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Premium Member Whispers of futility

Searches

appear for

some final answer

to the make-up of 

the universe 

to what makes me tick~

A wish for a

finality wiping out

all further queries~

Stories are squeezed 

for their hidden 

treasures~

There may be

whispers 

of futility with an

undertone of

freedom~~

Premium Member Searches for finality

Searches

appear for

some final answer

to the make-up of 

the universe 

to what makes me tick~

A wish for a

finality wiping out

all further queries~

Squeezing the stories to

give up hidden

secrets~

A suggestion of

not knowing seems not

admissible with its

undertone of

freedom~~

Indelible

To frolic amongst the daisies and posies is to relish 
in the sweet drink of victory over a despicable, 
old, and much-sought-after foe.

It is a feeling akin to splashing cold basin water
upon the face after hard work—lips chapped 
by sun, sweat, and the long, tired day crowded 
amongst them.

Reclaim possession; bring it home.

Long has this expected arrival been awaited;
arrangements have been in accordance with plans
premade for preparations upon this date. 

Man dares not tickle the fickle temper of these
sisters of fate. Complaints remain an undertone, and
resentment answers not to “Pardon” on and on again. 

In their ever-glow elegance, brilliant 
refractions sway off their decadent dress. 
Jellyfish patience is slow, a romantic cadence. 

Contracting movements make the sway 
feel like a swarm in the warmth of the elicit impress.


Premium Member The Curve and Swerve of Irony's Serve

Irony has no place here; let true meaning stand,
Unmasked from deceit, that twists what should be known;
For truth is dimmed, when caressed by a shaky hand,
Hearts are dulled, when slow speaking in undertone.

We’ve learned to laugh to soften our doubt,
To hedge each word to lessen what's too plain;
This cleverness has worn our candor out,
Leaving us fluent in deceit, shame and disdain.

Now is the moment to speak plainly, completely—
Letting the twists unravel, before they're played.
With power serves made adroitly, sweetly and neatly—
To break the ingrained game our irony has made.

For to say upfront, what we mean, demands we refuse
to diffuse, bemuse, confuse, what we risk to lose.

Today Grows Into Tomorrow

Today is a brittle passage of tumbler,
Tumbler that glares like optimism in unsteady fingers,
Fingers that grip love like a hot torch,
Torch whose blaze cracks into smoke.

Smoke is an undertone of extinct promises,
Promises wandering like ruins in the squall,
Squall that flings hearts like collapsed greeneries,
Greeneries no map for tomorrow.

Tomorrow is a wrapped and inaudible volume,
Volume whose folios leather in shaded ink,
Ink that engraves destiny like an invisible sculptor,
Sculptor influencing today.

Such is life when it changes,
Changes that bring hurdles,
Hurdles making us remain uncertain,
Uncertain of what tomorrow really means.

Poem by N. Mugisho

Norway in the crosshair

Norway in the crosshairs 


The  scandal that has rocketed the royals in Norway
household has dented the people's belief that  they
are somehow unique, more democratic, than 
anyone else on the planet 

They have the bluest oceans, the whitest waterfalls
and the highest mountain in the world
They are also the wealthiest country, with 7 trillion
in the bank

They also have a rock protruding from the mountain, 
fondly called The Pulpit. Can any country be greater?
There is a dark side to this excessive self-belief
a nationalism marked by arrogance. 

They can not understand that there are people who prefer
to live elsewhere, those who do are viewed with suspicion 
We see an undertone of fascism here, not healthy
Perhaps the royal scandal opened up some eyes


Premium Member Keep Myself The Same

Freedom, I Always Take
Former Offenister...
There It Is.

Make Simpler.

I Spoke With
My Poet Folk
Thought Was
Spoke As Squirrels Was.

Now They, So MANY!!!

Now... Silent???

Here, Still Here...

But Soundless All Spoke
So Squirrels Really Spoke?

I Like Better With 

Soft...

Un.

Ummmmm.

That's What Is.

Reminder.

I Wish It Carve Out The Pure 
Joy And Adapted Laughter
Before All The Squirrel
Scattering... I Know!

But, Where Did They Speak?

I'm So Selfish.
Oh Well...
hahahahaha...

Down A Fundementally
Quantumly Over Undertone
Long Longing Long
Octaves Bottomly Looms
The Darker Laughtered...

Not So Squeeky.

-Gray Squirrel

01-11-2026

Premium Member I Am Green

My skin is light olive-toned with green or green-yellow
undertone and the veins on my wrists appear mostly
green, the color associated with natural world, like
plants, trees, grass symbolizing life, growth and energy.
 
I am the color of living life, feeling incredibly alive with 
energy and excitement to explore, discover, experience,
create, learn to grow emotionally and spiritually to evolve.  

I am the color of wealth, like the striking emeralds, sparkling
peridot, and money to meet the needs of ordinary people or
to magnify the status and self-worth of the rich and famous.

