Aug 13 2025

The Daily Dread



a haiku a day
complete a puzzle or two
days start with a win



lacking rationale
cattywampus ciphering
mystical conjure
things that were true now denied
lies take corporeal form



Groupthink with a wink
Quail with the media snooze
Lest we start to think



Phrazez that Payzez

"Family is the cradle
of all the world's misinformation"
- White Noise

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Aug 12 2025

The Daily Dread



Hefty car door slam
455 engine roars
Four barrel guzzle
Dinosaur bones from before
Buick Skylark GS growls



Time for us to talk
Rarely signals glad tidings
Harbinger of blame



The Grumpy Grandpas
In their dotage shuffle charts
Like they're tarot cards
Never mind the auguries
Reading them the way they choose

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Aug 7 2025

The Daily Dread

As summer swelters
My public trans ride goes on
I nicely ripen


Girl Scouts sell cookies
never know what a Brownie
will get on up to



morning after slink
easy in the big city
less so in small towns



noisy buggers both
cicada and katydid
each a unique sound



Keep the change baby
Change ain't what it used to be
Small change got rained on
Cause he wanted to be king
Links in history's change gang

A therapy named desire

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Aug 6 2025

The Daily Dread

base instinct always
dive on in at the drive-in
long lost passion pit



Rules of engagement
2am dive bar last call
Desperate timeline



Ignoring the once golden rule
Feel they're the anointed few
Appointed to sputter and spew
Self aggrandizing gold accolades
Holier than thou power plays
Keeping all that believe them afraid
A populace wholly betrayed
When the people who make the laws
Don't bother to follow their rules



First came the corn sweat
Now wildfire violet sunsets
Air of disaster

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Aug 5 2025

The Daily Dread

pink pyramid cult
a new recruit gets pressure
buy tons of product
while upline collects profit
inventory collects dust



Regarding the sass
Seems there's good sass and bad sass
Right Sassy Lassie
Now don't you sass me Lassie
But that is some deluxe sass




deep primordial
catfish rises from the mud
finds thin ice layer
new age epoch harbinger
dives down to warm muck below




Normally tranquil
Sporadically complex muse
Today, blew my fuse

A.I. image generated from prompts "Sassie Lassie" of idealized collie

Aug 3 2025

The Daily Dread

when we try to stand
seems like some rich pukes want to
make us kneel and beg
for the honor of paying
them for the trash they're selling



I lift myself up
Defrag my brain with haiku
Stand what comes my way



they say in person
he has his charm, but only
if you stand up wind



For years Red believed
Wandered on the wilderness
A seekers mission

The goal he was sold
The elusive spondulix
Prosperity gold

Then Red realized
All that glitters ain't gold, so
Red leaves pilgramage


a long spelling trek
spell pilgrimage correctly
stumbles on the way



Abundance above
Dammed by greed to overflow
Trickle dance below

Recreating a 1970's Saturday night
Having pizza and Heineken
Left me as foggy this morning
As the wildfire smoke outside
Smells like 1980's Los Angeles air

If it wasn't for misperception
I'd have no perception at all


July 31 2025

The Daily Dread

Guaranteed 
Given the choice
Shopping lane
Highway lane
I'll choose the wrong one
When I move over
That one will stop
The other we I'll go
So now I stay put
And be the lane


J.J. leaned over
"Bonds just bind you to sorrow."
Then drained his Guinness



Up before sunrise
Much to complete before I
Slip into darkness



Tinnitus kicks in
Then the hum turns into words
A cosmic message
Bicameral mind chatter
Or psychotic word jumble



Our knowledge of space is pure speculation.
On the fringe stands The Eavesdrop Inn.
Best burger for light years.
Their motto is:
To Serve Man

#24words

Becomes #28words

Our knowledge of space is pure speculation.
On the fringe stands The Eavesdrop Inn.
Best burger for light years.
Ingredients unknown
But their motto is:
To Serve Man


Wordle 1,503 4/6*

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See
Two words
Came to mind
On line three
The one I chose
Was the wrong one


July 22 2025

The Daily Dread

Leave a thankless job
Transit to a joyless home
Train ride refugee


a promise to train
transforms into a lifetime
of soul crushing debt



slap dash calabash
with a lick and a promise
took the task to hand
very fast and none to clean
slippery split with a twist



it's a better choice
a melon scented candle
than alternative
aromas on the market
of the pheromonal kind

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