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The Happiness Machine

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"It's the amount needed to return to an average walking pace after the load has been increased by 1 kilogram"
"Maximum: 1000 kilolumens"

The erosion which splits the forest is winding
Eyes opened to a fairytale cliche
This detail in particular though
Its movement follows the melody,
I can't help but grin
Why do insects dance when they walk?
The music doesn't play out loud
Shoulders loosen, heel and toe and heel and toe...

If we can hold tennis balls by their hair, can giants hold earth by its trees?
Can gods hold stars by the flames?
"He just has this special way of approaching things, it's truly unique to him
I've always been a compassionate person"
Does artisanal snowfall make lakes freeze more beautiful patterns?
Is there a psychological science behind the trauma therapy of woodlands?

Skipping and bounding from treetop to treetop
How subtle a waterfall has become
I'm thrust up skywards
It's not terror, but intensity
Physically, it hurts, I'm empowered, energetic

Immense in scale and beautiful detail
Breakneck speed, radiating bliss
Twirling through a chaotic free fall
Behind me; a stardust trail of pure imagination

I think of Earth, I see it's glory
I love its people, whom I can carry
I can't wait to tell them! I've let go of my anger!!
I forgive you, I love you, always, I will love you

Is it rude to use in the company of suffering?
Is it lacking in empathy to want to?
Some cultures use it to save face
I don't feel impolite declining a drug

"The role of a teacher is to make themselves redundant"
"I'm sure your shoes appreciate the thank you"
"This machine damages your brain"
"One set of eyes does finite seeing"
"You see it as you're just using your brain"?
"How else is there to possibly see it"?
"I don't like it"
"I don't use it often"

I await the climax
Happy anxiety shades of grey
Consonance is harder to write with
Tension, vs, tense, I guess

What does the dial do?
Held still I'm not complacent
Lumenwebers?

Impressed by the scale and detail
A rapid rate, happy and simple
I do a spin, I've always liked that
Creative thoughts are entertaining

I think of Earth, I see it's people
Diverse in culture, I respect our differences
I'll hold this warmth but wait for now
I will part ways with you peacefully, I honestly wish you well

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from Obdurate, released January 15, 2021

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Obdurate Melbourne, Australia

During the Australian gold rush of the 1850s, the Chinese were not allowed into the Australian mining camps, so instead they searched through and indeed found gold inside the piles of dirt discarded by the Australians.

Music exhibits the same phenomena. We did not search thoroughly enough through what has been available to us for years. What musical gold is out there, waiting to be discovered...? ... more

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