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"voter" poems
There's a tired old man singing in his boat He hates his voice but he still likes to vote Voter registration put him on hold The value of a thought has steadily dropped Respect for free speech has stopped I gave my opinion and someone called the cops Pump your fist in anger and tell the world why Shout to the sky, look in the camera's eye And say "I don't need a reason, it's my right" Think of all the change that you will bring Telling the artists what to paint and sing Sanitize, commercialize, let freedom ring
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Apr 3, 2016
Apr 3, 2016 at 12:49 PM UTC
Let Freedom Ring
Give him a skinhead, insignia, boots Less scruples, a swagger-stick, crowds, money. No black shirts visible. Just business suits, and pride is restored: tragic but funny. Proud like a skyscraper, godless as sin Babylonian promises, towering lies Reality shows when plutocrats win, Their rhetoric raining from empty skies. She-wolves, elected by uninformed sheep behave predictably, eyeing the flock Their wool (and the lamb-chops) are hers to keep Grazing voter—this should come as no shock. It’s a bitter pill (more like pilloried) So shall we now be ******* or Hillary-ed?
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May 9, 2016
May 9, 2016 at 8:59 PM UTC
Dual Airbags
All is NOT well in the grasslands. The animals are fit to be tied. The actions of the crafty wolves Have left the rest of them horrified. "How will we EVER be able To keep democracy afloat," The antelope asked, "if the wolves Don't allow us all to vote? "In many sections of these grasslands, Shameless wolves are doing their best To hold voter registration Hostage, keeping voters suppressed." "They aim to control voter turnout," The deer added. "That's their hope. Their sneaky ways to manipulate Elections push the envelope! “They stall and seek petty reasons To take names off voting lists. Fair and honest elections are In jeopardy if this persists.” "It's so close to election day, Our courts are reluctant to raise objections," The buffalo said. "Some of the wolves Are even running in the elections! "Humph! They stole a Supreme Court justice. Then they rammed another one through. Now they're still suppressing voters. What more damage will they do?" "Winnowing down voter rolls! Their strategies should be illegal!" The fox chimed in. Looking around, He asked, "Where is our dear friend Eagle?" The absent eagle wanted no Responsibility tied to her name. She couldn't stop the out-of-control Wolves, and hid her head in shame. -by Bob B (10-19-18)
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Oct 19, 2018
Oct 19, 2018 at 10:50 AM UTC
Democracy in Crisis
Nina Simone, occupying ears singing about bed and dressers. Sparsely populated young couple Interrupted by saying amusements. Only two stops I know where to get off I knew to mind the gap I'm a responsible citizen Voter with a valid railcard Only two stops Purchased a ticket Only two stops I can not throw up in that time I can not clear my system of over-priced beer A niche in the market Exploited in the name of money Making let's just raise them let's charge extortionate rates for an autoimmune disease Paying to support a normal drinking culture embedded into the narrative Growing by in the western world Listening to Nina Simone Only one stop now you'd never know what life would be like Without loud pop charts entertaining a few leaving the others yearning the return of ABBA when times were simpler and people cared about Eurovision and illegal music was your own “Tickets please” He seems awfully jolly for a late night shit-shift on Arriva Trains Wales Who's making him work and why's he So ******* happy about it Real extra effort! Soul sapping in my opinion Last stop gotta get off.
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Aug 20, 2018
Aug 20, 2018 at 3:16 PM UTC
Hyper-normalisation (drunk scribbles on a train)
Enemy training, one, two three Is notable for its simplicity. You just arm yourself thoroughly And shoot people with alacrity. Don’t worry about being wrong Or whether an action is right. That they don’t want you to shoot Is enough to start the fight. Please take this as truth That this is how it is done If you see someone as enemy You cease to see a human. The fact that they are armed And don’t like who you like Is enough to create words like **** **** ****** and **** Enemy training, one, two three Is notable for its simplicity. You just arm yourself thoroughly And shoot people with alacrity. Line up the opposition forces Against a bullet-riddled wall And shoot them many times And see how many will fall. The ones who do not die Must be minions of the devil. They are the enemy, you see. That’s all. That’s on the level. Don’t worry about being wrong Or whether an action is right. That they don’t want you to shoot Is enough to start the fight. And those people that don’t Believe in your own form of Jesus, Like Aerabbs and Jews and such, Shoot them as much as it pleases. Because they won’t go to heaven, And are just heathens anyway Like them Buddhist dingdongs Like them ****** lesbians and gays. Enemy training, one, two three Is notable for its simplicity. You just arm yourself thoroughly And shoot people with alacrity. And people in foreign countries Well, you can guess how that goes; Take a look and easily compare Canadanians to them from Mexico. The French are Frogs, Spanish spics. None as good as us Americans. And nothing good can come out Of any **** place that is African. Don’t worry about being wrong Or whether an action is right. That they don’t want you to shoot Is enough to start the fight. Now if you find some of this offensive And if this is revving up your motors, Just bear in mind, this is what goes on In the mind of the average voter. Want to change this, make life better? Drop your representatives a letter. Tell them you are on to their villainy And see them as supporting the REAL enemy.
