The Futility Of Writing A Poem Which The Addressee Would Never Read
It's like throwing A brick at the moon, hoping You'd hit it And sink it And vanish all the nights In your life
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The Blue Screen Of Death Visits An Old, Hardworking Computer
Blue screen of death is scary because everyone who owns a computer knows it’s the harbinger of death among computers. Well, this Blue Grim Reaper visited my computer twice today (aside from few random visits the past weeks). And whadayaknow, my computer’s still alive—barely, though. It sort of repaired itself, It had always been resilient, it had cheated death multiple times but now it freezes every now and then and had been very slow and very confused and would, at times, restart itself. It’s like an old man with an Alzheimer's and a terminal disease who’s dying but who still wants to work and serve its master. Like an old dog dying of really old age but still wanting to bark and fend off thieves. But it deserves to rest now—it has served me long and well. Rest now, my faithful, hardworking servant, you can now close y...
A Beer-Flavored Yearning
I am Miserable I can’t seem to be jovial So I seek solace from a pizza Served with beer and calamari
The Old Lady At The Church (Knocking At Hearts)
There’s a church near the office that I visit at least once a week. And I regularly see an old, wrinkled lady, begging in one of the church’s gates. She would stretch her arm while sitting in one of the concrete planters of the church near the gate, knocking at the hearts of the passersby which include me. But I would always just ignore her. I have long stopped giving alms after I watched a TV documentary years ago that confirmed that most beggars were controlled by a syndicate, which kidnapped babies and children to serve as props for their (nefarious) begging activities. By giving alms, the TV program said, you’re encouraging these people to steal more babies from the hospitals, kidnap kids from the streets and abuse old people. You see those women, carrying a baby, knocking at cars stuck in traffic? Those weren’t really their babies, most likely. Before, I would hand out alms (just loose change in my pocket) to any beggars I saw. ...