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dead reckoning

i’m an agnostic bloke that sums up life ~ by doing short division 

god knows I can do it the long way too ~ but that’ll take a vision 

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David Kavanagh

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Lin Lane

August 4, 2026 at 5:34 AM

God knows.... yeah, I know you meant that! HA I've missed your Monoku and haven't written any in some time. Yours are always incentive.

Lin Lane

August 4, 2026 at 8:24 AM

David, one of the most beautiful parts of our mind is that no one needs to understand us. Sometimes, that might even apply to ourselves. 🥹

David Kavanagh

August 4, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Heya Lin, I don’t even need a 3D vision, even a 2D one with a personal message only I could understand would suffice; like something that can’t be put down to a coincidence, I’m not looking for much am I 🙃 I’ll keep doing the Math ➗🟰➗cheers David

Terry Flood

July 12, 2026 at 4:01 PM

It’d take a darned site more than a vision for me to get into long division (metaphorical or otherwise)… I think I’d need an epiphany. As a fellow Agnostic, I love your use of ‘God knows’. I reckon we must have had some kind of cosmic resonance here as we’ve both written on the agnostic theme… but what took me two sides of metaphorical A4… took you two lines. C’est la vie ;-) Terry

David Kavanagh

August 3, 2026 at 4:06 AM

So sorry I missed your comment Terry I’ve been off PS for quite some time, you know how life gets at time when running low on epiphanies 🙃, I’m delighted you seen (something) worth seeing in this brief one, thanks so much for stopping by, cheers David

Ink Empress

July 1, 2026 at 1:09 AM

I think your vision is deep, and profound dear David, you have a very honest way with expressing which is personally to me, very refreshing and beautiful to the eyes and mind as we live in a world that is so very hypocritical, one that preaches without truly acknowledging that there is both dark and light to all of us. I prefer short division tbh! Long division is a hassle and stressful ~ in the mathematics of life and more hah! Pleasure reading you today. Sending you light always

David Kavanagh

July 1, 2026 at 8:52 AM

Heya Ink, I totally agree with you about this being a hypocritical world, that actually preaches all kinds of division, I am openly honest about my agnostic beliefs, and don’t have any issues whatsoever about religions, once they are peaceful and not aggressively trying to force it upon others; doing life’s math is more straightforward if I use short division, like you said the long way can be quite tedious and stressful lol! Thanks so much for great comment, and the light is always welcome, cheers David

Kim Rodrigues

June 30, 2026 at 6:20 AM

Interesting write. You did well with the parts of your poem and rhyme. …agnostic bloke…god knows… etc..

David Kavanagh

June 30, 2026 at 6:29 AM

I honestly am an agnostic bloke Kim, I can never put my hand on heart and say there is no god, at the same time I try do the math which is problematic too, wish I had your unshakable faith, cheers David

Laurentine G

June 30, 2026 at 5:52 AM

Ahh look at me ensuring I revisit the title before forming an opinion :) I love the play on words here! I'm not convinced there is that moment of understanding the big play - I think the reset button just gets pressed! (alongside my engrained beliefs about heaven and purgatory and a bit of a mash up of that and reincarnation and occasional hauntings lol)

David Kavanagh

June 30, 2026 at 6:19 AM

Heya Laurentine I’ve come across some strange happenings in my life, some fortunate others not so, but the trouble is they can be argued as either divine intervention or chance occurrence, would I recognise a vision or a (big play) if I seen it, I’ll keep an open mind and say probably lol! Cheers David