Premium Member CADENCE IN INFLECTION

instinct
  over thought
independent
 of
form
  prose with cadence 
in lyrical
   expression
 where emotions 
  are 
   the driving force

pause awhile
to listen

the winds
 of ephony
revealed
 in
pause 
& undertone
an
esoteric 
sensation
    from within 
the
         voice
                 recites
                   to
tickle
             the
                   ear
showing
                when
                   pause
so
      silent
                can
                      sound
      perfected
on
pause

Premium Member Slanderella

She came down screaming, cloaked in flame,  
A bolt of spite, no soul to tame.  
From hilltop high she cast her spell—  
The art of slander, taught too well.  

They built her shrines in whispered breath,  
In gossip’s grip, they danced with death.  
Her tongue, a blade that cuts unseen,  
Yet worshiped like some vengeful queen.  

She taught them how to twist the truth,  
To poison joy, corrupt the youth.  
No proof required, no facts to weigh—  
Just sharpened words to flay and flay.  

I walk beneath her shadowed reign,  
Each rumor like a drop of rain.  
It floods my name, it stains my skin,  
A war I never asked to win.  

They speak as if their hearts are stone,  
No warmth, no grace, just undertone.  
Their minds are mirrors cracked with spite,  
Reflecting only what’s not right.  

No thought of kindness, no repair,  
Just venom laced in vacant stare.  
They feed on fear, they starve on hope,  
And swing their lies like braided rope.  

Yet still I rise, though torn and bruised,  
Refusing to be so misused.  
For truth, though quiet, holds its ground—  
And Slanderella will be drowned.

words

You tell me I feel like home, 
but not that it's solely in name. 
Your words are woven with lace-- 
delicate, flowery, light. 
They coil and crease, 
a nasty, distasteful undertone. 
Rough edges scrape my knuckles,
bloody bruises bloom.
Malice nestled in every utterance.
I crack you open, 
like the book you told me you were
but your words are written in invisible ink.

Sour Pickles From New Orleans


His  smelled of semi-soft cheese 
with a low moldy blue undertone 
I had no tolerance for his smell 
for compared to gym socks,
ammonia, 
or barnyards,  
it was pure Eau de Toilet ! 

After a game of indoor soccer   
he'd break wind 
while holding up one leg.  
He smelled of rotten egg 
formaldehyde, 
and sour pickles,  
from New Orleans....

While they chased after him 
with bottles of perfume 
He'd do the armpit fart 
then run away.   
Leaving behind,  
a skunky smell of Cannabis.

Are Dream's Memories

Softly the twilight calls my name,
A touch of silver in your hair,
Like echoes lost within a flame,
Like footsteps fading on a stair.

Did I not once, in days unknown,
Walk through a garden pale with light,
Where roses sang in undertone
And stars burned longer in the night?

I cannot tell what time has spun
A thread of dream within my hand,
Or if I stood beneath that sun
That warmed a long-forgotten land.

A voice too faint, a touch too far,
Yet haunting still—
Like dust of some extinguished star,
Whose light remains, but not the will.

Do dreams recall, or do they weave?
What once was true, we still believe.

Premium Member pretend it's a poem

as chopsticks for soup 
like a monkey eating scotch bonnets
you have to want it 
 
good luck is a myth
thin as a Theban cookie 
as your skin if you don't get it
 
checked-off triggers in academia
fired as a porcelain finger up
kilned in an undertone of glazing
 
grace is a saying and a Name
tweaked as an ego or a jacket
potato is a hashing at 3 a.m. 
 
iHopper lingering is a tension
getting to the hearth of it
another homer hit past time's fence
 
foe knocking at your big teeth in front
like a door to your cheeks 
puffed with a nut-angle oblique 
 
playing a game of mother elephant
a recess abbreviated by a bad pronunciation
intonation of inspiration at the bell
 
wrung and swung along a well-tread trail
as dirty as a thurible

Premium Member Narcissist

It was in my younger years
That you took away my heart
Just looking for a conquest
You tore it all part
You. put yourself so far above me
No mercy to be found
Playing as the victim
Finding joy in putting me down
You reveled in the glory
Tried to make me feel the shame
Playing oh so righteous
While using me to blame
The innocence that you portrayed
The lies, the undertone
Well baby take a look at me now
I’m standing on my own
I’ll never hold ill feelings 
But my bridges will be burned
Chalking up the time I’ve wasted
To experience and lessons learned
You’re the one who started the fire
Searching for a moment of fame
Now you’ve become the lost one
And I’ve become the flame.
While you set out alone
Keep your eyes on that blue sky
My wings have been released
And now I’m going to fly
There will come a time when you look back
And contemplate the cost
Just know that my star will be shining
Because you’re the one who lost.
I will dance and I will sing
I’ll mount that horse and ride
I can walk through the fires of hell
Without you by my side.

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