All those hand moves you've beem mocking me for?I've been trying to restrain, but I've decided NO MOREImma let them run rampant, but you deserve a cheatsheetJust so in future you know what I'm going for
First off, that two fingers against the thumb?That's the standard, it just means I'm thinkingMaybe I can't find the right wordIt's called STIMMING, never call me out for that
Secondly, the wave that follows, accidentally towards your face?That just means I'm finished with my thoughtI never meant to threaten violence towards youNot just now, or any other of them times
Thirdly, the drumming on the bar?It accompanies the subtle gaze aroundMaybe some teuchter in here wants to do me harmIt never hurts to be cautious
The full-on hand swivel, originates at the wrist?fingers splayed, while I'm in conversationThat means I don't trust that personGet me out, please somehow GET ME OUT
The clenched fists, rubbing up and down my jeans?Means I can tell that somehow I've fucked upI don't get facial cues but I can tell by your vocal toneThat I'll prolly walk home tonight
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Friday, 1 April 2022 21:49 (two years ago) link
With a bang of the gavelthe time to travel arrives.
Aching and wearyI say my teary goodbyes.
The prisoner in my mindis in no kind of condition
to note our cognitive dissonanceever since he stopped listening.
To me it was the crimeand the hard times that followed
which made the sound of my adviceto change our life ring so hollow.
Somebody had to keep the plates spinningwhen I was sinning in the wilderness.
But it was then that my inner voice made a choice to narrate my mess
It began to influence the movement of my body.I sensed it plotting to change my direction
and pushed back against its arrangementsto swerve my ship around icy obstructions.
I think we both tried to take the helmand quell the other’s resistance
If we were thirsty for plot development for a moment it was quenched.
My wreck was accompanied by sad violins. Since then it’s mostly been the silent treatment.
Unanswered questions festering intent.
The great editor in the skyrealizes there will be no mending
of an independent film with a horse-sized pill of an ambiguous ending
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 19:27 (two years ago) link
revision
The prisoner in my mindwas in no kind of condition
Somebody had to keep the plates spinningwhile I was sinning in the wilderness.
I think we both tried to take the helmand quell the other’s resistance.
We were thirsty for plot development.For a moment it was quenched.
The wreck was accompanied by sad violins. Since then it’s mostly been the silent treatment.
Two bodies in water that is choppywith temperatures dropping rapidly.
In the last days of the stormI ached for his reformed voice to speak back to me.
I wanted our feet back on the ground.but my efforts amounted to nothing.
I only had myself to thank.My heart sank while we were floating.
Sank to the very bottom of the oceanA motion to plead guilty.
Guilty to the very last drop.But which things should I stop doing.
Nodding and wearyI say my teary goodbyes
to the other side of my reflectionthe section that once tried
It’s not my farm to sell.Tell them truth or tell them lies.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 20:38 (two years ago) link
through a combo of my computer being destroyed, trying to do some weird bullshit via the accessibility options accessible via pressing the power button 3 times in succession, some bad luck, and some worse judgment, i somehow completely destroyed my Notes file of poems. i posted a lot of them on here, but i almost always updated them afterward and changed a lot of things. i am an idiot. but that's ok. i feel like a tornado just destroyed everything, and it's nice to start with nothing in some ways
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 7 April 2022 04:34 (two years ago) link
:(
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 7 April 2022 05:07 (two years ago) link
Seventyskyline, look west and then lieI've met yer imaginary friendSeriously we gunna start on them boys?Kevincusin always looked out for yerma
the devintyfellas have a deep lefteyeeyeball straight at yer familyWhose got their hand up? I only count one or twoI shout for Ceirwen, the only one bornteshit
and then the room shout kicks you out of your reverieshow your hands, naw, it's not importantyou know this kids, naw skid just back off of ityou found your corner, just take deep breaths and then wut
Imembered this boy, for whatever it's worthDuntree algoth, I still member him stillstillHands off me, I REMEMBER THAT EVENINGFlock yer pockets, you know it's the truth
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Friday, 8 April 2022 20:37 (two years ago) link
i almost always updated them afterward and changed a lot of things
the important changes happened in yer brain. don't reset it to the factory defaults and yer ok.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 8 April 2022 20:48 (two years ago) link
Levanti child, pick yourself from the floor"devinty" means there's twenty of them or moreSolitude solitude, then shout for help with math singularThe uni fuck just forgot what I said
Lebben birthdaycakes you'll feel in the morningLebben Smarties for a skelp from yer mawBoycott Nestle for a wink from the old yinBoycott Tuesday, shouting into the void
KLF doc, I think The Kid almost gets itSolitude onetime means the sqaure root of oneFlip all cards you please, they all say the same thingI'll just squint and pretend I see your face
Foxtrot to instructions but I wasn't listeningRealike vertract to a number of sinsThrow the pills up high, they'll come down in slow motionThe retelling said they sparkled in the air
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Saturday, 9 April 2022 06:04 (two years ago) link
Maybe stop slurring your words, just replace "bornteshit"with "born to this shit". Also not happy with "then wut" but I have no solution for that, "what" would be an improvement but still not correct. No memory of what "Duntree algoth" was meant to mean but I'm happy to roll with that cus I like it aesthetically. The second part seems legit IT'S ALL ONE POEM!
