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Numerical Poetics
I was exploring some old hard drives that I had been saving, thinking they had fallen victim to the dreaded “grinding death”. Upon plugging them in after over 3 years of being stored in an electrostatic bag in my closet, the damned thing booted up no problems. I had enough time to recover some lost lyrics/poetry. Here is a random file from the collection I restored.
SYN /ACK
5/22/2006: 10:50 PM
We will often dive off to see,
knowing quite well, knowing you quite well the peril.
A signature of Constantine instantly erased,
An arms race for bombs made of silver and gold,
It’s almost a shame your wore it… so long.
You forgot to recharge.
Is a bullet worth the sense or the cents.
Is it negative intent to prevent,
Who is to blame?
Who is to repent?
Still we’re creating massive kingdoms afire,
with selfish amazment regarding the food chain.
We love to image we’ve made of ourselves,
We hate to know our graves are 14 days old.
You are on your way for a better existence.
Encryption crumbles revealing fatal source code unethical to public eyes.
Displayed for a short while: the downfall of a comprimised consciousness.
I hear it pays well! But, it’s not the first time we’ve heard this tune.
The anger to the ends.
But what actually ends?
It Is ALL Poetry
Poetry is everywhere. We can make poetry of things that are already there. We can take what we have, and just rearrange it to make it poetic. Just know that the circumstances of your life are poetic, you just need to arrange them in such a way.
If anyone can do this, I’ll just cry with astonishment and pride! See if you can rearrange one of MY poems…
A DIAMOND OR A BOAT
a diamond or boat
that was the question
to entertain the argument
was never my intention
the diamond it seems
has remarkable glare
though maybe more glam
than its miner’s fared
but what of a yacht
with motors abuzz
a thousand photographs
and chasing the sun
well if the ice caps melt
as they say when it gets hotter
then who needs land, hands down
the earth is mostly water!
so if ever prompted proudly pronounce
between the diamond or boat
the rays of god, through gems may bounce
but i’ve never seen a diamond float
