( via / still from The Docks of New York )

"But Antifa as an organized national whatever was as mythical as unicorns and dragons..."

LD50

Owing to the daedal skill of the spider
ev'ry fresh annex
of prey receives sarcophagus like onyx;
sterling provider

if best watchdog’s the mute basenji.
What can you say about futility so dogged?
Other bards who write from dreams as jagged
jabber as cringey

yet assemble covens for their black cider;
only this phoenix
gathers spices far from the cynics
as if alone were roast, cook, guest & wfted nidor.

Pity the proud, colorblind pink flamingo
whose hues are rugged
less than the time till coat itself turns ragged:
a perfect gringo

in the land of traditional arts,
nor charts another.

"GenAI art has already reached polyester status, and this is just the beginning. Despite all the techno-utopian promises, our brains see it as ersatz."

“All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.”
– George Orwell via @aprilsparkles.bsky.social

Photo set from LA.