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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 18m

Curses.

Whispers call me crass
as I rail back against the wind,
that one sent by echoes of abusers
to leave this soul #harassed.
But air was all their curses ever bore.
Hearts full of air and not much more.

-J.B.

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 28m

If a post gets no likes, does it make a sound?

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 5h

I keep thinking time is being erratic, but I'm just looking at clocks that haven't been changed.

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 6h

In other news, not going to directly reference pop culture and where this is coming from, but just a reminder:

It isn't a gotcha to point out how a person actively in an abusive relationship stood by their abuser when he was accused of abuse by another person.

Thank you.

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 6h

Anyone else want to karaoke "Mack the Knife" just to watch people's faces drop as they realize what the song is really about? Or is that just me...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 7h

Iconoclastic Melody of Female Ruin.

Something I just jotted down last night and finished this morning.

Do the embers in the mainframe dine on you too?

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Iconoclastic Melody of Feminine Ruin

Your love for the Divine Mother
Is tea leaves in your cup
The wounded always hurt another
Revealing the fuck up

A heart who knows her only goal
And finds it much to soon
Cares nothing for inane control
But lingers at the moon

To sing inside and yet retire
I rage in contemplation
And feel inside this burning fire
Of mortal abdication

Projecting out another sign
The blaze, it lingers on
The embers in the mainframe dine
On one who is alone

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 9h

It feels like that time of year when I ponder about attempting to read "The Infinite Jest" again...

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 21h

If a movie is released by a studio owned by a billionaire who funds ballrooms for an administration that is intent on demonizing the LGBTQIA+ community, can the movie ever really be progressive?

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 21h

Liar lion learning grace
Make another salted face
Your roar is louder than your bite
Just stop your greed and make it right

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 21h

Bonus Poem!

Cheshire Smile.

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Cheshire Smile.
By J.B.

This heart never held a dagger.
This heart never held a crown.
God can either be so lonely,
or just always reaching down.

There was never competition.
To compete would be a crime.
You considered me your daydream.
You considered me divine.

I once thought that you could love me.
I forgot myself a while.
Now I’m only left above you.
Now you’re just a Cheshire smile.

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 21h

A song for the start of November...

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Thunder

YouTube video by Pink Martini - Topic

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 21h

I Left Your Heart.

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Broken Promises.

I left your heart this morning,
but still linger in your mind.
I feel your thoughts against me,
both the loving and unkind.

And for years I’ve wallowed through them,
the quagmire and endless rhyme.
The touch and deprivation,
one broken promise at a time.

And in fear of isolation,
I would always let you leave.
But in this intimidation,
my heart became a giant sieve.

So I left your heart this morning,
to find someone new to grieve.
And you say you’re seeing clearly,
but you know I can’t believe.

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 22h

Today's thing that randomly annoyed me is that people only know Nirvana from some Batman movie?!?

Kurt Cobain never really seemed like the type of person who would support vigilante billionaires. But Hollywood loves to co-opt other people to normalize wealth inequity!

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 2d

Fall

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Fall.

I once sought refuse in leaf strewn skies
blowing greens, golds, crimsons, browns.
As if some miraculous transformation
could touch the breath in my lungs
and make it numb to me.
But the air just feels cold now,
words feel like fire,
and both burn equally.
It’s like the sky is rarely there anymore
and the fall only collapses me.

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 2d

"I want you to be upset so I know you still love me." - A

"If you love me, how can you want me to be upset?" - B

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 2d

I think we'd all be a lot happier if we realized we don't change ages, we accumulate them. And all the ages we accumulated deserve our love.

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 2d

Something I'm working on

#poem #song #lyrics #lyricpoetry #poetry #writers #poets #creativewriting #music #perfectfit #romance #illusions

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 2d

Halloween Poem

#poetry #poem #poet #halloween #happyhalloween #spooky #magical #creativewriting #originalart #words #rhymes

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 2d

Remember: Respect your Welders.

Thank you.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Halloween. Trickle-down economics is nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich. For working people, it's been 40 years of all trick and no treat. Enough.

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 3d

Revenge.

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Revenge.

I took a sip of the poison
that sprouted from your fingertips
as they bled my name into retaliation.
And as you lay dying,
I wondered how you ever thought
that I was so worthwhile.

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 3d

When the ghost started to disappear...

#photography #paranormal #spirit #spiritual #mystical #halloween #spiritphotography #happyhalloween

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Halloween!

Throwback to when I took a picture of a ghost in my curtain...

#photography #halloween #spirit #ghost #spirituality #paranormal #happyhalloween

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Fractal Patter | J.B. @fractalpatter.bsky.social · 4d

Hot take: I don't think the most famous person in the universe would make it here on earth.