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Another #hastaiku! (Ignore the hashtags): #heaven #born #to #bark #stained #glass #refracts #souls #and #light #red #budded #trees #hear - - - Understand trees and look up at them ☝️ - - - #nowthehere #soundsfromthemiddleofnowhere #ateredrealitythinking #understandtrees #love #trust #art #torontopoetry #openmictoronto #portcreditpoet #portcredit #toronto #church #stclairewestto (at St. Clair station) https://www.instagram.com/mitchellantonmaceachern/p/BxM_OMcF6ni/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1nkuektbiracp

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Why Am I Here Again?

Blue and white to see, Wasted time forming no memories Of a life I’ve lived and yet do not see, In the maelstrom of Binary.

Jaws slam closed as data flows From me to you to them; Bloody likes in the water, Attracting famished fins to the slaughter.

Red roaring boredom slices through And shakes and shakes The absolute truth we all hold dear: That your corporeal quietus will make An immortal digital surrogate, So we log on and say:

Look at me Livin’ this life that’s fake! Look at me Tryin’ to lie my way out of the grave. Look at me Fabricate to friends. Look at me!

Why am I here again?

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• • BLACK LION —————— A mirror in lion’s den, Showing off her teeth and fangs, Trying to scare herself again, Enough to get the courage To go outside. • • • • • • #blacklionpoetry #poetry #poems #poetrytoronto #nowthehere #understandtrees #portcreditpoet #portcredit #lakeshore #sunshine #alone #love #trust (at Alderwood, Toronto) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxlCftElzPh/?igshid=vfgh1g9pjv6k

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• • Another #hashtaiku: • • • • #eradicated #we #spell #out #doom #with #zeros #countdown #has #ended • • • #understandtrees and look up at them 🌲☝️ • • • • • • #nowthehere #soundsfromthemiddleofnowhere #love #trust #haiku #haikustairs #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrytoronto #poetrymississauga #mineola #portcredit #queenelizabethhighway #torontogolfclub (at CF Sherway Gardens) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxkuVDYFBqH/?igshid=3dd3l5xgk77e

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• • Another #hashtaiku • • • • #we #are #all #lonely #forgetting #this #we #wander #and #so #never #meet • • • • #understandtrees and look up at them ☝️🌲 • • • • • #nowthehere #soundsfromthemiddleofnowhere #love #trust #sorrow #torontopoetry #poetry #haiku #haikustairs #haikupoem #portcreditpoet (at South Etobicoke) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxixWvbF9Qe/?igshid=n3y15xj6sttq

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• • The Middle of Nowhere will be back with another uniquely fun and entertaining show this Tuesday, May 21st. The last show was a huge success, one that blew our expectations out of the manhole! Beware: The Middle of Nowhere may be too real to handle. Come down prepared to live... • • Speaking of live: There will be live music, spoken-word, and standup comedy, as well as free swag contests and giveaways, not to mention the most supportive and loving group of people you can imagine. • • If you are a performer looking to use our stage for you art, send me a DM and we’ll try and slot you in. Spots are filling up fast! • • It all takes place @theimperialpub; Doors at 730pm, show starts at 830pm, open stage starts at 1030pm and goes till midnight. Bring friends! • • For more info, follow the #nowthehere as well as like and follow The Middle of Nowhere on Facebook. • • • • • • • • #livemusictoronto #openmictoronto #openmic #musictoronto #indie #indiemusictoronto #indie88 #love #trust #portcreditpoet #standupcomedytoronto #comedytoronto #comedy #youngeanddundas (at The Imperial Pub) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxifW0_F0sq/?igshid=1qqf28wirzdb3

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• • Another #hashtaiku • • • • #an #old #white #man #mirror #reflects #his #voice #back #no #ones #listening • • • #understandtrees and look up at them 🌲☝️ • • • #nowthehere #soundsfromthemiddleofnowhere #love #trust #echochamber #politics #alabamapolitics #freespeech #portcreditpoet #haiku #haikupoem #haikustairs (at Long Branch, Toronto) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxiNIJqFRzG/?igshid=1b8fkswyu7qea

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• • #hashtaiku • • #shopping #cart #silence #breeded #rust #lusts #after #steel #red #made #blue #again • • • #understandtrees and look up at them 🌳☝️ • • #nowthehere #soundsfromthemiddleofnowhere #poetry #poetrycommunity #trust #love #toronto #haiku #haikutoronto #portcreditpoet #portcreditpoet #boydpark #walking (at Boyd Conservation Area) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxgfdCQFv8V/?igshid=s6qqv869r3gu

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• • BLACK LION —————— Lust after What we Can’t have; Give me yours, I’ll give you mine; Regret owns The space we’re in; We owe her a death, He owes a forgiveness; The slow toes, The after. • • • • #portcreditpoet #nowthehere #love #trust #poetry #poetrycommunity #blacklionpoetry #toronto (at Old Toronto) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxdX41_FDSl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1j01xr9n4fgef

