The Ides of Merch

In a world zapped happy

By subgenres of highly complex systems 

There’s something extremely

Like whiteflies on a hibiscus leaf about

Fresh drops

Late scratches 

A pileup of funny cars at the motor speedway

Precisely like airstrikes

A collapse of ancient temples.

In a network of networks 

Space is limited

Defensible space

What I know I don’t know 

Suffuses the universe 

A debris field

Bottomless, toasted and

What I don’t know I know

Is now streaming.

A crazy copse of pinball bumpers

Concusses me pneumatically

Wasps at long snapper school

Rattle my head

Octopus up in arms

Jitterbugs my teeth

A rooster barks

Steel plates ahead 

Beware the ides of merch. 

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Eurydice

Circa the day

She’s in the alpha gamer’s saddle

Based off planet and out of galaxy (OP/OOG)

Point a to point b to point no point

She’s big data, magic beans 

Dressed as all the super cute pronouns 

She’s the view from the top of the food chain

On her psychic scooter

Begetter of the bespoke

Howler monkey of the almond tree

Bringing authentic passions for fitness and fashion to life

The electricity is in her name

I love how she toggles 

The raw in the steak tartare

Between differential mattering

And notions of diffraction

With regard to pivotal life experiences

The starker the idiom 

The sweeter the motor skills 

Markay oh cho.

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www.randystark.com

Guidance

Ministrokes of good fortune

Moments everyone is talking about

Arranged in a salon-like hang

Proscenium, thrust, or in the round

Fate is the raspberry horseman

On a carousel of pale steeds

But crazy stuff falls through the cracks

You know what I’m saying.

I launched into my third brew

Roasted goats become tacos

Over simmering mesquite

My extendable pharyngeal jaw

Opened like a time lapsed blossoming

Of the gaping maw of an entrance to a 

Drive through car wash

Brushes flapping like slaphappy dervishes.

And I’m like

Safely out of range

Spray cast upon slurry seal 

Surfaces may be slippery 

I would be remiss

Reduce your risk

Unlock the magic

Download the app.

Copyright 2025 Randy Stark

www.randystark.com

No Thanks, I'm Vegan

LAB ORDERS

Go fuck yourself.

A FEW DAYS STILL REMAINING 

Hurry!

WHITE FANG

Chapter VIII: “The Law of Meat”

I’LL BE HONEST

You earn by spending.

URGENT NOTICE

You may be qualified.

THE WOMAN ON THE DOOMSCROLLER SETTEE

How falsetto became the national tone of voice.

EARN CASH REWARDS

Great futures start here.

OVERHEARD IN SAN DIEGO

“I love San Francisco.”

MY CURRENT PARTNER

Deliciously soft and super invisible.

OH SO YEAH

 

Tipping points. 

BUT FIRST WE GO

To the fossil record.

YOUR ONE-TIME CONFIRMATION NUMBER

04262D

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www.randystark.com