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Subjective Doomscrolling News

A Modern Dylanian Tale Kyle’s in mom’s basementShining up his armamentPretti’s on the pavementFacing down the governmentThe men in the jackbootsFace cloaked, safety offTryin’ not to look softJust another jerk offLook out dudeWatch the attitudeYou’re filming us againBetter check your civil libertiesTryin’ to save a new friendThe man in the black ICE hatDid it againWantsContinue reading “Subjective Doomscrolling News”

Flashpoint

At a certain point, pressure stops being theoretical.
When silence becomes the only option and restraint is framed as weakness, escalation feels inevitable. Flashpoint examines the moment where discontent accelerates, hypocrisy compounds, and violence begins feeding on itself—until justice is quietly traded for the illusion of security.

Survey Says

A meditation on spectacle—how modern entertainment reframes suffering as competition, humiliation as content, and moral distance as victory. From primetime sports to reality television, the poem interrogates the quiet bargain we make as viewers: validation purchased at the expense of someone else’s disgrace. What begins as observation ends as implication, leaving the audience to sit with an uncomfortable truth—the show only works because we keep showing up.

Inescapable Cruelty Engine

In an age of infinite feeds and instant certainty, outrage moves faster than understanding. This piece explores how belief shapes perception, how spectacle replaces empathy, and how we find ourselves entangled—again and again—in a system that rewards reaction while tragedy persists.

Langan’s on 47th

A brief moment before a Broadway show, a corner seat at a Manhattan bar, and a stranger who reminded us that some places still resist walls. Langan’s on 47th is a small reflection on openness, shared space, and the quiet human grace that can surface when we least expect it.