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May 2 2025

Posted on by Pete

The Daily Dread

Yesterday

Do I sculpt karma
Or is it in DNA
Raven knows for sure 


long blond animal
melody of our motion
to a band she loved

Biscuit the raven
frisky frolic memories
of my long blond muse


my older siblings
by nearly a decade would
taunt without mercy
using a made up slur which
would send me into a tantrum 

It's meaning unknown
by all of us, even them
still wounded me deep
then parental discipline
ended their bullying glee

but they scribbled it
all over the basement walls
now etched in my soul
I'm forever an "oottsie"
whatever that may mean

scarred for life you say
perhaps, but I have my doubts
even a made up word
an "oottsie" I may be but
nobody likes a whiner


Out of my past block
I sculpt a possible me
Oh what shall I be


As the closing act on a sea
Of floating possibilities 
Passion tsunami opportunities 
When me and you were a we
Waning hormonal machinations
Eleventh hour oscillations
Karma brought us together 
In the nick of time 
Just under the wire
Our epic encores set us free
Church steeple over gathering storm clouds

May 1 2025

Posted on by Pete

The Daily Dread

Yesterday

Want my nirvana
Seems like a nice place to be
Sounds just right for me
Oops. By wanting Nirvana
I missed the mark once again



Group decisions made
With the short straw draw method
Reality's brief



feel obligated 
to oblige others feelings
but only so far
many considerations
easy to make a faux pas




Phrazez that Payzez 

"Better you than me
The evil this world runs on"

The Antidote by Karen Russell


Very special moment and privilege to be able to think back on what I was doing  a half century ago. Light on details but I sure remember the vibe.

If only I had Google Calendar back then .


I never forget to participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world

April,30 2025

Posted on by Pete

The Daily Dread

Yesterday

I opened my eyes
There were two shoes on the step
Put on my shoes
Went to work
There were no shoes on the step
After the accident
For many mornings
I opened my eyes
Put on my shoe
Took my crutches
Went to work
There was one shoe on the step  


Everythings withered
For no additional gain
Long cold nights ahead 



letting the day gain
purchase on my attention 
as dreams slink away 



Only my inner thoughts to watch
As I swaddle into an evening swatch 
Although I may be bone dead tired
Dawns on withering conscious frame
With nothing to lose and all to gain
Additional input may be required 



A frog on a log
Obsessed on a midair fly
Ribbit Ribbit (slurp)

AmbientDread

Objet de Arte
May 1, 2025, 2:53 am

April,29 2025

Posted on by Pete

The Daily Dread

Yesterday

Daily office time.
Snipe, connive, deceive, backstab.
At Vipers Nest Corp


A bit on the nose
For the sloppy #brand new
QR face code trend

while some stay on #brand
by being decent humans
others promote theirs
with petty small minded cruel
spiteful malicious actions

need a disclaimer 
for the brain blossoms prompts prompt
on my social feeds


Phrazez that Payzez

""Go funkle all over your scuznut." According to DTG Chris Cavanaugh

"Big bundle of cognitive dissonance" Blake from Monster Talk 8:24 AM


I'm Spurious and this is my brother Dubious 10:54 AM me

AmbientDread

Spock! In the name of love.
Before you phase my heart.


April 27, 2025, 1:21 am 3 boosts 11 favorites

Stacked

Posted on by Pete 
It took two bellhops
Four trips up four flights of stairs
To my fourth floor flop
Left stacked at the door was all
My emotional luggage.
some appear to want
to cease our #interregnum
which spanned o'er our land
seventeen seventy six
until twenty twenty four
because how we roll
spin pitch and yaw through our space
lucky to live on
a planet so nice we get
equinox equinox twice
This ain't no time to clown
So the doctor ordered
A #sempiternal epidural 
The perfect reality bevel
For us to slide on down
To the next worse level
Out in the barnyard
Stinkiest foul fowl proclaimed
Pheasants bow to me
Pecked and scratched his messy mark
All his chickens clucked around
Is there such a thing
as good #grief? Healthy maybe.
Cathartic perhaps.
Therapeutic even. But
good grief! No way! Nay I say.
Black markets arise
Gangsters and Banksters take #joy 
Fleecing has begun
Bribery is legal and
Extortion is a virtue
when a senile old
man makes this amount of #noise
by setting his farts
aflame on the worldwide stage
something's seriously wrong