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Category: poetry

  • game of life

    insert coin
    press start
    begin the game
    learn the basics
    meet other players and the occasional NPC
    learn to craft and/or cook
    learn more advanced mechanics
    take on quests
    buy equipment and tools
    follow side stories
    gain followers
    learn backstories
    gain experience and level up regularly
    progress the main story line continuously
    share your adventures with others
    reach the end of the main story
    game over

    no more retries

  • making sense(s)

    looking inside
    unwinding the brain
    picking apart
    eyes watching
    ears hearing
    nose smelling
    tongue tasting
    fingers touching
    where do they begin?
    where do they end?
    the ethical considerations
    the moral obligations

  • books

    it takes time and dedication
    to write a book

    it takes interest and enjoyment
    to read a book

    it takes well created content
    to love a book

    it takes openness and reflection
    to understand a book

    it takes understanding
    to use the content of a book

    it takes a lifetime
    to appreciate books

    it takes a library
    to hold books

    it takes a dragon
    to guard books

  • haiku sweets

    sweet cold
    melting in the bowl
    delighting the tongue

    — ice cream

    chocolate
    combined with cookies
    a dream in brown

    — chocolate chip cookie

  • mating ritual

    clapping hands
    stomping hoofs
    prancing paws
    flapping wings
    slithering scales
    fluttering feathers
    so goes the dance
    of the mates

  • office haiku

    unfamiliar
    twittering of birds
    in the office

    — office on a busy street

    the calm
    the breeze, the wind, the storm
    silence

    — office fan

  • locomotion

    being around
    rolling around
    crawling around
    walking around
    jumping around
    driving around
    flying around

    going somewhere?
    arriving anywhere?

    part of the goal is
    enjoying the journey

  • rinse and repeat and repeat and repeat

    at least once a day
    taking a shower
    at least twice a day
    brushing teeth
    several times a day
    eating healthy meals
    several times a day
    drinking water
    regular
    exercise
    some days
    it is a hassle to have a body
    to take care of

  • reading

    reading in books
    looking for answers
    finding words

    reading in words
    looking for questions
    finding interpretation

    reading in interpretation
    looking for meaning
    finding minds

    reading in minds
    looking for truths
    finding people

  • snail mail

    a snail reading mail on top of a nail

    it tells a tale of a quail flying in hail
    while flying on a gale it follows a trail into a vale
    through the thick veil it spots a bale of hey in jail
    trying to assail the tail of a whale
    landing on a scale it disturbs a pale male weighing kale
    which is stale and frail and thus on sale
    letting out a wail it starts to flail and knocks over a grail full of ale
    attempting to bail it flies into a sail ending in a fail

    making the snail exhale at that last detail and setting out to Yale
    following a rail it will prevail to regale old Gayle who can only read Braille

    in cooperation with a rhyming snail