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ragtagradical
ragtagradical
Antagonistic Earth repressed entertainer
so you crossed the line again set by they and them long long ago and the ever present malevolence of the one called super ego how far was it this time my friend? what horizons did you make pretend? was it so far you could see the end? nowhere at all Not out of reach Tell me. Tell me. Tell me.
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May 6
May 6, 2026 at 1:49 PM UTC
Untitled
When was it that I fell asleep? When did the river become the sea? These words in my mouth didn't come from me. Adrift, my little islands... sail ye, toward nations I will devastate with no reason to ideate. I make best of what I got. My right is most certain. No more lessons to learn. No more doubts to burn. This soul is tidy. But what's there is this jealousy, y'see... That joy. That sparkle That dash of panachery. What's theirs is they took from me. When. When I was happy. Today, I make the world. Its image handed down from fantasy
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Jan 27
Jan 27, 2026 at 9:59 PM UTC
posthumous consciousness
beyond becomes a visage of densely packed atoms- and no space to crawl between. to see through stone concretions, and sepia-toned vignettes- there’s some life fluttering. awaken sleep-awaken sleep i see mismatched puzzle pieces filling empty boxes in my home, in my home i work to empty out. in my work i used to empty me; though the meaning and the means did not divide themselves. awaken sleep-awaken
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Oct 23, 2025
Oct 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM UTC
do not reject the aesthetic
Maybe it was the inflection that sent you away A subtle upward momentum, notifying Desperation in my tone. Maybe I didn't offer enough. I knew there was more I could give. This kernel of selfishness knowing I was only there to take my share. Transactional. Adversarial. You were the only one for me. But then... you filled the role internally.
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Aug 14, 2025
Aug 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM UTC
I didn't get the job
Like the sick ox who strays from the herd, I shall feed a brave lion. 'Neath the savannah sun the beings of the earth shall make a home of my excavated cavities. In time I will rain back down and fill my tiny drop in the sea. Little fishes will swim in me. O mammalian sisters and brothers, hermaphrodites and all the others, as you will, take part of me. Was it mine to give, this energy? One cannot call a purpose wasted if (in eventuality) All life shall feed upon me.
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Aug 13, 2025
Aug 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM UTC
feed the animals
each day it passes by at six forty five At first I woke from its growling intent A cough, a sputter, a resonant hum A vibration thrumming in the hollow walls of this wooden cave I share with them. Now I rise before it comes. Though in years I have not heard the sound, the anticipation propels my receptors to action. It will be today.
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Jul 23, 2025
Jul 23, 2025 at 6:58 AM UTC
realism
Every day I'm closer to the who I am that I may truly be, and no one else. Or I've made the muscles weaker that I used to use to hide myself.
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May 18, 2025
May 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM UTC
I may truly be
This dream's been over for a long time and I can see why. There's no more waiting for the dark clouds to clear the sky. The place I need to be is in your eyes. Remember when my life was in your hands? Forget my Face and Name in the Aftermath. Dust the trail behind to hide my path. No light is guiding me, and no foundation lays beneath And though I follow no compass, I am not lost in wilderness. I see clearly in the void of materiality. There's always been that form I was supposed to be, but faith is lost without the fantasy. Bring me to the place where I can be the one for you. If you can see through me, then I can see it through. I'll dream again, just like I said I'd do.
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May 11, 2025
May 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM UTC
just like I said I'd do
Don't let the ones in power claim that they've allowed you to be the one you are. Permission came from existing, so keep on resisting the power.
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Apr 19, 2025
Apr 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM UTC
Don't let the ones in power
A friend says it, then. All I see is escapism. As fast as legs can carry him. He is what he's fleeing from. Inner peace? Certainty? "What will be will be?" Make a trope of tragedy. Hope dies.   I live. All I've ever been. Illusion keeping on. Delusion keeping on. Reality made me and everything I want to see, I want to see.
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Apr 18, 2025
Apr 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM UTC
some joy, he says