Construct, as defined by those who dwell in the spaces in between

Construct: (noun) An offhand way to dismiss a practice, philosophy, or reality in order to pre-digest it for the furtherance of cognitive dissonance. Individual results may vary. Pudlow Broomstock of AntifaCalled it anti-trans and anti-black;And challenged Gravity, that racist construct –His folly ended with a meaty “Splat”.

The Dark in the Night

It’s the song of gone-dark citiesPeopled only with bare bonesIt’s the scorch, post-detonationAnd the lingering of ghosts It’s the snow-shod, wailing sorrowsLamenting all that might have beenIt’s the exhaustion and the languorWhen one’s blood is running thin It’s the streets awash in crimsonWith its broken, lonely stonesIt’s a world, though bathed in starlightOne absent of […]

By Torchlight

By Torchlight The Lesser Evils schemed,Chitter-planned throughout the night,‘Let’s call us forth a greater Evil;‘We’ll invoke Compassion’s Blight!’‘Then after all our enemies‘Are stomped into the earth,‘In the afterglow of madness,‘We will then re-confer.’ ‘We’ll lock away the greater One,‘Back in their polished cage;‘When there’s no one left to question us,‘We can finally turn the page.’And […]

Said the Dove with Painful Flinches

The endless counted offenses(Which the sane regard non-senses)Reached the star-born EagleAs he perched above.’By words alone, you’re violent,’A Bigot and a Tyrant!’ Shouted from below himSome who broke a weeping dove.’I know not what you mean here,’Said the Eagle to the hear-ers,’You have had your say-so,’And in your parties formed-‘Did you not demand acceptance?’And has […]

From the Desk of Grey Brother: Introducing The Dunce’s Dictionary

While fantasy remains one of the great escapes from the somnambulistic haze we live in (And will, of course, remain the sole focus of Tommy Atkins), I have noticed a somewhat disturbing trend in that the Republic seems to be burning to ash. This has concerned me greatly; and after a whisky-tinged visitation by the […]