Poems and posts about life, creativity, and God
once a cat,now a carcass. tattered fur matted to rotting flesh.alabaster bones exposed,crushed into fragments. entrails strewn out along the lane marker,sticky and congealed.parts of you traveled on,even after death,tire marks leading away from the crime sceneinto the night. all 9 lives consumed at once. once preyed on birds,now preyed on by birds. lone wanderer…
the bell over the doorchimesas it opens and closes.upbeat music playsfrom scattered speakersover the dinof casual conversationand scraping chairs. abstract artandburlap bags arepinned to the walls. on the shelves:fresh baked goodsbehind clean, transparent glass—windowed rows ofglazed sugar confectionsandshiny, ventedheat-sealed bagsof Arabica coffeepacked into rowslike soldiers. also:gleaming metal tumblersand glistening ceramic mugs. the line gathers, andthe…
the air compressor chugs,reh-duh-duh-duh.the drum spins and hums,wwuunnnnnnnnnnnn.the afterburner sucks airlike a smoker,she-ooh she-ooh she-ooh.the softhissssssssssof air escaping hoses.rrrreeeeeeeeeeeennngoes the gas intake,then,the click-click-click-FWOOSHof gas being litby the ignitor.the soft crack-popof beans splitting open(chasms to vent the steam).the low hmmmmmmmof fan motorscirculating air. a cacophony of fabrication.a symphony of apparatus.a mechanical orchestra of machinery. ### This…
I remember seeing this adfor an online coursethat taught you how towrite eBooksand make money selling them. the biggest selling point was…you didn’t write the books. you’d outsource the book writingto someone elsefor a nominal fee,then list the bookunder a pseudonymand collect the royalties. this guy had done ithundreds of times,and made thousands a monthin…
my daughter handed mea mostly empty,partially crushed,soda can and said,“look what I won today.” I replied: what? an empty can?wasted engine metal?hollow aluminum shell of carbonated acid?congealed remains of diabetes and heart disease?cylindrical container of unnecessary vice?corn syrup confectioned capitalism?a billboard of athletes that don’t consume it?150 empty, body rejecting calories?12 oz of brown death,…