There’s a sinister side to life.
Brutal and real in that imaginary sort of way.
Flesh torn asunder
a violence
poured into coronary caverns.
It thunders and pulses
Fingertips throb with the nadir frequency of fear.
It’s a throttled, hushed tone
that knocks pernicious at your door.
The smokey breath of death slips beneath the threshold,
a bellicose bromine pools around your feet.
Suddenly the vivid stench of darkness goes quiet and flat.
The idle golden lock turns and clicks.
The shape it takes,
Altogether average but for a tilt and a tear
etched beneath the skin.
In the dusty corners of your eye, the world is black and white—
Stare this terror in the face
and see the hideous splendor of your own.
Escape the mirror of caprice
before its image breaks the plane.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Company
[On the left...]
“Sensationalism! Somebody’s drinkin’ it—it exploded. It’s all about personalities.”
[On the right…]
“That’ll clear out all the alcohol and the junk. What sort of insurance do you have?
—Detox! I love it.”
[Squealing]
“It’s just do what you will… what you will.
I’m the invisible third argument, trying to bridge the gap between urban youth culture and the church, the Christian World and the non-Christian world, which is bigger and more influential, and clearly.”
“Oh! Definitely ‘It’s Complicated’. No Question. Burn that one.
Precious? Never heard of it.
Sherlock Holmes? Oh! Yes, yes yes!”
[With affection…]
“My students…”
[With respect…]
“…my students.”
“Have you seen Twilight? No? It’s that vampire movie with—”
“You’re a little walking bibliography, here.
[laughter, page flipping]
Mm. Young people.”
“—young people.”
[tantalized]
When’s your birthday?
The 27th.
The 31st! Aquarius.
[High-five]
My ex-husband’s the 23rd.
[Eye roll]
Oh God. Oh, wait, no, he’s not a real aquarius.”
[Relief]
[Lean in]
“There’s a difference between being counter-culture and anti-culture.”
[Lean back]
[One departure]
“He just has a love addiction. That was the deal this time. He said give me a daughter, I’ll marry you—she’s 30.”
“Sensationalism! Somebody’s drinkin’ it—it exploded. It’s all about personalities.”
[On the right…]
“That’ll clear out all the alcohol and the junk. What sort of insurance do you have?
—Detox! I love it.”
[Squealing]
“It’s just do what you will… what you will.
I’m the invisible third argument, trying to bridge the gap between urban youth culture and the church, the Christian World and the non-Christian world, which is bigger and more influential, and clearly.”
“Oh! Definitely ‘It’s Complicated’. No Question. Burn that one.
Precious? Never heard of it.
Sherlock Holmes? Oh! Yes, yes yes!”
[With affection…]
“My students…”
[With respect…]
“…my students.”
“Have you seen Twilight? No? It’s that vampire movie with—”
“You’re a little walking bibliography, here.
[laughter, page flipping]
Mm. Young people.”
“—young people.”
[tantalized]
When’s your birthday?
The 27th.
The 31st! Aquarius.
[High-five]
My ex-husband’s the 23rd.
[Eye roll]
Oh God. Oh, wait, no, he’s not a real aquarius.”
[Relief]
[Lean in]
“There’s a difference between being counter-culture and anti-culture.”
[Lean back]
[One departure]
“He just has a love addiction. That was the deal this time. He said give me a daughter, I’ll marry you—she’s 30.”
Saturday, February 6, 2010
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