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Good-by, proud world, I'm going home, Thou'rt not my friend, and I'm not thine; Long through thy weary crowds I roam; A river-ark on the ocean brine, Long I've been tossed like the driven foam, But now, proud world, I'm going home. Good-by to Flattery's fawning face, To Grandeur, with his wise grimace, To upstart Wealth's averted eye, To supple Office low and high, To crowded halls, to court, and street, To frozen hearts, and hasting feet, To those who go, and those who come, Good-by, proud world, I'm going home. I'm going to my own hearth-stone Bosomed in yon green hills, alone, A secret nook in a pleasant land, Whose groves the frolic fairies planned; Where arches green the livelong day Echo the blackbird's roundelay, And ****** feet have never trod A spot that is sacred to thought and God. Oh, when I am safe in my sylvan home, I tread on the pride of Greece and Rome; And when I am stretched beneath the pines Where the evening star so holy shines, I laugh at the lore and the pride of man, At the sophist schools, and the learned clan; For what are they all in their high conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet.
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Good-by
It is when It climbs up a tree An ape's bald butts Nitpickers can see. Before having The talent on hand An upstart, one mustn't Forge forward!
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Oct 27, 2015
Oct 27, 2015 at 7:06 AM UTC
An ape's bald butts
I praise Thee, God, whose rays upstart beneath the Bright and Morning Star: Nowit asali fardh salat assobhi allahu akbar. I praise Thee, God, the fierce and swart; at noon Thou ridest forth to war! Nowit asali fardh salat assohri allahu akabr. I praise Thee, God, whose arrows dart their royal radiance o'er the scar: Nowit asali fardh salat asasri allahu akabr. I praise Thee, God, whose fires depart, who drivest down the sky thy car: Nowit asali fardh salat al maghrab allahu akabr. I praise Thee, God, whose purple heart is hidden in the abyss afar: Nowit asali fardh salat al asha allahu akabr.
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The Five Adorations
I romanticize humanity until what's left isn't even human. I cook up fallacies about legal aliens and add a dash of cumin. Your chef tosses salads in the pasta section of the grocery store. Devil's just as confused, with a ***** and an apology at heaven's door. You don't know, and no one cares where eggs go when they die. Godzilla thinks of a car full of clowns like you would a sardine pie. What happens when an elephant gets alzheimer's and loses keys? Does the paradox consume an entire circus of trapeze-act-fleas? I ruin birthday cakes by blowing off the frosting instead of the flames. How I do that? Count backwards from backwards and say my names. Bittersweet love anthems pollute the brains of conscientious dames. Heavy metal doesn't pollute, it pacifies rage quitting from soul-sucking games. Out of the woodwork comes a limp ***** that would work, Long hours only to find he'd pay millions for a Miley Cyrus twerk, Which is worth about as much as an all-female circle **** Unless you add strap-ons, so strap in and lap up the knee-jerk-smirk. It is unwise to handle scissors when one is being cutting-edge, Because your accountants will dangle themselves off of a three-storey ledge, When you cut up the ledgers and make light of, that is, burn, the evidence of pledge, To the monkeys in your think-tank mailing feces to the upstart farmer's hedge. Now I know you're sick of rhyming and of poems and of liver culling whisky, But I must inform you of a pirate's missing eye, I've bought sight of something risky, I implore that when this song and dance is done, you'll assuredly miss me, Because I've told you everything about depravity, hence forth you must kiss me. Beacons of hope shine much like cantankerous silver in the moonlight. If you're a werewolf that will fill you with hope and with immeasurable fright. One day the world will admit that I'm awesome and impoverished to boot, Because when the song and dance is done, what's left is just an ounce of loot.
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Jul 20, 2022
Jul 20, 2022 at 9:28 PM UTC
What's Left...
I romanticize humanity until what's left isn't even human. I cook up fallacies about legal aliens and add a dash of cumin. Your chef tosses salads in the pasta section of the grocery store. Devil's just as confused, with a ***** and an apology at heaven's door. You don't know, and no one cares where eggs go when they die. Godzilla thinks of a car full of clowns like you would a sardine pie. What happens when an elephant gets alzheimer's and loses keys? Does the paradox consume an entire circus of trapeze-act-fleas? I ruin birthday cakes by blowing off the frosting instead of the flames. How I do that? Count backwards from backwards and say my names. Bittersweet love anthems pollute the brains of conscientious dames. Heavy metal doesn't pollute, it pacifies rage quitting from soul-sucking games. Out of the woodwork comes a limp ***** that would work, Long hours only to find he'd pay millions for a Miley Cyrus twerk, Which is worth about as much as an all-female circle **** Unless you add strap-ons, so strap in and lap up the knee-jerk-smirk. It is unwise to handle scissors when one is being cutting-edge, Because your accountants will dangle themselves off of a three-storey ledge, When you cut up the ledgers and make light of, that is, burn, the evidence of pledge, To the monkeys in your think-tank mailing feces to the upstart farmer's hedge. Now I know you're sick of rhyming and of poems and of liver culling whisky, But I must inform you of a pirate's missing eye, I've bought sight of something risky, I implore that when this song and dance is done, you'll assuredly miss me, Because I've told you everything about depravity, hence forth you must kiss me. Beacons of hope shine much like cantankerous silver in the moonlight. If you're a werewolf that will fill you with hope and with immeasurable fright. One day the world will admit that I'm awesome and impoverished to boot, Because when the song and dance is done, what's left is just an ounce of loot.
