Month: July 2024

9/11 💔

Anthony6 Comments

I don’t want to remember

All the deaths that they suffered

It was one bright September

Tragedy was not buffered.

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I’ve done all my figuring

After many years later

No magic conjuring

Will ever make it waver

-AAA 07/20/2024

Saturday

Anthony2 Comments

S unny fun times

A lways something happening

T ake your time, no need to rush

U ntie your commitments for the week

R eady yourself for adventures

D aytime and nighttime

A fterwards you can recover on Sunday

Y et, there’s still some magic left…

-AAA 07/20/2024

One Day: Lune Series

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🌞Morning 🌞

Just wake up

Shake off the previous night

And start anew.

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🥗Afternoon 🥗

Make your lunch

Relax and eat a bunch

You’re halfway done.

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🌆Evening 🌆

Finish your work

Enjoy lovely home-cooked dinner, then,

A hot bath.

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🌝Overnight 🌝

Catch those ‘Z’s

Tomorrow will be just as epic

As today was….

-AAA 07/20/2024

Take That Walk!

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Talk a walk

All alone

Spend the time

Lose your phone.

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Go be free

Get outside

Stretch your arms

Let them glide.

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Music plays

Stress be gone

Hum your songs

You’re a swan.

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Love yourself

Very much

Continue on

Move a bunch.

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See the trees

Smell the grass

See fleeting

Moments pass.

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Here’s the one

Favorite song

Press repeat

You belong.

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Nature thins

Back to life

The city

And its strife.

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Head back home

Walked, three miles

Proud, yourself

Many smiles.

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Remove shoes

Take off socks

My feet hurt

Like sharp rocks.

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Back to work

Write things out

You know what

It’s about…

-AAA 07/20/2024

Self Affirmation

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Pick yourself up out of the mud

You are so amazing, not a dud.

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Don’t let the women of your past define you

Learning and aging well like fine wines do.

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Put it all together and you’ll see

Just how much you are free.

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Living a life of which you’ve dreamed

Make the impossible, possible it seemed.

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Making it all happen, and never vexed

Looking forward to the exciting life next.

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Have an adventure, take that trip

Go to places that’ll make you flip.

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So fasten your belt and tighten your shoes

The days are long over for singing the blues.

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Your lessons learned and now you’re living

Receiving blessings instead of just giving…

-AAA 07/19/2024

QOTD #123: Fun and Games

Anthony12 Comments

What’s your favorite game (card, board, video, etc.)? Why?

I’m not going to elaborate again for all your sake, but I am gonna list several categories of games I enjoy.

I broke them all down into some meaningful categories.

Arcade Games: Star Wars, Pac-Man, Ms Pac-Man, Tron, Tetris, Bloxeed, Battle-zone, Missile Command, Discs of Tron, Galaga, Galaxian, Black Tiger, M.A.C.H. III, Halley’s Comet, Star Wars Trilogy Arcade, and Dig Dug.

Intellivision Console: Astrosmash, Burgertime, Space Spartans, Tron: Deadly Discs, The Dreadnaught Factor, Atlantis, Demon Attack, Baseball, Football, Space Hawk, and Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: The Treasure of Tarmin.

Atari 2600 Console: Star Raiders, Pitfall, Enduro, Megamania, Wizard of Wor, Berzerk!, Yar’s Revenge, and Demon Attack.

Xbox/Xbox 360 Console: Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 1 & 2, Fable 1 & 2, Star Wars Battle Front 1 & 2, Counterstrike, Halo, and Topspin Tennis.

Wii Console: Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, The Sims: Kingdoms, Dawn of Discovery, Mad World, a boy and his blob, and Orbitol.

PC: F15 Strike Eagle 2, Hyperspeed, Starcraft, StarCraft: Brood War, Duke Nukem, Duke Nukem 3D, Doom, and Quake.

Simple Board Games: Parcheesi, Trivial Pursuit, Cranium, Pictionary, Taboo, Outburst, Boggle, Yahtzee, dominoes, mancala, charades, and Monopoly.