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Aug 18, 2015
Aug 18, 2015 at 8:56 PM UTC
ENEMY TRAINING
Enemy training, one, two three Is notable for its simplicity. You just arm yourself thoroughly And shoot people with alacrity. Don’t worry about being wrong Or whether an action is right. That they don’t want you to shoot Is enough to start the fight. Please take this as truth That this is how it is done If you see someone as enemy You cease to see a human. The fact that they are armed And don’t like who you like Is enough to create words like **** **** ****** and **** Enemy training, one, two three Is notable for its simplicity. You just arm yourself thoroughly And shoot people with alacrity. Line up the opposition forces Against a bullet-riddled wall And shoot them many times And see how many will fall. The ones who do not die Must be minions of the devil. They are the enemy, you see. That’s all. That’s on the level. Don’t worry about being wrong Or whether an action is right. That they don’t want you to shoot Is enough to start the fight. And those people that don’t Believe in your own form of Jesus, Like Aerabbs and Jews and such, Shoot them as much as it pleases. Because they won’t go to heaven, And are just heathens anyway Like them Buddhist dingdongs Like them ****** lesbians and gays. Enemy training, one, two three Is notable for its simplicity. You just arm yourself thoroughly And shoot people with alacrity. And people in foreign countries Well, you can guess how that goes; Take a look and easily compare Canadanians to them from Mexico. The French are Frogs, Spanish spics. None as good as us Americans. And nothing good can come out Of any **** place that is African. Don’t worry about being wrong Or whether an action is right. That they don’t want you to shoot Is enough to start the fight. Now if you find some of this offensive And if this is revving up your motors, Just bear in mind, this is what goes on In the mind of the average voter. Want to change this, make life better? Drop your representatives a letter. Tell them you are on to their villainy And see them as supporting the REAL enemy.
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*** Way to fleece… A taxpayer They’ve got us singing the blues And we’re not down for all that jazz*… leave that to the Sax player We remain mind boggled by these selfish ‘leaders’ I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… ‘Dude! Way to bleed us!’ We’re already scraping the floor for crumbs… are they trying to run our finances into the ground? “You work for us you pompous ********** it’s not the other way around...” Midnight meetings in secretive silence We preferred it when their nonsense made a sound We’re ashamed and infuriated But what makes it worse is that we’re not surprised It’s like they strive to be truly hated… and yes, they've  gotten themselves despised More and more by the day As each day goes by We would throw them all out if we could And our actions would be understood Unfortunately we can’t do this for they are skilled at defiance Masters of political science And at it they are that good Liars Cheats The campaigning politician... Seducing us with deceit when he comes out on the street To make his energetic speech And then... The elected Member of Parliament... Only campaigns for his financial gain Once he’s assured that for a whole term his position is permanent That’s where they've slipped up, and I thought they were a smart lot Schemious at least Such a wrong move in an election year Do they not fear… getting dropped by the voter? Two hundred and twenty four MP’s… dead weight in deep water And can’t swim Should they have asked for my advice prior, I would have told them to simply cease and desist “Do not dive in…”.
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Jan 11, 2013
Jan 11, 2013 at 3:53 AM UTC
WTF!(Of the Kenyan MP and gratuity)
*** Way to fleece… A taxpayer They’ve got us singing the blues And we’re not down for all that jazz*… leave that to the Sax player We remain mind boggled by these selfish ‘leaders’ I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… ‘Dude! Way to bleed us!’ We’re already scraping the floor for crumbs… are they trying to run our finances into the ground? “You work for us you pompous ********** it’s not the other way around...” Midnight meetings in secretive silence We preferred it when their nonsense made a sound We’re ashamed and infuriated But what makes it worse is that we’re not surprised It’s like they strive to be truly hated… and yes, they've  gotten themselves despised More and more by the day As each day goes by We would throw them all out if we could And our actions would be understood Unfortunately we can’t do this for they are skilled at defiance Masters of political science And at it they are that good Liars Cheats The campaigning politician... Seducing us with deceit when he comes out on the street To make his energetic speech And then... The elected Member of Parliament... Only campaigns for his financial gain Once he’s assured that for a whole term his position is permanent That’s where they've slipped up, and I thought they were a smart lot Schemious at least Such a wrong move in an election year Do they not fear… getting dropped by the voter? Two hundred and twenty four MP’s… dead weight in deep water And can’t swim Should they have asked for my advice prior, I would have told them to simply cease and desist “Do not dive in…”.
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Once upon a time there was an Italian, And some people thought he was a rapscallion, But he wasn't offended, Because other people thought he was splendid, And he said the world was round, And everybody made an uncomplimentary sound, But he went and tried to borrow some money from Ferdinand But Ferdinand said America was a bird in the bush and he'd rather have a berdinand, But Columbus' brain was fertile, it wasn't arid, And he remembered that Ferdinand was married, And he thought, there is no wife like a misunderstood one, Because if her husband thinks something is a terrible idea she is bound to think it a good one, So he perfumed his handkerchief with bay *** and citronella, And he went to see Isabella, And he looked wonderful but he had never felt sillier, And she said, I can't place the face but the aroma is familiar, And Columbus didn't say a word, All he said was, I am Columbus, the fifteenth-century Admiral Byrd, And, just as he thought, her disposition was very malleable, And she said, Here are my jewels, and she wasn't penurious like Cornelia the mother of the Gracchi, she wasn't referring to her children, no, she was referring to her jewels, which were very very valuable, So Columbus said, Somebody show me the sunset and somebody did and he set sail for it, And he discovered America and they put him in jail for it, And the fetters gave him welts, And they named America after somebody else, So the sad fate of Columbus ought to be pointed out to every child and every voter, Because it has a very important moral, which is, Don't be a discoverer, be a promoter.
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Columbus
Once upon a time there was an Italian, And some people thought he was a rapscallion, But he wasn't offended, Because other people thought he was splendid, And he said the world was round, And everybody made an uncomplimentary sound, But he went and tried to borrow some money from Ferdinand But Ferdinand said America was a bird in the bush and he'd rather have a berdinand, But Columbus' brain was fertile, it wasn't arid, And he remembered that Ferdinand was married, And he thought, there is no wife like a misunderstood one, Because if her husband thinks something is a terrible idea she is bound to think it a good one, So he perfumed his handkerchief with bay *** and citronella, And he went to see Isabella, And he looked wonderful but he had never felt sillier, And she said, I can't place the face but the aroma is familiar, And Columbus didn't say a word, All he said was, I am Columbus, the fifteenth-century Admiral Byrd, And, just as he thought, her disposition was very malleable, And she said, Here are my jewels, and she wasn't penurious like Cornelia the mother of the Gracchi, she wasn't referring to her children, no, she was referring to her jewels, which were very very valuable, So Columbus said, Somebody show me the sunset and somebody did and he set sail for it, And he discovered America and they put him in jail for it, And the fetters gave him welts, And they named America after somebody else, So the sad fate of Columbus ought to be pointed out to every child and every voter, Because it has a very important moral, which is, Don't be a discoverer, be a promoter.
