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THE GREATEST OBSTACLE IS ENVY
We think it is the bad, but the bad is innocent and sweet, Compared to the envy eating at the good, compared to the envy felt by friends. Envy comes from everywhere; envy, more than anything, can...
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DISGUST
Beauty? Virtue? No. These work insidiously and slow. Beauty’s a disguise and virtue’s hard to know. A sense of disgust Is what I trust. A sense of disgust Is what rescues us From the brain tricked by...
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I’D LIKE TO BE THERE WITH YOU
The waters, the pink-in-blue sky, the moss covered rocks, nature, old, and looking perfectly new. No one around. Flat nature simply lying around. Late spring. I’d like to be there with you. No...
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THE GOLDEN STRING
It seems to us there are three truths to life worth knowing. The first is the truth of efficiency—the one thing everyone wants and needs, and this is divided into two: first, efficiency in practical...
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THE POETRY
There’s an industry for every need, An efficiency for every type of greed. I always thought the businessman was full of vice. But he’s just like me. He’s smart. He’s nice. The lonely guy who dreamed...
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BEFORE YOU WRITE TO THEM WRITE TO ME
Before you write to them, write to me. Before you write to the public, write privately To the one who loves you: me. Before you give to the public, give privately To the one who loves you...
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CAN YOU
Can you, when we get in these situations, step back? Can you, when we love, love on the same track? Can you realize this is love, and not a dare? Can you? Can you, when you see me, not make faces? Can...
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ONLY THE OLD IS TRUE
Of course you want it— The exciting and new, And you will have it— But only the old is true. She had to get out of prison, And she was counting on you— She came to you with a smile— But only the old...
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I LOVED YOU, ROSALINDA
You came to know me And discovered I wasn’t entirely good. You looked past my smile, Kissed me, and observed me for a while— For this I am grateful. I was sometimes bad To make it easier to be sad...
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THE GAMERS!!
Bob Hope’s Gamers are on fire in the Peoples Division Here’s what the Peoples Division in the Scarriet Poetry Baseball League looked like at the All Star Break: Kolkata Cobras 47 33 – Santa Barbara...
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MY SUN
The sun becomes a single being As autumn advances. In summer the sunlight just sits there. In autumn, it dances. In summer, the sun is way Above our heads And clouds steal its glory At the end of the...
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WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND IT LESS
You understand this Problem when you understand it less: Don’t believe the words a poet says, But if this poet is honest, Love is really about sex— The reason I was In love with her, looking back, was...
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HOW COULD I LOVE INNOCENCE WHEN IT WAS NOT INNOCENT?
I have seen too much of your angry, mesmerizing face That has been beautiful, and how it knows its disgrace Today, in a sadder and slower pace. How can I love you in innocence When this is not...
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SCARRIET POETRY BASEBALL STATS
The first place LA Gamers were in last place when they signed Woody Allen (7-2). WINS Rimini Broadcasters Owner, Fellini, Manager Claudius, Motto, “Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name.”...
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LET ME SEE
With the rainy fog recently gone, Three and a half hours before dawn, Let me see what you look like—please, here, Where the light is just right, Next to this wise tree, Wise from its immensity, With...
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SHE MAKES A TOWER
She makes a tower of her hair, Pinning it quickly and deftly with a simple pin. Beauty is where the air is thin. You should have seen how this caught my eye; That’s when I fell in love with her. When...
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I GAVE THE DICE A SHAKE
I gave the dice a shake to see where they would land. The mathematician told me I didn’t understand— Where they fall doesn’t matter; the dots on the sides And their random addition—that’s where your...
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INDIFFERENCE, FILLED WITH TEARS. AN ESSAY.
Nemo me impune lacessit Why do we venerate the vulnerable? Isn’t protection of the vulnerable enough? No. Protection (action) requires veneration (moral uplift) as an urge and a guide—otherwise...
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EXPEDIENCY
The truth flashed upon me When I first wrote poetry. In that first hour I knew I was only the avenue. I am privileged to have inspiration flow Through me. I am not what I know. The flood of this...
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IMMENSE
The landscape where she moves is immense. It stretches on and on: The tunnel going to another tunnel. The wall. The towering fence. Every moment, an exit or an entrance, Immense vistas which don’t...
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