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Writing – DESIRE in CHAINS

David Raffin

Journal of. Published under the auspices of the HiSky* Trust, founded 1957 to promote disorder. (*Hiss-Key)

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The rise of biscuits

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2020/12/21

When I went to the grocery storeI didn’t come for biscuits.In the aisle near the door,there was biscuit on the floor.And all over his mother screamed,Removing her face maskcome what hell brings.“Biscuit!” she shouted out loudSputtering her sputuminto that hot crowd.“Biscuit!“ she did shout againBecause repetition to herwas no grievous sin.“Mama!” Biscuit shouted in returnHe ran through the storeLike a fever does burn.I’m sorry I don’t know howThis story ends,But I hope I surviveTo come again.

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Buddha’s Own Nature

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2020/12/21

Walking, minding one’s own business, running into a figure asking for change. Explaining one has no change, the figure suggested, “become the needed change in the world.” One looked at the figure and realized it was the Buddha. I don’t know why it took this long to see it, it was surely the Buddha. Without any change.

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Our Social Structure is Artifacting

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2020/12/02

When I was young I learned about life from watching television. I thought when I grew up I would have an affair with my secretary. This is the grown-up thing to do. So much a part of socially accepted society, it becomes a popular in-joke around the office and at home. Almost always this results in a positive audience response. I assume this situation is because something is lacking at home. Though on the surface it is hard to say what. It is a loving family, though my children don’t respect me,

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Washington hellbillies

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2020/10/06

Let me tell you all a story ‘bout a man name Trump a simple minded bumpkin with a head full of fluff, he wouldn’t wear a mask now the Twitter corps says you can’t wish him ill because he is our fascist Prez. The Naval base doctors gather around his sickness bed to determine if he is in or out of his head, it’s a difficult thing for a military doctor to declare because it all depends on the meaning of the word there. He is well. He’s well. In fact he’s doing so gosh darn swell. He’s a

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How to get ahead today

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2020/06/06

I am ahead of my time, she said. How can I get ahead of my time, he said. Never mind, she said. The time has passed. Luckily, she said, we left it behind. I am behind you, he said. But I never look back, she said. I can only look forward, he said. You cannot talk back, she said. You are very forward, he said. I have to be, she said. To get anywhere all alone.

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The Haber Process, 1915

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2020/06/06

Fritz Haber stood in the garden across from the inspector. Surrounded by the summer bloom. The aroma. The night after the day after Mayday. “I came right over,” said the inspector. “My partner is otherwise occupied. Another matter.” “It is just, you see, my wife,” said Haber. “Is there a party going on in the house?” said the inspector. “Yes, just something about work.” “At the University?” “At the front,” said Haber. At their feet lay the body of Mrs. Haber, Mr. Haber’s better half. “Are there

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Trigger Warning: Gate of Heavenly Peace, Tiananmen

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2020/06/04

6/4/89 is the Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. As this is being posted the whole of the USA is engulfed in violence as police have been called out and they have acted to brutally suppress peaceful protests against endemic police violence. They just piss away their revolutionary history. Blank stares. Red Haikou. Hope of the world. Revolutionaries came from all over the world to the bustling streets. But if you ask about it today they look at you with blank eyes. They don’t

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Trigger Warning: The Assassination of Fred Hampton

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2020/06/02

It was not about the guns. We had them. They were a necessity. And a defense. That was the necessity. That’s why the full name of our organization was the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. Self-defense and the defense of others. Defense of the wider community. I died in my sleep. I was twenty-one years old. I had done more by twenty-one than the government would allow. I died for the people. The most important task of the Panthers was political education. To these ends our most

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Haarlem Knights

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2020/05/09

The newspapers reach toward the ceiling. Forming trees of yesterdays news today. They sway to-and-fro as pine trees in the breeze, a genetic memory. The windows are papered over yellow. The sunlight filtered and made artificial, for it is day outside. Inside time stands still. We are a people of the dark. You know how it is. The trees rustle. We like to be alone. Together. There is the tickling of keys.Piano keys. A man is playing with the edge of expertise, sitting at a piano which forms the trunk

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Abbott v Costello

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2020/03/20

Abbott was a straight man. The heavy. The ladies’ man. And he couldn’t take the pressure. In the end, he would become irate when Lou shouted his name at him to get his attention. Somehow he made it work. For him. Hey, Abbot… Hey, Abbot… Then Abbott began viciously slapping Lou in the face for saying his name over and over. Lou said Abbo… —slap, Abbo…— slap —repeatedly until Lou was winded and Abbot’s inner rage was appeased. It shouldn’t have been like this. They were like brothers. Or

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A bone to pick with the Donner party

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2020/03/14

A man came into the Mercantile searching for a map. He was looking to light out into the wilderness.The Shopkeep, a woman short on words, stood on a ladder doing inventory. Last thing she needed was a customer to bring her down.She looked at the man. “Get lost!” was what she said.That man’s name was Alfred Packer. No one remembers the shopkeep. She never done nothing of note.