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a  e  i  o  u  and opposing thumbs my woman, she's a snuggler and spooner. burying herself on my, no, in my double barreled chest, her blonde hair, my field of gold.^ she landscapes my life, paralyzing me with the simplest of gestures. she sleeps holding my thumbs. locks me up. locks me down. so I cannot transcribe the lines of poetry mindful, landlines shut, land-mines of verse unexploded, till these now, hours later. a few notes ago, a few days ago, heard an octet, eight voices singing of five letters, five vowels, a  e  i  o  u. you can hear what I heard too. after you listen, better understand vowels are the butter of language. the anointing oil of connectivity. more than a line of code, they are the keys to the code, that make words and life musical. I suppose we could mange without them if we had to. spsz v cd mng wthot thm ff v hd t. but not so well. I suppose we could manage without opposing thumbs. learn to type with my nose, paint with my toes. but not so well. here is how it comes all together. a  e  i  o  u  and opposing thumbs, never give them more than a never thought, passing over, assumed. oh yeah, on some tv show, you can buy a vowel. these glues are the things that give me the chance to tell this: this poem it is a bit about me. this poem it is a bit about her. this poem is really about you. I could live without a  e  i  o  u  and opposing thumbs. but I could not live without her landscaping my chest. but when I share this knowledge with you friend, it becomes a verified, realized, acknowledged truth. So you see this poem is about a  e  i  o  u  and opposing thumbs, but really about you. In fact, I am thinking, that if I did not love the title a  e  i  o  u  and opposing thumbs so much, would entitle it instead, a wholesome democracy of love. you, a registered voter, vote then with both all the a  e  i  o  u  and opposing thumbs at your disposal.
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Nov 8, 2013
Nov 8, 2013 at 2:42 AM UTC
a e i o u and opposing thumbs
a  e  i  o  u  and opposing thumbs my woman, she's a snuggler and spooner. burying herself on my, no, in my double barreled chest, her blonde hair, my field of gold.^ she landscapes my life, paralyzing me with the simplest of gestures. she sleeps holding my thumbs. locks me up. locks me down. so I cannot transcribe the lines of poetry mindful, landlines shut, land-mines of verse unexploded, till these now, hours later. a few notes ago, a few days ago, heard an octet, eight voices singing of five letters, five vowels, a  e  i  o  u. you can hear what I heard too. after you listen, better understand vowels are the butter of language. the anointing oil of connectivity. more than a line of code, they are the keys to the code, that make words and life musical. I suppose we could mange without them if we had to. spsz v cd mng wthot thm ff v hd t. but not so well. I suppose we could manage without opposing thumbs. learn to type with my nose, paint with my toes. but not so well. here is how it comes all together. a  e  i  o  u  and opposing thumbs, never give them more than a never thought, passing over, assumed. oh yeah, on some tv show, you can buy a vowel. these glues are the things that give me the chance to tell this: this poem it is a bit about me. this poem it is a bit about her. this poem is really about you. I could live without a  e  i  o  u  and opposing thumbs. but I could not live without her landscaping my chest. but when I share this knowledge with you friend, it becomes a verified, realized, acknowledged truth. So you see this poem is about a  e  i  o  u  and opposing thumbs, but really about you. In fact, I am thinking, that if I did not love the title a  e  i  o  u  and opposing thumbs so much, would entitle it instead, a wholesome democracy of love. you, a registered voter, vote then with both all the a  e  i  o  u  and opposing thumbs at your disposal.
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Maria Ressa, ano'ng problema? Ba't hanggang ngayon, mukha pa ring lamanlupa? Nagkakalat-lagim sa mga balita Mayro'ng yayari sa'yo. Ito'y kuwento ng.... ....isang BULATE, TUKMOL sa umaga, TUOD sa gabi, Pisngi man niya'y punuin ng kolorete Mukhang BANGAW pa rin, walang silbi Ibaon na ang IMPAKTA. Maria Ressa, ano'ng problema? Bakit mukha pa ring nayuping pugita Mga galamay mo panggulo sa media Mayro'ng yayari sa'yo. Ito'y kuwento ng.... ....mga payaso fake news sa umaga, fact-check sa gabi, mukha nila ay sintigas ng adobe bungo naman laman ay kamote Ututin pa ang bunganga Maria Ressa, ikaw ang problema Hilig **** magkalat ng maling balita at kapag sinita biglang magpapaawa #DefendPressFreedom kuno?! Ito'y kuwento ng.... ....mga bulate walang voter's I.D. banyaga kasi bida-bida, sumasama pa sa rally wala namang bilang, hindi noypi i-deport na sa kangkungan Maria Ressa, walang problema kahit maglaho pa tulad mo sa media Marami pang ibang magbibigay ng balita Walang manghihinayang sa'yo Ito'y kuwento ng.... ....mga bulate!
