one can't have it all

one can’t have it all [1]
by egom ania
 
one can’t have it all
that’s not the way it works
one might want it all
(it’s been that way, since birth)
 
one can’t have it all
at least that’s how it seems
One can Be It, All
i’m not sure what this means
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·       relationships can be a tug-of-war, at times.
·       the only way that i’ve ever been able to live with mine… is via friendship.
·       listen, care, be there, share, allow, re-lease (and, in the end, Be… a Friend).
 
this is not the end.
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[1] martino, j. (5.25-2.22). one can’t have it all. book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

f--- fame!

f--- fame [1]
by i. n. famous
 
suzie wrote a book, she said out loud: “what’s in a name?”
suzie chose anonymous and proud, she said:
“f--- fame!”
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·       being famous (but inside of your own mind) is infamous.
·       in fact, it’s le[ge]n[dary].
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[1] martino, j. (5.24-2.22). f--- fame! book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

non-committal

non-committal [1]
by ida rathat beca mitted
 
she says he’s “non-committal”
yet everyone can see
the boy (he can commit): he won’t commit to the crazy
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·       the “you’re” in “you’re non-committal” gives it all away.
·       it is projection.
·       the translation is this: “i am afraid that you won’t (blindly) commit (forever) to my cray-cray.”
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[1] martino, j. (5.25-2.22). non-committal. book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

if...

if (1) massage chairs could give blowjobs, and if (2) every household could afford one, the ritual of dating would come to a screeching halt.

luckily (for restaurants, flower shops and chocolate factories), that version of the massage robot is not (yet) affordable.

the art of storytelling

 art, poetry, song and storytelling are not reality (a real depiction of what actually is).  

the artist, the poet, the composer and the storyteller provide a perspective, through his/her own multiple filters, of actuality.

then, if ever edited or translated or dupe-licated, the new piece will differ from the original.  the further-away that one is from the original (e.g. distance, time, language, etc.), the more likely a difference.  heck, interpretations can be diametrically opposed in real time, with no lapse between the artist and the dupe-licator.

the kjv* is (in an of itself) art: it is poetry, song and storytelling -- often dupe-licated decades after the "fact."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_version#:~:text=In%20popular%20music%2C%20a%20cover,or%20composer%20of%20the%20song.

if someone tries to convince you to believe that john caffetry and the beaver brown band is actually bruce springsteen... simply smile (and slowly back away).

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-inpired by walking by the tailrace marina, during a group painting session.  
while each artist was painting the same marina, 

their perspectives reflected completely different versions of marin-iality.

* kjv = king james version 

"make it work"

why do people fall for the myth that (1) humans need to cohabitate, and (2) the cohabitational partners need to "make it work"?

...because others tell them so.

many, many, many fun/successful/artistic/brilliant/happy humanoids have lived lived alone... and loved it!

the expert articles and videos that tell us "how" to make it work presuppose that we're supposed to.

i'm opposed to that supposition.  

b110 (5.25-3.2022): my p---y hurts, part II

my p---y hurts, part II [1]
by ima democratic
 
ima democratic
bitch and moan (on how)
bullies and republicans betray their loyal vow
i whine and dine and write (sublime) and march along main street
 
ima democratic
maybe we might meet
 
(somewhere in the middle)
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·       be-cause democrats need a set of balls… but the democratic lawmakers actually win – when the republican lawmakers win.  talk about sin.
 
-the end.  again.
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[1] martino, j. (5.25-3.22). my pussy hurts, part II. book 110: my p---y hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

sudden life

sudden life [1]
by allofa sudden
 
no such thing as sudden life, but not so (last of breath)
we can stop pre-t-ending
not-so-sudden death
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·       the ending of a season (e.g. for the fsu softball team) seems sooooooo abrupt.
·       unlike religious systems… signs do point toward future experiences.
·       fans… often ignore the signs.
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[1] martino, j. (5.24-2.22). sudden life. book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

every-thing (self-serving)

everything that we perceive as "alive" is doing its best, in every, single moment, to make life better for itself.  life flirts and faints and punishes and rewards -- in order to make life better for itself.

the highest form of love, here, is the rare moment when a living thing can (momentarily) care for someone/something soooo much as to (apparently) care for the other... more than the self. 

of course... even that is self-serving. :)

what i miss...

