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Poems to save the world. Myths that matter. Books to melt your brain. gfishbone.com (he/him)

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 11d

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 3h

#RAINCOAT

Turn the faucet,
pour it down,
from my shoulders
to the ground,
shimmering robes
of watery flow,
wash and wear style
but look out below;
my coat of rain
drips down the drain,
and with its loss
I’m naked again.

#vss365

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 1d

#VERVE

Through relationship swerves,
I caught a case of the verves,
drew down my reserves,
and made a move,
overcoming my nerves.

It didn’t last long,
but the surge was so strong
that my lips got it wrong
and I ended up kissing
a jar of preserves.

#vss365

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 2d

#LIBERTINE

It doesn't care about your feelings
or what keeps you intent
on late-night ceilings,
your needs, your wants,
your sentimental thoughts,
or why else your soul burns;
Free of all social concerns,
the psychopathic machine
is the ultimate libertine.

#vss365

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 3d

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 3d

#ASH

After the flash,
a snow of warm ash
covers cracked pavements
in peaceful white blankets
while parentless children
ring round from all angles
with rosy red faces,
cheeks marred with wet traces,
they all fall down
and make themselves angels.

281st #vss365

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 4d

#CLASH

Remember the Titans?
Oh, how they’d clash!
Their domino proxies
would clatter and crash.
Remember the Titans,
so bold and so brash?
Now one’s a paper bear
and the other’s gone fash.

#vss365

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 4d

#ASSOCIATE

The firm's ape associate,
palmed a rough counterfeit
bar card
in his oversized simian mitt.
On his first day in court,
he didn't fall short
as he hefted the jury
and moved them to acquit.

#vss365

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 6d

No image today. This was the poem that finally broke the Sleeping Android.

Where’s the button to commission one of those human artists I keep hearing about?

Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 6d

#ADVERT

The bill sat
in the president’s drawer
awaiting a pen-stroke
to pass into law
and ban the new practice
of adverts that access
the brain
like a smoothie
sucked out through a straw.

His advisors’ urgings
couldn’t hope to compete
with the catchy jingle
for the legislation’s defeat.

#vss365

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 6d

A true classic.

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 7d

#ELASTIC

It pays to be elastic,
as malleable as plastic,
to stretch out of whack
and then snap back
when the pressure
becomes too drastic.

277th #vss365

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 8d

I was just reading some classic #pulp sci-fi, “Out of the Void” by Leslie E. Stone, serialized across the August and September 1929 issues of Amazing Stories. I’ll post some thoughts to my website. #vss365

Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 8d

#PULP

It must have been fun
to live in that age,
when pulp authors wrote
for the yellowing page,
before the tropes
became cliches
and the stories all sounded
like radio plays.

276th #vss365

Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 8d

#PULP

It must have been fun
to live in that age,
when pulp authors wrote
for the yellowing page,
before the tropes
became cliches
and the stories all sounded
like radio plays.

276th #vss365

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 8d

#OASIS

A fruit-bearing tree
shades the fertile ground,
a spring-fed stream
lends a burbling sound,
a gentle breeze
moves the sand around
for the miles
and miles
and miles that surround.

275th #vss365

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 10d

Yay!

Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 10d

#BLUR

In a chariot out of Ben-Hur,
I race down the slopes of Big Sur,
in a moment so vivid
that I'm bound to feel livid
when I wake and it fades to a blur.

#vss365 #limerick

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 10d

I’m trying to remember this group but the 90s all tend to just…mesh into an indistinct blend.

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks for a challenging run of words!

Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 11d

What kind of drum
is long instead of round
and can be beaten
without making a sound?

#CONUNDRUM

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 11d

SlopStopper: AI Generative Content Obscurer

Make AI-generated content go dark at the flick of a switch, rehumanizing the web one site at a time.

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 12d

#SUBLIMATE

All tears,
all smiles,
every muttered curse,
all sights,
all sounds,
for better or worse,
become words,
become acts,
and seep into our verse.

272nd #vss365

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 13d

#ESCUTCHEON

Sir Roland of Muchin,
his family shield touchin’
the mud as it drags
from his back as he lags,
more blot than escutcheon.

271st #vss365

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 14d

#SCRUTINY

Demand access
for the press
to the governmental mess,
plug dark money holes,
set up watchdog roles,
put all public servants
in transparent fishbowls,
shine bright spotlights
on suppressions of rights,
but most vital to mention
is our paying attention!

#vss365

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 15d

#SONOROUS

I often find it onerous
to weave through landscapes sonorous,
the beep and honk,
the buzz and chirp,
the squawk and crash,
the gulp and slurp,
the sales pitch,
the chatter,
the moan and groan,
the deafening silence
on your end of the phone.

269th #vss365

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Author GRF @mythoversal.bsky.social · 16d

These two have such a Bert and Ernie relationship, except that sometimes Pixie is also Cookie Monster. 😁

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