A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Hypothetical Numbers Settle your debts Before they break you Come to terms with your debtors In this life before the next You were like a candle never lit Left out on an open window Suffusing the house with cold wind There’s nothing to see No placeContinue reading “WD 218 “Hypothetical Numbers””
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WD 214 “Change My Skin”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Change My Skin I came to a realization At the peak of one lunar mountain The things that changed me were also changed. Coins in my pocket, jingling with oils and skin cells Passed between traders and betrayers alike Silver in the shaft like Judas hunting werewolvesContinue reading “WD 214 “Change My Skin””
WD 212 “All There Is”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. All There Is Bring me another vision Something translucent to place like a filter over my eyes While I watch TV Looped animation, your days and hours like a pixelated GIF French fries dipped in wine Until you tell me the world is what we makeContinue reading “WD 212 “All There Is””
WD 145 “Vessels of Wrath”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Vessels of Wrath “I am” Such a phrase to inspire A line of products And advertisements upon a podium The fickle moon waxes and wanes Hands clasped like we’re part of the same machine Animatronic diaphragms wavering and pumping out new followers but No leaders It’sContinue reading “WD 145 “Vessels of Wrath””
WD 137 “Computer King”
A poem inspired by The Prince of Night Winds. Computer King The whole thing is a scandal Lions in hedge mazes, with a penchant for Raking up hazard pay Do you know how many beasts a king can overcome without his army? But you sit behind your wall, a pane of glass between you andContinue reading “WD 137 “Computer King””
WD 107 “Hound of Heaven”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Hound of Heaven Raise the platform of performance I’m a dog, doing tricks Slow to obey, quick to bark and bite the hand that frees me Apostate, Ronin, for who can serve two masters, justice and the Lord We played a dirge for you, but youContinue reading “WD 107 “Hound of Heaven””
WD 103 “Foolish Gold”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Foolish Gold Wash your hands before you touch The heart of the problem, The wound issues, puss, water, blood and mineral All coagulating around a stone spear point – “It was not you who scraped the bones, who taught the body How to suffer pain silently,Continue reading “WD 103 “Foolish Gold””
WD 69 “Hell is Money”
A poem inspired by the Muse of Cold Earth Hell is Money River styx A distraction from the flow of responsibility which Beats against my shattered shores I consider the time I have left The twitching of my fingers and the drum that commands the rhythm of my blood But the damned are all aliveContinue reading “WD 69 “Hell is Money””
Weird Dreams 17 “Octopus Game”
Hi, I’m author, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon-Prime, Funimation and VRV user Paul Lang. Today I’d like to talk to you about squids, or, rather, a vacuum where squids should exist. Like every single person in the world, I have watched Squid Game. If you haven’t watched Squid Game, you probably don’t exist. If you are aContinue reading “Weird Dreams 17 “Octopus Game””
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