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If aliens arrived tomorrow, what’s the first thing you’d ask them? View all responses Of which state are you? And what made it soDifferent from the state that I am in. Is it adjective or noun defines youAs alien , foreign to my sensesThat before receiving you reject you,Because bred and fed by love I … More ‘Of which state are you? And what made it so / Different from the state that I am in’. A lost fragment of verse.

Tell us about your morning routine. View all responses We rise again and push the night aside:”I will depart inside and therein mournthe morning, confident of my return.Although I am held back I’m still held tight:Wishing for night’s embrace slows morning’s skipAhead, the drag of feeling Time’s chariot Inside we’re pushed down deeply to darkness”.Ask … More ‘We rise again and push the night aside :…,’. The vanity in human ritual illustrated in routine. Or maybe I’m just a miserable git this particular morning!

What’s a personal mantra or philosophy you live by? View all responses Load every rift with ore, whatever the subject! Strange! How I turn to John Keats quite a lot for guidance, though there is a lot in him with which I take issue. When Shelley, who offered Keats many kindness which he refused (a … More Load every rift with ore, whatever the subject!

New York was built upon the workers’ graves,London erected from their burnt up bones:To serve the greed of Capital, the wavesOf seas of want were held back by gorgeous homesHousing Amsterdam, city of rich trade,Excess and lucrative hustles, and painOnly for those whose work is only paidShort of enough so capital will gainIt’s weight in … More The best way to explore a city is to build it anew.