Me? I´m stuck in Insectopia.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Visitors
I see
a ship in space
-- trembling, wobbling,
frail as an autumn leaf.
And out fall
a thousand green and silvery dragon flies.
Hungry!
Who comes first?
Closer, closer…
They feed on
me.
lördag 18 september 2010
torsdag 9 september 2010
Prospects
It´s Three Word Wednesday. The words: charm, robust, feast.
Prospects
”She´s strong, this ol´ gal,” he patted the iron cylinder lovingly. ”Robust constitution. Russian originally, they don´t make ´em like this anymore.” He wiped his hands on a checked towel and went on with his tools, adjusting stuff, humming cheerfully.
The boy wasn´t impressed. It was the middle of the night and he shivered in his worn cotton shirt, his skin sickly pale. The air was dense, smelling richly of rotting vegetation, flowers and moss. Its dampness condensed on everything. He really, really didn´t want to die in these Southern woods.
The old man continued, hopefully mending his crazy flying machine, and the boy slept, exhausted.
Dawn came, red and weary, an ancient sun heaving itself over the edge of the horizon.
The boy woke up, covered in sweat, hot with fever. Ants crawled over him and midges feasted on him. No strength to move and nowhere to go, he thought nonsensically. Too weak to manage hysteria he surrendered to the vermin of land and sky. Everything crawling, flying, buzzing seemed to recognize the scent of his warm skin. He was reduced to a stash of food, existing only to provide those who fed on living blood.
He began to understand the deeper meaning of dying in woodlands like these. He would cease to function, yes, but in some ways he would be more alive than ever. Flies and beatles would lay their eggs in his still warm body, and those who live on putrefying flesh and juices would come to enthusiastically drive their haustella through his decomposing skin. Trees would stretch their roots, enter him from underneath, penetrate his intestines, wind around his bones and crush his heart, drinking what was left of him. And finally he´d be soil, nurturing future growths. Such a loathsome prospect; to merge with these woods, to become one with the source of this sweet smell of rot.
”You hangin´ in there?” The old man loomed above him, a defined solidness against the ruthless sunlight.
”Here, have some water,” he said, lifting the boy´s upper body and forcing a bottleneck between his lips. The water was warm and tasted of sewage, but he gulped it down nevertheless.
”Well, I´m done, she works like a charm. I think we´re ready to take off,” he continued.
The boy, in his feverish haze, managed to marvel at the old man´s easy happiness, his light tone of voice and the brightness in his eyes. Such an absolute confidence in himself and the future. His kind will save this world, the boy thought as strong arms enveloped him, lifted him from the hungry grounds and carried him away from the cursed light into their last fragment of civilization.
Prospects
”She´s strong, this ol´ gal,” he patted the iron cylinder lovingly. ”Robust constitution. Russian originally, they don´t make ´em like this anymore.” He wiped his hands on a checked towel and went on with his tools, adjusting stuff, humming cheerfully.
The boy wasn´t impressed. It was the middle of the night and he shivered in his worn cotton shirt, his skin sickly pale. The air was dense, smelling richly of rotting vegetation, flowers and moss. Its dampness condensed on everything. He really, really didn´t want to die in these Southern woods.
The old man continued, hopefully mending his crazy flying machine, and the boy slept, exhausted.
Dawn came, red and weary, an ancient sun heaving itself over the edge of the horizon.
The boy woke up, covered in sweat, hot with fever. Ants crawled over him and midges feasted on him. No strength to move and nowhere to go, he thought nonsensically. Too weak to manage hysteria he surrendered to the vermin of land and sky. Everything crawling, flying, buzzing seemed to recognize the scent of his warm skin. He was reduced to a stash of food, existing only to provide those who fed on living blood.
He began to understand the deeper meaning of dying in woodlands like these. He would cease to function, yes, but in some ways he would be more alive than ever. Flies and beatles would lay their eggs in his still warm body, and those who live on putrefying flesh and juices would come to enthusiastically drive their haustella through his decomposing skin. Trees would stretch their roots, enter him from underneath, penetrate his intestines, wind around his bones and crush his heart, drinking what was left of him. And finally he´d be soil, nurturing future growths. Such a loathsome prospect; to merge with these woods, to become one with the source of this sweet smell of rot.
”You hangin´ in there?” The old man loomed above him, a defined solidness against the ruthless sunlight.
”Here, have some water,” he said, lifting the boy´s upper body and forcing a bottleneck between his lips. The water was warm and tasted of sewage, but he gulped it down nevertheless.
”Well, I´m done, she works like a charm. I think we´re ready to take off,” he continued.
The boy, in his feverish haze, managed to marvel at the old man´s easy happiness, his light tone of voice and the brightness in his eyes. Such an absolute confidence in himself and the future. His kind will save this world, the boy thought as strong arms enveloped him, lifted him from the hungry grounds and carried him away from the cursed light into their last fragment of civilization.
torsdag 2 september 2010
Flattened, Burned and Mummified
Time for Three Word Wednesday. The words: break, negative, surface. I had fun with these words =)
Flattened, Burned and Mummified
”What you readin´ ?”
