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Scared by Design

For anyone genuinely perplexed by the chaos swirling around this current global crisis and left wondering why we all can’t just chill out despite the preponderance of of evidence to the contrary I ask you to simply consider this: Nervousness and overabundance of caution are in our very nature. Early man developed a fear ofContinue reading “Scared by Design”

Smooth Jazz

Two fingers of whisky for he, Just one more glass of wine for sheAmber and garnetSmooth and sublimeJust a few warm sipsTo ease the passing of time The evening rolls languidly byTwo become one in the dwindling lightTemperatures riseHeart beats syncAnd the sax of the jazzBring the couple to their feet In a blur two bodiesContinue reading “Smooth Jazz”

Quantum Pixel Bit

Any meaning we ascribe to life is purely self-aggrandizing and woefully ephemeral. The wider our vision grows the smaller and less significant we become until ultimately we dissolve into cosmic dust motes drifting endlessly on currents of time. Against the backdrop of the infinite our existence is beyond inconsequential and approaches zero. A single bitContinue reading “Quantum Pixel Bit”

Apoplexatic

Let’s just do away with the notion that we give two shits about the well being of our fellow human. We are well beyond the point of “put up or shut up” and now reside squarely in the dominion of denial. Atrocities continue to pile up at the alter of power with increasing frequency whileContinue reading “Apoplexatic”

Futility Level: Zax

It seems with alarming regularity the tone and timbre of discourse found in your feed of choice pendulates feverishly from side to side. The carelessly sown seeds of discord sprouting gardens of relativist “truths” trimmed and arranged into convenient bouquets of nonsense. With an involuntary “click” we share these arraignments of absurdity without pause andContinue reading “Futility Level: Zax”

On The Nature of Reality

Did I dream this life And am I still asleep A quick slip down the rabbit hole Leads to a trip to the underneath I spiral down the emptiness Where up is down and down is out Tiptoe through absurdities Too curious to think about I venture out among the chaos Wander down to depthsContinue reading “On The Nature of Reality”

Dizzy With Infinity

Let’s illuminate the abstractTranscend a quantum leapReality skews the etherLight permeates the deep Where one thread endsAnother spins freeLooping back onto itselfDizzy with infinity The signal breaks downCloser to the sourceThe patterns that emergeCircumscribes a subtle force Waves parse dark matterFractals bloom in proximityLight stalls at the event horizonDizzy with infinity Deeper towards the bottomRealityContinue reading “Dizzy With Infinity”

‘Twas the Thrill Before Christmas

(In the style of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” with a wink and a nod to Clement Clarke Moore’s “A Visit From St. Nicholas”) It’s close to midnight and something jolly’s circling the houseUnder the moonlight, not a creature stirring, not even a mouseYou take a peak but the kids are still nestled snug in bedThey startContinue reading “‘Twas the Thrill Before Christmas”

Entropy Bus

This morning on my otherwise chilly bike ride I found myself paced by a school bus for nearly half a mile and it occurred to me that this is a perfect metaphor for both my literal and figurative ride through life. There, sitting at the front of the bus so the driver can keep aContinue reading “Entropy Bus”

Ease and Eves

If you can’t see the forest for the trees You won’t see the tree for its leaves Myopic dysphoria becomes the bigger disease When the dreamer only sees what he believes There’s no glory picking fleas off bigger fleas Futility kills what you hope to achieve With fetid fate indifferent to your pleas Murdered potentialContinue reading “Ease and Eves”