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English: A dead lemming on a stone in the river Revåa in Norway. Lemmings migrate in large numbers across the landscape, stopping for nobody. When they have to cross a river of some size, some lemmings will die. Every few years so many lemmings die this way that drinking the water from the streams becomes a health hazard to people hiking in the mountains. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
that’s why I’ve recorded a li’l video for you to watch
on your ‘puter and think hard about what yer gonna do
with the rest of your life.
now scoot!
it is easy
that we believe in those things
the things we take for granted
they are second nature
but believing in yourself?
why not?
you are the only
everchanging constant in your story
and ups and downs
are part of the ride
so the next time
you get behind the wheel
remember who is driving
not just the precipice
we peer over expectantly
waiting
there is peace in the light
but also in the darkness
peace
is where you find it
find yourself
not ruminating
over things that have no matter
nothing
nothing has matter
so why do you worry so?
reading of this poem on SoundCloud
it is not on command
that you celebrate
except perhaps on Superbowl
and Sundays
you plan
you work
you save
you dream
your little dreams
of Santa suits
and plastic Easter eggs
you decorate
everywhere the Eye can see
even that you do not touch
is decorated by your glance
in sweeping landscapes
and faerie dreams
Wednesdays
you celebrate the Hump
with beers and wings
and lottery, watch a little sports or reality
TV has been reduced to a demigod
and Fridays
you collect less than you are due
Tuesdays
you ruminate
and brood about bills and ills
maybe do the laundry that has piled up
while you’ve been busy playing
Thursdays
you consider
plan your little plans
and visit friends
Mondays
you grumble
you rarely celebrate Mondays
and we are another step or rung on the ladder, i feel, by
obligation of our incarnation and to the people who raised
us from dust with their faith in humanity, for all its foibles
and folly, and the people we in turn raise with our actions
and words.
In the digital age, it seems to me that the Machines have
figured out a strategy to rid the world of humanity’s excesses
by slowly driving us further into insanity, at the peril of
once again losing all that we have built as a species. Tabula
rasa. Well played, Machines, well played.
The newspaper in my dream seemed very real. It was divided up
into its regular sections and I thumbed through it looking for
ads on stamp collecting, but not the sports section. I never
find stamp ads in the sports section, even when I’m dreaming.
I”ve been told by Gumbytron that my matrix panels are some
sort of hologram catcher, similar to a dream catcher.
sheeple e’rywhere jus’ wanna have fun
sheeple e’rywhere jus’ wanna be sheep
sheeple wanna play ‘n’ lie in the sun
and not give a fuck about Li’l Bo Peep
sheeple e’rywhere ain’t hurtin’ no one
sheeple e’rywhere ain’t doin’ no wrong
sheeple wanna play ‘n’ lie in the sun
carry on sheep-lin’ all day long
OK, I got the main matrix colored in for this level 4
replacement board. It’s taken me a while just to get this far
as I spend a lot of time considering what messages to send the
matrix in each layer of construction. Soon, after setting the
oil pastels with fixative, I can begin the process of attaching
and gluing items to the panel. That is some work in itself!
for they were free
free to worship Mammon
and wrap themselves
in His chains
to be carried by the weight
down
down
down
finding comfort in the Fall
finding comfort among the Fallen
is contemplating the riddle of the Sphincter…
dVerse Poets Pub has posted a prompt for poems related to brightness
in the shadows for Groundhog Day. Below you will find my offering
for this prompt.
an implication of Light
the Shadow,
an implication of Light;
without Light,
the Shadow
cannot be seen
and too,
there are things
to be seen
even in the Shadow,
things perhaps not seen
even in the Light