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2020-5-8
that’s what i need!
a serum,
like in a bad sf movie
where the mad scientist
never needs to sleep again....
a serum,
like in a bad sf movie
where the mad scientist
never needs to sleep again....
2020-5-7
there’s no reason
i have to do this.
there’s no reason
i have to do anything.
the beauty of choice.
i have to do this.
there’s no reason
i have to do anything.
the beauty of choice.
2020-5-6
it’s never going to be perfect.
win the powerball & have millions,
and i’ll still burn the toast,
stub my toe,
say something stupid out loud....
win the powerball & have millions,
and i’ll still burn the toast,
stub my toe,
say something stupid out loud....
2020-5-4
trying to take seriously
that everything i learned
to take seriously
was wrong.
the only serious thing....
that everything i learned
to take seriously
was wrong.
the only serious thing....
2020-5-2
there are troubling signs
that the things
i have long depended on
for the soft reassurance
that my life....
that the things
i have long depended on
for the soft reassurance
that my life....
2020-4-29
the whole idea of “life”
is pretty irritating to me
these days.
what’s the point
of years of struggle....
is pretty irritating to me
these days.
what’s the point
of years of struggle....
2020-4-25
but i don’t want it to rain today!
i wanna ride my bike today
and i’ll ride my bike in the rain
but i don’t wanna
ride my bike in the rain!
i wanna ride my bike today
and i’ll ride my bike in the rain
but i don’t wanna
ride my bike in the rain!
2020-4-24
pinning my hopes
on the stuff i can buy
never works out
as well as i hope.
if i were rich....
on the stuff i can buy
never works out
as well as i hope.
if i were rich....
2020-4-20
getting serious about life
after 63-plus years
of aimless wandering,
not to mention
too many snacks....
after 63-plus years
of aimless wandering,
not to mention
too many snacks....
2020-4-15
in my sleep
i called forth the aliens.
i slept
and my sleep
was angry and vengeful.
i called forth the aliens.
i slept
and my sleep
was angry and vengeful.
2020-4-14
i’m one of the people
who would rearrange
the deck chairs
on the Titanic.
it’s not that i don’t care....
who would rearrange
the deck chairs
on the Titanic.
it’s not that i don’t care....
2020-4-11
humans being humans,
or so they say,
sit & wish & hope
this things goes away.
covid 19.
or so they say,
sit & wish & hope
this things goes away.
covid 19.
2020-4-11
let’s say
(just for the sake of argument)
let’s say
(and i’m just spitballin’ here)
let’s say....
(just for the sake of argument)
let’s say
(and i’m just spitballin’ here)
let’s say....
2020-3-31
i’m trying to find
that sweet spot between
the ultimate emptiness of life
and a reason to bother
remaining alive.
that sweet spot between
the ultimate emptiness of life
and a reason to bother
remaining alive.
2020-3-23
being home is hard
because you want to go out:
work, play, everything
that is, that was
your life.
because you want to go out:
work, play, everything
that is, that was
your life.
2020-3-18
being part of history
is rarely as glamorous
as it seems
when you’re not
being part of history.
is rarely as glamorous
as it seems
when you’re not
being part of history.
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