eric sundin

Pladask i anemoia
nunan i geggamoja:

Fast fasligt nedstämt, nåja
kännes vemodstrånad
Värre så: Anemoia
svart å vitt å lånad

Varför i mörkret treva
i fantasins smörja
förtäras bland det skeva
sen falska ting sörja?

Varför svamla om de gamla
när dagen vill oss omfamna?

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anemoia = (grekiska) stark längtan efter en tid som vi inte själva upplevt och som aldrig existerade)

edited 03/14/24 0925

Never mind what is fact
Skimp on the logic
Renege on the contract
Clasp view myopic

Briskly spout poppycock
Ignore blatantly
Engage in double talk
Hurl impatiently

Persist tenaciously
Decide capriciously

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-fact = as in ‘factual evidence’ – to be ignored when perceived as standing in our way

edited 11/09/22 1040

Whether blatant or demure
enticingly ardent
glistens feminine allure
perfectly in guardant

Watch how sprightly us men prance
nudged by a woman’s charm
a lovely lingering glance
rarely fails to disarm

When women stare men shall wither
once locked on women don’t dither

edited 06/27/24 0640

Eyes locked on that Holy Grail
til death: Entertainment!
Gladly we’ll go off the rail
chasing its obtainment

Lessons dismissed, thus unlearned
Can’t pull back from the fray
repeated hangovers spurned!
So here’s another day:

to pursue that noble endeavor
of being entertained forever!

edited 08/25/23 1020

When impatient for a solution
we’re full tilt articulating
with cliches & forceful locution
facts, logic annihilating

While mere fantasy cure-all
shiny while shortsighted
superficial with such gall
impotent, benighted

Hence just one more ‘pretend solution’
assured to fail in execution

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-benighted = intellectually or morally ignorant
-locution = a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations

edited 08/11/2026 1650

1.
Moderns gungande bröst
skänkte spädbarnet tröst

2.
Trodde lockande löften
att livet en munsbit
Rak rygg, svängde på höften
med hopp, i full tillit

3.
Blev medelåldern
livets glansperiod
rena guldåldern
av moget ädelmod?

Samlade mest en massa husgeråd
medan utförde inga hjältedåd

4.
Skriver nu i ålderdom
med alltjämt torftig kännedom
svajar mellan rikedom
å dar i själslig ynkedom

Kanske har jag fått nog
av kiv, tjafs å dalt
besvikelser å knog
Så blev detta allt?!

Nej, inte alls! Åldrandets beteenden
kan skänka varmt bitterljuva leenden!

edited 08/21/23 0740

So before we start to unnerve
and melting down in glower
let’s hang back & closely observe
the gentle limber flower:

Allow her abiding stillness
to squelch our contentious shrillness

edited 01/06/23 1730

In human commotion
the fledgling thought crisp & clear
soon blurred by emotion
tears us between hope & fear

That’s why saved-by-the-bell distraction
shall always hold such sweet attraction

edited 12/07/24 0845

Turning what’s clear into murky
they digress, they obfuscate
hawk what’s boring as if perky
pounce, batter & inundate

Dogged out-of-breath marketing
intrusive, titillating
in pitches self-aggrandizing
which some find mesmerizing:

Pitching to our cupidity
aided by our torpidity

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-cupidity = eager or excessive desire; greed
-torpid = numb or sluggish (here: mind)

edited 03/17/22 1120

While short time now remaining
got all time presently
(in real-time, without feigning)
to listen pleasantly

While I was listening
to understand too harebrained
my heart wasn’t enlisting
back when ample time remained

Could only have playacted
as feeling compassion
when so blithely distracted
not the youthful fashion

I’ve been clueless of a lot
but right now my ear you got

edited 09/14/23 1800