I hate the corporate,
Material world,
Throwing advertisements into the corners of my eyes,
Ardently distracted by all of these booming voices with catchy jingles recommending world views,
Aggressively suggesting lifestyles.
Too fat,
Too feminine,
Too hungry,
Not just for the Big Mac displayed on the screen,
But acceptance.
So, I take a walk outside, fresh air, empty lands,
Filled only with trees, shrubbery, and animals without the chemical need for ecstasy in dazzling entertainment.
Peaceful ones,
I look upon the sunset,
The clouds upon hills,
Green,brown, but of chlorophyll and soil,
Not artificial preservatives,
Hues powered by plastic from oil.
To fight industry,
if not with force
of the mind and
muscle,
To rebel by escaping the noise,
Of discounts, new releases and
bustle.
I would give money for this cause,
If I could make it last,
As long as a cement overpass.
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"How are the numbers looking?"
The taller figure hidden but for his silhouette asked, while staring at the span of wall with screens displaying moving scenery worthy of computer desktops and oil paintings, simultaneously.
"We're making tons", said another man, seated in his swivel chair, scanning the happenings while going through panoplies of statistical imagery.
"This unorthodox, anti-brand veneer really works. Putting in all that money thinking they're preserving what is 'pure'. We scare them with scarcity so that they will always be driven by a sense of urgency. They know too little, but the best consumer is an ignorant consumer".
"What if they stop buying into it? What if they find out?", a nervous quiver in his voice.
"They won't"
There was a long pause, as several of the screens showed groups of people tying themselves to trees and chanting 'SAVE THE TREES FOR OUR CHILDREN'.
"Even if they do, we have other ventures. It won't matter"
The taller figure hidden but for his silhouette walks out of the office, past a plaque on the wall that read in glossy holographic letters:
NATURE INC.
OWNED BY GOOGLE SINCE 2045
STAFF MEMBERS ARE REMINDED NOT TO BRING ANY DOCUMENTATION OUTSIDE OF THE PREMISES
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Friday, October 17, 2014
Angels with Machine Guns
"So much blood,
Cadavers in the flood,
Of things begging to be left alone, from the trenches, from their shivering bones.
So much blood,
So much catastrophe,
So little time to properly end this with me.
In times of turmoil and melodramatic malignance, I struggle to be I.
I am hungry, but that does not matter,
I am hungry, hence I rape, pillage and plunder,
I am hungry, but this is not about my hunger.
This is about my honour.
No, I am not poor and destitute,
Although all I have left is my ragged boot.
No, I am not alone and require self-affirmation,
My duty is to nobility and self-determination.
This is not about my flesh,
This is for my soul,
This is not because I am a monster,
I am doing this for my honour.
OUR HONOUR."
The worst propaganda, is the propaganda we tell ourselves.
Cadavers in the flood,
Of things begging to be left alone, from the trenches, from their shivering bones.
So much blood,
So much catastrophe,
So little time to properly end this with me.
In times of turmoil and melodramatic malignance, I struggle to be I.
I am hungry, but that does not matter,
I am hungry, hence I rape, pillage and plunder,
I am hungry, but this is not about my hunger.
This is about my honour.
No, I am not poor and destitute,
Although all I have left is my ragged boot.
No, I am not alone and require self-affirmation,
My duty is to nobility and self-determination.
This is not about my flesh,
This is for my soul,
This is not because I am a monster,
I am doing this for my honour.
OUR HONOUR."
The worst propaganda, is the propaganda we tell ourselves.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Fast-Paced Winter-Diving
Timmy loves winter.
He likes the silent whiteness. Among the sledding and the making of snowmen.
Timmy likes the feeling of gathering thick snow to make weapon projectiles.
Timmy realizes that when he put his fingers in the ice there is a pleasant numb feeling.
The best kind of shield. Like a really thick glove protecting you from external stimuli.
Timmy learned the word stimuli in school.
Timmy was looking at his half-frozen hand and Timmy found out that this glove is going to kill all the blood vessels in his palm. Hypothermia.
Timmy learned hypothermia from his late father. Who died from hypothermia.
Where Timmy lived, it was always snowing.
Timmy remembered the funeral. It was beautiful.
Timmy thinks death is beautiful.
But as Timmy lay buried in the snow and looked up into the shiny subzero sun (oh the beautiful pale star) he notices the icicles around him melting.
No.
No.
Goodbye lethargy.
The sun will now melt your slumber away.
Goodbye denial.
The sun will now reveal your body, your decay.
Goodbye.
Timmy sees the wrinkles on his hands now. Pruny fingers.
Timmy sees his father's corpse now.
Timmy dies alone, when it was revealed to him that his only patient friends were the glaciers reflecting him.
It's summer now. Timmy is sad.
He likes the silent whiteness. Among the sledding and the making of snowmen.
Timmy likes the feeling of gathering thick snow to make weapon projectiles.
