If birth was our creation,
And death our destination,
And we decreed life's end to be a chase;
The first whomever finished
Left the rest of us diminished,
For Abel won the entire human race
Tho' many others started
And have mostly all departed,
They came along too late to see his trace;
For thanks to his own brother,
He beat out every other,
And Abel won the entire human race
Yes that one origined sin,
When his brother did him in,
Left the rest of us with egg upon our face;
For he went unto his rest
With a ribbon on his chest,
'Cos Abel won the entire human race
2d ago
Jun 1, 2026 at 10:28 AM UTC
Was Fate the hand that guided me that night?
Did Destiny thence deign her wild decree?
How came I hence within her golden light,
A risen spark within my soul set free?
We danced and kissed and walked and talked and ate,
We walked and talked and kissed the night away;
The dawning light alas refused to wait,
We parted with new-lovers gaited sway,
And so e'er since my love for thee has grown,
No hour of mine has e'er since been alone;
You stand by me as once pledged at the altar
And hold me strong when I am prone to falter ~~
You are my sun, my moon, my earth, my sky,
And intertwined we live, we love, we die
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 9:27 PM UTC
~~
Once more
Unto the knife
To shore
This mortal life
~~
Mar 31
Mar 31, 2026 at 7:01 PM UTC
The sky tonight shall interrupt my dreams
As water cascades down into my veins;
Upon each hour my fingers let forth screams
As endless needles poke and ***** with pain ~~
Ahh sleep! If only sleep could lull this night,
But sleep, alas, shall not avail me here;
The morrow brings an emptiness of light,
The void inside shall grow and spread I fear ~~
The table beckons once again, and I
Shall soon be blessed within that unknown space
Wherein no time has ever dared to fly,
Beyond the mortal realm in Fortune's grace,
Until I wake and all has been divined,
And thence to learn if I am redefined ~~
Mar 29
Mar 29, 2026 at 11:49 AM UTC
Scenario 1:
Mr President:
"Good news, the war will end soon"
Stock prices rise.
Expected behaviour.
Scenario 2:
Anonymous person buys $1.5 billion
value of futures, based on no publically
available information.
5 minutes later.
Mr President:
"Good news, the war will end soon"
Stock prices rise.
Anonymous person makes
$100s millions in 5 minutes.
Odd behaviour.
I wonder who it was, Mr President?
Mar 24
Mar 24, 2026 at 1:56 AM UTC
The table beckons me, "come",
Trouble yourself not to stride,
The beat of an ominous drum
Will summon a chariot ride
The midnight fast will cease,
The sleeping juice will pour,
And thence a swift release
Unto the voidless maw
And timeless is the drowse
Until the distant voice
Does summon me to rouse
And pray, with high rejoice,
To say, "all went as well
As it could be conceived",
Now rest thee for a spell,
Thy ailings are relieved
~~
Mar 22
Mar 22, 2026 at 7:56 AM UTC
Crude oil rise:
Per barrel price -- 8 US Marine lives
~~
Mar 21
Mar 21, 2026 at 12:14 PM UTC
The pain awakes me in the witching hour,
Exquisite throbs like embers on a pyre
That strive to sore, and soar up ever higher,
Extracting each and ev'ry "oh'm" of power,
And hope quick fades into the darkly dour,
And cracks appear around my lonely spire,
And shadows drown the lanterns of my shire,
And evil lights a fuse beneath my tower,
And in delusioned state I hear them speak,
The many varied voices softly chatter,
And talk of me as though I do not matter,
And with a feeble sound, hence I reply,
And they perceive me as a windless sigh,
Ignoring of a soul long hence too weak ~~
Mar 21
Mar 21, 2026 at 8:29 AM UTC
Good leaders lead by example.
Mayhap you could sit
Bravely upon the bridge
Of the next tanker in the gulf,
Instead of cowering at home,
Playing ******* golf.
Mar 20
Mar 20, 2026 at 3:17 PM UTC