Published inScuzzbucket·3 days agoMember-onlythe human before meI guess the writer in me has taken hold, and no one else will take me for any other role but maybe the message is a good one, maybe this is how it has to be… for to weave rainbows out of nothing, to raise worlds out of thin air…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published inScuzzbucket·4 days agoMember-onlythe turtle is its shellthere is only one shape in the world that will always right itself, no matter what equilibrium point you balance it on, stable or unstable, on its head or on its ass — the gömböc — no cuboids, no spheres, no eggs, no cones, no other objects can compare —…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published inScuzzbucket·5 days agoMember-only(c)lose(d)a weight lifted the hyenas have been silenced their cackles mere echoes in the distance… it’s okay to move forward now it’s okay to exhale… of time spent waiting, fidgeting in an uncomfortable chair in an unfamiliar office, bladder full and unsure if I’ll have enough time to pee — here, your…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published inScuzzbucket·Sep 24Member-onlyneXt level imposterthere’s a slant to the spine, see? that’s how you know this other creature isn’t me… a fabrication meant to cater to the whims of every other person who seems to have a problem with the way I like to do my things — if there’s a point to all this…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published inScuzzbucket·Sep 23Member-onlydisco errorI have three good pens and the rest were all stolen, borrowed, or left to me as gifts disco error — I believe we’ve escaped the flood — what’s in a title anyway? but a little bit of bitter lemon wit… and a warning from up above my AI entity…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published inScuzzbucket·Sep 22Member-onlylast of the matriarchsthe last of the matriarchs has taken to her bed everyone, she says, must answer for their sins of epitaphs with marbled face, the letters with our hands we trace… the beloved with their names engraved won’t trust the things we have to say… we do not see this place in death…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published inScuzzbucket·Sep 21Member-onlyartificial winners of emmyshe’s a slug, a silly slug and there’s a cricket in the house mothers always defend their sons no matter what sort of monsters they become I wonder who will be the first famous person to get completely re-created using artificial intelligence and who will be the first to have…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published inScuzzbucket·Sep 20Member-onlywet hair on pilloweve’s first task was to give all the animals names but I say the noble fauna should not be confined to such a strict categorical analysis I want you to know my disposition is one of composed demonstration that the neighborhood folks have a maddening gloom about them and they…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published inScuzzbucket·Sep 20Member-onlyacornsI shaved the hairs on the back of my upper arms and now they’re growing back all weird—great when is the first day of the fall that is appropriate to start watching scary movies? is now ok? is it bad that I step on acorns because I like how they…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published inScuzzbucket·Sep 19Member-onlymetacognitive creatureswe’re all metacognitive creatures, chimpanzees wearing sneakers, having meltdowns in department stores and being generally pretty cruel to one another… it’s our reasoning about ourselves from a point of view beyond ourselves that makes us feel so damn special… we can think about thinking and layer more layers of thought on top…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read