/tĭn′dər/
noun
- 1. Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen.
- 2. Same as Amadou.
- 3. a box in which tinder is kept.
From the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
as the swipe sweeps out the swept by
still swept away the swept swipe
on the nigh
..bye..bye..buh bye..
faces lose bodies/ bodies indenture faces
proximate
rejected personas severed energise semi sentient
clenched vibrations rebound replicate
inbound outbound inbound and slather..
round round round round i get around..
desire-egregores dense matter
envy/ jealousy/ admiration/ affirmation
all the thought-forms
ancient as succubae on the dancefloor..
tooth extraction..
upload a revised again photo album
location location location..
this time with more me-synergy and ad poster-allure
all the poses monsoon-teem the syrup
the dawn flooded dawn..
the fastslowfast blink rate
blinkblink.......blink......blink..blink..
phantom dilettantes curate detainees their dietary fluster-munchies
aaw...
wha..
nah..nah..nah..
ahhh...
hmm... yeah..ooh yeah..
so i might as well..
as no one else wants me..
so what is going on with them..
why is this person interested..in me..
..in me..
i must be a standby option
yeah..must be..i mean..
boudoir-mine thousands
sweet thousands..
swipe right
wait for a reply
wait..
check again
wait
check again..
wait............wait......
so sing a lullaby to the guest pillow
remain half awake...
await somnambulate magic to creep in and beckon..
and with that cortisol rush by moonlight prowl..
raccoons zebras wolves
meerkats piranhas peacocks
pigs-for-truffles parrots squid
cryptid-butterflies dogmen sirens..
the distant howls/ all the glittery trashy rituals..
the human and the human
strange suitors strange
thousands
thousands..
fishers..
wishers..
dreamers..
assassins..
despite it all
all the incomplete halves hopeful to metamorphose whole..
bedpost hammerhead sharks perfumed
one more time with slightly less feeling
streamed bodies and steamy minds agitated caffeinated
men and women plus occasional substances conjugate
hard press the nonchalance
blizzard-fingers g-spot the shot-shot screen
fair exchange..
and then..
ace the zugzwang glow-up
plenty train hard in the gym..
for this..
for this..
the muscularity of tick-tick-tick conjuration..
look a rabbit
a rabbit throws a party hat into the ring
littered with cellophane flowers/ day-after pills/ rashes
put a boxing ring under it..
seducers boomerang
memory-hole the exes
unalive/ exit dopamine exciter
flat-line
revive nervy thrill seeker
exit time for a next time
addict i sympathise..
skinner box-to-box
flesh-on-air shadow box
the spying the mocking the ghosting
the face-to-face talk to the hand
the outside world as its pedestrian walk-in likeness
the roaming marauders groan for moans
.......but what else..
polo neck sweaters repatriate
their glum unshod tadpoles with flooded motors
tidied away stuck
and why so bitter..
refresh the real self
time out
speed out the colosseum
swerve away from the attritive consensus..
you could cultivate the real you
why not be kind to yourself
it might not kill you..
young adults
and not so young numb-at-heart adults
spin spin spin
on the grinding roulette wheel click..clicking..
click blushing mantid..
and of course there are also real winners
the alphas
rinsing and repeating repeatedly
the betas to zetas..
this dating market classes the cohorts thus
the kindly lingua franca of the love apps blood sport..
same octave
different registers
attune or magnetise
same or different objectives
self-project the no-effort
do not respond to the dee-emms too soon
affect studied disinterest
but be the real adult in the room on work-zoom..
dating platforms simulcast selves of self
with maracas
sell sell sell
the images crystallise diaphanous murk
the bafflement and...yearning
the yearning is real enough
the hurt the confusion
buyers rejected
the recapitulation recalibrates
so comely the coldness..
adults forbidden from forming
meaningful relationships in the workplace
the wide-closed safe spaces of gargling glades and axes..
to the dating apps..
occasional success
pull the lever again
again
again
the platform owners
monetise you every which way
so your match-making facilitators are all doing okay
be grateful..
when to reveal the real self
the show and tell
bang
boomerang zugzwang
the saucy splatter
the actuality
beautified with ai tap-taps
crumbles and shatters..
kamikaze positivity
the stud-max pose postulated au naturel
the lighting
the framing
the beautifying
the simulacra of the self
though the picture can lie to self-portraits
the first in-the-flesh mate-check might checkmate..
the romanticists still dream dreams
of that elusive loving dream partner
where are you
you are out there
are. you. out. there teddy bear..
millions of faces pose
glacial smiles flash frozen
caramelised carnal lush wastelands
dating influencers all-star vampires
gurning for the erotic grift
the influencers are the judges..
become their patron
only every one of them
are the true custodians of..
insider successful dating secrets
the secrets you will never hear from anyone else..
here i am
holding the regulation requisite puppy
here i am
with my group of friends
here here and here..
look look look how social i am..
i am a strong man tender
not a sociopath..
i am a woman
i have a million things going on
a man i do not need..none..
do you like me
oh
and do you like me
really
i hate men
would you like to date me
you might get lucky
and...please do not bore me
look at me/ no swiping me away
please
please
i get to decide
i must always have the last word..
so thankfully
i really do not need to do this
actually i have so many options
so hit me up quickly
or you might miss out..
tree-hugging rage bate
might soon enter the chat..
men
this seduction technique might work better
photo yourself
sledgehammering a seal
while smoking a cigar
you..not the seal
wear a cowboy hat as you smash it
that might work better than showboating
i like kittens/ trees/ puppies
i have photogenic friends
all while cliche-riding your feminine side
like that is likely to appeal to horny feminists..
misandrists to the left
misogynists to the right
romantics pulled apart
crusades
hellfire
try harder
cope harder..
burnout..
fallow fields of battery farm heart emojis
so picturesque neath the setting sun..
but hey
i thought we had the beginnings of a tangible relationship
i see you have deleted me entirely
entirely from your timeline..
wow
you are entitled..
purged mister ..
so ladies and gentlemen
will you hug another tree *
kidnap another random puppy
with lots and lots of admiring friends in shot..
and..
as you tenderly strangle that domesticated fluffy
while with your other hand
hold a crossbow tenderly over your crotch
market your meat-persona
excel bed-sheet strategies and tactics
and chart on an exes-why axis
for rampant acephalous legless decades
self-deleting timelines where invisible dots mark beyond dead dalliances..
* please note, this poet fully support tree-hugging!