Other Games: Darts, bocce, croquet, tag, over the line, baseball, tennis, Light Bright, Spiral-graph, and badminton.

Card Games: Spoons, Speed, Poker, 21, Gin, Gin Rummy, Gin Rummy 100, Klondike Solitaire, Clocks Solitaire, Double Solitaire, Knock Poker, Bullshit, Uno, Cards Against Humanity, Apple to Apple, and Hearts.

Advanced Board Games: Chess, Risk, BackGammon, and Scrabble.

Gaming Games (super advanced): Terra Forming Mars, Dune Imperium, Tzonkin, Stone Age, Wingspan, and Quacks.

Gambling: Video Poker (single and multiple hand), Video Keno (cleopatra, multiple card), and multiple game slot machines.

As always thank you for reading…😊

-aaa

Imaginary Lovers, so it Seems

Anthony1 Comment

Did you exist

Were you real

You broke our tryst

With little appeal.

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You unceremoniously were gone

With little more than “goodbye”

Feeling the loss I was thrust upon

Made me sigh and deeply cry.

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I hope your new man is the best

Better than me, in the very least

If not, it’s your loss, I must confess

Since our fun exchanges ceased.

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So many questions

Left unanswered

Infinite suggestions

Hurt my ego like a cancer.

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In the end

You left me in the dark

Rather than a friend

You’re just a question mark…

-AAA 07/19/2024

The End, of Us

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It’s over

It’s done now

A done deal

I see how.

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You cheated

The whole time

Disbelief

You’re a slime.

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Just to think

I felt bad

In my guilt

It’s so sad.

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I realize

After this

There’s nothing

That I miss.

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All your lies

And gaslights

Half told truths

Restless nights.

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It’s in vain

Nothing saved

You laid down

Bye I waved.

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Now happy?

All alone

Bills and debts

On your own.

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Hope you think

As you pray

Was it worth

All those lays???

-AAA 07/19/2024

Four Lunes: Seasons of Friendship, Love, and Heartbreak

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A) Summer: Friendship Found

Summer reintroduced us

After a 25 year break

Becoming fast friends.

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B) Fall We Meet, Passions Ignite

Fall we met

Things took off from there

Always looking forward.

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C) Winter: Cold, Though We Kept Warm

Winter froze us

But we always kept warm

Sustaining each other.

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D) Spring: Heartbreak Arrives

Spring consumed all

Ghosting without explanation you disappeared.

A huge disappointment…

-AAA 07/18/2024

QOTD #122: Making Food

Anthony14 Comments

What foods would you like to make?

I’m quite adept at creating Italian sauces or gravies to go with pasta.

I also make good pasta casseroles like: baked ziti, shells, or manicotti.

I improvise marinades and grill many kinds of meats if I have a barbecue nearby.

I also make pretty darn good breakfast too scrambled eggs with cheese and vegetables and jalapeños are always quite yummy.

As always, thank you for reading… 😊

-aaa

Recipe for a Life Fulfilled

Anthony4 Comments

Mean what you say and say what you mean

There really isn’t any in-between.

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Be your true self and maintain your wits

Lest you be among the hypocrites.

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Share your truth and don’t hold back

Those that judge you, are full of lack.

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Pay it forward with a selfless deed

Help out others that are in need.

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Charitable acts will set you apart

Doing and saying from your heart.

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Lead by example not exemption

This is leadership’s perfection.

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Act from your conscience, then you’ll do best

When life puts you to the test.

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You will pass with flying colours

If you always think of others.

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At the end of the day, don’t be a creep

Then you won’t be missing sleep…

-AAA 07/17/2024

This is Your Train

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Catch the train

Don’t miss it

Or you’re late

Implicit.

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Get to work

Or places

Meeting friends

New faces.

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Out for fun

On a date

Live it up

Try, temp fate.

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Slowing down

We’ve arrived

The first stop

Not contrived.

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Stay in place

It’s not yours

Not there yet

Hold your horse.

