Press Statement

It has been brought to my attention that a nomad in cyberspace has published nothing for more than a week. I have ordered an internal inquiry into this unfortunate situation and will leave no stone unturned in my absolute determination to find out what has gone wrong.

I take full responsibility for any failures, of course, and my first action will be to relieve them of their failed responsibilities. There is no room for dead wood on this blogsite, I can assure you, and if anyone isn’t pulling their weight they can sling their hook. No department is beyond the scope of this root-and-branch investigation, from Research & Development to Concept Realisation – wherever the blockage is and whoever is causing it, I’ve got your number.

We at nomad are very proud of our product and can only apologise for this ongoing hold-up scenario in new-post production. We are sorry. Those responsible, when we find them, will be even more sorry.

Let me be clear. There will be no more wonderings – or wanderings, for that matter, zig-zag or otherwise. From now on it’s going to be all straight lines and sharp corners. We owe it to our loyal customer base to deliver and deliver hard. Hard and fast. Hard, fast and furious.

I’m furious. I’m furious that this has happened … or rather, not happened on my watch. Let me be clear. I may have taken my eye off the ball, believing in all good faith that those I had entrusted with the job of running with it weren’t kicking it into the bushes while I was … or rather, wasn’t watching.

But let me be clear. Now that I’ve got the damn ball rolling again we’ll be up and running in no time. Just need to drain the swamp and bring in some fresh blood. So to speak.

One thing’s for sure. I’m not going anywhere. I’ve still got a job to do.

 

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Image: http://www.heritageinstitute.com

Strum Pet

F ame beckoned. Guitar bought. Arm
r eadied. Book opened. Chords
e xamined. Delight dampened. Endurance
t ested. Found wanting. Guitar sold.

This bit of nonsense brings to an end another week of wonky words in response to WordPress Daily Prompts.

Better quit while I’m ahead or else, as my ever-alert Mum never stopped warning me, I’ll stay like it! And my ever-alert readers will have noticed a slightly disturbing obsession with insignificant detail insofar as all the capital letters are guitar chords in perfect sequence – FGABCDEFG.

How crazy is that?

Hmm, time to lie down in a darkened room and dream up ideas for the next post! Something a bit more substantial and sustained, methinks … maybe something triggered by any replies this one gets?

Ha, no pressure, I can always return to my default topic – the endless void at the hollow heart of nothingness … 😉 … In the meantime, remember not to fret!

 

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Gif: Tumblr

Stimulus: WordPress Daily Prompt Fret

 

 

poem & afterthought

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D id we say one thing and do another?
e verybody singalonga Joni going
p lease o please look after the garden
l eaving a mountain of trash at the gate
e verybody singalonga Joni going
t ill it’s gone you don’t know just what you got
e verybody living on borrowed time

Easy when you think green to imagine it’s other people making all the mess. The truth is, everybody bears some responsibility. Anyway, shared guilt works better than pointing the finger. And just because we’ve fallen short doesn’t mean we should stop singing aspirational songs. Touchstones, yardsticks, beacons … call them what you will, their manifest truth lives on in spite of all our feeble backsliding.

So, once more with feeling

Image: Rolling Stone

Stimulus: WordPress Daily Prompt Deplete

Departure

G etting much more heat than
L ight, Jo Publik switches off her TV.
I t is so quiet she can even hear herself think.
M aybe, she wonders, without all those warm words and inflammatory images
M y grip on the world out there will weaken?
She opens her window.
E very single bird in the sun-dappled garden
R eplies in song, as if to welcome her home.

 

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Image: Fine Art America

Stimulus: WordPress Daily Prompt Glimmer