April 2011
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Sometimes when the wind blows I feel like it is the world trying to say hello in its aggressive fashion. It pushes around anyway that it will, testing us, making sure that we are strong enough to push back. Those who don’t have the strength will be blown away and roll end over end like tumbleweeds to settle wherever thinks that they belong. We who have strength in our bones will test our...
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Atomosophobia, or I heard they are going to blow...
I am afraid of atomic bombs, nuclear holocausts, a new big bang, But I am especially afraid of mushroom clouds If I can’t stand fungus on my pizza how can I handle it in the sky Widening, spreading nuclear radiation everywhere I am afraid the cockroaches will outlive us all That they will be the ones tending to the small farm I grew up on, Tilling the earth, planting corn like my father did,...
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Today is a Day
Today is a day for running Not the marathon running of a Kenyan Or a 40 year old man desperate to prove himself Today is a day for sprinting For shin splints, for our hearts to beat on our chests with their fists And say hey, I’m alive Today is a day for loving Because she has on a flannel shirt And you have on a flannel shirt That is enough of a bond for you She makes you cliche, so you...
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Handcuffed Love
Why must we handcuff love Imprison love Keep her close to us Afraid to let go Love is a prisoner in a cage Rattling her mug on the bars Playing at anything At hymns, at symphonies, At those sad song songs that make you remember Those sad songs we pretend to like That remind us how lonely we are Before love we were complete people Absent of jigsaw puzzle holes Waiting for others fit in our gaps We...
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Angels
There are a lot of theories about how the angels first came to be in our town. Some say they were cast out of heaven for disagreeing with God. Some say that our town was so bad it needed someone holy to clean it up, but I know when it really happened. I was five years old staying at my father’s house because my mother had started dating again. The upstairs neighbor was stomping...
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The Passion of Spring
We must first blame it on the lustful trees Scattering their pollen where they may, Harlots Dusting up our eyes, Distorting our vision, We will see whatever we may Like a girl’s shorts riding up her thighs When she crosses her legs Pollen inflames our nostrils And we smell a woman’s shampoo The soap on her skin, It paints our skins yellow But we must be brave, in spite of it all, Give...
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Get on the road
Where am I going? Where have I been? I have been nowhere I am the accumulated dust of a life not lived I am sediment, a cemented rock Not yet worn round Do I dare to point myself forward? And where will I go? To Western Boulevard, Where there are no cowboys and indians No wars fought over stolen land No heroes in stetson chewing Redman Tobacco I once told someone I wanted to be a hero They told me...
ncbwritings asked: What made you write "Take Her with you"? (it was great by the way)
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Take her with you
A good book is like a good woman If you take the time to open her up Carry her whispered words with you So that you know, as big as the universe is You are bigger and contain all A good book is like a good woman She will lay with you in bed Naked, Giving herself up to you But preserving her own identity And you can take everything from her But you can’t take anything from her You may bend...
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New Town
I like how we’re better here How you and me can put on our best clothes I will buy a new suit Wear it with a red bow tie And you’ll wear that dress The one with the flowers And bloom with the season We can dance if you want Not have to get as dirty as we once were Avoid the mud puddles That we used to dive in I’m not saying we have to stop We can do anything we like And if you...
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a kiss
I leaned in and whispered in her ear. As I finished she gasped and leaned back on the couch to look at me “Where’d you learn to talk like that?” she said. “I’ve been reading poetry,” I said and leaned closer to displace the air between us. “Its done you well.” I moved to place my lips on hers but she turned to the side. I missed my target and my kiss brushed her cheek. I remained there with my...
Hey new followers
I have gained a good amount recently and I wanted to welcome all of you and also thank you for taking the time to read the things I write. My ask box is open if any of you want to introduce yourselves. I am a friendly guy, I don’t bite.