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There in the corner resting silently the old wooden bench reclines beneath the billowing sky. Peeled and pale much the worst for wear. "A couple of young fellas  down at Kitty Hawk flew like wounded ducks". Did you hear? That was a humdinger. "Somebody swiped the Mona Lisa right under their noses" Tick witness to it all has heard the deepest of dark secrets whether tumbledown in solitude or passed about in chatter. "The Titanic went down last week ,What a pity." wasn't that thing impossible to sink" well I'll see you later The Trolleys are running slow today. There's  this young upstart playing at the picture show this week. Chaplin I think his name is Moving pictures,oh what will they think of next. I got a letter from William fighting in The Somme. Dont know when or if he is coming home. Nights are cold in the rain. Tick Bathtub gin.  A little nip every now and then can't be a sin. The Lucky Lindy is the latest swing. Tock. Mickey mouse meet sliced bread.  The birth of a nation Bring the kids out on Saturday The can play awhile. Heard That ****** Trotsky got shot. What do you think that  will bring Guess Adolf bit off more than he could Chew cause  that big air war in Britain made him tuck tail. Tick The greatest generation has come and is all but gone The park bench sits and awaits the dawn past Y 2 K and on and on till today, this very hour waiting for another story to tell like a morning flower at sunrise Beautiful petals and leaves No one grieves for the passing of time. The park bench sighs and Then reclines.
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Jan 3, 2013
Jan 3, 2013 at 10:00 AM UTC
The Park Bench
There in the corner resting silently the old wooden bench reclines beneath the billowing sky. Peeled and pale much the worst for wear. "A couple of young fellas  down at Kitty Hawk flew like wounded ducks". Did you hear? That was a humdinger. "Somebody swiped the Mona Lisa right under their noses" Tick witness to it all has heard the deepest of dark secrets whether tumbledown in solitude or passed about in chatter. "The Titanic went down last week ,What a pity." wasn't that thing impossible to sink" well I'll see you later The Trolleys are running slow today. There's  this young upstart playing at the picture show this week. Chaplin I think his name is Moving pictures,oh what will they think of next. I got a letter from William fighting in The Somme. Dont know when or if he is coming home. Nights are cold in the rain. Tick Bathtub gin.  A little nip every now and then can't be a sin. The Lucky Lindy is the latest swing. Tock. Mickey mouse meet sliced bread.  The birth of a nation Bring the kids out on Saturday The can play awhile. Heard That ****** Trotsky got shot. What do you think that  will bring Guess Adolf bit off more than he could Chew cause  that big air war in Britain made him tuck tail. Tick The greatest generation has come and is all but gone The park bench sits and awaits the dawn past Y 2 K and on and on till today, this very hour waiting for another story to tell like a morning flower at sunrise Beautiful petals and leaves No one grieves for the passing of time. The park bench sighs and Then reclines.
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’Tis said that when The hands of men Tamed this primeval wood, And hoary trees with groans of wo, Like warriors by an unknown foe, Were in their strength subdued, The ****** Earth Gave instant birth To springs that ne’er did flow— That in the sun Did rivulets run, And all around rare flowers did blow— The wild rose pale Perfumed the gale, And the queenly lily adown the dale (Whom the sun and the dew And the winds did woo), With the gourd and the grape luxuriant grew. So when in tears The love of years Is wasted like the snow, And the fine fibrils of its life By the rude wrong of instant strife Are broken at a blow— Within the heart Do springs upstart Of which it doth now know, And strange, sweet dreams, Like silent streams That from new fountains overflow, With the earlier tide Of rivers glide Deep in the heart whose hope has died— Quenching the fires its ashes hide,— Its ashes, whence will spring and grow Sweet flowers, ere long,— The rare and radiant flowers of song!
