Ether

Leftist scruff —
a stranger —
two recently-arrived spiders
delivered before
a communist icon.
The craquelure profound.

Small audiences are a bore.

Ether revisits ruefulness,
a trick or two up its cleave.

What is that terrible whining noise?
What is that warpaint tripe?

Pull the jib sheet in.
Do you hear those atrocity whistles?

New condition — beige —
it matches your brown study.

What I’m Reading:

56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.

Read that back.

— Robert Reich / Bluesky post