tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467Sun, 08 Sep 2024 18:43:41 +0000http://sotheni.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Alexander)Blogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-6445232476588375702Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:51:00 +00002012-08-07T03:52:38.522-05:00troubled thoughts trouble me simple thoughts trouble me impulses double me doubled thoughts double me stumbled steps, fumble me fumbled intents, fumble me waking dreams wake me smokey dreams wake me loosened teeth shake me shaken dreams shake me kraken hands, take me taken people, take me pressed press me express press me eagerness mess me messes mess me lesson, less me lessen, less mehttp://sotheni.blogspot.com/2012/08/some-of-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-4375843257233266890Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:07:00 +00002011-10-19T20:19:03.001-05:00Shoulder the great weight and carry onperform, the key is to performact as if we're not carrionmoving about in restless shufflessimulate the appearance of joy longif done properly will seep outwardthe end result being naturala beautiful Easter eggand the windpursed to the pin-prickhttp://sotheni.blogspot.com/2011/10/idea-i-stole-from-sorokin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-7637886616885554481Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:39:00 +00002011-07-01T04:49:36.042-05:00scream for me, that high-pitchedshriek of desperation the horrorof knowing certain death is upon youscream for mehelp is a fingertip away, reach outsomeone will pick you upif they can at least they probablyhave problems of their ownsurrounded, in lockstep with terrorthe intent is there there is so muchso much to be afraid of the finalityof being left behind discretion lardingitself all over http://sotheni.blogspot.com/2011/07/safe-room.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-987074469480789070Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:23:00 +00002011-01-12T22:11:23.999-06:00I think of you at nightwhen all I hearis the pulse in my earI lie awake despitethose shots and beerand all the pills right hereOnce I put all this downThe words in the windowI'm going in to townTo make you a widowI climb up your back stepsskip the top stairon past the rocking chairI use the light-less depthsno thought no carein my cold heart a prayerNow the deed has been doneand the prize I have http://sotheni.blogspot.com/2010/12/town-triangle-affair.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-4785612180107414100Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:51:00 +00002009-10-20T00:10:32.104-05:00fat little fingerspointy nails, paintedwith tiny blobby flowerslong wavy haireye makeup, heavyon the lids and lashestight new outfitpuffed up, stretchedat straps and seamshttp://sotheni.blogspot.com/2009/10/outrage-at-eleven.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-2937214201712738441Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:27:00 +00002009-09-04T11:51:46.675-05:00Oh, preciousput your helmet on before you take the busI love you too much and your soft skullwould never withstand a good hard elbowWhy don't you wear the black onedo you think you look coolthat's what's importantnot what everyone saysIf you would only drink your milkI could stop worrying for onceeventually you could just wear a hatno, not tomorrowhttp://sotheni.blogspot.com/2009/09/dry-eye-solutions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-343322783039858055Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:23:00 +00002009-05-28T18:28:03.192-05:00Life, if you can call it that, was simple. Shuffle, groan, every once in a while throw up. I never had to think about those day to day life maintenance things. There was very little thinking. I suppose I was very sick. My memories of those days are spotty - lying on the ground, standing in a corner, slumped against the wall, and so on. Sometimes there would be a bright spot, maybe an explosion inhttp://sotheni.blogspot.com/2009/04/dorker-than-usual.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-5536180131735219995Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:46:00 +00002009-04-17T02:39:15.898-05:00It's at lastthe hour is pastclose your eyesdream a dreamof future dawnDay's work donenight's rest beguntime has fleddown the drainnow today's goneAgain, fadeto black, replayedblinds are shutlights are outthe perfect conhttp://sotheni.blogspot.com/2009/04/parentheticals-are-unspoken.