, But the profession can be irksome. You may get argumentative, But that’s part of the dance: To step on some toes. So, I leave you to choose, And add some of your own. o Dentist o Teacher (for the disenchanted/entitled) o Oncologists o Auto Mechanic o Clerics o Lawyers o Funeral Persona
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Sep 26, 2019
Sep 26, 2019 at 10:40 PM UTC
Is Dis Unprofessional: A Participoem
sometimes i wish i could go back and tell myself not to go that day tell myself to stay home don't use the car eat at home sometimes i wish i could go back and tell myself to not trust him tell myself he's unprofessional you can find new friends in public areas sometimes i wish i could go back and warn myself that something will happen very shortly if i choose to go out for lunch instead of stay home sometimes i wish i could go back and make different decisions make a decision to find food at home and to not trust everyone you meet because there are some terrible people right under your nose but i was only eighteen i had 2 hours to spare it was lunch i was hungry and you offered to bring me out to lunch i shouldn't have gone i should have stayed home i shouldn't have waited in your house for you i should have seen the signs and then everything turned upside down because as i yelled for you to stop you covered my mouth and as tears ran down my face you got angrier and i got scared i wish i could go back and not go out to lunch i wish i could go back and not run into that situation i wish i could go back because then maybe just maybe i wouldn't have been *****
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Jun 22, 2017
Jun 22, 2017 at 12:25 PM UTC
if i went back