Timmy realizes that when he put his fingers in the ice there is a pleasant numb feeling.
The best kind of shield. Like a really thick glove protecting you from external stimuli.
Timmy learned the word stimuli in school.
Timmy was looking at his half-frozen hand and Timmy found out that this glove is going to kill all the blood vessels in his palm. Hypothermia.
Timmy learned hypothermia from his late father. Who died from hypothermia.
Where Timmy lived, it was always snowing.
Timmy remembered the funeral. It was beautiful.
Timmy thinks death is beautiful.
But as Timmy lay buried in the snow and looked up into the shiny subzero sun (oh the beautiful pale star) he notices the icicles around him melting.
No.
No.
Goodbye lethargy.
The sun will now melt your slumber away.
Goodbye denial.
The sun will now reveal your body, your decay.
Goodbye.
Timmy sees the wrinkles on his hands now. Pruny fingers.
Timmy sees his father's corpse now.
Timmy dies alone, when it was revealed to him that his only patient friends were the glaciers reflecting him.
It's summer now. Timmy is sad.
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Headlights
What we want is to be an individual. And we go through great pains to attain that individuality.
Like when it's dusk and the sun is setting, and you're stuck in the peak hour traffic.
Several cars around you have already turned their headlights on. But you refuse to follow suit. You wait awhile until YOU think it's dark enough, instead of relying upon what other people think "REALLY DARK" is.
I mean what does that say to you about yourself, if you just turn your headlights on when other people do it?
They would call you a sheep, that's what. An obeisance, meek, follower of trends.
But what if it gets really dark? Who cares about individuality?
I'm going to have to turn on my headlights anyway. I don't wanna die because I crave the feeling of being special.
But no, you love that feeling. Okay, let's reach a middle ground. Turn the lights on, but slightly later or earlier.
You can't turn them on too early though, they'll think you're a nutter with the headlights on at 4 pm.
If too late, then you'd be driving blind, unable to see anything.
God, but this is a terribly important decision.
Never mind that 80% of the songs you listen to are listened to by millions of others around the world, the value of which is corroborated by charts and album sales.
Never mind that you delete jokes that don't get enough 'thumbs up's on your social profile.
Or that entertainment television has inevitably monopolized your conception of aesthetics, telling you what's in and what's out, while you tell yourself you don't really believe in them, but at the same time you feel embarrassed when other people don't conform to these standards.
All of those things don't matter.
What matters is that when you turn on your car headlights, it's because YOU want to. Not because other people are doing it too.
Like when it's dusk and the sun is setting, and you're stuck in the peak hour traffic.
Several cars around you have already turned their headlights on. But you refuse to follow suit. You wait awhile until YOU think it's dark enough, instead of relying upon what other people think "REALLY DARK" is.
I mean what does that say to you about yourself, if you just turn your headlights on when other people do it?
They would call you a sheep, that's what. An obeisance, meek, follower of trends.
But what if it gets really dark? Who cares about individuality?
I'm going to have to turn on my headlights anyway. I don't wanna die because I crave the feeling of being special.
But no, you love that feeling. Okay, let's reach a middle ground. Turn the lights on, but slightly later or earlier.
You can't turn them on too early though, they'll think you're a nutter with the headlights on at 4 pm.
If too late, then you'd be driving blind, unable to see anything.
God, but this is a terribly important decision.
Never mind that 80% of the songs you listen to are listened to by millions of others around the world, the value of which is corroborated by charts and album sales.
Never mind that you delete jokes that don't get enough 'thumbs up's on your social profile.
Or that entertainment television has inevitably monopolized your conception of aesthetics, telling you what's in and what's out, while you tell yourself you don't really believe in them, but at the same time you feel embarrassed when other people don't conform to these standards.
All of those things don't matter.
What matters is that when you turn on your car headlights, it's because YOU want to. Not because other people are doing it too.
Friday, August 8, 2014
My Pearly Gate Was A Car Wash
Died in a car crash.
I had nothing when I died. Everyone left me to scrap in the junkyard that was my last few years of living.
Everything except my car.
My car stuck by me as I ascended into the clouds waiting for Accountability and Judgment.
I drove up the Stairway to Heaven. I wonder how many people ever got a chance to say that.
It was a wonderful feeling. That lightheaded feeling that nothing could do you any harm, or even more so, the feeling that you couldn't do any harm to anything.
The exhaust pipes spouted clouds instead of smog. I drove through layers of clouds, and more clouds, and more moisture and more soapy suds drenching my car shiny.
And then there were cherubs - handy with a cloth and a container of polish wax.
My car was getting the VIP treatment. I could see it slowly coming into sentience, its headlights for eyes were more alive than they ever were on mortal Earth. It grinned with its fender for teeth.
"This is it, Michael! Best day ever!", said my car.