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-7545780779407730790Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:31:00 +00002009-03-23T19:25:59.052-05:00My lips move to shape your nameIsabeau, the most wondrous soundwhispered by your silent wingsMy heart like prey on the groundsubject to your love, untamedHow can we live apart?I lose a little life every dayevery moment we're separateThough now you may say naystill I worship your artCome tarry with me, and dancelose your regrets in the tuneA thousand bards will singand a thousand maidens croonLo, http://sotheni.blogspot.com/2009/03/bonus-feature-love-poetry-of-bishop-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-4684493131368605768Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:35:00 +00002009-03-15T19:57:32.441-05:00is a xerox of your grandparents doing it on their wedding night.! And in this corner, the '80s.secretly likes things you hate.dances with criticism.is your knight in shining armour.01101011 01101001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01100001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01101000 01110101 01101101 01100001 01101110 01110011 00001101 00001010.is proliferating memes.define:duplicity.http://sotheni.blogspot.com/2009/02/facebook-updates-rejection-collection.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-4543284383276174178Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:53:00 +00002008-11-20T22:15:23.262-06:00Every once in a while I have to have a post that's just plain old prose writing, or the spiders in their Google-webs decide that The Bringdown is a spam blog. That's what this post is. Nothing interesting will happen. No phrases will be turned. All this is is a series of sentences strung together like you would normally expect in prose, because apparently when I try to write poetry, what results http://sotheni.blogspot.com/2008/11/tarting-it-up-bit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-8599695418420637722Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:26:00 +00002008-11-15T13:57:23.036-06:00here we are at the parkyou borrowed a bike and saidyou could jump that, no problema bunch of people watchedwhile you launchedI carried you away from thatwired over stones and bloodI wield the dull knifeuseful only for spreading fatwhile you stand before thishigh manic you won't remember any of itwaving a very sharp knifefightimprobably I, or someone elsetalks you downprobably offers you a http://sotheni.blogspot.com/2008/11/its-not-done-yet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-155498254052852166Sun, 02 Nov 2008 08:00:00 +00002008-11-02T10:21:25.041-06:00click yes to give it awaycancel to go backadulate iridium irrepentant idiolizersreject lapidary l______The world, devoid. Motionless, emotionless, subsequent/resultant. Who wrote it? Did I write it, when I didn't know, while I was sleeping, when I let myself go, myslef, me flys, fe slym, did I dress in wrinkled clothing?http://sotheni.blogspot.com/2008/11/choreomania-chorea-imagnativa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-6979044277213771699Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:29:00 +00002008-09-15T01:31:38.967-05:00If you like black coffee, you'll like apathy.If you like apathy, you'll like music.If you like music, you'll like silence.silence ∴ firefire ∴ moving picturesmoving pictures ∴ t-shirtst-shirts ∴ pregnancypregnancy ∴ eating disorderseating disorders ∴ toga partiestoga parties ∴ if you likeif you like ∴ recursionrecursion ∴ serif fontsserif fonts ∴ genocidegenocide ∴ pathospathos ∴ chipshttp://sotheni.blogspot.com/2008/09/terms-of-roberts-service.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-6175741388883055616Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:42:00 +00002008-08-22T20:39:31.476-05:00You shoved me and stood in my line of sight w4mHoundstooth <3 Argyle m4wWe talked about China in the mini donuts line w4wSung along to Faust Arp with u want 2 kaorke? m4wAndrogyne with nice bone structure m4?same t-shirt m4wShared eyeroll over frat boy sing-a-long m4mmet you in coachella want to go to bumpershootUmbrella woes m4wYou left at nine i should have gone with you w4wI got your number http://sotheni.blogspot.com/2008/08/missed-connections-from-vancouver.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-244192788627671297Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:10:00 +00002008-07-30T23:54:12.703-05:00fix those broken edgestorn where it waspush them together, watch the structurebuckletriangles go into their corresponding blanksmagic tape mistakein the ditch and the weeds, head up strangerstickstitch it stitch it stitch itfix it fix it fix itashindeliblehttp://sotheni.blogspot.com/2008/07/unsay-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-4644750220107469671Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:41:00 +00002008-06-30T03:42:32.171-05:00So here's a good story. It's about that place I go with my family, where we go for bike rides and