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Saturday, 9 April 2022 12:44 (two years ago) link
"Duntree" surely means frequently, contextually "algoth" must refer to being wasted on some particular drug? I am glad I explained to myself what "devintry" meant in a later verse, "levanti" I think refers to lifting up.
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Saturday, 9 April 2022 12:51 (two years ago) link
"vertract" maybe some sort of withdrawal or religious spurning. "Lebben" maybe refers to consumption? Translation from my blackout state is tough...
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Saturday, 9 April 2022 12:56 (two years ago) link
ELEVENTY THOUSAND! I'm as surprised as you areLet's count our blessings and walk back to the pubJust keep your mouth shut, here's a nugget for jukeboxWipe the smirk off your face, we have to socialise
Layla outro, pretend it's coincidenceNah, I donno where your kid is atMember that carride where he paid like a puggy?No idea what you're talking about...
Seventies villains still wear the same jacketsIf I kill him I can steal his shoesSwedish midwife is wagging her fingerI can wait, check my feet, I can wait
Some of these children grew up in my mother's houseLet's find Michael and doublecheckI remember that haircut, I remember that scuff-the-floorPretend you lived somwhere else
The way the teens guard me, the fact they're carrying toolsFlints a fire deep down in my chestThe way they slinked off when you had that heart issueMeans I should talk to their dad
I'd chill with The Priestess, but she lives up the heavy hillI severed that ribbon many months agoThat twitchy lane, with the geese and the enemy?I'll have the youth burn it down
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Saturday, 9 April 2022 19:15 (two years ago) link
#onepoem
It was a travel league. Since our home field was flooded, we always played in another town, riding on the bus through the valley.
Several times, that year, it was homecoming for the other team. In retrospect, I know the reason was, the home team, naturally, hosting their homecoming, would usually plan to win the game, so they’d arrange the league’s schedule to play the worst team. That would be us.
As it was happening, it was always a surprise, at least to me.
The parking lot dust passed through the open windows. When we made our sweaty exit from the bus, some of it was on my forehead.
I saw their marching band gathering. I saw one of the kids struggling with a big bass drum. It was about as big as him. He was a rail thin wicket. He was trying not to look like it was too heavy, but it was. The harness dug deep into the shoulders. All the same he stood in line.
I heard them making fun of him.
The game quickly got out of hand. I was sitting on the bench, as I was accustomed, watching the players, watching the crowd.
I saw an ambulance parked behind the wire fence. Fireflies arranged musically on the practice field behind the lot. Pairs of lights smoothly moving on the highway. So many bugs flying way up in the bright lights.
I saw the coach’s assistant to the assistant, adjusting his headset.
The band played Land of 1000 Dances. It was over. We went 0 and 10.
I saw the bass drum kid, afterward.
Several years afterward. He had left for college and came back round. He was a sweet kid.
He wore new clothes and acted differently. We made eye contact but he didn’t recognize me.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 10 April 2022 01:40 (two years ago) link
The bar at the end of the worldWas surprisingly busyA couple of regulars were thereAll people I didn’t want to see
― calstars, Sunday, 10 April 2022 01:57 (two years ago) link
heaven is a placewhere no one gets sickbecause when they get sickthey get kicked out of heaven
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 10 April 2022 02:02 (two years ago) link
Karl is that earlier one a Marilyn Haggerty review of an away game?
