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windows, doors, and other means of ingress

courtesy of a locksmith who told me out

to break into my apartment the first time

i locked myself out it seemed so easy but

buying the tools wasn’t worth it when i just

kept a window unlocked from then on i

figured if someone wanted to jump the fence

to get into mine then they could have what

i often took for granted i really don’t want 

much more than what i can give myself until

i see and sense and find what cannot be

delivered but built and earned and i wish

i had bought the tools earlier because

the grass is always greener where you

water it and brother i don’t pay my bills

-rb.xyz

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everyone's a little late on mondays

built into our muscles twitch an hour

open before alarms go off fuck but

all of this again oh well that’s the life

we tell ourselves something like fifty

times a year i keep the books open until

ten anyway so i can sit and have my coffee

not worry about morning traffic and potholes

in center lanes no i can do my crossword

take an extra ten minutes in the shower

get enough done so by day’s end i feel like

i’ve already won the week and if its nice out

i call a neighbor out and down the street

for martinis on a patio - gin, up with a lemon

-rb.xyz

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'The Embrace'. Malcolm Liepke. 2015.

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— The Countess Cathleen, by WB Years

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a true artist cannot help but repeat themselves

After much introspection and soul searching I've turned over a new leaf and have decided to continue making poison swamps 😌

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high on the mountain

looking down into the ravine

resting muscles and trying not

to think about anything in

particular in lieu of attempting

to commune with the endless

i wonder after the further path

of rocks downhill to boulders

to smash dead trees and

interrupt life cycles of tiny

things below and i wonder

again if this is how god feels

about all of us

-rb.xyz

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need is a strong word

tranquil the day moves as all

days have moved before it

exchanging breath for breath

food for energy sleep for living

out another day ride the car to

some place do a thing ride again

somewhere else - i do not need 

anything i do not have i do not

want anything i cannot get it

is simple math that it takes a man

years to figure out but goddamn

when you get there i must say

the view is spectacular

-rb.xyz

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the old stuff

i can sense it sometimes

though it doesn’t happen

as often as it used to but

that’s to be expected from

the passing of time among

other things but still it does

occur the subtle sniffing

around eye contact lingers

a bit longer than normal

laughter and smiles and i

used to remember how the

trick ended but as it happens

these days i usually just

make it up as i go along

-rb.xyz

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korean barbecue

its raining and i am new to this

loud and clumsy city i didn’t know

it could even rain this hard we haven’t

spoken in a few years but you were nice

enough to meet me when i visited last so

its not too far from me to walk three of us

sit down at a comfortably small wooden 

table i let you both drive we are having a

good time i think i keep to myself and i

don’t remember when you told me you

were in love with me all of this years ago

like i didn’t know it then either and for

whatever reason we never see each other

again and i don’t eat korean barbecue

for another few years after that

-rb.xyz

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"Will you free my Palestine"

Sticker spotted in Brunswick, Victoria

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morning appointments

if you carefully analyze what

specific amount of energy it might

require to accomplish any given

task and then lets say put that on

some kind of mental spreadsheet

well that’s half the work done for you

ahead of time and kind of always as

i see it yes if you don’t shower wear

yesterdays clothes don’t make lunch

don’t make breakfast don’t make coffee

take easy turns instead of waiting for

lights yeah you can sleep another

ten minutes and only be five minutes

late

-rb.xyz

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who are you to me

never really knew what to do 

with my hair it just had an idea

i let it run wild when i could and

bonsai hobbled it when i couldn’t

anymore it was the trend to keep

it long when i was younger but

i got sick of it after a few years

now a bit surprisingly its longer

than i’ve had it in forever i know

a thing or two about going off

someplace foreign with a grand

idea spend time eating alone at

bar counters smoking cigarettes

under strange awnings when it

rains and going home wondering

if i had died on the plane and just

missed it all instead

-rb.xyz

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