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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 9h

Writhing In bed Like a worm Tormented Is not enough To escape The onslaught In my mind Have no trust That sleep Will rescue me #tormented #emoetry #poetry

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Dreams ignited Hope nurtured Challenges accepted Curiosity incited Growth sparked Futures forged And all that comes next A teacher’s bequest #bequest #vss365 #poetry

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

…c’est la Pomme de terre Promised to carry you everywhere Despite the looks, occasional glare This fine looking tuber in my care Now eyes with crow’s feet and wear I see in them a soft mournful stare Sweet memories when I pass the mound Where I returned my potato to the ground #emoetry #mournful

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Would you renounce The demon that whispers You’ll need to do it All over again? #renounce #vss365 #poetry

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IrishLisa 🌈 @irishlisa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

a life of solitude not so bad but being lonesome is having no one to share the quiet #emoetry #Lonesome #Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #WritingCommunity #BlueskyPoets

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sometimes you will risk feeling lonesome In order to be nurtured by solitude #vss365 #emoetry #lonesome #solitude

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When you count the stars, Do you ever reckon That ours is the only one With some neighbors Who like to reckon? #reckon #vss365 #poetry

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Nobody needs to be taught To speak with their eyes Without a word Without a whisper Without saying Without shouting You can tell If I am enamored Or if I am incensed So what am I saying now? #incensed #emoetry #poetry

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A pendulum: At first you were hesitant. I urged you on. “Don’t be afraid.” Now you are fearless. Now I am hesitant… You look back and say, “Be not afraid.” #hesitant #emoetry #poetry

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Frantic moths patter their wings against the street lamp. In those stormy times I was not much different. At least they get to glow for a moment. But today I choose to embark on a new path. Whether the Furies follow is up to them. #frantic #emoetry #embark #stormy #vss365

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

No great objection To algorithmic rejection— A modern reflection Of loss of connection— Blame it, game it Shame it, frame it Or try a new slog And go analog. Is that just the way, When you’re barely getting started, Odds far and away And always feeling discarded? #discarded #emoetry #poetry

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There’s some certainty in this conflict— on a count of three one of us will either be cut, crushed or covered. If not, we must do it all again. #conflict #vss365

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

They say iron sharpens iron. Does that apply to silica? Being dulled, the people had lost their appetite for #conflict. So much so that as the things they held dear were slowly stripped away, only numb complaints were returned. Even comfort, all that was left, didn’t seem worth fighting for. #vss365

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Debating Whether to rename your contact My Heaven or Trash Compactor Because some days You leave me elated And others Simply crushed #crushed #emoetry #poetry

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

What is wrong with my mind? Wake each day to a world of marvels But with all my wonders left behind Whatever’s left withers in my brain All locked up, my awe confined It’s not a matter of apprehension I just can’t seem to pay attention #marvel #vss365 #poetry

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Poor grocer, You started giving discounts For fruits barely blemished. #blemished #emoetry #poetry

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Refurbished reputation (At least what could be salvaged) Through steps towards awakening Ascending stairs despite despairs But without that pernicious crutch Mediated throughout By encounters with the alienated #alienated #emoetry #poetry

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I recognize the embers of my soul in the waning moon. But with enough revolutions, There’s maybe a mystic’s chance, To be as zealous as a convert Once again. #zealous #emoetry #poetry

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

unconvinced the wounded lizard doesn’t know its tail will grow back after regaining its balance, it looks back and is amazed #unconvinced #wounded #emoetry #poetry

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

John Henry’s muscles driving metal. #Sanguine heart pounding steel. Now fast forward to matter over mind. Will it be just as heroic to think this time? #vss365 #poetry

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Let’s recall the consequence Of excessive #eloquence People all came out one day Listened what you had to say Feeling anxious, feeling weird You shouted out “Grow a beard!” Now a smooth face is taboo Those who can’t grow go buy glue Remember words have power And shampoo when you shower #vss365

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Just a few moments On a single day Snatched away #naïveté From the millions of fearful eyes Casting glances towards the skies But if innocence was all that was lost We wouldn’t gather each year To name the cost #vss365 #poetry

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I do not trust a chef who curses the #mélange. There is certainly more to life than salt. And salt alone is a poor way to dress a wall of spices. #vss365

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

What good is #intuition in a data driven world? Without those hard numbers, that conviction is merely a whim. Or is it? Let the numbers decide. #vss365

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Behold the truck stop bathroom. Each stall is a #palimpsest. The vile, the crude, the hopeless, the hopeful all find a space. Poems for a captive audience. #vss365

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is somehow a home game for ND. Playing at Lambeau Field which is in Wisconsin, against Wisconsin. At least we got to run through the wider tunnel.

