Cranked up the victrola to max damage
Put on a little Zeppelin, so savage
When the neighbors got mad
I played Sir Galahad
Come play pickleball ~ first we’ll eat cabbage
~ racehorses we bet on don't always finish first, yet we go all in. ~
Who knows how to live in fear,
does not die so soon...
Who is very brave,
of fear becomes a slave...
Here's the principle
and the end....
all without love
it's nothing... Little with love
is everything
One day...
nothing will be
as before:
nor love
of today,
nor the heartache
from yesterday...
Please let me alone
My heart and my soul
Pollution is everywhere
The land the sea the food
The mind the body
The heart the soul
The words the behaviour ...
We live with pollution everyday
Boundaryless and invisible
Until to the maximum we fall sick
Until to the limit we leave
There may not be pollution in outer space
Buy there is lifeless
Maybe we have to accept our fate here
And try to adjust our bodies and mind
To live happier and longer
From now and ever since
garnish your gusto
dance your joy
live for this second
expend enthusiasm
this moment belongs to you
live to the maximum
shout your truth
In school, Maxwell never paid attention
Got punished with maximum detention --
They seized his smartphone
Maxwell moaned and groaned --
But, Wow! ~ Did it improve his retention!
I boarded my hot air balloon
And set my sights on high,
I turned the flame to maximum
And headed for the sky.
Below, the land receded
As I joined the mighty blue,
The sky was my ocean,
Heavenwards I flew.
Earthbound things now disappeared
I embraced serenity,
As I sailed the atmosphere
Contentment called on me.
Alone, but not lonely,
Detached, but still aware.
Truly I'd found heaven,
As I drifted in the air.
R-ace at maximum speed,
O-utrun anyone on the road;
D-ouble your efforts to win,
E-mploy the fuel that you
L-oad.
M-aximum speed is necessary,
A-s judgment day draws near;
R-echarge your life with faith,
I-ncluding hope in high gear.
N-ovember thirteenth Monday,
A-llow your trust to exceed;
S-witch your long journey at maximum speed.
M-aximum self-discipline
A-ims to place under control
Y-our heart and mind,
L-ife, spirit, and soul.
E-arly fourteenth of July,
N-ever bow to temptation;
E-ither wrong or error won't win over your conviction.
L-et your true faith work,
U-sing your determination;
N-ever succumb to sin,
G-ive in not to bad situation.
A-llow your love to win and keep your living clean;
Y-ielding not to iniquity, maintain maximum self-discipline.
(This is a fictional poem but life in prison really is horrible.)
A man slept with my girlfriend so I shot him in the face.
Now I'm in a maximum security prison and I hate this place.
Shooting that man was a bad decision.
Now I'm doing life in this prison.
Now my freedom is gone and it really sucks.
I want to be on the outside but I'm out of luck.
Life in here is hard and you wouldn't want to go through it.
If you're thinking about killing somebody, please don't do it.
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