Elliot

Today’s poem: Michael Palmer, “I Do Not”
#lunchpoems

(Forgive the breathless reading, this one barely fit under 3min and it’s extremely timely.)

We must remove the mines that were never placed.

We will cause an oil shortage that makes crude prices go down.

We must destroy nuclear capabilities that were already destroyed.

This is Schrödinger’s War.

It is simultaneously happening and not happening.

It is just beginning and already over.

It was precipitated by an anticipated retaliation in response to us starting it.

It has four objectives, and none.

very kanty of you

(dies of cringe)

i grok you

“Tu es petroleum, et super hoc oleum aedificabo virilitatem meam.”

coach called it on the bulk. he said i did a great job. im so happy, and so ready for a break. ~25lbs gained in 3 months.

It’s like “oh wow, there’s somebody in the senate who’s not 80, not a coward, and not a moron.”

Pretty much every time I hear this guy speak, it’s a breath of fresh air.

this sounds like the beginning of a Bond villain story arc

A brown Pelican sitting on a back lit ocean

slowly working on my trip photos 🪶

also i was hoping you’d comment here so thank you

i like it.

pennsylvania teenagers must be stopped

Elliot I read poems that I like. Usually shirtless. 🏳️‍🌈

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the video is too long. if i make this a thing i might do it on youtube, tbd

i’m actually four feet tall

*206lbs hahaha

check-in day today. 106lbs

weight gain has really flatlined over the past few weeks. and i’m tired. going to ask my coach for a deload or some sort of break.

it’s one of the best things about this apartment

i know when spring starts based on when the sun becomes blinding presence in my apartment in the mornings. (my windows face east)

Based on the experience i described in the thread, I think a better quiz would have longer passages to compare.

i really doubt it.

it’s a dying business

oh but i preferred the earthsea passage haha. i actually preferred all the human ones except the first one

“that isn’t writing” — how would you define writing then?

“authentic creation” — what does that mean?

i may start doing bedtime reading livestreams on tiktok. i really enjoyed doing that tonight.

entirely fitting