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 10 April 2022 02:34 (two years ago) link
honestly, i have no idea what that means! :D
so no, it is not. but i want to hear more lol
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 10 April 2022 02:40 (two years ago) link
i just posted an updated version on my instagram, *burp**
Oh I was just referencing the newspaper food writer from Grand Forks who was famous for reviewing Olive Garden a while back; her prose has that kind of floating, detached poetry to it as well. Marilyn Haggerty's amazing Olive Garden review and the subsequent viral shitstorm
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 10 April 2022 03:14 (two years ago) link
i KNEW the name sounded familiar, lol! but i could only think of merle haggard, threw me off ;)
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 10 April 2022 04:11 (two years ago) link
Would you like to receive personalized recommendations?Would you mind if I received them instead?Can I add them to my great ball pit of better optionsand play the crane game with a pair of chopsticks?
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 10 April 2022 14:58 (two years ago) link
haikuYou did a no growth.Attach the stone of losslessInsipidity
― gop on ya gingrich (wins), Monday, 11 April 2022 18:23 (two years ago) link
30 day noticeHour long sessionReceiving packagesDo you really want to
― calstars, Monday, 11 April 2022 18:24 (two years ago) link
haikuWhat is up with toadsIt’s like frogs are one thing butWhat is up with toads
― gop on ya gingrich (wins), Monday, 11 April 2022 20:01 (two years ago) link
TRIANGLES
This is not a poemI just wanted to place that word hereTo remind myself to write about TRIANGLES(this weekend)
When I can afford to be unsoberAt least enough to write...something(something about TRIANGLES?)
tbh I've already forgotMy important thoughts about TRIANGLESBut maybe the sight of that word is a madelineAnd they will rush back, Proustianlike
So when I'm next in this vicinityWhen my veins are more liquor than bloodRemind me to talk about TRIANGLES(maybe football-related? I forget)
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Wednesday, 13 April 2022 21:45 (two years ago) link
You're sat on my sofa and I don't know how to calm youlet's pretend that it's two thousand and four"actually my band is named THE RAGDOLL PHYSISISTS"I won't spell it right for a few more monthsYeah you're right, "PROGRESSIVE POWERUPS" would funnierBut I'm a child, more relevantly I'm stubbornGive it some years, I'll kick that boy to the kerbAnd feel the need to rewrite the whole affair
If it's 2004 let's go visit My MotherAnd see if there's new text on her tableJade wrote "Miss Hunny Pussy", I'll get a row for that laterBut Sharris will flex, and put a tenner in her swear jarLet's hunker on her lawn and wait for the explosionCos sadly Fiona is no longer alive to recreate the actual sceneI'm waiting for My Mother to go visit her real familySo I can set teens on this spot to spar, for my amusement
But it's twenty twenty two, and I still carry the same knifeThat old man still ain't turned up, let's just write him off by nowThey can throw all the rocks they want, I'll just volley them back42, still got it, a sweet left foot (and shin)
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Saturday, 16 April 2022 09:37 (two years ago) link
The way I hold the unlit cigarette in my handLengthwise alongside the ClipperFinishing my IMPORTANT point before I exit the building?(no doubt waving the other hand, pinpointing invisible stuff in the air)It was just pointed out to me TODAYBy an IMPORTANT, BEAUTIFUL personThat that is a gesture I clearly picked up from My MotherRight enough, I see it nowI just never noticed beforeUnlike all my siblings, I don't physically resemble herAs previously discussed, I take after [my father]FOR MY SINS!But now it has been pointed outThat is one thing that will live on of My MotherWhen she dies(cus cmon, she's gunna die eventually)Only one of her other children smokesAnd I have not observed how he holds an unlit cigaretteI will take nothing from [my father]Except I guess this bruised faceMaybe he's already dead?(he was looking pretty rough last time we spoke)He could barely speakFOR HIS SINS!Pretty sure he was breaking numerous lockdownsA pink sweatshirt, advertising some Korean nurseyMaybe signifies a third (or fourth?) familyYellow stains down the frontI'm guessing mustard? Fuck knows...But I hold the unlit cigarette identical to My MotherAnd that counts like a million times moreThan (I just remembered) the fag burns on my armFrom his scumbag hun colleagues
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Monday, 18 April 2022 01:08 (two years ago) link
FIRST OF ALL:I was never aware of what went down in Egersundi was a child, I was barely awakeLike, a kitten who's eyes were not quite openI was present, just didn't understandI just remember the hushed conversationsBefore I was noticed, then hustled awayTwo times I watched Spurs play friendlies against VikingLineker, Gascoigne, the way they spoke of Gascoigne, even then
The other thing I remember was something horrificA man on fire in a shopping cartImprinted on me, but I've worked it out nowIt was Manhunter on VHS, right?Oh, one other thing was my toddler sisterDowning any glass of spirits she toddled acrossIt was funny to grownups, I think they maybe encouraged itBut guess what? She turned out OK
SECONDLY:Those times in that flat in Camden TownOnly me and my sister, the two non-bedwettersWe slept on the floor of my father's living roomSecond time in a cinema, first experience of penguinsThe times when the neighbour below came and chapped the doorCus we were making too much noiseThe pure fury on the face of my father"your daughter's trying to sleep? YOUR DAUGHTER'S SEVENTEEN!"
