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“The ground is sinking, Elevator lacking buttons Over Basement, Lobby.” Full Poem thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2026/09/wear... #poet #poetry

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Some lovers prove Too much to carry. Muscles of my arms are tearing.” Full Poem thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2026/09/spik... #poet #poetry

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Spiked

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I think blondes know I’m not into them. My god, they’re always hitting on me. Where are all the brunettes and redheads? Leaving me be… 😞

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“I understand. The cage was biting In your arms quite hard. You’re free. You want to play.” Full Poem thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2026/09/unde... #poet #poetry

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Thanks to Google Calendar, I realize I met my ex 15 years ago today. Magical night, disastrous relationship.

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

On a whim, a friend and I caught Heart of the Beast tonight. Why did I do this to myself? This is not a good movie and features the worst needless flashbacks in a long time…

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Keep walking, L. Nothing to see here.

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Whenever I hear about good people acting in Hollywood, nobody mentions Pierce Brosnan. Everything I read leads me to believe he is a stellar human. I hope I never find out otherwise.

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Recent Theater Movies Resident Evil *** The Weight *** Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom *** Blade Runner 2049 (2917) **** Blade Runner (1982) ****

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s parents weekend at my local university, so lots of people near my age around my college neighborhood. I’ll soon meet a friend for both Blade Runner films at the theater. Why I planned this during the invasion of single mothers, I’ll never know. None too smart… (Friend’s pretty, though.)

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“I'll stand beneath your window, Totally oblivious inside the freezing rain, And sing my love in careful stanzas, Poetry unworthy your bewitching Hypnotizing eyes…” Full Poem thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2026/09/gest... #poet #poetry

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Gestures Lyrical

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The newly redesigned Apple Clock’s Timers display is a complete disaster. You don’t have to change elements working well for the sake of change, Apple!

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“I liked it on the other side, The slyest smiles, Slightly smudged remarks, The bold abiding touches, Nudges pressing skin to skin.” Full Poem thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-... #poet #poetry

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I finally figured out why I was in such a rare, rotten mood yesterday, and I don’t like it. Today, though, is already more revved and colorful, so raise your arms and lift your feet as we speed along!

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

She has somewhat large boobs, but they’re sad. She has the saddest boobs in the world.

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The higher the definition on my camera’s phone, the uglier I get.

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If this asshole in training says, “I’m dumb. I’m the short bus driver,” one more time, I’m going to punch his redneck hillbilly face square in the center of his ugly beard.

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“You bend all light Into your eyes A gravity that flaunts all other mass. I dig my heels And feel my body sliding Despite my fight.” Full Poem thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2026/09/suck... #poet #poetry

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Suck

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“You sneak a bite, Another, Then it steals a bite of you.” Full Poem thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2026/09/more... #poet #poetry

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I hate screwing up my sleep schedule for the workweek so early, but… but …the theater is showing Duck Soup for one night only tomorrow… 🥺

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Recent Theater Movies The Dog Stars ** Hope *** Don’t look Back in Anger *** The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1958) ****

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

As somebody who hates old stupid lazy cliches, I ignore people the moment they talk about throwing somebody under the bus.

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I was the only person in today’s showing of Don’t Look Back in Anger, thus reliving in 2026 what it was like being a huge Britpop fan in 1994 America.

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

For dinner, I enjoyed three open-faced hummus sandwiches and half my tongue.

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“Tell me more about the weather. Will it really rain? Your cheeks are slightly reddish purple. Do you truly want to know me?” Full Poem thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2026/09/shif... #poet #poetry

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Shifted

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

9/11 made us victims, and then it made us ugly. We backed a war in its name which had nothing to do with it. We built a surveillance state. We embraced torture & Guantánamo Bay. And in our need to remember the horrors we survived, we promptly forgot the ones we unleashed. Never forget indeed.

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“The ladies care nothing for wit or creativity. Even smarter ones are dating athletes. Pretty women are no longer reading poetry.” Full Poem thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2026/09/read... #poet #poetry

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Reading Poetry

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“She whispersings my name As if a secret psalm. Her fingers ride my palm Beneath a slight pretext Of telling all my future days.” Full Poem thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2026/09/knee... #poet #poetry

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Knees

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“The air is bored and aged.” Full Poem thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2026/09/drai... #poet #poetry

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Draining

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I’m sitting here with the lights out and the window shade open. I’m watching the rain and listening to my Belle & Sebastian playlist.

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Recent Theater Movies By Any Means * 1/2 Buddy *** Coyote vs. Acme *** Akira (1988) *** The Searchers (1956) **** A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) ****

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I’ll never understand why, as a boy in his early teens who had never even had a girlfriend, I was so obsessed with what I now recognize as divorce songs.

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

For being such a hot guy, there is definitely not enough nudity in my life.

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I will answer no questions about me and my ex-wife Carole Lombard.

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I live alone, so I often cook without any clothes on, but tonight, dear friends, I sliced some hot peppers, and o lord, I have made a horrible mistake.

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“You slurped like soup A spoonful of the moon, Its light, mysterious, Escapes your narrowed eyes Beguiling.” Full Poem thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2026/08/thir... #poet #poetry

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Third

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

“Her language does away with words And speaks a poetry of hidden yearnings. She is nothing I imagined, Frightening, exciting.” Full Poem thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2026/08/she.... #poet #poetry

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Recent Theater Movies Mutiny ** Tony ** 1/2 The Magic Faraway Tree *** Train to Busan (2016) *** 1/2 Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma ****

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The Magic Faraway Tree is partly a typical film about a city family moving to the country. However, sections were obviously created by the Krofft Brothers on the strongest trippy drugs known to humanity. It’s nuts. Of course, I enjoyed it.

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

With all my life, how am I just discovering in the last two years how much women in glasses turn me on?

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The woman at the bar wouldn’t stop smelling my shoulder and arm through my shirt and demanding to know what delicious scent I was wearing. (I don’t own any cologne or aftershave - It was just Dove soap and me.)

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

“I'm keeping watch across the door, Standing in the rain You're falling free in love, Time lapse photography. The moments fast, Remembered leisurely.” Full Poem thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2026/08/unde... #poet #poetry

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Undeveloping

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

“When I am lost, My mind will stray about Until the harsh contrasts Relax and melt, Revealing narrow eyes That scatter shades ambivalent…” Full Poem thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2026/08/laye... #poet #poetry

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Layers

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

For no obvious reason, I endured a rare bout of gloominess and being quite down on myself last night. Well, goodbye to all of that! I’m showing that nonsense the door…

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I honestly don’t feel like The Criterion Channel is even trying in September.

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

“It is nothing like The nights we both Were younger, Kisses drier, Cotton crisper Than your pleats Now puddled On the carpet.” Full Poem thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2026/08/tomo... #poet #poetry

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Tomorrow

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

“And to you, It's just a stop for gas. You think my ass is cute, My hair's endearingly too long.” Full Poem thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2026/08/ade.... #poet #poetry

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Ade

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

When I started my yoga this morning, a sharp persistent pain suddenly made me worry my appendix was about to burst. Then I remembered my rough core workout last night and realized it was just my side stomach muscle cramping. A few minutes later, the stretching resumed. =whew=

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L. Bangs @lbangs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Recent Theater Movies Ice Cream Man 1/2 * Super Troopers 3 * 1/2 The End of Oak Street ** One Night Only *** The Rivals of Amziah King *** 1/2 The Piano (1993) ****

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