*Things that are far away look like promises, things that are near look like apologies.* There is no doubt for the doubting Thomases who misunderstood their psychologies
The nearer you come the further you appear, a hall of mirrors shattered by these prisms Bow down to the belief that all now revere; there is no way to restore these schisms
*quoted from Philip Traylen here 11th Apr 2025 – Shared with dVerse OLN to see if this one might get some more love.
A rictameter. Starting your first line with a two-syllable word, you then consecutively increase the number of syllables per line by two. i.e. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 Then down again, 8, 6, 4, 2, making the final line the same two-syllable word you began with.
The magic fish says ‘You got me again, Throw me back, I’ll give you another wish’ And though none of the wishes come true What kind of life, being a talking fish?
Loneliness will rise with the moons Whilst a love is hidden deep within A game played again on merry tides Each morning the fish and fisherman begin
The six o’clock news hums in the background With miles of numbers and a ton of stats Warheads are piling up like forgotten debts No need to worry ’bout the crime and the rats
I should be talking to someone who laughs It’s a paranoid mile of fear in my eyes Scared faces stop me from talking to girls While a billion Chinese are stuck in overdrive
Those billions of people I will never meet I clean my room and stare at the ceiling World War Three stares right back at me And the six o’clock news knows how I’m feeling
I took the lyrics from the Minutemen’s Paranoid Chant and asked AI to rearrange them into another poem and after some revision, it spat out some interesting non-rhyming phrases and I then mixed in the original with this to come up with this new poem. The theme is the same as the original and considering it is from 40 years ago, sadly still relevant.
Wax Chattels – A cool new find for me – thanks – will be checking out more! Even though there’s no guitar, it sounds like there is.
The Killing Popes – This is cool stuff. Gives me a glitchy Matmos vibe mixed up with some less avant out-there jazz. A scan of my computer finds that I already have this, so must’ve been impressed on a previous listen too.
Thank – Another familiar band and a nice expansion of the noise rock genre.
Darth Vegas – Very familiar with Darth Vegas as Mikey is a friend of mine. There was a time when we discussed releasing this together on vinyl, but with no sign of there being any shows to help push it, it didn’t make sense to go ahead, unfortunately.
kavv – Nice end of the night vibes and inoffensive enough to be enjoyed anywhere else. I’d never choose to put this on myself, but also wouldn’t turn it off if it popped up somewhere.
With the first breath, the struggle has begun Where the pursuit of happiness did dwell When the world and desire become one There’ll be no need for a place called hell
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