tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46000351876945169432024-03-13T03:15:42.433-04:00From My Hip PocketSebastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12376300016026600796noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600035187694516943.post-27731299132144625102011-02-19T00:52:00.001-05:002011-02-19T00:59:35.921-05:00De Jamaican Higgler<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAhnu1hwBsoxUdtPrrMA_dHAR4oy8bKHYv8JG9PiT_1rr7Wj_tYQS8EmY5K8RmoeNc-Z9hqG8My0TG5j4oqpHi5StNeGz69lIplfwSnOqISyYtv2K-tuU_IWTLwuYCFoMDyUzTlDjrwg/s1600/javendor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAhnu1hwBsoxUdtPrrMA_dHAR4oy8bKHYv8JG9PiT_1rr7Wj_tYQS8EmY5K8RmoeNc-Z9hqG8My0TG5j4oqpHi5StNeGz69lIplfwSnOqISyYtv2K-tuU_IWTLwuYCFoMDyUzTlDjrwg/s200/javendor.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Ol’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Muddah Ratbat frem parish </span><city><place><span style="font-family: Verdana;">St. Ann</span></place></city><span style="font-family: Verdana;">,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">sly like de mongoose an smattah den man!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Mek plenty money frem straw goods and tips</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">down at de market where moor dem gran ships.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Toss out big hook fe tourist tah swallah;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">snatch in de Whitefish, catch yankee dollah.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Sell plenty tings, say mek by Jamaicans;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">trut be, she wares was got frem de Hatiens.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">“Buy someting </span><city><place><span style="font-family: Verdana;">massa</span></place></city><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, hep Muddah’s poor lot;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">me doan hab no roof an ongly one pot.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">“Pickney dem stravin’, see how dem mauga;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">beg yah buy someting; me give yah a *braughtah.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Mistah him sorry fe muddah’s poor life;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">pull out fat wallet an pass tah him wife.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Spen plenty money, guilt fe tah bury;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">tek up dem spendins, six parcels dem carry.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Pack up she wares wen de clock han strike four;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">grab up de pickney, pass tru de banque door.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Lodge mos de money, out back door she side;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">unlock<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>she big cyar, push pickney inside.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Drive tah she sistah an slip she a ten;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">promise fe nex day rent pickney again.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Lean back pon de seat an light up a fag;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">laugh fe de trickery, drive home in she jag!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: black;">x </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">*</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">a little <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>something extra…like a baker’s dozen in the </span></i><country-region><place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">U.S.A.</span></i></place></country-region></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><country-region><place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong><span style="font-size: small;">...<span style="color: red;">R</span><span style="color: lime;">a</span><span style="color: yellow;">s</span><span style="color: red;">t</span><span style="color: lime;">a</span> <span style="color: yellow;">R</span><span style="color: red;">a</span><span style="color: lime;">s</span><span style="color: yellow;">c</span><span style="color: red;">a</span><span style="color: lime;">l</span> </span></strong></span></i></place></country-region></span></div>Sebastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12376300016026600796noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600035187694516943.post-24707634669814706362010-11-06T23:21:00.000-04:002010-11-06T23:21:34.901-04:00Mirror of Black Reflection<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikk6GxGXPjMktjUzdR_CFDeBmAPS8Bby9wI24qXGDMcB_sH1zftp07m99ylIOlQ50bEgO4eOkVzGYo7PdF0ut-QuxdVABnPOS2xrAxxaGZfhRTfcMZLBu7DxTEqwMVD9DGWA0r3Jv5WMc/s1600/reflection.