Thursday, May 28, 2020

Grandfather Would Say:


“the wilderness was solace or wires such telling archives. to evince is impossible so qualified where critical thought is absolute distrust. to paint pictures to plant a platypus our minds becoming wolves. so tender but rough or so open for some so hellish on color. to abide as polite to perish for self where others hear heartbeats. I would search in vain for something human where I was met with vanity. I would feel like forests or frantic a star so accursed to die here. a Bud Light a pack of cloves or more bloodwork. I see jubilee, or such intentional laughter, while a man is cursed to see subtleties. deliberate shifts. our rights so important. while a magician promised immortality. so much to need essence so gentle to let go where privacy shows society altering good people. we’re bombarded the catapult is innocence while every number speaks to insanity. a genetic hostage a presidential hazard while might is such a dangerous creature. the death of us. those whales we harvest. while people die in America.
“Rome for me or Grease for us or logos by privilege. our mistakes. our foolish pains. while it depends upon correct analyses. they thought us dead. we took to syntax. we read relentlessly. it seems difficult. it becomes training. while many have little respect for books. it silences time. such a need for relaxation. especially, On Powdered Ground.

“we write prolifically. we sense something unspoken. we make terrible bloopers.”

I’d Save The Reader Years

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