Long Chalk it up Poems

Shutting Down

I see them everywhere 
When in reality it is all over
It feels like it is happening over and over again
I can still feel them on me
I can still feel them inside of me
My dad...

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All of the images
Sending mixed messages
Massacring the masses
\while we view hindsight through rose-colored glasses
And all the whispers stop
Silence thick as the sound of a pin drops
Moment of silence for all of the victims
The same silence...

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There is, in the Los Angeles area, a well-known brand of milk, called Alta Dena.  Near also,
is the city named Alta Dena, and my grandson lives there.  I asked him if he had...

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I’m sitting in a dark, nothing but a T.V. on.
I’m watching horror movies, or am I watching paint dry.
I see people, I see faces, but I still can’t shake the feeling I’m being watched.
A scream...

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What beliefs within that do you define
the adversary's lies or Gods Truth divine
like a child absorbed what you've been taught
have you examined the things that are thought

In the stronghold of your heart and mind
the vast...

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TO WEAK

Im sorry that I am to weak to just be "friends"
The reason quite simple didnt want it to END
YOU were a drug that ran through EVERY vein
Now sitting here alone loathing the PAIN
Losing u...

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You never know when the day begins or until it is complete what twists and turns that day may take…or what people you might meet.

Today a nod to fate…or luck…or what many call destiny…this story...

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Jesse Evans and The Boys earned much notoriety
during the old west's most untamed and wild history.
Raiding resturants and salloons they would drink and eat for free.
"Chalk it up!" they'd say to all of the merchants...

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It’s a milestone at least, chalk it up as a feat,
That your younger self never thought you could meet.
But how does it feel, this crossroads you face?
It’s a case of you got there, it’s no...

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A Special Dark Run
A Pile of Fetty For Fun
Crystal Natures and a Ton of Bad Jokes
I said it all but thats not all I had to Say poke.
I had To Stay broke Huh.
To see how...

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Speaking and living off experience, 
what I've experienced goes against 
what I know, like I should take it 
slow, slow down my emotions I'm 
soaking in love because I love that 
feeling, but the cards...

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By design it was supposed to keep 
couples together, threw prayer and 
communication it was designed to 
make everything better, but what 
good are those vows if you're not 
equally standing on that solid rock,...

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Speaking and living off experience, what I've experienced goes against what I know, like I should take it slow, slow down my emotions I'm soaking in love because I love that feeling, but the cards...

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I awoke early this evening,
Just as I had planned.
I wanted to see a sunset.
I wanted....to feel.

As I sit and contemplate
the blisters upon my hand,
I realize the truth.
That bloody hurt!

What was I thinking?
What was I wanting?
What...

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I'm finally seeing this with eyes wide open 
I have no clue why it took so long 
I'll chalk it up to hope and irrational thinking 
sh*t what was I thinking? 
I know my heart...

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"What Is It With You?"
And The Horrible Things That You Do.
All The Same Old Problems
       Never End,
Cause You Refuse To Take The Time-
      ...

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two otherwise rational people
appear as if conflict had never 
got into the car with the both of em’
when they commenced this
journey---
but that was when they both had it in the
back of their heads that
the other...

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Know one knows the life I’ve had,
   I grew up dirt poor but don’t be sad.
Material things were always out of reach,
   But the lessons I learned no classroom could ever...

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will it up
grill it up
fill it up to brimming
swill to still those silly cells
drowned in what they’re swimming

press ‘em up
mess ‘em up
dress ‘em up with practice
a hoarder in its order
and thorned as any cactus

mock it...

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My anger has a limit, when I expense my valued time. I mean, appointments were made & confirmed, then upon arrival, cancelled...with little reason or rhyme.
         ...

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I rebuke, false claims that your soul is evil
I mean, after all, we’re only people
You’ve lived through storms, when I was dry
We’re not quite equal, you and I 

Even if we were born, exactly the...

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You are blue
And hopeful for new
Remember what Taylor sang
When she said “Begin Again”*

Now you met him
Such a difference 
From paying your penances
For all the ex’s annoyances

How wonderful is appreciation
Without qualification 
Forget the last guy’s negativity...

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They say slavery ended in the 60s but @ times I still feel 
like a slave to sin yet we're still enemies
But the flesh, feels like a friend to me it gives me what I...

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How you respond when the truth is out in the open is up to you 
sometimes staying quiet is louder than being out spoken 
No regrets when it comes to falling for someone 
it's not...

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What is love, can anyone explain it

Is it something you can buy at the store

If you could, how much would it cost

Would it have a lifetime guarantee

What? No guarantee?

What if it breaks down within a...

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