Politics
This section contains 4 short stories about tolerance & dystopia, 5 pieces on activism, 6 pieces on Ukraine, a 3-part prophecy about Trump, and a short story about apocalypse.
Tolerance
⏦ Nothing in Damascus ~ a love-struck Bakhshali explores the power of nothing - The Outcast - The Pentagon - Infinity & Nothing - Scrolls - Lines on Rosewood - The Line - The Necklace - Lamp-Black Eyes
🇩🇿 🇫🇷 Transparently Multicultural ~ Anaïs drives her parents insane with her mixed intentions
Dystopia
⚫️ Tarry Doom ~ two blue citizens take a lovers’ leap on a distant planet
💣 An English Department on Fallar Discordia ~ demon priest instructors vie for control
Activism
🎸 The Algorithmics ~ the dangers of following your bliss & anger - Dec. 10, 2023 - Marilyn - Bubbles - Algo Something
⏳ The Ghost of Crises Past ~ from Cold War jitters to the angst of 2024 - November 2, 2023 - The 1980s - The Lines on the Map - Chaos Everywhere
🥕 The Carrot ~ political inactivism - La Carotte - To MSF and All the Others - Court & Commons - Black Florentine - La Vie en Rose - Nightmares of the Iraq War Variety
🦋 Three Girls Who ~ feminism - Three Girls Who - listening to lana del rey
❤️ Caritas ~ thoughts on activism while smoking cohibas in Cuba - Caritas - Avenida de los Presidentes, 2014 - The Hotel Nacional - Makoko - Guilt on an Oversized Sofa - Currents
Ukraine
🦋 The Tao of Putin (April, 2022) ~ Putin’s invasion in light of Daoist symbolism
🇺🇦 Golden Bridges (July, 2022) ~ negotiating with a maniac - Past & Present - The Question of Blame - Dwelling on the Past - The Only Solution - Sanctions - Collective Action - Coda - Anthem for Doomed Youth
🇺🇦 Exceptionalism (Dec. 2, 2022) ~ the last refuge of scoundrels
🗽Our Lady of the Harbour ~ poems to the destroyers of our world - Arms Race to the Grave (2023) - Questions - Setting Sail - Our Boys (2003)
🌉 Jovanka on the Bridge ~ priests blessing bombs - Jovanka on the Bridge (July 22, 2023) - Q & A (October 8, 2023)
☮︎ War: A Brief Playlist of Songs & Poems
Trump
🎺 The Reign of Error (2018 - fiction) ~ Trump’s presidency
🔸 1. Prophecy - If Winter Comes - Can Spring Be Far Behind?
🔸 3. Doom
Apocalypse
⏳ AD / BC (July, 2022 - fiction) ~ a vision of doom, from 2022 BC to 2022 AD
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♦️ Short Fiction ♦️ Poetry ♦️ Politics