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What Do You Do With A Silly Cat?

Sat, 04 May 2013 10:26:14 -0400

What do you do with a silly cat?
Dress him up in a tux and a nice top hat!

What do you do with a grumpy goat?
Give him a cane and a silk top coat!

What do you do with an owl wise and old?
Give him a jacket so he won’t get cold!

What do you do with a horse that’s hoarse?
Give him a cough drop and a blanket of course!

What do you do with a squawky bird?
A sweater will calm it is what I heard!

What do you do with a dog that will bark and whine?
Dress it in pants and a shirt and let it dine!

What do you do with a squirrel in a tree?
Fill a purse with nuts and set it free!

What do you do with a pesky mouse?
Give it some shoes and shoo it out of the house!

What do you do when a skunk puts off a big stink?
Dress her in pearls and the finest mink!

When they’re done from cat to skunk
Pack their clothes in an elephant’s trunk!

LOVE IS LIKE

Sat, 04 May 2013 10:18:00 -0400

Love is like a beautiful flower,
You have to plant a seed for it to grow.
Love is like a quiet whisper,
You have to be a good listener; for you to know.

Love is like a newborn baby,
You have to nurture her, for her to grow.
Love is like a farmer’s harvest,
What you plant, you reap what you sow.

Love is like a glass of water,
The body needs it to survive.
Love is like a blazing fire,
Adding fuel makes it thrive.

Love is like left and right,
You need both, to walk hand-in-hand.
Love is like the shore of the beach,
Endles like the grains of sand.

Love is like the chirping of the birds,
So beautiful to hear.
I love you; can echo forever,
When whispered in the ear.

Love is like an illuminating light,
The glow is impossible to hide;
When you’re with the one you love
Walking side by side.

I HAVE NEVER HELD HANDS WITH A ROADTHAT HAS NO BRANCHES, TO A...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:35:17 -0400

I HAVE NEVER HELD HANDS WITH A ROAD

THAT HAS NO BRANCHES, TO A WATERFALL

OR A RETREAT ON A MOUNTAIN, MAKING STILL-

LIFES OF WILD POPPIES, WILD ROSES BEAUTY’S CALL

TEASING MY MIND, AS NATURE DOES

I AM NOT MADE FOR SUFFERING IT JUST IS

NOT MY GAME EVEN IN SLEEP I WRITE JOKES

I LAUGH EASY AT SILLY WORDS AND FIND THE

WORLD TOO SURREAL TO GET TOO INVOLVED

TO FORFEIT THE PLAY, MY LIMBS ENTERTAIN

BUT THAT IS JUST ME AND THE WAY I SAIL

IT IS NOT RIGHT NOR WRONG

IT IS MY TYPE

I AM NOT MADE FOR SUFFERING

I MOVE ON LIKE THE BIRDS OVERHEAD

I RE-ADAPT TO CIRCUMSTANCES I LEARN THE

DANCE

Last night I dreamtThat I was on The wrong side of the tracksI...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:36:36 -0500

Last night I dreamt
That I was on
The wrong side of the tracks
I could see the train coming
I needed to get to the other side
So I ran along the platform
Looking for a place to cross
But I could find no bridge
No path, no safe passing
I stood frozen
Afraid to cross the rails
The train flew by me
It lifted my skirt around my knees
And made the hairs on my arms
Point south
Then it was gone
And I kept wandering
Trying to make it
To the other side

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Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:08:01 -0500

To My Unborn, As I think of my limitations to protect you from...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:03:00 -0500

To My Unborn,

As I think of my limitations to protect you from all of the hurt in this world (and I don’t necessarily want to since there is a lot to learn from pain), I think of the things I can control and the ways I want to protect you.

I want to raise a happy, healthy child. I want to teach you to love your body. I want you to understand that being healthy aids in your happiness.

I can’t promise you that you’ll always be healthy or go without physical pain, but I can promise that I’ll teach you to be healthy the best I know how.

I promise to keep you healthy by teaching you the little things: wash hands, wash fruits and veggies, drink plenty of water.

I promise to keep you healthy by researching and protecting you from unnecessary fillers and ingredients.

