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He pulled and parked the supply red wagon, then climbed the mast to the captain's cabin. Captain Red is ready for adventure. A quest to collect the world's best treasure. His pirate crew is renowned far and wide. They're rough and tough and they don't ever cry. But none of them boys has the captain's stuff. So don't mess with him, man, cause he don't bluff. This motley crew has achieved many feats, has never suffered a single defeat, and has seen the most incredible things: whales, whirlpools, storms, mermaids, krakens and kings. "Set sail," squaws the boss as he munches lunch and the Ocean Destroyer leaves port Wunche. These rolling green hills are now ocean waves. That blue sky, however, remains the same. ... "Hey Benjamin!" beams the first mate Susanne. Impeding the journey that just began. "We already played this game. It's my turn!" The first mate trumps the captain, Ben will learn. ... Her spacesuit crew is renowned far and wide. They're smart and nice and they don't ever lie. But none of these girls has commander's stuff. So don't mess with her, girl, cause she don't bluff. This brainy crew has achieved many feats, has never suffered a single defeat, and has seen the most incredible things: aliens, black holes, stars, and martian springs. "Lift off!" beams the boss as she munches lunch and the Star Chasing Rocket leaves base Wunche. These rural backyards are now rocky space. That blue sky, however, remains the same. ... "Hey Susanne!" beams the pilot Benjamin. Impeding the flight before it begins. "We already played this game. It's my turn!" The pilot trumps commander, Sue will learn. ... Boys and girls grow up and out the front door. Those children’s games evolve to adult chores; those kiddy lawns to grandparent’s domain. That blue sky, however, remains the same.
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Jul 23, 2018
Jul 23, 2018 at 5:58 PM UTC
Captain Red Wunche and Commander Sue
He pulled and parked the supply red wagon, then climbed the mast to the captain's cabin. Captain Red is ready for adventure. A quest to collect the world's best treasure. His pirate crew is renowned far and wide. They're rough and tough and they don't ever cry. But none of them boys has the captain's stuff. So don't mess with him, man, cause he don't bluff. This motley crew has achieved many feats, has never suffered a single defeat, and has seen the most incredible things: whales, whirlpools, storms, mermaids, krakens and kings. "Set sail," squaws the boss as he munches lunch and the Ocean Destroyer leaves port Wunche. These rolling green hills are now ocean waves. That blue sky, however, remains the same. ... "Hey Benjamin!" beams the first mate Susanne. Impeding the journey that just began. "We already played this game. It's my turn!" The first mate trumps the captain, Ben will learn. ... Her spacesuit crew is renowned far and wide. They're smart and nice and they don't ever lie. But none of these girls has commander's stuff. So don't mess with her, girl, cause she don't bluff. This brainy crew has achieved many feats, has never suffered a single defeat, and has seen the most incredible things: aliens, black holes, stars, and martian springs. "Lift off!" beams the boss as she munches lunch and the Star Chasing Rocket leaves base Wunche. These rural backyards are now rocky space. That blue sky, however, remains the same. ... "Hey Susanne!" beams the pilot Benjamin. Impeding the flight before it begins. "We already played this game. It's my turn!" The pilot trumps commander, Sue will learn. ... Boys and girls grow up and out the front door. Those children’s games evolve to adult chores; those kiddy lawns to grandparent’s domain. That blue sky, however, remains the same.
