bakasparo
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I'm not sure any of this is a good idea.
I've never questioned my father's love,
that giraffe, with its deep, pleading eyes
and slow, leafy agenda,
though no one, not even my mother,
could tell me what was going on
in its head.
that giraffe, with its deep, pleading eyes
and slow, leafy agenda,
though no one, not even my mother,
could tell me what was going on
in its head.
Today’s #poetryprompt:
I want you to zoomorphize a concept (Imagine it as an animal). An emotion, a memory, a state of being.
For example, I have imagined silence as a dog.
#MPPrompt
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I want you to zoomorphize a concept (Imagine it as an animal). An emotion, a memory, a state of being.
For example, I have imagined silence as a dog.
#MPPrompt
I repost replies. Follow for daily prompts
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I've never questioned my father's love,
that giraffe, with its deep, pleading eyes
and slow, leafy agenda,
though no one, not even my mother,
could tell me what was going on
in its head.
that giraffe, with its deep, pleading eyes
and slow, leafy agenda,
though no one, not even my mother,
could tell me what was going on
in its head.
I don't want a health care system. I want a health care culture. Where we want to take care of each other; where we want each other cared for. Shareholder profits are incompatible with this idea.
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I don't want a health care system. I want a health care culture. Where we want to take care of each other; where we want each other cared for. Shareholder profits are incompatible with this idea.
Not: "Fed up Dems put heat on..." Instead say: "Fed up people." Screw the badges. E pluribus unum. Muddy those waters.
October 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Not: "Fed up Dems put heat on..." Instead say: "Fed up people." Screw the badges. E pluribus unum. Muddy those waters.
Our culture could benefit from formal "emeritus" structures in any and all halls of power, from the smallest local charity board to the U.S. Senate.
October 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Our culture could benefit from formal "emeritus" structures in any and all halls of power, from the smallest local charity board to the U.S. Senate.
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What's the point of deterrence against Russia if one is bent on transformation into what looks just like the Russian police state? Remove the wall of personal liberties, and Alaska becomes a door.
September 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
What's the point of deterrence against Russia if one is bent on transformation into what looks just like the Russian police state? Remove the wall of personal liberties, and Alaska becomes a door.
But do we need a presidency?
August 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
But do we need a presidency?
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Decide to read something. Decide to cook. Decide to sing. Decide to rest. Get up. Swing on em. Pivot. Help somebody else. You've decided to be human. No time for anything else.
August 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Decide to read something. Decide to cook. Decide to sing. Decide to rest. Get up. Swing on em. Pivot. Help somebody else. You've decided to be human. No time for anything else.
My best pal and I made tie dye shirts, and then we rode our bikes.
Tell me something that brought you joy this week.
Any old thing will do. Small joys are as good as big ones—sometimes even better.
Any old thing will do. Small joys are as good as big ones—sometimes even better.
August 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
My best pal and I made tie dye shirts, and then we rode our bikes.
Every single human being is a human being. It's not hard math.
August 22, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Every single human being is a human being. It's not hard math.
They aren't the Gestapo. They are the Oprichniki. The model isn't Hitler. It's Tsarist Russia.
August 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
They aren't the Gestapo. They are the Oprichniki. The model isn't Hitler. It's Tsarist Russia.
Nobody buys a drill bit because they want a drill bit; they buy a drill bit because they want a hole. I want leaders and workers to go shoulder to shoulder in making and tending a good country; I have no loyalty to party apparatus otherwise.
July 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Nobody buys a drill bit because they want a drill bit; they buy a drill bit because they want a hole. I want leaders and workers to go shoulder to shoulder in making and tending a good country; I have no loyalty to party apparatus otherwise.
Your attention is being auctioned & the winner shapes your worldview.
.
They don’t need to “read your mind”
they just study micro-decisions.
Hover time, tap patterns, eye tracking.
Psychology says: predict the small, and you’ll control the big.
Your attention is being auctioned
& the winner shapes your worldview.
.
They don’t need to “read your mind”
they just study micro-decisions.
Hover time, tap patterns, eye tracking.
Psychology says: predict the small, and you’ll control the big.
Your attention is being auctioned
& the winner shapes your worldview.
.
July 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Your attention is being auctioned & the winner shapes your worldview.
The vast majority of humans live in nightmarish insecurity. A vanishing few have attained security; others have enough to hope for security. Then there are the rich. 1% of humans hold half of the resources that keep us alive. Insecurity kills, but slowly, and the rich want slaves.
June 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The vast majority of humans live in nightmarish insecurity. A vanishing few have attained security; others have enough to hope for security. Then there are the rich. 1% of humans hold half of the resources that keep us alive. Insecurity kills, but slowly, and the rich want slaves.
Convo with a 13yo girl about AI. "You know it makes mistakes, right?" I said. She fixed me with impatient pity. "Well sure, but," she said, "the problem is it's run by one or a very few people who just want to control what we know!" Right on, kiddo. Tell your friends.
June 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Convo with a 13yo girl about AI. "You know it makes mistakes, right?" I said. She fixed me with impatient pity. "Well sure, but," she said, "the problem is it's run by one or a very few people who just want to control what we know!" Right on, kiddo. Tell your friends.
It's too late in the world for flags.
June 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It's too late in the world for flags.
Insanity looks different when you're rich.
June 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Insanity looks different when you're rich.
The smell of money rots the mind.
June 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The smell of money rots the mind.
Medicaid & SNAP afford many families the dignity of not looking like the stereotype of people needing Medicaid & SNAP. We all know people who we'd never guess use these services. The big ugly budget is meant to shame and starve poor working people.
May 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Medicaid & SNAP afford many families the dignity of not looking like the stereotype of people needing Medicaid & SNAP. We all know people who we'd never guess use these services. The big ugly budget is meant to shame and starve poor working people.
If we want the right people in leadership so that we can go back to ignoring civic participation, then we are also authoritarian voters.
May 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If we want the right people in leadership so that we can go back to ignoring civic participation, then we are also authoritarian voters.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America and to the republic which obeys it, one democracy, under law, with liberty and justice for all.
April 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America and to the republic which obeys it, one democracy, under law, with liberty and justice for all.
Flood the zone with non-consumption. Flood the zone with turning TVs OFF. Flood the zone with community potlucks. Flood the zone with irate calls. Flood the zone with shared creativity. Flood the zone with support for what you believe is good & valuable. Our power lies in volume. Flood the zone.
March 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Flood the zone with non-consumption. Flood the zone with turning TVs OFF. Flood the zone with community potlucks. Flood the zone with irate calls. Flood the zone with shared creativity. Flood the zone with support for what you believe is good & valuable. Our power lies in volume. Flood the zone.
When I see high-speed races in local interstate traffic, it feels like suffering pouring out of those cars. I hope the drivers learn the lesson without harming anyone. But mostly, I notice how very many people are watching out for each other and working hard to keep each other safe. Extraordinary.
March 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
When I see high-speed races in local interstate traffic, it feels like suffering pouring out of those cars. I hope the drivers learn the lesson without harming anyone. But mostly, I notice how very many people are watching out for each other and working hard to keep each other safe. Extraordinary.
You can't play rope-a-dope with someone who means to slaughter you.
March 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
You can't play rope-a-dope with someone who means to slaughter you.
We were taught poorly; there are four branches of government. The first branch of government is the people, where all people are equal under law. The other three branches are not above the people. They are also people, serving in roles to support the first branch of government.
February 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
We were taught poorly; there are four branches of government. The first branch of government is the people, where all people are equal under law. The other three branches are not above the people. They are also people, serving in roles to support the first branch of government.