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# *paint me with the wet tickle of your tongue lingering with affection savoring my fervent flavor in bold strokes of your obsession color my essence in heated hues sending shivers down my spine in anticipation of your warm breath against my flesh with every blissful caress to ensue painted petals of animation with your supple lips gently blur the lines of my curved hips softly stroking the subtle shadows of warm depth, blushing quivering thighs as I gasp of breath plunge in a primer coated palette dipping your stiff paintbrush deep within the folds of my blanket manipulating a trembling image of your voracious lust. craze me again and again in breathless ****** glow, your sensual brushstrokes gently murmuring layer on layer in alla prima flow delve deep into my eyes paint splattering the passion of my soul drizzling silken strands of love in their entirety, polishing me whole and then in blissful backwash admire the tangled limbs interposed of your completed masterpiece in smiling sated repose* #
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Jun 25, 2018
Jun 25, 2018 at 8:21 AM UTC
Paint Me
Green is to jealousy as Red is to rage Lock these feelings in a cage I'll rend and tear and rip you apart My rage is sweet and my envy's **** Green is to jealousy as Red is to rage I'll **** you horribly in my craze I'll drink your bones and chew your blood My rage is voracious but my envy's good Green is to jealousy as Red is to rage I'll sprinkle my hatred with a bit of sage I'll spice up my envy to be bitter hot My rage is content but the envy's not Green is to jealousy as Red is to rage This isn't just a passing phase I'm off in the deep end, I've lost my mind My jealous rage is one of a kind.
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Dec 7, 2013
Dec 7, 2013 at 5:10 PM UTC
Green: Jealousy as Red: Rage
I wish I would have been a nomad, I would have travelled to the places no one had. I wish I was a voracious reader, Books would have helped me to forget her. If life would not have been such a mystery, It would have been easy to forget my history. I wish I was another wanderlust In a world which seems to forget so fast. I never wanted to be like me. I wish I was not me! Tanay Sengupta, Copyright © 2018. All Rights Reserved.
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Jul 29, 2018
Jul 29, 2018 at 6:40 AM UTC
Wish I was not me
French kisses in the deepest places, pressing deeply into flesh, moist and trembling, lost in heaven Twisting and turning my body into every direction, hungry for more of my quivering slick heat I am submissive to all this pleasure - wanting and needing all given I am silk against your body, growing moist beneath your fingers, sinking hands into the wet fresh Earth You leave nothing uncharted, crossing and retreating into the deeper parts of my being Heat ignites in time with rhythm, our bodies making music only naturally following a secret beat We become nature undulating water, your hands digging into my Venus, pulling me towards the voracious heat - thrusting deeper In the most blinding white heat ever known, our bodies meshed together going towards the unknown abyss, then f e l l, exhausted, in unbearable pleasure We have surrendered to death only to resurrect and live again Si c’est comment il est, je le veux pour toujours
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Jan 21, 2017
Jan 21, 2017 at 12:26 AM UTC
Metamorphosis
A populace filled with totalitarian tranquility The supposition that the world is in a harmonic homeostasis Blissful ignorance that leads to careless calamity Amid the uproar of the most populated of places Therein lies the seed of humanity’s deceptive destruction A solitary host housing a virulent virus Infectious disease that proceeds crisis and corruption Hope only stands with the powerful and pious Prognosis describes communicable cannibalism Rabid outbursts show signs of voracious violence The harrowing pandemic leads to ceaseless cataclysm Cities and towns suspended in systemic silence Habitations riddled with gratuitous gore Hope fades in the wake of the crimson carnage The pestilent hoard feeds to a glutton’s galore The Author of humanity publishes the final page The closing verse rains down a rapturous recompense The high cost of a dense population paid at humanity’s existential expense
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Oct 31, 2018
Oct 31, 2018 at 11:06 PM UTC
Affliction’s Assimilation
PART II: A GLASS CEILING DRIPPING WITH BLOOD Mohanad Younis, of Gaza City; Where the sand is stained with blood As the world feigns pity. Broken families, unspoken tragedies – The order of everyday life. He was born amidst chaos and strife, To a divorcing husband and wife. If life were lived in peace, This dissolution would’ve been a release. Not much more, not much less – A family’s lore, a decision to digress. In war-ravaged land, however, One needs every helping hand, Especially a soul that was so clever. Such a curious, voracious mind needed to understand; A furious, rapacious search, Unexplained conundrums to unravel and unwind. Why do we exist? Why do we fight and resist? Is it worth living with all these scars on my wrists? Does anybody outside Palestine care? Will they keep on watching? Or will they be unable to bear? Of this and much more Mohanad must’ve thought, As he sat at the Marna House Hotel, Smoking cigarettes, freshly bought. A student at al-Azhar, a mild-mannered pharmacist, A prudent man who would have gotten far. An admirer of Bassel al-Araj, another victim of oppression – An inspirer, a brother who alleviated his depression. Hunted down and killed by the IDF, Another pacifist murdered for being an activist. One figure of many who died; One of those who did not want to hide. Mohanad wasn’t a resistance fighter – He felt that such persistence did not make their burdens lighter. Instead, he wished to make his mind brighter, And perhaps have family of his own. He was in love, and wanted to get married, But life was rough, and warranted a future far more harried. The final twist of horror? Having the intellect to apply for University, And deserving the respect needed to obtain a reply, Yet not being allowed to leave the city. That is the news Mohanad had received, Hopes and dreams suddenly deceived. Denied a right to education Because he was born on the wrong end of a cruel fabrication. The glass ceiling, dripping with blood, Swallowed his hopes whole like a flood.
