Proverbs of Smog #40

By Nathan Payne | pablosmoglives | 1 Feb 2026


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Proverbs of Smog

Chapter Forty

1. The spectrum is a zoo.

2. All spectrums are the matrix.

3. To be on it is to be in it.

4. People trap and capture their own hearts in the wild to be

5. Free, break their own 

6. Legs to win the race.

7. You're not enslaved to your device. You're enslaved to your lack of purpose.

8. One foot on the ground. Both feet out the door.

9. Candy heart; diamond tongue; iron brains.

10. Playing cards, or shards of glass?

11. Brush your teeth with a foaming steeple.

12. Read the roaming poems disguised as people.

13. Build a romantic empire and it will chain you to the floor.

14. Build a nomadic empire and it will follow you out the door.

15. The dead don't drive.

16. The dice are unforgiving.

17. If you must look cool,

18. Look cool for a living.

Proverbios de Smog

Capítulo Cuarenta

1. El espectro es un zoológico.

2. Todos los espectros son la matriz.

3. Estar en él es estar dentro de él.

4. La gente atrapa y captura sus propios corazones en la naturaleza para ser

5. Libres, se rompe las

6. Piernas para ganar la carrera.

7. No eres esclavo de tu dispositivo. Eres esclavo de tu falta de propósito.

8. Un pie en el suelo. Ambos pies fuera de la puerta.

9. Corazón de caramelo; lengua de diamante; cerebro de hierro.

10. ¿Naipes, o fragmentos de vidrio?

11. Cepíllate los dientes con un campanario espumoso.

12. Lee los poemas errantes disfrazados de personas.

13. Construye un imperio romántico y te encadenará al suelo.

14. Construye un imperio nómada y te seguirá hasta la puerta.

15. Los muertos no conducen.

16. Los dados son implacables.

17. Si tienes que lucir cool,

18. Luce cool para ganarte la vida.

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Nathan Payne
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