Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

perhaps not so small a way Roy

1. Malignant Bonding....an impulse to solidify communities built on resentment, bigotry, and a desire to exclude those who are "different" 2. The Scarcity Mind.....a psychological state that frames social life as a zero-sum game pitting oneself and one's social affinity group against a racial, ethni...

magical moments
may appear to say hello
then vanish like a dream
but they are real and they come
to the calm of heart
to the slow careful observer

teenagers swimming in the old marble quarry known then as Beaver Dam Swim Club sixty feet deep a boy was walking along the edge of the rocks a non-swimmmer we learned and slipped into the water his friend dove in to help him but that boy fought him and pulled away he was hysterical and in shock and ...

ethical egoism
maintains only your self interest
is valid
altruism is a no no
we must resist
this hateful nonsense
they keep repeating
empathy is a weakness
some even claim
suffering builds character
these positions are perverse
we must awaken the sleeping giant
that is the real america

distopia
stacked to the ceiling
with big fat lies

in my mind the common thread is Fear
those defending ICE are afraid of everything
immigrants, homosexuals, being empathetic their shadow
you name it they are scared shitless
they live in a state of constant fear
which is a paralyzing neurosis

inane poetry
young man trying to be clever
instead of honest

flashes of hedonism
careless and without stature
oh the needed growth

only I can fix this
he blubbered in deathly freefall
splatted like a burst bag of cheetos

dystopian dreams
monsters with fake orange faces
nightmares that come true

I'm of that age when people I was close to aren't around anymore cognition falters as if this were a story I read and it's sad the heroes are no longer with us I have to slap my face at times in order to come to grips that isn't a novel, but they are gone most days acceptance is unreachable photogra...

had a vivid dream
she glimmered in the sunshine
sure miss that old car