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Toner Low
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tonerlow.bsky.social
We are the shadows
in the corner of your mind
the unspoken idea
you suppress

The marginalized ones
on the #fringe of town
the unprotected few
huddled in mass

We are the power you fear
when we unite
to expose your
hatred and lies

#vss365
February 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
tonerlow.bsky.social
I’m not all here
but I’m not anywhere else
either
I’ve tried locking
the fear away
but days didn’t get
brighter
I’ve turned the news off
my phone off
opened a book
but reading’s no fun
when not backlit
by anger
quick shot of reality
w/ a beer chaser
when will we wake up
& realize the danger
#vss365
February 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Reposted by Toner Low
derickijohnson.bsky.social
E’en tho I know
They come for me
I do not
Sound alarm

I let them take
My kith and kin—
None’s left
To take up arms

Ensconced here
In my comfy cave
With bowl
Of Lucky Charms

Gave up my sword
For trusty spoon,
So now
I’m left #disarmed
#vss365
February 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
tonerlow.bsky.social
Swirling vortex
of detritus
information
stretched in a #nexus
of visual
anguish & assault
frontal cortex
too smooth to fault
undying love flees
when hipsters start to loot
is everything fine
no, it’s time to reboot

#vss365
February 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
tonerlow.bsky.social
solitary
shadow o n the wall
an after image
burned into
retinas
by #rockets
parsley left
on a plate
after the meal
is done
trite thoughts
original sin
adrift on a desert
shifting sand
of immortal
isolation

#vss365
February 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
tonerlow.bsky.social
American roots
#Conjuring images
Black & white photos
Arid faced men
Solitary silos
Diesel lined highways
Stretched to horizon
Now faded & worn
Tossed in the waste bin
Of dictatorial whims
Flash in the pan
Go back to your Facebook
Your YouTube
Your Discord
Only truth here
Is the one we make

#vss365
January 30, 2025 at 5:15 AM
tonerlow.bsky.social
Lower the #needle
Swaying in time
Two lost souls
Embraced & entwined
Whisky and jazz
Lips red as wine
Tell me you love me
And all will be fine
A slow rhythm beats
Abandoning minds
The secret is ours
We won’t drop a dime

#vss365
January 29, 2025 at 5:43 AM
tonerlow.bsky.social
I pour a drink
To warm my heart
To numb my soul

I raise a glass
To calm my fear
To wish us luck

I take a sip
To start a new
To forget this day

I spill libation
To all who love
To snuff out hate

I hope one day
To #crisscross this land
To find peace and joy

But that’s not today

#vss366
January 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Reposted by Toner Low
robertjw4688.bsky.social
I want to stumble
down the rabbit hole

of her heart.
I want to
share a glass
of electric wine
with her

as we watch the sky
shift in emotion.
I would

rip civilizations
from time
and place them
at her boots
so she never gets bored.
She deserves

an easy ride
from here

to euphoria.

#poetry
#vss365
January 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
tonerlow.bsky.social
A mask I wear
You ask me why

My inner self
I do decry

A smile my #cloak
Devilishly sly

You see me not for
What I truly belie

#vss365
January 18, 2025 at 4:05 AM
tonerlow.bsky.social
Thoughts aren’t actions
They build foundations

Supporting #labyrinth
Tricking the mind’s eye

Reclining on the couch
Of mediocrity

#Fools wait, biding time
Judging past tense’s worth

#vss365
January 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
tonerlow.bsky.social
neon city streets
damp and foggy scene
footsteps slice #silence
echoing down alleys
so familiar yet
foreign enough
to give pause
remembered past
outlined in perfection
worn cobblestones yield
to reality
what was the same
cannot remain

#vss365
January 15, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Reposted by Toner Low
derickijohnson.bsky.social
I’m labeled
‪A Trouble Maker
‪Then they took‬
‪My voice‬

‪I sat‬ & fumed
‪Quietly‬
‪For thought‬
‪I had no choice‬

‪It’s u gave me‬
‪The vellum‬
‪A nightlight‬
‪& a pen‬

‪Tho I write‬
‪In #silence
‪Cross dark void
My words I send

& if these words
Ur reading
This is my voice
Dear friend
‪#vss365
January 14, 2025 at 5:03 AM
tonerlow.bsky.social
Frozen in time
January sun
Glistening
On traffic jams
Thawing
#Ice heist
Influencer
On line
Grifting scams
Your only value
In this
Late stage
Digital crime
Minds drained
Eyes glazed
Can we even
Talk
Anymore

#vss365
January 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM
tonerlow.bsky.social
Sunday
I dust
memories
into the waste bin
of history
in the guise
of stability
but I know
it’s not
for me
I clean
every
week

#vss365
January 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Reposted by Toner Low
sanjar.bsky.social
drama surfs
on raging storm
tearing roots
scattering
fragments of life
#dust lingers
heavy in the air
and you wait
suspended
in haze
choose now:
dwell in remnants
or rise
hands raw
to rebuild anew
unless
you're one of those
who thrive on chaos
not the quiet
that follows

#vss365
🎨from Pinterest
January 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Reposted by Toner Low
robertjw4688.bsky.social
I wipe the #dust
of a radiated day
from my shaking shoulders.
The woe frozen
in my eyes

begins to thaw
and today

starts to seem possible
because I
have that power.
I'm a trillion thoughts

so I make sure
at least one
has a positive charge
to power this world
I wander.

#poetry
#vss365
January 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reposted by Toner Low
monikerpoems.bsky.social
#vss365

Rhyming wit
has no merit,
no benefit.
If I could #quit
I'd do it,
but I'm in it
to win it
and that's it,
innit?
January 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
tonerlow.bsky.social
In the final days
Of our selfish ways
Snow blows silent and soft
On barren fields we fought

Tomorrow’s neon dawn
Reveals us all a pawn
In a game none signed up for
To #quit belies nevermore

#vss365
January 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Reposted by Toner Low
thesurrealari.bsky.social
This is just to say
I have eaten
The ambrosia
That was in
The urn

And which
You were probably
Saving
For some feast
Or another

Forgive me
It was delicious
And I don’t
Want to remain here
Tied beneath
The earth

With an eagle
Eternally
Eating
My liver
January 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Reposted by Toner Low
derickijohnson.bsky.social
I mixed
Long life elixir
From
An #esoteric tome

It promised
Immortality
So whipped it up
At home

Now I’m
A great sequoia
For which my home
Ain’t zoned

My neighbor’s
Got a chainsaw
So I pray
I’m left alone

I should’ve
Read the fine print
I would rather
Been a stone
#vss365
January 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Reposted by Toner Low
thedevilstuna.bsky.social
No Recall
Frost flinches, inching across
time-pinched blueprints—
edges curl inwards,
afraid of what they hold.

Esoteric designs for
self-peeling stones,
cliffs of shuddering smoke,
and rock-dashed dreams.

I reach out to hold—
they crumble,
the ashes
of an unremembered face.

#vss365
#esoteric
January 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
tonerlow.bsky.social
The smell of #sweet roses
That once filled my heart
Yields to times gentle breeze
Of dying vine art

Winter’s snow melting
Lost memories of you
Past is catching up
No matter what I do

#vss365
January 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM