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/&gt;tacks &lt;br /&gt;through the &lt;br /&gt;mass&lt;br /&gt;migration &lt;br /&gt;of 'contemporary &lt;br /&gt;explanations'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all the while&lt;br /&gt;he murmurs inaudibly&lt;br /&gt;"i am the &lt;br /&gt;smallest&lt;br /&gt;most inconsequential&lt;br /&gt;exception to &lt;br /&gt;the rule..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the scene is&lt;br /&gt;now composed&lt;br /&gt;of a small &lt;br /&gt;tree&lt;br /&gt;upon a hill&lt;br /&gt;upon which&lt;br /&gt;he looks up&lt;br /&gt;at&lt;br /&gt;from the base&lt;br /&gt;and smiles&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he understands that&lt;br /&gt;sideways momentum &lt;br /&gt;is with him &lt;br /&gt;now&lt;br /&gt;an accumulation&lt;br /&gt;of absurd &lt;br /&gt;turns&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-4069386633877620137?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-2726543020903383384</id><published>2009-04-22T14:48:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2009-04-22T14:53:14.791+10:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>into this&lt;br /&gt;lasting sentiment&lt;br /&gt;the street performer&lt;br /&gt;pours her&lt;br /&gt;soul&lt;br /&gt;and while she steps&lt;br /&gt;forward&lt;br /&gt;for our benefit&lt;br /&gt;her posture&lt;br /&gt;is all&lt;br /&gt;thumbs&lt;br /&gt;and &lt;br /&gt;dampened &lt;br /&gt;sound&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i think i&lt;br /&gt;feel for&lt;br /&gt;her&lt;br /&gt;but all i can&lt;br /&gt;do, nonetheless&lt;br /&gt;is watch&lt;br /&gt;and pour my thoughts out&lt;br /&gt;into a&lt;br /&gt;nearby &lt;br /&gt;drain&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-2726543020903383384?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/2726543020903383384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=2726543020903383384' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2726543020903383384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2726543020903383384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/04/into-this-lasting-sentiment-street.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-8031056918135001573</id><published>2009-04-22T14:45:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2009-04-22T14:48:07.001+10:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>we are&lt;br /&gt;isolated&lt;br /&gt;and retired&lt;br /&gt;and beaten down&lt;br /&gt;until our&lt;br /&gt;jaws&lt;br /&gt;threadbare&lt;br /&gt;like our&lt;br /&gt;notions of&lt;br /&gt;apology&lt;br /&gt;quaint and&lt;br /&gt;damaged&lt;br /&gt;while small&lt;br /&gt;glimmers of&lt;br /&gt;hope&lt;br /&gt;hesitate&lt;br /&gt;behind&lt;br /&gt;grey layers&lt;br /&gt;of&lt;br /&gt;fog&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-8031056918135001573?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/8031056918135001573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=8031056918135001573' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/8031056918135001573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/8031056918135001573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/04/we-are-isolated-and-retired-and-beaten.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-7383137183310123459</id><published>2009-04-22T14:42:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2009-04-22T14:45:09.627+10:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the understatements &lt;br /&gt;accumulate under the&lt;br /&gt;stairs&lt;br /&gt;weighed down by&lt;br /&gt;an age of&lt;br /&gt;dense particles &lt;br /&gt;reducing&lt;br /&gt;our&lt;br /&gt;ideas&lt;br /&gt;to small&lt;br /&gt;platforms&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-7383137183310123459?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/7383137183310123459/comments/default' title='Post 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src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-6445212408053623279</id><published>2009-04-21T16:28:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2009-04-21T16:30:21.055+10:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>and so it is to disappear&lt;br /&gt;to render oneself&lt;br /&gt;out of this&lt;br /&gt;landscape&lt;br /&gt;make it fold around&lt;br /&gt;you&lt;br /&gt;in a zen&lt;br /&gt;attainment&lt;br /&gt;of absolute&lt;br /&gt;zero&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-6445212408053623279?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/6445212408053623279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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type='text'></title><content type='html'>this energy&lt;br /&gt;is&lt;br /&gt;all&lt;br /&gt;is all that&lt;br /&gt;is recovered&lt;br /&gt;after&lt;br /&gt;when&lt;br /&gt;outside our&lt;br /&gt;hours&lt;br /&gt;we suppress&lt;br /&gt;all thoughts&lt;br /&gt;of&lt;br /&gt;energy&lt;br /&gt;is &lt;br /&gt;all&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;when&lt;br /&gt;what is recovered&lt;br /&gt;beyond&lt;br /&gt;boundaries&lt;br /&gt;of &lt;br /&gt;sensation&lt;br /&gt;is &lt;br /&gt;all &lt;br /&gt;acounted for&lt;br /&gt;in&lt;br /&gt;growth&lt;br /&gt;properties &lt;br /&gt;of follicles&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;when&lt;br /&gt;is all&lt;br /&gt;known&lt;br /&gt;about the spectacle&lt;br /&gt;about&lt;br /&gt;the &lt;br /&gt;device&lt;br /&gt;departing&lt;br /&gt;is all&lt;br /&gt;recorded&lt;br /&gt;by&lt;br /&gt;small&lt;br /&gt;fragments&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;is all&lt;br /&gt;expressed&lt;br /&gt;as &lt;br /&gt;code   &lt;br /&gt;when&lt;br /&gt;horizons&lt;br /&gt;shift&lt;br /&gt;and &lt;br /&gt;sensibilities&lt;br /&gt;drift&lt;br /&gt;when &lt;br /&gt;is all&lt;br /&gt;all&lt;br /&gt;all&lt;br /&gt;all&lt;br /&gt;red&lt;br /&gt;shift&lt;br /&gt;-ed&lt;br /&gt;and &lt;br /&gt;when is&lt;br /&gt;falling&lt;br /&gt;might mean&lt;br /&gt;something&lt;br /&gt;again&lt;br /&gt;might&lt;br /&gt;mean&lt;br /&gt;is &lt;br /&gt;all&lt;br /&gt;might&lt;br /&gt;mean&lt;br /&gt;to &lt;br /&gt;fall&lt;br /&gt;or&lt;br /&gt;an end&lt;br /&gt;of all&lt;br /&gt;energy&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-2729417400792508771?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/2729417400792508771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=2729417400792508771' title='0 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/&gt;widens&lt;br /&gt;while&lt;br /&gt;/when&lt;br /&gt;people gather&lt;br /&gt;and spontaneously &lt;br /&gt;hum&lt;br /&gt;in sync  with&lt;br /&gt;the stained&lt;br /&gt;artifacts&lt;br /&gt;of modern &lt;br /&gt;mechanisms&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they can dance&lt;br /&gt;too&lt;br /&gt;but today&lt;br /&gt;choose &lt;br /&gt;not&lt;br /&gt;-focussing instead&lt;br /&gt;on the &lt;br /&gt;intersecting angles&lt;br /&gt;and the&lt;br /&gt;harmonies &lt;br /&gt;of crushed&lt;br /&gt;iron&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-2888854413133698130?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/2888854413133698130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=2888854413133698130' 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paper&lt;br /&gt;is unsettling &lt;br /&gt;in this&lt;br /&gt;sacrificed &lt;br /&gt;light&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-8595573368518766517?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/8595573368518766517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=8595573368518766517' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/8595573368518766517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/8595573368518766517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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/&gt;temporality &lt;br /&gt;tripped up&lt;br /&gt;on the final&lt;br /&gt;misaligned&lt;br /&gt;step&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;quietly before&lt;br /&gt;the public&lt;br /&gt;sphere &lt;br /&gt;detects&lt;br /&gt;your presence&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in the 14&lt;br /&gt;becoming self-&lt;br /&gt;aware&lt;br /&gt;loosing their touch&lt;br /&gt;with idleness&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;instead groping &lt;br /&gt;towards&lt;br /&gt;the &lt;br /&gt;ugly&lt;br /&gt;finale &lt;br /&gt;/geometric&lt;br /&gt;certainties&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-5383407462728041493?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/5383407462728041493/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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type='text'></title><content type='html'>the old man&lt;br /&gt;reaches over&lt;br /&gt;and pats the &lt;br /&gt;younger man's hand&lt;br /&gt;in &lt;br /&gt;acceptance &lt;br /&gt;he tells the&lt;br /&gt;young man&lt;br /&gt;that&lt;br /&gt;even though&lt;br /&gt;the both&lt;br /&gt;now share&lt;br /&gt;these cloudy&lt;br /&gt;eyes&lt;br /&gt;there once &lt;br /&gt;was &lt;br /&gt;at time&lt;br /&gt;....&lt;br /&gt;a time &lt;br /&gt;when he saw&lt;br /&gt;fire&lt;br /&gt;and could reach out&lt;br /&gt;to its&lt;br /&gt;subtle depths&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-524378703706801873?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/524378703706801873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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type='text'></title><content type='html'>i am a set&lt;br /&gt;of impaired&lt;br /&gt;mechanisms &lt;br /&gt;left&lt;br /&gt;overnight&lt;br /&gt;in the&lt;br /&gt;dew&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;rain&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;raw&lt;br /&gt;morning&lt;br /&gt;sun&lt;br /&gt;light&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-6899911578787132031?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/6899911578787132031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=6899911578787132031' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/6899911578787132031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/6899911578787132031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-am-set-of-impaired-mechanisms-left.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-4389561357087321185</id><published>2009-04-10T12:05:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2009-04-10T12:10:24.721+10:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the earth has its&lt;br /&gt;perspective&lt;br /&gt;that exists&lt;br /&gt;beyond our&lt;br /&gt;small horizons&lt;br /&gt;and limited&lt;br /&gt;reach of &lt;br /&gt;hand&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;if i can&lt;br /&gt;grasp these &lt;br /&gt;discarded leaves&lt;br /&gt;and scatter &lt;br /&gt;them across the&lt;br /&gt;sky&lt;br /&gt;then i will never&lt;br /&gt;be able to&lt;br /&gt;know&lt;br /&gt;the infinite &lt;br /&gt;subtleties&lt;br /&gt;of&lt;br /&gt;dead senses&lt;br /&gt;feedback&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-4389561357087321185?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/4389561357087321185/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=4389561357087321185' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/4389561357087321185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/4389561357087321185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/04/earth-has-its-perspective-that-exists.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-2877260522785852406</id><published>2009-04-09T17:21:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2009-04-09T17:24:40.758+10:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>this smallness&lt;br /&gt;exists in the way&lt;br /&gt;that light&lt;br /&gt;falls&lt;br /&gt;on the &lt;br /&gt;undergrowth&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-2877260522785852406?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/2877260522785852406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=2877260522785852406' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2877260522785852406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2877260522785852406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/04/this-smallness-exists-in-way-that-light.