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πšƒπš’πš–πšŽ πšŒπš˜πš–πšŽπšœ πšŠπš—πš  πš˜πš‹πšœπšŒπšžπš›πšŽπšœ πš–πš’ πš•πš’πšπš‘πš,
πš†πš’πšπš‘ 𝚊 πš–πš’πšœπš‹πšŽπšπš˜πšπšπšŽπš— πšπšŽπšœπšŒπšŽπš—πš.
πš€πšžπšŠπš—πšπšžπš– πšπš›πšžπšπš‘πšœ πš‹πšŠπš›πšŽ πš’πš—πš πšŠπš›πš πšœπš’πšπš‘πšπšœ;
πšƒπš‘πšŽ πšœπšŒπš’πšŽπš—πšŒπšŽ 𝚘𝚏 πš–πš’ πšœπš˜πšžπš•β€™πšœ πš•πšŠπš–πšŽπš—πš.

π™΄πš—πšŽπš›πšπšŽπšπš’πšŒ πš™πšŠπš›πšπš’πšŒπš•πšŽπšœ πš πš’πšπš‘ πš•πšŠπšπšŽπš—πš πšπš˜πš›πšŒπšŽ,
π™Έπš— πš™πš›πš˜πš‹πšŠπš‹πš’πš•πš’πšœπšπš’πšŒ, πšœπš’πš•πšŽπš—πš πšπš•πš˜πš .
π™Ήπšžπšœπš 𝚊𝚜 πšπš‘πšŽ πš–πš’πš—πš πš πš˜πšžπš•πš πšπš’πš—πš πš’πšπšœ πšŒπš˜πšžπš›πšœπšŽ,
πšƒπš‘πšŽ πšπš’πšŽπš•πš 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚜 πš‘πšŠπš•πšπšŽπš πšπš•πš˜πš .

πš„πš—πšŒπšŽπš›πšπšŠπš’πš—πšπš’ πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πš‘πšŽπšŠπš›πš 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚎,
π™³πšŽπšπšŽπš›πš–πš’πš—πšŽπš πšŽπšŸπšŽπš›πš’ πš–πšŽπšŠπšœπšžπš›πšŽπš πšœπš’πšπš—.
πšƒπš‘πšŽ πšœπšžπš™πšŽπš›πš™πš˜πšœπšŽπš 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 πšŠπš πšŠπš’πšπšŽπš,
π™Έπš— πš™πš˜πš’πšœπšŽπš πš™πš˜πšπšŽπš—πšπš’πšŠπš•, πšπš’πšŸπš’πš—πšŽ.

𝙰 πšπš›πšŠπšžπš–πšŠ πšœπšπš›πšžπšŒπš” πš πš’πšπš‘ 𝚊 πšœπšžπšπšπšŽπš— πšœπš™πšŠπš›πš”.
𝙰 πšœπš‘πš˜πšŒπš” πšπš‘πšŠπš πšœπš‘πšŠπšπšπšŽπš›πšŽπš πšπš‘πšŽ πš‹πš˜πšžπš—πšπšœ.
πšƒπš‘πšŽ 𝚠𝚊𝚟𝚎 πšπšžπš—πšŒπšπš’πš˜πš—πšœ πšœπš™πš•πš’πš πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πšπšŠπš›πš”,
πš†πš’πšπš‘ 𝚊  πšπš›πšŠπšŒπšπšžπš›πšŽπš πš‘πš˜πš•πš•πš˜πš πšŽπš πšœπš˜πšžπš—πš.

πšƒπš‘πšŽ πš˜πš‹πšœπšŽπš›πšŸπšŽπš›'𝚜 𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚎, πš˜πš—πšŒπšŽ πš›πšŽπš–πš˜πšŸπšŽπš,
π™±πš•πšŽπš—πšπšŽπš πšπš‘πšŽ 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 πš’πš—πšπš˜ πš˜πš—πšŽ.
𝙰 πš—πšŠπšπšžπš›πšŠπš• πš˜πš›πšπšŽπš› 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšπš’πšœπšŠπš™πš™πš›πš˜πšŸπšŽπš,
π™°πšœ πšπš‘πšŽ πššπšžπšŠπš—πšπšžπš– πšπš‘πšŽπš— πšŒπšŠπš–πšŽ πšžπš—πšπš˜πš—πšŽ.

