Octelle

you don't care to think how I feeleverything from there goes downhill what you want - matter of rightmy needs buried out of sight patriarchs - with iron handsdrive freedom around the bend you don't care to think how I feeleverything from there goes downhill Written for dVerse- MTB

Buzz

life in limbowaiting to restartsounds waiting to be heardsellers projecting wareskids using all methodsto manipulatehelpless parentsbazaar is meant to buzzmarkets are meant to mediatetrade turns the economy wheels darned virus….you may threaten usagain and againand there’s no oneleft to blameyou lose potencywith every re-run you fuel vaccine businesslet the investorskeep you aliveto extricate their profitsor … Continue reading Buzz

Restaurants

pleasure of being servedfood with visual appealcooked with a twistfar outweighskitchen drudgeryhealth benefitsand will always be a choice A sudden flashTHIS IS ITrestaurants are preferredjust becausethey offer a CHOICE as long as chefsare innovativefood stylistscreativewaiters politebe appreciativepay for the experiencenot just a mealdon’t be calculative Written for dVerse Poetics

Navigating the Absolute & Ignite

Eugenia navigates the absolute here. https://amanpan.com/2022/08/04/navigating-the-absolute/ Grace Y. Estevez-Reddy Ignites a take on RXC#242 https://graceofthesun.com/ignite/

Authenticity

authenticityis doomedwhen no one’s interestedto knowthe real you confined by imagetypecast by mediahe struggles to expresshis truest self But…they believewhat fits intheir storiesstitched, decoratedcarefully presentedto tellwhat’s their typewhat’s not Written for dVerse Quadrille hosted by whimsygizmo

Sepia Tints

memoriesas oldas discardableas worn out packagingnot recyclable relationshipsas short-livedas fake laughterDo I throw outlast remnantsof what remained after? Do you rememberwheels not movingwhen shots were takenand then canned?Nobody knew why… we posedwe pretendedhappinessnot meant to be oursIn a time framestuck and bookended we moved long agofrom sepia tintsto blueprintsof a futurewithout each other Written for … Continue reading Sepia Tints

Transgression

it’s so easy to cross boundary linesbehave like you own the placeown people, own minds and lifestylesdemonstrate superiorityyou were born privilegedto lord it over others privilege of birthstatus, money or just-an assumption that othersshould fall in linebecause everybody you knowhas always done so-and everybody else will always doIt’s something you are used toAnd can’t see … Continue reading Transgression

August

waterlogged streets, cloudy skiesheavy downpour, clothes won’t dry yet, drop in temperaturea tremendous reliefheat is such an alienator my birthday’s just passed bybut Leo month keeps me high will this year be worse or betteror between the yearsjust another connector? A time to reflect, a time to dreammaybe it’s a chuckle or a scream I … Continue reading August

Loops

I tell myself - labyrinthine turns can’t psyche meChin up, I walk straight looking at the sky aboveMy feet struggle to figure out what to do nextStraight won’t take me where I want to go Go in directions where my soul is freethere is no friction, I can plant a treewith seeds of intellect, let … Continue reading Loops

Believable Magic

I need to make a pointI take a dramatic stanceto state the obvious-how impoverishedis the acceptance ofwhat’s realwhat’s natural… It takes storiesto speak your mindfictional charactersare more acceptablethan an individual Who has a rightto be uniqueor different?God's own creationor a figment ofImagination I’m the protagonistI’m the storyI’m the writerYet, I play with the pentill it … Continue reading Believable Magic