Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: fediverse/1812 ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐ ║ work isn't special. The only thing truly unique about humans is our ideas and │ ║ our intentions. Action potential is best left to the machines, imho, so we │ ║ should prioritize that as much as possible. │ ║ │ ║ once infrastructure is in place, it's fine with a bit of maintenance. So why │ ║ don't we all live in the garden of babel? Errr hanging gardens of bablenonya, │ ║ as it used to be called. │ ║ │ ║ why not? │ ║ │ ║ because that guy over there doesn't want to do what you say. Because that guy's │ ║ a little pissed that you'd say rude things to his face, in his house. Because │ ║ all of the things you never meant to do, but still do, you're gonna end up in a │ ║ fight. │ ║ │ ║ and fights are competition. And competitions have real stakes. │ ║ │ ║ Unless, of course, you used your mind instead of your body and heart. │ ║ │ ║ Minds can think thoughts as much as we please. It's the one true thing we most │ ║ are! Because it is utterly inalienable, except from frailties of our bodies │ ║ we've known from the start. │ ║ │ ║ Ah, well, here we are, as we are, so might as well make the best of it │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1813 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── I want people to watch me. I enjoy being viewed. Please offer guidance, but maybe limit the abuse. Simple requests for a media company, true? And yet advertisements (which is the only way people agreed to fund the LAVISH projects they put on for our tender moments) Performance is an art, and I sing the song of my heart. (perhaps in too public of a place) (but what use is it if nobody knows you?) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1814 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── I can tell when I'm overbooked when I don't have energy to shower every time I need to go out. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1815 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── political action to a gen-Xer and above tends to feel like activism and political involvement. To a millenial it feels like disaster preparedness. For a zoomer it feels like nihilism. I wonder what's next, growth and renewal? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1816 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── you can take any of my words, I don't care who you are. Take them, change them, use them, say they are your own, whatever you want. They are but dust in the wind, passing from one ear and out another. or eyes and fingertips, if you want. But only with intention, if you knew what I was trying to say. If you had to guess and learn... There's no chance that'll be accurate 100% of the time when used as a policy. But alas, science is a human art. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1817 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ I love canned olives! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1818 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── my previous job didn't do anything to harm me. And yet I left. I let them down in a way they could not have expected. Which was unfair of me, but I couldn't resist it. I don't know what I'd do better. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ |