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My unreasonable expectations have often led me down the path of irrational exuberance.

  • Karma

    Stock photo of a lone raven perched on a tree of twisted branches from Pexel.com
    Photo by Furkan Idrizi on Pexels.com
    Do I sculpt karma
    Or is it in DNA
    Raven knows for sure

  • Oblige

    A.I. image generated from tanka text of a man sitting at a table with spilled red wine on a white tablecloth, holding a cup surrounded by many pairs of eyes reflected in glass surroundings.
    feel obligated 
    to oblige other feelings
    but only so far
    many considerations
    easy to make a faux pas


  • Dapple

    Stock photo of a statue of a fragmented human face holding their forefinger up to their lips in a frozen shhh from Pexels.com
    Photo by Chris F on Pexels.com
    I wish someone could
    dapple my cynicism 
    with a bit of hope

  • Ignite

    Stock photo of an igniting match head with yellow core and blue abstract outgoing energy waves from Pexels.com
    Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com
    Stream of consciousness 
    Haiku flow in the morning 
    To ignite the day

  • Oddball

    A.I. image generated from tanka text of an unusual character in Sherlock Holmes hunting cap in a telephone booth while wearing a trench coat making a phone call. craiyon.com
    Craiyon
    this is what happens
    when the oddball makes the call
    misery for most
    ruination of a nation
    for the profit of a few


  • Gear

    Stock photo of a classic oil can with spout from Pexels.com
    Photo by Angie Dutton on Pexels.com
    The trick of the tail
    I'm A.I. machine math lube
    A cog of the gear
    Fediverse reactions

  • Abstraction

    A.I. image generated from haiku text of sphere with trailing stalagmites fashioned from abstract aspic material rising from a large body of water
    An abstraction wrapped
    In absolutist aspic
    Ablution required

    Fediverse reactions

  • Hail

    Stock photo of a gold circle framed in fire around a lone figure standing in a hallway with graffiti painted walls from Pexels.com
    Photo by Mosxonas_D A on Pexels.com
    no faux gold halo
    can deflect the cold steel hail
    of consequences
    Fediverse reactions

  • Pray

    Stock photo of a statue of an archaic human striking a prayerfully pose from Pexels.com
    Photo by Marina Zvada on Pexels.com
    You can know something
    You can pray about something
    Can you do something?

    Fediverse reactions

  • Fidget

    Stock photo of a spinning fidget widget spinning between a humans thumb and forefinger from Pexels.com
    Photo by Rino Adamo on Pexels.com
    a heartfelt fidget
    with my happy time widget
    turn to the next page 
    eggplant emoji of rage
    imprinted with persistence

  • Mystified

    Stock photo of parchment scroll spread out on a table from Pexels.com
    Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com
    keep the scroll going
    befuddled and mystified
    that's how they like em
    Fediverse reactions

  • Collapse

    Stock photo of oxidized bronze statue of a person holding a child from Pexels.com
    Photo by Rino Adamo on Pexels.com
    Like the Late Bronze Age
    Civilization collapse
    Another will rise
    Something new will then happen
    Bringing something different

    Fediverse reactions

  • Unmissable

    Stock photo of gold text on black background reading "BLAH BLAH BLAH" from Pexels.com
    Photo by Ann H on Pexels.com
    indivisible 
    seemed to be unmissable 
    when push came to shove
    'til owned narrators gave us
    unreliable feedback

    Fediverse reactions

  • Vanquish

    A.I. image generated from haiku text of a knight in blue armor striking a fiery shadow creature with glowing swords inside a crystal cave
    Sir Valerian 
    Somnambulant champion 
    Vanquishing awake
    Fediverse reactions

  • Straw

    Stock photo of assorted colorful drinking straws from Pexel.com
    Photo by Markus Winkler on Pexels.com
    you can bring your straw
    to the shore and slurp all you
    can and not add beach
    Fediverse reactions

  • Lacuna

    Stock photo of the view from the bottom of a well from Pexels.com
    Photo by Agustin Fernandez on Pexels.com
    humanity well
    Big Kahuna's lacuna
    empathy abyss
    Fediverse reactions

  • Hunkered

    Stock photo of a group of sparrows squatting in an evergreen bush from Pexels.com
    Photo by Vera Emilie A Bomstad on Pexels.com
    Outcast birdie flaps
    Aloft 'oer frosty meadow
    Called by chirping bush
    A host of sparrows huddled
    Ubiquity hunkered down

    Fediverse reactions

  • Vivid

    Stock photo of a digital blood pressure monitor with a reading of 178 over 111 with a heart rate of 103 on a table with printouts, pills, syringes, pads, and bottles from Pexels
    Photo by Marta Branco on Pexels.com
    Made a misty list 
    Many vivid wrongs to right
    There will be pressure

    Fediverse reactions

  • Imaginary

    Stock photo of a human profile with upraised hand revealing a green glow through fingers from Pexels.com
    Photo by Nathan Marcam on Pexels.com
    Linear timelines
    A spirit of fierce aspect
    Lurks in the middle
    Of a made up beginning 
    To imaginary end

