Retrospective Losses edit 1. Input milo.

[tectak]

Time cements and paralyses, through due consideration. in this first line I don't really agree with how authoritative you are about this, as though it is fact when it is merely opinion
What once was impulse now is thought
and circumstance. Weighed, tested, tried then stamped… right here, i've seen this before:
approved. The assay mark says fit for use;
suitably bland, confirmed now good for public health.

Who cares a damn for what is clean or what is safe to swallow?
What once was new, now is clichéd or obscure.
Perhaps the silent thousands take offence; a hope, but not a prize.
They nonetheless obstruct us with their wounded, feeble fears.
So bandage up your weeping words , freedom is your write! i enjoy this little quip here, it's cute (right and write)

Blisters on my tongue are there because I have a voice. i notice a double space -- this is a nice segway into the violence that is spoken word
What once was theory now is hard-edged fact,
so argue if you will; polemics push us to the edge
of new and fearsome heights. Some will fly as others
hurtle downwards:martyrs to their sweet, enlightened death.

Offend you? No, unless you think I can; but nor you, me. i don't think you need the "but nor you, me" part
What once was comment now becomes a slight against small souls.
Can we who speak say nothing anymore? What do you want,
you who slyly crave the bow and curtsy of respect?
Is there more of value than the naked truth? You would say, yes.

Wouldn't you?

tectak
2013

Tectak, your pretensions are showing ;]

Best,
S

Hell, news,my pretensions are always on display...I earned them. Like I said elsewhere, I have a lot to be modest about
This piece is for anybody who takes sides. Which side you are on does not indicate half as much as your definition of what the sides are. For me, the sides are:

Those who get pissed off when they erroneously think that the words are about them ( The "You're.....so vain....I bet you think this song is about you" group) and

Those who hope the words are about them....but get pissed off if they're not the words they want to hear. ( The " My mom said if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing" group)

I don't do complicated.
Frankly, it is a rant. If todd reads it he will have my blessing if be moves it.
Best,
tectak