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2020-10-23
what if we humans
are the most miserable lifeforms
in the universe?
given the size and amount
of everything....
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2020-10-21
if you take
the brain science
seriously
, and i do,
than you cannot....
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2020-10-20
the things i wish for
are not huge,
but they might as well be.
the way of this world
is to punish those....
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2020-10-18
put me on the side of
those who do not think
that getting old
is the most glorious thing
life does for us.
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2020-10-16
so of course
on the day
when i brag
a ha ha!
i am doing....
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2020-10-15
i am too close
to myself to see
the impact
of day by day.
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2020-10-13
it’s not mandatory
that i be
irritated, angry, or
upset all the damn time.
no one requires....
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2020-10-12
power & wealth
(and really,
aren’t they
two sides of
the same tarnished....
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2020-10-11
my world
without god
is a place
in which
i may be able....
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2020-10-10
another day.
i’m held prisoner
in dank cells
of what was
and what wasn’t.
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2020-10-7
waking up
7 minutes
before the alarm
goes off
is a bit annoying....
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2020-10-4
i get confused
by the irony
of life:
the days crawl by
and they are so....
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2020-10-2
gloating over the misfortune
of someone who deserves
to suffer misfortune
does not do me
a lot of good.
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2020-9-30
the Buddha
didn’t use the word
disappointment
to describe life,
but he could have.
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2020-9-29
my efforts will
always be
second-rate
and i’m cool
with that.
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2020-9-28
i wake
to quiet panic,
my thoughts
of all the
terrible things....
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2020-9-25
i wonder what
WS Merwin
is doing this morning.
i wonder if
WS Merwin....
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2020-9-24
on angry mornings like this,
i hate being reminded
of the right thing to do.
i that that it’s my own mind
reminding me: release the anger.
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2020-9-23
the ancient brain
that helped humans
survive thousands of years
of saber-toothed tigers
and hostile clans of others....
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2020-9-22
the first thing to go
when i get to the part
known as
editing the poem
is anything that could be....
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2020-9-21
my dreams
are simple enough.
perhaps
that’s the problem.
suppose....
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