I promise to keep you healthy by introducing you to lots of whole foods. Yes, I also promise I’ll sneak vegetables into many meal and smoothies, but I also promise to teach you to try new foods and which foods make you feel good.

I promise to keep you healthy by reminding you that your body feels good when it moves. We’ll dance party by day and probably by night as well. I won’t tiger mom you by over-scheduling, but swim, soccer, dance, running, you can try them all until you find something you love.

I promise to keep you healthy by telling you your body is beautiful. Bodies come in all shapes and sizes and loving your body for what it is and what it can do is one of the greatest ways to stay mentally healthy.

I promise to keep you healthy by fostering balance. It’s unrealistic to think you’ll never eat a french fry or ice cream. I want you to enjoy those foods too because you know that balance is an important part to health.

I promise to keep you healthy by laughing and being silly. They say laughter is the best medicine for a reason and I want our home to ring with the laughter of healthy, happy kids.

I want to promise you so much my little one. I can’t promise you everything, but I can promise to do my best to keep you healthy and to teach you to be healthy.

Our health is one of the greatest gifts we have.

Love,
Mami.

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Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:27:32 -0500

I’m practicing how to say, “I love you,” but, like with any difficult concept, I find that these...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 03:16:02 -0500

I’m practicing how to say, “I love you,” but, like with any difficult concept, I find that these words are wholly inadequate for describing the truth of the whole of what I have for you. I understand that “philosophy” means “the love of knowing;” is there a word for “the love of you?”
If there is, I have yet to find it, and I think I will spend some time mulling through that romantic dialectic.
I love you, actively. I have love for you, passively, and I will give it to you if you ask. I reject this word “love” as it is inaccurate, but I will continue to use it until there is a clearer word, and perhaps attempt to trace that word through all of its failures so that I might understand it better. Either way, it’s yours, all of this thing that is inadequately described by a four letter word.

The Loudest Noise

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:49:00 -0500

When you drop a glass or a plate to the ground it makes a loud crashing sound. When a window shatters, a table leg breaks, or a picture falls off the wall, it makes a noise. But as for my heart, when it breaks, it’s completely silent. You would think as its so important it would make the loudest noise in the world or even have some sort of ceremonious sound like the gong of an instrument or the ringing of a bell. But it’s silent and you almost wish there was a noise to distract you from feeling pain. If there is a noise, it’s internal. It screams and no one can hear but you. It screams so loudly your ears ring and your head aches. It thrashes around in your chest like a great white caught in the sea, it roars like a mother bear who’s cub has been taken. That’s what it looks like and that’s what it sounds like, a thrashing, panicking, trapped, great big beast, roaring like a prisoner to its own emotions. But I guess that’s the thing about love, no one is untouchable. It’s as wild as that, as raw as an open flesh that’s exposed to salty sea water.But when it actually breaks, it’s silent, you are just screaming on the inside and no one can hear it.

I can’t say you complete me;I was in working orderBefore you...

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:02:29 -0500

I can’t say you complete me;
I was in working order
Before you opened my shipping box marked
‘Fragile heart, handle with care.’
But you are a part of me now.
An essential part
That I could have lived without,
But now never can.
Do you realize you have that effect?
Because of you I’ve evolved into someone
I study in the mirror every day,
A naturalist examining a specimen never before seen.
You have the power to change hearts,
Sway minds,
Create dreams
And you don’t even know.
You don’t even know.

The number before eightthe holy one in some religionsseven...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 03:34:00 -0500

The number before eight
the holy one in some religions
seven lives, seven skies

Seven, her favorite number

She used to ink it on her wrist
scribble it on her notebooks
wear it as a locket around her neck

Seven, her favorite number

It is the count of each pointed arrow direction
imprinted on her compassed arm
going east from north or west from south on either reflection

Seven, her favorite number

It was when she was seven
that she had first met music in her dreams
giving meaning to her darkened taste and destiny

Seven, her favorite number

It was always after seven, after darkness
her name whispered seven times
by seven voices, in seven accents