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-8644105929462383177</id><published>2009-04-08T14:55:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T21:27:49.756+10:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>these hours are&lt;br /&gt;responsible &lt;br /&gt;-for the monsters call&lt;br /&gt;-for the &lt;br /&gt;inflamed &lt;br /&gt;knuckles &lt;br /&gt;-for evenly distributed&lt;br /&gt;grinding&lt;br /&gt;sensations&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;these hours have&lt;br /&gt;found us all&lt;br /&gt;at the bottom of&lt;br /&gt;the garden&lt;br /&gt;plunging our hands&lt;br /&gt;past the ice&lt;br /&gt;past the frozen&lt;br /&gt;layers of algae &lt;br /&gt;until our eyes&lt;br /&gt;are soaked blue&lt;br /&gt;in sympathy with&lt;br /&gt;the &lt;br /&gt;sky&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we&lt;br /&gt;have no sense of&lt;br /&gt;responsibility&lt;br /&gt;or temperance&lt;br /&gt;of anger&lt;br /&gt;or&lt;br /&gt;....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;there is always &lt;br /&gt;a sense of foreboding&lt;br /&gt;left in suspension&lt;br /&gt;before breaking&lt;br /&gt;ice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a fear of&lt;br /&gt;perfectly preserved&lt;br /&gt;earth&lt;br /&gt;and pivots&lt;br /&gt;of perspective&lt;br /&gt;that encompasses all&lt;br /&gt;and leaves &lt;br /&gt;trace elements&lt;br /&gt;for future &lt;br /&gt;paleontologists to&lt;br /&gt;ponder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for &lt;br /&gt;we are the disruption&lt;br /&gt;points that can only&lt;br /&gt;be accounted for&lt;br /&gt;in the revelation of&lt;br /&gt;greater&lt;br /&gt;distribution&lt;br /&gt;structures&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-8644105929462383177?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' 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src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-1475089550336485487</id><published>2009-04-06T11:43:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2009-04-06T11:43:55.407+10:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the unexpected scent &lt;br /&gt;of chocolate &lt;br /&gt;floods me&lt;br /&gt;and dumps me out&lt;br /&gt;again&lt;br /&gt;in Brunswick St&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a small component&lt;br /&gt;of wonder&lt;br /&gt;stirs&lt;br /&gt;-resets the patterns&lt;br /&gt;for the hours&lt;br /&gt;remaining&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-1475089550336485487?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/1475089550336485487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link 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src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-2232701591922403303</id><published>2009-04-05T23:06:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2009-04-05T23:06:55.089+10:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I have been listening to&lt;br /&gt;this empty &lt;br /&gt;music now&lt;br /&gt;I have been listening to it&lt;br /&gt;for a long time&lt;br /&gt;untill it has &lt;br /&gt;absorbed my &lt;br /&gt;skin &lt;br /&gt;blemishes&lt;br /&gt;-turned them into &lt;br /&gt;a murky &lt;br /&gt;soup&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-2232701591922403303?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/2232701591922403303/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link 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src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-1949504946771874388</id><published>2009-03-27T18:50:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T18:52:29.124+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>all motivations&lt;br /&gt;are stranded&lt;br /&gt;in this dead &lt;br /&gt;land&lt;br /&gt;you can&lt;br /&gt;run/swim&lt;br /&gt;in any &lt;br /&gt;direction&lt;br /&gt;without &lt;br /&gt;ever&lt;br /&gt;being granted &lt;br /&gt;a starting&lt;br /&gt;post&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-1949504946771874388?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/1949504946771874388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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type='text'></title><content type='html'>the sound's &lt;br /&gt;footfall leaves&lt;br /&gt;an imprint on&lt;br /&gt;fresh&lt;br /&gt;ruled page&lt;br /&gt;that has &lt;br /&gt;complicated&lt;br /&gt;textures&lt;br /&gt;and small&lt;br /&gt;asides of&lt;br /&gt;strained breathing&lt;br /&gt;i can see&lt;br /&gt;smaller&lt;br /&gt;particles &lt;br /&gt;stir through&lt;br /&gt;the relief&lt;br /&gt;settle&lt;br /&gt;and gather&lt;br /&gt;in pools&lt;br /&gt;at its&lt;br /&gt;base&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;these swirling &lt;br /&gt;eddies&lt;br /&gt;spill across the neat&lt;br /&gt;ruled edges&lt;br /&gt;a distant &lt;br /&gt;lo-fi&lt;br /&gt;carbon stamp&lt;br /&gt;of an&lt;br /&gt;impromptu &lt;br /&gt;tone&lt;br /&gt;that rests&lt;br /&gt;where my&lt;br /&gt;left hand&lt;br /&gt;would have&lt;br /&gt;been&lt;br /&gt;without &lt;br /&gt;the cutting&lt;br /&gt;winds&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-6202018050278727495?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/6202018050278727495/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=6202018050278727495' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/6202018050278727495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/6202018050278727495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/sounds-footfall-leaves-imprint-on-fresh.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-7921086846594602130</id><published>2009-03-27T18:32:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T18:39:53.893+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>i am the light &lt;br /&gt;removed from all &lt;br /&gt;subtlety &lt;br /&gt;i am the harshest&lt;br /&gt;edges&lt;br /&gt;caught folding away&lt;br /&gt;for the season&lt;br /&gt;for the evening &lt;br /&gt;for the contaminated&lt;br /&gt;glory&lt;br /&gt;[of an &lt;br /&gt;afternoon without&lt;br /&gt;any sense&lt;br /&gt;of &lt;br /&gt;tone]&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-7921086846594602130?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' 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src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-8935613769069492808</id><published>2009-03-24T16:32:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T16:46:14.421+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the wave of vibration&lt;br /&gt;crossed from&lt;br /&gt;port to starboard&lt;br /&gt;-quietly dissipating &lt;br /&gt;in the&lt;br /&gt;perfumed cabin&lt;br /&gt;air&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-quietly isolating&lt;br /&gt;all foreign&lt;br /&gt;objects&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;quietly stretching&lt;br /&gt;out&lt;br /&gt;our finer &lt;br /&gt;sensibilities&lt;br /&gt;and rubbing&lt;br /&gt;away&lt;br /&gt;the most resolute &lt;br /&gt;purpose&lt;br /&gt;until all&lt;br /&gt;future orientations &lt;br /&gt;are set as&lt;br /&gt;reflections&lt;br /&gt;of failing&lt;br /&gt;orange &lt;br /&gt;hues&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we are still attempting &lt;br /&gt;to move forward&lt;br /&gt;even though all objects&lt;br /&gt;here&lt;br /&gt;are dominated by&lt;br /&gt;curved surfaces &lt;br /&gt;even though our&lt;br /&gt;motions&lt;br /&gt;are deflected at the point&lt;br /&gt;of origin &lt;br /&gt;even though all &lt;br /&gt;inertia&lt;br /&gt;is aborted &lt;br /&gt;at the moment&lt;br /&gt;of commitment&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we attempt &lt;br /&gt;to move forward&lt;br /&gt;when &lt;br /&gt;all forward momentum &lt;br /&gt;is obsorbed&lt;br /&gt;by the roar&lt;br /&gt;of diesel &lt;br /&gt;engines&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-8935613769069492808?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/8935613769069492808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=8935613769069492808' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/8935613769069492808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/8935613769069492808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/wave-of-vibration-crossed-from-port-to.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-2115600108261723099</id><published>2009-03-24T16:30:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T16:32:00.288+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>these seventy-two seconds &lt;br /&gt;are separated out&lt;br /&gt;by commas &lt;br /&gt;and pressed&lt;br /&gt;into a strange&lt;br /&gt;axis&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-2115600108261723099?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/2115600108261723099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=2115600108261723099' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2115600108261723099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2115600108261723099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/these-seventy-two-seconds-are-separated.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-2764543469949261999</id><published>2009-03-24T16:28:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T23:38:22.368+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>my cold hands&lt;br /&gt;have been replaced &lt;br /&gt;by these&lt;br /&gt;warm&lt;br /&gt;linear&lt;br /&gt;carbon&lt;br /&gt;utensils&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the seven hours&lt;br /&gt;that was given &lt;br /&gt;to the &lt;br /&gt;task&lt;br /&gt;(dragging&lt;br /&gt;my inert body&lt;br /&gt;to the &lt;br /&gt;doorway)&lt;br /&gt;is now replaced &lt;br /&gt;by &lt;br /&gt;3&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-2764543469949261999?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/2764543469949261999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=2764543469949261999' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2764543469949261999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2764543469949261999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-cold-hands-have-been-replaced-by.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-574393884052959675</id><published>2009-03-24T16:21:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T16:27:44.048+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>from the furthest&lt;br /&gt;reaches&lt;br /&gt;the darkest hues&lt;br /&gt;are reporting back&lt;br /&gt;-plotting courses&lt;br /&gt;-savaging the senses&lt;br /&gt;the resistance capacities &lt;br /&gt;fail sharply &lt;br /&gt;in the light of&lt;br /&gt;compromised &lt;br /&gt;dialogues   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i could hold out my&lt;br /&gt;palm to you&lt;br /&gt;but there are no lines&lt;br /&gt;left to read&lt;br /&gt;as all the light&lt;br /&gt;simply rolls off&lt;br /&gt;-falling softly&lt;br /&gt;into obscure&lt;br /&gt;angles&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-574393884052959675?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/574393884052959675/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=574393884052959675' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/574393884052959675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/574393884052959675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/from-furthest-reaches-darkest-hues-are.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-5677168441182192614</id><published>2009-03-24T16:17:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T16:21:20.029+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the wave of &lt;br /&gt;vibrations&lt;br /&gt;lingered in his left side&lt;br /&gt;as he watched&lt;br /&gt;her pour&lt;br /&gt;another drink&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;she seemed&lt;br /&gt;-unaffected- &lt;br /&gt;by the Gaussian&lt;br /&gt;light functions&lt;br /&gt;as if these were&lt;br /&gt;incorporated into&lt;br /&gt;her &lt;br /&gt;reflexes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;subtly deployed&lt;br /&gt;counter-weights   &lt;br /&gt;to the &lt;br /&gt;fractal edges&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-5677168441182192614?