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Premium Member raindrops

r(*)a(*)i(*)n
(*)(*)ffff(*)(*)
(*)(*)aaaa(*)(*)
(*)(*)llll(*)(*)
(*)(*)llll(*)(*)
(*)(*)iiii(*)(*)
(*)(*)nnnn(*)(*)
(*)(*)gggg(*)(*)
s(*)a(*)d(*)l(*)y

Premium Member wind chill

w > w > w > w
i  n > n > n
d W > I  D …C  I  L
chillchillchillchillchillchillchillchill

postmodern lovers

"modern lovers"


Picasso 
had

one but

wasn't 
one 

though 

some 
say 
he

was


Premium Member anything goes

anything goes
when
you're
going

no
where

no
w
h
e
r
e

(a?n?y?t?h?i?n?g?g?o?e?s?)

Premium Member Liquid Silence

Liquid pellets
Pellets slam
Slam gently
Gently into
Into the
The leafy
Leafy mire
Mire seeking
Seeking sanctuary
Sanctuary on
On vandalized
Vandalized park
Park benches
Benches retreating
Retreating into
Into gentle
Gentle liquid
Liquid silence

Premium Member another year--

another year 
down 
the
drain
(d
r)
(a
i)
(n
ddrraaiinn
dddrrraaaiiinnn
draindraindraindrain
anotheryeardownthedrain


Premium Member Cosmic Dust Storm

*~)~*
dwarf stars
dance on 
angelic
heads
--(--
:
((-o!* ))--(( *!o-)
beyond }{ dnoyeb
above  evoba
(mindless merciless movement
moving merciful mind)
…>-((!!...
sailing on solar wind
walking on lunar souls
…!!))-
erasing ironic eons
egesting iconic ions
 (flowing ~ crying ~ sighing)
/>__/
dark space going
space going dark
spaceless ~ timeless
isless
is
less
…
there you I me 
:
frozen ghosts
((((((:::))))))
ghostly frost
~|~|~*(---)*~|~|~|
 winternocturne  :….:
    :….: enrutconretniw 
\\*!*//
!))i*c*e((!
 galactic ruins
cosmic runes
…
me I you where
:
--(--
headless
angels
dance on 
dwarf stars
*~)~*

Premium Member Pyramid of Words

i
i write
i write therefore
i write therefore i am
i write therefore i am building
i write therefore i am building this
i write therefore i am building this pyramid
i write therefore i am building this pyramid of
I WRITE THEREFORE I HAVE BUILT THIS PYRAMID OF WORDS

Premium Member Hypersonic Tsunami

I/you
is/am/was
a soldier of 
fortuitous (mis)fortune

a quiet
puddle 
piddling in
southerly sloth

a gnarly ghost 
galloping in 
whirling ~ twirling ~ swirling
electronic sandstorms

!---)))>>>--->>>)))---!

adrift in tortured time
submerged in 
the timeless slime of 
gaslit dumpster fires

a hypersonic tsunami
of repetitive rage
revolting within & against
a cadaverous cage

light is muted
visions are mooted
delusions get uprooted?
an unfortunate creature soldiers on


!---)))hTySpUeNrAsMoInic>>>)!

Premium Member Eclipse This

eclipse an errant eon
inhale discordant ions
exhale insectile icons

disarm misfiring memes
take umbrage under a titanic umbrella
recede from seething red-holes in sinkholes

just so you know…
Helga and Zohar orbit the Moon
a harsh mistress giggles indifferently
a cold cosmos says nothing
you are (not) what you think (you are)

forbid fallacious words
forget wordy fallacies
forgo fatuous wormholes

FYI, it’s Awesome
FWIW, it's Perfect
TBH, it’s FUBAR

Premium Member Listen ---

nothing
nowhere
no-thing
no-where
now(here)

simple
sounds
spaces
moments
moving simply

it goes
some/nowhere
it goes
so it (goes/does)
does/not (goes it)

it is/not happening
it grows
it shrinks
it knows
nothing (w)here

it knows
nothing
knows it
now(here)
knows it (not) (w)here

Premium Member Storms Happen

storms happen
happenstance stomps
selfish selfies inherit the wind
windmills become grist for the mill

Armageddon trending now
Utopia is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day
go figure (& lie about the figures)
too many figurative flies in the proverbial soup

words float like moths to the factoid
sting like a bumbling bezoar
fly like a flock of birdbrains
put that in your pipe & tweet it

Premium Member Science Is Alert

PopularLiveScienceAlertTechDaily
ancient Martian microbes digest Trojan Asteroids
daily mail lands on the Moon
online tsunamis tracked by harmful UFO videos
2022: the Light-Year of the Great White Dino-Shark
NASA underneath Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Space Space Space
Ligers captured by Titan Dragonfly
national geographers guard the popular mechanics
1 million previously hidden galaxies found off LA coast
28 interesting facts about weird gophers on Far Side of the Sun
sandy frog bursts into man-made forests
Time Time Time
scientists pound infant Earth
ancient galactic graveyard revealed by urban coyotes
fake Galileo telescopes popular with Zorses
mystery of ancient diamond-eating skeleton is SOLVED
don't blame murder hornets for invading ocean planet
DailyTechAlertScienceLivePopular

Premium Member House of Cliches

I rest my case
on a house of cards
(that)
hit the nail on the head
(of) the nail in the coffin
(that)
hit the ground running
where the rubber hits the road
(while)
time flies when you’re having fun
in the nick of time
(and)
all’s well that ends well
all is fair in love and war
(let’s not forget that)
the writing’s on the wall
it could be worse
(as)
the light at the end of the tunnel
is a perfect storm after the calm

Premium Member Deliverance ---

over there..>
lost time leaking away

collapse not into temptation
grant me/us peaceful solitude 
deliver us/me from erratum
inert/confined/lost
entangled in a weary knot
buried in dusty debris
suffocated by icy cobwebs
burned & frozen
begging for deliverance
longing for liberation
yearning to be untangled
thunder over water
deliverance?

lost life leaking into the past
<..over here

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