π™½πšŽπšžπš›πšŠπš• πš™πšŠπšπš‘πšœ, πš˜πš—πšŒπšŽ πšŒπš•πšŽπšŠπš› πšŠπš—πš πš‹πš›πš’πšπš‘πš,
π™±πšŽπšπšŠπš— 𝚝𝚘 πšπš πš’πšœπš 𝚊𝚝 πšπš‘πšŽ πš‹πšŽπšŠπš–πšœ.
πšƒπš‘πšŽ πš™πš›πš˜πš–πš’πšœπšŽπš 𝚍𝚊𝚒 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚒 𝚝𝚘 πš—πš’πšπš‘πš,
πšƒπš‘πšŽ πšœπšŽπš•πš, πš˜πš‹πšœπšŒπšžπš›πšŽπš to πšπšŽπšŸπšŽπš› πšπš›πšŽπšŠπš–πšœ.

πš‚πšžπš‹πšŠπšπš˜πš–πš’πšŒ πš›πš’πš™πš™πš•πšŽπšœ, πš˜πš—πšŒπšŽ πš’πš— πšœπš’πš—πšŒ,
π™½πš˜πš  πšœπšŒπšŠπšπšπšŽπš›πšŽπš 𝚝𝚘𝚘 πšπšŠπš› πš’πš—πšπš˜ πšπš’πš–πšŽ.
π™Όπš’ πšπš•πšŽπšŽπšπš’πš—πš πš‘πš˜πš™πšŽ πš‹πšŽπšπšŠπš— 𝚝𝚘 πšœπš‘πš›πš’πš—πš”,
π™°πšœ πš–πš’ πš’πš—πš—πšŽπš› πšŠπš›πšπš πš˜πš›πš” πš•πš˜πšœπš πš’πšπšœ πš•πš’πš—πšŽπšœ.

πš†πš’πšπš‘πš’πš— πš–πš’ πš–πš’πš—πšπšœ πš•πš’πš–πš’πš—πšŠπš• πšœπš™πšŠπšŒπšŽ,
πš†πšŠπšœ πšŠπš—πš˜πšπš‘πšŽπš›'𝚜 πšœπš‘πšŠπšπš˜πš  𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝.
πš†πš‘πšŠπš 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšœπšŽπšŒπšžπš›πšŽ, πš‘πšŠπš πš‹πšŽπšŽπš— πšπš’πšœπš™πš•πšŠπšŒπšŽπš,
πš†πš’πšπš‘ 𝚊 πšπš›πšŽπšŠπš– 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 πšπš’πš–πšŽ, πšžπš—πš™πšŠπšœπšœπšŽπš.

πšƒπš‘πšŽ πš–πš’πš—πš, 𝚊 πšœπšπš›πšžπšŒπšπšžπš›πšŽ πš˜πš—πšŒπšŽ πš›πšŽπšπš’πš—πšŽπš,
π™±πš›πš˜πš”πšŽ πšπš˜πš πš— πšžπš—πšπšŽπš› πšπš›πšŠπšžπš–πšŠβ€™πšœ πš πšŽπš’πšπš‘πš.
π™Έπšπšœ πš™πšŠπš›πšπš’πšŒπš•πšŽπšœ 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 πš‹e πšŠπš•πš’πšπš—πšŽπš,
π™½πš˜πš  πšπš›πš’πšπš, πš•πš˜πšœπš πš’n πšπš›πšŠπšŒπšπšžπš›πšŽπš 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎.

π™²πš˜πš—πšπšžπšœπš’πš˜πš— πš•πš’πšŸπšŽπšœ πš πš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ πšπš›πšžπšπš‘ πš‘πšŠπš πšπš πšŽπš•πš•πšŽπš.
π™Όπš’πš—πšžπšπšŽπšœ πš‘πšŠπšžπš—πš πš–y πš–πšžπšπšŽπš πšπš›πš’πšŽπš.
πšƒπš‘πšŽ πš•πšŠπš πšœ 𝚘𝚏 πš—πšŠπšπšžπš›πšŽ, πš—πš˜πš  πš˜πšŸπšŽπš› πšπš‘πš›πš˜πš πš—,
π™»πšŽπšŠπšŸπš’πš—πš πšœπš‘πšŠπš›πšπšœ 𝚘𝚏 πš–πš’ πš™πšŠπšœπš πš‹πšŽπš•πš’πšŽπšπšœ.

𝙸'πš– 𝚊 πš‚πšŽπš—πšπš’πšŽπš—πš πšŸπšŠπš™πš˜πš›; 𝚊 πšπš‘πš˜πšœπš πš’πš— πšπš•πšžπš‘,
π™½πš˜ πš•πš˜πš—πšπšŽπš› πšŠπš—πšŒπš‘πš˜πš›πšŽπš 𝚝𝚘 πš–πš’ πšŒπš˜πš›πšŽ;
πšƒπš‘πšŽ πšœπš™πšŽπšŒπšπš›πšŠπš• πš–πšŠπšπšπšŽπš› lays 𝚝𝚘 πš›πšžπšœπš,
π™»πš’πš”πšŽ πšπš‘πšŽ πš›πšŽπš–πš—πšŠπš—πšπšœ 𝚘𝚏 πš–πšŽ πšπš›πš˜πš– πš‹πšŽπšπš˜πš›πšŽ.

