Considering that all novelty fades, steel carves gold, and children are our future:
To wake up beside my love.
To breathe clean air, drink pure water, eat what I need.
Devote the day to real and simple things, living things.
To be unhurried and unwatched.
To admire others after their nature and know them by their names.
To have enough.
To be enough.
Living in a deeply meaningful world,
Cosy against the night,
Held in the darkness,
But unbeholden.
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Waking up plugged in.
To breathe filtered air, drink metered water, eat fake food.
Grind my day through artificial manipulations,
Deadlines and kanban boards.
To envy others after their status and regard them by their value.
To have too much.
To be deficient.
Living through a chaotic whorl,
Scrolling through the night,
Bathing in the darkest patterns,
Of billionaire’s might.
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What are humans? Are we complex animals with simple needs? Or are we cogs to be worked for producing convenience and tyrannies?
27 April, Da Nang.