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; height: 127px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 215px;"><img border="0" height="115" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikk6GxGXPjMktjUzdR_CFDeBmAPS8Bby9wI24qXGDMcB_sH1zftp07m99ylIOlQ50bEgO4eOkVzGYo7PdF0ut-QuxdVABnPOS2xrAxxaGZfhRTfcMZLBu7DxTEqwMVD9DGWA0r3Jv5WMc/s200/reflection.PNG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Who</span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> am I, who, by impudent aspiration, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">dared to seek accordance in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>places of </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">isolation, for those disposed as me, at least? </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Yet,</span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> chance, strange curiosity, mistook me </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for a muse, and arm in arm with fate, set</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">my hand upon the scene I’d so oft sought. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">There</span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, safe, for facelessness, amidst the </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">many muses, did I , through ignorance</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and greed,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>disclose my knavish birth. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Then</span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, steeped in childish pride, for words </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of soft composure quickly honoured, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">my lowly self<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was fraught to rouse and rise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Alas</span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, poor fool!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wisdom oft times sleeps</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">til swiftly wakened!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I, beguiled buffoon,</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">pride and sensibility lay bare myself to slay. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Twas</span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> ne’er this foolish lad who felled the door. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Words alone wrought this witless folly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">For such, I inflame the mirror of black reflection.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Brush Script MT';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>© Sebastian Lee</em></span></span></div>Sebastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12376300016026600796noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600035187694516943.post-30184452512912360202010-10-29T00:38:00.000-04:002010-10-29T00:46:51.536-04:00Dragonfly Dream<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAdsJTSV1AKnEbCdz38FtRrNrxaZYAXy2UBgfEjNE2ZYmtQaYcaotq4w5m4v4KlyV4uyVq7aoaqHnCQ0BUdlL8KjV2VWEp9jmKSJTC0dA7pB-fyOIUSO3Len33WB1Ultur-cFM8Mc9nvs/s1600/dragonfly.bmp"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 123px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533323200366412226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAdsJTSV1AKnEbCdz38FtRrNrxaZYAXy2UBgfEjNE2ZYmtQaYcaotq4w5m4v4KlyV4uyVq7aoaqHnCQ0BUdlL8KjV2VWEp9jmKSJTC0dA7pB-fyOIUSO3Len33WB1Ultur-cFM8Mc9nvs/s320/dragonfly.bmp" /></a></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">x</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">x</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">…for Lenny<br /></span><br />At night, while sleeping in my bed,<br />and bad dreams come into my head,<br />then, comes my friend the dragon fly<br />and takes me high up in the sky.<br /><br />He holds me safe upon his back<br />on cushions made of velvet black.<br />With glistening wings upon each side,<br />we catch the wind and gently glide.<br /><br />Wow! Suddenly we swoop down low<br />and go across the pond real slow.<br />I wave my hands at frogs and fish;<br />then, up we go with one big swish!<br /><br />We laugh and giggle as we soar<br />up to the sky, down to the floor.<br />We dive and dip and flit and glide -<br />no place on earth has such a ride!<br /><br />Then, when the night is almost done,<br />before the light shines from the sun,<br />he takes me back to my soft bed<br />and on my pillow lays my head.<br /><br />Each night, when I go to my bed<br />and bad things come into my head,<br />I won’t be scared and I won’t cry;<br />instead, I’ll ride the dragon fly! </span></div><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">© 2008 Sebastian Lee</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></p><div align="justify"><br /></div></span>Sebastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12376300016026600796noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600035187694516943.post-63681810517966067182010-05-01T19:04:00.000-04:002010-08-15T01:36:19.910-04:00Maga Dawg*<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhod4vYuuaKxIEs4jx8ErSPLQcGchvDq6432Cg4rc93v4jRvXNnIpNBfjpk4U116D9AJ6rvY4SnYkZa6eCcCFQD-oLCH_zy2-6M7tScCKO39fkHhgdIYVmI_RPLik7sv3xUUFG0UZhVhVc/s1600/dogsleep.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 89px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 95px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469850379121239394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhod4vYuuaKxIEs4jx8ErSPLQcGchvDq6432Cg4rc93v4jRvXNnIpNBfjpk4U116D9AJ6rvY4SnYkZa6eCcCFQD-oLCH_zy2-6M7tScCKO39fkHhgdIYVmI_RPLik7sv3xUUFG0UZhVhVc/s200/dogsleep.