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/5677168441182192614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=5677168441182192614' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/5677168441182192614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/5677168441182192614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/wave-of-vibrations-lingered-in-his-left.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-4921642020956924869</id><published>2009-03-20T15:24:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-20T15:29:20.349+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>while i push forward&lt;br /&gt;from my current&lt;br /&gt;frame of reference &lt;br /&gt;then the ideals&lt;br /&gt;of [set] patterns&lt;br /&gt;loose their &lt;br /&gt;function&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i am no air-&lt;br /&gt;stop&lt;br /&gt;i am more than-&lt;br /&gt;just a displacement &lt;br /&gt;of&lt;br /&gt;sky&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;while i can&lt;br /&gt;swivel gracefully&lt;br /&gt;to the earth&lt;br /&gt;then you can- &lt;br /&gt;grant me&lt;br /&gt;the independence of&lt;br /&gt;dance&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-4921642020956924869?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/4921642020956924869/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=4921642020956924869' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/4921642020956924869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/4921642020956924869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/while-i-push-forward-from-my-current.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-8616667775986024784</id><published>2009-03-20T15:21:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-20T15:23:53.812+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>my enjoyment&lt;br /&gt;of this day&lt;br /&gt;is principled&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;aesthetically unadventurous &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is&lt;br /&gt;good music&lt;br /&gt;a warm breeze&lt;br /&gt;on naked feet&lt;br /&gt;and a slow unfolding&lt;br /&gt;of tension&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i am surprised&lt;br /&gt;/delighted&lt;br /&gt;by the direction&lt;br /&gt;the sun &lt;br /&gt;takes&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-8616667775986024784?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/8616667775986024784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=8616667775986024784' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/8616667775986024784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/8616667775986024784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-enjoyment-of-this-day-is-principled.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-487100704236965353</id><published>2009-03-20T15:12:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-20T15:17:17.230+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>i have presented&lt;br /&gt;a carbon face to the&lt;br /&gt;world&lt;br /&gt;i have rubbed my&lt;br /&gt;ideals rudely &lt;br /&gt;into the mechanisms &lt;br /&gt;feet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i have not&lt;br /&gt;been held responsible &lt;br /&gt;for my&lt;br /&gt;actions&lt;br /&gt;until these templates&lt;br /&gt;were reversed&lt;br /&gt;and the stories&lt;br /&gt;told&lt;br /&gt;in relief&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my [carbon] expressions&lt;br /&gt;are a narrative &lt;br /&gt;set&lt;br /&gt;of absent edges&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-487100704236965353?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/487100704236965353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=487100704236965353' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/487100704236965353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/487100704236965353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-have-presented-carbon-face-to-world-i.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-4760514902397919353</id><published>2009-03-17T17:05:00.004+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T17:38:45.125+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>we are navigating&lt;br /&gt;via the trace patterns&lt;br /&gt;of pollens&lt;br /&gt;while&lt;br /&gt;our noses&lt;br /&gt;twitch and send&lt;br /&gt;feedback&lt;br /&gt;to&lt;br /&gt;reference&lt;br /&gt;memories&lt;br /&gt;etched into the&lt;br /&gt;grain&lt;br /&gt;paneling &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we hold our palms&lt;br /&gt;/out&lt;br /&gt;\open&lt;br /&gt;to complete&lt;br /&gt;the&lt;br /&gt;descent&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-we do not so much&lt;br /&gt;fall&lt;br /&gt;as fail gracefully &lt;br /&gt;from the&lt;br /&gt;sky&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;whereupon &lt;br /&gt;our&lt;br /&gt;noses&lt;br /&gt;hit the ground&lt;br /&gt;with a accompanying&lt;br /&gt;crumbling &lt;br /&gt;sensation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;capillaries collapse&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;familiarity surrenders &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;....&lt;br /&gt;another landscape&lt;br /&gt;is laid bare&lt;br /&gt;to the tourists &lt;br /&gt;baser&lt;br /&gt;instincts&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-4760514902397919353?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/4760514902397919353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=4760514902397919353' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/4760514902397919353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/4760514902397919353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/we-are-navigating-via-trace-patterns-of.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-2482334878224760922</id><published>2009-03-17T16:47:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T17:02:28.199+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>variations of white&lt;br /&gt;are awash&lt;br /&gt;in the air currents&lt;br /&gt;sliding over&lt;br /&gt;taunt &lt;br /&gt;canvass&lt;br /&gt;as we purge&lt;br /&gt;our navigation&lt;br /&gt;systems&lt;br /&gt;of outdated &lt;br /&gt;technologies&lt;br /&gt;[identity &lt;br /&gt;relative position&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;temporality]&lt;br /&gt;precipitating a dropping&lt;br /&gt;sensation&lt;br /&gt;[one is obliged&lt;br /&gt;to accept]&lt;br /&gt;in our&lt;br /&gt;'modern' appropriations&lt;br /&gt;of latitude and longitude&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-2482334878224760922?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/2482334878224760922/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=2482334878224760922' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2482334878224760922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2482334878224760922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/variations-of-white-are-awash-in-air.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-6773932390949136564</id><published>2009-03-14T12:05:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T16:46:46.848+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>i am all&lt;br /&gt;stabilized&lt;br /&gt;now&lt;br /&gt;while&lt;br /&gt;all points&lt;br /&gt;of the compass&lt;br /&gt;are in deep recess &lt;br /&gt;drifting&lt;br /&gt;as a paper dirigible&lt;br /&gt;in the airs&lt;br /&gt;tides&lt;br /&gt;folding into&lt;br /&gt;scattered patterns&lt;br /&gt;of white&lt;br /&gt;noise&lt;br /&gt;while the earths &lt;br /&gt;magnetic fields  &lt;br /&gt;press its coarse&lt;br /&gt;textures into&lt;br /&gt;lobes of the brain&lt;br /&gt;that quantifies &lt;br /&gt;reaction&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-6773932390949136564?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/6773932390949136564/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=6773932390949136564' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/6773932390949136564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/6773932390949136564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-am-all-stabilized-now-while-all.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-8777599410747474467</id><published>2009-03-14T12:02:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-14T12:05:15.924+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the dogs&lt;br /&gt;have set all&lt;br /&gt;responsibilities for&lt;br /&gt;the day&lt;br /&gt;inside a &lt;br /&gt;limited&lt;br /&gt;perimeter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in this &lt;br /&gt;exercise/set&lt;br /&gt;they are&lt;br /&gt;modern dance&lt;br /&gt;partners&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they are all&lt;br /&gt;hunches,swagger&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;aftfull&lt;br /&gt;pauses&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-8777599410747474467?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/8777599410747474467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=8777599410747474467' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/8777599410747474467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/8777599410747474467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/dogs-have-set-all-responsibilities-for.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-456930176930154988</id><published>2009-03-14T11:57:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-14T12:02:38.621+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>he came to&lt;br /&gt;realize&lt;br /&gt;(while putting&lt;br /&gt;a pencil&lt;br /&gt;back together)&lt;br /&gt;that &lt;br /&gt;the sky is&lt;br /&gt;held together&lt;br /&gt;by a &lt;br /&gt;limited&lt;br /&gt;number of pieces&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;reach out at just the&lt;br /&gt;right angle &lt;br /&gt;tap it lightly&lt;br /&gt;and you can &lt;br /&gt;make it&lt;br /&gt;de-&lt;br /&gt;-flate&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-456930176930154988?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/456930176930154988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=456930176930154988' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/456930176930154988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/456930176930154988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/he-came-to-realize-while-putting-pencil.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-3837662821525317571</id><published>2009-03-12T17:27:00.006+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T07:33:16.431+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>[-For &lt;a href="http://psignal.tumblr.com/"&gt;kemadrin&lt;/a&gt;: the composer (with &lt;a href="http://www.jon7.net/"&gt; jon7&lt;/a&gt;) of &lt;a href="http://psignal.com/files/audio/2008/auspice+jon7=cross_fertilisation%5B2008%5D/04_auspice+jon7=definite.mp3"&gt;definite&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i am beholden to&lt;br /&gt;the texture&lt;br /&gt;of sound&lt;br /&gt;crumbling&lt;br /&gt;when it has no&lt;br /&gt;where else to&lt;br /&gt;go&lt;br 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fluctuations&lt;br /&gt;of architectural velocities&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;that is why&lt;br /&gt;-she tells me-&lt;br /&gt;she&lt;br /&gt;twitches&lt;br /&gt;in the presence&lt;br /&gt;of too many&lt;br /&gt;right angles&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-2805123350263798460?