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so you're disappointed that you're disappointed and maybe that's to be expected some folks make beds out of their catharsis differently than others it's this list of things you lost in the fire or how jealous you are of people who never came back up for air you're crying so the faucets leak out of solidarity & someone asks you why the floor is wet so you tell them "we've been weeping here forever" then they want to give you a mouth full of presupposition by saying "are you going down with the ship?" & you look them in the mouth like Leo is handcuffed to a pipe five decks down you look at them like you just woke up from that dream everyone has where all their teeth fall out maybe it's an intervention a hearse vs station wagon origin story a clearance sale & everything's gotta go or maybe it's the dream where you're at the docks from your childhood and there's a little girl unmooring all the ships because she thinks they'll float away but every time she unties them they just sink                                         they just sink
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Mar 13, 2015
Mar 13, 2015 at 5:20 PM UTC
whispering the wrong parts
That seashell you gave me that looked like a turtle I threw away That Marine hoodie that was "too small for you" My best friend hid it away. The entire two letters you wrote me live at the bottom of my "junk" drawer. I deleted you off my facebook hoping it might help. I don't bring you up and walk away from others if your name is in the conversation. I fall off the wagon sometimes and look at your photo. But have improved I rarely notice if your name is in any of my novels. I laugh out loud that your name is Frank. Blunt, Straightforward, Honest. If only you could live up to your name. I cried oceans when you went away. Appropriate considering you're now an ocean away. I didn't leave my apartment for days. I've been sleeping on my couch my bed is stained. It was a crush It never should have been more. But after four years I only loved you more. Once in awhile now this depression sinks in. And I can hide your things, throw them away, I can delete you off my page, I can avoid your name. But these memories will always stay.
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Jun 16, 2010
Jun 16, 2010 at 12:55 AM UTC
Turtle seashell.
For a Child of 1918 My grandfather said to me as we sat on the wagon seat, "Be sure to remember to always speak to everyone you meet." We met a stranger on foot. My grandfather's whip tapped his hat. "Good day, sir. Good day. A fine day." And I said it and bowed where I sat. Then we overtook a boy we knew with his big pet crow on his shoulder. "Always offer everyone a ride; don't forget that when you get older," my grandfather said. So ***** climbed up with us, but the crow gave a "Caw!" and flew off. I was worried. How would he know where to go? But he flew a little way at a time from fence post to fence post, ahead; and when ***** whistled he answered. "A fine bird," my grandfather said, "and he's well brought up. See, he answers nicely when he's spoken to. Man or beast, that's good manners. Be sure that you both always do." When automobiles went by, the dust hid the people's faces, but we shouted "Good day! Good day! Fine day!" at the top of our voices. When we came to Hustler Hill, he said that the mare was tired, so we all got down and walked, as our good manners required.
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Manners
We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a *** but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it livable. We work with being, but non-being is what we use. __ "Lao Tzu is believed to have been a Chinese philosopher (a person who seeks to answer questions about humans and their place in the universe) and the accepted author of the Tao te ching, the main text of Taoist thought. He is considered the father of Chinese Taoism (a philosophy that advocates living a simple life). Read more: Lao Tzu Biography - life, name, death, school, book, old, information, born, time http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ki-Lo/Lao-Tzu.html
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Oct 26, 2010
Oct 26, 2010 at 2:38 AM UTC
The Tao- 11. We join spokes together in a wheel
There's Dasher and Dancer Then Prancer and ***** Comet and Cupid Then Donner and Blitzen If you think these are reindeer Then you would be wrong And it's not crazy words In some Christmassy song See, they are my brothers Don't anybody laugh For these are hillbilly names From Polecat Path It's a place in the hills In East Tennesee On the top of a mountain As high as can be Here, Christmas is different There's no reindeer or sleigh We use an old covered wagon It works better that way We make toys in the smoke house For most of the year While smoking our hams 'Til Christmas is near Then we load up the wagon With granny on the reins Her wooden teeth all gummy With rootbeer stains Now the wagon is pulled By my brothers and I We're plumb tuckered out 'Cause people can't fly Well, you get the picture About Christmas in the hills It's a hillbilly adventure On wagon wheels Now there's much more to tell But it's time to run off 'Cause we're loading the wagon Your friend, Rudolph