    Fediverse reactions

  • Bleach

    Abstract smears of color hinting at a face from Pexels.com
    Photo by MART PRODUCTION on Pexels.com
    is there enough bleach
    to remove this stain from our
    collective psyche
    Fediverse reactions

  • Platitudes

    A.I. image generated from haiku text of a cloaked person sitting at an old stone window sill, surrounded by lit candles, books, a skull, and an hourglass, gazing out at a crescent moon above distant mountains and a castle.
    Spouting platitudes
    While showing no gratitude
    In my solitude

    Fediverse reactions

  • Rectitude

    Stock photo of two people in classic Bohemian neo punk garb. One dragging another down a lane on a bare mattress in front of distressed city brick wall from Pexels.com
    Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com
    My bad attitude
    Led me to ineptitude
    Grasping rectitude

    Fediverse reactions

  • Gamble

    Stock photo of serial numbers on three one hundred dollar bills resting on another bill from Pexel.com
    Photo by Engin Akyurt on Pexels.com
    A gamble ramble
    Live liars poker timeline 
    Wanna bet your life?
    Fediverse reactions

  • Value

    A.I. image generated from the prompt Mega value pack packaging with fantasy characters and 48 giant rolls of toilet paper
    I buy my T.P.
    one roll at a time because
    there's no guarantee 
    a Big Mega Value Pak
    wouldn't last longer than I do
    Fediverse reactions

  • Vast

    Stock photo of a quotidian view of an observable universe through a very powerful instrument from Pexels.com
    Photo by meomupmofilm on Pexels.com
    stars moons and planets 
    big ball of fire in the sky
    will do what they do
    but the real fun is here
    with our perception of vast
    Fediverse reactions

  • Grief

    Charles Schultz cartoon character Charlie Brown resing his head on his hands with a speech bubble saying "Good Grief" over his head
    Is there such a thing
    As good grief Charlie exclaims
    Cathartic perhaps
    Therapeutic grief even
    But no way good grief I say

  • Vitality

    Stock photo of a metal pole tree with a full array of surveillance implements from Pexels.com
    Photo by Victor Moragriega on Pexels.com
    cameras everywhere 
    have sucked the vitality 
    out of everything

  • Spud

    Stock photo of a hand holding a spud with a smiley face drawn on it over a foliage background from Pexels.com
    Photo by Chacko John on Pexels.com
    Stashed in winter grass
    The Easter Potato hunt
    Spud resurrection

  • Plover

    Stock photo of a small white bird with a light brown back and black neck and eye markings on the sea shore from Pexels.com
    Photo by Matt Liatkouski on Pexels.com
    While winging about
    The plover in Dover lives
    Mainly on clover

  • Lofty

    A.I. image generated from haiku text of a stream under puffy white clouds running through majestic peaks with a single human figure standing in that stream and distant figure further on the bank.
    Object of desire
    Manifest mountainous dream
    Lofty ablutions

  • Weasels

    A.I. image generated image from haiku text of neon signs reading OFFICE MAYHEM, SURREAL STATS, and WEASEL WORKFLOW surround suited weasels in a chaotic office with a bell curve labeled THE CHAOS DISTRIBUITION.
    flatten the bell curve
    with maximum consumption
    of noisy twaddle
    dispatched notes from the office
    sack full of angry weasels

  • Bumps

    Stock photo of a bare branch with cluster buds over a blue sky background from Pexels.com
    Photo by Eve R on Pexels.com
    Birth bumps on a branch
    Broadcast the expectant spring
    Future berries bud

  • Cellular

    Stock illustration of single cell critters existing in limbo suspension from Pexels.com
    Photo by Monstera Production on Pexels.com
    Tanka to do list
    First stack things on other things
    Second reproduce
    Third consume only good stuff
    Fourth eliminate bad stuff

  • Plunged

    A.I. image generated from haiku text of fiery ruination, destruction, and carnage rained down from above 
    Gone beyond the cusp
    Plunged deep into disaster 
    Year one and counting

  • Pageant

    Stock photo of 5 large caliber bullets standing up in a row from Pexels.com
    Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels.com
    so no, not a war
    it's a full metal pageant
    claims Comrade Bone Spurs

  • No Things

    Stock photo of a person holding a sign that reads No kings since 1776 and a U.S. flag from Pexels.com
    Photo by Chris F on Pexels.com
    No Kings with their bling
    That swap serfs for others turf
    Not things to conserve

  • Equip

    Email inbox icon with 32,750 unread graphic bubble 
    does a snarky phrase
    made via email or post
    make it an equip?

  • Languid

    Stock photo of a bear sitting out in snowy woods looking at the camera, hopefully with disinterest from Pexels.com
    Photo by Andras Stefuca on Pexels.com
    better to play tag
    with a languid bear than a
    frisky clueless one

  • Internalized

    A.I. image generated from haiku text of a fiery flowing creek running through and over blackened rocks 
    flowing smouldering 
    creek of burnt history as
    internalized space

  • Churn

    Stock photo of market charting screen with fluctuating high low bar graph screen from Pexels.com
    Photo by AlphaTradeZone on Pexels.com
    So churn baby churn
    A slippery wink and a nod
    To go with the flow
    Buy with a tip on the dip
    Sell in a blink from truth link