My Revelation was false It was not real It was the opposite of real There were no tears My hair didn’t stand on end My eyes simply blinked I looked up and down Nothing changed But I was silent For a while I felt the calm resonance Of a bell A distant bell This isn’t a real revelation
I wish someone told meTold me about the emptinessTold me it isn’t wrongTold me about the connectionTold me I could feel itAnd ignore it when I need toTold me it doesn’t matterTo just input and see and observe and feel and you can’t have and you can barely hold and it doesn’t matter at allI …
Someone I once knewSaid that people from the 1800sWere “simpler”Implying they were stupidThat they didn’t have the machinesThat we do nowFor someone’s benefitWhen they request a static solutionTo a moving problemAnd cry when tragedy strikesAnd weep not from sadnessBut from the feelingThat a machine encountersWhen it short circuitsThat immortal flesh is rottingA nurse from the …
Filling the last pageOf a book I never expected toLast this longThe rain falls outsideOn to stone and weedsThe pool cover glistensLike a friendly frogThe trees laugh and singTheir leaves committing gentle suicideLike that Monty Python sketchAnd all the while the coffeeMaintains its steamEmanating from the brimI don’t remember whatI dreamed last nightAnd though I …
“Turnkey” business model“Side hustle” to earnA freezer in a roomWith fine cuts from the northAnd in 24 hours of waitingYour face turns from thatFamiliar scowl to a smileBut you’re suspiciousThat you’ve been had
My Revelation
My Revelation was false
It was not real
It was the opposite of real
There were no tears
My hair didn’t stand on end
My eyes simply blinked
I looked up and down
Nothing changed
But I was silent
For a while
I felt the calm resonance
Of a bell
A distant bell
This isn’t a real revelation
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