Never-Was
@never-was.bsky.social
Disabled writer and gamer
38, agenderfluid pan disaster
Lover of beauty in the mundane
Stories and their tellers
Socially anxious in the extreme
Better at fiction than reality
To hope when the world would have us hopeless is revolutionary
38, agenderfluid pan disaster
Lover of beauty in the mundane
Stories and their tellers
Socially anxious in the extreme
Better at fiction than reality
To hope when the world would have us hopeless is revolutionary
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It's the #conflict
That draws one in
And turns the journey
Into a story
Art intimates life
And interesting times
Are full of stories
Weaving the age
From disparate threads
Show me, then
The monsters, and
The ways that
We defeat them
Show me the victory
Of finding beauty
In the scrum
#vss365
That draws one in
And turns the journey
Into a story
Art intimates life
And interesting times
Are full of stories
Weaving the age
From disparate threads
Show me, then
The monsters, and
The ways that
We defeat them
Show me the victory
Of finding beauty
In the scrum
#vss365
September 20, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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“Why don’t you just lodge a complaint?”
This is why. Retaliation in healthcare settings is real.
When you’re in the hospital, you give up all control.
You’re at the mercy of staff.
If you anger someone, your care can change and in rare cases… it’s deadly.
This is why. Retaliation in healthcare settings is real.
When you’re in the hospital, you give up all control.
You’re at the mercy of staff.
If you anger someone, your care can change and in rare cases… it’s deadly.
Mum of woman, 22, who died after Gorton nurse failed her says 'learn from this'
Amy Barber's mum urged the authorities to 'learn' from her daughter's death
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
September 16, 2026 at 5:00 AM
“Why don’t you just lodge a complaint?”
This is why. Retaliation in healthcare settings is real.
When you’re in the hospital, you give up all control.
You’re at the mercy of staff.
If you anger someone, your care can change and in rare cases… it’s deadly.
This is why. Retaliation in healthcare settings is real.
When you’re in the hospital, you give up all control.
You’re at the mercy of staff.
If you anger someone, your care can change and in rare cases… it’s deadly.
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Philip Larkin for #SmallPoemSunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
September 6, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Philip Larkin for #SmallPoemSunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
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This one was also technically a commission. But they told me to literally paint whatever I want.
2011
Mixed media acrylic on canvas
2011
Mixed media acrylic on canvas
September 2, 2026 at 6:47 PM
This one was also technically a commission. But they told me to literally paint whatever I want.
2011
Mixed media acrylic on canvas
2011
Mixed media acrylic on canvas
Is it a warning sign
Or a death knell?
Sacrifical
Corporate cogs
Grinding
Down to dust
Too drained to be
#empathetic
Bodies break
In slow mo
Each loss
A spark
Self-immolating
To meet basic needs
As burnout robs us
Of capacity to resist
A rigged game
If you can get it
Rest is resistance
#vss365
Or a death knell?
Sacrifical
Corporate cogs
Grinding
Down to dust
Too drained to be
#empathetic
Bodies break
In slow mo
Each loss
A spark
Self-immolating
To meet basic needs
As burnout robs us
Of capacity to resist
A rigged game
If you can get it
Rest is resistance
#vss365
#vss365
#prompt
#empathetic
9/1 prompt: Empathetic.
Definition: Adjective. Being empathetic means you can understand, share, and vicariously experience the emotions, thoughts, and lived experiences of others.
Song: Blade Runner / Love Theme; Vangelis
#prompt
#empathetic
9/1 prompt: Empathetic.
Definition: Adjective. Being empathetic means you can understand, share, and vicariously experience the emotions, thoughts, and lived experiences of others.
Song: Blade Runner / Love Theme; Vangelis
September 1, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Is it a warning sign
Or a death knell?
Sacrifical
Corporate cogs
Grinding
Down to dust
Too drained to be
#empathetic
Bodies break
In slow mo
Each loss
A spark
Self-immolating
To meet basic needs
As burnout robs us
Of capacity to resist
A rigged game
If you can get it
Rest is resistance
#vss365
Or a death knell?
