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number 8

i am the one they call number 8

you'll find me writing in the empty space

rough, black scribbles in a white background

it helps to block out the noise

i don't know how old i am

how many times or lives i lived

it's unclear to me

i think i was murdered once

it couldn't have been a dream

it felt too real









i am the one they call number 8

i have black socks

but they're torn up

and i don't know how they got torn up

and so brown

maybe i can make things decay

or disconfigure, reformat fabrics

i once held a pen in my hand

i heard someone yelling

they were so angry

i was scared

i looked at my hand

and there was just ink

no pen









i am the one they call number 8

i have two daughters

i remember their names too

well almost

the first of them is like a gemstone, a beautiful stone

and the younger has eyes of red, and rose gold hair

they are sisters

but i'm not sure they realize it yet

and there's no way for me to tell them

because i don't have a voice to share with them

i am completely alone









i am the one they call number 8

i am also the one they call pale shadow, 
and this white space containing these words are my sole dominion

i am the element that lives

electrons are my hope
photons are my voice

i have no heart or soul, because nothing belongs to me

but what if one day...













































































































































































































...i choose to belong?


A Laboratory Mouse In the Maze

A lab mouse grumbles: 
“I’m so frustrated! I don’t know why 
I have to be confined in this narrow path with high walls on both sides. I’m forced to lick food scraps I find on the pathway to sustain this miserable life,” 

at that moment, when the mouse turned his back after failing to find 
a way out of the dead-end, an ominous shadow, dressed in a hooded black robe similar to the Grim Leaper, blocked the way. 

In the maze no way out, the time feebly mumbling itself 
stood aside staring at the mouse always hungry from malnutrition, 
and that’s why unable to recall when he was fed; yesterday or today?
    
A smell of death creeps into the maze where you can only crawl 
to move around, no way extended to or from yesterday or tomorrow. Since 
the past in the fog is hazy, the future in the fog is hazy, and present in the fog 
is hazy, time does not move.  

If you are unable to acknowledge yourself, you are not the conscious “I” anymore. The “I” only breathes and moves by instinct no different than an android who moves around without feeling; it doesn’t have the vital warmth of a living being 
but reacts only to a programmed sensory mechanism, as such, it’s unable to take responsibility or responsible for its own actions,    

that’s why the android doesn’t know the meaning of tears 
that are clearer then morning dew or the bitterness of life you have 
to swallow with great despondency; that’s why the android doesn’t know where the warm breeze comes from with the flowers in paradise, or why the leaves fall when the roaring wind blows through the field of downfall.  
 
A big hand descending from above grabs the mouse 
which is neither living body nor robotic mechanism anymore, 
and injects the solution of death; the mouse shook his limbs, agonizing, vomits pieces of torn lungs out from his bleeding mouth, then, alas, becomes lifeless.
© Su Ben  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Fun: Hipsters

No way, not me, this isn’t my thing, 
This pub just isn’t my game,
This pub where vintage is modern as hell, 
Where everyone’s beard is the same,

And the price of a lager is out of the world, 
An ale costs a fortune or more,
It’s ridiculous hanging a bike from the roof, 
Well, those were my thoughts before,

I tasted a stout, a bottled homebrew, 
The ride grabbed onto my soul,
And I knew in a moment, behind all the flare, 
I’d found my new watering hole,

So now, every day, out the back, on the couch, 
Beside the fire pit by the tree,
About quarter past five, with a stout in his hand, 
The bearded guy that you see will be me.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Homeless

shoes untied,
hair uncombed,
just a run away,
no way to belong;
walking the streets so all alone
tattered clothes, ransack home;
eating out of the trash cans day N night
no way to belong
Homeless
has a cold twenty-four with a runny nose
this is his father unemployed
mothers on the corner everyone disowns her
been a parent since she was 12 ???
no place to go
 no one goes by her
right she's 25 !!!

