Drive a hard bargain
Pull the plug on memory
And ram the point home
There will be no restore point
When we format who we are
A flipped coin
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Drive a hard bargain
Pull the plug on memory
And ram the point home
There will be no restore point
When we format who we are
A flipped coin
Possibilities—
Many reason there but two:
Heads or tails only—
I submit further results:
What chance if I call edge?
an outright lie told when the truth is perfectly acceptable...
White Man has forked tongue—
Telling my People promises;
Whites never keep them.
My People are not Children—
If you lie to them, they know…
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...eca20Chief.jpg
Getting out of prison after 25 years...
I was never an
upright Person, until I
left my unholy
prison, with its sick people;
25 years of Madness.
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The Time Has Come.
Warden says "It is time."
I take one last look around.
Today is the day.
Sentence handed down carried out.
Innocent man like me dies...
The Last Leaf
The Last Leaf
Burnished gold clings to
the edge of Autumn, leafy
fingers plucked and crushed
by winter's brute tug and stomp...
Cares not for gold, but diamonds.
the perfect apple
The perfect apple
with high knowledge was given
to Adam and Eve
with dire consequences
for them and all their children.
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A Better Tomorrow.
Ah, Uncle Lar beat me to the punch! I like the tanka, so I'll leave my version anyway. Now, let us see:
Burnished crimson shine,
Temptation for poor mortals,
Only one small bite—
Deliciously wicked taste—
Cast out of Eden, forever…
Looking for a better life—
Where does one go when dreams fade?
Beyond tomorrow's sky,
In places that never saw me—
Is there still room for my dreams?
self-portrait
With my Self-Portrait,
I see myself as I am,
accept myself well,
and seek to improve myself
wisely and deftly always.
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My Bleeding Heart
My heart gushed out blood
when she left me after she
learned her Father would
disown her if he found out
she dated me and loved me.
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A Happy Tale
Happy Jack laughed,
Today he would marry Jill,
In the small white church
At the very top of that hill—
Thought they were fetching water…
http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/liebe/d065.gif
Another twisted fairy tale
Once upon a Time,
an Ogre kidnapped Helen
to be his Bride, but
Harold came to save the Day,
and took Helen as his Wife.
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The Spiral Dance.
Today's weird weather,
with its wicked snow and sleet,
swirling in a real
spiral dance, both beautiful
and dangerous to People!
The Magic Science.
Evolution is
The Magical Science, yes?
For it probes mysteries—
From fragments microscopic—
Behold! A man from an ape!
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...ilies/ROFL.gif
(this is tongue-in-cheek, OK.?)
Presumed knowledge
He presumed knowledge,
but she saw foolishness, pain,
and suffering at
the core of his being, so
she listened with empathy.
The Boys and Girls.
The little street waifs,
The boys’ and the girls’ thin faces—
Wait for sustenance,
Just a crumb of daily bread
Be it begged or stolen…
dreamlands
My Dreamlands exist
to help me optimize my
Reality in
an effort to love, enjoy,
and enrich other People.
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Out of the Woods.
Wolf with fetid breath,
Chasing after me for hours—
Along with his pack
Fang and claw in slavering jaws—
Not out of the woods just yet…
Fear incarnate
Ignorance is Fear
incarnate, for it ignores
Logic, Reason, and
Higher Learning in many
aspects of all walks of life.
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The Mystery of Change.
The Mystery of
Change is not Rocket Science;
just do your Best now
within every aspect of
Triumph, without fail always.
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The Art of Victory.
Have a great Weekend!
Sincerely,
Uncle Lar
Crucial pivot launch,
thrusted disc in spirals thrown
turning in the air.
Measure and repeated call,
lapped with cheers, eyes glint at all.
A balloon that won't float.
Rubber skin loses shape—
Helium will not succeed now.
Has puncture wound
Straight through vital organs—
This balloon will never float…
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...ne/balloon.gif
Elephant stampede
Deep thunderous streaking
grey, battle spear tusks lifted
as they scream of day;
stomping earth in speedy flight,
ruin tracks are rails to night.
A monkey fond of tree swinging.
Both hands and feet grasp—
And the tail a homegrown rope!
Make a second-story thief,
But all it thinks is swinging—
Whole jungle is a playground…
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...SpiderMonk.gif
slow moving turtle
Slow moving Turtle,
with patience and persistence
overcame the fast
but cocky Rabbit, who thought
he had time to take a nap.
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Times are a Changin'.
Times are a changin'
without a doubt, however,
I wonder how can
I assimilate, change, and
disseminate the right thing?
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A Tragic Loss.
Lost grip and chinking
coins echo in silent streets.
Untampered muffins,
unsplit from crumbling ridges
gowns displayed to hungry poor.
Spring cleaning.
Now is the time to
make a fresh start in every
aspect of myself,
life, work, and happiness in
time for Spring and all Seasons.
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For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Do not chase the hearse—
Do not walk on people’s graves—
Do not mock beggars—
Do not laugh at misfortune—
Ask not for whom the bell tolls…
Respect…
I believe those who
want Respect, give Respect; I
want Respect, therefore,
I give it to others; a
world without Respect is bad.
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Higher Learning.
Monolithic brick,
magic walls of algebra,
bags like mythic stones
we push Sysephean to
classroom peaks in knowledge halls.
garbage bags like driftwood
Lamplit gutters speed
a spirit-filled derelict
that draws each city
gesture like a moon-worn wave
nudges blocks to pillow foam.
days like hopscotch
An earthquake splits clay
My hemispheric heartland
Finally static
Stagnant moment, lost in depth
Paved my corpus callosum
Unlike adults, who often take only months to recover, children can take years to overcome post traumatic stress disorder.
Hurt follows her still,
Silent—a hunting wolf-pack—
Nightmarish landscapes
Haunting her dreamworlds by night—
Will she ever grow out of it…
Rejection because you’re somehow “different”
I've been rejected
because I'm different from most
people, however,
I remain true to myself,
because I must persevere.
(I'm using "different" with two syllables.)
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Acceptance.
It is what it is,
don't ask why, there's no reply.
Look to your own heart
for directions to the end,
and you'll find the beginning.
your straightforwardness is rubbing off, Uncle Lar. I think. ;)
umm..
grilling outdoors on a beautiful Spring night.
Grilling outdoors on
a beautiful Spring night is
pleasant to the soul
as well as the taste buds; I
cannot wait for more Spring feasts!
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Deus ex Machina.
You dreamt you saw god
When he touched you, crafted the
Mouth of implosion.
Angels rage deep within you
Sleep in your exclamation.
A world where the concept of malfunction replaces the word 'evil'.
A malfunctioned man
With a malfunctioned desire
To let loose on Earth—
Genius doesn’t dream tranquilly
Malfunction makes them strong…
Benifical science
Science, whether it
is manifest, hidden, or
divine, should promote
well-being and useful aid,
in my humble opinion.
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Order out of Chaos.