SUGAR DADDY BECOMING TOXIC

 

SUGAR IS BAD FOR YOU

my dad was neither sweet nor harsh

but he was mostly sour

unhappy 

with the roll of dice

though not a gambler

i have been happy with 

what i was  dealt 

in bridge games

and bridges on the route

though i like sour

tasting it as a Ko 

in games of Go

the more fun 

the more ko

the less sense

the more taste

my family and other

subjects of Gerald Durrell

see me as bitter 

mistaking their senses

and words

due to 

a different

underappreciated sour

I still walk on the path

despite the muscle and joint pain

despite the hurdles 

i sense only as nightmares

epics of adventures

and

familiar 

and unknown

people in epics

that I visit

and observe

and introduce

with or without

a flourish

to 

the crowd of protesters

i attract

and distract

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March31, 2025

COSMIC NIDUS

 

NESTS AND SEEDS

Was it propogation?

or osmosis

or magic

huge number of

miniscule seeds

or eggs

were launched 

from a universe

flowing on cosmic currents

to reach the planet earth 

in the milky way galaxy

and possibly many other planets 

in many other galaxies

and universes

this particular 

clump

like that of a pinworm

colony

had to go through clouds of radiation

extremes of heat and cold

in space

which may have been 

a digestive tract of sorts

exposure was mutational

birth and mother's desertions

were traumatic

the result was a species subject

to other infestations and traumas

with instincts destructive 

or confused 

between survival and destruction

of self as self

and others

as other selves

all called

humanity

falsely calling 

the study of their art and endeavors

as humanities 

meaning that all their traumas

and diseases

and greed

and lack of cognition

and of logic

were achievements

applauding themselves

as forefathers of

space pioneers

due to misconstrued

ancestral memories

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March 30, 2025

STRENGTH IN NUMBERS

 

NUMERICAL PROXIMITY

numbers one handles

can be a sign of intelligence

or power

authority

or wisdom

populations national

or

members familial

sometimes

non-denominational

at times sectarian

otherwise

dissident agnostic

to be ignored

to be falsified

to be incarcerated

in harsh reality

or harsher visions

ahmet cafer celebiler

March 29, 2025

SOCIAL MEDIA HASHSHASHIN

 

THE SICARII VS HASSHASSHIN VS MEDIA TROLLS

belief

and personal philosophy

religion

or

other types 

of 

discrimination

are not

anarchy

yet

a breeding pasture

like the golden age of assassinations

before 

global wars

This era or century

or cosmic period

renewed by

character defamation

an incurable

disease

of slander and libel

replacing 

and

fulfilling

the duties

of gossip groups

not meeting

in caffees or homes

not meeting at all

powerful never the less

more powerfull

when faceless

when 

playing upon fears

and

despair

hunger

poverty

discrimantion

 real and imaginary

replacing

hopes

with 

violence

and 

pursuits

divorced from happiness

Locusta serves again 

not for emperors

but for all

leaders and more

in fields

of politics

and family

and media

and commerce

appearing

out of nether regions

as drooling 

untaxed professionals

with pay

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March 21, 2025

THINGS IN BOXES

 

BOXED LIVES

precious things crave boxes

precious humans 

not craving

but

duly fenced

with stakes 

and chains

or wire

and

tarps to keep them dry

while their eyes 

and noses

and throats

drip 

droplets

to smear and rust

all boxes 

chains

wire

on dry days

look for a key

or a locksmith

one 

imbued with magic

and love

loving care

caring love

until the last stop

la derniere station

where

nobody greets 

arrivers

anymore

at lasnaja Pojalva

Ahmet cafer celebiler

March 19, 2025

ACCESSORIES NOT INCLUDED

 

PRICE OF A BABY

an infant

on display

in minds

and dreams 

placed subliminally

purchased

over the counter

or under

comes with no accessories

or parts

needed for proper

care 

and functioning

not even a legible manual

with diagrams

names and numbers

and arrows 

but two dimensional 

and

emotional

instructions

for a

multi-dimentional bundle

and

the art

of maintenance

and upkeep

may not be available

at galleries

or museums 

and eroded

or calloused organs

that

could not

read

manuals

or understand recipes

which require

forks to be picked with left hand

and knives

with the right

and

a napkin

placed just so

ahmet cafer celebiler

March 3, 2025

NO JOY FOR OLD MEN

 

LIFE FOR THE AGED

bless the octogenerian

who has got his own

children may have

grand children may show

spouse may hear

own choices

own views

own visions

of the old

left in a desert

to bide away

time left

sun for the bones

wind for the mind

not a country

or time

for the old

but

 timeless

for mankind

dust and sand 

the whirling dervishes

visible to the old

faceless

soulless

merciless

telling the value

of the carcas

to the scavengers

related 

and

unrelated

bone pickers

to be fed

to escape the sun

and the sand 

for a while

till they are ready to 

to be picked 

for their age

and 

utility

and 

placed in the desert

with tears

that are swallowed by the sun

but nonetheless

with a place 

in the desert

 of life

and

of memory

ahmet cafer celebiler

March 3, 2025