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10 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"He that is glad at calamitiesshall not be unpunished."Proverbs 17:5 When I was a cabdriver, I once told the friend of a terrible fare, who looked at me for mercy after his friend spent the entire ride insulting and abusing me, "you are who you han...
7 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Domino.Domiyes.Domiknow.Domiguess.Domini.Domini.Domiknee.Domineye.Dominon.Domioui.Domiyou.Domime. Proverbs of Smog Chapter Four 1. Wire we here? 2. Water we doing? 3. Who are the dog Goners? 4. Wearer they going? 5. People exploded. The shadows are...
7 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Cold. Sun broke. Light un Broken. Rainy motor. Sight unspoken. 9.5.25
5 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"That's not all, MCs have the gallTo pray, to pray for my downfall."Biggie Smalls Biggie Smalls went down. He did not heed the wisdom of the Proverbs of Smog. Don't be like Biggie. Today is not the day of salivation. Turn from your wicked deeds tod...
4 Sep 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
My cat caught me plagiarizing from the future tomorrow night, and has accused me of planting the so-called "Proverbs of Smog" in his litter box so that he could "discover" them and feel like he'd accomplished something significant. I have been indic...
2 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Note: The article Desertion of the Circus Animals contains more of my thoughts on this topic, and Raptured From A Kerouac Dream reminds me not to focus on it to the point that I neglect my spirit. But it was fun to write this out, and perhaps it will...
1 Sep 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
My cat is an amateur archaeologist, and while working on an excavation project in his litter box, he unearthed a book of ancient scrolls. I dusted the cover of the ancient tome, upon which was embossed in clear, modern English, "Proverbs of Smog." In...
30 Aug 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
It isn't a question of killor be killed The world is a death bed Choose your hill Will you play on the platformof the subwayof rage, The tunnel of hatred? The erotic cage? Will you die on the hillof Mohammedanpride? Burning in hell For the privilege...
27 Aug 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Metropolis of Birds Birds are hopping upthe spiral crazyStaircase of the pine trees,The skyscrapers That populate the mountainsideLike so much fuzzy gravel7.25.25
25 Aug 2025 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"There’s a blue eyed devil manThinks he’s king of the worldBut he cannot buy our soul"Lila Downs The most tiresome, obvious problem with people who like to pretend it's 2006, that dragging out the same, tired old presidential infant floats in diape...
