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April 01, 2008

1000 words: a work in progress (we're always in progress)

invasion of ice insects intended to initiate internal discomfort. eyes like icicles and legs like twine perched on a branch in your mind. jumping toward the center of time, bifurcation rewinds, rewinds. cords for arms that extend, that wrap around the organ of your breath. this is a test, silly girl, do you know your crime? only blues and browns and the whites of mine, can you see with your greens that underneath the surface—where does it begin, where does it end—everything will never be fine. oscillations and air waves are not controlled by the moon but by the tune of the state of the world. the door that closes to tell you to turn around, go back, is a warning, sweet child, that you are in a bind. bound by this twine, this cord, the ice will melt and will be felt in your spine. liquid rushing, the toxins in your body are flushing to the atmosphere, but do not fear. these crystal creatures sweep and creep beneath your feet. they disappear with the heat from your hands because you are nervous with busy thoughts of death. these features make you weak and in time the strong survive and eventually seek a mate who will break your every move—this is when worlds collide. the turning tide and features of secondary motions but primary emotions, have you felt your heart beat today? has it stalled from the weight you are bearing, boy? are you so daring, boy, to keep this depth to yourself? do not mind that this could be the end, stop caring. touch of metal, signal of grace. stop. three. two. once the drop touches your cheek, your chances boy… mother mayhem wants you to know your future looks bleak. the swarm breaches the space between you and comfort and in turn corrugates reality. take action, she whispered. paralyzed as the wind of time blows by, step into sabotage, step into a coalescence of travesty and treachery—mother mayhem will not think thrice to sacrifice her kin for the fusion of devastation and potential. pain, he said, runs like a river through ruins of men defeated. it just glides like blood tributaries and diamonds like islands for these creatures to call home. we are inside you, they screech, we have come to manipulate you. cables pipe a new remembrance of the past, of the present, of the future. truth is a ghost hidden between shadows in the dark. decide right now if your life you will keep. the size of your mind: you had the chance to kill, but you sank into fear and now despair remains here. if here is your heart and now is your mind, who will charge without hesitation? is it place or time that determines who we were, are, will be? danger, will you dance with me? death, may i take your hand? here and now echoes with control in a cavern above your heart, yet below your mind. it reverberates and violates the empty space that is this life. they are falling now, these rimed creatures. they are landing now, these saviors. they trail in pairs and pairs and pairs; ARE YOU SCARED YET, SON? YOU OUGHT TO RETHINK YOUR POSITION. YOU MIGHT DIE RIGHT HERE. YOU MIGHT DIE RIGHT NOW. limbs like blades, imagine a world where the only way to cut into someone was at the front, at the heart, with his eyes on you like glue as you killed him, as you showed him truth. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? weep, and a new face you will dawn. fight back, just know it will take more than brawn. is this the end? or is this the—you guessed it… the surface of life has been sliced and a new layer emerges. let the change seep into your exhausted soul. you will be laughing in a matter of days. remember when, you will say, remember when… but you won’t realize then that your memory is so far gone. mother mayhem ripped it out and stuffed it under her bed last night. she sleeps on your dreams. she knows where you have been. big brother? never had any sibling to speak of. big mother. blame her for your mind. 708/1000

Posted by colleeny at April 1, 2008 08:53 PM

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