In The Matrix, there is a scene where Cypher is having dinner with Agent Smith as the two discuss the terms for putting Cypher back into the Matrix. As I was watching it earlier today, I found myself wondering: How did he get in and out of the Matrix to sabotage Morpheus and his crew by himself? [...]
Tag: hiding
Of unwritten poems and video screens (A poem)
Sometimes, I miss the window for getting something down on paper… 1 I had a poem inside my head fully formed ready to emerge But I closed my eyes before it could find a way out So it’s still there, inside my head only now it’s hiding waiting for its time to come again 2 [...]
Escape attempt (a poem)
Long day yesterday, so I ended up with just a few short poems. The red balloon is still hiding beneath the skylight waiting for gravity to pull it down And yes, that time will come sooner than you think Its sunken shell and wrinkled skin falling gently to the ground (26 March 2015—posted March 27)
The unspoken part of a conversation about not wanting to be alone (a poem)
Presented without comment (for once)… Speak to me in hushed tones as long as you’re here I’ll never be alone If I could hide with you your warmth would heal me and my dreams might come true Together in this place we have a second chance From ashes we will rise and here before our [...]
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #23 (23 April 2013)
Today's writing prompt: triolets. Eight lines; iambic tetrameter; lines 1, 4, and 7 the same; lines 2 and 8 the same; ABaAabAB rhyme scheme. Not sure how closely I hewed to the particulars of the form, but I gave it a shot—several shots, actually. (The second one starts with a line from a poem by Emily Dickinson.) [...]
