A Timed Machine

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When the background
noise closes its
lucid lips to hum
the song of his
heart-cogs

Integrating
Differentiating

Photons dance close
to the flying cage
where, the iron bars
bend into wings of a
hacked reputation

Differentiating
Integrating

Under tonight’s light
will be the first time –
he’ll read a story
that he always
wanted to write

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      2. Ahahaha, I wonder – but it has always been fascinating to me and it’s difficult to explain the reason behind it. XD

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      6. Ah, right, just think of Math as a…friend(?) really though, it’ll help you! Unknowns and variables are so much fun! I’m sorry if I’m creeping you out, hehehe and yes, I have never been a stellar scorer in it..but I’ve always liked it! πŸ˜€

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      7. Hahaha yeah, you did creep me out with the ‘friend’ advice LOL. But yeah, i am trying anyway, so highfives to my positivity πŸ˜‰ oh by the way, i replied to your comment on my blog…. But you might not hAve recieved the notification, go check it out :p

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      8. Hahaha, oh no, I often give the ‘creepy-girl-with-thick-glasses’ image πŸ˜€
        I have replied! It’s quite the lecture. ^_^

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    1. Thank you very much, Pepper! I’m pleased to know that you enjoyed it! Your words encourage me, always.
      You too have a great day, my friend! πŸ™‚

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  11. What a curious poem, my friend. I like how you did the switch up with ‘intriguing’ and ‘differentiating’. Plus the last part was great. Reading a story that he always wanted to write. It makes me think about people that are a too afraid to take risks in life, and then perhaps end up regretting it later.
    Hope you’re doing well.
    πŸ™‚ ❀

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    1. Thank you, Staci! And, your interpretation is very perceptive – it is exactly what I wanted to convey – “about people that are a too afraid to take risks in life, and then perhaps end up regretting it later” it is indeed and the first two stanzas are the first two stages, being encouraged by those who appreciate the person, the person finally taking the flight of faith, but sometimes it’s too late.
      I always love reading your views – they hold an uncanny resemblance to mine. πŸ™‚ ❀
      I am good, hope you are too! πŸ™‚

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      1. Ohhhh, I’m so glad I got it. That my thoughts were able to line up with yours. Just wonderful, my friend.
        I’m well. Although, I’m feeling overwhelmed lately with all that I want to do, and not having the time I need to do it all. Ugh!
        Have a great start to your week.
        πŸ™‚ ❀

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      2. Oh no, why? Is it related to house work or just something in general? 😦
        I’ve been feeling pretty knackered for no reason – or maybe the weather is to be blamed.
        You too! ❀ πŸ˜€

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      3. Oh no. Not housework. I want to learn so much. I’ve really taken an interest to mixed-media art and whimsical art and want to do it. I just don’t really know where to start. There’s soooooo much on the internet, it’s overwhelming. Plus, I want to learn photography and especially surreal photography. So many things I want to do, so little time.
        Hope you’re feeling better.
        πŸ™‚

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      4. Ah, I know, right? The internet has the potential of consuming our whole life – and we wouldn’t even make a fraction of it. It would be great to see your attempts at mixed media art, it looks very interesting. I’ve taken a liking to photography too, and to give myself a little nudge to dive into it, I have decided to ask my parents for a camera for my birthday! Freeloader for life. Let’s see when I am finally able to muster the courage to go and actually say it to them…maybe I should drop a mail or something.
        You’re an artist, Staci, through and through, so don’t think too much and just go for it! You’ll be great! πŸ™‚

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      5. Ohhhh, thanks sweetie. I just might do that tonight. We’ll see. I’m working on a blog post right now about how I’m feeling concerning this. You’ll see it soon.
        Whew! I may just go ahead tonight and do this. Let’s see. I need to I think. It’s taking over my thoughts. I really just want to burst my thoughts and feelings out in a creative way.
        πŸ™‚

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    1. Ah, thanks so much for the nomination! I’ll definitely accept it and get to the award details as soon as I can. Thanks so much. I respect your presence on my blog! πŸ™‚

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  16. I must admit I am mathematically (and scientifically) challenged, but I did enjoy the play. The graphic is quite an interesting accompaniment as well.