Seven, her favorite number

Her name seven letters,
her life seven stories
seven death’s and seven fades

Seven, her favorite number

WHAT A BLIND MAN DREAMS

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:44:38 -0500

I wonder what a blind man sees

When he lays down to take some z’s

Is it possible for him to dream

About the things he has not seen

Can he picture a real sunset

If he has not seen one yet

When his visions are unfurled

Are they dark like his real world

If everything is one big blur

What kind of dreams would then occur

But what if sight was not required

And dreams are spiritually inspired

I hope that this is indeed the fact

For dreams are what makes us react

And dreams are what gives us hope

And without hope we could not cope

Cause life can be a pain in the ass

It will cut you up like broken glass

Or it can be a wonderous thing

With all the pleasures it can bring

It’s dreams that get you through the day

So you can hang, come out OK

A dream will give you all you need

To overcome and to succeed

It’s dreams that make life worth livin’

That’s the truth, it is a given

So even those who’ve lost their sight

Should have a chance to dream at night

What a blind man dreams about

I am of my mother’s love and concerned words.I am of my father’s...

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:19:14 -0500

I am of my mother’s love and concerned words.
I am of my father’s care and dedicated hard work.
I am the combined effort of everyone I’ve ever known.
I am a flightless child, ready to be flown.
I am my dreams, my goals, my aspirations.
I am thoughts and ideas, that have birthed creation.
I am confident and I am sure of myself,
Because if I don’t love me, neither will anyone else.
But I am more than an adjective or a noun.
I am more than just an image or a sound.
I am a person, a human being.
No different from you, as long as I am breathing.
I am who I want to be.
Because no one can tell you who I am, but me.

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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:07:48 -0500

100 Things I Learned in 2012

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:36:00 -0500

1. You’re never too old to learn how much you have yet to learn.

2.Exhaustion is the true mother of invention.
3.The best pictures are inevitably the worst pictures.
4.Nothing underlines the need for self-love like a run-in with one’s inner shithead.
5. There’s almost no mood that 60 miles of open road and a “singalong” can’t fix.
6. Halve the meat. Double the veggies
7. An open jar is an empty jar.
8. There are angels all around you, if you know where to not look.
9 . Ask around all you want, but you already know what you need to do next.
10, Fear is a yellow light, not a red one.
11. You’re never too old to be a nimrod. Or less of one.
12. My estimator is still bigger than my actualizer
13. I love Hulu, but I will pay for Netflix.
14. Burning out on words is where poetry begins.
15. It really is nicer to give than to receive.
16. Most of my favorite places are islands of awesome in a sea of shit.
17. “Meat salad” is not an oxymoron..
18. You can learn at least as much about yourself from the lists you don’t write as the ones you do.
19. Commitment is still the sound of prison doors slamming shut.
20, It is much harder to figure out how to get somewhere when you don’t know what “there” looks like.
21. Working out is not as bad as you think it’s going to be and the way it makes you feel is ten times better than you ever dreamed it could be.
22. The best color toenail polish is silver.
23. HBO is worth the extra 10 bucks a month. Showtime is not.
24. You can get yourself a really smokin’ outfit for under 50 bucks, Shoes included.

