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In this moment, I imagine myself in a space pod,

Some sort of coffin-shaped device on a ship moving through space. It is not important where I am or where I’m going. What is important are the tubes on the outside of my space pod that are part of the design because they are what connects me to the ship. The thing about these tubes… Continue reading In this moment, I imagine myself in a space pod,

H A R P S I C H O R D

(strings!) It was never in the cards for Youbecause it was never in the starsyour destiny was doomed before the startthat’s why You could never tell them apartI’m speaking now about the dark and the lighter parts of your heart,the arc of your character’s self-destructive trajectoryas we run back over your charts Hark! Two angels, cloaked,… Continue reading H A R P S I C H O R D

X O X O S E O

let us create empathy like cold cuts wholesale we’ll double up the interface is sticky the back end is tricky what’s in a thumb that’s pointed up comments comfort cuddle the rush they get from seeing likes is intracranial recondite a desktop was needed thus reality was seeded put simply God is creation experienced the… Continue reading X O X O S E O

A N G L E R F I S H

The last thing you can clearly recall is sitting in your living room, watching TV. You’re in the dark, in your boxers. You’re holding a beer. For a brief moment the image you have in your head feels cheap, overwritten — something you’ve seen in a movie or a show somewhere. But this is you.… Continue reading A N G L E R F I S H

From San Bernardino, With Love

Everyone’s an expert, on this side of townRed, Orange, YellowBlack, White, BrownThe sound of the meat machinePassin’ in the roundsThe burden of the hype manTellin’ folks to pipe down Everyone’s an expert, on this side of townChoppers choppin’ chunks of flesh flyingDownPumped and flexedThumb erectRight behind the neckClowns sit and text electsCrisp new suit with… Continue reading From San Bernardino, With Love

Your Country is Run by Rich People Who Pay Powerful People to Control Poor People

It really was a coup d’état — truly a corporate one, Chris Hedges Now sweat sticks to my country’s head like acid rain on window ledges If you hedged your bets on betting before the housing bubble’s bloodletting, that means there’s a good chance you met William & Hillary Clinton at one of Ted Cruz’s pool… Continue reading Your Country is Run by Rich People Who Pay Powerful People to Control Poor People

Pascal Walks Ahead of Me

Pascal walks ahead of me. We walk alike. This scene is a simulation, he explains. He is me, but from a different (earlier) timeline, and he has made it his mission to reach me here, in this timeline, (TIMELINE #295-6220-MA) to tell me something he understands to be really important and that he knows I… Continue reading Pascal Walks Ahead of Me

C O R N D O G

now, come over herestand there — right therestand next to me;this thing we’re looking atdivides water routes,nuclear scientists call it an estuary;the elements of the weather can only be understood by fairiesand that’s only after they’ve studied every cloudinside and outbut I brought you here to discuss cows,the ones that go inside your mouth:the meats.… Continue reading C O R N D O G

detained and arrested for disturbing the peace in the beautiful, the penultimate — the age of Aquarius

— president’s on 5th Avenue, can of refried beans in his hands, anyrequests for refills of hand sanitizers have been jammed up and back-ordered, andthe logistics for delivering all of this shit might as well be in anagrams that someone wrapped in pentagrams, posted to Instagram rasterized and then pixelated so that any attempt to… Continue reading detained and arrested for disturbing the peace in the beautiful, the penultimate — the age of Aquarius