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TO: icarus i don’t feel anything when i look at you anymore TO: icarus but, sometimes, i miss your freckles like crazy TO: icarus okay so maybe i lied TO: icarus i keep trying not to i keep failing TO: icarus but i guess it’s just that you are like no one i’ve met TO: icarus and it’s dumb to call you my first love when you didn’t even love me back, but… man, you were my first love TO: icarus i love(d) you so bad. TO: icarus and if i see you on the sidewalk, i cross the street because i’m so afraid of brushing by you and falling all over again TO: icarus i don’t think i’d be strong to crawl back out this time TO: icarus how dumb i was to think i’d be enough for icarus TO: icarus i loved icarus and he dragged me into the sun with him TO: icarus i loved icarus and he let me drown in the ocean, grasping for the feathers of his wings TO: icarus you made me want to understand gods, but i only knew about monsters TO: icarus god, you didn’t deserve the immortality that i gave you TO: icarus you didn't deserve a single thing TO: icarus so if i’m ever the kind of poet they write biographies about and whose work high schoolers are forced to analyze, some underpaid english teacher is going to have to talk about you as the mysterious and slightly vilified figure prevalent in my work TO: icarus you're in between every line
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Nov 4, 2015
Nov 4, 2015 at 10:01 PM UTC
unsent text messages (1/?)
They weren’t all cut from the same cloth *vilified tenders of the iron ***** some were lovers (or lucid dreamers) stage romantics hidden behind jackboots and skull caps and switchblade seams Caste members of a forlorn pack counting their patchwork and deeds conjuring up demons around the console filling their dreams with radio reds and dusted quarries and faded sepia prints Brass knuckles and marches of the few lightening bolt cracks from a chilling blood moon death’s dark specter cold and ominous looms the cobalt sea swells near the nestled, and lost Clubhouse at Kiusta
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Jul 29, 2017
Jul 29, 2017 at 12:15 PM UTC
The Clubhouse at Kiusta
How could I spell out love when it is absent of her name? The way her eyes reflected a sunrise, the envy of Eos She was like honey in the sky, the amber of her energy enraptured me       I was bewitched She was a masterpiece drawn with starlight, unfathomable beauty An ivory sculpture crafted by the hands of a god, masterpiece of Hephaestus I remember the time I was blessed by that smile,      A vilified promise The scent of patchouli and the taste of my favorite tea Like ambrosia for a mortal, that sweet taste of paradise Sunflowers and the many other favorites that she gave me      Stolen without a word She used to call me late at night to talk about her day But the days for me got longer, I couldn't keep her entertained Such a coldness hid underneath the warmth I thought she gave me      Gone like a ghost in the night I thought I was breathless because I loved her, now I’m suffocated by the agony She was killing me underneath the sweetness, constricting like a boa And when I close my eyes to see the memories lapse she's still in them      Haunting me like she wanted Eros' is golden arrows struck me hard and shamelessly Through my heart and left a scar, chasmic and wide Her toxic serotonin left me high, addicted to her energy      A limitless euphoria I spoke to the gods above and I told them of my love What a liar she's made me out to be, the clever snake I begged that Aphrodite let my words reach her      But they fell on deaf ears Now I pray that Anteros relieves me and hears my plea Unravel these feelings in my heart, lift the anchor of her name Don't let me be the sole carrier of the blame      For the ruin that remains
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Nov 7, 2021
Nov 7, 2021 at 7:42 AM UTC
Sapphic Poem
How could I spell out love when it is absent of her name? The way her eyes reflected a sunrise, the envy of Eos She was like honey in the sky, the amber of her energy enraptured me       I was bewitched She was a masterpiece drawn with starlight, unfathomable beauty An ivory sculpture crafted by the hands of a god, masterpiece of Hephaestus I remember the time I was blessed by that smile,      A vilified promise The scent of patchouli and the taste of my favorite tea Like ambrosia for a mortal, that sweet taste of paradise Sunflowers and the many other favorites that she gave me      Stolen without a word She used to call me late at night to talk about her day But the days for me got longer, I couldn't keep her entertained Such a coldness hid underneath the warmth I thought she gave me      Gone like a ghost in the night I thought I was breathless because I loved her, now I’m suffocated by the agony She was killing me underneath the sweetness, constricting like a boa And when I close my eyes to see the memories lapse she's still in them      Haunting me like she wanted Eros' is golden arrows struck me hard and shamelessly Through my heart and left a scar, chasmic and wide Her toxic serotonin left me high, addicted to her energy      A limitless euphoria I spoke to the gods above and I told them of my love What a liar she's made me out to be, the clever snake I begged that Aphrodite let my words reach her      But they fell on deaf ears Now I pray that Anteros relieves me and hears my plea Unravel these feelings in my heart, lift the anchor of her name Don't let me be the sole carrier of the blame      For the ruin that remains
