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  • We’d Better Stop

    We’d Better Stop

    A day like any other
    Go to the profile of Ben Human
    Ben Human
    Jun 16
    A Happy bloody Father’s Day to me*

    A Happy bloody Father’s Day to me*

    * A repost from June 2022
    Go to the profile of Ben Human
    Ben Human
    Jun 15
    Every Son Of Every Man

    Every Son Of Every Man

    A poem
    Go to the profile of Ben Human
    Ben Human
    May 27
    The Envoy

    The Envoy

    A Post-Apocalyptic Tasmanian Tale
    Go to the profile of Robert Gowty
    Robert Gowty
    May 5
    The Day I Liberated The Musk Family Car

    The Day I Liberated The Musk Family Car

    Elon lived up the road, or his folks did.
    Go to the profile of Ben Human
    Ben Human
    Mar 25
    Omega Male

    Omega Male

    A story
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    Ben Human
    Mar 1
    The CEO

    The CEO

    Nobody’s home
    Go to the profile of Ben Human
    Ben Human
    Feb 25
    Millie Come Home

    Millie Come Home

    Part 1 of 3 in a poem about love & incarceration
    Go to the profile of Ben Human
    Ben Human
    Feb 23
    Out

    Out

    Another kind of home
    Go to the profile of Polly Walker Blakemore
    Polly Walker Blakemore
    Feb 11
    Snow Days — Getting the Right Perspective

    Snow Days — Getting the Right Perspective

    And making the most of them
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    Polly Walker Blakemore
    Feb 2
    CC

    CC

    A poem of early-stage high-grade Boston love sage
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    M
    Jan 27
    This Year, Give Yourself No Breaks

    This Year, Give Yourself No Breaks

    Chase that ontological breakthrough
    Go to the profile of Ben Human
    Ben Human
    Dec 31, 2024
    For Rusty

    For Rusty

    We drank Rusty’s whisky last night
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    Robert Gowty
    Dec 16, 2024
    My Grandparents’ Farm: A Poem

    My Grandparents’ Farm: A Poem

    And: Get a free review copy of my book
    Go to the profile of Ben Human
    Ben Human
    Nov 12, 2024
    Why do we hold people and corporations to different standards of behaviour?

    Why do we hold people and corporations to different standards of behaviour?

    Part 2 in a 3-part series on capitalism and corporate behaviour*
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    Ben Human
    Oct 15, 2024
    Some say stop beating up on late-stage capitalism.*

    Some say stop beating up on late-stage capitalism.*

    Part 1 in a 3-part series on capitalism and corporate behaviour
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    Ben Human
    Oct 4, 2024
    Oh I Am*

    Oh I Am*

    In awe of the one self
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    Ben Human
    Aug 27, 2024
    Make Money Writing for Business

    Make Money Writing for Business

    Because it’s a lucrative way of freelancing
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    Susie K 🐹 Guinea pig slave
    Aug 4, 2024
    What Is A Soul?

    What Is A Soul?

    I’m not going to write this article.
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    Robert Gowty
    Jul 27, 2024
    What we do & what it means

    What we do & what it means

    On labouring alone in a family of hard-bitten poets
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    Ben Human
    Jul 9, 2024
    The Perfect Run

    The Perfect Run

    A story
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    Ben Human
    Jun 13, 2024
    The man who mirror-clapped 21 times

    The man who mirror-clapped 21 times

    A story
    Go to the profile of Ben Human
    Ben Human
    Jun 9, 2024
    The Pro Files Wants Your Short Stories, Essays & Poems

    The Pro Files Wants Your Short Stories, Essays & Poems

    And to sweeten the deal…
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    Ben Human
    May 31, 2024
    Spammed Bots & (possibly well-meaning) Dumb Shits

    Spammed Bots & (possibly well-meaning) Dumb Shits

    …feeding my shit to the AI wolfrats
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    Ben Human
    Apr 30, 2024
    At Some Point You Have To Accept Your Life’s Work Has Been For Naught

    At Some Point You Have To Accept Your Life’s Work Has Been For Naught

    Or not.
    Go to the profile of Ben Human
    Ben Human
    Apr 24, 2024
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