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Second stop

Easy now

Next one’s yours

Holy cow!

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Now your stop

Came to pass

Leave the train

Like your past…

-AAA 07/17/2024

A New Way to Best Writer’s Block

Anthony1 Comment

Laying silently on my bed

No ideas, are in my head

Closed eyes, now rest a bit

You’ll find something after your sleep

Just relax, and your mind will keep

Everything it sees fit.

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Do not rush to awaken yet

Dreamt ideas are best to get

Once your dream ends, you rise

Now work, those new ideas, hard

Write with intention and regard

Shaped, right before your eyes…

-AAA 07/17/2024

Kiss Me Anywhere or Everywhere…

Anthony2 Comments

Kiss me in the dark

I don’t care where we are

In the movies or in a park

Or the backseat of my car.

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Kiss me in the day

On a lake or by the sea

Be that as it may

As long as you’re close to me.

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Kiss me in the rain

Gentle drizzle, or monsoon

It’ll never be in vain

As long as there are stars and moon.

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Kiss me in the shower

At the beginning or the end

I’ll open up like a flower

And I’ll never pretend.

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Kiss me when the times are hard

Your soft lips will bring me peace

I hold you in the warmest regard

Just like winter’s sweater, fleece.

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Kiss me till the end of time

It will never be to my dismay

Until the moment, I turn back to slime

I’ll be feeling the exact same way…

-AAA 07/17/2024

Crushed

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She really took him for such a fall.

He had no idea until it was too late.

There’s nothing that could be done at all.

Just pack it up, and call it a day.

Try bouncing a ball against the wall.

That should clear your weary mind.

Or placate further, hike a hill that’s tall.

It’s over now, for this, there is no debate.

One day soon, you’ll be clear of this squall…

-AAA 07/17/2024

QOTD # 121: Cats or Dogs

Anthony2 Comments

Dogs or cats?

In a word, both. I love cats and dogs and they love me.

However, do you believe in the law of diminishing returns. Too many of either (cats or dogs) is very unpleasant in my humble opinion.

As always thank you for reading. 😊

-aaa

QOTD: Time, What Makes me Lose Track of It

Anthony1 Comment

Which activities make you lose track of time?

This is a simple question with many answers for me. In the interest of everyone and all the stuff we have to read today I will not digress on these. I’ll just list them.

Activities during which I lose track of time include:

Writing

Reading

Working

Intimacy

Playing board games

Playing video games

Listening to music

Performing music

Playing piano by ear

Movies

Live Concerts

Musicals

Gambling

Swimming

The beach

Phone calls

Video chatting calls.

As always thank you for reading…

-aaa

Please Stop Wasting our Time!!!!!!!

Anthony5 Comments

OK, I am quickly beyond getting over the “accident” posts. I feel like over the past two or three weeks now every athletic (and I do mean every) coach for every city and each sport has died in a car accident or a plane crash.

This also includes professional athletes and tennis players and other managers/owners/coaches as well. Please stop perpetuating these false stories.

I say false stories because there is no way every coach and every athlete has died in a tragic accident in the last three weeks (there’d be nobody left).

<Gets off of soapbox> <turns off ranting and raving button>. Please return to your regularly scheduled programs and thank you for reading…

-aaa

Pickle Rocket Ships Gag Me With Asparagus

Anthony3 Comments

A pickle orders some ice cream.

As the taffeta contours of her dress sway, softly away in the breeze.

The shear sharpness of the lunar surface, gave the astronauts trepidation, as they exited their rocket ship.

Go incognito to a movie theater filled with no one you know.

Hum a mantra of four bars or less.

Asparagus gags me…

-AAA 07/15/2024

Complete This Work

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It’s by my own accord.

That I share this verse.

Little else I can afford.

Shaky as I type my prose.

Seeing if my iPhone is mightier than the sword.

Reaching deep inside counting the syllables.

Hanging on my every word.

I really couldn’t do much worse.

So is its completion, my reward???

-AAA 7/15/2024