As

Pleasure is a kind of pain as negation is a kind of assent.

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Everyone

Everyone misunderstands poetry. Including me.

Abstraction

Abstraction is a construction.

I want to believe

Looking at the human construction I want to believe in erosion.

Blessed is he

Blessed is he who does not know his part in the economy.

The invasion

The invasion proved an inversion of the vision.

Past a certain point

Aging, past a certain point, is unforgiveable.

A poet

A poet is one who almost says what others cannot say.

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The more the crisis deepens Harrington

The more the crisis deepens, the more impersonal the speech becomes. It is no longer a dialogue between citizens and leaders but a sermon delivered to the obedient.

Edward Harrington

History

History is rhetorical.

To be ready

To be ready to die is to refuse to be ready to die.

Well enough

I must write it well enough that you are forced to rewrite it.

Dumb questions

Of course there are dumb questions. It's just that they are most likely the ones that most need to be asked.

Every inch

Let us change every inch of the earth and see if it changes us.

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The Broadkill Review

My poem "here but how" is now available on The Broadkill Review's website as part of their Summer-Fall 2026 issue. Check it out!

The next thing

Give me the next tool so I can do the next thing.

Demeaning

They like it when you demean yourself, but they love it when you agree to demean yourself.