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• • BLACK LION —————— A quiet, A stroll; The fire escape holds All my motivation. Rain dances with streetlights On the puddles On the road. Who’s following me? Who knows... I’ve learned all my life, Lessons I can’t ignore: ‘Don’t trust what you can’t prove.’ ‘Don’t go where you can’t go.’ Lessons taught by those who live them out, Too afraid to take the fire escape; Those who see the puddles dancing, And stay inside. • • • • • #trust #love #nowthehere #poetry #poetrytoronto #poetrycommunity #blacklionpoetry #rain #haunt #walkingintherain #puddles #livelife #ifnotnowwhen #artgalleryontario #art #sculpture #toronto (at Toronto Art Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/mitchellantonmaceachern/p/BxdG5DsFsKE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1g565scwuh5y

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• • Another #hashtaiku! • • #green #waterfalls #rise #neighbourhood #without #neighbours #hide #me #from #myself • • #understandtrees and look up at them 🌲☝️ • • • • #nowthehere #portcreditpoet #trust #pine #haiku #haikupoem #haikustairs #haikutoronto #poetry #poetrytoronto #poetrycommunity #poetrytoronto (at Forest Hill, Toronto) https://www.instagram.com/mitchellantonmaceachern/p/BxcvwZ8FStQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xm5gija4pfma

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• • BLACK LION —————— Hope in the fear That we won’t disappear After clicking off The i we walk with; Hopeful as it helps us feel, We’re afraid without it. ~ ~ Helicopter hovers overhead; Lights relentlessly analyzing All the sufferings of our kids, As if no capability in-and-of themselves to handle it; Danger approaches, Or do they approach it? Thumping blades Chastise mistakes, Hoping to carry away their fear, We simply scare them. ~ ~ Sirens scream the alarm We feel in our hearts If we pay attention; That tingling numbness Of desperation, That Primal urge Of self-preservation: i Cling to it Ad if it were me. ~ ~ ~ Fact of life: We all need to die. But our hope is our fear, That we won’t disappear, That we’ll live forever, Hopefully. • • • • #nowthehere #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrytoronto #understandtrees #portcreditpoet #toronto #fear #terror #helicopterparenting #senseless #bebrave #love #trust (at Port Credit GO Station) https://www.instagram.com/mitchellantonmaceachern/p/BxcghUaFBJK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15spzybnp9eou

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- - BLACK LION - - Dawn of Death, Name ringing, Unfamiliar space between letters: Silence. ~ ~ ~ Crying hyena laughs, Beckoning truth; Hunt delayed, Camouflage birds Absurd reminders, Inverted morals: Upside-down attempts to unfurl sails left him Broken Soaking Cold Hoping. ~ ~ ~ No land... No heat... Lightning stings the blackness, Sizzling grease upon skin; ~ ~ ~ “Married widower! Stolen life! Merciful Creator! Short lives taken at par; Who they are, Dawn of Death, Completely forgot time spent Invests.” ~ ~ ~ Gold pearly gates, Name ringing, Unfamiliar space between letters: “No mistakes up here.” • • Original poem by yours@truly ❤️BLACK LION is one of my poetry collections: #portcreditpoet #blacklionpoetry - - - Understand trees and look up ☝️ - - - - - #nowthehere #sailors #missingatsea #pirate #heaven #portcredit #sea #ocean #shipwreck #love #trust #gloomy #haunted #afraid #widow #death #ttcsubway #subwaytoronto (at Old Toronto) https://www.instagram.com/mitchellantonmaceachern/p/BxVB8mFl1cr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18gs18dmeai6

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- - Another #hastaiku! (Don’t read the hastags): - - - - - #infant #tortise #chews #absentmindedly #she #stares #back #into #her #home - - - - - Understand trees and look up at them ☝️ - - - - - #nowthehere #portcredit #portcreditpoet #toronto #poetrytoronto #understandtrees (at Lakeview, Mississauga) https://www.instagram.com/mitchellantonmaceachern/p/BxUTbjslq1f/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1dd180cbhimd3

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- - Another #hastaiku! (Ignore the hashtags): - - - - - #accidently #up #rabbit #runs #back #to #her #hole #rust #dusts #silver #fur - - - - - Understand trees and look up at them ☝️ - - - - - #nowthehere #portcreditpoet #portcreditpoetry #poetrytoronto #animals #animalpoetry #earlymornings #dawn #love #trust #mam #portcredit #dixie #etobicoke #lakeshore #thoughtful (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/mitchellantonmaceachern/p/BxUQ4fYlFLs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=39wk2qb9b2tt

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- - Another #hashtaiku! (Don’t read’m pounds): - - - - #heaven #hangs #like #dew #levity #is #gatekeeper #gods #kisses #are #cold - - - - - Understand trees and look up at them ☝️ - - - - - #nowthehere #portcreditpoet #portcredit #toronto #poetrytoronto #haikutoronto #haiku #sombre #aspiring #light #love #trust #understandtrees #hanging (at Lakeview, Mississauga) https://www.instagram.com/mitchellantonmaceachern/p/BxTSMqNFw_9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=wzrw4ayj8fof