Captian's Log The Thing Itself 14 Apr 202611 Apr 2026 There was a dream, an island in the sea of sleep. There was a dreamer who woke. He was a great dreamer, and his island remains though he does not.…
Captian's Log Reality 11 Apr 2026 I'd hoped, but I see now it ain't so. No, it ain't, not the way I thought at first. I'd hoped, but I see. So walk with me awhile, if…
Captian's Log Convince Me 9 Apr 202631 Mar 2026 Convince me, you liar, you twister of words. All your weave of philosophy you cast like a web, it won't do. No, I don't think it will do. I don't…
Captian's Log The Next Step 7 Apr 202630 Mar 2026 Through the fog, only a shadow of the next step appears. As I set my foot down, I feel the solid stone-laid path against my sole. There is music, somewhere,…
Captian's Log The Alien 4 Apr 20261 Apr 2026 As I go through the old ritual of adjusting the mirrors, I cannot help but see my own face, twisted, bloated, colorless. Hardly human anymore. The contours are too smooth,…
Captian's Log The Alien 3 Apr 20261 Apr 2026 I hear the dancing music, and the voices of happy youth. I think, even, I can smell the sweat. Earth. It has been a long time. Standing under the eaves…
Captian's Log The Alien 2 Apr 202621 Mar 2026 Many surgeries since now and boyhood, good surgeries, and I can tell you the distance of that dog more accurately than radar. I can also tell you that it's coming…
Captian's Log Smiled 31 Mar 202621 Mar 2026 Looking ahead, I find another shopping trolly in my car's path. Sighing, I pull the emergency break, unbuckle, and open my door. Pushing the cart out of my way, I…
Captian's Log Smiled 30 Mar 202621 Mar 2026 Still, one would wish the world be a little more sensible, I thought crawling into my car, a little less ostentatiously inconstant. Seatbelt, key, engine's roar, mirror, slowly pulling out,…
Captian's Log Smiled 29 Mar 202621 Mar 2026 Was I mad? Was the world? Was this a dream? Why had I smiled, and why had it felt so bitter, that smile I made at the wall and black…
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