There is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average
human being to supply any given army on any given day
and the best at murder are those who preach against it
and the best at hate are those who preach love
and the best at war finally are those who preach peace
those who preach god, need god
those who preach peace do not have peace
those who preach peace do not have love
beware the preachers
beware the knowers
beware those who are always reading books
beware those who either detest poverty
or are proud of it
beware those quick to praise
for they need praise in return
beware those who are quick to censor
they are afraid of what they do not know
beware those who seek constant crowds for
they are nothing alone
beware the average man the average woman
beware their love, their love is average
seeks average
but there is genius in their hatred
there is enough genius in their hatred to kill you
to kill anybody
not wanting solitude
not understanding solitude
they will attempt to destroy anything
that differs from their own
not being able to create art
they will not understand art
they will consider their failure as creators
only as a failure of the world
not being able to love fully
they will believe your love incomplete
and then they will hate you
and their hatred will be perfect
like a shining diamond
like a knife
like a mountain
like a tiger
like hemlock
their finest art
Charles Bukowski
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I did some writing and made some of my interpretations of each dragon. Somewhat inspired by DnD. Enjoy.
Zodiac Dragons
Aries- Fire Dragon. Ability to call armies at a whim. However they can take on an opponent by themselves. Very temperamental,
I can't sleep, there's a scrinch in my eye...
I wouldn't mind just a squadge more ice cream, thank you.
Taking a dawble down to the water.
She pondled her eyebrows thoughfully.
Everybody kludgeons occasionally, don't be concerned.
If I coul
I gave this a shot. I typed this up. I don't care if you like it or not. I suggest not to try this at home or wherever you had the opportunity ;). Not responsible for injuries or death.
Aries- Introduce a Male to another Male. Rams are territori
The memory of
The guarded softness of the night lamp.
Hands that stretched and soothed and held.
Gnarled bony wisdom rests in mine.
First sight of reaching, giving solace.
Providers.
The thirst is quenched, the tummy fed.
Gnarled knuckles reachi
The first time they did it, they didn’t look at each other, turned away their eyes—the blues and the greens quick and furtive; instead their eyes locked onto some wall, some flooring or finding the footwear somehow more interesting.
They took to noddin
Writing Competition
There will be a total of three assignments that will be given one at a time with a different set of instructions. The winner (and maybe a second and third place) will be announced after the third one. If I would have a great problem
About a time I was 24 with shingles lol Young Shingles I'm laying here with dormant chicken pox exposed On my backside Creeping down my front side With you by my side I wouldn't even touch me I wouldn't even love me I wouldn't even want to
Ever wonder what people mean by that besides from fun bedroom games? The appeal of it? The kind of people that do this kind of writing? Curious to hear experiences of a roleplayer? Well use this thread to ask away, I've done it for years and have
There is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average
human being to supply any given army on any given day
and the best at murder are those who preach against it
and the best at hate are those who preach love
and the best at war finally are those who preach peace
those who preach god, need god
those who preach peace do not have peace
those who preach peace do not have love
beware the preachers
beware the knowers
beware those who are always reading books
beware those who either detest poverty
or are proud of it
beware those quick to praise
for they need praise in return
beware those who are quick to censor
they are afraid of what they do not know
beware those who seek constant crowds for
they are nothing alone
beware the average man the average woman
beware their love, their love is average
seeks average
but there is genius in their hatred
there is enough genius in their hatred to kill you
to kill anybody
not wanting solitude
not understanding solitude
they will attempt to destroy anything
that differs from their own
not being able to create art
they will not understand art
they will consider their failure as creators
only as a failure of the world
not being able to love fully
they will believe your love incomplete
and then they will hate you
and their hatred will be perfect
like a shining diamond
like a knife
like a mountain
like a tiger
like hemlock
their finest art
Charles Bukowski