Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Rippling fabric
No matter how you look, you'll find
That matter is a state of mind.
A wavy thing, a cosmic hum,
A particle of what's to come.
A field's fine print, a ripple's plea,
The essence of reality.
Monday, August 18, 2025
Savory temptations
The casino's neon heartbeat
flashes on my retinal glass.
I hear the jackpot chimes, a tinny siren song.
I could just walk in.
The smell of fried sugar and salt,
a ghost from the past,
drifts from the golden arch.
He smiled as I passed,
a flicker of connection in the synthetic haze.
But the sidewalk keeps moving.
My boots make a quiet sound
on the polymer street.
The park waits for me, a sliver of green
in the digital noise.
I could feel the thrill, taste the grease, feel the warmth
of a stranger's gaze.
I choose the quiet,
but my mind hums with the memory of the lights.
Sunday, August 17, 2025
Consumption deduction
He was the keeper of clutter, a connoisseur of comfort, surrounded by a sad symphony of his own strivings. He sat, a king among his conquests, a monarch of mechanisms.
Yet, as the sun began its silent, sinking spectacle, painting the placid pond a perfect palette of pink and pearl, he felt a strange stillness. This fleeting fire required no maintenance, no mastering, no mortgage.
His epiphany was pure, and pithy: the glorious victory was not in the wares he had won, but in the quiet, calming conclusion that he needed nothing at all.