The Prophet Obblonge

The Lesson Of The Potato All plants are alive. Some of the most horribly deluded amongst the souls trapped here in hell return to face their selfish failures as potatoes. Born in smothering darkness, with their umbilicus reminding the…

This Pulsing Crimson Arrow From the creepiest of all social networks, LinkedIn, which your not-so-humble prophet has been awarded a meritorious public service badge for being banned from (was it something I said?). As per usual, my publish…

Michelle Massey The distinctive smell of her breath spoken very close to my face immediately after waking - even more so of a striking memory because I did not sleep with this woman, who was my age and married to a guy with my middle name …

Mechanized The mechanized human race realize that their reprinted original personality copies are soulless, that there is in fact a reality to religions of make-believe. Since no one is original, no one can verify for sure what having a so…

Five Dollars Buys Five Eyes Tax dollars assessed and collected provide the budget used to purchase (I used dollars in this sentence because I am an American citizen, obviously this is true regardless of a reader's nation of origin or its c…

Play To Your Strengths Pondering the future, I found myself aimlessly clicking around on links I'd saved to my desktop. Scrolling through a print on demand site I've considered for merchandising, a T-shirt design sparked an intense and hop…

Vegas Flagg Those who are threatened by the successes of others instead of encouraged by what is possible to accomplish are the enemy of Us: Them. This is the litmus test in the upcoming world war that differentiates human from human-sh…

Refined Taste Antique Gin, the older the better - this can be substituted with no detrimental effect with any clear spirit made locally to those imbibing and wishing to invite the manifestation of this ritual to become an effect upon their…

Welcome To America In the past month I have sent 71 detailed emails to sheriffs, prosecutors, state representatives, mayors, victim rights organizations, and journalists in Michigan in an attempt to get anyone to do anything about my frien…

Perigee Supermoon [This was inspired by and written as a comment to a poem of fellow Deviant PRailgun. After reading, I sat on the couch I have existed on or near for a year or more, silent as usual and staring at nothing in particular. Re…

The Lesson Of The Record History is no longer the dominion of the victors, but the resonator of the victims. It is important that our stories are told, and that we are the ones that tell them. Your opinion on the quality of the narrativ…

Welcome Home Up this close, the imperfect topography of the bright orange plastic base is prominent, speckles visibly missed by whatever process paints in the black jack-o'-lantern's features. Its symmetrical grin is acrid and petrochemica…

Two androids are walking down the beach. One asks the other, "Do you ever get that not so fresh feeling?" "Yes," is the reply. "Especially in this environment, where dirt meets saltwater. The amount of microbial lifeforms in our proximity …

Things that you can't unknow: I estimate 85% of the conversations I've ever had were completely useless wastes of my time. Unfortunately, this statistical analysis is also completely useless, possibly a slight tendency towards detrimental…

Is there someone who doesn't go window shopping for fresh, new hookups using that free local periodical newsletter at the independently owned convenient grocer and fuel purveyor that prints all the area's weekly arrest mugshots? I am nearl…

Guaranteed Pursuit Of Life, Liberty, And Freedom A female friend of mine has informed me that her boyfriend has complained about my habit of sending out my thoughts unto the Firmament via lengthy text messages at all times of all days. She…

....In The Details All the good in the world you can fit inside a thimble and still have room for you and me. -Tom Waits [Obblonge] The upcoming album will be a concept - a cohesive story - of sorts. About Satan. How one worships it, how…

Carol And Saint Earwig I have a new Instagram follower. carolgroverwood. Affectionately known to me as Aunt Carol. No message. I pasted in one of the recent Deviations featuring her. No picture for profile. Instagram is one of the social m…

Ken Paxton's Corrupt Attorney General's Office 043: Margarita CSLive, Customer Support Specialist Chat window You are No.1 in the queue. The estimated wait time is about 10 minute(s). Thank you for your patience. Agent 043: Margarita…

Casualties Are Inevitable When we moved back to Texas from South Carolina my parents purchased a mobile home from a repossession lot - the Repo Depot. Built in 1980, it is the one I sold last year, heavily modified. The interior paneling -…

Touching An Image Touching an image and expecting it to respond in some way is now something more than one generation has been born into. Kallisti's first tablet was a 10" Acer. Acquired via barter, it was my entrance into the realm of ta…

(Originally published 10/20/2023. There has been no progress from what is mentioned, other than the support and welcome of the BlueSky community- something unexpected and greatly appreciated) Jolene Marshall (She/Her) 1st degree connection…

Art On Many Levels If anyone is wondering: The man with the tiniest penis on record in North America - a white supremacist with a Hispanic father who claims he is 'of western european descent [sic]' and patterns his speech off of recorded …

Do Not Be Wary Do not be wary. Here there be monsters. We who responded to our environment for the continuation of the Good People Of The Earth, as amphibians do. Here there be monsters. Us. Expanded to larger than city blocks. Ravenou…

Calculated Goal It is the artist's job to think thoughts that have never been thought before. To push the boundaries of the species' knowledge in any and every possible direction. Thus, driving evolution through innovation of what is possi…

Remember This Always It isn't your job to think other people's thoughts for them. When you spend the limited amount of time you have thinking about how others perceive you, that is, assuming or guessing about what others besides yourself …

Unlike Snowflakes All problems one encounters in their lifetime can be solved by the individual. An individual lives in their own reality in a very real sense. It is only through the interpretation of the data brought in by their sensory …

Does Ira Glass still do This American Life? (contains adult language and themes) She listens to NPR. We were both listening to it when an interview with the Temptations was playing, that day at Pam's when we met yet again, and as I entered…

The Lesson Of The Child You encourage the demon by engaging it. It wants to steal your life - the gift your God gave you. You have a finite amount to spend before your God revokes your privileges, repossessing what was on loan. It will…

The disappearance of the expectancy of privacy - being able to be unaccountable for one's actions - is the beginning of a new explosion of evolutionary progress. As peoples no longer can participate in governmental corruption or personal pe…

Uncanny Valley Effect After being told that "we don't handle those kinds of cases" for the sixty-fifth time that week, she slammed the laptop's screen with deliberate force. It was getting dark. Tucking the computer into its sheath in her…

Respect For Your Elders How do you get someone's fullest attention, guaranteed, unfailingly, every time? By offending them. What do you do with said complete attention? Use it to deliver a piece - not a large piece, as attention spans a…

Surfside Inn [This is the short story mentioned in the previous post, currently at 418,600 reads] Walking back from the beach was always quicker than going there. For years I would scan those assembled for my sister. It didn't occur to m…

Disciplinary Warning From BlueSky In response to being informed that I have followed to many people here on this platform and may be considered spam and shut down if I continue: I was not aware that following a large amount of people was …

Farm To Market 186 Our new home isn't visible from the dirty 65mph highway the driveway turns off of. Dense tree line shelters it from view completely, blocking out continuous commerce and the noises associated. Even the exhaust filters ou…

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Gosh, What A Catch! Animal shelters in the United States alone kill around 750,000 healthy dogs and cats annually (around 530,000 are cats) due to overcrowding in the facilities. Giving them each injections that would quietly send them to…

This Awful Slavery Humans are hosts to about 3 to 4 trillion bacteria, viruses, fungi each. Altogether they weigh about as much as a pineapple. That is our purpose - to constantly feed these microorganisms until we die. Reincarnation occ…

It is extremely beneficial to have a dedicated partner to talk all of the ideas in your head into existence in front of. The act of explanation is one that firmly defines personal knowledge of a subject. Saying everything in your head as a …