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/2805123350263798460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=2805123350263798460' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2805123350263798460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2805123350263798460'/><link 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title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-21145118649840414</id><published>2009-03-11T15:53:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-11T16:03:33.335+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>this hour&lt;br /&gt;illuminates us&lt;br /&gt;all as we&lt;br /&gt;stand&lt;br /&gt;waiting for the&lt;br /&gt;3:15 to&lt;br /&gt;Dandynong&lt;br /&gt;our hands&lt;br /&gt;sweating&lt;br /&gt;in our pockets&lt;br /&gt;as we&lt;br /&gt;brace our eyelids&lt;br /&gt;against&lt;br /&gt;severe&lt;br /&gt;antarctic winds&lt;br /&gt;and step&lt;br /&gt;forward&lt;br /&gt;in alternating&lt;br /&gt;patterns&lt;br /&gt;to stare&lt;br /&gt;forward&lt;br /&gt;into the abyss&lt;br /&gt;that is our&lt;br /&gt;accelerating&lt;br /&gt;lack of action&lt;br /&gt;culminating in&lt;br /&gt;in&lt;br /&gt;in&lt;br /&gt;in all&lt;br /&gt;but a&lt;br /&gt;flutter of consciousness&lt;br /&gt;that briefly lets&lt;br /&gt;through the light&lt;br /&gt;and resets all&lt;br /&gt;our relative&lt;br /&gt;positions&lt;br /&gt;as a shudder&lt;br /&gt;passes down&lt;br /&gt;the line&lt;br /&gt;of recognition&lt;br /&gt;and universal acceptance&lt;br /&gt;where&lt;br /&gt;we understand that&lt;br /&gt;3:15 is dragging us&lt;br /&gt;further&lt;br /&gt;into this night&lt;br /&gt;past the faltering  light&lt;br /&gt;past all sense&lt;br /&gt;of it&lt;br /&gt;until all we have&lt;br /&gt;left of it&lt;br /&gt;is our&lt;br /&gt;alternating dance&lt;br /&gt;patterns&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-21145118649840414?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/21145118649840414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=21145118649840414' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/21145118649840414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/21145118649840414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/this-hour-illuminates-us-all-as-we.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-4611240974162967546</id><published>2009-03-11T11:31:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-11T11:34:05.261+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>this morning&lt;br /&gt;i have crushed&lt;br /&gt;my sense of&lt;br /&gt;aesthetics&lt;br /&gt;behind a warm&lt;br /&gt;coffee&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i severed all&lt;br /&gt;ties with&lt;br /&gt;knowledge&lt;br /&gt;and am in&lt;br /&gt;the process of&lt;br /&gt;marketing&lt;br /&gt;blank&lt;br /&gt;states&lt;br /&gt;of&lt;br /&gt;being&lt;br /&gt;to&lt;br /&gt;the&lt;br /&gt;over&lt;br /&gt;leveraged&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-4611240974162967546?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/4611240974162967546/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=4611240974162967546' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/4611240974162967546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/4611240974162967546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/this-morning-i-have-crushed-my-sense-of.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-4694708791048606471</id><published>2009-03-10T15:39:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-10T15:47:27.362+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the street performer&lt;br /&gt; has&lt;br /&gt;four days left&lt;br /&gt;to render the text&lt;br /&gt;that will&lt;br /&gt;save us all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the passing&lt;br /&gt;trade&lt;br /&gt;becomes aware&lt;br /&gt;of this&lt;br /&gt;while stepping over&lt;br /&gt;him&lt;br /&gt;they begrudge&lt;br /&gt;a small allotment&lt;br /&gt;of their&lt;br /&gt;attention&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the part of&lt;br /&gt;their thoughts that&lt;br /&gt;decodes&lt;br /&gt;music&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the&lt;br /&gt;sub-routines&lt;br /&gt;of the nervous system&lt;br /&gt;that&lt;br /&gt;coordinates movement&lt;br /&gt;around obstacles&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;the reflex&lt;br /&gt;that&lt;br /&gt;relishes the&lt;br /&gt;sensation of rain&lt;br /&gt;dripping down&lt;br /&gt;from one's eyebrow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as one&lt;br /&gt;absently watches&lt;br /&gt;four days&lt;br /&gt;of chalk&lt;br /&gt;art being&lt;br /&gt;washed&lt;br /&gt;away&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-4694708791048606471?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/4694708791048606471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=4694708791048606471' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/4694708791048606471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/4694708791048606471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/street-performer-has-four-days-left-to.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-2740505914613314359</id><published>2009-03-10T15:14:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-10T15:14:15.240+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>all imaginations&lt;br /&gt;collapse&lt;br /&gt;inside these &lt;br /&gt;reformated&lt;br /&gt;days&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i am holding &lt;br /&gt;the air&lt;br /&gt;responsible&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-2740505914613314359?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/2740505914613314359/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=2740505914613314359' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2740505914613314359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2740505914613314359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/all-imaginations-collapse-inside-these.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-7690217189558478599</id><published>2009-03-09T16:58:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T17:07:17.704+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>all angular&lt;br /&gt;consequences are&lt;br /&gt;reduced to this&lt;br /&gt;mark&lt;br /&gt;where i&lt;br /&gt;can not step&lt;br /&gt;further&lt;br /&gt;for&lt;br /&gt;this place is&lt;br /&gt;where&lt;br /&gt;all angular responsibilities&lt;br /&gt;come&lt;br /&gt;together&lt;br /&gt;for&lt;br /&gt;this is the&lt;br /&gt;place&lt;br /&gt;where i have been&lt;br /&gt;bested by&lt;br /&gt;a conspiracy of&lt;br /&gt;architecture and&lt;br /&gt;earthly&lt;br /&gt;rotations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;when i eventually&lt;br /&gt;fall forward&lt;br /&gt;i expect to be&lt;br /&gt;absorbed into&lt;br /&gt;the worm comfort&lt;br /&gt;of&lt;br /&gt;intersecting lines&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;near perfect&lt;br /&gt;surface&lt;br /&gt;tensions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;when&lt;br /&gt;i fall forward&lt;br /&gt;there will be a&lt;br /&gt;transcendence of dimensions&lt;br /&gt;waiting for&lt;br /&gt;me&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-7690217189558478599?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/7690217189558478599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=7690217189558478599' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/7690217189558478599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by the time&lt;br /&gt;the edge arrives&lt;br /&gt;all energy&lt;br /&gt;has been retired&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-1760174743559819947?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/1760174743559819947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=1760174743559819947' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/1760174743559819947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/1760174743559819947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/grain-runs-through-its-permutations.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-415709258164072263</id><published>2009-03-09T13:46:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T13:47:34.885+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>i have been&lt;br /&gt;startled out of&lt;br /&gt;complacency&lt;br /&gt;and my eyes&lt;br /&gt;roll&lt;br /&gt;forward&lt;br /&gt;accordingly&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-415709258164072263?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link 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src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-5049018490997399940</id><published>2009-03-07T11:31:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-07T11:35:02.758+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the old man&lt;br /&gt;watched the airship&lt;br /&gt;slide over&lt;br /&gt;this broken&lt;br /&gt;landscape&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he recognized them&lt;br /&gt;as tourists&lt;br /&gt;buffeted by&lt;br /&gt;dark&lt;br /&gt;curiosities&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he thought about&lt;br /&gt;his own&lt;br /&gt;sets&lt;br /&gt;of resistance&lt;br /&gt;tensions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;before the&lt;br /&gt;free fall&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;before the patterns&lt;br /&gt;reset the&lt;br /&gt;game&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-5049018490997399940?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/5049018490997399940/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=5049018490997399940' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/5049018490997399940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/5049018490997399940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/old-man-watched-airship-slide-over-this.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-5455663288141061046</id><published>2009-03-06T17:43:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-06T17:47:00.754+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>while this&lt;br /&gt;after&lt;br /&gt;noon&lt;br /&gt;is isolated&lt;br /&gt;the 'seconds&lt;br /&gt;of thought'&lt;br /&gt;are&lt;br /&gt;compressed&lt;br /&gt;and elongated&lt;br /&gt;and finally&lt;br /&gt;pummeled&lt;br /&gt;down&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i have mistaken&lt;br /&gt;this supple&lt;br /&gt;air&lt;br /&gt;as an honest&lt;br /&gt;assessment&lt;br /&gt;before&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i have pushed&lt;br /&gt;my eyelids&lt;br /&gt;up too it&lt;br /&gt;and only&lt;br /&gt;imagined&lt;br /&gt;that it pressed&lt;br /&gt;back&lt;br /&gt;gently&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-5455663288141061046?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/5455663288141061046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=5455663288141061046' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/5455663288141061046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/5455663288141061046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/while-this-after-noon-is-isolated.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-8909957359241617856</id><published>2009-03-05T18:09:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-05T18:27:57.804+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>she finds a&lt;br /&gt;stillness&lt;br /&gt;here among the&lt;br /&gt;folding crowds&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as the intimidating &lt;br /&gt;afternoon&lt;br /&gt;is compressed&lt;br /&gt;by a polarized  &lt;br /&gt;/simple breeze&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;she has pushed forward&lt;br /&gt;against&lt;br /&gt;the precipice&lt;br /&gt;all momentum&lt;br /&gt;is reduced to&lt;br /&gt;a simple&lt;br /&gt;phrase-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well meet, my friend&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he listens to &lt;br /&gt;her&lt;br /&gt;silently/a part&lt;br /&gt;of the background&lt;br /&gt;features &lt;br /&gt;waiting for&lt;br /&gt;exhaustion to&lt;br /&gt;set in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-stepping forward&lt;br /&gt;-letting  her&lt;br /&gt;fold&lt;br /&gt;into his arms&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;whereupon&lt;br /&gt;she realigns this&lt;br /&gt;relative movement&lt;br /&gt;as a reference set&lt;br /&gt;of actions&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-8909957359241617856?