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    1. Thank you very much, Shery! I’m glad you enjoyed it, and don’t say that you’re mathematically challenged – trust me no one is. It is something that comes naturally to everyone. πŸ™‚
      Have a great weekend!

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      1. Thanks for being so nice, but I AM pretty much a maths klutz, although I’m more ok with this as I grow older. It’s admirable that you can combine the two forces of math/science and poetry.

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  17. I loved the industrial and/or scientific oriented internal world you forged on the 2/3 of your poem which blends overall pretty well with naked emotion. The noise factor brought to mind signals and white noise for some weird reason, hacked beheld a computing essence, heart-cogs was pretty strong, it presented the heart as an emotionally interpreted hardware mechanism. It integrates the first verse, then it differentiates, it becomes the second verse, then it differentiates and integrates once again and the third verse is born. It feels like a struggle between the world of technology and one’s emotional nature to end in an utterly humane manner in the last 1/3 of it, it feels relieving and soothing, it holds an essence of fulfillment, as if the cogs inside the heart, finally, found a more than welcome rhythm. And i liked the integrating-differentiating play.

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    1. WOW! I am seriously and severely overwhelmed by the in-depth analysis you’ve discussed with me here! I’ll have to write this in bold ’cause well you’re awesome – THANK YOU VERY MUCH! ❀
      You views match mine in an uncanny way – really! Heart cogs were indeed meant to represent – "heart as an emotionally interpreted hardware mechanism"
      The integrating-differentiating play was more of a 'risky business' but I'm glad you caught onto it. The struggle as you mentioned is there, between technology, people and people who rely on technology to much.
      I wrote this poem when I read a post of a fellow blogger and went "Ah, I had the same in my mind." I reckon that happens a lot with people right? Hence the last stanza, I literally wrote what I felt at that very moment. I think technology can sometimes be so inspiring and at other times so very depressing – it is a platform to meet so many brilliant people like yourself and then there's this 'gap' you know, which can never be filled.
      Haha, I over-think – Voila! Welcome to the blog I highly appreciate your presence.

      -Light

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      1. I should thank for the poem itself! But you’re very welcome! πŸ™‚ I was reading, re-reading, re-reading and then… chincha? Chincha!!!! *eyes scroll up* intergrating-differentiating *eyes scroll down* differentiating-integrating, there must be a meaning, it’s not a change just for the effect of it πŸ˜€ The better the technology becomes the less humane people become. But it’s not that bad indeed, it can always lead to beautiful people and their thoughts πŸ™‚ There’s void in pretty much everything, hence the “gap”, it’s probably that’s why they say at metro stations on announcements “mind the gap between the train and the platform.” Pleased to take walks on your bloggie πŸ˜€ Yet, over-thinking is always better as a nighttime “job” πŸ˜€

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      2. AHAHAHA Oh my! The *chincha* part! I am sold! Brilliant! I talk to myself in Korean too, all that I know I am just adamant to use it – Kamsamida lol XD
        The metros though -.- like seriously I’d rather bungee jumo to a place than take the train (hypothetically, okay? okay.)
        But yes there’s always a gap and it proves to be good many times – I agree!
        Hehehe, my nighttime jobs – make umpteen cups of anything remotely caffeine (preferred – tea), watch dramas like a night owl O.O and overthink or maybe over-obsesses. πŸ˜€

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      3. xD Yeah, it’s funny xD I ofter use chincha, ottoke, gomawo, kamsahamnida, annyong haseyo, aish, babo, michoso? (are you crazy?), chugulle? (wanna die?) xD
        Yeah, metros are so over-crowded O.O Hypothetically, yes xD Hypothetically i wanna fall with a parachute XD
        Like an owl O.O hell yeah xD Only owls can understand a dramaland citizen’s pleasures xD Yep, over-think and over-obsess are on the same ship πŸ˜›

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      4. Lol, I do that too! Only in my head though, sometimes it comes out of my mouth and invites debilitating stares – i counter that with going all Japanese “Baka” XD
        Parachutes! O_O Definitely better than the bungee!

