Tuesday, October 07, 2025

Giant Checks

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"The Prime Minister then handed out giant checks to the bereaved A sign, he said, that the state would take care of those who have los...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Very Reverend

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Holier than thou, words like uplift and sanctify Fingertips outstretched and touching, mist in the eye Apt at any stage to tear up, so cau...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Morning

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Morning thoughts, of birdsong and optimism Mist and dew drops collecting as the sun rises Overnight, the mulberry tree is laden with fruit...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Drop, Chain and Accordion

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Harbingers of malnutrition The Four Horsemen of hunger season While the first three duly entered our vocabulary The fourth, left to shame...
Tuesday, September 09, 2025

They Don't See You

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He started muttering to himself in French Because that's what you do at such times - sigh Then switch to your native tongue or thereab...
Saturday, September 06, 2025

The Synthetic Shadows of Marvin Huxley

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Apropos simulations and simulacra ... I am catnip for the blues and, for the past few weeks, have been simmering in a thick stew of female b...
Tuesday, September 02, 2025

Mercurial, They Call Him

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Portrait of a narcissist, a few essential traits A slight never forgotten, don't you make that mistake A double heart filled with unsp...
Friday, August 29, 2025

At the Africarib Market

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Late afternoon at the Africarib market, The brothers in the know were picking up some yam Man cannot live on bread alone (A fresh shipmen...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Lines

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Pink lines are the new shape of dread The weary anticipation of the so-called rapid test Faint traces of the untimely failures of our defe...
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Blast Radius

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Ground zero The moon tower marks the spot Not too far from the state cemetery At the intersection where cable cars used to stop A block...
Saturday, August 16, 2025

Paul Laurence, Soul Man

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Soul man, Paul Laurence, is more known as a producer and keyboardist than for his solo efforts. I always found it surprising that he didn...
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Sensor Calibration

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The problem is often couched as one of recognition The difficulty, as it were, of sensor calibration For if you can't measure a signal...
Saturday, August 09, 2025

Involuntary Termination

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Register now! A ninety minute session For human resources professionals Update your knowledge about redundancies And learn about terminat...