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Proverbs of Smog #81

6 hours ago 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Eighty-One 1. Take off your see-thru darkness. 2. Go bowling with your tombstone. 3. Beware the burning word-swallower. 4. Bear the heavy light. Proverbios de Smog Capítulo Ochenta y Uno...

Sinaloan License Plate

15 hours ago 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] It may be a threatit may be baitit's a silver-plated Hummerwith a Sinaloan license plate *** I want my fishing boats andhorse back! My computer walkingupright,no more time fordoubting, Casino trees aresproutingon...

How To See The World As A Poem

11 Aug 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

I am not yet confident enough in my ability to teach English to charge for that kind of service, but I have no doubt I can inspire any budding (or veteran) writers to see the world as a poem, and stay writing.  I am charging the minimum-possible amou...

The Wannabe Wow

11 Aug 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Recorded almost entirely on a broken 4-track on cassette tapes purchased exclusively  at the dollar store, All The Diamonds You Can Eat is a bumpy ride through the lo-fi part of town.  From the soaring, cracked-out "A Beautiful Place," through the or...

Visiting The Ruins Of An 18th-Century Skate Park

7 Aug 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

I like signs, especially handpainted Mexican business signs.  From the tire shop to monkey toys to an outlaw haircut, you can get anything in Mexico. I visited the ruins of an 18th-century skate park today.  Built in 1774 by a bunch of 18th-cent...

Floating Through The Low-Flying Sea

6 Aug 2026 1 minute read 3 comments Nathan Payne

I shot some video today of my walk to the church, and a conversation I had with a Vaquero.  It felt forced, watching it later.  I'm not really a content Creator.  I'm a writer.  I filter what I see, and write about it Later.  Writing is like making c...

The Road To Hell Is Paved With Homeless Songwriters

4 Aug 2026 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Nobody knew anything about narcissism in the 90s, but this information is slowly becoming common knowledge.  The more I learn about it, the more the world makes sense. What a nightmare. It occurred to me recently that my relationship with American c...

The window is a street

3 Aug 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] We are rolling down the window  To better see the street, Or maybe it's the Other way Around I can't Remember. Rest now. I take over from here. Fear is the first and final Act of rebellion. We are walking throug...

An Eternity of Now

1 Aug 2026 2 minute read 4 comments Nathan Payne

"Go where you're treated best."The Nomad Capitalist So, we crossed the Rubicon.  The future is finally behind us.  Almost a year and a half back in the US, the entire purpose of which was to say goodbye, or so it appears from the present moment.  A p...

I fell like outlaw rain into the sea

31 Jul 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] We've finally left behindthe future, we'regone, at last,we're here The threshold is backthere, behindus, Nowhere I'm glad to be gonefrom theend, at Last I'm happy to be backat the beginning, The headwatersof the...