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It Burns!!!

Deep Purple - "Burn"

XTC - "Burning With Optimism's Flame"

Talking Heads - "Burning Down The House"

Ministry - "Burning Inside"

April Wine - "Crash And Burn"

Rocket From The Crypt - "Burnt Alive"

Midnight Oil - "Beds Are Burning"

Battleaxe - "Burn This Town"

The Cure - "Burn"

Nine Inch Nails - "Burn"

Dokken - "Paris Is Burning"

Twisted Sister - "Burn In Hell"

Elliott - "Dionysus Burning"

Fugazi - "Burning"

Robert Plant - "Burning Down One Side"

Someday I - "The Sun Will Burn Out"

David Bowie - "Slow Burn"

The Clash - "London's Burning"

REO Speedwagon - "Keep The Fire Burning"

Judas Priest - "Burnin' Up"

Elvis Presley - "Burning Love"

Bloodhound Gang - "Fire Water Burn"

Blue Oyster Cult - "Burnin' For You"

Venom - "Don't Burn The Witch"

Bauhaus - "Burning From The Inside"

It feels like the world is burning down outside... so get inside, get cooled off and listen to some songs to help you forget about the heat... or not. Youtube links in the song titles. Burn up the comments with anything I missed! Enjoy. Stay hydrated. Stay cool!

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Mayan builders reached for the heavens

While priests fed the fields with blood

Sacrifice for rain gods to grow the crops

A ballgame being played with a risk

Sharp blades the fate of the losers

Highly advanced language

A calendar fit for modern times

Skilled artisans among them

Divine rulers over all

A decline over time

The touch or Cortez

Brought death and conquest

Yet some of their grand pyramids remain

A lingering sign of a lost empire

Buildings unrivaled today

As steel and concrete

Can't compete

With stone structures

Built for the Gods

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CHICHÉN ITZÁ - MEXICO

[yousavorthis]

dean doing the clothes shopping whenever sammy outgrows whatever he’s got. he lurks around the local walmart, putting the charm on heavy when the lady stocking shelves looks his way.

he sneaks a set of girls underwear into his jacket, carries on like normal, and when he gets back to the motel-of-the-week and tosses them onto the bed, sammy mumbles a thanks with rosy cheeks and thumbs the fabric, soft to the touch.

dean’s been buying sam girls underwear since he graduated from pull-ups, claimed they were always the easiest to sneak out of the package and hide, stuff in his pocket—smaller, thinner, less bulky.

and all of that’s true, but dean can’t deny the gut churning thrill that crawls up his ribs whenever sammy’s shirt rucks up at the hem and he can see that pink trim dotted with that cute little bow, taut over his hips. can’t deny the way his stare lingers, chases the waistband over his stomach, across a hipbone, eyes stuck right beneath the dimples at the base of his spine. it’s maddening, how bad he wants to rip at those ratty sweatpants, yank them down and fill his hands with pretty pink and baby soft skin.

that night, it’s hot as all hell and the ceiling fans broken, dad’s out at a bar and they can’t sleep. sammy’s frustrated, sweaty and exhausted. and dean’s heart flips and nearly bursts on the spot when sammy shuffles off the side of the bed, pushes his shorts down those long legs and kicks them to the side.

and all at once there it is: his sammy, naked, save for those little pink panties dean eyed up in the store, slipped into his jacket, all for his baby brother.

sam climbs back into bed, flops onto his stomach and burys that messy bed head into the pillow. and god dean can barely control himself, wants to reach out and trace fingertips down the curve of his spine, dig blunt nails into the skin of his hips and drag, drag until he catches on that pink elastic.

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The Struggle

.

Everyone is fighting

A battle within their head

A personal struggle

To swim and not sink

To stay safe

To stay awake

To stay sane

To stay sober

To stay confident

To stay strong

To stay alive

To just survive

We must remember this

Anytime we interact with others

Respect their boundaries

Support their goals

Just being polite

And friendly

To a stranger one day

Might be the difference

Between them winning

Or losing the war within

So help them out

And lend a hand

Be a good person

Be a good friend

.

[amrv-5]

Trying 2 conform to extremely feminine presentation for this summer's Frilly Romantic Garden Party Wedding Parade has put the final nail in coffin of gender deniability for me I think. Every photo of dress comparison I have taken makes me nauseated + I look deadeyed and miserable + hate the way I look and feel even in clothes people say are really nice / flattering + do not recognize self in any Girlmoding Photos. Nice to realize how much more joy I get out of my usual / daily presentation compared to the artificial Performance Hell though. Kinda scared but deciding to start to openly socially transitioning... making a couple appts + going to talk to some IRL people shortly yaaaaay

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My poem (Observations) made it to the Everyone Hates Poetry Final ten! - read these and vote for the one you like best! Only vote once!

Everyone Hates Poetry 2024

Here are the finalists, please do not feel bad if you are not here. That doesn't mean your poem was bad or no one voted for it. This is an imperfect system. There were a lot of submissions and most people probably did not read all of the 90 poems. This was an experiment but most things like this have elements of being popularity contests based on things other than merit, like exposure, popularity of the author etc.

Please vote for your favorite poem. Please only vote once because previously we had people voting multiple times and this time I am going to have to disqualify poems where this happens.

Congratulations to all of you for producing some work and getting it read. People got something out of what you did whether you ended up winning or not. I've read some pretty terrible poems in the New Yorker, on occasion. It's good to remember tastes vary widely.

Everyone Hates Poetry 2024 Finalists

The Sky's Back in Blue

Observations

A Good Honest Poem

It is a Kind of Animal Sacrifice

Threnody for Alchemists

When You Have Words I'll be Waiting to Hear Them

Death of an Erotic Photographer

Wasn't There

Skin in the Game

Come Seek Us Once You Become Human

[myauditionfordrphil]

My man just landed and decided to set the whole internet on fire by wearing a tshirt with morse code that literally translates to "one last time" 😭😭😭

[lucifersincentivetosleep]

My Lucifer shaker charm came!

The colors on the charm are a lot more deep and vibrant than I managed to capture in the video(sorry for the hand reflection).

I guess Lucifer hates being in photos so much he cursed my camera.

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My birthday cake today!!!

[lokh]

kind of wish I was back on like. bodybuilder levels of T

[c-kiddo]

hey girl i mean they

[video description: a 5 second clip of a beach that quickly pans up to show a propellor plane flying low overhead.]

[doyourememberrocknrollradio]

WHORES. - QUITTER'S FIGHT SONG

[big-low-t]

At this point of my life I have a lot in common with Mr. Sasquatch. I’m mostly referring to the celibate part because he is a lot better looking than me!

[cherrysnax]

I wish my gender was easier for me to talk about

[isdalinarhot]

I mean don’t get me wrong I LOVE LOVE LOVE my low range expanding getting more comfortable etc I wouldn’t trade it for the world. But when I’m singing along to songs by altos and tenors and whatnot I do feel a touch bitter that my upper range is going away. Like I wanna sing that bit of your song without dropping an octave below but unfortunately I am now the B of SATB. I thought I would be Freddy Mercury!!!!!!‼︎ but I’m not I’m Ringo Starr!!!!!!!!!!‼︎ sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!‼︎

[tankgotstuckinthecircusgate]

play with fire by the rolling stones is my roman empire tbh