Category: More Tomorrow
My daily poems for 2025 from the #vss365 prompts on BlueSky. I like that there’s no advance warning of what kind of prompt may be drop for each day, and the chance of opening a blank canvas of thought each morning.
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Involution
Future historians will speak of the American Involution, an inward-looking and inward-turning death spiral, the swirling detritus of former greatness flushed down a golden toilet. 65/365
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Incognito
On social media no one knows you’re a dog, you’re a bot, you’re a troll, you’re a poet, you’re a catfish, you’re a sock puppet, you’re a brand mascot, you’re the government, you’re an influencer, you’re a misinformation campaign, you’re the resistance. 64/365
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Penumbra
Beyond the shadow of a doubt stretches the penumbra of a suspicion where I lie awake and contemplate our condition. 63/365
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Balustrade
The Oscar gleamed in the spotlight on the mantelpiece under five layers of polish, testament to the enduring power of set design: “Best Balustrade in a Supporting Role!” 62/365
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Fathom
Beyond my fathoms and sinking deeper, my burning lungs surrender all further plans of ascent. I float at peace and admire the beauty, your beauty, as you take away my final breath. 61/365
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Emporium
Enjoy bargains galore at the End of Democracy Sale at the Late-Stage Capital Store! Save on the jobs of the solvers of problems you don’t have! Save on vital needs taken from people other than yourself! Save on hard-won rights taken from folks you wish didn’t exist! Supplies are limited. Buy now! 60/365
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Outlier
We live in the outlier timeline. Events here play out as never intended, but no hand intervenes because we are so amusing. 59/365
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Contour
Given two options, the majority chose a hellish chaos of sloppy incompetence with cruel intent that daily reveals new contours of horror beyond prior expectation. 58/365
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Interim
Welcome to the Interim, a chrysalis between what we were and what we are destined to become. 57/365
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Fringe
The fringes, unwise, unsafe, small-minded and cruel, proudly untrusting of science, logic, and fact, vengeful, vindictive, propelled by fantasies of power, eager to suppress their suppressors and call it freedom, are centered at greatest peril. 56/365
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Sonic
On a looping path through a maze of pipes, a hedgehog and a plumber collide! Pixels smash together in a rain of rings and coins. 55/365
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Thoroughbred
Thaddeus Smythe III, fifth generation genetics professor, droned on about alleles and phenotypes, oblivious to the glowing flask on the desk of young Teddy Smith, who doodled base pairs in the margins while taking notes in class and tinkered, in his off time, with new forms of life. 54/365