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The Forest Reverie
I can't trust my mind or my heart like you can't trust a post laxative **** Seems like they've both been plotting against me from the start, planning to steal this soulful art Like they know when it comes to the afterlife, reincarnation plays a big part And with the knowledge and comfort of that truth they're ready to scrap me now like bad art A defective throw away product that seems to have been bought at a dollar general corner mart Then pushed around in a stolen grocery cart till interest fades and goes dark I have to find the right end with no place to start, close my eyes and toss a dart Then keep the blindfold on and let you tell me the score, not smart Last time I trusted either of you ya fed me the equivalent of a week old shart Through a feeding tube that I didn't need according to my hospital chart Neglecting real issues when there's endorphins to bogart, losing my mind, watching my soul depart I've lost and broken the both of you yet you still torment me, not even phased by my rampart I never stood a chance, oblivious to the warning siren like Mozart, silent as I'm pulled apart No one will think back on me but if they do I'll just be seen as another failed upstart ©2020
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Dec 7, 2020
Dec 7, 2020 at 6:42 PM UTC
~•§•~ Betrayed ~•§•~
Vintage Chanel lives rent free in my mind the colors are deep, subtle and magical. Over time, the originally soft textures, become luscious, like a lover's caressing touch. In college, you dress down, you want to blend in, not stand out gods forbid you flag entitlement and draw envy's barbed compliments. The simple styles bear the twin burdens of camouflage and practicality. In Paris, fashion can be capricious, but elegance is a silent conversation, with its own intricate vocabulary in drape, line, fabric and in painstaking choice. In places where fashion matters - Paris, Manhattan, the Hamptons, it can signal position, the way uniforms signal authority everywhere. A splash of fashion can not only have a fabulous effect on how its wearer feels, it can tell important stories. I’m told that, in back rooms, where fortunes are awarded or lost, fashion can announce arrival, rank, and intent. It can whisper new wealth, in upstart display or a threadbare, silent duel with mounting debt . . Songs for this: The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby & The Range Read Between the Lines by The Bingtones
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Aug 5, 2024
Aug 5, 2024 at 2:21 PM UTC
fashion messaging
Through the laden flights of pot-stewed gulls - Deepening in red rosaries to poltroon, Contaminated by an urgent wish, The sun-soaked merry bandits blew. Each to each, and, mingling with that sweaty palm, Dolorous eyes sad-greeted the fleeing dawn. Pancreas then, the earth-girdled Titan swam, Anon the rising tide to stem. Dentist the night, repair to dance-floored beams, And rising melodiously ever anew to pine, Sweet ***** dreaming of her saw-toothed chemise Saw the fine end to the upstart king. Curtains swayed against my pearly doom Not brightly was your plainting song Palpitating in earthly measures anew Or seeking once more the mighty to appease. O David, in thy glance the silver moth did live Long dawns. An enemy of the swordfish, He menaced us so long. And now? Sporadic is the demise of depth! A silver sea, or rather a sea with a fine multitude of silver points Caressing my eyes like toothless counterpoint to the stately blue. It gave a floor to a weening being of prancing gait and measured thighs. She smiled. And the sea broke and roared, as ever, and I heard it once more. I saw too the sky, which had sufficient blue.   Cooled by the sea, warmed by the setting rays and mild air, the body luxuriated in perfect temperature.  She did not smile, but perhaps she did.. My body, I mean. We came away, from there, as from all places to meet another need. of darkness and quiet.  Foamed the elements of slaking portions of mysterious substance.  Surrendered to the moving body without real life.   Borne along on a stream of liquid desire residing in another's breast.   Relinquishing her to a perfect nothingness like lead or caviare.         Oh, and who awaited me?  She was imprisoned but beautiful and I thought quite happy.  I don't think she even wanted to come to me, or so it seemed.  But she was happier too outside, in the waning sun.   Mainly she had been safe and free.      And there's an end of this day, which roamed whither it would, for I did not attempt to chain it.  Now I flee it.
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Apr 7, 2012
Apr 7, 2012 at 3:55 AM UTC
Blaauberg Beach
Through the laden flights of pot-stewed gulls - Deepening in red rosaries to poltroon, Contaminated by an urgent wish, The sun-soaked merry bandits blew. Each to each, and, mingling with that sweaty palm, Dolorous eyes sad-greeted the fleeing dawn. Pancreas then, the earth-girdled Titan swam, Anon the rising tide to stem. Dentist the night, repair to dance-floored beams, And rising melodiously ever anew to pine, Sweet ***** dreaming of her saw-toothed chemise Saw the fine end to the upstart king. Curtains swayed against my pearly doom Not brightly was your plainting song Palpitating in earthly measures anew Or seeking once more the mighty to appease. O David, in thy glance the silver moth did live Long dawns. An enemy of the swordfish, He menaced us so long. And now? Sporadic is the demise of depth! A silver sea, or rather a sea with a fine multitude of silver points Caressing my eyes like toothless counterpoint to the stately blue. It gave a floor to a weening being of prancing gait and measured thighs. She smiled. And the sea broke and roared, as ever, and I heard it once more. I saw too the sky, which had sufficient blue.   Cooled by the sea, warmed by the setting rays and mild air, the body luxuriated in perfect temperature.  She did not smile, but perhaps she did.. My body, I mean. We came away, from there, as from all places to meet another need. of darkness and quiet.  Foamed the elements of slaking portions of mysterious substance.  Surrendered to the moving body without real life.   Borne along on a stream of liquid desire residing in another's breast.   Relinquishing her to a perfect nothingness like lead or caviare.         Oh, and who awaited me?  She was imprisoned but beautiful and I thought quite happy.  I don't think she even wanted to come to me, or so it seemed.  But she was happier too outside, in the waning sun.   Mainly she had been safe and free.      And there's an end of this day, which roamed whither it would, for I did not attempt to chain it.  Now I flee it.