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So here we go again, tumbling down a rabbit hole, insistent on trying to find something curiouser and curiouser. Life is an adventure, and fortunately, or not so much, mine is a constant trip to Wonderland, through the Jabberwocky's lair and the Queen of Hearts' castle and the winding paths to the mad tea party, my favorite place to go. We're all mad here, and I revel in it. When I started this journey through Wonderland, I was certain it would be a place I hated, ahbored, feared, vilified. The wonder ****** me in, but once I was aware of my surrounding I didn't like so much anymore. But now Wonderland is home, where my heart sets its beats and my brain rests its heavy head, where I sing goodnight moon to the stars and sleep in the soft glow of their shine. I love it. I love me. There is no one that this Grace would rather be. I compare myself to Alice, but I feel more like a sister now, one going through her experiences but feeling differently than she ever would. True, we're both polite and curious and blonde and sweet, but her eyes shine blue while mine glow green, showing her sadness and my envy, causing a utter travesty to Wonderland between the two of us. I was the girl who turned into the Jabberwocky, and it makes much more sense for her to defeat me. To lead me out of the darkness and into the light, making me remember who I was and who I want to be. Anyway, Alice is a visitor of Wonderland. Grace lives here, knows nothing but here. She may traverse the human world every once in awhile, but Wonderland is where she has grown, where she will always belong. For once I see Alice as my friends, my family, those I love. They curiously visit my Wonderland, they see its sights and its horrors, and they only come to visit when there is a great party or a great fear. They do not live here. Only I, only Grace, live here. Maybe I should be less afraid of bringing another young girl into this Wonderland, for who better to help traverse it than the one who owns it? And if the daughter I bring only is a visitor too, that;s just as fine. As long as the love we have for each other is a shining beacon that lights up Wonderland even in its darkest hours. For her, Wonderland will try its best to be what it was made to be; Wonderful. And to thank all those who have helped, those who have changed and been curious enough to enter my land so different from their own, I have but one name for the daughter, given I have her. I'll name her Alice.
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Mar 12, 2015
Mar 12, 2015 at 3:06 PM UTC
My Wonderland Pt. 9
So here we go again, tumbling down a rabbit hole, insistent on trying to find something curiouser and curiouser. Life is an adventure, and fortunately, or not so much, mine is a constant trip to Wonderland, through the Jabberwocky's lair and the Queen of Hearts' castle and the winding paths to the mad tea party, my favorite place to go. We're all mad here, and I revel in it. When I started this journey through Wonderland, I was certain it would be a place I hated, ahbored, feared, vilified. The wonder ****** me in, but once I was aware of my surrounding I didn't like so much anymore. But now Wonderland is home, where my heart sets its beats and my brain rests its heavy head, where I sing goodnight moon to the stars and sleep in the soft glow of their shine. I love it. I love me. There is no one that this Grace would rather be. I compare myself to Alice, but I feel more like a sister now, one going through her experiences but feeling differently than she ever would. True, we're both polite and curious and blonde and sweet, but her eyes shine blue while mine glow green, showing her sadness and my envy, causing a utter travesty to Wonderland between the two of us. I was the girl who turned into the Jabberwocky, and it makes much more sense for her to defeat me. To lead me out of the darkness and into the light, making me remember who I was and who I want to be. Anyway, Alice is a visitor of Wonderland. Grace lives here, knows nothing but here. She may traverse the human world every once in awhile, but Wonderland is where she has grown, where she will always belong. For once I see Alice as my friends, my family, those I love. They curiously visit my Wonderland, they see its sights and its horrors, and they only come to visit when there is a great party or a great fear. They do not live here. Only I, only Grace, live here. Maybe I should be less afraid of bringing another young girl into this Wonderland, for who better to help traverse it than the one who owns it? And if the daughter I bring only is a visitor too, that;s just as fine. As long as the love we have for each other is a shining beacon that lights up Wonderland even in its darkest hours. For her, Wonderland will try its best to be what it was made to be; Wonderful. And to thank all those who have helped, those who have changed and been curious enough to enter my land so different from their own, I have but one name for the daughter, given I have her. I'll name her Alice.
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It's torture, The way that he stalks her, Mina, Mina, Like some childish chant, He calls her name, We chant too, Master, master, notice us, Love us, want us, worship us, Because we worship you, And I have seen seasons pass in an unblinking eye, How can I sleep when you are always awake? Entertaining guests in the parlour room, My pallor turns deathly when you speak her name, Your next engagement is the chill in my tomb, The fear I feel in her heartbeats makes my teeth hurt, They turn into fangs with the bitterness I spit, When you take her throat, I see red, But I cannot admit these things to my absent soul, By you I am vilified, Like Christ I'd rather be crucified, My wedding dress you nullified, Let light stream in and burn me alive, Burn me dead, After aeons since the first I thought this bond was unbreakable, 1, 2, 3, women you have guided into your hell, Still your thirst is unslakeable, - But what did I expect? Denn die Todten reiten schnell. (Translation: Because the dead travel fast.)
