Ongoing sporadic journal of the overeducated, and underemployed. The title derived from Coupland’s description of cubicle land; the corporate ghetto. Random photos and thoughts. Left the ghetto, never happier. This still a work in progress

30 January 2020

visiting time is over-29.01.20
I passed a stone-faced priest at
your door
I chanted invocations with you 
Invocation: incantation used to invoke a deity or the supernatural 2) prayer
your frail figure
clinging to me
seeking
 intercession
seeking 
relief
seeking redemption
Redemption: the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.
I wish
I could take 
That
Punch
For 
You
You pull me
Softly
In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen
In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen: In the name of the Father and of the Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen
Tracing a cross on me  forehead
kiss me 
visiting time
is over 
walk into the night


28 January 2020

Holding-27.01.20
holding our place
Holding: grasp, carry, or support with one's arms or hands 2) be able to bear the weight of a person or thing 3) in possession of drugs 4) to keep something

rain pouring

silently
soundproof windows
stale sterile air
holding me
hand out
a young woman in cocktail attire
weeps inconsolably
holding tongue
from a room
Roar of a game show
holding
her hand
squeezes my hand
and quietly weeps
mumbling prayers
holding
tight
holding
desperately
holding
lovingly
just holding on
to each other
and
holding on
to life

22 January 2020

MLK day20.01.20
awaking
planet burning
people angry
countries torn
americans-are-divided-equally pbs.org
look at me phone
read me history and future
absurdity and tragedy -a dark comedy
celebrating a man of peace
celebrating universal truths
a man of lies
16,000 misleading comments or lies told by Trump salon.com

assassination politics
Iranian General Soleimani killed in missile strike nyt.com
I help Mum to the bathroom
Maybe tomorrow
Maybe someday
Maybe yesterday
Dream: series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep 2) fantasies about something greatly desired3) a goal 4) a drug called hope


We can dream
MLK day

15 January 2020

birth-14.01.20
Birth: from the body of its mother; the 2) start of life as a physically separate being
he didn’t give birth to me
she gave birth
to what I
to the demon
stripping
pretense of humanity
Humanity: the human race, 2)the qualities that make us human, such as the ability to love and have compassion 3) a costume used by demons
turning blue
ascending into
Heaven
both
birth
orphaning
Orphaning:  prematurely separated from its parents or its mother. 3. One that lacks support, supervision, or care

vampiric demon
Birth

10 January 2020

solitaire-08.01.20
solitaire: any of various card games played by one person. 2) a condition of being.
A starless night
Gradually
Suddenly
lonely
Lonely: sad because one has no friends or company. 2) having given up in despair
broken
Broken: Broken: having been fractured or damaged 2) having given up in despair

Deal cards
another game
solitaire


07 January 2020

17.06.16-love in the time of skag-later
WE ARE
sorcerer's
Sorcerer; a person who claims or is believed to have magic powers 2) lovers creating new realities 3) artist and musicians

alchemists
Alchemist: a person who transforms or creates something through a seemingly magical process 2) turning lead into gold, sorrow into joy white powder into heaven

Outlaws
Outlaw: a person who has broken the law, especially one who remains at large or is a fugitive 2) punks making their own rules

field medic’s
Field Medic:  military personnel administering first aid and triaging care 2) treating flesh wounds  and bring back ODs

young gods
WE ARE
in the 
throes
of 
each other 
destruction
creation
each other
mainlining
SEX
SKAG 
MUSIC
ART
What mortals 
Call
Love

01 January 2020

Gun Powder-.01.01.20
the smell of gunpowder
hanging low in the cool night
Small Arms: Small arms: revolvers and self-loading pistols, rifles and carbines, sub-machineguns

sound of small arms fire
fireworks
takes me
a different place
different time
taste  blood in me mouth
Pope Francis slaps woman after she grabs his arm cbs17.com
no time
no place
you look at me
your touch
your kiss, the first kiss of the year
bring me back
Gunpowder:  an explosive consisting of a powdered mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal.
it’s only gun powder