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/8909957359241617856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=8909957359241617856' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/8909957359241617856'/><link rel='self' 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/&gt;after a while&lt;br /&gt;he could feel it&lt;br /&gt;slide&lt;br /&gt;through other&lt;br /&gt;extremities&lt;br /&gt;as a pulsing vibration&lt;br /&gt;an analogue&lt;br /&gt;texture&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by the time the&lt;br /&gt;airship&lt;br /&gt;banked to the left&lt;br /&gt;the rhythms of the resistance&lt;br /&gt;overtook&lt;br /&gt;all&lt;br /&gt;and their intricate&lt;br /&gt;details became&lt;br /&gt;an adequate&lt;br /&gt;substitute&lt;br /&gt;for language&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bright city lights&lt;br /&gt;below the glass observation deck&lt;br /&gt;refracted&lt;br /&gt;off his feet&lt;br /&gt;and from his pivot&lt;br /&gt;all concepts of&lt;br /&gt;geography&lt;br /&gt;was born&lt;br /&gt;and died&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;when the resistance finally&lt;br /&gt;entered his&lt;br /&gt;heart&lt;br /&gt;he was&lt;br /&gt;/taken&lt;br /&gt;\by&lt;br /&gt;/surprise&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-238199225407862129?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/238199225407862129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=238199225407862129' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/238199225407862129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/238199225407862129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/resistance-was-mild-at-first-slight.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-799959198605604337</id><published>2009-03-03T17:11:00.004+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-03T18:24:33.523+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>we move in&lt;br /&gt;increments&lt;br /&gt;as the airship&lt;br /&gt;is nudged&lt;br /&gt;by&lt;br /&gt;/slight&lt;br /&gt;evening breezes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the moorings &lt;br /&gt;hold fast &lt;br /&gt;/patiently&lt;br /&gt;securing against&lt;br /&gt;all&lt;br /&gt;better inclinations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;while worse ideas&lt;br /&gt;are still &lt;br /&gt;before&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and better days&lt;br /&gt;are&lt;br /&gt;enshrined&lt;br /&gt;as digital photographs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the sun drops&lt;br /&gt;as&lt;br /&gt;anticipation &lt;br /&gt;ebbs&lt;br /&gt;among the passengers&lt;br /&gt;and onlookers&lt;br /&gt;alike and as&lt;br /&gt;the orange and blue&lt;br /&gt;hues deepen&lt;br /&gt;-arcs&lt;br /&gt;temporality- &lt;br /&gt;between&lt;br /&gt;the moment of expectation&lt;br /&gt;and the moment&lt;br /&gt;(usually missed)&lt;br /&gt;of the event itself&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the moorings fall&lt;br /&gt;and &lt;br /&gt;the city's skyline &lt;br /&gt;slides across&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we are appropriated&lt;br /&gt;by all the&lt;br /&gt;sky&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-799959198605604337?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/799959198605604337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=799959198605604337' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/799959198605604337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/799959198605604337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/we-move-in-increments-as-airship-is.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-7841466310050343753</id><published>2009-03-02T17:37:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T17:38:58.111+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the ceiling fan&lt;br /&gt;has no secrets &lt;br /&gt;left&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it goes on&lt;br /&gt;blithely&lt;br /&gt;misunderstanding&lt;br /&gt;directions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the song it sings&lt;br /&gt;/softly&lt;br /&gt;saves us&lt;br /&gt;all&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-7841466310050343753?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/7841466310050343753/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=7841466310050343753' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/7841466310050343753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/7841466310050343753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/ceiling-fan-has-no-secrets-left-it-goes.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-7070184328891349933</id><published>2009-03-02T17:33:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T17:36:54.577+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>i am carried &lt;br /&gt;at this moment&lt;br /&gt;by the sour tones&lt;br /&gt;of years past&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i am all responding&lt;br /&gt;energy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i am a tail wind&lt;br /&gt;gone astray&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;brought forward by all the&lt;br /&gt;inertia&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;dumped unceremoniously&lt;br /&gt;in what appears as a &lt;br /&gt;directionless sky&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-7070184328891349933?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/7070184328891349933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=7070184328891349933' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/7070184328891349933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/7070184328891349933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-am-carried-at-this-moment-by-sour.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-9053570703300281116</id><published>2009-02-28T11:49:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-28T11:49:03.464+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>as my energy&lt;br /&gt;dwindles&lt;br /&gt;down to a&lt;br /&gt;sponge migration&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;/&lt;br /&gt;the dogs &lt;br /&gt;have abandoned &lt;br /&gt;/this&lt;br /&gt;/day&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-9053570703300281116?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-2421850087787228957</id><published>2009-02-28T11:16:00.004+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-28T11:19:22.929+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>i have composed &lt;br /&gt;myself&lt;br /&gt;this day&lt;br /&gt;from a set of&lt;br /&gt;misunderstandings &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i have &lt;br /&gt;refined the &lt;br /&gt;argument down&lt;br /&gt;to a&lt;br /&gt;toe&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-2421850087787228957?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/2421850087787228957/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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type='text'></title><content type='html'>the complexity of the &lt;br /&gt;other mourners faces&lt;br /&gt;offered no refuge&lt;br /&gt;until he found himself&lt;br /&gt;-standing&lt;br /&gt;-staring down at a&lt;br /&gt;couch  &lt;br /&gt;where his grandmother&lt;br /&gt;had sat&lt;br /&gt;after the&lt;br /&gt;last funeral&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he remembered her&lt;br /&gt;then&lt;br /&gt;he found her in amongst &lt;br /&gt;the old stories&lt;br /&gt;and platitudes&lt;br /&gt;withered&lt;br /&gt;but still holding court&lt;br /&gt;as another set of mourners&lt;br /&gt;shuffled in and out&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-2266255722464881448?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/2266255722464881448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=2266255722464881448' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2266255722464881448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2266255722464881448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/02/complexity-of-other-mourners-faces.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-6312916189983362484</id><published>2009-02-27T12:44:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T12:46:52.696+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the man had &lt;br /&gt;stood &lt;br /&gt;taller than this before&lt;br /&gt;and while&lt;br /&gt;he&lt;br /&gt;resisted the urge to&lt;br /&gt;bow&lt;br /&gt;he found&lt;br /&gt;nonetheless &lt;br /&gt;in the simplest &lt;br /&gt;actions&lt;br /&gt;/body movements&lt;br /&gt;reflections of &lt;br /&gt;the cringing/reflex&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-6312916189983362484?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/6312916189983362484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=6312916189983362484' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/6312916189983362484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/6312916189983362484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/02/man-had-stood-taller-than-this-before.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-4036696668782642919</id><published>2009-02-24T15:57:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-24T16:22:13.373+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;she turned to the&lt;br /&gt;inspector&lt;br /&gt;and started explaining&lt;br /&gt;to him&lt;br /&gt;about the fault she'd found&lt;br /&gt;-the hairline fracture&lt;br /&gt;subtle and delicate&lt;br /&gt;almost imperceptible&lt;br /&gt;almost nothing, really&lt;br /&gt;I mean, to most people&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but she didn't consider&lt;br /&gt;herself&lt;br /&gt;most people&lt;br /&gt;and while she had&lt;br /&gt;at first&lt;br /&gt;bravely tried to&lt;br /&gt;ignore the issue&lt;br /&gt;-as the years went on&lt;br /&gt;I mean look at it!&lt;br /&gt;when you hold it up to&lt;br /&gt;the light&lt;br /&gt;/no, from the other side, silly&lt;br /&gt;well it just&lt;br /&gt;ran&lt;br /&gt;the whole length&lt;br /&gt;of the object&lt;br /&gt;-it altered the lines&lt;br /&gt;-it upset the balances&lt;br /&gt;-it ruined&lt;br /&gt;the total effect&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as the inspector held it&lt;br /&gt;up to the light&lt;br /&gt;/just so&lt;br /&gt;a gateway opened up&lt;br /&gt;to him&lt;br /&gt;the lines were spreading out&lt;br /&gt;disturbing the&lt;br /&gt;mechanisms&lt;br /&gt;and he imagined them&lt;br /&gt;reaching out further&lt;br /&gt;-to the greater world&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he saw the object&lt;br /&gt;fall through its&lt;br /&gt;purpose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-4036696668782642919?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/4036696668782642919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=4036696668782642919' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/4036696668782642919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/4036696668782642919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/02/she-turned-to-inspector-and-started.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-3359634064615617620</id><published>2009-02-24T15:55:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-24T15:57:20.582+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the fragments&lt;br /&gt;are frozen&lt;br /&gt;as shards&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the hours&lt;br /&gt;are in therapy &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;the monsters&lt;br /&gt;are retiring&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-3359634064615617620?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/3359634064615617620/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=3359634064615617620' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/3359634064615617620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/3359634064615617620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/02/fragments-are-frozen-as-shards-hours.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-8112501944917458771</id><published>2009-02-21T11:30:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-21T11:34:43.523+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>everything is &lt;br /&gt;worthwhile&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all the smallest&lt;br /&gt;details&lt;br /&gt;all the complications&lt;br /&gt;of movement&lt;br /&gt;present opportunities &lt;br /&gt;to dance&lt;br /&gt;in unique rhythms &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;to find &lt;br /&gt;silent&lt;br /&gt;jubilation's&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;to express &lt;br /&gt;abstract formulations &lt;br /&gt;of gratitude&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-8112501944917458771?