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chefhottie25 · 10-05-2010, 01:35 PM

Day 29, Where The Self Divides...Jeffrey McDaniel

Loneliness is a privilege, and I'm grateful
for the afternoons I had as a child

to feed the crocodile I invented in my closet.
How the knob's wood expanded in my hand

when I threatened my friend with death.
Twenty years later he still has nightmares

where I get mad and fling open the door.
Upstairs our mothers were one mother
measuring emptiness by the milligram.

Their laughter clung to the ceiling
like helium balloons after a party.

Only they never came down, stayed there
without color or reason. Bruises are genetic.

By age ten we opened a window and snapped
our jaws at the world. A flashlight's subtle patch

on pavement rendered bewilderment
in nearly all who passed. A bucket of water

dumped from three stories up
onto the reliable shock of a stranger

made out hair electric, teeth sharp: milk bottles,
barbells came next. By twelve we slithered

from the house's skin, graffitied crack
room, rascal in the narrow throats of Philadelphia

and knocked over trashcans with our tails.
Under the dank wings of older kids on corners

we learned how to steal a chump's heart
without saying a word. By sixteen the boomerang

of anger curved back at us. My fingers trace the hemline
of a frenzy, passed down through the family
like an heirloom we can all squeeze into.

Each day I carry a colorless balloon and walk
my crocodile through the same streets.

Kids look at me funny, but I've got thick skin
and a firm belief in multiplication

Ms. Meander · 10-05-2010, 03:07 PM

'Fear of Lack' creates the thing it fears.

Mister Bent · 10-05-2010, 06:47 PM

"I remember yawning, because we were talking about emotional things."

- Finn Hudson, Glee

jenny · 10-05-2010, 06:58 PM

"There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing." ~ Brian Tracy

Butterbean · 10-06-2010, 03:05 AM

In the measurement world, we set a goal and strive to achieve it. In the universe of possibility, we set the context and let life unfold.

~B. Zander, The Art of Possibility

JakeTulane · 10-06-2010, 04:18 AM

"Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title." ~ Virginia Woolf

JakeTulane · 10-06-2010, 04:19 AM

'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'
'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.
'I don't much care where --' said Alice.
'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.
'--so long as I get somewhere,' Alice added as an explanation.
Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

JakeTulane · 10-06-2010, 04:20 AM

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." -
Mark Twain

Fancy · 10-06-2010, 06:57 AM

I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.

- Lucille Ball

Tucker · 10-06-2010, 08:41 AM

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.

Jet · 10-07-2010, 01:56 AM

The more you own, the more it owns you. —My aunt Jeanne

Tucker · 10-07-2010, 06:52 AM

"Unbecoming! A perfect word describe my new life. I, who have always been unbecoming, am now becoming un."

WolfyOne · 10-07-2010, 10:48 AM

Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind *** Anonymous

WolfyOne · 10-07-2010, 10:50 AM

You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying over the future *** Anonymous

Janstevie · 10-07-2010, 10:55 AM

As you grow older you'll find the only things you regret are the things you did'nt do.

jenny · 10-07-2010, 11:41 AM

"To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something." ~ Shel Silverstein

CrankyOldGuy · 10-07-2010, 05:45 PM

Chaos is a friend of mine.
Bob Dylan

Rook · 10-07-2010, 06:02 PM

Joe Black: I don't care Bill. I love her.
William Parrish: How perfect for you - to take whatever you want because it pleases you. That's not love.
Joe Black: Then what is it?
William Parrish: Some aimless infatuation which, for the moment, you feel like indulging - it's missing everything that matters.
Joe Black: Which is what?
William Parrish: Trust, responsibility, taking the weight for your choices and feelings, and spending the rest of your life living up to them. And above all, not hurting the object of your love.
Joe Black: So that's what love is according to William Parrish?
William Parrish: Multiply it by infinity, and take it to the depth of forever, and you will still have barely a glimpse of what I'm talking about.
Joe Black: Hey, those were my words.
William Parrish: They're mine now !!

