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remixed words by “ladymorgaine81” & “xjaymanx”

i suppose i could

i’m annoyed

after tearing my room apart
putting it back together
doing all the laundry
and rearranging the other room
i still can’t find my damn pants

but i find it really annoying
because i had them just the other day
i found the shirt but no pants
i can’t even blame it on anyone stealing them

i’m annoyed

but i’ve decided
i’ll delay my nap
head up to the mall
and get some more

because as we all know
the best way to find something
is to buy a brand new one
but so much for the mall stores
actually being open

i suppose i could wear a skirt

images by “goldfish_” :: original post
remixed image by “xjaymanx”
part *1* words by “goldfish_”
part *2* words by “xjaymanx”

graceful agony

*1*

i am miserably lonely.
some people have the ability
to be lonely in a careless,
or maybe even graceful way,
but i rarely manage.

my roads are winding. dark. misleading.
i’ve been waiting for a very long time now,
a very very long time longer than ever,
but every little adding moment
i managed to convince myself
that it was worth it
as there was no other way.

*2*

like those

fleeting moments

when the

glittering shards

of a

shattered mirror

descend

towards the

sleeping earth

they

are the

slow-motion

whispers

of

graceful

agony

images by “french__kissed” :: related post 1 2 3
remixed layout by “french__kissed” & “xjaymanx”

orchid 2005 layout

images by “benderrrrr” :: original post 1 2
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”

marmalade dream

and there! there she was
down abbey’s winding road,
a-hopping and a-skipping,
a-lugging a hard-day’s load

“you’re such a strange girl!”
i chuck-chuckled from my tree,
and hanging upside down,
i joked “help! i need somebody!”

revolving on her toe
like a rolling club-band’s drum,
she waved with bandaged fingers
like a lefty’s guitar strum

“you know what you are?”
she blinked her blackbird eyes,
“you’re a dork and a dweeb,”
and flashed her skirted thighs

“thank you very much,
you freaky pink-lipped reptile,”
and from my rocking perch,
i flung my rainbow smile

in warhol’s fifteen minutes,
she joined my little tree house,
and tickled my lonely heart
like a cat with yesterday’s mouse

“what do you want to be?”
i asked of lucy’s future,
she sighed to the nowhere sky,
“a famous paperback writer!”

as summer’s sunset dove
like an orange submarine
she left me with a kiss goodbye
and a final marmalade dream

images by “night_huntress” :: original post
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”

against the bright blue

an awkward sigh
and a stuttered reply
were their final steps
before his kiss goodbye

an empty shudder
and an unspoken sting
were her last remnants
of their hollow fling

his flight took off
as she walked away
past the bustling crowds
into the sunlight of day

a futile breath
with each new stride
not caring for love
she was always denied

but a shadow above
caught her staring eye
a distant sparrow
hovering in the sky

before she knew it
and beheld the view
two dancing sparrows
against the bright blue

surprising herself
she dared to imagine
transporting her soul
beyond the horizon

a renewed wonder
and an inspired gaze
rekindled her hope
in life’s mysterious ways

images by “_intherain_” :: original post
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”

path of seduction

strained by the stress
and drained by the storm,
i stopped at the pub
and hopped on the stool

a bearded bloke bumped me
without any pardon
and slapped on the smile
of a half-plastered fool

“she purrs like a kitten!”
he boasted to his comrades,
“the shriek of her wheels!
the roar of her engine!”

i heard myself laugh
and sipped from my draft
and slipped into a dream
of speed and abandon

fifty and sixty
and seventy and eighty
kilometers per hour
heartbeats per minute

ninety and one hundred
and one-ten and one-twenty
and one-thirty and one-forty
and one-fifty and faster!

the laughter awoke me
and spun me around,
i searched for my words
and cut through the chatter

“she sounds like a beauty!”
i burst loud and clear,
“what make and model?
a porsche or an audi?”

the bearded bloke chuckled
but offered his answer,
“you misunderstand fella,
why not ask her yourself?”

his girlfriend dazzled
in her half-zipped denim
while her wide eyes flashed
with the wild shade of “go!”

