Until
No
Getting of
On the cheap
The tally
Is on the sheet
The minuses outweigh the plusses
Until payment is exacted
And the ledger
Even.
poem by Vince Gullaci
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So many plusses, so many minuses.
quote by Lionel Blue
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
quote by Anton Chekhov
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Bank on a life, saving towards the certainty of change Ledger all the happiness, pencil in to rearrange Withdraw all the worry Deposit all the faith Compound all the experience and Recognize when the payment is late.
Don’t be cheap
Buy not a thing because it’s cheap.
Don’t let others make you cheap.
To be greedy is to be cheap.
To be selfish is to be cheap.
To poke your nose is a cheap thing.
Don’t be cheap; better be poor.
23.08.2009
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Hurts
Hurt for hurt, don’t hurl at anyone
Unless his hurts outweigh his helps.
Hurt for hurt, avoid at any cost
Unless his outweigh your need of him.
08.03.2008
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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At The Birthday Party Of My Sister
she had her storms the past few months
her husband
sired a baby with another woman
and she cried in all these blunders
events she cannot accept at first
the seas will be rough
and she will be in a boat where she will find it hard
to move and breathe
she sails and she is now back home
to her senses
it is her birthday today and my brother-in-law greets her
with a kiss and perhaps more promises
she will smile with the guests
us and the rest will cheer her and sing her
a birthday song
all along we pretend that we do not know a thing
about the storm
whether there were those who sank and drowned
and counted as a number
a casualty
who wns who loses
we cannot count with our fingers the
minuses and the plusses
the party goes on with more food,
desserts and
hard liquor
we pretend all along that we do not know a thing
like life
my dear sister, life goes on
stick with it, let them those who hurt you
sink and be forgotten
the sea is calm you might as well decide to take your
happy swim
or just take a dip and wet
a part of your lip
see? nothing happened and those that happened
have become
stories merely not even wanting to be told
repeatedly,
we are merry
we have decided to be happy.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Windows
TIME-STONE
Hallo, Metropolitan—
Ubiquitous windows staring all ways,
Red eye notching the darkness.
No use to ogle that slip of a moon.
This midnight the moon,
Playing virgin after all her encounters,
Will break another date with you.
You fuss an awful lot,
You flight of ledger books,
Overrun with multiple ant-black figures
Dancing on spindle legs
An interminable can-can.
But I'd rather… like the cats in the alley… count time
By the silver whistle of a moonbeam
Falling between my stoop-shouldered walls,
Than all your tally of the sunsets,
Metropolitan, ticking among stars.
poem by Lola Ridge
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I began to see that my problems, seen spiritually, were really my soul's plusses.
quote by Lionel Blue
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Being in the limelight has its minuses.
quote by Jon Postel
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The Strong Hands That Touched Four Breasts....
alright, it is just a matter of liking that i like to be with you.
beyond that, what it is?
it is but a liking to be with you, but
no, in this real world, liking is not hard like a commitment,
words sometimes do not tally with actions.
she says, the house where you live does not tally with the address that you have written.
She is absolutely misled.
he says, this is just being me. To survive the hassle,
I must lie.
and you who is so sweet like a pink rose, so gladly embraced it,
like my strong hands to your four breasts.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Black Velvety Sheet
Red velvety sheet for fun
Blue Velvety sheet for love
Pink velvety sheet for fun
Black sheet for stealing love
poem by Doris Dzameshie
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The efforts
The pain of failure will outweigh
The pleasure of the efforts made.
The pleasure of the success will outweigh
The pain of the efforts we made.
Efforts give us pleasure
Till we get the results
09.08.2008
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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For You, My Dear, When You Are So Blank
white sheet. a paper. like you.
iwant to write something
just to fill this white sheet a little bit
some words. i can utter them.
but i like writing them
just to make this white sheet looking
full. like
'i love you'.
the rest need not be written.
i know you know and you know that i know.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Over Use
A quote goes cheap if over used.
A queen goes cheap if over seen.
A guest goes cheap if overstayed.
Otherwise also they’ll expire stale
(26.06.2011)
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Yad Mordechai
Yad Mordechai. Those who fell here
still look out the windows like sick children
who are not allowed outside to play.