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbBr6qT-8DAj9iij1BCyFoaKZ4uvi3sWhTFH5QK3j-bYSkUDVFdQqu4a8TgzjCrzycbamjkTgOi6l7JjODanbKeY9iDdpQ5dQvsSwS7NAUc8z0Ejc3loPCVDai_5SEh7dKdXly3VGlmQ/s1600/sleepdog.JPG"></a><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">dat maga dawg, him smart yah see, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6mU89wueHApOmVabgMCavdpKXa3CjQJ13ax6448o1GU3OHJivnFO7fK9RnfoOF837JIi8Psa8kMWzIbvyviK2i8AnuAwvT6SwEl-j2uWd0CDX8NBDe-7GHt9tamVU5vUCjSr8UnoHd8/s1600/hungrydog.jpg"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQILgMjIJ1iO4oQzyPxVMUKv8ETNgxY1tuwS7cXzcxlZad42_BCpGzJdafSM0b5iEhyIz8y5c2Tb0KOv_aVmQZWeq8rPK8ARJ4MmZDFSsnvsxzPkOAVPWenMSSHohaq3Da7KRZFE6a_x8/s1600/hungrydog.jpg"></a>fe sleep wid open eye;<br />him watch de pantry door all day<br />fe maid tah drop meat pie.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Him know de maid mus hurry fass<br />an pay tah him no heed;<br />an so him wait dere patiently<br />fe satisfy him greed.<br /><br />An sure nuff come de maid mistake,<br />whilst bustin’ tru de door,<br />de tray fly up, lan at she feet<br />wid meat pies on de floor!<br /><br />Ol’ maga dwag him jump up quick,<br />whilst maid stan dere an bawl,<br />an snatch one pie up en him mout<br />an nyam it crust an all.<br /><br />Den, whilst de maid vex up an glare<br />wid look fe mek him die,<br />him jump behin de pantry door<br />an sleep wid open eye.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div align="left"><em><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">©Rasta Rascal</span></em></div><br /><div align="left"><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"></span></em></div><div align="left"><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">*Written in a simple form of Jamaican country dialect </span></em></div><div align="left"><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">known as patois. maga = skinny and undernourished, </span></em></div><div align="left"><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">nyam=to eat greedily</span></em></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Sebastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12376300016026600796noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600035187694516943.post-61800395403168542282010-05-01T18:03:00.000-04:002010-08-15T01:36:19.950-04:00Sweet Fruit of My Desire<span style="font-family:verdana;">I hold her gently in my hands<br />beneath my favourite tree,<br />smiling at the lovely thought<br />of what she’ll give to me.<br /><br />My fingers touch her silky skin,<br />caress her blushing cheeks;<br />inhaling her sweet perfume,<br />my hunger grows and peaks.<br /><br />I peel away her soft pink dress;<br />exposing her to me;<br />she flaunts her perfect nakedness<br />and taunts invitingly.<br /><br />With fingers pressed into her skin,<br />I lift her to my lips<br />and gently taste her sweet ripe flesh<br />in boyish bites and nips.<br /><br />With eagerness beyond control,<br />I give in to my greed,<br />consuming her completely,<br />I fill my lustful need.<br /><br />I love this ripe old mango tree,<br />of her I’ll never tire;<br />I’ll eat until the tree is bare;<br />sweet fruit of my desire!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"><em>gotcha!</em> ;)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"><em>©Rasta Rascal </em></span>Sebastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12376300016026600796noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600035187694516943.post-11586448166750528212010-05-01T14:17:00.000-04:002010-08-15T01:36:19.965-04:00Schizo<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><em>for thomas...</em></span><br /><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKm5HqnFoeBsypGgppf-tOFljKYouPR_WRCcytTIwVtineVSGH9MJs1gFJL3pL962huPNVSNiG3wJZFH-0dlbvrMuBKIv-jGiV-Tnbq6nh78mIxQqYLEi_yhyKoZA7MpOhxVnOpoKhQg/s1600/s.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 126px; HEIGHT: 123px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466418017307454066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKm5HqnFoeBsypGgppf-tOFljKYouPR_WRCcytTIwVtineVSGH9MJs1gFJL3pL962huPNVSNiG3wJZFH-0dlbvrMuBKIv-jGiV-Tnbq6nh78mIxQqYLEi_yhyKoZA7MpOhxVnOpoKhQg/s200/s.jpg" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">De</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">mons stir,<br />stalking,<br />taunting, teasing,<br />spinning webs of lies<br />and paranoia<br />deep inside the mind.<br />empty faces<br />spawned by seeds<br />of worthlessness;<br />nonexistence,<br />shrewdly twisted<br />into a spurious sense<br />of credible reality.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;color:#000000;"><em>.