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 Dec 2010 C
Perig3e
Warning
 Dec 2010 C
Perig3e
Silent assumptions,
have sunk more boats,
than all the guided ordinance,
ever manufactured.
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 Dec 2010 C
Timothy Clarke
Each day, she gives me no clue
To the conditions
That must be met 
In order for me to receive
The same sort of love
That I received yesterday.

She provides no hint at all
Of the changes that I need to make
In order to be perfect in her eyes.

She provides no guidance
As to how I can be any better man than I am,
Any more attentive,
Any more loving.

She says nothing about my faults...
She lists not my imperfections...
Her complaints about me are silent.

Then she take it even one step further.

She calls me handsome.

She says I am intelligent and useful.
She smiles when I enter the room.

And she kisses me...

Only because she wants to.
 Dec 2010 C
Christian
What I See
 Dec 2010 C
Christian
to my tattered brothers and sisters I sing this little tune for you:

Pick up a bottle
Throw away your lives
Pitch a tent under an overpass in San Francisco.
Collect tin cans that never rust
and pick for food in garbage cans.
Talk too loud cause your used to to hum and the buzz of the engines that never quite seem to turn off.
Your white noise, your little humming butterfly.

I see hipster talking cool cat bearing fake glass wearing tight jean preaching ***** walking down old man made a big buck avenue.
Maybe I'm just jealous that my ***** die from boxer briefs n levi skinny fits with out benjamin striding along my side.

Old punk rockers tye dye bandanna wearing sweet talking hard headed mother ******* that never quite seem to die.
Keep getting laid off and job offers but no parachute, no just in cases only no replies. Name your dog's royalty, let them splash through mud, don't you care if your old woman can't dare to see the beauty in your queen's ***** getting all wet from playing with new friends. "Keep living while your young"

The smarts can't hold a job with business's that no one really cares. You live your suburban dream with Rudolf leading santa's slay with light's too bright for all your neighbors to stare. Email lists, outlook express, phones phones phones out for a contact you may never see again. Where'd the comradmanship go when working wasn't work it was fun as well.

To young ones rolling half empty water bottles down stairs, covering curious eyes with baseball caps, sneaking candy cookies cause you don't care about sugar high's or blood. Listen to your music "its good for the soul" but don't wear nice yuppie clothes to impress upon those older queers. Ice cream scoops to big to bear, make no sense to those that hear baffled cries of young mans rise, don't be afraid to be afraid. Young ***** hurt, I know.

City streets, and landfill pies, composting spoons made of tater starch, eating new foods crying old cries. Food too cold, too hot, too dry. Empanada's good, pork liver bad. These kids is cool, making something of themselves, talk to no one, no need just feel the vibe.

White walls dappled with texture, more appeasing for the eyes. A house with too many switches yet no lights, not enough lamps for more shadows and less tries. Floors don't need no wood laid out, concrete works, it's cheaper too. The house stays warm when your burning money for fire rather than cheap rides.

This is what they saw, just a new age, a new time. This is what I see, and why I sing, and why I tell you all of a decade which may never sleep enough to watch the old sun fall. Those dreams may be too real after all.
 Dec 2010 C
Christian
The little boy
 Dec 2010 C
Christian
It used to be clowns,
those painted faces
and fiery hair.
Before the age of 12,
I realized I didn't want to grow up.
The rest of the kids
wanted ****
or girlfriends
and cars.
I just wanted to play.
Middle school
High school
then college.
Then tuition.
I stopped going,
I didn't care.
The norm didn't seem normal.
Why wasn't anyone happy.
Then it was food,
then politics,
conspiracy,
***,
myself,
love.
Then it was everything.
Then it was you.
Not having you.
Its always been not knowing.
Life.
Its so scary.
Is that why we drink and smoke
and inhale and inject and huff
and spray and play video games
and watch tv?
Is that why we settle?
Why we run away?
Sometimes it feels easier to run.
But then I never want to stop.
All my fears are catching up to me.
I'm so scared.
The little boy who searched for momma's hand
when the painted faces came giggling with
swirling eyes and demonic noses.
Momma come save me one more time.
Momma come save us all.
Sorry baby boy,
Momma ain't home no more.
 Dec 2010 C
jeremy wyatt
Carrick
 Dec 2010 C
jeremy wyatt
I went to the Sea today,
hunting stones at Carrick bay.
Grass blurs to rock, water waiting,
for the steady pull
of tide and time.

No child with me,
to see the world in wonders way.
To dream that magic here holds sway.
Rocks might rear into the sky,
gulls great dragons passing high.

Pools, lying still, amongst the wrack,
whisper "enter, no glance back".
Mysteries of ancient deep,
in the soothing dark they keep.

Drink the water, tasting warm,
slip into another realm,
playful fishes open- eyed,
gape and gossip as I glide.

A pocket of stones,
a pocket of shell,
thank you Carrick.
You'll do me well.
 Dec 2010 C
Christian
the queer, the strange, the walking live
in a world full of regret
of "why me's"
and "shouldn'ts" and "wouldn'ts"
but "still did".
They take one step ahead of the next
tripping on untied shoelaces
and ****.
I hear its like too much coffee
on an empty stomach
without taking a shower
for several days.
But you can't ever get enough,
Probably cause it numbs
those insides which feel too much pain.
But we got other pill pops
and nose blows
or smoked smokes
to drink away our dilated pupils.
We keep searching for that light
to wash out that we call sins.
In the east they call it karma,
Welcome to the land that doesn't care.
We got our own problems
problems which we make ourselves scared.
"Idiot"
and "if only"
but you can't go back, man.
No there's no going back.
So you spent your money,
and you never loved,
So you quit your job,
and you don't know what to do,
well neither do I.
One step forward,
maybe I'll tie my shoes tonight.
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