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Nov 3, 2010
Nov 3, 2010 at 8:16 PM UTC
A Hillbilly Christmas
The chocolate digestive is a marvel of invention Custard creams are sickly, but worthy of a mention Shortbread can be gritty, steer clear of the cheap ones For if you love your biscuits, your pockets must be deep ones For perfect dunkability, the hobnob leads the field But prone to going chewy if their packet isn't sealed Bourbon creams can satisfy when nothing else is offered Avert your eyes from pretzels, no matter how they're proffered The lowly Garibaldi is an underrated treasure A macaroon is excellent for eating at your leisure Enjoy the home made cookies and the chocolate crispy nests And save a pack of party rings for fobbing off on guests But biscuits can be functional, with keen survival craft A packet of pink wafers can be used to make a raft Penguins can be hollowed out and used to smuggle crack And if you throw a ginger nut, you'll always get it back A Jaffa cake is handy as a snowboard for a spider And flapjacks are a sustenance and energy provider Wagon wheels are lethal when they're wielded by a ninja Brandy snaps cure cancer with a tiny hint of ginger Experiment with biscuits, they're a versatile thing Try horizontal dunking or the highland shortbread fling Keep a packet stashed away for when the end is nigh And always have the kettle full, and milk in good supply
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Nov 30, 2015
Nov 30, 2015 at 3:20 PM UTC
Ode to Biscuits
As they walked along after the matinee, the older brother teased his sister, “Hey, guess what, Frankenstein lives in the attic and he’s goin’ get you.”  With a flushed face the little sister responded, "Nah-ah, besides the attic door is locked."  And her brother smirked, “Think Frankenstein cares about locked doors?" Throughout their childhood, the brother jumped out behind closed doors, terrifying his little sister, and with each fright he gave his own fear seemed to lessen.  After a startle the sister thought, ‘Does my brother love me, like I love him?’, and she concluded, “He must, why else would he try to scare me to death?’ Within the decade, a sudden brain hemorrhage took their dearly loved mother.  Now, untethered in their mother’s love, the siblings changed, tightened, within,  While their father, a traumatized, war veteran, swiftly fell off the wagon, and the brother and sister cast off, rudderless, uprooted into troubled waters. And with their hearts snapped shut, immersed in relentless grief, they parted ways.  Some years later, their father died, bequeathed them both his unhealed pain. The brother, the sister, slid secretively into alcoholism, conceded the family custom, invested deeply in their despair, the two went on, married, raised families, conformed. And time went by, as alcohol soothed the pain until the brother breathed his last, his belly taut with fluid, his liver destroyed, a life sentence ended.  While she, the lone survivor, mysteriously yielded unto Grace and was pardoned, recovered, she finally understood, she knew deep inside; everyone did the best they could, even her. …and within a circle of one; I loved them all forever and ever.
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Apr 13, 2014
Apr 13, 2014 at 11:53 AM UTC
The Curse of Frankenstein, 1957
As they walked along after the matinee, the older brother teased his sister, “Hey, guess what, Frankenstein lives in the attic and he’s goin’ get you.”  With a flushed face the little sister responded, "Nah-ah, besides the attic door is locked."  And her brother smirked, “Think Frankenstein cares about locked doors?" Throughout their childhood, the brother jumped out behind closed doors, terrifying his little sister, and with each fright he gave his own fear seemed to lessen.  After a startle the sister thought, ‘Does my brother love me, like I love him?’, and she concluded, “He must, why else would he try to scare me to death?’ Within the decade, a sudden brain hemorrhage took their dearly loved mother.  Now, untethered in their mother’s love, the siblings changed, tightened, within,  While their father, a traumatized, war veteran, swiftly fell off the wagon, and the brother and sister cast off, rudderless, uprooted into troubled waters. And with their hearts snapped shut, immersed in relentless grief, they parted ways.  Some years later, their father died, bequeathed them both his unhealed pain. The brother, the sister, slid secretively into alcoholism, conceded the family custom, invested deeply in their despair, the two went on, married, raised families, conformed. And time went by, as alcohol soothed the pain until the brother breathed his last, his belly taut with fluid, his liver destroyed, a life sentence ended.  While she, the lone survivor, mysteriously yielded unto Grace and was pardoned, recovered, she finally understood, she knew deep inside; everyone did the best they could, even her. …and within a circle of one; I loved them all forever and ever.