”A photo magazine.”
”What´s with that guy? He looks creepy.”
”It´s a negative. It´s sort of the opposite to an ordinary photo; where the colours would normally be dark…”
”He looks dead.”
”Yeah, I suppose.”
”Lynn thinks everyone becomes flat when they die.”
”Really? Why?”
”She thinks the only way to die is to get run over by a car.”
”Huh?”
”Grandpa said we´d all become stamps, then.”
”What?”
”If we´re gonna be flat. He said we could´ve used Great Grandma as a stamp and put her on a postcard. Would´ve been nice for her, he said, to do some travelling, and she´d have made herself useful as a stamp.”
”He didn´t say that!”
”Did too!”
”Yes, well, he didn´t mean it, obviously. I´ll talk to him.”
”Do you still wanna be burned when you die?”
”Cremated, yes.”
---
”Do you find that sad, talking about me dying? Hey, don´t cover your face. Baby, are you crying?”
”No. It´s just… I thought maybe I could have you, you know, when you´re dead. To make you into a mummy. I´ve never actually seen a real mummy.”
”Right! Of course. But no, that´s not possible. One can´t do that. We bury our dead properly.”
”In graveyards, I know. I saw the hole for Great Grandma´s coffin, it was deep.
”Yes, they have to be deep.”
”Why?”
”Well… We don´t want the coffins too close to the surface, I suppose… In case they´d come up again, or something. I dunno…”
”That´d be better for the people digging up skeletons, though, easier for them.”
”Don´t say that. No one takes dead people´s bones. That just doesn´t happen.”
”But maybe wolves would come digging for the bones. They like bones, and they´re strong. I bet they could break the coffins.”
”Right. That´s it. We bury people deep down where no one can touch them. End of discussion.”
”Oh, okay. But… If you´re going to get burned…”
”Yes…”
”Well, can I do it? Over a bonfire?”
”No. But go ask Grandpa, maybe you can burn him. Run along, this Mummy needs a drink.”
Flattened, Burned and Mummified
”What you readin´ ?”
”A photo magazine.”
”What´s with that guy? He looks creepy.”
”It´s a negative. It´s sort of the opposite to an ordinary photo; where the colours would normally be dark…”
”He looks dead.”
”Yeah, I suppose.”
”Lynn thinks everyone becomes flat when they die.”
”Really? Why?”
”She thinks the only way to die is to get run over by a car.”
”Huh?”
”Grandpa said we´d all become stamps, then.”
”What?”
”If we´re gonna be flat. He said we could´ve used Great Grandma as a stamp and put her on a postcard. Would´ve been nice for her, he said, to do some travelling, and she´d have made herself useful as a stamp.”
”He didn´t say that!”
”Did too!”
”Yes, well, he didn´t mean it, obviously. I´ll talk to him.”
”Do you still wanna be burned when you die?”
”Cremated, yes.”
---
”Do you find that sad, talking about me dying? Hey, don´t cover your face. Baby, are you crying?”
”No. It´s just… I thought maybe I could have you, you know, when you´re dead. To make you into a mummy. I´ve never actually seen a real mummy.”
”Right! Of course. But no, that´s not possible. One can´t do that. We bury our dead properly.”
”In graveyards, I know. I saw the hole for Great Grandma´s coffin, it was deep.
”Yes, they have to be deep.”
”Why?”
”Well… We don´t want the coffins too close to the surface, I suppose… In case they´d come up again, or something. I dunno…”
”That´d be better for the people digging up skeletons, though, easier for them.”
”Don´t say that. No one takes dead people´s bones. That just doesn´t happen.”
”But maybe wolves would come digging for the bones. They like bones, and they´re strong. I bet they could break the coffins.”
”Right. That´s it. We bury people deep down where no one can touch them. End of discussion.”
”Oh, okay. But… If you´re going to get burned…”
”Yes…”
”Well, can I do it? Over a bonfire?”
”No. But go ask Grandpa, maybe you can burn him. Run along, this Mummy needs a drink.”
onsdag 1 september 2010
Happy Birthmonth!
How bold to proclaim an entire month one´s birthday ;)
It´s September, so, for the B-month girl, some rawr!haiku:
Men come inside me,
like trains on quality speed.
I dream of tigers.
Liquid opal eyes.
Silken paws of heavy grace,
peeling off my skin.
Untamed tigerman,
sliding through smelly allies.
Fuck my liliness.
The fact that I´m able to communicate with you amazes me on a regular basis =)
It´s September, so, for the B-month girl, some rawr!haiku:
Men come inside me,
like trains on quality speed.
I dream of tigers.
Liquid opal eyes.
Silken paws of heavy grace,
peeling off my skin.
Untamed tigerman,
sliding through smelly allies.
Fuck my liliness.
The fact that I´m able to communicate with you amazes me on a regular basis =)
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