#nowthehere

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• • The Middle of Nowhere will be back with another uniquely fun and entertaining show this Tuesday, May 21st. The last show was a huge success, one that blew our expectations out of the manhole! Beware: The Middle of Nowhere may be too real to handle. Come down prepared to live... • • Speaking of live: There will be live music, spoken-word, and standup comedy, as well as free swag contests and giveaways, not to mention the most supportive and loving group of people you can imagine. • • If you are a performer looking to use our stage for you art, send me a DM and we’ll try and slot you in. Spots are filling up fast! • • It all takes place @theimperialpub; Doors at 730pm, show starts at 830pm, open stage starts at 1030pm and goes till midnight. Bring friends! • • For more info, follow the #nowthehere as well as like and follow The Middle of Nowhere on Facebook. • • • • • • • • #livemusictoronto #openmictoronto #openmic #musictoronto #indie #indiemusictoronto #indie88 #love #trust #portcreditpoet #standupcomedytoronto #comedytoronto #comedy #youngeanddundas (at The Imperial Pub) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxifW0_F0sq/?igshid=1qqf28wirzdb3

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• • BLACK LION —————— Lust after What we Can’t have; Give me yours, I’ll give you mine; Regret owns The space we’re in; We owe her a death, He owes a forgiveness; The slow toes, The after. • • • • #portcreditpoet #nowthehere #love #trust #poetry #poetrycommunity #blacklionpoetry #toronto (at Old Toronto) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxdX41_FDSl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1j01xr9n4fgef

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• • BLACK LION —————— A quiet, A stroll; The fire escape holds All my motivation. Rain dances with streetlights On the puddles On the road. Who’s following me? Who knows... I’ve learned all my life, Lessons I can’t ignore: ‘Don’t trust what you can’t prove.’ ‘Don’t go where you can’t go.’ Lessons taught by those who live them out, Too afraid to take the fire escape; Those who see the puddles dancing, And stay inside. • • • • • #trust #love #nowthehere #poetry #poetrytoronto #poetrycommunity #blacklionpoetry #rain #haunt #walkingintherain #puddles #livelife #ifnotnowwhen #artgalleryontario #art #sculpture #toronto (at Toronto Art Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/mitchellantonmaceachern/p/BxdG5DsFsKE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1g565scwuh5y

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• • BLACK LION —————— Hope in the fear That we won’t disappear After clicking off The i we walk with; Hopeful as it helps us feel, We’re afraid without it. ~ ~ Helicopter hovers overhead; Lights relentlessly analyzing All the sufferings of our kids, As if no capability in-and-of themselves to handle it; Danger approaches, Or do they approach it? Thumping blades Chastise mistakes, Hoping to carry away their fear, We simply scare them. ~ ~ Sirens scream the alarm We feel in our hearts If we pay attention; That tingling numbness Of desperation, That Primal urge Of self-preservation: i Cling to it Ad if it were me. ~ ~ ~ Fact of life: We all need to die. But our hope is our fear, That we won’t disappear, That we’ll live forever, Hopefully. • • • • #nowthehere #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrytoronto #understandtrees #portcreditpoet #toronto #fear #terror #helicopterparenting #senseless #bebrave #love #trust (at Port Credit GO Station) https://www.instagram.com/mitchellantonmaceachern/p/BxcghUaFBJK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15spzybnp9eou

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- BLACK LION: #portcreditpoet —————— Icy flat moon Consumed fire; S/ waited at 2 East St., Notes crawling across arm; Gray rewired, Tuned 1 step down; Just a hole left — Mired. ~ ~ Picks at it. ~ ~ Raging open little girl/boy: Monotone stories, Keys of irony; Chains 2 Cement shoes. ~ ~ Veins tasting nighttime; Chill burns — Dangling edge, Power stance, No power. ~ ~ Picks at it. ~ ~ Flip-coin: Call it’s side, Flat either way; S/ glides ice past fire. ~ ~ Picks at it. —————- - - - - Understand trees and look up at them ☝️ - - - - - #nowthehere #contrast #love #fear #understandtrees #poetry #poetrytoronto #poetryslamtoronto #blacklion #portcredit #eastmineola #torontogolfclub #mam (at Mississauga, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/mitchellantonmaceachern/p/BxS45GDFlIl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1asnqx9hj85vy

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Is that @benaffleck? No, it isn’t. It’s @thejackcharles! He will be performing at @comedykapow Friday evening. I will be attending the show because Jack actually makes my life better, and so I have non-emotionally decided to include more Jack in my life. Be sure to come as well, as I am sure Jack will improve the overall quality of your day. There will be many other also-hilarious comedians there, including but not limited to: @ernievicente and @whoajeff. It’s gunna be a great noight noight!! - - - #nowthehere #comedykapow #torontocomedy #120dinertoronto #love #trust #butterflies #becauseyes #ernspire (at Comedy Kapow) https://www.instagram.com/mitchellantonmaceachern/p/BxNzVFJF3op/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qii7zx8fsev9

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Why Am I Here Again?

Blue and white to see, Wasted time forming no memories Of a life I’ve lived and yet do not see, In the maelstrom of Binary.

Jaws slam closed as data flows From me to you to them; Bloody likes in the water, Attracting famished fins to the slaughter.

Red roaring boredom slices through And shakes and shakes The absolute truth we all hold dear: That your corporeal quietus will make An immortal digital surrogate, So we log on and say:

Look at me Livin’ this life that’s fake! Look at me Tryin’ to lie my way out of the grave. Look at me Fabricate to friends. Look at me!

Why am I here again?