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38 | </header> | 38 | </header> |
39 | 39 | ||
40 | <section class="content verse"> | 40 | |
41 | <section id="i" class="level2"> | 41 | <section class="content verse"><section id="i" class="level2"> |
42 | <h2>I</h2> | 42 | <h2>I</h2> |
43 | <p>I hear <a href="last-bastion.html">the rats</a> run<br />in the walls like water<br />through a tree. My blood</p> | 43 | <p>I hear <a href="last-bastion.html">the rats</a> run<br />in the walls like water<br />through a tree. My blood</p> |
44 | <p>thickens. As I dream<br />the masturbation dream<br />the shelf above my bed</p> | 44 | <p>thickens. As I dream<br />the masturbation dream<br />the shelf above my bed</p> |
45 | <p>falls covering me in<br />dirt and decaying beetles.<br /><a href="deathstrumpet.html">I see my reflection is headless</a>.</p> | 45 | <p>falls covering me in<br />dirt and decaying beetles.<br /><a href="deathstrumpet.html">I see my reflection is headless</a>.</p> |
46 | </section> | 46 | </section> |
47 | <section id="ii" class="level2"> | 47 | <section id="ii" class="level2"> |
48 | <h2>II</h2> | 48 | <h2>II</h2> |
49 | <p>When the waves stop<br /><a href="moon-drowning.html">and the moon grins down</a><br />to overtake me: the car</p> | 49 | <p>When the waves stop<br /><a href="moon-drowning.html">and the moon grins down</a><br />to overtake me: the car</p> |
50 | <p>ran up the street that night<br />when you were nearly<br />molested in your neighbor’s house:</p> | 50 | <p>ran up the street that night<br />when you were nearly<br />molested in your neighbor’s house:</p> |
51 | <p>is this why we don’t have<br />neighbors? For this the trees<br /><a href="options.html">rot only for us</a>?</p> | 51 | <p>is this why we don’t have<br />neighbors? For this the trees<br /><a href="options.html">rot only for us</a>?</p> |
52 | </section> | 52 | </section> |
53 | <section id="iii" class="level2"> | 53 | <section id="iii" class="level2"> |
54 | <h2>III</h2> | 54 | <h2>III</h2> |
55 | <p>I woke screaming and you<br />came to sit next to me. I felt<br />my eyes were open too wide</p> | 55 | <p>I woke screaming and you<br />came to sit next to me. I felt<br />my eyes were open too wide</p> |
56 | <p>that I could not shut them<br />from the horror movie sitting<br />on your lap in the easy chair</p> | 56 | <p>that I could not shut them<br />from the horror movie sitting<br />on your lap in the easy chair</p> |
57 | <p>in the dream the other dream<br />in the living room under<br />the tree. Why do I feel guilty?</p> | 57 | <p>in the dream the other dream<br />in the living room under<br />the tree. Why do I feel guilty?</p> |
58 | </section> | 58 | </section> |
59 | <section id="iv" class="level2"> | 59 | <section id="iv" class="level2"> |
60 | <h2>IV</h2> | 60 | <h2>IV</h2> |
61 | <p>I wake up in a pool of water<br /><a href="theoceanoverflowswithcamels.html">closed over me like an eyelid</a>.<br />There is no longer comfort</p> | 61 | <p>I wake up in a pool of water<br /><a href="theoceanoverflowswithcamels.html">closed over me like an eyelid</a>.<br />There is no longer comfort</p> |
62 | <p>in staring at the ceiling.<br />Its pitch blackness beckons<br />into a future of blankness.</p> | 62 | <p>in staring at the ceiling.<br />Its pitch blackness beckons<br />into a future of blankness.</p> |
63 | <p>My body lay still quaking.<br />My mind is chained fast<br />to the beating of my heart.</p> | 63 | <p>My body lay still quaking.<br />My mind is chained fast<br />to the beating of my heart.</p> |
64 | </section> | 64 | </section> |
65 | <section id="v" class="level2"> | 65 | <section id="v" class="level2"> |
66 | <h2>V</h2> | 66 | <h2>V</h2> |
67 | <p>I sit up slowly creaking.<br />I find myself alone buried<br /><a href="the-sea_the-beach.html">in an ocean</a>. Far off</p> | 67 | <p>I sit up slowly creaking.<br />I find myself alone buried<br /><a href="the-sea_the-beach.html">in an ocean</a>. Far off</p> |
