UntuitionHard to follow
The Landing
The aliens arrived and they read our DNA just like a book. They had no interest in our words. They sampled the oceans and its diseases, a pathology specimen from the self-destructive damsel of this solar system, an off-smelling primordial soup that has sat on the counter for too long, infested with small creatures who […]
Wood
Darlin’ I’m a many-ringed tree Divorced, but not from life I wear Santal 33 and you, Something with a ship on the bottle But in your face I see A wise smile and innocence Because you get to elect your corruption When mine was a mandatory subject
War
Because tonight I head to war I hear the thumping from across the door And the battle plan goes as such Read instructions on the cards Finish your drink Execute the acts ’til completion, and repeat Hyperventilating Among the genuflection My thighs sweating like A deadly albatross around your neck No-one leaves ’til all are […]
Shade of navy
With my instruments inside you I still can’t repair this ship in a bottle Much as I need to send it back into the ocean
Essential Education
Well yes, I am red-blooded Female, land discovered We all are in the East And not afraid of anything Except the woman in the mirror (When she’s pissed) What you find out Is only your choice Angel haired Little drama boys What you don’t know Will only hurt you If you overreact The chain reaction […]
Vesuvius
Ash clouds make their way inside Flash heat burns my eyes You fade away, but heat stays Turns my face to dust Turns my brain to glass When Minerva’s owl fails to arrive
The sarcophagus
It was a problem of semiotics really Couldn’t read the sign But the instrument sung like cicadas in summer As dusty fireflies touched my skin It was like the expeditions to the pyramids Where the curse of the king punishes us Because we shouldn’t have been there After the last atomic priest has died
Complaints about a woman
Teacher, oh don’t leave those animals To run feral and throw their own faeces ’round (Only material they have) “I also cried, but I learnt” is an anthem To good conjugation And maintenance of an orderly past Which I support, at the headmaster’s direction Well, stack those Bravos On Page 1, you see we have […]
Albatross
Now I’ve been thrusted out A curse upon you It’s good to know what game to play When you bite too hard I’ll drop my tail And run faster Within and out I don’t believe in Karma But sometimes You strike ironic luck We all have roles Yours has a name in the DSM The […]
Pied
After long enough This blank canvas turns to splatter Fingers broken after walking Through doors too slowly Getting caught in the other side Of rooms No innocence of violence But I’m gentleman enough to know To leave the innocent alone My skin’s grown tight Over time, contractures Keep the world small But the poison Stays […]
The recipe
A blue marble One dough ball A spoiling orange And bitter essence Of ever-replicating Emerald mine dust After AI winter, not Minsky’s monster A black box monolith is no society But consensus is: The machines of hate have run We know where to find What makes us ever dumber Until it chases us around And […]
Push
These marionette fibres In your tortured muscles Push pull Heavy front A weakness of back Too tight jaws Excess slack Certain parts are special Because they get you closer to god? A magic man can’t create life On his own But push push push push Surely by now It’s a problem resolved Get off your […]
Millennium bug
As your eyes widen It’s nature and nurture Coddled and encapsulated Do you remember when this is how The future used to sound Your eyes or maybe my shoes Lift me up off the ground But I’ll be okay Once I come down I feel I’ve caught a Millennium bug Tug at my heartstrings Make […]