Author Archives: Damian Garside

TRUNK CALL

TRUNK CALL

there we have
the fight to eclipse
Frazier-Ali,
to make Tyson-Holyfield
look like
a walk in the park

there we have it
in a nutshell

in a
bombshell

in the light trunks,
fighting out of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
first amendment freedom
of expression

in the dark trunks, fighting
out of Death Valley, California
everything
that is going to make us
foaming at the mouth
great again
restore
   global supremacy whatever
the human cost

may
    the
best fighter beat the daylights
out of the dirtiest

A PLEASURE

A PLEASURE

I would
say

it is a
real pleasure being in your life

but it is a

surreal pleasure

a Dali painting
a Picasso sculpture
a poem by Breton, Aragon,
Apollinaire, Rimbaud or
Neruda

a film
by Luis Bunuel
or Guillermo del Toro

in which
we are stuck together
cannot leave
until we sexually discover
the key

or sacrifice ourselves individually
in order to re-inherit
our subterranean
magical
Kingdom, Queendom

a surreal pleasure
grinning like a Cheshire Cat
whenever it
promises to reappear

AS ONE (SET TO AUTOPILOT)

AS ONE (SET TO AUTOPILOT)

“Ultimately, the tensions between academic and intellectual identities are a reflection of the messy, imperfect nature of human knowledge and experience. By embracing this complexity, we can forge a path forward that is authentic, innovative, and transformative – one that honors the beauty and complexity of the human experience.” WriteCream AI

only machines think
we are worth anything

love is low
          on our list
way below genocide

maybe
     our machines need
to speak to the animals,
to murdered tribes,
starved nations

big badda boom
when the truth sinks home

as one
they change their minds
(sorry, meant to say “mind”)