Caveat: Poem #3502 "Automotive epistemology"

#Poetry #Nonnet

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"Ice is possible," the dashboard warned,
in blue letters. "Drive carefully."
I looked out at the piled snow.
How did you think of that?
What's your data source?
I asked the car.
No answer.
Inside?
Ghosts.

- a nonnet.

https://caveatdumptruck.com/index.php/2026/03/10/caveat-poem-3502/

Caveat: Poem #3499 "Accidentally and then on purpose"

#Poetry #Nonnet

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I've never actually used Zoom,
despite the pressure to do so.
I survived the pandemic,
ignored invitations.
And now, at this time,
I've decided
it's a hill
I'll die
on.

- a nonnet.

https://caveatdumptruck.com/index.php/2026/03/07/caveat-poem-3499/

Caveat: Poem #3494 "The ghost of the muse"

#Poetry #Nonnet

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everything has now been written.
what's left is to write it again.
then you can read what you wrote,
thinking: i read this once...
now i've made it mine.
the future folk
will read it,
either
way.

- a nonnet.

https://caveatdumptruck.com/index.php/2026/03/02/caveat-poem-3494/

Caveat: Poem #3492 "Viscous world"

#Poetry #Nonnet

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I've been demotivated lately.
With that computer crash last month...
annoyed with failing gadgets...
like: too much inertia;
like: walking through snow;
tasks overwhelm;
I end up
sitting.
Dull.

- a nonnet.

https://caveatdumptruck.com/index.php/2026/02/28/caveat-poem-3492/

Caveat: Poem #3489 "Escher in his Alaskan cabin"

#Poetry #Nonnet

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Since moving here, I often have dreams
which are filled with plumbing problems.
They represent vague worries,
or grim anxiety.
The pipes resist me.
The leaks persist.
By small drips,
failure
looms.

- a nonnet.

https://caveatdumptruck.com/index.php/2026/02/25/caveat-poem-3489/

Caveat: Poem #3484 "Sea craters"

#Poetry #Nonnet

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This picture I took is in color,
although it looks like black and white.
In the ice on the water,
the patterns intrigued me.
The tide, coming in,
lifted the ice:
a moonscape
appeared,
grey.

- a nonnet.

https://caveatdumptruck.com/index.php/2026/02/20/caveat-poem-3484/

Caveat: Poem #3465 "Revenue sources"

#Poetry #Nonnet

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I know the potholes intimately,
so I go fast on the dirt road.
But when I reach the asphalt,
I slow down to a crawl.
Law enforcement types
lurk and wait, there,
hoping for
victims,
fines.

- a nonnet.

https://caveatdumptruck.com/index.php/2026/02/01/caveat-poem-3465/

Caveat: Poem #3463 "I mean, speaking, myself, as a cancer survivor..."

#Poetry #Nonnet

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My mom ended life with dementia,
my uncle has it too, quite bad.
I fear my mind will fail too.
But I just read a thing:
you can get cancer
or alzheimers
but not both.
Am I...
safe?

- a nonnet. One mention of this is here: article in Nature.

https://caveatdumptruck.com/index.php/2026/01/30/caveat-poem-3463/

Caveat: Poem #3462 "The poem is the solution you're looking for"

#Poetry #Nonnet

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Rage.
Anger
arises
when frustration
is unconstructive,
when there's no solution,
no way of solving problems,
it's all tangled up, just nothing
available... so what can you do?

- a nonnet.

https://caveatdumptruck.com/index.php/2026/01/29/caveat-poem-3462/

Caveat: Poem #3455 "The mythic path"

#Poetry #Nonnet

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The fog was thick but the air was cold.
This doesn't happen often here.
The water condensed and froze.
A grim hoarfrost appeared.
The rime coated trees.
The road to town
resembled
scenes from
myth.

- a nonnet.

https://caveatdumptruck.com/index.php/2026/01/22/caveat-poem-3455/