π™²πšžπš›πšœπšŽπš 𝚝𝚘 πšπš‘πšŽ πšŸπš˜πš’πš, 𝚝𝚘 πš›πšŽπš–πšŠπš’πš—,
π™Έπš— πšπš›πšŽπšŠπš–πšœ πšπš‘πšŠπš πš πš’πš•πš• πš—πšŽπšŸπšŽπš› 𝚌𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎.
πšƒπš‘πšŽ πšœπšπšžπš‹πš‹πš˜πš›πš— πš™πšžπš•πšœπšŽ πš’πš— πš–πš’ πšŸπšŽπš’πš—πšœ,
π™±πš›πš’πš—πšs my πšπš˜πš›πšœπšŠπš”πšŽπš— πš‘πšŽπšŠπš›πšπš‹πšŽπšŠπšπšœ.

πš†πš‘πš’ πš‘πšŠπšœ πšπš’πš–πšŽ πš˜πš‹πšœπšŒπšžπš›πšŽπš πš–πš’ πš•πš’πšπš‘πš,
πš†πš’πšπš‘ πšπš‘πš’πšœ πš–πš’πšœπš‹πšŽπšπš˜πšπšπšŽπš— πšπšŽπšœπšŒπšŽπš—πš?
πš€πšžπšŠπš—πšπšžπš– πšπš›πšžπšπš‘πšœ πšπšŠπš›πš”πšŽπš— πšœπš’πšπš‘πš,
The πšœπšŒπš’πšŽπš—πšŒπšŽ 𝚘𝚏 πš–πš’ πšœπš˜πšžπš•β€™πšœ πš•πšŠπš–πšŽπš—πš.

♦ Đerek Ξ›braxas ♦
"πšƒπš‘πšŽ πš€πšžπšŠπš—πšπšžπš– π™±πš˜πšžπš—πš π™Ώπš˜πšŽπš"
I sat upon a fashioned stump
Where birds and bugs all ducked and dived;
Stuck on the stump before a ****
And wondering which to hide.

A smear of veg before me spreads
As far as the mind can see;
And dazzling flowers all nod their heads,
And all of them smile at me.

Then the birds, the birds all sing their song,
And the rest can buzz and dance along,
So I know that really it can’t be long
β€˜Till everything’s smiling at me.

But the buzz and the song -
Oh, where had they gone?
And those flowers -
How they smiled at me!
and nada Mar 26
Dance for me like you're not working-
smiling eyes, look deep in my soul.
The beat bumps irrelevant nothings
while I let you take control.

Hips speaking more than words,
and I sit and contemplate the show.
Although I'm paying, it's not faking
to say I don't truly know:

Was this moment real - and does it matter,
if I'm still happy when I get home?
Sudzedrebel Feb 13
Fall on your own sword;
If you must die
Do it on a hill
On which you shall be revived.
From where at its summit & base
A well should spring
Of water which you may both wade,
Clean enough to be drank.

By both, either side,

Whether Abrahamic or Pagan
Both religious & spiritual.
By whatever side walked
Around the waterhole,
No matter the kind of animal.
Any coast situated near the ocean,
Any forest covered with trees,
Any open & vacant clearing.
Lazarus & Alban
Sudzedrebel Feb 10
To argue your perspective in a concise and eloquent manner in court.

Those who lob false accusations must continue to lie and try to tear down the truth.
Yet, the beauty of trails of paper and properly kept records, when the evidence is not against, but in favor of you:
Why harbor the heavy conscience?

When the burden of proof is truly no weight for you,
For the innocent bare no responsibly to prove that they are such and feel nothing but indignant for facing *******-up allegations.
Who would not feel anger?

Rather, those who bring forth the issue must beyond a reasonable doubt prove the accused's culpability and convince others of their guilt resolute.
Especially in those cases of collectives versus individuals,
As in cases brought against or by the many state & federal apparatuses around the globe,
Or as in the cases of employer versus labor.

In natures both competitive & cooperative,
Romantic & platonic;
By many chandeliers & candelabra
Do we each tend to different flames,
But the fires burn the same.

In innumerable different ways,
The things we say are indistinguishable
Even if they are misinterpreted or mistaken.
The things we say are often the same,
But either wrongly said or poorly received.

