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Friday, January 24, 2025

Los Angeles Poetry Club

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Do you write poetry? You should. I ask if you do because I want things to change I want you to Be the Change.   You, Cheryl. You Edward. You...
Monday, January 6, 2025

Salesmanship

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D.I. Why? I'm not interested in your ways. You're a fool and always have been. When was the last time you empowered anybody? I do it...
Saturday, December 21, 2024

Love Should Be Easy

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This is where dreams come true In the city of Lost Angels Without wings they walk among us What a man I am I'm King of all the broken dr...
Sunday, December 15, 2024

Back to Square One

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 Well... We got nothing. But we still got each other. Tell that to the Landlord. Cause the bank's not delivering interest. On a negative...
Sunday, October 20, 2024

It Is Important

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Care. I do. Believe it or not. I deeply care for all of you. It's just that most of you would burn yourselves alive if I left you with...
Monday, September 16, 2024

EROTIC FUNNY POETRY

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POEM 1: I ejaculated just now inside of you. Oops. I'm sorry. Can I get you a towel? Or a Plan B pill? Thanks for the 7 minutes of fun....
Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Trust in

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A man, beaten by the old republic, and his ego His skin color is of chocolate tones, with callused fingers. He's in his 60s or so Wearin...
Friday, May 31, 2024

Deso Iso

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I wish for more fires Sometimes to burn Sometimes to inspire The heat is what I crave today And for tonight Warmth is what I need Forever is...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Te Amo Horchata

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 Horchata So much Rice So much Vanilla What goes good with horchata? It's tacos it's burros Also known as burritos What goes good wi...
Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Mythical [Make a Dragon Your Way]

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Take an ordinary lizard into your care.  Personally, I find orange lizard hues to work best and make the best dragon. Any lizard you find wi...

Essence

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Of everything Life-giving The major components of being What will it be... when we're fully machines? Water, rain, oceans In 2030 Might ...
Monday, January 22, 2024

Metalled Wood

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We used paper and metals as currency When the System thought it was backed by precious metals and such nonsense All is precious Back to pape...
Sunday, January 14, 2024

Matches

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Swipe right on me On my app on my phone I'm acting like I'm not lonely On my app on my phone Swipe right on me On my app on my phone...
Monday, January 8, 2024

Short Long

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No pretense I do it I, which thrive in chaos I, that, control chaos Daily I take my time I don't need to be the world's greatest poe...
Sunday, December 31, 2023

in the beginning and in the middle

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It used to be sex, and oddly enough Sex brought me into my middle life, and with it, my daughter I am a creature of habit I used to go after...
Friday, December 29, 2023

Post Modern Economy

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I'm seeing landscaping people work in between the rain today It used to be they'd take the day off and spend it with their families ...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Perception of Advice to No Avail

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I'm incredibly creative. I make things out of nothing. Sometimes I get paid. I met an agent. He told me he didn’t like my given name.  S...
Thursday, October 26, 2023

Violence in America

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Say something, but how? Do you even know your own voice? It's yours to make, If you care about choice. It's your body, Your mind. No...
Monday, February 27, 2023

Divide and Conquer

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Your brand, What company, Your identity How about no? Big Mac vs. the Whopper iPhone vs. Android Democrat vs. Republican Independent party v...
Saturday, February 11, 2023

Inner War

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What to talk about, When I've talked about everything already It's not that I'm alone, Or that my struggles aren't anybody...
Monday, August 8, 2022

Aged Like Milk

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I'm old An old man Old Man Dan now No longer full of spitfire I am? Nay. Nap-time in the afternoons, sure I don't push to become a s...
Thursday, June 23, 2022

Papa's Blues

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I want it all I want everything I deserve everything Nobody has the right to go against me Or defy me Nobody. You piece of shit You talk too...
Friday, May 13, 2022

CZ

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When I see you I see myself That warms my heart You're me When I see you My ancestry took over So what did you get from her? I don't...
Monday, January 3, 2022

Spoons

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You're beautiful to me I like your face I think about you a lot You're a wonderful woman I think you're very hot Let's go se...

Don't Do What I Did

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I pissed away the prime of my life because I was working for punkass corporations that didn't care about me They bought me with trinket...
Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Cause That's What I'm After (if only)

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If only I'd fix my hair up a little more So I could be pretty for once Cause that's what I'm after So I could be noticed more If...
Sunday, October 10, 2021

Motion of Emotions

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This is what it's like No one is really right Thinking there’s answers That there's purpose Now that you know it I’m sure that ...
Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Speak Fast Take Forever to Die

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To pay the mortgage I sing, produce, write, direct and act As well as labor and data entry Born rich in mind and I like to speak fast Learne...
Saturday, September 4, 2021

Baby and a Girl

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I think about you so much You're part me  I look at you and think You're just a baby And a girl You have such a laugh That I almost ...
Friday, March 5, 2021

