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on Ukraine
“Someday this war will end”soldiers will become civviesflowers sprout from graves~ CLP 12/12/2023 →
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on Ukraine
diffused sunlight onroads, rivers, fields, autumn leavesspread of crimson hue ~ CLP 10/10/2023 →
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It’s a goal!
Holes in my socksEnd of season sale shortsA third choice shirtOf several years pastIt’s a bit of a mish-mashBut it’s only for funI’m still playing footballWhile I can still runThere’s no better gameI still pretend to be Andy ColeWhen I make some spaceAnd score one more goalIt might be my last everWho knows what fate →
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on time
a fly whispers in my earhalf-waking, I flap, it goesback into the darkmidsummer, full cloud coverthick night, air heavyhead a dead-weightdrowsy, or dyingit’s impossible to ascertainwhy my eyes can’t opentoo easy to closetoo easy to sinkbelow the surface of consciousnessthe fly returnspicking its way around my facein my ear againagain I flap a sleep-weary handthe →
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on Ukraine
innocents murderedbecomes standard war practisedeath of innocence ~ n.b. Has the war now reached Moscow, from whence it came? CLP 31/05/2023 →
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on Ukraine
this is the futureunmanned aerial vehicleswar without soldiers ~ n.b. Eventually, no human risk to intervention, weapons fight weapons, just civilian casualties. Who will prevail? The belligerent with most money. Something not previously the case, as the wealthy nations don’t like to see too many of their poorer sons sacrificed. See Vietnam, Afghanistan, Suez, Iraq, →
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on AI
something wrote haikuhuman future uncertainsurge to buy tech stocks ~ n.b. Absolutely, 100% predictable, investments in technology corporations are rocketing in direct proportion to rising fears of the ability of AI to end the Anthropocene. To be quite frank, we’re doing a pretty good job of writing ourselves into the fossil record, so maybe time →
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at last
is it just likethata flat line runninguntil the monitor is switched offcleaned down, preparedfor anotheror are there hiccoughsglitcheshesitations, lost hoursresumptionsimperceptiblediminuation of sparkuntil the inevitablethe flame extinguishedbut no smoking candlejust gone ~ CLP 09/05/2023 →
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