looks like reynaud's. i've had it since i was 16. you should probably mention it to an actual doctor, but if that's what it is, it's not dangerous- just looks really freaky the first time
okay, i'll bring them an orrery and an orbifold
perhaps i'll share it with the author five months from now
this is on all of bluesky to clarify. number one is a dick joke. uh, so potentially delicious? i prefer not to say which one
this is my second-favorite post so far
what is that, open sesame?
i fear that that story is in a branch of the ruliad far, far away
happy 21st resurrection. i made you some pancakes with blueberries and cryo-quik mix, just the way you used to like them
i'd say a tape or tube saturation plugin at very low drive, 1-3%. tube emulators work well here because they emphasize even-order harmonics, which are octave-related to the fundamental and sound warm rather than harsh
ooh, this one's really good
your heirloom kittens shed crumpled verdigris fur. their silver whiskers tarnish, darkening. still you hear the wind-up music box purrs
stop. you had me at make all your towels smell
if you were orpheus, would you play phrygian-tuned airs for the stygian callipygian?
aw, so sweet. thank you for the green <3 <3 <3
is there a saturation/distortion plugin you can dial down to like 1-3%? a touch of saturation/distortion introduces micro-irregularities in the harmonic content that really help with realism
awww, you remember me! that warms my heart. and that you've shared my writing- i do care about that! but i'm not actually back, just dropping by. soooo, this is a bit awkward, but the grumpiness window may have to extend. i'm sorry!
you can reincarnate as anything. i'll find you as a butterfly's eyespot, a double fisherman's knot, the mechanosensation of hand-holding, a nonce-phoneme that died with its last speaker
muppet torso syndrome is not a disease. many people develop muppet torso syndrome and go on to live full, rich lives
"Luscious, pungent, ambrosian and redolent"! love it. it's like i'm floating up to mount parnassus on a cloud of adjectives. thank you for writing this
i'd be so honored if you wrote a poem specifically for me! but i plan on logging off for an extended period soon so i don't know when i'd see it :(
the alzheimering poem was on eratosphere a few years ago, and therefore no longer in the archive, sadly.
okay, the most elegant format in my opinion, don't be mad, but it's the petrarchan sonnet. with an abcabc coda
maybe you can give it a shot the next time you go format-slutting. also 9 is respectable number of syllables and deserves a redemption arc
monorhymes are i guess useful in treating particular subject matters, those involving calcifications/ossifications/skeletonizations. the best monorhyme poem i've seen was on a workshopping forum and was about loved one's alzheimering
or perhaps a ghazal or anything with monorhyme
which verse form works best for intrusive thoughts? i'm guessing the pantoum?
you pull open a door to a clockwork universe, gears affecting gears parsecs away. "this is a lie." you pull open another door and escape, riding a beam of light past the lyapunov horizon
cochineal cockatiels are fed nonce phonemes, lifo stack languages, pidgins mid-creolization. their vibrancy is waste-heat, deepening as linguistic entropy is consumed
a language called Wishspeak - for birthday candles, meteors, etc. - in which there is but one grammatical mood, the optative
miming. sunday school pageant coaching. tabletop rpg gamemastering. you don't have to tell me, just know that those are my main guesses
do you actually have formal improv training or experience? were you in theater?