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Sep 10, 2018
Sep 10, 2018 at 10:04 AM UTC
Hopelessness kills: A tribute to Mohanad Younis [PART II]
PART II: A GLASS CEILING DRIPPING WITH BLOOD Mohanad Younis, of Gaza City; Where the sand is stained with blood As the world feigns pity. Broken families, unspoken tragedies – The order of everyday life. He was born amidst chaos and strife, To a divorcing husband and wife. If life were lived in peace, This dissolution would’ve been a release. Not much more, not much less – A family’s lore, a decision to digress. In war-ravaged land, however, One needs every helping hand, Especially a soul that was so clever. Such a curious, voracious mind needed to understand; A furious, rapacious search, Unexplained conundrums to unravel and unwind. Why do we exist? Why do we fight and resist? Is it worth living with all these scars on my wrists? Does anybody outside Palestine care? Will they keep on watching? Or will they be unable to bear? Of this and much more Mohanad must’ve thought, As he sat at the Marna House Hotel, Smoking cigarettes, freshly bought. A student at al-Azhar, a mild-mannered pharmacist, A prudent man who would have gotten far. An admirer of Bassel al-Araj, another victim of oppression – An inspirer, a brother who alleviated his depression. Hunted down and killed by the IDF, Another pacifist murdered for being an activist. One figure of many who died; One of those who did not want to hide. Mohanad wasn’t a resistance fighter – He felt that such persistence did not make their burdens lighter. Instead, he wished to make his mind brighter, And perhaps have family of his own. He was in love, and wanted to get married, But life was rough, and warranted a future far more harried. The final twist of horror? Having the intellect to apply for University, And deserving the respect needed to obtain a reply, Yet not being allowed to leave the city. That is the news Mohanad had received, Hopes and dreams suddenly deceived. Denied a right to education Because he was born on the wrong end of a cruel fabrication. The glass ceiling, dripping with blood, Swallowed his hopes whole like a flood.
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'Twas my spring of youth in that lot That now haunts my mind by that spot Of which I could not love less - Wonderful loneliness, Of the lake's Serenity gown, With nature circled 'round. But when Death hath reached its grasp Upon Serenity's water - poured into his flask, The sadistic sagacious wind went by Murmuring the funeral cry - Then - I finally awake - To the terrors of Serenity Lake. Yet I persist that it was not fright! Simply Death's delight - Fueled by the Void of Sorrow, Pierced by Serenity's arrow - No! - This Love I must define! The trip to the lake, of thee and thine. O! - Death's grasp laid in that voracious wave, Enticing Serenity to be my eternal grave, Upon that very fatal spot - Where the two children rot. For no soul shall ever make, A Heaven out of Serenity Lake.
