The Intro Post

Hey everybody, how's it going?  Good, that's good to hear.  So I figured in this extended period of post-grad unemployment I would, if nothing else, set my mind to work.  That work, it seems, has manifested itself in the form of poetry.  I have always had the knack for a poetic phrase, but had never really acknowledged it as a legitimate path, which, I now realize, is complete, and completely dishonest, bullshit.  To abandon that ability would be the utmost betrayal of human potential, I believe, as I'm sure you would agree.  It would be a betrayal of the self and an outright dismissal of everything I am.  I've always hated what some call "work" and I never cared much for school.  On the other hand, art has always been a great interest of mine, as well as the mind, philosophy, the universe, and so on.  You know, the stuff that has no place in the day to day lives of us modern humans.  Anyway, I've always considered myself a pretty adept writer, so why not give it a try, right?  This blog is essentially my launch pad, an attempt to get the words out, and a way to build an audience.  Without further adieu, here's the first installment.  (Constructive criticism is welcome, as well as any other banter.)


"This is the Rendezvous"

This is the rendezvous

of consciousness, coalesced

and coherent for a moment, if it’s noticed.

We are the eyes in a blind universe, and

the mind of the thoughtless automaton

called existence. We are the name

of this place unidentified, and we

call out to it continually, but the echo

cannot echo from the edgeless cliffs

in this land unending. No beginning

has begat us tiny gadflies, but we buzz,

and sting, and flap through life,

regardless. And around this shit we circle

when the aroma calls us closely, yet

so loosely we do love it, ‘up above it’ in our mind.