The baby raccoons huddling
in the corner of a dumpster
not wanting their sleep
disturbed
remind of the woman at an
AA meeting who spoke of yelling
at people to get out
of her bedroom before
she realized she was
on the floor of an elevator.
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Note:
There are many apartment buildings
whose dumpsters do not have secure lids.
They are full of food which attracts the
raccoons. It is a form of entrapment for
which the raccoons have suffered
poisoning, being ground up alive in
garbage trucks, being crushed by
things dropped into dumpsters etc.
The raccoons never harmed the
volunteers getting them out of
the metal prisons before the
killer trucks came.
I met you in I you
had light blue uniform: a dress and pants
She was always worried about something
to do with religion and you were always having fun
Friends forever: and now we are here and
friends and both married to the love of our lives
People pretend that they know you and me
you and me
you and me
Having dated the same guy: knowing we know
the same guy: you had two nights, I had almost a year
I have been celibite for a while now, and my husband
and the guy are friends too
you are married and your husband and the guy
are trying to hustle me
Out of this little money I have
I didn't know you were Somali
or that she is black or from
you know those place he talked about so much
You know the places he complained about so much
and now you know my sister and you are recognizing each other
after a long battle and my sister does not want to do
anthing with us.
She was always busy. We were always talking
about other things and she was alwalys with people bigger than her.
La La La di da da
I am here and adopting a kid
she and everyone expect me to come
back so we can all talk and be friends
I am here now and I am staying.
There is a word more
powerful than any other;
written in Mythology
romanticized in poetry .
Men fight for it,
live and die for it,
in hopes to possess it,
treasure it, seek to find it.
It has been whispered and screamed
dreamed of and schemed for.
All I ask
Is don't tell me;
Show me
Love
Was I Narcissus?
No, I was not!
I was never busy with myself,
Something you wrongfully thought!
Something did not let us be one,
Something kept moving us apart,
As a referee moves two shouting players,
Lost I was with an aching heart!
Alas! You lost a diamond then!
A unique person among other men!
Towards the stars I go!
As far as I know,
Since the sky is my target,
With or without life I must arrive at!
At times like a healthy horse,
Is the pace of course,
While sometimes the brain gets infertile,
Since the pace is as slow as the turtle!
Yet the stars of the night call me!
They want me to march as a warrior aptly!
I like Nelson Mandela would stand frontward and behind,
Against injustice,
Like Mahatma Gandhi worship peace,
And as Mother Teresa dedicate myself for humankind.
I like Martin Luther King Jr. would be bold,
In my words and deeds,
Seek guidance from Abraham Lincoln if my heart needs,
I like Raja Ram Mohan Roy shall equality hold.
Like Nazrul and Shelley I shall be rebellious ever,
And humane shall I be like Dalai Lama and Shakespeare.
The world is full of flowers
The night is full of due
My heart is full of love
For no one else but you
You came into my life
And took away my pain
And now the joy I feel
By just the call of your name
You’re a blessing to me
This I can’t deny
For this feeling I have for you
Keeps burning deep inside
I thank God for you everyday
And whenever I go on my knees and pray
This is what I’ll say
The world if full of flowers
The night is full of due
My heart is filled with love
For on one else but you
Now listen to what I have to say
For the wicked hide in the shadows of this day
You know nothing of what is of me
You may know the color of my eyes
But not of what they are capable to see
Now here, I've warned this upon you
For not every smile is ever true
Everything is not set in stone
You may say there is an answer
When nothing is completely known
Close your eyes, please understand
That what you may rely on is a blood-thirsty hand
Unknown of what they truly are
Watch think before you turn and talk
Someone so close to you can be so far
So remember before you go on and say
"But why would anyone do this to me anyway?"
Human nature can be full of evil and greed
Unwatched, A monster born within the shadows, full only of self pleasure and need.