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Soft tissueInterconnecting nodesActivation levelsElectrical chemistryAmalgamating matterBased on repetitionBased on imprintingFrequency conditioningIntensity defining Can I learn my wayOut of this box?Inside it’s complicatedLess capable than capacityInsufficient to grasp itselfMore responsible than I have to beLess deserving of redemptionYet hot in its pursuit More to show for it maybeBut why make responsibleAn organ so open to influenceA … Continue reading Dominant structures →

You’re too cold sometimesBlinding me to the chancesYou’ll ever give my soulThe gentle, warm-handed massageIt tends to want to need But that may not be itOr at least not allWhat if there’s sufferingInvolved in finding outIs it worth our while You need a personAnd I need a horseYou’re wild and untamedAnd I seem capableOf fulfilling … Continue reading Domestication →

We’re in a Mexican standoffWith no one to talk us downGlock gold fatal strangleholdMalignant but for some Power’s too diffuseWords echo through space-timeBlack oily reins no useBecause we despise it Knowing nothing of themNot a moment’s inspectionEven holding our attentionEnds in vinegary revulsion Pro tem they form empiresBuilt on pyramids of dataNetworks of metastatic knowledgeOn … Continue reading The squeeze →

Travel ages the soulLike clocks on trainsRun fast Reaching the line’s endStill deep in thoughtSlow the mind Wasting a journeyIs like wasting a bodyPrepare for approach Arriving unreadyIs disrespectful to lifeBe grateful For the change in settingOr the time-effort savedBy staying still.

For many monthsWaking to the same soundA compact discLoaned by a friendA morning reveille I ignored the futureMistaking the fog for priorityDragging my bones westwardFailing to account for tasteNever removing the musicFrom where it stimulated awakening Meaning I returned homeEvery evening Uninterested by changeAbsent stimulus inherentInheriting a lasting memoryThat would lie latentDormant until last night … Continue reading A lost imprint →

I used to consider-craveIt to be important-lieTo possess-defendA stock of substancesCapable of performingMind-body alterations. There’s a solid reasonI used to think-feel this wayI consider-regretted my choicesAnd decide-resolved to changeTo increase the chancesOf glory-appreciating decisions. As I always fuss-obsessed over minutiae Survival tickets, space-time, efficiency And want-ascended it to halt. But I stop-despaired Having learn-crashed something … Continue reading Neuro-somatic pathology...

The father shunned By the refusal of his son A will to change all Not deigning to seek approval

She loves me She loves me not

Having taken stock ofHeaven’s words of silenceIt becomes as clear asThe blue sky at dusk. Taking to my haven nowTime off from my pursuitBut no clarity to be foundNot least where the dust is. That my skin dries greyIs not of my interest hereUnderneath walnut burl liesAnd a prism plays its tricks. Sands have drifted … Continue reading Famine →

One wordIs sometimes all it takesAt other times many are devoured Some speakOthers take time to crawlLisping taking its toll It paysBut karma controlsRewards are all it takes To winHaving found objectivitySupplicatory reciprocity The endWasn’t a plan in mindCoincidentally occupied