sometimes windsurfing (last time I did that was rough, you would not believe).At the time of this yarn, my brother Dave is three and a bit years old and I'm two. Craig is unborn, and does not feature here. At that age, our parents would drag us around in a trailer attached to my Dad's bike. The http://sotheni.blogspot.com/2008/06/heartwarming-bullshit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-5279011807771059097Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:34:00 +00002008-06-01T20:44:08.704-05:00It was my hope that you would shrink beneath my withering contempt, and reduced to a Lilliputian size and degree of ridiculousness, I could simply swat you, rendering you into a physical semblance of your personality.http://sotheni.blogspot.com/2008/06/no.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-5709093844233249650Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:36:00 +00002008-05-18T13:45:23.510-05:00I want to write poems about vast wastelands ofblasted earth, a place with no life.It feels dishonest.What words would I use to describe a placewithout humanity?They have been overusedlong before I dreamt of dying.What I seek to disenchant,to craft, to commodify,slips away from my febrile mind.http://sotheni.blogspot.com/2008/04/by-power-of-carriage-return-poetry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-4255196932285453539Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:25:00 +00002008-05-18T02:20:55.267-05:00rush to the end hollow manmess husk remainderdwellhttp://sotheni.blogspot.com/2008/04/once-more-with-feeling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-2954602991624002612Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:20:00 +00002008-04-20T13:02:15.990-05:00The only time I tell the truthlately is late at nightthe search bar in my browserreceives my confessionsit's never just me, the world wide webmakes sure there is someone whoasked the same questionsomeone else who confides in a machineinstead of peopleI keep trying, typing things I'm surewill prove me individualvalidate my locked faceand crooked spine, but after years of thisI still don't have a http://sotheni.blogspot.com/2008/03/where-usage-goes-to-die.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-7548612952123029751Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:14:00 +00002008-01-27T21:32:00.930-06:00I walk in shoulders uphands in my hoodiechin on my chesteyes on the floorwhen I'm sure no-one's looking I scan the room once foranyone I knowHooray! I spot a chum, hide my reliefpull one hand out of my hoodieand lift it, from the elbowinto the air in as nonchalant a gesture as possibleat the same time I bring my chin a few degrees up on the y axisquicklywhen I have completed this manoeuvre I http://sotheni.blogspot.com/2008/01/it-is-patterned-hoodie-they-are-popular.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-5877873035038196163Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:35:00 +00002008-01-07T20:40:36.567-06:00It was nice to see youyou look niceWhat are you doing these daysyou should wear that all the timeWe have to exchange email addressesDid you eat some turkeyhahahahaDo you still play musicit's really smoky in hereWhen do you go backHow are your parentsI recommend staying with the casual thingI was like Ah!Back that the fuck up there buddyand slow it downMy irisesIs everyone waiting?that was almost http://sotheni.blogspot.com/2008/01/at-party_07.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-7309808608760655339Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:38:00 +00002007-11-19T20:57:22.069-06:00Answering machines are for when one can't, or won't, answer the phone. They take a message from an incoming caller. That's it. An answering machine is not a vehicle for comedy. There are people in the world who are very well paid to be funny, and I imagine they do not have the bad taste to record a sketch and then not answer the phone so people can hear how funny they are. Also, an answering http://sotheni.blogspot.com/2007/11/answering-machines-and-their-uses.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271467.post-326609457516280118Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:39:00 +00002007-11-02T00:01:58.449-05:00This whole issue has pissed me off enough that now I'm posting on my weblog about it. I feel like an angst-ridden teenager. Anyway. At least one in every three customers (suckers, chumps, marks, rubes, gulls, whatever appellation you feel is appropriate) who come in to the shop want to ask about the American price. Some popular questions include, but are not limited to; Can I pay in US dollars?, http://sotheni.blogspot.com/2007/11/retail-economics-101.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alexander)