haiku 25 Feb 2018

Stalking the warm halls
Each day filled with sleep and food
A house-cat’s life rocks

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

haiku 22 Feb 2018

With a fool in charge
There’s no telling how brutal
Things might yet become

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

haiku 20 Feb 2018

When fed well, with love
A paradise blooms within
From spine-base upward

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ] ​

haiku 18 Feb 2018

Tunnels, trains, bright lights
Broadway, Houston, the Bowery
This place never sleeps.

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ] ​

haiku 15 Feb 2018

With each rhythmic beat
The central muscle pumps life
Unguided, year-round

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

haiku 13 Feb 2018

Changed to serve the rich
Its Constitution threadbare
The republic fails

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ] ​

haiku 8 Feb 2018

Once its pillars fall
Self-destruction is consumed
By the fires of love

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

haiku 6 Feb 2018

Gut lebt der Mensch da
Wo Freunde und Familie
Ja auch gedeihen

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ] ​

haiku 4 Feb 2018

This land is fine, rich
Eggs, fish, vines, and wheat abound
Skraelings come - to trade?

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

haiku 31 Jan 2018

A wee silent glade
Still and hushed but full of life
Immune to all threats

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ] ​

haiku 30 Jan 2018

Drinking mist and sun
Eating but cast-off debris
The epiphyte thrives

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ] ​

haiku 28 Jan 2018

Softly falling rain
A landscape cold, hushed, and still
Warmth returns too soon

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

haiku 25 Jan 2018

Vast green rolling hills
Granite crags betwixt deep fjords
Alba - majestic

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

haiku 23 Jan 2018

Its first rays break through
Basting the low clouds in gold
What a grand sunrise

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

haiku 21 Jan 2018

Each small grass patch
Teems with endless, tiny lifeforms
A world of wonder

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

esh x arc

sticker graffiti street art found 2016 in Boston, MA, that depicts crossed arrows, two snarling wolves, a necklace, and these decipherable alphanumerics: esh arc
[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

spie stacks spie

sticker graffiti street art found 2016 in Boston, MA, that features these decipherable alphanumerics: spie spie stacks spie; hello my name is
[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

tiger tentacle trainwreck

sticker graffiti street art found 2016 in Boston, MA, that depicts a tiger cub, grasping green tentacles, an old-fashioned scroll, and these decipherable alphanumerics: trainwreck
[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

haiku 18 Jan 2018

Some complex knot-work
Binding a standard collar
Full Windsor glory

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

haiku 16 Jan 2017

Loud, bright cityscape
Hopes and spires reaching skyward
A long, slender isle[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

house of slaine by @belowpovertylevel @slainesworld

sticker graffiti street art [by artists @belowpovertylevel @slainesworld] found 2016 in Boston, MA, that depicts a three-leafed clover and these decipherable alphanumerics: bpla below poverty level Los Angeles; house of slaine; Boston
[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

dirty dek cactus

sticker graffiti street art found 2016 in Boston, MA, that depicts a cycloptic and moustachioed cactus as well as these decipherable alphanumerics: dirty dek
[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

paparazzi air fight

sticker graffiti street art found 2016 in Boston, MA, that depicts a man with dreadlocks jumping and these decipherable alphanumerics: paparazzi; fight
[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

haiku 11 Jan 2017

For tricking blind Hoth
The Liesmith was bound to rocks
A long, cruel torment

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ] 

haiku 9 Jan 2018

Its crown scrapes the sky
On broad trunk man’s knowledge writ
Roots sunk deep, endless

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

haiku 7 Jan 2018

Joyfully at ease
In furrows of childish glee
Bright and beautiful

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

haiku 4 Jan 2018

Launch codes on old discs
Plus an old, crude narcissist
Equals extinction

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ] 

haiku 2 Jan 2018

A yoga of rest
Mind and body unburdened
Per doctor’s orders

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

haiku 31 Dec 2017

A fresh start beckons
From beyond tomorrow next
Change seldom lasts long

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ] ​

haiku 28 Dec 2017

Squeezed, the poor masses
Sank into oblivion
Yearning to be free

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ] ​

haiku 24 Dec 2017

German pagan lore
And, well, the winter solstice
Are season’s reason

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

sweet-tooth actually diabetes

Contrary to popular belief, the delight with which local resident Horace J. Winston consumes sweets is not due to a sweet-tooth of yore. In fact, his endocrinological system - having been subjected to decades of frequent alcohol consumption combined with a sedentary lifestyle - is now struggling to adequately regulate Winston’s blood-glucose levels. Unless he makes drastic changes in his daily patterns and habits within the next couple of years, his condition will be exacerbated, and worsen.

