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It’s sometimes easier to just keep your head down, but I also wasn’t raised that way. Got to find inner peace.
Thanks for the read, friend.
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Ooof, this is like looking in a mirror. It took me far longer than I like to contemplate to figure out what you’re saying here. 🙌
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A bit of a way to remind myself to not overthink and get worked up.
Thanks for the read, friend. Much appreciated.
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I like the empathy you mention, the understanding that everyone is entitled to their opinion because experiences are different. We so rarely consider that there is universal truth, and then there are the personal truths as unique as the people who own them.
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Truth is truth. But it isn’t always right for individual situations. And people are more than willing to look away from others suffering in order to feed their needs and greeds. Not that it’s right or wrong. Because at the end of the day we’re all trying to protect ourselves. And that’s how I look at different opinions. There is a universal truth and then there’s the convenient truth we tell ourselves.
Thanks for the read
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Yeah, convenient truth is called rationalization
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Read MoreThe skin registers the wind,draws the shadow in the instant,absorbs silences in scattered pores. Each fold holds an echo,no name brands,cycles buried under minimal gestures. Time drags cells,erases contours,replaces faces without asking permission. The mirror hesitates, rejects the reflection,forget that it was...
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Its a thought few people look at closely. Our skin walks us through the world & experiences so much, tells so many stories. And that last line…truth
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😎❤
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Brilliantly penned, PAR. Incredible write my friend, so glad you’re here. I missed reading these gems you pen. Appreciate you.
Damian
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❤😎
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Our skin becomes thicker & thicker as we age and witness the impurities of life. Excellent piece PAR. Great to see you.
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😎❤
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❤😎
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Read MoreHe wakes at dawn with ink-stained hands, a mind ablaze yet feet in sand. Each word he scrawls a fleeting spark devoured whole before it’s dark. He writes of love, he writes of death. He writes of time, he writes...
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This is so true! It always seems to me that nobody loves poetry except poets. And we couldn’t breathe if we couldn’t write…
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Thanks my dear.
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Beautifully penned, PAR. Into the book it belongs! The life of a writer my friend, you described it perfectly. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Thank you, Damian. Love to you always.
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We live for it. We bleed words & ink. Excellent piece my friend. Always………
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We do, my beloved friend.
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WE are… Love to you!
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Read MoreIn this cafe, with dirt for wallpaper. The heat is a bitch, and the fan in the ceiling is the worst— turning counter-clockwise. Sipping on my cup of coffee and milk. Too many flies, buzzing, fighting over throne, fighting over food, fighting over fly-chicks. Whatever they are fighting for— only that...
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Sounds hot and sticky. A summer day.
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A hot and lonesome summer day. “)
Thank you, Fia!
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Chewing gum, or strawberry. My favorite flavors since childhood. 😀
Thank you, Adira! Your comments make my day! “)
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I swear I know these moments. Drags & weighs the body down. This is a doozy
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Yeah. I am sorry you can relate to this. Thanks, willlow for reading! “)
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Thats what it was called back then. “)
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Cleverly penned, M.E. Relatable write my friend, we’ve all been there. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Thank you brother! Highly appreciated! “)
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Don’t want to be there but you forced me in this place with your detailed writing. DAMN GOOD! If you want an ice cream cone, go to Dampkitten’s poem “Poetspeak Sweet”. There you’ll find an ice cream cone and a whole lot more.
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I apologize. It got to be written and vented. Thank you for reading and liking it! “)
Hmm..I’ll check it out rn. Thanks “)
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Yeah, they have bubble gum ice cream, and it’s gross. Also, have you tried the cotton candy green seedless grapes? My God, they taste just like it. Weird.
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Bubble gum flavour id gross! I disagree. But hearing of cotton candy green seedless grapes, I think you are right about the bubble gum flavour in there. Hahaha.
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LOL… I thought you were referencing my poem from the beginning. And now, I find out you like strawberry ice cream. OMG. By the way, is this ‘mosquito wing’ phrase an allusion to Smells Like Teen Spirit?
You do realize that you could enter this poem in the ‘coffee’ poem contest don’t you?
You will find this extremely weird, but the imagery in your piece is very reminiscent of the hotel scene early in the movie, Apocalypse Now.
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Lol. I saw your poem after our fellow poet: visions_of_insanity’s recommendation for ice cream. It ended up another type of ice cream. Lol
No. But I liked the reference. I had another poem that I have lost, where I referenced Nirvana’s Smells like teen spirit.
Mosquito’s wings here symbolize inferiority. For their tiny wings comparing with flies. Idk why it came to my mind. But I used it.I didn’t know about the contest. The setting of this poem is in a cafe but the themes has nothing to do with coffee.
I don’t remember this scene. I think I’ll rewatch it one day.
Thank you for reading and for the comments, DK. “)
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Powerful work, my friend.
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Thank you, Thomas! “)
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Holy Shit, you won! Congratulations, M.E!
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Mosquito wings comes with mosquito responsiblities. The limitless ability of sucking. Hahaha
Thank you, DK! “)
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Damn mosquito…no chance with all those flies, just keep them off my ice cream cone.
This is so powerful in its imagery…and such a disgusting place…I think I will get my cone to go.j.
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Thank you Jacob! Appreciated. “)
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Read MoreTell all the truth but tell it slant — Dickinson You must tell Verity but slant itIt dazzles if too boldMakes it far too sharp to graspEven when it's retold A flash direct blinds simple SoulsAs Mysteries revealMore depth than Spotlights...
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Fantastic! As usual…
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Thanks Adagio…
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Thanks my dear… know what you mean… I am often far too blunt…
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I smiled after the first reading then read it twice more
something quite sating in those lines..much enjoyed!
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Beautifully penned, LDF. Liked this a lot my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Powerfully penned, Nick. There is a burden to always being truthful, and caring enough to want the world to do better. It’s that we open up our hopeful expectations to possible and sometimes certain disappointment. Hang in there my friend. I felt this write. Appreciate you.
Damian