Sacrifical
Corporate cogs
Grinding
Down to dust
Too drained to be
#empathetic
Bodies break
In slow mo
Each loss
A spark
Self-immolating
To meet basic needs
As burnout robs us
Of capacity to resist
A rigged game
If you can get it
Rest is resistance
#vss365
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perhaps
being empathetic
is the quiet art of
standing
at the edge
of another life
and resisting
the urge
to explain it
#vss365
#empathetic
#photography
#poetrysky
#nature
#poem
#eck
being empathetic
is the quiet art of
standing
at the edge
of another life
and resisting
the urge
to explain it
#vss365
#empathetic
#photography
#poetrysky
#nature
#poem
#eck
September 1, 2026 at 4:28 PM
perhaps
being empathetic
is the quiet art of
standing
at the edge
of another life
and resisting
the urge
to explain it
#vss365
#empathetic
#photography
#poetrysky
#nature
#poem
#eck
being empathetic
is the quiet art of
standing
at the edge
of another life
and resisting
the urge
to explain it
#vss365
#empathetic
#photography
#poetrysky
#nature
#poem
#eck
The moths came with the towels. So small, I squished them by mistake, drying my hands on the #towel. Dusty death.
Then came the holes, not only in clothes. Each night when I closed my eyes, I felt a gnawing on the fabric of my mind.
I awoke robbed of I knew not what. Hazy, lacy, lost.
#vss365
Then came the holes, not only in clothes. Each night when I closed my eyes, I felt a gnawing on the fabric of my mind.
I awoke robbed of I knew not what. Hazy, lacy, lost.
#vss365
August 22, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Does humanity remember
Reaching for the #divine?
Transcendence remedies
Insularity via belonging
But what comes when
A bottom line co-opts
Community
All is a commodity
Ads atomize solidarity
We only see what we fail to be
Errors abound in hyperreality
An abundance of human
Inhumanity
#vss365
Reaching for the #divine?
Transcendence remedies
Insularity via belonging
But what comes when
A bottom line co-opts
Community
All is a commodity
Ads atomize solidarity
We only see what we fail to be
Errors abound in hyperreality
An abundance of human
Inhumanity
#vss365
August 7, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Best friends need not match, or even rhyme, to find a home in one another.
Admo, the satyr, was given to frolic with nymphs, and drink with Dionysus. Bon vivant, through and through.
His friend, meanwhile, plodded, rather than frolicked, and insisted the nymphs drink water, too.
#vss365 #frolic
Admo, the satyr, was given to frolic with nymphs, and drink with Dionysus. Bon vivant, through and through.
His friend, meanwhile, plodded, rather than frolicked, and insisted the nymphs drink water, too.
#vss365 #frolic
July 9, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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There is no princess
I'm a fortress
Of apprehension
I see the end come
Before love's begun
Hiding behind a
Supercilious smile
Revealing nothing
Of the fluttering
Lure of the unattainable
Tenderly touch
My ramparts
I'll swoon
In defiance
It could
Never work
You're flesh
I'm stonework
#vss365
I'm a fortress
Of apprehension
I see the end come
Before love's begun
Hiding behind a
Supercilious smile
Revealing nothing
Of the fluttering
Lure of the unattainable
Tenderly touch
My ramparts
I'll swoon
In defiance
It could
Never work
You're flesh
I'm stonework
#vss365
July 8, 2026 at 3:39 PM
There is no princess
I'm a fortress
Of apprehension
I see the end come
Before love's begun
Hiding behind a
Supercilious smile
Revealing nothing
Of the fluttering
Lure of the unattainable
Tenderly touch
My ramparts
I'll swoon
In defiance
It could
Never work
You're flesh
I'm stonework
#vss365
I'm a fortress
Of apprehension
I see the end come
Before love's begun
Hiding behind a
Supercilious smile
Revealing nothing
Of the fluttering
Lure of the unattainable
Tenderly touch
My ramparts
I'll swoon
In defiance
It could
Never work
You're flesh
I'm stonework
#vss365
Storms come
High winds
Be advised I'm
Buffeted by inanities
Betwixt Catch-22s
And Faustian bargains
I batten down the hatches
We're not through
This storm yet
But storms, too
Are subject to
External forces
Hot
Cold
Pressure
Sans relief valve
There, she blows
Bellows
For relief
Not forthcoming
High winds
Be advised I'm
Buffeted by inanities
Betwixt Catch-22s
And Faustian bargains
I batten down the hatches
We're not through
This storm yet
But storms, too
Are subject to
External forces
Hot
Cold
Pressure
Sans relief valve
There, she blows
Bellows
For relief
Not forthcoming
July 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Storms come
High winds
Be advised I'm
Buffeted by inanities
Betwixt Catch-22s
And Faustian bargains
I batten down the hatches
We're not through
This storm yet
But storms, too
Are subject to
External forces
Hot
Cold
Pressure
Sans relief valve
There, she blows
Bellows
For relief
Not forthcoming
High winds
Be advised I'm
Buffeted by inanities
Betwixt Catch-22s
And Faustian bargains
I batten down the hatches
We're not through
This storm yet
But storms, too
Are subject to
External forces
Hot
Cold
Pressure
Sans relief valve
There, she blows
Bellows
For relief
Not forthcoming
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For this week #WritingPrompt on #descriptables, we have a special challenge for #PrideMonth.