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before going to bed it is to be checked thoroughly if there lays any carbon-paper under the bed-cover now-a-days some upstart pelicans become so disobedient it can not be assured if they come to know the whereabouts of the blood easily from the copy of the heart then they distribute the delirium of the high-heel moon by writing cash-memos at the gate of the locked-out plant the hundreds of thousands of white clouds also drink the whirl-water of love they touch to feel the freshness of the habitat they touch to feel the can full of smiles after the explosion they touch to feel the bier of the deodar-birds covered with tamarisk plants
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Sep 29, 2010
Sep 29, 2010 at 5:38 PM UTC
the bier covered with tamarisk plants
The Lady Mary took to her bed On the last of the mad March days, She’d strained her constitution, she said At that upstart, Shakespeare’s plays, The ruffians at the Globe were known To be often rotten with fleas, ‘I must have been bitten,’ Milady said With her skirt drawn up to her knees. The footman fastened a painted sign ‘No Visitors’ up at the door, While one of the maids got down on her knees And scrubbed at the parquet floor, Milady took to her poster bed By a window out to the square, ‘You’d best get down to the Fleet,’ she said, ‘Lord Orton is working there.’ The doctor came with his physic Carried a nosegay close to his face, The cane that he prodded Milady with Would leave her with little grace, ‘The swellings down in Milady’s groin Will have to be truly bled, A mixture of clay and violets then Applied to the sores,’ he said. The mist swept in and the night came down As the fever grew apace, And dark black pustules grew and swarmed At the Lady Mary’s face, A shadow fell on the window pane Of a man stood out in the square, ‘Who is that nightly visitant, And what is he doing there?’ She couldn’t make out his features for His hat was broad of brim, Shading his face and hawk-like nose Though he kept on looking in, ‘I have a terrible feeling that I’ve seen that man before, He’s come from the coffin-maker, and He waits outside my door.’ She slipped off into unconsciousness So the footman let him in, To measure her with a piece of twine From her head to below her shin, They waited then for an hour or two While the doctor had her bled, She cried aloud at a fancied shroud And she shrank from it, in dread. Late on the second day she woke Lord Orton at her side, Holding a faded nosegay to Protect him from his bride, She heard the clatter of wheels pull up Outside in the darkened court, And cried, ‘My Lord, will you leave me now That my time is running short?’ She lapsed back into a coma, but She could feel the tremors start, And something strange had begun to change In the beating of her heart, A rattle deep in her throat began And resounded through her head, Just as a voice, it seemed to her, Called out, ‘Bring out your dead!’ David Lewis Paget
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Jul 28, 2013
Jul 28, 2013 at 9:32 PM UTC
As You Like It
The Lady Mary took to her bed On the last of the mad March days, She’d strained her constitution, she said At that upstart, Shakespeare’s plays, The ruffians at the Globe were known To be often rotten with fleas, ‘I must have been bitten,’ Milady said With her skirt drawn up to her knees. The footman fastened a painted sign ‘No Visitors’ up at the door, While one of the maids got down on her knees And scrubbed at the parquet floor, Milady took to her poster bed By a window out to the square, ‘You’d best get down to the Fleet,’ she said, ‘Lord Orton is working there.’ The doctor came with his physic Carried a nosegay close to his face, The cane that he prodded Milady with Would leave her with little grace, ‘The swellings down in Milady’s groin Will have to be truly bled, A mixture of clay and violets then Applied to the sores,’ he said. The mist swept in and the night came down As the fever grew apace, And dark black pustules grew and swarmed At the Lady Mary’s face, A shadow fell on the window pane Of a man stood out in the square, ‘Who is that nightly visitant, And what is he doing there?’ She couldn’t make out his features for His hat was broad of brim, Shading his face and hawk-like nose Though he kept on looking in, ‘I have a terrible feeling that I’ve seen that man before, He’s come from the coffin-maker, and He waits outside my door.’ She slipped off into unconsciousness So the footman let him in, To measure her with a piece of twine From her head to below her shin, They waited then for an hour or two While the doctor had her bled, She cried aloud at a fancied shroud And she shrank from it, in dread. Late on the second day she woke Lord Orton at her side, Holding a faded nosegay to Protect him from his bride, She heard the clatter of wheels pull up Outside in the darkened court, And cried, ‘My Lord, will you leave me now That my time is running short?’ She lapsed back into a coma, but She could feel the tremors start, And something strange had begun to change In the beating of her heart, A rattle deep in her throat began And resounded through her head, Just as a voice, it seemed to her, Called out, ‘Bring out your dead!’ David Lewis Paget
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She knew as soon as mam left he’d start he’d broken every healthy piece of her heart Sweets and toys galore daddy’s **** pretty new shoes legs torn apart Offer resistance ungrateful upstart Their wedding day fatal soul dart
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Apr 24, 2013
Apr 24, 2013 at 9:59 AM UTC
Stepdaddy
The last words of an upstart Coming into their own Feels like the heart stopped but the fire has grown Wild and strange Bristles with energy ****** expression unchanged The face of adversity might’ve put on some weight Surface unearthly Distorted and framed in odd spotlight Reflection is way beyond my means but I’m alright The waves stay unchanged Adamant in resolve and I’ve learned from the same mix of granite and seasalt Great leaps come grand skyfall I wish you sun rays           Sometimes I even wish I could stay But we have our own fates They clashed for a time but now we part ways Just til the next time our paths cross and blaze trails across the skyline                                                         Whirlwinds and paradise                                                         Never missing the heartlines                                                         Forever kissing the starlight
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Jun 26, 2015
Jun 26, 2015 at 2:26 PM UTC
Paths: Withintro|Withoutro
I gave the box of books you gave me I removed the box of books to ease the pain I trembled as I carried them downstairs to your office you were behind a closed door talking to a false blonde she listened to your words and nodded What are they? Words I listened to as you began to guide me to work I enjoyed As a shark circled around me, the one before me, taking me in, finding the right time to attack So hungry. I felt her presence the entire time Did you know? You gave me the benefit of your past Set the bar for me, worried over it and I came through for you. Walking through the empty halls An ominous feeling Something is amiss I always know Why do I always have to have the premonition? The office door closes, I watch you take your seat behind your power desk A big space between you and me like I'm a threat to you, something to fight off Attack first, so I don't send you flying What are you thinking? You words come out, fresh from the corporate factory of talking points You're not it, she will take it to the next level You are not enough for us. You are done. If I am surprised on the hopeful side of my brain it's because you dissembled, don't you see? Now you act like I'm an upstart Claiming what was never mine Don't I know my place? I wasn't hired for this These words I sit passively Feeling the poison set in My mentor, my guide I want to drop my keys on the floor run from the room drive from this place and never come back I am tied by a paycheck to the chair How I dream of running from the room In my mind, I have escaped from your daggers In reality, I sit obediently on the chair as you stop talking realizing no one is talking to you I can't remember how I left the room I give you a box full of invisible tears today I return sadness Later, you are Slumped in your vast leather chair Looking tired Tomorrow I will see you again rushing around with the other bosses breaking heads, crushing spirits My pain forgotten
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May 2, 2012
May 2, 2012 at 11:43 PM UTC
Deception?