</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"><em>©Rasta Rascal </em></span></div>Sebastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12376300016026600796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600035187694516943.post-50761450571117230832010-04-18T22:29:00.000-04:002010-08-15T01:36:19.976-04:00Jamaican Country Woman<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcH4eyr2Oz7w7A-RUL4VCCOxbF0xtDLN-6msZcLLybAO6Q4439Q7ECrLIm4SyMXiKb9IgGjQflDL7nKdv2miP85qp1sUsRUlNtCuDZvX1t-TbOs3BIW4CMX4uqDcQZfvQj5J6s2r9Np6s/s1600/jamwoman2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461953916572516306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 89px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 104px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcH4eyr2Oz7w7A-RUL4VCCOxbF0xtDLN-6msZcLLybAO6Q4439Q7ECrLIm4SyMXiKb9IgGjQflDL7nKdv2miP85qp1sUsRUlNtCuDZvX1t-TbOs3BIW4CMX4uqDcQZfvQj5J6s2r9Np6s/s200/jamwoman2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZK32Bs08BUX1fOHAq9jw2j1BgXSBEu6l_5DSGNhCLgIwHuNkfKqUebDBZPsckcc6158xKVGQy3Ceht6Q4z7afBK55F-WxAebRHuZgAyIo6cdfRII0PMj6SVQxqWDglvapyyuBEqEWkN8/s1600/jwoman.JPG"></a></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">Feet, crusted, calloused, branch thick, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3bWXOGgnhBa3xwqPLqqaWvfK1YetnYJkTRSzO9Koe2oJLjytkw59imVfGLv_CHE3uXufyle7jwNb8JVTILHxhuFwFzR5_AgQGTXvX8CUjW41hX3BLjrc9LeEj6Z6TSeqv-Su5W1NBKY/s1600/jamwoman.jpg"></a><br />cinnamon sprinkled in youth;<br />born to bauxite’s blood red stain,<br />shining silver, rich white earth.<br /><br /></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">Body, bolstering twelve stones,<br />spread across a bent stalk spine<br />crudely hung with sagging limbs<br />beneath furrows of grizzled plaits.<br /><br />Feet, scorched to fresh and fading scars,<br />dredged in fine grains of gray dust<br />for seasons of fiery intimacy<br />with char ash and smoldering coals.<br /><br />Body, bound by bush to man and child,<br />spread wide for green bamboo,<br />cold sweat of icy planters punch,<br />painful birth of tar brushed sons.<br /><br />Feet, crushing clay of generations ruts,<br />tree of labours hard worn track,<br />soles worn weary in servile path;<br />granite stone her soul consolation.</span></div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;color:#ccccff;"><em>©Rasta Rascal</em></span> </div></div>Sebastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12376300016026600796noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600035187694516943.post-47310688447613757962010-04-18T01:42:00.000-04:002010-08-15T01:36:19.990-04:00Dirty Words<span style="font-family:arial;color:#cccccc;">Talk dirty to me!<br />Stick out your tainted tongue<br />and saturate these eager ears<br />with wet and wild words;<br />let them carom chaotically<br />off the wall of sensuality;<br />then, like sweet guava jelly<br />smeared deliciously across<br />an old time picture show,<br />glue themselves to a fantasy.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cccccc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;color:#ccccff;"><em>©Rasta Rascal</em></span>Sebastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12376300016026600796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600035187694516943.post-9033156512655656402010-04-18T01:19:00.000-04:002010-08-15T01:36:19.998-04:00Sly Mongoose<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwBKJtBQXQqaopDxWV6bwdrPE9P_kd-4ENjbsgkRwEVfgMocXkWzNkvXaLZSdzkge8fvxYMLnQoSx6HF3QG0lKl-v6xE7c32ruX0TAH98fZkUg4fR0xdpKHXwDsYQJPmuXCusKHMCNZs/s1600/monchick.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 125px; HEIGHT: 46px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461345685412419650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwBKJtBQXQqaopDxWV6bwdrPE9P_kd-4ENjbsgkRwEVfgMocXkWzNkvXaLZSdzkge8fvxYMLnQoSx6HF3QG0lKl-v6xE7c32ruX0TAH98fZkUg4fR0xdpKHXwDsYQJPmuXCusKHMCNZs/s200/monchick.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Ooo dat sly mongoose! </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></div></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Slide in de coop again,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">an pick one plumpish hen. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Flatta she wid trickery;</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">"Watta pretty chicky!”</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Wid hennish pride at pique,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">she peck him pon de cheek.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">While chicky sway she hips,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">ol' mongoose lick him lips.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Ooo dat sly mongoose!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;">.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;color:#ccccff;"><em>©Rasta Rascal</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div></div>Sebastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12376300016026600796noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600035187694516943.post-54419199824088501822010-04-18T01:10:00.000-04:002010-08-15T01:36:20.006-04:00Gold<span style="font-family:arial;">Before one wave<br />has exhausted itself,<br />another arises,<br />washing away<br />my earthly possessions.<br />I plummet<br />a thousand times<br />to the ocean floor,<br />groping for fish<br />in a troubled sea,<br />hunting for treasure<br />that does not exist.<br />Still, I have no regrets<br />for I am young<br />and time is my gold.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#ccccff;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"><em>©Rasta Rascal</em></span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span>Sebastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12376300016026600796noreply@blogger.com1