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Dec 2, 2015
Dec 2, 2015 at 8:48 PM UTC
Serenity Lake
I am a cereal killer Devouring Life is a thriller Snap, crackle, and pop I make the flakes drop Stalking salubrious crunch Murdered for breakfast and lunch My appetite for Trix is voracious For my Lucky Charms, I am gracious Mud & Bugs haunt my soul Desecrating Grape-Nuts whole Yea, I'm Nut n' Honey and Cocoa Hoots Krispy Kritter Krave Fruit Loops I'm a cereal killer Yet a community pillar Can't comprehend why it's a crime Unrepentant, I'll massacre cereal every time
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Mar 25, 2013
Mar 25, 2013 at 10:01 PM UTC
Cereal Killer
sometimes i feel like i’m two creatures caught b e n e a t h skin sharing one body. my tongue rough- sandpaper, broken glass, too many curses while the lips around it burn with apologies fleshy brooms sweeping up the messes of another woman. i feel like there are two animals each fighting for their right to shine through they’re voracious in this battle— it surprises me that their clawstalonssteeth don’t break through the thin expanse of flesh to the outside. i have two women living within my skull one wildroughfighting— slinging glasses and insults. face paint, bones and bottle trees, fire and ash wet pine needles under bleeding feet. the biting creature who leaves bruises on the lips of men. the warrior, Artemis. laughdancing through flames. a bear, a wolf, a cat, a bird. animal in nature. the other fights with words. elegant, gentle, soft, break able-- everything the other cannot afford to be. goddess of the hearth, she feeds her comrades like children keeps fires stocked with woods and binds bleeding arms. this woman carries pitchers of water writes sweet letters to missing friends and opens her soul to many lovers. am I some crude splice of these creatures? am I a ******* of these mothers— each passionate one biting, brackish tides, slow moving rivers, still ponds the other a warm, clean bath? am I both simultaneously, or am I wearing one face while the other watches behind mine eyes? I am the moon— full and loving, dark and hiding and something in between. yeah, that sounds about right. something in between.
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Nov 12, 2012
Nov 12, 2012 at 5:07 PM UTC
am i the moon?
sometimes i feel like i’m two creatures caught b e n e a t h skin sharing one body. my tongue rough- sandpaper, broken glass, too many curses while the lips around it burn with apologies fleshy brooms sweeping up the messes of another woman. i feel like there are two animals each fighting for their right to shine through they’re voracious in this battle— it surprises me that their clawstalonssteeth don’t break through the thin expanse of flesh to the outside. i have two women living within my skull one wildroughfighting— slinging glasses and insults. face paint, bones and bottle trees, fire and ash wet pine needles under bleeding feet. the biting creature who leaves bruises on the lips of men. the warrior, Artemis. laughdancing through flames. a bear, a wolf, a cat, a bird. animal in nature. the other fights with words. elegant, gentle, soft, break able-- everything the other cannot afford to be. goddess of the hearth, she feeds her comrades like children keeps fires stocked with woods and binds bleeding arms. this woman carries pitchers of water writes sweet letters to missing friends and opens her soul to many lovers. am I some crude splice of these creatures? am I a ******* of these mothers— each passionate one biting, brackish tides, slow moving rivers, still ponds the other a warm, clean bath? am I both simultaneously, or am I wearing one face while the other watches behind mine eyes? I am the moon— full and loving, dark and hiding and something in between. yeah, that sounds about right. something in between.
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*Devoured by the intensity,   words that quench the soul an enchanting intoxication - -     like a spirited ******       whetting a voracious thirst,   plunging in for another swallow    of adoration's satiated ******
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Aug 2, 2015
Aug 2, 2015 at 3:06 PM UTC
Voracious Thirst
Forever neglected Forever dismayed Forever deafened By the cacophony of the trade The antiquated digger stands by A sentient guard of the worker It watches as the tree slowly dissipates Its life slowly crumbling As the voracious chipper Devours the tree whole The worker stands by The digger stands by The chipper chips away The taciturn worker remains Ruminating the existence of the world. Why was he put here? For what reason must he stay with these hallowed construction tools? Do they feel any remorse for the change that they've enacted On the world around them? Are they aware that they transgress the laws of nature? The bellicose chipper Wages war with nature As the people watch so distantly. Its sound makes the neighbors quite belligerent Yet the zealots watch attentively. The pure ignorance The pure neglect The blatant apathy Is something to be seen. Whatever could possess you To follow in the footsteps of the worker To feel his pain as the trimmer Chips away at the trees' centuries The sound of shattered glass Punctuates the air. Perhaps there has been an accident.
