When We Go Between

February 9, 2020February 9, 2020 jdoubleppoem, poetry, writingLeave a comment

you wake up in the morning
tell me that you love me
come home in the evening
say you need to be alone
what happens in the daytime
when we’re not together
what happens in the spaces
when we go between

there’s only one type of loving
I’ve ever been a fan of
there’s only one type of living
that’s ever done me right
messed up so many times
that I gave up counting
messed up too many times
to ever set it right

the flowers stopped blooming
when the bees they stopped calling
the flowers stopped growing
when the sun went out
got a maze of black mirrors
that show me forever
in a maze of black mirrors
trapped-with no way out

what happens in the spaces
when we go between
what happens to a heart
that is no longer seen
what happens when you forget
all the places that you been
what happens when you just can’t
recognize the scene-no more

remember when you found me
naked in the garden
remember when you called me
by my secret name
I promise if you leave me
I will never follow
I promise if you leave me
I will never be the same

Kansas City, Come Get A Valentine’s Poem from me tomorrow at

February 7, 2020 jdoublepkansas city, poem, poetry, valentines poems, writingLeave a comment

Sigh

February 3, 2020 jdoublepthe idiot in chiefLeave a comment

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Presidential.

Basic Connectomics: A Citizen’s Guide to the Connectomy

January 30, 2020 jdoublepconnectome, Poe try, poem, writingLeave a comment

     to chart the connections:
     a connectome
     what each part is,
     how it supports the whole,
     how it ought to interact with other parts
          and the environment

how might we grasp the entirety?

     understanding
     all this complexity
     millions of things
     happening simultaneously
                                                                                     within
without

     no point
     you can say,
     ‘I now understand’

the world is.
ideas conform.

     information
     is the enemy
     of understanding

     which details are irrelevant?
     making sense of facts
     truth through an unfocused lens
     sculpted by language
     processed by culture

watching ice melt
we stoke the fire

A Poem For Us

January 22, 2020 jdoubleplife the universe and everything plus your kisses, poem, poetry, writingLeave a comment

we want it mechanical

but that’s a recent desire

(relatively speaking)

the easy truth is

that it’s a lyric, a line

break, an assumption…

neither this nor that

never one thing for too long

(relatively speaking)

you’re here now

and so am I

let us kiss under the wavering moon

let us understand nothing

Wild Chickens In Hawai’i

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 jdoublepchickens in hawai’i, music, poem, poetry, writingLeave a comment

They got wild chickens in Hawai’i
They got robot cars on Mars
They got luminescent fish in the deep

They got meat made out of veggies
They got talking frigerators
But they ain’t found a way to keep you close to me

No, they ain’t found a way
No, they ain’t found a way
They ain’t found a way to keep you close to me

Oh, I wish that they might
Find a way to ground your flight
But they ain’t found no way that keeps you close to me

They got dogs that speak to humans
They got kitties using toilets
They got pills that make the sour things turn sweet

They got doorbells always watching
They got facial recognition
But they ain’t found a way to keep you close to me

No, they ain’t found a way
No, they ain’t found a way
They ain’t found a way to keep you close to me

Oh, I wish that they found
Some way to keep you hanging ’round
But they ain’t found no way that keeps you close to me

Yeah, they got pillows that play music
They got millions of flavors
They got light to whiten up your crooked teeth

They got islands getting drowned
And they got countries a’fire
But they ain’t found no way that keeps you close to me

No, they ain’t found a way
No, they ain’t found a way
They ain’t found a way to keep you close to me

Oh, I wish that they would
Find a way to keep you here for good
But they ain’t found that way to keep you close to me

They ain’t found a way to keep you close to me
They ain’t found a way to stop you being free
No, they ain’t found a way to tell you how to be

They ain’t found way

Never gonna find a way

That might make you stay

They ain’t found a way to keep you close to me

The Only Secret That I Know

January 11, 2020January 11, 2020 jdoubleppoem, poetry, song, writingLeave a comment

I never knew a sweeter melody
Than the one that called me home

I never knew the mind of god
Except when I was stoned

I never knew the rain would fall
Until the drops darkened my coat

Now I’m telling you a secret
The only secret that I know

I never felt the rocky path
Underneath me when I roamed

I never thought to hold your hand
While you were standing close

I can’t forget the way you looked
Traveling down that road

So now I’m telling you a secret
The only secret that I know

I never had a single care
I never stopped, I never slowed

I never wanted anything
Except to hear you say, “Don’t go”

I never shed a single tear
Least that’s how the story goes

And now I’m telling you a secret
The only secret that I know

The Two Myths of the Internet

January 2, 2020 jdoublepkill facebook, kill google, technologyLeave a comment

Technologies are not distinct from the people who use them. They are, as Marshall McLuhan told us, extensions of ourselves. As such, they will embody the biases that we apply through their design and use. No tech is neutral by design or effect. They make some actions easier and others harder, and it takes extra effort to notice and correct those biases.

https://www.wired.com/story/the-two-myths-of-the-internet/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Year of the Owl from Lucas Wetzel

December 28, 2019 jdoublepFiction, flash fiction, kansas city, lucas wetzel, poetry, writingLeave a comment

A selection of 365 short bits, extracted and compiled from various studio writings, notebooks, voice memos, letters, stories, and essays.

Quite enjoyable and amenable to your on-the-go lifestyle.

https://lucaswetzel.com/the-year-of-the-owl/

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When We Go Between

Kansas City, Come Get A Valentine’s Poem from me tomorrow at

Sigh

Basic Connectomics: A Citizen’s Guide to the Connectomy

A Poem For Us

Wild Chickens In Hawai’i

The Only Secret That I Know

The Two Myths of the Internet

Year of the Owl from Lucas Wetzel