I gave the box of books you gave me I removed the box of books to ease the pain I trembled as I carried them downstairs to your office you were behind a closed door talking to a false blonde she listened to your words and nodded What are they? Words I listened to as you began to guide me to work I enjoyed As a shark circled around me, the one before me, taking me in, finding the right time to attack So hungry. I felt her presence the entire time Did you know? You gave me the benefit of your past Set the bar for me, worried over it and I came through for you. Walking through the empty halls An ominous feeling Something is amiss I always know Why do I always have to have the premonition? The office door closes, I watch you take your seat behind your power desk A big space between you and me like I'm a threat to you, something to fight off Attack first, so I don't send you flying What are you thinking? You words come out, fresh from the corporate factory of talking points You're not it, she will take it to the next level You are not enough for us. You are done. If I am surprised on the hopeful side of my brain it's because you dissembled, don't you see? Now you act like I'm an upstart Claiming what was never mine Don't I know my place? I wasn't hired for this These words I sit passively Feeling the poison set in My mentor, my guide I want to drop my keys on the floor run from the room drive from this place and never come back I am tied by a paycheck to the chair How I dream of running from the room In my mind, I have escaped from your daggers In reality, I sit obediently on the chair as you stop talking realizing no one is talking to you I can't remember how I left the room I give you a box full of invisible tears today I return sadness Later, you are Slumped in your vast leather chair Looking tired Tomorrow I will see you again rushing around with the other bosses breaking heads, crushing spirits My pain forgotten
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The small dinner party had gone Off well, Hazel thinks, sitting at The dressing table, gazing at herself In the mirror, seeing her hair done Up just so, the way her maid, Dunne Painstakingly did it for her. She begins To unpin her hair, placing the pins in The small glass dish, her fingers unused To the task. Dunne is down in the kitchen With the temporary cook, helping to clear Up, tidy things away as is her want, her Tidiness part of her character. She sits her Hair unpinned, staring at her features, At her eyes, the mouth slightly open, the Teeth even and white. In the mirror she Can see the made up bed, the covers Turned down, the china hot water bottle She knows just under the covers, put there By Dunne. She’ll be there soon, Dunne, Her maid, her lover, ********** her and Herself. She has her own room and bed Up in the attic, but she seldom uses it unless Guests are there over night or are staying For a few days. Tonight she will be here, Hazel muses, rubbing a tongue licked finger Over her brow, and they will snuggle down And talk of their day and then make love, Then sleep. Since her father’s death and the Truth of his deeds and what he made Dunne Do and the forced *** she feels a mixture Of anger and grief mixed into a compound That makes her tired and confused. She waits. She wants Dunne there, wants her fingers To undo her zips and buttons, brush her hair, Feeling the fingers on her skin, in her hair. She wants to feel Dunne’s lips on hers, needs Dunne’s fingers moving over her body, wants To know each aspect of her maid’s body. In Her mind she can sense the feel, remember The point of high sensation, as if her whole Body was taken to the limits of exhilaration Of passion, as if she might explode and all her Being be scattered into ***** of sensuality. She can’t find the exact words to express it. She sits and waits, waits sitting, breathes In, breathe out. Dinner had gone very well. The evening guests talked of this and that, Had their laughs and jokes. Mr Phibuster Had lectured to her on the economy, how Some upstart in Germany was stirring up Trouble. She couldn’t have cared less. Her Eyes kept going to Dunne, watching her Coming and going with dishes and glasses. She sits up straight, Dunne is coming, she Hears her footstep in the passage, her voice, Some Mozart aria is tunefully humming.
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Jan 22, 2013
Jan 22, 2013 at 2:28 AM UTC
AFTER THE DINNER PARTY.
The small dinner party had gone Off well, Hazel thinks, sitting at The dressing table, gazing at herself In the mirror, seeing her hair done Up just so, the way her maid, Dunne Painstakingly did it for her. She begins To unpin her hair, placing the pins in The small glass dish, her fingers unused To the task. Dunne is down in the kitchen With the temporary cook, helping to clear Up, tidy things away as is her want, her Tidiness part of her character. She sits her Hair unpinned, staring at her features, At her eyes, the mouth slightly open, the Teeth even and white. In the mirror she Can see the made up bed, the covers Turned down, the china hot water bottle She knows just under the covers, put there By Dunne. She’ll be there soon, Dunne, Her maid, her lover, ********** her and Herself. She has her own room and bed Up in the attic, but she seldom uses it unless Guests are there over night or are staying For a few days. Tonight she will be here, Hazel muses, rubbing a tongue licked finger Over her brow, and they will snuggle down And talk of their day and then make love, Then sleep. Since her father’s death and the Truth of his deeds and what he made Dunne Do and the forced *** she feels a mixture Of anger and grief mixed into a compound That makes her tired and confused. She waits. She wants Dunne there, wants her fingers To undo her zips and buttons, brush her hair, Feeling the fingers on her skin, in her hair. She wants to feel Dunne’s lips on hers, needs Dunne’s fingers moving over her body, wants To know each aspect of her maid’s body. In Her mind she can sense the feel, remember The point of high sensation, as if her whole Body was taken to the limits of exhilaration Of passion, as if she might explode and all her Being be scattered into ***** of sensuality. She can’t find the exact words to express it. She sits and waits, waits sitting, breathes In, breathe out. Dinner had gone very well. The evening guests talked of this and that, Had their laughs and jokes. Mr Phibuster Had lectured to her on the economy, how Some upstart in Germany was stirring up Trouble. She couldn’t have cared less. Her Eyes kept going to Dunne, watching her Coming and going with dishes and glasses. She sits up straight, Dunne is coming, she Hears her footstep in the passage, her voice, Some Mozart aria is tunefully humming.
