droem
Poem about a drone
it surveys the scene
hums low over the inside of my skin --
tractors chug along,
tittering and upsetting what's
left of the crust
i drink. it rains.
i became a shell over months, over years
RE:
soon the dirt will wash away
leaving rock cold stone slabs
and i will feel this three times:
metal
electron
flooding warm
mesozoic
pins & needles
stripped of cash
human breeze
slowing water
still heart
careful breath
moss and pulsing
fetal pose
# DELIGHTFUL INTERLUDE.
i am the duke!
i pulse the land!--
for all the leavings,
leaving sand
and for the king i wipe my brow
there are no holy holies now!
just holes that break the skin, oh my!
that show the ground above the sky!
# END DELIGHTFUL INTERLUDE.
so white blood cells sit on porches
scattered like airplane parts
"Nice day for Shooting(skeet)."
eyes pinch at the drone some ways
grip the handle, and wait.
# DEBUG LOG -- "debug_03-05-26-DAY_0314_LA-F.txt"
# >> Drone 0314 -- LOC: LEFT_ARM.Fore
# TS: 2026-03-05 11:15:29.260904
# VIS: 3 Tractor | 2 House | 0 Person
# MOTOR DRIVE STATE: 86 (NORMAL)
# FAN SPEED: 2000
#
# TS: 2026-03-05 11:20:00.467062
# VIS: 3 Tractor | 2 House | 0 Person
# MOTOR DRIVE STATE: 87 (NORMAL)
# FAN SPEED: 2000
#
# TS: 2026-03-05 11:25:33.521330
# VIS: 3 Tractor | 2 House | 1 Person
# MOTOR DRIVE STATE: 86 (NORMAL)
# FAN SPEED: 2000
#
# TS: 2026-03-05 11:30:08.790899
# VIS: 3 Tractor | 2 House | 0 Person
# MOTOR DRIVE STATE: 0 (FAILURE)
# FAN SPEED: 0
#
# !! HEAVY ERROR STATE DETECTED !!
# >> ENGAGING PREVENTATIVE SHUT-DOWN
# SAVING RESULTS...
# TERMINATING MONITORING PROCESSES...
# TERMINATING CORE PROCESSES...
# SHUTTING DOWN...
# END DEBUG LOGGetting back into writing — trying to, anyway. Trying not to care what substack cares about. This is an interesting piece to me, and that’s what matters. Like it if you liked it. Don’t if you don’t. Or do anyway. Lots of guns in my recent stuff. Wonder what that’s about.
I try to post every wednesday. I guess today’s a thursday. I’m just glad I wrote something