=========

Joe Black: Should you choose to test my resolve in this matter, you will be facing a finality beyond your comprehension, and you will not be counting days, or months, or years, but milleniums in a place with no doors.

jenny · 10-07-2010, 06:34 PM

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." ~ Mahatma Gandhi

JakeTulane · 10-08-2010, 04:13 AM

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal." ~ Henry Ford

10-05-2010, 03:07 PM	#4242
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10-05-2010, 06:47 PM	#4243
Mister Bent Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: . Posts: 2,905 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,151 Thanked 5,826 Times in 1,721 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	"I remember yawning, because we were talking about emotional things." - Finn Hudson, Glee __________________ Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. - H. L. Mencken

10-05-2010, 06:58 PM	#4244
jenny Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme Relationship Status: inquire within Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 956 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 434 Thanked 1,593 Times in 580 Posts Rep Power: 5091118	"There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing." ~ Brian Tracy __________________ "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." ~ Anne Frank “Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

10-06-2010, 08:41 AM	#4250
Tucker Member How Do You Identify?: A pretty little thing Preferred Pronoun?: Fatale Relationship Status: Independently owned and operated Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Afternoons in Utopia. Posts: 832 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,090 Thanked 1,294 Times in 486 Posts Rep Power: 3051091	E.E. Cummings I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.

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10-05-2010, 01:35 PM	#4241
chefhottie25 Member How Do You Identify?: boi Preferred Pronoun?: hy Relationship Status: happily taken Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: ohio Posts: 1,406 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 26 Thanked 890 Times in 478 Posts Rep Power: 1175217	Day 29, Where The Self Divides...Jeffrey McDaniel Loneliness is a privilege, and I'm grateful for the afternoons I had as a child to feed the crocodile I invented in my closet. How the knob's wood expanded in my hand when I threatened my friend with death. Twenty years later he still has nightmares where I get mad and fling open the door. Upstairs our mothers were one mother measuring emptiness by the milligram. Their laughter clung to the ceiling like helium balloons after a party. Only they never came down, stayed there without color or reason. Bruises are genetic. By age ten we opened a window and snapped our jaws at the world. A flashlight's subtle patch on pavement rendered bewilderment in nearly all who passed. A bucket of water dumped from three stories up onto the reliable shock of a stranger made out hair electric, teeth sharp: milk bottles, barbells came next. By twelve we slithered from the house's skin, graffitied crack room, rascal in the narrow throats of Philadelphia and knocked over trashcans with our tails. Under the dank wings of older kids on corners we learned how to steal a chump's heart without saying a word. By sixteen the boomerang of anger curved back at us. My fingers trace the hemline of a frenzy, passed down through the family like an heirloom we can all squeeze into. Each day I carry a colorless balloon and walk my crocodile through the same streets. Kids look at me funny, but I've got thick skin and a firm belief in multiplication

10-06-2010, 03:05 AM	#4245
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JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?' 'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat. 'I don't much care where --' said Alice. 'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat. '--so long as I get somewhere,' Alice added as an explanation. Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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Janstevie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Soft Butch Relationship Status: single Join Date: May 2010 Location: England Posts: 1,814 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 112 Thanked 1,331 Times in 411 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	As you grow older you'll find the only things you regret are the things you did'nt do.

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10-07-2010, 05:45 PM	#4257
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10-07-2010, 06:02 PM	#4258
Rook Senior Member How Do You Identify?: A.G - Stone Butch - GenderFuck Preferred Pronoun?: Hym, Hyz...or, just b respectable, it's not that hard.. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Columbus Posts: 2,280 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,227 Thanked 3,182 Times in 1,287 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	~ Meet Joe Black ~ Joe Black: I don't care Bill. I love her. William Parrish: How perfect for you - to take whatever you want because it pleases you. That's not love. Joe Black: Then what is it? William Parrish: Some aimless infatuation which, for the moment, you feel like indulging - it's missing everything that matters. Joe Black: Which is what? William Parrish: Trust, responsibility, taking the weight for your choices and feelings, and spending the rest of your life living up to them. And above all, not hurting the object of your love. Joe Black: So that's what love is according to William Parrish? William Parrish: Multiply it by infinity, and take it to the depth of forever, and you will still have barely a glimpse of what I'm talking about. Joe Black: Hey, those were my words. William Parrish: They're mine now !! ========= Joe Black: Should you choose to test my resolve in this matter, you will be facing a finality beyond your comprehension, and you will not be counting days, or months, or years, but milleniums in a place with no doors. __________________

10-07-2010, 06:34 PM	#4259
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10-08-2010, 04:13 AM	#4260
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal." ~ Henry Ford