“what make and model?”
she purred like a kitten,
“my make is russian,
and my model is seduction”

images by “french__kissed” :: original post
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”

until the waterfall

painfully
fluid strands
plummet upon
jagged shoulders

ledges below ledges
boulders beneath boulders
legends fading before legends
in a neverending series of echoes

whispering their forgotten mists of yore
weeping for tragic loves and glorious wars
cascading towards earth in their brutal crusade
until the waterfall princess casts her crystal forgiveness

images by “spunky_m” :: original post
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”

one of her eyes

as the spiraling maple leaves
lazily descended and veiled
the cobble-stoned boulevard
in a copper-shaded fantasy

she strolled beside him
her slender hand in his grasp
her chestnut gaze shimmering
beneath her black pin-striped hat

as they glided past my bench
humming in their happiness
one of her eyes winked at me
and i recognized the friendly tune

“i’ll be there for you…
when the rain starts to pour”
“i’ll be there for you…
like i’ve been there before”

as they faded into the distance
like memories into the past
i stared at my own gloved hands
and wished i had been there for you

images by “benderrrrr” :: original post 1 2
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”

what if

“what if life
is just a dream?”
she asked me
as i pulled my sleeve
and turned to check my watch

“what if you
are just playing
a role in that dream?”
she wondered aloud
and leaned towards the mirror

“i don’t know”
i said softly yet hurriedly
to her long-haired silhouette

“what if it’s not
even your own dream?
and death is simply waking up?”

“i don’t know”
i repeated quickly
with less time to spare
and less patience to share
as showtime loomed even closer

then a flash hit me

“so without
free will, you wouldn’t
mind if we missed the concert?”

she smiled widely
and then approvingly
at my black-tied reflection

before applying her bright pink lipstick

images by “_intherain_” :: original post 1 2
remixed image by “xjaymanx”

yearning

i am the fire hydrant in your chilly rainstorm
wanting to spill my bottled oceans
and swirling emotions into your
soaked concrete streets

i am the red hydrant in your silver reflection
wishing to free my imprisoned tears
and windswept fears into your
mirrored asphalt roads

longing to flow and flee
in your turbulence
and tolerance

yearning to be furious and free in the streams and the sea

but forever bound
to the muddled
and puddled

earth.

images by “shakalaka_baby” & “xjaymanx” :: no original post
remixed image by “xjaymanx”
words written in 1994 by “xjaymanx”

unsheltered

i gaze
gazing

waiting

i await the rain
    the storm
as a flower opens
    helplessly and willingly
yielding to the summer
    shower

i gaze
into the turbulence
    the thunderclouds
as your fingers soon rain
    upon the willing keys
pouring
drizzling
and sprinkling
and pouring yet again
    upon the black and white
       leaves
splashing the passionate
    melodies
upon me
    my body
    my face
    into my smiling eyes
       my yielding ears

i weather the emotional
    downpour
your powerful swirl of musical
    wind and water
as my body shivers
    in the chilling breeze
soaking
dripping
and breathing quickly

but your rain softens
your clouds lighten

and i gaze
gazing
my heart beating loudly

until the clouds
leave me
again

waiting

images & words by “night_huntress” :: original post
remixed image by “xjaymanx”

shadow of my smile

the shadow of my smile
is something you once knew
but now a shadow is all i can be
to hide my tears from you

how could you do that to me?

images & words by “1poetic_tragedy” :: original post
remixed image & words by “1poetic_tragedy” & “xjaymanx”

good to be bad

my
parents
went away
for the weekend

hahaha

i know that
if my daughter
were just like me
and acted just like
i’ve been acting lately

there’s no way in hell
i’d leave her alone
for the weekend

not that i’m complaining

just blasting my music
and dancing around
in my undies

sometimes it
just feels
so good
to be
bad

images by “french__kissed” :: original post 1 2
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”

laying in the grass

i gaze at her
laying in the grass
with her skirt strings trailing
like lazy kite tails swaying in the haze

does she realize her influence?

i smile at her
shining in the sun
as i spiral around her gravity
like icy satellites captivated by the fire

does she realize her power?

she winks at me
as sixty seconds whirl
and another sixty minutes swirl
and another twenty-four hours take flight

does she realize at all?