25. You cannot go longer than eight weeks between coloring your hair if you want to continue to pass for under-35.
26. If you slather chicken breasts with thyme and olive oil and bake them under a bed of thinly sliced onions for 350º for an hour, the result is chicken that tastes ridiculously good and not nearly enough onions.
27. Once one’s basic needs have been met, additional money has almost no bearing on personal happiness.
28, Purging clutter is oddly addictive.
29. Just keeping your sink clean really does make you feel a lot better.
30. Coffee tastes better in the white mug.
31. After health, my well-being on a given day is most directly tied to how good my hair looks
32. If you are the kind of chick who says “I feel more comfortable around men,” you have yet to become the super-fabulous chick you can ultimately become.
33. Old boyfriends never die; they just lurk on communicatrix.
34. People who drive SUVs really are ruder.
35. Just because someone dumps a pile of crap in your lap doesn’t mean you are obligated to keep it.
36. Surprise miracles are even better than the ones you wish for..
37. My spirit guides were right.
38. I don’t need a lot of stuff, but I need the stuff I have to be nice.
39. I have a visceral dislike for the color mint green.
40. If my gut tells me something, I need to pay attention
41. I have more than enough money, even when I think I don’t.
42. Should it come to that, it will be much easier to give up booze than it will coffee.
43. Vodka is good for the summer and scotch is good by the fire but my favorite flavor is bourbon.
44. Writing things down makes all the difference.
45..All of those people who said I would outgrow my lust for high heeled footwear were wrong.
46. UPS is apparently an acronym for Unflaggingly Poor Shipping.
47. I have a little problem recognizing the obvious.
48. When playing games with children under 12, you have to let them win occasionally.
49. Even if you don’t want to.
50. Brush away the hounds, release the fleas.
51. The Wall Street Journal is a surprisingly engaging read.
52. Back up your files.
53. When it comes to books, my eyes will always be bigger than my stomach.
54 The greatest luxury no one realizes is time spent alone.
55. I just don’t like almond butter.
56. People like stories.
57. It’s never going to be easy.
58. It’s always going to be interesting.
59. If I can do it, anyone can.
60. There is still no family like family of choice.
61.. Even if they happen to be related by blood.
62. There is no such thing as too much music.
63. We all have a type.
64. There really and truly are no shortcuts.
65. Television? What television?
66. Lead by example.
67. Never say “never.”
68. On the other hand, “no” is a really good thing to say from time to time.
69. You can’t quit (or start) until you’re ready.
70. Even if you own, you’re only renting.
71. When in doubt, throw shit out.
72. She who makes fun of LOST is doomed to become addicted to it.
73. It sucks that making the logical, mature decision is considered a miracle.
74. Setting a goal to have more sex is a great idea.
75. Life becomes more awesome for each person you add to your life who is cooler than you.
76. Astrology may be bullshit, but I’ll be damned if I buy another piece of electronic equipment when Mercury is retrograde.
77. I am a starter, not a finisher.
78. I would rather win one fan for life by telling the truth than a thousand for five minutes by fudging it.
79. Never schedule a haircut while your stylist is going through a divorce.
80 .Just because something is the opportunity of a lifetime doesn’t mean it’s the opportunity for you.
81. Having principles can be costly.
82. Once you let your freak flag fly, it’s hard to put it back in mothballs.
83. In order to get anything meaningful out of your life, you have to be ruthless about what you let into it.
84. Don’t try to manage anyone else’s expectations until you’ve got a firm grip on your own.
85. Bread is the devil. The lovely, lovely devil in white vinyl hot pants and a push-up bra.
86. There are two things you can never have too much of, and one of them is music.
87. Random acts of kindness happen far more often than you have your eyes open to see them.
88. If you don’t hang out with your betters, you’ll get worse.
89. Fortunately, the opposite also holds true.
90. Old houses can be quite drafty
91. You can’t change other people, and it’s rude to try.
92. If you’re talking to someone you don’t know well, you may be talking to someone who knows way more about whatever you’re talking about than you do
93. Children are remarkably honest creatures until we teach them not to be.
94 Nobody has it all figured out.
95. A person who is unafraid to present a candid version of herself to the world is as rare as diamonds.
96. Revenge is for the petty and irresponsible.
97. High quality is worth any quantity, in possessions, friends and experiences.
98. The secret ingredient is usually butter, in obscene amounts.
99. Life is a solo trip, but you’ll have a few visitors. Some of them are long-term, most aren’t.
100. The ability to be happy is nothing other than the ability to come to terms with how things change.

May the lessons and gifts of 2012 make your 2013 all the richer.

It’s always that time, when you’re utterly vulnerable and open...

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:14:32 -0500

It’s always that time, when you’re utterly vulnerable and open to humiliation, when doing things you don’t normally do happens to be erotically appealing.
The thought of getting lost by it momentarily forgetting your discretion and inhibitions, frontier after frontier of facade, shattered by the flesh by flesh collision.
It’s not about how you feel afterwards, It’s about you forgetting whatever to feel.
Even just a moment.
The gripping ecstasy of unfamiliar danger arousing each sighs that shivers your being.
And yes, for once.
Let the inevitable be the habit.
Let the fiery cut the icy wall within.
Nothing is worth captivating lust but by pure hunger itself.
A pure hunger insufficiently building around every core of freedom within you.
Then by a moment,
As the shambles around you crumble into liquid bliss.
There you are,
Reborn by ashes of humiliation.

