Night 67
7 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Cold. Sun broke. Light un Broken. Rainy motor. Sight unspoken. 9.5.25
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Proverbs of Smog #3
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...
Proverbs of Smog #2
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...
Pablo Smog's Rules For Writing
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...
Proverbs of Smog #1
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...
Choose Your Hill
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...
Metropolis of Birds
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
The Art Machine
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...
The Bell Hotel, It Tolls For Thee
24 Aug 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"Never send to know for whom thebell tolls; it tolls for thee." John Donne The following is a statement issued by the UK Home Office, explaining why I wasn't welcome in the UK. Dated 15 May 2013. Full testimony linked below. COH ID #19619096 To: NAT...
Enjoy Your Soup
23 Aug 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
19 years ago today (8/22), the Korean Broadcast System interviewed me in New York about dissent in America after 9/11. A quaint issue by today's standards. They even used my song "George Bush, What's Your Problem?" as the bumper music. These are the...