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/8112501944917458771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=8112501944917458771' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/8112501944917458771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/8112501944917458771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/02/everything-is-worthwhile-all-smallest.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-671132259561026001</id><published>2009-02-21T11:28:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-21T11:30:26.703+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>all responses &lt;br /&gt;are hollowed out&lt;br /&gt;in the aftermath&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-this landscape&lt;br /&gt;she said&lt;br /&gt;-has become too&lt;br /&gt;rich&lt;br /&gt;in texture&lt;br /&gt;to sustain us&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-671132259561026001?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/671132259561026001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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type='text'></title><content type='html'>small embers &lt;br /&gt;of hope&lt;br /&gt;and confidence&lt;br /&gt;respond to the afternoon &lt;br /&gt;breeze&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;unsettled&lt;br /&gt;but still at&lt;br /&gt;play&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-5631135433953846452?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/5631135433953846452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=5631135433953846452' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/5631135433953846452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/5631135433953846452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/02/small-embers-of-hope-and-confidence.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-3080614327324894733</id><published>2009-02-19T13:05:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T13:09:06.086+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>i am all that's&lt;br /&gt;left over&lt;br /&gt;from an encrusted earth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i am all that&lt;br /&gt;remains&lt;br /&gt;after the obliterated pages&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i am a drifted&lt;br /&gt;assemblage&lt;br /&gt;of details&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i am a tablecloth &lt;br /&gt;stain&lt;br /&gt;making its passage&lt;br /&gt;along a terrible landscape&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-3080614327324894733?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/3080614327324894733/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=3080614327324894733' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/3080614327324894733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/3080614327324894733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/8966701688958181551/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=8966701688958181551' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/8966701688958181551'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/8966701688958181551'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/02/all-sound-is-reduced-down-to-murky-soup.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-9068653753254862556</id><published>2009-02-18T11:21:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-18T11:21:32.756+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qXo3NFqkaRM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qXo3NFqkaRM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-9068653753254862556?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' 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src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-6670010735892620329</id><published>2009-02-17T14:40:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T14:49:25.262+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the stop-sign pulsates &lt;br /&gt;with the evening&lt;br /&gt;gradiants&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it is &lt;br /&gt;falling from grace&lt;br /&gt;in the small&lt;br /&gt;community&lt;br /&gt;of whalers  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it says:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the salt air&lt;br /&gt;has encrusted&lt;br /&gt;my eyelids&lt;br /&gt;and &lt;br /&gt;each time i bat them&lt;br /&gt;in sleep&lt;br /&gt;(or expressions&lt;br /&gt;of humility)&lt;br /&gt;they grow&lt;br /&gt;heavier &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have come to accept&lt;br /&gt;the salt as my&lt;br /&gt;gentle ally  &lt;br /&gt;-softly guiding me&lt;br /&gt;towards&lt;br /&gt;the &lt;br /&gt;/original&lt;br /&gt;/state&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-6670010735892620329?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/6670010735892620329/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=6670010735892620329' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/6670010735892620329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/6670010735892620329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/02/stop-sign-pulsates-with-evening.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-2982292465542471526</id><published>2009-02-17T14:37:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T14:40:20.175+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>a soap-star &lt;br /&gt;with the Yahoo Serious&lt;br /&gt;haircut&lt;br /&gt;signals some kind&lt;br /&gt;of new&lt;br /&gt;reckoning&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;perhaps an &lt;br /&gt;eyepatch&lt;br /&gt;will restore&lt;br /&gt;balance&lt;br /&gt;to the universe&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-2982292465542471526?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/2982292465542471526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=2982292465542471526' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2982292465542471526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2982292465542471526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/02/soap-star-with-yahoo-serious-haircut.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-3715742971205908614</id><published>2009-02-16T17:57:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-16T17:59:16.675+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I push my toe&lt;br /&gt;out&lt;br /&gt;against the coldness&lt;br /&gt;of space&lt;br /&gt;and the &lt;br /&gt;music of air&lt;br /&gt;responds back&lt;br /&gt;with a gentle&lt;br /&gt;nudge&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-3715742971205908614?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/3715742971205908614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=3715742971205908614' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/3715742971205908614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/3715742971205908614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-push-my-toe-out-against-coldness-of.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-7003785890234116970</id><published>2009-02-16T17:54:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-16T17:57:50.901+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>everyday&lt;br /&gt;there is something&lt;br /&gt;unique&lt;br /&gt;and delicate&lt;br /&gt;that is&lt;br /&gt;/given up&lt;br /&gt;/reveled &lt;br /&gt;something small &lt;br /&gt;and visceral &lt;br /&gt;to be observed&lt;br /&gt;and thankful for&lt;br /&gt;something &lt;br /&gt;to be held up to &lt;br /&gt;the light&lt;br /&gt;and squinted at&lt;br /&gt;until it dissipates&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-7003785890234116970?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/7003785890234116970/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=7003785890234116970' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/7003785890234116970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/7003785890234116970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/02/everyday-there-is-something-unique-and.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-4770621611274647474</id><published>2009-02-15T20:52:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-16T17:53:54.664+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the hours respond to&lt;br /&gt;gentle prodding&lt;br /&gt;casually stretching&lt;br /&gt;out&lt;br /&gt;towards the &lt;br /&gt;horizon&lt;br /&gt;gradients&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-4770621611274647474?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/4770621611274647474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=4770621611274647474' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/4770621611274647474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/4770621611274647474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/02/hours-respond-to-gentle-prodding.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-2008646631949608043</id><published>2009-02-11T18:28:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T18:47:21.887+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>he mapped &lt;br /&gt;his future&lt;br /&gt;out&lt;br /&gt;in the tire&lt;br /&gt;tread of&lt;br /&gt;a dusty&lt;br /&gt;road&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but then the &lt;br /&gt;rains came&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;washed this&lt;br /&gt;future&lt;br /&gt;clean&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he had &lt;br /&gt;no choice&lt;br /&gt;but to&lt;br /&gt;stop&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tabula rasa &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he wouldn't&lt;br /&gt;sell pressure gauges&lt;br /&gt;for a &lt;br /&gt;living&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he wouldn't &lt;br /&gt;meet that &lt;br /&gt;girl&lt;br /&gt;who was&lt;br /&gt;drunk and&lt;br /&gt;wore a hat&lt;br /&gt;too big &lt;br /&gt;for her&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he wouldn't &lt;br /&gt;plunge his &lt;br /&gt;arm in the &lt;br /&gt;water&lt;br /&gt;retrieving &lt;br /&gt;a &lt;br /&gt;watch lost&lt;br /&gt;while&lt;br /&gt;ice fishing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;his car&lt;br /&gt;keys&lt;br /&gt;scrapping&lt;br /&gt;against&lt;br /&gt;ice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;his nose&lt;br /&gt;pressed&lt;br /&gt;to the ground&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;he wouldn't&lt;br /&gt;need&lt;br /&gt;a haircut&lt;br /&gt;every second &lt;br /&gt;tuesday&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;listening &lt;br /&gt;to his barber&lt;br /&gt;tell stories about&lt;br /&gt;The&lt;br /&gt;Lebanon &lt;br /&gt;and  wondering&lt;br /&gt;why he kept&lt;br /&gt;returning&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;instead &lt;br /&gt;he &lt;br /&gt;stood&lt;br /&gt;and watched &lt;br /&gt;water&lt;br /&gt;seep into&lt;br /&gt;fence&lt;br /&gt;posts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;pale colors&lt;br /&gt;becoming...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-2008646631949608043?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/2008646631949608043/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=2008646631949608043' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2008646631949608043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2008646631949608043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/02/he-mapped-his-future-out-in-tire-tread.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-474308110006827222</id><published>2009-02-11T18:25:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T18:28:03.237+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the woman&lt;br /&gt;in the leopard &lt;br /&gt;skin&lt;br /&gt;coat&lt;br /&gt;who&lt;br /&gt;barely &lt;br /&gt;see's over&lt;br /&gt;her steering &lt;br /&gt;wheel&lt;br /&gt;cut &lt;br /&gt;through&lt;br /&gt;the &lt;br /&gt;inside&lt;br /&gt;lane&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-474308110006827222?