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Apr 15, 2015
Apr 15, 2015 at 9:33 PM UTC
The Jurisprudence of the Construction Worker
Of distressing note Is never finding out How to keep An audience beguiled They consume mockery With more than a voracious appetite They judge an act With mouths open and eyes closed What a pity What a shame What an ordeal For the somber actor b.
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Sep 20, 2013
Sep 20, 2013 at 5:04 AM UTC
Onlookers
Ophelia, Ophelia, voracious daydreamer, how dare you upset this delicate orbit. your hands were the kiln for my sloppy and misshapen mind, but that was nothing, relatively, compared to the way your eyes reflected lost souls. my dear, it's a catastrophe. now when the moon chides me, and the stars reek of your smile, I run my hands across the fronts of empty dresses that you wore years ago. Ophelia, Ophelia, I recall the way your eyes shone like the peak of madness and how your shoulder blades touched in a subtly avian manner. how simple are the remnants of your existence, of your melancholia, I cling to them like a ***** to touch- and I know they will bring you no closer. stale shadows haunt my lingering eyes; where you should be standing I see only lost time. Ophelia, Ophelia, smoldering star in my hindsight, stone in my chest- I'm sad to see you go.
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Mar 3, 2013
Mar 3, 2013 at 8:53 PM UTC
remnants of Ophelia
My cravings Drenched Seeking deeper taste Of you Insatiable desire At the centre Of my heart To write poetry On your chiseled body Your moans Send me on frenzied flow Sinfully voracious Visually I feast Your naked hide Every curve of your body Purest form of masterpiece
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Jul 3, 2018
Jul 3, 2018 at 7:46 AM UTC
My insatiable desire
Orcas in Puget Sound Along the road, abandoned wild apple trees bend with their heavy loads, dusty skirts of blackberry bushes purpling fingers, piercing flesh mouths ringed with berry juice, vampires all. Along San Juan Island salmon leap clear out of the briny water, just yards ahead of their predators, Orcas, dorsal fins curving shiny black, sluicing and slicing the surface like sharpened knives They have bred with one another for 10,000 years trolled these waters through famine, earthquakes, world wars through shifting continents, glacial avalanches, through the extinction of whole civilizations. Standing on a cliff, my daughter and I watch the Orcas churning the water - studies in grace the largest gem on the necklace of a great food chain and when we sleep we too chase the great King Salmon of our deepest dreams, the fathers we lost, the currents that bear along children Translucent jellyfish, palm sized, breath below sideways exhale, convulsive inhale umbrellas opening and closing a thousand years or more sliding through forests of brown kelp where mollusks cling We have clung like this to one another, with my body thrown over hers for protection and her exhaling away from me If Mama Orca keeps her young close, so will I If there are salmon to chase and harbor seals to command, so we will Arcing in the late August sky slapping and parting the surface, over and over the whales, lords of the Sound, swim in our brains as we sleep sparkle against blackening waters You are of my body from my body cleaving there for 10,000 years Whatever quarrels there are on land vaporize In the presence of these creatures, arcing against all that is temporal, vicious, small, studies in power and grace The tide pulls out, skimming across rocks and oysters in their muddy beds But this need to care for you remains as big as an Orca your appetite for adventure as voracious and I watch you, my child, disappearing with summer into high school, into womanhood, into the salty, light-dappled ocean
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Jul 15, 2012
Jul 15, 2012 at 4:15 PM UTC
Orcas in Puget Sound
Orcas in Puget Sound Along the road, abandoned wild apple trees bend with their heavy loads, dusty skirts of blackberry bushes purpling fingers, piercing flesh mouths ringed with berry juice, vampires all. Along San Juan Island salmon leap clear out of the briny water, just yards ahead of their predators, Orcas, dorsal fins curving shiny black, sluicing and slicing the surface like sharpened knives They have bred with one another for 10,000 years trolled these waters through famine, earthquakes, world wars through shifting continents, glacial avalanches, through the extinction of whole civilizations. Standing on a cliff, my daughter and I watch the Orcas churning the water - studies in grace the largest gem on the necklace of a great food chain and when we sleep we too chase the great King Salmon of our deepest dreams, the fathers we lost, the currents that bear along children Translucent jellyfish, palm sized, breath below sideways exhale, convulsive inhale umbrellas opening and closing a thousand years or more sliding through forests of brown kelp where mollusks cling We have clung like this to one another, with my body thrown over hers for