On an average day, Horace consumes at least five beers in one sitting, two meals of primarily meats and cheeses; he drives nearly everywhere he must go, walking only a few miles cumulatively. (In secret, Winston knows something is amiss inside but chooses to blame it on the common cold or changes in the weather.)

No one in his circle of friends or relatives appears concerned about the Winston’s fate, however, since they are clueless to the signs of onsetting diabetes and themselves engaged heavily in both sloth and overindulgence. With health insurance priced out of his reach, Horace will also not be seeing a doctor, anytime soon.

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ] ​

haiku 19 Dec 2017

A house demolished
From the inside cannot stand
Then - desolation

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ] ​

haiku 17 Dec 2017

Soaring high aloft
Wingtips bent upward, lifting
Quick, the falcon drops

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ] 

dreamstate writing 14 Dec 2017

I was in a throng of other people all queueing for to meet a powerful goddess. Beyond the sunken earthen trench in which we stood waiting lay snow on frozen ground. Set into the walls of the trench every few meters were crude cubbyholes fashioned out of unfinished pine logs, some of which I recognized as places I’ve slept rough. To our right and stretching above us reached a tall building clad in dark marble panels. As we stepped forward to be received we passed by a number of glass-doored rooms recently emptied of their inhabitants.

When it was finally my turn to be judged, the goddess swirled around me, prodding at my various bits and weighing my soul against Truth. From her back and the top of her head appeared to rise glimmering tendrils of an infinite, invisible energy. In the room with us were dozens of watching people, the formerly queueing multitudes. The goddess noted my progress in many areas, challenging me to defend my case to become bodhisattva. I pointed out the steps I’ve made toward living a life of virtue and compassion but was found lacking, and shown the door.

I returned briefly to consciousness (discovering there a full and pressing bladder), then fell back asleep. The dreaming continued in a vast subterranean room (which, too, was paneled with slabs of dark marble) where I and a number of others were searching for a propellered flying boat that had been lost at sea. Analyzing satellite photographs and old maps we were scouring the wind-swept seas. From time to time I would also put my ear to a staticky handheld radio, hoping to detect a clue. Out of the white noise lept a single word, one which caused excitement yet confusion among the dozen-odd people individuals there: America.

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ] ​

haiku 12 Dec 2017

Borne on strands of light
Linking far east to near west
Grand, global network

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ] ​

haiku 10 Dec 2017

Valuable bits
Linked to gold, buried in code
Real worth, not fiat

(For more information about cryptocurrencies, consider reading this guide provided by Bankrate, Inc.)

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

haiku 7 Dec 2017

Once well-established
Routines cannot be shaken
By earthly forces

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

tardigrade cosmonaut honored

During a brief ceremony held in a former outdoor smoking shelter behind the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pastor Tina, CA, scientists preparing for an impending launch stood still during a moment of silence ahead of the upcoming launch of a hearty tardigrade. Selected from a group of other hypsibius gagarinorum, the tiny traveler, like intrepid Laika before it, was chosen due to a proven ability to survive in harsh conditions such as extreme cold and prolonged deprivation. Exploiting the animal’s natural cryptobiosis, or suspended metabolism, gives NASA scientists hope that at least one hypsibius gagarinorum tun will reach another star system, most likely the cluster humans call Alpha Centauri.

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

national guard mobilized

Across the United States of America, the National Guard is being mobilized to protect the homes of the country’s richest inhabitants. Tens of thousands of armed soldiers are moving into place, forming tight cordons around affluent neighborhoods that might possibly at some point in the near future perhaps be threatened by hordes of starving wage-slaves. Armed with the most advanced weapons available, including main battle tanks and attack helicopters, the U.S. Army appears poised to beat back even the most braven assault against the only segment of society that really matters.

Piggybacking on efforts to further shift the tax burden from those who have the most financial resources to those who have the fewest, the decision to use the military to protect America’s privileged few was probably made at the highest levels of the Trump administration. The cost of said mobilization will, of course, also be shouldered and executed by the poor, the needy, and the disenfranchised.

Secret plans obtained by WikiLeaks have exposed the impending activation of Project Cherry Pick, a nation-wide police action which calls for the most physically attractive children of poor families to be rounded up for training in the art of physically pleasuring the rich and the powerful. A flawed democracy, the American empire seems to be backsliding rapidly into an oligarchic tyranny not seen since the debauchery and excess of pre-collapse Rome. Hope remains for those willing and able to keep their hearts pure - and their sixes covered.

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]

haiku 30 Nov 2017

Minds free of thinking
Doing nothing, unconcerned
Are we on the Path?

[ americanifesto / 場黑麥 / jpr / urbanartopia / whorphan ]