polemic (Remove filter)
Having exhausted most troubleshooting options
for democrats everywhere,
Nov. 2024
General alarm: the inside
of the machine is very dirty,
and although we thought
the optimum temperature reached,
still the light hasn't come on.
We assumed we were
plugged into the mains,
but the descaling procedure
has failed; the water retains
its hardness, and because we're not
correctly positioned, we have to adj...
Monday 11th November 2024 10:39 am
Rain Men
White nights,
white nights...
I'm colourblind.
Kind of like to think I know
why we stand solid,
struck dumb by perennial sadness;
and the salient points,
burst like bubbles in smoked air;
clasped to the breast
that sinks as seconds lengthen
even beyond reason for purge.
Beyond the clouds that fall,
in spirals, now thick moistened rope;
we are given base,
...Monday 21st September 2015 11:41 pm
Second Song
(How many roads?)
Stood on the banks of a stream with forces amassed, looking on towards the journey-defining second decade of adulthood.
A man must have the presence of mind, the perspicacity to acknowledge himself and hence possess the ability to adapt. For consciousness of the need to change is assailed perpetually by deluge of implacable ego. The desire to be right is lazy and disingenuo...
Monday 14th September 2015 11:43 pm
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