protection and her exhaling away from me If Mama Orca keeps her young close, so will I If there are salmon to chase and harbor seals to command, so we will Arcing in the late August sky slapping and parting the surface, over and over the whales, lords of the Sound, swim in our brains as we sleep sparkle against blackening waters You are of my body from my body cleaving there for 10,000 years Whatever quarrels there are on land vaporize In the presence of these creatures, arcing against all that is temporal, vicious, small, studies in power and grace The tide pulls out, skimming across rocks and oysters in their muddy beds But this need to care for you remains as big as an Orca your appetite for adventure as voracious and I watch you, my child, disappearing with summer into high school, into womanhood, into the salty, light-dappled ocean
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Through so many years I ran Afraid and ever cowering The darkness always at my back Voracious, all-devouring Through my mind its black claws reached And picked apart my sanity They scraped all chance of joy away With endless inhumanity Through the days and months and years it chased and clawed relentlessly Eventually I wondered why I ran unending breathlessly Through the dark I turned and looked Pursuit suspended nervously I granted it a name and face It glared with vicious fervency Through its threat I held my gaze And ventured forth an inquiry Its flare of rage could not repress My newfound curiosity Through the long nights we conversed Debating, chatting, bickering The darkness that devoured my life Shrank back, diminished, flickering Through the darkness I now saw With unexpected clarity We spoke as friends, no longer foes Embracing newfound parity Through the dark I look, and laugh My friend now laughs along with me Despite how it had always seemed The darkness is a part of me
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Nov 29, 2014
Nov 29, 2014 at 2:11 AM UTC
Through the Darkness
if words are food for the mind, then here is a glimpse of mine if words are drugs for the brain, then here is why i'm so pained. abandoned, abhorrent abnormal, absent abstract, abuse addicted, anxious betray, bitterly blank, blasphemy bloodless, breakdown breathless, brutal captive, casually catastrophe, cautiously change, cigarettes crucial, clueless damaged, dangerous deadly, disastrous disheartened, disconcerting dramatic, dreading eager, eccentric ecstasy, eerie effete, effortless embittered, excess faded, failure faintly, fallacy faltering, fatally fearfully, finally garbage, gawky gibberish, gloomy gone, goodbye graphic, gratify hallucinate, harshly hazy, heartless hectic, helpless hesitant, hit-and-miss idiotic, idly ignorant, intimacy illogical, imaginative infatuated, intoxicated jealousy, jittery journey, journal joylessly, judicial junk, juvenile keen, killing knavish, knocking knockout, knotty knowingly, knowledge laborious, lacking lame, languishing lifeless, literature lovelorn, lugubrious madness, maintenance make-believe, malaise mean, melancholic mellow, melodramatic naff, naivety nameless, naturally nauseous, nebulous neglected, nervous oasis, objectionable obliged, obliterate oblivion, obscurity obsolete, one-and-only pacifist, pained pale, panicky paradise, paralyze passionately, passively raging, ranting rationalize, raving realistic, reasonable rebellious, reckless saboteur, sadness sake, sameness sanity, satisfactory scar, steady taint, tangled tasteless, tearful telling, temperamental terror, theoretical unaffected, uncanny uncommon, unconsciously undesirable, uneasy unfortunate, untidy vaguely, vanish vanity, vanquish versatile, vicious violence, voracious waiting, waking walkout, wanting wasteful, weary withering, wrecking if words are food for the mind, then you've seen a glimpse of mine if words are drugs for the brain, then no wonder i'm so pained. -djs
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Aug 5, 2013
Aug 5, 2013 at 11:21 PM UTC
a glimpse of my mind
if words are food for the mind, then here is a glimpse of mine if words are drugs for the brain, then here is why i'm so pained. abandoned, abhorrent abnormal, absent abstract, abuse addicted, anxious betray, bitterly blank, blasphemy bloodless, breakdown breathless, brutal captive, casually catastrophe, cautiously change, cigarettes crucial, clueless damaged, dangerous deadly, disastrous disheartened, disconcerting dramatic, dreading eager, eccentric ecstasy, eerie effete, effortless embittered, excess faded, failure faintly, fallacy faltering, fatally fearfully, finally garbage, gawky gibberish, gloomy gone, goodbye graphic, gratify hallucinate, harshly hazy, heartless hectic, helpless hesitant, hit-and-miss idiotic, idly ignorant, intimacy illogical, imaginative infatuated, intoxicated jealousy, jittery journey, journal joylessly, judicial junk, juvenile keen, killing knavish, knocking knockout, knotty knowingly, knowledge laborious, lacking lame, languishing lifeless, literature lovelorn, lugubrious madness, maintenance make-believe, malaise mean, melancholic