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Saturday, November 30, 2024

I'm not sure I care anymore

I'm not sure I care any longer about the distinction between malice and ignorance.

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New poems

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Thursday, November 28, 2024

Must be

Might be must be motivated by maybe.

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Every form of suffering

Every form of suffering can be described as a lack, as an absence.

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Choice

Choice is the solution to a great many problems that now seem intractable because of external restrictions on a) available or permitted choices and/or b) our ability to choose.

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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

There is no autonomy

There is no autonomy if you cannot make unpopular choices for yourself.

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I read other poets

I read other poets not for ideas or technique, but to remind myself that I have permission to write my poems however I want.

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Is it freedom

Is it freedom to redefine "freedom" to coincide with your current condition?

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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

The more we ask

The more we ask some people to think, the more violently they will rebel.

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New poems

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Monday, November 25, 2024

What is more destructive

What is more destructive than a person with a mistaken assumption?

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More easily distinguished

We are more easily distinguished through our irrationality than via our reason.

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We must control

We must control those who wish to control others.

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Saturday, November 23, 2024

Mere production

Mere production is the measure of a drone.

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New poems

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Thursday, November 21, 2024

That subset of things

I am interested in that subset of things that are necessary or beneficial to human beings but not necessary or beneficial to society.

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Everything

Everything theological is theoretical.

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The biggest constraint on poetry

The biggest constraint on poetry is poets' ideas about poetry.

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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Parallelism

Parallelism is a fount of fertile assertion.

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The more we endure

The more we endure a deathlike life,
the more we dream of a lifelike death.

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