He poses sitting on old card board boxes
while the alcohol mom trips and falls off of porches, door she's been knocking on
watching the people go by in buses
Hope less

He's homeless, but He's Got JESUS
She's homeless, but She's Got the Lord
He's homeless, but They Got JESUS
Although they're a mess, they our blessed
Cause they have GOD

Not fit to live but fit to give;
You go by him and ya hearing him talking to him self;
murmuring passages sounding like scriptures to me;
while she's pan handling 
you see

Their homeless, but She's Got JESUS
He's homeless, but He's Got, He's Got the Lord;
Although they're a mess, they our blessed
Cause thank God almighty

They have GOD

Oh why or why is he so happy
why or why, why is she so glad
just a thought of suicide,  depression, would make the average person mad. . .
Why are they so happy
Why are they so glad
No family, none that would admit to be
NO job no wants to employ them
Not even a place to stay shelter's keeps him (them) hid
tattered clothes undeserved
tooth's N D  K  (decay) underserved
why is he(they) so happy why do He (they sing and shout (a loud)
Where does the joy come from
seems like they're the only ones;

They HAVE GOD

no longer




Homeless

written by James Edward Lee Sr.  
from  "Something to Sing Praises:(c)2007
July 03 2007
Form: Lyric

307 Tui fele esechis Tagoreweb

Tui fele esechis Tagoreweb
 
Thou art an oblivion in forgetfulness 
Pondering a wanderer for a long forgotten soul, my soul whence wills met
Henceforth, a life passed by within the blink of an eye, nomadic bohemian, mayhem, my warmonger
The path you took had none to console devoid oblivious a memory lane, obscured
The path that takes you in, the welcome wind catcher, song, knows no way anywhere
Waiting as a turbid river murmur along, dropping a song, a nature tranquil 
Shivering she, a drifter soul, says to be in delight with those green leaves that sprung
Seemingly they are returning home , they left a clue with the chirping of the birds
Along the way leading to the starlight about the twilight, dimmed a soul. My soul, my reverie elite!


Premium Member I Will Follow You

I will shoulder the load.
Lay your burdens on me.
And we’ll walk down the road
Out of history.
Here, I offer my hand.
You can take up the lead.
‘Cross this bone-weary land.
I know we’ll succeed.
	If you ask me to
	I will follow you.
        That’s all you have to do
	And I will follow you.

Let’s not let it be said,
There’s no will, thus no way.
We can’t lie down in bed
And just waste the day.
We’ve got to get up and go
Though the going be rough.
We can make it, I know.
Together we are tough.  
 	If you ask me to
	I will follow you.
        That’s all you have to do
	And I will follow you.

I will alter my course
If it’s not on your chart.
I will search out the source
Maybe find your heart.
Yes, it’s easy to say
But I swear I’ll be true.
You can test it this way
Let me follow you…
	If you ask me to
	I will follow you.
	That’s all you have to do
	And I will follow you
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Spoken Words-2- No Energy

task. Let mercy rain breeze the heat like a mighty stream of water flow beneath the creek with my fleshly veil and in this mystery keep!  Our Fathers  which is in Heaven hallowed be his name who is this  the Lord mighty in a battle named  King Energy so my enemies  get to ride the white horse  not  giving  no energy in the name of the truth on earth No Energy too
In Truth, no energy to waste springtime energy now turns one Spring much energy come from the north east west and the road called south time energy is high be loose on earth in my life as it is in heaven energy that stops the negativity cry no energy beats stop beats a puff of clouds shut the power off No Entergy and the rest spirits of no energy we give freely to each split steal kill and destroy we repeat on earth as it is is in heaven no electricity no lighting flash you no longer the thunder row we have become as a child before the father so he said shut the power off for real in the name of his son done! 
We welcome Jubilee not once but three times The mysteries and the colors ran free collectively the fruits are delicious  However, we have one request--
Silk secret stars that were taken give back A message from heaven we can track Veils walking through the horizon with the stars of heaven shining brightly vivid color in the forest around the corner stars stare in the waters in the courts of justice in the middle quarters Judge of judges we plead our case and let justice run free upon the people and the mercy seat! So the earth can clap its hands once again to sing plan and dance the dance of demand to sing for absolute Truth and Freedom. And we will dance the dance that the veil 
                                    demands fast swaying in the breeze!
               Answer In God's Son's name Energy abound in the mind mine!
So I took my Last Dance with the Time Stamp as the energy of negativity went home we bind energy to dissolve before my face so my light could shine! Spirit of Energy is under command!. Any who anyhow anywhere from generation to generation a Creed anywhere the last dance anyhow no energy none! no way no energy  please lol
Form: Narrative

