You drift, and before you know it, a decade Aging creeps up on you Ever unfairly But getting things done Feeling the burn Tired, tired Tired of waste Unable to stop Rubberizing your liver Strengths are manifold Weaknesses are crushing The magic medicine doesn’t work Filtering through the vibes Soldiering to your own beat Coming […]
Curving Space
Of all there was we were one But multiplicities abounded The universe shattered into an infinity of jewels Curving around back on itself In the most intricate and vast of ways We looked out on it in awe The Scopes Monkey Trial notwithstanding Feeling your way to a resolution of apotheosis
DRAFT: Natural Numbers
Originally posted on O at the Edges:
Natural Numbers One is the instant, part and parcel of the original. Look, your open hand contains all; close it, and find infinity. God created the natural numbers, patterns within patterns within patterns, shaping order. Look closely and see wheels spinning in sequence, drafting through each other’s space…
Vanessa German: I will just call you artist
Originally posted on Vox Populi:
i told darrien. i do not wish to call him.nigga.even tho he said that it is ok. i said. i prefer. richer descriptive language when it comes to one as.wise and miraculous as you are. i will just call you. artist. n then he say. you iz. so dramatic. you…
Don’t call me a good mother
Originally posted on A Leaf in Springtime:
Don’t call me a good mother. For being good somehow means doing all the “right things”. And to be honest, I’m not necessarily all that concerned about doing the “right things”. I’m more concerned about doing the brave thing. The thing that is needed to be done even…
Are You An Anthropocentrist?
Originally posted on Laura Grace Weldon:
? Paradise, by Gillis d’Hondecoeter circa 1575 When I was growing up we were taught humans were at the top of every chart, far superior to all other living beings. Our textbooks, illustrated with stereotypical images of “cave men,” proved the assertion with a long list of what our species…
Nuggets
Originally posted on Dark Matter:
Originally posted 1/7/2006. 1. i was 15 a man grabbed me from behindi turned and cut himdid not stop to see what happenedran as fast as i could back to the party two friends helped mescrub off the bloodsomeone elselent me a shirt i went home that nightmy parents never knew i have watched…
Marc Jampole: New Kansas law picks the pockets of the poor
Originally posted on Vox Populi:
New Kansas law picks the pockets of the poor while humiliating them in the process. When Republicans support or pass a law to address a non-problem, they usually have an ulterior motive. Take the slew of recent state laws making it harder to vote. The stated rationale behind these laws…
James Keye: Wake up to your Myths, America!
Originally posted on Vox Populi:
. I created this list of “American Myths” 25 years ago thinking that some significant part of the people would begin to understand them over time. What seems to be happening is that the country is dividing into those who cling with increasing aggression to these myths as others realize…
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A slight jamming of the machines Huff turn thrust push turn Pick up push turn huff thrust push Push push turn push push A sin to relate this I am no public representative A slight return and the induct job Pickup scan turn drop repeat Turn walk Pickup scan turn drop repeat 1000 an hour […]
Lost in Mist 