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andru235 gilded frescos behind
tapestries, draped
clung'd to th' ceiling

a velvet carpet
twinged with ribbons

here she was, in the great
in the great
in the great
hall of grand compassion

the disciples of compassion stood
in their alcoves
in their nooks
in their alcoves
waiting

waiting to empathize
with her,
with you,
with him or her

the statues, the paintings
she took it all in,
with a breath
with a wisp of inhaled oxyonitrate mix

her life swirled
in her mind
the joy and the pain
the agonies and the esc-key presses

with a gasp, she collapsed
onto her knees
weeping
tears a-flow'ng

the disciples came
from their nooks
from their crannies
they lifted her
by the arms

and forced her from the hall
out into the streaming sunlight

they shut door behind her
while she stood outside, stun'd
turning, she tried to open
the doors to the hall of great compassion

but the disciples had called
the acolytes
to come and barricade the door

she frowned, and began to circle
the hall of great compassion
built with brick and mortar

she gave the wall
of the hall
a kick to the brick

then, there,
for her eyes only
a secret passage
revealed itself

but she stomped away,
and wrote a letter
the next day

"dear disciples of the hall of great compassion,

"it was very rude the way you forcibly removed me out yesterday. i was mad and i kicked your wall and i found a secret passage but guess what? huh? guess what?

"i did not *use* the secret passage, because you are a bunch of stupid APES. you are punctilious BRUTS.

"however, i have decided to forget the whole matter; apparently i just reached level 6963 and now have 64,754,86 hit points.

"besides, i know the location of the_corridors_of_super_gracefulness. so there!

"sincerely,
Mrs. McVildernook"

the acolytes,
the disciples,
the paragons
of great compassion's hall
read this letter
and wept

oh,
how they loved Mrs. McVildernook!

fortune,
pendulum of chanciness,
smiled then, 'pon the acolytes
the disciples
the acolytes

Mrs. McVildernook
carried not grudges;
she was back again,
one month later

it seems that she
has allergries
and grudges
make her sneeze
and grudges
make her barbeque things
and grudges
ruin her enjoyment of orgasms

let this
be a lesson to you




























































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unhinged .

(miss you dru)
181225
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Doar . 190102
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unhinged turns out to be closer to home than i thought:

seattle public transit
190109
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Doar Inquiring minds must know U, are you talking about Andru or the Hall of Compassion? 190910
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unhinged i wish i was talking about dru but i actually meant the hall of compassion :p


around the time i wrote that, in one day i had two experiences on public transit that took my breath away. the first one me and the person i was dating at the time got on the bus to go downtown for breakfast and this woman clearly high on opiates cleared a seat for me to sit next to her. she got pissed at me for touching her because it seemed like she was going to call over trying to pick her stuff up out of the aisle on a bus going 60mph on the highway and most of the commuters around me were disapprovingly silent yet clearly watching the entire thing.

on my way home the same day an older drunk lady asked to sit next to me and started spilling her guts so i put my phone away and listened to her. as i moved to get off the bus she told me that she was seriously contemplating killing herself that day but my interest in listening to her changed her mind. she gave me a beer from the six pack in her reusable bag and i gave her a big hug.

i kept that beer in my fridge for months as a reminder
190910
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Doar Always a good soul unhinged.

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201213
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unhinged some crazy shit went down for me this week

perfect_timing


thanks for the reminder doar
201213
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Doar Your are always welcome.

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201215
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daf :) Reminds me of something I wrote after a shift driving a bus back in 2004:

"There is an old woman who rides my bus every Thursday and Friday. She smiles when she sees my face in the mirror and I smile right back, because her riveting elation commands a response in kind. It's something to see her face light up when she laughs as we go around the turns. She rides to the end of the run and back the other way, getting off where she began. Oh she gets her money's worth, and although her English isn't good at all, she still smiles and waves goodbye. I smile and kneel the bus for her, then waving, I tell her I'll see her again tomorrow(or next week if it's a Friday.) She nods her head and turns to go. As she heads toward the front door to her home (for the developmentally disabled), I can't help but wish her well in my heart because she's such a special soul. All of the impairment in the world couldn't hide a light like that."

Same goes for you, do0d.
201215