The Portal is Ajar (dress rehearsal)

A cross-cultural consortium

Aunties and uncles in zero gravity scoop chairs 

Solipsists and hospitalists and 

Artists drawn to things

Philosophical philanderers cum philanthropists

Imagists, aesthetes, penitents, polyglots

Nutcases, outcasts

Geodesists and bioinformatic racketeers 

Overton window glaziers

Hikikomori probate lawyers

A couple of crusaders and their exes

The dude who coined the phrase

It’s dope to go to church

Fertility industry execs grinding rails

Boi and Grrrl Scouts going hard

Crypto divinities with a ferocious work ethic

Spanking their avatars

Scary, but not that scary

Music by Bohuslav Martinu

With notes of plum and cherry.

Copyright 2025 Randy Stark

www.randystark.com

 

The Influencer Reported on X

My social media has exploded.

From snippets to billboards

Booked full throttle 

Charting everywhere 

A thick lush forest 

Of reveals and release dates 

A cool, deep house

Now with speed pro and ultra kick 

Gluten free and vegan upon request

My brand right now?

An absolute A-blast!

But it’s funny because people always ask

Are you satisfied with your feed?

And I always respond with yeah/but 

Yeah there's a ton of money to be found 

But it’s tricky, being as how infinite a number of

Realities there are in this unscripted universe.

Those who profess to need nothing lack everything.

Including a handsome king.

But no, um, yeah

I feel like an Emmy nod is due me.

Outstanding sumpin sumpin series.

On the flip I hooked a podcast deal,

I’m releasing my third pro shoe,

My mouse and my shapewear 

Are the same Prussian shade of blue

As the rizzy new pitch deck you’re reading, 

I’ve partnered with (can’t say who!),

My TikToks do Best Numbers

And my decision to play arenas instead of stadiums

Is an artistic one,

Existential and exponential,

And platformed as such.

I launched 

Kind of indie.

I dropt

An exercise in sinking up.

Kind of 

Yeah

Minimalism to the max,

To the point of almost no return.

Full disclosure: I’ve only been once.

I remain in not that big of a rush.

Copyright 2025 Randy Stark

www.randystark.com

 

Production by Neil Novello

 

For video interpretations of some of my earlier poems please visit Production by Neil Novello. 

In addition, you’ll find a collection of Mr. Novello’s video artistry in a wide range of topics from locales around the globe.

We’re Here for Your Journey

Please hold handrails while moving through the menu.

For media insight deficiency, press 1.

For more comfortable idling, press 2.

For de-aging technology, press 3. 

For digital liquidation and penetrants, press 4.

For transgressive narrative interrogation, press 5.

For intramodality, hallucination, or model bias, press 6.

For whammy bars, press 7.

For precept upon precept, press 8.

For raw timeless pathos, please remain on the line

And your call will be answered in the order received.

Emboldened by new GPS enterprise capabilities

Our project architects (not their real name) go scorched earth

Utilizing modernized positioning, navigation and timing

To create user personas and design workflows that

Optimize performance capture

From fast casual to sustainable luxury

Grunge and skank with hints of eucalyptus

Plus high-end five-star premium trending

Bespeaking a deeper empathy for sufferers

Bouncing off digital guardrails on roadways

Nowhere to be found, not even on Google maps.

Copyright 2025 Randy Stark

www.randystark.com

 

Transformational Gatekeeping

BREAKING NEWS

Gold gains.

REPPING YOUR SPONSOR(S) 24/7 

Survival 101.

AI

Alterity incarnate.

SKIP THE PRELIMINARIES

It’s a separate app.

MEAT DEPARTMENT LINE FIVE PLEASE

Meat, line five.

YOUR EVERY NEED

Got a team on it.

IMAGINE

If it’s not in the AI

It never was.

And I was like 

Oh wow.

SCRIPTER

Long been hailed.

Good with prompts.

A year later

Dead.

ILIAD, THE

2 much war.

TARA DIAL TWO TWO TWO

Tara, two two two.

PRACTICE AND THEORY 

Simple skirt and matching blouse.

GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE

Drive fast and recklessly

And make poor choices.

GOD WHEN YOU POOP

Is it holy?

Do you smell?

Are you sure?

LIVING HOPE SERVICE TIMES

Polyester, nylon and spandex.

INSTANT QUOTE

Shut up Satan.

Get out.

I do not wish to speak with you.

Copyright 2025 Randy Stark

www.randystark.com