what i miss about you [1]
by miss misty
 
what i miss about you
all the happy/sad
what i miss about you
all the times we had
what i miss about you
all the times we shared
what i miss about you
all the times we cared
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·       death… especially of a sibling… has a way of helping us see him/her in a different Light.
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[1] martino, j. (5.22-2.22). what I miss about you. book 110: my p---y hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

loss (sooooo not a gain)

loss (sooooo not a gain) [1]
by anna ear
 
so, you’re at a loss
mental anguish, pain
so, there comes a cost
loss, so (not again)
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·       loss, especially a string of losses… does not always represent an opportunity for growth.
·       there may simply be times when we are at a loss.
·       those who Love us can help (simply by listening) …as we experience whatever we are experiencing …when we have a loss.
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[1] martino, j. (5.22-1.22). loss (sooooo not a gain). book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

[2] in-Spired by a conversation with b. pace.

re-production

re-production [1]
by s. e. duction & sue render
 
pressure (and diffusion)
attract (a-void), uh, junction
do it all a-gain
we are re-production
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[1] martino, j. (5.21-2.22). we are re-production. book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

pre-f---

pre: pre-f---, then f--- [1]
by s. e. duction
 
it’s not complicated
nest? (or bed of truck)
not so mass-debated
pre: pre-f---, then f---
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·       survival comes in two flavors (1) of the species (e.g. “re-production”), and (2) of the self.
·       although #1 probably trumps #2, #2 must occur… in order to achieve #1.
·       it’s not only sex, but also the nurturing of the pre-neo-fight.
·       territory – not only protects and furthers the self (with food, water, defense, mating), but puts the species in the best position to survive.
·       every “thing” (read: “ego” cannot but be self-centered).
 
there is no-thing more intriguing (to me) than the seduction phase of re-production.
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[1] martino, j. (5.21-2.22). pre-f---. book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

every f/light (a story)

every f/light (a story) [1]
by asto r. y. teller
 
every f/light (a story)
every fight (a scream)
every bit of worry
every self-esteem
every trend (attack/defend) may we just blend (in glory)
every chirp and posture
every f/light (a story)
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[1] martino, j. (5.20-1.22). every f/light (a story). book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

healer, heal thyself

i (personally) don't believe that we can "cure" or "100% heal" from our genetic and societal defects.

i do believe it is possible to get to know them a little better... thereby reducing their influence. 

• john nash (in "a beautiful mind") never fully rid himself of his imaginary friends.
• ram das (during a tallahassee seminar/talk) smiled broadly as he said something like: 

i've meditated for decades, 

spent quiet months in silence, 

lived in a cave (etc.) 

...and i still have every, single phobia that i began with.

:)

we dance with redneck friends

we dance with redneck friends [1]
by redneck gals
 
we shotgun beers with strangers
we (piggin’-out): pre-tends
we just-a-havin’ fun
we dance with redneck friends
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·       the redneck experience is different, for different people.
·       we have a pre-tendency to have a good ol’ time.
·       it’s a letting-go, a country-show, a doncha-know, a gotta-go, a high & low.
·       it’s a weekend party that never ends…

  we dance with redneck friends.
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[1] martino, j. (5.18-2.22). we dance with redneck friends. book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

more than just a Dance

more than just a Dance [1]
by ima h. bird
 
more than just a Dance
more than just a Play
more than just romance
more than just a Way
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·       the poetic Dance of the hummingbird is the same as the human, Be-ing: Free, Spirited, territorial, controlling, Cooperative, envious, flirtatious, sexual, etc.

 ·       it’s more than a Dance (to me) because it touches my soul, somehow.  when i see that a tiny-little (scared) creature is fierce & even violent; when those same creatures sing and Dance together; when they battle… it reminds me of poetic-rugby.

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[1] martino, j. (5.18-1.22). more than just a Dance. book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

chillaxification

chillaxification [1]
by tim e. tochill
 
not sure if i’ll know just what to do in no-shoes nation
maybe i’ll just walk-around and chill:
 
chillaxification
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[1] martino, j. (5.17-1.22). chillaxification. book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

b110 (5.17-1.2022): chillaxification

chillaxification [1]
by tim e. tochill
 
not sure if i’ll know just what to do in no-shoes nation
maybe i’ll just walk-around and chill:
 
chillaxification
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[1] martino, j. (5.17-1.22). chillaxification. book 110: my p---y hurts, too! © 2022 by joal martino.

[2] chillaxification (reference): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_and_Now_tour_(kenny_chesney). this theom was written prior to attending a Kenny chesney concert.

i don't expect a thing

i don’t expect a thing [1]
by anna g. ivers
 
i offer you the gifts that most could never, ever bring
and if your mood might shift
i don’t expect a thing

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·       if you begin to expect anything of me, expect me to be exactly who you know me to be.

    o   …not who you wish me to be…  not who you hope me to be…

·       in fact, we’ll be better off to not expect a thing… but rather, to be givers of now-moments, not  promisers of future-now-moments.

