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

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


29 March 2021

 don’t pretend-28.03.21


trying to get inside of you

no matter what I do

I know

no matter what I do

I’ll never real get inside of you

and make you catch fire

the way you should

Pretend: speak and act so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not. 2) acting like this was all we ever wanted

don’t pretend

you never wanted more than the

don’t pretend

I never tried

don’t pretend

and

smile

don’t pretend


28 March 2021

 Palm Sunday-28.03.21

waking cool spring morning

woman on fire

long legs

long hair

spread

overs

sheets

my mind

ravenous she growls

tigress

in heat

giving me

Impure thoughts impure thought only becomes sin when it is willed


Impure thoughts 


on

 Palm Sunday



27 March 2021

 Lust-27.03.21

she reaches out

a branch

in whirlpool of self-recrimination

longer than smiles can be forced

and

troubled

emotions under lock and key

yet

Lust: very strong sexual desire 2) a strong hunger for anything,

lust screaming for satisfaction

all

i know

no eternal reward

will forgive

wasting the night

lust is life


24 March 2021

 fishing-25.03.21

seeking

mermaid

Lure: tempt seduce to lead astray

lure

Mermaids

beat poetry?

clever words?


abstracts?

strong coffee?

nothing?

sign

at lighthouse

fishing




22 March 2021

 Ravenous-22.03.21

Blind need

want

DESIRE

shaking

a pain

everything else

else than nothing

NEED

would cook

, mermaid

mainline

into me

soul

if we had one

jonesing junk sick

HUNGER

I am

Ravenous: extremely hungry. 2)starved not necessarily for food. 3) bind desire, that must be satisfied

Ravenous


20 March 2021

 mon guide voyage en absurdie-20.03.21

waiting night

dragon roars

dissolving into smoke

scotch-coloured skies

blue bunny was calling

pink spider

waves 8 legs

craving me

whilst

I crave you

riot of bald sopranos’

messiah

Sisyphus

Crucified


Messiah: who will change the world order in accordance with the will of God

messiah

strip

show me

your

desire

show me

your

fire

I

show

show you 

mon guide voyage en absurdie


14 March 2021

 


Dark cocktail hour of the soul -13.03.21

gutted

lost

can’t remember not

knowing

loving you

I’ll make a drink

to fill an empty

place inside

gutted

Purgatory: process, or place of purification or temporary punishment in which, souls are made ready for heaven.

purgatory

cocktails


12 March 2021

 dream-11.03.21

going down

underground

going

deep

letting

darkness

wash over me

diving down

deeper

can’t

stand the light

Dreams:The dream :most secret recesses of the soul, opening into that cosmic night-Jung

dreams

are born

in the dark

come dream with me

lucid dreams

illicit dreams

mystic dreams

just dream



02 March 2021

 Fire -01.03.21

Fire:1) a chemical reaction that gives off light heat 2) order to discharge weapon 3) mojo  

in

your eyes


sweat


betwixt


your thighs


say

everything


want


swim


in

fire


until

I

drown

kos

only

then

I’m

alive




28 February 2021

a text from Marilynn Monroe-27.02.21

-Starwood?

Madame Wong’s?

catching me eye


whirl wind: almost-vertical column of wind that moves rapidly 2)   how god calls you if his iPhone has bricked

Whirl wind of blonde hair, sexy

basically, on fire

hard to miss

easy to lose

then

a text

Marilyn Monroe: Norma Jeane Mortenson 2) blonde archetype

Marilyn Monroe


26 February 2021

how to disappear completely-26.02.21


love letter

yellowing  like a fresh black eye

don’t try

don’t  work

don’t force

don’t fake it

quit now

if it is

then

if isn’t

there already

it never existed

only when it

comes

from

within

not

outside

can

it

immerse you

overcome you

pull you under

until you

are

who

you were

before they told you who to be

Disappear: lecease to be visible 2)  to go away or become lost


disappear





24 February 2021

Happy Ladings-24.02.21


radar contact

Radar Contact: Air Traffic Control see you on my radar, I'll keep an eye on you

redemption

usually at 

Tony

Tony

Lima

flying under radar


coming in hot


cleared for landing

Runway foamy: runways at airports being covered in foam to reduce friction

runway foamy

Air traffic control

She loves me

Happy Landings



22 February 2021

 slamming romance-22.02.21

waking

to

bright morning light

streaming through window

she walks softly sound

water  and  low singing

I stumble to wards the

song

watch

a moment

that beingI’m still

Discovering:  gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown 2) a new experience

discovering

hand reaches out

pulling

me in

care

kisses

redemption

Slamming Romance


19 February 2021

 let it happen-19.02.21

come inside

to eye of your heart

might find

a better place

to sleep

starting

revolution

frommy bed

all the

things

that have been

fades away

rebel angel

can wait

it’s too

she knows

take me

to your place

that no one knows

please

don’t

it’s cool

don’t look away

from vacuum of  me gaze

let it go

me

you


Happen: take place; occur. 2)  used to emphasize someone's wrongdoings or to point out a ridiculous event .3) chemical reactions.



let it happen


18 February 2021

 Prometheus-18.02.21

winter so bleak

frozen

grey on grey

descending

underground

far away

from

yellow brick road

pink spiders

Mermaids

Prometheus is a culture hero and trickster figure who created of humanity from clay, and who defies the gods by stealing fire and giving it to humans

punk Prometheus ripped jeans black leather

eagle ODs

surfacing

searching for the sacred flame

I have seen it

I will have it




16 February 2021

 Should-16.02.21

should

I Know

where

you slept last night

should

I care

where

you slept last night

should

I have been

where you slept last night

Should used to indicate obligation, duty, or correctness 2) should of, would of, could of- regrets and 4$ will get you a cup of coffee


Should