mellow, melodramatic naff, naivety nameless, naturally nauseous, nebulous neglected, nervous oasis, objectionable obliged, obliterate oblivion, obscurity obsolete, one-and-only pacifist, pained pale, panicky paradise, paralyze passionately, passively raging, ranting rationalize, raving realistic, reasonable rebellious, reckless saboteur, sadness sake, sameness sanity, satisfactory scar, steady taint, tangled tasteless, tearful telling, temperamental terror, theoretical unaffected, uncanny uncommon, unconsciously undesirable, uneasy unfortunate, untidy vaguely, vanish vanity, vanquish versatile, vicious violence, voracious waiting, waking walkout, wanting wasteful, weary withering, wrecking if words are food for the mind, then you've seen a glimpse of mine if words are drugs for the brain, then no wonder i'm so pained. -djs
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I’ll conceal your shifting hands, Palms pressed, Calluses to torn cuticles, All thumbs and knuckles and nails, And I don’t know her, violet-scented creeping infestation and How you’ve worn me down, there’s a hole in my sleeve- And I’ve let you chew on me, sweat on me, I’ve I’ve kept you warm And You used me, You used me to conceal illicit activities, hands in pockets, shrugging eyes off, never been cigarettes in there, nope, And you let her peel me off of you, the one with violet hands that weren’t so gentle, but violent, voracious, tearing in at you, as I watched from the floor she scratched the skin that I kept safe and warm, and and Why did you leave me crumpled on the floor and then And then let her take me home, draped over her bony shoulders to billow like a parachute, before she squeezed me half to death that night in her sleep?
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Oct 1, 2012
Oct 1, 2012 at 1:02 AM UTC
Inanimate
I'm surprised we're having a picnic on the east wing! Our company almost never gives us anything! Underpaid with no benefits makes this picnic even better To think I was going to give in my resignation letter With so many hamburgers, hot dogs, and more, It's a fast food restaurant galore! A table packed full with yummies. Today, a lot of beef will be in tummies. People reaching for their plates The caterers come out of their waits One by one, they serve each voracious goer For a pay that probably couldn't get any lower Janice comes, with her broken polish and nails And a scream a joy echos out like whales She's so drunk, oh my god haha she's so wired It's the unpaid overtime or another threat of being fired Poor thing... we finish our girl talk and problems on my mind, I begin to walk Feeling my appetite begin to poke me, I bite into my hamburger with resounding glee Nipping the bread, it's fluff presses against my lips I close my eyes, as my senses go in dips The precious aroma of divine baked bread As my tongue and bun are set to wed. Each bud met with delicious waters of steak The ketchup creating a dreamy, saucy lake Scrumptious, delicious Incredible, nutritious...? It doesn't matter, I've met my goal And the taste, goodness it makes my mind roll Forgetting everything while I finish the rest Golly, this food is the best
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Jun 8, 2016
Jun 8, 2016 at 3:52 PM UTC
Company Picnic
Muelle de Binondo Street, Barangay San Nicolas, Old Manila. My dad's fate Will always be muddled With nostalgia: The mid-afternoon Traffic of fruit vendors, The toothless strains Of my grandfather's voice, Bouncing off The warehouse walls Like folding cardboard, The ceramic gallops of horse- Drawn kalesas taking him From school to My grandfather's offices, Every day and back, Up and down The cardboard box river To Tondo. There, he hurriedly Buys ten Asado buns From a stall across the Street from their School - a voracious Schoolboy Forever late for class, forever Putting on basketball jerseys Too wide for him, Basketball shorts too Short; body Always too gangly, Too long-limbed, wide eyed And fleet footed For his dreams to catch. He once could dunk. He is still a baby boomer - Scared of firecrackers, Weird penchant For popped collar shirts, Pointed shoes, and Sequins - he, was an avid Lover of stars - his old Dust-strewn bed posts Giving way, I imagine, To iron bars caging The luminous starry night, Floating high above The sewage And the freight trucks That weigh him so. They sang to him. In the tune of My mother's voice - The only album He ever possessed. Song set from His favorite band. "Apo Hiking Society." His favorite word, Was "leap." A disciple Of MJ, Dr. J, And Magic, Samboy, and Jawo, Icarus on hardwood And leaping From the free throw line. "Son," he once told me, "You gotta leap "If you wanna live." He was always afraid of heights. It wasn't until 41 that We made him ride a roller-coaster, That he had even seen a roller-coaster. "You gotta leap "If you wanna live." I think my favorite Memory of my dad Is still him wringing my fingers At Space Mountain with Eyes so tightly shut That we forgot Our fears, And screamed instead: So. This, Is how the stars look like When unbolted By folding cardboard, And iron bars.