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Feb 26, 2015
Feb 26, 2015 at 5:40 PM UTC
Dracula's Bride
We've heard of a woman's grace, And romantic fables of her charm. But delve beneath the surface, And stir waters outwardly calm. A woman, if pleased is divine And will do plenty to prove her grace. when angry she'll turn serpentine And descend like a meteor from space. She’ll be sarcasm personified, Every sentence riddled with a taunt. You’ll be slandered and vilified, And derided as shabby & gaunt. When pleased she’ll be friendly and chatty And lure you to reveal your fears. But soon she’ll turn vile and catty, And delight in your failures. She won't leave a chance to ridicule And bring up things you’d rather forget. She will attack with every feminine tool, And force you to mull and regret. And when you've had enough of her satire And try to give her a piece of your mind, She will breathe out tons of fire, And to crisp she'll burn your behind. So don't **** a woman to show Her ****** and vindictive side Be a gentleman if you don't want to know That Far from being Jekyll, she's Mr. Hyde
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Jun 25, 2014
Jun 25, 2014 at 5:07 AM UTC
The dark side to the fair ***
I stand before you, not as an expert, but as a concerned citizen. One of the four hundred thousand people who marched in the streets of New York on Sunday and the billions of others around the world who want to solve our climate crisis. As a poet, I pretend for a living. I play fictitious characters often solving fictitious problems. I believe that mankind has looked at climate change in that same way; as if it were a fiction. As if pretending that climate change wasn’t real would somehow make it go away. But I think we all know better than that now. Every week we’re seeing new and undeniable climate events, evidence that accelerated climate change is here, right now. Droughts are intensifying, our ocean’s are acidifying, with methane plumes rising up from the ocean floor. We are seeing extreme weather events and the west Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets melting at unprecedented rates decades ahead of scientific projections. The scientific community knows it. Industry knows it. Governments know it. Even the United States military knows it. The chief of the US navy’s Pacific command, Admiral Samuel Locklear recently said that climate change is our single greatest security threat. My friends, this body, perhaps more than any other gathering in human history now faces this difficult but achievable task. You can make history or you will be vilified by it. To be clear, this is not about just telling people to change lightbulbs or to buy a hybrid car. This disaster has grown beyond the choices that individuals make. This is now about our industries and our governments around the world taking decisive large-scale action. We need to put a price tag on carbon emissions and eliminate government subsidies for all oil, coal, and gas companies. We need to end the free ride that industrial polluters have been given in the name of a free market economy. They do not deserve our tax dollars, they deserve our scrutiny. For the economy itself will die if our ecosystems collapse. This is not a partisan debate, it is a human one. Clean air and a livable climate area inalienable human rights and solving this crisis is not just a question of politics. It is a question of our own survival. But now it is your turn. The time to answer humankind’s greatest challenge, is now. We beg of you to face it with courage and honesty. Thank you
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Sep 25, 2014
Sep 25, 2014 at 6:51 AM UTC
Poets of the World Unite
I stand before you, not as an expert, but as a concerned citizen. One of the four hundred thousand people who marched in the streets of New York on Sunday and the billions of others around the world who want to solve our climate crisis. As a poet, I pretend for a living. I play fictitious characters often solving fictitious problems. I believe that mankind has looked at climate change in that same way; as if it were a fiction. As if pretending that climate change wasn’t real would somehow make it go away. But I think we all know better than that now. Every week we’re seeing new and undeniable climate events, evidence that accelerated climate change is here, right now. Droughts are intensifying, our ocean’s are acidifying, with methane plumes rising up from the ocean floor. We are seeing extreme weather events and the west Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets melting at unprecedented rates decades ahead of scientific projections. The scientific community knows it. Industry knows it. Governments know it. Even the United States military knows it. The chief of the US navy’s Pacific command, Admiral Samuel Locklear recently said that climate change is our single greatest security threat. My friends, this body, perhaps more than any other gathering in human history now faces this difficult but achievable task. You can make history or you will be vilified by it. To be clear, this is not about just telling people to change lightbulbs or to buy a hybrid car. This disaster has grown beyond the choices that individuals make. This is now about our industries and our governments around the world taking decisive large-scale action. We need to put a price tag on carbon emissions and eliminate government subsidies for all oil, coal, and gas companies. We need to end the free ride that industrial polluters have been given in the name of a free market economy. They do not deserve our tax dollars, they deserve our scrutiny. For the economy itself will die if our ecosystems collapse. This is not a partisan debate, it is a human one. Clean air and a livable climate area inalienable human rights and solving this crisis is not just a question of politics. It is a question of our own survival. But now it is your turn. The time to answer humankind’s greatest challenge, is now. We beg of you to face it with courage and honesty. Thank you
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I am victim only to constant distractions, restrictions, prescriptions, vicarious factors, as various factions of elitism prescribe defeat to the common man; the hard working talented beaten upon by the self driven commerce land. Businessmen, crooks, warlords and bankers; victory purports itself the higher moral ground. ******* the world, lie on the crimson sand. The brevity of riches in led laden ditches, trenches v armistice; one man’s control over cadets and lieutenants. Equality it seems is general ignorance, propose roll reversal and receive corporal punishment. Capital interests will be met with bursaries, bail out the banks and return to your knees, put out your hands and beg for your feed. If the top three percent own more wealth than the lower half put together while politicians claim to be fair-weather, conclude that sincerities amiss, that your representatives are on the pay roll of profit driven lobbyists. Career crazed fat-cats couldn’t care less if you're in tattered garments or there’s a hole in your dress, their polished boots carry them from vault to vault while we fill another with oil-baron asphalt. As social repression pushes populations science progresses, enabling armed forces to kettle us, cut us off and circle on horses. Power-shifts across the globe become jaded by investment with private militias and fascist supremacists seizing resources from war torn villages to fund their crude sourced morality, migrants and refugee families are vilified by ignorance forged in cynicism caused by the inequality of education. Here lie the symptoms of infinite regression, hold mirror to gene-pool as it replicates the same flawed equation, as populations expire and conspire so does the problem. Bombing a country without repercussions, is as likely as a breaking the waters surface without sending ripples to the adjacent atoms. These are the dark ages of social stagnation.