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/474308110006827222/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=474308110006827222' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/474308110006827222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/474308110006827222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/02/woman-in-leopard-skin-coat-who-barely.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-5529297581436384860</id><published>2009-02-10T22:58:00.027+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T23:07:43.153+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>from the&lt;br /&gt;disjointed &lt;br /&gt;entrance&lt;br /&gt;(grand in its&lt;br /&gt;compromised&lt;br /&gt;perspectives)&lt;br /&gt;the ideal&lt;br /&gt;method of navigation&lt;br /&gt;is through &lt;br /&gt;perforated&lt;br /&gt;dance steps&lt;br /&gt;we are all&lt;br /&gt;guided by&lt;br /&gt;stone&lt;br /&gt;textures&lt;br /&gt;underfoot&lt;br /&gt;and it is &lt;br /&gt;only&lt;br /&gt;when the&lt;br /&gt;soles &lt;br /&gt;are rough&lt;br /&gt;and raw&lt;br /&gt;can we find&lt;br /&gt;our way&lt;br /&gt;home&lt;br /&gt;when&lt;br /&gt;legs&lt;br /&gt;buckle &lt;br /&gt;under&lt;br /&gt;and knee's&lt;br /&gt;crack &lt;br /&gt;against &lt;br /&gt;serrated&lt;br /&gt;edges&lt;br /&gt;does&lt;br /&gt;perspective&lt;br /&gt;find its &lt;br /&gt;place/again&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-5529297581436384860?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/5529297581436384860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=5529297581436384860' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/5529297581436384860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/5529297581436384860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/02/from-disjointed-entrance-grand-in-its.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-5091846250149227494</id><published>2009-02-10T22:56:00.004+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T22:58:08.853+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>when the &lt;br /&gt;tallest of us&lt;br /&gt;stumbles&lt;br /&gt;the lights&lt;br /&gt;flicker &lt;br /&gt;and definitions&lt;br /&gt;pause&lt;br /&gt;while&lt;br /&gt;we &lt;br /&gt;wait&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-5091846250149227494?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/5091846250149227494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=5091846250149227494' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/5091846250149227494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/5091846250149227494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/02/when-tallest-of-us-stumbles-lights.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-7268541909135940395</id><published>2009-02-10T22:53:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T22:54:53.197+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I fall past&lt;br /&gt;all standard&lt;br /&gt;deviations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I inhabit &lt;br /&gt;retired&lt;br /&gt;eyes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hands&lt;br /&gt;slipping&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;saturated&lt;br /&gt;gestures&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-7268541909135940395?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/7268541909135940395/comments/default' title='Post 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src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-6316050966504678048</id><published>2009-02-09T16:42:00.004+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T23:10:24.594+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the performer stretches&lt;br /&gt;his palm&lt;br /&gt;out&lt;br /&gt;in the sweet&lt;br /&gt;spot&lt;br /&gt;of the outdoor stage&lt;br /&gt;he holds&lt;br /&gt;until/while the &lt;br /&gt;passer-by's&lt;br /&gt;gather&lt;br /&gt;in&lt;br /&gt;they are&lt;br /&gt;leaning forwards&lt;br /&gt;just &lt;br /&gt;past &lt;br /&gt;their tipping points &lt;br /&gt;they are shuffling&lt;br /&gt;in&lt;br /&gt;as the traffic band&lt;br /&gt;narrows&lt;br /&gt;they are&lt;br /&gt;within earshot&lt;br /&gt;of a strategic&lt;br /&gt;whisper&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;when the performers&lt;br /&gt;palm&lt;br /&gt;drops&lt;br /&gt;they will not&lt;br /&gt;be sure &lt;br /&gt;what &lt;br /&gt;they heard&lt;br /&gt;until the next time&lt;br /&gt;they open&lt;br /&gt;a strange cupboard&lt;br /&gt;and reach &lt;br /&gt;in&lt;br /&gt;for a simple &lt;br /&gt;glass tumbler&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;palm forward&lt;br /&gt;hesitant pause&lt;br /&gt;the inherent &lt;br /&gt;pleasure&lt;br /&gt;of an&lt;br /&gt;uncomplicated gesture&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-6316050966504678048?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/6316050966504678048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=6316050966504678048' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/6316050966504678048'/><link 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out&lt;br /&gt;my fear&lt;br /&gt;of the sun&lt;br /&gt;with these&lt;br /&gt;thin&lt;br /&gt;socks&lt;br /&gt;in the cool&lt;br /&gt;afternoon&lt;br /&gt;breeze&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-6827771082522087231?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/6827771082522087231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=6827771082522087231' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/6827771082522087231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/6827771082522087231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/02/unexpected-joy-of-this-day-is-held-in.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-860022464381545604</id><published>2009-02-05T18:35:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-05T18:35:19.380+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I work towards &lt;br /&gt;an&lt;br /&gt;understanding&lt;br /&gt;draped in&lt;br /&gt;fading&lt;br /&gt;linen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not &lt;br /&gt;as lost&lt;br /&gt;or&lt;br /&gt;irrellevent&lt;br /&gt;as I thought &lt;br /&gt;I was&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and indeed&lt;br /&gt;I am gratefull&lt;br /&gt;for those&lt;br /&gt;minor &lt;br /&gt;interuptions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;diversions&lt;br /&gt;on the nature&lt;br /&gt;of narrative&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-860022464381545604?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/860022464381545604/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=860022464381545604' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/860022464381545604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/860022464381545604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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I unexpectedly &lt;br /&gt;open the &lt;br /&gt;door and saw your&lt;br /&gt;best clown&lt;br /&gt;sad face&lt;br /&gt;when the late&lt;br /&gt;orange light&lt;br /&gt;had chased &lt;br /&gt;the last doubts &lt;br /&gt;away&lt;br /&gt;when the &lt;br /&gt;floorboards became&lt;br /&gt;unforgiving&lt;br /&gt;and when&lt;br /&gt;creaking bones&lt;br /&gt;answered more &lt;br /&gt;questions than&lt;br /&gt;were asked&lt;br /&gt;when I sought&lt;br /&gt;solace in &lt;br /&gt;the number of &lt;br /&gt;digits I had&lt;br /&gt;to present&lt;br /&gt;and when the world&lt;br /&gt;was more than&lt;br /&gt;just an accumulation&lt;br /&gt;of weak&lt;br /&gt;atomic&lt;br /&gt;surface tensions&lt;br /&gt;when it began&lt;br /&gt;to sink into&lt;br /&gt;my &lt;br /&gt;/fractured&lt;br /&gt;/vacuum&lt;br /&gt;that a good&lt;br /&gt;command of &lt;br /&gt;language was...&lt;br /&gt;was...&lt;br /&gt;when I decided &lt;br /&gt;to offer you&lt;br /&gt;this last&lt;br /&gt;banal&lt;br /&gt;sentence&lt;br /&gt;instead&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-8087637166175754738?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/8087637166175754738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=8087637166175754738' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/8087637166175754738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/8087637166175754738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-have-crossed-out-this-sentence-so.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-1563744952375283751</id><published>2009-02-02T18:37:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-02T18:39:06.230+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>what is left&lt;br /&gt;behind&lt;br /&gt;in this scorched&lt;br /&gt;landscape&lt;br /&gt;is a limited&lt;br /&gt;set of&lt;br /&gt;lines&lt;br /&gt;that intersect only&lt;br /&gt;at&lt;br /&gt;dew points&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-1563744952375283751?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' 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src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-2872066485412394806</id><published>2009-01-31T07:53:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2009-01-31T07:53:10.122+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_2lPOoQeCCEE/SYNor5qE0dI/AAAAAAAAAh4/O4-NdXEosy8/img_9.jpg'&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a target=_blank href='http://maps.google.com/maps?q=-37.75958,144.95482'&gt;GeoTagged, [S37.75958, W144.95482]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;a little relief&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-2872066485412394806?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/2872066485412394806/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-1615126275556852692</id><published>2009-01-27T22:38:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2009-01-27T22:38:33.209+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_2lPOoQeCCEE/SX7yM4yhFlI/AAAAAAAAAh0/irkJ4mbP4cg/img_8.jpg'&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-1615126275556852692?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/1615126275556852692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=1615126275556852692' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_2lPOoQeCCEE/SX7RIHGFCXI/AAAAAAAAAhs/IRGO72eq-uM/img_3.jpg'&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ironic &lt;br /&gt;distance&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-3441076200964745280?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/3441076200964745280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=3441076200964745280' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/3441076200964745280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/3441076200964745280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post_27.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_2lPOoQeCCEE/SX7RIHGFCXI/AAAAAAAAAhs/IRGO72eq-uM/s72-c/img_3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-5332888711391966056</id><published>2009-01-24T11:07:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-01-24T11:30:04.156+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>-HE SAYS:&lt;br /&gt;our hero is &lt;br /&gt;walking&lt;br /&gt;he has always&lt;br /&gt;been walking&lt;br /&gt;he will always&lt;br /&gt;be walking&lt;br /&gt;when all &lt;br /&gt;points of the compass&lt;br /&gt;are de-registered   &lt;br /&gt;and functionless &lt;br /&gt;he continues on&lt;br /&gt;with a relentless &lt;br /&gt;weary&lt;br /&gt;stride&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-SHE SAYS:&lt;br /&gt;our hero is a &lt;br /&gt;black crow&lt;br /&gt;flying along a&lt;br /&gt;stretch of rocky&lt;br /&gt;coastline &lt;br /&gt;existing as fragments&lt;br /&gt;its ancient &lt;br /&gt;black feathers&lt;br /&gt;are reflective &lt;br /&gt;composites of &lt;br /&gt;the jagged rocks&lt;br /&gt;below&lt;br /&gt;its wingspan is &lt;br /&gt;a texture that can&lt;br /&gt;only be understood&lt;br /&gt;at the intersection&lt;br /&gt;between sea&lt;br /&gt;and sky&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-HE SAYS:&lt;br /&gt;our hero's &lt;br /&gt;hand made leather&lt;br /&gt;boots&lt;br /&gt;have absorbed&lt;br /&gt;an eons worth &lt;br /&gt;of the earths&lt;br /&gt;energy &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-SHE SAYS:&lt;br /&gt;our hero has no&lt;br /&gt;concept of migration&lt;br /&gt;but in its abstract&lt;br /&gt;actuality&lt;br /&gt;inspires all other&lt;br /&gt;feathered beings&lt;br /&gt;to such&lt;br /&gt;aspirations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-HE SAYS:&lt;br /&gt;our hero&lt;br /&gt;does not&lt;br /&gt;meet&lt;br /&gt;our eyes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-SHE SAYS&lt;br /&gt;our hero is &lt;br /&gt;nourished by&lt;br /&gt;fractal geometries &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-HE SAYS&lt;br /&gt;the story ends&lt;br /&gt;with the outstretched&lt;br /&gt;hand&lt;br /&gt;of the hero&lt;br /&gt;in &lt;br /&gt;friendship &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-SHE SAYS&lt;br /&gt;no&lt;br /&gt;when our hero&lt;br /&gt;learns to &lt;br /&gt;circle&lt;br /&gt;is when&lt;br /&gt;the story&lt;br /&gt;ends&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-HE SAYS:&lt;br /&gt;holding patterns?