I genuinely thought I was the big manMy bedwetter brother had to stay with my auntI knew he also got to the cinema for BatmanI never knew the rest til he let it slip months laterMy auntie also took him to Dick Tracy!I was fuming, thinking I'd missed outDecades later, we can laugh about itWe both agree that film was Kinda Shit
THIRD:[ENTIRELY REDACTED, SEXUAL ABUSE AND SUCH]
FORD:I don't see my father these daysI can make Pavement jokes to my brother about his current whereaboutsCareer/Korea, I haven't quite got the punchlineBut yknow, it's/I'm a work in progressMy new father is a guy called Al, or Bert?I recall the relevance of the album "Hirt Plays Bert", but not the directionI just know he freqeuntly stands in front of JudyMaybe we both need to cut down on the drink
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Monday, 18 April 2022 13:23 (two years ago) link
Like I just want to say, blaming everthing on alcohol?Makes me uneasy slash narked slash actually fucking furiousAs an alcoholic can I just say: I never hit a womanAlcohol makes me fall around the roomMakes me a stuttery incoherent foolNever not one instance made me "violent"My father was a violent drunk (but I'm not sure if I ever met him sober)Yeah he beat me whilst drunk, beat My Mother whilst drunkBUT! (and here's the point right here)Maybe he is/was just a violent personMaybe sobriety just keeps your natural feelings downMaybe I'm naturally an incoherent stumbly fool
Alcohol lets me talk to peopleCus Sober Me really wants to talk to people!Alcohol stops the buzzing in my headSo I can concentrate on "hey, how YOU doing?"I shouldn't mix it with meds, cus then I wake up in a van(TRUE STORY, let's not get into it now)I promised that Lady I'd explain about THE TRIANGLESBut next day it seems as important as carpetBut I remember walking into that roomDon't remember the outcome, but I washed three glassesI can guess who for, I'll smirk from across the bar(just don't mention the van bisnes, we'll never speak of that)
There are three people you need to deal withMyself slash My Demons slash My Dead FriendsWe'll pass the ball between us, before you know it we've killed your owlThey shoulda known better to hang out in that spot
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Wednesday, 27 April 2022 11:30 (two years ago) link
*than to, dammit
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Wednesday, 27 April 2022 11:36 (two years ago) link
It will take years to tonight was magic
― calstars, Saturday, 30 April 2022 03:40 (two years ago) link
Genuflect then circumflex, maybe buy a new keyboardc+p gets me so far then a brick to my headQuestion my vocabulary, have you met my family?Count the characters twice, I guess that you win again
4/4 brings me back in the same perfect circle7/8 of your life puts you right on the piano stoolDo the "math", yeah I've done it, in fact multiple times overAnother joke your (valid) phrasing won't allow you to get
"wheels within wheels", mumbled physical levelwas that meant for a poem or just a personal note?"people scream differently when they're on fire"I hope I never remember where I got that from
I need one of those notebooks, with some cheesy shit on the coverFor me to fill up with a shaky handTurns out I'm wrong, there's already one on my fridgeYoung L. must have gifted it fuck knows years ago
Scanning it now, it's incoherent scribblesConstant rewrite of the Days Of ChristmasJust scored out lines, and arrows pointing random places"AND A MOOOOOUTHIE IN THE KEY OF SEEEEE!"
See?
