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

31 December 2019

ruin-31.12.19
Desperation starts
Desperation: state of despair, typically one which results in rash or extreme behaviour 
at dawn
History is made
night
relentless: that does not relent; unyieldingly severe, strict, or harsh; unrelenting 2) harsh morning light 3) pink spiders
rentless light
refuse to
merely exist
Exist:1. to be, or to be real: 2. to live, or to live in difficult conditions 3) absurdity that links being 
pink spider
so sweet
Sweet: pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey; not salty, sour, or bitter. 2) generous, kind person
so naive
Naive: showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment 2) denoting art produced in a straightforward style
says
she is me ruin
Ruin: the physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.
spent too many years
perfecting
ruin
disease
disease: disorder of structure or function in a human, animal 2) carefully curated behaviours' and habits
ruin
so sweet
so sexy
I’ take ruin every time

17 December 2019

Rebel Angel-17.12.19
fell from grace
Grace: the free and unmerited favor of God
Down
Down: To be friends with someone or to spend time
underground
down
demon arms
down
twisted
dark
affair
down
taboos
down
Down:  toward, into

 catwalks
down
Down: to the bottom of

 my heart
suddenly
looking
into
her eyes
she went
 into
light
as Angels do
I ran
Down
Down:
knock or bring to the ground

dark
as demons do
Down:  sad or depressed.

down

16 December 2019

fade to black-16.12.19
Fade to Black: is the most dramatic transition found on this list. A fade to black is essentially a dissolve in or to black. 2) signaling completion, or end of the narrative.
you found me
I am sussing
in a moment
weakness wants
naturally
vampyric demon
fades away
you’re tired of being
all things
to all people
I am happy
being nothing
to all
no need for dramatic music
no need for explanations
no need for apologies
no need to second guess
no need to look back
I fade to black

12 December 2019

going down12.12.19
underground
Underground:the surface of the ground2) secretive  3)outside of  society
come angel
not heaven
not hell
both
low,  nowhere to go
demonic liar
no meetings
just those fallen from grace
Grae: grace is favour, the free and undeserved help that God gives us to respond to his call to become children of God 2) a bartender I knew
in this place
whatever keeps me high
I take
I’ll take you down
when I go numb
fly  with me
might  we
crash together
Crash: collide violently with an obstacle or another 2) falling into bed
going down

07 December 2019

Melancholy-06.12.19
Ring-a-ring-a-rosies
A rosy rash, they allege, was a symptom of the plague,
A pocket full of posies
Some diseases require a lifetime to perfect
awaking
Melancholy: a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause 2) also everything imaginable and coming down                                                                                                                                                                          
A pocket full of posies
Posey: small bouquet of flowers, was supposed to help ward it off

Falling
further
ashes ashes we all fall down
falling
Ashes ashes we all fall down’s ashes the burning corpses
underground black
 We all fall down: deaths from the plague 2) when you come down
NyQuil : the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, aching, coughing, stuffy-head, fever, so you can rest medicine. 2) last ditch treatment  for being dope sick.

Melancholy

01 December 2019


I want the Angel-29.11.19
Angel: The existence of the spiritual, non-corporeal beings that Sacred Scripture usually calls "angels" is a truth of faith 2)) the one that never comes 

I want
the Angel
who 
takes what I give
I want the Angel
who 
takes me higher
I want the Angel
who stays
when everything
adds
up to
zero
I want the Angel
who sees my pain
but doesn’t flinch
Pain: physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury. 2)  fuel for art

I want the Angel
Who knows 
I have the devils blessing
Devils Blessing: a curse, misfortune
I want the Angel 
who will 
Lay with me 
Dream: series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.  2) goals 3) life
And dream

12 November 2019

Our father's-11.15
heavy smokers
hard drinkers
combat ribbons

04 November 2019

Filthy gorgeous-1.11.19
Wild animal left in the cage for a long while then set free upon me
I will never step away from you
I don't know if this is forever
I don't know if this is for now
All I know 
you’re filthy
You’re gorgeous
Your halo is burning
it’s all saints Day 
Catholics honour all those who have entered heaven. ... All Saints' Day 2) el Día de los 
innnocentes” or the day of the children
Filthy gorgeous
I closer   to heaven

02 November 2019

Sacred and profane-31.10.19
She’s all things sacred and profane
Sacred connected with God (or the gods
sacred beauty
I drink to innocence 
I drink to youth
youth that protects her
profane: not holy because unconsecrated, impure, or defiled 
I will
hold  her
when
 she learns the truth

I’ll find a vein
kill the pain
ritual 
sacred 
her dance
profane   
weapons-grade body
fertility rites
surrender
consecrated
Concsrated: to pronounce or make clean, or to dedicate something or someone completely, or to make holy.
Consecrated 
by  
profane 
by
 sacred

28 October 2019

idiosyncratic dance-25.10.19
brightly coloured ink
contrasting
peaches and cream skin
She may have been a  product of Collective unconscious

Collective unconscious: the unconscious that part of the mind  memories and impulses common to all mankind

some strange Angel 

pulling me in
my heroine
pulling me in 
like heroin 
Idiosyncratic: a strange or unusual habit, way of behaving, or feature
strange Angel
demonic  vampyre
pulling into
with some strange music 
pulling me in
idiosyncratic dance




