Saturday, August 16, 2025

A Couple of Ways of Looking at It

What went wrong No glasses Underdressed No croissant No books Goddamit send me their number But the pier The bodies It’s good I hate myself soft talking And then you know because I’m not a techie But I’m following I’m so on edge and so look St. Margaret breaks her silence At some point it becomes abandonment Crushed dried cured Money in public looks funny Shopping colorful vegetables and fruits Squash and peppers Heh You’re so funny Stripes and solids When are you due Shapes and forms I’m going home and then I’m going home for the weekend and then I’m going home tomorrow and then I’m going home. People wanting to look good Carlos dial 109 Carlos 109 please Donut holes for all of us I knownjajajaha 

What went wrong
No glasses
Underdressed
No croissant
No books
Goddamit send me their number

But the pier
The bodies
It’s good
I hate myself soft talking

And then you know because I’m not a techie
But I’m following
I’m so on edge and so look

St. Margaret breaks her silence
At some point it becomes abandonment

Crushed dried cured 
Money in public looks funny

Shopping colorful vegetables and fruits
Squash and peppers

Heh
You’re so funny
Stripes and solids
When are you due
Shapes and forms

People wanting to look good
Carlos dial 109 Carlos 109 please
I’m going home and then 
I’m going home for the weekend and then 
I’m going home tomorrow and then 
I’m going home.
Donut holes for all of us
I knownjajajaha


Copyright 2025 Randy Stark

Saturday, August 9, 2025

The Space Between Solids

Julian of Everywhere, bracketologist and
Seasoned captivating electronic presence
They kind of like pivoted to streaming
Fell hard for the rich creamy formula
Anything for the clip
And slipped into the abyss of
Smug self-assurance meets crazy bag of
US No.1 grown-in-Idaho potato chips
Lost their shit
Faced heavy cancellation fees
100% derailed. 

Pivoted to screaming
Same endzone, different field
Bundled aggro-cultural babble with
High risk metonymy
A whole new echo system
Maratón en Chihuahua
Parachutes in Shinjuku
But the exit strategy didn’t work
Went right to free falling like it was voice mail
Sheltering in place on the way down
And then come to find out they weren’t covered.


Copyright 2025 Randy Stark

 

 

Saturday, August 2, 2025

Congrats to subTerrain Magazine Issue #100

As part of the celebration, Issue #100 contains several pieces “from the vault”, and I’m honored to have a story of mine (from the vault indeed: circa 1992, Issue #8) among them.


 Issue #100