tag:frabjoustimes.magahiz.com,:/articles/tag/time Frabjous Times : Tag time, everything about time Original fiction and poetry 2008-03-27T20:03:28-05:00 Typo tag:frabjoustimes.magahiz.com,:Article/82 2008-03-25T13:24:10-05:00 2008-03-27T20:03:28-05:00 Rich Magahiz The future is your other skin <div class="kufirst">time travel booth</div> <div class="kumid">a row of buttons</div> <div class="kulast">down her front</div><br /> <div class="split"><span class="lefthalf">bring small bills &#8212;</span><span class="righthalf"> transhumans won&#8217;t make change</span></div> <div class="kufirst">time travel booth</div> <div class="kumid">a row of buttons</div> <div class="kulast">down her front</div><br /> <div class="split"><span class="lefthalf">bring small bills &#8212;</span><span class="righthalf"> transhumans won&#8217;t make change</span></div> tag:frabjoustimes.magahiz.com,:Article/68 2008-03-06T08:27:40-06:00 2008-03-11T21:33:41-05:00 Rich Magahiz Floruit <div class="kufirst">mounds</div> <div class="kumid">of plastic bags all that is known</div> <div class="kulast">of that race</div> <p><br /><div class="split"><span class="lefthalf">Generation Ten</span><span class="righthalf"> ate all the steel</span></div></p> <p><br /><div class="kufirst">dust and scrub,</div></p> <div class="kumid">yet this can smells of</div> <div class="kulast">iridium</div> <div class="kufirst">mounds</div> <div class="kumid">of plastic bags all that is known</div> <div class="kulast">of that race</div> <p><br /><div class="split"><span class="lefthalf">Generation Ten</span><span class="righthalf"> ate all the steel</span></div></p> <p><br /><div class="kufirst">dust and scrub,</div></p> <div class="kumid">yet this can smells of</div> <div class="kulast">iridium</div> tag:frabjoustimes.magahiz.com,:Article/50 2008-02-02T18:31:15-06:00 2008-06-28T17:40:07-05:00 Rich Magahiz Somewhere it's Spring <div class="kufirst">a lark&#8217;s song</div> <div class="kumid">and she wakes &#8211; it&#8217;s just a dream</div> <div class="kulast">of Earth</div> <p><br /><div class="split"><span class="lefthalf">through leafmould sapphires burn:</span> <span class="righthalf">Seventh Life</span></div></p> <p><br /><div class="kufirst">early dawn &#8211;</div></p> <div class="kumid">windshields clear of</div> <div class="kulast">ammonia frost</div> <p><br /><div class="split"><span class="lefthalf">next up to bat&#8230;</span> <span class="righthalf" style="font-style: italic;">Homo habilis</span></div></p> <p><br /><div class="kufirst">this place of red,</div></p> <div class="kumid">turning&#8230; the first of</div> <div class="kulast">many worms</div> <p><br /><div class="kufirst">when sulphur flows</div></p> <div class="kumid">down living rock,</div> <div class="kulast">remember me</div> <div class="kufirst">a lark&#8217;s song</div> <div class="kumid">and she wakes &#8211; it&#8217;s just a dream</div> <div class="kulast">of Earth</div> <p><br /><div class="split"><span class="lefthalf">through leafmould sapphires burn:</span> <span class="righthalf">Seventh Life</span></div></p> <p><br /><div class="kufirst">early dawn &#8211;</div></p> <div class="kumid">windshields clear of</div> <div class="kulast">ammonia frost</div> <p><br /><div class="split"><span class="lefthalf">next up to bat&#8230;</span> <span class="righthalf" style="font-style: italic;">Homo habilis</span></div></p> <p><br /><div class="kufirst">this place of red,</div></p> <div class="kumid">turning&#8230; the first of</div> <div class="kulast">many worms</div> <p><br /><div class="kufirst">when sulphur flows</div></p> <div class="kumid">down living rock,</div> <div class="kulast">remember me</div> tag:frabjoustimes.magahiz.com,:Article/44 2008-01-26T10:02:14-06:00 2008-02-09T16:24:09-06:00 Rich Magahiz The five stages of middle age <h3>I</h3> <div class="cinqfirst">Matisse,</div> <div class="cinqmid">in his forties,</div> <div class="cinqmid">was years before his peak.</div> <div class="cinqmid">So what&#8217;s the rush? I&#8217;ve still got loads</div> <div class="cinqlast">of time.</div> <h3>II</h3> <div class="cinqfirst">Bastard!</div> <div class="cinqmid">that young pipsqueak</div> <div class="cinqmid">doesn&#8217;t deserve that car.</div> <div class="cinqmid">I raced Mustangs when he played with</div> <div class="cinqlast">Hot Wheels.</div> <h3>III</h3> <div class="cinqfirst">Okay,</div> <div class="cinqmid">I&#8217;ll lose some weight,</div> <div class="cinqmid">and switch to light beer too.