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Daily Archives: February 1, 2017
Battle Positions: casbairdne
Assume battle positions: each gun states its conditions for damning to perdition those it slams with derision. The war horns sound, confounding the loud screams, so dumbfounding, as drums and jackboots pounding start death’s song wild resounding. The chaos, so … Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, casbairdne, futility, illusion, Irish verse forms, poetic forms, war
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Arts and Crafts
If you want to make your process seem “magical” or “other-directed” describe it as art, right? The “Art” of the Deal, a bullshit “artist”, The Art of War, The Art of Living. But that implies that “art” (a mystical convergence … Continue reading