a freq of nature

a young old man // poems & thoughts &…

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lucky

a kind silence when interruption is anticipated,

a response untainted by aged opinion,

a knowing smile in place of bewilderment;

if you are lucky,

sometimes life surprises

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the other side of the glass

he is a man on the other side of the glass, he wears his headphones as tightly around his ears as possible, he doesn't want the air to get in, he wants to drown, he drowns it out, the sound of the humanity. he doesn't listen to the words that anyone is saying, he only reads their lips, reads between the lines, reads the body language, speaks it back to them. he doesn't care to know how they interpret; the sound of their spare change clunking into his metal pail is enough of a response for him - true intimacy: an exhange of goods.

(boy are we good at it)

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i look forward to my chemical nirvana

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maybe we lie to ourselves

saying "we are tameable"

"we are domesticated"

but it is all a ruse –

we are the raccoon who

only wants the cat food

and has figured out

the best way of obtaining it

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the lack of "time for" often

does not indicate the necessity;

adhd or not - let your heart

guide you to what the cosmos

had intended for you and

you will never know boredom

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deep down

we all

just want to

go home

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tear down the fence and let in the wild

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be less focused on

what you do and

what you have and

be more focused on

what you make

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where were you?

i went looking for you and did not find you

i called out into the woods

you were just here with me

i searched up and down

all the trails that we made

before i decided to go home

before i remembered the way back

and i've shed all my tears

and i've discovered years

have gone by, years

have aged me - years!

have they aged you too?

i wish i knew

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[ambiguities]

via weheartit

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what if military doesn't keep you "safe"

what if it keeps you content and rolling in your material matrix ?

would you still support your troops?

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the biggest scam in the modern consumerist american lifestyle is young persons being led to believe they CAN and SHOULD have/desire/work for things that they cannot afford (without some form of credit or payment plan).

when you stop wanting things you can't afford, you find meaning/value and satisfaction in the things you already have, or the LACK of certain things, especially what would require additional maintenance and therefore additional funds, and you realize you don't owe the world around you more than 30-40 hours of your focused consciousness.

i was speaking to an older coworker of mine who works longer hours than i do, justifying longer shifts and overtime because "bills have to be paid", and i could sense that he was trying to impress upon me that one is not fully an adult with a "life" unless you spend thursday nights paying bills and saturdays at work.

but in reality, if you've been duped into thinking you should purchase more than a couple things that require years of paying a bill (especially with interest) toward it, have you really matured past impressionable youth? when do physical maturity and wisdom of value intersect?

i believe your health is your wealth, and long work hours take away from your own ability to heal and care for yourself. and yet employers expect you to perform at 100% of your capacity for as long as you're punched in, with very few breaks or interruptions. but what does that say about their concern for your health? aren't you just helping them pay their own bills anyway?

"don't buy once till you can buy twice" – pretty sure i heard that first from a hip hop song several years ago, but it's literally the key to being financially independent and one step ahead of parasitic charlatans. if your environment is too expensive, it's time to pack up and do a little traveling.

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just a little laugh at how things change while you're not looking... 9(ish) months apart... 10 lb difference... 💪🏼😤 yer bod don't build itself fam

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happy fourtwenny y'all