Ambassador Topic -

Misery

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F r e e d o m

F r e e d o m

Eyes and hearts crying, hatred hailed from up above.
A screech heard in the distance, one heard...

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Mideast Peace: Oxymoron

Mideast Peace: Oxymoron

Though descendent of Jews,
I feel boggled at the brutal,
nasty and wanton war between
...

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Down the drain

Down the drain

Note-passing in class, laughs, broken glass
Down the drain it goes
0 point score, an...

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None Existential Being

None Existential Being


I can’t find any treasure in my heart

Carrying a time bomb in my head

I'm about to...

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Undertaker

Undertaker

Unbias neath ethereal shawl
Mortality written on expiry wall
No timeline set
I come to...

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This Miserable Oubliette

Here in this miserable oubliette
where they have consigned me ..

I shall wait...

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Voice

Voice

Ears cropped, then stroked with spiked betraying words!
Sullied hoofs, a recurring treadmill found...

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XU Lizhi: I Swallowed a...

By Xu Lizhi (28 July 1990 – 30 September 2014)

XU Lizhi: I Swallowed a Moon Made of Steel

Translated by Yiyan Han , 2023-10-01 (c)

I swallowed a moon made of steel
bolt and nut as...

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Bed of Flowers

Bed of Flowers

I laid you down in bed of flowers
In season of spring showers
Tears on windowpane
...

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When All Said and Done it’s...

I regret
to inform you
I am no
longer the man
you once
wanted or loved...

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The Grieving Silence of An...

When the silence
of their empty house
proved deafening ..

Instead of leaning in,...

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Teeth against the heart

Teeth against the heart

Me breathing you in and you filling me up
Fat, skin, and bones melting to fit
Your eyes in my...

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Figurative paralysis laid...

Figurative paralysis laid waste body electric of mine

This is Spinal tap
bamboozling, binding, bleeding, bombing...
ripped from every dog eared...

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DO PEOPLE REALLY EVER GROW UP?

DO PEOPLE REALLY EVER GROW UP?

If I say I'm offended by your stink...

Would that be an incentive for you to smell better?

...

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Self destructive wickedness...

Self destructive wickedness arrested, convicted, and gaoled...

with kidnapping little boy
ordered to suffer
life sentence without parole.

The deadly...

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Impunity

not directed at all teachers, or all youth!

Impunity

Looking out my window; and what did I see?
Wondering youth; with a mob mentality.
They find a...