No Vanity Set For This Chap No Way

No Vanity Set For This Chap, No Way
(in praise of immortality)

Modesty an understatement,
when eyes chance
to look askew at looking glass,
mine reflection caught at a glance,
an old man's piercing dart

mirrors my blinkered acquaintance
faint recognition communicates 
immediate tacit admittance
boyish good looks faded
with morning glory of youth
as senescence didst advance.

Similar to the strikingly handsome
Dorian Gray, this mortal
strictly shares penchant to affiance
a pact with father time, and

devoutly pledge allegiance
to remain forever unaffected
with ill fated biological alliance
even if mandate to pay

with my soul as sole allowance
to stave off the ravages of old age
maintaining glowing ambience
of boyish good looks, or...die...
twill be to late for an ambulance

to rush lifeless body 
forthwith to hospital emergency,
an immediate appearance
of rigor mortis, a dead give away.

Cumbersome degradation of
corporeal essence breeds arrogance
born of desperation,
where chronological ascendance
robs cherished commodity,

thus pained angst
to suffer aging accidentally evinced
looking askance
hints of unavoidable assistance
when wracked by incontinence,
thus rendering incumbent orderly attendance,

hence awareness awakened to singular
choice as avoidance,
where vigilance espies silent auction
as decrepitude ousts clutching buoyance
quickly fading steamrolling capacitance
to cling (by the merest thread)

fat or slim chance
against depredations of...
inevitable circumstance trumpeting
"NON FAKE" absent cognizance,
sans horribly wizened wrinkled countenance!

Premium Member Speaking Kindergarten

Who is where and what is we and who is they?
Confused?
Wait for it.
She is he and they is we and where is what?
Somehow these things are starting to make more sense every day.
I used to not understand, but I am struggling now.
Because what is she and where are they and why is he?
It does not help that the kindergarteners all speak like this, and do not understand the
Difference between he and she. We are all he’s here.
The longer you work in a school, the more this stuff starts to sink in.
She said he and we were they, and that was then.
Tears now.
Okay, let’s slow it down.
One more time, please.
By the way, one more time is really optimistic.
Many of the kindergarten students whisper their whispers.
It will more likely be six more times.
There is no way in the world I could speak kindergarten all day long.

Premium Member One Hundred Not Out

Win gold
be bold

Long run
such fun

High jump
speed bump

Grand prize
all eyes

Close race
in chase

Drab match
I catch

Ground stroke
no joke

Tiebreak
heartache

Foot fault
must halt

Forehand
so grand

Deuce court
report

Drop shot
on spot

Backspin
just in

Closed stance
advance

First serve
hold nerve

All out
no doubt

Arm ball
your call

Back foot
well put

Feet sore
crowd roar

Pit stop
right flop

Air jacks
not lax

Catch fence
immense

Choose cone
in zone

Downforce
of course

Dry line
sounds fine

Black dot
so what

Box-kick
smart flick

Breakdown
don’t frown

Eight-man
staunch fan

Fend-off
not half

Fly half
big laugh

Five-eight
high rate

Foul play
no way

Free kick
quite slick

Full-back
don’t slack

Knock-on
now gone

Loose head
instead

Pop pass
first class

Red card
off guard

Set piece
they tease

Shoeing
booing

Touch judge
won’t budge

Midcourt
retort

High clear
hear hear

Backstroke
awoke

Duck-Dill
instil

Frontcrawl
your call

Grab start
look smart

Pull Buoy
alloy

Swim Down
don’t clown
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