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.

Wednesday, December 31

TH1S W0RLD C4N F33L FLVSH W1TH GR33N...


this world can feel flush with green 
during times of abundance, 
but browns are far more common 

Tuesday, December 30

PL4ST1C N4N0P4RT1CL3S...


plastic nanoparticles 
breaching blood-brain barrier, 
compromising our old souls 

Monday, December 29

Sunday, December 28

SP34K1NG TRVTH T0 P0W3R H4S...


"speaking truth to power" has 
become dulled sword, brandished by 
mass marketers of false change 

Saturday, December 27

Friday, December 26

1 TH1NK 1N TH3 CH40T1C...


I think in the chaotic 
fractals of ancient mystics 
(which is futuristic style) 

Thursday, December 25

SQV4R3S 4DD CR4FTY 4NGL3S T0...


squares add crafty angles to 
their pyramid schemes, to seem 
as if open to my kind 

Wednesday, December 24

M4NVF4CTVR1NG W1Z4RD...


manufacturing wizard 
smiles with wild bumpkin dimples 
for this world, to trick myself 

Tuesday, December 23

SONG OF THE DAY: Push (kudzu'd)


To shank billionaires is to make them feel the pain they have showered the rest of us with most of their ever-hating lives. Carry a raw but sharp instrument for true school shanking, conceal it well on your person but make it easily accessible. Most folks don’t have security details all the time, and are surprisingly easy to figure out comings and goings of in the digital age. We all have very large footprints within the 0s and 1s. Shanks create much more emphasis than simple bullets, because you push and twist, push and twist, push and twist. It makes the point we the people are trying to get across much more clearly. You should go for at a minimum seven push and twists, but go ahead and go for a dozen or two to really do it up. Hopefully the holes allow for empathy to begin trickling up (the trickle up theory of billionaire bloodletting).

3NT4NGL3D W1TH1N T3NDR1LS...


entangled within tendrils 
of techno logic running 
antithetical to wild 

Monday, December 22

SONG OF THE DAY: Careless Whisper (kudzu'd)


I rewatched They Live the other night, on DVD so that nobody could capture data on it, although I've now self-snitched on the internet, so I partially ruined the effect. That one dude, billed as Drifter, who was in the Justiceville camp and then magically got accepted into the alien-adjacent caste, he really was a weak link in letting Roddy Piper blow up their propaganda machine. That actor played three millions characters, all who were working class white pieces of shit. In fact, here's the partial list of his movie roles from Wikipedia, as a poem:
Mother
Bar Patron Walter Wimpy
Harry Belmont
Maheim Jarkoff Boris Clitoris
Benny Grip Flasher
Luther Toby William Simpson
Unnamed Igor
Wilber Bassett
George Smutman
Unnamed Florian Petulia
Rex Boorski
Earl Gordon Jed Binz
Wade 2nd Cab Driver
"Boomer" "Thirsty" Drunk Gambler
Detective Sergeant Earl McDonough
Detective Stone Beggar
John Paddy O'Brien
Porno Crew Member #3
"Painin Theass"
"Bull" Parker Clem Park
Suspect in Warehouse Ben
"Spiker" Lem
Hank "Boomer"
Pete, The Witness
Drunk Tucker
Eagle Man
Zep Morrison
Cook
Rip Rider
Guy Giving Directions
Unnamed "Red", The Bum
Tramp Pappy Nyquist
Bundy Willard, Allison's Father
Pop The Janitor
Old Man Pop Mr. Wallace
Security Guard Drifter Ed Simpson
Bailey Old Man Seed Drunk
"Red", The Bum Workman Redneck
Bed Patient
Preacher On The Radio
Crane Operator
Sheriff Julip Wino
Vern Jericho
Turrell Wolfman, Sarah's Stepfather
Rich Tramp
Man In Crowd
Pa Norville
Heckler Harper Carlton
Pappy Putz
Window Washer Homeless Man
"Elk" Drunken Man
Chip
Window Washer Homeless Man
Grampa Truck Driver
Wino Lloyd
Train Conductor, Prison Guard
The Cashier

WH33LS 0F L1F3 4ND T1M3 W0RRY...


wheels of life and time worry 
my mind when inclined to think 
by mechanistic design 

Sunday, December 21

SONG OF THE DAY: Be Thankful For What You Got (kudzu'd)


The seven questions I ask myself every morning, to maintain proper perspective (and sanity in these times of institutional decline):
1: Am I fed?
2: Do I have shelter?
3: Is there a valid physical threat I have to either fight or run from today?
4: Are there others I share a loving relationship with in safe, mutual, and ongoing ways?
5: What is the bare minimum of actual maintenance needed for my life today?
6: Previous question considered, can I do anything to make the end of toay better than the beginning of it?
7: Can I maintain my pokerface of simple acceptance when the Universe deals any new cards to my hand today?

TH3 P4TH 1'M W4ND3R1NG D0WN...


the path I'm wandering down 
don't always feel that solid, 
because I can't walk like goats 

Friday, December 19

Thursday, December 18

Wednesday, December 17

Tuesday, December 16

Monday, December 15

Sunday, December 14

TH3 PR0PH3C13S 0F TH3 D00M3D...


the prophecies of the doomed 
have always been colorful; 
black and white truths are sheltered 

Saturday, December 13

SONG OF THE DAY: I'm Chillin' (kudzu'd)


My back has been a bit fucked up lately, plus I've got a fiftysomething year old prostate, so lately when I piss, I pull my pants down over my ass, to avoid having to lean over, looking like a 4-year-old boy first learning to pee while standing. It's kinda nice having that blast of air on my naked ass now and then throughout the day though, kinda like I'm microdosing nudism. Pretty chill.

STR34M 0F C0NSC10VSN3SS FL0W1NG...


streams of consciousness flowing 
through fertile crescents of raw 
creation give birth to progress