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      5. And that funny angry face when an actor does that face like half of the lips moving a bit upwards and one of the eyes becomes smaller in the mood like “aiiish”, “saekki” xD Baka!!!! I can imagine those stares -.- Much much bettah indeed, specially when you have two parachutes in case something goes WRONG *in arnold schwarzenegger accent* with the first one xD

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      6. Lol totally, I try copying the Lee Min Ho “Aiiiish” the most, it is therapeutic ahahaha! Baka is my favourite word of all times. xD
        I literally jumped at the mention of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s WRONG accent hahahahaha – that man gives me the chills. I guess I am too used to fragile, thin, lean, pale…not vampires, but Koreans. Although I shamelessly use *hasta la vista baby* XD

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      7. I tend to imitate Choi Jin Hyuk’s from Emergency Couple angry face and aiiiish xD Hahaha! I personally like “talk to the (h)and”, “come wish me if you wanna live” and “you huff been tuh-geh-ted foh tuh-mination!” xD Or GEDOWN!!! GET TO THE CHOPAH!

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      8. Aww, Jin Hyuk deserves so many starry-eyed-stares! *_* Girls generally don’t go “Aiiish” in korean dramas – such a shame! :/
        Hahahaha, β€œyou huff been tuh-geh-ted foh tuh-mination!” – ah, what a gem! I shall use this on my brother today! YAY!
        The GET TO THE COPAH is just…brrr..scary O.O

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      10. Yeah they do indeed go “chugulle” at every second person! Hahaha don’t kill any koreans, what’ll happen to innocent souls like us – Our oxygen is supplied from those people. I am creepy as hell. XDD
        Blimey, I WILL FOR SURE try that line. Accents not guaranteed though XD

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      11. If a SK girl ever told me chugulle i’d say full of happiness NE! No Koreans were harmed from that day and on! Indeed, SK oxygen is best oxygen XD If you’re creepy, then i’m creepy too xD Nah, we’re just humble enthusiasts portraying our passion with the brightest of colors on the canvas of pleasure. *you may shoot me now* xD

        Yet, the line is guaranteed xD

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      12. *shoots you right after finding the centre of your head* Hang on, where is my shiny-pink-wannabe-korean-ruler?!
        Lol, it’s true though, I don’t get it how others think people like us are *crazy*, I literally have only virtual Korean/Japanese culture enthusiasts. Sad life of a sad fangirl. I mean look at them! LOOK AT THEM PLEASE. They are Homo Sapiens 2.0! Okay!

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      13. So, you finally shot me down 😦 xD HOMO SAPIENS 2.0! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! Because they’re nuts, that why they think we are *crazy* πŸ˜› Virtual Korean/Japanese culture enthusiasts should form a country on an abandoned island somewhere around Japan, SK, Taiwan, Phili etc, Dramaland!

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      14. Nooooooohhhhhh!! I’d never do that!! Cause I can NEVER find my ruler, you see! I am a big time full time Klutz! I’d never kill you or let anyone kill you. Umm..hehe sorry, but really not kidding! O_O
        Yeehee! Totally, I know some pirate songs, we’ll be there in no time, food won’t be a problem, we can live on dramas, soju, dramas, kimchi, dramas, anything-edible, dramas…did I mention Dramas?
        Dramaland! The land of..dramas(?)! Hazaar!

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      15. Feels glad it was just an imaginary death xD *feels protected and secure – wants kimchi* xD

        :O You’re already a piratess? :O Of course! Dramas, soju, dramas, BBQ, dramas, kimchi, dramas, dramas … dramas. lim(dramas)->+oo xD I think SK Government would help this land financially to be established XD

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      16. Umm..I have home-made Kimchi (?) *raises a lunch box of 15 cms by 13 cms*
        Yea..h..No I am not, Hehehe, I get sea sick if not going to korea so one trip would be IT!
        I hope they do give us some financial aid while we can stalk celebrities for them, right? XD

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      18. You can take the box and the one spoon of kimchi that’s left. ^_^ lim(dramas)->+oo Bwahahahaha XD XD you’re a genius and a Math nerd(?)! Go Algebra and Calculus! πŸ˜€

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      22. I knew you’d say that, Kwon, I know Kwon (know Kwon/know Kwon/know Kwon/know Kwon/know Kwon) O_O XD don’t hate me please