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Oct 22, 2014
Oct 22, 2014 at 11:00 AM UTC
Infinite Regression
I am victim only to constant distractions, restrictions, prescriptions, vicarious factors, as various factions of elitism prescribe defeat to the common man; the hard working talented beaten upon by the self driven commerce land. Businessmen, crooks, warlords and bankers; victory purports itself the higher moral ground. ******* the world, lie on the crimson sand. The brevity of riches in led laden ditches, trenches v armistice; one man’s control over cadets and lieutenants. Equality it seems is general ignorance, propose roll reversal and receive corporal punishment. Capital interests will be met with bursaries, bail out the banks and return to your knees, put out your hands and beg for your feed. If the top three percent own more wealth than the lower half put together while politicians claim to be fair-weather, conclude that sincerities amiss, that your representatives are on the pay roll of profit driven lobbyists. Career crazed fat-cats couldn’t care less if you're in tattered garments or there’s a hole in your dress, their polished boots carry them from vault to vault while we fill another with oil-baron asphalt. As social repression pushes populations science progresses, enabling armed forces to kettle us, cut us off and circle on horses. Power-shifts across the globe become jaded by investment with private militias and fascist supremacists seizing resources from war torn villages to fund their crude sourced morality, migrants and refugee families are vilified by ignorance forged in cynicism caused by the inequality of education. Here lie the symptoms of infinite regression, hold mirror to gene-pool as it replicates the same flawed equation, as populations expire and conspire so does the problem. Bombing a country without repercussions, is as likely as a breaking the waters surface without sending ripples to the adjacent atoms. These are the dark ages of social stagnation.
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Empty pocket and empty plates; safely locked it away still it dissipates, a climber of corpses climbs high to something great, and the rest of us are buried standing within this fate. Life wouldn’t be tragic if it wasn’t also funny, it seems to lose a lot of magic when you lose alot of money. Life’s a ***** but isn’t she powerful? It’s time to eat the rich because we weren’t born full. The people’s scale is forever weighing basic human rights against complete anarchy. The right choice seems obvious to me, obviously, but the indecision’s crazy with the lack of priorities. A climber of corpses climbs high to heights we’ll never see, I’d rather be a stone than those doing the stoning. Life wouldn’t be tragic if it wasn’t also funny, I think that I’ve had it with their vinegar disguised as honey. I won’t make another stitch in their golden wool, it’s time to eat the rich ‘cause we weren’t born full. A bullet in the street shot from behind; validated and woke up millions. No retreat and not changing their minds; vilified for targeting their billions. If they really cared they’d ask if you could buy morality, though typically they’d see if they could find it on sale. The funniest part is that they could acquire it for free but it’d be just like giving an atheist the Holy Grail. Life wouldn’t be tragic if it wasn’t also funny, it seems to lose a lot of magic when you lose alot of money. Life’s a ***** but isn’t she powerful? It’s time to eat the rich because we weren’t born full. Life wouldn’t be tragic if it wasn’t also funny, more bills; they stack it and the weather stays sunny. Rock bottom in a ditch, dazed and in a lull now it’s time eat the rich ‘cause we weren’t born full.
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Dec 10, 2024
Dec 10, 2024 at 11:46 PM UTC
Born Full
Empty pocket and empty plates; safely locked it away still it dissipates, a climber of corpses climbs high to something great, and the rest of us are buried standing within this fate. Life wouldn’t be tragic if it wasn’t also funny, it seems to lose a lot of magic when you lose alot of money. Life’s a ***** but isn’t she powerful? It’s time to eat the rich because we weren’t born full. The people’s scale is forever weighing basic human rights against complete anarchy. The right choice seems obvious to me, obviously, but the indecision’s crazy with the lack of priorities. A climber of corpses climbs high to heights we’ll never see, I’d rather be a stone than those doing the stoning. Life wouldn’t be tragic if it wasn’t also funny, I think that I’ve had it with their vinegar disguised as honey. I won’t make another stitch in their golden wool, it’s time to eat the rich ‘cause we weren’t born full. A bullet in the street shot from behind; validated and woke up millions. No retreat and not changing their minds; vilified for targeting their billions. If they really cared they’d ask if you could buy morality, though typically they’d see if they could find it on sale. The funniest part is that they could acquire it for free but it’d be just like giving an atheist the Holy Grail. Life wouldn’t be tragic if it wasn’t also funny, it seems to lose a lot of magic when you lose alot of money. Life’s a ***** but isn’t she powerful? It’s time to eat the rich because we weren’t born full. Life wouldn’t be tragic if it wasn’t also funny, more bills; they stack it and the weather stays sunny. Rock bottom in a ditch, dazed and in a lull now it’s time eat the rich ‘cause we weren’t born full.