And on the hillside, the battle is reenacted
for the benefit of hikers and tourists. Soldiers of thin sheet iron
rise and fall and rise again. Sheet iron dead and a sheet iron life
and the voices all—sheet iron. And the resurrection of the dead,
sheet iron that clangs and clangs.
And I said to myself: Everyone is attached to his own lament
as to a parachute. Slowly he descends and slowly hovers
until he touches the hard place.
Translated by Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld
poem by Yehuda Amichai
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The minuses of celebrity include having to live with security and the knowledge that you may be stalked.
Karma spayment
Uh-oh down low
I am not who I want to be
I probably will not ever be
I drove my car june 14th
I drove it right down the street
I had not had any sleep
So I ate minithins to stay awake
You crashed your car right into me
There was two days I didnt sleep
Uh-oh downlow
I am not who I want to be
I probably will not ever be
I took a trip down to california
Karma payment plan
My car broke down out in the street
The radiator sprung a leak
I met this guy he said he could help me
Im on the karma payment plan
We went to his house and did some speed
He said karma would pay for this deed
He got it fixed and he started to scare me
I ditched him eventually
And came back for the car
The next morning
Im on the karma payment plan
I went to la the next day I got
Jacked in a real bad way
I cant tell you
Its a long story
song performed by by Modest Mouse
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Somebody's Got To Make A Payment Back
Advances given,
Aren't given to forgive.
Somebody's got to make a payment back,
If this is part of a contract.
Advances given,
Aren't given to forgive.
Somebody's got to make a payment back,
If this is part of a contract.
Selling one's soul to obtain an image.
Somebody's got to make a payment back.
Selling one's soul to be adored.
Somebody's got to make a payment back.
Selling pieces of a heart will eliminate its beating.
With a defeating of a tortured soul.
And once that's sold the mind goes.
Advances given aren't given to forgive.
Somebody's got to make a payment back.
Advances given aren't given to forgive.
Somebody's got to make a payment back.
Selling one's soul to be adored.
Somebody's got to make a payment back.
Selling pieces of a heart will eliminate its beating.
With a defeating of a tortured soul.
And once that's sold the mind goes.
Advances given aren't given to forgive.
Somebody's got to make a payment back.
Advances given aren't given to forgive.
Somebody's got to make a payment back.
Advances given,
Aren't given to forgive.
Somebody's got to make a payment back,
If this is part of a contract.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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When My Own House Is In Order
What level of influence do I have,
If my debits outweigh my credits?
What rating am I given for illusion?
There is a difference between wanting success,
And being successful.
And desire plays a major role,
As to how that is motivated in my head!
And the 'T'...
When capitalized and placed in front of 'ruth'
Has such a believability that becomes rooted!
When periodic escapades,
Begin to establish themselves as tired routines...
The mind can tackle anything and accomplish it!
Just like the disappearance of insecurities,
One attempts to burden others with!
What level of influence do I have,
If my debits outweigh my credits?
What rating am I given for illusion?
None of that comes into play...
When my own house is in order.
And my backyard has been cleared of all debris!
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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One More Payment
Aint that the way the luck goes
Seems like it never can be found
Break my back to make those bank notes
Payin on an almost always broken down
Fix that car nine ways to sunday
And it wont start again when monday rolls around
Aint that the way the rent goes
Seems like its never goin down
And that bankers bound to foreclose
At this rate, Ill lose my interest in this town
Paint the walls mend the windows
bout the time the roof comes crumblin to the ground
Ive been footin the bill for some time
Stretchin my credit out of line
Well I may not get ahead but now I wont be far behind
Ive got one more payment and its mine
Were gonna swing it
Aint that the way the heart goes
Seems they just attack without a sign
My minds been on vacation
And my bodys been workin overtime
But Ive done all that I can do
Theres just one more balance due before its mine
Ive been footin the bill for some time
Step by step and line by dotted line
Well I havent bought the farm yet
But Im not that far behind
Ive got one more payment and its mine
One more payment and its mine
One more payment and its mine
One more
One more
One more
song performed by by Clint Black
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