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Jul 17, 2020
Jul 17, 2020 at 10:50 PM UTC
Maria Ressa Theme Song
A voter’s pair of eyes Must see through the lulling guise of: Envy, desire, uncontrolled lust. Greed does not bluff, Ego’s fueled flames Burn everyone's trust. Censored is shame, Constant the need for more stuff! Ruining relations, while nations go bust. Confronted, greed has nothing to say, Actions from the master of so many slaves PFL
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Jun 11, 2016
Jun 11, 2016 at 3:38 PM UTC
Voting Eyes
This is in dedication to Mr. John Grant a spokesman for Veterans for Peace local 31. When during the late Bush years we protested the Bushy Zombies in West Chester Pa. This took place every Saturday from early morning till around 4 or 5 pm. He keep saying, "They're drinking the cool-aid." P.S. Veterans for Peace is also national and is registered under the U.N. with its own magazine. This was poem was written in 2010 Besides it has a rap beat to it Lies ah decieven' our minds ah believen' by ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny-fudge Drive-by ah flyin' innocent babes ah dyin', while ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny-fudge Blacks  against slavery racists say lazy, Jim Crow ah knowin', black vote ah growin', voter lines ah showen', black suppression ah growin', while ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny-fudge Mr. sweater vest advisin' theocracy risin' ( Rick ******** gays cannot marry his heavy-load to carry, all Muslims are targets by his government harlots, body meedlers of women, no rights he has proven by ah drinkin' his cool-aid and eatin' funny-fudge Mexican Border right-wingers disorder, Jail complexes growin', their profits showin', public schools no maintain', corporate zombie schools gainin', while ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny fudge Corporations are people super-vote-money inclusion, Super Pacs' delusion, Democracy illusion, while ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny-fudge Profits by Lockheed Martin perpetual wars embarkin', wars appeasin' without good reason, while ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny fudge No good reason callin' Wikkeleaks treason, while ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny fudge Houses ah runnin' from ex-owners ah gruntin', our lands will desert us whole nature unnerved us, while ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny fudge Street people ah growin' with hardly non knowin', parents ah cryin', hungry tots ah dyin', emergency rooms ah packin', it's healthcare ah lackin' While ah Wall Street ah hoppin' in triumph give-away-ah-hoppin', while ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny fridge Slave hours grind us while paychecks are minus, GOP congress never behind us, while ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny fudge, Zombies surround us to only remind us, QUIT DRINKIN' THE COOL-AID AND EATIN' FUNNY FUDGE!!!
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Sep 19, 2014
Sep 19, 2014 at 4:19 AM UTC
Quit drinkin' the cool-aid
This is in dedication to Mr. John Grant a spokesman for Veterans for Peace local 31. When during the late Bush years we protested the Bushy Zombies in West Chester Pa. This took place every Saturday from early morning till around 4 or 5 pm. He keep saying, "They're drinking the cool-aid." P.S. Veterans for Peace is also national and is registered under the U.N. with its own magazine. This was poem was written in 2010 Besides it has a rap beat to it Lies ah decieven' our minds ah believen' by ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny-fudge Drive-by ah flyin' innocent babes ah dyin', while ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny-fudge Blacks  against slavery racists say lazy, Jim Crow ah knowin', black vote ah growin', voter lines ah showen', black suppression ah growin', while ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny-fudge Mr. sweater vest advisin' theocracy risin' ( Rick ******** gays cannot marry his heavy-load to carry, all Muslims are targets by his government harlots, body meedlers of women, no rights he has proven by ah drinkin' his cool-aid and eatin' funny-fudge Mexican Border right-wingers disorder, Jail complexes growin', their profits showin', public schools no maintain', corporate zombie schools gainin', while ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny fudge Corporations are people super-vote-money inclusion, Super Pacs' delusion, Democracy illusion, while ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny-fudge Profits by Lockheed Martin perpetual wars embarkin', wars appeasin' without good reason, while ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny fudge No good reason callin' Wikkeleaks treason, while ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny fudge Houses ah runnin' from ex-owners ah gruntin', our lands will desert us whole nature unnerved us, while ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny fudge Street people ah growin' with hardly non knowin', parents ah cryin', hungry tots ah dyin', emergency rooms ah packin', it's healthcare ah lackin' While ah Wall Street ah hoppin' in triumph give-away-ah-hoppin', while ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny fridge Slave hours grind us while paychecks are minus, GOP congress never behind us, while ah drinkin' the cool-aid; eatin' funny fudge, Zombies surround us to only remind us, QUIT DRINKIN' THE COOL-AID AND EATIN' FUNNY FUDGE!!!
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the markerboard on the fridge read: sleep tonight. the only thing i promised myself i'd do. the day went something like this: i woke up thirty minutes late, i made do with only washing my hair, ate an apple, yogurt, drank a cup, ****** myself to clear my head, ignored the neighbor as i stepped out the door. went to a dead-end, data-entry job, where the girls aren't pretty, nobody is funny, because everybody is a CPA and i'm not pleasant because i don't give a good ******* about the world of finance. the highlight of the workday (as it is everyday), was the break room chatter during lunch. the earth-shattering conversations revolved around: *how good the nutrisystem desserts taste, how there was low voter-turnout in the midterm, and how that one girl is a lesbian*. i got off work, ate a sandwich, a banana, put on sweatpants and a thrift store t-shirt. i wrapped some fitness contraption around my belly, whose sole purpose is to make my abdomen sweat profusely. no pretty girls at the fitness center. i got back to my apartment. wrote some phony poetry full of half-baked sentiment for no worthwhile reason. i smoked. i watched a foreign film, but couldn't find my glasses. meaning: *i have no ******* clue what the plot was about*. i went to the gas station. made small talk with the long haired indian man. i bought two smirnoff 40s. something about smirnoff gives me really cohesive dreams. my roommate tried to give me a lecture. i told him christ was a myth. a simple summation of earlier religious figures. slammed the door, lit some incense called ***** i fell asleep, woke up an hour later in a fright. turned on the fan, lit some more ***** closed my eyes, and dreamt a complex novel, containing: *me missing church, my mom calling me, getting lost in canada, finding my way back to my hometown only to find two dudes with heavy machine guns killing everyone in the cozy, local shops, then somehow i got a line in a movie directed by none other than keanu reeves*. at least i finally got some sleep.
