{"id":31,"date":"2021-11-06T01:48:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T01:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boxwoodzen.com\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2025-12-02T08:22:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T08:22:43","slug":"passport-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/boxwoodzen.com\/?page_id=31","title":{"rendered":"Passport Thoughts (poems)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>These are free form poems of varying lines, punctuated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I never concern myself<br>with the last thing,<br>only the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Popeye used to help<br>people for free.<br>I suspect the spinach was actually rum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s more stereotypical<br>than a sailor<br>who likes to drink<br>and fight?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People often mistake<br>original for strange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of people don\u2019t know<br>that \u201ctha\u2019y\u201d is short form<br>of \u2018that\u2019 and \u2018they\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello clipboard my old<br>friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The never-ending battle<br>spanned beyond 15<br>seconds which is a<br>lifetime in a spar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018 You\u2019ll miss me when I\u2019m<br>gone!\u2019 Yelled the professional<br>pornographer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We all want to believe<br>the villain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daily ablutions before<br>bed is an important<br>ritual as it washes<br>away the toils of the<br>day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winningest strategy<br>of any group is to<br>move together. Every<br>atomic group eventually comes<br>together so moves together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We popped out of things<br>moving together.<br>They moved together<br>so hard that they created<br>time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bad news is that<br>my glass is empty.<br>the good news is that<br>my bottle is not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve always suspected<br>myself of being a<br>very talented country<br>music lyricist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winter is coming and<br>there\u2019s something terrifying<br>about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I get older I<br>understand what it<br>means to stiffen up<br>in the cold.<br>Horny Eskimo men have<br>been doing it for centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Snobs are probably<br>better at detecting<br>quality items from<br>poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intention is everything<br>in art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Double adjectives work<br>if you put the emphasis<br>on the right one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I heard of a<br>Man<br>who could climb<br>throughout the fabric<br>of time. He only<br>visits people on<br>vision quests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A man alone<br>once<br>made himself vulnerable<br>to the people around<br>him. That\u2019s your<br>religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One version has<br>happy ending and the other<br>makes you feel guilty.<br>\u2018Thanks a lot for killing<br>our savior, me!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We all victims should<br>get together and<br>support each other,<br>we all 9.7 billion<br>of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t get it<br>don\u2019t hate it.<br>I didn\u2019t get every<br>favourite art before I<br>loved it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If nobody ever calls<br>You a snob, your<br>tastes are entirely<br>too general,<br>It\u2019s important to get<br>snobby about some things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m on much better<br>terms with what I\u2019m<br>not than what I am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I guess they used a<br>train analogy down<br>there at the Conjunction<br>Junction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That which doesn\u2019t move<br>eventually gets covered<br>in dirt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018That was a fun<br>way to grow up.<br>On that big dusty mold<br>ball,\u2019 your 7th generation<br>grand child explained to<br>her grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be inspired by<br>the mundane is at<br>the soul of any artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>who is this?<br>who is this?<br>The answers to these<br>two questions will tell<br>you exactly who you are<br>right now and that you<br>need to change to the<br>other one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone spilled whine<br>on me again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuna can sounds like<br>it should be followed<br>by verb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you notice the<br>shadow or the grains<br>in the wood?<br>They\u2019ve always been<br>there but you\u2019re always<br>been dismissive of<br>them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dressed in sweaters.<br>All of the perfect products<br>dressed in sweaters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The joke was that the man<br>had become canned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re not challenging<br>yourself, you\u2019re stagnating.<br>Once that rotting process<br>begins, you\u2019re a victim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ll continue being<br>genuine,\u2019 she told of<br>her future plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A belly full of wine<br>is a wonderful substitute<br>for bellly full of<br>food, \u2018 The alcoholic<br>corrected his<br>prose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you had to<br>hang around with<br>yourself 24\/7 you\u2019d<br>go mad. The differences<br>are what make<br>us great friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How conflicted<br>would I feel about<br>a father like me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seek out he who<br>teaches outside of<br>the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Purchase some type<br>of industrial equipment\u2019<br>His industrialist grandfather<br>instructed him.<br>\u2018You\u2019ll find some use<br>for it,\u2019 we went on<br>further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shiva\u2019s destruction is<br>the great reset button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eating yogurt and<br>cheese together is<br>a little like eating<br>chicken and eggs<br>together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The little thing<br>moved because that<br>was the result of<br>all of those interactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each of our lives is<br>a strange life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inner thoughts, your mind<br>are infinite. Never forget<br>to explore your mind in times<br>of physical inactivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018I was the awkwardly<br>intimidating guy this<br>time round, eh?\u2019<br>Sean Connery asked God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not sure if<br>Jesus is funnier than<br>God or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why can I only see the<br>lesson in retrospect and<br>not in forethought?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The voice that overcomes<br>has its own way of<br>being projected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because<br>obsessed I am<br>blinded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>forethought didn\u2019t come<br>easy, I had to look<br>for antonyms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only they who recognize<br>obsession can<br>be free of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He made it a thing<br>of no things and that\u2019s<br>how we knew he was<br>our messah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are free form poems of varying lines, punctuated. I never concern myselfwith the last thing,only the next. Popeye used to helppeople for free.I suspect the spinach was actually rum. 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