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The trees juice swallowing Dread-locks opening the key to my heart Pulling Amber Agate to the end wishing the wagon was my good luck hand So helpful than my hallucination struggling wilderness mission Apple abandoned Mcintosh her computer The thirst compelled her So Gingerly lemon tea 4 -2 beer pockets Four letters not to like H-E-L-P____$$$ if you only knew abandoned hike Imagining stew of rabbits Four people Fast Wendy 4 meals for 4 Sahara desert burger The Amber ghost of two wrinkled catalyst Did time desert me 4:44? Paralyzed list No Star wars may the force be with Amberlized Quicksand lowered   water was drying   Her abandoned party type Diva evaporated lava Amber the corner of her lip all pruned couldn't sing Slenderman slumber nails and dirt Amber people are the strange wagon getting hurt 1- Hot it is (..) 2- Is it wrong to feel abandoned 3-Wrong being sold out to Uncle Sam What was? 4- Was she blinded all alone S-O-S 5- SOS surrender distressed wood belong? 6- Belong to be dumped near a wagon deadbeat song 7- Song didn't move lonely emptiness , please help 8- Help wanted not just any sign 9- Sign was stolen and Amber rose 10- Rose so ember plain and desert storm he gulped 11- Gulped left with one (.) 12- One far two stars bygones 13- Bygone the last line 13 I= phones Help______ deleted numbers Now don't disappear on me I was abandoned too many times The dirt and the sand stayed still No cell phone picture to install
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Aug 3, 2018
Aug 3, 2018 at 7:03 AM UTC
Abandoned Hike Amber
river in the joyful times river in the elegiac you give and take away in your eloquent tongue wagon, sunlight, lawn chair subtle victories that make me smile breathe and melt inside arms that hold tight to the lapidary memories that stud themselves in my brain and the photos not being old enough to go to the festival interrupted, the soft fall into the river
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Jul 10, 2018
Jul 10, 2018 at 11:28 AM UTC
tuesday poem
Moving amidst my Ramona chapter books, I make out your movement, M, the moody turns Of your mounts and valleys, the moniker of Family names, you marked me like a maternal Emblem of the generation’s matriarch, You mingled amid reminiscences of former matrons Maria Helena from the Midwest, Who crossed the mountains in a wagon, Madeleine, a migrant from Marseilles, Who baked warm loaves in San Francisco, And her own daughter, my Mimi, Who muttered merde while she drank martinis. In my own time, you materialized in Marjorie, my nana, and Maria, my mom, The women in which I knew you growing up, Then Molly, who made dreams out of Magic and Movies and Marie Antoinette, You embellished my most favorite things. In my monogram, you aimed my impulses in your masts’ diametric directions Towards competence, towards imagination. In your middle ‘s mysterious compartment I make snug With magazines and novels and mugs of hot milk. You nuzzled me in moments of melancholy, then motivated me To meander among your fundamental family, The sumptuous L of melt and mélange, The meticulous N of man or monk or money. Even W, which matches your mien in mirror It warped wicked witch while you Milled maidens and damsels, so I imagined The mutilation of those two majuscules formed My image of womanhood. M, Molly Smithson materialized From a meek mademoiselle into the mistress of mischief.
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May 20, 2014
May 20, 2014 at 10:09 AM UTC
The Melody of M
i i washed up for a living,lily, for a while there this is something george** and i have in common.. on the whole i was treated decently pearl divers are a breed unto themselves.. mine was a life of ease over eating and boredem it was hard on the spine and knees.. a piece of cake compared to digging holes (surrounded by the boss and his extended family..) the pop wagon on friday cement as a whole the olive oil factory or carrying bricks.. ii the pop wagon on a friday took only two hours brevity that was the answer.. the cement truck on tuesdays took two and half hours.. but ended in tears.. the shift in the olive oil factory could last eighteen hours.. digging holes an eternity carrying bricks up stairs works up quite a thirst.. never mind soon be.. be in pauli´ s soup kitchen where wine smooth and cool as honey bees.. chicken and macaroni..! iii the cement was high in lime and invariably chafed the skin and in that hole it would set to be picked out with olive oil and a pin..drunk,the screaming and carry on.. we laughed and held them down better digging holes..!* *it was so painful..! **down and out in paris and london by gearge orwell
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Aug 5, 2018
Aug 5, 2018 at 8:33 AM UTC
i washed up for a living,lily..
Intelligence is the new authority resistance is the new sanctity velvety memoir of the patchy ride in a rainbow rollercoaster, left everything prime on the outside sink into the wagon with wild, visceral insides embark on an odyssey observing the past, questioning the future. The future is a distant memory of all the anachronistic glory.
