The Fragments
"On The Field Of Thunder & Blood"
Poetry is poetry and science is science - forget that you not that you get that you not.
"Philosophy"
Philosophy is nothing other than the study of things that are invisible and that happened only once.
"The Seven Corners Of Life"
3 things you gotta know.
You gotta know which way is up.
You gotta know your place.
You gotta know what time it is.
3 ways how to do stuff good
Slow down.
Finish what you started.
Don’t go and be getting any smart ideas in the meanwhile.
1 thing mighty to remember
Remember your Name.
"Topographics"
The enemy of my prayer is the prayer of my enemy.
"My Me In Me"
Sometimes all our enemies do is this: Persuade us they are there - when they are not. After doing doing the math, who actually remains? That's easy: You. And your enemy. Now, at this point, who persuaded whom might be a good question to ask. If I were you. Who I am not.
"A History Of Daggers & Queens"
On the one hand in the other hand.
"Better Off Dead"
If better off dead - then, be dead - and carry on.
"On The Designation Of Number & Purpose"
Cats are designed one way while dogs are designed the same way but either before or after and this is what makes the difference between when when making making a cat a cat and a dog a dog.
"Collateral Damage"
Watch the company you keep - lest you become collateral damage of somebody else's karma plan.
"Home Sick"
Waiting for somebody to come home when nobody is coming home. – This is a peculiar feeling - not easily resolved - anytime soon.
"John The Baptist"
Speaking to a friend today I learned that John The Baptist was crazy and hated. He was not allowed to do something or another. I remember not. Regardless, he was denied on account of some or another defect of the mind. A defect that was truly a defect. And not something adorable. Such as musical prodigy.
"Forsaken"
My father! My father! Why have you forsaken me?
-- To make you cry out in agony. Proving one thing. You were not a madman.
"A Curious Combination"
Three blind mice and one dead cat.
Everybody saw nothing.
And that's about all there is.
To say about that.
"Schrodinger"
Undeniable calculations
With
Implausible intent.
Implausible calculations
With
Undeniable intent.
Where is the cat?
"On The Jurisdiction & Adjudication Of Curiosity"
Curiosity killed the cat. Perhaps that is why God gave the cat nine lives. For, it would not be good to so enhance such a feature without correlative compensation. What, then, is our enhanced feature and correlative compensation?
"Cats & Dogs"
If cats were dogs and dogs were cats then everything would be the same as it never was.
"Take Care For What You Pray"
Oh!
Would that I could sing like Doc Watson!
And have the smell of a dog!
"John Wick"
There is no patience for the wicked - that is why they have no rest.
"How To Catch A Spider"
How to catch a spider? Turn on the porch light - and wait for it - to catch - itself.
"How To Catch A Tiger"
How to catch a tiger? Before a tiger catches you. Is how to catch a tiger.
"Sometimes - And Then, Nothing"
Sometimes we wait for nothing.
And then.
Sometimes nothing waits for us.
"The Mystic & The Music"
The music
Is when
The spaces
Together
Between themselves.
The mystic
Is in
The spaces
Between
Themselves together.
"Bed & Breakfast"
Oh!
Dear Lord!
Save me from myself!
I'll take care of the rest.
If you want to check in
Every now and again,
Go ahead, carry on,
Be my carry on guest.
"Work & Play"
All work and no play is the definitive cure for a long and happy life.
"Words"
Stand in one place long enough - and something is bound to come along - and move you out of the way..
"The Sun"
Waiting for the Sun
To rise
Waiting for the Sun
To fall
These two are different
Waiting for the Sun
Is what remains
The same.
"Machiavellian Mathematica"
It's oft' just a way easier to know a whole bunch of nothing about nothing - even if I do so happen to know a little bit of nothing about something.
"On The Order Of Things"
There is an order to things. When two work together - one goes first - one always goes first.
"Alone"
If it's not one thing - it's nothing - if we're keeping score.
"A Not Uncommon Medieval Question Of Dispute Regarding Torture, Ransom, Reward, Passion, Plight & Pursuit"
Why build a tower when a catapult comes standard with wheels?
"God Speaks Good"
Why is God good?
If God is powerless over His goodness, then He does not possess all power.
Therefore, God could be without His goodness. He having all power over all things, including His goodness.
What then is to be made of the continuity of His goodness?
If it is in fact the case that His goodness is not necessary.
Whatever it is, it is not goodness, nor even goodness itself.
For, as just stated, His goodness is not necessary.
If it is not goodness, then only one remains. It is God.
God is the difference. Between goodness being. And goodness not being.
If that helps the matter any.
"Unreal."
Proving the nonexistence of something can be quite an inconvenient hassle in the middle of the night.
"D.I.Y. Destruction"
If you want something done right - then
you have to do it - to yourself.
"Self-Doubt"
It's cunning.
It's quiet.
It's hard to discover.
What the problem is.
When you work.
For it.
"Bananas!" Oh! To what god doth the Donkey Kong pray?
"Friend?"
Would you go looking - were I to go missing.
"Hide & Go Seek & Find"
Look into you.
And shall find.
In you two.
"Hide & Seek"
Hide and seek shall consist of one, two, three, four or five. But it shall not exceed five. I will tell you why.
“Do Not Make A Right Wong Tu”
If ‘two wrongs do not make a right’ then hold shut your mouth and say not that ‘two wrongs do not make a right.’ For ‘two wrongs do not make a right’ is a picturesque commonplace spoken to the child who bloodied the nose of the original aggressor on the playground whilst at home the charismatic newsman relates with enthusiastic accuracy the genius behind our newest missile guidance system aimed at stopping and eliminating backyard threats to our safety, security and freedom.
"A Good Password"
A good password is a strong combination of liars and thieves.
"Marriage"
I now pronounce you OMG and WTF.