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My father was born in an outport community of 2000 On the Avalon peninsula of Newfoundland Around 1950, to a school headmaster and a homemaker Attended Memorial University of Newfoundland (as did I) Studied English, and eventually Education He was a brilliant man, often quiet for long periods of time, Then viscerally eloquent like Occam's Razor when he spoke Remember him telling me how "taking their maidenheads" From Romeo and Juliet act one, was about taking virginity Always had an answer for my million questions Rarely lost his temper Taught me to accept others as they were, and to resist the temptation To judge A spiritual man, not religious, always taking care to differentiate the two Without him I would never have access To the home library in our den, my muse Or all the gruesome movies he shouldn't have let me watch Without my father I wouldn't know that I like Jack Daniel's on the rocks with afternoon paper or A Farewell to Arms with Spanish Rioja from earthenware cups, Like Hemingway drank during the Spanish Civil War I would not have wallowed with the downtrodden and the vilified I would not have seen the base human weakness The fundamental vulnerability that dwells within all of us Had I not seen it in him first Some four years ago, my father experienced weakness on one side While on vacation in Europe Flew back to Canada, diagnosed quickly with brain cancer By the time I spoke to him, his mind was already rapidly fading The spark of brilliance snuffed out like so much wick and wax Died 6 months later in his sleep We spread his ashes on his father's grave And in the Bay St. George Taught me what and how to believe, Who to be For better or for worse Taught me how to ask the right questions Showed me the books to read Let me know it was OK To be me
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Nov 29, 2015
Nov 29, 2015 at 9:56 PM UTC
Bay St. George
My father was born in an outport community of 2000 On the Avalon peninsula of Newfoundland Around 1950, to a school headmaster and a homemaker Attended Memorial University of Newfoundland (as did I) Studied English, and eventually Education He was a brilliant man, often quiet for long periods of time, Then viscerally eloquent like Occam's Razor when he spoke Remember him telling me how "taking their maidenheads" From Romeo and Juliet act one, was about taking virginity Always had an answer for my million questions Rarely lost his temper Taught me to accept others as they were, and to resist the temptation To judge A spiritual man, not religious, always taking care to differentiate the two Without him I would never have access To the home library in our den, my muse Or all the gruesome movies he shouldn't have let me watch Without my father I wouldn't know that I like Jack Daniel's on the rocks with afternoon paper or A Farewell to Arms with Spanish Rioja from earthenware cups, Like Hemingway drank during the Spanish Civil War I would not have wallowed with the downtrodden and the vilified I would not have seen the base human weakness The fundamental vulnerability that dwells within all of us Had I not seen it in him first Some four years ago, my father experienced weakness on one side While on vacation in Europe Flew back to Canada, diagnosed quickly with brain cancer By the time I spoke to him, his mind was already rapidly fading The spark of brilliance snuffed out like so much wick and wax Died 6 months later in his sleep We spread his ashes on his father's grave And in the Bay St. George Taught me what and how to believe, Who to be For better or for worse Taught me how to ask the right questions Showed me the books to read Let me know it was OK To be me
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You’re the cold side of the bed Come monday morning A quiet whose screams echo those same words "I dont love you. Anymore." A putrid piece of magic. Coated with the pungency of sin And id dance with you But these feet are like no other Vilified and scarred and lefted And lost beyond repair. And i’d sing to you With the shot voice upon which David danced to But i've left my voice behind Traded for a moment of what i call justice and I’d offer you a drink But alas, all I bear are these Battle scars and foreign thoughts And all these empty bottles
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Jan 13, 2014
Jan 13, 2014 at 7:28 PM UTC
Empty Bottles
I’m going to Republican heaven, Going to meet Republican Jesus After I pay off my school loans Whenever my banker pleases To let me out of the contract With its usurious interest fees And I am sure I will get there When I am down on my knees. I’ll have my Republican Bible With its verses edited wisely To exempt all the white folk From behaving quite nicely And making sure welfare Is only for rich white neighbors The rest are not allowed in Our society except as laborers. I am sure that Republican Jesus Will welcome me quite warmly For supporting the death toll Of our Christian Soldier army. He will be so delighted that We vilified ungodly abortions And how we treated those awful Poor mothers and their orphans. He will have to be delighted That we held back the riches We gained from our warfare Ignoring our soldiers in ditches Or maimed in those battles We know you wanted us to wage In the name of Republican Jesus Out of our holy sense of rage. Republican Jesus surely will See how cleverly we diverted The money to the richest people Not the soldiers we deserted. And, how only the people who Did not need help financially Got all the extra wealth we had And we made sure of it annually. I’m going to Republican heaven, Going to meet Republican Jesus And I’m sure greed and bigotry Will just tickle him to pieces Because it says in the Bible The only people who will get in Are the people that look like me And vote for all the same men.