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No Love Lost

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2020/02/21

I watched the neighbors on the opposite ridge bulldoze the property line, each in turn. Each had a bulldozer. They were being sold posts and barbed wire by a dealer in town. Repeatedly. Follow the money. One day the girl on one side married the boy on the other and the war transitioned to a delicate cease-fire. When they were divorced, the bulldozers started back up. It was love. Then it was lost love. Before that it was just business. I’ll tell you how she won his love. She used to chase the boy

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Pro-logue

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2020/02/20

Pro-logue “I’ve had enough of your horseplay,” s/he said. “Off you go now.” Everything in the world is seeking to stand on the highest point. Where one can see. There is nothing else which explains the urge to climb mountains, get there first, or pat oneself on the back. It even explains the eruption of volcanoes, the contents inside wishing to come out on top. That’s the prime real estate. No matter what one has to do to get there. That says a lot. That’s why an eruption is such a sacred shared

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Brideshead revisited

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2020/02/07

‪Frankenstein’s bride‬ ‪Fit to be tied‬ ‪This, her special day‬ ‪Felt so brand new‬ ‪Did not know what to do‬ ‪No father to give her away‬ ‪It struck her that day‬ ‪Wandering, astray‬ ‪She’d no identity, her own‬ ‪So she did express‬ ‪Her feelings depressed‬ ‪All that monster did was moan. ‬ Moan moan moan All that monster did was moan Take me right home You big Green chaperone I’d rather be By myself all alone. Groan, groan, groan All that monster did was groan Please let me be You’re just not for

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Just Zep on in

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2020/02/06

“And I am a great businessman,” Zeppo said, really swinging the ladder. “You got that right. And funny. Say, did you know I catered my own wedding?” “How’d that come off?” Carl said. “I am pleased to say without a hitch,” Zeppo said. “Served animal crackers and duck soup. Didn’t last. She was Daffy. Oh, I get enough of that at home.” “I understand,” said Carl. “Most marriages end in the home.” “You can say that again, doctor,” Zeppo said. “I said, ‘Most marriages end in the home,’” said Carl, glad

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Behold, The beholder’s eye!

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2020/02/04

I am a practitioner of ancient magic. Some would say it’s old hat. These people have lost their sense of wonder. This is why they disappear. There is nothing in my hands. My hands are clean. Goodnight. – A wicked good magician

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I got You, Babe

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2020/02/02

Babe Ruth goes to see Carl Jung.

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What’s in a name? Everything.

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2020/02/01

‪Bonnie & Clyde. They put her name first. It has a better ring to it. And because they were ahead of their time. ‬ ‪Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey. The position of these names was chosen in a street brawl.‬ A goof off. ‪Abbott and Costello. Abbott had a gun. He was a straight man. The heavy.‬ The ladies’ man. And he couldn’t take the pressure. In the end, he would become irate when you shouted his own name at him to get his attention. Somehow he made it work. For him.

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Head’s Up

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2019/12/30

The mattress queen Stood resiliently Her head held high It was the head Of a mannequin The very best one, Lifted to the sky. She’d popped it Right off As the sun Did rise Though this act she did Despise But how else This modern era We share Could she Head This body Of state.

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Esoterica with Marx and angles

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2019/12/30

Sigmund Freud drew on his cigar, loathe to admit the truth. Sometimes a cigar is an analogy. Sometimes a dream is just a borrowed fantasy determined by social pressure. It tried his patients. Trial by fire. His cigar fell to the floor. Suddenly he awoke. Refreshed. But repressed. ‪The Marquis de Sade became tied up in his own affairs. An unexpected crisis of trust. Trussed up for the time being. ‬ Zeppo was a stand-in for Karl, whose interests were more involved with workplace organization. The

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