RAVEN MACK is a mystic poet-philosopher-artist of the Greater Appalachian unorthodox tradition. He does have an amazing PATREON, but also *normal* ARTIST WEBSITE too.

Friday, September 2

blue tarps cover half our shit -
riding mowers and wood piles
and nice stuff too big for sheds
packing up the ferris wheel
on Sunday morning, still drunk,
four hour drive to Roxboro

Thursday, September 1

mossy thrones overlooking
feral dynasties exist
beyond all those barbed fences
chance overspray blossoms of
freshest faux spring hopefulness;
I promise the weeds less cuts

Wednesday, August 31

TOP TEN FRESH CONSTITUTION FONTS











#1: GOTHiC FUTURiST/GHOSTPiPE TECHNOLOGiES GROWN/BEYOND CULTURED STATE
#2: TiMES NEW ROMAN LAWS/STiFLE RAW DEVELOPMENT/OF DiRTGOD THEORiES
#3: COMiC SANS LiViNG/WiLL ESTATE CONSTiTUTiON/DENYiNG WiLD STYLE
#4: MUNDANE ARiAL/ViEWS SELF-iMPORTED BOLDLY/PRETENDiNG TO CHiLL
#5: COURiER THROWBACKS/CREATE TiCKER TAPE FACADE/- THAT WORLD DONE BEEN DEAD
#6: SUM'S HELVETiCA/ELiTiSM MANiFESTS/PROGRESSiVE NUMBERS
#7: BiNARY CODiNG/ZEROES iN ON ONE OPEN/SOURCE *SHARED* CONSCiOUSNESS
#8: HANDWRiTTEN SCRiBBLE/ASTRO LOGiC DECiPHERED/BY SNAKE-SOULED EXPERTS
#9: FUTURA TYPE FACE/SPEAKiNG 'BOUT BACKWARDS THiNKiNG/*NEW* REALiTiES
#10: RiPPLES & FRACTALS/*MiNE* NETWORKS DiSCONNECTED/FROM NATURAL TRUTHS

TOP TEN STILL FEEL TOO DIRTY TOO STAINED TO BE ONE OF THEM











#1: don't ever feel quite/clean not like it seems all the/shinefaces feel clean
#2: burning bridges by/habit in big binge of self/(loathing) destruction
#3: know I need to heal/but only ever asked to/heel (which I refuse)
#4: wish I could say hope/felt real but overwhelmed by/lost in emptiness
#5: no self-importance/- millions (maybe billions) feel/this real emptiness
#6: "it could be worse" you're/told meant to minimize pain/of your perceived real
#7: don't ever feel quite/clean six years sober but still/deeply scuffed with dirt
#8: face reality/or run - burn another bridge/enjoy the brief light
#9: real always catches/up when you're not distracted/enough - there it is
#10: those moments stay hard/I often wish for shineface/safety nets... comfort

TOP TEN LOGICS OF THE MONOLITHS











#1: MYTHo-LoGiCAL/EXiSTENCE oF RESiSTANCE/AGAiNST FoRCED oRDER
#2: PSYCHo-LoGiCAL/FAULT LiNES MAN (you) FRACTURED BY/QUESTioNABLE AD(d)S
#3: ASTRo-LoGiCAL/NoN-SCiENTiFiC AETHER/STiLL PRoMiSES HoPE
#4: ASTRo-NoMiCAL/UNiVERSAL MAGNETiCS/iN TEN(se) DiRECTioNS
#5: ECo-NoMiCAL/ABSTRACT STRATiFiCATioNS/CRAFT CLASS-CASTE LADDERS
#6: GEo-GRAPHiCAL/PSYCHiC UMBiLiCAL CoRDS/TETHER US To DooMED
#7: GEo-LoGiCAL/CRYSTALLiZED STAR CHARTS EXiST/UNDERGRoUND AS WELL
#8: MYTHo-NoMiCAL/ABSTRACTioNS ABoUT FiNANCE/AS PARADiSE HERE
#9: MoNo-LiTHiCAL/PYRAMiD CONSPiRACiES/WiLL ALWAYS CRUMBLE
#10: SUPER-NATURAL/GEoMETRY CALiBRATES/SHiT BACK TO BALANCE

TOP TEN SUPREME MATHEMATICS OF BIG DATA











#1: dIgItAl dEAf dVmb/& blInd; dIgItAl dEAf dVmb/& blInd; clIck rEfrEsh
#2: lIfEhAckIng clImAx/AlgOrIthmIc mIcrOchIp/jIhAdI hIjAck
#3: Is zErO AllOwEd/tO sElf-IdEntIfy As/OnE, & vIcE vErsA?
#4: InnEr-crItIcAl/jEzEbEl ExIstEntIAl/crIsIs prIvIlEgE
#5: dEvIl trIck-knOwlEdgE/smArtphOnE trAckIng dEvIcEs/"all your base belong..."
#6: EvEn (((kEEblEr ElvEs)))/hAvE IntErwEb prOtOcOl/sOcIAl mEdIVms
#7: If OnE cAn't trVst ElvEs/In thIs All tOO I{n} R{eal} L{ife}/wOrld, whO cAn OnE trVst?
#8: An ApplE A dAy/InstItVtEd scI-fI flIck/As rEAlIty
#9: "I always feel like..."/plAnEt rOckwEll prOphEcIEs/sVm bOdIEs wAtchIng
#10: 85%/VsEs IntErnEt dAIly/10% lOllIng
riding the bus in silence,
'til mentally unfit man
gets on: “THEY SOLD THE ORCHARD!”

Tuesday, August 30

digital egotism
to think zero/one bullshit
re-creates what true “cloud” does
bureaucracy points in on
own manufactured dramas;
solitary man wastes life

Monday, August 29

satellite no longer works
but fennel grows wherever
I forget to machete
rainbow patinas scattered
then left to decline in true
detritus dirtlord fashion

Sunday, August 28

viking spirit warrior parts
unknown shadow navigate
with activated essence

Saturday, August 27

Friday, August 26

fetal position syndrome -
too much negativity
through electronic impulse
celebrate like holiday
but ain't shit except Friday
with that direct deposit

Thursday, August 25

juxtaposition of grid
designed by madmen and shed
supernatural petals
stacked rock altar salt water
sensory cleanse elements
recalibrating essence

Wednesday, August 24

Tuesday, August 23

the irony of *giving*
land back to indigenous
peoples is no one *owns* land

freestyle sonnet #053: A REVIEW OF J.D. VANCE'S NEW MEMOIR "HILLBILLY ELEGY"

I only buy used books because new books too damn
expensive for man of limited finances
like myself, as real life creates relentless slam
against me (like most people), so J.D. Vance's

Hillbilly Elegy's too new to trickle down
to my secondhand bookshelf, but I seen that dude's
shineface on TV, perfectly suited: "small town
white working class" blah blah bullshit boss attitudes

about bootstraps and Trump votes, but nothing about
broken people given a fuckin' chance to heal;
just "jobs" more shitty ass jobs lacking any clout
or hope... Hope's lost completely in many folk's real

world day-to-day - broken beyond social repair,
but y'all bighead shinefaces never seem to care.
housing projects *master* planned
into new developments,
where poor people disappear