Submissions by runningturtle87
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
If it's not intimate, what's the point?......................
Do You Mind?
After she
had gotten everything
just the way
she wanted it,
you would have thought
this would have led
to her being happy,
but by then
she had worn
her husband out
and he no longer
loved her.
The TV
was just so,
the cat purred
just right,
the couches
matched,
the draperies
were hung
with absolute balance,
the colors
were vivid,
the décor
was fung shwe ,
the cars
were new,
the flowers
were in bloom,
the children had all
graduated from...
had gotten everything
just the way
she wanted it,
you would have thought
this would have led
to her being happy,
but by then
she had worn
her husband out
and he no longer
loved her.
The TV
was just so,
the cat purred
just right,
the couches
matched,
the draperies
were hung
with absolute balance,
the colors
were vivid,
the décor
was fung shwe ,
the cars
were new,
the flowers
were in bloom,
the children had all
graduated from...
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Nothing Found
No dust
no mirror
no one to find anything
Nothing
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no mirror
no one to find anything
Nothing
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What to Write About
We don't know
what we don't know,
and we can't understand
what we can't understand,
but I'll be damned
if
I can’t understand
exactly
what someone
is talking about
when it is
something
that has kicked
the ever-living
shit
out me
and nearly
strangled me
to death.
Now that
is something
I can talk about,
and something
that, when
I hear that song,
I can sing
all the verses.
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what we don't know,
and we can't understand
what we can't understand,
but I'll be damned
if
I can’t understand
exactly
what someone
is talking about
when it is
something
that has kicked
the ever-living
shit
out me
and nearly
strangled me
to death.
Now that
is something
I can talk about,
and something
that, when
I hear that song,
I can sing
all the verses.
runningturtle87
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If I Am Not
The question of identity
is one I often pose
I ask each one his thought on this
and see what each one knows.
To some it's this
and others that,
the answers vary
thusly,
but when I ask it
just this way
the answers line
abruptly.
If I were to be right there
the moment in the way
when I saw your child with ball
and in the street at play
and along came some big bus
a barreling right through
what would you pay for me
to toss the child safe home
to you
if in the deed
I sacrificed the line ...
is one I often pose
I ask each one his thought on this
and see what each one knows.
To some it's this
and others that,
the answers vary
thusly,
but when I ask it
just this way
the answers line
abruptly.
If I were to be right there
the moment in the way
when I saw your child with ball
and in the street at play
and along came some big bus
a barreling right through
what would you pay for me
to toss the child safe home
to you
if in the deed
I sacrificed the line ...
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Purpose
The generated madness of our race to reign supreme
is not what unifies us in our self-made theme,
but rather it’s the silly thought that somehow we'll endure
if only we can get some of what's really dirt, no more.
All the lovely luxury and fame of being at the top
means nothing in the morning when you find out that you're not.
The point of being here at all is thus so merely in our dreams
just to be loved and love all so, that drowns out all our screams.
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is not what unifies us in our self-made theme,
but rather it’s the silly thought that somehow we'll endure
if only we can get some of what's really dirt, no more.
All the lovely luxury and fame of being at the top
means nothing in the morning when you find out that you're not.
The point of being here at all is thus so merely in our dreams
just to be loved and love all so, that drowns out all our screams.
runningturtle87
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Reminder: Reciprocity
Talking directly
to someone
such that
the defenses
can be bypassed
takes being able
to speak
in such a way
as what is being said
is important enough
to get their attention
and yet not offensive
or in any way exclusive
of the person
being talked to.
More than that though,
the feeling
of real intimacy
needs to be predominate
in the conversation
such that
the other person
has the reciprocal feeling
of trust and trustworthiness
by virtue
of their having been real
and...
to someone
such that
the defenses
can be bypassed
takes being able
to speak
in such a way
as what is being said
is important enough
to get their attention
and yet not offensive
or in any way exclusive
of the person
being talked to.
More than that though,
the feeling
of real intimacy
needs to be predominate
in the conversation
such that
the other person
has the reciprocal feeling
of trust and trustworthiness
by virtue
of their having been real
and...
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Talk
You really can't wait until it's right.
It's gunna take up half the night
just to get the questions that you need.
By the time it's figured out
the whole thing's just about
over and you missed just being free.
I wanted to see it through,
and doing it with you
was just about the finest thing around.
When I saw you there,
I wondered if I dared
wait much longer 'for I made a sound.
You were all there was,
and my head began to buzz;
I knew that I would have to make my move.
And as I began to walk,
I could see...
It's gunna take up half the night
just to get the questions that you need.
By the time it's figured out
the whole thing's just about
over and you missed just being free.
I wanted to see it through,
and doing it with you
was just about the finest thing around.
When I saw you there,
I wondered if I dared
wait much longer 'for I made a sound.
You were all there was,
and my head began to buzz;
I knew that I would have to make my move.
And as I began to walk,
I could see...
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Watching from Nowhere
The time she stood and waited
near the door, standing there
in her best white gown.
delicate and sheer,
hoping to catch his eye,
she stared at him,
expressionlessly
hoping for some word,
and he transfixed was looking
at her in the mirror behind
in the corner of the room
her reflection reiterated
100,000 times
and he could not hear
a word she was saying
for the sight of her.
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near the door, standing there
in her best white gown.
delicate and sheer,
hoping to catch his eye,
she stared at him,
expressionlessly
hoping for some word,
and he transfixed was looking
at her in the mirror behind
in the corner of the room
her reflection reiterated
100,000 times
and he could not hear
a word she was saying
for the sight of her.
runningturtle87
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Shadow (Blues)
I headed round the corner
just to catch my breath
along then came a boogeyman
that scared me half to death.
It was my own shadow
(my own shadow)
(my own shadow)
(my own shadow)
What really worried me
was that I could see
he could tell
and looked within
and then he said so free
You have got a day or two
before I come for you;
you have got to get it all
and I mean through and through,
everything you're thinking
every feeling that you've got
'cause when I take you, Mister,
it'll be like you were not.
It...
just to catch my breath
along then came a boogeyman
that scared me half to death.
It was my own shadow
(my own shadow)
(my own shadow)
(my own shadow)
What really worried me
was that I could see
he could tell
and looked within
and then he said so free
You have got a day or two
before I come for you;
you have got to get it all
and I mean through and through,
everything you're thinking
every feeling that you've got
'cause when I take you, Mister,
it'll be like you were not.
It...
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The Value of a Kiss
Silently she sits
hour after hour
sipping her wine
petting the cat
watching old movies
and waiting
for late
when bed will call
and we'll roll over
for a slim
short kiss
that lasts 9 hours
until the next time
we kiss good-bye again
when she goes to work
and comes home late
and all day long
that mere 4 seconds
has to make life
worth living.
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hour after hour
sipping her wine
petting the cat
watching old movies
and waiting
for late
when bed will call
and we'll roll over
for a slim
short kiss
that lasts 9 hours
until the next time
we kiss good-bye again
when she goes to work
and comes home late
and all day long
that mere 4 seconds
has to make life
worth living.
runningturtle87
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Breaking
Taking the hint
that this is it,
I head for the door
thinking that
maybe
a word more
and that then,
or I will turn,
but willful
and hurting,
I look back
in hindsight,
and how
I threw away
a good thing.
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that this is it,
I head for the door
thinking that
maybe
a word more
and that then,
or I will turn,
but willful
and hurting,
I look back
in hindsight,
and how
I threw away
a good thing.
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The North of Hum
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