Friday, February 8, 2008

silent.in.the.light.

slit my wrists with your sharp designer labels. watch the ink flow out onto the canvas in the form of recycled cliches and phrases. keep the music playing; every note in your memory. surprise essays in driving lessons. concentrate on the wheel and the radio for inspiration. dead languages still in use. fragmented ideals of another perspective. beats tapped out without emotion still make noise. slip through the divider; what you know, what you think. rebellion becomes conformity. learning words standardized centuries ago. bring back the past through delicate personalities and stage acts. prescriptions for the solitary purpose of erradicating necessary imperfections. insomnia restraining daydream delusions; keeping imaginational figments away until the nightmares begin. sleeping through classes; through repetative time periods meant to brainwash violent adolescents into mindless replicas. lose creative license as everyone becomes a poet. copyrighted paraphrase. eraser marks on final scores. no such thing as perfect until the degradation of individuality. self immiseration in civilization participation. flinch away uncomfortably from everyday contact; comfort in touches of strangers' hands. minimize your ability to care. lonely daylight; claustrophobic under the stars. overanalyze the most simple string of letters. lost dreams and what could have beens compared to delusional fantasy filmstrips on repeat during sleep. keep replaying the day's decisions that can never change. regrets. keep misjudging everything you do. stomach pains, dull throbbing of the mind. hungerless for days on end. anything but lonely with words. keep me informed on your impending catastrophe. weather reports of black ice. hide under the covers until the survelliance camera runs out of film. keep the ghosts of your present alive in the alleyways. silhouettes of your future and past combined.