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Rated: GC · Book · Personal · #2123453

GI100 Book #2...random attempts at poetry.

A second attempt at "Give It 100!Open in new Window., since the first one ("100Open in new Window.) turned out pretty well even though I didn't complete it within 100 days.

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These are just rough sketches and ideas that are barely a little more rounded-out...they're not perfect but they're gonna be good enough to share here at least. Your comments, support, and words of encouragement will be greatly appreciated!


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July 10, 2017 at 8:58pm
July 10, 2017 at 8:58pm
#915145
7-10-17


Jaywalking the intersection
cars don't seem to cross
'til there's a pedestrian,
he claims the gait of a
horse past its racing days
but game enough to be chased.
Nothing but the air swarms
in faux suffocation grasps,
with a menacing growl but
an otherwise meek temperament;
mostly drying off unnoticed
in the Mount Rushmore of silence
billowing widely in his thoughts.
Random, then gone
without interruption or
changes in pace.
Trained. Not derailed,
but vacant save the fury
of rust working overtime;
ideas and problems and solutions
in a flow chart starting
and ending with "Nothing/
Now What?" and a sense
of peace (for a moment).
Legs here in motion;
mind there in a stillness
of near collapse.
He is he, and he is that.
 
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July 10, 2017 at 9:06pm
July 10, 2017 at 9:06pm
#915147
7-10-17


The star-turned-fanboy,
built on ambition and misdirection,
claimed no contest
in the interest of self-interest.
He's not believing in the here-and-now
the way we're supposed to...
the meaning of mindfulness
we were taught from the ground up.
We're four seasons and he's
still on vacation from the first.
Justice doesn't serve the worst.
He's got the half-seemed
assumptions, and they keep
gathering like budding truths
in need of a good comeuppance
but he's not fit to be disturbed.
He's not here and he means it.
And honestly, all we can do
is contemplate or complicate
and we know that'll do us
no good. Not now. But
what we can do is look back
and take a page out of
his book in passive-aggressive
arrogance...if we're
gonna be wrong we're gonna
be spectacularly wrong
but at least we know enough
to be grateful in demise.
For what it's worth, we'll
say we tried.
July 10, 2017 at 9:18pm
July 10, 2017 at 9:18pm
#915148
7-10-17


You'll hear it from the sustained source.
Panic and wither
or start tweaking the enemies...
learn to make a choice.
Prod but don't follow.
If you're idly towing, figure
you'll wind up tidily owing
until you gain direction...
learn to use your voice.
You're a system, not a user.
You're the patient, not the cancer
and ya gotta have something
to answer to if you're not alone...
learn ways to rejoice.
Defend your decision.
Prove your solution.
Silence an army and
still all the breezes
like you're their Jesus.
If you maintain this
factor of will you claim
you have, you can easily
see yourself free and complete...
learn to be your choice.


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