Category Archives: Philosophy

Might-a-Beens

I thought I tucked my phone back in my bag.I crossed the street and then I heard a thunk.It’s luck I turned. It would have been a dragto miss that phone on sidewalk. I’d be sunkif I wore earbuds, or … Continue reading

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Tower

At nearly 3 pm, as one can see,I aimed my vision heavenward, becauseon ground were graduates and family,and further out was myriad with flawsof government and personality,of characters without a moral clause.Immediate appeared to me a wreck,so I looked up … Continue reading

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Opinions

They say write what you know, and seem to meanrefer to your experience to plota narrative, but who could set a scenewith fatal poison taken? No one’s gotto suicide to write the details right.Some knowledge is required that can comefrom … Continue reading

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Deus et Machina

I read the science fiction years ago,before the robots took the name “AI,”when Isaac Asimov thought to bestowprotective laws (at least he made a try).I didn’t note till recently the liethat vanity’d be aped by a machine.But really, why should … Continue reading

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Unwise Play

To win the daily challenge solitaire,I had to make two moves I deemed unwise.That’s come to be a metaphor for wheredirect does not prevail. I think AI’sgrown capable of forecasting all triesin solo play, but can’t anticipatewhen plural play is … Continue reading

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Simperers

Detailing social friction in their set,she sorted people geographically,contending east coast natives ever gettheir notions and emotions blatantlydeclared, while westerners are more repressed(polite or sensitive they’d self-describe).But he conjectured how each one expressedwas owing to a hot or WASPy tribe. … Continue reading

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A Little Breakage

I passed the damage yesterday, and thoughtit might serve as a prompt for micro verse.A stanza on the little chaos broughtgratuitously now. An urban curse,a tantrum, small destruction no one soughtand, to be sure, a crime that might be worse.I … Continue reading

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Trust Placement

We’re complicated creatures, and we mighthave made our species talk so we can lie.Some good do bad. Some evil gets it right.So many plots are driven with a sigh,frustration mounting to a speechless heightand simply cause a character won’t try.If … Continue reading

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Solace

Most public servants aren’t competent;effective doesn’t seem to be a goal.So I don’t think we’ll call it accidentwhen red team fails to carry out its goal.Their players don’t appear intelligent.Their leader lacks sufficient self-control.Such comforts me, renewing hope and nerve.If … Continue reading

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Yoga for Stress Reduction

They’re plus and minus 70 years old.He made a silly error. She was miffed.He could have asked. He knows she would have told him gently how (she has a teaching gift).But he was insecure, and careless too.The error cost her … Continue reading

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