Duce: poèmes, essais et nouvelles

Return To Sender

I realize I’m the last person You wanna hear from right now; After all, I’ve brought nothing To your world, but rain– Knowing the ink on the page

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Sonnet XV: Restless

My hand flows down your soft, ripp… Like a waterfall merging with the… From those savory lips, I beg a t… I have a particular appetite A desire that only you can sate.

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Entitled to Success

I gotta make it... Kept the world waiting With my procrastination But tell the Nation I’m on my way… My clothes are still in the dryer

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Paradise

Your eyes are paralyzing Your smile is contagious And your lips are addictive Your body is an island I bath in your fountain of youth

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Lesson VII

Free your mind. Take on the adventure! Life is life, we don’t need a ment… No outside philosopher And his off-brand philosophy.

Capture the Moment

I only see this going in one direc… So what say we, Catch a buzz, Then take this thing to ..infinity and beyond!

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Knighted

You keep your guard up Protecting yourself like a knight. But you’re the queen– Not the knight. You’re more like the day–

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The wild vs. the Wild

Separated myself from An uncivilized civilization And traveled into the wild Where I can hug trees and see pea… I am a wild man,

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Introspective Experiences III

I’m not perfect– I’m no saint And I won’t claim to be. I only strive to be the best that… I don’t believe in violence Which made boxing kinda odd–

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Peace of Mind

center Our chemistry is insane– we’re like Yin and Yang. You’re finer than fine art— I see beauty in everything that yo…

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You're a Museum

You’re a museum.. Your heart is your most valuable e… It’s your crown jewel Guarded and locked down Like a fortress.

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Sonnet IV: Immeasurable Beauty

It’s ironic that you crave “beauty… Because if you sleep to gain more… Then rest assured that you need sl… —I’ve only seen such loveliness in… The way you look at me with your s…

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Chival-less Times

In this day and age, If a man tells a girl how he feels… Letting her know that with all the… brilliant, and interesting thing on the plane…

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The Flower That I Won’t Let Die

you’re the thorn in my side yet and still, you’re the apple of my eye if i planted my heart like a seed it would grow into you—

Hylas and the Nymphs, by John William Waterhouse

Girls for Days

I got girls for days Like my girls April, and May. But add those days up– Every month, every week All the way down to the

Sonnet VII: Not Qualified

Rejected, now I’m feeling neglect… You know how it feels to be reject… You mean like when I applied to H… I thought I was guaranteed to get… Though the “dean” doesn’t golf wit…

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Paris

Home of the most unique fashions The heart’s pleasures fully satisf… In this place of unfeigned passion We’re in the city of love Let’s bask in the midnight hour

Deep Dark Blue

I’ve set sail into the Deep dark blue. I’m a Navy seal With no crew. Expatriated.

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A Flawless Record

Honored to be here again, And like all my other appearances,… Reveling at the end, for Defeat is a language I do not spe… What else can I say?

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Today I’m not on a mission just embracing positive vibrations and simply enjoying my existence on this gracious planet that the s…

Lifetime Membership

Going to the gym, without A membership, is the friend-zone; You’ll never be where you want to… Barely showing up, Just like I’m barely listening–

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Sonnet XVII: Sempiternal

My blank canvases are a bird or pl… Either way, sure to soar over your… Pace yourself, Greatness: somethi… With a thousand words I paint a p… I’m using not a pen, but a paintbr…

The Paradise-Paradox

Careful what you wish for... Paradise-paradox may be what’s in store

Sonnet III: Life

Do you ever ask yourself, what is… Why are we here? What are we mean… The assurance of death leaves us a… Life is too short, if only we had… What’s the rules? Survival of the…

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center I’ve given 1,000 speeches Yet, in your presence I’m speechl… Being face-to-face with the epitom… Is truly thought numbing–

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Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Sonnet XIX: Pep Talk

Don’t tell them you hate them.. th… Tell them you love them.. sometime… People jump rope, others like doub… We must love and appreciate each o… Stop judging and critizing so much…

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Lesson VIII

I’m rich in knowledge. I have a conscious mind. I’m aware of how my people became Slaves and Christians at the same… Going from kings and queens

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The Cutter

Let your pen be your Knife, and paper be your wrist Bleed onto the page

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Lesson I

Since when does a thought not coun… It’s a shame to have so many thoug… But lack the ability to express th… Or to just let someone bury them a… Wasting a brain is starving every…

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Lesson V

Step outside your comfort zone.. now you’re one of us. Doesn’t It feel glorious? Our two Worlds collided When we survived it

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Evanesce

center Faces are starting to look familia… This is where I pull My vanishing act– Entering the darkness

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The Seminar

They’ll call you, What you call Yourself in the mirror. You’re really Facing the

Hunters in the Snow (Winter), by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Not Today

I’m late, but this story wouldn’t… Punctuality has always alluded my… Today would be a prime example of… Or an exemplification of their abs… I hastily egress from the premises…

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Sam & The Sametts

Sam & The Sametts; The rock band of the ages. They’ve produced hit after hit, Every song massaging souls. There’s 'Hardly Forgettable’',

What is poetry?

What is poetry, When the poet is Curiosity In the presence of the “cool cat” Who has his pen; Rendering him speechless,

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A Knight's Submission

I stand before you today Offering to be your knight; The guardian, The protector of your love... So concrete are my feelings,

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Hol'on

center I just want to hold you– ...the whole you... If you ever need someone to console you or to control you,

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I wanna be the person you call to… I wanna stay up all night and help… Then show up outside the window of… With a sign that says “YOU GO… Most likely embarrassing you,

The Individual

We are all going To the same place, we just have Our separate paths

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The Artist's Nightmare

I can’t find my muse I’m without inspiration A nightmare come true