my insinuated function

maybe

maybe she's born with it

maybe it's photoshop and a ballpoint pen

a nation is only an agreement

i though it would be good if i read this poem to you out loud. so here is a video of me reading it out loud.the full poem is also written below the video so you can read along.

 A Nation Is Only An Agreement

 

the land we claim is not ours

not the indian’s

not frozen caveman land

it does not belong to monkeys

or lucky amoebas 

once the ancient ideas

of Constitution

walked unmolested

huge in naked frames of sapphire and jade

they knew even in the safety of their centuries

that someone would eventually break

the oath

they could not stop the grinding of their bodies

after the war they hung as symbols

pretty gems on long gold chains

ornamenting

common human

chests

two barking dogs

a nation under (villanelle)

A Nation Under

think they not of God?

stand or lie and clutch their photographs

they fear the endless turning under sod

 
knowing then how bodies frail and odd

see no light no glint even a patch 

and think they not of God?

 
lives of wealth or beaten with the rod 

reason lost in taking other paths 

they fear ongoing eras under sod

 
men in daily nightmares forced and clawed 

lone in fields or manicured in packs 

and think they not of God?

 
speech of nonsense hate or pale applause 

crafted tales of love and blood now past

the brains stray fearing quiet centuries under sod but—

still some distinguish death with welcome awe

shed visage woven once of many masks

some thought to think and seek for gracious God

God: 

     who fears no slowly sinking under sod

born in blood, die in blood

Face (1996)

 

































see also: blades

dainty

the truth about god

nirvana

manhattan, 2008

victory and defeat

both victory and defeat can lead a person to inaction. victory through complacency, defeat through disappointment. the answer is not to shun victory, or to shun defeat (for these are the very instruments of progression), but to value character over outcome. 

do not do the best you can because you believe it will yield the desired result, but because you want to be a person who does the best he or she can. in this way, you can safeguard yourself from both demoralization and premature satisfaction.

adventures in texture

not to be confused with a text adventure.

heart room

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