27.12.2012 Views

(Scars do not appear to be cause of death –shock ... - Bad Request

(Scars do not appear to be cause of death –shock ... - Bad Request

(Scars do not appear to be cause of death –shock ... - Bad Request

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

indleskin. Waves wash their languors against the <strong>be</strong>ach and wet my boots.<br />

I <strong>do</strong> <strong>not</strong> like it when my boots are wet.<br />

Blue dress blown on the winds. Silken gown like waves and hair pale as the<br />

clouds. Skin ivory white and on the <strong>be</strong>ach she dwell, cold hands that reach<br />

heaven from hell.<br />

I can feel her coming.<br />

I am afraid.<br />

Wind blowing blue gown. Pearl white woman, dead pale like fish<strong>be</strong>lly skin.<br />

She is coming.<br />

I unlock the <strong>do</strong>or and descend, the song <strong>of</strong> the fish <strong>be</strong>hind me.<br />

~~~~~<br />

It is under the hangman's noose that I danced the hempen jig. Now I am the<br />

one <strong>to</strong>night.<br />

The voice breaks the silence, cold and wretched and crackling like rolling<br />

gravel.<br />

"You dream again? Again! Again!"<br />

The <strong>do</strong>or clicks and locks <strong>be</strong>hind me. There is the vague sense <strong>of</strong> <strong>be</strong>ing<br />

trapped, unseen eyes staring at me from <strong>be</strong>hind no matter how I turn. My<br />

fingers itch <strong>to</strong> claw at the walls, the screams seize up in my throat. My legs<br />

are frozen, leaden, still as s<strong>to</strong>ne.<br />

Calm <strong>do</strong>wn. Calm <strong>do</strong>wn.<br />

The only way <strong>to</strong> escape would <strong>be</strong> <strong>to</strong> let it take me. My body felt strangely<br />

light and airy as I let myself go, like I've lost control <strong>of</strong> it. The winds will blow<br />

me where they will.<br />

~~~~~<br />

Valiant intruder shell-breaker wall-piercer. The walls curl in around me, twist<br />

601

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!