How much is simply the cause
Of grave miscommunication?
Sudzedrebel Feb 9
Hostile & aggressive speech
On the behalf of any individual/party,
By any speaker.

That a man is presumed innocent
And with that he is given
The benefit of doubt,
The burden of evidence
Lies on the accuser.

But first the case
Must make it before the courtroom
And stand trial under judge and possibly jurors.

Wherein if things were perfect
And this were some utopia;
Honest & fair judicial proceedings
Without differentiatons or distinctions,
But a base which takes into ruling
Merit of the content of character
And possibility & potential.

Less rushing, greater depth of dialogue, and fitter tailored.

Asking, "What would I have done?"
Saying, "What should I do?"
Sudzedrebel Feb 9
It's easy to talk like you know it,
To portray that you have good insight
And possess an informed perspective.
To pretend that you're knowledgeable,
Considerate, introspective.

At least, it sounded smart in your head.
Something was lost in translation
When it was finally written or said.

I assure you I really do care
And I can explain why I don't.

You must have misheard me
Or not have understood me,
I was the one speaking
So I think I'm the authority on the conversation.

Despite you having me dead to rights,
Clearly in quotes,
I demand for denial & the presumption of it
As I maintain my innocence.

That is fake news, misinformation,
And a misrepresentation of the situation.
Totally baseless claims & pure speculation.

Whatever lies at the root,
Regardless truth.

I'm sorry you feel that way but,
Despite any piece of evidence,
That's just your opinion.

These are politically scientific opiums,
These noxious feral serums
Poison the whole of living,
Whether local or national
As collective or individual.

Hostile & aggressive speech
On the behalf of any party/individual,
By any speaker.
Sudzedrebel Feb 8
If neoliberalism urges caution
To our humanitarian approaches
But causes legislative bloat
And fosters lethargy,
Then neo-conservatism presses observance
To the safeguarding of our rights
But causes judicial confusion
And breeds separation.

Between us & I,
Between collective & individual.
So much joy amid the animosity,
So many cliques amid the niches.

Sadly concentrated & widespread-
What once was Orthodox is again
Within the eyes of most of man.

Such twists of countenances,
Such distortions of their own doctrines.

What scripture is not perverted?
What documents are not violated?

What laziness by the righteous
In eye of such cutthroat ruthlessness,
For the extent of the lack of justice
There is not nearly equal ire.

Get out & do something,
Stand up for what you believe in,
Lest you're unable.

Keep calm & carry on,
Be civil & observe decorum!
Keep calm & carry on,
Be dutiful & raise the standard!

There's barbarians on the border,
We're facing invasion
And enemies from within!
False citizens who lifted the gates;
Members of the house & senate,
District & magistrate.

The foreign threats grow,
We're completely surrounded
By enemies along our walls!
Backstabbing friends conspiring against us;
Those honored to be called partners & allies,
Apparatchik & Goldfasanen.

There's a war being waged
By the likes of values, beliefs-
Through our culture!
Capricious celebutantes with secret agendas;
Members of the paparazzi & cinema,
Big shot bankers & developers.

Every discussion is a battle,
For the extremists are everywhere,
By wealthy like terrorists!
Tyrannous minorities with their backdoor deals;
Those revered of the fraternal & esoteric,
Seedy elites & naive henchmen.

So much most repulsive, henious,
By perpetrators most traitorous.
Mesmeraldo Jan 24
The lowest point of the pendulum is a stable point, there is order within this point.

If you give it a little push it starts to swing about this low. The more you swing at the right times the higher you come. It's virtually impossible to start swinging to a high point initially, you gotta give a bunch of small pushes.

The highest point of the pendulum is an unstable point, there is order within this point.

Every small mistake will try to pull you down but you must correct and go back to this point, like balancing a broom on your hand. Keep on correcting and it won't fall, but once you do it will--

fall, towards the bottom.

But that's not the entire story.

Because it will zoom right past the bottom back up again, and you can try anew.

However if you miss this one once again it starts to swing lower again.

And again.

Every mistake will add up to returning to this lowest point.

And ever swing will bring you higher towards the highest point.

So what is the right swing?

Only you know.
A pendulum without friction will oscillate for eternity
Waseeq Nov 2024
under the lost perch dreams are dying  
birds crashing without batting a wing
fungus growing in circular rings
the thud of tiny footsteps hoping for a better day
innocence just wanting to play
sun tired ending its shift early moon oversleeping day and night cry
oreo black across the sky
nightfall crashing left and right
neighborhoods acres of no light
courts closed due to the dark
***** stop bouncing lost in the park
darkness now spread from zero to one the end of light has just begun
Is the end nigh?
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