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Jul 28, 2010
Jul 28, 2010 at 6:21 PM UTC
7/26
the markerboard on the fridge read: sleep tonight. the only thing i promised myself i'd do. the day went something like this: i woke up thirty minutes late, i made do with only washing my hair, ate an apple, yogurt, drank a cup, ****** myself to clear my head, ignored the neighbor as i stepped out the door. went to a dead-end, data-entry job, where the girls aren't pretty, nobody is funny, because everybody is a CPA and i'm not pleasant because i don't give a good ******* about the world of finance. the highlight of the workday (as it is everyday), was the break room chatter during lunch. the earth-shattering conversations revolved around: *how good the nutrisystem desserts taste, how there was low voter-turnout in the midterm, and how that one girl is a lesbian*. i got off work, ate a sandwich, a banana, put on sweatpants and a thrift store t-shirt. i wrapped some fitness contraption around my belly, whose sole purpose is to make my abdomen sweat profusely. no pretty girls at the fitness center. i got back to my apartment. wrote some phony poetry full of half-baked sentiment for no worthwhile reason. i smoked. i watched a foreign film, but couldn't find my glasses. meaning: *i have no ******* clue what the plot was about*. i went to the gas station. made small talk with the long haired indian man. i bought two smirnoff 40s. something about smirnoff gives me really cohesive dreams. my roommate tried to give me a lecture. i told him christ was a myth. a simple summation of earlier religious figures. slammed the door, lit some incense called ***** i fell asleep, woke up an hour later in a fright. turned on the fan, lit some more ***** closed my eyes, and dreamt a complex novel, containing: *me missing church, my mom calling me, getting lost in canada, finding my way back to my hometown only to find two dudes with heavy machine guns killing everyone in the cozy, local shops, then somehow i got a line in a movie directed by none other than keanu reeves*. at least i finally got some sleep.
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The crowds flock to protest the new recipe, as thousands die in the city of Jakarta. Even as the tulip fields promise diversity, another whitewashed wall appears by the old laundrette. I cannot understand sanity in a world so crazy. Police barricade the homeless and set the rapists free. Each jewellery room is iron-gated, whilst hospitals turn to soup kitchens. There is no app to save us from human folly, no special offer on compassion, or a trial period for higher states of mind. Eyes are bleeding by TV screens, as all expectations are lowered to the high-rise. Where comes politics in Democracy's atrophy? Voter apathy, faceless names and blood-lined tycoons fill the news. They are saying “nothing will change,” whilst promising the world.
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May 27, 2014
May 27, 2014 at 11:18 AM UTC
Voting For Change
my head is a vacant lot loaded with automatic cars idling in a polluted environment full of bidding corporations run by empty businessman who take advantage of a selfish inward populace that raise  violent children who  turn off their minds to the madness,  cruelty  and cultural void at the local nightclub called "Numb" or " E-tarded"  and slobbering over drinks and beats  like the sounds of horns from a traffic jam driven by impatient animals  in a sheepfold bawing their way to the nearest vaccination center for thier imaginary  twinrix dose of  swine ***** and orange juice that skyrocket diabetes rates above google hits  and fat conservative voter polls broadcasted daily by popular media botox injections that styme creativity with  the same ****** music played over and over and over like the broken recorded rhetoric that tell us to  destructively reach out  to foreign countries while  selling ourselves out for better cars but increase profits and taxes at the same rate of the rising  prison population and shrinking contributions to  health care , edU-caTion ,  community and environment all the while you can hear the sheep bleat and beep and bleat and beep
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Feb 27, 2010
Feb 27, 2010 at 7:06 PM UTC
Vacant
You leave the apostrophes to someone else, I can't even make it in to 'im', instead I'm writing papers about the Oneida and Jonestown murders. The television is on, the air purifier is dying. I can hear the ***** fan belt of my laptop on the fritz or the fizzy bubbles of The Cranberry Redbull that I'm trying. I could be a great sport. Ya know, anything you want. Jump to. Make the Miso soup, clear off the kitchen table, buy brand new markers with no recent pictures drawn into their nibs. Throw in comfy pants. I don't know what else I have to offer, a clean bath? Some books? A magazine? The weather is exciting, we could call get Pneumonia or at least share a drink and catch Hep-C, Put our children together to catch the gift of Shingles. A motorcycle toy for my Uritis it is better. The roses from the sweater paired with leather, leggings, and a kick *** song. Inside we can talk about his hair cut and going to California. I'm intimidated by you moreover when you tell me you can eat airplanes with only your bare hands. And even if I'm a bore, I still have Streptococcus. So seal and deliver. My cerulean goddess, with the best, thank thank you for the nightmare fever you stole from the words I wrote. And at the end of your book you don't have to cop out and fall along a crippled sky. With crippled words, verbs, and losers. Score cards of different colors. Tunics proud as the walk to the river we voted from Baptism to demon-voter. Stand and deliver, flora and fauna that threatens to eat our home.