"The Here Around Corner"
Sometimes we wait.
Around the corner.
And take our chances.
"S.R.O."
Empty chairs are hard to find with people sitting in them.
"The Noose"
Set it afire.
Burn it down.
Let it cool.
Collect the nails.
Move on.
"The Basic Lines Of Contention: On The Disputatious Question Regarding Who Started What"
'Physical graffiti,' said the giraffe.
'I agree,' said the snake.
'Oh, good. Here we go. Again,' said the one with a grin.
"The Mystic"
The mystic sees
Unity in contradiction
The curvature of the plane
And
Finds success in failure.
"Colour Blind"
'Let there be light!'
And was there light.
And was the light seen.
And the light said to be, 'Good.'
'Now!'
She said.
'Let there be colour!
For those of us who are blind!'
And was there colour.
And was this colour seen.
'Beautiful,' she said. Softly, 'beautiful.'
For, now, finally, for the first time - she could hear herself.
"Daily Goal"
Be done with the day.
Before.
The day be done with me.
"Notoriously Last"
Authenticating any famous last words of a known time traveler is notoriously difficult and is not without dire fraught.
"Anybody? Anybody?"
Bruh. Everybody got something to say until it's time to damn say it.
"Somebody, Anybody."
Sometimes we wait for somebody. Sometimes we wait for anybody - but ourselves.
"Face Off"
When you wake up dead.
And find yourself.
Facing an off day.
‘Tis always good,
And,
I always say,
And I will say it again.
Right here, right now.
For you.
So,
That being said,
Hear this and hear it loud,
Wither and hither and hence shall you go,
See to it you have all your don’t give a fucks in a row.
"The Law: Vol. 1"
Opposites attract.
And.
Like attracts like.
"The Law: Vol. 2"
Thou shalt not apply Icy Hot unto thy nutsack. For on that day your eyes will be opened. And you will surely die.
"Breaking Bad"
Bad habits are hard to break.
And.
Good ones are hard to fake.
"So Says The Queen"
It's not about winning or losing - but how the game is played. It's not about the destination - but the journey. It's not about questioning obnoxious platitudes - but quietly accepting absolute nonsense.
"What's In A Name"
What's in a name? I will tell you - everything.
"Becoming Your Name"
Sticks and stones may break your bones - but - my words will ever hunt you.
"Becoming My Name"
Sticks and stones may break my bones - but - your words will ever haunt me.
"Let Me Tell You Something"
'Nanny nanny boo boo.' These words unmake children. And. Give berth to monsters.
“Waiting”
How to move through the time. All while staying still. While being still. As the time. And as the things roll past you. Left and right. Leaving you abandoned.
"Traveling"
Best for those in the middle. Avoid the young and the old. And women with children. Avoid when necessary. Avoid when possible. If necessary. If possible.
"A Short Treatise On The History Of The Scientific Method"
'The Scientific Method: Volume 2'
Poke it with a stick. See what happens.
'The Scientific Method: Volume 1'
Poke it with your dick. See what happens.
"Bench Warrant"
More than one has issued many a bench warrant - out for God - for F.T.A. - and the reverse.
"Three Unresolved Mysteries That Continue To Plague My Life, God Help Me"
Where did I come from? What happens when I die? Why are girls so weird?
"Crime & Punishment"
I've heard it said that no good deed goes unpunished. If that is so, I now understand. Therefore, if you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
"The Playground"
Caught between 'two wrongs do not make a right' and 'nobody likes a tattle-tale' the average kid doesn't stand a prayground's chance in hell.
"Killing Time"
The fastest was to kill some time is to cancel your plans.
"Hard Time"
The hard of doing time is doing time without becoming undone.
"Time"
Time is a 3-handed killing machine.
"Time Machine"
Again.
If you want to build a time machine.
First.
Become a bird catcher.
"Sound & Light"
The lies that blind us are the ties that bind us.
"Good Knowledge To Have"
How to build a death machine.
Before.
A death machine builds you.
"The Devil, Himself"
I'm always in it for the money.
I'll run anything for the money.
What else are you gonna do?
When it runs out?
Besides nothing?
But plenty of time?
What else are you gonna do?
Besides nothing?
When it runs out?
Write a blues tune.
About a woman.
To the Devil, Himself.
"God created - in the beginning."
Did God invent the heavens and the earth, the high and the low, the quick and the slow?
Of course - God invented everything.
At the same time?
Of course - for, as it is said: In the beginning, God created.
What did God create first?
God created nothing first. God created only in the beginning.
What did God create in the beginning? For, it was said: God, in the beginning, created.
Yes. In God, the beginning created.
I see.
What do you see?
I see this: God created in the beginning.
Right. After that, it gets a bit confusing.
I agree.
I believe you.
"On Being Thrown To The Wolves"
Daddy,
Do I have to work my way up?
No.
Then why do they say it?
It matters not why they say it.
Then what do they mean when they say it?
It matters not what they mean.
Then how will I find you if ever I'm lost.
My Little One,
You keep love - in your heart.
And I will follow - the sound of truth.
Daddy,
What is love and where is my heart?
Where shall I look and how shall I start?
What If I'm wrong and catch the wrong thing?
How will I know which love song to sing?
How will I know if that which I see?
Is the love I know when you look at me?
What if I'm eaten by a wolf in the night?
What if forever I'm lost far from your sight?
My Little One,
Fear not my love.
The truth of my light.
For I am that wolf.
Who stalks you in the night.
"The Science Of Lies"
Some things are best learned if begun early in the day. Before the child really knows what is happening. When the sun finally sets. And the darkness is anchored firm. Beneath her feet.
"Soul To Soul: Two Short Statements Regarding The Difficulty Of The Matter"
Looking for somebody.
Waiting.
At the train station.