Time is not the tyrant we think it is. In dreams it bends. In trauma it fractures. And at the edge of life, it may stretch toward something that feels infinite. The Asymptotic Life explores the elastic nature of perception and the possibility that eternity isn’t a destination, but a limit we are always approaching.
Tag Archives: Poetry
Outside the Raging Fire
A meditation on distance, desire, and endurance. Outside the Raging Fire traces the human condition through elemental forces, memory, and restraint. This poem explores what it means to observe rather than burn, to persist without surrender, and to stand just beyond the heat where clarity, loss, and meaning quietly coexist
Call of the Void
Call of the Void is an acknowledgment of a strange, universal moment: standing at the edge of immensity and feeling the mind briefly test the boundary between presence and absence. Not despair, not desire—but awareness. The vastness doesn’t persuade; it humbles. This piece explores l’appel du vide as a rational, fleeting confrontation with scale, insignificance, and freedom—listening to the void without obeying it.
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.
Passport
A quiet traveler reaches the final gate, carrying a lifetime of memories and a heart ready to let go. As she steps forward, a familiar face welcomes her home—and a journey beyond begins.
A Penny for Your Memory
As the penny is finally decommissioned, its small copper life lingers on—in luck, childhood, and memory.
Apophorism
A darkly playful poem that twists old sayings into new absurdities, blending satire, philosophy, and carnival imagery in biting verse.
Mannino Acid 