Tyler Fugazzie

the sunflower trusts
the new day to shine
rain to arrive
the wind trusts
bees to fly
pollinate divine
the waves trust
shore to confirm their union
the polyamory of nature’s children
if the sunset took us with it
if our hearts
truly rang

trust
verb
to rely upon or place confidence in someone or something (usually followed by in or to)

you think it’s your anthem?
it’s not
you’re anchored in the middle
nowhere near the top
started nowhere near the bottom
you’re staring at the wall
getting further from awesome
everything is bullshit
everything is awful

we are not alive
we’re merely here
now what’s to make of that?
the sun has failed us
now what’s to make of that?

anthem
noun
a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism

go all in
or a tinge
shout it
or take the hint
drown it
tint it
cover it in mud
or subtle sing
an opera in the distance
away we go, in the distance
and the wind rings
let it win

tint
noun
a small amount of color

I first encountered beets thanks to Doug Funnie. These were The Beets, a knockoff of The Beatles, and not the vegetable. I next encountered beets thanks to stories from my mom about how much she hated eating beets growing up. My third distinct run-in with beets happened thanks to beet farmer and enthusiast Dwight Schrute of The Office.

Little did I know that my fourth encounter with beets would be the one that changed my life forever.

On occasion, I indulge in a drink or two. As a 24 year-old, I consider this a part of a healthy social life and youth discovery experience. However on more than one occasion I find myself on the next-morning end of overindulgence; nauseous, confused, headachey, and bitter. Bitter like the five or eight IPA’s I had the night before. Bitter like the coffee I skip to avoid further irritating my fragile stomach. Bitter, unlike the beets that have literally saved my life.

According to Dr. Mecola, beets “are an ancient, prehistoric food that grew naturally along coastlines in North Africa, Asia, and Europe. Originally, it was the beet greens that were consumed; the sweet red beet root that most people think of as a ‘beet’ today wasn’t cultivated until the era of ancient Rome.” So Rome the civilization fell but Rome the health food gurus helped us modern earth walkers gain access to these glorious nutlets.

Extensive googling reveals that beets Lower Your Blood Pressure, Boost Your Stamina, Fight Inflammation, Anti-Cancer Properties, Rich in Valuable Nutrients and Fiber, Detoxification Support. Apparently the liver is a “vital organ that filters and detoxifies the blood that comes through the digestive track before it reaches the rest of the body” (mindbodygreen.com) and not an abuse victim for binge drinking.

Beets are a tonic for the liver. Eat and drink some beets.

 

Beets Poem:

Better eat those bitter beets

Better eat those bitter beats

It beats a beating head and unbreathing liver

Better eat those bitter beats

 

I’m a big pro wrestling fan and I was recently turned onto the International Typographic (Swiss) Style.

Swiss Style – Wikipedia and Swissted (music posters) and Swiss Style Design (movie posters).

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list of pieces

• intro
• pedestrians
• the celebrated pedestrian
• street magician
• street art
• street clothes
• appear ubiquitous
• untattoed calves scrape across the wind
• butt’s gifted
• a couple flowers
• orange hand pace
• i’m going nowhere up and forward
• eyes there are
• autopilot
• revolving door blues
• slow down
• every body’s happening
• here’s how i handle a chance social situation
• here’s how i handle solitudinal street trots
• here’s how i handle quickly political situations
• the day disappears
• this screaming man’s a signal
• people come and go
• knowledge economy second shifters
• when you see someone do it better
• when you see someone do it better, again
• jaywalking leads to
• an unedited walking recording
• who holds the keys to the church?
• the atomsphere and atmosphere
• well go a different way now on an awning
• look at the ads up there in the sky
• washed out walkerfall
• rear fire escape view (on a manhattan heights night)
• stop night light
• sidewalk
• city-aged citizens
• local knock off
• bonus street greed
• same tone
• an oops imposter
• i stopped to talk to him but i didn’t
• crossing guardian group
• move ahead
• atlas vs. sisyphus
• low-flying bird
• rehearsed route
• public surface announcement
• superhero go away
• out-of-towners
• stubbed toe
• infinity bridge

“i did”
“why did you do that?”
“i don’t know”
“why did you do that?”
“i don’t know”
“i watched you”
“why?”
“because i knew you would do that”
“why?”
“because you’ve done it before”
“why?”

here’s a groundbreaking startup idea
“the invisible store”
a retail space with shelves, clothing racks, and display cases
filled with invisible products
not just any products
but one-of-a-kind gifts that perfectly fit each customer
looking for a wedding gift? a rose from an ancient Roman couple will say, “love”
looking for your young daughter’s birthday gift? a unicorn egg will mark the occasion like no other
looking to thank a longtime mentor? get them a volcano alarm clock

think about it:
no real inventory, yet unlimited inventory that can be conjured up in seconds
no return policies for customers: what can they even return?
you don’t pay taxes on invisible goods
you can charge premium prices based on the exoticness and scarcity of the product
you will attract tons of word-of-mouth and newspress media and social media buzz attention
it’s infinitely scalable
it’s sustainable and eco-friendly, the most eco-friendly

i’m attracted to a cactus
i’m attracted to a cactus

we make magic
two water-filled magnets

i’m attracted to a cactus
i’m attracted to a cactus

the sex is fantastic
i get thorns all over my cracked skin
move love practice

have you seen cactus?
i don’t see cactus

maybe it was factless
a mirage

that’s pretty tactless
for this cactus to ignore me
when i adore it

i see cactus
the cactus i’m attracted to
hi cactus
what have you been up to?
acting like you don’t know me?
acting tough?
staying the desert loner?

what

i wasn’t enough?
or i was too much?

leave at your leisure
leavesure, are you sure?
but be it either left lefts
righted rights
stop looking up
look out
the greenhouse windows are open
in the middle of campus
i see through it
a floating row of glow-red letters
e,x,i,t
made in later years
maybe mountainside
than the building
incidental arrivals become rental acceptance become accidental attachment
even in short order
the floating row of glow-red letters another acceptance
this is where you go when you need to go