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Mar 22, 2015
Mar 22, 2015 at 9:32 AM UTC
Dad
Muelle de Binondo Street, Barangay San Nicolas, Old Manila. My dad's fate Will always be muddled With nostalgia: The mid-afternoon Traffic of fruit vendors, The toothless strains Of my grandfather's voice, Bouncing off The warehouse walls Like folding cardboard, The ceramic gallops of horse- Drawn kalesas taking him From school to My grandfather's offices, Every day and back, Up and down The cardboard box river To Tondo. There, he hurriedly Buys ten Asado buns From a stall across the Street from their School - a voracious Schoolboy Forever late for class, forever Putting on basketball jerseys Too wide for him, Basketball shorts too Short; body Always too gangly, Too long-limbed, wide eyed And fleet footed For his dreams to catch. He once could dunk. He is still a baby boomer - Scared of firecrackers, Weird penchant For popped collar shirts, Pointed shoes, and Sequins - he, was an avid Lover of stars - his old Dust-strewn bed posts Giving way, I imagine, To iron bars caging The luminous starry night, Floating high above The sewage And the freight trucks That weigh him so. They sang to him. In the tune of My mother's voice - The only album He ever possessed. Song set from His favorite band. "Apo Hiking Society." His favorite word, Was "leap." A disciple Of MJ, Dr. J, And Magic, Samboy, and Jawo, Icarus on hardwood And leaping From the free throw line. "Son," he once told me, "You gotta leap "If you wanna live." He was always afraid of heights. It wasn't until 41 that We made him ride a roller-coaster, That he had even seen a roller-coaster. "You gotta leap "If you wanna live." I think my favorite Memory of my dad Is still him wringing my fingers At Space Mountain with Eyes so tightly shut That we forgot Our fears, And screamed instead: So. This, Is how the stars look like When unbolted By folding cardboard, And iron bars.
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Languid prickly pear. Ashen, voracious sky lay waste. bruise Earth. Prickly languid pear. Hold fast against the wilted branch. Thank the tree for its regard; the limb that decayed the least.                               O' how my will hangs                               as I do above the death                               who brought us this rot Pear, languid and prickly. Tenacious pride claws and bites at morbid despair and lonesome longing;                                                                    neither victorious. Ashen sky dust and burn the peel Languid pear. Pain felt from the dying of the limb that had more than you in the end Resentment tucked between the anguish. Who brought us this rot?                               O' how this will fades                               unable to deliver                               the cut that will end The branch snaps. Languid. World devoid; the will of which persists.
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Oct 23, 2018
Oct 23, 2018 at 11:01 AM UTC
Prickly Pear
*Oh, to gently enter the water’s embrace, to be weighed down by something other than my grief. The currents look strong, the water rushing and swirling, voracious in its appetite. One by one, I drop the flowers into the water, their petals leave the stems, they are so bright and pretty against the clear blue swirling currents. I am on the branch of a tree, gazing down after them, my ***** blonde hair in my eyes. Slowly, I prize my fingers off the branch, and swing my legs over one side. I jump. The water is chilling, exhilarating. I have never felt so alive. My white dress gathers tightly around my ankles and I can’t kick them free, so I lean back, gazing at the green canopy above me, looking at the bright glow of the flowers swirling about my head. Rosemary for remembrance, pansies, rue and columbine, daisies, sweet and innocent, like how I used to be. The water rushes over my head; I meet my watery grave; I think no more.*
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Apr 27, 2015
Apr 27, 2015 at 10:05 PM UTC
OPHELIA
Four you already know, But I can't, I won't, Put them in writing... allegedly. The Fifth is my favorite. Adrift on the Bering Strait, On an ice flow, Followed by habitat strained Polar Bears. (We'll give him an oar) Upon landing on the opposite shore, To be met By a voracious, ferocious, And ******* Russian bear.