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Nov 18, 2013
Nov 18, 2013 at 3:11 AM UTC
Cessna 360
You leave the apostrophes to someone else, I can't even make it in to 'im', instead I'm writing papers about the Oneida and Jonestown murders. The television is on, the air purifier is dying. I can hear the ***** fan belt of my laptop on the fritz or the fizzy bubbles of The Cranberry Redbull that I'm trying. I could be a great sport. Ya know, anything you want. Jump to. Make the Miso soup, clear off the kitchen table, buy brand new markers with no recent pictures drawn into their nibs. Throw in comfy pants. I don't know what else I have to offer, a clean bath? Some books? A magazine? The weather is exciting, we could call get Pneumonia or at least share a drink and catch Hep-C, Put our children together to catch the gift of Shingles. A motorcycle toy for my Uritis it is better. The roses from the sweater paired with leather, leggings, and a kick *** song. Inside we can talk about his hair cut and going to California. I'm intimidated by you moreover when you tell me you can eat airplanes with only your bare hands. And even if I'm a bore, I still have Streptococcus. So seal and deliver. My cerulean goddess, with the best, thank thank you for the nightmare fever you stole from the words I wrote. And at the end of your book you don't have to cop out and fall along a crippled sky. With crippled words, verbs, and losers. Score cards of different colors. Tunics proud as the walk to the river we voted from Baptism to demon-voter. Stand and deliver, flora and fauna that threatens to eat our home.
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When I was just a little kid I never liked a **** When I grew up it didn’t change When I went to work. I didn’t much like pranks and such And most practical jokes, Whoopie cushions, pulled out chairs And winking, leering blokes. It was much more annoying to me When the liars got to win. It made me want to call them names And kick them in the shin. How anyone ever thought well of them Made no sense to me. They should have been taken to task And called the enemy. Schoolyard antics Made me frantic When they harassed the weak The underweight, those in glasses Those whose noses were tweaked. Why didn’t their parents teach These creeps to be more kind? Or keep them home full time, I’m sure nobody would mind. Now I hate to watch the news And see how many got elected. If the average voter doesn’t know At least they should have suspected When billions of dollars disappear And nobody is ever put in prison. That means there are jerks out there And that doesn’t take a lot of wisdom. I sometimes wish Kafka was right And the evil woke up differently. Maybe they could be one foot tall And not quite reach my knee. Then we could see the crooks arrive And lock them out of our conventions. We’d just have to lglance to know That they have dishonest intentions. Schoolyard antics Made me frantic When they harassed the weak The underweight, those in glasses Those whose noses were tweaked. Why didn’t their parents teach These creeps to be more kind? Or keep them home full time, I’m sure nobody would mind.
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Nov 26, 2016
Nov 26, 2016 at 10:50 PM UTC
JERKS
When I was just a little kid I never liked a **** When I grew up it didn’t change When I went to work. I didn’t much like pranks and such And most practical jokes, Whoopie cushions, pulled out chairs And winking, leering blokes. It was much more annoying to me When the liars got to win. It made me want to call them names And kick them in the shin. How anyone ever thought well of them Made no sense to me. They should have been taken to task And called the enemy. Schoolyard antics Made me frantic When they harassed the weak The underweight, those in glasses Those whose noses were tweaked. Why didn’t their parents teach These creeps to be more kind? Or keep them home full time, I’m sure nobody would mind. Now I hate to watch the news And see how many got elected. If the average voter doesn’t know At least they should have suspected When billions of dollars disappear And nobody is ever put in prison. That means there are jerks out there And that doesn’t take a lot of wisdom. I sometimes wish Kafka was right And the evil woke up differently. Maybe they could be one foot tall And not quite reach my knee. Then we could see the crooks arrive And lock them out of our conventions. We’d just have to lglance to know That they have dishonest intentions. Schoolyard antics Made me frantic When they harassed the weak The underweight, those in glasses Those whose noses were tweaked. Why didn’t their parents teach These creeps to be more kind? Or keep them home full time, I’m sure nobody would mind.
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For we so fearful, let me lead with caution to the truth your mind feels needs protection against. We’re fenced in and can't get out to be fully liberated. Yes, fully, not this half liberated we overexaggerated which made us blind to our institutionalized minds. The Phala-Phalas know this, so this gang always reminds us about 27 years, making us their voter slaves. Until we realise Mandela took his party with him in his grave, there's a Hendrik that keeps our rainbow apart. Even if unity is the deepest desire of our hearts!
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Sep 8, 2022
Sep 8, 2022 at 3:55 PM UTC
Liberation South Africa
The president loves to carry on About his gut and how it guides him. How can anybody believe A word of all of his nonsense besides him? His gut encourages him to lie And do it while he keeps a straight face. It helps him create far-fetched stories To dupe and galvanize his base. His gut is great at seeking out The shiftiest autocrats around, So he can make America His autocratic proving ground. It's also very good at distracting The country from what is REALLY going on-- At how to attract his servile lackeys While he plays the role of the don. It helps him to be great at knowing How to pander to various groups Such as evangelicals Who kiss his you-know-what. Oops! His gut tells him that scientists Are full of baloney when they proclaim That global warming is a threat And humankind is largely to blame. His gut says illegal voting Is rampant. Doesn't he find it odd That experts have found no proof at all Of widespread voter fraud? His gut says he hires the best people. That makes him SO excited. But how many have left their jobs? How many have been indicted? His gut said that he could pay money To silence affairs and get away with it. Did his gut let him know Whether his wife would be okay with it? His gut tells him that as the leader He can do what he desires, Which must include collusion, obstruction Of justice, and calling dissenters liars. Yes, I agree: gut feeling Can be useful at times, BUT Why can't the president Start using reason and NOT his gut? -by Bob B (11-30-18)
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Nov 30, 2018
Nov 30, 2018 at 1:15 PM UTC
Gut Feeling
The president loves to carry on About his gut and how it guides him. How can anybody believe A word of all of his nonsense besides him? His gut encourages him to lie And do it while he keeps a straight face. It helps him create far-fetched stories To dupe and galvanize his base. His gut is great at seeking out The shiftiest autocrats around, So he can make America His autocratic proving ground. It's also very good at distracting The country from what is REALLY going on-- At how to attract his servile lackeys While he plays the role of the don. It helps him to be great at knowing How to pander to various groups Such as evangelicals Who kiss his you-know-what. Oops! His gut tells him that scientists Are full of baloney when they proclaim That global warming is a threat And humankind is largely to blame. His gut says illegal voting Is rampant. Doesn't he find it odd That experts have found no proof at all Of widespread voter fraud? His gut says he hires the best people. That makes him SO excited. But how many have left their jobs? How many have been indicted? His gut said that he could pay money To silence affairs and get away with it. Did his gut let him know Whether his wife would be okay with it? His gut tells him that as the leader He can do what he desires, Which must include collusion, obstruction Of justice, and calling dissenters liars. Yes, I agree: gut feeling Can be useful at times, BUT Why can't the president Start using reason and NOT his gut? -by Bob B (11-30-18)
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I unfurled it, uncurled its edges, like the first time a boy who is the first time a man shakes, and takes, to break open, with the trepidation of martyrs the word of God. And he on ceremony says: "PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND ORDERED REFERRED BY PETITION REFERENDUM MEASURE NO. 74 ...concerning marriage... ...allow same-sex couples... ...to marry..." Voter: "Approved... ...Rejected" But all the words were wrong. Like so many other scriptures, the words did not encapsulate, not yet begun to navigate or in legal language validate my quintessential being of a fascinating, adulating, activating Love.
