Burning Questions of the Beyond

“The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are.”Ray BradburyFahrenheit 451 Piku: ban the book Books cause painTruth!Paper cuts are proof So far in 2022, there have been attempts to ban or restrict access to 1,651 different titles, up from challenges to 1,597 books in 2021.Times article: Here It's Fahrenheit 451 time, …

Irony

From even the greatest of horrors, irony is seldom absent. H.P. Lovecraft

A Laugh at Death & Destruction

It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Left in the Snow

To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand out in the cold.Aristotle If you want to leave...Aka baby it's cold outside I'd hate to be the one to saywhere only one can have their wayand be the one to make you stayplease go away, please go away I left at the …

Boxes & Bones

Couplet: life story We compose as the melody rocksEach life reciting a ballad to the box Abbreviated Haiku: sleep box ringing earskiss of the red glovesleep the sleep Hay(na)ku: UFCourage wegot gameand death wishes Naani: checked & boned I banged my hubrisAgainst my humerusNow I can't stop laughingAbout my ambitions Quatrain: hard times fall on …