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Can you hear the echoes of Algernon? Adroitness bears no shortcuts. So put the pebbles back in my mouth. It was too soon to spit them out. #adroit #vss365 #poetry

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Rick annoyed her. That’s all there was to it. And it was nothing in particular. Here she was, going to #reconnoiter, with Rick who annoyed her. #vss365

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I don’t care about a ballroom. I don’t care about an arch. I care about my fellow man And whether she can march. #poetry

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

How many people are known by their #silhouette? They must have had more than two dimensions. And surely spent little time living in the shadows. An extreme contrast, black and white, compared to mere mortals. So let it be known: you have a silhouette. #vss365

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Whisper me the rub Then leave assured Watch out bub! You think I’m insured! #Elixir so sweet and potent To heal a troubled mind You didn’t pay rent! You out of your mind? Oblivious we pass the day The secret safe as long as we say #vss365 #poetry

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Flames licked the hall of #wax Shoulders slumping slid Fingers faded Faces drooped Meticulous statues Turned to goop The brave burst in to save the day But victims all in puddles lay You may think odd, a little pathetic But for those fakes I was #empathetic #vss365

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

If asked to pick my favorite chore I’d have to say it’s sweep the floor I love the sound the bristles make Gathering up my last mistake Some technique gets it in the pan Oh #broom, let’s sweep the floors again #vss365 #poetry

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Fun internet fact: RFC 7725 defines a status code to return when there a legal reasons a site cannot be accessed. The number is 451. This is indeed a nod to the book. TIL There is another fun reference in the RFC itself but I will leave that one to the reader.

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Let’s spin a tale In three parts Of peak gullibility On how to fail High on smarts With mental fragility First: Convince yourself You can trust yourself Second: Lie to yourself Third: Repeat yourself Riddle me how To break the cycle #gullible #emoetry

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Throw me away like a #razor The old fashioned way Through a slit in the medicine cabinet To rest between walls With bladed brethren On the day of renovation Our rust be revealed #vss365

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

You watch one reel about 1984 then suddenly your feed gets all dystopian.

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Dipping Oreos in chocolate milk sounds a lot cooler than it tastes.

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Upon reflection, I find I rarely use “whom.” I worry about all the times I forgot to use it and fear I never learned to properly. But then I remind myself: whom is really keeping track of this stuff anyways?

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I looked up cinnamon sugar and a bunch of recipes popped up. One claimed to have the perfect ratio and had a total of six ingredients. If you are wondering I went with 1 part cinnamon to 4 parts sugar.

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I downloaded an RFC viewer. It has some features but no matter which RFC I pick it’s always 435. Unless you are really into TELNET issues, I wouldn’t recommend it.

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Lost among the lotus eaters The feast my only friend Disappearing kilo-meters Impossible to rend Who will be my Odysseus? Even if just pretend Or maybe old Father Christmas To this garden #descend Tie me up though I plead An oar with which to roam Answering the need To find a way back home #vss365

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Guardrails for thee but not for me.

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

This Father’s Day, in a rejection of cultural expectations, I will be making Dada-isms. These are dad jokes that make no sense. Because when it comes to sparking new humor movements, you can say I’m du-champ.

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I didn’t used to think the UV index was metal, but then I learned it goes to 11 🤘

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Every time I see Mistral I think mistrial and I don’t think that is what they were going for.

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Being first on the token leaderboard six months ago: Congrats you get a promotion! Being first on the token leaderboard today: You are now required to speak to a rubber ducky before you prompt. The duck will record you and your terminal will unlock once it is satisfied with your thinking.

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Alex Oloriz @alex-oloriz.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

In space, there are no #moonbeams, just a moon reflecting light. The air we breathe splits the moon light-log into beams, splinters, rays to guide our ways at night. The shutter slits do the rest, taking their cue from the air, to give a sliver of a glow to this page. Love letter 4 moon. #vss365

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