Eponymous
Describe your dream chocolate bar. “Describe your dream, chocolate bar.” “I didn’t have a dream. And why did you call me ‘chocolate bar?’” Continue reading Eponymous
Category: Satire
Song Lyrics are not Poetry
Song lyrics are not poetry Songs are not poems, lyrics are not poetry. Just like Vodka is not water, yet contains it Song lyrics are not poetry, even when they are poetic.Song lyrics are poetic sometimes, but never poetry. Read … Continue reading Song Lyrics are not Poetry
Three Wishes
You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for? Trade wishes for justice Equality, equity These are wishes not miracles That end with the extinction of all mankind Continue reading Three Wishes
Decorative Emptiness
Politics is the division of the people under the guise of unity mammoths or fish, skin and bones and cold rivers that kill dreams Walk in the snow or die in the desert for a cause and a figurehead below … Continue reading Decorative Emptiness
1200 words liked in 30 Seconds
Nobody wants to learn, or be heard. Just shout their endless nonsense into the blood of the audience. Curved fence-posts and doorways and Clicks that come faster than the speed of light. (Or the speed of comprehension) I think my … Continue reading 1200 words liked in 30 Seconds
The Ocean Chases the Moon
The ocean chases the moon, goes in and outand in and out,and drinks deep, deep from the tearsof that implacable satellite.And a nine year old boy … Continue reading The Ocean Chases the Moon
Colonial
A continent formed, there in the dark ocean before us. And before we could stop to bless a creator (A volcano, or a God, or aliens) we had seen the Bosun slit the Captain’s throat. Alliances rose and fell and twenty noblemen were honoured at once from their distant estates in the old country. Titles to the new world bequeathed in the name of the titled. The second mate was opened like a sack of old meal flour before the madness was realised. And envoys were sent and the factions met on the deck freshly scrubbed to remove the blood. And so empires were forged. Continue reading Colonial
Satire or Robots?
If a post mocking the monetisation of blogging falls flat and no one is there to hear it, does the irony make an impression? Dedicated to … Continue reading Satire or Robots?
4 ways to increase your Blog’s traffic
Let’s face it – the reason you blog is not to express yourself, or to connect with people in a meaningful way. What you want is to get as many clicks and likes as possible. You’re dreaming of monetization and validation – of course you are! With that in mind here are 4 handy hints that should get your traffic up and flowing, and mean that those endless refreshes on the ‘Stats’ page of your site are greeted with feelings of pleasure at thousands of new views, rather than the sinking feeling that literally no one gives a shit about … Continue reading 4 ways to increase your Blog’s traffic
Blaze of Obscurity 