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Jan 19, 2019
Jan 19, 2019 at 8:46 PM UTC
when the future embrace
Beside his heavy-shouldered team thirsty with drought and chilled with rain, he weathered all the striding years till they ran widdershins in his brain: Till the long solitary tracks etched deeper with each lurching load were populous before his eyes, and fiends and angels used his road. All the long straining journey grew a mad apocalyptic dream, and he old Moses, and the slaves his suffering and stubborn team. Then in his evening camp beneath the half-light pillars of the trees he filled the steepled cone of night with shouted prayers and prophecies. While past the campfire's crimson ring the star struck darkness cupped him round. and centuries of cattle-bells rang with their sweet uneasy sound. Grass is across the wagon-tracks, and plough strikes bone beneath the grass, and vineyards cover all the slopes where the dead teams were used to pass. O vine, grow close upon that bone and hold it with your rooted hand. The prophet Moses feeds the grape, and fruitful is the Promised Land.
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Bullocky
Can I have a little bit whisky? Just so I can feel a little bit tipsy In a jiffy Can I lean on your shoulder? Like a frightened puppy at the shelter So I can feel a little bit safer Can I count on you? When things in life are feeling so blue Because I know you will always come through Can I ask you to be patient with me When my world is raging sea And draining all your energy like a flea Can you be my paragon? With you around, I could go on. Without falling off the wagon Can I be your bro forever? So we can grow old together Reminiscing on life wonders we both had to discover
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Aug 26, 2018
Aug 26, 2018 at 10:39 PM UTC
Hey Broski
© 2009 (Jim Sularz) Quiet mounds of yellowed tailings and dead weeds whisper low. And proud rusting relics telling tales of striking gold. The rush from East, from North and South, by wagon, train or foot. Days not all that long ago, in tall ships made of wood. “A gold rush struck in’49, all quite by accident. A burning fever that cut men to bone, in a sea of dingy tents. Day and night, they toiled and tolled, many headed home without a cent. But some packed out bags of glistening gold, and made a stop at "Buzzard’s Breath." "The town’s mud logged street, deep with horse manure, bubbled like a shallow grave. With a Sheriff’s office, a livery stable, and a church for souls to save. And a fancy house, on a grassy knoll – sign read, “Madam Lil la **** With soft, curvaceous ladies who mined for hearts – and gold of a different sort. Didn’t take long before easy gold, was extremely hard to find. And burly miners, tough as steel, moved in to hard rock mine. With bloodied knuckles, dented hats, they blasted at a furious pace. To find the gold, called the Mother Lode, yellow blood coursing through their veins! The mine they worked was called “Long Shot”, the men thought that name a curse. But the miners hankered for the handle, "Buzzard’s Breath”, and the mine’s name was reversed. As luck would say, they held a royal flush, when they hit that horse-wide vein. Of the purest gold, yet to be found, this side of the Pearly Gates. Eyes wide as saucers, they were all in awe, everyone was filthy rich. The miners should have all retired and should have cashed in all their chips. But a man’s hard to figure, when his blood is yellow, and he’s stricken with a gold fever. “Eureka! Boys, *** the dynamite and a whole lot more mining timbers!” They mined that vein to the bowels of the Earth, and the heat increased by day. "Buzzard’s Breath" became the hottest place, to Hell – the shortest way. And then one day, the men never came back. – Hell must have jumped that claim. Of the purest gold, yet to be found – that’s where the Devil mines today!” Quiet mounds of yellowed tailings and dead weeds whisper low. And proud rusting relics telling tales of striking gold. The rush from East, from North and South, died a slow and quiet death. Along with days of tall wooden ships, and the ghosts of Buzzard’s Breath.