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[1] martino, j. (5.16-1.22). i don’t expect a thing. book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b110 (5.16-1.2022): i don't expect a thing

i don’t expect a thing [1]
by anna g. ivers
 
i offer you the gifts that most could never, ever bring
and if your mood might shift
i don’t expect a thing

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·       if you begin to expect anything of me, expect me to be exactly who you know me to be.
   o   …not who you wish me to be…  not who you hope me to be…

·       in fact, you’d be better off to not expect a thing… because who i am is a giver of now-moments, not a promiser of future-now-moments.
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[1] martino, j. (5.16-1.2022). i don’t expect a thing. book 110: my p---y hurts, too! © 2022 by joal martino.

hummingbird eats bug

hummingbird eats bug [1]
by ima bug
 
hummingbird eat bug
i’m happy that they do…
 
but what about that infant-bug who prays and seeks the truth?
but what about the brother/sister/mother/father/wife?
 
why do bugs not matter?
here (in a bug’s life)
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·       if i was a bug… it would be a challenge to escape from the death-god… that guy who is trying to kill me.
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[1] martino, j. (5.15-6.22). if i was a bug. book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

now (and here)

now and here [1]
by anna artist
 

“…why do you think they call the present the present…” *

 
baby (here and now)
baby (now and here)
baby (if a better place exists) you tell me where
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[1] martino, j. (5.15-5.22). now and here. book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.
* kenny khesney, in “here and now”. 

the gods of nature smiled

the gods of nature smiled [1]
by anna artist
 
the gods of nature smiled
and bore a daughter (so)
and then it went downhill
and it was water (flow)
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·       i Love the flowing sound & sight water… flowing.
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[1] martino, j. (5.15-4.22). the gods of nature smiled . book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

art

art [1]
by anna artist
 
art: it doesn’t matter
art: it bursts & rhymes
art: it doesn’t need a space or place or time
 
art: it isn’t there for you to rate or hate or judge
art: it’s doesn’t matter
art: it (just because)
 
it’s art
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[1] martino, j. (5.15-3.22). it’s art, baby. book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

b110 (5.15-1.2022): now and here

now and here [1]
by anna artist
 

“…why do you think they call the present the present…” *

 
baby here and now
baby now and here
baby (if a better place exists) you tell me where
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[1] martino, j. (5.15-5.22). now and here. book 110: my p---- hurts, too! © 2022 by joal martino.
* kenny chesney, in his song “here and now”. 

the other way around

the other way around [1]
by the back 9
 
we see our things one-way
smells and sights and sounds
what if maybe (maybe) it’s the other way around
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·       what if this Uni-Verse is the body, and we are the living prostheses that allows H/er to Be?
 
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[1] martino, j. (5.15-2.22). the other way around. book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

us... like them

we like them [1]
by the back 9
 
free to fly (in concert)
love, attack/defend
we think they (like us) but no denying
we like them
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·       we speak to other living beings (dogs, cats, hummingbirds) as if they are like us.
·      we will (probably) learn to love our robots as humans, so long as empathy is built-in to the program.*
 
i often ponder (as we treat other beings as if they were human) if it’s not the other way around: maybe we connect because we are like them.
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[1] martino, j. (5.15-1.22). we like them. book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

* our program, that is. :) 

the circle closes-in

the circle closes-in [1]

by the back 9
 
life is but a circle
welcome home, dear friend
once upon a time (it rhymes!)
the circle closes-in
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·       inspired by j. a. m., who, in regard to a beloved relative’s death, said: “the circle is closing on all of us, unfortunately.”

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[1] martino, j. (5.14-1.22). the circle closes-in. book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

an ode to gover n. mental

an ode to gover n. mental [1]
by notta governor
 
stay out of my bedroom, mental
stay out of my bedroom, gov
i don’t want you watching (you are taxing me enough)

i don’t need you to tell me how to love and what to do
stay out of my bedroom, mental
we all know that you:

are govern-mental

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• i (honestly) don't care what people do in the privacy of their own privacy.  it doesn't matter (to me) if you are gay, lesbian, trans, flow... or even a they.

• it would only matter... if you are a we.

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[1] martino, j. (5.12-2.22). an ode to gover n. mental. book 110: my pussy hurts, too! © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.