Long Hollow promises Poems

Unquotable quotes: The How of Democratic Kill - IXL, Part Two

No, tell me not my vote now does not count
         (Shakespearean Sonnet)

No, tell me not my vote...

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Dickens Christmas carol revisited by nicked saint

Frigidaire - from upper atmosphere 
hammering and whipsawing debris 
ferociously with an angry flare,
cuz mother nature - fed up to here
(re: envision me hands indicating 
over top of head)...

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July first 2023 will celebrate...
our sixth anniversary at Highland Manor Apartments
	
Subtitled: The perspective of one festive folky fellow
friendliness ofttimes prompts me 
when crossing paths with another to say “hello,”
whose demeanor trends toward being mellow
courtesy about...

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Against the backdrop of a leaden sky, where dreams lie shattered,
Beneath the heavy burden of pain, with echoes in sacred silences,
I lay down verses at dusk, where words are lost to the wind,
A saga of...

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In the labyrinth of time, where shadows dance on walls of mist,
An invisible web is woven, finer than the silk thread of destiny,
And Russia, a slumbering bear in the taiga of unspoken dreams, becomes the...

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Our end did not come unannounced,
I had a premonition when you started to slip away
Into the quiet distances, choking off any possible growth.
Ours had been a game, a waltz where missteps spoke their part,
My great...

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In glass displays, they stand, forever seeking new prosthetics,
Slumbering consciences drift on waves of ads and hollow promises,
We swallow mass culture whole, like blind fish in murky waters,
Forgetting to deeply breathe life's essence, lost in...

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you don't even know the meaning, yet you write
you scramble it, squeeze it out
sometimes say it out loud but
you still fail to convey,...
you know the rules, abide the rules
you are ruled by those rules,
you don't...

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Deeply immersed in my thoughts thinking about
the depth of my emotions,
shallow notions emerge to the surface to breathe, but
quickly disperse 
My verses are for elastic minds that are able to form
solid opinions,
as the battle between...

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What is a heart,
Now that it is open;
Freed of lies which so long
Protected its tenderness.

What is a heart,
Wounded and pierced;
A crippled bird
Crying with fear.

Where is the warrior courage,
Where is the strength
To complete the journey
Of a...

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Do we not all deserve the sanctity of a blessed and joyous life?
Instead we carry common wounds from the powerful racial knife-

Are we unworthy of intrinsic, sacred, unconditional love?
Hated for our pigmented flesh that the...

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You said I wouldn't lose you,
But it's to late now
For I already have
Drifting apart ever so slowly
Why did I even trust your hollow promises?
I should have seen them for what they were
Empty
And a cover-up
For what...

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I lay down in bed at 9 PM, seeking peace in the darkness that envelops me,
beneath blankets that conceal the burden of a world full of noise and light,
where their laughter and joy intertwine with...

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Ghosts glide over the footsteps I leave,
Transparent smiles.
Hollow promises.
They cling, sordid smoke around my mind
As I wander my way back,
A heavy heart fighting to beat alone.



Cross the threshold, they evaporate,
Banished by the brave
Who wishes my...

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True love is fleeting,
An embrace with meaning
And momentary feelings.
Love is temporarily freeing,
A close conversation
With just simply understanding.
Truth is hard to find
Like truth, love is painful,
Yet through hurting
We thoroughly grow.
Eternal love is a lie,
I only feel...

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I wait for the one who might return someday,
but this "might" deceives me a little more each day,
like a distant song slowly fading in the autumn dusk,
an echo of lost footsteps on the forgotten paths...

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I thought
              love was safe,  
          a place to rest my soul,...

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Silly ass dame
You Lame plain Jane
Fckng wacked out & insane
Still playin the same game
Even with nothin' to gain
You're the only one to blame
So don't even complain
Sayin you wanna change
But forever stay tha same
Get back in...

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The year is grey and cold,
And we bid the winter go;
So all the dark and weary world,
Will be purged of blowing snow.

Tomorrow cry the branches,
From out of their sad heart;
My closed buds will open,
With green...

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When a boy, I was forced to be a man
To large a task, for someone so small
Still when there is love, you do all you can

A minature adult, not very tall
Doing the job, that I...

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On a far side, the darkest corner of all,
lies beyond a length, a life in enthral,
Always in their rings, the mourning bells,
Oh! but not a sound leaves that torrid hell !

In hollered ire,  weeping...

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The moon rises over the mountain.
Vertigo makes me feel like I may 
fall into it.
Thoughts of the day, play in fast 
forward.
The things that went wrong, things
that made a sound reach your lips.
Then I saw...

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It's all over but the crying
tears fall down like rain
washing away the dream of forever
nothing now left but pain

Hollow promises of what was
a thought and what could be
fantasy is never a happy place
reflections for all...

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Do images of I appear in her thoughts?

Or simply the fostering of quaint fantasies?

Through all pandemonium paramour is sought

Though warded within profound secrecy



Frantic I plea for reprieve

To recover voluminous wounds

Renounce excuse to grieve

Slaughter the walls...

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