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Jul 8, 2012
Jul 8, 2012 at 5:46 PM UTC
Ghosts of Buzzard’s Breath
© 2009 (Jim Sularz) Quiet mounds of yellowed tailings and dead weeds whisper low. And proud rusting relics telling tales of striking gold. The rush from East, from North and South, by wagon, train or foot. Days not all that long ago, in tall ships made of wood. “A gold rush struck in’49, all quite by accident. A burning fever that cut men to bone, in a sea of dingy tents. Day and night, they toiled and tolled, many headed home without a cent. But some packed out bags of glistening gold, and made a stop at "Buzzard’s Breath." "The town’s mud logged street, deep with horse manure, bubbled like a shallow grave. With a Sheriff’s office, a livery stable, and a church for souls to save. And a fancy house, on a grassy knoll – sign read, “Madam Lil la **** With soft, curvaceous ladies who mined for hearts – and gold of a different sort. Didn’t take long before easy gold, was extremely hard to find. And burly miners, tough as steel, moved in to hard rock mine. With bloodied knuckles, dented hats, they blasted at a furious pace. To find the gold, called the Mother Lode, yellow blood coursing through their veins! The mine they worked was called “Long Shot”, the men thought that name a curse. But the miners hankered for the handle, "Buzzard’s Breath”, and the mine’s name was reversed. As luck would say, they held a royal flush, when they hit that horse-wide vein. Of the purest gold, yet to be found, this side of the Pearly Gates. Eyes wide as saucers, they were all in awe, everyone was filthy rich. The miners should have all retired and should have cashed in all their chips. But a man’s hard to figure, when his blood is yellow, and he’s stricken with a gold fever. “Eureka! Boys, *** the dynamite and a whole lot more mining timbers!” They mined that vein to the bowels of the Earth, and the heat increased by day. "Buzzard’s Breath" became the hottest place, to Hell – the shortest way. And then one day, the men never came back. – Hell must have jumped that claim. Of the purest gold, yet to be found – that’s where the Devil mines today!” Quiet mounds of yellowed tailings and dead weeds whisper low. And proud rusting relics telling tales of striking gold. The rush from East, from North and South, died a slow and quiet death. Along with days of tall wooden ships, and the ghosts of Buzzard’s Breath.
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"A patient man bides his time," Theodore tells the man in the mirror Tomorrow, all the levees will break And all the fables will be told Of distant Decembers and forgotten fathers Livelihoods will be threatened And remorse will fall by the wayside He watches as icicles on the awning Melt away into puddles on the ground "Warmer every day," he thinks to himself He hangs up his scarf and overcoat The way a simple man, with complex demons, is wont to do And as his wants devolve into needs And as all his anchors deteriorate to rust Her smile unnerves a once-settled man To think of the quality of glove necessary To hold onto the wagon in this day and age So Theodore pulls the door to, Leaving Chopin's "Horseman" to gallop in peace And in pieces He watches her from across the courtyard "Such sweet bliss in her footsteps," he sighs And it seems to him as if the snow dissipates Just from the warmth in her steady gait Just from the radiation behind her brown eyes He slides open the dresser drawer A haven for scattered trinkets, odds, and ends A place of respite for the weary souvenir There, amidst all the corroded memories Lies a corroded pistol, unspoken and unburnished "And a lonely man drinks his wine," Theodore says, as intrepidly as he is capable For there is a time when fathers stop teaching A time when mothers stop singing And a place where the sins stop searching A last breath is deeply inhaled But never again will find its escape With a thud that echoes to Seymour Street Theodore crumples to the cold wooden floor, A simple man, finally free of complex demons
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Jan 25, 2023
Jan 25, 2023 at 1:19 PM UTC
Levees (Theodore's Tale)
"A patient man bides his time," Theodore tells the man in the mirror Tomorrow, all the levees will break And all the fables will be told Of distant Decembers and forgotten fathers Livelihoods will be threatened And remorse will fall by the wayside He watches as icicles on the awning Melt away into puddles on the ground "Warmer every day," he thinks to himself He hangs up his scarf and overcoat The way a simple man, with complex demons, is wont to do And as his wants devolve into needs And as all his anchors deteriorate to rust Her smile unnerves a once-settled man To think of the quality of glove necessary To hold onto the wagon in this day and age So Theodore pulls the door to, Leaving Chopin's "Horseman" to gallop in peace And in pieces He watches her