random office worker or official: *looks at the sun* dude I looked at the sun
girls online: you fucking fool. how embarrassing for you. do you have any brain cells left. do you even value your eyes? this is so indicative of the kinds of behavior of the privileged capitalist class, the perceived immunity to any form of harm that could come your way because you're protected by a system that will care for you should ill effects ever—
me: *looks at the sun* dude I looked at the sun
girls online: omg babe.... it's okay sweetie, oh sweetheart, oh babe.... oh dear, you're so pretty and right all the time... shh it's okay, just rest your eyes, go ahead and lay your head in my lap.... ...can I smell you btw
weather report: it's bright and holy out there and deliverance is upon us this morning. one thousand angels bearing one thousand blades descend from the heavens. the sky splits open to the sound of chorus and trumpeting. expect light showers in the northeast and winds of 10-15 mph today. visibility is fair
poetry, "Man Walks Into A Train"
man in mismatched attire stumbles into the train car, out of it, newspaper clutched in his hand, sags down in seat.
unkempt - intentional.
worn sneakers - clean.
slacks - serious.
windbreaker - relaxed, but only in the right places.
his disheveled figure immediately assumes the form of a statue of some classical philosopher and unfolds the crisp newspaper, studying it, wearing his new position like he'd been there all day. music spills upward from his pocket in measured drops. everything in coordination, from the polyester slacks to his fine, curly hair in a bouquet of loose twists.
against the bright plastic orange seats and the white and silver walls, the dark silhouette of the man in midnight blue minds his modern business between pages, imposing on none with his muted metro jazz.
#poetry
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