Thailand

DR. CHARLES FREDERICKSON charles_frederickson@hotmail.com
A SWEDISH-AMERICAN PRAGMATIC IDEALIST AND LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THAILAND, DR. CHARLES FREDERICKSON HAS TRAVELED TO 206 COUNTRIES, AN ORIGINAL SKETCH AND POETIC IMPRESSION FOR EACH PRESENTED ON HTTP://IMAGESOF.8K.COM. PH.D. (LOYOLA) AND POST-DOCTORAL VISITING SCHOLAR (COLUMBIA); MENSA; INTERNATIONAL EMMY, CLIO, STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS AND NEW YORK AWARDS JUDGE; FILM, VIDEO & CD-ROM WRITER, PERFORMER, DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER; 50+ INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS ON 5 CONTINENTS. PAX VOBISCUM.

ATLAS SHRUGS

CONSIDERABLY EMPTY SAVE STRANDED STINGRAYS
ECCENTRIC BARREN ANYWHERE ELSE UNIVERSE
HIGH-STRUNG KITES TUGGING INESCAPABE TRUTHS
WRONG MAP RANDOM PINPRICKS PERVERSE

TIGHTENING GRIN RESOLUTELY BEARING WHATEVER
PRIVATE MOMENTS STROLLING PUBLIC GARDENS
SUNNY PLACE SHADY PEOPLE SULKY
CLOUDS NUDGE FOSSILS TRACES HARDEN

SHARP KNIVES SLICE THROUGH DARKNESS
SEVERED HANDS RAISED IN SURRENDER
WRIST STUBS DRIPPING BLOODY SALUBRITY
GOLDEN FLEECE DREAMSCAPE SURREAL MIND-BENDER

UNTENDED TOWPATH UNDER CAUTIOUS MOON
STARING DOWN UPON TRANSMIGRATORY HERDS
ROAMING GRAZERS CANTANKEROUS CRUMBLY BONES
PINCHED DIMPLY CHEEKS RIDICULOUS ABSURDS

LIFTED COVER SEWERAGE WASTE PRONE
FLIPPED CASTIRON LID BEHEADING SLUGS
CRAWLING THROUGH SLUDGE SEEPING MIRE
SOUSED BOTTLENECK WORMS STOPGAP PLUGS

BEASTMASTER WANDERLUST PROWLS GRAVEYARD HAUNTS
PAINTED DAISIES NODDING OVER HEADSTONES
DESIRE SATISFIED TIRELESS GHOSTLY SILHOUETTES
MUTTER SKULLDUGGERY CURSES HEXING CROSSBONES.