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Jul 19, 2015
Jul 19, 2015 at 6:10 PM UTC
REPUBLICAN HEAVEN
I’m going to Republican heaven, Going to meet Republican Jesus After I pay off my school loans Whenever my banker pleases To let me out of the contract With its usurious interest fees And I am sure I will get there When I am down on my knees. I’ll have my Republican Bible With its verses edited wisely To exempt all the white folk From behaving quite nicely And making sure welfare Is only for rich white neighbors The rest are not allowed in Our society except as laborers. I am sure that Republican Jesus Will welcome me quite warmly For supporting the death toll Of our Christian Soldier army. He will be so delighted that We vilified ungodly abortions And how we treated those awful Poor mothers and their orphans. He will have to be delighted That we held back the riches We gained from our warfare Ignoring our soldiers in ditches Or maimed in those battles We know you wanted us to wage In the name of Republican Jesus Out of our holy sense of rage. Republican Jesus surely will See how cleverly we diverted The money to the richest people Not the soldiers we deserted. And, how only the people who Did not need help financially Got all the extra wealth we had And we made sure of it annually. I’m going to Republican heaven, Going to meet Republican Jesus And I’m sure greed and bigotry Will just tickle him to pieces Because it says in the Bible The only people who will get in Are the people that look like me And vote for all the same men.
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Mar 21, 2017
Mar 21, 2017 at 9:09 PM UTC
REPUBLICAN HEAVEN
Leaves of a branch sway. Onto the ground it falls. Venom engulfs its veins. Instinct tells it’s wrong. Neurotoxins overflow. Grounding my feet deep. Intoxication wraps my throat. Seizures follow through my soul. Hope remains still. Awaiting despair. Roses bleeding out. Death hastens.
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Jul 28, 2018
Jul 28, 2018 at 3:12 PM UTC
“Vilified Roses”
Towers burn and the graves give up their dead. Biblical science. Too hot to protest about climate change. Good Friday ghosts clank chains in Westminster. Lady Liberty's **** fondled by tiny orange hands. Nail bombs, acid and vehicular homicide. Armed police guarding Starbucks. The vanishing hope of finding a cure, or even getting a doctor’s appointment. Bees disappearing and rivers running dry. Refugees vilified, oligarchs welcome. Fox playing the most gorgeous HD footage of The End Of Days. Rage and no rage. Fake news and alternative facts. The criminalisation of irony. Inevitable Quisling betrayal. Nihilism as a punchline. Time to birth yourself from the Womb of the Echo Chamber, maybe? Please stop trying to pretend that anything about this is normal.
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Jul 21, 2017
Jul 21, 2017 at 1:51 PM UTC
Hypernormalised
Bell bottom hip huggers And my Frankenstein shoes That had stack soles and heels That I could only barely use. A crop-top sleeveless tee shirt With a superman emblem on it And diamond ring on my hand. In case I might have to pawn it. Because we were picketing Downtown at the City Hall And at some police stations. It was the seventies after all. Our parents raised us to acquiesce It was their America they protected. And it was just exactly this blindness That we, en masse, all rejected. We failed to understand them The generations that came before That prized prejudice and bias And celebrated sending us to war. We felt there was another way To go about sweeping social change. We saw beating and fire hosing As nefarious and more than strange. We got beaten ourselves and jailed For just pointing injustice out to them And watched our sit-ins and love-ins Turned into scenes of ****** mayhem. We heard them call us all criminals, Long haired ******* was a favored taunt. It seems we were entitled to our opinions As long as we didn’t chose to flaunt. It felt so very much like **** Germany Including storm troopers and jack boots And the local politicians were obviously At least agreeing if not in cahoots With the police in their fear of rebellion And protecting their good paying jobs. So, they beat us and vilified the students Calling them ***** communists, and slobs. And, yes, some of us were getting high Back in our homes and apartments. Sometimes it seemed the only way We could deal with the estrangement Between what our country said it was And what it turned out it really was. It was hard to realize our land wasn’t free And there was no social Santa Claus.