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      38. Hahaha yes! Another for the Oxford warriors!
        Your dedication towards Na Ra *_* great going Chinchaman! I still have to decide on a namja. Lol XD

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      40. We’re not in Hotel Namja, Kwon. You cannot go ordering around. But if you can then I’ll take a Im Si Wan for now with extra Sass, thank you xD She totally is my favourite actress too and for you…well she’s in your youja-chingu dreams ^_^

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      44. Hahaha, let’s not make it Shaun of the Dead please xD
        Hotel Namja – no matter how you think of it, it is wrong Lol, byeontae-alert! \(O_O)/

        Which movie is it?! Call 911, Kwon, or is it 119 in Korea? Hang on what’s the number in Taiwan? What’s wrong with me? =_=

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      46. Hahaha, it’s better to be safe than sorry especially in case of SK-ean perverts – the only thing more than rice fields there XD
        Oh I have watched you’re the apple of my eye! It’s lovely! Aww, it is lovely. I’ll re-watch it soon. :’)

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      48. XD
        Oh yes, the parallel universe talk, depressing as hell, it was too close to reality to be in a movie, i guess T_T
        But then since watching the series Mars…I’m pretty much numb.

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      50. Ye, Chinchaman or will it be Chincha-namja wow no Chinchaman it is.
        Watch Mars if you can *bear* with some major crawly jitters O_O story is brill ofc it’s based on a Manga but oh no it touches on certain subjects which can be triggers.

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      52. Yes, it is indeed. And, the acting is splendid, probably a bit too much, it stars Vic Zhou and Barbie Hsu. It’s quite dark but has a happy and mellow ending so I survived.

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      58. Whoa, *gulps* we’ve been talking for like five or six hours now and I realised that just now! O_O
        Maybe that’s your hidden power and my ULTIMATE POWER Chinchaman! Hehehehehe XD

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      60. Hah! Yes, poor WordPress and it’s failed ambitions to be a blogging spot. xD
        Thank you, Chinchaman, you’re the most kind and generous superhero I’ve met in a while. Please join Marvel. xD

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      61. In a world of shadows, a world of blogs, a world full of questions, a new hero was about to rise. Every time a South Korean citizen or drama hero or a proud citizen of drama land was shouting “chincha?!” a new figure was about to appear to deliver the answer. Out of the blue, through the clouds, expect… the Chinchaman!

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      62. Ahahahaha OH MY, Chincha?!
        This is the best prologue in the history of Chinchamen!
        But, Chinchaman what happens when two or more people go “Chicha?!” at once! Do you have a shadow replication jutsu for such a crisis? O_O

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      63. It’s my secret weakness, just like Superman had cryptonite, the more people say chincha at the same time the more the echoes in my head turn into immense headaches and it brings me on the verge of dying! Don’t let anyone know about it!

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      64. But…then..but i mean there are SO many who go “Chincha?!” at once! How will you survive, Chinchaman? You must find an anti-dying dialogue like “Jamkanman”!
        I’ll keep it a secret though. xD

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      65. When i’m in my mystic cave the chinchas are being delived by a radar, so they don’t confuse me or give me pain. When i’m on the outside world to chinchize and relieve those in need the problem begins!

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      66. Wow, then you need a Chincha-shield when you’re outside the Chincha Cave! And maybe a Chincha-mobile to move faster!
        “Chinchizing is not as easy as it seems.” – That’d be the graffiti on your Chincha-cave walls!

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      70. Oh my, don’t die yet Chinchaman! Chincha, don’t die! Wow we’re so cool, like chincha. XD

        Lol, all chincha-calls will be like –

        *chincha call* -Yoboseyo? -It’s me, Chinchaman! -Chincha?! -Chincha!
        Chincha?! -Chincha!
        Chincha?! -Chincha!
        Chincha?! -Chincha!
        Chincha?! -Chincha!
        Chincha?! -Chincha!

        *Chinchaman is often stuck in chincha-loops* ahaha graffiti ideas xD

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      72. AHAHAHAHAHA BINGO XD

        We’ll talk about Gomenasai-woman tomorrow – that’s me by the way. Hehehe, sayonaara, dongsaeng/hyung/oppa Kwon!

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