tag:frabjoustimes.magahiz.com,:/articles/tag/timeFrabjous Times : Tag time, everything about timeOriginal fiction and poetry2008-03-27T20:03:28-05:00Typotag:frabjoustimes.magahiz.com,:Article/822008-03-25T13:24:10-05:002008-03-27T20:03:28-05:00Rich MagahizThe 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 —</span><span class="righthalf"> transhumans won’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 —</span><span class="righthalf"> transhumans won’t make change</span></div>tag:frabjoustimes.magahiz.com,:Article/682008-03-06T08:27:40-06:002008-03-11T21:33:41-05:00Rich MagahizFloruit<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/502008-02-02T18:31:15-06:002008-06-28T17:40:07-05:00Rich MagahizSomewhere it's Spring<div class="kufirst">a lark’s song</div>
<div class="kumid">and she wakes – it’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 –</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…</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… 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’s song</div>
<div class="kumid">and she wakes – it’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 –</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…</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… 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/442008-01-26T10:02:14-06:002008-02-09T16:24:09-06:00Rich MagahizThe 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’s the rush? I’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’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’ll lose some weight,</div>
<div class="cinqmid">and switch to light beer too.</div>
<div class="cinqmid">I’ll show my old lady I’ve still</div>
<div class="cinqlast">got it.</div>
<h3>IV</h3>
<div class="cinqfirst">Hang on,</div>
<div class="cinqmid">maybe there’s a way.</div>
<div class="cinqmid">If I could sell this place…</div>
<div class="cinqmid">Dammit, what’s the use, who am I</div>
<div class="cinqlast">kidding?</div>
<h3>V</h3>
<div class="cinqfirst">Ali –</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’s the rush? I’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’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’ll lose some weight,</div>
<div class="cinqmid">and switch to light beer too.</div>
<div class="cinqmid">I’ll show my old lady I’ve still</div>
<div class="cinqlast">got it.</div>
<h3>IV</h3>
<div class="cinqfirst">Hang on,</div>
<div class="cinqmid">maybe there’s a way.</div>
<div class="cinqmid">If I could sell this place…</div>
<div class="cinqmid">Dammit, what’s the use, who am I</div>
<div class="cinqlast">kidding?</div>
<h3>V</h3>
<div class="cinqfirst">Ali –</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/312008-01-11T07:42:26-06:002008-02-09T16:24:09-06:00Rich MagahizPilgrim<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>
– <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>
– <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22120">Geoffrey Chaucer</a></div>
tag:frabjoustimes.magahiz.com,:Article/242008-01-05T05:59:31-06:002008-02-09T16:24:09-06:00Rich MagahizThe Restaurant at the Beginning of the Universe<div class="split"><span class="lefthalf">energy -</span>
<span class="righthalf"> that’s all it is, you know</span></div><div class="split"><span class="lefthalf">energy -</span>
<span class="righthalf"> that’s all it is, you know</span></div>
tag:frabjoustimes.magahiz.com,:Article/202008-01-01T08:11:43-06:002008-02-09T16:24:09-06:00Rich MagahizAeons<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>