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

28 April 2021

 Alone-04.14.95-later

In a bar

Next too

The place

Where my friend dances for men,

you say she sells  herself

nicotine  stained lungs I speak to you in tongues

And you say my life is a mix of Picasso, Kerouac

Lines, gin and women

I am too high to notice too gone to care

You say my

Madness comes from sadness

Then you

Quit saying anything

Still I miss you

All you left me

Was

Alone: having no one else present 2)Not having anybody. 3)indescribable state of being.  

ALONE


26 April 2021

 Honey trap-26.04.21

you Don't admit that it's part of  your agenda

I can't stop thinking

I ain't quite as daft as you think

I am sussing

Honey trap: is an investigative practice involving the use of romantic or sexual relationships for political (including state espionage 2)in cases, to capture or kill the target and gain intelligence

Honey trap


24 April 2021

 human-21.04.21

morning tangerine sky

a chill

smell of coffee

warmth  that is her

human perfume

Mermaid out of water

just human

benediction 

embrace

Benediction: a service in which the congregation is blessed with the Blessed Sacrament

Kiss

redemption

Redemption: the idea that humanity can be saved from sin - redeemed 

redemption



human 


21 April 2021

 27.03.16-second coming-later

some wait 

fiery judgments’ 

angry condemnations

swords of vengeance

horrendous wars

rapture

a beast

heavy metal  imagery

4 horseman

The four horsemen: Pestilence, War, Famine and Death; comprise the four horseman


I wait 

you my lover

your soft laugh

your passionate touch

fuck the righteous

heaven was

always 

where ever

you are

hell is where ever

you’re not

the dark rider of the apocalypse

waiting for 

the second coming

cocktail in hand

lines on the mirror

18 April 2021

 why?-17.04.21

why she asks

everyone asks how

I am good with why

black coffee

debriefed: question (someone, typically a  spy) about a completed mission or undertaking.2) direct questioning by MI6 or a woman you’ fancy.

casually debriefing me

laughing eyes

Mona Lisa smile

it’s been so long

my time at

“Combat”: clandestine newspaper of the French Resistance, editor Albert Camus

“Combat”

fighting fascism

with

absurdist armies

of

the night

fighting

with

passion

she knows the how’s, when’s

she 

is

why


16 April 2021

 The last souls-16.04.21

 

the lost souls

infinite universe

cold

dark

one

galaxy

9

planets

2

flawed souls

step outside

of space

step outside

of time

step outside

Routine: a sequence of actions regularly followed; a fixed program. 2) cages of our own making 


of your routines

step outside

your rituals

Ritual: a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order. 2) building blocks of mental illness


we’re the

last souls



12 April 2021

 She-12.04.21

let me out of me grave

let slip me leash

she shouldn’t be scared

she wanted my hunger

she lit the fuse

Explosion: breaks up into more than one piece and it therefore changes its shape.2) petite mort 

going to feast on her

It’s

fictional?

It’s

Mystical?

It’s

Existential?

Only in moments of

Weakness

Does she need me

now

Does she need me

Now?


10 April 2021

 Swimming-10.04.21

another mass shooting

the pain has to go some were

all they doi s eat, buy guns, and watch tele

troglodytes fired a burst in anger

you’re like that game

Frag Grenade:  L109A1 

grenade is a fragmentation hand grenade used by the . The HG85-ki radius 2 metres


forward firebase Julie-burning cigarette rubber band holding the spoon frag grenade pin long gone  ‎L96a1

A3 close

Spoon: the safety lever , while  depressed  will not expolde

fear in your eyes you woke Vampyre

yes, he will feed on you, your talent beauty

pure dope

vampyre shaking need, hunger, want

don’t run to the desert

don’t call sister



Don't give it name

call it swimming

you’re  just

swimming


07 April 2021

 Fever dream-07.04.21

caught

her

vacuum of my stare

gifted her

Affliction: something that causes pain or suffering


affliction


blood throbbing in her thighs

fire in burning I her in her eyes

sweat on her heaving breasts

are 

listening

to me

Fever Dreams: vivid dreams you have when your body temperature is elevated

This fever dream is everything


06 April 2021

 Hot and bothered-06.04.21

Swims to me 

Breathelessly

whispering

Hot

hot: having a high degree of heat or a high temperature.2) sexually aroused; lustful sexy; attractive

same breathless voice


 2 syllables

Bothered: concerned about something. Upset, anxious, or rattled.2) sexually aroused

swims to the deep end

beckoning me

she’s

Hot and bothered

3 syllables

that change everything

I go deep


05 April 2021

Existential outlaw-05.04.21

.45 absurd auto in my belt

betwixt planes

pink spiders

hunt me

Angels 

Haunt me

some seek to classify me add me to their collection

my crimes

against 

reality

against 

time

against 

love


exiled and shunned

from

the 3  beer circus


by

General Tom Thumb: a dwarf who rose to fame as a circus performer

General Tom Thumb

underground

drink

loose exile

pink spiders

a dime

I told her

Just

How it end

No future

Only now

On the run

Wanted dead or alive

Existential  outlaw


Quien es? -Billy the kid's last words answered by a bullet to the heart 

a knock

I know who it is

Quien es?


04 April 2021

 Salton Sea 04.04.21

mermaids

gathered

there

American dream crashed and burned

They watch the moon

I watch them

The Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked body of water that has a high concentration of salts and chemicals 2) a community of retirees, bikers, and eccentrics on the shores of an ecological disaster

Having a cocktail and waiting 

On the edge

the Salton sea


03 April 2021

 Casablanca  -21.05.20-later

the plane is on the landing strip

raining dark

Ilsa beautiful in the rain

Victor is on the plane

Ilsa  runs to plane I don’t look 

back

here’s looking

at you

KID

light a cigarette

dessert

after a long journey

into 

night


it always ends

like this 


Casablanca is the largest city of Morocco 2)a filim 3) a postmodern archetype

alone

in

Casablanca


 Good Friday-02.04.21

Spring

Renewal

amidst

Jim Crow coming on strong

the incessant backbeat of mass shootings

ström troopers crucify

people of colour

impotent men with

big stomachs

and no guts

brandish weapons

doves released at the Vatican

like 

JOY

Camus prophesied

Plague

Poe’s premonition

Red Masque

Cooking flowers

redemption

pink spiders-famished

Mermaids-swimming free

Angels-rebels 

Poetry

Art

spoke with God,

pure love

pure beauty

she whispered 

it wasn’t her fault

spoke with the devil

mirror image of me

roars 

suck it up Mary

my dog 

chases a ball

an attack on US capitol

Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ

on  Good Friday


01 April 2021

 Melt-01.04.21

You don't have

to bleed

for me

breathe

For me

YOUR

FIRE

Melt: liquefied by heat 2) feeling or arousing strong or tender emotions

MELTS

chains

MELTS

the cages

MELTS

Teality: state of things as they actually exist 2) lack of drugs or alcohol 

reality