Hello Ego, good to meet you. Again. We’ve met before haven’t we? I’m sure of it. You’ve always been there, so often in fact, that I mistake you for a friend. So often I mistake you for me. You do a clever impression of me, by the way. Your voice, your accent, the expressions andContinue reading “Hello, I am Ego”
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Netflix is a paradox
Can we talk about Netflix stock? It’s April and they just hit their all-time high, up a whopping +24% YTD against a very bearish market. That’s right, all the big tech stocks are down about -19% this year, and – are all down 19% this year, and Netflix is silently cruuuushing it!! The ‘Magnificent 7’Continue reading “Netflix is a paradox”
A seal for disquietude
I can see my seal again. The air in my flat crawls a shiver up the sleeves of my nightshirt. The floorboards are patchy warm on my soft morning toes. I am waiting for the final gurgle of my coffee machine to spew its steamy starting airhorn. I want to sit at my desk butContinue reading “A seal for disquietude”
You’re Only Visiting Here
Imagine for a moment that you’re not from this place. Not from time or space, or anything that might pass as pattern or order. Imagine instead that you’re a different sort of being, something beyond this world, and beyond comprehension. You are extra dimensional, beyond dimension or without one. An entity of pure light. TheContinue reading “You’re Only Visiting Here”
Stitch, a horror poem
How I would prefer a sewing table to this rickety metal gurney. Mouth dangling thread tails are catching sweat beads on their journey from my forehead like an amateur I hurry. Hemming another running line in furry. One more seam, and then a taper. Bastings, patches, all needled proper. And the banging on the doorContinue reading “Stitch, a horror poem”
Stitch, a horror poem (image version)
Forget Love
Love is easy. Admiration is precious. Love is kind and effortless Admiration is ruthless and earned Love costs nothing Admiration costs a soul’s share What is your soul but self-respect A fusion star, a far-reaching reactor, a freewheeling factory Self-powering, self-contained, self-sustaining Spare not your soul for all, but know you have that to spareContinue reading “Forget Love”
Mixing Rain Beads in the Sun
Is there anything more mystifying than a light rain shower in the warm sun? Where are you, you trickster cloud? Lingering plump above, making small puffs of vapor into the irradiated spring air. There you are, an awkward island in your empty blue ocean. Awkward and buxom, the forgotten bell of the ball. Blushing awayContinue reading “Mixing Rain Beads in the Sun”
Bordeaux Swills Belief
Some parting thoughts, as I sit here in that adorably posh little neighborhood of Chartron, along the rue Notre-Dame, my farewell beer (grande, pas petite!) by my side in the open air (en plein air), preparing my departure after a transformative week in Bordeaux. My holiday flat along the Jardin Public was a treasure. AContinue reading ” Bordeaux Swills Belief”
A City Whispers, A Cerberus Answers
The Cerberus is the guardian of the gates of hell from Greek mythology. He is a three headed watchdog on steroids. The fiercest guardian one can adopt to patrol the boundaries of all your protected spaces. And this is what we all need sometimes, a terrifying brutish force to ruthlessly guard the spaces in ourContinue reading “A City Whispers, A Cerberus Answers”
Paul Carreo 