do you still stare up to the star filled sky vast and open glade in the forest of night – do you lose yourself in the endless ocean weight of body anchored while the spirit swims free – are you reaching beyond the atmosphere to the cold vacuum of space plucking diamond eyes from its…
Tag: Night
Alien Lights Just Before Daybreak
lights are so eerily beautiful early morning after a rain – serene haloed against the smoke and cobalt of a cloudy sky just before the sun burns it away – how they float with phantasmal grace against the ink of black pen stroke forestry – writhing on the pavements in halogen ecstasy quick silver tracing…
The Host
they live in the air vents i hear them – there whispered ramblings distorted muttering inchoherent mumbling – are they plotting – vying to descend in the dead of night to pierce my larynx enter through the gash speak through my teeth – can we share this husk until it decays bloating and rotting in…
Time and Typewriters
last night I dreamt I moved into a new apartment large and sprawling labyrinthine design with white walls and wooden furniture dilapidated papers strewn paint peeling i entered off the street in the dead of night surrounded by nameless people who didn’t acknowledge me I recall a writing desk with what at first glace appeared…
Night Sounds
do you lie awake listening to the night sounds to the mating calls of lonely crickets raccoons in rubbish wind howling through shrubs past brick and mortar muffled against the exterior of insulated cocoons creaking apartments echoing with the noise of running toilets beeping malfunctioning smoke detectors groaning beds beneath the weight of undulating bodies…
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