</div> <div class="cinqmid">I&#8217;ll show my old lady I&#8217;ve still</div> <div class="cinqlast">got it.</div> <h3>IV</h3> <div class="cinqfirst">Hang on,</div> <div class="cinqmid">maybe there&#8217;s a way.</div> <div class="cinqmid">If I could sell this place&#8230;</div> <div class="cinqmid">Dammit, what&#8217;s the use, who am I</div> <div class="cinqlast">kidding?</div> <h3>V</h3> <div class="cinqfirst">Ali &#8211;</div> <div class="cinqmid">he missed his chance</div> <div class="cinqmid">at gradual decay.</div> <div class="cinqmid">Strange to picture him living to</div> <div class="cinqlast">my age.</div> <h3>I</h3> <div class="cinqfirst">Matisse,</div> <div class="cinqmid">in his forties,</div> <div class="cinqmid">was years before his peak.</div> <div class="cinqmid">So what&#8217;s the rush? I&#8217;ve still got loads</div> <div class="cinqlast">of time.</div> <h3>II</h3> <div class="cinqfirst">Bastard!</div> <div class="cinqmid">that young pipsqueak</div> <div class="cinqmid">doesn&#8217;t deserve that car.</div> <div class="cinqmid">I raced Mustangs when he played with</div> <div class="cinqlast">Hot Wheels.</div> <h3>III</h3> <div class="cinqfirst">Okay,</div> <div class="cinqmid">I&#8217;ll lose some weight,</div> <div class="cinqmid">and switch to light beer too.</div> <div class="cinqmid">I&#8217;ll show my old lady I&#8217;ve still</div> <div class="cinqlast">got it.</div> <h3>IV</h3> <div class="cinqfirst">Hang on,</div> <div class="cinqmid">maybe there&#8217;s a way.</div> <div class="cinqmid">If I could sell this place&#8230;</div> <div class="cinqmid">Dammit, what&#8217;s the use, who am I</div> <div class="cinqlast">kidding?</div> <h3>V</h3> <div class="cinqfirst">Ali &#8211;</div> <div class="cinqmid">he missed his chance</div> <div class="cinqmid">at gradual decay.</div> <div class="cinqmid">Strange to picture him living to</div> <div class="cinqlast">my age.</div> tag:frabjoustimes.magahiz.com,:Article/31 2008-01-11T07:42:26-06:00 2008-02-09T16:24:09-06:00 Rich Magahiz Pilgrim <div class="kufirst">out of</div> <div class="kumid">the matter pod: a parfit</div> <div class="kulast">gentil knight</div> <br /><div class="split"><span class="lefthalf">the Sibyl speaks:</span> <span class="righthalf">silos start to rise</span></div> <br /><div class="note"> <pre> Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre, And therto hadde he riden (no man ferre) As wel in Cristendom as hethenesse, And ever honoured for his worthinesse. </pre> &#8211; <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22120">Geoffrey Chaucer</a></div> <div class="kufirst">out of</div> <div class="kumid">the matter pod: a parfit</div> <div class="kulast">gentil knight</div> <br /><div class="split"><span class="lefthalf">the Sibyl speaks:</span> <span class="righthalf">silos start to rise</span></div> <br /><div class="note"> <pre> Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre, And therto hadde he riden (no man ferre) As wel in Cristendom as hethenesse, And ever honoured for his worthinesse. </pre> &#8211; <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22120">Geoffrey Chaucer</a></div> tag:frabjoustimes.magahiz.com,:Article/24 2008-01-05T05:59:31-06:00 2008-02-09T16:24:09-06:00 Rich Magahiz The Restaurant at the Beginning of the Universe <div class="split"><span class="lefthalf">energy -</span> <span class="righthalf"> that&#8217;s all it is, you know</span></div> <div class="split"><span class="lefthalf">energy -</span> <span class="righthalf"> that&#8217;s all it is, you know</span></div> tag:frabjoustimes.magahiz.com,:Article/20 2008-01-01T08:11:43-06:00 2008-02-09T16:24:09-06:00 Rich Magahiz Aeons <div class="kufirst">tick</div> <div class="kumid">the mountains crumble</div> <div class="kumid">tick</div> <div class="kulast">you come back to me</div> <br /><div class="split"><span class="lefthalf">my bad: </span> <span class="righthalf"> one more anthracite fruitcake</span></div> <div class="note"><blockquote>what the heck are <a href="http://www.nepadigital.com/bb/about2609.html#p18341">those things</a> in my ash pan?</blockquote> </div> <div class="kufirst">tick</div> <div class="kumid">the mountains crumble</div> <div class="kumid">tick</div> <div class="kulast">you come back to me</div> <br /><div class="split"><span class="lefthalf">my bad: </span> <span class="righthalf"> one more anthracite fruitcake</span></div> <div class="note"><blockquote>what the heck are <a href="http://www.nepadigital.com/bb/about2609.html#p18341">those things</a> in my ash pan?</blockquote> </div>