They slide through the city quietly,
No badge, no spotlight, just that
Hush - pressure vibe that makes your
Skin read the room before your eyes do.
Unseen movers
Unseen scribes
Writing your name in places
You ain't never walked.
They draft futures in
Side-pockets,
Tuck provision in the corners of
Conversations, drop signatures in
Hush Hush.
Like chalk marks only the street can decode.
You feel 'em in the shift- that micro pause-
That air-tight moment
Where the world alters itself
And pretends it didn't.
State Actors,
No stage
No curtains,
Just corridors that rearrange when you blink
Too slow,
Scripts of the unseen, inked in obscurity,
Performed in systems
That don't need an audience to keep the
Plot running.
But You?
You walk through it rowdy
Refusing to let hidden hands
Truth and bright
Ghostwrite your fate.
What is this push for an AI world?
Is it better research or reimagined
Youtube music videos?
Is it better medical diagnostics
Or access to yummy recipes
And shopping suggestions?
Is it better drone or
Propaganda psychological warfare?
It will provide all of that and more,
But its main purpose is to finally
At long last, establish what every government
Has ever dreamed of having;
A complete totalitarian surveillance state.
Everything will be watched, everything noted
Like a great God or Santa in the cloud
Everything will be checked twice
And judged naughty or nice.
Nice will be nice, with all the perks
While naughty will simply cease to be.
Such an ideal world is not cheap or easy
It takes great effort and sacrifice
Freedom after all only matters when it's an option.
In a world of total control
We will all have nothing and be happy
We will all want nothing and be happy
And if you’re at all like me,
We will be nothing and at last be happy.
(9/16/26)
We loved videogames, Paul, Sam and me
Came up with an idea, started a company
Sales were good, but success was a curse
It started when the law said we must be diverse.
So we hired Mary, Chantelle, and Helene
But social media was their preferred scene.
Mary spent work time applying lotions
Helene said she was passed over for promotions.
Helene walked away with lots of dough
We settled her lawsuit, but it was a blow
Then we had to pay the business tax
Sam gave half our staff the axe.
Then the hydro plant fell to a progressive plan.
so salmon could swim upstream without a dam.
They built lots of turbines where trees used to grow
So our servers were down when the wind wouldn't blow.
Then Paul said that marriage should be between Adam and Eve.
An online mob descended like you wouldn't believe.
I told him to grovel, but we felt the sting
So I sold our patents to a guy in Beijing.
If you wonder why you can't get a job
Or the one that you got makes you feel like a blob.
Ask the idealists who care about all except you.
They're sitting at the levers, that self-righteous crew.
If l could give any reference
To the fact l am here nor there
And you know as far as patience
If its a virtu then to me it is rare
With current level of interference
I am now in the land of dispare
With all of this repetitive nonsense
Something l do not wish to share
I've never been one for ignorance
But right now l do not really care
As l am in this state of absense
And so blissfully unaware
Was suposed to be follow up to
A state of confusion and a state of mind 2020
CANADA A STATE
TRUMP WANTS THIS TO BE OUR FATE
CANNOT OVERSTATE
Is contetment merly an illusion
Something which l will never obtain
Still l am trying to find some solusion
To what l feel the heartache and pain
If l could come to any such conclusion
Seems like l am forever racking my brain
Just to have some feelings of absolusion
Though still admist thy emotional strain
Clairty hampered by meaningless intrusion
At these times not always so easy to retain
When ever l am in this state of confusion
My thoughts now like a run away train
2020 1997 originaly written part one of two a state of mind 2004
"What are you afraid of losing? When you own nothing in this world".
To cherish a flower yet to perish
To gaze upon the ways of life
As you slowly fade away
Tell me or better yet ask yourself
Why bother?
Conversation,Communication,Comprehension.
To start a topic and give suggestions
Discuss on concepts and break down steps
The assimilation of the other
But then nothing is equal
So why search for it?
Why bother involving
The ache on my lips
The constant itch in my eyes
The heavy swallows at night
A recurring routine
I believed if I said my mind and explained
Once, twice
I could be understood......
However I'm surrounded with translucent figures
With a clear conscience
A lot unsaid, my tired heart can't continue
And so I've a reached a state
BIG US BIRTHDAY
NOT REALLY GOING TRUMP’S WAY
MANY HOME WILL STAY
A new day
The rise up
Blessing shown
A sight to see
My eyes and me
Yesterday that was
Today that is
Not a dream nor imagination
Planned for a reason and purpose
Inner soul deep down
New adventures to come
One can only imagine
One can truly satisfy
Mind to eye
What has been set up
Sunrise lesson
Understanding establishing concepts
Agenda’s carefully prepared
A day no one can miss
The sunrise being the refreshing moment
Expectations granted
The sunrise full of warmth to feel
The new day is real
Destiny upon
Sunrise among
Awaken and rise
Fully energized.
Just nudging seventy eight
This so called "old" age it must wait
Not ready to be known yet as late
Have much control over my eventual fate
Much time left to spend with my lover who is also my best mate
Many many interests that daily satiate
Mindset frequency attuned to a positive state
Some day with God we'll arrange a meeting on a mutual date
Summer is a break in routine for many people
with schools out, summer sports, pools open, and
nature has put out it’s welcome mat and entices
everyone to come spend time there
It’s just different from other seasons
At this point in my life, I am over being super busy
and overscheduling my life. There is something
delightful in choosing activities that are focused
on just being. Being present, being relaxed, watching
something, listening to something, exploring something
I think I will make this a goal to keep this state of mind
throughout the year, and focus on just being the person
I want to be and including things and people in my life
that bring me joy, peace, and a summer state of mind
What Lives Inside
Beyond the noise of the world outside,
there lives a truth I cannot hide,
A story, a dream, a restless tide,
What is it that lives inside ?
A silent voice I cannot define,
No perfect words no design
For nothing fills the empty space,
the outer world cannot replace.
And when the ones we love let go,
And leave us aching , lost and low,
We turn within where shadows hide
To find a gentler world inside.
A place that never turns away
Nor leaves our fragile hearts to stray,
It holds us close through every storm
And loves us simply as our form.
bestowing generational survival skills
and desirable traits –
for e o n s
She led mankind to be
a better version of itself—
wishing for a fairy godmother
l o s e sight of
the W~E~L~L of W~I~S~D~O~M from within –
poised to be
r e l e a s e d …
Voicings; shatterings! Suffer
But one; but then. Aches.
Frailly-ghostly, nightly wails.
As the pine tree shakes.
So left, useless to console
My own lone heart, days.
Yet drawn to what may break it!
As the pine tree sways.
Government has been rotten for years,
While good governance no longer exists.
Leaving many hungry power politicians behind,
With people who have no choice but to abide.
To abide those self entitled and ignorant public servant
while indulging power and corrupt.
An opportunist dressed in a Samaritan suit,
who always want to dispute.
To dispute a topic he has no clue about
As if they're doing it for clout.
Maybe it's a consequence of voting celebrities,
choosing good looks over good qualities
Qualities like integrity and credibility
and not manipulation and dishonesty.
We can work this out together,
vote wisely for the better.
Better might sound like a dream,
for best is what our heart scream
Make your vote worthy
For it's been a tough journey
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