All Birds are Regular

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A featherless bird. Now that's absurd! What about a Hummingbird? That's a regular. A duck? A bird that's a quacker. New flying d...
Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Blue Blood

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I bled today. I forgot how much it hurts. ​I felt real again. It didn't seem like reality, Before. My life sprayed out beneath. And I w...
Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Death Star (A song I made up while watching a movie)

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The Death Star is coming! Your world is going to die. Your world is dead. Your world is dead. Dead! Dead! DEAD! What is this? Here comes... ...
Friday, November 13, 2020

Corrupting

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The chatter on the internet waves, Bickering over angry emotions. Memes that are more funny than they should be, A sense of loss among...
Saturday, August 1, 2020

Wants

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I want more time. I want to keep making art. I want to get better at it. I want to not have to think about eating because I'm ...
Thursday, July 16, 2020

Stand-In

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Stand in line, For the newest upgraded phone. Or the hottest chicken waffle restaurant. We are told to follow these orders. The lin...
Saturday, June 13, 2020

Abandoned

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The ones like you who believe you are not the same, You face consistent disappointment. You're a snowflake but you're also water,...
Friday, November 15, 2019

Rushing to the End

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Isn't life funny? We're told we don't have much time. But we've made it this far, So far. And what a life it's been...
Friday, September 13, 2019

New Iranian Stereotype

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No, I didn't fly here in my magic carpet. My car is a Honda. They have good resale value. I am Iranian. I like good value. Technic...
Monday, August 26, 2019

Listen

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Your mouth. It says the most beautiful things. You show me kindness and affection with it. Thank you for it being so attractive. I love...
Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Paper Bag

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Sometimes, I get so nervous when the female cashier looks at me. She asks me if I want to buy a paper bag. First off, I brought my own! ...
Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Lazy Bastard

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I'm stumbling on debris on my floor. Time to vaccuum again. It's June again, Which means I should clean the shower too. I'...
Sunday, June 2, 2019

The Culmination of All Intelligence in the Universe

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There has never been a better time, To talk about this. I have never thought it was a good idea, To study to become a foot soldier. I s...
Saturday, December 22, 2018

Everything Ends Anyways

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It’s mine. The destination. The final curtain call, My dream is ending, And so am I. I will die. It won’t matter....

Thanks, But No Thanks

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Thanks. I’ve had enough. Why didn’t anyone care? I thought someone would. I wish life were fair. No one knows where we go after this. No on...

Other Side

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This isn’t what I thought it would be. It’s clean. But it’s a fantasy. I wish I had a family. One day, maybe. I wish for a change. But it’s...

No Problem Solved

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It never happened, Immortality. So close but not close enough. A killing instead. Of me. I have no belongings, Everything I have is this li...

Exit Here

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Exit signs everywhere. Exit here. Exit there. I’ve got to make my exit now. I won’t be making it back to this highway again. Because of thi...

Dinner with a Friend (Grim Reaper)

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My severed head I walk around with. Look up to me. While I admire death. There’s only pain and suffering. Every once in a while there’s joy...

I Wish For an End

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Goddamn heart never stops. I’ve tried everything to finish it. Fried fatty foods, cigarettes, no exercise. Everything except a gunshot or j...

Crushed Dreams

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I just wanted to be somebody. Now, I’m somebody else. I never thought I’d be alone. But here I am. I wish I’d known my own thoughts. Before...

It All Began

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A superhero is a human being. Nothing hurts, not even bullets. What about a noose? Self-inflicted means relief. Now I’m a debt cleared by t...

Under Pressure

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It must be so nice to be me. All I have to do is take it easy. Even when others starve. It’s so easy to turn a blind eye. As long as it’s n...

Started Well

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Celebrations and birds flying high. I don’t remember ever being so happy. Then I got a brain, and my happiness left. I never thought it wou...
Monday, October 8, 2018

Luck of the Irish

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The soul is in thru the eyes. A loving soul I've seen with mine. As we ate and drank and stayed merry, Her attention left our side, ...
Thursday, February 1, 2018

Cream and sweetener

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A nice pick-me-up while at the office. Or at home, after waking up from an afternoon nap. Coffee? At 3pm? ARE YOU INSANE? Unless you l...
Sunday, December 31, 2017

Mixing red, yellow, and blue

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Her eyes. They burn into mine, So I only look for a moment at a time. A lovely bird singing her song of joy or sadness, She can be ready...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Bananahead

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Big yellow fruit. Cylinders with narrow tips. Curved at the ends. Sexual fruit, But not by their design. Our views and our design....
Tuesday, October 31, 2017

When We Get Spooky

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I'm on the streets, alone. Desperately not seeking attention, Yet I'm found. This always happens and I won't turn it down. ...
Monday, September 18, 2017

Cleanse

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Mold again. Either stop it, Or let it consume you. But there's no way to stop it, A complete genocide of spores is impossible. But...
Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Genetics

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Social class? Some bodies. Doing nothing, Until death comes. Low class? People with ambition. No class? Freedom from ambition. ...
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