from across the courtyard "Such sweet bliss in her footsteps," he sighs And it seems to him as if the snow dissipates Just from the warmth in her steady gait Just from the radiation behind her brown eyes He slides open the dresser drawer A haven for scattered trinkets, odds, and ends A place of respite for the weary souvenir There, amidst all the corroded memories Lies a corroded pistol, unspoken and unburnished "And a lonely man drinks his wine," Theodore says, as intrepidly as he is capable For there is a time when fathers stop teaching A time when mothers stop singing And a place where the sins stop searching A last breath is deeply inhaled But never again will find its escape With a thud that echoes to Seymour Street Theodore crumples to the cold wooden floor, A simple man, finally free of complex demons
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Every felt like the world is caving in on you? Like there's no where to go anymore? Like you're being kicked out? Don't freight my little angel, For I am Unwanted too I am the 5th wheel So I'm not even on the wagon I was kicked out By my best friend Every felt like crying? Or even like dying? Don't freight my little Angel For we are both Unwanted But don't be sad Dont be mad We are alike So unwanted, so lets be friends :)
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Aug 26, 2014
Aug 26, 2014 at 9:26 PM UTC
Unwanted
Joe of to the poky. Joe off to the pen. Joe of the  ***** wagon again and again. Joe  fit shased and sailing, three sheets to the wind. Joe swearing and cussing. Joe  in the back seat. Joe sits on  wrists. fingers all numb. Joe tossin his cookies. Joe real  no count *** Joe know all the coppers And breaks in the rookies. "Hey rook" asks Joe " "can you loosen these up" My hands been asleep since Henry was a pup. Joe Bangles they call him and erbody knows. That Joey cant get lit up  and keep on his clothes. Institutional homeboy. Going back to the house. Three hots and a cot. and wild  stories to tell. slippers and tooth brush in an eight by ten cell. Mr. Joe Bangles Dance.
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Oct 15, 2013
Oct 15, 2013 at 12:05 AM UTC
Mr. Joe Bangles
tunnel vision life everything happening far away backwards telescope high school prom pink & blue balloons I walked through those doors off the devil's wagon like a poltergeist I was either invisible or a painted blood red target Alone in the hallways they laughed at me a wasp-like ****** entombed in toilet paper spit & magic marker they didn't hate me, they got me to hate me everywhere I went their gummy bioengineered shadow stalked it was stuck on me all those years like a bucket of pigs blood to the head that I could never wash off but I'm not that loser anymore Don't worry, dea  r Lo ve me.
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Mar 16, 2013
Mar 16, 2013 at 3:50 PM UTC
Lunch In the Bathroom
I remember my old Grampa And the way he used to look He had so many stories He was much better than a book I remember on our visits While the folks would head outside Gramps would get us grandkids And take us for a story ride He'd hitch up the hay wagon We'd get up and off we'd go Then gramps would start to talking And so began the show He'd tell us all the stories Of our folks when they were young Some he had to censor, And sometimes bite his tongue Now, Grandpa told the stories Whether we were in or out And we'd all sit and listen To what they were all about When we'd gather by the fire He'd pull up his rocking chair He'd have his pipe and all us grandkids And his dog, Whiskey, always there We'd all sit in front of Grandpa We'd want to take in every word And he would speak up louder To make sure that we heard He'd tell us tales of Cowboys Of bank robbers and the trail Of how the west became the west And how his horse once lost his tail The folks would gather round too When it was almost time to go But, Grandpa, being Grandpa Wasn't set to end the show See, he'd told the tales forever To our folks and all their friends You could tell that some were truthful And in some the truth....well....bends The older ones among us Knew deep down that most were fake But, to see old Grandpa work the room Man, that man just took the cake We'd get together monthly All us kids stayed close to home We weren't like lots of others Who had that built in urge to roam The stories, we'd learn later Were mostly from TV He'd be talking of those cowboys And of how things used to be A few years back we lost him His dog had up and died Gramps old heart was broken He couldn't take it, though he tried My brother tells the stories, Not as good as Gramps at rhyme But, the kids all hunker round him I'm sure that he'll be good in time We still go on the hayrides Tell ghost stories now instead To all us grown up grandkids We still hear grandpa in our head Each month we get together There's near a hundred now in all The kids go with my brother And he tells tales ten feet tall The stories are consistent Of old cowboys and the west I can close my eyes and listen And still like Grandpa's versions best