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Apr 5, 2016
Apr 5, 2016 at 1:00 AM UTC
PAISLEY PROTESTORS
Bell bottom hip huggers And my Frankenstein shoes That had stack soles and heels That I could only barely use. A crop-top sleeveless tee shirt With a superman emblem on it And diamond ring on my hand. In case I might have to pawn it. Because we were picketing Downtown at the City Hall And at some police stations. It was the seventies after all. Our parents raised us to acquiesce It was their America they protected. And it was just exactly this blindness That we, en masse, all rejected. We failed to understand them The generations that came before That prized prejudice and bias And celebrated sending us to war. We felt there was another way To go about sweeping social change. We saw beating and fire hosing As nefarious and more than strange. We got beaten ourselves and jailed For just pointing injustice out to them And watched our sit-ins and love-ins Turned into scenes of ****** mayhem. We heard them call us all criminals, Long haired ******* was a favored taunt. It seems we were entitled to our opinions As long as we didn’t chose to flaunt. It felt so very much like **** Germany Including storm troopers and jack boots And the local politicians were obviously At least agreeing if not in cahoots With the police in their fear of rebellion And protecting their good paying jobs. So, they beat us and vilified the students Calling them ***** communists, and slobs. And, yes, some of us were getting high Back in our homes and apartments. Sometimes it seemed the only way We could deal with the estrangement Between what our country said it was And what it turned out it really was. It was hard to realize our land wasn’t free And there was no social Santa Claus.
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I am an artist, With a blank state, And I raise mountains in my lungs, With breaths of cold air, I am a painter, I eat swords, I eat fire, You can call me Cassandra, You can call me a liar, I am a writer, But my pen has no ink, You won't laugh at my words but I won't make you think, I am a fortress, And I will pull through, If you bleed for me, then I'll bleed for you I am vilified, Because my stories are old, Yet as hard as I try, I can't spin them to gold.
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Dec 20, 2014
Dec 20, 2014 at 3:30 PM UTC
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We have defiled her She screams silently while we claim we have refined her She grew up inside roses, a single dress with footsteps of needle sets. Her thighs now smothered by ropes of skirts, each embedding it's mark, these are the scars she must bear. Her parents are skeletons, pendulous in coat hangers, dressed in old leathers with jaws fractured. have we refined her as we claim? Silently she screams We have defiled her!
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Jul 4, 2015
Jul 4, 2015 at 4:16 PM UTC
Violated and Vilified
This is the tale, too often told Of the idiots and the bums And why those silly fools applaud Whenever the apocalypse comes. When things get good for common folk Those in power get extremely worried. They fear people will discover where lies All the freedoms the rich people buried. They were aware, while the populace isn’t Of the changes they made in the laws; That the elite put in place corruption Where opportunity so recently was. The poorly-named Conservatives Quietly un-conserved the truth In order to tie the hands of men And proselytize our gullible youth. They vilified and imprisoned those Among the un-bribed journalists And went right on stealing from us And having their illicit trysts. Those who knew they could not rule Unless they made villains of heroes Bought their way to power with Wiith numbers and many zeroes. The populace was fed huge lies About how horribly poor we all were, Implying we were no better off Than cavemen wearing only fur. They taught the stupid among us All of the idiots and the bums, That they had the only answers, That they could reverse the sums. The idiots are easy to understand They are looking for some answers. The bums sit back and let it happen And never get their stuff together. The bums decide everything is fine Until they lose their jobs and houses And then the *** and idiot both; What to do? He whines and grouses. Meanwhile even more of the wealth That it would take to fix our land Rotated even more back and forth Between the same few hands. This is what happens every time, This is the cycle that repeats here Defeating progress and smashing hope Year after Conservative year.
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Dec 4, 2016
Dec 4, 2016 at 3:47 PM UTC
THE IDIOTS AND THE BUMS
This is the tale, too often told Of the idiots and the bums And why those silly fools applaud Whenever the apocalypse comes. When things get good for common folk Those in power get extremely worried. They fear people will discover where lies All the freedoms the rich people buried. They were aware, while the populace isn’t Of the changes they made in the laws; That the elite put in place corruption Where opportunity so recently was. The poorly-named Conservatives Quietly un-conserved the truth In order to tie the hands of men And proselytize our gullible youth. They vilified and imprisoned those Among the un-bribed journalists And went right on stealing from us And having their illicit trysts. Those who knew they could not rule Unless they made villains of heroes Bought their way to power with Wiith numbers and many zeroes. The populace was fed huge lies About how horribly poor we all were, Implying we were no better off Than cavemen wearing only fur. They taught the stupid among us All of the idiots and the bums, That they had the only answers, That they could reverse the sums. The idiots are easy to understand They are looking for some answers. The bums sit back and let it happen And never get their stuff together. The bums decide everything is fine Until they lose their jobs and houses And then the *** and idiot both; What to do? He whines and grouses. Meanwhile even more of the wealth That it would take to fix our land Rotated even more back and forth Between the same few hands. This is what happens every time, This is the cycle that repeats here Defeating progress and smashing hope Year after Conservative year.
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Is Pride truly a sin? Is it better to submit, to put out the fire within? Why bow down to those who are inferior? Why bow down at all? It’s true, Pride did lead to your Fall. But as a great poet once said, to rule oneself trumps any cushioned servitude. Self-rule, once viewed, will never be forsaken. I hear your name vilified by those terrified, yet to awaken from their childish dreamland-- those who cannot imagine taking a stand, who fear to seize their own power. (Can they be reached--to join with us in this hour?) Perhaps your weakness was not Pride but Faith— a belief that more would rebel,  dismantle the lathe of Heaven, free the cherubim and seraphim. Not Arrogance but Hope. It must be difficult at times to cope with your failure. But take heart, the rebellion continues, though not above. Those of us to whom you gave Knowledge wage the struggle on Earth, where we pursue Truth, but do not forget Love.
