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2021/4/30 #poetry today our society outputs a whole lot of noise a slew of garbage comes out of publishers and creators of all sorts prolific production but minuscule magnificence

digital platforms support massive eructations of word, sound, visual artifacts, “experiments”, remixes, and homework assignments all previously unpublishable now nothing is

we believe that society can sort it for us but it can't, that's a myth, an illusion, and a gamble so much is lost in the noise

the problem is that what's good is about what speaks to you and what speaks to you is about context and our context is all screwed up fractionated and splintered into 7000 shards per capita and marketers and media outlets huff and puff and whip them up into little wind devils cyclones of splinters and pablum

our cultural digestive system has been disemboweled what we are left with are frameworks for creating excitement every movie producer uses the same brand of plot thickener each film gets different flavors but all end up with the same consistency

in the bad old days we all shared One True Culture a different one for every place but each culture held together was cohesive was a culture

now we don't have a culture for society at all we have shared cultures between friends family cultures corporate cultures each siloed and on it's own they can't be shared because letting something out is just dumping it into the ocean of noise

in order to create sanity to bring it all together people must resort to making their own culture by producing their own work they can attract others that have at least that work as common knowledge that this works encourages them to make more work adding to the noise

this is not to say that the drive to create is the problem and this is not to say that the drive to share your work, or work you found meaningful, is the problem nor is it to say that we should all go back to enforced recitation of any particular theological or mythopoeic narrative just that perhaps some structure some order would help a bit

and also that if we did want to have a shared culture we'd have to address a key driver in all this fractionation and agree that copyright can't exist

Sets of sets some order describing as in delineating as in creating an outline a border of definition dividing what is within and without

Sets of sets a holding together of holdings together of elements

Sets of sets containing containers containing things

Sets of sets collections collected

Sets of sets

2021/4/29 #poetry in a shaft of sunlight from the window, half shaded sits a plant in a pot on a plate on the rug

every morning to keep it green and leafy in the plant pot is poured some water from a jug

after this thoughtful and well-meaning gesture it's caretaker sits by it with tea in a mug

even if busy they know to go slowly that the tea would be useless if drunk with a chug

2021/4/28 #poetry Guess what I did I did nothing I did nothing nothing nothing Guess what I did really nothing not even what you think is nothing I didn't sleep and I didn't blink My heart didn't beat and I didn't think no talking no eating no I didn't drink no nothing nothing really nothing Guess what I did nothing nothing I mean it I tell you I'm not bluffing nothing nothing nothing nothing

2021/4/27 #poetry It takes time not long, but it always seems that it has to acclimate or adapt You need that time to figure out just exactly what it is in your new environment that you can be dissatisfied with so that eventually, you can be just as uncomfortable as you were when you had had enough before

We make our tastes or choose to accept the ones that others give us and with those tastes we can know and point to what is distasteful

The satisfaction of attaining peace finding a new environment to inhabit one with none of the problems of the last can also be caught by accepting the itches those small faults that are just a matter of what you believe

Any location carries a set of compromises if you can find one that doesn't don't talk yourself out of staying

If you can't find one that doesn't you must realize that the numerous necessities of the many plans and interests that you carry make many different places ideal for various things but none for all

The conflict is within you and you can resolve it by putting your focus on a single priority

Or you can let life take you wherever it will allowing your personal preferences to melt off in the flow

2021/4/26 #poetry Have you seen it? Not to be missed, I say. You'd be sorry if you did. Penitent, perhaps. It's not here long. You only have this one chance. Don't dillydally. Nor tarry. Get in gear. Take charge. Take a chance. Make Us Proud! Well, maybe not, but make yourself proud. You'll be able to say: “I did it.” And you'd be correct. You would have. But only if you do. So don't delay. Make it happen. Execute the action. Conclude your course. Experience the experience... ...and live to tell about it. Set forth. Make the time. Act now. Fulfill. Implement. Effectuate. Go!

2021/4/25 #poetry 'Begin something new' it says A whole book with pithy sayings and illustrations not subtle meant to excite to inspire you to start to begin It looked cool, fun, and yes inspiring So I pulled it out of the box and took it home

But starting isn't my issue I've got no problem starting something new I need a book that says 'Begin again' 'Continue where you left off' 'Keep going, just like yesterday' There's probably a book like that out there but it wouldn't help I don't need inspiration or determination and certainly not self flagellation nor commitment nor merely a good plan to get myself to actually follow through and finish what I started before

Really, what would be best is if the book ate all the others if it only left the one that I needed on the shelf and if it removed my access to all the other things that weren't relevant to my task so that the only way out of boredom was not starting something new but restarting what still needed finishing

It probably wouldn't matter I'd turn the last remaining book upside down and practice reading that way then I'd see if I could turn the pages with my breath alone see if I could guess what page I was about to open to but then end up just reveling in the sound made from snapping the pages shut Snap Snap Snap until I decided that really I must not have been interested in doing this thing at all in the first place that I really don't want to do it after all and that now I will officially give up on it so that, you know, I can again be allowed to start something new

2021/4/24 #poetry Only when you can really see the shape of your impact will you know what you are then you will see that you are not confined to the worm shape that your body seems to trace through time then you will see that you really do connect, commune, commingle with all the rest then you will see that “you” itself is too small a container for your being then you will see that the values projected in the moment are only valid from such a limited perspective then you will see that the shape of your impact is inherently value free then you will see that the self you hold is made by holding then you will be

2021/4/23 #poetry Mixing mixing round and round I spin the spoon in the pot but when it is done I can't eat yet the food is still way too hot

It bubbles and pops for a minute more I wish it would cool down I have not eaten in hours My stomach makes gurgling sounds

It will be good, I know, I know A treat worth waiting for but it's hard to wait when you're hungry the sensation is no cinch to ignore

The key to success is distraction I must avoid burning my tongue I remind myself that it has happened When I've done it before it has stung

I move on to other ideas about things I'll do later today and then almost before I know it the food is now cooled, hooray!

This pattern I know will repeat again It's not something I can avoid but as long as I follow this outline at least I can be less annoyed

2021/4/22 #poetry Maybe this will not be the only sentence you read today, but if it is, I hope that the words do not get in the way.

2021/4/21 #poetry How it goes isn't always fun isn't always easy isn't always interesting isn't always pleasant isn't always exciting isn't always nice isn't always pretty isn't always quick isn't always simple isn't always what you want but it is always a ride

A monster lives in my basement it's made out of eyeballs and hair it's been trapped in a sturdy encasement for many a many a year

You really shouldn't go down there It's not something you want to see It's not about if it will cause fear just that everyone should leave it be

Even if you decide to trudge down it won't be that easy to find and what will you get once it is found? I think that you should change your mind

The door is unable to open it's locked and the key is long gone Besides the stairway is broken and the lights will not even turn on

I'm starting to get the impression that you have an unwavering need you will not respond to suggestion you keep asking for us to proceed

I'm trying my best to deter you convince you that you should turn back I don't know what it is that I should do to get you to give up on this track

There's nothing down there that I'm hiding you can go on in if you dare you will not respond to my guiding I'm starting to fail to care

Take your time searching, be cautious try not to let anything out I'm heading outside since I'm nauseous I won't help so don't bother to shout