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The final stages of boot camp mandated real space #travel experience. The first time out, I could not mask my awe and exhilaration at the helm of a spacecraft. Despite all the holographic flight practice I had clocked, the real thing brought out the small-town boy in me. #vss365

Mind in flutter soul unease rightness on knees the voices mutter Music can’t master this madness ban on #travel to motherlands only unsteady the hand The spirit can only drown in so many spirits Wear the badge just below the eyes Go down the road Lonely & Despised #vss365

#vss365 #Traveled to Another realm Beyond My space and time There I met another “Me” Who was In quite a bind He’s beset By troubles And travails So worse than mine I gave My condolences But when I turned to leave… I’m knocked out Rat steals my life Now he Has all my cheese

The bus rattled through the fog. Agnes sat near the window, her kerchief damp from the mist, watching the hedgerows blur into one long gray ribbon. The rhythm of the wheels felt like a heartbeat. She told herself she was travelling home, but that was 100 years away. #vss365

breathe in breathe out silence guides us home a tranquil mind #travels the furthest #vss365 #poetry

The brass had given Dylan a chance to prove his strategy. The Enemy had struck almost with impunity in the Olympia System, and he had to #travel there with the Charon to meet up with a test convoy and several other navy ships. It has been a while since he had been there, almost going home. #vss365

can happiness be restored when #tapered by remission can #enviable dreams be adored when paved by indecision choosing #another way forward deemed unretainable reflection begging for a #second #chance making it's #presence known #vss365 #inkMine #poetry #blueskypoets

Taper does essence narrow? diminish with time like broth set out, uncovered, Thanksgiving night? does the very soul grow weathered cracks like uncaulked pavement, jut the planes at unsteady angles? no? just me? fine *searches for vitamin A* #vss365

She masturbated for #miles listening to Miles blow Kind of Blue Fingertips moist, purple & weary— Emotionally fatigued Needed to stop feeling lover’s tongue Took an Uber past end of lines where purple clouds tie up feelings w/foil — but never suckle your neck in moonlight #vss365

#vss365 Picked up A creepy hitchhiker Who snaps If you don’t smile He has drooled On my shoulder For the last 300 #miles He bit clean thru My best friend Cuz my buddy Dared to frown So, I smile Like a cocaine-crazed Demented Circus clown…

Event horizon, distant vibes they cherished. They looked for hope. Saw nothing for #miles, in vain they reasoned. The wind never stopped, time clapped their drive, the goal still begged for their endless struggle. They continued. #vss365

"Are we dere yet?" Riz asked. "We have a hundred #miles left to London...So no," I replied, having heard him ask a thousand times already. "So, wat ya sayin is...We're not dere yet." "Wonder if it's a traffic violation to throw a pest out of a moving car..." #vss365 #riztherogue

inevitable #miles grew between them not rapidly but in whispers that slowly ventilated into drifting dust #vss365 #poetry #blueskypoets

#BraveWrite #vss365 #tanka #haiku #Poetry #commitment #photography depression drowning me in what we almost had yet bluer than blue my #commitment ran to the stars while yours set them on fire while we both ascribed the end #fueling in the eyes of one another 💙🕊️ youtu.be/Nu7aOan-lds?si…

She could see for #Miles. Often, telling him it was sunny out; there'd been nothing but cloud and rain for weeks. He knew, from the thin gruel she cooked, that the crops had failed again. His skin shivered. Goosebumps. He wanted to tell her it'd be alright, but all Miles saw was darkness. #vss365

Excessive "social" media engagement is hazardous to your #nervous system "Social" is in quotes cause it's such an oxymoron An abyss of abject isolation A pit so easy to get lost in if you neglect common sense moderation and never put your hand held device down #vss365 #poetry #poem #amwriting

we shall overcome they sing cheers ring through jam packed streets #nervous crowds in wait of closure they peacefully demonstrate for November 3rd to demonstrate #another #chance reshaping our countries fate #vss365 #inkMine #poetry #writing

btw forgot to mention that I recorded my introduction for the audiobook and the sound engineer said it was like when you go to a concert and the opener is better than the band. which isn’t true but perhaps worth placing a libby hold etc etc !!

There was always more content, more quests, more loot, more plunder, #fuelling Rory’s continued play of the game. There had been rumours of layoffs in the studio, that the game would be placed in maintenance only mode, and that scared Rory. Without the game, there’d only be real life. #vss365

Noticing that a convention this weekend is using an app for scheduling that pulls job history info from LinkedIn (???) and folks, I don’t want you to talk to me about my day jobs in Financial Data Analysis. I am a science fiction writer. I am escaping that shit. My resume is pew pew laser fingers.

The warship A Small Administrative Error offered liberation or lunch. ‘What’s the #delta?’ asked the governor. ‘Lunch takes longer. Your liberation was approved while you read the menu.’ #vss365 Tribute for Iain M. Banks, who gave the machines wit and us something space operatic to think about.

