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Monday, July 13, 2026


 

not one
or two
but all
of us
every thing
entirety's zone
plot one
entirely that
revealing tone
basic life
we all 
contrive right
composing this tome
we once were
chemistry inclusive
quantitative light
measuring that
procreation thing
equating life
toffee addiction
drinking something
morning coffee
sticky things
too much
sugar predilection
eggs to ashes
solar years
contractual fears
life solving
evolving tears
tide inbound
unfolding years
creation's game
fully conceived
as inland sea
schools of being
tribal notions
fabled names
mythic potions
somehow there
we swim
cradling emotion
threading ritual
we crawl
contend growing
brawl as rivals
virtually knowing
we somehow
still walk
continue aging
forever learning
amending margins
some elevate
even run
learn flight
interspatial charge
some of us
those alive
virtually dream
creamy jive
actual yearning
honeyed life
desire right
so it seems
life should
be alright
flourishing verbs
buzzing things
replenishing seas
alight singing
healing words
pleasing things
colourful birds
nourish praising
botanical medicine
sweet song
herbaceous wisdom
giving gardens
cool billabongs
all of us
living right
missing out
living wrong
our thriving
imperfect wealth
all of us
striving for health
blissed out
sweet human
blessed throngs
kissing life
dreaming poetry
creating rhymes
good graciousness
curative gods
deliver healing
share cups 
true faithfulness
nature's plenty
should creation
daring God
replace this
human race
could God
existential nature
even relentless
residential culture
be concealing
divinity's grace
but what
healing space
some of us
be it fleeting
see God
acknowledge that
healing place
an appealing thrust
all this
human fate
chasing sacred
be nature
heal ourselves
medicine's grace
a healer's trust
be it Asclepius
discovering mortal
fervent healing
or believing
raving madmen
sage healers
brave madwomen
recovering fertile
reciprocal feelers
not one
stumbling human 
but that caring
universal feeling
so bearing
essential vibration
freely immersed
in this
natural essence
freely share
conversion tone
radiant verse
reverential medicine
entirety's zone

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Friday, July 10, 2026


 

then eventually
I dozed
fell asleep
dreaming seasons
flash lightning
rash decomposing
crash thunder
still composing
summer beat
love asunder
blistering heat
then eventually
autumn came
everything falling
so many 
autumnal reasons
colouring dreams
how frosty
can love
must be
falling chill
longer nights
summer thrills
calling still
then eventually 
winter arrives
drifting snow
seasonal knives
cutting me
continuance apart
love's heart
pieces really
uneasy love
nothing art
distrust arrives
frozen feeling
drilling ice
winter dreaming
distilling vice
fine snow
blizzard colder
splintering everything
don't believe
love advice
winter brings
shattering everything
drifting grows
we are
intuitively told
then eventually
cleverly bold
spring knocks
speaking sun
winter growls
knowing spring
demands dreams
truly stalling
spring comes
barely crawling
it seems
summer understands
crying love
those ailing
break up
harsh demands
love's trying
treasonal themes
love crying
failing love
those seasonal
falling dreams

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Monday, July 6, 2026


 

how wild
can I be
if ever
I grew feathers
I should
fly away
would circle
high mountains
icy places
mountain peaks
drinking wild
sacred water
seek fountains
always wild
dream crying
weeping stone
though truly
one side
whose trying
must always
I who am
somehow atone
we be our
polished contract
staring reflection
daring back
maybe just
that reflective one
is truly
really free
seeing myself
some introspection
my destination
mileage selection
just wild
my indignation
such instigation
wild style
my predilection
I'm fluid
marvelous water
carving thoughts
shooting rapids
flooding canyons
fragility deep
ruddy baggage
I'm druid
worship trees
stand stones
how wild
could possibly
I become
caress lightning
free diving
burning hotter
die competing
God's furious
wild entreating
churning sun
so is living
bountiful learning
so is wild
living this
forever yearning
seeking bliss

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Friday, July 3, 2026


 

this issue
so hugely
very big
we just
ever fully
can't imagine
this brush
every stroke
paint bigger
more horrific
boundless picture
haunt larger
this is
profound God
but then
God is
not talk
to us
no words
only clouds
is God
I wonder 
what God
divinely thinks
does God
choose sides
what God
if us
set God
on fire
who would
blame God
or something
nature neighbour
other imaginings
blaming someone
dream people
over there
well blame
all those
brain washed
Gozer demons 
other people
living in
your stormy
upset midst
those ones
you choose 
to hate
those folk
merely trying
just survive
when you
find flames
wearing yourself
exotic fire
just wonder
how you 
will feel
shall God
just applaud
maybe hell
you're flawed
tell God
holy damn
don't give
maybe God
laughing inside
preservation hell
laughing mouth
volcanic consecration
fiery laughing
see me
this laughing
human tissue 
seeing you
rotten laughing
stinking issue
God coughing
rancid stew

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I watched
yet another
youtube video
more Vancouver
something Hastings
gentler brother
yore somewhere
before this
brutal other
litter strewn
core city
cruel time
more ruins
sorry story
blinding sidewalks
right here
bitter sirens
right there
jittered environs
minding people
living sirens
lying prostrate
splayed out
try cement
pavement mattress
lost everywhere
occupying drugland
half bent
nuclear thugland
waist down
some stand
living nowhere
rude found
powerful descent
hopeless frowns
what crown
what dreams
right here
ever dreamt
oddly even
some where
over there
I thought
I saw
Jesus staring
or maybe
cross bearing
Elijah being
some how
even there
each alleyway
who cares
teaching hunger
lost bearings
reaching wonder
took me
pointing yonder
maybe Moses
will appear
surely plant
willing seeds
watering desert
dissolving fear
filling needs
walk streets
resolving greed
share fashion
caring compassion
poke us
stoned right
many storied
curb life
tempting Pilate
show up
tempest stick
stormy sea
temptation appears
tragic life
no redemption
that drowning
being here
no exemption
actual fear
just surviving
rapture this
being clear
enraptured bliss
created here

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Tuesday, June 30, 2026


 

when you get up
start your morning
I hope you can run
bad men are coming
did you remember
take your morning pill
prescribed by law
not what you will
bad people are coming
all those things they kill
isn't it stunning
but still get up
start your morning
I hope you can run
bad things are coming
by this afternoon
if you've run far enough
something to think about
how durable and tough
how far can you run
outlaws are coming
lock your doors
shutter your windows
hide in your cellar
grasp personal items
food you can share
those few things
that are dear
grab what you can
cuz relentless
bad is already
senselessly here

 


 

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Saturday, June 27, 2026


 

so that
we end
your thoughts
about it
you know
which ones
what about
in time
it's something
about it
breaking open
my heart
bleeding emotion
charged particles
juggling thought
emitting intention
something lost
all those
other dreams
inner actually
nothing gained
can love
things factual
truly be
somehow sustained
what about
blue emotion
something felt
nothing tamed
maybe lightning
will strike
burn holes
into me
what about
tough love
that end
conflagration game
you know
which one
flaming hearts
you know
bleeding tones
that incinerating
burning end
where everything
just ash
lies cold
seems dark
dreams can't
it seems 
ever mend
love's magic
forever lost
so this
our plastic
drastic love
somehow left
you cursed
spatial trends
never truly
special love
this tragic
interspatial end
my lost
artificial friend
you marshal
beautiful cold
your heart
ruefully told
your soul
tarnished gold
frittered love
into this
our fractured
sunrise sunset
sorrowful end

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