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I spent the night at Angri-La

20 Jun 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.03

Zelle: [email protected] I spent the night at Angri-LaThe horror there!I thought I saw the shadow of adeath trip,clawing toward the light;the temptation to extinguish it,to conceal myselfin rageso that the death trip wouldn'tsee me, was...

The air was warm and monkey

6 Jun 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.07

Zelle: [email protected] The air was warm and monkey.Carrots perched upon my shoulder,mimicking the donkey.I must have been singing in thewrong key.Does the cow drink scum milkdirectly from the honkey?Can you hear me humming, now?Who wil...

A Broken Tombstone

4 Jun 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.04

Zelle: [email protected] When I die I want a broken tombstone,Marble, rottenwhite,With the patina and consistencyof moonlight.***When I die I want a brokentombstone,A guardian angel of glowing neonboneleaning like a petrified ghostOn the...

The Weeping Anarchist

24 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.04

Zelle: [email protected] The anarchist is weeping.The toy store issleeping;There is a madman full of dirtytreats,Wandering the trees,Pondering thestreetsIn search of the existenceOf actually Nothing. The anarchist is weeping.There is a...

A screeching tire shouts for joy

24 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.05

Zelle: [email protected] Rough trip. Also amazing. Too far and fast to count. I need fingers, singers, Stars. The ride is violently humbling And morally horrific.  Faced with the self, the self freaks out and does donuts in the parking l...

The Shamrock in Motel 6

21 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.06

Zelle: [email protected] The Shamrock in Motel 6 has been a sanctuary for mefor manyyears,But it's under newownership,and isn't a Shamrockanymore.I'm not saying I'll neverreturn,but I never wanted to be hereanyway.I'm grateful that we ar...

The Second Scorpion by Will Jones

15 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Will Jones $0.02

  ☸️☸️  All newborns may start off as small as a kernel of wheat or rye. Another Karma, another flight of insight from chrysalis of intellect that mind's eye.   ☸️☸️   On island of fantasy swayLike Tattoo, and that planeThat is scorpion two.. It emb...

An Electric Graveyard

13 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.06

Zelle: [email protected] The future is an electric graveyard;A narcotic junkie Nod The future is an electric graveyard;A neonsign fromGodThe future is an electric graveyard, arusty ironCloudThe future is an electric graveyard, solarpanel...

Call Northside 777

11 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.07

Zelle: [email protected] The last scene of Call Northside 777is a vision of the arrival of a tired man to Heaven.His mother is there to greet him,his wife,And when the kid shouts, "That's my daddy!"before running to meet him,well... Hav...

Blue Birds to the Contrary

10 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.07

Zelle: [email protected] When you're walking by faith so long that you forget that you believe, That's age. Or is it? The faithlessness of the world is incredibly persistent. It soldiers on in spite of all the butterflies  And blue birds...