It would be tough, but with attitude and #training, she could do it. The first step was research. YouTube videos, TikToks, and Instagram provided jumping off points for learning and ordering the equipment. “Take a ride?” “Where?” “To get bread.” “Aren’t you making it?” “Nah.” #vss365

I want to paint the world blue with my pain and cross everyone's path like a black cat my world is grey, shrouded in mist no moon peeps in, no sun shines through if wishes could kill, mine would be deadly my unholy waking reverie follows no #training #vss365 #bionicanadian

ON MONDAY WE GO #TRAINING Counting engines in the yard, Logging stats and silver numbers, Cameras poised for sleek monsters. She finishes work And glides across the platform. Not a single glance back. A fire rages, All steam and clanking cogs, But we watch her in our pictures. #vss365 🚂📸🚃🚃

Tough is never enough intelligence flys overhead #Training won’t hold if you don’t heed, believe & follow through You think that ain’t true? I have former students locked in facilities from Omaha to Aurora w/everything from misdemeanors to felonies they didn’t heed but still I teach #vss365

Of all the dumb things Ilyna had done, this had to sit at the top. No amount of #training could prepare her for the most closely guarded place in the whole of Tarkar’s Bridge, but she never said she was smart. Slipping through the gilded corridors & hallways, there were easier ways to die. #vss365

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The audio book was coming to a conclusion, and she leaned forward. Was it the long-lost sister no one knew? The humiliated jilted lover? Or the swindled business partner? No! It was the ne’er do well brother who everyone thought was already dead, which was quite #unexpected. #vss365

#vss365 #lottery #poetry #BlackSkyRelay

Friday afternoonish meeting after 10; that bs part time job trying to press me friend Fuck ‘em & flee #unexpectedly what my dear soul screams my brain & bank account is askin about— other means? creativity & books you silly dot— They peep the book sales ‘find another plot’ ….shit! #vss365

everything's going up up up but nothing's coming down down down can we at least expect a few #unexpected changes happily turning topsy turvy inflation around #vss365 #poetty #writing

sometimes appropriate words fail #unexpectedly a raw inability leaving one's heart speechless given time you'll express your thoughts with ease #vss365 #poetry #writing #words

if the song in my heart #unexpectedly starts to sing again i'll look for another's trust before diving in head first for love #vss365 #poetry

Nora tiptoes through the room, trying not to make a #sound so Bob won't notice her. He busy with his Birds of the World Facebook group, totally unaware. She reaches him, grins, and squeezes his shoulder. Bob jumps. Not again! Mission accomplished, and nobody gets hurt. #vss365

Perfect Put the pack together w/ poems & totems for protection don’t forget to #sound off the selection we got spoken words w/ wisdom & we been steppin’ rhymin’ words w/ alliteration & precision been doin’ this for far too long, for you not to listen #vss365 #sound

#BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #siren #Poetry #Love where hate rules the world I choose to love even more join my #siren’s song ©️Aspen youtu.be/oCLpLWcX2cg?si…

#BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry #Poem Write me a poem To the #quaking Aspen leaves Daring to let go~riding the wind Dancing on God’s breath Falling In all the glory Like a leaf Its echo lives Long after Gravity Grinds Down Deep in the ground digging graves Between our #delta Of life & death 🍂 ©️Aspen

I’m plugging my own story again, because I’m certain that if you enjoyed #LegendsAndLattes, you’ll like ‘Grimoires, Tomes and Holiday Homes’, too. Give it a shot. It’s free! Free!!! www.wattpad.com/story/414380...

Finished reading ‘Legends & Lattes’, by @travisbaldree.bsky.social, and I am furious!😡 Furious that it wasn’t longer. What a delightful book, with lovely characters and a nice, chill story. It was just too short! I wanted more! Gaaaahhhh! Next up: ‘Earthlings’, by Sayaka Murata. Aaaannnd …

You have told me to write a short verse; An #acrostic, which makes matters worse. Waking up to this task Not refreshed, I must ask: Stop sadistic demands. They're a curse! #AcrosticOctober #Yawn #Limerick #Limericks #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Poems @daveashleypoet.bsky.social

Say a word What it is does not matter What we are listening for is meaning If you say the same word again You will say it differently Which gives a different sound A different meaning Can we sing the same note Over and over Keep it up and hold it Or is it better This unintended variation on a theme

"Sonar..." Stella whispered when she figured out Chinatsu's attack. #Sound managed to rupture crowds causing their organs to pop. If Jin was to face her, he would have to destroy the DJ booth and the physical media. Knowing him, the simple solution would be fire. #vss365

a creak escaped her throat mouth agape lowering volumes taking in short breaths of noxious fumes anxious— she tries to exhale exhale exhale but like a sinkhole she consumes #vss365 #sound #poem

tongue of evil spoke of unthinkable things blasted from two faced screens cries without #sound carried with wind life takes a breath #vss365 #poetry

This quest was starting to outstay its welcome, with no resolution in sight, as Rory struggled Esme through the swampland of the #delta in search of a creature that had swallowed … something or other. It had all become a little blurred by now. The other players raced to reach the beast. #vss365