b118 (4.21-1.2024): red flags

red flags [i]
by a. man

red flags (let’s talk about it when the conversation lags)
red flags (let’s talk about it)
red flags are just
red flags
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red flags (things that i don't like):
·       smokers
·       loud, angry people
·       complainers; victim-mentality
·       extremists (right or left, we vs. they, feminists or manosphere)
·       people who “need to be heard”.
 
on the other hand, i like people who are smiling, happy, complimentary, connective, understanding, supportive, and nonjudgmental.
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[i] martino, j. (4.21-1.2024). red flags. book 118: night & day Game. © 2024 by j. martino. 

[ii] sooooo, joal... how would others perceive you... and your red flags?  what might others dislike, about you?  come on.  be introspective.

• excessive consumption (ravenous eating, excessive drinking)
• eating fast
• beer, wine (volume, consistency)
• compulsion (see this blog, for example)
• writing, home-made art
• hummingbirds
• excessive passion (at times)
• lust (for hot women) 
• susceptible to seduction?  my sex-drive is healthy.
• non-committal (unless intrinsically committed)
• prefer friendships over contracts
• prefer short-term moments over promises 
• displays of anger (albeit rarely [if ever], nowadays)
• during the past year, only with 2 male bar patrons
• was easily baited, in my last relationship (hopefully i've matured)
• on a positive note, i am protective. 
• not a dog (or indoor pet) person; non-domestication
• low tolerance for barking dogs (and owners who do not train their dog)
• low tolerance for owners who don't pick-up after their dog
• no kids, never married (never changed a diaper)
• no kids (that i know of)
• of course, that means no debt, no ex-wives, none of that kind of baggage
• low tolerance for baggage (single moms, bad kids, psychos, etc.)
• low tolerance for excessive phone use, social media, attention-seeking 
• not a fan of 'marriage'
• stay in touch with several ex-girlfriends
• lots of options, opportunity, possibilities

upon re-reading my personal red-flags, a few might actually be green flags (for some people). 

b118 (4.10-1.2024): fake flowers by your grave

fake flowers at your grave [1]
by fay k. e. flowers
 
fake flowers at your tombstone
fake flowers at your grave
fake flowers say soooo much about our love (and that you’re saved)

fake flowers at your tombstone
fake flowers when you die
fake flowers cost soooo little
fake flowers make me cry
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yes.  i cry so much for you… but i’m happy that i don’t have to go to your grave anymore, because we’ve got fake flowers there, so… really, that represents our love for you.  i mean, we don’t really want to go to your freaking grave… it takes time!
 

what are we going to do there?  pray to a rock?  it’s f---ing ridiculous!

 
anyway, yeah, we put fake flowers by your grave… because if we put live ones, they are going to die, and then we are going to have to go back and spend more money for more live flowers. 
 

what the f---? why do that?

you’re gone! 

 
of course... we pretend that you’re “up there, looking down at us”, and that some kind of "god" has you wrapped in his little arms, and that everything is good and that you are floating on clouds, and we are going to come up there and meet you someday.
 
but we’re not ready to come up there and meet you now... even though we saaaaaaaaay: 

“it’s better up there, it’s better up there… it’s soooo much better up there”

 
but we aren’t dying to get there, are we?  well, maybe we are dying to get there, but we aren’t trying to get there.  because it would be easy to end our lives… and go to heaven… but (of course) some religions say that if you end your life then you go to hell.
 
so maybe that’s why we are so medicated, and we eat such sh—ty food, and we have such poor behaviors… maybe that is what we are trying to do…  maybe we are trying to kill ourselves without really killing ourselves.  that way, we can get to die faster, and we can hang out with our loved ones.
 
-the end?
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[1] martino, j. (4.10-1.2024). fake flowers by your grave. book 118: day & night game. © 2024 by j. martino. 

* rewrite, from: [1] martino, j. (6.5-1.2020). fake flowers by your grave. book 91: j-Une. © 2020 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b118 (4.20-1.2024): ass

beach volleyball [i]
by ima being truthful 

alternative title: ass

we call it beach (beach volleyball)
a sport, a game (with class)
why can’t we call it what it is?
why can’t we call it…
 
ass?
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·       yes, the female athletes are athletic.
·       yes, the competition is great.
 
…but why has beach volleyball become a sport/game that people watch? 
 

ass

 
of course, we must deny this.  the players (themselves) will deny it, all the while sporting their ass.  the coaches and promoters will deny it, all the while promoting the viewing of ass.  everyone will deny it while knowing the truth: 

beach volleyball = ass.

 
why can’t we just call it what it is?  …ass!
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[i] martino, j. (4.20-1.2024). ass. book 118: night & day Game. © 2024 by wellnesseducation.us.

[ii] truth be told, all sport is foreplay.