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"two birthday presents are better than one" sayings of the wise men *"and what an honor it is, and how could we be anything greater (than all too human)?"   R.A.* ~ for Rebecca, a birthday gift ~ a message of notification, comes early one evening, an agent provocateur, a paparazzi peeping tom, a cat burglar presuming the poet-receiver nat is a rat-man out and about, galavanting around town, dancing perhaps, seeing a Pinter play, a movie, a lecture on string theory, an underground railroad rock concert, reading a book of priestly poetry, or himself, lost in a mesmerizing revery of poetic composition her question, a statement of fact, a reflection, one or all, all for one, this pronunciation, a witness deposition re the human condition the man is knocked askew in about an instantly, sitting before the voluptuous fireplace's crackling complications, fire sensing the multiples of implications, contemplating the failing honor of human limitations, sensing the uniqueness of our successes, a claiming race prize for all of we humans in her words now how great is this knowledge that we, all to human, all too human, need let this then be the first thought/ message/ notification - meditation of our every day that we honor ourselves first, our upstart blessing, in order to honor our world and its bedazzling human creativity ~ We find our poems in many different ways.  Of late, I keep finding inspiration from the messages that many of you send to me, re the poems I choose to publish here. So I repeat my disclaimer, "any message you send can and will be used as a poem."
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Jan 14, 2017
Jan 14, 2017 at 7:28 PM UTC
and what an honor it is...
"two birthday presents are better than one" sayings of the wise men *"and what an honor it is, and how could we be anything greater (than all too human)?"   R.A.* ~ for Rebecca, a birthday gift ~ a message of notification, comes early one evening, an agent provocateur, a paparazzi peeping tom, a cat burglar presuming the poet-receiver nat is a rat-man out and about, galavanting around town, dancing perhaps, seeing a Pinter play, a movie, a lecture on string theory, an underground railroad rock concert, reading a book of priestly poetry, or himself, lost in a mesmerizing revery of poetic composition her question, a statement of fact, a reflection, one or all, all for one, this pronunciation, a witness deposition re the human condition the man is knocked askew in about an instantly, sitting before the voluptuous fireplace's crackling complications, fire sensing the multiples of implications, contemplating the failing honor of human limitations, sensing the uniqueness of our successes, a claiming race prize for all of we humans in her words now how great is this knowledge that we, all to human, all too human, need let this then be the first thought/ message/ notification - meditation of our every day that we honor ourselves first, our upstart blessing, in order to honor our world and its bedazzling human creativity ~ We find our poems in many different ways.  Of late, I keep finding inspiration from the messages that many of you send to me, re the poems I choose to publish here. So I repeat my disclaimer, "any message you send can and will be used as a poem."
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The Neon chatter box says lets all talk with the same tongue, he said he was sorry for before, his moustache quivered under this sanguine strain. Most of us are foxes who glady forage through black sacks, some of us sit bow legged quintessence in a darkened room and siphon others gloom away, but there's no standard release clause their eyes rock with the tide until a printing press is sought yet their Universal probity ignores the jammy Neon chatter boxes duplicity embossed as the stalwart he now wants plangent marching in step
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Dec 15, 2012
Dec 15, 2012 at 2:54 PM UTC
Upstart Laughing
I remember the lights going off in the brains of young poets. Deep in the dank streets of New York or Columbia college. When the blues and twos would come and round up The beatniks snapping to the howl of a homosexual mind. When the generational attitudes of those too old to know, Control the ****** acts of “violence”, or The deepening scars of our philosophies. When the urbanization of historical prowess leads to Gentrified gypsies of the diamond deserts and endless skyways When the great in the country isn’t good enough For the red hats and spray tanned millionaires. When the stocks of corporate dragons burn down The attempts of upstart knights and online kingdoms. When the politicians of old become the scapegoats For the ironically gerontocratic few. When the female few who dared couldn’t find their lost primaries Or control the lifeblood leaking out of the Strait of Hormuz.   When the powerful and powerless fought in-between The dejected and all too often ignored. When the powered halogen lights flooded prison yards of Wrongly convicted and murderously in need of help. When the San Francisco clubs lit up with muzzle flash And the dancers lay weeping in their blood. When the schools became places to duck and cover Or learn to trip a friend when running from a gun. When parkland high became a manufacturing ground For casings, tears, and candlelight vigils. When the American dream came combo packaged And supersized with obesity and unemployment. When the education of the youth became about The profit margin in a spreadsheet full of debt. When the sun sets in the smoke filled horizons And sleepless rest settles on the western front.
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Dec 4, 2020
Dec 4, 2020 at 1:16 AM UTC
I Remember.