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-SHE SAYS&lt;br /&gt;yes&lt;br /&gt;holding patterns...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-5332888711391966056?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' 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src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-2001295436408216528</id><published>2009-01-23T16:08:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T16:13:41.235+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the essence of&lt;br /&gt;inherent worth&lt;br /&gt;is found&lt;br /&gt;in my Labradors&lt;br /&gt;motions&lt;br /&gt;as he&lt;br /&gt;wrestles &lt;br /&gt;the rope toy&lt;br /&gt;from&lt;br /&gt;my&lt;br /&gt;fingertips&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;eyes unbound&lt;br /&gt;and indirect &lt;br /&gt;furrowed brows&lt;br /&gt;shoulders&lt;br /&gt;reverse hunched&lt;br /&gt;and straining&lt;br /&gt;against&lt;br /&gt;collapse &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the prize is&lt;br /&gt;invented&lt;br /&gt;and worthless&lt;br /&gt;without the &lt;br /&gt;chase&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the prize is &lt;br /&gt;everything&lt;br /&gt;there ever was&lt;br /&gt;and everything&lt;br /&gt;there ever will&lt;br /&gt;be&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-2001295436408216528?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/2001295436408216528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=2001295436408216528' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2001295436408216528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/2001295436408216528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/01/essence-of-inherent-worth-is-found-in.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-7474538263579471812</id><published>2009-01-23T16:06:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T16:14:52.886+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the color in &lt;br /&gt;the old bricks&lt;br /&gt;have&lt;br /&gt;retreated &lt;br /&gt;for the season&lt;br /&gt;what has&lt;br /&gt;settled in&lt;br /&gt;in its place&lt;br /&gt;reflects coarsely &lt;br /&gt;against my eyes&lt;br /&gt;testing&lt;br /&gt;my endurance&lt;br /&gt;for &lt;br /&gt;textures&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-3555407530650112357</id><published>2009-01-22T15:31:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T15:40:44.758+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I can only&lt;br /&gt;move&lt;br /&gt;in fragments&lt;br /&gt;fractions&lt;br /&gt;with the momentum &lt;br /&gt;of left&lt;br /&gt;over&lt;br /&gt;calculations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can only&lt;br /&gt;execute a complex&lt;br /&gt;movement[set]&lt;br /&gt;in the right lighting&lt;br /&gt;conditions&lt;br /&gt;that might be&lt;br /&gt;interpreted&lt;br /&gt;as a&lt;br /&gt;wave&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;/as you pass me by&lt;br /&gt;/as you detour&lt;br /&gt;around me&lt;br /&gt;I will approximate&lt;br /&gt;that friendly&lt;br /&gt;[gesture]&lt;br /&gt;/in the darkest&lt;br /&gt;part of the&lt;br /&gt;day&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-3555407530650112357?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/3555407530650112357/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=3555407530650112357' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/3555407530650112357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/3555407530650112357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-can-only-move-in-fragments-fractions.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-5209219223806387955</id><published>2009-01-22T15:25:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T15:31:03.585+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>she hides &lt;br /&gt;from the earths&lt;br /&gt;surface&lt;br /&gt;and sings&lt;br /&gt;songs&lt;br /&gt;to worms&lt;br /&gt;and ancient&lt;br /&gt;minerals&lt;br /&gt;and pours &lt;br /&gt;out her soul&lt;br /&gt;to mushroom&lt;br /&gt;embryos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and sometimes&lt;br /&gt;when I am &lt;br /&gt;crossing the perilous &lt;br /&gt;devide&lt;br /&gt;I fall into&lt;br /&gt;step with the &lt;br /&gt;songs&lt;br /&gt;rhythms&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I interpret&lt;br /&gt;them&lt;br /&gt;as hymns &lt;br /&gt;to &lt;br /&gt;slow&lt;br /&gt;deteriorations&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-5209219223806387955?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/5209219223806387955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=5209219223806387955' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/5209219223806387955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/5209219223806387955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/01/she-hides-from-earths-surface-and-sings.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-2264873988023634570</id><published>2009-01-21T15:17:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-01-21T15:22:32.940+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the machines&lt;br /&gt;scheduled &lt;br /&gt;retirement&lt;br /&gt;is interrupted &lt;br /&gt;by a &lt;br /&gt;red ball&lt;br /&gt;bouncing down the&lt;br /&gt;hallway&lt;br /&gt;carried in part&lt;br /&gt;by the inertia &lt;br /&gt;of a thousand&lt;br /&gt;unstable decisions&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-6403083157169514467</id><published>2009-01-21T15:15:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2009-01-21T15:17:35.797+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>pausing in the &lt;br /&gt;shade&lt;br /&gt;my neck stretches &lt;br /&gt;out&lt;br /&gt;and falls&lt;br /&gt;over&lt;br /&gt;while my &lt;br /&gt;arm goes&lt;br /&gt;numb&lt;br /&gt;and the &lt;br /&gt;winds&lt;br /&gt;retreat&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-6403083157169514467?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/6403083157169514467/comments/default' title='Post 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src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-6068615142864516919</id><published>2009-01-19T18:19:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T18:20:26.633+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I am giving you&lt;br /&gt;this piece of air&lt;br /&gt;for which&lt;br /&gt;you can exchange&lt;br /&gt;any part of me&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-6068615142864516919?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/6068615142864516919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=6068615142864516919' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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dust&lt;br /&gt;of&lt;br /&gt;orange&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;blue&lt;br /&gt;hues&lt;br /&gt;then I will be able&lt;br /&gt;to locate a path&lt;br /&gt;home&lt;br /&gt;next time&lt;br /&gt;when my eyes&lt;br /&gt;once again fail&lt;br /&gt;to take in the&lt;br /&gt;offered textures&lt;br /&gt;of trees&lt;br /&gt;of disused lawn&lt;br /&gt;furniture&lt;br /&gt;of the&lt;br /&gt;long abandoned&lt;br /&gt;web&lt;br /&gt;in the corner&lt;br /&gt;of the&lt;br /&gt;room&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-1074510189108103284?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/1074510189108103284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=1074510189108103284' title='0 Comments'/><link 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my&lt;br /&gt;skin&lt;br /&gt;yearning for the&lt;br /&gt;days&lt;br /&gt;when it would move&lt;br /&gt;in unison&lt;br /&gt;with it's brethren&lt;br /&gt;and sing hymns&lt;br /&gt;to the&lt;br /&gt;earth&lt;br /&gt; sky&lt;br /&gt;and falling water&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-200735292312742148?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/200735292312742148/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=200735292312742148' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/200735292312742148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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sang songs&lt;br /&gt;to&lt;br /&gt;invented monsters&lt;br /&gt;(calling them robots)&lt;br /&gt;and chased after&lt;br /&gt;my grandfather&lt;br /&gt;while he stalked&lt;br /&gt;trespassing&lt;br /&gt;birds&lt;br /&gt;I smell the black&lt;br /&gt;oil&lt;br /&gt;in the distance&lt;br /&gt;and &lt;br /&gt;find the courage&lt;br /&gt;to plunge&lt;br /&gt;onto&lt;br /&gt;green&lt;br /&gt;(monster filled)&lt;br /&gt;waters&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-801096995878494685?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/801096995878494685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=801096995878494685' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/801096995878494685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/801096995878494685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/01/if-i-am-clean-cut-if-i-am-reserved-if-i.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-3853847960137375857</id><published>2009-01-15T18:09:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2009-01-15T18:09:50.834+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>no time to&lt;br /&gt;talk beyond&lt;br /&gt;some aged&lt;br /&gt;cheese&lt;br /&gt;adventures&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-3853847960137375857?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/3853847960137375857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=3853847960137375857' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/3853847960137375857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/3853847960137375857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/01/no-time-to-talk-beyond-some-aged-cheese.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://a.andymill.googlepages.com/CIMG3286.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231234.post-6272824913512484785</id><published>2009-01-15T14:58:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-01-16T18:02:00.416+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the harsh light&lt;br /&gt;reduces us all to&lt;br /&gt;silhouettes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my textures&lt;br /&gt;are best represented&lt;br /&gt;in two&lt;br /&gt;dimensions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and make&lt;br /&gt;a good &lt;br /&gt;contrast &lt;br /&gt;to your &lt;br /&gt;energy&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31231234-6272824913512484785?l=contortedconditions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/feeds/6272824913512484785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31231234&amp;postID=6272824913512484785' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/6272824913512484785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31231234/posts/default/6272824913512484785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contortedconditions.blogspot.com/2009/01/harsh-light-reduces-us-all-to.html' title=''/><author><name>F3ilter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08187767466586296634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image 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