St. Peter was waiting at the gates. There was a queue. People waiting for their turn to find out whether it's oblivion or God's Dominion for them.
"Hey, Ford!", St. Peter exclaimed. "Vroom on in! The sky's yours my sedan friend!"
I smiled.
Until we reached the gate and I was asked to step out of my car.
"You were a blasphemer and a murderer, sir. I'm afraid we can't let you in"
And there were suddenly no clouds below me. No solid surface to stand on. I was falling.
Falling.
Jesus fucking Christ.
I had nothing when I died. Everyone left me to scrap in the junkyard that was my last few years of living.
Everything except my car.
My car stuck by me as I ascended into the clouds waiting for Accountability and Judgment.
I drove up the Stairway to Heaven. I wonder how many people ever got a chance to say that.
It was a wonderful feeling. That lightheaded feeling that nothing could do you any harm, or even more so, the feeling that you couldn't do any harm to anything.
The exhaust pipes spouted clouds instead of smog. I drove through layers of clouds, and more clouds, and more moisture and more soapy suds drenching my car shiny.
And then there were cherubs - handy with a cloth and a container of polish wax.
My car was getting the VIP treatment. I could see it slowly coming into sentience, its headlights for eyes were more alive than they ever were on mortal Earth. It grinned with its fender for teeth.
"This is it, Michael! Best day ever!", said my car.
St. Peter was waiting at the gates. There was a queue. People waiting for their turn to find out whether it's oblivion or God's Dominion for them.
"Hey, Ford!", St. Peter exclaimed. "Vroom on in! The sky's yours my sedan friend!"
I smiled.
Until we reached the gate and I was asked to step out of my car.
"You were a blasphemer and a murderer, sir. I'm afraid we can't let you in"
And there were suddenly no clouds below me. No solid surface to stand on. I was falling.
Falling.
Jesus fucking Christ.
Thursday, July 17, 2014
By Your Leaves
She crept into the valley,
With her hands across her chest,
"I am now awoken,
By the scurry of the pests"
She took my hand and told me,
That I am the one she needs,
As the wind and sunlight,
Smirks at the scene and heed.
We never die from sadness,
Only the action that it breeds,
Embarrassment scares us,
But only ignorance defeats.
And the sound of hurried man,
Play on across the ears,
Of calm and complacent boys,
Who's counting down the years.
To when they'll finally see the world,
And say "There goes my girl"
"The one I'm going to marry"
or "Bury with her pearls"
The earth is only thinking now,
For whatever I should be,
A simple wall for every thing,
A floor for those whom are free.
Or for the captured bleeding men,
In chains they trudge along,
I don't need your sacrifices,
Your blood is not my song.
But yet we slay in perpetuity,
Yet by your side I would love to stay,
For eternity.
'Cause trees will sometimes make a fuss,
And fall unto our knees,
Entrapped by all this nature,
And freed only by your leaves.
With her hands across her chest,
"I am now awoken,
By the scurry of the pests"
She took my hand and told me,
That I am the one she needs,
As the wind and sunlight,
Smirks at the scene and heed.
We never die from sadness,
Only the action that it breeds,
Embarrassment scares us,
But only ignorance defeats.
And the sound of hurried man,
Play on across the ears,
Of calm and complacent boys,
Who's counting down the years.
To when they'll finally see the world,
And say "There goes my girl"
"The one I'm going to marry"
or "Bury with her pearls"
The earth is only thinking now,
For whatever I should be,
A simple wall for every thing,
A floor for those whom are free.
Or for the captured bleeding men,
In chains they trudge along,
I don't need your sacrifices,
Your blood is not my song.
But yet we slay in perpetuity,
Yet by your side I would love to stay,
For eternity.
'Cause trees will sometimes make a fuss,
And fall unto our knees,
Entrapped by all this nature,
And freed only by your leaves.
Sunday, January 26, 2014
The Press.
Such a pretty thing to have a reason to feel sad.
Or the wisdom to be mad.
Or the slightly bloody pretensions of sacrificial relief, half-tired half-glad.
While wars go on for miles around, why can't we hear that awful sound?
Headphones. Wear them.
Sphere is what cocoons you and what continuously binds them.
Your deafness.
This is not a call for help.
Or a wake up worthy of two seconds yelp.
This is an elegy.
An adulation.
Oh, such a beautiful thing to have a reason to feel sad.
Instead of having to feel sad for no reason.
My prison.
Or the wisdom to be mad.
Or the slightly bloody pretensions of sacrificial relief, half-tired half-glad.
While wars go on for miles around, why can't we hear that awful sound?
Headphones. Wear them.
Sphere is what cocoons you and what continuously binds them.
Your deafness.
This is not a call for help.
Or a wake up worthy of two seconds yelp.
This is an elegy.
An adulation.
Oh, such a beautiful thing to have a reason to feel sad.
Instead of having to feel sad for no reason.
My prison.
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