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Apr 26, 2016
Apr 26, 2016 at 11:47 PM UTC
Grandpa and The Stories
I remember my old Grampa And the way he used to look He had so many stories He was much better than a book I remember on our visits While the folks would head outside Gramps would get us grandkids And take us for a story ride He'd hitch up the hay wagon We'd get up and off we'd go Then gramps would start to talking And so began the show He'd tell us all the stories Of our folks when they were young Some he had to censor, And sometimes bite his tongue Now, Grandpa told the stories Whether we were in or out And we'd all sit and listen To what they were all about When we'd gather by the fire He'd pull up his rocking chair He'd have his pipe and all us grandkids And his dog, Whiskey, always there We'd all sit in front of Grandpa We'd want to take in every word And he would speak up louder To make sure that we heard He'd tell us tales of Cowboys Of bank robbers and the trail Of how the west became the west And how his horse once lost his tail The folks would gather round too When it was almost time to go But, Grandpa, being Grandpa Wasn't set to end the show See, he'd told the tales forever To our folks and all their friends You could tell that some were truthful And in some the truth....well....bends The older ones among us Knew deep down that most were fake But, to see old Grandpa work the room Man, that man just took the cake We'd get together monthly All us kids stayed close to home We weren't like lots of others Who had that built in urge to roam The stories, we'd learn later Were mostly from TV He'd be talking of those cowboys And of how things used to be A few years back we lost him His dog had up and died Gramps old heart was broken He couldn't take it, though he tried My brother tells the stories, Not as good as Gramps at rhyme But, the kids all hunker round him I'm sure that he'll be good in time We still go on the hayrides Tell ghost stories now instead To all us grown up grandkids We still hear grandpa in our head Each month we get together There's near a hundred now in all The kids go with my brother And he tells tales ten feet tall The stories are consistent Of old cowboys and the west I can close my eyes and listen And still like Grandpa's versions best
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My early memory of farm, Blackfella’s hill, banana sand, exploring, chasing rabbits. And riding round with grandpa, in the white and well loved station wagon checking sheep, windmill and chooks. The lollies in the tin were there, to help him stay awake at night; but grandchildren were once allowed to sample from the tin of treats, in longer trips with grandparents, while out on country roads. The farm, a favourite place of mine, away from school and normal life, but Modb’ry North not quite the same. With grandpa still out shearing though, the farm-like feel not far away, and granny kept a strawb’rry patch. I went a-shearing with him once, About six customers that day and I can’t count the load of sheep. I earned five dollars on that day, while travelling around in ute with shearing stuff all in the back. His love of music satisfied, the grandchildren are all gifted, the music played from instruments of cello, clarinet and bass of flute, piano, violin, and voice as well from Kate and Jo Called grandpa day or dad or Doug he’ll be remembered, days to come. The stories will be told and told of happenings while he was here, from farm or Modb’ry North or else, from other places he has been.
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Aug 17, 2011
Aug 17, 2011 at 11:01 AM UTC
Grandpa...
baby blue stroller fire engine red wagon chrome oxide green bike yellow convertible azurite blue van sorrel colored wheelchair bronze casket
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Feb 28, 2013
Feb 28, 2013 at 9:07 PM UTC
colors
Meet me here at a quarter passed four in the morning. I'll be the boy in the duck sauce t-shirt you can wear your favorite Lollipop skirt. I'll have my my secret Neutron bomb. Your hips will be destroyed. I'll pull my bright red wagon and a handful of other toys. I'll dance the flute and play a jig You can drink as many Long island ice teas as you want I'll be your rodeo clown Your laughing hyena Your pinstriped suit Your Knight that you dream of.
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Oct 31, 2011
Oct 31, 2011 at 9:01 PM UTC
Duck Sauce T-Shirt
A speech in a play once described A Queen of Dreams. Mab. The faerie's midwife. I fear that she may be real. Plaguing me with dreams that haunt my reality. Déjà Vu Being nearly The only feeling I live with.
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Aug 27, 2013
Aug 27, 2013 at 2:05 PM UTC
Webs and Wagon Spokes