24 October 2019

revulsion-15.10.19
a call, coffee
you start unpacking all your luggage
for me to carry
not that I am worthy
you explain
detail
medicate
AWAY
demon’s personality?
 hear the
the things
you say
they don’t make sense
not seeing evidence
double-edged stiletto
and a dime bag
betwixt worlds
love lost
revulsion
fills the
space
Give me
valise chuffed
with sorrow and regret
Revulsion: a sense of disgust and loathing
I’ll take
your revulsion
too
bitter truths better
than
sweet lies
revulsion

10 October 2019

Wahala 16.01.18-later

I went to sleep to 
your thousand and one  sorrows
awoke  to your troubles
some begged 
some borrowed
some stolen
cured your disease 
perfected my  disease
kept each other secret
you said 
you were  a tattoo 
Tarroo: 1 : a mark, figure, design, or word intentionally fixed or placed  2) a mark on soul akin to a scar

on me soul
no
scabs on me arm
I passed you 
tonight 
at the hotel
where they celebrated you
SO pretty
SO talented
best lay in the city
went to the bar
you were right 
tattoo
Wahala


WAHALA: trouble, annoyance and headache, all rolled into one2) a bit of hart break even though you know better

09 October 2019

that man-09.10.19
cowgirl
blames
like all the others
The Others: Men who used her and treated her badly
banality of evil
Banality of evil: Hannah Arendt writhing about Adolf Eichmann

personified
betray her?
because
I could
because
she said I would

because
cowgirls can’t live underground
because
mermaids exist
because
I am that man

08 October 2019

I told you not to trust me-07.10.19
losing me
waking in an episode of the prisoner
waking in an episode of the prisoner
The Prisoner is a 1967 British sci—fi ’67-‘68allegorical television series about an unidentified British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned 
in the time of my banishment
3 beer circus
by
General Tom Thumb
General Tom Thumb: a dwarf who rose to fame as a circus performer
leper
Leper: a person suffering from leprosy2))a person who is avoided or rejected by others for moral or social reasons 3) a state of being

flawed
tragically 
absurdly
telling   YOU the truth
don’t trust me

22 September 2019

choose me-20.09.19

you’re


dressed to kill
you’re
not protected
this adventure

 Choose your adventure 

Choose Your Own Adventure, is a series of children's game books 2) the choices 
that defines us.
I choose

pink spider in cherry flavored  cyanide lip-gloss

morphine nods

coke binges

deep underground submerged in art and music
eschewing the surface forever
existing in shadows, night and myth
Outside of control
choose   your adventure
choose me
passion
depravity
the absurdity of being
a blue dog 
choose your adventure

18 September 2019

Her movie-17.09.19   

Just a bit player

Here

I am  am super villain
A
Main character
main character :character who has a major purpose or role in the plot and/or interacts regularly with main characters.
crucial to the plot not ancillary

FLAWED

tragically?
Tragically flawed:a trait in a character leading to his downfall

intenently?
strategically?
I’ll write  a new script.

16 September 2019

dream-16.09.19

Red Queen: he Red Queen: antagonist in the story as she is the queen for the side opposing Alice
Red Queen wants
to know
what no one can
what the Mad Hatter is?
did he love Alice?
did the Queen of Hearts love him?
he love her?
Queen of Hearts who is quick to give death sentence
I just smile
this a dream
they will
forget me
the red  queen
already  has forgotten
Mad Hatter knew
Mad Hatter:  is a seemingly insane gives out riddles and dresses fashionably. 2) He is part of the resistance to bring down the Red Queen's command of Underland(underground) and thus end her bloody rule


It’s all just a dream

15 September 2019

St Dymphna -13.09.19

Found my consciousness in a glassine envelope
my soul in blood roses
dancing   in a syringe
Glassine envelope:The preferred packaging envelope for dime bags, also popular with stamp collectors.
shot it into me neck

Rushing: euphoria  when skag reaches the skag centre of your brain/soul.
rushing   riding that white horse
down  from the polar peaks
down te rabbit hole
straight underground
still dropping fast
9th circle
straight to the 9th circle :The Ninth Circle of Hell is a frozen lake 2)the Ninth Circle are people who have betrayed the trust of someone or something close and special.
there 
I will
find her
St Dymphna  tipped me off as she was getting dressed  by the light of a flashing neon light
shouting Vacancy


StDymphna: is the patron saint of the nervous, emotionally disturbed, mentally ill. She was a mystic and had Stigmata

when I find her
I will leave 
there
St Dympna  calls
wounds  
madness 
dance
synchronistically 

03 September 2019

Got to 03.09.19
got to take it while it’s hot
she’s a kinky little thing
Got a walk before you run
She’s got a taste
got to love her while it lasts
living fast
Got to take it and run
mannequins riot demanding gentilia 
She ‘s a magazine dream
got to open her up
Got to pull the subscription card from her navel
got to use your teeth
Van Gough’s ear on a key fob
got to live
got to love
mimes scream bomb threats the silence is a roar
Got to feel the angry eyes
Got to be the one who never stays watching
Libretto of desire contain few words, many growls and moans
Libretto: text of an opera or other vocal work.
got to sing
got to scream
got to make love
got to run before the sun
got to see this play out

30 August 2019

31.07.17-cherry cyanide-later
Cherry comes
long spindly legs and arms
close around
me
pink spiders
get me
dying  and living reconciled
she follows
underground
far
from
hallowed ground
Hallowed : consider sacred

purity a stranger
to begin
dark
sacraments
my little
human sacrifice
beauty carries
karmic debt
Karmic: Hinduism Buddhism the principle of retributive justice

I ‘m
penance
kisses me
I
savour
the intensity
and
recognise
flavour
cherry cyanide
Cynaide: sodium or potassium cyanide used as a poison