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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Words of Randomnity 3: Inside

Inside

Something's stuck inside our head.

The monstrous beast we fed,
it's melody dead.
This thing we led, 'til it's feet turned red
to the bed that laid ahead.
The bed inside our head.

This beast feasts 'til we take it east,
or so I'm told at least.
To a park of riches, greed, and pride,
where every monster gets a ride,
and all of us can only hide,
cowering to either side
of the eyes
of the beast.

But if we best the monster's jest;
fool the pest and take it west,
to where a pure but unseen chest
will have us blessed and dispossessed.

Only then will we pass the test
and finally put the thing to rest.

We must be wary of where we tread,
for something's stuck inside our head.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

La Avalancha de Agua

La Avalancha de Agua

It falls.

Gentle droplets careen their way to the earth,
their paths untrue,
their destinations unclear.
Each speck impacts another
branch,
petal,
blade.

Darkness shrouds;
solar absence, lunar disability.
The sky is encompassed by grey, and in the night,
colours are extinct.
And yet…

fallen leaves drenched in Mother’s tears
refract some otherworldly illuminations.
Autumn’s oranges and browns are strangely rediscovered.
The beauty of the evanescent glow
impeccable, if only for a fleeting second.

Apacible.

A break in the foliage,
a trodden path,
a bridge dividing the flowing creek.

Silence is
the constant rush of the waterfall,
the pitter-patter of the rain’s relentless barrage.
And yet…

the salvo is just beginning.
Empieza.
The arboreal ceiling starts to give way.
The rippled pond
reflects some otherworldly light
with a twist of abstraction.
Even the lilies sway with the turbulence,
buckling under the pressure of
the deluge.

Glimmering blobs dangling from fig trees,
the inconsolable needles of blue ice,
elephant ears flopping with discontent.

Smothered.

La lluvia ha ganado,
the splendour and serenity overpowered by
its obstinacy.
The darkness has enveloped the world,
concealed la belleza.

Absence of colour,
absence of quietude,
absence of tranquillity.
And yet…

la oscuridad de la noche es
hermosa.

Perdido

Ausente eres,
el español.

Me entristece,
no existes en esta vida.
¿Qué ocurrió?

¿Era la francés?
En verdad, no me gusta nada la francés. Eres la única idioma que puedo amar.
Sí, amar.

Te amo, español.

Por favor, vuélvame.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Borrowed Works 2: Relief

" Flash flood,
you got too comfortable so
I showed you
who's really in control.
You gave
all of your savings to the poor.

Lightning
on the river and you're
shivering
with your fishing pole.
Same night,
you bought a ring and you proposed.

You never really know what you can't really see.
I'll be fair, I'll be fair.
You made it out alive, oh, what a relief.
I'll be fair, I'll be fair.

Earthquake
in your pajamas huddled
in doorways
while your houses sway.
Blue blood,
pumping like a hunter's fist.

I love the shape
your faces make.
Oh my,
thank you for keeping me safe.
Even though you know
it don't always go that way.

You never really know what you can't really see.
I'll be there, I'll be there.
You made it out alive, oh what a relief.
I'll be there, I'll be there.

And everything will be explained.
Your wild guess,
everything will be explained.
Go ahead,
everything will be explained.

Your wild guess,
and everything will be
explained. "

Cold War Kids

OXM

Extraordinarily ordinary.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Words of Randomnity 2: Out of Distress

Out of Distress

You were a mess.
Attacked by a vulture who could
sense weakness,
sense demise.
Attacked by a cheetah who could
outlast you,
outrun you;
outmanoeuvre you.
It took hold of you.

At best, you had second place.
F
o
l
low
i
n
g
the Leader. Leashed, having the freedom of
the outside world, but still
held back.

You threw it all out.
Took off the chains,
chucked them away. And now you're
out.
You forgot about it all. You didn't know it would
be
so
easy.
Your loaded pistol was the only one not
disappointed in you.

(Nonchalance wouldn't have
saved you.)

Action.
Your trash can's full of
all the inadequacies that
consumed you,
splattered with the
red ink you used to send
it
off.

Nothing's left.
The burdens that you kept
hold of are gone.
Everything you've ever hated
is T lying on the floor
in
a
heap
by an empty shell.

Care
fills your wastebasket.
It's out of you.
You're out of it.
Y o u ' r e o u t o f d i s t r e s s .

Friday, September 10, 2010

Brr.

I shaved off my mustache, and now my philtrum gets cold.