SPEAKING FOR SOMEONE ELSE
people you may want to speak for get fewer as you age
it does not matter if your wishes are fallen or upright
on a pedestal or a page
socially correct or full of rage
no matter how polite
offload
bespoke
on or off a cloud
with a dagger but no cloak
a few flakes
or a drizzle
to be ignored
when heard
or unheard
ahmet cafer celebiler
June 1, 2026
A few aforementioneds:
PROGNOSES FOR PROCRASTINATORS
"procrastinating economists prognose dead swans"
"procrastinating MDs diagnose after the fact"
"procrastinating students become multiple drop-outs"
"procrastinating couples may only hope for lees"
"procrastinating politicians cannot win an election"
'Beware the Ides of March' was a procrastinator's prognosis
ahmet cafer celebiler
27 May, 2026
PYRAMIDS AND CORTISOL
suffering built
edifices
nations
and rulers
without character
but
high levels of cortisol
ahmet cafer celebiler
May 27. 2026
IT HAPPENS
finding
a word
catching
a train or bus
grabbing
a thought
thought of a pet
not sought
feeling
a peace undone
not rare
enjoying
a moment
not reserved
appreciating
art
or result
of a cosmic parody
made public
on display
reliving
a sleep of innocence
survival
again
to be repeated again
ahmet cafer celebiler
HOW MANY WORDS DOES ONE USE
in science IT and engineering
education
and employment
In medicine
also in teaching related subjects
professors
students
career holders
have no age limits
for using words such as
now
like
so
etcetera
in English as a second languages
in Turkish as a first language
in congress
with spouses
and with law makers
and
law appliers
on television
news and talk shows
in text books
on the internet
in politics
in courts
where logic does not prevail
the lack of words
where
words lose meaning
not to be recovered
crooked letters
crooked allusions
from
proclaimed
temporary authority
wishing for and even
succeeding to achieve
permanence
absurd
ahmet cafer celebiler
May 11, 2026
TRESPASSES AND OFFENSES
he went to the city when young
in body
and in mind
the city of fables and mysteries
histories and labels
to face
himself and others
in streets narrow
and wide
and in eyes
sunken
and deep
uncaring
even like sheep.
wooled over
world apart
he saw brunets and blonds
who could speak to him
who should speak to him
and
was speechless
lest
they did not see
did not appraise
did not
he saw houses
with no owners visible
shops with nothing available
stone edifices
stone faces
fuming things
and fumbling people
and learned loneliness
for himself
and others
he came back
himself
and
as another
to the same
to do the same
to think
some more
to search some more
to plan to visit some more
with and without intentions galore
ahmet cafer celebiler
April 18, 2026 (rewritten)
CAUSE AND EFFECT ARE NOT ALGEBRAIC
AND SELDOM GEOMETRIC
x and y
singly
or in multiples
positively and negatively
are not as taught
whether they represent unknowns
or
known axes
when they appear as words
written
and spoken
or
looks and glances
to delight
or humiliate
through multiplication
and division
cut
long and short
carrying messages
to and from
other regions
stroking
and measuring
beliefs
and disbeliefs
in axis of virtues
and transgressions
in realms illogical
ahmet cafer celebiler
March 29, 2026