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Monday, 2 May 2022 12:21 (two years ago) link
You want to borrow that one line? Fuck You, Pay MeIt comes with hand movements, like in one job lotYour fake currencies? I think the clue's in the titleI'll take it in Sterling, fucking do it or not
Call it tunnert cash right now on the table Unless you want to double downI'll lay it all on that boy there, I know his motherWhereas I spoke with that weegie, he's a fucking clown
Do a 360, check the lack of astonishmentOne time they all seen Kid backflip out The TreeEveryone cheered then, I just went and cooked breakfastHe doesn't drink but also doesn't use cutlery
Yeah there's hometown applause, but watch who he fistbumpsSee? I was one of only two or threeThreatens past "Friends" of his mammy on a regular basisBut never once has had a problem with me
Your pierogi tattooOh yeah that's cute,Remind exactly where we stand?"A Better Future", I'll just check my wrists
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Monday, 2 May 2022 21:34 (two years ago) link
Oh sorry, got confused, the latter thing is some latter thing...
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Monday, 2 May 2022 21:38 (two years ago) link
(genuinly fuck any pierogi tattos)
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Monday, 2 May 2022 21:39 (two years ago) link
I LOVE MY JOB!Just kidding, I don't have a jobOccasionally I get paid to paint pubsBut they make me walk planks, sorry Chief, how bout NAW
I was a waiter once, at a steakhouse, for like 5 minutesThen they decided I was better off just writing things downBut I was too slow, and stuck my tongue out to concentrateThen got fired and went back to my bed
For my little brother's 30th birthday I gave him a knife with magic powersHad my mother hand it over cus I don't mix with that crowdShe didn't understand, but reported backApparently he looked at it, smirked, and nodded
He understoodHe worked at that steakhouse much longer than me
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Tuesday, 3 May 2022 22:48 (two years ago) link
Jink sideways, mon now son you surely got it from Desert StrikeHave you never learnt lessons applicable to Real Life?I seen you play two games, did it never occur to youHollow Knight was released between the pair of them
Did you never wonder why Kid crouches on the pavementBefore he enters that scummy (necessary) shop?He's recharging his Soul meter, the fact that I get thatExplains why only one of us pair has been stabbed in our sleep
V. asked me to be in her band, I was chuffed for a secondTil she clarified as back up dancer, "with your sweet sweet moves"Yeah I'll take the compliment, but the evenings we've spent togetherwith me chugging away at rhythm guitar with that heavy arm
Or even my drunken three chord pianoWhich I surely hauled out that pub cellar for a reasonIt sat in my mother's house for about 4 yearsThe scores on the pavement lasted longer than that
Then I befriended a removal guyWho had access to a van, and a sweet trolleySet it down in this room with a out of tune THUNKI doubt it affected it much, I PREVIOUSLY HAULED IT OUT A PUB CELLAR
V. basically wants a band built around her (clean) new boyfriend"a musician - a drummer!", well which one is it?She did not appreciate that jokeMy awesome humour is wasted on the wasted
She said Kid can be in on keyboardsShe's fucking dreaming, that sounds far too prescriptiveThere's a reason why when i formed THE RAGDOLL PHYSISISTSWe had his role down as "Texture"
I don't think I need to be involved in this schemeCus me and Kid have an unspoken pactRight now he's hitting presets on a Roland EG-101I'm strumming the Velvet chords, ancor' til the sun comes up
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Wednesday, 4 May 2022 00:11 (two years ago) link
true blue, true blueif you're headed outI would go with you
Only tell me which half of it was trueand I'll tell you too
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Friday, 6 May 2022 07:34 (two years ago) link
JHM I am rooting hard for your band
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Friday, 6 May 2022 07:47 (two years ago) link
So My Mother is texting Yxxxx Lxxxx, asking if her partner can come do some job"He's her tattoo boy, must be cool, right?" NOFIRST OFF, My Mother, you should know:He's a PETRIE! Not that cool now, right?I know you've had run-ins with that family before...SECOND OFF: That's Lxxxx's boyfriend!Cool your heels, just considerWhen has that ever (EVER!?!) worked out well for this family as yet?