MIND FUCK Please allow me to slip into something a little more...

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:42:15 -0500

MIND FUCK

Please allow me to slip into something a little more comfortable
Something like, your mind
I’m stimulated by your kind
Because thought processes excite me
Deep and Wet with the waters of critical analytical thinking
Flowing like the rivers of time
Can I gently caress your intellect?
With concepts that I have created with mine
As I undress your thoughts with my eyes
I know what you want because imagination never lies
The truth is all in your head I know, because so
Am I
It’s actually better that way
Wetter that way
Because these creative juices never stop flowing
All the while knowing
What I wanted you gave me a piece of your information
Must be intimidation that has you seemingly nervous must be your first time
Sharing your mind
Don’t worry it won’t hurt
But you might get addicted
Because once you get the feeling it’s hard to stop no longer being restricted
By physical limitations having inclinations to, do it
Every time I see you
Not in public though,
Someone might see
But they still wouldn’t know
The places we would go
How I softly licked your gray matter
As we rolled around your brain’s master
Bedroom trying not to knock anything over
I know its never felt like this you never had it this deep
You feel exhausted weak
As if you were asleep
But it wasn’t a dream, it’s truly real just without the ability to feel
In fact we hadn’t even kissed, and yet you miss
Me slowly thrusting my swollen creativity,
Deep inside your imagination rhythmically,
Until our thoughts exploded simultaneously
And we had engaged in mental intercourse

Every point of view has access to information that other points...

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 06:05:04 -0500

Every point of view has access to information that other points of view do not. No one persons point of view can see everything there is to see in the Universe and therefore only has access to a fragment of the whole truth. There is a small fragment of truth in every point of view. The more points of view’s you allow yourself to see Life from, the more you access a Greater truth.
People aren’t their points of view’s and so it is unfair to judge them for experiencing the feelings that their point of view offered. I believe we are all “Viewer’s” and we can therefore choose which point of view you would like to view life from at any given moment. A point of view is simply a place to stand, like on top of a mountain or down in the Valley. You are the one who does the standing and the viewing. Some people never realize that how they see life is actually a choice.
Always keep in mind that there is a big difference between viewing from another persons perspective and agreeing with it. To view life from their perspective is to explore a new vantage point of life. To agree with it is to choose it as your primary point of view. Just because you visit a place, doesn’t mean you have to live there.
We each hold a piece of Life’s puzzle. For this reason, we are each valuable for each other. If someone dies without telling their story, we all lose access to a valuable perspective.

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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:41:57 -0500

Perhaps the world is gonna end soon or perhaps it’s time...

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:53:41 -0500

Perhaps the world is gonna end soon

or perhaps it’s time for the world to sing a new tune

earth and all its creatures

wonderful and complex features
what are they for? what do they do?

what was the meaning of life… i ask you

life is to love

to have joys
like everyday is christmas
and u got that ONE toy

make jokes and smile
be mad or sad once in awhile
its how we were made
its how we should be
life isnt easy
and nothing is free

but you learn to work hard
and keep that goal in sight
whatever that goal may be
we are all humans with problems
but dont forget…you have the power that be

the power to live as we like
as friends, brothers
or sisters and parents
the power to make a choice
to speak with OUR voice
share our opinions
speak our mind
a good listener is hard to find
but dont give up searching
you never know who you might meet
that person might knock you right off your feet

life is a wonder in itself
from they day we are concieved
a plan has been written
this earth and its creatures
it has me quite smitten
so much to learn
so much to see
we may never know it all
but listen and you may hear that call,
take the time to look around,
find the things that cant be found
watch for the things the world offers,
enjoy life, learn lots,
fill your mental powers.

life is a book
you write your story
your good times, and the times that you worry
sometimes you dont like it
you want to give up
but there is always a way
you never stay stuck

so this is my idea of why we are here
enjoy it, when it gets hard remember
good times are near