I remember the lights going off in the brains of young poets. Deep in the dank streets of New York or Columbia college. When the blues and twos would come and round up The beatniks snapping to the howl of a homosexual mind. When the generational attitudes of those too old to know, Control the ****** acts of “violence”, or The deepening scars of our philosophies. When the urbanization of historical prowess leads to Gentrified gypsies of the diamond deserts and endless skyways When the great in the country isn’t good enough For the red hats and spray tanned millionaires. When the stocks of corporate dragons burn down The attempts of upstart knights and online kingdoms. When the politicians of old become the scapegoats For the ironically gerontocratic few. When the female few who dared couldn’t find their lost primaries Or control the lifeblood leaking out of the Strait of Hormuz.   When the powerful and powerless fought in-between The dejected and all too often ignored. When the powered halogen lights flooded prison yards of Wrongly convicted and murderously in need of help. When the San Francisco clubs lit up with muzzle flash And the dancers lay weeping in their blood. When the schools became places to duck and cover Or learn to trip a friend when running from a gun. When parkland high became a manufacturing ground For casings, tears, and candlelight vigils. When the American dream came combo packaged And supersized with obesity and unemployment. When the education of the youth became about The profit margin in a spreadsheet full of debt. When the sun sets in the smoke filled horizons And sleepless rest settles on the western front.
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Trading your morals for a supporting role, Holding hands with upstart actresses while you hold the syringe And swear this is all genuine. This emptiness is the feeling of fame, Waking naked on patios used as makeshift churches Where the last of your secrets are sold for another half gallon of limelight.
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Feb 4, 2017
Feb 4, 2017 at 1:39 PM UTC
Dreams of Hollywood.
. 1 Venus Beauty of true love Apparition in the sun No need for dreaming 2 Eucharist Lost chalice is found Blood whines of creation cupped Deep in the flower 3 Weighty Chill Scales of love seasons When autumn leaves start to fall Bereavement rises 4 Treed Upstart crows landing Always go for highest branch Till eagles arrive 5 Life Eyes and lips with her My whole life flashed before me The longest moment 6 Heavenly Bodies Eyes first greeting light Out of void universe born Infant stars crying 7 Regrettings Mountains of memory In the distance all is haze Only blue beyond 8 Aroused Lovers dipping toes Salt legs before diving deep In scent of ocean 9 Iridescence After making love Her body glowed like dawning Such heavenly light
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May 12, 2017
May 12, 2017 at 12:15 AM UTC
9 Haiku
I've had a visit from someone small. Some say he's a little upstart. He flies around searching for his target. aiming straight for the heart. Now I've tried to avoid him. For as long as I can. that stupid little cherub. But he's very persistent. and won't take no. He never seems to let up. So I'm finally giving in. and admitting defeat. but what a nice way to go. that little cupid's shot me good. With an arrow straight from his bow
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May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016 at 3:57 AM UTC
A visit from cupid
*Upstart crows landing Always go for highest branch Till eagles arrive*
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Sep 29, 2015
Sep 29, 2015 at 8:05 PM UTC
Treed
Seeing a swarm of flies Seeping the sap of A hand-deprived Leaper's fresh wound A good Samaritan Disarrayed them with A hand clap “Twa!” sound Getting as close as he could In vain expecting “A thank you!” gratitude. “You shouldn't have done that When the former ones, Who had their fills, depart The famished ones come forth For their part To siphon my blood To their hearts delight!” The upstart incumbent Closed a curtain On at the-end-of- the-tunnel -alluring light Let alone warrant The much-touted Days bright—Democracy Deepening Across the board wealth sharing. Revolutionary democrats Who boast “Brave In a guerilla fight We have sent Tyrants to a grave!” Serving the people Opted to forget So as From government's coffer To line up their own pocket. Tax-comafledged exploitation Compounded by Government-sponsored corruption What is more intimidation From one's land Or abode alienation Research aiming At ethnic cleansing Bureaucratic logjams And maladministration Creating a non stop Hassle and tension From fever-pitch Brewing up Political tension To divert attention Are the tactic They use To sustain Their tenure And advance Bad governance./// African politics © 23 hours ago, Alem Hailu Gabre Kristos   sad poems • society poems Like (2)     Likes: Alem Hailu, Peter the Celt Alem Hailu - Thank you 8 hours ago   x    edit Peter the Ce
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Jun 6, 2017
Jun 6, 2017 at 2:17 AM UTC
From the frying pan into the fire
I find comfort In the dark Like the night The silence And the villains that used to play on my tv screen They were brave Though called cruel They spoke their heart Misunderstood from the start In the world so bleak And without a clean slate to start from They were hopeless from the start A horrible upstart Close to my own I hold villians close to my heart Shielding them from the hero Which is all to bland And to be blunt There always painted too brightly Bold colors Bright and popping Showing they are brighter Better than crime the villain Dark and shy Most the time unable to fly Why do wee pain them in such colors We’re all to simple minded To believe in a world of crime Color could truly describe
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Nov 22, 2024
Nov 22, 2024 at 12:49 AM UTC
Solace in villain
a feisty upstart made midday there only would staff his well being and hit allure in me and tally no longer retribution of Planet George to capture the moment by Nunes again this year
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Nov 23, 2019
Nov 23, 2019 at 8:47 AM UTC
noons