Remember that one boy who claimed he'd flown THIRTEEN HOURS STRAIGHT to the quiz?I personally remember that squinty eye you shot at himRemember that one boy moved his lips when readingYou never looked at that one, just looked at Her, and shook your headRemember that other guy's explaination for a lack of licence?"I did 120 in a 30 zone" > CUNTRemember his smug face, remember that shit I started?Understand why you never see him round my house
Did you see us slow dancing round your living room?I know you did, cus you interjected23 grand, you enjoyed seeing her shocked faceThen we left, after I whispered "40 years ago...""Woodworm Willy" was your last words, I had to explainIt was his lifestyle, nothing to do with STDsI took her home, more slow dancing etceteraI'll sell your house, just never talk to us again
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Saturday, 7 May 2022 18:49 (two years ago) link
A POEM CALLED "MY MOTHER'S NEW KNIFE"Haha no, her knife is rubbishFair play, it's metal but painted blueAnd doesn't have the appropriate weight
I wanted a neutral perspective, fortunately there was a random ladyStood right there in your "classy" hallI put one in each hand, she looked at me weird and said nothingBut I could tell by her face I WIN AGAIN
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Saturday, 7 May 2022 19:10 (two years ago) link
Deez poemz UK
― calstars, Saturday, 7 May 2022 19:20 (two years ago) link
“You didn’t see this” she said as she overpoured the beans into the hopper
― calstars, Saturday, 7 May 2022 19:39 (two years ago) link
Three trophies and lump it, sonJust look me in the eyes and tell me where you're fromYour Big Brother can't help you nowDid you stab that posh boy yet? No? Then you don't get to rhyme
70-40 doesn't add to a hunnertThat means THE GHOSTS are liars, don't listen to themBut still stab the posh boyJust do it on your own recognisance
"is that even a word?"Hey Fuck You, maybe ask THE GHOSTSWhile you're at it, ask them for Arborio riceYou live on my sofa, maybe contribute
My GHOSTS could take your GHOSTS in a head-on fightUnless you can think of a word that rhymes with KNIFEThere's only so many times you can rotate the piano stoolYou're not stupid, you understand 360° means you're facing the same way as before, right?
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Saturday, 7 May 2022 21:21 (two years ago) link
Headphones keep your brain cool, they're not even plugged inBut no one is fooled, to your constant chagrinSunglasses at night, you claim they're prescriptionThey're not helping your sight so we know that is fiction
The demons are massing, bearing pool cues and suchBut the odd random glassing won't slow you down muchThe pins in your arm might set off some alarmsBut medallions and alms should protect you from harm
You make a clear beeline to the one that you loveYour brow furrows in realtime as we watch from aboveHalf and half scarf surely grounds for dismissalScarified heart makes you pray for the missiles
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Monday, 9 May 2022 10:35 (two years ago) link
(ok, that one got worse and worse as I crowbarred all the internal rhymes in, but I remain proud of "Half and half scarf"/"Scarified heart"...)
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Monday, 9 May 2022 10:37 (two years ago) link
New episode of Barry will keep our minds off all the pets to tameBut I'd prefer to gaze out your window, work my psychic powersIf I stare at that forest long enough it'll all burst in flamesWAIT! Did you see that? Definite smoke, mark it down as a win
This bench is definitely halfway round the walk(if I kinda shuffle on the way back home)Sit here long enough, that certain dogwalker will passI bet he's got a Clipper lighter that works
I wrote this one for the preschool friend who made it to a published bookIgnore the halfhearted bullying when he was desperate to fit inI wrote it for my brother who made it out that cursed bedroomHe's a fireman now, I apologise for the psychic bisnes
I wrote it for my "soulmate" who writes poetry now to stay cleanShe's doing so much better than meShe keeps asking for a date to visitThat's a bad idea, on so many levels
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Monday, 9 May 2022 19:20 (two years ago) link
I am not good for nothingI am getting good at becoming nothing
You wouldn’t last three days living like meYou’d need something to happen so badlyYou would nearly do whatI couldn’t possibly
While you go do anythingI stop at nothingto keep running on empty
Let what is the heaviest sinkin the deepestsense of meaninglessnessit could change my mind
In the event of happinessmake no sudden movementsdo not try to hold onto orgive a name to itAvoid those notionswhich suggest latent shapes of desperationAct as though you don’t notice it
nothing will happen eventually who are we now is the mystery
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 12 May 2022 23:42 (two years ago) link
When the seagulls follow the tractorIt's cus we live in a valley, they know fish ain't a factorThe crows tip their beaks, thinking "fair play", "well done"Then they shit on the council, cawing "immigrants welcome"
I was mowing the lawn when you appeared without warningHow many pullups did you get through this morning?Rub the sleep from your eyes before you come on as subClack the mud off your good shoes if you want let in the club
Your mother's the one thing that I gave up for LentBut I beg her forgiveness for the texts that I sentI was in a bad place, specifically MontroseI'm not your daddy, I'm just wearing his clothes
Truth be told I'll prolly follow him downBut don't judge my nation on one clichéd clownI heard the spiel, it was all guffament chunderNever mind chin, he's a lottaless wonder
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Sunday, 15 May 2022 17:29 (two years ago) link