Long Hassled Poems

by the interpretation comes perception—the faraway dream, the symbols—or the way I attack myself—in harassing my screams. upon a wishbone, to feel some semblance, listening to darker parts; the curse of the psychiatrist, hassled for...

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ENCHANT ME!
(A Contemporary Animist’s Prayer) 

To the shared breath of life:

Enchant me!
Whisper to me in the cadence and rhymes, 
the deeper susurrations of this tellurian realm
with its numinous places that already call out
my name!
Talk to...

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Deep down my heart veins,

There prevails the clouds of 

darkness that rains

But I condense them like 

morning dew,

Apply on my eyes with its kohl,

And the world hymns, so divine 

and beautiful.



Sometimes my blood runs cold...

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always did what they were
told at work,
always gave 120%,
always was there early &
stayed late if needed,
always came in on his/her
day off
when called upon to do so,
never complained about the
preferential treatment
that s/he saw happening 
around him/her,
which...

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On an afternoon walk-about in my neighborhood, I was STARTLED                         ...

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Add #8
'Kimmy's Bliss?' Find yours too (on the yellow brick road)!
'Courage' leads to adventure, 'Brain' lightens your load!
But real 'Heart' is the answer we're all looking for,
She's a 'Wizard of Ah's,' (1) you will come...

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Cut from the same cloth, certainly didn't apply
I'd lived twenty places, was born to improvise
You had one home, parents, sister, two nephews 
Persistance forced my flighty spirit to accept you


Invited to hang with your family...

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Scorching heat hassled my feet,
as I ambled alongside the beast.
A wooden cup, a water bag and
parched barley meal for a feast.

My shadow exhaled hot fumes
on the dry desert sand.
Days of prolonged journey,
In search of a...

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at the mission in the Bowery
when the addict comes in at night
they are ushered through electronic doors that
slam shut like a prison 
echoing down the hall &
with few people on staff
they make their rounds in...

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is there a problem?---one 
wrong with the world
outside you?  is there 
a problem?---
now
now
now,
sorry to interrupt,
didn’t mean to pause you
from stuffing food down your
fat american gullet---
didn’t mean to make you
think for a second,
when we all...

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SPRING IN AIR, LOVE ONLINE                              ...

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There are recalls of blasting winds across my cheek.
It was during an 8 year tenure in the city by the bay.
Performance of my tasks required early morning risings,
and so many of those early mornings were...

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We loved the lollipops, cracker jacks, and Holloway candy sticks.                         ...

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Young like April, winds
Settling in the limbs of oaks,
Just past the crisp whisper
Cerulean drifting, tides 
Graceful seas reminding me to 
Listen as secrets poured
Past the graceful, splashing on sands
Lingering in the stillness, quietly
Praising in sprays...

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The rough edges of the white envelop surprised me
With a key you awakened the desire to possess you.
Tonight said the note the doors of heaven would open
Red roses, the finest champagne in acceptance I sent.

Night...

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The moment the clip rolled—-
cold rain of adrenaline hassled
down my spine and narrow nerves.
In Gorge Floyd I froze—compressed,
suppressed into miniature casket—-
“I can’t breathe”—the resonance of this
mighty fight of tints and taints against
the ground, as a...

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Uncertainty, 'grand potentate', 
swathes my lure
For renewed insight. I dropp 
upon
My groove, primed, to settle my 
lot. Help! 

Modest citizen. Our battles, 
girthed
For selfish intent, lunges at your 
faceless sense.
We have rasped our own 
reasons...

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just sitting here in the quiet of the night,
Looking back on my life to see what I did right.
Hard to define how some things happen,
As a kid I was hassled, for what, I don't know,
The...

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I Plead


Calling from inside you              
  I could only reach as far as your deaf ears
you,a mother,turned to stone,  ...

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COUNTRY MUSIC IS ON:

There we go,
Flashing all the fever from my bones.
Now I'm grown,
Smiling with beauty as supposed;
That inspires so,
Because it's something that I've proposed.
I believe no one can oppose;
For the concept balls down between...

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Back in those heavy times when everything was so far out
Our words were but a whisper, the mans were but a shout
Flower power was spreading, and everything was out of sight
Preaching peace through out the...

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A big-headed dreamer, pockets full of hope
Say, that and five bucks gets you a cup of joe
Worn out Army boots and my Goodwill coat
Sky's overcast and it feels like snow

Rolling on good time, guitar by...

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In search of a day to search for serenity 
Against this abased society,
A quest stays on for a time
To outcry against the wind of a warfare eternity. 

Out against the winds of tormented sunshine
Hassled by...

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You Had No Reason To Pull Me Over

By Elton Camp

It gave poor Fred quite a fright
A siren and a flashing blue light

He was certain he wasn’t speeding
And that other laws he was heeding

He was only...

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Hassled Controversy
By Kalyani Rajalingham

Delicate Jasmine, with her tender smile,
Watched the splendid rose with much disparity,
Marked by shame from those of her kind,
Turned her sight from imperative eyes,
The chrysanthemum, grandest of them all, 
Smiled at her...

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