68 | <p><a href="mountain.html">there is an eagle</a> flying<br />toward me. She lands on<br />my knee and lays an egg.</p> | 68 | <p><a href="mountain.html">there is an eagle</a> flying<br />toward me. She lands on<br />my knee and lays an egg.</p> |
69 | <p>I think <em>not this again</em><br />something I’ve never<br />thought in my life.</p> | 69 | <p>I think <em>not this again</em><br />something I’ve never<br />thought in my life.</p> |
70 | </section> | 70 | </section> |
71 | <section id="vi" class="level2"> | 71 | <section id="vi" class="level2"> |
72 | <h2>VI</h2> | 72 | <h2>VI</h2> |
73 | <p>I think <em>not this again</em><br />something I’ve never<br />thought in my life. Not</p> | 73 | <p>I think <em>not this again</em><br />something I’ve never<br />thought in my life. Not</p> |
74 | <p>after losing my car keys<br />in the easy chair. Not after<br />scratching myself on a branch.</p> | 74 | <p>after losing my car keys<br />in the easy chair. Not after<br />scratching myself on a branch.</p> |
75 | <p>Not after finding the thing<br />in your dresser drawer that<br />night. <a href="ouroboros_memory.html">I remember you suddenly.</a></p> | 75 | <p>Not after finding the thing<br />in your dresser drawer that<br />night. <a href="ouroboros_memory.html">I remember you suddenly.</a></p> |
76 | </section> | 76 | </section> |
77 | <section id="vii" class="level2"> | 77 | <section id="vii" class="level2"> |
78 | <h2>VII</h2> | 78 | <h2>VII</h2> |
79 | <p><a href="#I">You run through me<br />like rats</a> down an alley.<br />You are in my <a href="plant.html">blood</a>.</p> | 79 | <p><a href="#I">You run through me<br />like rats</a> down an alley.<br />You are in my <a href="plant.html">blood</a>.</p> |
80 | <p>You scared me once<br />remember? Jumped out<br />of the bathroom door.</p> | 80 | <p>You scared me once<br />remember? Jumped out<br />of the bathroom door.</p> |
81 | <p>I fell screaming onto<br />the linoleum. Did you<br />apologize? Did you need to?</p> | 81 | <p>I fell screaming onto<br />the linoleum. Did you<br />apologize? Did you need to?</p> |
82 | </section> | 82 | </section> |
83 | <section id="viii" class="level2"> | 83 | <section id="viii" class="level2"> |
84 | <h2>VIII</h2> | 84 | <h2>VIII</h2> |
85 | <p>The ocean that surrounds me<br />creaks like a rocking<br />cradle. Your face bright</p> | 85 | <p>The ocean that surrounds me<br />creaks like a rocking<br />cradle. Your face bright</p> |
86 | <p>as the moon at eclipse<br />and as <a href="window.html">red</a>. Low song<br />my tide stretching</p> | 86 | <p>as the moon at eclipse<br />and as <a href="window.html">red</a>. Low song<br />my tide stretching</p> |
87 | <p>to the horizon. Ripples<br />on the surface belie<br />something bigger beneath.</p> | 87 | <p>to the horizon. Ripples<br />on the surface belie<br />something bigger beneath.</p> |
88 | </section> | 88 | </section> |
89 | <section id="ix" class="level2"> | 89 | <section id="ix" class="level2"> |
90 | <h2>IX</h2> | 90 | <h2>IX</h2> |
91 | <p>In bed I am alone for<br />the only time. In bed<br />I am a grown man.</p> | 91 | <p>In bed I am alone for<br />the only time. In bed<br />I am a grown man.</p> |
92 | <p>Below the blankets I<br />know you for who you are.<br />In bed I see your face</p> | 92 | <p>Below the blankets I<br />know you for who you are.<br />In bed I see your face</p> |
93 | <p>pressed against the window.<br />I look out and see you<br />and I am not afraid.</p> | 93 | <p>pressed against the window.<br />I look out and see you<br />and I am not afraid.</p> |
94 | </section> | 94 | </section></section> |
95 | </section> | ||
96 | </article> | 95 | </article> |
97 | <nav> | 96 | <nav> |
98 | <a href="#" id="lozenge" title="Random page"> ◊ </a> | 97 | <a href="#" id="lozenge" title="Random page"> ◊ </a> |