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Oct 19, 2012
Oct 19, 2012 at 7:00 PM UTC
Referendum 74, or I'm a It-Shouldn't-Be-An-Issue Voter
Looking at my nation makes me wanna cry, Whatever happened to so called freedom and independence you guys? But citizens are getting greedier and demanding, Expected to be handed money just cause of circumstances they can't control, If I sat in my house all day, Nothing would get done at all, And just cause you don't have a job doesn't mean the government should reach into my pockets and TAKE! TAKE! TAKE! That isn't their job! But you expect it to be, So you'll vote and vote and vote, For Robin Hoods and supposed heroes that don't get much done, But spend and spend and spend, Because we all deserve equalness… But don't you get it, We are never equal, God didn't make us equal and for life to be fair, And no, I didn't say a flaming big explosion created us all to evolve, Please, lets stop that hopeless dream, Like, I'm the minority for sure without a voice, But back in 1958 it wouldn't have been my choice to remove my child from my womb, Yet it's a sad, sad, sad world, getting worse every day, I'm tired of not being heard my words and being called ignorant, For I'm a well informed voter, shouting off some concerns of my own, Don't I have the **** right as everyone else to be heard? But there's no point if I'm not listened to, right? If this type is never read, Then my thoughts forever are dead, Please don't take away my rights, to believe what I've always believed.
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Nov 5, 2012
Nov 5, 2012 at 10:08 AM UTC
Election...yeah I know you all are tired of it
paid mercenaries these are not riots this violence is all paid for you have sold your souls you have sold your souls you have sold your souls you have sold your souls you have sold your souls you are stirred up pawns you have been pawns for a long, long time voter puppets of the democratic party not ever expected to think for yourself so easily used and manipulated kept in a different type of slavery shaped and honed and fed like cattle in a stall to be used only as inseminators (let's create more voters) not allowed to be fathers (let's **** the family) (family?) ( what's that?) fatherhood a forgotten trait only progenitors raised by generations of women on the dole fathers not allowed in the home used, used, used can't won't see it! stirred up in the cauldron of anger who are the real haters???? ??? ??? whose lives matter??? ??? only those killed and used for media attention and believe me, they are used by everyone from the president on down never waste a good crisis and when necessary create one do the large numbers of brother killing brother matter? and why not? we don't hear about those numbers on the nightly news guess those lives must not matter do the lives lost the babies killed the genocide of planned parenthood one in every neighborhood do they matter? do they matter? do they matter? do they matter? do they matter? do they matter? do they matter? no one speaks of them why not? why not? why not? why not? why not? why not? because brother against brother and baby genocide don't matter to the media HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they all fall in line with Bill Gates population control anyway only the deaths used for exploitive incendiary political purposes matter to the elitists the George Soros types and the media pawns=slaves pawns=slaves pawns=slaves pawns=slaves pawns=slaves pawns=slaves generations of pawns whose usefulness will soon be over being used one more time to start all these fires where will these pawns be when the fires go out? who will bother to pay them to feed them then? their usefulness to massa' will be over then. I cry for the pawns for my brothers and sisters for all the fatherless children. a life is worth so much more. a life is worth so much more. a life is worth so much more. a life is worth so much more. a life is worth so much more. a life is worth so much more. a life is worth so much a life is worth so a life is worth a life is a life a . . . . . Cj 2016
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Dec 14, 2016
Dec 14, 2016 at 11:43 AM UTC
Open the eyes of the pawns
paid mercenaries these are not riots this violence is all paid for you have sold your souls you have sold your souls you have sold your souls you have sold your souls you have sold your souls you are stirred up pawns you have been pawns for a long, long time voter puppets of the democratic party not ever expected to think for yourself so easily used and manipulated kept in a different type of slavery shaped and honed and fed like cattle in a stall to be used only as inseminators (let's create more voters) not allowed to be fathers (let's **** the family) (family?) ( what's that?) fatherhood a forgotten trait only progenitors raised by generations of women on the dole fathers not allowed in the home used, used, used can't won't see it! stirred up in the cauldron of anger who are the real haters???? ??? ??? whose lives matter??? ??? only those killed and used for media attention and believe me, they are used by everyone from the president on down never waste a good crisis and when necessary create one do the large numbers of brother killing brother matter? and why not? we don't hear about those numbers on the nightly news guess those lives must not matter do the lives lost the babies killed the genocide of planned parenthood one in every neighborhood do they matter? do they matter? do they matter? do they matter? do they matter? do they matter? do they matter? no one speaks of them why not? why not? why not? why not? why not? why not? because brother against brother and baby genocide don't matter to the media HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they all fall in line with Bill Gates population control anyway only the deaths used for exploitive incendiary political purposes matter to the elitists the George Soros types and the media pawns=slaves pawns=slaves pawns=slaves pawns=slaves pawns=slaves pawns=slaves generations of pawns whose usefulness will soon be over being used one more time to start all these fires where will these pawns be when the fires go out? who will bother to pay them to feed them then? their usefulness to massa' will be over then. I cry for the pawns for my brothers and sisters for all the fatherless children. a life is worth so much more. a life is worth so much more. a life is worth so much more. a life is worth so much more. a life is worth so much more. a life is worth so much more. a life is worth so much a life is worth so a life is worth a life is a life a . . . . . Cj 2016