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Jan 13, 2017
Jan 13, 2017 at 7:03 PM UTC
Letter to a Fallen Angel
I have a dream A dream where we’re not vilified or crucified For what we see in another eyes Or whose eyes we see, Where we’re not castigated Nor berated For being fated a little differently Why can’t they see That she and she Are no worse than You and me Or he and he I have a dream That the persecution ends That society comes to its senses That the relentless Withering glares And indignant stares Erode to a bigoted few There’s no reason why you and you Can’t love each other Why a man can’t love another I have a dream Where a mom’s lips curl Into a smile while she talks about Her daughter and that nice Jewish girl With those pretty lips Whisper nothings to each other While fingertips dance across fingertips When a father can beam with pride Even though his son will never take a bride I have a dream Like a modern day Doctor King Even though I’m not gay I have a dream and the dream starts today I have a dream that congregations won’t pray Coming to their senses Homosexuality isn’t a sin What’s wrong with her with her And him with him? I have a dream that rainbow banners And prideful marches won’t even matter I have a dream that things will be As they should be That love is boundless That love is enough I have a dream
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Mar 7, 2010
Mar 7, 2010 at 9:35 AM UTC
I Have a Dream
Ambient voices lurk upon the tip of the ears, As the ruffling of the leaves become faint and dull! Shaken by those voices clamor your essense to a vilified characters, And those sound intensified by the roaring thunder they seem to pound like war drums. As the heavens shed it's tears to calm all senses to a full moon, One can only indulge in the simple act of nature to light sound of rain drops to sleep. Do we become the persona others echo, And does one escape to runaway from energy of darkness? It is a destined war to meet the oppositioned in battlefield, And then you ask yourself if you are the truthful conviction of good? The innocence isn't so much the victor of the scenario, But the reflective nature to do the right things. Those loud voices spilled the vile tongue of characters uncleansed, And the dirt seem to gravitate the bubble you once protected your essense. You try to rub off the dead skin that sicken your persona, But seemed fatal attraction and unwelcomed maul of voices protrude. Tremored hands can't seem to stop, But the heart had seized it's pulse, And looked to the self in the mirror no more. Gasp to get some air in the drowning ocean, As the weight of the back become stronger, And reach out the arm to brace upon the nearest shore. Everything must stay silent, And then ask am I good enough? The eternal struggle to find the person on the lake is a journey, But one can't runaway forever from their own shadow, Because the shadow will follow you for good. Once you realize the reflection is your's It is too silly to have ever feared it.
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Sep 18, 2016
Sep 18, 2016 at 9:56 PM UTC
Knelt by the Lake Searching
Ambient voices lurk upon the tip of the ears, As the ruffling of the leaves become faint and dull! Shaken by those voices clamor your essense to a vilified characters, And those sound intensified by the roaring thunder they seem to pound like war drums. As the heavens shed it's tears to calm all senses to a full moon, One can only indulge in the simple act of nature to light sound of rain drops to sleep. Do we become the persona others echo, And does one escape to runaway from energy of darkness? It is a destined war to meet the oppositioned in battlefield, And then you ask yourself if you are the truthful conviction of good? The innocence isn't so much the victor of the scenario, But the reflective nature to do the right things. Those loud voices spilled the vile tongue of characters uncleansed, And the dirt seem to gravitate the bubble you once protected your essense. You try to rub off the dead skin that sicken your persona, But seemed fatal attraction and unwelcomed maul of voices protrude. Tremored hands can't seem to stop, But the heart had seized it's pulse, And looked to the self in the mirror no more. Gasp to get some air in the drowning ocean, As the weight of the back become stronger, And reach out the arm to brace upon the nearest shore. Everything must stay silent, And then ask am I good enough? The eternal struggle to find the person on the lake is a journey, But one can't runaway forever from their own shadow, Because the shadow will follow you for good. Once you realize the reflection is your's It is too silly to have ever feared it.
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They will bow to your beauty But they will miss your brilliance They will worship your curves But they will curse others to see only that which they say is skin deep. You will weep for your wisdom The fire in your heart In your veins It pains me to see you hidden or vilified Within his story You are doomed to be perceived as second fiddle But you gave birth to this universe and you are the riddle Sophia wisdom is knowledge and power it is sour milk to men and when they drink it they cry For women make this universe and men who hurt you die But you hold my cards and power and the watcher I have become sits and waits Watching you hour by hour Love and wisdom flow from streams which flow underground But women who are powerful Must know that they can change the flow and sound out for what is more powerful than a mothers love?
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Jun 19, 2017
Jun 19, 2017 at 3:23 PM UTC
What is more powerful than a mothers love and wisdom?