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Apr 27, 2018
Apr 27, 2018 at 9:03 AM UTC
Five Ways To Undo The Don
I wait for this time And recall from chime From mind of mine, the festival of kites I eager for this celebration with lots of affection. Unusual excitement and never-ending fascination When I see in the sky through my eyes The beautiful kites, floating in air with the great pride I wish to fly very- very The kites flying in the day light And fire-lanterns moving from the terrace at night I sit on chair and stare very high With lots of fun and the charming air Fire-Lanterns moving like twinkling star Going very fast and very far, In the sky of city, making marvelous beauty… The delicious undhiyu and the ladoos so sweet Savor on that day with friends I meet. The excited, voracious, sporty people in the Surat city Enjoy this carnival leaving their duty On the festival of kites Take oath in mind Have a strong ambition with positive sight I wish this festival never ends And the precious moments with my friends… I wish I come back in city of Surat I wait for this time And recall from chime From mind of mine, the festival of kites
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Sep 1, 2015
Sep 1, 2015 at 6:37 AM UTC
Festivals of Kites
sleepy eyes open glimpse high ceiling red wood beams house built in 1920s glance out window tree tops blue skies mountains in distance flock of birds flying east chirping sounds passing car engine accelerates inhale deep breath through nose stretch legs plantar dorsal flex feet raise arms over head stiffness in shoulder feel strange sensitivity in right pectoral above ****** cautiously examine with hands feel coarse lump growing more like nub smell moss glare down at growth protruding from chest panicky by soreness rise from bed to mirror on closet door tree stem jutting out from chest inspect dark bark like calloused growth little leafs budding this cannot be race in nervous tantrum run to bathroom suffer painful weight pulling me down clutching carrying foliated limb with arms see myself in mirror horrified stagger back to bed lie on right side branch resting on mattress breathe anxious breaths reexamine pectoral area feel sinewy roots spreading under skin across chest up neck down over stomach waist legs forget how to get home disorientated nauseous exhausted what is this flora invading me ******* kafka metamorphosis post-modern hyper-real narration without accountability jorge luis borges metaphor without mindfulness fairytale run wild jean baudrillard simulacrum psychosis room now filling with plant undergrowth stinking of earth dirt gooey slugs worms shells bugs festering climbing towards windows voracious for light warmth moisture blocking out morning sun entire body trapped in tangled twisted leafy twigs excruciating pain fright lungs gasping suffocating encroaching darkness fatigue loss surrender wake up 4 AM from nightmare scared to fall back to sleep
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Mar 6, 2010
Mar 6, 2010 at 3:45 AM UTC
remember to water garden
sleepy eyes open glimpse high ceiling red wood beams house built in 1920s glance out window tree tops blue skies mountains in distance flock of birds flying east chirping sounds passing car engine accelerates inhale deep breath through nose stretch legs plantar dorsal flex feet raise arms over head stiffness in shoulder feel strange sensitivity in right pectoral above ****** cautiously examine with hands feel coarse lump growing more like nub smell moss glare down at growth protruding from chest panicky by soreness rise from bed to mirror on closet door tree stem jutting out from chest inspect dark bark like calloused growth little leafs budding this cannot be race in nervous tantrum run to bathroom suffer painful weight pulling me down clutching carrying foliated limb with arms see myself in mirror horrified stagger back to bed lie on right side branch resting on mattress breathe anxious breaths reexamine pectoral area feel sinewy roots spreading under skin across chest up neck down over stomach waist legs forget how to get home disorientated nauseous exhausted what is this flora invading me ******* kafka metamorphosis post-modern hyper-real narration without accountability jorge luis borges metaphor without mindfulness fairytale run wild jean baudrillard simulacrum psychosis room now filling with plant undergrowth stinking of earth dirt gooey slugs worms shells bugs festering climbing towards windows voracious for light warmth moisture blocking out morning sun entire body trapped in tangled twisted leafy twigs excruciating pain fright lungs gasping suffocating encroaching darkness fatigue loss surrender wake up 4 AM from nightmare scared to fall back to sleep
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