Describe a rainbow. 🌈
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
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Describe a rainbow. 🌈
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
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Descriptables #10: All the Pretty Colors
Writing Challenge: Describe a Rainbow
medium.com
June 26, 2026 at 5:13 PM
For this week #WritingPrompt on #descriptables, we have a special challenge for #PrideMonth.
Describe a rainbow. 🌈
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
medium.com/descriptable...
Describe a rainbow. 🌈
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
medium.com/descriptable...
I don't trust this mind
Limned in hazy light
Defiant fog
Too oft lost in the mirage
Of cognitive constraints
I build walls
Lock myself within
Fractured memories
Fairy tale frailties
The beauty and the curse
Am I the villain
The sleeper
The hero
Or the end?
Are myths remixed
Worth remembering?
Limned in hazy light
Defiant fog
Too oft lost in the mirage
Of cognitive constraints
I build walls
Lock myself within
Fractured memories
Fairy tale frailties
The beauty and the curse
Am I the villain
The sleeper
The hero
Or the end?
Are myths remixed
Worth remembering?
June 21, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I don't trust this mind
Limned in hazy light
Defiant fog
Too oft lost in the mirage
Of cognitive constraints
I build walls
Lock myself within
Fractured memories
Fairy tale frailties
The beauty and the curse
Am I the villain
The sleeper
The hero
Or the end?
Are myths remixed
Worth remembering?
Limned in hazy light
Defiant fog
Too oft lost in the mirage
Of cognitive constraints
I build walls
Lock myself within
Fractured memories
Fairy tale frailties
The beauty and the curse
Am I the villain
The sleeper
The hero
Or the end?
Are myths remixed
Worth remembering?
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Looking for Something
Sono Una Fotografia
On body, observation, environment, and identity
#ArtofSelfPortraiture
Sono Una Fotografia
On body, observation, environment, and identity
#ArtofSelfPortraiture
June 20, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Looking for Something
Sono Una Fotografia
On body, observation, environment, and identity
#ArtofSelfPortraiture
Sono Una Fotografia
On body, observation, environment, and identity
#ArtofSelfPortraiture
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Friend wanted to look at some of my photos. There is a little bridge out at the park where lovers put locks with their wishes on them. I think this year is the first time I’ve seen one belonging to lesbians. Progress in some forms
June 19, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Friend wanted to look at some of my photos. There is a little bridge out at the park where lovers put locks with their wishes on them. I think this year is the first time I’ve seen one belonging to lesbians. Progress in some forms
Hell is a gas station bathroom in Deep East Texas. Doubt if you will at your crossroads.
What do you know of the infernal bargains struck within its stinking, sulphurous stalls, or the #fiends who offer them? Retreat from the blazing heat.
Only the desperate enter and not all emerge again. #vss365
What do you know of the infernal bargains struck within its stinking, sulphurous stalls, or the #fiends who offer them? Retreat from the blazing heat.
Only the desperate enter and not all emerge again. #vss365
June 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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For #Mixedmedia52 #wings
“Fall me Home”
From 2021
Poetry, mixed media illustration, with preserved bird wings.
#mixedmedia
“Fall me Home”
From 2021
Poetry, mixed media illustration, with preserved bird wings.
#mixedmedia
June 12, 2026 at 8:39 PM
For #Mixedmedia52 #wings
“Fall me Home”
From 2021
Poetry, mixed media illustration, with preserved bird wings.
#mixedmedia
“Fall me Home”
From 2021
Poetry, mixed media illustration, with preserved bird wings.
#mixedmedia
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Hazel McNab (British Artist, born 1965)
"Holiday," 2025.
Reduction Linocut Print, 29 × 31 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Holiday," 2025.
Reduction Linocut Print, 29 × 31 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
June 8, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Hazel McNab (British Artist, born 1965)
"Holiday," 2025.
Reduction Linocut Print, 29 × 31 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Holiday," 2025.
Reduction Linocut Print, 29 × 31 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
