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"He likes podcasts, but instead of listening to them, he loads transcripts into the Copilot app on his iPhone so he can chat with the voice assistant about the content of an episode in the car on his commute to Redmond."

"dusk future"

blank agenda · contemplete berm
coffee is cooling
deep shadows to sharpen
shush word & cartouche
what these shows have whizzing
while the Kind Ones smile

parked cars · in the pale dawn
traffic a-scramble
deep shadows to sharpen
shush word & cartouche
must get cracking, marksman
amok doesn't duck

there's a new nudge · never flinched
sky is for burning
chapbook fodder chides me
charred shadows to guard
what these shows leave whizzing
while the Kind Ones smile

How publishers designed books before computers...

“It is Ghalib’s fate to witness the massacre in the streets of Delhi and to see his city reduced to ruins in his lifetime. …There is a situation of lockdown and curfew in the city; anyone found in the streets is liable to be killed. … There seems to be no access to even basic necessities of life, including drinkable water and food. …Despite all these odds, he is a professional poet and writes a paean for Queen Victoria.” --The Inconsolable Ghalib

Rain Temple.