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So far you are good at pollution And other pocket lining resolutions. You look at graft as a noble institution While you work to undo the constitution. No matter, it is our geese that are cooked As long as you have pricey vacations booked Don’t miss any vote-buyer’s finger crooked As long as the very richest fish are hooked You quickly learn to so slickly lie While looking people in the eye We’d be better if you said goodbye But you don’t so we just sit and cry. And as you ruin all of our credit You take our Social Security and bet it And it’s our fault because we let it And then when you steal it, we forget it But your fingerprints on the knife in the back Proves to everyone you are all off of the track Everybody is busy giving you nothing but slack Like all of us are some kind of lobbyist hack It is we who have to watchdog your legislation We have to stop this lethal voter hesitation The moment the crooks come up for elimination We must vote them out or there is no restoration This free ticket to rob us can’t last forever. Someday the people will all band together And you will find out quickly whether America is wise enough to pull that lever.
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May 2, 2015
May 2, 2015 at 11:10 PM UTC
POLITICAL PATERFAMILIAS
"That Wicked Woman!" Is a wicked utterance From a wicked man Clowning, who plan To get every possible & oblivious voter a fan! A wicked man Revoltingly believes Women are wicked Oblivious he is Out to slaughter His mother,sister ,wife and daughter ! What a trash What a trash A folly that leads A great, all-accommodating And democracy-upholding nation To a lapse or a deadly crash! A trash tarnishes image While Hillary mollifies umbrage!
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Nov 8, 2016
Nov 8, 2016 at 5:47 AM UTC
"That Wicked Woman'"From a Wicked Man
The children of today befoul Their grandparents with disrespect And nurture their own children With television shows and neglect. They don’t teach children to be kind And fail to teach them not to cheat. So they grow up morally blind Expecting to be paid to be sweet. These kids were raised defectively That hits it on the nose. When you treat them so neglectfully That’s just the way it goes. They grow thinking they can get Everything they desire. And when they fail to get their way They set the place on fire. Now we have generations of them Like hogs on the living room couch Shoving their faces greedily Like they’re a royal grouch. They ***** if they think someone Is getting more than they do. But ask them to vote differently And they whine they don’t want to. They never notice that they dress Like they did as in their teens. Football jersies, shoes untied Baseball caps and old jeans. They say the same old crap They used to say, not much new About girls, and the car they drive And what they’d like to do. These kids were raised defectively That hits it on the nose. When you treat them so neglectfully That’s just the way it goes. They grow thinking they can have A life of nothing but fun. And when they fail to get their way They go and get a gun. Ask them names of those people Got elected to represent. Most of them barely know The name of the President. They don’t vote, they don’t go Even so far as the local PTA. This is the American voter The kind we put up with today. These kids were raised defectively That hits it on the nose. When you treat them so neglectfully That’s just the way it goes. They grow thinking they can get What other people own. It’s like these losers found a way To live in the Twilight Zone
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Dec 3, 2015
Dec 3, 2015 at 10:26 PM UTC
QUAGMIRE
The children of today befoul Their grandparents with disrespect And nurture their own children With television shows and neglect. They don’t teach children to be kind And fail to teach them not to cheat. So they grow up morally blind Expecting to be paid to be sweet. These kids were raised defectively That hits it on the nose. When you treat them so neglectfully That’s just the way it goes. They grow thinking they can get Everything they desire. And when they fail to get their way They set the place on fire. Now we have generations of them Like hogs on the living room couch Shoving their faces greedily Like they’re a royal grouch. They ***** if they think someone Is getting more than they do. But ask them to vote differently And they whine they don’t want to. They never notice that they dress Like they did as in their teens. Football jersies, shoes untied Baseball caps and old jeans. They say the same old crap They used to say, not much new About girls, and the car they drive And what they’d like to do. These kids were raised defectively That hits it on the nose. When you treat them so neglectfully That’s just the way it goes. They grow thinking they can have A life of nothing but fun. And when they fail to get their way They go and get a gun. Ask them names of those people Got elected to represent. Most of them barely know The name of the President. They don’t vote, they don’t go Even so far as the local PTA. This is the American voter The kind we put up with today. These kids were raised defectively That hits it on the nose. When you treat them so neglectfully That’s just the way it goes. They grow thinking they can get What other people own. It’s like these losers found a way To live in the Twilight Zone
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Incompetent, corrupt and on the make, You know all politicians are the same You know this public service thing's a fake, A cover for one more expenses claim. Don't read their manifestos (they're all lies) Don't go to meetings: stay in, watch TV I'll tell you just which aspects to despise You can't trust politicians. Just trust me. And if on polling day you hold the line You'll send a powerful message, do you see? The lowest voter turnout of all time: Vote by neglect – that's true democracy. I'll make the choice for you, so don't be sad - I am the Editor, and I approved this ad.
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Apr 25, 2010
Apr 25, 2010 at 12:27 PM UTC
Sonnet: The Editor